Ross, James (1)

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 09 March 2016
Updated: 25 Mar 2020
Researchers: Ray Dusek, Maureen Ross Franz, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust
Descendants of: James Ross/e of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

All on the John and Sara Passenger List:
Ross, Alester. NEHGR, SD
Ross, Dan. NEHGR, SD
Ross, David. Rosse in NEHGR
Ross/e, James, (1). NEHGR, SD
Ross, James, (2). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (1). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (2). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (3). NEHGR, SD
Ross, Jonas. NEHGR, SD

Name Variations: Ross, Rosse

First Generation in the New World

1. JAMES ROSS, was born presumably in Scotland and died at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on 18 Sep 1690.¹ He married at Sudbury, Massachusetts on 05 Dec 1658, MARY GOODENOW. She was born in 1640. ²

Biographical Notes:
“Mary was the fifth child born to Thomas and Jane Goodenow and the first born in America. In April of 1657 she was tried and convicted of fornication by the church having had a child out of wedlock at age 15. The father of the child was an indentured servant named James Ross apparently serving her father.
SEX IN MIDDLESEX by Roger Thompson
GOODENOWS WHO ORIGINATED IN SUDBURY, MA 1638 A.D. by Theodore James Fleming Banvard.
Through the Gleason line, the Giles Family traces its connection to the Goodenow family through the (bastard) child Mary Ross. SEE, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown , MA by John Barber White
“I am a descendant of James Rosse (Ross) Diane Rapaport sites him in her book, “The Naked Quaker”. It was interesting to find that the Master he struck (John Rudducke of Sudbury) and Thomas Goodenow were neighboring farmers. It was Goodenow’s daughter, Mary who was impregnated by James and then later married. The two neighbors moved further West and Thomas left his farm to James & Mary Ross. ~ Maureen Ross Franz”

Children of James and Mary (Goodenow) Ross:
2. i. MARY ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 25 Dec 1656.³
2. ii. THOMAS ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 29 Sep 1660.⁴ (THREE MONTHS BETWEEN THESE BIRTHS)
2. iii. JAMES ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 04 Jan 1661,⁵ d. before Aug 1664.
2. iii. JANE ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 26 Aug 1664*. TWIN NEED SOURCE
2. iii. JAMES ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 26 Aug 1664.⁵
2. iv. DOROTHY ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 20 Jul 1667.⁵
2. v. SARAH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 28 Mar 1670.⁴
2. vi. ELIZABETH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 15 Mar 1672.⁵
2. vii. SUSANNA ROSS, b. 1676 and d. 1739. NEED SOURCE
2. viii. HANAH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 23 Dec 1678.⁵
2. ix. DANIEL ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 28 Oct 1681.⁵

Second and Third Generations

2. i. MARY ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 25 Dec 1656 and died 28 Mar 1688. She married, at Sudbury on 15 Jan 1678, JOHN GLEASON. ³, ⁶ He died in 1689.⁷

Biographical Notes:
Could the date of her first marriage in incorrect? Birthdates for children?

Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093

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/21174/623/426924890

??? Same name, place and year, but wrong man! 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/21174/648/426925449

I suspect there was another ROSS in Sudbury at the same time as James Ross (1).

Children of John and Mary (Ross) Gleason:
3. MARY³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), born at Sudbury on 03 May 1681⁸ and died in 1752.
3. JAMES³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), b. 1684 and d. 1750. SOURCE?
3. MARTHA³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), born at Sudbury on 25 Mar 1688.⁹

2. ii. THOMAS ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 29 Sep 1660* and died at Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts before 10 Jun 1719. He married, ANNA RICE.

Children of Thomas and Anna (Rice) Ross:
3. THOMAS³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), 1704-1765. (Became Guardian of sister Anna in June 1729.)
3. HANNAH³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), 1706-1746.
3. LYDIA/LIDIAH³ ROSS*, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 12 Jul 1707* and d. 1752.
3. JAMES³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 23 Oct1711* and d. 1782
3. TIMOTHY³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 20 Aug 1714*
3. ANNAH³ ROSS/ROOS*, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 23 Nov 1716*.

