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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
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, were servants in the household of Thomas Bishop in Ipswich. They were presented for fornication, but the court ordered them to marry and they had several children.
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.
- County Meath
- March 15, 1634
- Martha Durkee
- January 29, 1704
Jun 28, 2023 · Is this your ancestor? Compare DNA and explore genealogy for William Durkee born 1700 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony died 1753 Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony including ancestors + descendants + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- March 17, 1753
- January 30, 1700
Sep 21, 2021 · A litigious Protestant named Robert Cross forbid his daughter from marrying Irish Catholic William Durgee in Colonial Massachusetts, but she did it anyway.
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.
