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Greetings,
Below is an email that I sent to my sister Rhonda. This information was gleaned from a variety of sources (and a lot of imagination). If anyone has comments or more information on these ideas, please let me know.
Thanks,
Les
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Rhonda,
In the process of looking for information on how Godfrey got to the colonies, I bought a booked titled 'The Original Scots Colonists of Early America' by David Dobson. It's a huge list of people (7,180 of them) and information on when they left Scotland for the colonies.
There is only one listing for an Andrew Sproule in the 1770s. But there are some other interesting things...
Setting the stage here is the information from other sources showing four possible sets of parents for Godfrey (assuming he was born around 1650):
1) Johne Sprewll and Cathrien Mershall - m 1640
2) Johne Sprewll and Heleine Muir - m ? - (Three kids listed - 1649-1660)
2) Johne Sprewll and Jeane Syme - m ? - (Three kids listed - 1647-1651)
2) Androw Sprewll and Margret Drew - m 1646
From the book:
1) There was a Covenanter named John Marshall from Lanark, transported (deported) in June of 1684 on board the ship 'Pelican'. Our Cathrein Mershall was from Glasgow, Lanark.
2) There was another Covenanter named James Muir transported in May of 1684. He is listed as being from Lesmahagow Lanarkshire. He was sent to New York.
3) Three people named 'Syme' of Eaglesham, Refrewshire (near Paisley where Bass John lived), were all transported on the 'Pelican'. All three were Covenanters.
4) No records of any Drews in the correct time frame.
All of the information about the Covenanters was listed in the 'Register of the Privy Council of Scotland', Third Series, Edinburgh. You should see if you can find a copy of this.
You also need to see if you can find the manifest for the ship Pelican for 1684. Some information might be available in "Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow", Volume 1 (Minutes & Accounts, 1573-1641), if you can find it. It lists the "Pelican, of Glasgow" on page 187. It also lists:
Spreull, Henry - 110, 183, 190
Spreull, Henry, deacon of the coopers - 164
Spreull, John, of Ladymuir - 176
Spreull, Patrick - 2
Spreull, William - 175, 190, 204
Sproull, John - 26(2), 29
and a rash of Muirs, a Drew and a couple of Symes.
David Dobson also wrote the "Directory of Scots Banished to American Plantations", 1650-1775. Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. 1983.
After all, Godrey might well have hitched a ride with his cousins...
Les
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