{"title":"Author: David Dobson","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"101-d0056","title":"Scottish Goldsmiths, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaken from a variety of Scottish archives, libraries and publications, the entries may name parents, apprenticeship and location.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 49 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0056\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320425680,"sku":"101-D0056","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0056.png?v=1727739628"},{"product_id":"101-d0033","title":"A Directory of Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the 1830s, Australasia was receiving a steady flow of migrants from Scotland, and by the end of the century Australasia and New Zealand rivaled the United States and Canada as destinations for Scottish emigrants. The book provides alphabetical listings of emigrants, including such information as birth date, spouse, parents, and date and place of death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 47 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0033\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320430928,"sku":"101-D0033","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0033.png?v=1756065067"},{"product_id":"101-d0055","title":"Irish Wills and Testaments in Great Britain, 1600-1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese wills or testaments were probated with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in England or confirmed by the Commissary Courts of Scotland, generally that of Edinburgh. Some of the documents may pertain to English or Scottish settlers in Ireland, others to residents of Ireland who died in the service of the English crown or aboard English ships, and others to native Irish. The original manuscripts can be located in the Public Record Office in London, or in the Scottish record office in Edinburgh. This is an essential tool in the search for an elusive ancestor in a period for which source material is generally lacking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1996), 1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 20 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0055\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435024,"sku":"101-D0055","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0055.png?v=1755620666"},{"product_id":"101-d0042","title":"Mariners of Aberdeen and Northern Scotland, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eLists of seafarers, primarily ship captains, gleaned from records in the Scottish Record Office and numerous publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993), 2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 90 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0042\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435600,"sku":"101-D0042","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0042.png?v=1727739661"},{"product_id":"101-d0043","title":"Burgess Rolls of Fife, 1700-1800 and St. Andrew's, 1700-1750","description":"\u003cp\u003eBurgesses were a self perpetuating oligarchy representing a minority of the population and comprised of merchants and craftsmen. Only the burgesses had the power to vote, operate businesses, and to trade within the burghs, while only the burgesses of Royal Burghs could engage in overseas trade. This book attempts to identify who were the burgesses of Fife of the 18th century on the eve of industrialization of the economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 154 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0043\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435664,"sku":"101-D0043","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0043.png?v=1727739661"},{"product_id":"101-d0045","title":"Mariners of Angus, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the overall pattern of Scottish trade in the early modern period is well known, very little information is readily available on the shipmasters, their vessels and crews. This publication attempts to bring together in a concise form such data as is available in archival or published sources and is based mainly on original research in Edinburgh, Dundee and Montrose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992, 1993, 1995), 2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0045\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435728,"sku":"101-D0045","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0045.png?v=1727739664"},{"product_id":"101-d0047","title":"Mariners of Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, and Fife, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis booklet brings together information on the mariners of Kirkaldy and district largely to be found in documentary sources held in the Scottish Record Office, and is based on original research undertaken in Edinburgh and St. Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 110 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0047\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435920,"sku":"101-D0047","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0047.png?v=1755620668"},{"product_id":"102-1467","title":"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883","description":"\u003cp\u003eNaming an additional 3,000 Scots immigrants to the mid-Atlantic region, this book covers the hundred-years immediately following the Revolutionary War and provides a series of sketches conveying such information as the immigrant's place and date of birth and death, occupation, date of arrival and place of settlement in the U.S., and names of spouse and children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho were these Scottish immigrants to the mid-Atlantic states? Little exists to record their departure from Scotland, but probably the most informative source of vital data on Scots who settled abroad are the birth, marriage, and death columns of local newspapers. This compilation depends heavily on such sources, together with certain documentary sources in the National Archives of Scotland, as well as a few other sources both printed and manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\" href=\"\/products\/102-1466\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\" href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\" href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\" href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in New England 1625-1873\" href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England 1625-1873\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002, paper, 150 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806317007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1467\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29410823995510,"sku":"102-1467","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1467.png?v=1744984226"},{"product_id":"102-1483","title":"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a trip here from Scotland, David Dobson searched the archives of North and South Carolina and found a mass of material proving the presence of a large number of Scots in the Carolinas before and after the Revolution. He located similar records in university libraries and historical societies, and he also found in the 1850 Federal Census more information on persons of Scottish origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this work-based on a systematic extraction of data from the above sources-Mr. Dobson presents, for the first time, a comprehensive list of Scottish settlers in the Carolinas from 1680 to 1830. In general, the details provided include age, place and date of birth, and often names of parents, names of spouse and children, occupation, place of residence, and the date of emigration from Scotland. About 6,000 Scots are identified in this book, and a small number are listed in Dobson's \u003ci\u003eScottish Settlers\u003c\/i\u003e series, but the majority-90% or so-are listed here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1986), 2009, paper, 322 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806311432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1483\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29505795522678,"sku":"102-1483","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/products\/102-1483.png?v=1755716177"},{"product_id":"102-8707","title":"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe links between Scotland and the countries lying along the southern shores of the Baltic can be traced back as far as the late medieval period, when Scottish knights accompanied the Teutonic knights on their Baltic Crusade. Since then, there have been economic links that led western merchants-Scots included-to settle in the main seaports of Eastern Europe, such as Danzig. The main period of Scottish settlement in Eastern Europe occurred from 1560 to 1650, when Scottish, German, Dutch, and Jewish entrepreneurs were lured to the Baltic by the promise of economic opportunity. According to one authority, by the 1640s as many as 30,000 Scots were resident in Poland alone. After 1650, Eastern Europe waned as a beacon for Scottish immigration, and some Scots returned to their Scottish homeland. The majority, however, became integrated into their adopted Baltic societies. In due course, many of their descendants would immigrate to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Part Three in this series, David Dobson examined scores of Scottish primary and secondary sources before producing a list of 1,000 additional Scots who settled in the Baltic (2,500 were identified in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9365\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850 Part 1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePart One\u003c\/a\u003e, and 2,000 more were identified in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9977\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850 Part 2\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePart Two\u003c\/a\u003e). Arranged alphabetically, entries furnish the individual's name with variants, a place of residence in Eastern Europe, the date of the record, and the record's source. In some cases you may also find a reference to the individual's place of origin in Scotland, occupation, relationships to other persons named (i.e., parent, spouse, offspring), membership in a fraternal organization, etc. A significant feature of Part Three is the inclusion of a list of the vessels, their captains, and the routes taken between Scottish ports and the Baltic during the years this volume covers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 106 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358895\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8707\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318474526838,"sku":"102-8707","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8707.png?v=1745006057"},{"product_id":"102-9009","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The People of the Hebrides, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hebrides are those islands lying off the coast of the Western Highlands of Scotland. They form parts of the counties of Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, and Argyll, and contain thirty-six parishes. During the Seven Years War, 1756 to 1763, Hebrideans comprised part of the Highland regiments raised to fight in America, namely Fraser's Highlanders and Montgomery's Highlanders. They and the Black Watch played a significant role in the campaigns and afterwards many former soldiers chose to settle in the former French Canada and in America rather than return to Scotland. These military settlers with their friends and families formed a substantial portion of the Highlanders who settled in the years before the outbreak of the America Revolution in 1776.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenealogical research in this region can be challenging because the parish registers, which are the backbone of Scottish genealogical research, only exist for about a quarter of the Hebridean parishes before 1800—and then only for Presbyterian ones. Such alternative sources as do exist include court records, estate papers, wills and testaments, services of heirs, registers of sasines, registers of deeds, port books, rent rolls, tax records, monumental inscriptions, and published works-on both sides of the Atlantic—and they comprise the basis for Dr. David Dobson's second volume of Hebridean source records. In all of the roughly 1,500 completely new entries for Volume 2, Dobson identifies a Hebridean by name, location, occupation, date, and source. In many instances the records also indicate an individual's kinsmen, intention to emigrate, military service, and other valuable characteristics. Since Celtic was still spoken in the Hebrides in the 18th century, researchers will find evidence of this in the surnames and place names that arise in the entries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 150 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358871\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318843166838,"sku":"102-9009","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9009.png?v=1727805571"},{"product_id":"102-9016","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The People of the Grampian Highlands","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Clearfield Company launched a new series of books by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter. The first five volumes cover Scottish Highlanders from Argyll, Perthshire, Inverness-shire, the Northern Highlands, and the Northern Isles. This sixth and concluding volume pertains to the Grampian Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch of the Highland emigration was directly related to a breakdown in social and economic institutions. Under the pressures of the commercial and industrial revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries, Highland chieftains abandoned their patriarchal role in favor of becoming capitalist landlords. By raising farm rents to the breaking point, the chiefs left the social fabric of the Scottish Highlands in tatters. Accordingly, voluntary emigration by Gaelic-speaking Highlanders began in the 1730s. The social breakdown was intensified by the failure of the Jacobite cause in 