Hi Ken and All, Peter Coldham wrote several books , but one of my favorites is "Emigrants in Chains" it is very easy to read and follow and is loaded with information and some names. If you can get a copy is will morethan answer questions concerning prison ships. Frances Ken Walter wrote: > Can someone provide some background info on this? > > 8 July 1685 "The following convicted before Chief Justice Jefferies at > the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Dorset, Somerset and Devon for waging > war against the King and sentenced to be transported to the Americas > [sentence enrolled on 4 February 1691]: Francis Smith, . . . " > > Then follows a 4 page list of names, among which are possible WALTER > ancestor candidates and aligned families. > > What does "Terminer for Dorset, etc." mean? > > What does "sentence enrolled on 4 February 1691" mean? > > Were these men engaged in a particular "war" with England? If so, what > war would it have been? > > This information was found in COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS 1661-1699 by > Peter Wilson Coldham on pages 523 - 526 inclusive. > > Ken Walter > Pasco, WA