William Laing

1680 - Bef 1736  (< 56 years)

• Name	William Laing
  Birth	1680	Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Residence	Feb 1697/98	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Property	23 Dec 1699	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed, John Barclay of Amboy and wife Catherine to John and William Laing of Middlesex Co. for 700 acres of land and 20 acres of marsh
  Property	14 Dec 1713  [3]
  	Purchased land from Robert Burnet of Lethinty (900 acres?)
  Occupation	1735	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Yeoman farmer
  Will	13 Jun 1735	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Death	Bef 23 Jan 1735/36	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Executors: daughter Jane, son Samuel and friend, John Kinsey
  Probate	23 Jan 1735/36	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I45343	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Laing,   b. Abt 1653, Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 25 Jul 1698, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margratt Chapman,   b. Abt 1656, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Aft 1707, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA (Age > 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1678	Kinkell, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Needs corroboration
  Family ID	F31351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Blackford,   b. Abt 1685, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. William Laing,   b. 1704  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Laing,   b. 1705  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. George Laing,   b. 1709  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Benjamin Laing,   b. 1710  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Laing,   b. 1712  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Anne Laing,   b. 1714  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Samuel Laing,   b. 1706   d. Bef 9 Aug 1742, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Feb 1697/98 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, John Barclay of Amboy and wife Catherine to John and William Laing of Middlesex Co. for 700 acres of land and 20 acres of marsh - 23 Dec 1699 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1735 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - 13 Jun 1735 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 23 Jan 1735/36 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 23 Jan 1735/36 - Piscataway, 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, p287. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p306. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A-2(EJ): Folio 43,45 (SSTSE023). [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p288.