James Nisbet

Abt 1663 - 1745  (82 years)

• Name	James Nisbet
  Birth	Abt 1663	Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	5 Jun 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant apprentice, son of umq Mr Alexander Nisbet, late Minister Irvine, to Mr James Nisbet, chirugeon-apothecary
  Role	1685	Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Emigration agent
  Residence	1685	Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Occupation	1692	Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Merchant - Dean of Guild, Irvine Burgh
  Death	2 Sep 1745
  Person ID	I45498	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Reverend Alexander Nesbitt   d. 11 Mar 1668/69, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Walkinshaw
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christian Cunningham
  Family ID	F31404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Jean Blair,   b. Abt 1665, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F31405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1663 - Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice, son of umq Mr Alexander Nisbet, late Minister Irvine, to Mr James Nisbet, chirugeon-apothecary - 5 Jun 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1685 - Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland Residence - 1685 - Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - Dean of Guild, Irvine Burgh - 1692 - Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3550] Scot, George, The Model of the Government of the Province of East-New-Jersey in America, p272. [S3773] Scot, George, A Brief Advertisement Concerning East-New-Jersey, in America, p3. [S3662] Ayrshire and Galloway Archæological Asociation, Muniments of the Royal Burgh of Irvine, Volume II, p106.