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The Ship Gildart
Story provided by Lu Hickey

Scots banished to America

During the 17th and 18th centuries history was in the making.. Countries all over the world were changing, upheaval and battles.. The modern : World History books miss the important factors that brought people to the new world...We are not Americans, we are Scots, Caledonians, Picts, Irish, German, Dutch and others came to the new world, either by choice or force...the latter more true than the former...

The new colonial plantations were a melting pot for many races and kindred.. Upon reaching the new world, they knew not the other's tongue so small colonies were formed by the people of the same kindred...Many Scots went to South Carolina. Many to the north as Virginia and Maryland...others were dispersed to Canada and Australia and Barbados...

The Scots of this story a choice few of 88 convicts of the Battle of Culloden....The Scots of this story came to America on the ship Gildart, which was just one of many ships that carried the families that were banished for some reason or other..

For history sake, let this tale be titled:  Prisoners of the 45..For other's sake if not for mine, I am going to list the passengers who came to America on the Gildart...

William Aitken, Impost waiter, 20, Edinburgh, Jacobite in Elcho's Life Guards.. Imprisoned in Edinburgh, Cannongate and Carlisle.. Transported on the Gildart, master Richard Holmes, from Liverpool, 24 February 1747 to Port North Potomac Maryland..August 5, 1747

Alexander Annan, butcher, 19, Aberdeen. Jacobite in Stonywood's regiment. Prisoner in Aberdeen, Canongate and Carlisle.  Transported on the Gildart, master Richard Holmes, from Liverpool 24 February 1747.  Landed at Port
North Potomac, Maryland August 5, 1747.

ANNAN, ALEXANDER
Butcher, 19, Aberdeen.
Jacobite in Stonywoods' Regiment.  Prisoner in Aberdeen, Canongate and
Carlisle. 

BAILLIE, GEORGE
Bonnetmaker, 44.  Dundee. Jacobite Captain.
Prisoner in Stirling and Carlisle.

BAIRD, WILLIAM
Silk dyer, Aberdeen. Jacobite in Stonywood's regiment..Prisoner at Aberdeen
and Carlisle.(no age given)

BALCK,JAMES
Labourer, 18, Jacobite Prisoner at Cannogage and Carlisle.

BRODIE, JOHN,
Servant, 20. Jacobite. Prisoner at Cannongate and Carlisle.

BROWN, ANDREW,
Farmer, 20.  Dunnichen. Jacobite. Prisoner at Arbroath, Dundee, Canongate,
Carlisle.

BUCHANAN, ALEXANDER.
19, Son of the Laird of Auchleishie, Callander, Perthshire, Jacobite Captain in the Duke of Perth's regiment.  Prisoner at Perth, Cannongate, Carlisle. Transported on Johnson, master William Pemberton, from Liverpool.
Landed Port Oxford MD, August.1747.

BUCHANAN, JOHN
Servant to Captain Alexander Buchanan. 22. Auchterarder. Jacobite in the Duke of Perth's Regiment, Prisoner at Auchterarder, Stirling and Carlisle.

CAMERON, DOUGALL
Inverness.  Jacobite. Prisoner at Carlisle, York and Chester. Captured at Carlisle.

CAMERON, MALCOLM
Fort Willia,. Jacobite in Lochiels Regiment. Prisoner at Prestonpans, Edinburgh, Canongate and Carlisle.

CAMPBELL, JOHN.
Jacobite.

CARGILL, WILLIAM.
Tobacconist, 20, Montrose. Jacobite in Ogilvy's Regiment. Prisoner at Perth, Edinburgh and Carlisle.

CARNEGIE, ALEXANDER.
Labourer, 40. Brechin, Jachoite in Ogilvy's Regiment.  Captured at Carlisle.

CARRIE, JOHN
Pedlar. Abroath. Jacobite in Ogilvy's regiment. Prisoner at Perth, Edinburgh, Cannongate, Carlisle.

CHAPP, JAMES.
21, Smith. St Narnoch's church, Banffshire. Jacobite in Roy Stuart's Regiment. Prisoner at Edinburgh, Stirling and Carlisle.

CHRISTIE, JAMES.
33. Linen weaver. Jacobite in the duke of Perth's Regiment. Prisoner at Midcalder, Edinbutgh and Carlisle.

CRIGHTON, JAMES
Arbroath. Jacobite in Ogilvys Regiment. Prisoner in Arbroath, Dundee and Canongate.

CRIGHTON, JOHN
Labourer. Cablen. Perthshire, Jacobite in Roy Stuart's Regiment. Captured  at Carlisle. Prisoner at Carlisle and Chester.

DICK DAVID.
Shoemaker. 22. Jacobite. Prisoner at Edinburgh and Carlisle.

DONALDSON, JAMES
Wright, 50. Edinburgh. Jacobite in Ogilvy's Regiment.  Prisoner at dundee, Canongate and Carlisle.

DUNCAN, JOHN
Jacobite.

DUNCAN, PETER
Labourer, 32. Dundee. Jacobite in Ogilvy's Regiment, Prisoner at Canongate and Carlisle.

FLEMING, ALEXANDER
Horsehirer, 20. Aberdeen. Jacobite in Crichton of Auchengoul's Regiment. Prisoner at Aberdeen, Cannongate and Carlisle.

GARDNER,, ARCHIBALD.
Jacobite,  Transported from Liverpool .

GEDDES, ALEXANDER
Labourer. Sanston. Aberdeenshire. Jaconite in Glenbuckets Regiment.
Captured at Carlisle. Prisoner at Carlisle and Chester.

