Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

277 Pages·1994·25.084 MB·English

by  David Dobson

Scottish Emigration to
Colonial America,
1607-1785

Scottish Emigration to
Colonial America,
1607—1783
David Dobson
The University of Georgia Press
Athens and London
Paperback edition, 2004
© 1994 by the University of Georgia Press
Athens, Georgia 30602
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Printed digitally in the United States of America
The Library of Congress has cataloged
the hardcover edition of this book as follows:
Library of Congress Cataoging-in-Publication Data
Dobson, David,
Scottish emigration to Colonial America, 1607—1785/
David Dobson
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8103-1492-7 (alk, paper)
I. Scottish Americans—History—17th century,
2. Scottish Americans—History—18th century.
3. United States—-History—Revolution, 1775—
1783-—Participation, Scottish American.
I. Title
E184.s3D66 1994
973'.049163 — dc20 91-14211
ISBN 0-8203-1645-7 (pbk, : alk paper)
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available
FRONTISPIECE
Contract of indenture For a Scottish emigrant bound for
Colonial America, 1737 (SRO GO 170/3339).
ISBN for This digital edition: 978-0-8203- 4078-4
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
CHAPTER ONE
The Emigrant Tradition (1607-60) 9
CHAPTER TWO
The American Apprenticeship (1660—1707) 38
The Northern Colonies 38
New York 44
East New Jeney and the Delaware Valley 47
The Chesapeake 55
The Carolinas 63
Barbados 66
The West lndies (Excluding Barbados) 73
CHAPTER THREE
Transatlantic Opportunities (1707—63) 81
The Northern Colonies 81
The Middle Colonies 86
The Chesapeake 94
The Carolinas 103
Georgia 113
The West Indies 122
Contents
CHAPTER FOUR
Scottish America (1763—85) 135
New England and the Middle Colonies 135
The Chesapeake 146
The Caroimas 153
Georgia 163
Florida 167
The West I mites 171
Canada 180
Epilogue 194
Notes 197
Bibliography 225
Index 243
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to acknowledge the assistance and advice received
from many individuals and institutions on both sides of the Atlan-
tic, In particular 1 wish to acknowledge the help and advice of
Professor T. C, Srnout of the Department of Scottish History,
University of St. Andrews, who supervised my research, which
forms the core of this book, from 1985 to 1988, and of Mr, R. N.
Smart, keeper of the muniments of the University of St. Andrews,
whose assistance with paleographic problems has been invaluable,
I also wish to acknowledge the practical support received from
the Russell Trust, the University of St. Andrews Travel Fund, the
New England Historic Genealogical Society, the National Gene-
alogical Society of the United States, and the lona Foundation of
Canada, which enabled me to carry out the original research that
was so essential to this project. Finally I wish to thank Dr, Michael
Tepper and Ransom and. Janet McBride, whose encouragement
and practical aid brought this research to fruition.
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Scottish Emigration to
Colonial America,
1607—1785