Disease was rampant. (IWI)Thompson, William. British Convicts In American Colonies. /* 1. The Scots of Hammersmith. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. He has brought together a bulk of information available. (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAUpton(Rubton), John. The English then drove the Scottish POWs like cattle to London. 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 Saugus Iron Works is now a national historic site. An additional 1700 Scots were expelled as enemies of the state after the Covenanter Risings and 1600 men, women and children were banished as a result of the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Transportation of prisoners. For information about Alexander Gordon, we relied on A. J. Gordon: An Epic Journey of Faith and Pioneering Vision By Kevin Belmonte. Auburn Cemetery. display until the moderator has approved your comment. In 1681, he received 20 lashes on his bare skin, by the court, for calling court officials "Divills and hell Hounds". Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. What a scoop. His slavery did end, however, and he married the bosss daughter, Mary Lissen. } catch(err) {}. While this was going on, the Council had received several petitions from persons, who wished to transport the Scots overseas. Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. When he died he devided his property between Peter Grant and John Taylor. These can be found in various ways: Before transportation most criminal offences were punished by death, a fine or whipping. 5-6. and in Drake's work on the Founders of New England. Frank S. Black traced his ancestry to the Scottish POW. SC 373 Ballintine Wm. Lessons Learned Review of Transgender Individual. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. Three days later, Hasseltigge was directed to deliver 150 prisoners to New England, with conditions that these men were well and sound and free of wounds because Hasslrigge, was concerned that these men were all infected, They were sent to London by water. (CD), of Taunton, MA, and Block Island, RI;yDNA StudyCanade/Kennedy. (IWI), of Lynn, Salem and Marblehead, MADavison ye Scot. More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . The best practice is to leave your results in the project to accumulate matches over time. It was unfair, it was abusive, and it was misused, but they were never, ever, slaves. 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. sites by using our customised search engine, Electric After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. We also remembered the 2000 Scottish prisoners who were sent as forced labour to North America in 1652. Note: We deliberately chose the words slave, slavery and slave labor because we view any kind of forced labor as slavery. Note: Some of the Scotmans were at Block Island after being freeded. Id DateRoll No. Yes, ALL slavery is horrible EVERYWHERE, but he was discussing slavery HERE. Within an hour, 12,000 Parliamentarians defeated 11,000 Scots, killing as many as 2,000 while losing only 20 men. 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. (LLNV), of Oyster River, NHDanielson [Daniels], James. 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. 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. 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). He had no children. window.onload = function(){document.getElementById("printbtn").style.visibility = "visible"}; Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. His ancestor, Alexander Gordon,arrived in the colonies in 1652 as a political prisoner. The prisons soon became overcrowded and extra accommodation had to be provided in derelict ships (or hulks) moored in coastal waters. Unlike all other ancestors in this genealogy, Daniel Davisson is unique. (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAWalter, Thomas. Search criminal registers for England and Wales (HO 26 and HO 27), 1791 to 1892, on Ancestry.co.uk (). Your history of Alexander Gordon is wrong. Auburn Cemetery. (CD)Murray/Morrey, James. * THE SECTION BELOW TO INSERT DYNAMIC VALUES FROM YOUR (CD) of Roxbury, MAFrizzell/Frissell, Alexander. When they reached their destination, they happened upon a field of cabbage.They ate all of it, which of course made them even sicker than they already were. These men were captured at the battle of Worcester. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAJordan,William. (CD), of Oyster River and Great Island, NH; Kennebec, MEMiller, Games [James]. (CD), of Boston, MAMcDonald, Neil. John Bean wound up in the Exeter sawmill. This project aims to research and discover more about the fates and descendants of those Scottish prisoners captured and transported in these two battles of the English/Scottish Civil Wars - the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651). They went with an Englishman named Richard Leader, who got hold of an abandoned mill. this.page.identifier = PAGE_IDENTIFIER; 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. (CD), of York, MEGrant/Graunt, James (3) the Drummer, (LLNV), of Dover, NH; York, ME.Grant/Graunt, James (4). The British were noted for transported prisoners out of England to be made to work at their numerous colonies. The names below are compiled from the following three lists: 1. elem.async = true; Virginia, Bermuda, Barbados are encouraged to contact the administrators. Born about 1635 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. comments powered by Disqus. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence In America today there are many who believe themselves descendants of these men, and DNA will be used to explore family links between them. Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. Cromwells army released thousands of sick and wounded Scotts, but marched the Scottish POWs like cattle to Durham, 100 miles away. Indentures end, and the person is then free to pursue their own lives. Carrying the label Jacobite Rebel he was sold into seven years indenture-ship and so became a piece of real property. Ballintyne Wm Dunkell Perth 023 p FS 178 Bane Willm. Three thousand men died in battle, and 10,000 taken prisoner. Much the same happened in 1715 and 1745. The . 