You are right Edward, The Battle of Worcester(3rd September 1651 was fought a year later than the Battle of Dunbar (1st September 1650) but I had not thought of it as a battle in a Scottish Civil War or as a Scots invasion of England. Until now I had thought of the Battle of Worcester as a battle in the English Civil War, with Charles Junior and his Cavaliers on one side and Cromwell's Roundheads on the other. I had assumed that Dunbar had made Scotland with England and Ireland part of the Commonwealth or United States of Britain. (150 years before our cousins accross the pond got the same idea.) which Cromwell tried to avoid being dictator of. Do you seethe Battle of Philiphaugh, 13th September 1645, as a battle in a Scottish Civil War or as a battle between Scots Cavaliers supporting English Cavaliers in a fight with the legitimate army of Scotland which was in a Solemn League and Covenant with Cromwellian / Parliamentary England? Cromwell used my childrens school in much the same way as your church but I did not realise he had a problem with Scottish Presbyterians. John Shearer -----Original Message----- From: Edward Andrews <edward.andrews@btinternet.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 27 September 1999 01:03 Subject: Re: Would appreciate a suggestion. >Not quite. The B of W was fought on 3rd September 1651. >The Scots objected to the English having cut the head off their King >Charles I. They crowned Charles II >and went to war on his behalf. After being defeated in the Battles of >Dunbar - 3rd September 1651, they were then again defeated a year later. > Cromwell then set up a military government in Scotland which was united >with England. > > Presbyterians and Scots ultimately have no more cause to love Cromwell than >do English Episcopalians or Irish Roman Catholics. In 1650 he tried to burn >my Church, and having failed, he used it to quarter his troops and as a >stable. > Edward Andrews >----- Original Message ----- >From: John K Shearer <jk_shearer@email.msn.com> >To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 7:46 PM >Subject: Re: Would appreciate a suggestion. > > >> Hi Wanda, >> >> The battle of Worcester was in the English Civil War and if Cromwell >> deported your ancestor after that battle he was on King Charles' side. >>