William Sprot

• Name	William Sprot
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Amonsgt the prisoners brought from Dumfries to Edinburgh
  Occupation	1684	Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1684	Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Clontarch
  	Also in the records as ;Clowburgh' and 'Clutog'
  Legal	17 Oct 1684	Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Banished along with William Macalmon and John McHaffie
  Imprisonment	28 Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Legal	5 Feb 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Privy Council order for transportation, "to be sent to his Majesties plantationes abroad with the first opportunity upon cautione to be found by the transporters in the ordinar way"
  Imprisonment	18 May 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	In Leith Tolbooth. Given to George Scot for transportation
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished'
  Title Suffix	in Clontarch  [2]
  Name	William Spratt
  Name	William Sproul  [8]
  Name	William Sproull
  Name	William Sprout  [5, 9]
  Name	William Sprud  [6]
  Origin	Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44703	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Amonsgt the prisoners brought from Dumfries to Edinburgh - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1684 - Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Residence - Clontarch - 1684 - Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Legal - Banished along with William Macalmon and John McHaffie - 17 Oct 1684 - Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth - 28 Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Privy Council order for transportation, "to be sent to his Majesties plantationes abroad with the first opportunity upon cautione to be found by the transporters in the ordinar way" - 5 Feb 1684/85 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - In Leith Tolbooth. Given to George Scot for transportation - 18 May 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'banished' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p377. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p612. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221). [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p129. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p155. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p168.