1745, followed by the British military occupation and repression in the Highlands in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. In 1746, the British government dispatched about 1,000 Highland Jacobite prisoners of war to the colonies as indentured servants. Later, during the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763 (known as the French and Indian War in the North American colonies), Highland regiments recruited in the service of the British crown chose to settle in Canada and America rather than return to Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce in North America, the Highlanders tended to be clannish and moved in extended family groups, unlike immigrants from the Lowlands who moved as individuals or in groups of a few families. The Gaelic-speaking Highlanders tended to settle on the western frontier, whereas the Lowlanders merged with the English on the coast. Highlanders seem to have established \"beachheads,\" and their kin subsequently followed. The best example of this pattern is in North Carolina, where they first arrived in 1739 and moved to the Piedmont, to be followed by others for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother factor that distinguishes research in Highland genealogy is the availability of pertinent records. Scottish genealogical research is generally based on the parish registers of the Church of Scotland, which provide information on baptisms and marriages. In the Scottish Lowlands, such records can date back to the mid-16th century, but, in general, Highland records start much later. Americans seeking their Highland roots, therefore, face the problem that there are few, if any, parish records available that pre-date the American Revolution. In the absence of Church of Scotland records, the researcher must turn to a miscellany of other records, such as court records, estate papers, sasines, gravestone inscriptions, burgess rolls, port books, services of heirs, wills and testaments, and especially rent rolls. (Some rent rolls even pre-date parish registers.) This series, therefore, is designed to identify the kinds of records that are available in the absence of parish registers and to supplement those registers when they are available.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Grampian Highlands stretch from the Braes of Angus in the south, north-eastwards following a geological fault line known as the Highland Line to Aberdeenshire, then west as far as Strathspey. The region embraces the mountainous areas of Angus, Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, and Morayshire but does not include the fertile coastal plain nor Strathmore. The main clans associated with the Grampian Highlands were Davidson, Farquharson, Forbes, Gordon, Grant, Keith, Lindsay, Mackintosh, MacPherson, and Ogilvie. As northeast Scotland tended to be a stronghold of Jacobitism, many of its supporters from the Grampian Highlands were transported to America and the West Indies after 1715 and 1745. In the 18th century, there were small-scale emigrations from north-east ports, such as Aberdeen, as most of emigrants chose to leave via Clyde ports (such as the Grants from Strathspey, who left Greenock bound for New York on the George in 1774). From the late 18th century, the rise of the transatlantic timber trade enabled many from northeastern Scotland to emigrate via Aberdeen to the Canadian maritimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all of the Grampian Highlanders, it does pull together references on 1,500 18th-century inhabitants from that region. In all cases, Mr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a locality within the Northern Isles (place of birth, residence, employment, etc.), a date, and the source. In some cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled on, and so forth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 133 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353845\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318853652598,"sku":"102-9016","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9016.png?v=1753220211"},{"product_id":"102-1462","title":"Genealogy at a Glance: Scottish Genealogy Research, updated edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most popular publications in our \u003cem\u003eGenealogy at a Glance\u003c\/em\u003e series, \u003cem\u003eScottish Genealogy Research\u003c\/em\u003e, has now been updated to reflect the changes in Scottish genealogy research since the original edition of this work was published in 2010—for example, the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) to form the National Records of Scotland (NRS); the release of the 1911 census; and the increase in searchable databases available online.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGenealogy at a Glance: Scottish Genealogy Research, Updated Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, the renowned Scottish author Dr. David Dobson brings his expertise to bear in a shrewd distillation of facts about Scottish genealogical research. Because there are so many people of Scottish descent worldwide, he uses emigration history as a jumping off point, from there proceeding to tackle the immense body of unique Scottish records which includes Old Parish Records of the Church of Scotland; post-1854 statutory records of births, marriages, deaths, divorces, civil partnerships and same-sex marriages; and census returns from 1841 to 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDobson then focuses on the remaining Scottish genealogical records, from traditional wills and testaments to the lesser known kirk session records and services of heirs. Along the way he seeds the text with research tips and references to key publications, concluding with an indispensable list of online resources, which are now the focal point of Scottish genealogy research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese may be the best four pages you'll ever read on Scottish genealogy, and you can read them at a glance and with absolute confidence that your research is pointed in the right direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, 8.5\" x 11\", laminated and folded, 4 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806321011\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1462\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31837986127990,"sku":"102-1462","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1462.png?v=1744984125"},{"product_id":"102-8710","title":"Scots in Southern Europe, 1600-1900, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe countries of southern Europe attracted relatively few Scots in the early modern period. There were exceptions, of course. Those Scots who could be found in countries such as Spain and Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were predominantly Roman Catholics who had been sent to colleges in Spain, Italy, or France to complete their education. Most of them joined the priesthood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe failure of the Jacobite Risings in 1715 and 1745, however, resulted in a number of Jacobites, mainly Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, taking refuge in locations within Catholic Europe, especially Italy where the Court of King James Stuart was based. Other Jacobite refugees became merchants in locations such as Madeira and Lisbon. By the eighteenth century, aristocratic families were sending their sons on the Grand Tour of Europe, especially to Italy and Greece; subsequently, artists and scholars settled there, some permanently, others temporarily. The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to Scottish soldiers and sailors being stationed at places such as Gibraltar and Malta, while the Iberian campaign of the Napoleonic Wars brought many Scottish fighting men to Spain and Portugal, mostly in British service, but some in Portuguese service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is an expanded and revised version of a book published in 2013 and contains much new data mainly derived from original research in the Regional Archives of Madeira in Funchal. Madeira was significant in transatlantic trade and emigration, as many vessels made it a main port of call prior to crossing the Atlantic or on the return journey. For each emigrant, we are given a name, place of residence, date, and a citation. Many of the entries also convey the identities of a parent, spouse, or other relation; occupation (student, soldier, merchant, professor, etc.); vessel traveled on; and so on. The author supports his list of travelers with a list of Scottish vessels, their captains, and the date and destination of at least one vessel sailing to Southern Europe. This book contains as many as 1,800 Scots found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Madeira, Malta, the Balearic Islands, the Azores, and the Canary Islands-20% more than named in the original edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 184 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359021\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8710\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32148356006006,"sku":"102-8710","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8710.png?v=1727805705"},{"product_id":"102-8122","title":"People of Cork, 1600-1799","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe city of Cork lies on the south-west coast of Ireland, in the Province of Munster, and is one of the biggest cities on the island. From the 17th century onward the port of Cork had significant trading links with America and the West Indies and became a major port used by Irish emigrants. The port of Cork was where many convoys assembled before crossing the Atlantic during the wars of the 18th century. The motto of the city of Cork, \u003ci\u003estatio fida carinis,\u003c\/i\u003e which translated is \"a trustworthy anchorage for ships,\" symbolizes why Cork became the principal harbor of the region and was of supreme importance for trade and emigration. Cork was an important link with the colonies in America and the Caribbean, with Bristol and other British ports, and with major Continental ports as well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, the latest in a series devoted to the 17th- and 18th-century populations of important cities in Ireland, has been researched and compiled from a range of primary sources, mainly in Ireland but also in England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and the United States. While it is in no way comprehensive, the book does identify several thousand inhabitants of the city of Cork during the 17th and 18th centuries whose families could have ultimately made their way to the Americas and often leads to documents that should facilitate the research undertaken by historians and genealogists interested in the people of Cork. Most entries identify the inhabitant by name, occupation, and a date. A number of them also provide such additional information as the names of family members, when emigrated, education, military service, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2017, paper, 126 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8122\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32153753321590,"sku":"102-8122","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8122.png?v=1727805724"},{"product_id":"102-9754","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the largest number of Scots found in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch emigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor his latest book, Scottish emigration expert David Dobson has combed primary and secondary sources on both sides of the Atlantic in order to document these links between Scotland, the Netherlands, and America. Mr. Dobson provides over 2,000 separate references to this traffic. In each case, he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, attracted by Scotland's offer of full naturalization. The author cautions researchers to note that the names brought to America by these immigrants were generally modified by the Dutch and, on occasion, provide no clue to their actual Scots origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2004), 2006, paper, 161 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806352251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9754\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238863122550,"sku":"102-9754","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9754.png?v=1727805843"},{"product_id":"102-9515","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For example, Antwerp and Rotterdam were the great emporiums of northern Europe where colonial products from America, Africa, and Asia were distributed. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the majority of Scots in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone, many of them members of the famous Scots Brigade. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch immigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2004, Scottish emigration expert Dr. David Dobson combed primary and secondary sources on both sides of the Atlantic in order to document these links between Scotland, the Netherlands, and America. The result was \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9754\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eScots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e which provides over 2,000 separate references to this traffic. Now Dr. Dobson has assembled a second collection of Scots-Dutch links from primary and secondary sources. In each case, he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, lured by Scotland's offer of full naturalization. The author cautions researchers to note that the names brought to America by these immigrants were generally modified by the Dutch and, on occasion, provide no clue to their actual Scots origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2011, paper, 136 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9515\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238863712374,"sku":"102-9515","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9515.png?v=1727805846"},{"product_id":"102-8119","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For example, Antwerp and Rotterdam were the great emporiums of northern Europe where colonial products from America, Africa, and Asia were distributed. