In the following years, many Scots who were were taken prisoners at the Battle of Worcester [England] were sent to Virginia, Massachusetts, and Maine aboard the John and Sara. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. (CD), of Cambridge, Billerica, Malden, Concord, and Charlestown, MA;yDNA StudyFerguson,Daniel. The following is exactly how I found it recorded so nothing is misspelled. * THE SECTION BELOW TO INSERT DYNAMIC VALUES FROM YOUR
(LLNV), of Charlestown, MAMcCall, Duncan. Although some returned to . (CD)McDonald, Daniel. Henry Magoon married Elizabeth Lissen in 1661 and Alexander Gordon then married Mary, the youngest of lessin's daughters, in 1664. This project aims to research and discover more about the fates and descendants of those Scottish prisoners captured and transported in these two battles of the English/Scottish Civil Wars - the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651). One week after the battle, the Council of State, which was England's governing body, decided to turn the problem over to the committee and informed Sir Arthur Hasenlrigge, that he could deposed of as many of the Scots as he felt proper to work in the coal mines. Holding such a large number of prisoners could be costly. This was near Kitteryand York, Maine. Late servant. (CD), of Boston, MABohannon/Buchanen,John. (CD)Morey, Walter. (Steve is a fellow member of the Saugus Historical Soc. They worked as woodcutters to supply the wood to make charcoal, or as forge hands, as blacksmiths, as miners and farmhands. In total, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 Scots were banished to the Americas during the Colonial period (whereas England transported around 50,000 and Ireland in excess of 10,000), all of whom.
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v3.0, the name of the ship on which they were transported, whether each settler came free or as a convict, or was born in the colony, the name of their ship and their year of arrival, search and download () images of prison registers from the, for petitions received between 1819 (although there are some earlier petitions) and 1839, in the series, for petitions received between 1839 and 1853 in, through judges reports from 1784-1829, which are in series, through judges circuit letters from 1816-1840, which are arranged by date in series. Please note, if you believe you have Scottish ancestry but no connection to the Civil War prisoners, the Scottish DNA Project at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Scottishdna/default.aspxis open to DNA testees who wish to explore their possible Scottish connections. Disease was rampant. In was in court again for stricking and abusing fellow Dunbar Scosman, Alexander Mackanur, who was lame and in poor health. (CD)Paul, William. (CD), of Kittery, MEGrant/Graunt,James (2). "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. They were given very little to eat. You can find the entire family history of Duncan Stewart in Sprague Journal Maine History. After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. ], they lived in Oyster River. More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . (CD)Parsons/Palson, Thomas. Indentures end, and the person is then free to pursue their own lives. (CD), of Boston and Braintree, MAMason, John. (IWI), of Lynn, MADowning,Malcolm. Among its early settlers were indentured royalist soldiers from Scotland. The contemporary English judicial system was harsher than in Scotland, which explains why the Hanoverian government had the Jacobite prisoners taken south to England for trial. This comment system
There were 150 Scots who were were sent to New England on The Unity and arrived at Lynn, Ma. (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAWalter, Thomas. John Curmuckhell died not long after. A Common Man's Survival After Being Captured at the Battle of Dunbar and Sold into Servitude in America In the winter of 1650-51, one hundred fifty ragged and hungry Scottish prisoners of war arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they were sold as indentured laborers for 20 to 30 pounds each. James mackall, John Mackshane, and Thomas Tower became forge hands under John Vinton, John Turner jr, , Henry Leonard and Quenten Prey. According to tradition, the English lined up the Scottish POWs in order to shoot every tenth man. Petitions could be on behalf of persons convicted in courts of any level and for sentences ranging from a few weeks imprisonment to death. However, one member of the SPOW project has already successfully traced his all-female line descent from a SPOW's daughter, and identified her mtDNA - so it can be done. For each person cited in this directory, some or all of the following information is provided: name, occupation, place of residence in Scotland, place of capture and captivity, parents? As the descendant of at least two Dunbar prisoners, I strenuously object to confusing indenture with slavery out of emotion and ignorance, or for dramatic effect. (CD), of Oyster River, NH; York, MEKelton,Thomas. Again, many were ordered for transportation and on 8th November 1651, the John and Sarah took sail with around 300 Scottish prisoners on board. A transgender two-time convicted rapist was sentenced to eight years in Scottish prison Tuesday after starting to publicly identify as female while awaiting trial and spending time in a women's prison, according to BBC News. (CD)Orr, James. (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. The microfiche index to the New South Wales convict indents and ships, compiled by the Genealogical Society of Victoria, can be consulted in our reading rooms. