Robert Drummond

1670 - 1709  (39 years)

• Name	Robert Drummond
  Birth	1670	Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	30 Oct 1670	Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Free emigrant
  Name	Robert Droumond  [1]
  Property	2 Nov 1692	Loch Arbour, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Confirmation to Robert Drummond, nephew of Gavine Drummond, in right of headland for himself, John Gibb and James Chighton of 90 acres in Locharbor
  Death	1709	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Died unmarried
  Will	6 Feb 1708/09	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Uncle Gawen to be executor. Bequeathed his NJ land to brother John, provided he settle there within 7 years; otherwise to pass to uncle Gawen. Witnesses: John Denis, David Stout, William Woolley
  	Nelson was unsure of the year, printing it as '1709'
  Probate	8 Sep 1710	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Inventory completed in 1716: £129 11s 0d including debts due by Captain Milener, Ralph Allan, Nathaniel Bills and John West.
  Person ID	I45226	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	James Drummond,   b. Abt 1646, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elspeth Brown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1670 - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland Baptism - 30 Oct 1670 - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland Property - Confirmation to Robert Drummond, nephew of Gavine Drummond, in right of headland for himself, John Gibb and James Chighton of 90 acres in Locharbor - 2 Nov 1692 - Loch Arbour, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 1709 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Uncle Gawen to be executor. Bequeathed his NJ land to brother John, provided he settle there within 7 years; otherwise to pass to uncle Gawen. Witnesses: John Denis, David Stout, William Woolley - 6 Feb 1708/09 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory completed in 1716: £129 11s 0d including debts due by Captain Milener, Ralph Allan, Nathaniel Bills and John West. - 8 Sep 1710 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Prestonpans 718 100/84. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p201. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p143.