Published: 03 Oct 2018
Updated: 03 Mar 2020
Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

William Emery, #22. on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list ¹

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, William is categorized as:

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

Emery, William. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. B.c.1625. Gave evidence about the Scots but does not state that he is one. He testified that he was sent by the Ironworks Company to New England and worked for them from July or September 1651. This does not fit with his transport as a Dunbar prisoner. [DR; SPOWS; Ch.7] ², ^{3 4}

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. WILLIAM¹ EMERY, was born, possibly in Scotland about 1628.

Biographical Notes:
Residence in Essex and Old Norfolk in 1653, “William, age 25 in 1653.” ⁵

1. Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩]
2. Rapaport, Diane. Working List of Early New England Scots. 2015. [↩]
3. “Dunbar Prisoners of War Profiles.” The Scottish Prisoners of War Society, Teresa Rust, 14 April 2013, scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle_of_dunbar_pows_america/. [↩]
4. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018. Ch. 7. [↩]
5. “William, age 25 in 1653.” Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21070/252/1426620119 [↩]

Published: 21 Sep 2018, Updated: 24 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard and Teresa Rust

Wilson, Robert. #110 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list¹

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 1650,² (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 255, Robert is categorized as:

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

Wilson, Robert. Residences: Lynn MA. Stackpole describes Robert and William Wilson as “suspected of being Scotchmen”. [Exiles; SPOWS]³¹

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. ROBERT¹ WILSON,

Sources and Notes:

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1. Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩] [↩]
2. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018, p. 255. [↩]
3. Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Scotch Exiles in New England. 1922. Coll. 733 & 831, Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Portland ME. [↩]

Published: 10 Sep 2018, Updated:10 Apr 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust

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 252, Robert is categorized as:

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

Burgess, Robert. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1662. D.aft.1672. [Exiles]₊₊

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. ROBERT¹ BURGES, was born, presumably in Scotland and died after 1672 in Massachusetts.

Biography: May be the Robert Burges/Burgess who marries, 1st, at Lynn, Massachusetts by 1669, SARAH (_____), she dies 1669 and marries 2nd, at Lynn, on 13 Apr 1671, SARAH HULL, the daughter of Captain Tristram Hull. She was born in March 1650, which would make a huge difference in ages if he was born in 1621. He appears in Lin in 1652:

In the will for Robert Burges who died 6 may 1700 he mentions his wife Sarah and his daughter Elizabeth Edmons. So the Elizabeth Burges below must be his daughter. If she marries in 1685, she must be the daughter of his first marriage before 1669. Most girls married about 21 years. That would make her birth date around 1664.

Sources and Notes:

From: Americana: (American Historical Magazine)., Volume 14, pages 160-161.

PROBATE RECORD
1700
LOCATION
Lynn,Essex,Massachusetts,United States
NOTE
1 of 9
CASE TYPE
testate
CASE NUMBER
4034
VOLUME
Essex Cases 4000-5999
PAGE
4034:1
TEXT
NULL

These two entries are believed to be the same men:
Douglas, Alexander, #18 on DP, (Stewart’s Dunbar List)
M’Dougall Alexander, #20 on Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory (Saugus)
Name Variations: Dugle/McDougall/Dugle/Douglas/Duglen/Dugglas/Duggell/Munduggle, Allex./Alexander?/Allister/Alister/Allester
Similar Names on Lists:
Resided: Lynn, Massachusetts

First Generation in the New World

1. ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, was born presumably in Scotland and died in

Biographical Notes:
1. 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 246, Alexander is categorized as: Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Dugle/McDougall/Dugle/Douglas/Duglen/Dugglas/Duggell/Munduggle, Allex./Alexander?/Allister/Alister/Allester. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. D.aft.1682. A founder of SCS. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices
2. Acquaintance of George Darling.

Published: 19 August 2018
Updated: 10 Apr 2020
Researchers: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

Sources and Notes:

From Iswitch Quarterly Court Vol II 1656-1662: “Oliver Purchis and George Darline, both at the Ironworks, deposed that in February last, 1656, in the moonlight they went to Linne town to the ordinary to see some persons from the Ironworks who had been there the whole afternoon before. They found a great store in the house drinking, some being full of drunk, particularly Sergeant Eldridge of Maldin, who had been there the greater part of the day before. Darline having occasion to be in the house all night, deposed that Eldridge slept by the fire all night, and if deponent had not been there, his clothes and perhaps himself would have been burned so full of drink was the Sergeant. In one room was Muzzy and his wife, she sitting on one side of the table between two men and her husband on the other side of the table merrily singing to the rest. Katherine Lary, who lived in the house testified to the same. Allester Munduggle also testified.”

Published on: 18 August 2018, Updated: 24 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust

Thompson, James, #31 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 248, James is categorized as:

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

Thomson/Thompson, James. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. [Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

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First Generation in the New World

1. JAMES THOMPSON, was born, presumably in Scotland.