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the majority of Scots in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone, many of them members of the famous Scots Brigade. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch immigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Dobson here has assembled a third collection of Scots-Dutch links from primary and secondary sources. In each case he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Volume III contains a significant number of marriages of Scottish immigrants that occurred in Rotterdam, often with local residents. Most occurred in the Scots Kirk or church there but others were held in other Protestant churches. There are also entries based on 17th-century Dutch wills or deeds of Scots, some of whom were bound for the Dutch colonies. Another source was the Court Book of the Scottish Staple at Veere, which identified Scots resident or trading there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2016, paper, 139 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8119\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238864662646,"sku":"102-8119","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8119.png?v=1727805847"},{"product_id":"102-8716","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume IV","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland has had strong economic, social and military links with the Netherlands since the medieval period, but the main period of Scottish settlement in the Low Countries occurred in the 17th century. Scottish scholars and merchants had long been attracted by the opportunities available in the universities and cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, especially by courses in law and medicine. Scottish merchants and craftsmen could be found in towns and cities throughout the Netherlands, especially in Veere, Middelburg, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. During the 17th century, Scots communities, with their own churches, could be found throughout Holland and Zealand in particular, and by 1700 around 1,000 Scots lived in Rotterdam alone. Some of the Scots found in the Netherlands were religious or political refugees, such as the Covenanters, who fled persecution under the Stuart kings to live among their Calvinist brethren. A small number of Dutch merchants and craftsmen also settled in Scotland during the period, some of whom had been attracted in 1672 when the Scottish government-with the incentive of full naturalization-invited inhabitants of the United Provinces to come across.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor eighty years the Dutch fought to maintain their independence from Spain, and aiding them in their struggle were thousands of Scottish soldiers, who formed the Scots Brigade. The Scots Brigade in Dutch Service was founded in 1572 and continued in existence until 1782, during which time a significant number of men from Scotland fought and later settled in the Netherlands. A number of them and their descendants immigrated to the Dutch settlements in America, stretching from the Hudson River to the West Indies and Surinam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, the fourth in the series, identifies some of the Scots with links to the Low Countries, especially seafarers and merchants, but also planters in the Dutch colonies in and around the Caribbean. It is based mainly on primary sources, notably the records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland. In each case, Dr. Dobson states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, lured by Scotland's offer of full naturalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, paper, 140 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8716\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238865809526,"sku":"102-8716","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8716.png?v=1727805850"},{"product_id":"102-8718","title":"Irish Emigrants to North America, Part 10","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish immigration to North America can be said to have commenced in earnest with the \"Scotch-Irish\" in 1718. By comparison, significant numbers of Irish people could already be found in the English colonies in the West Indies, and to a limited degree in the Dutch West Indies. By the early 18th century, however, the Irish were the largest immigrant group to settle in the thirteen American colonies. During this period, most immigrants to America were Presbyterians from the north of Ireland, though this would change dramatically in the 19th century. The greatest Irish exodus to America occurred between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the conclusion of the potato famine in 1851. During that span around one million left Ireland, mainly for North America, but also in smaller numbers for Australia, as well as for the industrializing towns of Britain. Most of those bound for North America sailed from Irish ports, though others went via Liverpool or Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is based on primary sources located in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Scotland, England, and the West Indies. Such primary sources include manuscripts, newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and government records. The author has arranged the list of roughly 1,000 new persons in this volume alphabetically by the emigrant's surname and, in the majority of cases, provides most of the following particulars: date of birth, name of ship, occupation in Ireland, reason for emigration, sometimes place of origin in Ireland, place of disembarkation in the New World, date of arrival, number of persons in the household, and the source of the information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, paper, 114 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8718\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238874787958,"sku":"102-8718","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8718.png?v=1727805853"},{"product_id":"102-1459","title":"Scottish Genealogy, The Basics and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScottish Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is the culmination of over fifty years of historical and genealogical research by Dr. David Dobson in archives and libraries throughout Scotland. As one would expect in a Scottish genealogy guidebook, this publication identifies the major sources and repositories for those just getting started on their research. But what makes this book stand out from all the rest is its focus on the other, less commonly used, sources that exist, which will allow more advanced researchers to put the basic facts they have gathered into context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an emphasis on publications, manuscript sources, and archival records, Dr. Dobson highlights ways to trace Scottish ancestors using alternative sources, primarily those covering the years between 1550 and 1850. For each research topic—including statutory registers, church records, tax records, sasines and land registers, court records, military and maritime sources, burgh and estate records, emigration records, and much more—Dr. Dobson has compiled an extensive list of the publications and archival records that will enable family historians to advance their research. It would take years for any individual to compile such a far-reaching bibliography and compilation of relevant records in Scottish archives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother unique feature of this guidebook is the inclusion of numerous excerpts from publications and archival records, which will help lead researchers to the sources most applicable to their research. All surnames that appear in these examples are listed in the surname index at the back of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2021, paper, 172 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806321134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1459\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39299821437046,"sku":"102-1459","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1459.png?v=1727806013"},{"product_id":"102-8720","title":"Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, Part 11","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 17th century, as many as 100,000 Scottish Lowlanders relocated to the Plantation of Ulster (Northern Ireland). While the majority of settlers were from the Scottish Lowlands, some, especially in the late 16th century, were Highlanders. It should also be noted that although the Presbyterians were in the majority, a sizable minority were Episcopalians, and a few were Roman Catholic. Also, though the main area of settlement was in Ulster, it is evident that a number of Scots settled further south.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Eleven of \u003cem\u003eScots Irish Links, 1575-1725\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to identify more of these Scottish settlers. It is based on research carried out into both manuscript and published sources found in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This volume is heavily based on documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the National Records of Scotland, especially those that establish the economic links of the period, such as the contemporary port books of both Scotland and Ireland, and records from the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland. Such records identify the ports and trading links that facilitated immigration to Ireland. Within a few generations, the descendants of these Ulster Scots emigrated in substantial numbers across the Atlantic where, as the Scotch-Irish, they made a major contribution to the settlement and development of Colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2021, paper, 130 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8720\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39299829825654,"sku":"102-8720","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8720.png?v=1727806014"},{"product_id":"102-9811","title":"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great 18th-century Scottish emigration to the Carolinas was a response, in large part, to the failure of the Jacobite rebellion in 1715, a phenomenon which set in motion a chain emigration of Scottish Lowlanders, followed by one of Highlanders. Publication of David Dobson's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in 1986 was the first attempt to build a comprehensive list of Scottish settlers in that region. Since 1986, Mr. Dobson has gathered an overwhelming amount of new information on early Scottish immigrants to North and South Carolina based on his research in Scotland, England, and the U.S., but especially at the National Archives in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sequel to the 1986 volume encases those findings. In all, the compiler has found evidence on nearly 1,000 Scots not mentioned in the original work and, for the most part, not found in his other publications on Scottish emigration. As one might expect from such a disparate body of sources, the descriptions of these Scots vary considerably, though there is a solid foundation of genealogical detail: age, place and date of birth, and often names of parents, names of spouses and children, occupation, place of residence, and date of emigration from Scotland. This is an important addition to the literature of Scottish emigration to colonial America, and, given the difficulty of identifying the participants in this extraordinary emigration, one worth waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2004), 2009, paper, 164 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806352312\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e102-9811\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39490384756854,"sku":"102-9811","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9811.png?v=1727806693"},{"product_id":"102-9518","title":"Scottish-German Links, 1550-1850, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Scottish links with Germany can be traced back to the medieval period-primarily taking the form of commerce at ports such as Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck-the majority of Scots who were found in the various German principalities during the early modern period arrived as soldiers of fortune, especially during the Thirty Years War. Students also were attracted by the educational opportunities available in Germany, and Warzburg and Ratisbon in particular attracted the sons of Catholic families. Some immigration traffic also flowed in the other direction, as reflected in the entries found in the second edition of Dr. David Dobson's book \u003ci\u003eScottish-German Links, 1550-1850\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the contents of these transcriptions vary considerably, each one of them nonetheless identifies a Scots-German by name, date, and city of residence, and gives the source of information. In many instances, we learn something about an individual's parentage, spouse, vocation, or more. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2007, Dr. Dobson has consulted many new references-all of them identified in the back of the work-resulting in a 20 percent increase in the number of entries, or 1,450 Scots-Germans in all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2011, paper, 130 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9518\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39490385969270,"sku":"102-9518","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9518.png?v=1729377446"},{"product_id":"102-9976","title":"Irish Emigrants in North America, Part 7","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmigration from Ireland to the Americas started in earnest during the early 18th century. In 1718 the first successful emigration from Ireland to New England occurred, laying the foundation for the large-scale settlement of colonial America by the \"Scots-Irish.