William Hoome

1644 - Abt 1685  (41 years)

• Name	William Hoome  [1]
  Birth	1644	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Baptism	8 Nov 1644	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Witnesses: Mt William Bennet, Mr William Dalgleish, Mr Richard Dicksone, Mr Johnne Hume, Ministers
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	27 May 1667	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Merchant Burgess - date admitted as son to Mr William Home who would have been made a Burgess by right of his wife, Barbara Mein, had he not died at the siege of Newcastle
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Free emigrant - died
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Passenger to John Johnstone
  Title Suffix	younger
  Name	Williame Hume  [2]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [4]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis en route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44638	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Mr William Hume,   b. Abt 1617   d. 1644, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 27 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Barbara Mein,   b. 1620, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Dec 1643	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F31712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	6 Feb 1666/67	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Barbara Hume,   b. Abt 1670, Scotland d. 1745, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F31711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1644 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism - 8 Nov 1644 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 6 Feb 1666/67 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant Burgess - date admitted as son to Mr William Home who would have been made a Burgess by right of his wife, Barbara Mein, had he not died at the siege of Newcastle - 27 May 1667 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Free emigrant - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Passenger to John Johnstone - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Hypotheses that it was William Hoome the merchant who died aboard the Hnery and Francis, and that Barbara was his daughter. Various sources refer to the orphaned Barbara being take into the care of John Johnstone, her 'uncle'.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 60/605. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 50/120. [S3594] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700, p259. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221). [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh 685/1 430/254. [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol. II - Synods of Merse and Teviotdale, Dumfries and Galloway, p364.