Alexander Burnet

1665 -

• Name	Alexander Burnet
  Birth	1665	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Baptism	25 Mar 1665	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Godfathers: Alexander Burnet, late baillie, Mr Alexander Davidson, elder and younger and Alexander Burnet younger of [...]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1700	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Later free emigrant's child
  Property	12 Oct 1706	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Conveyance of land to Alexander Bues
  Occupation	7 Jan 1714/15	Barbados
  	Clerk of the Markets - date appointed
  	Source: British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files: Part 4: Royal Instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials, 1702-1784, p4
  Property	23 Dec 1730	Barbados   [3]
  	Conveyance between Robert Burnet and Alexander Burnet, involving land in Bergen County, New Jersey
  Origin	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Lethintie
  Death	Barbados
  Person ID	I45682	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Burnet,   b. Abt 1640, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 16 Nov 1714, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Forbes,   b. Abt 1642, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1659	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  Family ID	F31149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1665 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Baptism - 25 Mar 1665 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Later free emigrant's child - 1700 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyance of land to Alexander Bues - 12 Oct 1706 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Origin - Lethintie - - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Further evidence of his presence in Barbados needed. Said to have been in correspondence with his relatives in New Jersey until 1765. See Montgomery papers held by the New Jersey Historical Society https://jerseyhistory.org/manuscript-group-574-montgomery-burnet-family-monmouth-county-nj/

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Aberdeen 168/A 40/470. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, H(EJ): Folio 26 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, K(EJ): Folio 278 (SSTSE023). [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD1/24/27.