William Robertson

1683 -

• Name	William Robertson
  Birth	17 May 1683	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the American Merchant (hypothesis)
  	Alternative: by the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	William Robesone
  Name	William Robinson
  Property	Dec 1712	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Sold portions of his father's fraction to Adam Hude and Elisha Parker
  Person ID	I45266	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Doctor William Robertson,   b. Abt 1654, Fife, Scotland d. May 1693, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Allen,   b. 1664, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Aug 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	At Andrew Fisher's House, West Port
  Family ID	F31324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah (Robertson)
  Family ID	F31872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 May 1683 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Departure - Aboard the American Merchant (hypothesis) - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, 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;), p62. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Middlesex Co Deeds Vol 14: Folio 39-43, 44-47, 47-53 (CMICL011). [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p140.