(CD)Guthrie/Gutridg, Robert. the original by clicking on this line. He was received as an inhabitant of Exester 1678. FIRST GENERATION IN THE NEW WORLD They, along with the Scottish Battlefields Trust, will honour men such as James Adams, Archibald Archbell, John Bank, Alexander Bravender and George Darling, all who are know to have settled. The order was given to transport 900 of the healthiest prisoners to the American colonies in New England and Virginia to undertake compulsory indentured labour, for terms of around 5 years. Archives, Open Government Licence On 3 Sep 1650, the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. (IWI), of Lynn, MALivingstone/Levingstone/Lewiston/Levestoon, Daniel. (CD), of Ipswich, Massachusetts.Ross, George. 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." Spurious Pedigree s.src = 'https://escotland.disqus.com/embed.js'; Since charcoal was expensive to make, the company had Giffard employ most of the Scots full- time as woodcutters to supply the colliers. In 1654 he married Ann Winchurst of Ipswich. Sentences of transportation were still passed, with convicts held in prison while the government considered alternative destinations. (CD), residence unknownWilson, Robert. 1-B. (CD), of Barnstable and Edgartown, MA.Stewart, Duncan. By October 23rd, the council was ordered to stop the project until is was confirmed that the Scots were not being sent anywhere where they could be dangerous. John Becx and Joshua Foote conferred with their partners, the Undertakers of the Iron Works. (CD), of Braintree and Hingham, MA; yDNA StudyDunsmore [Moore], James. (IWI), of Lynn and Braintree, MA; yDNA StudyMcCallum, John. Gordon complained to the court of ill-treatment and petitioned for his freedom, apparently without success. This project will be of interest to people who have tested Y-DNA (for themselves or a family member) and who are, or believe you may be: The Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651). (CD), not much known about this James.Stewart, John. (LLNV), of Newton, MAMcDonald, Dennis. Many more records survive from this period but, as few are indexed by name, finding an individual can still be difficult. Ships Passenger list for the John and Sara. (IWI), of Lynn, MADowning,Malcolm. It is likely that most descendants will not have any detectable autosomal DNA from ancestors this far back in time. 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. until Hugh was fortunate enough to stumble upon a warrant, filed away for safekeeping All comments are moderated so they won't Barnet William Kinedles Angus 056 p GS 229 Barry Thos. /** (CD), of Hingham, MAMaGoon, Henry. People Affected By Crime. Some men were shot because they either could not or would not march. Auburn Cemetery. If all of the Kelts From Ireland, Scotland,Wales and Cornwall fought together, Cromwell would have been defeated and Charles 11 would have kept his head! var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-249123-12"); (CD), of Salem, MAMcCall, James. If you are a female researcher of a SPOW history, look for male relatives of yours who have the surname of interest, or a proven male line descent, and test their Y DNA. (CD), of Berwick and York, ME; Dover, NHMcIntire, Philip. The term of service for all of them was seven years. A similar list for the second fleet, which left in 1789 and suffered 278 deaths during its voyage, is included in The Second Fleet Convicts, compiled and edited by R J Ryan. (LLNV)Patterson, Edward. George Grey and wife Sarah Cooper had five children. Dr. Andrew Millard's list in, Lost Live, New Voices. (CD), of Boston, MABohannon/Buchanen,John. Many of those captured Scots were sent to the American colonies. Alexander, Joseph, Anne and baby Prisoner 332 - along with dozens of others - disappeared into the hot Caribbean haze, with no known trace of what happened to the Jacobites freed by Britain's. (LLNV), of Hartford and Haddam, CTCoombs/Comby, Allister,(LLNV), of York, ME, and Portsmouth, NHCooper,Alexander. Convict censuses, musters, pardons and tickets of leave, including series HO 10, HO 11 and CO 209/7, can be searched at ancestry.com.au (). (IWI), of Lynn, MAJunkins,Robert. or an account you already have with Google, Twitter, In 1654, Blacke assaulted and beat up his master, and a court sent him to prison in 1654. John Clark was taught the trade of blacksmith by Samuel Hart. (CD), of Oyster River, NHNeal, John. According to tradition, the English lined up the Scottish POWs in order to shoot every tenth man. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MassachusettsBarry, James. Kemble found a ready market among planters and mill owners for the human cargo, as the news spread about the first shipment of Scottish POWs. In our view, indenture was a euphemism used by John Cotton and others to disguise the cruel fact that the Scots were (a) sold and (b) had no freedom under their masters and had to do everything they were told. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. 6 July 1675 his wife Ann was taken to court for not frequenting the publique worship of God on the lord's day. window.onload = function(){document.getElementById("printbtn").style.visibility = "visible"}; 1671 he had a grant of upland, at York Bridge. Furbush was fined in N. H. for drinking with two Indians, named Henry and Richard. Nyven Agnew also called niven Agmeau and niven the Sct was taxed in Dover, in 1659. Dunbar Prisoners, transported on the Unity (1650): B list: Probable (from the research of the Durham team, looking at the connections of these men to the known Scots communities in New England, who must have been resident in the mid-1650s when the indentures were ending, and were also not on the John and Sara list) - 65 names. HO 10 and HO 11 can be downloaded free of charge from Discovery, our catalogue; however, please be aware that these are very large files, suitable only for download via a fast and unlimited broadband connection. Seven of Valentine Hills Scottish POWs, for example, were listed as taxpayers in Dover, N.H., after their slavery ended. Alexander Gordon died in Exeter in 1697, and his children had many descendants. He has brought together a bulk of information available. (CD), possibly Hugh STEWARD/STUARD of Falmouth/Yarmouth and Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts?Stewart, James. (CD), of New Haven, CT and Elizabeth, NJ.Ross, Gilchrist. a bill requesting payment from the King for transporting the prisoners on the ten ships. (CD), of Charleston, MA (Updated 22 Feb 2020), Original List of Dunbar Prisoners Profiles, yDNA Study (updates in progress 24 Feb 20), Durham University Scottish Soldiers Project, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory, Bravender/Braband/Brebner/Brabiner, Alexander, Forbes/Furbush/Farbish/Furbish/Farsbush/Farbuish, John (2), Forbes/Furbish/Furbush/Forbush/Ferbush,William, Livingstone/Levingstone/Lewiston/Levestoon, Daniel. The English then drove the Scottish POWs like cattle to London. Smith : 5 Denis McIntyre: In 1656, Thomas Kemble spent two hours in the stocks for kissing his wife on Sunday. The usual period of transportation was 14 years for convicts receiving conditional pardons from death sentences or seven years for lesser offences. scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); FTDNA sells a popular mtDNA full sequence test. (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. Prisoners after Culloden View full image 00:00 00:00 List of rebel prisoners: with their rank and the number of witnesses against them, July 17 1746 (SP 54/32/41C). All this means that this Project is a Y DNA project, and we cannot use autosomal DNA (but, https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Scottishdna/default.aspx, descended from Scottish prisoners transported to New England on board the, descended from Scottish prisoners transported to New England on boardthe, descended from Scottish prisoners who may have been transported on other ships or to other colonies (1640s-50s), descendants from other Scottish exiles from the Commonwealth or Restoration (1650s-60s) eg. They are as follows: All the prisoners were freed by 1656 or 1657. The less lucky Scottish POWs drifted to Boston when their slavery ended, destitute and without jobs. Alexander Maxwell, was at The Great Works in 1654 when relations between him and the English master turned violent. The Scottish POWs worked 12-hour days at hard, dangerous labor. Each and every Dunbar and Worcester prisoner who made it to New England and survived their indenture was then free to create their own liveslives that were in almost every case better than they could possibly have had in Scotland. Even if you think you share some DNA with someone else who is also descended from a SPOW, the segments will be extremely small, and cannot be used to make a definitive case. These can be found in various ways: Before transportation most criminal offences were punished by death, a fine or whipping. - Historum - History Forums, Not Everyone in Salem was a Puritan | Letter from Hardscrabble Creek, The Rise and Fall of Kumbaya - and of