Mr John Hutchinson

- 1685

• Name	John Hutchinson
  Title	Mr
  Gender	Male
  Legal	Mar 1680/81	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Brought to trial for treason with many others from Lanarkshire following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. Assoilized (found not guilty) on 21 March
  Imprisonment	Aug 1683	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Arrested and held in Lanark before being sent to Edinburgh
  Property	Aug 1683	Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	His crop, sheep, nolt (cattle) and horses were seized by George Ogilvie, Albany herald and soldiers, along with those of his tenant, William Loch
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished but liberat'
  Title Suffix	feuar of Hairlaw
  Name	John Hutchesone
  Origin	Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Hairlaw
  Death	13 Dec 1685	At sea
  	On being carried to land at Sandy Hook from the Henry and Francis
  Person ID	I44639	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Marion Weir
  Family ID	F31480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - Brought to trial for treason with many others from Lanarkshire following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. Assoilized (found not guilty) on 21 March - Mar 1680/81 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Arrested and held in Lanark before being sent to Edinburgh - Aug 1683 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland Property - His crop, sheep, nolt (cattle) and horses were seized by George Ogilvie, Albany herald and soldiers, along with those of his tenant, William Loch - Aug 1683 - Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished but liberat' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - Hairlaw - - Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] Howell, Thomas Bayly, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, p295. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp476-477, 501, 559-560. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10.