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMcClay, John. It was unfair, it was abusive, and it was misused, but they were never, ever, slaves. (CD), of Braintree and Hingham, MA; yDNA StudyDunsmore [Moore], James. Alternatively, search our library catalogue to see which are available to consult in the reading rooms. If you have managed to do this, you are welcome to share that outcome with this Project. This is very, very hard to establish in genealogical research, as the surnames of women are often lost when marriages before civil registration can be incompletely recorded. The usual period of transportation was 14 years for convicts receiving conditional pardons from death sentences or seven years for lesser offences. s.src = 'https://escotland.disqus.com/embed.js';
(LLNV), of Oyster River, NHDanielson [Daniels], James. Of the prisoners captured there, some 300 including William Cahoon and Thomas Ross were sent to New England in the " John and Sarah ". Formatted by Patty MacFarlane,
To my mind it is slavery. Thomas, (LLNV), of Scarborough, MaineChisholm, Duncan. (LLNV), of York, MEDouglas/McDougall, Alexander. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. Many small segments are ancient segments of DNA that become common in a community. var disqus_config = function () {
Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. Indenture is ownership of the labor of a person, usually in the form of payment of a debt, and, as the article above indicates, almost always under written contract. So the Scots waited in the Thames, for passage to New England. (CD), of Ipswich, MAForbes (alias Forbush),Daniel. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. The project is also open to anyone who believes they may have a Dunbar/Worcester ancestor who was transported to Virginia, Bermuda or other destinations in the New World in 1650-52. (IWI)McWater, William. When the constable arrived, his wife Rebecca struck the constable and he, Furbush, "tooke up a dreadful weapon and sayd that he would dy before his goods should be carried away." His widow Dorothy then married another Scotsman, Micuim Macintire, who bought land from Maxwell. In 1662, Brown and Orr of Sacco Falls belonging to Winter Harbor, for himself and Henry Brown. New York Gov. The names below are compiled from the following three lists:1. Furbush was fined in N. H. for drinking with two Indians, named Henry and Richard. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. On September 16Th, the secretary,Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. He had at least 2 sons, John and Robert. [sibling%28s%29 unknown] (J&S), Adams, James. elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? James Taylor (b c 1630 - d 27 October 1703) from the Scottish Prisoners of War Society Well correct. Transported Scottish Prisoners of the Civil Wars (1650s). Auburn burial plot, By Bill Ilott from Boston, USA https://www.flickr.com/photos/bostonphotosphere/4185723469/ Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10902508. (LLNV)Thompson, George. (CD), of Ipswich, Massachusetts.Ross, Thomas. Between the march and lack of food, many died along the way. (LLNV) of York, Maine and Salem, MAFrizzell/Fresell/Frissell, John (1). names, date and cause of banishment, name of the ship carrying him or her to the colonies, and date and place of arrival in the colonies. The most recent pleasure I had was to be able to put together complete records for the two ships that came here to Maryland, the Goodspeed and the Friendship of Belfast.
The best practice is to leave your results in the project to accumulate matches over time. Note: There was a Thomas Holmes / Hume listed as being sold to Henry Sayward of York for 30 Pounds. (IWI), of Lynn, MAEager,William. Again, many were ordered for transportation - and on 8 th November 1651, the John and Sarah took sail with around 300 Scottish prisoners on board. In 1654 he married Ann Winchurst of Ipswich. all of them [were] stript, many of them cutt, some without stockings or shoes and scarce so much left upon them as to cover their nakedness, eating peas and handfuls of straw in their hands which they had pulled upon the fields as they passed. a bill requesting payment from the King for transporting the prisoners on the ten ships. If you do not know how to do this please contact the administrators for advice. George S. Stewarts list, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory. Mackanur died in 1670. (CD)Stark, James. Dec, 26,1660 , he bought land from John Pearce of Yorke. Voluntarily!
