Extracts from a list naming 150 Jacobite prisoners taken by the French in October 1747, as recorded by W Smith at Lincoln, York and Lancaster. This is the list referred to by Samuel Smith who ship was captured (SP 36/102/95-97).
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[Height given in feet and inches]
| Names | Age | Profession | County | Stature | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | James Neilson | 26 | Labourer | Aberdeen | 5’ 5’’ | Black, swarthy, slender |
| 41 | Jonathan Robertson | 19 | Ditto: as above | Inverness | 5’ 4” | Brown, straight, Do.” |
| 42 | Daniel Ross | 40 | Servant | Ross | 5’ 5” | Sandy hair, swarthy, well made |
| 43 | William Robertson | 17 | Labourer | Perth | 5’ 5” | Brown, well made |
| 44 | John Stewart | 18 | Do. | Aberdeen | 5’ 4” | Do. Do. ruddy |
| 45 | John Smith | 21 | Goldsmith | Do. | 5’ 4” | Do. Do. |
| 46 | William Sharp | 18 | Labourer | Do. | 5’ 5½” | Do. Do. slender |
| 47 | Daniel Mc Gillis | 12 | Arisaig | 4’ 6 | Do. Do. stiff | |
| 48 | James Lacky | 16 | Weaver | Edinburgh | 5’ | Black straight |
| 49 | George Bain | 25 | Labourer | Aberdeen | 5’ 5½” | Do. Swarthy |
| 50 | Hector Mc Gillis | 16 | Herd | Inverness | 5’ | Do. Lusty |
| 51 | John Scott | 17 | Do. | Perth | 5’ 3½” | Light hair, fair faced, slender |
| 52 | John Stewart | 18 | Labourer | Aberdeen | 5’ 3½” | Brown, well made, swarthy |
| 53 | John Thompson | 18 | Do. | Bamf | 5’ 4¼” | Black |
| 54 | Adam Sutherland | 35 | Do. | Sutherland | 5’ 6” | Dark hair, pale faced, slender |
| 55 | Isabell Chambers | 25 | Knitts | Mearns | 5’ 7” | Do. Tall 7 slender |
| 56 | Elizabeth Clavering | 22 | Seamstress | Bamf | 5’ | Brown, thin |
| 57 | Isabell Hamilton | 50 | Knitts | Mussellburgh | 4’ 7” | Do. little |
| 58 | Mary Kennedy | 20 | Sewing etc. | Glengary | 4’ 7” | Do. full faced, ruddy |
| 59 | Jane McKenzie | 19 | Do. | Inverness | 4’ 7” | Fair hair, pock pitted, slender |
| 60 | Elizabeth Mc Farlin | 30 | Do. | Perth | 5’ 8½” | Black, lusty, ruddy |
| 61 | Elizabeth Robb | 35 | Knitts. | Aberdeen | 4’ 11” | Brown thick |
| 62 | John Crookshanks | 14 | Herdsman | Do. | 5’ | Fair complexion, healthy |
| 63 | Duncan McCleish | 18 | Pedlar | Perthshire | Perthshire 4’ 11¾ | Pale, Do., slender |
| 64 | Alexander Low | 37 | Whitesmith [works with | Lancashire | 5’ 5¾ | Pock pitted, ruddy, Do., healthy |
| 65 | James Dunbar | 17 | Labourer | Murray | 5’ | Dark complexion, well made |
| 66 | Robert Tom | 16 | Do. | Angus | 5’ 1” | Black hair, strong, healthy |
| 67 | William Chapman | 32 | Pedlar | Aberdeen | 5’ 4½” | Pale complexion, Do. |
| 68 | Thomas Brownhill | 22 | Labourer | Perthshire | 5’ 6¾” | Fair, Do. slender, well made, Do. |
| 69 | Alexander Brownlee | 20 | Watchmaker | Edinburgh | 5’ 6” | Red hair, Do. |
| ... | ||||||
| 132 | George Hume | 30 | Writer | Edinburgh | 5’ 7” | Black man |
| 133 | John Mason | 18 | Barber | Aberdeen | 5’ 3¼” | Brown hair well looking |
| 134 | John Stewart | 17 | Labourer | Perthshire | 5’ 3½” | Dark hair, lively |
| 135 | Alexander Robinson | 40 | Do. | Do. | 5’ 1¾” | Do. pale |
| 136 | James Sharrock | 21 | Taylor | Preston | 5’ 6” | Do. pale |
| 137 | Richard Leatherbarrow | 32 | Weaver | Winwick | 5’ 6¾” | Chestnut, sturdy |
| 138 | John Cottam | 17 | Labourer | Clifton | 5’ 6½” | Sandy hair |
| 139 | Hugh Johnson | 27 | Weaver | Walton | 5’ 3” | Blind of right eye |
| 140 | Thomas Bold | 21 | Labourer | Wigan | 5’ 5¼” | Dark hair |
| 141 | Thomas Charnley | 19 | Weaver | Walton | 5’ 8” | Strong, light brown |
| 142 | Richard Procter | 20 | Whitster [whitener or bleacher of cloth] | near Preston | 5’ 5½” | Dark brown & sprightly |
| 143 | Margaret Dykes | 22 | Lithgow | 5’ | Well looking | |
| 144 | Mary McKenzie | 20 | Spin[ner] | Lochaber | Lusty, healthy | |
| 145 | Barbara Camell | 19 | ------------- | Perthshire | Red hair, clever | |
| 146 | Jane McIntosh | 20 | Spin & Knit[ter] | Inverness | Do. | |
| 147 | Flora Cameron | 40 | ------------- | Lochaber | Black hair | |
| 148 | Effy Cameron | 28 | Do. | Do. | Do. Swarthy | |
| 149 | Anne Cameron | 30 | Do. | Do. | Little woman | |
| 150 | Margaret McDonald | 23 | Do. | Perthshire | Black hair |