St. Michael of Scarborough

The St. Michael of Scarborough was a ship of the Atlantic that was set to transport Scottish prisoners to the Thames, so that they could be transported by Ralph Williamson to Plantations of America and was mastered in 1678 by Edward Johnston. Williamson was likely headed for West Indies in 1679, but due to the longer than expected journey from Leith to the Thames, when he arrived, Williamson was nowhere to be found. It is of some belief that the voyage never took place, and is said that the majority of the prisoners were released and made their way back to Scotland, and some were rearrested at a later date.

The majority of covenanters who were to be aboard the ship were confined in Glasgow and then moved to the Edinburgh Tolbooth when they refused to take an oath against their religion.

List of Scots to be Transported from Leith to American Plantations Aboard the St. Michael of Scarborough, 1678
This is a list of passengers on the St. Michael of Scarborough which left Leith Tolbooth on 12 December 1678, and likely arrived in the Thames in December of that Year. It was compiled using sources from David Dobsons book regarding Scots Banished to the American Plantations, which makes reference to original sources from the Scottish Privy Council as well as others.


 * Alexander Anderson, Covenanter
 * John Anderson, Covenanter
 * William Angus, Covenanter
 * John Arnot, Covenanter
 * David Barclay, Covenanter
 * James Blackwood, Covenanter
 * John Bowie, Covenanter
 * James Braidwood, Covenanter
 * James Brown, Covenanter
 * John Brown, Covenanter
 * Alexander Buchanan, Covenanter
 * Andrew Buchanan, Covenanter
 * John Cavers, Covenanter
 * John Clark, Writer
 * Richard Clydesdale, Covenanter
 * Mungo Cochran, Covenanter
 * John Cumin, Covenanter
 * David Crosbie, Covenanter
 * Robert Dicks, Covenanter
 * Arthur Dougall, Covenanter
 * John Fairbairn, Covenanter
 * Alexander Findlay, Covenanter
 * Edward Gay, Covenanter
 * Thomas Govan, Covenanter
 * William Govan, Covenanter
 * John Graham
 * Archibald Haddoway, Covenanter
 * Mr John Harroway
 * John Jervy
 * David Kidd
 * William Laing
 * Donald McDonald
 * Gilbert Marnock, Covenanter
 * James Maxwell, Covenanter
 * James Maxwell (younger), Covenanter
 * Robert Maxwell, Covenanter
 * James Miller, Covenanter
 * William Niven
 * Steven Porteous
 * Robert Reid, Weaver
 * Robert Reid, Cathcart
 * William Steven, Covenanter
 * Alexander Stewart, Covenanter
 * Adam Stobie, Covenanter
 * William Temple
 * John Yeaman, Covenanter
 * William Yeaman, Covenanter