John MAC BEAN

1634 - 1718  (84 years)

• Name	John MAC BEAN
  Born	1634	Strathdearn, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	abt 1650, Taken Prisoner of War during Cromwell's Wars on Scotland
  Immigrant?	Y
  Identured flag	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Buried	1718	Congregational Church, Exeter, New Hampshire
  Died	24 Jan 1718	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I33288	Main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Donald MACBAYNE,   b. 1590, Strathdearn, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 1636  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	? MACGILLIS,   d. ?
  Family ID	F11340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah LISSEN,   b. Abt 1635, Falls Parish of Dayiot, Lochabar, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1659, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Married	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Children	1. Mary BEAN,   b. 18 Jun 1655
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Bean DOWIFE,   b. Abt 1640, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1680, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	Abt 1660
  Children	1. Samuel BEAN,   d. ?   2. John BEAN,   b. 15 Aug 1661   3. Daniel BEAN,   b. 23 Mar 1663   4. Margaret BEAN,   b. 27 Oct 1670 + 5. James BEAN,   b. 17 Dec 1672, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 6 Jan 1753, Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 80 years)   6. Jeremy BEAN,   b. 20 Apr 1675 + 7. Elizabeth BEAN,   b. 24 Sep 1678, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire + 8. Catherine BEAN,   b. 1680, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. Aft 1744, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age > 65 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  m1 Hannah LISSEN, d/o Nicholas LISSEN m2 Margaret BEAN DOWIFE, (born in Scotland and may have been a widow, and a relation from his Bean family in Scotland) on 15 Nov 1660 In Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire —— John MacBEAN (BEAN or MacBAYNE) was transported by the English Crown to New England in 1651/52 as a “Scotch prisoner.” He was about 18 years old at that time. With him were John Sinclair (Sinkler) and Henry Magoon. They were captured at the Battle of Dunbar, September 3, 1650, or at the battle of Worcester, September 3, 1651, at the hands of Cromwell's armies. In the early 1600s, settlement of the Exeter and Dover areas of New Hampshire was primarily accomplished by the English. In about 1650, however, many Scottish prisoners of war were transported to the New Hampshire and Massachusetts areas by the Crown. Some of these prisoners of war, now exiled from Scotland and indentured in America, were as young as 12 and 14 years old. Refer to the Chapter on the Battle of Dunbar and the MacBayne family history for more information about the history and the origins of this family. John MacBean (recorded as John Beene on the transport documents) arrived in this country on "The Sarah and John," (other sources report it was the "Mary and John") which docked in Boston on February 24, 1652. Historically, the first Scottish prisoners (about 250 of them) were sent to Hammersmith in Saugus Massachusetts, to work in the iron mills there. It remains well-maintained as an historical museum to this day. From there, prisoners were sent up to Dover and Exeter and to Southern Maine, to the saw mills, two of which were owned by a Scottish expatriot, Nicholas Lissen, who had emigrated in 1637. John was among those indentured workers assigned to the sawmills of Dover, New Hampshire. Records indicate these indentured Scottish prisoners were allotted x amount of days to work their own land and x amount of days to work at Lissen's sawmill. John settled at Exeter in 1660 and took the Oath of Allegiance in 1677. He was from a sept of the Clan Chattan, originally MacIntosh, although some members claim kindred to the Camerons. For more information on the Clan/Sept MacBayne, please see the MacBayne History chapter in this book. He died between Jan 24 and Feb 8, 1718.