2. JAMES² ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 4 Feb 1661.

2. iii. JANE² ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 26 Aug 1664. SOURCE? She married at Sudbury on 04 Jan 1683, SAMUEL ALLEN, (John², Walter¹), b. at Newbury on 08 Apr 1658 and died 28 Aug 1720, she was his first wife.¹⁰

Children of Samuel and Jane (Ross) Allen:
3. JOHN³ ALLEN, b. 05 Jul 1686 and died in 1724.
3. SAMUEL³ ALLEN, born at Sudbury on 13 Mar 1687/8 and died 19 May 1689.
3. SILENCE³ ALLEN, 1689-1754.
3. SARAH³ ALLEN, b 30 May 1690 and died 1789; m., SAMUEL STRATTON.
3. EPHRAIM³ ALLEN, born about 1691-1776.
3. SALOME ALLEN, married, JOHN SHATTUCK.
3. JANE³ ALLEN, 1702-1702.

2. iv. DOROTHY² ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 20 Jul 1667*. She married at Sudbury on 11 Aug 1687*, ELEAZER WHITNEY*.

Children of Eleazer and Dorothy (Ross) Whitney:
3. SARAH³ WHITNEY, born at Sudbury on 29 May 1688.
3. ELEAZER³ WHITNEY, born at Sudbury on 05 Mar 1690 and died at Watertown, Middlesex County, MA on 12 Feb 1697/8. Died young.
3. JAMES³ WHITNEY, b. at Watertown on 20 Nov 1697.

Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14085/10/256338942

2. v. SARAH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 28 Mar 1670* and died at Bradford on 27 Jul 1728. She married, JOSEPH WORCESTER.

Children of Joseph and Sarah (Ross) Worcester:
3. ELIZABETH³ WORCESTER, 1699-1772.
3. JANE³ WORCESTER, 1703-1739.

2. vi. ELIZABETH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 15 Mar 1672*.

2. vii. HANAH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 23 Dec 1678*.

2. viii. DANIEL ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 28 Oct 1681*. He would have reached marrying age in about 1707.

Biographical Notes:
There is a Daniel marrying a Susannah Rogers int. 12 Jan 1705 in Ipswich and a Daniel marrying Hannah Harrisse at Boston on 4 Jul 1709.

SOURCES AND NOTES:
James was a former Scottish soldier having been captured in the Battle of Worcester between Scotland and England in Sep 1651 and sent with 500 others to serve their terms in the colonies. Records show that James arrived on board the “John and Sarah” from London, November 11,1651, Captain John Greene. The passenger list shows other passengers on board named Ross. He served in Sudbury, MA against the Indians in King Phillip’s War and later at an advanced age in the Narragansett expedition under Capt. Mosley in 1676. Mary originally refused to marry James which presented a serious problem in this Puritan community of Sudbury, MA. Mary later recanted and married James and they parented eight additional children. It is recorded that James received 39 lashes for his indiscretion with Mary, but it appears that he was later accepted into the family as he and Mary purchased the homestead of Mary’s father Thomas Goodenow in Sudbury when he moved to Marlboro. Mary was later mentioned in the will of her father.”
SEX IN MIDDLESEX by Roger Thompson
GOODENOWS WHO ORIGINATED IN SUDBURY, MA 1638 A.D. by Theodore James Fleming Banvard.
Through the Gleason line, the Giles Family traces its connection to the Goodenow family through the (bastard) child Mary Ross. SEE, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown , MA by John Barber White

James Ross enlisted in the Scots army at the age of 16 or 17. He served in the Narragansett Swamp Fight in King Phillip’s War in 1675.

