Charles Ormston

1667 -

• Name	Charles Ormston
  Birth	1 Apr 1667	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	2 Jun 1667	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Church of Scotland record, though his father was a convinced Quaker by this point
  Gender	Male
  Property	1687	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Served heir to his father
  Religion	1692	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Property	3 Sep 1694	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Confirmation to Charles Ormiston of Kelso, Scotland, merchant, as part of his share, of 1,000 acres on Milston River, Middlesex County, at the foot of Rockie Hill
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [4]
  	As an East Jersey Proprietor agreed to the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown, signed by his proxy, his brother Joseph
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Title Suffix	of Hendersyde  [5]
  Property	1715	Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Purchased the lands of Hendersyde from the Edmonstones of Ednam
  Property	1727	Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  	Invested £1,000 in the Invergarry Ironworks Company (a seventh share)
  Person ID	I44822	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Charles Ormston,   b. 1625, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 19 Dec 1684, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jennet Chatto   d. Bef 1682
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1651	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Probably...
  Family ID	F31210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ribton,   b. Great Broughton, Cumberland, England d. 1737
  Marriage	1690
  Children	1. Charles Ormston,   b. 22 May 1692, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1773 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Apr 1667 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Baptism - 2 Jun 1667 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Property - Served heir to his father - 1687 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1692 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Property - Confirmation to Charles Ormiston of Kelso, Scotland, merchant, as part of his share, of 1,000 acres on Milston River, Middlesex County, at the foot of Rockie Hill - 3 Sep 1694 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased the lands of Hendersyde from the Edmonstones of Ednam - 1715 - Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland Property - Invested £1,000 in the Invergarry Ironworks Company (a seventh share) - 1727 - Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p59. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Kelso. Ref 793/ 20 65. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p234. [S3591] Whitehead, William A., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, pp452-461. [S3749] Ormiston, Thomas Lane, The Ormistons of Teviotdale, p66.