Not at all; Jean, it meant simply that some one else had provided the transportation from usually the "old country' to the Colonies. ----- Original Message ----- From: jean miles To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: transportee Dear Mr. Drake, .... In the seventeenth century did a "transportee" necessarily indicate the individual was a convict? Any insights you have will be appreciated. Jean Miles