List Members: I share with you the below from Pete Mathewson, descendant of John Mathewson, son of the Immigrant James Mathewson of early Providence. I became acquainted with Pete in the 1980s when he was a subscriber to the Mathewson Gazette. It was through Pete that I learned of the possibility that James Mathewson might have served at the Saugus Iron Works. Carole Emma Mathewson ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete Mathewson To: mathewson1933@therim Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:39 AM Subject: RE: MESSAGES I FORWARDED Carole Thanks so much for the e mails that you forwarded. Geneology has taken a bit of a back seat for me, but I will definitely have an interest in what ever comes forward from this current discussion you are having concerning James Mathewson at Saugus Iron Works, Lynn, MA. I have not had the time to join any of rootsweb types of lists, but here are a couple of thoughts that you may pass back into the list that may pompt some further research by those closer to the scene. I am citing stuff now from an apparently expired NPS website page which I printed out in Sep of 02: There were two battles that fed Scots into Saugus - Dunbar in 1650 and Worcester in 1651. The 150 prisoners transported as indentured servants from the Battle of Dunbar sailed on the Unity. There is no known passenger list from this sailing. The 270 prisoners for Saugus from the Battle of Worcester sailed on the John and Sarah. From a separate source (unremembered) I believe that a good passenger list exists for the John and Sarah - A circumstance driven by lawsuits arising from the Unity transport. For those who want a list of prisoners known to have been transported aboard Unity, they might try contacting Saugus directly to see if the expired page data exists in a form that can be e mailed out. To do that contact: http://www.nps.gov/sair/. On a related subject I think one of your correspondents had questions about the Taylor family. I see on this list a James Taylor who was on the SI Works inventory of personnel in 1653. There is also a secondary list of Scots who passed through Saugus (not prisoners ??) who settled "in what is now" Berwick, ME. On that list of 26 is one John Taylor. For those who are looking at Highland/Lowland Scot issues related to Dunbar, it is my understanding that the Lowlanders (mostly Protestant) were sent to Ireland to suppress the RC Irish. These are the forefathers of today's Scot Irish Orangemen. The Highlanders (mostly Romish in persuasion) were shipped to p;aces other than Ireland to avoid the possibility that they would be sympathetic to their Celtic Irish brothers. I was not aware that any of the Dunbar consignment was sent to Virginia. I thought that those who did not go to Lynn, MA were sent to the British West Indies to work the sugar plantations. That's about it from here. Mom had her 90th birthday in June and while she is moving a bit more slowly, she is sharp as a tack, hates her hearing aids and takes only a minor medicine for her thyroid. I expect that she will bury us all :) Pete -----Original Message----- From: mathewson1933@therim [mailto:mathewson1933@therim.com] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:51 PM To: Pete Mathewson Subject: MESSAGES I FORWARDED Dear Pete: I have forwarded to you my responses to people who have written in the past few days concerning Mathewsons, Scituate, John Mathewson, The Saugus Iron Works, etc. If you will scroll down beyond my messages, you'll find some interesting messages -- particularly those regarding the Saugus Iron Works. Thank you for having shared your theory with me some time ago about the immigrant James Mathewson and the Saugus Iron Works. I am inclined to go along with your theory, especially after reading these messages. Do you subscribe to any of the Rootsweb.com lists? There is no charge for the subscriptions, and among those I have are Providence, R.I. and Mathewson. These messages are through the Providence list. My regards to your mother. Please tell me how she is. Sincerely, Carole