\" This work is the seventh installment (and the fourth volume) in a series compiled by Mr. David Dobson that documents the departure of thousands of individuals who left Ireland for the promise of the New World between roughly 1670 and 1830. As many as half of the immigrants referred to here disembarked at Canadian ports in Ontario, while most of the rest entered North America through New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Seven is based mainly on archival sources in Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, and the U.S., together with contemporary newspapers and journals, a few published records, and some gravestone inscriptions from both sides of the Atlantic. In the majority of cases, Mr. Dobson's transcriptions provide some or all of the following: name of passenger, date of birth, name of ship, occupation in Ireland, reason for emigration, and, sometimes, place of origin in Ireland, place of disembarkation in the New World, date of arrival, number of persons in the household, and the source of the information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2008, paper, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353937\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9976\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710387077238,"sku":"102-9976","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9976.png?v=1727806915"},{"product_id":"102-9978","title":"Scots-Irish Links, 1825-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 17th century, there was a substantial emigration from Scotland to Ireland; this changed during the 18th century when the majority of Scottish emigrants were bound for North America and relatively few moved over to Ireland. The late 18th century witnessed the rise of a counter-migration, namely, Irish settlement in Scotland. In fact by the mid-19th century the emigration of the Irish to Scotland had become substantial inasmuch as these migrants were attracted by the economic opportunities available in the rapidly expanding industrial and mining areas, particularly in west central Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite the foregoing change in demographic patterns, there was still some movement from Scotland to Ireland during the Victorian period, albeit on a small scale. This book identifies some of these migrants, and others with links to Scotland, as well as graduates of the University of Glasgow with Irish links. Mr. Dobson undertook the research for this volume in documentary sources in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, as well as some published contemporary materials in the Library of the University of St. Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each of the roughly 1,300 alphabetically arranged Scots of Irish origin found in this book we are given a location (oftentimes a street address), date, and source of the information. In some instances Mr. Dobson has, much to our delight, identified one or more of the following: the individual's parent(s), sibling(s) and\/or spouse; military service; occupation; education, or more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354064\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9978\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710427709558,"sku":"102-9978","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9978.png?v=1727806916"},{"product_id":"102-9977","title":"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe links between Scotland and the countries lying along the southern shores of the Baltic can be traced back as far as the late Medieval period, when Scottish knights accompanied the Teutonic knights on their Baltic Crusade. Since then there have been economic links which led western merchants-Scots included-to settle in the main seaports of Eastern Europe, such as Danzig. The main period of Scottish settlement in Eastern Europe occurred from 1560 to 1650, when Scottish, German, Dutch, and Jewish entrepreneurs were lured to the Baltic by the promise of economic opportunity. Still other Scots left in pursuit of religious freedom, as soldiers of fortune who ultimately settled on lands granted for service rendered, or as itinerant cramers (pedlars). According to one authority, by the 1640s as many as 30,000 Scots were resident in Poland alone. After 1650, Eastern Europe waned as a beacon for Scottish emigration, and some Scots returned to their Scottish homeland. The majority, however, became integrated into their adopted Baltic societies. In due course, their Polonised descendants would emigrate to America and elsewhere, some no doubt as part of the wave of Polish refugees which settled in North America in this century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the concluding volume in this series (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9365\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 1\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePart One\u003c\/a\u003e was published in 2000), Mr. Dobson examined scores of Scottish primary and secondary sources before producing a list of 1,000 additional Scots who settled in the Baltic (Part One identified 2,500). Arranged alphabetically, entries furnish the individual's name with variants, a place of residence in Eastern Europe, the date of the record, and its source. Given the widely disparate character of the subject matter, one may also find a reference to the individual's place of origin in Scotland, occupation, relationships to other persons named (i.e., parent, spouse, offspring), membership in a fraternal organization, etc. A significant feature of Part Two is the inclusion of verbatim transcriptions of documents that illustrate the kinds of sources that are available to researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 100 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354002\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9977\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710431543414,"sku":"102-9977","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9977.png?v=1727806917"},{"product_id":"102-8725","title":"Scots-Irish Links, 1525-1825: Consolidated Edition [2 volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the result of nearly thirty years of intermittent research in archives and libraries throughout the United Kingdom. David Dobson's interest in the subject of the Scots-Irish directly stems from his research into the Scottish Diaspora, which began with \u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775\u003c\/em\u003e, a volume published by Genealogical Publishing Company in 1983. The success of this book led to further research, initially into Scottish emigration to North America and later extended into global destinations and further publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Plantation of Ulster by Scots in the seventeenth century is a well-known established fact; however, family historians, require very specific reference material which is generally missing from the published accounts of the migration and settlement of thousands of Scots beginning in 1606. While most of the settlers were from the Scottish Lowlands, some, especially in the late sixteenth century, were Highlanders. It should also be noted that although Presbyterians were in the majority, there was a sizable minority who were Episcopalians, and a few Roman Catholics. Also, although the main area of settlement was in Ulster, it is evident that a number settled further south, including in Dublin. The emphasis of Scottish emigration changed in the eighteenth century, from European destinations such as Ireland and the Netherlands, to North America and the Caribbean. This century also saw the marked increase of emigration from Ireland to North America, notably of the Scots-Irish, the subject of this consolidated edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn order to accumulate references into the Scots-Irish, alias the Ulster Scots, the author undertook research in the National Records of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the National Archives of the UK, and the University of St Andrews. Specific sources included wills, testaments, deeds, sasines, port books, rent rolls, family papers, burgess rolls, apprenticeship records, estate papers, church records, monumental inscriptions, university registers, contemporary journals, newspapers, government records and various publications. Dr. Dobson's references to those sources identify the manuscript or published work, volume and folio number, or the archive, as well as the documentary details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTake the entry under \u003cem\u003eJohn Crichton\u003c\/em\u003e dated 1694 which reveals that he was residing in Achlane, County Armagh, the son of Robert Crichton of Ryehill in Dumfriesshire, and his wife Agnes McBrair, who was involved in a property transaction in Dumfriesshire. The source citation reads SRO [i.e. Scottish Record Office, now the National Records of Scotland], RS22 [signifies the Register of Sasines, for the Sheriffdom of Dumfries], volume 5, folio 174, while the document details the land or building involved, the names of the vendor and purchaser, and the value of the property, possibly with names of neighbouring proprietors and witnesses - all items of interest to a family historian.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis consolidated edition improves upon the original booklets in a number of respects. These contents were originally published in 15 parts as follows: \u003cem\u003eScots-Irish Links, 1575-1725\u003c\/em\u003e (11 parts); \u003cem\u003eLater Scots Irish Links, 1725-1825\u003c\/em\u003e (3 parts), and \u003cem\u003eScots-Irish Links, 1825-1900\u003c\/em\u003e (1 part). Staying abreast of announcements of all books in the series has posed a problem for some genealogists. Also, Dr. Dobson arranged the roughly 15,000 Scots-Irish subjects found in the original volumes in alphabetical order; consequently, he did not add an index at the end of each volume. As the two series grew, the omission of indexes posed three problems for researchers: (1) The necessity of searching multiple volumes for the identity of an ancestor and (2) The inaccessibility of the identities of \u003cem\u003eother persons\u003c\/em\u003e named in the alphabetically arranged entries, e.g., spouses, parents, children, ships captains, and so forth. To rectify these shortcomings, we have now attached a full-name index to the back of each of these consolidated volumes, providing the reader with an easy way of identifying everyone found therein and-especially in the case of institutional collections-assembling all the information in one convenient place. Finally, this consolidated work represents the single greatest compilation of the participants in the Plantation of Ulster and their descendants. It is available as a two-volume set at a discounted price, or by individual volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 2 volumes, 946 pp. + 920 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8725\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39932978397302,"sku":"102-8725","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8725.png?v=1745005947"},{"product_id":"102-9955","title":"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Renfrewshire, 1600-1699","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, English monarchs had tried, with limited success, to subjugate Ireland, and under the later Tudors had made serious attempts to settle Ireland with English colonists. Once he occupied the English throne, James I, as King James VI of Scotland, also invited the Scots to participate in the plantation of Ulster in particular. Scottish \"undertakers,\" who were granted vast estates, recruited the settlers, and since many of the \"undertakers\" were from southwest Scotland, a number of the settlers came from that region as well. In addition, some of the emigrants were Scottish Covenanters fleeing from persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe final book in this series from David Dobson is designed to assist family historians researching their origins in the Scottish county of Renfrew during the 17th century. Since only seventeen parish registers of the Church of Scotland prior to 1685 survive for this area, Mr. Dobson's researches attempt to fill the void as best as possible. The volume is based, overwhelmingly, on primary sources in the National Archives of Scotland and Edinburgh, and is fully referenced. The most important sources used in the compilation are the Registers of Testaments for Hamilton and for Glasgow. Also used were Monumental Inscription lists, the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, and the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. The inhabitants are arranged alphabetically and are identified by a town or townland, date, and source. In some instances, Mr. Dobson includes additional details, as in the case of the following inhabitant:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eHay, John, of Renfield, born 1566, eldest son of Andrew Hay, MA Glasgow, 1582, minister at Mearns, 1588-1593, minister at Renfrew, 1593-his death in December 1627; husband of (1) Margaret Hamilton, (2) Agnes Somerville. [F.3.185]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eMr. Dobson's newest book identifies about 2,200 inhabitants of Renfrewshire who might have relocated to Ulster and whose origins go back to the 16th century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 154 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9955\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39948793217142,"sku":"102-9955","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9955.png?v=1727807639"},{"product_id":"102-9018","title":"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Ayrshire, 1600-1699","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe people who moved from Scotland to Ireland in the 17th century overwhelmingly originated in south-west Scotland. This region includes Ayrshire, from whose ports originated some of the earliest trading voyages to the New World. The opportunities in Ulster and Ayrshire's close proximity to Ireland, however, discouraged transatlantic emigration. While many moved for good economic reasons, others fled from religious persecution. Those who settled in Ulster were the forefathers of the Scotch-Irish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the second volume in a series designed to provide information on Scottish communities that participated in the Ulster exodus and for which parish registers are virtually non-existent. The Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland are the backbone of genealogical