James Wardrope

- Abt 1685

• Name	James Wardrope
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1679	Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1679	Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Craigmalloch/ Croftmalloch
  	Grid ref NS 947 640
  Military service	22 Jun 1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Accused of taking part at Bothwell Bridge
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Name	James Wardroper  [1]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [3]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44719	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1679 - Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland Residence - Craigmalloch/ Croftmalloch - 1679 - Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland Military service - Accused of taking part at Bothwell Bridge - 22 Jun 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  No records in RPCS or Wodrow

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC18/4. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).