GIBSON, JOHN
Weaver, 20. Dundee. Jacobite in Ogilvy's regiment. Prisoner at Arbroath,
Stirling and Carlisle.

GOLDER, JOHN
Jacobite. Prisoner at Carlisle and Liverpool .

GRANT, WILLIAM
48. Linen weaver.  Aberdeen. Jacobite in Lord Lewis Gordon's Regiment.

GRAY, JOHN
Keith, Banffshire. Jacobite in Glenbucket's Regiment. Captured at Carlisle.

Halton, John
Jacobite.
Prisoner at Carlisle and Liverpool.

Johnson, Richard. 
Jacobite.  England.

Keith, James
Jacobite, 20, servant,
Prisoner at Stirling and Chester.

Kemlo, Joseph.
Jacobite.In Stonywood's regiment.
Blacksmith, Hardgate, Od Machar, Aberdeen
Prisoner at Aberdeen, Canongate and Carlisle.

Knowles, William
Jacobite. 30. Salmon fisher.
Nether Banchory.
Prisoner at Cannongate and Carlisle.

Laing, Thomas
Jacobite. In Roy Stuart;s regiment.
Workman at Lord Hopetouns's lead mines. From Aberdeen.
Prisoner at Edinburgh and Carlisle.

Lamond, John or Joseph.
Jacobite.  26. Groom to the Duke of Perth.
Prisoner at Perth, Canongate and Carlisle.

Lawson, William
Jacobite, England.

Lucky, John 
Jacobite in Stonywoods regiment.
son of William, shoemaker.
Prisoner at Aberdeen, Canongate and Carlisle.

MCDonald, Alexandeer
Jacobite.  Transported from Liverpool.

MCDonald, angus
Jacobite. Transported from Liverpool.

MCDonald, Donald
Jacobite. 56. Labourer. Camogren, Rannoch.
Prisoner at Stirling, Edinburgh, Carlisle and Lincoln.

MCGregor, Duncan
Jacobite. Ensign in Farquaharson's regiment. 
Farmer. Tarland. Aberdeenshire.
Prisoner at Culloden, Inverness and London.

MCGregor, Mark
Jacobite. 24.  Served in Baggots Hussars.
Cook. Balgowan, Perth,
Prisoner at Perth, Canongate and Carlisle.

MCIntosh, Alexander.
Jacobite. 69, Labourer. Balnabrough, Perth.
Served in Duke of Perth's regiment.
Prisoner at Perth. Cannongate, and Carlisle.

MCKinnery, Donald
Jacobite. Transported from Liverpool.

MCLean, John
Jacobite. 
Transported from Liverpool.

MCLean, Malcom
Jacobite. 17. Bricklayer.
Prisoner at Carlisle.

MCLeod, Kenneth
Jacobite.
Prisoner at Edinburgh and Carlisle.

MCPherson, John
Jacobite. 15, in Glengarrys regiment.
Transported from Liverpool.

Miller, Farquhar
Jacobite, 50, in Duke of Perth regiment.
Prisoner at Kippen, Stirling and Carlisle.

Mitchell George
Jacobite in Ogilvys regiment. Old machar Aberdeenshire.
Prisoner at Aberdeen. Cannongate and Carlisle.

MARR, ALEXANDER.
Jacobite in Glenbucket's regiment.
Prisoner at Carlisle.

SHEPHERD, JOHN.
Jacobite, 20. served in Ogilvy's regiment. Servant to Mr. Watson,
Inn-keeper
Arbroath. From Ferry Montrose.
Prisoner at Stirling, Leith, Canongate and Carlisle.

SMITH, ANDREW
JACOBITE in Roy Stuarts regiment. 18.  Weaver, Edinburgh.
Prisoner at Wigan, Carlisle and Canongate.

SMITH, ANDREW JUNIOR
Jacobite.  31 in Crighton's regiment.
Son of Patrick Smith and Elizabeth Kerr.
Prisoner at Edinburg.

WILLIAM SMITH
Jacobite. Transported from Liverpool.

SPEED, WILLIAM
Jacobite.  Transported from Liverpool.

STRACHAN, JAMES
Jacobite, 19, Duke of Perh's regiment.
Student Aberdeen University.
Prisoner at Stirling, Leith, Canongate and Carlisle.

THOMSON, WILLIAM
Jacobite, 17, tailor, Glascow.
Prisoner at Perth, Conongate and Carlisle.

WALLACE, GEORGE
JACOBITE. 16. Fisherman,
Prisoner at Carlisle.

WHITE, ROBERT
Jacobite.

WOOD, DAVID
Jacobite 48, in Ogilvy's reginment. Labourer.  Kinneff.
Prisoner at aWhisletbure, Montrose, Doundee, Cannongate and Carlisle,

YATES, FRANCIS.
Jacobite.in Glenbuckets regimet. Fochabers, Morayshire.
Captured at Carlisel Prisoner at Carlisle and Chester.

STEWART, ALEXANDER
Jacobite, 23/  Mariner, Strathspey. Moray.
Prisoner at Perth and Carlisle.

STEWART ALEXANDER.
Jacobite, 34.Footmant Bonnnie Prince Charles and a former servant to Lord and Mrs. Murray of Borughton.  He was from Perthshire.
Prisoner at Perth, Falkland, Cannongate, Carlisle, Penrigh, Kenda.
Lancaster
Preston and Liverpool.