John Kincaid

• Name	John Kincaid
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1679	Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1679	Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Chalcharroch
  Legal	1680	Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Fined several times for failing appear as a witness
  Imprisonment	28 Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth
  	With William McCamen and William Sprout; also Mr Heugh Maxwell, James Graham, John Wallett, Andrew McKerter and Alexander McMillan
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Imprisonment	Abt Jul 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Title Suffix	in Chalcharoch
  Name	John Kinkaid  [2, 3]
  Name	John Kinkead  [5]
  Name	John Kinked  [6]
  Origin	Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44649	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1679 - Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Residence - Chalcharroch - 1679 - Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Legal - Fined several times for failing appear as a witness - 1680 - Wigtownshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth - 28 Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Imprisonment - One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture - Abt Jul 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC17/1. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p9. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p19. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p168.