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.