Doctor George Lockhart

Abt 1648 - Bef 1698  (< 50 years)

• Name	George Lockhart
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	Abt 1648	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1668
  	Physician/ surgeon: enrolled in the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  	Alexander Duncan, 'Memorials of bthe Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow' (Glasgow 1896), p241
  Occupation	11 Jun 1668	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Apothecary. Date admitted as a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow
  Role	1677	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Earlier free emigrant
  Residence	1679	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	23 Jun 1679	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Purchased a house lot, etc from Claude Velot. Sold this to Thomas Codrington, New York merchant on 22 Feb 1683
  Occupation	Feb 1682/83	New York, New York, USA   [3]
  	Doctor: 'practitioner of physic and surgery'
  Residence	Feb 1682/83	New York, New York, USA   [3]
  Legal	30 May 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Brought case with English Smith at the High Court of Admiralty against Walsall Cobby, master of the Seaflower for breach of contract
  Property	30 Jun 1683	London, England
  	Borrowed money from Richard Adkinson, London shipwright (date of bond). Debt pursued on 9 Mar 1684
  Legal	21 Aug 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Following the offer of prisoners wishing to emigrate on his ship at Leith, he made a supplication to the Privy Council for an assessment of their condition.
  Property	Bef 7 Sep 1683	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	The East Jersey Proprietors granted Lockhart requested the office of Marshall and a lot of 10 acres in Perth Amboy on which to build a prison and town house; approval contained in their instructions to Gawen Lawrie
  	It seems unlikely that the prison was ever built. Check maps...
  Legal	21 Feb 1683/84	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	With English Smith, petitioned the Privy Council for redress against Wassall Cobbie (Walsall Cobbe), accused of going off with the petitioners' property aboard the 'Seaflour'
  Legal	16 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Granted 10 banished prisoners "to be caryed off the kingdome in his ship bound for the saids Plantations"
  Legal	19 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [9]
  	Bond to deliver the 10 prisoners. Cautioners: James Glen and Thomas Gordon.
  Legal	26 May 1684	New York, New York, USA   [10]
  	Petition by Thomas Crandall of New York, attorney to John Jackson, etc of London for attachment against certain goods on board the Seaflower
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Aft Sep 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Arrival of the Seaflower, the departure being much delayed by the case brought in Edinburgh.
  Legal	Oct 1684	New York, New York, USA   [11]
  	Case in New York relating to the master of the Seaflower, Walsall Cobby and merchants George Lockhart and English Smith
  Legal	15 May 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  	Petitioned the Proprietors for a patent for the land at Tapan. Granted, recognising recommendations from the Governor and Scot Proprietors, his efforts to promote the colony, and his providing 30 tons of stone for a prison house to be built in Perth Amboy
  Occupation	9 Dec 1685	New York, New York, USA   [13]
  	Tax farmer: date granted a certificate "of the farming of the Great Packt or Excise"
  Property	7 Feb 1685/86	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [14, 15]
  	Purchase confirmed of a tract of land beginning at Tapan Creek. With his wife Janet, sold part to Andrew Boune, New York, merchant on 17 Jun 1686, other parts having been conveyed to Frederick Flypsen of New York and the Proprietors
  	3,410 acres. Location later known as Palisades. On boundary with New York (area later transferred to New York state)
  Legal	14 Aug 1686	New York, New York, USA   [16]
  	Capias granted to George Lockhart against David Moody, senior (writ ordering arrest)
  Legal	Mar 1690/91	New York, New York, USA   [17]
  	Petition by George Lockhart to be appointed sheriff or clerk of New York
  Name	George Lokart
  Occupation	26 Mar 1691	New York, New York, USA   [18]
  	Clerk of the Market: petition relating to his duties and fees in this capacity
  Occupation	23 Jul 1691	New York, New York, USA   [19]
  	One of six doctors appointed to carry out a post-mortem on Governor Slaughter following his sudden death (believed to have been the first ever conducted in New York)
  Death	Bef Mar 1697/98	New York, New York, USA   [20]
  Probate	18 Mar 1697/98	New York, New York, USA   [20]
  	Letters of administration granted to Major William Merritt as principal creditor
  Person ID	I45242	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Lockhart   d. 28 Sep 1665
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Cunyninghame
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Rae
  Children	1. Jane Lockhart,   b. 1668, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 20 Aug 1743, New York, New York, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1648 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Apothecary. Date admitted as a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow - 11 Jun 1668 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Earlier free emigrant - 1677 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1679 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased a house lot, etc from Claude Velot. Sold this to Thomas Codrington, New York merchant on 22 Feb 1683 - 23 Jun 1679 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Doctor: 'practitioner of physic and surgery' - Feb 1682/83 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Feb 1682/83 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Brought case with English Smith at the High Court of Admiralty against Walsall Cobby, master of the Seaflower for breach of contract - 30 May 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Borrowed money from Richard Adkinson, London shipwright (date of bond). Debt pursued on 9 Mar 1684 - 30 Jun 1683 - London, England Legal - Following the offer of prisoners wishing to emigrate on his ship at Leith, he made a supplication to the Privy Council for an assessment of their condition. - 21 Aug 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - The East Jersey Proprietors granted Lockhart requested the office of Marshall and a lot of 10 acres in Perth Amboy on which to build a prison and town house; approval contained in their instructions to Gawen Lawrie - Bef 7 Sep 1683 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - With English Smith, petitioned the Privy Council for redress against Wassall Cobbie (Walsall Cobbe), accused of going off with the petitioners' property aboard the 'Seaflour' - 21 Feb 1683/84 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Granted 10 banished prisoners "to be caryed off the kingdome in his ship bound for the saids Plantations" - 16 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Bond to deliver the 10 prisoners. Cautioners: James Glen and Thomas Gordon. - 19 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Petition by Thomas Crandall of New York, attorney to John Jackson, etc of London for attachment against certain goods on board the Seaflower - 26 May 1684 - New York, New York, USA Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Case in New York relating to the master of the Seaflower, Walsall Cobby and merchants George Lockhart and English Smith - Oct 1684 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Petitioned the Proprietors for a patent for the land at Tapan. Granted, recognising recommendations from the Governor and Scot Proprietors, his efforts to promote the colony, and his providing 30 tons of stone for a prison house to be built in Perth Amboy - 15 May 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Tax farmer: date granted a certificate "of the farming of the Great Packt or Excise" - 9 Dec 1685 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Capias granted to George Lockhart against David Moody, senior (writ ordering arrest) - 14 Aug 1686 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Petition by George Lockhart to be appointed sheriff or clerk of New York - Mar 1690/91 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Clerk of the Market: petition relating to his duties and fees in this capacity - 26 Mar 1691 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - One of six doctors appointed to carry out a post-mortem on Governor Slaughter following his sudden death (believed to have been the first ever conducted in New York) - 23 Jul 1691 - New York, New York, USA Death - Bef Mar 1697/98 - New York, New York, USA Probate - Letters of administration granted to Major William Merritt as principal creditor - 18 Mar 1697/98 - New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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