Page Notes US POWS 36 29 2 33 1776 name, rank, regiment, 6 pages Navy Officers 44 37 474 1781 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? He completed his indenture with no more incidents. He then sold another forty men as general laborers and set up a trade of Linen Cloth, twelve prisoners became weavers. 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. Ships Passenger list for the John and Sara. Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. David Hume, who came over on the John and Sara, settled in Dedham, Mass., where his name morphed into Holmes. The Scottish POWs worked 12-hour days at hard, dangerous labor. Transported Scottish Prisoners of the Civil Wars (1650s). Applications are known as petitions, and may have been made by friends, relatives or other associates on behalf of the convict. (CD), (J&S), see John and Sara ListKidd/Skid, James. 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. Again, many died of disease, starvation and exposure while the government debated what to do with them. Many more records survive from this period but, as few are indexed by name, finding an individual can still be difficult. JAMES TAYLOR/TAILOR, was born in Scotland, possibly about 163 Scottish Prisoners of War Society Others went to York as servants. Bayne William Glames Angus 063 p WF 625 Barnet Thos. (CD), of Barnstable, MACone, Daniel. You can call it whatever you want, being wined by someone else and doing forced labor is slavery. 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. (LLNV), of Oyster River, NH, and ?New Haven, CT.Paul, John. 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. (CD), of Ipswich and Wenham, MAMaxwell, Alexander. (LLNV), of Dover and Exeter, NHKneeland, John. 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. 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. The list also details where each person was tried. Another 25 Scottish POWs were taken to the Newichwannock River, now the Salmon Falls River in Berwick, Maine. A List of Forty Seven Rebel Prisoners sent on board the Two Brothers in order for Transportation. (CD)Orr, James. (CD), John & Sarah, of Boston, MABow,Alexander. 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. It is a profound and self-serving insult to the enslaved Native Americans and Africans who, along with their children and family members, were truly slaves and disposable property for generation. 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! Most of the Scots stayed at The Scot Boardman's house in what is now the Oaklandvale area of Saugus. (CD), of Charlestown and Woburn MABurges, Alexander. As Jonathan Tucker framed his reply in the context of early New England colonies in North America and our history in the USA, I believe your reply to him was more of a personal attack and off point. The Roundheads captured them at the Battle of Dunbar during the English Civil War [], [] was born James Gordon Bennett, Jr., on May 10, 1841, the son of a Scottish immigrant who founded the New York Herald. If you are descended from a SPOW, you are likely to be descended from other colonial Americans too, and so you cannot be sure whichcolonial ancestor you may have received a small segment from. The Great Migration of Puritans had ended, and the colonists badly needed workers. Transportation provided an alternative punishment for crimes which were considered serious, but not worthy of execution. It was the last battle of the English Civil War. * (CD), of Woburn and Reading, MAMiddleton, James. (IWI)Taylor, John. Note: Duncan Stewart was born in the highlands of Scotland about 1623. Zechariah Symmes, one of Charlestowns most prominent citizens. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. Micum McIntyre, the Scottish POW who ran for his life, worked in Cocheco Mills and then got a land grant in Kittery, Maine. (CD), of Cambridge and Malden, MAEaton,Alexander. Other records that we hold may help you find this information: consult our guides to criminals and convicts. 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 South Berwick and York, ME; yDNA StudyMerrow, Henry. [] 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 []. (CD), of Kittery, MEGrant/Graunt,James (2). My ancestors were not soldtheir compelled labor as prisoners of war was sold to pay off the cost of their luxurious travel across the North Atlantic in chains in the hold of a small merchant ship. /** (CD)McNair, Alexander. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-249123-12"); Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence (CD), of York and Scarborough, MEClark,John. (CD)McFarland, Purdie. Records of trials held at quarter sessions are held by local archives. To Mr Webster [Minister] In Edinr. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. (CD), of Dedham, MA, yDNA StudyMcShane, John. About 275 Scottish POWs were sent to Boston about the John and Sara, where Thomas Kemble, a Charlestown merchant, took them on consignment. To my mind it is slavery. The names below are compiled from the following three lists: 1. Thanks for pointing out the error! Husband of Lydia (Jenkins) Paul m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Worcester#/media/File:Battle_of_Worcester.jpg. Some of the Scottish POWs like David Hamilton survived Cromwells forces only to die at the hands of Indians. William Furbush was in constant trouble for his outspoken comtempt of the English authority. (CD), of Oyster River and Dover, NH; Kittery, MEGrant/Graunt, James (1). 