William Davidson

• Name	William Davidson
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Carpenter
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by Thomas Fullarton
  Role	Nov 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Property	18 Dec 1689	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Petition by John Barclay for 120 acres headland for Arthur Sympson, John Markany, John Brown and William Davison
  Property	15 Jul 1690	Bound Brook, Somerset, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Deed of William Davidson, John Mackienzie, Aurthur Simson and John Browne, all of East Jersey to John Laing of the same place, for their headland on Bound Brook
  Property	17 Jan 1692/93	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed to John Lainge of Middlesex County in right of headland (100 acres) for Arthur Simson, John Broun, William Davidson and John McKenzie
  Origin	Angus, Scotland
  	Hypothesis: recruited by Thomas Fullerton in Angus
  Person ID	I45012	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Thomas Fullarton - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Petition by John Barclay for 120 acres headland for Arthur Sympson, John Markany, John Brown and William Davison - 18 Dec 1689 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of William Davidson, John Mackienzie, Aurthur Simson and John Browne, all of East Jersey to John Laing of the same place, for their headland on Bound Brook - 15 Jul 1690 - Bound Brook, Somerset, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed to John Lainge of Middlesex County in right of headland (100 acres) for Arthur Simson, John Broun, William Davidson and John McKenzie - 17 Jan 1692/93 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p64. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp178-179. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p186. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p203.