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Janet MASTERTON

Janet MASTERTON

Female Bef 1702 -


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1620 
  • 1 Jan 1620—1 Jan 1776: "Transportation" to the Colonies
    From 1620's till American Independence, 'transportation' was used in lieu of imprisonment or execution for many convicts, including Christian Masterton of Edinburgh, sent to the American colonies as a whore.
2 1746 
  • 21 Jan 1746—21 Jan 1746: The Battle of Falkirk
    As a captain in the British Army fighting against the Jacobite 'rebels', James Masterton witnessed the rout of the British forces at the Battle of Falkirk.
3 1759 
  • 25 Jan 1759—21 Jul 1796: Robert Burns and Allan Masterton
    Allan Masterton, writing master at Edinburgh High School, became a great friend of Robert Burns and composed music for 'Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut'.

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