Thomas Jackson

- Abt 1685

• Name	Thomas Jackson
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	1679	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	A rebel captured and brought to Edinburgh
  Occupation	1679	Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Tenant farmer, to Hamilton of Raploch
  Residence	1679	Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Yeardbent
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Legal	11 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance
  Legal	21 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation, having been held in the Thieves-Hole of Edinburgh
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner on Pitlochie's list
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [6]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44642	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - A rebel captured and brought to Edinburgh - 1679 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance - 11 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation, having been held in the Thieves-Hole of Edinburgh - 21 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner on Pitlochie's list - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/1. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/22. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p145. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p159. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).