Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
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Published: 19 August 2018, Updated: 11 Apr 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
M’Call, Duncan, #65 on George S. Stewart’s The Dunbar Prisoners List
IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 247, Duncan is categorized as:
Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
McCall/Macall, Duncan/Dankye/Duncal. Residences: Salem MA. Appears: 1652. Indentured to John Hardy. In April 1652 still had ¾ of his 6-year term to serve. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]
For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices
First Generation in the New World
1. DUNCAN MCCALL, was born, presumably in Scotland and died in Salem, Massachusetts.
Biographical Notes: He first appeared in Salem, Massachusetts and was indentured to John Hardy. In April 1652 still had ¾ of his 6-year term to serve. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8] SEE ABOVE.