I am a descendant of James Rosse (Ross) Diane Rapaport sites him in her book, “The Naked Quaker”. It was interesting to find that the Master he struck (John Rudducke of Sudbury) and Thomas Goodenow were neighboring farmers. It was Goodenow’s daughter, Mary who was impregnated by James and then later married. The two neighbors moved further West and Thomas left his farm to James & Mary Ross. ~ Maureen Ross Franz

SEE: 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.) “Sudbury, Massachusetts VR”

Submitted by: Chuck Ross – in July 2016:
“I’m working to prove a link to James on my Ross side. I believe this
is through James’ son Daniel -> his son Daniel -> his son William, Sr. I’m curious
if you have documentation on this branch of James’ descendants?”

Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originall — Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Original

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.)

“James, Sept. 18, 1690. M.R.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7806/324/142140835 [↩]
“ROSS, James (-1690) & Mary GOODENOW (1640-); 5 Dec 1658; Sudbury {Fulton Anc. 583; Gleason 26; Dunham-Boyd 370, 372; Starkey 113; Bridges Anc. 43, 68}” 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/rd/21175/1303/426902262 [↩]
“Mary, d. James Ross and Mary Goodenow 25 Dec 1656” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093 [↩] [↩]
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093 [↩] [↩]
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/127/22296358 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
“John Gleason & Mary Ross, 15 Jan 1678” https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21081/313/426691584 [↩]
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/14472/9195-co1/263865985 [↩]
“Mary, ch. Jo[h]n and Mary, May 3, 1681. M.R.”https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/50/142132311 [↩]
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/50/142132311 [↩]
ALLEN, Samuel & 1/wf Jane ROSS; 4 Jan 1683; Sudbury {Essex Ant. 2:99; Allen (,14) 5; Reg. 113:77} New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/26/426912110 [↩]

Edminstreire, John

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 09 Mar 2016
Updated: 24 May 2018
Researchers: Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

List of his Descendants & Researchers

“John Edminstreire” is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Name Variations: Edmester, Edminster, Edminister, Edmunster, Edmister

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN¹ EDMINSTER, was born presumably in Scotland about 1633/1638 and died after 1679. He married, first, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by 1663, HANNAH (_____). He married, second, at Charlestown on 17 Jun 1679, by Magistrate Thomas Danforth the widow, SARAH (_____) T[H]OMPSON. Sarah is the widow of George THOMPSON a Scottish POW from the Battle of Dunbar.

Biographical Notes:
1. 1679 – “John Edmunster & Sarah Tompson, widow, m. by Mr. Thomas Danforth, Magist., June 17, 1679.” Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
2. 1688 – Charlestown, Massachusetts Census John Edmister. Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Censuses Substitutes, 1630–1788, 1840, 1890 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. From records supplied by Ancestry.com)
3. Could James Edmester in the Torrey’s marriage record below be another son of John?

Children of John and Hannah (_____) Edminster:
2. JOHN EDMINSTER, b. at Charlestown on 12 Mar 1665. SEE: Charlestown VR

SOURCES AND NOTES:

Hanoman, John

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 02 Mar 2016
Updated: 24 May 2018
Researchers: Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

“John Hanoman” is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Scottish POW Y-DNA Project: #51 in Group 4-A, Haplogroup R-L21

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN¹ HANOMAN, was presumably born in Scotland.

Biographical Notes:
John Hanoman [#64] – “Royalist soldier captured at Worcester. Transported on the John and Sarah, master John Greene, from Gravesend to Boston 13 May 1652.” From: David Dobson’s Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775. Appears first in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1659

Macklude, John*

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	03 Sep 1651, Battle of Worcester at Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara; May 1652, MA Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:	John Macklude; John & Sara list John M’Leod, #45 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Name Variations:	Macklude, M’Leod, McLeod, MacLoud
Residences:	Lancaster, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:	Brother to Mordecai Mackjlude/McLeod

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 16 Jan 2015, Updated: 05 Mar 2019
Page contributors: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Mackjlude, Murtle.*NEHGR [Mordecai McLeod], Brother to John.
Macklude, John.* NEHGR [John McLeod], Brother to Mordecai. (Probably the John M’Leod on Stewart’s list)
John M’Leod, #45 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list

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, John is categorized as:

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

McLeod/Macklude, John. Residences: Lancaster, MA. Appears: 1676. D.1676. Brother to Mordecai Mcleod. Both appear in 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. JOHN MCLEOD, was born in Scotland. He died at Lancaster, Massachusetts on 10 Feb 1675/6.

