Fergus Grier

• Name	Fergus Grier
  Gender	Male
  Military service	22 Jun 1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Fugitive after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
  Residence	1684	Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
  	Brigmuir/ Brigmoor/ Bigmuir
  Occupation	May 1684	Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Legal	5 May 1684	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [2]
  	On the Fugitive Roll
  Imprisonment	24 May 1684	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	Abt 10 May 1685	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [3]
  	Refused to the oath of allegiance and sent to join the Covenanter prisoners in Burntisland
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'not banished'
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Origin	Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [3]
  Person ID	I44629	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Military service - Fugitive after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - 22 Jun 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - On the Fugitive Roll - 5 May 1684 - Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1684 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Legal - Refused to the oath of allegiance and sent to join the Covenanter prisoners in Burntisland - Abt 10 May 1685 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'not banished' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/2. [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p22. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294.