He was evedently well reguarded by its owner and selectman Nichilas Lissen, as he married Lissen's daughter Hannah after being there only two years. A directory of Scots banished to the American plantations is available at Genealogical You can often find: HO 10 contains material about convicts pardons and tickets of leave from New South Wales and Tasmania, 1834-59. Autosomal DNA is most powerful when looking at ancestors born since 1800. Your chances of success will be much better if you begin with some information about the person youre looking for. Petitions could be on behalf of persons convicted in courts of any level and for sentences ranging from a few weeks imprisonment to death. (2), (LLNV)Stewart, Daniel. (CD)Gordon,James. Note: We deliberately chose the words slave, slavery and slave labor because we view any kind of forced labor as slavery. 1671 he had a grant of upland, at York Bridge. comments powered by Disqus. 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. (CD), of Roxbury and Boston, MALadle/Luddle, James. 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. Many perished of hunger or disease on the march, though some escaped. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Note: Duncan Stewart was born in the highlands of Scotland about 1623. While there is no single index of the names of people transported to Australia, various lists of names exist, both in published books and among our records. He had to do everything Stratton told him to do, so long as it was legal. 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. The British were noted for transported prisoners out of England to be made to work at their numerous colonies. In 1654, Blacke assaulted and beat up his master, and a court sent him to prison in 1654. 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. In mid-August 1766, Tayloe advertised in the Virginia Gazette for the return of one of his convict laborers, Arundell (Arundale) Carnes, aged about seventeen. (IWI)Thompson, James. In all, 639 of the those 1,301 were transported here. Id DateRoll No. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. (CD), of Charlestown, MA and Middletown, CT;yDNA StudyBravender/Braband/Brebner/Brabiner, Alexander. (LLNV), of Oyster River, NHDanielson [Daniels], James. Is this to act from free will? (IWI), of Oyster River, NH and Kittery, ME; yDNA StudyGrant, Thomas, (1). (CD)Guthrie/Gutridg, Robert. 2B Jam "Two Brother" Capt Edward RATHBON, bound for Jamaica from Liverpool 26 April 1716 with 47 prisoners. 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. Leslie, I agree with your view on indenture. (LLNV) of York, Maine and Salem, MAFrizzell/Fresell/Frissell, John (1). Across the sea, Oliver Cromwells new government had the costly and vexing task of managing thousands of Scottish POWs. Isla Bryson, 31, was found guilty on Jan. 24 of raping one woman in 2016 and . List of rebel prisoners: with their rank and the number of witnesses against them, July 17 1746 (SP 54/32/41C). The names of these 272 prisoners have survived in time, many of those who survived their terms of indentured labour would settle in the colonies, and have living descendants today. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] (CD), of South Berwick and Upper Eliot, MEFerguson/Fargison, John. Their son George jr. was capturd by Indians and carried off to Canada. In 1711. By the 19th century, the Scots Charitable Society maintained the Scots Temporary Home in Boston and a burial plot in Mt. (CD), of Charlestown, MAMimy (Meany), Robert. You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of Such as were sick of scurvy or other diseases have not wanted physick and chyrurgery. 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. (CD), of Kittery, MEWebster, James. Hamilton came over on the John and Sara and got sold to a saw mill owner in Southern New Hampshire. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MACleghorn,James. (CD)Sinclair, John. (CD)McPherson, Angus. David Hume, who came over on the John and Sara, settled in Dedham, Mass., where his name morphed into Holmes. Later they lived in Rowley. 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. The . 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 Woburn MAMacDonald/Mackdaniel/Mackneile/Daniel. unmarried and childless.Brown,Henry. The surviving Scots presented the English with a problem. Many more records survive from this period but, as few are indexed by name, finding an individual can still be difficult. * LEARN WHY DEFINING THESE VARIABLES IS IMPORTANT:
