Mr William Aikman

1647 - 1699  (52 years)

• Name	William Aikman
  Title	Mr
  Birth	Jun 1647	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	19 Jun 1647	Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Witnesses: William Thomson, clerk of Edinburgh, Mr Andrew Fairfulle, minister in North Leith, Captain William Ramsay and William Ro'sone in Leith
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	16 Jan 1671/72	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
  Legal	13 Nov 1673	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Action at the High Court: v. Magistrates of Arbroath for "wrongous imprisonment " and they against him "Deforcement of their Town Officer"
  	The matter arose when the Town Officer was attempting to apprehend him for payment of a "Bloodwitt", imposed by the magistrates for his beating a servant. The cases were deserted. See Scott-Moncrieff, W. G. and John W. Weston, eds., The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, Edinburgh, 1661-1678 (Edinburgh: Scottish History Socierty, 1905) <http://archive.org/details/recordsofproceed02edin>
  Occupation	26 Sep 1674	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Procurator Fiscal of the High Court of Admiralty, when he brought a complaint against Hendrie Martin, commander of the frigate, the Charles
  Occupation	Abt 1677	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Editor, transcribing and augmenting 'Families of Scotland' by Sir Patrick Lyon of Carse. This was later taken to publication by Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
  Residence	1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner (absent)
  Occupation	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 6]
  	Advocate. He was Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates, 1680-1690
  Property	21 Apr 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Deed, Robert Barclay of Urie to William Aickman of Scotland, advocate, for 1/10 of 1/48 share of East New Jersey
  Legal	7 Aug 1685	New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Power of attorney, William Aickman appointing Archibald Riddell, brother germane to Sir John Riddell, as agent in East New Jersey
  Title Suffix	of Cairnie
  Name	William Aickman  [6]
  Occupation	Angus, Scotland
  	Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire
  Property	4 Jan 1686/87	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Petition by Archibald Riddell on behalf of William Aickman for 500 acres on north branch of the Raritan River, plus a further 200 acres "due to him"
  Death	29 Dec 1699  [1]
  Probate	11 Jul 1700  [8]
  	Testament Dative and Inventory, and EIK dated 7 Mar 1701
  Person ID	I45274	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Aikman,   b. 1613, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland d. 1693, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Hamilton
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Clerk,   b. Abt 1650, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Marriage	Abt 1674
  Children	1. William Aikman,   b. 1682, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1731, London, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Aikman,   b. 1676, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Aikman,   b. 1675, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Aikman,   b. 1680, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Hepburne,   b. Abt 1650, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1673 (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1672	Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F31632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1647 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism - 19 Jun 1647 - Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates - 16 Jan 1671/72 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 18 Oct 1672 - Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland Legal - Action at the High Court: v. Magistrates of Arbroath for "wrongous imprisonment " and they against him "Deforcement of their Town Officer" - 13 Nov 1673 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Procurator Fiscal of the High Court of Admiralty, when he brought a complaint against Hendrie Martin, commander of the frigate, the Charles - 26 Sep 1674 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Editor, transcribing and augmenting 'Families of Scotland' by Sir Patrick Lyon of Carse. This was later taken to publication by Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh - Abt 1677 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Advocate. He was Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates, 1680-1690 - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Power of attorney, William Aickman appointing Archibald Riddell, brother germane to Sir John Riddell, as agent in East New Jersey - 7 Aug 1685 - New Jersey, USA Occupation - Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire - - Angus, Scotland Property - Petition by Archibald Riddell on behalf of William Aickman for 500 acres on north branch of the Raritan River, plus a further 200 acres "due to him" - 4 Jan 1686/87 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943, p3. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Leith South 692/2 20/88. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. VI, 1913, p127. [S3676] Jackson Williams, Kelsey, The First Scottish Enlightenment, p233. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 90 162. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p90. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p149. [S3627] Wills and Testaments - Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh CC8/8/81.