Our Scottish Prisoners of War Society began with the creation of the Yahoo Email Group by Eleanor Hall and myself on 05 Aug 2007. It was slow going and took a long time to grow but it did actually gro

For those who have just recently joined us here do please introduce yourselves and tell us about your SPOW ancestor. Put "#Introductions" in your subject line, thanks! Teresa -- Teresa (Hamilton/Peppe

Hi Teresa, Do feel free to link to my blog. I'd love to collaborate with you in any way that I can. Let me know what I can do. Thanks. Barbara

Nope, all I have is Christian, possibly Christina. Rog

Hi David and Roger, I just changed the #HASHTAG to #DunbarPrisoners. I am a distant cousin as I am a direct descendant of John Hamilton through my dad and his dad etc. all the way back. I do have info

Hi, Erica! I’m Jeannette McIntire Sears Wood and a direct descendant of Philip’s brother, Micum, who also came over on the Unity. Are you aware of a Micum McIntire Clan Association that is celebrating

I have seen some sources say Christian Dalziel or Christian Edwards but have no way of being sure.

Let's get this party started! ;) Why not introduce yourself including the name of your Scottish prisoner of war ancestor. I'll start! My name is Teresa Rust. I am a yDNA biological direct Hamilton anc

I am descended from William Furbish, 9th generation in Eliot Maine, where he received his land grant. Recent genealogy research also links my family to Robert Junkins and Daniel Furbish. -- Annette Za

John Bean page has some new information and a source for the descendants of James Bean: https://scottishprisonersofwar.com/john-bean-macbean-on-the-dunbar-prisoners-list/ 2. ix. JAMES BEAN, (John¹), w

Hello all. Jennifer Cone here. Unproven descendant of Neil Maccone, Royalist SPOW from the Battle of Worcester. Name on the "John and Sarah" list is Neile Mackhone and Neil Maccone on the Dobson list.

Hello, all. I am descended from John Cowan/Cowen/Cowinng from the Sara and John ship. Cowan was fortunate to become indentured to Richard Mann in Scituate, Ma. and eventually married Mann's widow. Her

Dear Descendants and Researchers of James Ross/e (1) of Sudbury! I am currently reworking the profile page for James of Sudbury. I am adding sources and updating the page in general. It is not complet

New Page for JOHN ROSS of Ipswich, Massachusetts: https://scottishprisonersofwar.com/john-ross-of-ipswich-massachusetts/ I am in the process of sorting out FIVE ROSS men on the Dunbar list and NINE RO

Hello! My maiden name is Boothby, and the information I have so far is that Josiah Boothby married Sarah Stewart (John, Samuel, Duncan SPOW) 19 September 1765 in Scarborough Maine. My only proof that

The Scottish Prisoners of War Society Now Has Its Own Logo! SPOWS has grown from its humble beginnings as a Yahoo group to between 1,500 to 2,000 combined members from both its website subscribers, Fa

Give $5.50 and Help the Scottish Prisoners of War Society Get a New and Improved Website! The Scottish Prisoners of War Society (SPOWS) has been given a great opportunity to improve its website throug

In order to gather and share information about my ancestor, Robert Stewart of Norwalk, I have created a website about him. Part of the purpose is to discover his roots, and perhaps determine at some p

Our NEW website will not have a regular BLOG post. Instead, we will be emailing out a periodic newsletter. I have many email addresses from our different groups but I need permission from each of you

I have cleaned and updated the profile page for Alester Mackhene who is possibly Alexander Keeney in Wethersfield, CT and/or also the Alexander McKenney who served in King Philip's War in 1675/6. If y