Margaret Leslie

• Name	Margaret Leslie
  Gender	Female
  Imprisonment	3 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth
  	Warded with John Pollock, William Pollock, Anna Kerr, Jean Dreumond, Isobell Smith, Janett Fumertoune
  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
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	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
  Name	Margaret Lesslie  [3]
  Name	Margrat Lessly  [1]
  Person ID	I44655	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth - 3 Dec 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 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  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p170. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166.