the Man Who Discovered the Song - New England Historical Society, Sarah Bagley Avenges the New England Mill Girls - New England Historical Society, The First Town Meeting Still Going in Six States - New England Historical Society, Gordon Bennett, the Madcap, Scandal-Mongering Publisher Who Built the Newport Casino - New England Historical Society. Carrying the label Jacobite Rebel he was sold into seven years indenture-ship and so became a piece of real property. Autosomal DNA is most powerful when looking at ancestors born since 1800. This Y-DNA Project aims to discover descendants of the Scots captured in the battles of Dunbar and Worcester (1650-51) by Oliver Cromwell's army, and transported to the Americas. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MA and New Haven, CTBank, John. (CD), of Dover NH, Kittery ME;yDNA StudyToish, John. (1), (CD), of Charlestown and Marlborough, MA.Stewart, Alexander. They, along with Edward Errin, bought in 1662, a farm at Bradboate harbor in Pischalaq River at Wadering Place, with 59 acres upland. His widow Dorothy then married another Scotsman, Micuim Macintire, who bought land from Maxwell. Approximately 15 Scots worked there. He had at least 2 sons, John and Robert. A directory of Scots banished to the American plantations is available at Genealogical (CD), of Roxbury and Boston, MALadle/Luddle, James. The men worked long hours, 12-hour shifts. Berry Tho. So when the second shipment arrived, Kemble easily sold the Scottish POWs in the Massachusetts towns of Boston, Charlestown, Cambridge, Dedham, Concord, Hingham, Ipswich, Reading and Salem. Henry Brown and James Orr,Oar,Ore lived together their entire lives. 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 Your book is dead wrong. Isla Bryson, 31, was found guilty on Jan. 24 of raping one woman in 2016 and . 1. 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 conditions in which Becx and Foote, took the Scots was a commercial venture . Neither married. ], they lived in Oyster River. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. It also outlines which details can be useful when starting your research, and contains background information on the history of criminal transportation. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. They worked as woodcutters to supply the wood to make charcoal, or as forge hands, as blacksmiths, as miners and farmhands. (LLNV), of Dover, NHHolmes/Holme/Homes/Hume, Thomas. * THE SECTION BELOW TO INSERT DYNAMIC VALUES FROM YOUR JAMES TAYLOR/TAILOR, was born in Scotland, possibly about 163 Scottish Prisoners of War Society (LLNV) of York, Maine and Salem, MAFrizzell/Fresell/Frissell, John (1). Within an hour, 12,000 Parliamentarians defeated 11,000 Scots, killing as many as 2,000 while losing only 20 men. The Scottish people had largely sided with Cromwell, but they turned on Cromwell and declared Charles son king. 09.02.2023. (CD), John & Sarah, of Boston, MABow,Alexander. John Curmuckhell, also called Carnicle, came on the John and Sara. (CD), (J&S), Probably the John BOYE on the John and Sara ListRunciman Andrew. Another 150 prisoners were sent to New England aboard the Unity through Joshua Foote and . * Again he was fined in Maine for selling liquor to Indians and getting them drunk. Maxwell's Garrison survived. If you feel you are not gaining much from your membership, please contact the administrators first and dont just leave! If they can prove a SPOW descent, then that is your descent as well. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. Here they were allowed daily rations of a pound of bread and a half a pound of cheese. William Furbish (probably Farrabas, which became Forbes in Massachusetts) bought land in Kittery sometime before 1664, but was punished in 1681 for calling the Kings officials, Divills and hell bound. Furbish apparently had not forgiven the English for the Battle of Dunbar. Applications are known as petitions, and may have been made by friends, relatives or other associates on behalf of the convict. (CD), (J&S)MacMallen, John. The Scottish POWs were all still of marriageable age when freed from bondage, and many did marry. Then he was moved to York, Maine, where he was killed on Sept. 28, 1691. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. (LLNV)Taylor, Robert. Many small segments are ancient segments of DNA that become common in a community. A year to the day from Dunbar, the Royalist army under Charles II went down to its final defeat at Worcester, and again several thousand Scottish soldiers supporting Charles found themselves prisoners of war in England. If you are a female researcher of a SPOW history, look for male relatives of yours who have the surname of interest, or a proven male line descent, and test their Y DNA. Dr. Andrew Millards list in,Lost Live, New Voices. For this kind of project, the genealogical information you provide is as important as the DNA you test. (LLNV), of Cambridge, MAWyer, Edward. Many also worked at the Iron Works.They were as follows: Prisoners who worked at the Lynn Iron Works, now known as the Saugus Iron Works, were as follows: In Kittery Maine, there is a Unity parish, doubtless from the prisoners, who were sent there to work in the sawmills. From 1615 to 1870, more than 200,000 criminals were conditionally pardoned, exiled, and transported to penal colonies. He had seven children and many descendants. (function() { // REQUIRED CONFIGURATION VARIABLE: EDIT THE SHORTNAME BELOW (CD); yDNA StudyRankin, John. Finding out more about a person transported to North America or the West Indies is likely to be difficult, though legal records can be useful. His daughter, Fanny Kemble Knight, took a famous horseback ride alone along the Boston Post Road. The . While this was going on, the Council had received several petitions from persons, who wished to transport the Scots overseas. We can assume that it is accurate as it is Robert got interested in folklore while he studied at [], [] Is anyone such a fool as to suppose that out of six thousand girls in Lowell, sixty would be there if they could help it? There were 150 Scots who were were sent to New England on The Unity and arrived at Lynn, Ma. Four separate lists straight from original documents recorded around the time of the voyages. 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. Daniel Salmon employed some of the Scots on his company farm., where they kept the community cattle. In many cases convicts appealed to be pardoned or to have their sentences reduced, while transportation itself was often used as a reduced sentence for a convict who might otherwise have been executed. Charles Bateson, The Convict Ships 1787-1868 (1983), Alan Brooke, and David Brandon, Bound for Botany Bay: British convict voyages to Australia (2005), P G Fidlon and R J Ryan (eds), The first fleeters: a comprehensive listing of convicts, marines, seamen, officers, wives, children and ships (1981), Michael Flynn, The second fleet: Britains grim convict armada of 1790 (2001), Mollie Gillen, The founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the first fleet (1989), David T Hawkings, Bound for Australia (2012), David T Hawkings, Criminal ancestors: a guide to historical criminal records in England and Wales (2009), Robert Hughes, The fatal shore: a history of transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 (1987), L L Robson, The convict settlers of Australia (1981), R J Ryan (ed), The second fleet convicts: a comprehensive listing of convicts who sailed in HMS Guardian, Lady Juliana, Neptune, Scarborough and Surprise (1982), For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday s.setAttribute('data-timestamp', +new Date()); (CD), (J&S)McRorie (alias McWithee), James. Trevor Schakohl on February 28, 2023. The Covenanter Risings of the later 17th century led to around 1,700 Scots being expelled as enemies of the state, and the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 resulted in an additional 1,600 men, women, and children being banished to the colonies. The ship was ordered to depart on Nov 11, 1651, probably left in early December and arrived in New England sometime in early 1652. The court said if there were any more problems with Maxwell, the master could sell him off to Virginia or Barbados or any other English plantation. Dec, 26,1660 , he bought land from John Pearce of Yorke. Late servant. (CD)Marshall, John. 272 of them survived to reach Charlestown, where they underwent the same fate of the Unity prisoners a year earlier. (IWI), of Lynn, MA (Updated 24 Feb 2020)Dowty [Doughty],Thomas. Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. They were given very little to eat. The records of these appeals can be very useful. He completed his indenture with no more incidents. Long afterwards it was called Scotchman's Neck. The names below are compiled from the following three lists:1. In 1681 a surprise attact by Indians distroyed most of the dwellings.in the area. Those who believe they may be descended from Scottish Civil War prisoners sent to other colonies e.g. His wife's name was Sisey. (CD), of Lynn and Reading, MA;yDNA StudyMcIntire, Robert. 5-6. and in Drake's work on the Founders of New England. They are as follows: Aside from the Scot prisoners, there were other Scots, who also arrived on The Unity. Recently I discovered that the record of his trial as a Rebel was available in the British Archives in London. The English had them buried in mass graves, only recently discovered. A list of the passengers of the John and Sara is given in the Suffolk Deed Records, book 1. pp. v3.0, except where otherwise stated, https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/education/prisoners-after-culloden-sp-54-32-41c.mp3, Friends of The National (CD)Gordon,James. (CD)Scollay, James. Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. In 1681, he received 20 lashes on his bare skin, by the court, for calling court officials "Divills and hell Hounds". 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. Isla Bryson, who transitioned from a man to a woman while awaiting trial for raping two women in 2016 and 2019, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison in Scotland. And Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. What a scoop. One solution: deport them to New England, Virginia and Barbados. Archives, Open Government Licence David Hume, who came over on the John and Sara, settled in Dedham, Mass., where his name morphed into Holmes. He then moved to York, Maine, to an area where other Scots had settled. Still others were sold individually. So the Scots waited in the Thames, for passage to New England. (LLNV)Thompson, George. This is essential so that your matches and you can begin to work out who your shared ancestors may be. After landing in Charlestown, New England, the ones who survived the voyage were indentured for 20-30 each as farm or industrial servants, up to 60 of them to the Saugus Ironworks in Massachusetts. Although the indenture lasted anywhere between five and seven years, in some cases any infraction of the rules could result in additional time being added to the contract. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAMaxey/Macxy/Maxsy/Maxy, Alexander. Indenture was not slavery. Founder of Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 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. 4. Janice Farnsworth for sending Mr. Dobson, author, provides a list of these banished Scots who are the ancestors of thousands of Americans living today. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. [] sold (there is no other word for it) in New England, where a Puritan minister commented, The Scots, whom God delivered into [Cromwells] hands at Dunbarre, and whereof sundry were sen [], [] in Bangor, Maine, on September 2, 1888. (LLNV)Rose, Roger. Abbott, Fred (eri)k-- EA, Va/Jam Abercromby, John-- EA,VA/Jam Allen James-- F.Md Anderson, Robert--EA,Va/Jam Arnott, David--EA,Va/Jam The work was hard, dirty, hot and dangerous. (CD)Ross, Finlay/Fennel. (LLNV), of York, MEDouglas/McDougall, Alexander. The remainder were sold to local residents. Thanks for pointing out the error! We must have money; a fathers debts are to be paid, an aged mother to be supported, a brothers ambition to be aided and so the factories are supplied. To my mind it is slavery. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, Carlisle, and Concord, MA; yDNA StudyAgnew, Niven. (2), (LLNV)Stewart, Daniel. Such as were sick of scurvy or other diseases have not wanted physick and chyrurgery. In the event you don't have an account 15 or 20 of the men went to Richard Leader for services at his Saw Mill , at Berwick, on the Pascataqua River,in Maine. fot fo the West Indies where yow are to deliver them to Mr. Charles Rich to be disposed of by him for the Joinet accont of the frightr's & so to be Retou'ned home in stocke vndevided thus desiring wee remajme your loving friends Sinatum et Recognitum John Beex Rob't Rich Will Greene in pneia Jo Nottock: notar Publ; 13 May 1652 Entred & Recorded Edward Rawson Recorder. Late [apprentice] to Pat Black Surgeon in Perth. (LLNV), of Lynn, MACahoon,William. Puritan minister John Cotton wrote in his letter to Oliver Cromwell, "The Scots, whom God delivered into your hands at Dunbarre, and whereof sundry were sent hither, we have been desirous (as we could) John Paul (abt. (CD), of Dover, NH and Saco, MEDill, Daniel. display until the moderator has approved your comment. George S. Stewart's list, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory. (IWI)3. The solution was to develop new penal colonies in modern day Australia, and on 13 May 1787 the first fleet set sail. Moreover, from the 1650s to 1830, when it became illegal, banishment and transportation to the colonies was a traditional punishment for certain serious?but over time petty?crimes, thereby contributing even further to the Scottish population of colonial America. (CD)Orr, James. Leader put the Scottish laborers to work sawing Maine white pine trees, needed for the British Navy. 