Eventually- I was being pedantic ;-). I suppose he would have been Charles 1 of Scotland, he wasn't Charles 11 of England at the time. But that's the guy,yes. Judy ---------- >From: "Jeffery K. Davidson" <jdavidson@rathandcompany.com> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusettts, 1652 >Date: 13, Wed Oct, 2004, 5:40 pm > > Charles II wasn't it? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J A Olsen" <Copywriter@tesco.net> > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusettts, 1652 > > > > The strange thing was that the Covenanters invited the son of Charles 1 to > be king and I think actually crowned him at Scone. > > The Dunbarre referred to will be the Battle of Dunbar, 1651. There were also > a lot of prisoners taken at the Battle of Worcester, same year I think. > > Not sure everyone being shipped out to the colonies after this stramash > would have been a Covenanter. > > Judy > > > ---------- >>From: "Ian A McClumpha" <imchad@freeola.com> >>To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: RE: [D-G LIST] Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusettts, 1652 >>Date: 13, Wed Oct, 2004, 7:35 am >> > >> Hi Alison >> >> These were Covenanters, people who were banished because they believed in >> the Scottish Presbyterian style of worship and refused to accept the > English >> Episcopalian church. Primarily, the Scots refused to accept the English >> king as head of the church, believing, as they still do, that Jesus is the >> head. >> >> The Covenanters eventually won and Presbyterianism was restored in 1690, > but >> not after many people died or were transported for their cause. >> >> Regards >> Ian. >> Researching Family History in Dumfries & Galloway ~ and beyond. Please >> visit my Website: http://www.imchad.freeola.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Roland and Alison deCaen [mailto:decaenr@shaw.ca] >> Sent: 13 October 2004 00:20 >> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusettts, 1652 >> >> >> Fascinating ---------What happened at this time to warrent their being > sent >> or is it just a collection of rag, tag and bobtail ? >> Alison in Calgary >> - >> >> --- >> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 08/10/04 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> 160 hours freephone internet - £12.99 - the cheapest around! >> FREE unlimited web space, e-mail & domain hosting www.freeola.com >> >> >> ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >> ********************************************************************* >> If you have any problems with this list or any of its members please >> contact the listowner....Tom Welch....tomas@directcon.net >> ******************************************************************** >> > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >