John McGhie

1659 - 1735  (76 years)

• Name	John McGhie
  Birth	1659	Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Based on age on gravestone
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Abt Apr 1685	Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Berrieknowes
  Legal	Abt 15 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth.
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	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   [4]
  Name	John M'Gie  [2]
  Name	John Megie  [5]
  Name	Jon Mckgie  [6]
  Property	1699	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Admitted as an 'Associate' of Elizabethtown with a 100-acre lot
  Residence	1704	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	When a witness to a deed by John Little Jr
  Occupation	1733	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Blacksmith
  Will	23 Apr 1733	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Executors: wife Anna, sons John (to whom Ridge Farm, land bought from Henry Tuttle and Samuel Littel) and Joseph (to whom homestead adjoining Jeremiah Crane). Witnesses: Jeremiah Creaine, John Chandler, William Clark
  Residence	1735	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Ridge Farm
  Death	3 Feb 1734/35	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Probate	9 Mar 1745/46	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Origin	Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  Burial	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	First Presbyterian Church
  Person ID	I44666	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Anne (McGhie),   b. 1674   d. 3 Jun 1735, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. John Megie,   b. 1699, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. Dec 1741, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Janet Megie,   b. 1707, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 18 Apr 1750, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Anna Megie,   b. 1700, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 14 May 1759, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joseph Megie,   b. 1706, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 9 Mar 1783, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Abigail Megie  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Megie  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1659 - Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Berrieknowes - Abt Apr 1685 - Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth. - Abt 15 May 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 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 Property - Admitted as an 'Associate' of Elizabethtown with a 100-acre lot - 1699 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When a witness to a deed by John Little Jr - 1704 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Blacksmith - 1733 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife Anna, sons John (to whom Ridge Farm, land bought from Henry Tuttle and Samuel Littel) and Joseph (to whom homestead adjoining Jeremiah Crane). Witnesses: Jeremiah Creaine, John Chandler, William Clark - 23 Apr 1733 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Ridge Farm - 1735 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Death - 3 Feb 1734/35 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 9 Mar 1745/46 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Burial - - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3729] Wheeler, William Ogden, Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in the Burying Grounds of the First Presbyterian Church and St. Johns Church at Elizabeth, New Jersey. 1664-1892, p178. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793): Folio 103-104 (CESRD001). [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p331.