James Moffat

- Aft 1697

• Name	James Moffat
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1683	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer
  Religion	1683	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Covenanter
  Residence	Abt 1683	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	When fined 1,000 merks for his daughter's failure to attend the parish church. Their home was later ransacked and his property removed.
  Legal	10 May 1683	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	On the Fugitive Roll
  	"indyted for harbouring in his house recepting and doeing favours to Swanstoun a nototorious traitor and rebel for the rebellion 1679 several tymes since the sd rebellion". (Transcription in 'Scxottish Covenanters 1679-1688' on Find My Past)
  Legal	Jul 1683	Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Declared outlaw and fugitive and put ot the horn for not compearing
  Imprisonment	14 Jul 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Tried for harbouring rebels and imprisoned
  Title Suffix	in Netherbarns
  Residence	Jul 1686	Berwickshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Attended a conventicle near "the Gairmoor Well in Day's Forest in Lauderdale" where James Renwick was preaching
  	Located the eastern side of Leader Water (source: Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland Made by Walter Macfarlane, ed. by Arthur Mitchell and James Toshach Clark, 3 vols (Scottish History Society, 1906), iii <http://archive.org/details/geographicalcoll03macf>
  Residence	Abt 1689	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Returned to Netherbarns, having been homeless for some years
  Death	Aft 1697	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Said to have "lived for many years and left his sons inheritors of his virtues and possessors of much more wealth than he had been master of before all was taken from him" - quoted by Stewart from the Torwoodlee MS. Netherbarns
  Person ID	I46346	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Children	1. Jean Moffat,   b. Abt 1666, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland d. Aft 1730, Cromarty, Cromarty, Scotland (Age > 65 years)  [Father: natural]   2. James Moffat,   b. Abt 1663, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F31720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer - 1683 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Religion - Covenanter - 1683 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Residence - When fined 1,000 merks for his daughter's failure to attend the parish church. Their home was later ransacked and his property removed. - Abt 1683 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Legal - On the Fugitive Roll - 10 May 1683 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Tried for harbouring rebels and imprisoned - 14 Jul 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Attended a conventicle near "the Gairmoor Well in Day's Forest in Lauderdale" where James Renwick was preaching - Jul 1686 - Berwickshire, Scotland Residence - Returned to Netherbarns, having been homeless for some years - Abt 1689 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Death - Aft 1697 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3753] Stewart, Duncan, The Covenanters of Teviotdale and Neighbouring Districts, p199. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/62. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC51/4. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC6/11 and JC2/16. [S3753] Stewart, Duncan, The Covenanters of Teviotdale and Neighbouring Districts, p200. [S3753] Stewart, Duncan, The Covenanters of Teviotdale and Neighbouring Districts, p209.