George Muir

• Name	George Muir
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1679	Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Sievewright
  Military service	22 Jun 1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Subsequently "Source Indyted for rebellion and was present at Hamiltoun Glasgow and Lanerk in armes with the rebells until their defate at Bothwell Bridge"
  Residence	Aug 1684	Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  Legal	28 Aug 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Order for the apprehension of George Muir at Ruglen, amongst others, having attended a conventicle half a mile from Greenock
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	6 Mar 1684/85	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Arrested by Major John Balfour when with Robert Logan and John Gilfillan at the house of Sarah Kirkland
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	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   [7]
  Legal	May 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5)
  Name	George Moor
  Name	George Moore  [5, 8]
  Name	George Mure  [6]
  Origin	Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44677	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Sievewright - 1679 - Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland Military service - Subsequently "Source Indyted for rebellion and was present at Hamiltoun Glasgow and Lanerk in armes with the rebells until their defate at Bothwell Bridge" - 22 Jun 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Aug 1684 - Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Order for the apprehension of George Muir at Ruglen, amongst others, having attended a conventicle half a mile from Greenock - 28 Aug 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Arrested by Major John Balfour when with Robert Logan and John Gilfillan at the house of Sarah Kirkland - 6 Mar 1684/85 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 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 Legal - One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5) - May 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/53/10. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/65. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, IX, p131. [S3533] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 4, p255. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [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 [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p214.