John Smith

- Abt 1685

• Name	John Smith
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Residence	Abt Apr 1685	Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [1]
  	'Water of Or'. The river runs along part of the border between Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire.
  Imprisonment	Abt 15 May 1685	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	Held in Dumfries Tolbooth before being set to join the Covenanter prisoners in Burntlisland
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Legal	27 Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Granted by the Privy Council to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [3]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Residence	3 Nov 1686  [4]
  	On land adjacent to 60 acres bought by William Looker of Elizabethtown
  Origin	Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Water of Urr
  Person ID	I44702	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 'Water of Or'. The river runs along part of the border between Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire. - Abt Apr 1685 - Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dumfries Tolbooth before being set to join the Covenanter prisoners in Burntlisland - Abt 15 May 1685 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - Granted by the Privy Council to George Scot for transportation - 27 Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - Water of Urr - - Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  May have been drowned rather than dying from fever

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp167-168. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p103.