I received this from another list and WOWEE look at some of the surnames! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Farns10th@aol.com> To: <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: [GM-L] 1650 SCOTS Prisoners shipped to Lynn, MA and Berwick, Maine > . In November 1650 a number of these prisoners were ap- parently sent to > Boston in the "Unity," arriving in New England early in 1651, no doubt. Sixty > of these prison- ers were sent to Lynn, to work in the iron industry, and the > others dispersed. As the prisoners were sold as in- dentured servants at > about 30 pounds each, the average passage at the time being about 5 pounds, > Col. Banks has suggested that the owners of the "Unity" cleared a handsome > profit of about 1,500 pounds on the trip. > > John Gifford, iron works manager, wrote in 1653: 'For 62 Scotts dd and 35 > only left on the works, 17 to Awbrey, 3 to commissioners; 2 sold and rest we > desire to whom disposed of, which is 5 at 20 pounds. Col. Banks listed the > following as being probably prisoners who settled in Berwick, formerly a part > of Kittery, Maine: Niven Agnew, James Barry, Alexander Cooper, William > Furbush, Daniel Ferguson, Peter Grant, George Gray, William Alexander Gowen, > David Hamilton, Thomas Holme, John Key, Alexander Maxwell, John Neal, John > Ross, John Taylor, William Thomson and James Warren. > > http://www.llano.net/gowen/manuscript/asc/gowenms.078.txt > > > ==== GenMassachusetts Mailing List ==== > > >