Charles Dunster

- 1726

• Name	Charles Dunster
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	28 Nov 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Burgess and Guild Brother of Edinburgh, date admitted as servant to Lieutenant-General William Drummond (of Cromlix)
  Occupation	1689	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Servant to Lord Melfort
  Occupation	31 Aug 1705	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors - date of meeting attended
  Residence	22 Apr 1715	London, England   [4]
  	Correspondent with John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
  Death	1726	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Will	25 Apr 1726	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Executors: James Alexander, Michael Kearney (of Perth Amboy), John Maculah (Chiswick), John Boughton (attorney, London)
  Probate	22 Jun 1727	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I46716	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Burgess and Guild Brother of Edinburgh, date admitted as servant to Lieutenant-General William Drummond (of Cromlix) - 28 Nov 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Servant to Lord Melfort - 1689 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors - date of meeting attended - 31 Aug 1705 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Correspondent with John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane and Holland - 22 Apr 1715 - London, England Death - 1726 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: James Alexander, Michael Kearney (of Perth Amboy), John Maculah (Chiswick), John Boughton (attorney, London) - 25 Apr 1726 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 22 Jun 1727 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3594] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700, p167. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD24/1/447A. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p2. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/39/272/15. [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p146.