Posted: 11:24 AM - Feb 25, 2000
From David Dobson's book "Ships from Scotland to America 1628-1828" Can order a copy from
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
1001 N. Calvert St./Baltimore, MD 21202-3987
Or order on line from Amazon.com
Copyright is 1998, so I do not know if you can rent or not through State of VA library, check their listing.
Following ships arrived to early NJ
p. 8. "America Merchant of Stockton", master John Brown, from Leith via Aberdeen to East New Jersey with passengers. 26.8.1685" He is giving his source as Scottish Record Office. This ship I do not know anything about.
p. 41 "Exchange of Stockton", master James Peacock, from Leith via Aberdeen to East new Jersey with 31 (?) passengers 10.8.1683, arrived at Staten Island 19.12.1683". He is giving his source as Scottish Record Office.
In this boat my ancestor John Hampton arrived with a known group of Scottish Quakers and settled in Freehold, NJ. John Reid was their clerk of records for the meeting. I have view Scottish Quakers records of East Lothian, Scotland and the same names appear. Some of his other book give more information about John Hampton & John Reid. and their families. There were members of the same Quaker Meeting name of Brown and also arrived and lived in the same area in East Jersey, NJ as John Hampton. The only spelling of our Mackay family as members, the records were of a latter time period spelling of McKie.
p. 57 "Henry and Francis of Newcastle", master Richard Hutton 350 tones, 20 guns, from Leith via Montrose, Aberdeen and Kirkwall to New Jersey with passengers 5.9.1685" He source also Scottish Record Office. I have a complete list of the passengers of this ship. This was the ship that a group of Scottish Presbyterians, George Brown, among them left for religious reasons from Scotland to NJ. No Mackays (various spelling on the list). Have the name of George Brown descendants, our Ann Brown did not belong to this group of Browns.
p. 119 "Thomas And Benjamin of Montrose" master, Thomas Pearson, from Leith, Montrose and Aberdeen to East New Jersey with 130 passengers (including 27 women and seven children) from eastern Scotland 6.1684, landed as Sandy Hook." His source given as Scottish Record Office.
This could be a very interesting lead to follow. I remember in some of Elwood McKay's letters to Hunter B. McKay, that he thought that the family of Robert MacKay arrived from Scotland or Ireland to Sandy Hook, NJ.
Will-- next time I am at the L.D.S. library see if it is possible to rent on microfilm the source Dobson is quoting as "Scottish Record Office"
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
1001 N. Calvert St./Baltimore, MD 21202-3987
Or order on line from Amazon.com
Copyright is 1998, so I do not know if you can rent or not through State of VA library, check their listing.
Following ships arrived to early NJ
p. 8. "America Merchant of Stockton", master John Brown, from Leith via Aberdeen to East New Jersey with passengers. 26.8.1685" He is giving his source as Scottish Record Office. This ship I do not know anything about.
p. 41 "Exchange of Stockton", master James Peacock, from Leith via Aberdeen to East new Jersey with 31 (?) passengers 10.8.1683, arrived at Staten Island 19.12.1683". He is giving his source as Scottish Record Office.
In this boat my ancestor John Hampton arrived with a known group of Scottish Quakers and settled in Freehold, NJ. John Reid was their clerk of records for the meeting. I have view Scottish Quakers records of East Lothian, Scotland and the same names appear. Some of his other book give more information about John Hampton & John Reid. and their families. There were members of the same Quaker Meeting name of Brown and also arrived and lived in the same area in East Jersey, NJ as John Hampton. The only spelling of our Mackay family as members, the records were of a latter time period spelling of McKie.
p. 57 "Henry and Francis of Newcastle", master Richard Hutton 350 tones, 20 guns, from Leith via Montrose, Aberdeen and Kirkwall to New Jersey with passengers 5.9.1685" He source also Scottish Record Office. I have a complete list of the passengers of this ship. This was the ship that a group of Scottish Presbyterians, George Brown, among them left for religious reasons from Scotland to NJ. No Mackays (various spelling on the list). Have the name of George Brown descendants, our Ann Brown did not belong to this group of Browns.
p. 119 "Thomas And Benjamin of Montrose" master, Thomas Pearson, from Leith, Montrose and Aberdeen to East New Jersey with 130 passengers (including 27 women and seven children) from eastern Scotland 6.1684, landed as Sandy Hook." His source given as Scottish Record Office.
This could be a very interesting lead to follow. I remember in some of Elwood McKay's letters to Hunter B. McKay, that he thought that the family of Robert MacKay arrived from Scotland or Ireland to Sandy Hook, NJ.
Will-- next time I am at the L.D.S. library see if it is possible to rent on microfilm the source Dobson is quoting as "Scottish Record Office"