Robert Gerard

- 1683

• Name	Robert Gerard
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	31 Jul 1667	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Merchant - date admitted as Guild Burgess of Aberdeen, "was prenticed to Alexander Jaffray of Kingswells, late provest"
  Religion	1674	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Imprisonment	19 Mar 1675/76	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh, released in Aberdeen 17 May 1677
  Name	Robert Girrard  [1]
  Residence	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Allowed his shop in Broadgate to be used by George Pyper and Thomas Mercer in recruiting interest in the East Jersey venture
  Burial	1683	Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany   [4]
  Death	16 Apr 1683	Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany   [4]
  	"whilst absent on business"
  Person ID	I45454	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Isobell Cowie,   b. 1649, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Marriage	20 Sep 1670	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [5]
  Children	1. John Gerard,   b. 4 Oct 1682, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 19 Apr 1694, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Robert Gerard,   b. 1672, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Gerard,   b. 13 Apr 1674, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 2 Apr 1681, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Janet Gerard  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Isobell Gerard   d. 8 Aug 1681, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Merchant - date admitted as Guild Burgess of Aberdeen, "was prenticed to Alexander Jaffray of Kingswells, late provest" - 31 Jul 1667 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - 20 Sep 1670 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1674 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh, released in Aberdeen 17 May 1677 - 19 Mar 1675/76 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Allowed his shop in Broadgate to be used by George Pyper and Thomas Mercer in recruiting interest in the East Jersey venture - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial - 1683 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Death - 16 Apr 1683 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Robert and William Gerard were trading with the Netherlands in 1678 when the Scots Conservator at Campveere protested that they were carrying goods to other ports rather than via the Scots Staple at Campveere. See Victoria E. Clark (1921) 'The Port of Aberdeen: A History of its Trade and Shipping from the 12th Century to the Prersent Day', Aberdeen: D. Wyllie and Son. Original source: Aberdeen City Archives, Letters Received by Burgh, Vol.6 No,58 (Aberdeen City: Letter Books and Correspondence CA/8)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p70. [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p10. [S3633] Scots Proprietors, The, A Brief Account of the Province of East New Jarsey in America, p15. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p175. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Aberdeen 168/A 120 533.