Again, thank you. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jespane@cs.com> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Ship Unity (to saugus /lynn iron works) > In a message dated 8/20/2005 5:26:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > mathewson1933@therim.com writes: > > > > I find your forebear connection to the Saugus Iron Works interesting, > > along with the fact that your forebears who were at Saugus later > > > The committee suggested using the men as labour in the coal mines or > transporting them to America, France or Ireland. In preparation for this the prisoners > were moved to London. On November 11th Haselrig was told to deliver 150 > prisoners to Augustine Walker, the master of the ship 'Unity' who would take them > to New England. Walker sold his cargo for £20 to £30 per man. 60 men went to > the Saugus iron works at Lynn (the first iron manufactory in N. America) and 15 > men were sent to Berwick, Maine (a few others, exact number not given, went to > nearby York Maine). This accounts for about half of Walker's cargo, we have > to assume that the rest died as the last mention of the prisoners by the > committee was that some of the sick men should be sent to the Blackwall pest house > where the proprietor should be responsible for their keep and their recovery. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > source > Trace your Scottish ancestry with Ar Turas. We are a small, dedicated > team, based near Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, offering a friendly, > personal and professional service covering: > Genealogy > http://www.ar-turas.co.uk/index.htm > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > this is a quote from MacThomas clan > On the 18th of September, A.D. 1650 one hundred and fifty Scots, who were > deemed well and sound, and free from wounds, were ordered to be sent to John Beex > (Beech) and Joshua Foote to be shipped to New England. > Captain Augustine Walker of the “Unity ” > Beech and Foote consigned most of the Scottish prisoners to two businesses in > Maine and Massachusetts in which Beech had an interest. > Sixty-two of the Scots are known to have been sent to the Saugus Ironworks at > Lynn, Massachusetts. > The rest were sold as indentured servants to local residents > source as cited by the Clan : > Stephen P. Carlson, Scots at Hammersmith, [article on-line] (n. d. accessed > 10 July, 2002); available from members.tripod.com/graytim/Saugus.htm; Internet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator at GFSBrenda@aol.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > --- > > > ---