John Pollock

• Name	John Pollock  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	25 Jul 1680	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Imprisoned, having been captured after the skirmish of Airdsmoss. Was "tortured in the boots", accused of carrying letters amongst the Covenanters. Tortured with The Boot
  Legal	11 Oct 1681	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Sentenced by the Privy Council to be banished and delivered to a skipper in Leith for transportation
  Imprisonment	3 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth
  	With William Pollock, Anna Kerr, Jean Dreumond, Margrat Lessly, Isobell Smith, Janett Fumertoune
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Occupation	Feb 1685  [6]
  	Chapman
  Imprisonment	10 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Refused before the Committee on Public Affairs to say he would not take up arms against the King and was sent back to prisoon
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  Title Suffix	in Balmerinoch  [3]
  Name	John Pollack
  Origin	Balmerino, Fife, Scotland
  Person ID	I44685	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Imprisoned, having been captured after the skirmish of Airdsmoss. Was "tortured in the boots", accused of carrying letters amongst the Covenanters. Tortured with The Boot - 25 Jul 1680 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Sentenced by the Privy Council to be banished and delivered to a skipper in Leith for transportation - 11 Oct 1681 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth - 3 Dec 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Refused before the Committee on Public Affairs to say he would not take up arms against the King and was sent back to prisoon - 10 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Balmerino, Fife, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There was also a John Pollock who was 'in aldertoune' (Cadder district, 'Calder') and was taken from Hamilton Tolbooth to Edinburgh Tolbooth on 6 Feb 1675 with John Mour in Arbuckle and John Prentice in Whitcraig (BOEC, vol VI, 1913, p128)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p221. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/55/3/C. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VII, p219. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p170. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p177. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas