Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 03 September 1650
Ship/Arrival:
The ketch, Unity; Dec 1650 at Massachusetts Bay
Prisoner and List:
John Paul, #84 on George Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List
Name Variations:
Residences:
Malden (originally “Mistick Side” part of Charlestown), Middlesex, Massachusetts; Lynn (originally Saugus), Essex County, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published: 03 Dec 2014, Updated: 18 Sep 2020 Researchers: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. JOHN¹ PAUL, Lieutenant Marshall, was born in Scotland about 1628 and died after 1675. He married, at Malden, Massachusetts on 3 May 1657, LYDIA JENKINS. Malden, MA VR
Contributed by Ray Dusek of Montana.
Biographical Notes: 1. Not sure if John is related to William Paul, a probable Dunbar SPOW.
Children of John and Lydia (Jenkins) Paul: 2. JOHN PAUL, b at Malden on 25 Aug 1658, died at Malden on 14 Sep 1658 2. LYDIA PAUL, b. at Malden on 9 Mar 1659. 2. ELIZABETH PAUL, b. at Malden in Dec 1668. 2. JOEL PAUL, b. at Malden in Oct 1676; d. at Malden in Nov 1676
Contributed by Ray Dusek. Malden BIRTHS: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7739/368/142155938Malden DEATHS: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7739/368/142155938
Second Generation
2. i. JOHN PAUL, (John¹), was born at Malden on 25 Aug 1658 and died at Malden on 14 Sep 1658. NO OFFSPRING
2. ii. LYDIA PAUL, (John¹), was born at Malden on 09 Mar 1659.
– NINE YEARS PASS BEFORE NEXT CHILD –
2. ELIZABETH PAUL, (John¹), was born at Malden in Dec 1668 and died at Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1745. She married, at Boston on 27 Feb 1694/5, HENRY RHODES/ROADS.
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/14260/260127891
Children of Henry and Elizabeth (Paul) Rhodes: 3. THEODOTY RHODES, (Elizabeth², John¹), 1695-1733 3. SARAH RHODES, (Elizabeth², John¹), 1700-? 3. MARTHA RHODES, (Elizabeth², John¹), 1703-?
– EIGHT YEARS PASS BEFORE NEXT CHILD –
2. JOEL PAUL, (John¹), was born at Malden in Oct 1676 and died at Malden in Nov 1676. NO OFFSPRING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1152/426898971
Married Sarah PURCHASE by 1663 Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society: 2008, 13095.
Daughter Aquilla GIBSON b. 5 Feb 1663, Boston Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), 91.
Took the Oath of Allegiance on 11 Nov 1678 in Boston. Records of the Suffolk County Court: 1671-1680, Vol. XXX, (Boston: The Society, 1933), 966.
3 Sep 1650, Battle of Dunbar, at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity; Dec 1650, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:
Archibald Anderson, #1 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Name Variations:
Anderson, Henderson, Archibald, Arzbell, Arsbell
Residences:
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:
“Near of kin” to Alexander Grimes.
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published: 3 December 2014 Updated: 05 Sep 2020 Researchers: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. ARCHIBALD¹ ANDERSON, was born in Scotland and died at the Iron Works at Lynn, Massachusetts on 13 June 1661.
Biographical Notes: 1. Contributed by Dr. Andrew Millard in 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 248, Archibald is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Anderson/Henderson, Archibald/Arzbell/Arsbell. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1661. D.1661. “Near of kin” to Alexander Grimes. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8; App.B] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices. 2. Arzbell/Arsbell Anderson died 13 Jun 1661 at the Iron Works in Lynn, MA.1 As no wife or children are mentioned we can presume he died without heirs. He appears to have been in Lynn in 1642. If this is correct he is not a Dunbar prisoner of war.
History of Lynn, Essex county, Massachusetts: including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant by Lewis, Alonzo, 1794-1861; Newhall, James R. (James Robinson), 1809-1893, page 207 Annals of Lynn, YEAR 1642.
Sources and Notes:
History of Lynn, page 83. Found and submitted by Ray Dusek. Is this accurate? If so, he would not be a Dunbar prisoner of war.
1 Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, Vol 2, p 338-339. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015).
“About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams, James Gourdan for mining,…”” From: Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts by Janet Regan and Curtis White.
