John King

• Name	John King
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Origin	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44650	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Either John King in Newmlyne (with mill and 5s 5d land), or John King in Meikle Gavin (17s land). RPCS XI, 293

  
  

• Sources

  [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11.