James Forrest

Abt 1666 -

• Name	James Forrest
  Birth	Abt 1666	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	Oct 1683	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Seized by soldiers along with his father and cousin, Robert Gourlay
  Residence	Abt Feb 1683/84	West-Vlaanderen, Belgium   [1]
  	After a spell in prison, he was banished with his father and cousin to West Falnders, from whence they escaped and returned to Scotland
  Legal	11 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Ordered to be banished with others including his sister, Margaret
  Imprisonment	3 Nov 1684	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Wrote letters from Stirling Tolbooth to her sister
  Occupation	1685	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Servant lad
  Legal	7 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Ordered to be transferred from John Ewing to George Scot for transportation
  Imprisonment	22 Dec 1685	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Escaped from Lanark Tolbooth before this date
  Title Suffix	younger
  Person ID	I45945	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Forrest
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marion Forrest
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1666 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Seized by soldiers along with his father and cousin, Robert Gourlay - Oct 1683 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - After a spell in prison, he was banished with his father and cousin to West Falnders, from whence they escaped and returned to Scotland - Abt Feb 1683/84 - West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Legal - Ordered to be banished with others including his sister, Margaret - 11 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Wrote letters from Stirling Tolbooth to her sister - 3 Nov 1684 - Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Occupation - Servant lad - 1685 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Ordered to be transferred from John Ewing to George Scot for transportation - 7 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Escaped from Lanark Tolbooth before this date - 22 Dec 1685 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p446. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p251. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, pp327,327,352. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p137. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p265.