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Jacobite Crest

Ship the Friendship of Belfast of WALES

AUCTION OF JACOBITE PRISONERS


 

Many Jacobites, Scottish loyalists, who fought unsuccessfully to place the Stuarts

 on the throne of Britain in 1715 and 1746 were captured by the English, shackled,

 shipped and sold at Maryland docks to the highest bidder into servitude or white

 bondage for seven years.  Many were of ancient and Honourable lineage.  Some

 returned to Scotland at the end of their period of slavery, while others remained

 and became loyal tenants of the Lord Propriietary.

 

 Seven Years".

Asecond proclamation was issued by Governor Hart at Annapolis "the eleventh day of

 January in the 2d year of his Lordship Dominion (Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron

 Baltimore, and 3d Lord Proprietary) & c. Annon

 

A List of Rebells Transported in the Shipp

the Friendship of Belfast, Michael Mankin, Commander, the 20th of August 1716.

 

 


         Rebells' Name                             By whom purchased

 

 

Johin Pitter,                          William Holland, Esq.

James Nithery,              

Dugall Macqueen

                  

Alexa Smith                          Samuel Chew, Jr.

  

Abraham Lowe                     Thomas Larkin

 

Henry Wilson,                        John Gresham

Alexander Gordon

 

John Hay                               William Homes

 

William Smith,                      William Nicholson

Alex'der Spalding

 

Leonard Robinson                 Thomas Doccra

 

John Blandell                        Benjamin Wharfield

 

John Sinckar                         Joseph Hill

 

William Grant                        Thomas Davis

 

Thomas Spark                       Philip Dowell

 

James Webster                     Steph. Warman

 

Wm Cummins,

Allin Machen                        Thos Macnernara

Jno Robertson

 

Farq, Macgilvary                  Samuel Young, Esq.

 

David Mills                            Evan Jones

 

Patrick Cooper                     Albert Greening

 

Jeremiah Dunbar                 Hugh Kenneday

 

John Degedy,                       Phile.Lloyd Esq.

Thomas Lowry,

William McBean

 

John Glaney                         Hugh Spedden

 

Wm Macgilvary                     Robert Ungle, Esq.

 

Alexander Nave                    Thomas Breadhurst

 

James Hindry                        John Oldham

 

William Mobbery                   Henry Tripp

  

James Small,                        Samuel Peele

James White

 

John Macbayn                      John Ford

 

Rot Henderson                      Edward Penn

 

Thomas Potts,                       Wm Bladen, Esq.

George Thompson,         

John Ramsey,

Alexander Reind,

Thomas Forbus

 

William Davidson                  Mordecai Moor

 

James Mitchell,                     Benjamin Tasker

James Lowe

 

James Denholne                   John Clark

 

James Allen                          Eliz Brown

 

Danll Grant                           Will: McConhie

 

Hugh White                           Danll Bryan

 

Ja: Rutherford                       Arthur Smith

 

Tho:Hame                             Judith Bruce

 

James Renton                       Kannar McKenny

 

Alex McGiffon                        Runaway

 

In all 54 Prisoners ye above prisoners where Imported by His Majesties Command in

ye Ship Good Speed Arthur Smith Commander where disposed of according to my Instructions

from Mr. Richard Gilbert and Compt mercht p Liverpoole.

 

Richard Done

 

Agreed by and Ordered p my owners not to be sold.

 

Ja. Somerivill

Humphrey Sword 

 

Goveriior Hart writing to King George I on the 28th April 171 7, stated that "some of the Rebell Prisoners have run away from their Service, but on Cornplaint of their Masters I have given strict orders for the Apprehending of them whenever they shall be found in this Province".

 

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Below is the original page from the original log book of prisoners showing John Hay.

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