"J" Cuthbert Families of Scotland

"J" CUTHBERT FAMILIES OF SCOTLAND

Compiled By: James H. Culbert
Last Revised: 29 Dec 2008


    1. James CUTHBERT, of Scotland; (b.c. 1760); m. Mary GRANT, of Scotland jf  They had:
      MARY CUTHBERT; (b. 9 Jul 1787, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland; d. 1838, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland; bur. Kirkton of Ardersier burial ground); m. 28 Jan 1809, Ardersier Parish, Inverness, Scotland, Hugh GUNN; (b. 1776, Golspie Parish, Sutherland, Scotland, s/o William GUNN; d. 03 May 1864, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland; bur. Kirkton of Ardersier burial ground)  Hugh served as Army Private, 6th R.V.B., Fort George, Ardersier, ended up serving out his time in the reserves, and then became a Chelsea pensioner. jf  They had:
        1.1 Isobel GUNN; (b. 21 Dec 1809; bap. 23 Dec 1809) jf
        1.2 George GUNN; (b. 5 Jun 1812) jf
        1.3 William GUNN; (b. 18 May 1814, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland; d. 22 May 1896, Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland) jf
        1.4 Margaret GUNN; (b. 19 Dec 1816; bap. 4 Jan 1817) jf
        1.5 Alexander GUNN; (b. 25 Jul 1821; bap. 27 Jul 1821) jf
        1.6 James GUNN; (b. 3 Dec 1823; bap. 16 Dec 1823) jf
        1.7 Mary GUNN; (b. 11 Mar 1827; bap. 25 Mar 1827) jf
        1.8 John GUNN; (b. 21 Nov 1832; bap. 6 Dec 1832) jf
    James CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Renfrewshire, Scotland is
    James CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Durham, England is
    James CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Lancashire, England is  [Note: there are two James CUTHBERT found in this census in this location.]
    Jane CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1851, found in census for Bute, Scotland is
    Jane CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Lanarkshire, Scotland is
    Jane CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Forfarshire, Angus, Scotland is
    Jane CUTHBERT; (d.c. 1874, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.) sc
    Janet ?; (b.c. 1801, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland); m. ? CUTHBERT; (d. bef. 1851); 1851, residence 8 West Shaw Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland c1851
    Jean CUTHBERT; (b.c. 1799); 1841, resides Peddies Close, Dundee, Scotland c1841a
    Jean CUTHERT; bap. 24 Nov 1806, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, d/o William CUTHERT and Jean MITCHELL ayr
    Jeremiah CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Lancashire, England is
    1. John CUTHBERT; merchant gbr or fisher burgess; sil  He had:
      1.1 Allan CUTHBERT, eldest son; 17 Feb 1641 sil or 1642, gbr admitted as a Burgess and Guildsbrother of Glasgow, Scotland; gbr settled in Ireland by 1655. gbr
    1. John CUTHBERT; (d. bef. 1783), of Castlehill, Invernessshire, Scotland erd3
      1.1 George CUTHBERT; (d. bef. 1783); erd3 owner of the CUTHBERT estate at Castlehill, Invernessshire, Scotland; erd4 m. Mary MCINTOSH; (d. aft. Apr 1787), erd4 or m. Jane PINNOCK or Jean PINNOCK, of Jamaica. jb
        1.1.1 George CUTHBERT; (d. 17 Jun 1789, Spanish Town, Jamaica sm); Representative in the Assembly for Port Royal sm and later Provost Marshal General of Jamaica; erd1 1785-1788, proprietor of the Cuthbert estate of Castlehill, Invernessshire, Scotland; erd1 resident of St. Catherine's Parish, Middlesex County, Jamaica; erd1 20 Jan 1785, appointed Lewis CUTHBERT as his attorney regarding his estate in Inverness; erd1 31 Dec 1788, appointed Robert JAMIESON, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, Scotland, as his factor; erd2 May 1795, following George's death the estate lands were conveyed to Messrs. Abram ROBERTS and Company, erd7 or Abram ROBARTS, jb in London, England erd7
        1.1.2 James CUTHBERT; (d. bef. Jul 1783); 18th century, settled in Georgia, U.S.A.; sa physician in Savannah, Georgia erd3
          1.1.2.1 Joseph CUTHBERT, of Savannah, Georgia; 8 Mar 1783, court record in Edinburgh, Scotland; cs 23 Jul 1783, appointed Lewis CUTHBERT, Provost Marshal of Jamaica, Dr. John ALVES, of Inverness, Scotland, and Thomas ALVES, of Harley Street, London, England as his attornies; erd3 6 Jul 1785, will registration, heir to grand-uncle Alexander CUTHBERT soh
        1.1.3 Lewis CUTHBERT; (d. 1801 jb); 1783, Provost Marshal of Jamaica, and attorney; erd3 1783-1795, resident of St. Catherine's Parish, Middlesex County, Jamaica; erd6 erd5 erd7 Feb 1796, resident of Spanish Town, Jamaica erd8
        1.1.4 Magdalene CUTHBERT; m. James JOHNSON; bef. 1787, Major in the 61st Regiment erd4
        1.1.5 Rachel CUTHBERT; m. Simon FRASER, of Daltullich erd4
      1.2 Lachlan CUTHBERT erd3 or Lauchlan CUTHBERT cs (d. bef. 1783, Fredericksburg); Major General in the French Service erd3
        1.2.1 Roger CUTHBERT cs
      1.3 Alexander CUTHBERT; (d. bef. Jul 1785); sro Roman Catholic priest in France; erd3 bought the Castlehill estate owned by his brother, George. erd4  This is supposedly the same man as John Seignelay COLBERT or CUTHBERT.  See Colbert Family of Scotland jb
      1.4 James CUTHBERT erd3
    1. John CUTHBERT; blacksmith in St. Andrews, Scotland brsa  He had:
      1.1 Robert CUTHBERT, eldest son; 1 Mar 1746, blacksmith burgess, 10/- brsa
    1. John CUTHBERT; smith in St. Andrews, Scotland brsa  He had:
      1.2 John CUTHBERT, second son; 14 Sep 1764, burgess brsa
    John CUTHBERT; Oct 1735, emigrated from Inverness, Scotland to Georgia on the ship Prince of Wales; settled in Josephstown, Georgia; 11 Aug 1739, presumably the John CUTHBERT who signed a treaty with the Creek Indians in Georgia hgp
    John CUTHBERT, painter; c1841 (b.c. 1811 c1841); m. Elisabeth ?; c1841 (b.c. 1811 c1841); 1841, living Barrack Street, Dundee, Scotland c1841
    John CUTHBERT; of Esarea, County Durham, Canada; will registered 10 Jun 1867, heir to mother, Mary JOLLY, of Forfar, Angus, Scotland soh
    John CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Lanarkshire, Scotland is
    John CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Renfrewshire, Scotland is
    John CUTHCART; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for London, England is
    John CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Lancashire, England is
    Joseph CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Renfrewshire, Scotland is
    Joseph CUTHBERT; (b. Ireland); 1881, found in census for Hampshire, England is