They were as follows: A few years later, a small group of Scots were brought to Scotland, Maine. (CD), of Charlestown, MADaniel, Davey. (CD), of Kittery, ME and Dover, NHFresell/Frizzell,James. Dr. Dobson has made some modifications as well; for example, some men who were thought to have been Covenanters are now classed as rebels and English transportees have been omitted, while the references used have been enhanced to facilitate further research. All this means that this Project is a Y DNA project, and we cannot use autosomal DNA (but you can use it to prove relationship to a proven Y line SPOW descendant). Names in prison, names on the embarkation list, names at debarkation and names from the Land records auction. You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of (IWI) 3. The ancestry proposed for David Hamilton, here treated, relies upon the pedigree published on the Phillips Family website. His father left him half his property in hopes that he might return, but he never did. The English then drove the Scottish POWs like cattle to London. (CD), of Dover NH, Kittery ME;yDNA StudyToish, John. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. They can include information aimed at establishing the convicts good character and proving them worthy of merciful treatment, often including details of their personal circumstances and family background. Many were sent to Berwick Maine after the demise of the Iron Works. Firstly, this era is generally something between 8 to 13 generations back in time for today's family history researchers. The names of convicts transported with the first fleet, which sailed in May 1787 and reached Australia in January 1788, are listed in The First Fleeters, edited by P G Fidlon and R J Ryan. Approximately 15 Scots worked there. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. Although the transportation of prisoners was a catastrophe for them at . Ballintyne Wm Dunkell Perth 023 p FS 178 Bane Willm. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, Carlisle, and Concord, MA; yDNA StudyAgnew, Niven. It is likely that most descendants will not have any detectable autosomal DNA from ancestors this far back in time. After 1776, all criminal transportation was to modern-day Australia, specifically New South Wales and Van Diemens Land (modern-day Tasmania). [], [] of Kittery, considered too poor and low to ever form a town. Many Irish prisoners were sent to America, primarily to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775. 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. He then moved to York, Maine, to an area where other Scots had settled. Born about 1635 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts [] 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 []. "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. British Convicts In American Colonies. Maxwell received 30 lashes on his bare skin "for exobitant and abusive carage toward the master and his wife." Records of trials held at quarter sessions are held by local archives. var d = document, s = d.createElement('script');
Many of those captured Scots were sent to the American colonies. On 3 Sep 1650, the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. The usual period of transportation was 14 years for convicts receiving conditional pardons from death sentences or seven years for lesser offences. In 1681, he received 20 lashes on his bare skin, by the court, for calling court officials "Divills and hell Hounds". Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775, Rezensionen werden nicht berprft, Google sucht jedoch gezielt nach geflschten Inhalten und entfernt diese. W SC "Wakefield" Capt Thomas BECK, bound for SC from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners. He landed in Ipswich ,Mass, where he was an indentured servent . This was near Kitteryand York, Maine. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston MAKey, John. On September 16Th, the secretary,Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. (CD)Philips, Charles. The number at the Iron Works stayed at 28 until around August 28, 1652 , when there were as many as 37 there. They became most respected section of early settlers. Firstly, this era is generally something between 8 to 13 generations back in time for today's family history researchers. His daughter, Fanny Kemble Knight, took a famous horseback ride alone along the Boston Post Road. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. Of course that leaves me with an appetite for more. (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAWalter, Thomas. 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. requires you to be logged in through either a Disqus account
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From 1615 to 1870, more than 200,000 criminals were conditionally pardoned, exiled, and transported to penal colonies. There are tens of millions of slaves in the world today. Of the prisoners captured there, some 300 including William Cahoon and Thomas Ross were sent to New England in the " John and Sarah ". Auburn Cemetery. Dr. Andrew Millard's list in, Lost Live, New Voices. 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. The History of The Town of Durham New Hampshire, Source Historical and genealogical Reg, N.E.H.G. John Curmuckhell, also called Carnicle, came on the John and Sara. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be They associated with Robert Stewart and left everything to him. The Scottish people had largely sided with Cromwell, but they turned on Cromwell and declared Charles son king. (IWI)Thompson, William. After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. (CD) (J&S)Jameson,Andrew. The lucky ones married the bosses daughters, won land grants and appeared on tax rolls. Leader put the Scottish laborers to work sawing Maine white pine trees, needed for the British Navy. He married John Pearce's daughter . In 1686 Brown and Orr brought suit against John Bray for carrying away their grass at Brave Boat Harbor. He was received as an inhabitant of Exester 1678. 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. (LLNV), of Oyster River, NH, and ?New Haven, CT.Paul, John. (CD)Parsons/Palson, Thomas. (CD)Scollay, James. Note: Alexander Gorthing was purchased by Samuel Stratton of Waterown. The Scots were soldiers who were defeated in the English Civil War at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MABurgess, Robert. Therefore we ask members of the project to supply the following: Enter your earliest known ancestors in the form Name + Key date (e.g.birth or marriage) + Place (origin if known, or residence). Your history of Alexander Gordon is wrong. 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. Steve Carlson article on The Saugus iron Works. Lissen then welcomed two other Scots into the family. Janice Farnsworth for sending
(CD), of Boston and Braintree, MAMason, John. 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. In the event you don't have an account
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(CD)Forbes/Furbush/Farbish/Furbish/Farsbush/Farbuish, John (2). Formatted by Patty MacFarlane, 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! (CD), of Dedham, MA, yDNA StudyMcShane, John. (IWI), of Lynn and Braintree, MA; yDNA StudyMcCallum, John. the original by clicking on this line. 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". One solution: deport them to New England, Virginia and Barbados. George S. Stewart's list, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory. colonial ancestor you may have received a small segment from. Images: Saugus Iron Works By John Phelan Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16192079; Mt. The English had them buried in mass graves, only recently discovered. The Scottish diaspora flowed in three streams: Lowland Scots, Highland Scots, and Ulster Scots. On June 23, 1759, at the age of 83, his wife gave her deposition. 1 August 2007. Frank S. Black traced his ancestry to the Scottish POW. (CD), (J&S), Probably the John BOYE on the John and Sara ListRunciman Andrew. His widow Dorothy then married another Scotsman, Micuim Macintire, who bought land from Maxwell. Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. George S. Stewart's list Captured at Dunbar, (CD) On Jan. 6, 1657, several Scottish POWs formed the Scots Charitable Society for the relief of Scotsmen, the oldest charity in the Western Hemisphere. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. };
In 1667 a seat was assigned for him at the Amsbury Church. They sold to James Smith of Oyster River, a tailor, land granted to them at Dover. In London, the English confined them outdoors on artillery fields. Some of the Scottish POWs like David Hamilton survived Cromwells forces only to die at the hands of Indians. (IWI)Makiah, Daniel. (IWI), of Lynn, MA;yDNA StudyMoore, James. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMoody, Ingraham. 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 Other records that we hold may help you find this information: consult our guides to criminals and convicts. Among the Northern Neck iron manufacturers who used convict labor was John Tayloe at his Neabsco Company iron mine in Prince William County. (CD), of Dover, NH and Saco, MEDill, Daniel. Bennett Senior changed the newspaper industry with such [], How Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England, John Cotton defended the practice. Before 1775, more than 50,000 prisoners were sent to Americaprimarily to . This is an excellent addition to the information we have included here and if you prefer, Scottish Immigrants to North America, 1600s-1800s - The Collected Works of David Dobson. Again, many were ordered for transportation and on 8th November 1651, the John and Sarah took sail with around 300 Scottish prisoners on board. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. 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. Some or all of the recommended publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives Bookshop. 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), of Upper Kittery, ME;yDNA Study (updates in progress 24 Feb 20)Gregory, John. In 1681 a surprise attact by Indians distroyed most of the dwellings.in the area. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAMaxey/Macxy/Maxsy/Maxy, Alexander. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Dec, 26,1660 , he bought land from John Pearce of Yorke. (CD); yDNA StudyRankin, John. (CD), John & Sarah, of Boston, MABow,Alexander. 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. It also outlines which details can be useful when starting your research, and contains background information on the history of criminal transportation. He then sold another forty men as general laborers and set up a trade of Linen Cloth, twelve prisoners became weavers. 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. (CD), of Barnstable and Edgartown, MA.Stewart, Duncan. 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. Archives, Open Government Licence Daniel Livingston in 1694 was attacked by Indians. // Replace PAGE_IDENTIFIER with your page's unique identifier variable
