George Mackenzie

1660 - 1711  (51 years)

• Name	George Mackenzie
  Birth	1660	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Baptism	12 Feb 1659/60	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Witnesses: Mr George Mckenzie, advocat, Coline McKenzie of Logie, John Young, baxter
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Title Suffix	of New York, later of Barbados
  Name	George McKeney  [2]
  Residence	1 Sep 1684	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  	When he wrote a letter to Mr George Alexander in Edinburgh
  Residence	1686	New York, New York, USA   [5]
  Property	4 Nov 1686  [2]
  	Bill of exchange: David Mudie in favour of Thomas Hart or George McKeney of London, endorsed by Gawen Lawrie for David Mudie senior
  	Thomas Hart, merchant of Enfield, a Quaker, was one of the original 12 proprietors of East Jersey. He resied in Barbados for a time.
  Residence	4 Nov 1686	London, England   [2]
  	When David Mudie drafted a bill of exchange in favour of Thomas Hart or George McKeney of London, endorsed by Gawen Lawrie
  Occupation	1688	New York, New York, USA   [5]
  	Merchant
  Property	7 Nov 1688	Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Mortgage, John Barclay of Plainfield, Middlesex Co., to George Mackenzie of New York City, merchant, for the tract, called Plainefield, 700 acres
  Property	26 Feb 1697/98	Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA   [6, 7]
  	'Satisfaction piece': George McKenzie, late of New York City, merchant, now of Bridgetown, Barbados, to John Barclay of Plainfield, for the mortgage of November 7, 1688, on 700 acres, called Plainfield, Middlesex County
  Residence	26 Feb 1697/98	Bridgetown, Barbados   [6]
  Residence	2 Sep 1701	Barbados   [8]
  Death	1711	Barbados   [9]
  Burial	27 Aug 1711	Barbados   [10]
  Person ID	I45704	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Mackenzie   d. Abt 1667
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bethia Law
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane King
  Marriage	14 Oct 1690	Barbados   [10]
  Children	1. George Mackenzie,   b. 1691, Barbados d. 1692, Barbados (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Susannah Mackenzie,   b. 1692, Barbados  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1660 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism - 12 Feb 1659/60 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - When he wrote a letter to Mr George Alexander in Edinburgh - 1 Sep 1684 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1686 - New York, New York, USA Residence - When David Mudie drafted a bill of exchange in favour of Thomas Hart or George McKeney of London, endorsed by Gawen Lawrie - 4 Nov 1686 - London, England Occupation - Merchant - 1688 - New York, New York, USA Property - Mortgage, John Barclay of Plainfield, Middlesex Co., to George Mackenzie of New York City, merchant, for the tract, called Plainefield, 700 acres - 7 Nov 1688 - Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA Property - 'Satisfaction piece': George McKenzie, late of New York City, merchant, now of Bridgetown, Barbados, to John Barclay of Plainfield, for the mortgage of November 7, 1688, on 700 acres, called Plainfield, Middlesex County - 26 Feb 1697/98 - Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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