| Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
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Published on: 18 August 2018, Updated 09 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
M’Water, William, #22 on Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory (Saugus)
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, William is categorized as:
Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Mackwater/McWhirter, William. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. [Banks; DR; SPOWS]
For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.