1635) In America today there are many who believe themselves descendants of these men, and DNA will be used to explore family links between them. Founder of Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Search the index to Tasmanian convicts (archives council of Tasmania) by name to see some digitised records, including conduct records, indents and descriptions. 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. Cromwells army released thousands of sick and wounded Scotts, but marched the Scottish POWs like cattle to Durham, 100 miles away. (LLNV), of Dover, NHHolmes/Holme/Homes/Hume, Thomas. In 1698 he had a grant of land, 50 acres,in Eastern Massachusetts. (CD)Reed, John. (LLNV)*****ResidencesMcMilan (Mackmallen), Alester. 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. 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. research. (LLNV), of Cambridge, MAWyer, Edward. 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. Before 1776, all convicts sentenced to transportation were sent to North America and the West Indies. The case sparked a . 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. On 10, Nov. 1658 [census? They are as follows: Aside from the Scot prisoners, there were other Scots, who also arrived on The Unity. Under his contract, he could never leave his masters premises without his permission and he couldnt marry. 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. (CD), of Lynn, MAWilson, William. The conditions in which Becx and Foote, took the Scots was a commercial venture . We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for [sibling%28s%29 unknown] John Barber was taxed at Dover 1659. 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. (CD)McCallum, Malcolm. Auburn Cemetery. var _qevents = _qevents || [];
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. 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 Hartford, CTForbes/Forbush, John (1). More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . /*
He had no children. Contact details can be found using find an archive. He was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 or Worchester in 1651. the original by clicking on this line. Item Vol. Indenture was not slavery. Transported Scottish Prisoners of the Civil Wars (1650s). (CD), of Braintree and Hingham, MA; yDNA StudyDunsmore [Moore], James. (IWI), of Lynn, Salem and Marblehead, MADavison ye Scot. It gives orders for the transportation of Jacobite prisoners in Liverpool Castle to plantations in America and provides instructions for the care of sick prisoners, 29 February 1716 (SP 35/5/13). The list also details where each person was tried. If they can prove a SPOW descent, then that is your descent as well. Late [apprentice] to Pat Black Surgeon in Perth. Among them was Thomas Doughty, a common foot soldier who had survived the Battle of Dunbar, a . until Hugh was fortunate enough to stumble upon a warrant, filed away for safekeeping (CD), of York and Scarborough, MEClark,John.
The less lucky Scottish POWs drifted to Boston when their slavery ended, destitute and without jobs. (IWI), yDNA Study, of Lynn and Springfield, MA.Stewart, William. } catch(err) {}. Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. (CD), (J&S)MacMallen, John. The first goal of the project is to work on discovering more about the Unity and John and Sarah groups who reached New England. Nyven Agnew also called niven Agmeau and niven the Sct was taxed in Dover, in 1659. 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. This guide will help you find records of people sentenced to transportation. Indentures end, and the person is then free to pursue their own lives. 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. 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. FIRST GENERATION IN THE NEW WORLD Your book is dead wrong. (CD)Stark, James. When he died he devided his property between Peter Grant and John Taylor. A list is available through the Findmypast () search page, though not all the documents mentioned are available online. var elem = document.createElement('script');
(CD), of Cambridge and Billerica, MassachusettsRoy, John. 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 sites by using our customised search engine, Electric
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