Margaret Burness

Abt 1659 - Bef 1712  (< 52 years)

• Name	Margaret Burness
  Birth	Abt 1659	Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Hypothesis Daughter of James Burness, cordiner
  Gender	Female
  Religion	1680	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Free emigrant's wife
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Departure based Quaker record that she and husband George "dwelt in the lands of Urie till the year 1685 and then went to Jersey"
  	Date is probable as is the vessel, the America Merchant
  Arrival	Nov 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	Margaret Binnice
  Origin	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Hypothesis
  Death	Bef 1712
  Person ID	I46302	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Burness
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F32040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Cumine   d. Mar 1711/12, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1680	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Children	1. David Cumine   d. 1716, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margaret Cumine  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Christian Cumine  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Cumine  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1659 - Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1680 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - Abt 1680 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Departure - Departure based Quaker record that she and husband George "dwelt in the lands of Urie till the year 1685 and then went to Jersey" - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Nov 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p99. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p104.