Immigrant Ships
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Ship Elizabeth & Ann

The Elizabeth & Anne was being used in the slave trade at the time of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. It's merchant owners thought they might be more highly rewarded by handling the "transport" of prisoners for the King. The arrangement was to take the prisoners on consignment and receive payment when a receipt for their delivery was presented to His Majesty's Court in London.

Virginia-
  By his Majestys' Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Cheif of this
Dominion-
  These are to certify that the above Lift of one hundred & Twelve
Rebel Prisoners, Imported into this Colony in the Ship Elizabeth & Ann,
of Liverpool, Edward Trafford Master, was taken (by my order) upon the 
arrival of the faid Ship in York River by the officer of the Customs
there, and contains the Names of all the Prifoners Imported in the sd 
ship & that besides the said one hundres & twelve persons, the Mafter 
did Report that one other Prisoner by name Duncan Mackfale died at sea, 
which upon Examination of the other Prisoners apeared to be true-
  Given under my hand at Williamsburgh this 14th day of January 1716-

*List of rebel prifoners imported by Capt Edwd Trafford, in the Elizabeth & Anne from Liverpole:

       
John Macintosh          Thos Foster            George Dickenson
Jno: Mackintosh         Christr Carus          Archd Menzies
James Macintosh         James Blackwood        Danl: Thompson
Duncan Clark            Robt Stewart           Jno: Robertson
Owen McPherson          Robt Stewart           Jno: Stewart
Donald Shaw             Willm Turner           Malcom Stewart
Angus Shaw              James Nisbet           Jno Stewart
Robt Bruce              Fergus Graham          Jno Stewart
John Dunbar             James Mackintosh       Jno Kennedy
Rob Smith               Francis Hume



THE FOLLOWING EIGHTY THREE NOT INDENTED

Jno: Wite               Alexr Wite              Thos Allen
Willm Mackilway         Owen Davidson           Alexr Watt
Alex: Mackenzie         Malcolm Macknaughtan    James Wood
Willm Donaldson                                 Willm Martin
Frances Betty           James Robertson         Donald Mackgilsoray
Frederick Abbot         David Mitchel           Danl Macquin
Alexr Bruce             Silvester Prophet       Willm Wright
Robt Capland            Jno: Glendening         Jno: Pitello
Jno: Peter              Geo: Marjoribanks       Patrick Ferguson
Jno: Jhonston           Jno: Harris             Jno: Finny
James Malcum            Adam Chisolm            Alexr Ferguson
William Stroak          Wm Finlay               James Ferguson
Jno: Michy              James Paterson          James Mckintosh
Lawrence Ferguson       David Arnot             Willm Mackruther
Jno: Donaldson          James Peter             David Mackintosh
Wm Noble                Jno: Ogilvy             Alexr Kerr *
Robt Grant              James Watson            Robt Menzies
Robt Anderson           Alexr Kid               James Urqhuart
Robt Duncan             James Lindsey           Jno: Brown
James Ray               James Johnson           Geo: Lowder
Robt Robertson          Jno Shaw                James Murray
Jno: Mundell            Jno: Abercromby         Wm Lyon
Hugh Cane               Robt Stewart            Jno: Burns
Charles Henderson       Pat Stewart             Alexr Carr
Alexander Stewart       Jno: Stewart            Jno: Mackintosh
Donald Stewart          Willm Cruster           Willm Dun
Alexr Stewart           Jno: Rutherford         Robt Carr__
James Stewart           James Watson
                        Willm Maxwell


  
*These prisoners were probably some of the followers of the Pretender
captured at Preston, and condemned to be transported to the Colony in
Virginia, after having been carried to London for trial.
             

SOURCE: CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS 1652-1781 Vol I, pages 185,186

Formatter's notes: 
The Captain's sworn statement originally appeared following the list of
prisoners.
This document is typed as written. Words were spelled as they appear 
here. The letter 's' is sometimes written as 'f', as was common 
in colonial times. I replaced the 'f', or 'long s' with the letter 's' in 
surnames.

                             ________________

Additional information was published about these prisoners in the "Calendar of
Virginia State Papers" and in "Scottish Notes and Queries" 
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Alexander Kerr  - William R. Williams, the contributor of this list is a
possible descendant of Alexander Kerr. The following is a letter which sets
forth information regarding his research.