3 Sep 1650, Battle of Dunbar, at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity; Dec 1650, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:
James Adams, #1 on George S. Stewart’s “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory”
Name Variations:
Adams, Addams
Residences:
Lynn, Carlisle, and Concord, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published: 02 Dec 2014 Updated: 05 Sep 2020 Researchers: John Bordsen, David Gibson, Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES¹ ADAMS, was born possibly at Carlisle, Cumberland, England (on the border of Scotland) about 1635 and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 02 Dec 1707. He married at Concord on 7 May 1662, PRISCILLA RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN, 1 daughter of JOHN RAMSDELL and PRISCILLA CHASE [TNEM & MVR]. She was born at Concord about 1640.
Children of James and Priscilla (Ramsden) Adams, all born in Concord: 2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS b. 9 Feb 1662/63 2. ii. ELIZABETH² ADAMS b. Feb 1664/65 m., JOSEPH LAMSON. 2. iii. JAMES² ADAMS b. 29 Mar 1668 m., PRISCILLAH SHORE. 2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS b. 25 Jul 1670 d. 20 Sep 1727 m., WILLIAM RUSSELL. 2. v. JOHN² ADAMS b. 30 Aug 1672 m., ESTHER FORD. 2. vi. NATHANIEL² ADAMS b. Feb 1673/74 2. vii.DORCAS² ADAMS b. 1 Feb 1676/77 m., BENJAMIN BAYBROOK.
Second Generation
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, on 9 Feb 1662/63. She married, WILLIAM HARDY.
Children of William and Priscilla (Adams) Hardy: 3. i. ISABEL³ HARDY, (Priscilla², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, EDWARD AUSTIN.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1670 and died in 1726. She married, WILLIAM RUSSELL.
Children of William and Hannah² (Adams) Russell: 3. i. HANNAH³ RUSSELL, (Hannah², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, JONATHAN WHEELER.
TIMELINE: 1653: Iron-worker at Lynn, Mass. “ox team manager” “farming” 1657: Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society [Boston] on 6 Jan 1657. 1662: Married Priscilla Ramsdell
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
SOURCES and NOTES: From David Gibson, Feb 23, 2016 and March 2, 2016: “Hello Teresa, I am certain that I am from a James Adams and Priscilla Ramsdell. I cant confirm that this is the same James Adams, but if this James Adams is the same one that married Prescilla Ramsdell then it is the same James Adams. Do you have documentation to prove this is the James Adams that married Priscilla? Does anyone know how this James earned his freedom? Was he an indentured servent of the Ramsdell familiy or a neighboring family perhaps and that is how the met? You may add my information to the site. Thank you.” David Gibson
I am decendent from the daughter Prisilla Pricilla married Wiliam Hardy Isabel Hardy married Edward Austin Jedediah Austin married ? Jonathan Austin married Mary Mercy Nathan Austin married Lydia Fletcher Cynthia Austin married Reuben Tyler Julia Tyler married George W Woodock Lillian Woodcock married Harry L Gibson Harry T. Gibson Married Jennie M Groves
“About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams” also, “…Scots James Adams, George Darling, Malcolm Maccallum, John Mackshane, and John Pardee ran the ironworks farming operation.” From: Regan, Janet and White, Curtis. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts
“In 1662, Scottish ironworker James Adams married Priscilla Ramsdell, the daughter of John Ramsdell, a part-time employee of Saugus and a man later connected to the Rowley Village ironworks.” From: Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections, 49.
From: John Bordsen, dated Dec 2, 2014: One line of descent from James Adams and Priscilla Ramsdell is as follows: Hannah Adams (1670-1726) married William Russell Hannah Russell (b. 1690) married Jonathan Wheeler Tabitha Wheeler (b. ca 1726) married Samuel Woods James Woods (1767-1843) married Susannah McCullough James William Woods (1799-1886) married Eliza Jane Harper James Wilson Woods (1847-1924) married Harriet Stewart Hattie Amber Woods (1880-1976) married Lorin Hazelton Bess C. Hazelton (1915-2004) married Francis Bordsen
I’m a direct descendant of James Adams, captured at Dunbar, via his daughter Hannah Adams-Russell. The last-named are my parents. Their migration: This line largely lived in eastern Massachusetts. Samuel Woods moved to Keene, N.H.; his son, the first James Woods, relocated from there to Chatauqua County, N.Y. James Wilson Woods was born in western New York, died in Minnesota.
Oldest item of this line: Copy of a tintype (circa 1840) of James William Woods and Eliza Jane Harper-Woods. ~John F. Bordsen, Charlotte, N.C.
