Gavin Gilkerson

• Name	Gavin Gilkerson
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1683	Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	(Record simply refers to 'Monkland')
  Role	1684	New York, New York, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth
  Legal	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	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
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	5 Nov 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	On list of servants imported by Captain Thomas Pearson
  Name	Gawen Gilverson  [3]
  Origin	Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I46379	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - (Record simply refers to 'Monkland') - 1683 - Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - 1684 - New York, New York, USA Imprisonment - Held in Edinburgh or Canongate Tolbooth - 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 - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p64.