Soldiers in King Philip’s War: being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip’s war, and sketches of the principal officers. Page 353.

Biographical Notes:
Brother to Mordecai McLeod. Both appear on the John & Sara list.

Sources and Notes:

Mackilude, Murtle* (Mordecai)

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	03 Sep 1651, Battle of Worcester at Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara; May 1652, MA Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:	“Murtle Mackilude” of the *John & Sara* list Mordecai M’Leod, #46 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list
Name Variations:	McLeod, McLoud, Mukload, Mordecai
Residences:	Lancaster, Massachusetts
Other SPOW Associations:	John Macklude/McLeod/MacLoud

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 16 Jan 2015
Updated: 03 Oct 2018
Page contributors: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust

Mordecai M’Leod, #46 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list

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

McLeod/McLoud/Mukload, Mordecai. Residences: Lancaster, MA. Appears: 1676. Probably the Murtle Mackilude of the John & Sara list. [SPOWS; Ch.7 & 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. MORDECAI¹ MCLEOD, was born in Scotland and died near Lancaster, Massachusetts on 22 Aug 1675. He married, LYDIA LEWIS.

Biographical Notes:
Brother to John McLeod (John Macklude on John and Sara list)
Mordecai was “killed near Lancaster during Monoco’s Raid on the afternoon of 22 Aug 1675 along with his wife Lydia (Lewis), 3 year old daughter Hannah, and an infant child.”
(NEHGS: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Lancaster, Vol. 1, pp. 15-16)

Children of Mordecai and Lydia (Lewis) McLeod:
2. i. HANNAH² MCLEOD, born before 22 Aug 1672; d. 22 Aug 1675
2. ii. INFANT MCLEOD, b. 1675?; died 22 Aug 1675

NOTES:

I ran across some primary source materials for Mordecai McLeod, which may be useful in expanding on his profile page.

Records from NEHGS’ American Ancestors listing individuals killed in Indian raids, describe Mordecai McLeod as “a Scotsman.” I have attached a snippet from the Middlesex Register since this is some evidence that he may have been a SPOW. Citation: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13320/15/238394852

I saw from his profile page that there was no information as to his date of marriage to Lydia Lewis. He married Lydia in Lancaster, Massachusetts on 31st 11^th month 1670 (31 January 1670 OS). Lydia’s surname is not given in the record; she is just referred to as “his wife.” Citation: Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog) Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Pulsifer, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1671-1745, Middlesex County (Massachusetts), FHL Film 892250, Item 2, FHL DGS 7009675; digital image 206 of 760, last accessed March 10, 2019.

I see from his profile page that the birthdate of his daughter, Hannah was guesstimated. Hannah was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts on 16^th day 9^th Month 1671 (16 November, 1671 (OS)). I have attached a snippet view of the entry from the transcribed records in the event we want to update his profile page. Citation: Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog), Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Pulsifer, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1671-1745, Middlesex County (Massachusetts), FHL Film 892250, Item 2, FHL DGS 7009675; digital image 205 of 760, last accessed March 10, 2019.

Boye, John

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 16 Dec 2014, Updated: 24 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust

John Boye, on the John and Sara Passenger List

(Roy, John. #95 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List. Probably the John Boye listed on the John & Sara and not a Dunbar prisoner.)

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

Roy/Boy, John. Residences: Charlestown MA. Appears: 1660. Probably the John Boy listed on the John & Sara and not a Dunbar prisoner. Kinsman to Alexander MacDonald. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7]

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

“The 17th of Janiae, 1662, a Tickett granted and given out to John Roy, of Charlestowne, for the Cutting and Carring of twelve cord fire wood from of the Comon, on Mistick side, by Selectmns order. James Cart, Recorder” Henry H. Edes, ed., A Report of the Record Commissioners Containing Charlestown Land Records, 1638 – 1802, (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883), 83.

