Sir John Swinton

- 1723

• Name	John Swinton
  Title	Sir
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1674	London, England
  	Merchant
  Religion	1674	London, England
  	Quaker
  Residence	1674	London, England   [1]
  	Lombard Street
  Occupation	1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant
  Role	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Emigration agent
  Occupation	Abt 1687	Netherlands
  	Merchant
  Property	1687	Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
  	Succeeded his brother to the lands of Swinton
  Arrival	Abt 1688	Scotland
  	Returned from Holland
  Occupation	1689	Berwickshire, Scotland
  	A Commissioner of Supply for Berwickshire
  Religion	1690	Scotland
  	Presbyterian
  Property	5 Sep 1690	Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Served heir to his father in the lands of Swintoune-Meikle, Swintoun-Little, etc
  Property	13 Sep 1690	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	Successfully petitioned Parliament against the Earl of Lauderdale for return of Swinton lands forfeited during the Protectorate (1651) and Restoration (1661)
  Occupation	1695	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Director of the Bank of Scotland
  Property	Feb 1695/96	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Invested £2,000 in the Company of Scotland, having drfated the advertisement for raising funds with Edinburgh merchant, George Clark
  Occupation	12 May 1696
  	Elected a director of the Board of the Company of Scotland
  	He was also one of the promoters of the Act in 1695, with Robert Blackwood which founded the Company
  Occupation	22 Oct 1702	Berwickshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Appointed as Parliamentary Commissioner for Berwickshire
  Legal	1707  [7]
  	A signatory of the Act of Union
  	He was also a Scottish representative in the first parliament of Great Britain and an Equivalent Commissioner
  Title Suffix	25th of that Ilk
  Occupation	3 Sep 1707	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Merchant Burgess, date admitted, gratis, by act of Council
  Origin	Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Death	1723
  Person ID	I45417	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Swinton   d. 1679, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Stewart,   b. Scotland d. Dec 1662, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1645
  Family ID	F31372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Welsh   d. Bef Oct 1701
  Marriage	1674	London, England
  Children	1. Archibald Swinton,   b. 26 Oct 1683, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 15 Aug 1687, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alexander Swinton   d. 1687, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Frances Swinton   d. 14 Sep 1741, Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Sinclair,   b. Daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus an
  Marriage	17 Feb 1697/98
  Children	1. John Swinton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Merchant - 1674 - London, England Religion - Quaker - 1674 - London, England Residence - Lombard Street - 1674 - London, England Marriage - 1674 - London, England Occupation - Merchant - 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Succeeded his brother to the lands of Swinton - 1687 - Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland Arrival - Returned from Holland - Abt 1688 - Scotland Occupation - A Commissioner of Supply for Berwickshire - 1689 - Berwickshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - 1690 - Scotland Property - Served heir to his father in the lands of Swintoune-Meikle, Swintoun-Little, etc - 5 Sep 1690 - Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland Property - Successfully petitioned Parliament against the Earl of Lauderdale for return of Swinton lands forfeited during the Protectorate (1651) and Restoration (1661) - 13 Sep 1690 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Director of the Bank of Scotland - 1695 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Invested £2,000 in the Company of Scotland, having drfated the advertisement for raising funds with Edinburgh merchant, George Clark - Feb 1695/96 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Appointed as Parliamentary Commissioner for Berwickshire - 22 Oct 1702 - Berwickshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant Burgess, date admitted, gratis, by act of Council - 3 Sep 1707 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3781] Swinton, Archibald Campbell, The Swintons of That Ilk and Their Cadets, p77. [S3659] Scots Proprietors, The, Advertisement to All Trades-Men, Husbandmen, Servants and Others Who Are Willing to Transport Themselves unto the Province of New-East-Jersy in America, a Great Part of Which Belongs to Scots-Men, Proprietors Thereof, p2. [S3625] Thomas Thomson (ed.), Thomson, Thomas, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum: Abbrevio, (Name: Record Commission, Great Britain; Location: London;), Vol.1, Berwickshire (433). [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PA7/13/22,102. [S3781] Swinton, Archibald Campbell, The Swintons of That Ilk and Their Cadets, p78. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PA7/25/6.15. [S3783] History of Parliament, History of Parliament, The, (Name: Houses of Parliament; Location: London;), SWINTON, Sir John (bef. 1662-1723), of Swinton, Berwicks. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/swinton-sir-john-1662-1723 [S3743] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1701-1760, p198.