Margaret Allen

1664 -

• Name	Margaret Allen
  Birth	1664	Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	10 Apr 1664	Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Witnesses: George Nicolsone, William Thomson, John Crawfoord
  Gender	Female
  Religion	1681	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Quaker
  Residence	1681	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's wife
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant with husband and stepchildren
  	Alternative: by the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	Margaret Allane  [1]
  Property	25 Mar 1688	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Identified separately to husband William as owner of land adjoining that of John Carrington
  Residence	20 Jul 1693	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	When administrator of her husband's estate with Benjamin Griffith.
  Person ID	I45259	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Hector Allen   d. 1 Apr 1686, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marian Nicolsone
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James Carlile   d. 20 Aug 1681, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Marriage	12 Feb 1680/81	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	In the bride's father Hector's house
  Children	1. Margaret Carlile,   b. 1 Apr 1682, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Doctor William Robertson,   b. Abt 1654, Fife, Scotland d. May 1693, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	At Andrew Fisher's House, West Port
  Children	1. William Robertson,   b. 17 May 1683, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Robertson,   b. 24 Feb 1684/85, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Robertson,   b. Abt 1686, East Jersey, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1664 - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland Baptism - 10 Apr 1664 - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1681 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1681 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 12 Feb 1680/81 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 5 Aug 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the America Merchant with husband and stepchildren - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Identified separately to husband William as owner of land adjoining that of John Carrington - 25 Mar 1688 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When administrator of her husband's estate with Benjamin Griffith. - 20 Jul 1693 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Prestonpans 718/100 34. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p97. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B(EJ): Folio 324-325 (SSTSE023). [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p140.