display until the moderator has approved your comment. The English then drove the Scottish POWs like cattle to London. They were still there in 1659. The solution was to develop new penal colonies in modern day Australia, and on 13 May 1787 the first fleet set sail. (CD), of Oyster River, NHNeal, John. They were as follows: The following settled in what is now Berwick, Maine: There is also an extensive list of Scot prisoners on the John and Sara which sailed from London 1651. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAJordan,William. 2B Jam "Two Brother" Capt Edward RATHBON, bound for Jamaica from Liverpool 26 April 1716 with 47 prisoners. of York. Note: Alexander Gorthing was purchased by Samuel Stratton of Waterown. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet, was sixth in descent from him. Long afterwards it was called Scotchman's Neck. The Puritan minister John Cotton defended the practice. A list of them can be found here. List of (CD)Mark, Patrick. November 11Th, the Council issued sailing orders to the Unity. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. 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. 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. 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. Kemble sold others in Exeter, N.H., and in Durham, where he partnered with Valentine Hill. It was the last battle of the English Civil War. There is a profound difference between indenture and slavery. Spurious Pedigree 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. There were 4000 dead, 10,000 captured, and 4000 more escaped. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. In 1711. Please dont leave the project if you think you have few results. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. (CD)Parsons/Palson, Thomas. (CD), of Dedham, MA, yDNA StudyMcShane, John. He had at least 2 sons, John and Robert. All those who are descended from the Scottish transportees who arrived around 1650 (with reasonable documentary evidence), Any of their Y-DNA matches who may be discovered (with the same surname or different surnames). This comment system elem.type = "text/javascript"; (LLNV),Died enroute from Boston, MA.Denmark,Patrick. Then he was moved to York, Maine, where he was killed on Sept. 28, 1691. (CD), of Oyster River, NH; York, MEKelton,Thomas. Approximately 15 Scots worked there. Up to 300 more may have been sent to Virginia too, although shipping records have not survived. After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. Daniel Livingston in 1694 was attacked by Indians. (IWI), of Oyster River, NH and Kittery, ME; yDNA StudyGrant, Thomas, (1). Founder of Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild }; (CD)MacCoon, John. The surviving Scots presented the English with a problem. They were as follows: A few years later, a small group of Scots were brought to Scotland, Maine. George S. Stewart's list, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory. Maxwell, eventually became a well-to-do taven Keeper. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAMaxey/Macxy/Maxsy/Maxy, Alexander. 1-B. Please enable JavaScript to view the (LLNV), of Dover and Exeter, NHKneeland, John. (CD), of Boston, MAWilliamson, Duncan. Henry Magoon married Elizabeth Lissen in 1661 and Alexander Gordon then married Mary, the youngest of lessin's daughters, in 1664. Biography Bostonians viewed them with scorn and classed them with African-Americans and Indians. (LLNV), of York, ME. 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. In 1686 Brown and Orr brought suit against John Bray for carrying away their grass at Brave Boat Harbor. Facebook or Yahoo. Autosomal DNA is most powerful when looking at ancestors born since 1800. (CD) 1654: Exeter, NH, see John Beme on the John & Sara listBennett,John. Alexander (Sander) Cooper settled near The Great Works with other Unity Scotsmen. Daniel Blacke, who came over on the John and Sara, probably got sold to the son of the Rev. If you have managed to do this, you are welcome to share that outcome with this Project. Cooper's daughter Sarah married George Grey, another Scotsman. with any of these companies then you can create an account 09:00 to 17:00. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMcClay, John. It records the names and aliases of the convicts who arrived in New South Wales and Van Diemens Land between 1788 and 1842 and also contains an index of ships. pageTracker._trackPageview(); (IWI), of Lynn, MAWarren, James. 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. But the Y chromosome is very powerful for earlier ancestry because it changes very little as it is passed from father to son. 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 This information will help us make improvements to the website. 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! ( 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. This was near Kitteryand York, Maine. (CD), of South Berwick and Upper Eliot, MEFerguson/Fargison, John. Dr. Andrew Millards list in,Lost Live, New Voices. He willed all his land and marshes to be used as the site for Scotish Church. 