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(LLNV), of Braintree, MA and Block Island, RIHamilton,John. They are as follows: Aside from the Scot prisoners, there were other Scots, who also arrived on The Unity. The New South Wales census (HO 10/21 HO 10/27) is the most complete. (IWI)Thompson, James. A list of men and women transported to North America between 1614 and 1775 is included in The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775 by Peter Wilson Coldham. Your history of Alexander Gordon is wrong. Machum), Mackie Hill ( Mac Kay, Mv Key, Maki ), MackNeile Dan ( Mc Neile, Mc Neale, Mac Neale ), Mack Neile Patricke ( Mc Neale, Mc Neil, Mac Neal), Mack Nell Daniell ( Mc kell, Mac Kell ), Mack Nester Allester ( Mc Nester, Mac Nester ), Mack Neth Semell ( Mc Nith , Mc Kenneth ), Mack Nith Daniell ( Mc Nith, Mc Kenneth), Mack Nith Daniell ( Mc Knith , Mc Kenneth ), MackKnith Patricke ( Mc Knith, Mc Kenneth ), MackTentha Cana ( Mc Tentha. The infusion of Scottish blood into the New England and Virginian population was to provide the United States with a very rich genetic base for their further development. For information about Alexander Gordon, we relied on A. J. Gordon: An Epic Journey of Faith and Pioneering Vision By Kevin Belmonte. It was reported he stayed in Canada and converted to Catholicism. (CD)Guthrie/Gutridg, Robert. They arrived in Boston in December. In 1698 he had a grant of land, 50 acres,in Eastern Massachusetts. (CD)McDougall/Douglas, Alexander. [] Just came through on my FB feed thought it might be of interest: How Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England New England Historical Society []. All those who are descended from the Scottish transportees who arrived around 1650 (with reasonable documentary evidence), Any of their Y-DNA matches who may be discovered (with the same surname or different surnames). It is reckoned that transported convicts made up a quarter of the British immigrants to colonial America in the 18th century. Alexander Maxwell, was at The Great Works in 1654 when relations between him and the English master turned violent. Archives, Open Government Licence (CD), of Cambridge and Billerica, MassachusettsRoy, John. Biography If you have new ones, alert the administrators so they can be invited to join the project. (IWI)Makiah, Daniel. Bonded Passengers to America, also by Peter Wilson Coldham, gives a detailed overview of all relevant records and published sources in The National Archives. Valentine Hill also bought some of the Scottish POWs from the Battle of Dunbar, and worked them in his sawmills at Durham Falls and the Lamprey River in New Hampshire. They are as follows: John Archbell John Banke Alexander Bravand Alexander Burgess John Clarke James Daniels ( Danielson) George Darling Malcolm Downing Alexander Dugles James Dunsmore Alexander Easton Alexander Ennis James Gourdan Peter Grant Grey paid his wife's fine " for breach of sabbath and for stricking of Patience Everinton". (CD), of Lynn, MAMcKay, Daniel. Recently I discovered that the record of his trial as a Rebel was available in the British Archives in London. Note: Duncan Stewart was born in the highlands of Scotland about 1623. The York County Court admonished Cooper , his wife, John taylor and other Scotsmen, " for their use of profane speeches" and referring to ' devill in their common talk". Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 1659 they removed to Newbury, in Byfield Parish, where they lived for 30 years. In total, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 Scots were banished to the Americas during the Colonial period (whereas England transported around 50,000 and Ireland in excess of 10,000), all of whom contributed to the settlement and development of Colonial America."--Genealogical.com. Daniel was born in 1630 in Scotland, place and parents unknown. Augustine Walker, the ship's master who had settled in Charlestown,1640, had , which was where the Unity had been built,by shipwright, Benjamin Gilman,weighed anchor more than likely right away, after receiving his orders.The trip from London to Boston, which normally took six weeks and was mostly likely unpleasant. Some were executed. (CD), of Dover NH, Kittery ME;yDNA StudyToish, John. They became most respected section of early settlers. Your results in the Reading rooms Brown and Orr of Sacco Falls belonging Winter. And 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, from. 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