Seeking information on the life of Alexander Innes/Ennis, a Covenenting Scot captured at the Sept. 3, 1650 battle of Dunbar and transported to New England as a prisoner of war.

After beginning a 7 year indenture at Hammersmith (now the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, in Saugus, Massachusetts), Alexander married a woman of Irish descent named Catherine (no surname known) before 1652 in Plymouth, MA. After his indenture was over, Alexander and Catherine moved to Block Island, Washington County, RI, where he and several other formerly indentured Scots settled. Among these were James Danielson and John Toish (MacIntosh).

Alexander and Catherine's daughter (my ancestor) Elizabeth Innes was born at Newport in 1658. She married William Harris July 24, 1672 on Block Island.

Alexander died October 9, 1679 on Block Island. Elizabeth died July 1729 in Lyme, CT.

Any information about Alexander's life on Block Island, and any information about his parentage, ancestry and origins in Scotland deeply appreciated.

Jonathan Tucker