], they lived in Oyster River. 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. Bennett Senior changed the newspaper industry with such [], How Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England, John Cotton defended the practice. From 1615 to 1870, more than 200,000 criminals were conditionally pardoned, exiled, and transported to penal colonies. 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. He married John Pearce's daughter . (CD), of Braintree, MAFrizzell/Frissell, John (2). Technically they signed contracts agreeing to indentured servitude, but in reality most spoke Gaelic and many couldnt read or write. Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. Hamilton came over on the John and Sara and got sold to a saw mill owner in Southern New Hampshire. until Hugh was fortunate enough to stumble upon a warrant, filed away for safekeeping (CD), (J&S)McLeod, Mordicai. Transportation provided an alternative punishment for crimes which were considered serious, but not worthy of execution. (CD), of Ipswich, Massachusetts.Ross, John. with Disqus. In about 1676 he administered the estate of John Barry and he lived on that same land in Kittery. (CD), of Ipswich, MAForbes (alias Forbush),Daniel. 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). Few records of these individuals survive, though legal records from this period may contain useful information. If they can prove a SPOW descent, then that is your descent as well. (CD), (J&S), of Lynn, MA.Taylor, James. However, letting them go could prove to be very dangerous. It was unfair, it was abusive, and it was misused, but they were never, ever, slaves. 1657 he was taxed at Oyster River. 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." Within an hour, 12,000 Parliamentarians defeated 11,000 Scots, killing as many as 2,000 while losing only 20 men. 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? The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. (LLNV)*****ResidencesMcMilan (Mackmallen), Alester. They were given very little to eat. (CD)McFarland, Purdie. John Becx and Joshua Foote conferred with their partners, the Undertakers of the Iron Works. (IWI), of Lynn, MADowning,Malcolm. The History of The Town of Durham New Hampshire, Source Historical and genealogical Reg, N.E.H.G. Others who have some evidence to support a possible connection to the Dunbar or Worcester prisoners. (LLNV), of Salem and Marblehead, MAForbes/Furbush/Farbush, Thomas. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAJordan,William. They had three sons, one of which was Joseph who was a soldier at Crown Point in 1726. (CD)Moore, Mathew. s.setAttribute('data-timestamp', +new Date()); During its 80-year history 158,702 convicts arrived in Australia from England and Ireland, as well as 1,321 from other parts of the Empire. For this kind of project, the genealogical information you provide is as important as the DNA you test. The British were noted for transported prisoners out of England to be made to work at their numerous colonies. November 11Th, the Council issued sailing orders to the Unity. But the Y chromosome is very powerful for earlier ancestry because it changes very little as it is passed from father to son. After being captured, they were marched from Durham to Newcastle. Petitions could be on behalf of persons convicted in courts of any level and for sentences ranging from a few weeks imprisonment to death. 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James Adams went with Giffard's acrt and team. 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 Exeter, ME; Dover, NH, yDNA Study, (Updating now, TR)MaGoon, John. scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); Here they were allowed daily rations of a pound of bread and a half a pound of cheese. (CD)Scollay, James. (IWI), of Lynn, MAMoody, Ingraham. They planned to sell each man for between 20 and 30 pounds, which would have made them a considerable profit, since they only paid five pounds for each man. Assimilated to English ways, the Lowland Scots were primarily skilled tradesmen, farmers, and professionals pulled by greater economic opportunity in America. 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. (CD), of Taunton, MA, and Block Island, RI;yDNA StudyCanade/Kennedy. (CD)Purdie, John. (LLNV) of York, Maine and Salem, MAFrizzell/Fresell/Frissell, John (1). Alexander Gordon died in Exeter in 1697, and his children had many descendants. var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; They sold to James Smith of Oyster River, a tailor, land granted to them at Dover. Lessons Learned Review of Transgender Individual. (LLNV), of Falmouth, MAGibson,William. 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. 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. One solution: deport them to New England, Virginia and Barbados. Havith Roxburgh 031 c WF 582 Barry Wm. 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. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device (IWI), of Lynn and Boston, MAMaxey/Macxy/Maxsy/Maxy, Alexander. Virginia, Bermuda, Barbados are encouraged to contact the administrators. He had to do everything Stratton told him to do, so long as it was legal. ( 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. Then he was moved to York, Maine, where he was killed on Sept. 28, 1691. He wrote, The Scots, whom God delivered into your hands at Dunbarre, and whereof sundry were sent hither, we have been desirous (as we could) to make their yoke easy. Up to 300 more may have been sent to Virginia too, although shipping records have not survived. The ancestry proposed for David Hamilton, here treated, relies upon the pedigree published on the Phillips Family website. The Scots of Hammersmith. 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. About 50 went to the Saugus Iron Works,the first successful iron works in the colonies. Transcript Show entries. Payment for medical care and medicine as well as food was needed. 09.02.2023. (IWI), of Lynn, MAJunkins,Robert. (CD), of Lynn, MAWilson, William. The order was given to transport 900 of the healthiest prisoners to the American colonies in New England and Virginia to undertake compulsory indentured labour, for terms of around 5 years. The work was hard, dirty, hot and dangerous. British Convicts In American Colonies. In 1686 Brown and Orr brought suit against John Bray for carrying away their grass at Brave Boat Harbor. Autosomal DNA is most powerful when looking at ancestors born since 1800. (CD)McCallum, Malcolm. The remainder were sold to local residents. 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. Dec, 26,1660 , he bought land from John Pearce of Yorke. (LLNV), of Charlestown, MAMcCall, Duncan. (LLNV)Taylor, Robert. (CD)Marshall, John. Geni requires JavaScript! 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. (CD), of Hartford, CTForbes/Forbush, John (1). Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. 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. display until the moderator has approved your comment. (CD), (J&S)McRorie (alias McWithee), James. try { The Scots were soldiers who were defeated in the English Civil War at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. 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. the whip which brings us to Lowell is necessity. 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. His father left him half his property in hopes that he might return, but he never did. There are tens of millions of slaves in the world today. Many perished of hunger or disease on the march, though some escaped. (CD), of Boston, MAMcDonald, Neil. (IWI)3. 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. Maxwell's Garrison survived. 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. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. JAMES TAYLOR/TAILOR, was born in Scotland, possibly about 163 Scottish Prisoners of War Society We also remembered the 2000 Scottish prisoners who were sent as forced labour to North America in 1652. The men worked long hours, 12-hour shifts. They learned this trade at Valentine Hill , which is where they had been indentured servants. window.onload = function(){document.getElementById("printbtn").style.visibility = "visible"}; (IWI), of Lynn, Salem and Marblehead, MADavison ye Scot. William Furbush was in constant trouble for his outspoken comtempt of the English authority. 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. Late [apprentice] to Pat Black Surgeon in Perth. George S. Stewart's list Captured at Dunbar, (CD) In 1654 he married Ann Winchurst of Ipswich. (CD), of Boston?, MABogle,Alexander. Among the Northern Neck iron manufacturers who used convict labor was John Tayloe at his Neabsco Company iron mine in Prince William County. Scots Charitable Society burial plot at Mt. Search criminal registers for England and Wales (HO 26 and HO 27), 1791 to 1892, on Ancestry.co.uk (). var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-249123-12"); Slavery is forever. Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. /* Auburn Cemetery. Shelter is thought to be provided only for the sick. (LLNV), of York, MEDouglas/McDougall, Alexander. var elem = document.createElement('script'); Valentine Hill also bought some of the Scottish POWs from the Battle of Dunbar, and worked them in his sawmills at Durham Falls and the Lamprey River in New Hampshire. (CD), of Cambridge and Malden, MAEaton,Alexander. (IWI)Thompson, James. Applications are known as petitions, and may have been made by friends, relatives or other associates on behalf of the convict. Under his contract, he could never leave his masters premises without his permission and he couldnt marry. John Clark was taught the trade of blacksmith by Samuel Hart. _qevents.push({ They clashed at the short, brutal Battle of Dunbar. the original by clicking on this line. Unfortunately, this type of DNA test is not useful for researching ancestors from the 1650s, or from colonial New England. (CD)Neill, Andrew. 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. (CD), of South Berwick and Upper Eliot, MEFerguson/Fargison, John. Long afterwards it was called Scotchman's Neck. 1. After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. Few ever returned home to Scotland. (CD), of Woburn MAMacDonald/Mackdaniel/Mackneile/Daniel. 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 Indentured servants had rights, and had an agreed end to the terms, Slaves did not. Voluntarily! 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. FAQs Contact Us & Complaints |. (IWI), of Lynn, MAGowen (alias Smith),William. Founder of Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild the original by clicking on this line. Assorted records of criminals, convicts and prisoners can be searched on on Findmypast.co.uk (), though many do not relate to criminal transportation. (CD), of Charlestown, MADaniel, Davey. DAVID HAMILTON=== (CD), of Cambridge and Marlborough, MAForbes, James. Steve Carlson article on The Saugus iron Works. They were as follows: A few years later, a small group of Scots were brought to Scotland, Maine. (CD), (J&S), Probably the John BOYE on the John and Sara ListRunciman Andrew. 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. (IWI), Lynn and Salem, MAGrimes, Henry. 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. His slavery did end, however, and he married the bosss daughter, Mary Lissen. (IWI), 1653: Lynn, MACleghorn,James. (CD), of Cambridge, Billerica, Malden, Concord, and Charlestown, MA;yDNA StudyFerguson,Daniel. (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s); (LLNV), of York, ME. to retrieve any portion of the site. They are as follows: All the prisoners were freed by 1656 or 1657. (function() { (CD), of Yarmouth and Satacket, MA.McDonald, Alexander. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by (LLNV), of Oyster River, NH, and ?New Haven, CT.Paul, John. */ (LLNV), of Cambridge, MAWyer, Edward. 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. Bostonians viewed them with scorn and classed them with African-Americans and Indians. 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. (IWI), of Lynn and Boston MAKey, John. Many Irish prisoners were sent to America, primarily to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775. (CD)Ross, Finlay/Fennel. He then moved to York, Maine, to an area where other Scots had settled. About 275 Scottish POWs were sent to Boston about the John and Sara, where Thomas Kemble, a Charlestown merchant, took them on consignment. Most of the Scots stayed at The Scot Boardman's house in what is now the Oaklandvale area of Saugus. political prisoners were also often deported. John Barry died during an Indian attact in 1671. Add a pedigree (GEDCOM) to your FTDNA account. A sawmill owner in Exeter, N.H., named Nicholas Lissen bought him and six other Scottish POWs. 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. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. (CD), (J&S), see John and Sara ListKidd/Skid, James. However, his violent temper got the best of him there also. Carrying the label Jacobite Rebel he was sold into seven years indenture-ship and so became a piece of real property. 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