Japp, John
16. Carpenter. Banff.
Jacobite in the Duke of Perth's regiment. Captured at Carlisle. Prisoner Carlisle and Lincoln. Transported from Liverpool on the "Veteran" master John Ricky, 5 May 1747 for Leeward Islands. Liberated by a French privateer and landed on Martinique, June 1747.
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I am not related to this family, I am just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled " Scots Banished to the American Plantations" 1650-1775 by David Dobson. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983. pg. 83.
Joyce