St. Michael of Scarborough

The St. Michael of Scarborough was a ship of the Atlantic that was set to transport Scottish prisoners to the Thames, so that they could be transported by Ralph Williamson to Plantations of America and was mastered in 1678 by Edward Johnston.[1] Williamson was likely headed for West Indies in 1679, but due to the longer than expected journey from Leith to the Thames, when he arrived, Williamson was nowhere to be found.[2] It is of some belief that the voyage never took place, and is said that the majority of the prisoners were released and made their way back to Scotland, and some were rearrested at a later date.[3]

The majority of covenanters who were to be aboard the ship were confined in Glasgow and then moved to the Edinburgh Tolbooth when they refused to take an oath against their religion.[4]

List of Scots to be Transported from Leith to American Plantations Aboard the St. Michael of Scarborough, 1678

This is a list of passengers on the St. Michael of Scarborough which left Leith Tolbooth on the 12th of December, 1678, and likely arrived in the Thames in December of that Year. It was compiled using sources from David Dobsons book regarding Scots Banished to the American Plantations, which makes reference to original sources from the Scottish Privy Council as well as others.[5]

  1. Alexander Anderson, Covenanter
  2. John Anderson, Covenanter
  3. William Angus, Covenanter
  4. John Arnot, Covenanter
  5. David Barclay, Covenanter
  6. James Blackwood, Covenanter
  7. John Bowie, Covenanter
  8. James Braidwood, Covenanter
  9. James Brown, Covenanter
  10. John Brown, Covneanter
  11. Alexander Buchanan, Covenanter
  12. Andrew Buchanan, Covenanter
  13. John Cavers, Covenanter
  14. John Clark, Writer
  15. Richard Clydesdale, Covenanter
  16. Mungo Cochran, Covenanter
  17. John Cumin, Covenanter
  18. David Crosbie, Covenanter
  19. Robert Dicks, Covenanter
  20. Arthur Dougall, Covenanter
  21. John Fairbairn, Covenanter
  22. Alexander Findlay, Covenanter
  23. Edward Gay, Covenanter
  24. Thomas Govan, Covenanter
  25. William Govan, Covenanter
  26. John Graham
  27. Archibald Haddoway, Covenanter
  28. Mr John Harroway
  29. John Jervy
  30. David Kidd
  31. Donald McDonald
  32. Gilbert Marnock, Covenanter
  33. James Maxwell, Covenanter
  34. James Maxwell (younger), Covenanter
  35. Robert Maxwell, Covenanter
  36. James Miller, Covenanter
  37. William Niven
  38. Steven Porteous
  39. Robert Reid, Weaver
  40. Robert Reid, Cathcart
  41. William Steven, Covenanter
  42. Alexander Stewart, Covenanter
  43. Adam Stobie, Covenanter
  44. William Temple
  45. John Yeaman, Covenanter
  46. William Yeaman, Covenanter

References

  1. ↑ Dobson, David (2003). Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations. Clearfield. pp. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17,etc.
  2. ↑ Wodrow, Robert (1830). The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland, Vol II. Blackie, Fullerton and Co. p. 479.
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Hawick Archeological Society. James Haining and Co. 1863.
  4. ↑ Wodrow, Robert (1830). The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland, Vol II. Blackie, Fullerton and Co. p. 479.
  5. ↑ Dobson, David (2003). Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations. Clearfield. pp. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17,etc.