page 97 MACCAULAY JAMES Royalist soldier captured at Worcester. Transported from Gravesend to Boston on the "John and Sarah," master John GREENE, 13 May 1652 (NER) (NER) New England Historical & Genealogical Register ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even when the Scotch-Irish did arrive in America, they still found persecution. The puritans and English were already quite entrenched in the major settlements such as Boston. So the newly arrived Scotch-Irish became the true pioneers. They moved together in Presbyteries. That is, a whole church congregation would set out and found a new settlement or town. The Presbytery set the laws and served as the court also. They forged outward to new lands - facing hardship, Indians, and other dangers. The Scotch-Irish became known for the bravery and skills at developing new frontiers. In the early 1700s they settled western Massachusetts. _http://www.gclark.com/geneal/clark_scots_history.htm_ (http://www.gclark.com/geneal/clark_scots_history.htm) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Boston Five Ships - Scots-Presbyterians In August 1718 five shiploads of Scots Ulster Presbyterians arrived in Boston _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle/Boston/index.htm_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle/Boston/index.htm)