Mr Thomas Paterson

• Name	Thomas Paterson
  	Named in George Scot's 'A Brief Advertisement Concerning East-New-Jersey, in America' (Edinburgh: John Reid, 1685)
  Title	Mr
  Gender	Male
  Education	May 1653	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Graduated Master of Arts, having been a bursar in divinity
  Occupation	24 Dec 1657	Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Minister of Borthwick parish - date ordained
  Imprisonment	Abt 1683	Scotland
  	Stated to have been imprisoned at some point, like Archibald Riddell
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Property	28 Jul 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	As part of the negotiation between the Proprietors and George Scot, Mr Paterson and Archibald Riddell were each offered 200 acres on agreeing to transport themselves to East Jersey
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Took the Test, under penalty of 5,000 merks "to live regularly and orderly"
  Person ID	I46319	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Helen Trail,   b. 1644
  Children	1. Mr Thomas Paterson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Education - Graduated Master of Arts, having been a bursar in divinity - May 1653 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Minister of Borthwick parish - date ordained - 24 Dec 1657 - Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Stated to have been imprisoned at some point, like Archibald Riddell - Abt 1683 - Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Property - As part of the negotiation between the Proprietors and George Scot, Mr Paterson and Archibald Riddell were each offered 200 acres on agreeing to transport themselves to East Jersey - 28 Jul 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Took the Test, under penalty of 5,000 merks "to live regularly and orderly" - 18 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Fasti Ecclesiae, Vol 1, Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale gives his date of death as 13 May 1683, but he was still alive on 28 July 1685 when granted 200 acres in East Jersey.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol. I - Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale, p302. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s. A(EJ): Folio 384-385 (SSTSE023) https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/dos_archivesdbportal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p155.