William McCalmont

• Name	William McCalmont
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684	Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1684	Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Culbratten
  Legal	16 Oct 1684	Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Sentenced, with others, to be banished
  Imprisonment	28 Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth, having been brought from prison in Dumfries
  	With William Sprout and John Kinked; also Mr Heugh Maxwell, James Graham, John Wallett, Andrew McKerter and Alexander McMillan
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	22 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  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   [5]
  Name	William M'Kalbone  [4]
  Name	William Maccammond
  Name	William McAlmond  [6]
  Name	William McCalman
  Name	William McCamen  [2]
  Origin	Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44662	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1684 - Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland Residence - Culbratten - 1684 - Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland Legal - Sentenced, with others, to be banished - 16 Oct 1684 - Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth, having been brought from prison in Dumfries - 28 Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - 22 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, 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 - - Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, pp606-610. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p168. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p377. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166.