John Harvie

• Name	John Harvie
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1683	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	In Holme of Carse beneath Nivieland
  Occupation	1684	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Farmer at Netherburn. Not assessed as a heritor
  Imprisonment	3 Oct 1684	Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Imprisoned: "prisoner in the printed nfugitive roll, ane obstainat rebell, refuises to pray for the King"
  Legal	11 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	Sentenced to banishment for having refused an oath against receiving and intercommuning with rebels and fugitives. On relenting, release agreed by Privy Council on 15 October. 15
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished'
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Legal	25 Feb 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5)
  Name	John Harvey
  Name	John Harvy
  Name	John Hervy
  Origin	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Also referred to as "in Dalserf"
  Person ID	I44633	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family ID	F31706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - In Holme of Carse beneath Nivieland - 1683 - Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Farmer at Netherburn. Not assessed as a heritor - 1684 - Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned: "prisoner in the printed nfugitive roll, ane obstainat rebell, refuises to pray for the King" - 3 Oct 1684 - Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Legal - Sentenced to banishment for having refused an oath against receiving and intercommuning with rebels and fugitives. On relenting, release agreed by Privy Council on 15 October. 15 - 11 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5) - 25 Feb 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Also referred to as "in Dalserf" - - Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/65. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, IX, p671. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p251. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p263. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p214.