Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
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Published: 18 August 2018, Updated: 24 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Thompson, George, #30 on Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory (Saugus)
IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 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 248, George is categorized as:
Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Thomson/Thompson/Tompson, George. Residences: Lynn, Reading MA. Appears: 1653. B.c.1633. D.1674. A founder of the SCS. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]
For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
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