Macklude, John*

Battle:03 Sep 1651, Battle of Worcester at Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:John & Sara; May 1652, MA Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:John Macklude; John & Sara list
John M’Leod, #45 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Name Variations:Macklude, M’Leod, McLeod, MacLoud
Residences:Lancaster, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:Brother to Mordecai Mackjlude/McLeod
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 16 Jan 2015, Updated: 05 Mar 2019
Page contributors: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust


Mackjlude, Murtle.*NEHGR [Mordecai McLeod], Brother to John.
Macklude, John.* NEHGR [John McLeod], Brother to Mordecai. (Probably the John M’Leod on Stewart’s list)
John M’Leod, #45 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 255, John is categorized as:

Doubtful [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

McLeod/Macklude, John. Residences: Lancaster, MA. Appears: 1676. D.1676. Brother to Mordecai Mcleod. Both appear in the John & Sara list. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.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. JOHN MCLEOD, was born in Scotland. He died at Lancaster, Massachusetts on 10 Feb 1675/6.

Soldiers in King Philip’s War: being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip’s war, and sketches of the principal officers. Page 353.

Biographical Notes:
Brother to Mordecai McLeod. Both appear on the John & Sara list.


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