Notes

ayr Ayrshire Cuthbertson OPR Christenings  Last Viewed: 23 Jan 2004.

brsa Burgess Rolls of St. Andrews, 1750-1775; In: David Dobson, 2000, Burgess Rolls of Fife, 1700-1800, and St. Andrews, 1700-1775, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, p. 8.

c1841 1841 census, Dundee, Scotland, E.D. 59, p. 8.
Name of Street: Barrack Street
Name and Surname, Age, Occupation
John CUTHBERT, 30, Painter
Elisabeth (ditto), 30
John (ditto), 9
James (ditto), 7
Mary (ditto), 3

c1841a 1841 census, Dundee, Scotland, E.D. 60, p. 4.
Name of Street: Peddies Close
Name and Surname, Age
Jean CUTHBERT, 42  [Note: "Dundee" lined out on this entry.]

c1851 1851 U.K. Census, E.D. 21, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, p. 32, No. 145, 8 West Shaw Street, which follows:
Janet Cuthbert; Head; widow; age 50; born Tarbolton
David Muigham; Lodger; married; age 34; occupation Block Printer; born Ireland
William Fairbrother; Lodger; married; age 34; Block Printer; born England
Peter McLachlan; Lodger; married; age 25; Block Printer; born Perthshire, Auchter?

cs Court of Sessions, Scottish Records Office, Edinburgh, (17.1.2); In: David Dobson, 1991, Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 19; ISBN: 0-8063-1312-9.  In this record Joseph, Lewis, George, Roger, and James CUTHBERT, representatives of George and Alexander CUTHBERT of Casthill, v. Lieutenant Colonel Hugh GRANT of Moy.

erd1 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD4.239.451; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, Vol. VI, p. 33; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Notes: This appointment was subscribed in St. Jago de la Vega, Middlesex County, Jamaica with witnesses Duncan FRASER, gentleman, Jamaica, and Joseph Drew MUNRO, writer.  This volume contains abstracts of all documents pertaining to North America recorded in the Edinburgh Register of Deeds.]

erd2 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD3.245.210; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 34; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Note: This deed was written by James MURRAY, St. Jago de la Vega, Middlesex County, Jamaica, and subscribed there with witnesses Thomas BROWN, clerk, and William BAILLIE, planter in Middlesex County.]

erd3 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD4.238.237; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 34; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Notes: This document was subscribed in Savannah, Georgia and witnessed by Hugh RUSSELL and John DAVIDSON, merchant in Savannah Georgia.  This document indicates Joseph is the eldest son of James CUTHBERT, doctor in Savannah, Georgia, deceased, who was the second son of George CUTHBERT, of Castlehill, Invernessshire, Scotland, deceased, who was the eldest son of John CUTHBERT of Castlehill.  There is also reference to John CUTHBERT's four sons: George; Lachlan, who died a Major General in Fredericksburg; Alexander, who became a Roman Catholic priest in France; and James.]