research in Scotland, but in the case of Ayrshire, for example, only eight of 46 extant registers date from before 1650, the earliest dating from 1638. This work partially fills that gap and uses sources generally not available to American researchers with Scottish forebears, most of them primary sources in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh and other sources, such as the Commissary Courts of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the High Court of the Admiralty, burgh records, Register of Deeds, Retours, Customs records, and a handful of published sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Mr. Dobson makes no claims for comprehensiveness, this book does identify more than 1,800 17th-century residents of Ayrshire who may have figured in the exodus to Ulster. Each such individual is identified by name, occupation, at least one date (e.g., burgess of Ayr, 1607, or testament, 1662), and the source of the information. In many cases, the entries also identify the resident's parents, spouse, or offspring; vessel(s) traveled on; additional dates; and more. Researchers with Boyd, Campbell, Cochrane, Cunningham, Dalrymple, Ferguson, Fullarton, Hunter, Kennedy, Montgomery, Muir, or Wallace lines should note that these families were much in evidence in Ayrshire in the 17th-century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first volume in this series, \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9017\" title=\"The People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e is arranged in the same way as this second volume. The major families in the Dumfries-Galloway region were Gordon, Irving, Johnston, Kennedy, Maxwell, McKie, McLellan, and McDowall, and many are featured in this first volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2008), 2010, paper, 139 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353913\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39948797771894,"sku":"102-9018","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9018.png?v=1727807641"},{"product_id":"102-9017","title":"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, English monarchs had tried, with limited success, to subjugate Ireland, and under the later Tudors had made serious attempts to settle Ireland with English colonists. Once he occupied the English throne, James I, as King James VI of Scotland, also invited the Scots to participate in the plantation of Ulster in particular. Scottish \"undertakers,\" who were granted vast estates, recruited the settlers, and, as many of them were from southwest Scotland, many of the settlers came from that region as well. Besides the pull of the \"undertakers,\" some of the inhabitants of Dumfries-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire (now known as Dumfries and Galloway) were Scottish Covenanters fleeing from persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe latest book from David Dobson is designed to assist family historians researching their origins in Dumfries and Galloway during the 17th century. Since only three of 86 parish registers of the Church of Scotland prior to 1685 survive for this area, Mr. Dobson's researches attempt to fill the void as best as possible. The volume is based, overwhelmingly, on primary sources in the National Archives of Scotland and Edinburgh, and is fully referenced. Sources include the Court of Session, Commisary Courts of Dumfries and Edinburgh, the High Court of the Admiralty, Kirk Session Records, burgh records, Register of Deeds, monumental inscriptions, and more. The inhabitants are arranged alphabetically and are identified by a town or townland, date, and source. In some instances, Mr. Dobson includes additional details. The major families in the Dumfries\/Galloway region were Gordon, Irving, Kennedy, Maxwell, McKie, McLellan, McDowall, and Johnston, and many are featured in the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2008), 2009, paper, 142 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353876\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39948819005558,"sku":"102-9017","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9017.png?v=1727807646"},{"product_id":"102-8736","title":"The People of Leith at Home and Abroad, 1600-1799","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeith lies on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, a few miles north of Edinburgh. Since the 12th century, it has been the main port serving Edinburgh and the Lothians. This book identifies many of Leith's population during the 17th and 18th centuries and is based on a wide range of sources, both manuscript and published, such as testaments, sasines (property records), services of heirs, court books, port books, monumental inscriptions, register of deeds, apprenticeship records, burgess rolls, government records, journals, and newspapers. During the early modern period, Leith traded with ports around the Baltic, the North Sea, and the Mediterranean, as well as with the Americas. Its seamen, in Dutch or English service, could be found as far away as Asia or the Americas. Leith was a major importer and distribution center of French and Spanish wine from the 16th century onwards. Leith also had a thriving whaling industry, and shipbuilding, dependent upon timber imported from Norway, was another traditional industry. However, the emphasis of the economy was on seafaring. Leith was the single most important port in Scotland until the rise of trans-Atlantic trade enabled the Clyde ports of Glasgow-Greenock to become pre-eminent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, paper, 180 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8736\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39948819955830,"sku":"102-8736","price":32.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8736.png?v=1727807647"},{"product_id":"102-9019","title":"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Lanarkshire, 1600-1699","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland during the 17th century was a nation in transition. The Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 resulted in significant changes in the relationships between the two countries, which led to a degree of cooperation between them, such as the elimination of the cross-border rustling or reiving that had existed for centuries, the expansion of trade, and a degree of collaboration in colonial ventures. This latter feature was particularly important for the Protestant settlement of Ireland, inasmuch as King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) invited Scots to participate. James granted vast estates to Scottish \"undertakers\" (many of whom lived in Southwest Scotland), and they in turn recruited settlers from among their own tenants to develop these lands. While economic opportunity was a major factor attracting Scots to Ulster, others fled from religious persecution. Those who settled in Ulster were the forefathers of the Scotch-Irish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, which is designed as an aid to family historians seeking their origins in Lanarkshire or Clydesdale, as it was once known, is the third volume in a series designed to provide information on Scottish communities that participated in the Ulster exodus. The Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland are the backbone of Scottish genealogical research, and in the case of county Lanark their survival is better than average, with 53 such registers extant. This work, however, supplements information found in the church records and is based almost completely on primary sources, including the Register of Deeds of the Court of Session, Lanarkshire Sasines, the Registers of Testaments for Lanark and Glasgow, Monumental Inscription lists, the Register of Burgesses and Guildsbrethren of Glasgow, and the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Mr. Dobson makes no claims for comprehensiveness, this book does identify more than 2,000 seventeenth-century residents of Lanarkshire who may have figured in the exodus to Ulster. Each such individual is identified by name, occupation, at least one date (e.g., burgess of Ayr, 1607, or testament, 1662), and the source of the information. In many cases, the entries also identify the resident's parents, spouse, or offspring; vessel(s) traveled on; additional dates; and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first two volumes in this series are similar in arrangement and covered the seventeenth-century inhabitants of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9018\" title=\"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Ayrshire, 1600-1699\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAyrshire\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9017\" title=\"Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDumfries\/Galloway\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 162 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39969695301750,"sku":"102-9019","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9019.png?v=1727807668"},{"product_id":"102-8741","title":"Irish Soldiers in Colonial America (ca. 1650-1825)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume attempts to identify many of the Irish soldiers in the British colonies in North America and the Caribbean from around 1650 until 1825. Before 1801, Ireland was a separate kingdom, but subject to the British king. The last king of Ireland was the Catholic King James II who encouraged the formation of Irish regiments. After James' defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, most of his forces, around 2,000 men, went to France, in what is known as the \"Flight of the Wild Geese\", where they formed regiments in the French Army such as Montcashel's, O'Brian's, and Dillon's. Irish soldiers fought in various campaigns in Europe and in Canada, and probably the Caribbean, until the French Revolution when they were disbanded.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Army did not enlist Irish Catholics during much of the 18th century as they were considered likely to be unreliable when opposing the forces of Catholic countries such as France and Spain, which contained many of their countrymen. Ireland was garrisoned mainly by British regiments, though new regiments were raised in Ireland, such as The Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland and the Inniskilling Regiment. Irish settlers in colonial America were recruited into local militias, such as the Virginia Regiment or the Montserrat Militia, which are identified in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the American Revolution, people of Irish origin could be found in both Loyalist and Patriot units, including the \"Volunteers of Ireland\". The Loyalist Claims proved very useful in identifying Irish fighting men. Between 1789 and 1815, Britain was at war with Napoleon's France, necessitating an expansion of the British Army. In the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, the British government settled substantial numbers of demobilised soldiers, including Irishmen, in Canada. From about 1780 onwards, the British regiments enlisted at least one-third of their recruits in Ireland; this increased to about 40% by the early 19th century owing to demand from the British Army and the East India Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor additional information about Irish recruits that served in the Colonies, see \"A Historical Record of the 27th [Inniskilling] Regiment\", by W C Trimble, [1851]; Richard Cannon's \"Historical record of the 18th [Royal Irish] Regiment of Foot\", [London 1848]; and Steven M Baule's \"Protecting the Empire's Frontier, Officers of the 18th [Royal Irish] Foot\", [Ohio, 2013]; as well as the journals of the Army Historical Research Society, and those of the \"Irish Sword\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, 122 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359588\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8741\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40124551594102,"sku":"102-8741","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8741.png?v=1727807922"},{"product_id":"102-8744","title":"Irish Emigrants in North America: Consolidated Edition, Parts 1-10","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis consolidated edition brings together all ten parts of David Dobson's series, \u003cem\u003eIrish Emigrants in North America\u003c\/em\u003e. A comprehensive index of names has been added to facilitate the reader's search for maiden names and the names of other persons mentioned in the passenger descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmigration from Ireland to the Americas in the early modern period grew from a trickle to a torrent between the 17th century and the 19th century. Some emigrants left Ireland bound directly for the colonies as indentured servants. However, most Irishmen who settled in the Americas in the 17th century arrived as prisoners of war banished to the Plantations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOliver Cromwell transported hundreds of Irish to islands in the West Indies, notably Barbados and especially Montserrat. Most 17th-century Irish found in the Americas were highly likely to be Roman Catholics who had opposed the English occupation of much of Ireland and who arrived as prisoners sold as indentured servants. By the end of the 17th century attempts at settlement by the Irish had occurred at locations stretching from Newfoundland to the Amazon River.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis picture changed in the early 18th century when most Irish emigrants to America were Anglican, Quakers, or Presbyterians. There was substantial emigration from the north of Ireland by Presbyterians whose ancestors had settled there from Scotland during the Plantation of Ulster in the 17th century. These \"Scotch Irish\" found that they were treated as second-class citizens by the Anglican Ascendancy of Ireland, and, consequently, from 1718, they began to settle in the North American mainland's thirteen colonies. An estimated 200,000, mainly Scotch Irish, had vacated the Emerald Isle by 1799, becoming one of the largest ethnic groups to settle in the British colonies in the that century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 19th century brought the potato famine of 1846-1851 in Ireland, which forced hundreds of thousands of mostly Irish Catholics to abandon their homes for refuge in North America, as well as in Britain and Australasia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expansion of transatlantic trade between Ireland and the Americas during the 18th and 19th centuries facilitated emigration. Also, from the late 18th century onwards, the British Army increasingly recruited Irishmen into its ranks. Consequently, many of these Irish veterans could be found settled throughout the British Empire. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British government settled thousands of former soldiers and their families in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn originally compiling the ten parts of this consolidated edition, author David Dobson consulted reference material located in archives and libraries in the United States, Canada, Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies. In all, he identifies more than 10,000 Irish emigrants to North America by name, date, occupation, specific place of origin, and, in many cases, by kinspeople, vessel traveled upon, and other circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 850 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359632\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8744\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40365148930166,"sku":"102-8744","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8744.png?v=1727807989"},{"product_id":"102-8722","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 6","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was not until the mid-18th century that the British Government began to dispatch formal Scottish regiments-such as Fraser's Highlanders, the Black Watch, and Montgomery's Highlanders-to serve in America. The Seven Years War, 1756-1763, otherwise known in America as the French and Indian War, led to significant recruitment in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands, for service in America. The massive increase in immigration to America from the Highlands that occurred in the decade after the French and Indian War resulted to some extent from the influence of returning soldiers. The allocation of land to former personnel in the aftermath of the Seven Years War was also a major incentive. A significant number of Scots who ultimately settled in the colonies were recruited in local militias-notably the Virginia Regiment, many of whom are noted in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1776, on the outbreak of the American Revolution, former soldiers who had received land grants were recalled for duty by the British Government. For example, former Scottish soldiers who had been settled on the Mohawk Valley joined the King's Royal Regiment of New York. After the war large numbers of soldiers from former Loyalist units and from regular British Army regiments, including many Scots, were settled in what has become Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War of 1812 revealed the military weakness along the borders of British North America with the United States. After the contemporaneous Napoleonic Wars, 1793 -1815, the British government strategically settled thousands of former British soldiers along the Canadian border. Among the units involved was the Canadian Fencibles, a Highland militia raised in 1803 on the promise of settlement in Canada after the war-a promise that did not fully materialize.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, which identifies upwards of 2,000 Scottish combatants, their units, and places served in the Americas, is based on primary and published source material located in Scotland, London, Canada, the United States, and the West Indies, and likely marks the final installment in this series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2021, paper, 90 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8722\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373880225910,"sku":"102-8722","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8722.png?v=1727807995"},{"product_id":"102-9812","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eScottish soldiers played an important role in defending the American colonies and in settling them. Around the middle of the 18th century, the British government began sending regiments like Fraser's Highlanders to America; thereafter, the French and Indian War of 1756 to 1763 led to significant recruitment in Scotland for service in the American colonies. The experience gained by these soldiers was to influence their own and other Scots' decisions to emigrate to America. After all, the allocation of land to former military personnel in the aftermath of that war was a major incentive. Scottish soldiers and former soldiers fought on both sides of the American Revolution, and following that conflict a number of Scottish Loyalists settled in what would become Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book under consideration here marks the second in a series on Scottish colonial soldiers compiled by emigration authority David Dobson. (The first volume was published as two parts in one.) Working from manuscripts in the Acts of the Privy Council and the Calendar of British State Papers and published sources such as the \u003cem\u003eAberdeen Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Advertiser\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eGeorgia Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e, the author has uncovered information on an additional 750 Scottish colonial solders not found in his earlier book. One such soldier was \"John Wright, born in High Calton, Edinburgh, during 1728, an army sergeant who fought in the French and Indian War and in the American War of Independence, witnessed to death of Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham, died in Joppa, Edinburgh, in 1838, father of a Roman Catholic priest in Montreal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe list of soldiers is arranged alphabetically and, while the descriptions vary widely, the researcher will discover some or all of the following information in each one: soldier's name, rank, military unit, date(s) and campaign(s) of service, place of birth, time of arrival in North America, civilian occupation, date and place of death, and the source of the information. We should emphasize again that the (mostly) Scottish Highland combatants referred to here represent potentially valuable links between the New and Old Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2004, paper, 86 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806352381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9812\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373883109494,"sku":"102-9812","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9812.png?v=1727807997"},{"product_id":"102-9006","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was not until the mid-eighteenth century that the British Government began to dispatch Highland regiments-such as Fraser's Highlanders, the Black Watch, and Montgomery's Highlanders-to America. The Seven Years War, 1756-1763, otherwise known in America as the French and Indian War, led to significant recruitment in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands, for service in America. This experience led many soldiers to decide to settle in or immigrate to America. The allocation of land to former personnel in the aftermath of the war was a major incentive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seven Years War between Britain and France involved several campaigns in the West Indies. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Scottish soldiers were garrisoned throughout the West Indian colonies; some died there, while others settled. In 1776, on the outbreak of the American Revolution, many former soldiers who had received land grants were recalled for duty by the British Government. For example, many former Scottish soldiers who had been settled on the Mohawk Valley of upper New York joined the King's Royal Regiment of New York. At the same time many new or recent immigrants from Scotland formed the Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment. Following the Revolution, large numbers of soldiers from former Loyalist units and from regular British Army regiments, including many Scots, were settled in what has become Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, the fifth part and fourth volume in a series, is based on primary and published source material located in Scotland, London, Canada, the United States, and the West Indies. For most of the 1,100 soldiers found here, Dobson provides a place of origin in Scotland, military unit, place of service or settlement in North America, and one or more dates. For many of the soldiers, he also provides birthplace, names of family members, where they were granted land, battles fought in, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2018, paper, 134 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358758\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373890252918,"sku":"102-9006","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9006.png?v=1745005098"},{"product_id":"102-8090","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis marks the third volume (and fourth part) in a series on Scottish colonial soldiers compiled by emigration authority David Dobson. (The first volume was published as two parts in one.) Of particular relevance for the latest installment, the British Crown recruited a number of Scots regiments (e.g., Fraser's Highlanders) to serve on its behalf during the French and Indian War. A number of these veterans received land for their service, which helped to inspire a massive increase in Highlander settlement in the years leading up to the American Revolution. Scots fought on both sides of the latter conflict. After that war, large numbers of Scottish soldiers from former Loyalist units and the regular British Army settled in what would become Nova Scotia as well as Prince Edward Island, elsewhere in the Canadian Maritimes, Ontario, and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking from various burgess rolls, the Calendar of Home Office Papers, the Nova Scotia Archives, and published sources such as Blackwood's Magazine, the Caledonian Mercury, and the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Dr. Dobson has uncovered information on an additional 1,000 Scottish colonial solders not found in his earlier books in this series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy way of illustration, one such soldier was \"Peter McDonald, from Inverness-shire, emigrated via Fort William on 4 September 1775 aboard the Glasgow bound for New York, arrived there on 31 October 1775. Impressed into the 84th (Royal Highland Emigrants) Regiment on 1 November 1775, then sent to Boston and later Halifax, Nova Scotia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2012, x+ 98 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355658\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8090\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373891432566,"sku":"102-8090","price":19.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8090.png?v=1727807999"},{"product_id":"102-8743","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 7","description":"\u003cp\u003eScottish soldiers could be found in the Americas during the 17th century, some in the service of England, others in the service of the Netherlands or other European powers. Scottish mercenary soldiers had fought throughout Europe, notably during the Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648, and while most remained there, some of them were recruited to serve overseas, notably by the Dutch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom 1638 to 1651 significant numbers of Scottish prisoners of war were transported to the colonies by Oliver Cromwell. Consequently, many of them were recruited into the colonial militias, notably in New England. Similarly in Barbados, the militia rolls in 1679\/1680 identify many Scots enrolled there, most of whom arrived in chains. In 1698\/1699, the Scots attempted to establish a trading settlement at Darien in Panama. To defend the colony, Scottish soldiers were recruited. Some of them died there, while others took refuge in the English colonies in the Caribbean and along the eastern seaboard of North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was not until the mid-18th century, however, that the British government began to raise Highland regiments, such as Fraser's Highlanders, Montgomery's Highlanders, and the Black Watch, for service in North America. The Seven Years War from 1756 to 1763, known in America as the French and Indian War, led to significant recruitment in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands, to fight in America. The allocation of land to former military personnel in the aftermath of that war was a major incentive to settle. The massive increase in emigration among non-combatants from the Highlands that occurred in the decade after the Seven Years War resulted to some extent from the influence of returning soldiers. Scottish colonists were also recruited into the military and especially the colonial militias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the outbreak of the American Revolution, former soldiers who had received land grants in America, were recalled for duty in Loyalist regiments by the British government. After the war, large numbers of soldiers from former Loyalist units and from the regular British Army were settled in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Scottish soldiers, thus, played an important role in settling the British colonies in the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, 136 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359625\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8743\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373892743286,"sku":"102-8743","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8743.png?v=1727808002"},{"product_id":"102-9216","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part 1 and Part 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eScottish soldiers played an important role in defending the American colonies and in settling them. Around the middle of the 18th