William Wilson

• Name	William Wilson
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684  [1]
  	Chapman
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	17 Feb 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Held in Canongate Tolbooth, having been brought from Dumfries
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	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   [5]
  Name	William Wilsone  [3]
  Origin	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [6]
  	or Wigtownshire - stated as 'of Galloway'
  Person ID	I44722	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Canongate Tolbooth, having been brought from Dumfries - 17 Feb 1684/85 - 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 - or Wigtownshire - stated as 'of Galloway' - - Kirkcudbrightshire, 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, p144. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p154. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294.