James White

Abt 1662 -

• Name	James White
  Birth	Abt 1662	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military service	1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	In the Covenanter army at Bothwell Bridge
  Residence	1683	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	'Indweller in Dowglas' when William White petitioned the Privy Council stating that Andrew was "a young inconsiderate rash youth [who] was most unhappily seduced to go along with the rebels at Bothwell Bridge"
  Legal	18 Jan 1682/83	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Petition by William White showing that James White being a young inconsiderate rash youth was most unhappily seduced to go alongst with the rebels at Bothwell Bridge
  Role	1684	New York, New York, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Departure	21 Apr 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Legal	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 4]
  	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 (decision made on 16 May)
  Arrival	Aft Sep 1684	New York, New York, USA
  Legal	9 Feb 1684/85	New York, New York, USA   [5]
  	One of a group of four servants (James White, James Muire, William Busie and Robert Muire) to George Lockhart who were subject of a 'hue and cry'
  Occupation	9 Feb 1684/85	New York, New York, USA
  	Servant to George Lockhart
  Origin	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I46381	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Andrew White
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1662 - Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Military service - In the Covenanter army at Bothwell Bridge - 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - 'Indweller in Dowglas' when William White petitioned the Privy Council stating that Andrew was "a young inconsiderate rash youth [who] was most unhappily seduced to go along with the rebels at Bothwell Bridge" - 1683 - Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Petition by William White showing that James White being a young inconsiderate rash youth was most unhappily seduced to go alongst with the rebels at Bothwell Bridge - 18 Jan 1682/83 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - 1684 - New York, New York, USA Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Apr 1684 - Leith, 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 (decision made on 16 May) - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Aft Sep 1684 - New York, New York, USA Legal - One of a group of four servants (James White, James Muire, William Busie and Robert Muire) to George Lockhart who were subject of a 'hue and cry' - 9 Feb 1684/85 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Servant to George Lockhart - 9 Feb 1684/85 - New York, New York, USA Origin - - Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC1/43 f.61. [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;), PC1/43/f61. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, p516. [S3742] O’Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.: English Manuscripts, 1664-1776, p134.