Alexander Ritchie

• Name	Alexander Ritchie
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Legal	25 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Indenture of service, Alexander Ritchie to to John Hancock of Edinburgh for four years in East New Jersey, to receive £3 sterling annually
  	Edinburgh is the likely location of agreeing the contract, as Hancock lived at Wallyford and the other indentures mention Edinburgh. '1683' in Nelson's Calendar of Records is a misprint.
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Imported by John Hancock
  Person ID	I45322	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - Indenture of service, Alexander Ritchie to to John Hancock of Edinburgh for four years in East New Jersey, to receive £3 sterling annually - 25 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Imported by John Hancock - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p72. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 252-253 (SSTSE023).