From the old book published in 1913 by Lucien Thompson, History of Durham, New Hampshire (two volume set, vol. 2 was done by Everett Stackpole), there is an entry about Alexander MacDonell, John Roy‘s cousin. This part was under the section called “Exiles from Scotland” in Vol 1:
“The following deposition is found in Boston among the papers pertaining to the settlement of his estate: The testimony of Phillip Cheasly aged about forty six years saith that about ten dais before Ellexander MagDunell was drowned being att the sd deponents house heard the sd MagDunell say that if he died that he would give all that he had to his cosen John Roye livinge att Charlestown and further saith not.” dated 2 Feb. 1663.

Another little bit says this –
“Allexander MackDouel (often times in the old printing of text, “u’s” were used when an “n” was not available), was taxed at Oyster River in 1661, and his estate was taxed in 1663. He was drowned between York [Maine] and Dover [NH], 16 Jan. 1663, and his property was awarded to a kinsman, John ROY of Charlestown, Mass.”
FROM: Genforum

Exiles From Scotland

Monrow, William

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

A list of the passengers aboard the John & Sara of London bound for New England:
Monrow, Hugh. NEHGR, SD
Monrow, John. NEHGR, SD
Monrow, Robert. NEHGR, SD
Monrow, [_____]. NEHGR, SD [We assume this is William Monrow.]
Name Variations: Monrow, Monroe, Munroe, Munro
Resided: Charlestown, Cambridge, Lexington, Massachusetts

First Generation in the New World

1. WILLIAM¹ MONROW, was born, presumably in Scotland and died at Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 23 Jan, 1718.¹ He married, first, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by 1665/6, MARTHA GEORGE.² He married, second, in Charlestown by 1673, MARY BALL.³ He married, third, in Massachusetts about 1693, ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) WYER, the widow of EDWARD WYER. She died at Lexington on 14 Dec 1714.⁴

Biographical Notes:
1. William Munroe (American Soldier) at Wikipedia

Children of William¹ and Martha (George) Munroe:
2. i. JOHN² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 10 Mar 1666.⁵
2. ii. MARTHA² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 02 Nov 1667.⁶
2. iii. WILLIAM² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 10 Oct 1669.⁷
2.

Children of William¹ and Mary (Ball) Munroe:
2. i. DANIEL² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 12 Aug 1673.⁶
2. ii.
2. iii. MARY² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 28 Jun 1678.⁶
2. iv. DAVID² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 06 Oct 1680.⁶
2. v. ELINER² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 24 Feb 1682/3.⁵
2. vi. SARAH MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 18 Mar 1684.⁵
2. vii. JOSEPH² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 16 Aug 1687.⁵
2. viii.
2. ix. BENJAMIN² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 16 Aug 1690.⁵
2. x. MARY² MUNROE, (William¹), was born at Cambridge on 03 Apr 1699.⁸

Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. William Munroe Aged about 92 Years Dec’d Jan 27, 1718.

Published on: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 25 Mar 2020
Researcher: Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Sources and Notes:

Married third, the widow of Edward Wyer, Elizabeth (Johnson) Wyer

William Munroe at Heather Wilkenson Rojo’s blog

Story about Mary (Munroe) Sanderson and the Man in Her Bed at the blog Boston 1775:

The following is an excerpt from
Rapaport, Diane. “Scots for Sale, The Fate of the Scottish Prisoners in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts,” (New England Ancestors. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000-2009.) (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

RE: William Monrow

According to local and family tradition, William was a Scottish survivor of the Battle of Worcester, although his name does not appear specifically on the John and Sara transport list. (A “Monrow” on the document whose first name was torn or obliterated is believed to have been William.)^[13] Other Munro prisoners accompanied William on the John and Sara, including a John, Robert and Hugh “Monrow,” but apparently they were not close kin, and the other men served their indentures far away from William in Plymouth Colony.^[14]