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), 1662: Kittery, MaineBean,John. 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. Such as were sick of scurvy or other diseases have not wanted physick and chyrurgery. (CD), of Cambridge, MAMcCoy, John. FIRST GENERATION IN THE NEW WORLD Many of those captured Scots were sent to the American colonies. Scots Prisoners and their Relocation to the Colonies, 1650-1654 Project Profiles share Log In Join - It's Free Home People Projects Genealogy DNA Tests Projects Scots Prisoners and their Relocation to the Colonies, 1650-1654 Profiles show advanced controls Sorted by date added close settings this.page.url = PAGE_URL; (CD), 1661: Lynn, MA; Believed to have died childless.Archibald, John. A horseman chased after him and wounded him, but spared his life. You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of The remainder were sold to local residents. })(); In 1662, Brown and Orr of Sacco Falls belonging to Winter Harbor, for himself and Henry Brown. (CD)Guthrie/Gutridg, Robert. William Furbush and Daniel Fergison bought land together in what is now Elliot, Maine. By the 19th century, the Scots Charitable Society maintained the Scots Temporary Home in Boston and a burial plot in Mt. Barnet William Kinedles Angus 056 p GS 229 Barry Thos. (CD), of Charlestown and Concord, MA;yDNA StudyHay, James. * THE SECTION BELOW TO INSERT DYNAMIC VALUES FROM YOUR Again he was fined in Maine for selling liquor to Indians and getting them drunk. (CD) 1654: Exeter, NH, see John Beme on the John & Sara listBennett,John. To their miserable condition on arrival was due the foundation in 1657 of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston-the earliest Scottish society in America. (IWI), of Lynn, MA (Updated 24 Feb 2020)Dowty [Doughty],Thomas. They went with an Englishman named Richard Leader, who got hold of an abandoned mill. Dr. Dobson?s tireless efforts have produced this new second edition of the Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775, containing fully 30% more convict passengers than in the original. Indenture was not slavery. (CD), of Lynn, MassachusettsFassett/McPherson/Mackfassy,Patrick. John Stewart was employed by John Giffard , as a servant, for a two year period, in his house, before being put out for blacksmithing. The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. Daniel Salmon employed some of the Scots on his company farm., where they kept the community cattle. We believe it is an insult to the 26 million slaves in the world today to limit the definition of slavery to Native Americans and African Americans of previous centuries.. (CD), of Braintree and Hingham, MA; yDNA StudyDunsmore [Moore], James. The Scots of Hammersmith. You can find the entire family history of Duncan Stewart in Sprague Journal Maine History. He wrote, , Augustine Walker, paid five pounds for each man and sold them for 20 to 30 pounds, first successful iron works in the colonies, Maine white pine trees, needed for the British Navy, Nicholas Lissen bought him and six other Scottish POWs, Recommended Scholars and litterature on medieval slavery in Europe. While this was going on, the Council had received several petitions from persons, who wished to transport the Scots overseas. (CD)Mark, Patrick. (CD), of South Berwick, ME:yDNA StudyCorser,Hercules. John Touish had the job of taking stock of ore and making charcoal. Voluntarily! pageTracker._trackPageview(); Smith : 5 Denis McIntyre: Search the index to Tasmanian convicts (archives council of Tasmania) by name to see some digitised records, including conduct records, indents and descriptions. Among them was Thomas Doughty, a common foot soldier who had survived the Battle of Dunbar, a . (2), (LLNV)Stewart, Daniel. The list below is a sample of files containing names of British, Loyalist and American prisoners of war during the American Revolution and can be found among the Papers of the Continental Congress. 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. Finding all ten ships, listed together in one document, has been an illusive task Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. 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)McPherson, Angus. Mack Farson Rob't ( Mc Fearson , Mc Phearson), Mac Forsen John ( Mc Forsen, Mc Phearson), Mackhane Rob't ( McHaine,Ma hane, Mc Hane), Mack Hatherne patricke ( Mc Catherty, Mc Catherine), Mack Hele Alester ( Mc Kaeil, Mc Kail, Mc Hael, Mic Hael), Mackhell James ( Mc Heil, McKail, McHael , MicHael), Machellin Dan ( Mc kellen, Mac kellen ), Mac Kannell Wm ( Mac Connell, Mc connell), Mackhene Alester ( Mc Kenny, Mac Kenney), Mackholme John ( Mcholm, Macholm. // IMPORTANT: Replace EXAMPLE with your forum shortname! (IWI)McWater, William. (IWI)Thompson, James. Names in prison, names on the embarkation list, names at debarkation and names from the Land records auction. Some married Irish housemaids, also brought to the colonies as slaves. (CD)Purdie, John. Samuel Drake Publisher 1847 Vol 1 - 50 ( Oct 1847 pages 378- 379), Coehon John ( Cowen, Cowan, cowin, Cowing), Edminsteisteire John ( Edminstair, Edmonstair), Mack Alinsten Almister ( Mc Alinsten, Mac Allinsten ), MaKandra Wm. