Thomas Russell

- Abt 1685

• Name	Thomas Russell
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Residence	Jan 1684/85	Livingstone, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Imprisonment	24 Feb 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by verbal order of the Lord Justice General; brought there by some of the 'laird of livistouns tenants'
  Legal	10 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Refused the oath of abjuration (against taing up arms against the King), as reported to the Privy Council
  Imprisonment	Abt Jul 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture
  Imprisonment	24 Aug 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [4]
  	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
  Name	Thomas Russall  [5]
  Origin	Livingstone, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [6]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44693	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Residence - Jan 1684/85 - Livingstone, West Lothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by verbal order of the Lord Justice General; brought there by some of the 'laird of livistouns tenants' - 24 Feb 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of abjuration (against taing up arms against the King), as reported to the Privy Council - 10 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - One of 15 Covenanter prisoners who escaped and were recaptured and subjected to torture - Abt Jul 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 Aug 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Livingstone, West Lothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  One of several Thomas Russells. Assumed not to be the Thomas arrested in Fife for involvement in the murder of Archbishop Sharp and later granted to George Scot for transportation but who escaped from Leith Tolbooth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p176. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XI, 1922, p35. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p19. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas