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. Since charcoal was expensive to make, the company had Giffard employ most of the Scots full- time as woodcutters to supply the colliers. 15 or 20 of the men went to Richard Leader for services at his Saw Mill , at Berwick, on the Pascataqua River,in Maine. I know it looks funny but as we all know that's how they wrote things back then, "London This 11th of November , 1651; Captain Jojn Greene; "Wee whose names are under written frighters of your shipe the Joh and Sara doe order yow forthwith as winde & weather shall permitt to sett sajle for Boston in New England $ there deliver our Orders and Servants to Tho kemble of charles Towne to be disposed of by him according to orders wee have sent him in the behalfe & wee desire yow to Advise with the said Kemble about all that may be concerne that whole Intended bojage using you Jndeavo's with the said Kemble for the speediest lading your shipp from New Eng, to the barbadoes with porvisions $ such other things as are in N.E. They, along with Edward Errin, bought in 1662, a farm at Bradboate harbor in Pischalaq River at Wadering Place, with 59 acres upland. })(); fot fo the West Indies where yow are to deliver them to Mr. Charles Rich to be disposed of by him for the Joinet accont of the frightr's & so to be Retou'ned home in stocke vndevided thus desiring wee remajme your loving friends Sinatum et Recognitum John Beex Rob't Rich Will Greene in pneia Jo Nottock: notar Publ; 13 May 1652 Entred & Recorded Edward Rawson Recorder. 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. John Curmuckhell died not long after. (J&S), Adams, James. That led naturally to the ten ships they came in, especially since the embarkation passenger lists were there in the archives also. Across the sea, Oliver Cromwells new government had the costly and vexing task of managing thousands of Scottish POWs. 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. 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. Among the men who were sent to the sawmills of Berwick along with other workers from the Iron Work. with Disqus. var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; Biography Some married Irish housemaids, also brought to the colonies as slaves. To Mr Webster [Minister] In Edinr. 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. The Scots of Hammersmith. Ninety percent of them stayed in Maryland and Virginia. Assimilated to English ways, the Lowland Scots were primarily skilled tradesmen, farmers, and professionals pulled by greater economic opportunity in America. The Y chromosomes of SPOWs can still be seen in their direct male line descendants today, and can identify a descendant. These can be found in various ways: Before transportation most criminal offences were punished by death, a fine or whipping. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence If you have managed to do this, you are welcome to share that outcome with this Project. (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s); (CD), of Cambridge and Malden, MAEaton,Alexander. "Between 1650 and 1775 many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. Your history of Alexander Gordon is wrong. Many of those deported were later pardoned on the condition that . We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 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. Alexander (Sander) Cooper settled near The Great Works with other Unity Scotsmen. Livingstone, John. (CD), of Dorchester and Sudbury, MAEmery, William. (LLNV),Hampton, NHBurbean/Burbeen,John. (CD), of Ipswich and Wenham, MAMaxwell, Alexander. As a young ma https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54698137/john-wattles#view-photo=157220557. Bennett Senior changed the newspaper industry with such [], How Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England, John Cotton defended the practice. Where to start. 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. (IWI) 3. Geni requires JavaScript! This guide will help you find records of people sentenced to transportation. So the Scots waited in the Thames, for passage to New England. (CD), of Boston and Braintree, MAMason, John. 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. until Hugh was fortunate enough to stumble upon a warrant, filed away for safekeeping In 1654, Blacke assaulted and beat up his master, and a court sent him to prison in 1654. 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. Neither Nevin Agneau nor John Barry ever married. Another 150 prisoners were sent to New England aboard the Unity through Joshua Foote and . The usual period of transportation was 14 years for convicts receiving conditional pardons from death sentences or seven years for lesser offences. 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". (CD), Woburn, MABruce, James. in the wrong box in the British Archives. He had seven children and many descendants. Other records that we hold may help you find this information: consult our guides to criminals and convicts. Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. Transportation was not formally abolished until 1868, but it had been effectively stopped in 1857 and had become unusual well before that date. Search the index to Tasmanian convicts (archives council of Tasmania) by name to see some digitised records, including conduct records, indents and descriptions. (LLNV), of York, MEInnes,Alexander. It's corect. (CD), of Cambridge and Marlborough, MAForbes, James. 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. 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. 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. (CD), of Dedham, MA, yDNA StudyMcShane, John. Daniel Blacke, who came over on the John and Sara, probably got sold to the son of the Rev. Smith : 5 Denis McIntyre: (CD)McPherson, Angus. 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 Scots were soldiers who were defeated in the English Civil War at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. 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. He has brought together a bulk of information available. 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. Records of trials held at quarter sessions are held by local archives. * THE SECTION BELOW TO INSERT DYNAMIC VALUES FROM YOUR with any of these companies then you can create an account (IWI), of Lynn, MADowning,Malcolm. 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. (CD), of Lynn, MassachusettsFassett/McPherson/Mackfassy,Patrick. The Puritan minister John Cotton defended the practice. The term of service for all of them was seven years. (CD), of Yarmouth and Satacket, MA.McDonald, Alexander. Note: Some of the Scotmans were at Block Island after being freeded. (CD), of Boston, MAMcDonald, Neil. Although some returned to . (CD), of Salem, MAMcCall, James. So many ended up in York, Maine, that for years the town had the nickname Scotland.. Maxwell received 30 lashes on his bare skin "for exobitant and abusive carage toward the master and his wife." 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. Mack Farson Rob't ( Mc Fearson , Mc Phearson), Mac Forsen John ( Mc Forsen, Mc Phearson), Mackhane Rob't ( McHaine,Ma hane, Mc Hane), Mack Hatherne patricke ( Mc Catherty, Mc Catherine), Mack Hele Alester ( Mc Kaeil, Mc Kail, Mc Hael, Mic Hael), Mackhell James ( Mc Heil, McKail, McHael , MicHael), Machellin Dan ( Mc kellen, Mac kellen ), Mac Kannell Wm ( Mac Connell, Mc connell), Mackhene Alester ( Mc Kenny, Mac Kenney), Mackholme John ( Mcholm, Macholm. The list also details where each person was tried. the original by clicking on this line. (IWI), of Lynn, MAWarren, James. Hamilton came over on the John and Sara and got sold to a saw mill owner in Southern New Hampshire. According to tradition, the English lined up the Scottish POWs in order to shoot every tenth man. * (CD), of Woburn and Reading, MAMiddleton, James. display until the moderator has approved your comment. (CD), (J&S)McRorie (alias McWithee), James. (CD)Philips, Charles. In London, the English confined them outdoors on artillery fields. (Steve is a fellow member of the Saugus Historical Soc. W SC "Wakefield" Capt Thomas BECK, bound for SC from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners. After another indian attack in 1711 he sold the Garrison to the Macintire Family. 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. His wife's name was Sisey. (CD), of Lynn, MAMcKay, Daniel. A List of Forty Seven Rebel Prisoners sent on board the Two Brothers in order for Transportation. George S. Stewart's list, 35 Scots at Lynn 1653, Iron Works Inventory. ( Mac Connell, Mc Connell), Mackdo(n)ell Sander Mac Donnell, Mac Donnell), MackDonnell John ( Mc Donnell, Mac Donell), MackCunnell Sander ( Mc Connell Mac Connell), MackCunnell Cana ( Mc Coornell, Mac Cornell), Macendocke Daniell Mcendocke, Mc Kendock ), Mackey Huge ( mackie, Mc Kay, Mc key, Maki ), Macky John ( Makie, maki. Four separate lists straight from original documents recorded around the time of the voyages. Seven of Valentine Hills Scottish POWs, for example, were listed as taxpayers in Dover, N.H., after their slavery ended. Long afterwards it was called Scotchman's Neck. (CD)Stark, James. Dec, 26,1660 , he bought land from John Pearce of Yorke. Scots Charitable Society burial plot at Mt. Born about 1635 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Dr. Andrew Millards list in,Lost Live, New Voices. 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. s.src = 'https://escotland.disqus.com/embed.js'; 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. (CD), of Oyster River and Dover, NH; Kittery, MEGrant/Graunt, James (1). In 1711. The Saugus Iron Works is now a national historic site. The ship was ordered to depart on Nov 11, 1651, probably left in early December and arrived in New England sometime in early 1652. Search criminal registers for England and Wales (HO 26 and HO 27), 1791 to 1892, on Ancestry.co.uk (). They were as follows: A few years later, a small group of Scots were brought to Scotland, Maine. 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. Nyven Agnew also called niven Agmeau and niven the Sct was taxed in Dover, in 1659. 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. The names below are compiled from the following three lists: 1. (LLNV), of Braintree, MA and Block Island, RIHamilton,John. 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). Micum McIntyre, the Scottish POW who ran for his life, worked in Cocheco Mills and then got a land grant in Kittery, Maine. 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. Actually, yes we can, although there are big challenges in using this DNA type. 