Joseph Ormston

1669 - 1720  (51 years)

• Name	Joseph Ormston
  Birth	6 Mar 1668/69	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1695	London, England   [3]
  	Merchant
  Property	1695	London, England   [3, 4]
  	Owned wealth of £600 or more, in the highest category in the 1695 census of the inhabitants of London
  Religion	1695	London, England   [4]
  	Quaker. Member of the Bull and Mouth Monthly Meeting
  Residence	1695	London, England   [3]
  	In the London census, listed as owning wealth of £600 or more, the wealthiest category
  Occupation	3 Aug 1698	Scotland   [5]
  	Merchant. Date of petition with Wm Elliot to the Parliament of Scotland for the establishment of a silk manufactory
  	Also petition "for the winding, throwing, twisting and dyeing of raw silk" read and remitted to committee by the Scottish Parliament, 19 Jul 1698 (www.rps.ac.uk)
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [6]
  	One of the East Jersey Proprietors who signed the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown. Also signed as proxy for Charles Ormston, Edward Anthill and George Willocks; acted as representatibve of Franics Hancock
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Burial	1720	Southwark, Surrey, England   [7, 8]
  	Long Lane
  Death	23 Apr 1720	London, England   [7, 9]
  	of "Bloody Flux"
  Legal	10 Aug 1720	London, England   [4]
  	Declared bankrupt - when reported to the Bull and Mouth Quaker Monthly Meeting
  	See also Nelson, William, Some Account of American Newspapers (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XII) (Paterson, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1895), XII, p8
  Probate	27 Dec 1723	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [9]
  	Testament Dative and Inventory prepared by James Stephen, Usher in His Majesties Court of Exchequer on behalf of Orsmton's creditor Charles Dunster
  Person ID	I44823	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  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	Rachel Sonmans   d. 1737, Wanstead, Essex, England
  Family ID	F31212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Mar 1668/69 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - 1695 - London, England Property - Owned wealth of £600 or more, in the highest category in the 1695 census of the inhabitants of London - 1695 - London, England Religion - Quaker. Member of the Bull and Mouth Monthly Meeting - 1695 - London, England Residence - In the London census, listed as owning wealth of £600 or more, the wealthiest category - 1695 - London, England Occupation - Merchant. Date of petition with Wm Elliot to the Parliament of Scotland for the establishment of a silk manufactory - 3 Aug 1698 - Scotland Burial - 1720 - Southwark, Surrey, England Death - 23 Apr 1720 - London, England Legal - Declared bankrupt - when reported to the Bull and Mouth Quaker Monthly Meeting - 10 Aug 1720 - London, England Probate - Testament Dative and Inventory prepared by James Stephen, Usher in His Majesties Court of Exchequer on behalf of Orsmton's creditor Charles Dunster - 27 Dec 1723 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), CH10/1/64 p34. [S3617] London Record Scoiety, London Inhabitants Within the Walls 1695, (Date: 1966;). https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol2/pp217-220 [S3618] Sahle, Esther, Quakers in the British Atlantic World, c.1660–1800, (Name: Boydell & Brewer; Location: Martlesham, Suffolk; Date: 2021;), pp112-116. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PA7/16 Supplementary Parliamentary Papers, 1698-1699: 14.1-2. [S3591] Whitehead, William A., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, pp452-461. [S3646] The National Archives, (Name: The National Archives; Location: London;), RG6_0331_0_0767. [S3749] Ormiston, Thomas Lane, The Ormistons of Teviotdale, p70. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), CC8/8/89.