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. "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. John Barry died during an Indian attact in 1671. Daniel Livingston in 1694 was attacked by Indians. Among them was Thomas Doughty, a common foot soldier who had survived the Battle of Dunbar, a . W SC "Wakefield" Capt Thomas BECK, bound for SC from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners. After 1776, all criminal transportation was to modern-day Australia, specifically New South Wales and Van Diemens Land (modern-day Tasmania). (LLNV), of Boston, MAForbes/Furbish/Furbush/Forbush/Ferbush,William. Around 1715 during events associated with the Jacobite uprising at Preston, five years before the birth of the well known Jacobite Bonnie Prince Charlie whose image we have, we see recorded the individual names of many common people; in prison costing the authorities two pence per diem to feed; on ships costing two pounds per person to transport into exile; and in land records, people recorded as real property and sold for cash. Auburn Cemetery. Bostonians viewed them with scorn and classed them with African-Americans and Indians. (CD), of Cambridge, Billerica, Malden, Concord, and Charlestown, MA;yDNA StudyFerguson,Daniel. He married John Pearce's daughter . Following the English Civil War, Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England and the West Indies. (CD)Stewart, Alexander. (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s); Please enable JavaScript to view the When this Project was started, Y-DNA was the commonest first type of test to take, and autosomal DNA testing was only just taking off. There is a profound difference between indenture and slavery. ( Mc Kendra, Mc kandra, Mac Kandra ), Mac Kane John ( Mc Canne , Mac Kane, Mc Kane), Mac Kane patricke ( Mc kane , Mc Cane ), Mac Kannell Daniel ( Mac Connell, Mc Connell ), Mac Kannell Wm. (CD), of Charlestown, MADaniel, Davey. Steve Carlson article on The Saugus iron Works. Blacke apparently left prison, married and had children. The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. After the Battle of Worcester, the prisoners were marched to London and confined there for a few months on the artillery grounds at Tuthill fields, which were about a half mile from Westminster Palace. In about 1676 he administered the estate of John Barry and he lived on that same land in Kittery. (CD), of Ipswich, MAForbes (alias Forbush),Daniel. Published: 14 April 2013Updated: 30 Mar 2020Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa RustEditor: Teresa Rust, Because the original passenger list for the ketch Unity, which transported about 150 Scottish prisoners of war captured at the Battle of Dunbar to the British Colonies in the New World, has never been discovered, the following list, updated as of 03 April 2019, is a compilation, of all of the suggested, but not necessarily proven, Dunbar prisoners of war sent to Massachusetts in 1650. He was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 or Worchester in 1651. He was to be sure that each load was of full measure. Transported Scottish Prisoners of the Civil Wars (1650s). Bryson, who was formerly called Adam Graham, was initially assigned to Cornton Vale, the one women-only prison in Scotland, after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. About 50 went to the Saugus Iron Works,the first successful iron works in the colonies. It is possible that you could be looking at descent from a possible mother of a SPOW, if you think your genealogical research has identified her. (CD) of Roxbury, MAFrizzell/Frissell, Alexander. His initial success, however, did not stop him over the intervening years from hunting in ever more obscure sources in North America and the UK--sources such as the Aberdeen Journal, Caledonian Mercury, the Dumfries and Galloway Archives, Justiciary Records of Argyll, Calendar of Home Office Papers, and more. elem.async = true; (CD), of Charlestown, MAMimy (Meany), Robert. 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. 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. 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