| 4. |  Sir William COLQUHOUN was born on 26 Jun 1633 in Tullichewan Castle, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Sir Alexander XVII COLQUHOUN and Marion Mary Margaret STIRLING); died on 22 Jun 1675 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America; was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America. Notes:
He cannot be the son of Sir John of Luss if his father's death date and his birthdate are verified as they occur a year apart.
He is considered the first Scottish Cahoon/Calhoun emigrant to the American colonies as a prisoner of war captured in the Battle of Dunbar in Sep. of 1750. He arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in Nov. of 1750 on the ship Unity and was sold to the Iron Works in Lynn. (Southern Families)
Here is an account of that voyage on the Unity at http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/articles/unity.html#.YkX9YCjMKMo "The 'Unity'
On 3 Sep 1650, the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. There were 4000 dead, 10,000 captured, and 4000 more escaped. After being captured, they were marched from Durham to Newcastle. They were given very little to eat. Between the march and lack of food, many died along the way. Disease was rampant. Some men were shot because they either could not or would not march. When they reached their destination, they happened upon a field of cabbage. They ate all of it, which of course made them even sicker than they already were.The surviving Scots presented the English with a problem. Holding such a large number of prisoners could be costly. However, letting them go could prove to be very dangerous. One week after the battle, the Council of State, which was England's governing body, decided to turn the problem over to the committee and informed Sir Arthur Hasenlrigge, that he could deposed of as many of the Scots as he felt proper to work in the coal mines.With that authority Hasslrigge sent forty men to work as indentures servants at the salt works at Shields. He then sold another forty men as general laborers and set up a trade of Linen Cloth, twelve prisoners became weavers. While this was going on, the Council had received several petitions from persons, who wished to transport the Scots overseas. On September 16Th, the secretary, Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. John Becx and Joshua Foote conferred with their partners, the Undertakers of the Iron Works. Three days later, Hasseltigge was directed to deliver 150 prisoners to New England, with conditions that these men were well and sound and free of wounds because Hasslrigge, was concerned that these men were all infected, They were sent to London by water.
By October 23rd, the council was ordered to stop the project until is was confirmed that the Scots were not being sent anywhere where they could be dangerous. So the Scots waited in the Thames, for passage to New England.
November 11th, (1650), the Council issued sailing orders to the Unity. There were 150 Scots who were were sent to New England on The Unity and arrived at Lynn, Massachusetts. (William Cahoon is on the ships manifest)
Augustine Walker, the ships master who had settled in Charlestown, 1640, had , which was where the Unity had been built by shipwright, Benjamin Gilman, weighed anchor more than likely right away, after receiving his orders. The trip from London to Boston, which normally took six weeks and was mostly likely unpleasant. The conditions in which Becx and Foote, took the Scots was a commercial venture . They planned to sell each man for between 20 and 30 pounds, which would have made them a considerable profit, since they only paid five pounds for each man. The ship Unity, that delivered the prisoners from Dunbar, lost a lot on the way and threw them overboard due to death scurvy. They arrived in Boston in December.
Sir married Deliverance LNU on 26 Jun 1662 in Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Deliverance (daughter of Joseph PECK and Deliverance) was born on 21 Jun 1644 in Hingham Colony, Massachusetts; died on 9 Dec 1727 in Block Island, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1690 - 1744 (54 years)
