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I’m not sure how my Scottish ancestors wound up here in America. I think of a joke, how Scots are locked in a struggle to the death with their sworn enemy, other Scots. The surprising part about the English conquest of Scotland is, why did they want it? :’)

Scots Prisoners and their Relocation to the Colonies, 1650-1654
http://www.geni.com/projects/Scots-Prisoners-and-their-Relocation-to-the-Colonies-1650-1654/3465

Scottish Prisoners of War
http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/
http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle-of-dunbar/

Following the trail of the 1650 Scottish Prisoners [Berwick, Maine]
http://oldberwick.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262:following-the-trail-of-the-1650-scottish-prisoners&catid=53&Itemid=72

Miner family genealogy, Scottish Prisoners
http://minerdescent.com/2012/07/24/scottish-prisoners/

George Darling at the Battle of Dunbar
https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/george-darling-at-the-battle-of-dunbar/

Scottish Civil War: Battle of Dunbar
http://www.historynet.com/scottish-civil-war-battle-of-dunbar.htm

Durham Cathedral
https://minerdescent.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/durham-cathedral.jpg

The New Model Army was perhaps the best army in Europe in its day. Cromwell used then radical reforms like employing the soldiers as professionals and appointing officers based on military merit and not social standing. The Army was quite cohesive as most of the soldiers shared Cromwell's religious view.

The surprising part about the English conquest of Scotland is, why did they want it? :’)

To give the English monarchs a nice cool summer palace?