Side Lights on Maryland History

with Sketches of Early Maryland Families
Hester Dorsey Richardson
Baltimore 1913
Re-published by Genealogical Pub. 1967

Page 213
In the year 1716 and 1717 many of the leaders in the Scotch uprisings were, after being taken prisoners of war, banished to Maryland, and so fearful was the king of their power that he prohibited any of them returning in seven years. Most of these sturdy clansmen remained and settled in large number in Prince George's County and called their home "New Scotland."

The names of those who fought against the King at Preston and were banished to Maryland were
Alexander Gorden, James Small. James Mitchell.

These were sent over as King's rebels in the ship Friendship, of Belfast, August 20, 1716. On the 18th of October a second shipload was sent to Maryland, and included these names copied by Seharf from the London Public Record Office, are only those sent as prisoners of war after the defeat of Mar and Derwentwater's rising, 1715-16. No official list of those sent after 1651-52 has been brought to light, although if it is known from references in the history of the various uprisings in the seventeenth century that prisoners taken by the victors were sent beyond the seas. Some records fix definitely the name and lineage of individuals who were banished.