Robert Sandilands

Abt 1656 -

• Name	Robert Sandilands
  Birth	Abt 1656	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Baptism	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1675	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Imprisonment	11 Nov 1676	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth "for Quakerisme" -date of warrant for release
  	Source: Aberdeen letter Book
  Legal	12 Mar 1679/80
  	Witness to a deed of provision drawn up by David Barclay of Urie
  Residence	2 Nov 1680	London, England
  	When mentioned in a letter from George Fox to Robert Barclay
  	Source: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Archives, D78/2, bound manuscript containing copies of letters to and from Robert Barclay the apologist, letters to and from his son Robert Barclay, 1659 to 1742, f42.
  Role	1684	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Emigration agent
  Role	1692	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner (absent)
  Property	22 Mar 1692	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Purchased a 1/16th share from Robert Burnett
  	This is according to Pomfret (1953) p281
  Religion	1700	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker. Author of 'Some Queries Proposed to the Monthly Meeting of Quakers in Aberdeen'
  	Souirce; Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club,
  Occupation	12 Jul 1700	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admited with his elder brother James
  Person ID	I45245	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Sandilands
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian Lindsay
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1653	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	John Sandilands became a Burgess 'married eldest daughter of a burgess'
  Family ID	F31349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1656 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Baptism - - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1675 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth "for Quakerisme" -date of warrant for release - 11 Nov 1676 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - When mentioned in a letter from George Fox to Robert Barclay - 2 Nov 1680 - London, England Role - Emigration agent - 1684 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker. Author of 'Some Queries Proposed to the Monthly Meeting of Quakers in Aberdeen' - 1700 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admited with his elder brother James - 12 Jul 1700 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D-2 (EJ) : Folio 66-67 (SSTSE023). [S3596] Munro, Alexander Macdonald, p125. [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p49.