John Reid

Abt 1680 -

• Name	John Reid
  Birth	Abt 1680	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [1]
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Occupation	1 Dec 1712	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Yeoman farmer
  Property	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Deed of sale, with his wife Elizabeth, of 49.5 acres, in two tracts, for £150 to John Reid at the head of Spotswood Middle Brook, by Burlington Path
  Property	1 Dec 1712	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed of sale by Evice Reid and husband John to Robert Rhe
  Property	26 Aug 1714	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Ordered the construction of the County Courthouse and Jail, on land he had donated to Monmouth County.
  	This was on land which he had bought from Thomas Combs in March 1714, on which he built his own house, and was thereby next door to the courthouse. He hoped in giving the plot for the courthouse that this would encourage purchasers of the rest of his landholding
  Person ID	I45764	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Reid,   b. Abt 1658, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland d. Bef 1714, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hamilton,   b. Abt 1659, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1680	Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6, 7]
  	Recorded at the West of Scotland meeting
  Family ID	F31531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evice (Reid)
  Family ID	F31532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1680 - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1 Dec 1712 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of sale, with his wife Elizabeth, of 49.5 acres, in two tracts, for £150 to John Reid at the head of Spotswood Middle Brook, by Burlington Path - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of sale by Evice Reid and husband John to Robert Rhe - 1 Dec 1712 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Ordered the construction of the County Courthouse and Jail, on land he had donated to Monmouth County. - 26 Aug 1714 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume E: Folio 74-75 (CMNCL001). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume E: Folio 361-364 (CMNCL001). [S3715] Ellis, Franklin, History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, pp385-386. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume E: Folio 42 (CMNCL001). [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p22. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p94.