Andrew Galloway

Abt 1640 - 1691  (51 years)

• Name	Andrew Galloway
  Birth	Abt 1640	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	13 Sep 1659	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted, as servant to John Jaffray, provost
  Legal	6 May 1673	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Fined 100 merks for attending a conventicle on north side of Kirk Gate
  Religion	1676	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  	When he had goods siezed by Captain George Melville who was pursuing Quakers for payment of fnes and legal costs. See Burnet, George B., ‘The Rise, Progress and Decline of the Quaker Movement in Scotland’ (unpublished PhD, University of Glasgow, 1937), p157 <http://theses.gla.ac.uk/80090/>
  Property	28 Sep 1676	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Named as an owner of adjoining land in relation to a survey for Benjamin Wade of 48 acres
  Legal	17 Jul 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Fractioner (absent)
  Occupation	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Merchant
  Property	10 Jul 1683	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  	Deed, James Willeke, M. D. of Kemnay, Scotland, to Andrew Galloway of Aberdeen, merchant, for 1/4 of his 1/8 of 1/24th share of East New Jersey. 300 acres. Later confirmation dated
  Residence	1684	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Emigration agent for the Scots Proprietors
  Role	Abt Mar 1683/84	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [7, 8]
  	Emigration agent
  Property	13 Jan 1685/86	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Through John Barclay, with William Garrard petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a warrant for 449 acres by Jumping Brook, of which 125 acres headland
  Residence	26 Mar 1690	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [10]
  	When his servant, William Troup was made a Burgess
  Death	18 Oct 1691	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [11]
  	Recorded by the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Burial	20 Oct 1691	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [11]
  Person ID	I45243	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Issobell Cushnie
  Marriage	24 Feb 1662/63	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Janet Galloway,   b. 1663, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Galloway,   b. 1667, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Isobell Galloway,   b. 1669, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alexander Galloway,   b. 1670, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Andrew Galloway,   b. 7 Feb 1671/72, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Patrick Galloway,   b. 28 Nov 1674, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Margaret Galloway,   b. Apr 1676, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1640 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted, as servant to John Jaffray, provost - 13 Sep 1659 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - 24 Feb 1662/63 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Legal - Fined 100 merks for attending a conventicle on north side of Kirk Gate - 6 May 1673 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1676 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Named as an owner of adjoining land in relation to a survey for Benjamin Wade of 48 acres - 28 Sep 1676 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Legal - With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen - 17 Jul 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Deed, James Willeke, M. D. of Kemnay, Scotland, to Andrew Galloway of Aberdeen, merchant, for 1/4 of his 1/8 of 1/24th share of East New Jersey. 300 acres. Later confirmation dated - 10 Jul 1683 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Emigration agent for the Scots Proprietors - 1684 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - Abt Mar 1683/84 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Through John Barclay, with William Garrard petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a warrant for 449 acres by Jumping Brook, of which 125 acres headland - 13 Jan 1685/86 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - When his servant, William Troup was made a Burgess - 26 Mar 1690 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 18 Oct 1691 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial - 20 Oct 1691 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p58 (p464 in New Spalding Club Miscellany). [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, IV, pp61-62,75-78. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Liber 2, Part B: Folio 32 (PEASJ003). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p58. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p136. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 85 (SSTSE023). [S3659] Scots Proprietors, The, Advertisement to All Trades-Men, Husbandmen, Servants and Others Who Are Willing to Transport Themselves unto the Province of New-East-Jersy in America, a Great Part of Which Belongs to Scots-Men, Proprietors Thereof, p2. [S3658] Anon., Scots Proprietors, The, An Advertisement Concerning the Province of East New Jersey in America, (Name: John Reid; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1685;), p22. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p150. [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p109. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p175.