Scottish emigrants to East New Jersey in the 1680s

| Name | Margaret Oliphant | |
| Birth | Feb 1671/72 | Falkland, Fife, Scotland |
| Baptism | 18 Feb 1671/72 | Falkland, Fife, Scotland [1] |
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| Gender | Female | |
| Role | 1685 | East Jersey, New Jersey, USA |
| Indentured servant's child | ||
| Residence | Aug 1685 | Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland [2] |
| Legal | 19 Aug 1685 | Scotland [2, 3] |
| Indenture of service, John Oliphant of Pencaitland for himself, his wife Janet Gilchrist, daughters Margret and Janet Oliphant, to John Hancock of Edinburgh as servants in East New Jersey for four years, the daughters until they are 21. | ||
| Departure | 5 Sep 1685 | Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Aboard the Henry and Francis | ||
| Arrival | 7 Dec 1685 | Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA |
| Residence | 1723 | Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [4] |
| Death | Aft 1723 | |
| Person ID | I45319 | East Jersey Genealogies |
| Last Modified | 18 Jun 2026 | |
| Father | John Oliphant, b. Abt 1640, East Lothian, Scotland d. Bef 1690, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 49 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Janet Gilchrist, b. Abt 1641, Fife, Scotland | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 15 Feb 1662/63 | Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland [5] |
| Family ID | F31346 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | William Davidson d. 1723, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA | |||||||||||||
| Marriage | Abt 1695 | Monmouth, New Jersey, USA |
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| Family ID | F31493 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 18 Jun 2026 | |||||||||||||
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