Marshall, Tod Howard. My Adams Ancestors.,(http://todmar.net/ancestry/adams_main.htm: 19 Dec 2014; accessed 5 Jan 2015)
Russell, Jacquiline Sleeper. The Ancestry of Sally Sleeper Russell of Worcester, Mass. (1919-1983), James Adams genealogy at RootsWeb on Ancestry. com. (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I11108: updated 2011; accessed 5 Jan 2015)
Russell, Jacquiline Sleeper. JAMES ADAMS, b. Scotland, d. 1707 Concord, m. PRESCILLA RAMSDELL-RAMSDEN., MAMIDDLE-L Archives at Rootsweb on Ancestry.com (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MAMIDDLE/2006-06/1149878127: 2006; accessed 5 Jan 2015)
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [↩]
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published on: 02 Jul 2014 Updated: 05 Mar 2020 Researchers: Ray McCall, Dr. Andrew Millard, Toni Rome, Teresa Rust, Suzanne Wood Editor: Teresa Rust
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES MCCALL, was born, presumably in Scotland and died around 1658/9 to 1661 in Massachusetts. He married at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts on 11 December 1657, MARY FARR.5 She married, second, at Braintree on 15 Nov 1661, JAMES NILES.6
2. In TheGreat Migration Begins, Charles Anderson claimed that the Mary Farr, daughter of George Farr, married first James Mycall, then second Matthias Farnsworth. [1] However, more recent research has pointed out that George Farr’s daughter Mary was having children by Matthias Farnsworth during the same period of time that Mary Farr was having children with James Mycall, then Joseph Niles, in another town, so therefore they could not be the same woman. [2] This more recent article points out that the parents and origins of Mary Farr who m2 James Mycall, then second Joseph Niles, remains unknown.7
3. The Scots at Hammersmith by Steven Carlson: “The Scots were used for a variety of tasks at the plant. John Toish had the job of taking in the stock of ore and charcoal and seeing that each load was of full measure. James Mackall, John Mackshane, and Thomas Tower became forge hands under the tutelage of John Vinton, John Turner, JR, and Henry Leonard and Quentin Pray, respectively.”4
Children of James and Mary (Farr) McCall:
2. REBECCA MYCALL, TWIN, b. at Braintree on 20 Jan 1658.8 2. JAMES MYCALL, TWIN, b. at Braintree on 20 Jan 1658.9
Second and Third Generations
2. REBECCA² MYCALL, (James¹), twin, was born at Braintree on 20 Jan 1658.8 She married at Braintree on 16 Jul 1679, RICHARD THAYER.10
Children of Richard and Rebecca (Mycall) Thayer:
3. JOHN² THAYER, (Rebecca Mycall², James¹), was born at Braintree on 12 Jan 1688 and died at Braintree on 09 Feb 1768. He married at Braintree on 26 May 1715, REBECCA FRENCH.11
4. RICHARD THAYER, (John Thayer³, Rebecca Mycall², James¹), b. at Braintree on 26 Jan 1727; m., SUSAN RANDALL.11
2. JAMES² MACKALL, (James¹), twin, was born at Braintree on 20 Jan 16588 and died at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts on 09 May 1693.12 He married at Marshfield, Massachusetts, by 1688, ANNA WINTER.13
Biographical Notes: Named as constable in 1690 James Maccall in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.14
Children of James and Anna (Winter) Mackall:
Anna Maccall…widow of James Maccall made oath before William Bradford in Plimouth Mar 25th 1693…Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) americanancestors.org
3. i. JAMES³ MACCALL, (James², James¹),was born at Marshfield on ?, and died at Marshfield on 29 May 1688.15
3. ii. JAMES³ MACCALL, (James², James¹), was born at Marshfield on 30 Oct 1690.16 He married, first, at Marshfield on 15 Nov 1711, RACHEL TURNER,17 she died at Marshfield on 08 Dec 1716.18 He married, second, at Marshfield on 28 Jan 1717/8, HANNAH GREEN.19
Children of James and Rachel (Turner) Maccall:
4. JAMES MACAULL, b. at Marshfield on 06 Mar 1714/15.20
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Boston Records, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13 [↩] [↩] [↩]
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Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts Membership Applications, 1620-1910. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2755/i/58221/749-co2/1427012434 [↩] [↩]
“James Maccall Deceased May 9th 1693.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14517/19/265072984 [↩]
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“James Macaul and Hannah Green were married January ye 28 : 1717/18” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 . https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/14517/36/265073445 [↩]
“James the son of James M[acaull] and Rachell his wife was bo[rne] March the 6 : 1714/15” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/14517/41/265073648 [↩]
