Sir John Dalrymple

1648 - 1707  (59 years)

• Name	John Dalrymple
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1648	Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	27 Feb 1671/72	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Scottish Bar
  Legal	12 Feb 1682/83	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Found guilty by the Privy Council on several counts associated with his opposition to John Graham of Claverhouse's activities in Wigtownshire
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner (absent)
  Imprisonment	20 Feb 1683/84	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Date released from prison in Edinburgh Castle
  Title Suffix	Master of Stair, later 1st Earl of Stair
  Property	22 Apr 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed by Robert Barclay to Sir John Dalrimple of Staires for 1/10 of 1/48 of East New Jersey
  Occupation	28 Feb 1687/88	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Judge - Senator of the Court of Justice, date appointed
  Property	17 Feb 1692/93	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Warrant for 500 acres [any location] to Sir J. Dalrumple. "[I]n right of an 20th part of a propriety […] in full of his Share of the First Division".
  Death	8 Jan 1706/07	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I45284	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Lord Stair, later 1st Viscount Stair James Dalrymple,   b. May 1619, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1695, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Ross,   b. Abt 1625, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1692 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Sep 1643  [1]
  Family ID	F31336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Stair Margaret Dundas,   b. 1650   d. 25 May 1731, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1669  [1]
  	Contract dated 17 and 19 Jan 1669
  Family ID	F31333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1648 - Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Scottish Bar - 27 Feb 1671/72 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Found guilty by the Privy Council on several counts associated with his opposition to John Graham of Claverhouse's activities in Wigtownshire - 12 Feb 1682/83 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Date released from prison in Edinburgh Castle - 20 Feb 1683/84 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Judge - Senator of the Court of Justice, date appointed - 28 Feb 1687/88 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 8 Jan 1706/07 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943. p50 [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p68. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, O(EJ): Folio 100 (PEASJ003).