Ship the Friendship of Belfast of WALES

AUCTION OF JACOBITE PRISONERS

Many jacobites, Scottish loyalists, who fought unsuccessfully to place the Stuarts
 on the throne of Britain in 1715 and 1746 were captured by the English, shackled,
 shipped and sold at Maryland docks to the highest bidder into servitude or white
 bondage for seven years.  Many were of ancient and Honourable lineage.  Some 
 returned to Scotland at the end of their period of slavery, while others remained
 and became loyal tenants of the Lord Propriietary.

 Seven Years".
Asecond proclamation was issued by Governor Hart at Annapolis "the eleventh day of
 January in the 2d year of his Lordship Dominion (Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron
 Baltimore, and 3d Lord Proprietary) & c. Annon

A List of Rebells Transported in the Shipp
the Friendship of Belfast, Michael Mankin, Commander, the 20th of August 1716.

Rebells' Name	                     By whom purchased


Johin Pitter,                       William Holland, Esq.
James Nithery,	     
Dugall Macqueen
		
Alexa Smith                          Samuel Chew, Jr.
	
Abraham Lowe	                     Thomas Larkin

Henry Wilson,                        John Gresham
Alexander Gordon

John Hay	                     William Homes

William Smith,                       William Nicholson
Alex'der Spalding

Leonard Robinson	             Thomas Doccra

John Blandell	                     Benjamin Wharfield

John Sinckar	                     Joseph Hill

William Grant	                     Thomas Davis

Thomas Spark	                     Philip Dowell

James Webster                        Steph. Warman

Wm Cummins,
Allin Machen	                     Thos Macnernara
Jno Robertson

Farq, Macgilvary                      Samuel Young, Esq.

David Mills	                      Evan Jones

Patrick Cooper	                      Albert Greening

Jeremiah Dunbar	                      Hugh Kenneday

John Degedy, 	                      Phile.Lloyd Esq.
Thomas Lowry,
William McBean

John Glaney	                      Hugh Spedden

Wm Macgilvary	                      Robert Ungle, Esq.

Alexander Nave 	                      Thomas Breadhurst

James Hindry	                      John Oldham

William Mobbery 	              Henry Tripp
	
James Small, 	                      Samuel Peele
James White

John Macbayn	                      John Ford

Rot Henderson	                      Edward Penn

Thomas Potts,                         Wm Bladen, Esq.
George Thompson,	      
John Ramsey, 
Alexander Reind,
Thomas Forbus

William Davidson	              Mordecai Moor

James Mitchell,                      Benjamin Tasker
James Lowe 
 
James Denholne	                      John Clark

James Allen	                      Eliz Brown

Danll Grant		              Will: McConhie

Hugh White		              Danll Bryan

Ja: Rutherford		              Arthur Smith

Tho:Hame		              Judith Bruce

James Renton		              Kannar McKenny

Alex McGiffon	    	              Runaway

In all 54 Prisoners ye above prisoners where Imported by His Majesties Command in
 ye Ship Good Speed Arthur Smith Commander where disposed of according to my Instructions
 from Mr. Richard Gilbert and Compt mercht p Liverpoole.

Richard Done

Agreed by and Ordered p my owners not to be sold.

Ja. Somerivill
Humphrey Sword  

Goveriior Hart writing to King George I on the 28th April 171 7, stated that "some of the Rebell Prisoners have run away from their Service, but on Cornplaint of their Masters I have given strict orders for the Apprehending of them whenever they shall be found in this Province".

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