Christopher Strang

• Name	Christopher Strang
  Birth	East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Occupation	Abt Apr 1685	East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Tenant farmer
  Legal	Abt 15 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth.
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	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
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Legal	25 Feb 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5)
  Title Suffix	in Lickprivick
  Name	Christall Strang  [2]
  Name	Christian Strang
  Name	Christopher Strong  [6]
  Name	Cristofer Strang
  Origin	East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44709	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Christall Strang   d. 7 Dec 1666, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer - Abt Apr 1685 - East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. 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 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 - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5) - 25 Feb 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3557] Whitehead, William A., Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country, p37. [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. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p206.