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Mar 27, 2024 · William Durge (Durkee) was an Irish soldier captured by Cromwell's forces in Ireland c. 1660 and turned over to the Bristol sugar merchants to be a white slave on the sugar plantations in Barbados. One white slave = 1000 Lbs of sugar for the army.
- Male
- January 29, 1703
- Martha (Cross) Durkee
When William Durkee was born on 15 March 1634, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, his father, William O’Durkin, was 29 and his mother, Lady Lady Sarah Elizabeth Durkee born Lady Batham, was 24. He married Martha Cross on 20 December 1664, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
- Male
- Martha Cross
Oct 4, 2023 · William Durge (Durkee) was an Irish soldier captured by Cromwell's forces in Ireland c. 1660 and turned over to the Bristol sugar merchants to be a white slave on the sugar plantations in Barbados. One white slave = 1000 Lbs of sugar for the army.
- Martha Durkee
- January 29, 1704
- March 15, 1634
Oct 29, 2021 · Irishman William O'Durge and his son fought in the Siege of Drogheda. One was lost in Cromwell's massacre and the other ended up in Colonial America.
Jan 6, 2024 · William Durkee, an indentured Irish Catholic, and Martha Cross, the daughter of Robert Cross of Chebacco parish were servants in the household of Thomas Bishop in Ipswich. When Martha became pregnant by William, they were presented for fornication; the court ruled that they be punished and be married.
Apr 20, 2021 · William came from Barbados to the British American Colonies as an indentured servant in the household of Thomas Bishop of Ipswich, Massachusetts. His arrival in Massachusetts is documented in early Massachusetts records and he came in 1663, and he is listed as William Durgie. Durgie, William, came to Ipswich Nov 09 1663 and was then 33 years old.
William Durkee (Durgy) was born in Ireland about 1632 and may have been the first Irishman to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He arrived on Nov. 9, 1663 as the indentured servant of Thomas Bishop, having been in the Barbadoes, probably as a slave of Cromwells.
