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Tag Archives: Battle of Dunbar
#52Ancestors: Scottish POW Table for Four
The fourth of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompts is Invite to Dinner. It seemed a great scheme to see how many diverse and interesting ancestors I could crowd into an oversized banquet hall or line up … Continue reading →
Posted in #52Ancestors, Cooper, Gowen, Grant, Immigrant Ancestor, Kittery, Maine, prisoner of war, Scotland, Scottish prisoner of war, Unity
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Tagged #52Ancestors, Alexander Cooper, Battle of Dunbar, Berwick, Doon Hill, Great Works, Hammersmith Iron Works, Invite to Dinner, Peter Grant, prisoner of war, Saugus, Scotland, Scottish POW, William Gowen
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Gowen: Scotland to Nova Scotia
When teen-aged William Gowen left Scotland aboard the Unity as one of about 150 prisoners of war following defeat by Cromwell’s forces in the Battle of Dunbar, we can barely imagine what he was thinking about the New World across … Continue reading →
Posted in Cooper, French & Indian wars, Frost, Furbish, Gowen, Grant, Hodsdon, Immigrant Ancestor, Kittery, Maine, Nova Scotia, sawmills, Scotland, Scottish prisoner of war, Smith, Unity
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Tagged Abigail Hodsdon, Alexander Cooper, Battle of Dunbar, Bertha Cadwalla, Berwick, Charles Frost, Chebogue, Elizabeth Frost, French & Indian War, Gowen's Point, James Gowen, John Bray, Kittery, Maine, Miriam Shackley, Moses Gowen, Nicholas Frost, Nicholas Gowen, Nova Scotia, Patrick Gowen, Peter Grant, prisoner of war, sawmills, Scotland, Unity, William Furbush, William Gowen, Yarmouth County
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“Adopted Daughter” Emma
The 1880 federal census for Boston, Massachusetts, shows Emma J. Nichols, age 4, born in Massachusetts, as the “adopted daughter” of Mary E. Nichols, 49, born in New Hampshire. Several years passed from the first discovery of Mary and Emma … Continue reading →
Posted in Frye, Grant, Knight, Maine, Massachusetts, Nichols, Phelps
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Tagged Adrian Frye, Battle of Dunbar, Charles H. Phelps, Emma I. Nichols, Francis Edward Knight, John Nichols, Levi Frye, Lydia Grant, Margaret (Peggy) Smith, Mary E. Frye, Mary E. Nichols, Peter Grant, prisoner of war, Rebecca M. Dunham, Scotland, Thomas Nichols
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