A genealogist friend of mine found the following in our Tulsa Genealogy Library. I'm thrilled to find another "bulldozer" to break through a brick wall I've run into in tracing my family tree. I thought this might help more of you who have also hit a snag. TRANSPORTED JACOBITE REBELS, 1716 by Clifford Neal Smith, 894 West Lincoln Highway, De Kalb, IL 60115 " Among the persons transported to the American colonies in 1716 were 637 Scottish rebels captured at Preston, Lancashire, on 14 November 1715.(He gives a reference for this info). The rebels were supporters of the exiled James II of England and his heirs. There were many such adherents among the Roman Catholics of Scotland, and some in Ireland, and among the Nonjurors, a dissident group within the Church of England.(Another reference is given here).  During the rebellion of 1715 the rebel forces entered Preston on 9 November and, after proclaiming as their king the chevalier of St. George, remained there for several days, during which the government forces advanced upon them. The town was assaulted, and on 14 November the rebel general Thomas Forster surrendered his army to the King's forces. Persons shown below, as compiled from ten ship manifests, were taken prisoner and sent to the American colonies the following spring as indentured servants for a seven-year period. Those who refused to be voluntarily indentured were forced intol that condition upon arrival in the colonies.(Another reference is given here.) According to a receipt given to the commissary general of the rebel prisoners, 639 prisoners were transported, but, for reasons unknown to this writer, only 636 were named in the manifests.(Another reference here). An additional prisoner (John Dalzyel) has been identified from other documents. In the interest of space conservation, ship names and destinations have been coded. It should be noted that not all prisoners reached the destinations originally designated.(Another reference given here)." I found the following Fraziers on the list and I've taken the liberty to go ahead and give the name of the ship they were on and their coded destination. "Fraizer, John (Sc.-)" Ship's name "Scipio", "commander's name and destination not given, from Liverpool 30 March 1716 with 95 prisoners." "Frazer, Daniel (S, SC)" Ship's name "Susannah, Capt. Thomas Bromhall, bound for South Carolina from Liverpool 7 May 1716 with 101 prisoners listed on the manifest, although receipted for 104." "Frazer, Hugh (S, SC)" same as above "Frazer, John (W, SC)" Ship's name, "Wakefield, Capt. Thomas Beck, bound for South Carolina from Liverpool 21 April 1716 with 81 prisoners." "Frazer, William (S, SC) Same as Hugh and Daniel above. *Note: Could be that William, Hugh, and Daniel were all taken at the same time, therefore put in the same jail or camp and then transported aboard the same ship. Makes me wonder if they were brothers! The two Johns, above spelt their names differently, and, I'm guessing were each in different jails or camps from the other 3 Fraziers. I think it's interesting that there are 3 different ships here with each leaving Liverpool about a month apart. The John Fraizer left in March, the John Frazer about 3 weeks later, and the other three Frazers a little over two weeks after that. Of course, the list is long with over 600 names, so they couldn't ALL leave on the same ship at the same time, but the article indicates they were all captured at the same time in the same place. Could be that these were ALL brothers, except the Fraizer, who, possibly for identification records was a cousin who didn't want his family to get him mixed up with his cousin John Frazer! The Scots AND the Roman Catholic Church were excellent at keeping records, so these men were probably careful to leave "tracks", as family was very important to them, and their own identity in that family was also very important for many practical purposes. They knew they could no longer be identified as John Fraser of Culduthel (for example, but which was very common to be called by the name of where they were from)! Now they were having to give up their identities to a great extent, so I imagine the Scots inherent knack for the practical and for the possible need for use in the future was brought into play here!! Carleen Frazier-Adlam