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. Scotch Prisoners sent to Massachusetts in 1652 (this presents the names in order as given) The John and Sarah 1651-1652 ( also presents the names in order as given) Jeam Macarory first appears in Dedham records of the 11th day of the 12th month, 1660 when he was taxed 11 shillings. Maxwell, eventually became a well-to-do taven Keeper. (CD), of Oyster River, NH; York, MEKelton,Thomas. They became most respected section of early settlers. [] sold (there is no other word for it) in New England, where a Puritan minister commented, The Scots, whom God delivered into [Cromwells] hands at Dunbarre, and whereof sundry were sen [], [] in Bangor, Maine, on September 2, 1888. Late servant. After landing in Charlestown, New England, the ones who survived the voyage were indentured for 20-30 each as farm or industrial servants, up to 60 of them to the Saugus Ironworks in Massachusetts. (CD)MacCoon, John. 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. Gen. Soc of Boston. (function() { JAMES TAYLOR/TAILOR, was born in Scotland, possibly about 163 Scottish Prisoners of War Society (IWI), of Lynn and Reading, MAWalter, Thomas. The Scottish POWs were all still of marriageable age when freed from bondage, and many did marry. From "An Incomplete List of Scottish Prisoners of War Sent to New England in 1650" -- According to Colonel Banks' 1927 paper presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, in the aftermath of the Battle of Dunbar, 900 Scots were to be sent to Virginia. His widow Dorothy then married another Scotsman, Micuim Macintire, who bought land from Maxwell. Yes, indenture WAS slavery. Many were sent to Berwick Maine after the demise of the Iron Works. Transportation provided an alternative punishment for crimes which were considered serious, but not worthy of execution. (LLNV), of Lynn, MACahoon,William. 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. If they can prove a SPOW descent, then that is your descent as well. 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. The first goal of the project is to work on discovering more about the Unity and John and Sarah groups who reached New England. 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. It was the last battle of the English Civil War. (CD), of Oyster River and Great Island, NH; Kennebec, MEMiller, Games [James]. (CD), (J&S), of Lynn, MA.Taylor, James. (IWI)McWater, William. Bostonians viewed them with scorn and classed them with African-Americans and Indians. He was received as an inhabitant of Exester 1678. Many more records survive from this period but, as few are indexed by name, finding an individual can still be difficult. Steve Carlson article on The Saugus iron Works. Bonded Passengers to America, also by Peter Wilson Coldham, gives a detailed overview of all relevant records and published sources in The National Archives. And Who were the shared Scottish ancestors of the transported men and their modern Scottish relatives. 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. About 1600 died of dysentery, disease or starvation. An incomplete list of Scots who were sent to New England in 1650 appeared in the Iron Works papers in 1653. (CD), of Roxbury and Boston, MALadle/Luddle, James. If you do not know how to do this please contact the administrators for advice. Between the march and lack of food, many died along the way. Your chances of success will be much better if you begin with some information about the person youre looking for. (IWI)Thompson, James. Before 1775, more than 50,000 prisoners were sent to Americaprimarily to . He and his wife Rebecca often refused to attend church on the Sabbath. FAQs Contact Us & Complaints |. In was in court again for stricking and abusing fellow Dunbar Scosman, Alexander Mackanur, who was lame and in poor health. (IWI), of Lynn, MA (Updated 24 Feb 2020)Dowty [Doughty],Thomas. 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. Janice Farnsworth for sending Approximately 15 Scots worked there. His father left him half his property in hopes that he might return, but he never did. (CD), of Upper Kittery, ME;yDNA Study (updates in progress 24 Feb 20)Gregory, John. 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. (CD) (J&S)Jameson,Andrew. You may read a transcription of this warrant and view scans of The number at the Iron Works stayed at 28 until around August 28, 1652 , when there were as many as 37 there. Here they were allowed daily rations of a pound of bread and a half a pound of cheese. (CD), of Hingham and Scituate, MA, (Updating now, TR)McIntire, Malcolm. 4. */ The American Revolution of 1776 meant that transportation to North America was no longer possible. Item Vol. On 3 Sep 1650, the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. (CD)McCallum, Malcolm. About 275 Scottish POWs were sent to Boston about the John and Sara, where Thomas Kemble, a Charlestown merchant, took them on consignment. 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. Neither married. 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. (LLNV)*****ResidencesMcMilan (Mackmallen), Alester. 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. Today is nowhere as near as large and a Historical Site. 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: The remainder were sold to local residents. 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