Mr David Simson

Abt 1632 - Abt 1686  (54 years)

• Name	David Simson
  Title	Mr
  Birth	Abt 1632	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	25 Jul 1656	Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  	Minister, Killean and Kilchenzie parish - date admitted
  	Translated into Gaelic the First Book of Kings as his part of the Synod of Argyll's translation of the Bible
  Residence	Aug 1656	Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland
  	Parish also referred to as South Kintyre.
  Occupation	11 Jun 1662	Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  	Deprived of his parish by Act of Parliament and subsequent Decreet of Privy Council. (1 Oct 1662)
  Occupation	3 Sep 1672	Southend, Argyll, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Minister, Southend (Kilcholumkill and Kilblaan) parish. Date of his indulgence, having been outed in 1662
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	17 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 3]
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Aboard the America Merchant. Prisoner - exiled. His bond (5,000 merks) was returned to him by order of the Privy Council on 14 August 1685
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Imported by Lord Neill Campbell
  Name	David Symson  [5]
  Death	Abt 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1, 6]
  	"where he continued stedfast in his principles till his death"
  Person ID	I44697	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Jean Thomson   d. Aft 1697
  Children	1. Reverend David Simson,   b. Abt 1650, Scotland d. 19 May 1700, Kilchoman, Argyll, Scotland (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1632 - Scotland Occupation - Minister, Killean and Kilchenzie parish - date admitted - 25 Jul 1656 - Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland Residence - Parish also referred to as South Kintyre. - Aug 1656 - Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland Occupation - Deprived of his parish by Act of Parliament and subsequent Decreet of Privy Council. (1 Oct 1662) - 11 Jun 1662 - Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland Occupation - Minister, Southend (Kilcholumkill and Kilblaan) parish. Date of his indulgence, having been outed in 1662 - 3 Sep 1672 - Southend, Argyll, Scotland Imprisonment - 17 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the America Merchant. Prisoner - exiled. His bond (5,000 merks) was returned to him by order of the Privy Council on 14 August 1685 - 26 Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Lord Neill Campbell - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol. IV - Synods of Argyll, and of Perth and Stirling, pp 61 and 66. http://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc04scot [S3714] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 2, p204. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p149. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 225 (SSTSE023). [S3746] Mendenhall, Harlan G., Presbtyterianism in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, p4.