century, the British government began to dispatch Highland Regiments, such as Fraser's Highlanders, the Black Watch, and Montgomery's Highlanders, to America. The French and Indain War of 1756-1763, in particular, led to significant recruitment in Scotland for service in the American colonies. The experience gained by these soldiers was to influence their decision to emigrate subsequently to America. In this regard, the allocation of land to former military personnel in the aftermath of that war was a major incentive. Not surprisingly, the massive increase in emigration to America from the Scottish Highlands that occurred in the decade of the French and Indian War resulted to some extent from the influence of returning soldiers. Scottish soldiers and former soldiers fought on both sides of the American Revolution, and following that conflict, a number of Scottish Loyalists settled in what were to become Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor this book, Scottish emigration authority David Dobson identified over a thousand Scottish solders in colonial America. The list of soldiers is arranged alphabetically and, while the descriptions vary widely, the researcher will discover some or all of the following information in each one: soldier's name, rank, military unit, date(s) and campaign(s) of service, place of birth, when arrived in North America, civilian occupation, date and place of death, and the source of the information. Because the Highlanders found here offer potential links between the New and Old Worlds, this ground-breaking book will be welcomed by all students of Scottish genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995, 1997), 2002, paper, 63 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806347189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9216\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40373909586038,"sku":"102-9216","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9216.png?v=1727808005"},{"product_id":"102-8708","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The Northern Highlands, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is part of a series by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter-and is the second volume devoted to the Northern Highlands, an area that includes the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, and Cromarty. The main clans traditionally associated with the Northern Highlands were Mackay, McLeod, Sutherland, Sinclair, Gunn, Munro, Ross, and Mackenzie, all of whom are represented in this volume. The Northern Highlanders were among the pioneers of colonial Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and the Canadian Maritimes. Among the vessels that brought them to these places were the \u003cem\u003eHector\u003c\/em\u003e to Nova Scotia in 1773, the \u003cem\u003eFriendship\u003c\/em\u003e to Philadelphia in 1774, and the \u003cem\u003ePeace and Plenty \u003c\/em\u003eto New York in 1774.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe parish registers of baptism and marriages are the backbone of Scottish genealogy; however, only a handful have survived for the Northern Highlands. Family historians, therefore, depend on alternative sources, few of which are available online. Accordingly, this book derives mostly from alternative sources, such as the \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Advertiser\u003c\/em\u003e, Historical Records of the 93\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e [Sutherland Highlanders], the London Guildhall Record Office, the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all people living in the Northern Highlands during the mid-18th century, it does pull together references to about 1,500 additional 18th-century inhabitants. In all cases, Dr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a place name or county within the Highlands, a date (of birth, residence, etc.), and the source. In the majority of cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled, or other defining characteristic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 130 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358925\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8708\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40634788511862,"sku":"102-8708","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8708.png?v=1727808061"},{"product_id":"102-9819","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The Northern Highlands, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is part of a series of books by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter. The first three volumes in the series covered Scottish Highlanders from Argyll, Perthshire, and Inverness-shire; this latest volume pertains to the people of the Northern Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume covers the Northern Highlands, an area that includes the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, and Cromarty. The main clans traditionally associated with the Northern Highlands were: Mackay, McLeod, Sutherland, Sinclair, Gunn, Munro, Ross, and Mackenzie, all of whom are represented in this volume. The Northern Highlanders were among the pioneers of colonial Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and the Canadian Maritimes. Among the vessels that brought them to these places were the \u003cem\u003eHector\u003c\/em\u003e to Nova Scotia in 1773, the \u003cem\u003eFriendship\u003c\/em\u003e to Philadelphia in 1774, and the \u003cem\u003ePeace and Plenty\u003c\/em\u003e to New York in 1774.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all people living in the Northern Highlands during the mid-18th century, it does pull together references to more than 2,100 18th-century inhabitants. In all cases, Dr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a place name or county within the Highlands, a date (of birth, residence, etc.), and the source. In the majority of cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled, or other defining characteristic. 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Since then there have been economic links, which led any number of western merchants-Scots included- to settle in the main seaports of Eastern Europe, such as Danzig. The main period of Scottish settlement in Eastern Europe occurred from 1560 to 1650, when Scottish, German, Dutch, and Jewish entrepreneurs were lured to the Baltic by the promise of economic opportunity. Still other Scots left in pursuit of religious freedom, as soldiers of fortune ultimately settling on lands granted for service rendered, or as itinerant cramers (pedlars). By the 1640s, according to one authority, as many as 30,000 Scots were resident in Poland alone. After 1650, Eastern Europe waned as a beacon for Scottish emigration, and some Scots returned to their Scottish homeland. The majority, however, became integrated into their adopted Baltic societies. In due course, their Polonised descendants would emigrate to America and elsewhere, some no doubt as part of the wave of Polish refugees which settled in North America in this century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor this book, Mr. Dobson combed through more than forty manuscript collections and published works to arrive at a list of 2,500 Scots who settled in the Baltic. Arranged alphabetically, the entries furnish the individual's name with variants, a place of residence in Eastern Europe, the date of the record, and its source. Given the widely disparate character of the subject matter, one may also find a reference to the individual's place of origin in Scotland, occupation, relationships to other persons named (i.e., parent, spouse, offspring), membership in a fraternal organization, etc. Spanning a period of 300 years, Mr. Dobson's ground-breaking collection of Scots in the Baltic may just produce the ancestral clue to your Scottish heritage in the last place you were expecting to find it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2003, paper, 169 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806349978\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9365\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799115444342,"sku":"102-9365","price":30.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9365.png?v=1727808088"},{"product_id":"102-1471","title":"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1735-1845","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the area now known as Georgia was a buffer zone between British-governed South Carolina and Spanish-governed Florida. Settlement of the region by the British did not take place until 1732 when James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia as a refuge for English debtors, paupers, and discharged prisoners. Scottish immigration to the colony commenced almost at the same time, however, and was made up of two distinct categories of immigrants: Lowlanders and Highlanders. Lowlanders immigrated for purely economic reasons, as farmers and later as merchants; while Highlanders were recruited to the colony for strategic purposes, basically to guard the southern frontier from Spanish incursions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSomewhat later, at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763, the Spanish withdrew from Florida. The removal of the Spanish threat and the acquisition of new lands by the British led to an influx of settlers, including Scots, into Florida and as far west as Mobile. Many of the earliest settlers in the area were former Scottish soldiers and indentured servants, awarded land on the condition that they develop it and settle other immigrants on the land within a few years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work by the prolific Scottish author David Dobson contains the names of several thousand Scots who immigrated to Georgia and the Deep South, settling in the area sometime between 1735 and 1845. Based on probate records, court records, family papers, newspapers and journals, naturalization papers, church registers, gravestone inscriptions, printed sources, and census returns, the information provided in this book is of a broad and mixed character, generally giving some or all of the following details: name, place and date of birth, occupation, place and date of settlement in Georgia or the Deep South, and names of wives and children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you're looking for a Scottish ancestor who hasn't shown up in any of Mr. Dobson's other books, this could be your answer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1635-1783\" href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake\" href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South\" href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in New England\" href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000, paper, 218 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806316291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1471\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799140282486,"sku":"102-1471","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1471.png?v=1745164642"},{"product_id":"102-1469","title":"Scots in New England, 1623-1873","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled from sources in both Scotland and America, this book by renowned Scottish genealogist David Dobson names some 3,000 Scots who settled in New England between 1623 and 1873. In a series of sketches ranging from two or three lines to a paragraph or more, Scots immigrants are identified by place of origin, occupation, date of arrival, place of settlement, and various other details, including their membership in organizations such as the Scots Charitable Society of Boston or their service in the cause of the beleaguered House of Stuart. For ease of use the sketches are arranged in alphabetical order, and each one is linked to at least one source record, with numerous sketches drawn directly from the records of the National Archives of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the whole, Scottish immigration to New England was small and intermittent compared to the movement from Scotland to the Carolinas or Canada. The reason for this may lie in the fact that by the time large scale immigration occurred, opportunities for settlement were greater elsewhere in colonial America than in New England. Nevertheless, from virtually the earliest period in American history, Scots had settled throughout the length and breadth of New England. Probably the only time that significant numbers of Scots settled in New England occurred in 1650-1651 when Oliver Cromwell despatched hundreds of Scots prisoners of war, captured after the battles of Dunbar and Worcester, into exile, or in the period immediately before the outbreak of the American Revolution when the Scots American Company of Farmers established a settlement in Vermont. Throughout the 19th century, however, there was a steady stream of skilled industrial workers and granite tradesmen from Scotland to New England, attracted by social and economic opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough we often associate Scots immigrants with the Carolinas or Canada, this work gives cause for a fundamental shift in thinking, placing New England at the forefront of Scottish-American genealogical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\" href=\"\/products\/102-1466\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\" href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\" href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\" href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in New England 1625-1873\" href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England 1625-1873\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002, paper, x+ 236 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806316864\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1469\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799147655286,"sku":"102-1469","price":35.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1469.png?v=1745164677"},{"product_id":"102-1466","title":"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis latest contribution from Scottish genealogist David Dobson names some 3,000 Scots who settled in the mid-Atlantic colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. In point of fact, Scottish settlement in the Middle Colonies of America dates from the early 17th century, and Mr. Dobson demonstrates that even before the establishment of English colonies in that region in the 1660s, there were a number of Scots pioneers living with the Dutch settlers of New Netherland, and probably also in the Swedish settlements along the Delaware.