William Southerland

- 1738

• Name	William Southerland
  Gender	Male
  Departure	1684
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Departure	11 Jul 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Shield of Stockton
  Arrival	29 Sep 1684	Patuxent River, Maryland, USA
  	Had to travel overland to Perth Amboy. Member of David Toschach's party
  Name	William Sunderland  [1]
  Name	William Sutherland
  Occupation	1705	New York, New York, USA
  	Shoemaker
  Property	11 May 1709	Ulster, New York, USA   [1]
  	Petition for 1,000 acres north of Murderer's Creek with William Chambers
  Property	26 Nov 1718	New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA   [2]
  	Negotiated a mortgage with John Ellison, from whom he had previously borrowed £160. The land passed to Ellison soon after
  Residence	1720	Highland, Ulster, New York, USA
  	On tax list for Highlandseck
  	Source to be checked. This could be William father or son
  Origin	Perthshire, Scotland
  	Hypothesis: based on his participation in Monzievaird's party
  Death	1738	New York, USA
  Person ID	I45358	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Toschach,   b. Abt 1643, Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland d. Abt 1719, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F31359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Children	1. David Southerland   d. 1778  [Father: natural]   2. William Southerland  [Father: natural]   3. John Southerland  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F31550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Shield of Stockton - 11 Jul 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Had to travel overland to Perth Amboy. Member of David Toschach's party - 29 Sep 1684 - Patuxent River, Maryland, USA Occupation - Shoemaker - 1705 - New York, New York, USA Property - Petition for 1,000 acres north of Murderer's Creek with William Chambers - 11 May 1709 - Ulster, New York, USA Property - Negotiated a mortgage with John Ellison, from whom he had previously borrowed £160. The land passed to Ellison soon after - 26 Nov 1718 - New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA Origin - - Perthshire, Scotland Death - 1738 - New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3703] New York State, Secretary’s Office, Calendar of N.Y. Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York, 1643-1803, p91. [S3809] Ruttenber, Edward Manning, History of the Town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y, p16.