For those who might be interested I have been in contact with Dr. David Dobson of the St. Andrews University in Scotland. My question was what happened to the Martyrs and why were they being transported, his answer is: Most of them on the ship were Presbyterian's being persecuted for their religious beliefs and that they were being transported to the "Virginia Colonies" which according to him was a catch all for all of N. America at that time. He further states that there were some survivors of the ship wreck and that they were eventually transported to Jamaica in the W. Indies Gordon Crooks