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] Daniel Blacke, who came over on the John and Sara, probably got sold to the son of the Rev. Gen. Soc of Boston. with Disqus. Maxwell received 30 lashes on his bare skin "for exobitant and abusive carage toward the master and his wife." He had to do everything Stratton told him to do, so long as it was legal. In the aftermath of the English Civil War, for example, Oliver Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England, and the West Indies. More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of (LLNV), of York, MEInnes,Alexander. (CD), of Oyster River and Great Island, NH; Kennebec, MEMiller, Games [James]. Hamilton came over on the John and Sara and got sold to a saw mill owner in Southern New Hampshire. But the Y chromosome is very powerful for earlier ancestry because it changes very little as it is passed from father to son. var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; It also outlines which details can be useful when starting your research, and contains background information on the history of criminal transportation. (CD) (J&S)Jameson,Andrew. /* That includessex trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, domestic servitude or unlawful recruitment. Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. Item Vol. The first edition of this work has been enlarged by the addition of fresh material, particularly from American sources but also from more obscure sources in Scotland. (IWI), of Lynn, MA; Block Island, RI; Danielson, CTDarling,George. (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAWalter, Thomas. W SC "Wakefield" Capt Thomas BECK, bound for SC from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners. The ancestry proposed for David Hamilton, here treated, relies upon the pedigree published on the Phillips Family website. A list of the passengers of the John and Sara is given in the Suffolk Deed Records, book 1. pp. Many perished of hunger or disease on the march, though some escaped. 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 Late servant. Assimilated to English ways, the Lowland Scots were primarily skilled tradesmen, farmers, and professionals pulled by greater economic opportunity in America. Furbush was fined in N. H. for drinking with two Indians, named Henry and Richard. (IWI), of Lynn, MAEager,William. He was captured at The Battle of Worchester. Mackanur died in 1670. (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. The first goal of the project is to work on discovering more about the Unity and John and Sarah groups who reached New England. The surviving Scots presented the English with a problem. Because of the specific nature of this project, we ask all those interested in joining to request membership, and the administrators will discuss your connection with you before acceptance. John Barber Jr, son of above John Barber, married Ann Smart, daughter of Robert Smart, in 1696 They lived at Hilton's MIlls Grant In 1725 he had a land grant of 69 acres. (IWI), of Lynn, MAGowen (alias Smith),William. (LLNV), of Charlestown, MAMcCall, Duncan. (CD)Reed, John. Frank S. Black traced his ancestry to the Scottish POW. (CD), of Kittery, MEWebster, James. Board of Trade and Secretaries of State: America and West Indies, Original Correspondence CO 5/190 p 361. . research. 1671 he had a grant of upland, at York Bridge. 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. Any Scottish/UK resident testee who has a Y-DNA result close enough to the prisoners descendants Y-DNA to suggest that they could share a common ancestor in Scotland from before the key year of 1650. Please dont leave the project if you think you have few results. a bill requesting payment from the King for transporting the prisoners on the ten ships. Following the English Civil War, Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England and the West Indies. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. (CD), of Roxbury and Boston, MALadle/Luddle, James. 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. Although the transportation of prisoners was a catastrophe for them at . (CD), of Charlestown, MAMimy (Meany), Robert. Note: There was a Thomas Holmes / Hume listed as being sold to Henry Sayward of York for 30 Pounds. These men were captured at the battle of Worcester. He was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 or Worchester in 1651. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Publishing Company. Ninety percent of them stayed in Maryland and Virginia. (CD), of Cambridge and Billerica, MassachusettsRoy, John. It was reported he stayed in Canada and converted to Catholicism. The exact number of Scots banished to the Americas may never be known because records are not comprehensive; moreover, some Scottish felons sentenced in England were shipped from English ports. Is this to act from free will? Thomas, (LLNV), of Scarborough, MaineChisholm, Duncan. Payment for medical care and medicine as well as food was needed. 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. The prisons soon became overcrowded and extra accommodation had to be provided in derelict ships (or hulks) moored in coastal waters. elem.async = true; The Scottish diaspora flowed in three streams: Lowland Scots, Highland Scots, and Ulster Scots. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. He had no children. Trevor Schakohl on February 28, 2023. His slavery did end, however, and he married the bosss daughter, Mary Lissen. They became most respected section of early settlers. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMcClay, John. (IWI)3. Scots prisoners sent to New England around 1651 And Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. He married John Pearce's daughter . Few ever returned home to Scotland. (CD), of Ipswich, Massachusetts.Ross, George. John Clark was taught the trade of blacksmith by Samuel Hart. Daniel was born in 1630 in Scotland, place and parents unknown. You can often find: HO 10 contains material about convicts pardons and tickets of leave from New South Wales and Tasmania, 1834-59. (IWI)Thompson, William. In 1654, Blacke assaulted and beat up his master, and a court sent him to prison in 1654. 62 went to John Giffard, the agent for the Undertakers of The Iron Works of Lynn (Saugus). 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. Alexander Maxwell, was at The Great Works in 1654 when relations between him and the English master turned violent. Formatted by Patty MacFarlane, (IWI), Lynn and Salem, MAGrimes, Henry. Technically they signed contracts agreeing to indentured servitude, but in reality most spoke Gaelic and many couldnt read or write. Dr. Andrew Millards list in,Lost Live, New Voices. (IWI), of Lynn, MA;yDNA StudyMoore, James. About 275 Scottish POWs were sent to Boston about the John and Sara, where Thomas Kemble, a Charlestown merchant, took them on consignment. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Firstly, this era is generally something between 8 to 13 generations back in time for today's family history researchers. DAVID HAMILTON=== He was taken with other prisoners to the American Colonies. On 1 July 1706 he was killed by Indians. 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. 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. Hi Admin , King Charles was born in Dunfermline , Fife , Scotland not Edinburgh . They, along with Edward Errin, bought in 1662, a farm at Bradboate harbor in Pischalaq River at Wadering Place, with 59 acres upland. 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 In 1651, William Tingle hired four men for a period of three years, for which the company deducted 6 pence from every load of charcoal that Tingle produced. 15 or 20 of the men went to Richard Leader for services at his Saw Mill , at Berwick, on the Pascataqua River,in Maine. (CD), of Oyster River, NHNeal, John. Biography George S. StewartslistCaptured at Dunbar, (CD), While some of the names below are found on Dunbar lists they are actually POW on the John and Sara Passenger List, hence they are POW from the Battle of Worcester. ( Mac Connell, Mc Connell), Mackdo(n)ell Sander Mac Donnell, Mac Donnell), MackDonnell John ( Mc Donnell, Mac Donell), MackCunnell Sander ( Mc Connell Mac Connell), MackCunnell Cana ( Mc Coornell, Mac Cornell), Macendocke Daniell Mcendocke, Mc Kendock ), Mackey Huge ( mackie, Mc Kay, Mc key, Maki ), Macky John ( Makie, maki. Archives, Open Government Licence Transcript Show entries. 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. Is this freedom? Battle of Worcester By Published by Machell Stace http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/civilwar/g5/cs2/s5/, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1943037. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Many were sent to Berwick Maine after the demise of the Iron Works. Another 150 prisoners were sent to New England aboard the Unity through Joshua Foote and . Mac Tentha ), MackTomas Glester ( Mac Thomas , Mac Thomas ), Mack Williams Gellust ( Mc Williams , Williams ), Monrow Hugh ( 'Monroe, Munroe, Munrow}, Monrow John ( Monroe, Munroe, Munrow ), ' Monrow Robe't ( Monroe, Munroe, Munrow ). Some of the Scottish POWs sent to New England were sold as a group to work in the Saugus Iron Works or the saw mills of Berwick Maine. Your book is dead wrong. A letter written by James Stanhope at Whitehall to the Commanding Officer of his Majesty's Forces in Liverpool. Ballintyne Wm Dunkell Perth 023 p FS 178 Bane Willm. Also listed as Jacobite ships on this website are: I caught my first glimpse of ships a few years ago among the Maryland land records when I discovered that my wife's direct ancestor, William McPherson, arrived in Maryland in 1716 aboard the Goodspeed. (CD), of Exeter, ME; Dover, NH, yDNA Study, (Updating now, TR)MaGoon, John. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. (CD), of South Berwick and Upper Eliot, MEFerguson/Fargison, John. The case sparked a . 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. New York Gov. (CD), of Dover, NH and Saco, MEDill, Daniel. 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. 3 went to the company 's local commissioner,17 were sent back to Boston to work for William Awbrey, the company factor and the warehouse he ran there and 2 to 7 men ended up being sold to colonist. Two months after the battle, 150 Scottish POWs boarded the Unity and sailed to London, then to Charlestown, Mass. 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. There are eight other ships, however with destinations like Barbados and the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, finding the debarkation lists seems a formidable challenge. 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