James Muirhead

• Name	James Muirhead
  Gender	Male
  Legal	1679	Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	On list of fugitives for rebellion and harbouring others accused of treasonous crimes
  Occupation	1684	Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1684	Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Castlehill
  Imprisonment	9 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth for persistent Covenanting offences. One of those (including William Niven) charged with disloyalty to the Church and the King by the Privy Council
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Legal	20 May 1685	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance while held in Canongate Tolbooth and to be banished. On list of prisoners for Dunnottar.
  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
  Title Suffix	in Castlehill  [2]
  Name	James Murehead
  Name	James Murhead  [1, 6]
  Origin	Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 7]
  	Castlehill
  Person ID	I44678	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - On list of fugitives for rebellion and harbouring others accused of treasonous crimes - 1679 - Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1684 - Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Castlehill - 1684 - Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth for persistent Covenanting offences. One of those (including William Niven) charged with disloyalty to the Church and the King by the Privy Council - 9 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance while held in Canongate Tolbooth and to be banished. On list of prisoners for Dunnottar. - 20 May 1685 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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 Origin - Castlehill - - Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Not to be confused with James Muirhead of Breadisholm who was released by the Privy Council on 11 Sep 1685.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/2. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/54. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, pp3-4. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p289. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p292. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p15.