John Rany

- Abt 1685

• Name	John Rany
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1683	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Burgess
  Residence	1683	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Imprisonment	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	On th elist of prisoners sent to Edinburgh from Dumfries, with his wife Mareon
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished'
  Name	John Rain
  Name	John Rainy
  Name	John Rann
  Name	John Rennie  [4]
  Name	John Renwick  [1]
  Origin	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [5]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44688	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Mareon Wallace
  Family ID	F31917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Burgess - 1683 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Residence - 1683 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Imprisonment - On th elist of prisoners sent to Edinburgh from Dumfries, with his wife Mareon - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - 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 - 'banished' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3533] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 4, p338. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p377. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).