John Kellie

• Name	John Kellie
  Gender	Male
  Legal	1679	East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	On list of fugitives following Bothwell Bridge
  Occupation	1679	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
  	Baxter
  Residence	1679	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
  Military service	1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Accused of "being at the late rebellion". Later (in 1684) claimed not to have been at Bothwell Bridge
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Legal	21 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - banished
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	John Collie
  Name	John McKello
  Name	Jon Kelly  [3]
  Origin	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I44646	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - On list of fugitives following Bothwell Bridge - 1679 - East Lothian, Scotland Occupation - Baxter - 1679 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Residence - 1679 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Military service - Accused of "being at the late rebellion". Later (in 1684) claimed not to have been at Bothwell Bridge - 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation - 21 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - banished - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  McKello records to be checked

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/2. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/53/80. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p335. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10.