James Reid

Abt 1658 - Bef 1714  (< 55 years)

• Name	James Reid
  Birth	Abt 1658	Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1680	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family and livestock
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Property	29 Jan 1685/86	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Warrant for survey of 175 acres
  Property	3 May 1687	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed by Anna Mill, "daughter to Robert Mill,master masone at Edinburgh" acknowledging payment for rights to her headland, for the "full power to take it up as much as I may doe so myself"
  Residence	3 May 1687	South River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Property	20 Jan 1687/88	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Headland of 204 acres granted for himself, wife and four children
  Death	Bef 1714	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I45167	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Reid,   b. Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland d. Sep 1663, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Thomsone
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Nov 1651	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  Family ID	F31289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hamilton,   b. Abt 1659, Scotland
  Marriage	Abt 1680	Lanarkshire, Scotland   [8, 9]
  	Recorded at the West of Scotland meeting
  Children	1. John Reid,   b. Abt 1680, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Samuel Reid,   b. Abt 1682, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Reid,   b. Bef 1686  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Reid,   b. Bef 1688   d. Bef 3 May 1748, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1658 - Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1680 - Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - Abt 1680 - Lanarkshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family and livestock - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Property - Warrant for survey of 175 acres - 29 Jan 1685/86 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 3 May 1687 - South River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Headland of 204 acres granted for himself, wife and four children - 20 Jan 1687/88 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 1714 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, L(EJ): Folio 123 (PEASJ003). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D (EJ): Folio 139-140 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p173. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703. p112 [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B(EJ): Folio 281-282 (SSTSE023). [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p431. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh 685/1 440/10. [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p22. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p94.