erd4 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD3.246.1172; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 34; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Notes: This deed was written by George THOMSON, clerk, and subscribed in Edinburg, Scotland on 5 Apr 1787, and witnessed by William MCINTOSH, advocate, Anthony BARCLAY, Clerk to the Signet, and George THOMSON.  This document indicates that Lewis CUTHBERT was Commissioner and attorney for his brother, George CUTHBERT, mentions that the estate owned by his father, George CUTHBERT, was sold to George's brother Alexander CUTHBERT, and also mentions Mary MCINTOSH, widow of George CUTHBERT, George's sister Magdaline CUTHBERT, married to James JOHNSON, and George's sister Rachel CUTHBERT, married to Simon FRASER.]

erd5 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD3.298.136/140; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 34; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Note: A Bill for Exchange was issued by Lewis CUTHBERT in Jamaica for 840 pounds, drawn on A. ROBERTS of London, England, in favor of George TIERNEY.  This record also includes extracts from subsequent correspondence.]

erd6 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD4.246.447; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Note: In this deed Lewis CUTHBERT appoints James GRANT, of Corriemonie, advocate in Edinburgh, and John BAILLIE, of Dunain, Inverness, as his attornies.  The deed was written by Thomas ROSS, Clerk to Thomas GALLY, attorney at law, of Kingston, Surry County, Jamaica, and was subscribed in Kingston on 2 Jul 1789, with witnesses Thomas GALLY and Thomas ROSS.  The deed mentions that George CUTHBERT is deceased.]

erd7 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD5.50.364; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Note: This document is a letter, dated 27 May 1795, from Lewis CUTHBERT, in Jamaica, via the man of war Europa, accompanying the full conveyance and disposition of the estate lands of Castlehill.]

erd8 Edinburgh Register of Deeds, RD5.50.364; In: David Dobson, 1986, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. VI, p. 35; ISBN: 0-8063-1157-6.  [Note: This document is a letter, dated 2 Feb 1796, from Lewis CUTHBERT, of Spanish Town Jamaica, to Abram ROBERTS and Company, London, England.  Reference is made to Mr. GILZEAN, factor in Inverness, and to George KEARNEY.]

esa Emigrants From Scotland to America, 1774-1775, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1976, p. 44.

gbr Glasgow [Scotland] Burgess Roll, No. 107; see also David Dobson, 1999, Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, Clearfield Press, printed for the Clearfield Company by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Parts I-II, ISBN: 0-8063-4686-8, Part I, p. 8.

hgp Hayden Guest Papers; In: David Dobson, 1984, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. V, p. 65.

is Viewed Jan 2003 at: Irish Stray website.  This is an index of persons born in Ireland who fall into one of three categories:
a) Persons born in Ireland who were elsewhere in England, Scotland or Wales for the 1851 Census;
b) Persons born in Ireland who were elsewhere in England, Scotland or Wales for the 1881 Census; or
c) a few records from the surviving fragments of the 1851 census for County Antrim, Ireland.

jb Jim Brennan  Email: [jsbrennan at O2.co.uk]  Last Contact: Dec 2008.

jf Jeff Furlong  Email: [jmefurlong at pivot.net]  Last Contact: Nov 2004.

pro Public Records Office, London, England, Treasury Records, Microfilm Series T47.12; In: David Dobson, 1984, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. I, p. 49; ISBN: 0-8063-1054-5.

sa Scotus Americanus, 1982, Edinburgh, Scotland; In: David Dobson, 1984, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. II, p. 39; ISBN: 0-8063-1074-X.

sc Sheriff's Court, Scottish Records Office, Edinburgh, (70.1.169); In: David Dobson, 1991, Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 27; ISBN: 0-8063-1296-3.

sil David Dobson, 2001, Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, Clearfield Press, printed for the Clearfield Company by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Part III, ISBN: 0-8063-5102-0, p. 50.

sm Scots Magazine, Vol. 51, p. 465; In: David Dobson, 1984, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. III, p. 42; ISBN: 0-8063-1087-1.

soh Abstracts from Services of Heirs, Scotland; In: David Dobson, 1990, Scottish-American Heirs, 1683-1883, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 32; ISBN: 0-8063-1278-5.

sro Scottish Records Office, Edinburgh; In: David Dobson, 1985, Directory of Scottish Settlers In North America, 1625-1825, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. IV, p. 36; ISBN: 0-8063-1105-3.  [Note: This document pertains to Services of Heirs, which relates to land transferred to an heir by claim of inheritance.  Joseph CUTHBERT, of Georgia, received from his grand-uncle, Alexander CUTHBERT, son of John CUTHBERT of Castlehill, will registered 6 Jul 1785.]


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