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