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Prisoners for transportation, 1747, SP 36/102/95-7

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.
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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

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