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScottish immigration to the Middle Colonies was at first small scale and sporadic, with the notable exception of Quakers and Covenanters who settled in East New Jersey during the 1680s. The immigration of Highlanders to New York began in 1738, and by the year 1742 over 400 people had arrived from the island of Islay led by Captain Lauchlan Campbell. The main phase of immigration from Scotland during the colonial period actually occurred in the aftermath of the French and Indian Wars and before the outbreak of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the main, several distinct groups of immigrants made up the Scottish inflow: settlers of the Argyle Patent in New York, Covenanters and Quakers in East New Jersey, Highlanders, and a rather large and unexpected contingent of discharged soldiers. As would be expected, these new immigrants came from all over Scotland. While the Lowland Scots integrated quickly with the existing population, the Gaelic-speaking Highlanders tended to move as a group and settle along the frontier. In the Revolution of 1776, however, many of them took up arms in support of the Loyalist cause and later found it expedient to move north to Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1466\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" title=\"Scots in New England 1625-1873\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England 1625-1873\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002, paper, ix+ 139 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806316994\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1466\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799153356918,"sku":"102-1466","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1466.png?v=1744984162"},{"product_id":"102-8095","title":"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere has been a Scottish element in the population of the Chesapeake since the early seventeenth century. For example, the Scottish population was increased significantly around 1650 when Oliver Cromwell exiled 900 Scots prisoners of war to Virginia and Maryland in the aftermath of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1651. (Many of these transportees were Covenanters-militant Presbyterians who were opposed to the religious policies of the Stuart kings.) During the eighteenth century, there was a constant stream of Scots indentured servants sailing from English ports bound for Virginia and Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvershadowing all other factors stimulating Scottish immigration to the Chesapeake, however, was the rapid growth and expansion of the tobacco trade, which by 1740 was dominated by the port of Glasgow. This resulted in a proliferation of Scots merchants, factors, and their servants throughout the region. From towns like Norfolk and Portsmouth the Scots factors controlled operations throughout the Chesapeake. The success of the American Revolution ended this arrangement, and although Scots immigrants still arrived, the emphasis on settlement was elsewhere in the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book supersedes David Dobson's earlier work \u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830\u003c\/em\u003e [Baltimore, 1992] and is restricted to the colonial period. Since 1992, many more references and primary sources have been located, which has enabled this substantially expanded edition (one-third larger than the original) to be compiled. The references are overwhelmingly taken from primary sources such as probate or testamentary records, court records, indenture agreements, jail registers, registers of deeds, contemporary newspapers, and journals, Loyalist claims, militia papers, monumental inscriptions, and government records located predominantly in Virginia, Maryland, Scotland, and England. The people listed are all believed to be Scots, though a handful may have been of Scottish origin but born in America or Ireland. The author has identified each Scot named in the book by one or more of the following characteristics: details of birth, marriage and death, occupation, age, date of emigration, place of settlement, and family relationships. The new edition also contains a supplementary chronological list of all ships known to have sailed between Scotland and the Chesapeake before 1776 that brought the majority of Scots to Virginia and Maryland prior to the American Revolution; this should facilitate identifying the vessel and route taken by these immigrants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\" href=\"\/products\/102-1466\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\" href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\" href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South 1735-1845\" href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South 1735-1845\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in New England 1625-1873\" href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England 1625-1873\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2012, paper, viii 204 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806356075\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8095\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799158960246,"sku":"102-8095","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8095.png?v=1745007783"},{"product_id":"102-9804","title":"Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1650 and 1775, many thousands of Scots were banished to the American colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses. In the aftermath of the English Civil War, for example, Oliver Cromwell transported thousands of Scots soldiers to Virginia, New England, and the West Indies. The Covenanter Risings of the later 17th century led to around 1,700 Scots being expelled as enemies of the state, and the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 resulted in an additional 1,600 men, women, and children being banished to the colonies. Moreover, from the 1650s to 1830, when it became illegal, banishment and transportation to the colonies was a traditional punishment for certain serious-but over time petty-crimes, thereby contributing even further to the Scottish population of colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the more than twenty-five years since Dr. David Dobson first endeavored to account for the individual Scots who took part in this forced emigration (1984)-the ancestors of thousands of Americans living today-he has established himself as the undisputed authority on Scottish emigration to the New World. In the absence of official Scottish passenger lists for the period, he initially derived his information from the records of the Privy Council of Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary, Treasury and State Pagers, and prison records, the sources of the majority of extant information available on the Scots who were banished to the colonies prior to 1775. His initial success, however, did not stop him over the intervening years from hunting in ever more obscure sources in North America and the UK-sources such as the \u003cem\u003eAberdeen Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaledonian Mercury\u003c\/em\u003e, the Dumfries and Galloway Archives, Justiciary Records of Argyll, Calendar of Home Office Papers, and more. Dr. Dobson's tireless efforts have produced this second edition of the \u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775\u003c\/em\u003e, containing fully 30% more convict passengers than in the original.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each person cited in this directory, some or all of the following information is provided: name, occupation, place of residence in Scotland, place of capture and captivity, parents' names, date and cause of banishment, name of the ship carrying him or her to the colonies, and date and place of arrival in the colonies. The exact number of Scots banished to the Americas may never be known because records are not comprehensive; moreover, some Scottish felons sentenced in England were shipped from English ports. The contemporary English judicial system was harsher than in Scotland, which explains why the Hanoverian government had the Jacobite prisoners taken south to England for trial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first edition of this work has been enlarged by the addition of fresh material, particularly from American sources but also from more obscure sources in Scotland. Dr. Dobson has made some modifications as well; for example, some men who were thought to have been Covenanters are now classed as rebels and English transportees have been omitted, while the references used have been enhanced to facilitate further research. In total, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 Scots were banished to the Americas during the Colonial period (whereas England transported around 50,000 and Ireland in excess of 10,000), all of whom contributed to the settlement and development of Colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2010, paper, x+ 254 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355047\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9804\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799195398262,"sku":"102-9804","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9804.png?v=1744998142"},{"product_id":"102-9814","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Inverness-shire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Clearfield Company launched a new series of books by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter. The first two volumes in the series covered Scottish Highlanders from Argyll and Perthshire; this volume in the series pertains to Inverness-shire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch of the Highland emigration was directly related to a breakdown in social and economic institutions. Under the pressures of the commercial and industrial revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries, Highland chieftains abandoned their patriarchal role in favor of becoming capitalist landlords. By raising farm rents to the breaking point, the chiefs left the social fabric of the Scottish Highlands in tatters. Accordingly, voluntary emigration by Gaelic-speaking Highlanders began in the 1730s. The social breakdown was intensified by the failure of the Jacobite cause in 1745, followed by the British military occupation and repression in the Highlands in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. In 1746, the British government dispatched about 1,000 Highland Jacobite prisoners of war to the colonies as indentured servants. Later, during the Seven Years War of 1756-63, Highland regiments recruited in the service of the British crown chose to settle in Canada and America rather than return to Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce in North America, the Highlanders tended to be clannish and moved in extended family groups, unlike immigrants from the Lowlands who moved as individuals or in groups of a few families. The Gaelic-speaking Highlanders tended to settle on the North American frontier, whereas the Lowlanders merged with the English on the coast. Highlanders seem to have established \"beachheads,\" and their kin subsequently followed. The best example of this pattern is in North Carolina, where they first arrived in 1739 and moved to the Piedmont, to be followed by others for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother factor that distinguishes research in Highland genealogy is the availability of pertinent records. Scottish genealogical research is generally based on the parish registers of the Church of Scotland, which provide information on baptisms and marriages. In the Scottish Lowlands, such records can date back to the mid-16th century, but, in general, Highland records start much later. Americans seeking their Highland roots, therefore, face the problem that there are few, if any, church records available that pre-date the American Revolution. In the absence of Church of Scotland records, the researcher must turn to a miscellany of other records, such as court records, estate papers, sasines, gravestone inscriptions, burgess rolls, port books, services of heirs, wills and testaments, and especially rent rolls. (Some rent rolls even pre-date parish registers.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis series, therefore, is designed to identify the kinds of records that are available in the absence of parish registers and to supplement the church registers when they are available.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume Three, the latest in the series, covers Highlanders from the county of Inverness, a location from which many of the pioneer emigrants who settled in colonial Georgia, Pennsylvania, upper New York, Jamaica, and the Canadian Maritimes originated. Inverness-shire is also the county where the Fraser's Highlanders regiment, which played a prominent part in the French and Indian War and in the settlement of Canada, was raised.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all the people of Inverness-shire during the mid-18th century, it does pull together references on more than 2,100 18th-century inhabitants. Coverage extends to all regions within Inverness. In all cases, Mr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a place within Inverness-shire (birth, residence, employment, etc.), a date, and the source. In some cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled on, and so forth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2007), 2008, paper, xii+ 169 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9814\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41005985759350,"sku":"102-9814","price":30.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9814.png?v=1727808090"}],"url":"https:\/\/heritagebooks.com\/collections\/author-david-dobson\/united-states+military.oembed","provider":"Heritage Books, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}