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. var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; Most are records of trials, and though a few can be searched by name you will usually need to know where and when the trial took place: This information has been digitised from many different records. (J&S), Adams, James. Leslie, I agree with your view on indenture. (IWI), of Lynn, MALivingstone/Levingstone/Lewiston/Levestoon, Daniel. If you are descended from a SPOW, you are likely to be descended from other colonial Americans too, and so you cannot be sure. He and his wife Rebecca often refused to attend church on the Sabbath. (LLNV), of Hartford and Haddam, CTCoombs/Comby, Allister,(LLNV), of York, ME, and Portsmouth, NHCooper,Alexander. Alexander Maxwell, was at The Great Works in 1654 when relations between him and the English master turned violent. 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. 1 August 2007. Seven of Valentine Hills Scottish POWs, for example, were listed as taxpayers in Dover, N.H., after their slavery ended. until Hugh was fortunate enough to stumble upon a warrant, filed away for safekeeping Note: Duncan Stewart was born in the highlands of Scotland about 1623. Grey paid his wife's fine " for breach of sabbath and for stricking of Patience Everinton". (CD) of Roxbury, MAFrizzell/Frissell, Alexander. In 1650-1651 the Third Civil War of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms was fought largely on Scottish soil when Cromwell's English Parliamentary Army invaded Scotland. Id DateRoll No. According to tradition, the English lined up the Scottish POWs in order to shoot every tenth man. More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . research. (IWI) 3. In the event you don't have an account (IWI)Makiah, Daniel. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. These can be found in various ways: Before transportation most criminal offences were punished by death, a fine or whipping. 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. Firstly, this era is generally something between 8 to 13 generations back in time for today's family history researchers. As a young ma https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54698137/john-wattles#view-photo=157220557. Daniel was born in 1630 in Scotland, place and parents unknown. The conditions in which Becx and Foote, took the Scots was a commercial venture . His slavery did end, however, and he married the bosss daughter, Mary Lissen. Note: Some of the Scotmans were at Block Island after being freeded. (LLNV) 2. (IWI)Thompson, James. (CD)Power, Walter. W SC "Wakefield" Capt Thomas BECK, bound for SC from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners. John Barber was taxed at Dover 1659. In 1698 he had a grant of land, 50 acres,in Eastern Massachusetts. (CD), of Ipswich and Wenham, MAMaxwell, Alexander. Ship Wakefield 21 April 1716 Briggantine Two Brothers 26 April 1716 Ship Susannah 26 April 1716 Friendship of Belfast 24 May 1716 Ship Hockenhill 25 June 1716 Ship Elizabeth and Anne 29 June 1716 Ship Good Speed 14 July 1716 Ship Africa Gally 15 July 1716 Ship Ann 31 July 1716 Also listed as Jacobite ships on this website are: It was unfair, it was abusive, and it was misused, but they were never, ever, slaves. Trevor Schakohl on February 28, 2023. It produced much-needed iron bars for tools, building materials and cooking implements. (LLNV)Patterson, Edward. The Scottish people had largely sided with Cromwell, but they turned on Cromwell and declared Charles son king. 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). The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has refused to reveal who made the decision to send transgender double rapist Isla Bryson to a women's prison after a furious row over Nicola Sturgeon . Robert Barber, son of John Barber sr. born Ansbury 1- March-1669/1670. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-249123-12"); Brown and Orr lived for many years in Wells, Maine. 1657 he was taxed at Oyster River. John Touish had the job of taking stock of ore and making charcoal. 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. They, along with Edward Errin, bought in 1662, a farm at Bradboate harbor in Pischalaq River at Wadering Place, with 59 acres upland. 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. (CD), of Woburn MAMacDonald/Mackdaniel/Mackneile/Daniel. Since charcoal was expensive to make, the company had Giffard employ most of the Scots full- time as woodcutters to supply the colliers. In the absence of official Scottish passenger lists for the period, he initially derived his information from the records of the Privy Council of Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary, Treasury and State Pagers, and prison records, the sources of the majority of extant information available on the Scots who were banished to the colonies prior to 1775. There were 150 Scots who were were sent to New England on The Unity and arrived at Lynn, Ma. 1659 they removed to Newbury, in Byfield Parish, where they lived for 30 years. 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. Bayne William Glames Angus 063 p WF 625 Barnet Thos. (IWI), of Lynn and Braintree, MA; yDNA StudyMcCallum, John. })(); People Affected By Crime. (CD); yDNA StudyRankin, John. 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