William began his indenture in the Menotomy area of Cambridge, Massachusetts (now the town of Arlington) for millwright John Adams.^[15] Later William worked for and rented land from Joseph Cooke of Cambridge^[16] (whose brother Thomas coincidentally fought for Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester).^[17]

William remained single for the first thirteen years after his arrival in Massachusetts, finally marrying about 1665. His bride was Martha George, whose father once worked for Massachusetts governor John Winthrop but now faced trouble with Puritan authorities for founding an illegal Baptist church in Charlestown.^[18] Martha died a few years later, leaving William to raise four young children.^[19] He remarried, to 20-year-old Mary Ball of Watertown, a woman with a troubled past. (Her parents were in and out of court on charges of beatings and neglect, amid hints that the mother was insane, and Mary herself had suffered judicial sanctions for an out-of-wedlock child.)^[20] William brought stability to Mary’s life; married twenty years, they had ten children together.^[21] His third wife was Elizabeth Johnson Wyer (widow of a Scots tailor from Charlestown).^[22]

Gradually William purchased small pieces of land in Cambridge Farms, and by 1695 joined with sons and a son-in-law to purchase 100 acres;^[23] his area of town came to be known locally as “Scotland.”^[24] With increased landholdings came greater status in the community. He was made a freeman, chosen as one of the town Selectmen, and admitted as a member of the church.^[25] When he died on January 27, 1718, he was one of Lexington’s most respected citizens.^[26]

Other Scots from the John and Sara settled near William Munro, but some were not so fortunate.

“William, Jan. 23, 1718.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13776/189/245578202 [↩]
MUNROE, William1 (?1625-1718, ca 92) & 1/wf Martha [GEORGE], dau John; by 1665/6; Charlestown/Cambridge/Lexington” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/1048/426896709 [↩]
MUNROE, William1 (-1718) & 2/wf Mary [BALL] (1651, 1640?-1692, ae 41); by 1673; Charlestown/Cambridge/Lexington {Reed (1956); McCormick-Hamilton 102, 598, 773; Charlestown 51, 681; Lexington 2:449; Fallass 189; Fish Anc.; Warren (,5) 154; Blake-Glidden 29 New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/1049/426896710 [↩]
“William’s wf., Dec 14, 1714.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13776/189/245578202 [↩]
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7674/506/22250520 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7674/505/22251338 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
“William, s. of Will[ia]m and Martha, Oct. 10, 1669.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7674/507/140971403 [↩]
“Mary, d. of W[illia]m and Mary, Apr. 3, 1699.” https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7674/506/22250520 [↩]

Ffresell, William

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 12 Mar 2020
Researcher: Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Similar Names:
Ffressell, Edward. NEHGR, SD
Ffresell, William. NEHGR, SD

“Wm Ffresell” is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin Meaning and History, (New York : New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962), First published in 1946. Page 281.

First Generation in the New World

1. WILLIAM¹ FRESSELL/FRISELL, “Scotsman”, was born in Scotland and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 25 Jan 1684.¹ He married at Concord on 28 Nov 1667, HANNA CLARKE.² She married, second, PETER TALBOT.³ Is Hanna Clarke a SPOW descendant? Possibly a daughter of John Clarke?

Biographical Notes:
“1661. June 24. Petition of Timothy Wheeler that William Frezell a Scotchman of Concord be excused from training having rec’d a wound in the warres.”⁴
“30 March 1671 – Inquest on George Heaward, Senior who was drowned helping Wm. Frizzell over the river in a canoe.” signed by many local men.⁵
“The inventory of William Ffrizel Scotsman who died on the 25th of January 1684 in Concord: taken on the 18th of March 1684…” See below.

