William Turnbull

• Name	William Turnbull
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Abt Feb 1685	England   [1]
  Legal	Abt 18 May 1685	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Canongate Tolbooth.
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	William Trumble
  Origin	England   [1]
  Person ID	I44715	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Abt Feb 1685 - England Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Canongate Tolbooth. - Abt 18 May 1685 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation - 18 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 Origin - - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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, p9. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p154.