| Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
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Published: 09 May 2016
Updated: 21 Aug 2018
Page Contributors: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
James Fresell, #30 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 249, James is categorized as:
Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Frizzell/Fresell/Frissell/Frizell/Frizel, James. Residences: Roxbury MA. Appears: 1656. B.c.1627. D.1717. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS]
For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
For more information please contact the descendants/researchers of James Frizzell. Thank you! 🙂
Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin Meaning and History, (New York : New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962), First published in 1946. Page 281.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES¹ FRESELL, was born presumably in Scotland about 1627 and died at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1717 (age 90). He married at Roxbury by 1656, SARAH BUSKETH.
Biographical Notes:
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Children of James and Sarah (Busketh) Frissel:
2. i. MARY FRISSELL, (James¹), b. probably at Roxbury on 16 May 1656; bapt. at Roxbury on (12: 12m: 1664/5) 12 Feb 1664/5; m. in 1673, NATHANIEL ALLEN.
2. ii. JAMES² FRISSEL, (James¹), b. at Roxbury on 1 Feb 1658; bapt. (12: 12m: 1664/5) 12 Feb 1664/5.
2. iii. JOSEPH FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury on (12: 12m: 1664/5) 12 Feb 1664/5.
2. iv. SARAH FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury (2: 2m: 1665) on 2 April 1665.
2. v. BENJAMIN FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury on (5: 3m: 1667) 5 May 1669.
2. vi. HANNA FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury on (26: 10m: 1669) 26 Dec 1669
2. vii. EBENEZER FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury on (12: 1m: 1670/1) 12 March 1670/1.
2. viii. SAMUEL FRISSELL, (James¹), bapt. at Roxbury on (8: 4m: 1673) 8 June 1673.
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