Andrew Burnett

• Name	Andrew Burnett
  Gender	Male
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Role	Dec 1683	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured servant
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  	Imported by the Scots Proprietors on a four year indenture
  Property	12 May 1687	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors with other servants for land in the Blew Hills (Watchung Mountains)for
  Property	10 May 1688	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Deeds awarding his headland and selling this from and to Robert Barclay
  Property	11 Dec 1697	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Purchase of 'sundry tracts' from James Miller
  Legal	12 Feb 1702/03	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Responsible for proving the will of John Hampton, having been his witness in 1702.
  Occupation	Apr 1708	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Merchant
  Legal	22 Apr 1708	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Deed of purchase of 200 acres from Jacob Truex of Middletown, price £140
  Name	Andreas Burnett  [2]
  Person ID	I45157	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Indentured servant - Dec 1683 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Arrival - Imported by the Scots Proprietors on a four year indenture - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Property - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors with other servants for land in the Blew Hills (Watchung Mountains)for - 12 May 1687 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deeds awarding his headland and selling this from and to Robert Barclay - 10 May 1688 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Merchant - Apr 1708 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Legal - Deed of purchase of 200 acres from Jacob Truex of Middletown, price £140 - 22 Apr 1708 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Possibly from one of the Burnet familes closely associated with the Wast Jersey venture

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 155 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp157-158. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p120. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p132. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, C(EJ): Folio 166 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, I(EJ): Folio 153-155 (SSTSE023).