John Muirhead

- 1725

• Name	John Muirhead
  Birth	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	6 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3, 4]
  	Tried for treason and banished, on the same day as four other Covenanters were executed. Not allowed to return without licence, under penanlty of 1,000 merks
  Imprisonment	22 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth; date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie
  	Handed over with William Cunynghame and William Jackson
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Assigned to George Scott on 21 August
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Occupation	Mar 1696/97	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  	Merchant. Had his ship and loading seized and became embroiled in a dispute with Edward Randolph and Patrick Robinson
  Religion	Abt 1705	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA
  	Presbyterian elder and trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Pennington
  Legal	8 Jan 1712/13	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA
  	Granted administration of the estate of Hope Carpenter of Queen's County, New York, having mpurchased land in Hopewell and Jamaica Township, NY from his widow, Mary and younger sons
  Title Suffix	of Hopewell, Esq
  Name	John Moorehead  [6]
  	Dobson records his name as John Muirhead in 'Scottish Transatlantic Merchants, 1611-1785' when quoting his Colonial Papers reference in 1699
  Name	John Murehead  [1]
  Occupation	17 Aug 1713	Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
  	High Sheriff of Burlington County (including Hunterdon) - first to be appointed
  	Abstracts of New Jersey Commissions, published in Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol 6 (1917), p157
  Death	Jan 1724/25	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Burial	1726	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA
  	Ewing Presbyterian Church
  Probate	9 Mar 1725/26	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Inventory £459 11s 8d incl bonds, bills, book debts, made by Thomas Borrowes, Andrew Smith. Wife Rebecca administratrix.
  Person ID	I44679	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Bayless,   b. Abt 1685, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA d. 1759, Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1706	Long Island, Queens, New York, USA
  Children	1. Jane Muirhead,   b. 29 Aug 1710, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. George Muirhead,   b. 1 Mar 1710/11, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Muirhead,   b. 5 Feb 1712/13, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Muirhead,   b. 14 Feb 1714/15, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Andrew Muirhead,   b. 11 Feb 1716/17, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Rebecca Muirhead,   b. 25 Dec 1719, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Ruth Muirhead,   b. 4 May 1723, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Elizabeth Muirhead,   b. 1725, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Lanarkshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Legal - Tried for treason and banished, on the same day as four other Covenanters were executed. Not allowed to return without licence, under penanlty of 1,000 merks - 6 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth; date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie - 22 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Assigned to George Scott on 21 August - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Merchant. Had his ship and loading seized and became embroiled in a dispute with Edward Randolph and Patrick Robinson - Mar 1696/97 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Religion - Presbyterian elder and trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Pennington - Abt 1705 - Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 22 Nov 1706 - Long Island, Queens, New York, USA Legal - Granted administration of the estate of Hope Carpenter of Queen's County, New York, having mpurchased land in Hopewell and Jamaica Township, NY from his widow, Mary and younger sons - 8 Jan 1712/13 - Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Occupation - High Sheriff of Burlington County (including Hunterdon) - first to be appointed - 17 Aug 1713 - Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA Death - Jan 1724/25 - Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1726 - Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory £459 11s 8d incl bonds, bills, book debts, made by Thomas Borrowes, Andrew Smith. Wife Rebecca administratrix. - 9 Mar 1725/26 - Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Possible Covenanter John Muirheads include John, in Foulyates (variously Falyet, Falzeat, Foullzet, Fulzet) of Lachopsland (Bothwell parish) or John, tailor in Hamilton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p159. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p174. [S3533] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 4, p235. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/77/1; JC6/12f10r; JC2/16f411v. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3656] J.W. Fortescue, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, (Name: His Majesty's Public Record Office; Location: London;), 1699, item 450.iii, dated 25 May 1699. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p332. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p332.