They are as follows: Aside from the Scot prisoners, there were other Scots, who also arrived on The Unity. On 1 July 1706 he was killed by Indians. He was captured at The Battle of Worchester. List of rebel prisoners: with their rank and the number of witnesses against them, July 17 1746 (SP 54/32/41C). The usual period of transportation was 14 years for convicts receiving conditional pardons from death sentences or seven years for lesser offences. Ships Passenger list for the John and Sara. SC 373 Ballintine Wm. Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. 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)McDonald, Daniel. 1659 they removed to Newbury, in Byfield Parish, where they lived for 30 years. Late [apprentice] to Pat Black Surgeon in Perth. There is a profound difference between indenture and slavery. Covenanters. Disease was rampant. (CD)Power, Walter. Search criminal registers for England and Wales (HO 26 and HO 27), 1791 to 1892, on Ancestry.co.uk (). (CD)MacCoon, John. (CD),Oyster River, NH, Wells, ME;(No known offspring)Bruce,George. The Scots of Hammersmith. To use mtDNA you would be looking at descent from one of the SPOW's daughters, who would have his wife's DNA. Contact details can be found using find an archive. Note: Some of the Scotmans were at Block Island after being freeded. John Barry died during an Indian attact in 1671. Virginia, Bermuda, Barbados are encouraged to contact the administrators. // IMPORTANT: Replace EXAMPLE with your forum shortname! You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of requires you to be logged in through either a Disqus account Scots Charitable Society burial plot at Mt. Exactly one year after the Battle of Dunbar, Cromwells much larger force defeated 16,000 mostly Scottish army at Worcester, England. 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. Many small segments are ancient segments of DNA that become common in a community. A directory of Scots banished to the American plantations is available at Genealogical (IWI), of Oyster River, NH and Kittery, ME; yDNA StudyGrant, Thomas, (1). This guide will help you find records of people sentenced to transportation. 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. Dr. Andrew Millards list in,Lost Live, New Voices. But the Y chromosome is very powerful for earlier ancestry because it changes very little as it is passed from father to son. Geni requires JavaScript! 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 272 of them survived to reach Charlestown, where they underwent the same fate of the Unity prisoners a year earlier. pageTracker._trackPageview(); 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 History of The Town of Durham New Hampshire, Source Historical and genealogical Reg, N.E.H.G. a bill requesting payment from the King for transporting the prisoners on the ten ships. 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),Died enroute from Boston, MA.Denmark,Patrick. (CD), of Cambridge and Marlborough, MAForbes, James. Images: Saugus Iron Works By John Phelan Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16192079; Mt. (CD), of Ipswich, Massachusetts.Ross, Thomas. About 275 Scottish POWs were sent to Boston about the John and Sara, where Thomas Kemble, a Charlestown merchant, took them on consignment. 1. The work was hard, dirty, hot and dangerous. to retrieve any portion of the site. (CD), of Lynn, MassachusettsFassett/McPherson/Mackfassy,Patrick. Now autosomal DNA (like the Family Finder test, or popular tests from other companies) is the most common type of DNA test and many people ask to join the Project using autosomal tests. Petitions could be on behalf of persons convicted in courts of any level and for sentences ranging from a few weeks imprisonment to death. 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 Taunton, MA, and Block Island, RI;yDNA StudyCanade/Kennedy. The remainder were sold to local residents. ], they lived in Oyster River. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means (IWI), of Lynn, MAMcDougall, Allan. Archives, Open Government Licence A list is available through the Findmypast () search page, though not all the documents mentioned are available online. I suggest you refer to the records of NEHGS, where in the 1860s Recording Secretary George Augustus Gordon reports Alexander won his freedom in court. Some of the Scottish POWs were sold individually as servants. The men worked long hours, 12-hour shifts. It was then called the Scotsman's House, it had been framed by Samuel Bennett, a master carpenter who also worked on constructing the Iron Works. 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. They, along with Edward Errin, bought in 1662, a farm at Bradboate harbor in Pischalaq River at Wadering Place, with 59 acres upland. (CD)Moore, Mathew. 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. Archives, Open Government Licence What a scoop. Names in prison, names on the embarkation list, names at debarkation and names from the Land records auction. Many were sent to Berwick Maine after the demise of the Iron Works. 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. qacct:"p-a3iOnAvnvZ9sY" (CD), of Boston, MABohannon/Buchanen,John. When he died he devided his property between Peter Grant and John Taylor. On June 23, 1759, at the age of 83, his wife gave her deposition. or an account you already have with Google, Twitter, 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. With that authority Hasslrigge sent forty men to work as indentures servants at the salt works at Shields. The first goal of the project is to work on discovering more about the Unity and John and Sarah groups who reached New England. Lissen then welcomed two other Scots into the family. * PLATFORM OR CMS. this.page.identifier = PAGE_IDENTIFIER; Among the Northern Neck iron manufacturers who used convict labor was John Tayloe at his Neabsco Company iron mine in Prince William County. "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. Alternatively, search our library catalogue to see which are available to consult in the reading rooms. Please enable JavaScript to view the Leslie, I agree with your view on indenture. Maxwell, eventually became a well-to-do taven Keeper. If you feel you are not gaining much from your membership, please contact the administrators first and dont just leave! Brown and Orr lived for many years in Wells, Maine. Few ever returned home to Scotland. (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. 