Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:
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Published: 15 August 2018 Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
Alexander Burges, #5 on the “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory“ Name Variations: Burgess/Burges Resided: Lynn, Massachusetts
First Generation in the New World
1. ALEXANDER¹ BURGESS, was presumably born in Scotland.
Biographical Notes: 1. He was working at the Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1653. 2. 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 246, Alexander is categorized as: Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Burgess/Burges, Alexander. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
1. THOMAS¹ WALTER, was presumably born in Scotland and died in New England.
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Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩] [↩]
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. 247. [↩]
Banks, C.E. 1927. ‘Scotch Prisoners deported to New England by Cromwell 1651-2’. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 61, 4-30. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25080212 [↩]
Rapaport, Diane. Working List of Early New England Scots. 2015. [↩]
“Dunbar Prisoners of War Profiles.” The Scottish Prisoners of War Society, Teresa Rust, 18 Feb. 2019, scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle_of_dunbar_pows_america/. [↩]
Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Grant, Thomas. Residences: Dorchester, MA / Rehoboth, MA. D. 1681 / 1690. There are two men of this name, residing at Dorchester, MA and Rehoboth, MA, and dying 1681 and 1690 respectively. One came on the John and Sara, the other is probably from the Unity, but there is no evidence to distinguish which is which. [Exiles; SPOWS]
1. THOMAS¹ GRANT, #1, was born, presumably in Scotland and died in 1681.
Biographical Notes:
Sources and Notes:
35. Thomas Grant, The Dunbar Prisoners Page 1 of 2 The Bartlett Collection, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts): George S. Stewart’s List
1. THOMAS ROSS, was born, possibly in Scotland, about 1631 and died, probably in Billerica, Massachusetts, on 20 Mar 1695. He married at Cambridge, on 16 Jan 1661, SEETH HOLMAN.
THOMAS ROOS AGED 64 YEARS DIED THE 20 OF MARCH 1695 Photo taken by Jeannette Wentworth
Biographical Notes: “He was not sent to Saugus, he was indentured in Cambridge Mass where he married, then later settled in Billerica Mass. Even on his grave stone they spelled Ross, Roos.” ~ Jeannette Wentworth
Children of Thomas and Seeth (Holman) Ross: 2. i. THOMAS ROSS, b at Billerica in 1663; m. by 1693, SARAH (_____).
Sources and Notes:
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.
The following John Banks is not proven to be the John Bank from Lynn. I am currently researching this page! ~ Teresa March 2020
First Generation in the New World
1. JOHN¹ BANK, was born in Scotland and died at Chelmsford before 05 Jul 1683, date of Probate Record, Inventory. 1 He married at Malden about 1666, HANNAH JENKINS. Hannah married, second, JOSEPH PARKER and, third, ROBERT BLOOD.
Biographical Notes: 1. I’ve not found a birth, marriage or death record for John Bank in Lynn, Massachusetts which does imply that he may have moved on after 1653 at the Lynn Iron Works. Was he moved by the company or did he leave after his indenture for better opportunities? 2. The marriages of John and Hannah Jenkins and the daughters are all documented in Torrey’s “New England Marriages before 1700”. Birth records for their daughters can be found in Chelmsford town records.
Children of John and Hannah (Jenkins) Bank:
2. i. HANNAH/SUSANNAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 7 May 1666; married, JOSEPH BAKER. 2. ii. SARAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford about 1668; m. JOHN GRAVES. 2. iii.MARY BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, on 7 Jan 1670; married WILLIAM POWER.
Second Generation
2. i. HANNAH/SUSANNAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 7 May 1666; married, JOSEPH BAKER.
2. ii. SARAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford about 1668; m. JOHN GRAVES.
2. iii.MARY BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, on 7 Jan 1670; married WILLIAM POWER.
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Sources and Notes: Cindy Dietz wrote on 07 Apr 2018, “How about John Bank? I am an descendant of the John Bank who married Hannah Jenkins (who was from Malden) about 1666. They probably met in Malden but moved to Chelmsford where John died in 1683. Hannah subsequently married Joseph Parker then Robert Blood. John’s name was spelled various ways in the records, i.e., Bank, Bauke, Back, Balke, Bake etc. This could be a clue that he is the same man as the John Bank who is #3 on the Lynn Iron Works list. (His Highlands accent was so thick no one could figure out the spelling of his name.) John and Hannah had three daughters born in Chelmsford: 1. Hannah or Susannah b 7 May 1666 m. Joseph Baker 2. Sarah b. abt 1668 m. John Graves 3. Mary b. 7 Jan 1670 m. William Power (my ancestors) The marriages of John and Hannah Jenkins and the daughters are all documented in Torrey’s “New England Marriages before 1700”. Birth records for their daughters can be found in Chelmsford town records. Could you please add me (Cindy Dietz ) as a researcher and possible descendant of John Bank?
