James Restone

• Name	James Restone
  Birth	Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
  	Grangeburnmilne/ Grangeburnmill
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1684	Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	5 May 1684	Berwickshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	On the Fugitive Roll
  Residence	Sep 1684	Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England   [3]
  	Grangeburnmilne/ Grangeburnmill
  Imprisonment	Oct 1684	Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England   [4]
  	Imprisoned in Berwick before being taken to Edinburgh; warded in the Tolbooth 29 Oct 1684
  Legal	13 Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Declared himself a loyal subject in presence of the Earl of Linlithgow, and Lords Justice Clerk and Castlehill
  	James followed his father, also a prisoner, declaring conformis presidenti in omnibus; in the fugitive roll. His father's statement was: "James Restoune, elder, prisoner from Berweek, being interrogat and sworne anent his knowledge of the treasonable peaper above mentioned, denyes his knowledge therof direct-lie or indirectlie ; declares he thinks in his judgement these that were at Bothwelbridge were rebells ; declares he thinks it wes murder in them that killed the Archbishop of St. Andrews and that he thinks it unlawfull to ryse in armes against his Majesty or his authority one the account of the Covenant or any other pretext quhatsumever, and thinks the forsaid paper formerlie read to him a traterous and treasonable paper and that he disclames every part of it."
  Imprisonment	19 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth. Released on the authority of the Privy Council
  Legal	19 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3, 6]
  	Bond to live orderly and keep his parish church, and , undertaking to compear when required, under a penalty of 500 merks.
  	286. Bond by James Restoun, younger, in Grangeburnemilne, sent in prisoner from Berweik and in the printed fugitive roil, and now ordered to be released as he stands relaxed before the Lords of Justiciary as having in their presence and in presence of the Committee for Public Affairs taken and signed the Test, enacting himself to compear when required and meanwhile to live orderly and keep his parish church, under a penalty of 500 merks ; with clause of registration. The bond is written and dated as above; witnesses, George Rae, writer in Edinburgh, and the said David Gourly. [On the back] "Received 19 December."
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	10 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Returned to prison by the Committee for Public Affairs
  Legal	Abt 15 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [8]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance with the prerogative, before being sent to Burntisland. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [9]
  	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
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  Title Suffix	younger, in Whitsome
  Name	James Resting
  Name	James Reston  [10]
  Name	James Restoun  [5, 6]
  Name	James Restoune  [11]
  Name	James Rostone  [9]
  Origin	Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
  	Grangeburnmill falls within the 'Liberties of Berwick', now in England
  Person ID	I44690	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Restoune,   b. 1617, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1684 - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Legal - On the Fugitive Roll - 5 May 1684 - Berwickshire, Scotland Residence - Grangeburnmilne/ Grangeburnmill - Sep 1684 - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Berwick before being taken to Edinburgh; warded in the Tolbooth 29 Oct 1684 - Oct 1684 - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Legal - Declared himself a loyal subject in presence of the Earl of Linlithgow, and Lords Justice Clerk and Castlehill - 13 Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth. Released on the authority of the Privy Council - 19 Dec 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Bond to live orderly and keep his parish church, and , undertaking to compear when required, under a penalty of 500 merks. - 19 Dec 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Returned to prison by the Committee for Public Affairs - 10 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance with the prerogative, before being sent to Burntisland. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth - Abt 15 May 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 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 - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Grangeburnmill falls within the 'Liberties of Berwick', now in England - - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3682] Brown, James Wood, The Covenanters of the Merse, p250. [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p26. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p174. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p162. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p335. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p367. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p177. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [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 [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166.