I have been trying for several years to confirm some commonly accepted 
information regarding Alexander Kerr, Jacobite prisoner captured at Preston 
in 1715; convicted at Chester of high treason; accepted "transport" rather 
than hanging until not dead etc.; was taken onboard the ship Elizabeth and Anne, 
Master, Edward Trafford at Liverpool and was signed for "By his Majestys's 
Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief of this Dominion" at York, Virginia, 
January 14, 1716.  Alexander was the son of Archibald Kerr of Graden.  
Alexander was trained as a silversmith before his capture and became a nabob 
of Williamsburg owning a house across the street from the Capital building.  
Alexander bought the house from the estate of a fellow prisoner transported 
on the same voyage of the Elizabeth and Anne, Dr. John Brown, a surgeon from 
Coldstream.   

Alexander and his brother Henry were sons of Archibald Ker(r) of Graden and
Helenor St. Clair, daughter of Sir James St. Clair of Roslin.  The boys'
father died when they were still young children.  Their mother raised them
as Roman Catholics.  Henry, the eldest, may or may not have participated in
the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion.  However, Henry was not captured as a Jacobite
until the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion near Forfar, Scotland.  Henry pleaded he
was taken as an officer of the Spanish Army, which he was and had been for
23 years.  Henry was sentenced to "transport" and died a Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Spanish Army at San Lucar, Spain on 22 December 1751. 

It is alleged by several genealogists in the U. S. and Scotland that Alexander 
Kerr of Williamsburg, Virginia married Martha Elizabeth Rice, date and place 
unknown.  The marriage produced three children, Alexander Kerr, m. Elizabeth 
Rice; John Kerr, m. Elizabeth Henderson and William Kerr.  I know John Kerr 
to be my ancestor and that his wife's name was Elizabeth Henderson and so on.  
I cannot confirm Alexander Kerr as the father of my John Kerr.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has spent considerable time and money 
researching the lives of the owners of houses in colonial Williamsburg.  
Alexander Kerr is one of the persons they have researched.  It is the opinion
of the Colonial Williamsburg Research Library that Alexander Kerr never 
married and had no children.  I am unable to dispute their conclusion.

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Correspondence 4/29/00:
                             
If you are researching any of the Jacobite rebels, please note this
valuable research information submitted by Mr. Williams, the contributor
of this list:

The following is extracted from my files re the trial of the 1715
Jacobite rebels:

The record of the trial for the rebels captured at Preston is at the
Public Record Office, Kew, London.  The lists and indictments of the
rebels of 1715 is identified as KB8/66.  It is described as "Special
oyer and terminer rolls and files, including informations and
depositions", and is filed in two boxes.  The box labelled "Part 1"
contains seven folders or bound manuscripts, of which the folios
have been numbered in a single series, ff. 1-132.  The other is a
very long box because some of the documents are three or four feet
long.  It contains Part 2 (ff. 133-201) and Part 3 (ff. 202-254).

Each folder bears the heading: "A list of ye Rebell Prisoners at
[place], showing their Christian Names and surnames the Parish and
county they dwelled In."  {You may recall my alleged ancestor was
captured at Preston so the Preston folder was of most interest to
me.  Too bad, my alleged ancestor was not in it.  However, the
Chester folder, where the trial was held, had four surnamed Kerr
including my alleged ancestor.}  {The prisoners were clearly tried
in groups except for the most prominent persons such as the Earl of
Derwentwater.} {These records are all written in Latin.}

I found a book published in 1895 by George Routledge and Sons,
Limited titled "Preston Fight or The Insurrection of 1715" to be
both informative and pleasant to read.  Reviewers say this book is
historically correct.  I got a copy via interlibrary loan.
Jacksonville University Library provided the copy I read.

Correspondence 10/20/01 passenger Noble
I believe I am a descendant of William Noble.  My Noble ancesters settled 
in Anson Co. and Montgomery Co., North Carolina.
Rhonda Jackson

Correspondence 1/24/02 passenger Arnot
I would like to find out more about a ship from Liverpool to Va? named 
Elizabeth and Anne in 1716. David Arnett was bannished to Va from the 
Jacobite Rebellion, 1716  He was born 1680. His father was? Robert 
Arnott of Angus(Kirkcaldy).
My email is Barb Howard

Correspondence 09/22/02 passenger Wood
I am Probably a descendent of James Wood who was exiled to Va. My Wood
ancestors began in Va, Moved to S.C. and on to Texas/ Dewitt Colony. I
can use any information anyone has on the James Wood that was on the
Elizabeth & Anne. Max Wood

Correspondence 04/23/2003 passenger Bruce
My ancestor, Alexander Bruce, arrived in Yorktown, VA, aboard the 
"Elizabeth and Anne", (Edward Trafford, Master) on 29 June, 1716, from 
Liverpool.  He was taken prisoner by the English at Preston during the 
Jacobite rebellion of 1715.

