Gawen Muirhead

• Name	Gawen Muirhead
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer, cottar or farm servant
  Imprisonment	Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth
  Legal	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations. Bond dated 19 May 1684
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Role	Oct 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Transported prisoner
  	Put on an indenture on arrival
  Arrival	Bef 1 Dec 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Indentured to John Barclay, two years
  Name	Gavin Murhead  [3]
  Origin	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I45369	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer, cottar or farm servant - 1684 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth - Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations. Bond dated 19 May 1684 - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC12/8. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, pp709-710. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p62.