Sir Robert Blackwood

1642 - 1720  (78 years)

• Name	Robert Blackwood
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1642	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant (silk and cloth)
  Role	Mar 1684/85	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Fractioner (absent)
  Property	13 Mar 1684/85	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed of purchase of 1/2 of 1/24th of East Jersey from William Dockwra
  Role	Abt Apr 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Emigration agent
  Title Suffix	of Pitreavie
  Name	Robert Blaikwood  [3, 4]
  Property	2 Jun 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Conveyance by Lord Neill Campbell of 1/2 of 1/4 of 1/24 of New Jersey
  Occupation	1691	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh
  Property	4 Aug 1693	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Warrant to Lord Neill Campbell and Robert Blackwood for 3,900 acres in right of 3/4 of a propriety
  Occupation	1695	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant. Leading light in establishing the Company of Scotland Trading in Africa and the Indies. Invested £3,000
  Occupation	1711	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Lord Provost of Edinburgh
  Origin	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Death	1720
  Person ID	I45279	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	George Blackwood   d. 1666, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Neilson
  Marriage	21 May 1666	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Blackwood,   b. Mar 1679/80, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margaret Blackwood,   b. 1672, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Blackwood,   b. 1673, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Bef 1695 (Age < 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John Blackwood,   b. 1675, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Blackwood,   b. 1667, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Blackwood,   b. 1668, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Bef 1673, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age < 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. James Blackwood,   b. 1669, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1724, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Thomas Blackwood,   b. 1671, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Dame Janet Glass
  Children	1. Marion Blackwood,   b. 1694, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Robert Blackwood,   b. 1695, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 6 Feb 1767, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Blackwood,   b. 1696, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 12 Nov 1777, Kent, England (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alexander Blackwood,   b. 1698, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sophea Blackwood,   b. 1699, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. George Blackwood,   b. 1700, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1642 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 21 May 1666 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant (silk and cloth) - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - Abt Apr 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh - 1691 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant. Leading light in establishing the Company of Scotland Trading in Africa and the Indies. Invested £3,000 - 1695 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Lord Provost of Edinburgh - 1711 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3658] Anon., Scots Proprietors, The, An Advertisement Concerning the Province of East New Jersey in America, (Name: John Reid; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1685;), p22. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p69. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 70/311. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 50/106. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B(EJ): Folio 23 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, O(EJ): Folio 102 (PEASJ003). [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh 685/1 440/85.