William Banes, a passenger of the John & Sara. “Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, By Order of the English Government” ¹

First Generation in the New World

1. WILLIAM¹ BANES,

Biographical Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Sources:

Published: 13 Apr 2020
Researcher: Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

1. 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/rd/21065/378/1425475483 [↩]

Published: 13 Mar 2019
Updated: 03 Mar 2020
Researchers: Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

English, James. NEHGR, SD, “Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, By Order of the English Government,” Volume 1847, page 378. ¹

First Generation in the New World

1. A, JAMES¹ ENGLISH, was born in Scotland and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He married at Boston on 07 Jan 1657/8, JOHANNAH/JOANNA FARNUM, the daughter of, JOHN FARNUM. ², ³ He was a Mariner Alehouse Keeper in Boston.

Biographical Notes:
This James English is affiliated with David Dewer, the grandson of Thomas Dewer/Duer, who is mentioned in the will of Archelas Coursor, possibly the SPOW, Hercules Corser/Cosser.

CHILDREN of JAMES and JOANNA (FARNUM) ENGLISH:
2. i. JAMES² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1658; died young.
2. ii. JOANNA² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1660 and d. 1660.
2. iii. JOANNA² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1663; m. JAMES GRANT (SPOW?).
2. iv. JOHN² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1667.
2. v. JANE² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1669.
2. vi. ELIZABETH² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1671; m. 1st, ALEXANDER CLEMY and m. 2nd, BENJAMIN BREAM/BRAEM.
2. vii. JAMES² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1674; d. bef. 1710/1.
2. viii. ARCHIBALD² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1676
2. ix. JOSEPH² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1678.

Second Generation

CHILDREN of JAMES and JOANNA (FARNUM) ENGLISH:

2. i. JAMES² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1658; died young.

2. ii. JOANNA² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1660 and d. 1660.

2. iii. JOANNA² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1663; m. JAMES GRANT (SPOW?).

2. iv. JOHN² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1667.

2. v. JANE² ENGLISH, b. at Boston in 1669.

2. vi. ELIZABETH² ENGLISH, was born at Boston in 1671. She was admitted into a Boston church on 04 May 1690. ⁴ She married, first, at Boston, ALEXANDER CLEMY and married, second, BENJAMIN BREAM/BRAEM.

Children of Elizabeth (English) and Alexander Clemy:
3. i. ALEXANDER CLEMY, b. at Boston in 1693.

Children of Elizabeth (English) and Benjamin Bream/Braem:
3. ii. ANN BREAM, b. at Boston in 1694; m. 1st, in 1718, JOHN ALDEN, m. 2nd, in 1728, HENRY BURCHSTED, of Lynn.
3. iii. ELIZABETH BREAM, b. at Boston in 1697; m., JOHN CLARK.
3. iv. SARAH BREAM, b. at Boston in 1699; m., JOHN TYLER.
3. v. BENJAMIN BREAM, b. at Boston in 1700/1.

2. vii. JAMES² ENGLISH, was born at Boston in 1674 and baptised at Boston on 31 May 1674. He died before 1710/1. ⁵

2. viii. ARCHIBALD² ENGLISH, was born at Boston in 1676 and baptised in Boston on 01 Oct 1676. ⁵

2. ix. JOSEPH² ENGLISH, was born at Boston in 1678 and baptised at Boston on 26 May 1678. ⁵

Sources and Notes:

1. 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/21065/378/1425475487 [↩]
2. 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/21075/205/426681387 [↩]
3. 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/21174/517/426885064 [↩]
4. RECORDS OF THE SECOND CHURCH IN BOSTON, Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)
   https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7616/65/8696184 [↩]
5. RECORDS OF THE SECOND CHURCH IN BOSTON, Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)
   https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7616/65/8696184 [↩] [↩] [↩]

Published: 20 Aug 2018
Updated: 06 Mar 2020
Researchers: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

David Buchanan, Royalist soldier captured at Worcester. Transported on the John and Sarah, from Gravesend 13 May 1652 to Boston.^[39]

John Buchanan, Royalist soldier captured at Worchester. Transported on the John and Sarah, from Gravesend 13 May 1652 to Boston.^[40]

Buckanen, John. SD, NEHGR, DSBAP, (probably the John Bohannon on Stewart’s list)
John Bohannon, #8 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List

IMPORTANT UPDATE!
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, John is categorized as:

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

Bohannon/Buchanen/Buckanen/Bowhonon, John. Residences: Boston MA. Appears: 1658. Probably the John Buckanen on the John & Sara list. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8]

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 BOHANNON/BUCKANEN/BUCHANAN, was born, presumably, in Scotland.

Sources and Notes:
FROM: Wikipedia “Clan Buchanan”
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Sir George Buchanan commanded the Stirlingshire Regiment and led the clan at the Battle of Dunbar (1650) on the side of the Scottish Covenanters.^[37] He later led the clan at the Battle of Inverkeithing but here he was captured and died in captivity later the same year.^[37] It is claimed that in Buchanan’s Stirlingshire Regiment “most of his officers, and a good many of the soldiers” were of the name Buchanan, and that at the Battle of Inverkeithing a “vast number of the name Buchanan” died.^[38] Other Buchanans involved with the Royalist cause include:

1. David Buchanan, Royalist soldier captured at Worchester. Transported on the John and Sarah, from Gravesend 13 May 1652 to Boston.^[39]
2. John Buchanan, Royalist soldier captured at Worchester. Transported on the John and Sarah, from Gravesend 13 May 1652 to Boston.^[40]

37. Anderson, William (1862). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of. Fullarton. p. 461. ISBN 0-7884-0310-9.

38. Buchanan of Auchmar. p. 108.

39. Dobson, David (1983). Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations: 1650–1775. Genealogical Publishing Com. p 18.

40. Dobson (1983). p 18