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. The Scottish POWs worked 12-hour days at hard, dangerous labor. (CD), of Lynn, MassachusettsFassett/McPherson/Mackfassy,Patrick. Shelter is thought to be provided only for the sick. John Clark was taught the trade of blacksmith by Samuel Hart. 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. 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. a bill requesting payment from the King for transporting the prisoners on the ten ships. in the wrong box in the British Archives. Assimilated to English ways, the Lowland Scots were primarily skilled tradesmen, farmers, and professionals pulled by greater economic opportunity in America. (LLNV), of Braintree, MA and Block Island, RIHamilton,John. (IWI), of Lynn, MA (Updated 24 Feb 2020)Dowty [Doughty],Thomas. (CD), John & Sarah, of Boston, MABow,Alexander. 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. 15 or 20 of the men went to Richard Leader for services at his Saw Mill , at Berwick, on the Pascataqua River,in Maine. They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. 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. to retrieve any portion of the site. From 1788 to 1869, over forty thousand Irish prisoners were sent to Australia. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, Caribbean Migration (To and From U.S.) Prior to 1900, Emigration from Europe - Ports of Departure, Passengers of the ship John and Sara: Scots Prisoners of War, 1651, Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775. Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775, Rezensionen werden nicht berprft, Google sucht jedoch gezielt nach geflschten Inhalten und entfernt diese. John Stewart was employed by John Giffard , as a servant, for a two year period, in his house, before being put out for blacksmithing. elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? Grey paid his wife's fine " for breach of sabbath and for stricking of Patience Everinton". political prisoners were also often deported. (CD), of Cambridge, MAMcCoy, John. Prisoners to the Lynn Iron Works John Clarke George Thompson Robert MacIntire John Toish James Adams John Archbell James Danielson John Banke Alexander Braband Alexander Burgess George Darling Micam Downing Alexander Dugle James Dunsmore Alexander Eaton Alexander Ennis James Gourdan Peter Grant Thomas Gaulter Alexander Grimes Andrew Jempson 272 of them survived to reach Charlestown, where they underwent the same fate of the Unity prisoners a year earlier. They sold to James Smith of Oyster River, a tailor, land granted to them at Dover. He landed in Ipswich ,Mass, where he was an indentured servent . Again he was fined in Maine for selling liquor to Indians and getting them drunk. Their son George jr. was capturd by Indians and carried off to Canada. 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. the whip which brings us to Lowell is necessity. Between 1650 and 1775, many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. 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." They are as follows: All the prisoners were freed by 1656 or 1657. Scotland.4 The designation of Scots-Irish (for those of Scottish heritage living in Ireland) did not exist until the era of Britain's Jacobean kings in the early 1600s, when James VI/I (1603-1625), the Stuart king-made-heir to Elizabeth I's throne, instituted the voluntary 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! // Replace PAGE_URL with your page's canonical URL variable (LLNV) 2. (LLNV), of Lynn, MACahoon,William. John Curmuckhell died not long after. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. 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 (CD)Mark, Patrick. (CD), (J&S), of Lynn, MA.Taylor, James. (CD)Purdie, John. (CD), of Hingham and Scituate, MA, (Updating now, TR)McIntire, Malcolm. For each person cited in this directory, some of the following information is given: name, occupation, place of residence in Scotland, place of capture and captivity, parent's names, date and cause of banishment, name of the ship and the date and place of arrival in the colonies. He then moved to York, Maine, to an area where other Scots had settled. Cooper's daughter Sarah married George Grey, another Scotsman. 1671 he had a grant of upland, at York Bridge. (CD), of Lynn, MAHobbs, Henry. 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. During the infamous death march some escaped, some were shot as a warning to the rest, some were set to work around Newcastle and many died of famine fever at Morpeth after eating cabbage raw from the fields. FAQs Contact Us & Complaints |. Many Irish prisoners were sent to America, primarily to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775. Finding all ten ships, listed together in one document, has been an illusive task Petitions could be on behalf of persons convicted in courts of any level and for sentences ranging from a few weeks imprisonment to death. (IWI), of Lynn and Braintree, MA; yDNA StudyMcCallum, John. Many of those captured Scots were sent to the American colonies. (CD)Paul, William. 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. The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. Add a pedigree (GEDCOM) to your FTDNA account. Item Vol. (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. 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. 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. Please keep this updated as you discover new information. The ancestry proposed for David Hamilton, here treated, relies upon the pedigree published on the Phillips Family website. (CD)Guthrie/Gutridg, Robert. You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of 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. This information will help us make improvements to the website. 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. Many of those deported were later pardoned on the condition that . They became most respected section of early settlers. 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. (2), (LLNV)Stewart, Daniel. (LLNV)*****ResidencesMcMilan (Mackmallen), Alester. He and his wife Rebecca often refused to attend church on the Sabbath. FTDNA sells a popular mtDNA full sequence test. It also outlines which details can be useful when starting your research, and contains background information on the history of criminal transportation. (CD) 1654: Exeter, NH, see John Beme on the John & Sara listBennett,John. We can assume that it is accurate as it is All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means It produced much-needed iron bars for tools, building materials and cooking implements. Publishing Company. [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Brown and Orr lived for many years in Wells, Maine. Archives, Open Government Licence (CD)Stark, James. (LLNV),Hampton, NHBurbean/Burbeen,John. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMcDougall, Allan. There are tens of millions of slaves in the world today. If you feel you are not gaining much from your membership, please contact the administrators first and dont just leave! This guide will help you find records of people sentenced to transportation. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. Henry Magoon married Elizabeth Lissen in 1661 and Alexander Gordon then married Mary, the youngest of lessin's daughters, in 1664. (CD)McCallum, Malcolm. 62 went to John Giffard, the agent for the Undertakers of The Iron Works of Lynn (Saugus). A horseman chased after him and wounded him, but spared his life. The names below are compiled from the following three lists:1. 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. 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. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. (CD)McDougall/Douglas, Alexander. In all, 639 of the those 1,301 were transported here. */ })(); A list of them can be found here. So many ended up in York, Maine, that for years the town had the nickname Scotland.. The Great Migration of Puritans had ended, and the colonists badly needed workers. After 1776, all criminal transportation was to modern-day Australia, specifically New South Wales and Van Diemens Land (modern-day Tasmania). To Mr Webster [Minister] In Edinr. (LLNV), of Boston, MAForbes/Furbish/Furbush/Forbush/Ferbush,William. 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). Across the sea, Oliver Cromwells new government had the costly and vexing task of managing thousands of Scottish POWs. His father left him half his property in hopes that he might return, but he never did. However, by the time the Scots arrived in Boston, they were in poor health. Blacke apparently left prison, married and had children. Mc Kay, Mc Key ), Macky Sander ( makie, Mackie, Maki, Mc kay, Mc Key ), Mack Farson Origlais ( Mc Farson, Mc Phearson ). He was taken with other prisoners to the American Colonies. 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. That includessex trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, domestic servitude or unlawful recruitment. Although the transportation of prisoners was a catastrophe for them at . (CD)McFarland, Purdie. A directory of Scots banished to the American plantations is available at Genealogical (LLNV), of Cambridge, MAWyer, Edward. 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. Britain Sent Thousands of Its Convicts to America, Not Just Australia By Matt Novak Published May 29, 2015 Comments ( 136) The joke about Australia is that it was founded by a bunch of. // IMPORTANT: Replace EXAMPLE with your forum shortname! The Scottish people had largely sided with Cromwell, but they turned on Cromwell and declared Charles son king. 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. There is a profound difference between indenture and slavery. 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. (CD), of York and Scarborough, MEClark,John. 1 John Duncan: 2 Duncan Bean : 3 John McIntyre : 4 Alex. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. 4. Facebook or Yahoo. Doesnt matter how we try to dress this up, it was definitely slavery. In London, the English confined them outdoors on artillery fields. His widow Dorothy then married another Scotsman, Micuim Macintire, who bought land from Maxwell. By the 19th century, the Scots Charitable Society maintained the Scots Temporary Home in Boston and a burial plot in Mt. Voluntarily! He had to do everything Stratton told him to do, so long as it was legal. (LLNV), of York, MEInnes,Alexander. 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)Ross, Finlay/Fennel. Sentences of transportation were still passed, with convicts held in prison while the government considered alternative destinations. 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. William Furbush and Daniel Fergison bought land together in what is now Elliot, Maine. requires you to be logged in through either a Disqus account 09:00 to 17:00. Please dont leave the project if you think you have few results. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device (CD), of Oyster River, NH; York, MEKelton,Thomas. * RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT AND UNCOMMENT (LLNV) of York, Maine and Salem, MAFrizzell/Fresell/Frissell, John (1). Autosomal DNA is most powerful when looking at ancestors born since 1800. Others who have some evidence to support a possible connection to the Dunbar or Worcester prisoners. (LLNV)Patterson, Edward. James Taylor (b c 1630 - d 27 October 1703) from the Scottish Prisoners of War Society 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: Mackanur died in 1670. Contact details can be found using find an archive. Gen. Soc of Boston. were the Grant brothers, Peter and James. (IWI), of Lynn, MA; Block Island, RI; Danielson, CTDarling,George. Indenture is ownership of the labor of a person, usually in the form of payment of a debt, and, as the article above indicates, almost always under written contract. (IWI)Rankin, Andrew. 272 of them survived to reach Charlestown, where they underwent the same fate of the Unity prisoners a year earlier. Today is nowhere as near as large and a Historical Site. On September 16Th, the secretary,Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. colonial ancestor you may have received a small segment from. 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. People Affected By Crime. (IWI), of Oyster River, NH and Kittery, ME; yDNA StudyGrant, Thomas, (1). ( 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. Your book is dead wrong. 1 August 2007. These men had in fact no civil rights, could not marry, were not allowed to leave their masters property without consent, and were shown as collateral on the owners inventory list. 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.