John Harper

• Name	John Harper
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1683	Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Legal	13 Nov 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Failed to appear for trial in Ayr on 19-23 June for 'aiding, assisting and doing favours' for rebels, and declared an outlaw and fugitive
  Role	1684	New York, New York, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	1684	Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	'Finick'
  Imprisonment	Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Legal	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	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
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Bef 1 Dec 1684	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Indentured by John Barclay for two years
  Title Suffix	in Arness  [1]
  	or 'Airnesse'
  Origin	Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I46380	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1683 - Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland Legal - Failed to appear for trial in Ayr on 19-23 June for 'aiding, assisting and doing favours' for rebels, and declared an outlaw and fugitive - 13 Nov 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - 1684 - New York, New York, USA Residence - 'Finick' - 1684 - Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland Imprisonment - 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 - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Indentured by John Barclay for two years - Bef 1 Dec 1684 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC18/5. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, pp709-710. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p62.