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Duncan Stewart[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male Abt 1623 - 1717  (~ 94 years)


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  • Name Duncan Stewart 
    Birth Abt 1623  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • He deposed in 1698 that he was about 75 years old.
    Gender Male 
    Event 3 Sep 1650  Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    captured by Oliver Cromwell's troops
    at the Battle of Dunbar (1650) 
    • After the battle, tens of thousands of Scots were taken to Durham Castle and then sent to London, England for trial. Many of the Scots did not survive the conditions at Durham Castle nor the march to London. Some found guilty were sent to the Lynn Ironworks in Lynn, Massachusetts as an indentured servant with John Bex(Beax) and Company for an 8 year term. The Iron Works is now largely referred to as the Saugus Iron Works and is presently located in Saugus, Massachusetts. Historically it was also referred to as the Iron Works at Hammersmith.
    • Role: Participant
    Migration 11 Nov 1650  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11
    To New England
    aboard Unity 
    • The ship arrived in December with approximately 150 Scottish prisoners of war.
    • Role: Passenger
    Event Dec 1650  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    60 of these men went to work in the bogs near the Saugus Iron Works. Others stayed in Boston, some went to Maine and others were sent south.
    George Darling
    John Marshall
    Robert Junkins
    William Furbush
    Patrick Fassett
    James Adams 
    • Role: Participant
    Alternate Name Duncan Stuart  [5]
    Occupation shipwright  [1]
    Occupation 6 Mar 1653/4  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    servant to George Hadley
    Death 30 Aug 1717  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6
    Person ID I532  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1623 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - captured by Oliver Cromwell's troops,at the Battle of Dunbar (1650)  - 3 Sep 1650 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard Unity  - 11 Nov 1650 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - 60 of these men went to work in the bogs near the Saugus Iron Works. Others stayed in Boston, some went to Maine and others were sent south.,George Darling
    John Marshall
    Robert Junkins
    William Furbush
    Patrick Fassett
    James Adams  - Dec 1650 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - servant to George Hadley - 6 Mar 1653/4 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Aug 1717 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 190, 00193.

    2.  2.  [S212] Rowley, MA, 356, 00461.

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 79:85, 00390.

    4.  4.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 661, 00218.

    5.  5.  [S1282] Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, 465, 01124.

    6.  6.  [S51] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 5, 142, 00421.

    7.  7.  [S1108] TEG, 6:9, 00961.

    8.  8.  [S985] TCN, 40:295, 00937.

    9.  9.  [S1108] TEG, 6:10, 00961.

    10.  10.  [S1108] TEG, 6:11, 00961.

    11.  11.  [S1108] TEG, 6:12, 00961.