John Salton

• Name	John Salton
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured servant
  Occupation	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Tailor
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Bef 1 Dec 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by John Barclay on a four year indenture
  Residence	1693	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  Legal	13 Jan 1692/93	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Witness to a deed of sale by Thomas Webley
  Name	John Saltoun
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Origin	East Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I45368	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1693 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Legal - Witness to a deed of sale by Thomas Webley - 13 Jan 1692/93 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Origin - - East Lothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Salton's origin and departure is a hypothesied: The surname 'Salton' is largely to be found in East Lothian, where Saltoun is a parish. Two of John Barclay's other indentured servants had arrived as transported prisoners aboard the Seaflower from Leith

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p62. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume C: Folio 55-56 (CMNCL001). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p53.