Robert McEwen

1661 - 1740  (79 years)

• Name	Robert McEwen
  Birth	1661	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Military service	22 Jun 1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	According to his own testimony, took part in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
  Legal	5 May 1684	Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	On the Fugitive Roll. Said to be a tailor in Creichen
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Feb 1685	Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [2]
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Imprisonment	Abt Jul 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [4]
  	One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Legal	Abt 18 Aug 1685	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Canongate Tolbooth.
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Name	Robert McCune  [5]
  Name	Robert Mckqueen  [4]
  Name	Robert McQueen
  Occupation	1695	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  	Tailor
  Property	1698	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  	Mr. Robert Mekune purchased land from Benjamin Peat Jr.
  	Quoted in 'Robert McEwen Scottish Exile to America 1685 and his descendants' by Patricia Ann Hoagland McEwen, Palo Alto, California, 1991; p13
  Death	24 Feb 1739/40	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [7]
  Probate	1 Apr 1740	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  	Connecticut Probate records v. 6-8 1717-1750 on Family Search, Film # 007627301 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2MK
  Origin	Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Nithsdale
  Person ID	I44673	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah Wilcoxson,   b. 26 Dec 1671, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	30 Jun 1695	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. John McEwen,   b. 23 Sep 1697, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth McEwen,   b. 7 Nov 1699, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert McEwen,   b. 7 Mar 1701/02, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. George McEwen,   b. 11 Mar 1702/03, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sarah McEwen,   b. 5 Nov 1704, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Timothy McEwen,   b. 11 Mar 1706/07, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Gershom McEwen,   b. 7 Apr 1711, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1661 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland Military service - According to his own testimony, took part in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - 22 Jun 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - On the Fugitive Roll. Said to be a tailor in Creichen - 5 May 1684 - Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Residence - Feb 1685 - Dumfries-shire, 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 Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Canongate Tolbooth. - Abt 18 Aug 1685 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Tailor - 1695 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 30 Jun 1695 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Property - Mr. Robert Mekune purchased land from Benjamin Peat Jr. - 1698 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Death - 24 Feb 1739/40 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Probate - 1 Apr 1740 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Origin - Nithsdale - - Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p24. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [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. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3712] White, Lorraine Cook, ed., Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, The, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1994-2002;), Stratford Vital Records 1639-1840 p183.