William Jackson

- Aft 1708

• Name	William Jackson
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner
  Occupation	1685  [1]
  	Cordwainer
  	or shoemaker
  Legal	30 Jul 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Warrant for prosecution for treason issued and remitted under threat of banishment the next day
  Legal	6 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Found guilty of treason and banished
  Legal	21 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Imprisonment	22 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth - date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie
  	Handed over with William Cunynghame and John Muirhead
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Residence	1708	New York, New York, USA   [1]
  	Pearl Street, where he hosted Rev Francis Makemie as a Presbyterian preacher
  Death	Aft 1708	New York, New York, USA
  Person ID	I44643	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Role - Transported prisoner - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Warrant for prosecution for treason issued and remitted under threat of banishment the next day - 30 Jul 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Found guilty of treason and banished - 6 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation - 21 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth - date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie - 22 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Pearl Street, where he hosted Rev Francis Makemie as a Presbyterian preacher - 1708 - New York, New York, USA Death - Aft 1708 - New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Didn't die but moved to New York. There was also a Covenanter William Jackson taken on 18 March during a search by a company from Col Douglas's Regiment of Foot, see BOEC Vol. XI, 1922 p47. Whitehead in his 'Early History of Perth Amboy' refers to William Jackson in New York in 1708 as "one of the banished men", p35. May have come from Haughead in Midlothian or Airdoch in Renfrewshire, both of whom were accused of taking part at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (see Find My Past, Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3557] Whitehead, William A., Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country, p35. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp125,129. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p174. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p159.