Please also add me as a descendant/researcher of William Eager. I am descended through his son James who married Tabitha Howe. It’s interesting that William Eager and John Bank were both in Malden about the same time.” ~ Cindy Dietz
BANK/S, JOHN in 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/21174/83/426875766
“John Back, Probate Record, 1683“Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14460/3344-co1/263796325 [↩]
Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
McKay/McKey/Machee/Mackay/Macoy/Macooy/Mackie, Daniel. Residences: Roxbury, Newton MA. Appears: 1662. D.1711. This may be the Hill Mckie on the John & Sara list, but the identification is not convincing. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS]
03 Sep 1650, Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival
Ketch Unity, Late December 1650, MA Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:
Daniel M’Donald, #73 of George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Name Variations:
Macdannel, MacDonald, Mackdonell; Daniell
Residences:
Woburn, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
Published: 01 Feb 2017 Updated: 03 Mar 2020 Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
Daniel M’Donald, #73 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list Name variations: Macdannel, MacDonald, Mackdonell; Daniell Resided: Woburn, Massachusetts
First Generation in the New World
1. DANIEL MCDONALD, was born in Scotland about 1626 and died in Massachusetts. He petitioned the court to be allowed to marry, SARA DAWS.1
Biographical Notes: 1. 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 253, Daniel is categorized as: Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] MacDonald, Daniel. Residences: Woburn MA. Appears: 1656. B.c.1626. Testified in Oct 1656 that he “left his wife & two small children alive about seaven yeares & half since”. Stackpole & Rapaport identify him with the Daniel Mackennell of the John & Sara list, but this is not a close phonetic match and the implied date o [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/57/138349042 Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/82/138349144
SOURCES AND NOTES: On 26 January 2017, Lili Pintea-Redd wrote, “One of my ancestors Daniel McDonnell (MacDonel, McConnell, MacConnell, etc) was one of these soldiers. He is also listed in some later New England legal records being charged as an indentured servant for fornication and getting 20 lashes –as was his partner Sarah Dawes . Long Quote: Investigation of the Middlesex County Court Records (ca. 1870 transcription at Massachusetts State Archives, Columbia Point; Thomas B. WYMAN, “Middlesex Co. Court Record Abstracts,” 2 Vols., MS at New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) provides evidence that Mary MICRIST was Sarah DAWES’s illegitimate daughter born before her marriage to John CRAGGEN (Middlesex Co. Quarterly Court Recs., 1:113-14):
Court transcript; [7October 1656] Daniel MACKDONELL and Sarah DAWES both serv[an]ts to Jno WIMAN of Woburne, being convicted before this Court of that great sin of fornicaccon by them comitted together, both parties acknowledged the fact, as more fully appeareth in their examinaccon w[hi]ch is on file with the Records of this Court. Also the said Sarah DAWES confesseth that shee is now quicke with Child. the Court ordereth that the said Daniell shallbe whipt with twenty stripes by the Constable of Cambridge, except he give security to the Tr[easur]er of this County, for the Paym[en]t of five pounds sterl[ing] before tomorrow seven of the clock in the morning, and that the said Sarah DAWES shall make her appearance at this next County Court at Cambridge. Jno WIMAN ingaged before the court to pay the said fine of five pounds in the behalf of his serv[an]t within six weeks in Wheate and Rie.
The reason that the couple did not marry is given in Daniel’s examination: court record; more over he confesseth th[a]t hee was a married man in Scotland…& has left his wife & two small children alive about seaven yeares & half since.
Daniel was then (1656) aged about thirty (WYMAN’s Abstracts, 1:57). On 30 1m [March] 1657, a writ was issued against Sarah DAWES (Wyman’s Abstracts, 1:64). She appeared in court on 7 April 1657 and was sentenced to twelve stripes but was reprieved when Francis KENDALL paid her fine of 40 shillings.
The same couple was again convicted of fornication on 3 October 1659. This time, Daniel was given the surname MECREST. (That Daniel MACDONELL and Daniel MECREST are identical is indicated by the fact that MECRIST was convicted of fornication a second time with Sarah DAWES; the fornication with Daniel MACKDONELL is Sarah’s only previous conviction on record.) The court record states starkly (Middlesex Co. Quarterly Court Recs., 1:191): Daniel MEECREST Scotchman being convicted of comitting fornicaccon a 2d time with Sarah DAWES they are both sentenced to be openly whipt twenty stripes a peece.
Although the record of the second conviction is not explicit, it is probable that Sarah was pregnant again. If so, the Mary “MICRIST” who married Stephen FISH was probably the result of the second pregnancy, which would make her about twenty at marriage. During the editing of this article, David L. GREENE made me aware of the Benoni MACKREST who married Lydia FIFIELD on 12 September 1681 (David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, 3 vols. and supplement [Providence, R.I., 1897-1919], hereafter Hoyt’s Old Families, 1:235-36; the marriage is not in the pub. Salisbury VR). It seems quite possible that he was the child of the first pregnancy. Since he died in Salisbury on 7 August 1690 (VR, 584), his probable stepfather, John CRAGGEN, would have had no reason to mention him in his Will written fourteen years later.”
I suspect there must be other Scottish Prisoners who are listed in the court records of the time.
Thanks for the great WEB site! Sincerely, Lili Pintea-Reed
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/82/138349144 [↩]
