John Sinton

- Abt 1685

• Name	John Sinton
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner on Pitlochie's list
  Name	John Seton  [2]
  Name	John Swintone  [3]
  Name	John Syntonne
  Name	John Syntoune  [1]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [3]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44712	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Role - Transported prisoner - died - 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 on Pitlochie's list - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p9. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).