John Gilfillan

• Name	John Gilfillan
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1679	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Military service	1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	In the Covenanter army at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
  Occupation	1683	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Cordiner
  Legal	9 May 1683	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	On the Lanark Porteous Roll "indyted for rebellion" for being under arms at Bothwell Bridge
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	6 Mar 1684/85	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Arrested by Major John Balfour when with Robert Logan and George Muir at the house of Sarah Kirkland
  Imprisonment	Aug 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture
  Imprisonment	24 Aug 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Abt 3 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Name	John Gilfillen  [4, 6]
  Name	John Gilfillin  [5, 7]
  Residence	1 May 1699	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	One of several men receiving payment from the estate of James Dundas "for funeral charges & mounring etc" incurred by his widow Janet and son
  	Probably in Perth Amboy?
  Origin	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44623	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1679 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland Military service - In the Covenanter army at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Cordiner - 1683 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - On the Lanark Porteous Roll "indyted for rebellion" for being under arms at Bothwell Bridge - 9 May 1683 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Arrested by Major John Balfour when with Robert Logan and George Muir at the house of Sarah Kirkland - 6 Mar 1684/85 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture - Aug 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 Aug 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Abt 3 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/65. [S3533] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 4, p255. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p19. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p168. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, pp145-146.