Doctor William Robertson

Abt 1654 - 1693  (39 years)

• Name	William Robertson
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	Abt 1654	Fife, Scotland
  	Hypothesis
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1682	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  	Doctor of Physick
  Religion	1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Quaker
  Residence	1682	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Property	7 Feb 1682/83	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Conveyance by Robert Burnet to William Robesone of 1/4 of 1/48 of East New Jersey
  Role	Abt Mar 1683/84	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland   [3]
  	Emigration agent
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant (hypothesis) with wife and children, having been an emigration agent earlier in 1684
  	Alternative: by the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	William Robeson  [2]
  Death	May 1693	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Will	18 May 1693	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Executors: wife Margaret and Benjamin Griffith. Witnesses: John Barclay, James Walker, John Luefbourrow
  Probate	3 Jun 1693	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Inventory of £250 15s 3d including "Debts sperate and desperate," 6 silver spoons, one silver tumbler and a negro woman, 1290 acres of land not appraised"
  Person ID	I45265	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Allen,   b. 1664, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
  Marriage	5 Aug 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	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	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	wife 1 (Robertson)   d. Abt 1680, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
  Children	1. Anna Robertson,   b. Burntisland, Fife, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1654 - Fife, Scotland Occupation - Doctor of Physick - 1682 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1682 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Marriage - 5 Aug 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - Abt Mar 1683/84 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Departure - Aboard the America Merchant (hypothesis) with wife and children, having been an emigration agent earlier in 1684 - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - May 1693 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife Margaret and Benjamin Griffith. Witnesses: John Barclay, James Walker, John Luefbourrow - 18 May 1693 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of £250 15s 3d including "Debts sperate and desperate," 6 silver spoons, one silver tumbler and a negro woman, 1290 acres of land not appraised" - 3 Jun 1693 - Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p140. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 249 (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. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p205.