Children of William and Hannah (Clarke) Frisell:
2. i. HANNAH² FRISELL, (William¹), b. at Concord, Massachusetts on 12 Sep 1669.⁶
2. ii. WILLIAM² FRIZELL, (William¹), b. at Concord on 14 Oct 1671; died at Concord on 13 Oct 1699.⁷
2. iii. JOHN² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 28 Dec 1673.⁸
2. iv. ELIZABETH² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 1 Mar 1674/5.⁹
2. v. MARY² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 1 Oct 1677.¹⁰
2. vi. CLARK² FRIZEL, (William¹), 13 May 1680.¹¹

List of his Descendants & Researchers

SOURCES AND NOTES:

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.)

Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14472/8549-co2/38254160 [↩]
“FRISSEL, William (-1685) & Hannah CLARKE (1646-), m/2 Peter TALBOT 1687; 23 Nov 1667; Concord {Talbot 9; Sv. 1:404; Gen. Mag. 1:142; GDMNH 246; Woodstock 5:111; Smith-Bryant 159, 263; Reg. 5:249; Farr Anc. 66, 68, 278; Evans (1940) 26}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/583/426886506 [↩]
New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1484/426943703 [↩]
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675., (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/129/138350949 [↩]
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12381/119/138357437 [↩]
“Hanna daughter of William Frisell & Hanna his wife borne, 12; Sep; 69” Early Vital Records of Massachusetts, Concord Births, Marriages and Deaths, page 14: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_014.shtml [↩]
“William Frizell ye son of William Frizell Dyed Octobr ye 13th, 1699.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/58/142159476 [↩]
“John son of william frisel & hanna his wife borne 28. desemr 1673” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 . https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/17/142162596 [↩]
“Elizabeth daughter of Will ffrisel & anna his wife borne 1 march 74/75.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7685/18/142158223 [↩]
“Mary daughter of William frisell & hanna his wife borne 1 octo 1677.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/20/142159016 [↩]
“Clark son of Wm frizel born 13. 4. 80” http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_023.shtml [↩]

Sterling, David

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 03 Sep 2018

David Sterling is found on “a list of passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London” found in the Suffolk Deeds.

Suffolk Deeds

First Generation in the New World

1. DAVID¹ STERLING, was born, possibly in Hertfordshire, England about 1612 to 1622 and died at Charlestown (now Boston), Massachusetts in 1691.

Children of David and (_____) Sterling:
WILLIAM² STERLING, became a “freeman” in Massachusetts on May 11, 1681.

Sources and Notes:
Submitted by Janet per request at Facebook page:
“David Sterling was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1612/22 to James Stirling/Sterling from Keir, Scotland. David was one of the 272 Scottish Prisoners of the English Civil War, (Battle of Worcester), sent by Oliver Cromwell’s forces aboard The John and Sarah to the American Colonies (Charlestown, Mass) in 1651/52.** According to {*The Genealogical and Family History of Wyoming and Lackawanna Valley – Volume 1., pg 348. by: Horace E. Hayden, Alfred Land, and John Woolf Jordan} David Sterling died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1691. His Bankell/Hertfordshire Arms are listed in J. Matthew’s American Armoury and Blue Book (1907) Pg. 71 -(in the back of the book). David’s Son, William Sterling, became a “freeman” in Massachusetts on May 11, 1681*”

US Gen Web Archives: Lists of Scots Removed to New England

Cragon, John

»Worcester: MA

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 21 Aug 2018
Researchers: Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

List of his Descendants & Researchers

John Cragon is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Cragon, Craig, Craigie, Crag, Cragin, Cragg, Crage, Craggen, Craggene, Craggin

First Generation in the New World

JOHN CRAGON/CRAGGEN, was born, presumably in Scotland c1635 and died in Woburn, Massachusetts after 27 Oct 1708, aged 85 years. He married in Woburn, Massachusetts on 4 Nov 1661, SARAH DAWES.

