James Junk

• Name	James Junk
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	Abt 15 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth.
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Legal	Bef 12 Aug 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and abjuration but offered the Sheriff of Teviotdale "caution for orderlie living"
  Legal	Abt 15 Aug 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Refused the oath of "alledgiance with the prerogative". Held in Glasgow Tolbooth before being sent to Burntlisland
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	James Junck  [4]
  Origin	Scotland
  Person ID	I44645	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth. - Abt 15 May 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and abjuration but offered the Sheriff of Teviotdale "caution for orderlie living" - Bef 12 Aug 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of "alledgiance with the prerogative". Held in Glasgow Tolbooth before being sent to Burntlisland - Abt 15 Aug 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p19. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294.