Battle: | 03 Sep 1651, Battle of Worcester, at Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
Ship/Arrival: | John & Sara; May 1652 |
Prisoner and List: | John Mackhellin; of the John & Sara list |
Name Variations: | McCallum, Mackalam, Maccallum, Cullu, Callu, Callan, Mackallum, Mackhellin, Mackellam, Mackullum |
Residences: | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
Other SPOW Associations: |
Published: 03 Oct 2018
Updated: 24 Mar 2020
Researchers: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust
John Mackhellin, “Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, By Order of the English Government”1
Name Variations: McCallum, Mackalam, Maccallum, Cullu, Callu, Callan, Mackallum, Mackhellin, Mackellam, Mackullum
McCallum, John. #69 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Probably the John Mackhellin of the John & Sara 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 255, John is categorized as: Doubtful [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] McCallum/Mackalamy/Maccallum/Cullu/Callu/Callan
/Mackallum/Mackhellin/Mackellam/Mackullum, John. Residences: Haverhill MA. Appears: 1653. D.1694. Probably the John Mackhellin of the John & Sara list. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS] 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. JOHN¹ MCCALLUM, was born, presumably in Scotland about 1635 and died at Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts on 25 Feb 1693.2 He married, at Haverhill on 17 Nov 1670, widow, ELIZABETH (CADE) GUTTERSON.
Children of John and Elizabeth (_____) Gutterson McCallum:
2. i. MARTHA MCCALLUM, (John¹), b. in 1670; d. in 1706. NEED SOURCE
2. ii. JOHN MCCALLUM, (John¹), b. in 1671-? NEED SOURCE
2. iii. JOANNA MCCALLUM, (John¹), b. at Haverhill on 03 May 1672.3
2. iv. SARAH MCCALLUM, (John¹), b. in 1675; d. in 1714. NEED SOURCE
Second Generation
2. i. MARTHA MCCALLUM, [CALLUM/KALLUM/KELLUM], (? John¹), was born in Massachusetts in 1670 and died at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1706. [efn__note]”Martha, w. John, Apr. 17, 1706. [a. abt. 36 y. dup.], “Being the first that was Buried in ye Buring place.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7652/670/141252968)) She married, at Lynn, Massachusetts on 10 Jul 1694, JOHN FOLLETT, (1669-1719).4
Biographical Notes:
There is a John Follett probate record in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts. Children listed are: Only son John Follett, Mary Bates, Hannah Follett, and Abigail Follett.5
Children of John and Martha (McCallum) Follett:
3. i. JOSEPH FOLLETT, (Martha², John¹),1699-1700
3. ii. ABIGAIL FOLLETT, (Martha², John¹),1701-1740
3. iii. PERSIS FOLLETT, (Martha², John¹),1704-1753
3. iv. SAMUEL FOLLETT, (Martha², John¹),1706-1707
2. ii. JOHN MCCALLUM, (? John¹), b. in 1671-? NEED SOURCE
2. iii. JOANNA MCCALLUM, (John¹), was born at Haverhill on 03 May 1672.3
2. iv. SARAH MCCALLUM, (? John¹), was born in Massachusetts in 1675 and died at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, in 1714. She married about 1699, ABRAHAM FOLLETT, (1671-1724). NEED SOURCE
Children of Abraham and Sarah (McCallum) Follett:
3. i. JOSEPH FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1699-1724
3. ii.RUTH FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1699-1745
3. iii. SARAH FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1700-1750
3. iv. ISAAC FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1701-1761
3. v. REBECCA FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1701-1774
3. vi. ABIGAIL FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1703-1740
3. vii. ABRAHAM FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1704-1795
3. viii. PERSIS FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1705-1784
3. ix. MARY FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1706-1784
3. x. ELIZABETH FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1708-1742
3. xi. MARTHA FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1709-1716
3. xii. JONATHAN FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1710-1742
3. xiii. ROBERT FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1712-1742
3. xiv. SUSANNA FOLLETT, (Sarah², John¹), b. in 1713-?
Sources and Notes:
Ray Dusek shared facts from:
Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21065/378/1425475561 [↩]
- Inventory of John Macalum of Haverhill. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13778/17488-co2/30285819 [↩]
- Vital records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 ..
by Haverhill (Mass.) Publication date 1910-11 [↩] [↩] - “FOLLETT, John (1669-1719) & Martha CALLUM/KALLUM (1670-1706); 10 Jul 1694; Lynn/Attleborough {Salem 2:385; NYGBR 72:192}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/557/426885952 [↩]
- Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/rd/48312/9774-co1/1414501115 [↩]