Documentation: Worcester

While most of the Worcester Scottish prisoners of war in New England arrived via the ship John and Sara, at least one came individually, as contracted labor: Gordon, Alexander contracted with Master John Cloise.

Listed on this website is an alphabetized compilation of the passengers on the ship John and Sara from the following sources:

New England Historic Genealogical Society

NEHGR, Volume 1, Oct 1847: New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, by Order of the English Government1

Suffolk Deeds, 1880

Suffolk Deeds: Liber -I-II [1629-56] by Suffolk County (Mass .), John Tyler Hassam


Page 1 of the original John & Sara list, George Sawin Stewart Collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts

Page 2 of the original John & Sara list, George Sawin Stewart Collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts

  1. The New England historical and genealogical register, Vol. 1, Oct. 1847, No. 4, 378-379; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Call Number 31833017239275, digitized by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. []