Mr John Hutchinson

- 1685

• Name	John Hutchinson
  Title	Mr
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	26 Jul 1672	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth, with others, for attending conventicles and refusing to give his oath
  	There is also a record from the Old Tolbooth records of the imprisonment of a ',john hutchison' in Edinburgh Tolbooth on 22 August 1667, one of several prisoners brought in by the Duke of Hamilton from Hamilton Tolbooth for involvement in the 'leate rebellion' (BOECD, Vol. VI, pp135-136
  Legal	17 Mar 1680/81	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Brought to trial for treason with many others from Lanarkshire following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. Assoilized (found not guilty) on 21 March. One of several found not guilty.
  Legal	16 Jun 1681	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Complaint by Hm Advocate [Mackenzie of Rosehaugh) that he and others had been acquitted b"by favour and partial means" in March
  Imprisonment	Aug 1683	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Arrested and held in Lanark before being sent to Edinburgh, leaving his wife and 'five small children' behind
  Property	Aug 1683	Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	His crop, sheep, nolt (cattle) and horses were seized by George Ogilvie, Albany herald and soldiers, along with those of his tenant, William Loch
  Imprisonment	9 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Held in Canongate Tolbooth
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished but liberat'
  Title Suffix	feuar in Hairlaw  [5]
  Name	John Hutchesone
  Origin	Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Hairlaw
  Death	13 Dec 1685	At sea   [8]
  	On being carried to land at Sandy Hook from the Henry and Francis
  Person ID	I44639	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Marion Weir
  Family ID	F31480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth, with others, for attending conventicles and refusing to give his oath - 26 Jul 1672 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Brought to trial for treason with many others from Lanarkshire following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. Assoilized (found not guilty) on 21 March. One of several found not guilty. - 17 Mar 1680/81 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Complaint by Hm Advocate [Mackenzie of Rosehaugh) that he and others had been acquitted b"by favour and partial means" in March - 16 Jun 1681 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Arrested and held in Lanark before being sent to Edinburgh, leaving his wife and 'five small children' behind - 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 Imprisonment - Held in Canongate Tolbooth - 9 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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

  [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. VI, 1913, p114. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, Vol. 3, pp 561-561. [S3674] Howell, Thomas Bayly, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, pp 247, 295. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, Vol. VII, p135. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp476-477, 501, 559-560. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, Vol. X, p3. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).