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. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The New South Wales census (HO 10/21 HO 10/27) is the most complete. Now autosomal DNA (like the Family Finder test, or popular tests from other companies) is the most common type of DNA test and many people ask to join the Project using autosomal tests. 1 John Duncan: 2 Duncan Bean : 3 John McIntyre : 4 Alex. (IWI)Rankin, Andrew. 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. (LLNV), of Oyster River, NH, and ?New Haven, CT.Paul, John. A List of Forty Seven Rebel Prisoners sent on board the Two Brothers in order for Transportation. They had three sons, one of which was Joseph who was a soldier at Crown Point in 1726. 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. The names below are compiled from the following three lists:1. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. The Puritan minister John Cotton defended the practice. The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. (IWI), yDNA Study, of Lynn and Springfield, MA.Stewart, William. (LLNV), of York, MEInnes,Alexander. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. (CD), of South Berwick and York, ME; yDNA StudyMerrow, Henry. Few records of these individuals survive, though legal records from this period may contain useful information. (CD), of South Berwick and Upper Eliot, MEFerguson/Fargison, John. Stbere im grten eBookstore der Welt und lies noch heute im Web, auf deinem Tablet, Telefon oder E-Reader. Trevor Schakohl on February 28, 2023. 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. Finding all ten ships, listed together in one document, has been an illusive task They associated with Robert Stewart and left everything to him. the original by clicking on this line. The Scottish POWs worked 12-hour days at hard, dangerous labor. 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. Firstly, this era is generally something between 8 to 13 generations back in time for today's family history researchers. He landed in Ipswich ,Mass, where he was an indentured servent . It also outlines which details can be useful when starting your research, and contains background information on the history of criminal transportation. Some men were shot because they either could not or would not march. 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 That led naturally to the ten ships they came in, especially since the embarkation passenger lists were there in the archives also. (CD), of Charlestown, MAMimy (Meany), Robert. Scotland's Classified Directory, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecanaan/early.htm. (IWI)Taylor, John. var elem = document.createElement('script'); (CD) 1654: Exeter, NH, see John Beme on the John & Sara listBennett,John. In the more than twenty-five years since Dr. David Dobson first endeavored to account for the individual Scots who took part in this forced emigration (1984)--the ancestors of thousands of Americans living today--he has established himself as the undisputed authority on Scottish emigration to the New World. research. The National Archives holds records of many criminal trials and convictions as well as convict voyages, censuses and pardons and this guide explains how these are indexed and how they can be searched. 5-6. and in Drake's work on the Founders of New England. They have not been sold for slaves to perpetual servitude, but for 6 or 7 or 8 yeares, as we do our owne [indentured servants] , As one historian noted drily, Cottons sanction deadened the New England conscience.. elem.async = true; Such as were sick of scurvy or other diseases have not wanted physick and chyrurgery. On September 16Th, the secretary,Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Not many people know that between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia, to be sold as slaves to the highest bidder. (Steve is a fellow member of the Saugus Historical Soc. (CD),McLeod, John. The solution was to develop new penal colonies in modern day Australia, and on 13 May 1787 the first fleet set sail. Junkins was scalped but managed to survive long enough to make it to Maxwell's garrison and relate what had happened. In 1698 he had a grant of land, 50 acres,in Eastern Massachusetts. In 1654, Blacke assaulted and beat up his master, and a court sent him to prison in 1654. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence John Barber was taxed at Dover 1659. })(); (CD)McFarland, Purdie. 1-B. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MACleghorn,James. (LLNV), of Braintree, MA and Block Island, RIHamilton,John. Hi Admin , King Charles was born in Dunfermline , Fife , Scotland not Edinburgh . John Becx and Joshua Foote conferred with their partners, the Undertakers of the Iron Works. (CD), of Kittery, MEGrant/Graunt,James (2). Where to start. Dr. Andrew Millard's list in, Lost Live, New Voices. (CD), of Kittery, MEWebster, James. * LEARN WHY DEFINING THESE VARIABLES IS IMPORTANT: elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? You can find the entire family history of Duncan Stewart in Sprague Journal Maine History. He then sold another forty men as general laborers and set up a trade of Linen Cloth, twelve prisoners became weavers. They are as follows: All the prisoners were freed by 1656 or 1657. Bostonians viewed them with scorn and classed them with African-Americans and Indians. (CD), 1659: Dover, NH; Maine, Believed to have died childless.Anderson,Archibald. In 1711.