Children of John and Sarah (Dawes) Cragon:
2. i. ABIGAIL² CRAGGEN, b. at Woburn, 4 Aug 1662; d. 17 June 1707; m. JOHN KNIGHT
2. ii. SARAH² CRAGGEN, 10 Aug 1664 m. FRANCIS NURSE
2. iii. ELIZABETH² CRAGGEN, 3 Aug 1666; m. JOHN SHEPARD
2. iv. MERCY² CRAGGEN, at Woburn, 25 Mar 1669; m. THOMAS SKELTON
2. v. ANNA² CRAGGEN, at Woburn, 6 Aug 1673; probably never married.
2. vi. JOHN² CRAGGEN, b. 19 Sep 1677; d. 26 Jan 1703 m. DEBORAH SKELTON
2. vii. RACHEL² CRAGGEN, 14 March 1680; d. 18 March 1680 TWIN
2. viii. LEAH² CRAGGEN,14 Mar 1680; d. 18 March 1680 TWIN

Will of John Cragin. — Will of John Craggin. Daughter in-law Deborah is widow to his son John. Mentions daughters Anna and Elizabeth. One son-in-law is Thomas Skelton.

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.)

SOURCES AND NOTES:
Nancy Westenfield () shared on 28 May 2017:
“I have one date that of the first John Cragon. I have four documents one by a family person who says death date is 27 of Jan and the other three good sources say death date 27 of Oct. Rest of info checks out with my sources.” (The discrepancy is probably because of the calendar difference. ~ Teresa)

Woburn, Massachusetts.
Source: Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Containing
Narratives by Allan Forbes.
“CRAGGIN,” or CRAGIN.
John Craggin was taxed in the Country Rate, made Aug 26, 1666 and is numbered
April 3, 1668 with those who had right in the common lands of Woburn. He married
Sarah Dawes Nov 4, 1661; and by her had 8 children; two of whom, twins, Rachel &
Leah were born March 14, 1680 and both died four days later. He died Oct 27,
1708; his widow, Sarah, died Dec 23, 1725. ~ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt

“CRAGGIN,” or CRAGIN.
John Craggin, Jun’r, his son entered his intentions of marriage with Deborah
Skelton, April 13, 1700: and to them were born twins, John & Anna, March 25,
1701 and, secondly, Benjamin b. Nov 27, 1702. John Craggin Jun’r d. Jan 26,
1703/4. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., Town Records, Vol I., pp. 43, 44.]~ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt

Nutfield Genealogy: John Cragin in Woburn

“Royalist soldier captured at Worcester. Transported from Gravesend to Boston on the “John and Sarah”, master John Greene, 13 May 1652. (NER) This comes from a book titled “Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775” by David Dobson. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1983. pg. 234.”

The Story of John Cragin “The Craggin Family” An excerpt from the book “Genealogy of Joseph Teel Mary Stetson Alexander Their Ancestors and Descendants” by Ethyl E. Beieler Gould. ~ REFERENCES FOR THE CRAGGIN FAMILY: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Vol. 15 (1938-9), pages 218-220; THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, (1994), pages 81-85: MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS PROBATES #5296; Hoyt’s OLD FAMILIES; SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND. Vol. III; Torrey’s NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700; Sewall’s HISTORY OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS; June Craggin Godley’s THE CRAGGIN STORY REVISED, page 8-10; NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL GENEALOGICAL REGISTER Vol. for October 1847; WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; PAGE FROM CRAGGIN FAMILY BIBLE; READING, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; Collier’s ENCYCLOPEDIA Vol. 8, 1992, page 423

Cragin at angelfire.com

“John Craggen/Cragon had at least one daughter, Sarah who married, Francis NURSE, son of Rebecca Towne Nurse, hung as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts.” – submitted by David Edwin Hill

From American Ancestors.org:
“Either “John Crag” or “John Cragon” of the John and Sara evidently ended his days in Rhode Island. In September, 1683, “John Crage, a scotsman and a Tayler by Trade,” hanged himself from a cherry tree on the land of John Potter at Portsmouth.^[37]“

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, 2001-2010).

Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).