On 2/6/2013 8:47 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/6/2013 7:53 AM, John J wrote:
>>>> I guess he wasn't aware that British used to send their convicts and
>>>> >>debtors to the American colonies. They had to stop that after the
>>>> >>revolution so they started sending them to Australia.
>>> >
>>> >That's how my father's family got to the US. They were Scots captured
>>> >at the battle of Bothwell Bridge, 1679 by the Brits. Father and son
>>> >were transported to the "colonies". They had been sold to a Virginia
>>> >planter as indentured servants. During the crossing the captain of
>>> the
>>> >ship died. The man who assumed command was a friend of the McQuown's.
>>> >He changed the course of the ship. They landed at Amboy, NJ (now
>>> Perth
>>> >Amboy, so named by the Scots). From there they made their way to
>>> >Pennsylvania. They received land grants from William Penn and became
>>> >farmers. If the Captain hadn't died things would have turned out very
>>> >differently for the McQuown's...
>
>> Great to have that kind of information about ancestors that far back.
>>
>> -- John
>
> My great-uncle Boyd did the research. Pre-computers! Based on bits
> and pieces he'd heard over the years, he combed through historical
> society records, old letters, church parish records of marriages,
> births and deaths. It took him 20+ years to put the family history
> together. It must have been a painstakingly slow undertaking.
>
> What puzzles me is did the guy (John McQuown) leave a wife behind in
> Scotland? Or had she died? If she didn't die, did she somehow join
> them in the colonies later? He and his son were *both* captured and
> transported. In the family history there is mention of him having a
> wife in Pennsylvania. Obviously she wasn't captured in the battle.
> The guy could have been a bigamist I doubt it, but I guess I'll
> never know.
>
> Jill
Jill, you may be interested in this URL:

http://www.thesonsofscotland.co.uk/t...bridge1679.htm

Your ancestor appears to have been a member of the Scottish Covenanters'
who rebelled against Charles II. It wasn't even just the English who won
the battle but the Royal Army plus Scottish troops from near Glasgow.

From the URL.

«
The royal army was further reinforced as it advanced towards Glasgow by
troops from Scotland. (The commander) Monmouth had the support of
several able military leaders, including Claverhouse, the earl of
Linlithgow, the earl of Airlie, Lord Mar, and the earl of Home.
»



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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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