William Layng

• Name	William Layng
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1678	Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Tenant farmer in Earlside (tenant of Sir William Douglas of Cavers)
  Imprisonment	Abt Aug 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	In prison in Edinburgh
  Legal	13 Sep 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Complaint by the King's Advocate against William Layng and others for attending conventicles
  Legal	12 Dec 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	On list of prisoners ordered by the Privy Council to be transported to the plantations
  	William Niven was on the same list
  Arrival	Bef 31 Dec 1678	Gravesend, Kent, England   [5]
  	Transportees released by Edward Johnstone who was not prepared to pay for their aliment - the responsibility of Ralph Williamson of London, merchant who had failed to materialise. The intended destination was Virginia
  Arrival	Bef Jun 1679	Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Having made his way back from Gravesend
  Military service	Jun 1679	Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Later accused of being part of the Covenanter army in June 1679
  Legal	1683	Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	On the Porteous Roll of fugitives. Rebel said to have been harboured by Francis Gledstanes of Whitlaw and Dame Katherine Rigg of Cavers
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Mar 1683/84	Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [6]
  Imprisonment	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	In Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth
  Legal	19 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6, 7]
  	Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations. Bond dated 19 May 1684
  Legal	27 Jun 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Abt Nov 1684	New York, New York, USA
  Name	William Lang
  Name	William Laying
  Origin	Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I46378	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer in Earlside (tenant of Sir William Douglas of Cavers) - 1678 - Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland Imprisonment - In prison in Edinburgh - Abt Aug 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Complaint by the King's Advocate against William Layng and others for attending conventicles - 13 Sep 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - On list of prisoners ordered by the Privy Council to be transported to the plantations - 12 Dec 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Transportees released by Edward Johnstone who was not prepared to pay for their aliment - the responsibility of Ralph Williamson of London, merchant who had failed to materialise. The intended destination was Virginia - Bef 31 Dec 1678 - Gravesend, Kent, England Arrival - Having made his way back from Gravesend - Bef Jun 1679 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Military service - Later accused of being part of the Covenanter army in June 1679 - Jun 1679 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Legal - On the Porteous Roll of fugitives. Rebel said to have been harboured by Francis Gledstanes of Whitlaw and Dame Katherine Rigg of Cavers - 1683 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Residence - Mar 1683/84 - Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland Imprisonment - In Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations. Bond dated 19 May 1684 - 19 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - 27 Jun 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Abt Nov 1684 - New York, New York, USA Origin - - Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC26/62/1. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VI, p11. [S3753] Stewart, Duncan, The Covenanters of Teviotdale and Neighbouring Districts, p121. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VI, p76. [S3714] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 2, p476. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, pp709-710. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC12/8.