I would imagine they were bringing the children to Virginia. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement - in 1607. Edel Codd, Tralee In Kerry/Dingle Peninsula: ASHE-Camp & Ballyknockane, & related; BROSNAN-Dingle Town, & related; CAVANAUGH–Holyoke, MA area (related to BROSNAN) In Wexford: CODD, Woodlands & Carne, & related; FARDY, Coolboy, Gusserane, & related; PRESCOTT – Albany, NY > From: polly shaw <polly@pollyshaw.com> > Subject: [Irish Genealogy] Slave children to America > To: IRELANDGENWEB@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4A01AAAF.7010701@pollyshaw.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Delanceyplace.com is playing a little fast and loose with > American > history. Where is it they were sending those children > swept up in > 1618? The Mayflower bringing the 102 passengers to the > first permanent > settlement in America did not arrive until 1620. I would > take a good > part of that "data" about convicts to America > with a large grain of > salt. -- polly >