Colonel David Barclay

1610 - 1686  (76 years)

• Name	David Barclay  [1]
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	1610	Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	or Kirktounhill Kirktownhill
  Gender	Male
  Military service	1630	Sweden   [3]
  	Captain in the army of Gustavus Adolphus - year commissioned as a Captain
  Military service	1644	Scotland   [4]
  	Served in Lord Montgomerie's Regiment of Horse.
  Property	1645	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [5]
  	His estate was ravaged by the troops of the Marquis of Montrose
  Military service	1648	Scotland
  	Commanded troops in Scotland while the Engager army under the Duke of Hamilton moved south in support of King Charles I. Was subsequently stripped of his command.
  Imprisonment	23 Aug 1665	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6, 7]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for his having served as a trustee for forfeited estates under the Cromwellian regime. Date of royal warrnat for this arrest.
  Religion	Abt Mar 1665/66	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6, 7]
  	Quaker, becoming 'convinced' while held in prison in Edinburgh Castle along with John Swinton
  Imprisonment	Apr 1668	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Was still in prison, 3 years on, when he refused to sign the 'Bond for the Peace' required of political prisoners after the Pentland Rising.
  Imprisonment	9 May 1668	Montrose, Angus, Scotland   [8]
  	Having been transferred to Montrose Tolbooth, the date at which he was allowed liberty within the town. Allowed to confine himself to Urie on 3 December 1668
  Residence	23 Aug 1670	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [8]
  	Date granted his freedom from confinement at Urie
  Property	19 Mar 1675/76	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [9]
  	Arrested and later fined for attending conventicles, and imprisoned for non-payment
  Legal	17 Jul 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	With other Quakers, including his son Robert, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen
  Title Suffix	17th of Ury
  Property	13 Aug 1679	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [10]
  	Signature of the lands of Urie, etc granted to Col David Barclay and his son Robert Barclay.
  Death	12 Oct 1686	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Ury
  Person ID	I44751	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Colonel David Barclay,   b. 1580   d. 1660 (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Livingstone,   b. Daughter of Sir John Livingstone, 4th of Dunipace
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Katharine Gordon,   b. 11 Jan 1620/21, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. Mar 1662/63, Drainie, Moray, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1647/48  [11]
  	Contract dated 24 Dec 1647 at Bog o'Gight (Castle Gordon) and Gordonstoun
  Children	1. Robert Barclay,   b. 23 Dec 1648, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. 3 Oct 1690, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lucy Barclay,   b. 1653   d. Dec 1686, Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Barclay,   b. Abt 1651, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. Abt 24 Apr 1731, South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. David Barclay,   b. Abt 1656, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 1685, At sea (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jean Barclay  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1610 - Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland Military service - Served in Lord Montgomerie's Regiment of Horse. - 1644 - Scotland Property - His estate was ravaged by the troops of the Marquis of Montrose - 1645 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Military service - Commanded troops in Scotland while the Engager army under the Duke of Hamilton moved south in support of King Charles I. Was subsequently stripped of his command. - 1648 - Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for his having served as a trustee for forfeited estates under the Cromwellian regime. Date of royal warrnat for this arrest. - 23 Aug 1665 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker, becoming 'convinced' while held in prison in Edinburgh Castle along with John Swinton - Abt Mar 1665/66 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Was still in prison, 3 years on, when he refused to sign the 'Bond for the Peace' required of political prisoners after the Pentland Rising. - Apr 1668 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Having been transferred to Montrose Tolbooth, the date at which he was allowed liberty within the town. Allowed to confine himself to Urie on 3 December 1668 - 9 May 1668 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Residence - Date granted his freedom from confinement at Urie - 23 Aug 1670 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Property - Arrested and later fined for attending conventicles, and imprisoned for non-payment - 19 Mar 1675/76 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - With other Quakers, including his son Robert, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen - 17 Jul 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Signature of the lands of Urie, etc granted to Col David Barclay and his son Robert Barclay. - 13 Aug 1679 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Death - 12 Oct 1686 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, pp1-97. [S3638] Barclay, Robert, A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie ... With Memoirs of Colonel David Barclay and His Son Robert Barclay, p20. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p2. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p10. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p14. [S3641] Miller, William F., The Record Book of Friends at the Monethly Meeting Att Urie, (Name: Friends Historical Society; Location: London; Date: 1910;), Part I, p91. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, pp63-64. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, pp68-75. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p83. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), SIG1/10/23. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p22.