David Barclay

Abt 1656 - 1685  (29 years)

• Name	David Barclay
  Birth	Abt 1656	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Ury
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1682	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Merchant
  Religion	1682	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Property	27 Feb 1681/82	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Deed by from Thomas Willcox to David Barclay jr for 1/24 of East New Jersey
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  Role	1684	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Emigration agent, responsible for producing the 'Advertisement' seeking tradesmen and other skilled worker emigrants
  Title Suffix	Jr
  Origin	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Death	1685	At sea
  	Returning from East Jersey. The news of his death reached his brother Robert on 10 February
  Person ID	I44757	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Colonel David Barclay,   b. 1610, Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 12 Oct 1686, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Katharine Gordon,   b. 11 Jan 1620/21, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. Mar 1662/63, Drainie, Moray, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Jan 1647/48  [4]
  	Contract dated 24 Dec 1647 at Bog o'Gight (Castle Gordon) and Gordonstoun
  Family ID	F31184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1656 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - 1682 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1682 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Role - Emigration agent, responsible for producing the 'Advertisement' seeking tradesmen and other skilled worker emigrants - 1684 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Origin - - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 51 (SSTSE023). [S3658] Anon., Scots Proprietors, The, An Advertisement Concerning the Province of East New Jersey in America, (Name: John Reid; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1685;), p22. [S3659] Scots Proprietors, The, Advertisement to All Trades-Men, Husbandmen, Servants and Others Who Are Willing to Transport Themselves unto the Province of New-East-Jersy in America, a Great Part of Which Belongs to Scots-Men, Proprietors Thereof, p2. [S3724] Barclay, Hubert F., A History of the Barclay Family, with Full Pedigree from 1066 to 1933, p22.