Alexander's family ended up in Amelia County,VA, the area of which 
became Nottoway County in 1789.  The first mention of him is in Amelia 
County in 1737.  Probably this Alexander Bruce was a son of the original. 

I would like any information about the original Alexander as to where 
he lived in Scotland, what he did, etc. Bill Bruce

Correspondence 09/17/2003 passenger Prophet
Ancestor - Silvester Prophet arrived in Yorktown, VA 14 Jan 1716 on the 
ship Elizabeth & Ann. I'm his 5th G-Grand daughter. He settled in 
Goochland County, VA. Sylvester & wife Alice ? Pleasant(s) ? had 7 
children: Lucy, Rev. John (my direct line), David, William, James, 
Anne and Elizabeth. All the children were born and reared on the 300 
acre Messuage Plantation that ran North of the St. James River. If 
anyone knows anything about Owen Davidson on the same ship I would 
love that information also. Fran Grindstaff

Correspondence 03/29/2004 passenger Burns
My ancestor John Burns was on this ship. His son, Laird Burns was born 
in 1716 in Cumberland, and Laird's daughter Martha Burns married James 
Boyd (of Scots-Irish descent), who is the gggg Grandfather of my 
father's mother. James and his son John died in a Tory prison camp & 
his son Samuel received a musket ball through the eye during a battle 
of the Rev. War. He later married Isabella Higgins and they had 10 
kids; they moved to Indiana.
Family history and information from the internet says that Martha 
Burns was a "close relative of Robert Burns" but I have not yet found 
any connection.  If anyone is researching this John Burns please contact
Jean Birch, Denver, Colorado

Correspondence 06/22/2004 passenger Marjoribanks
Geo. Marjoribanks listed as a non-indentured [Jacobite] is our 
immigrant ancestor.  The website for Majoribanks/Marchbanks information 
on this person can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4730/george/george.html
 
To paraphrase information from that site, George was born in Scotland 
and captured in a Jacobite uprising, imprisoned and then deported to 
the colonies.
In the colonies he met and married Ann Eckols, daughter of John and 
Mary [Cave] Eckols.  From this union there were eight children born 
but only seven were named in George's will,  The will of George 
Marchbanks can be found in Will book No. 1, 1734-1761, page 11-12.  
It was proved 21 Nov. 1740, page 12a.in the Parish of Raleigh in 
Amelia County, Virginia. He left to his younger son Joseph: plantation 
and two hundred and seventy five acres of land, to son George two 
hundred seventy five acres of land next to Joseph, to son William two 
hundred seventy five acres of land next to George, to daughter
Lucy Prisher one hundred acres of land, to daughter Ursula one hundred 
acres of land and to daughter Sarah one hundred acres of land.  Ann, 
his beloved wife, and William Echols and Richard Echols were executors.  
Witnessed by Hiz Ford, William Clemond, Jos. Collins  Numerous court 
records for George Marchbanks can be found in Goochland County, 
Virginia between 1729 and 1737.  By 1740 the records switch to Amelia 
County, Virginia.  Alice Sanders

Correspondence 05/27/2005 passenger Donaldson
I am a descendant of a John Donaldson who settled in Maryland and married 
a Catherine Davis in 1717.  I believe he is the John Donaldson on this list.  
Any additional information would be appreciated. Susan Shipley
Knoxville, Tennessee


Correspondence added 8-30-2006, Pitello/Pittillo

James Pitello/Pittillo
(Other sources cite him as James not John.) Scots Jacobite James Pittillo 
was born ca. 1698. He was captured at the Battle of Preston, tried in 
London, and transported on the ship Elizabeth and Ann in January 1716. 

He settled in Bristol Parish, Prince George Co., VA. He had land patents 
in Prince George, Brunswick, and Dinwiddlie Counties. He served with 
William Byrd's expediation to survey the Virginia/North Carolina 
boundary in 1728. James died in 1754 in Dinwiddie Co., VA. 

He was survived by his wife, Mary and six children: James (ca. 1725-1782), 
Ann (ca 1728 -) m. James Williams, Henry (ca. 1730- ), Mary (ca. 1732- ), 
Lucy (ca. 1733- ) m. James Moses, John (ca. 1734- 1827 Burke Co., NC).

Drew Welch  dwelch@alltel.net

                                                             

Contributed by William R. Williams
for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 15 September 1999

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