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| 1 | 1597 | - 1 Jan 1597—30 Dec 1630: The Scots Brigade in Holland
Robert Masterton, exiled from Scotland for supporting the Earl of Bothwell, served as quartermaster in Colonel Brogh's regiment of Scots in Holland during their War of Independence and later, the Thirty Years War.
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| 2 | 1620 | - 1 Jan 1620—1 Jan 1776: "Transportation" to the Colonies
From 1620's till American Independence, 'transportation' was used in lieu of imprisonment or execution for many convicts, including Christian Masterton of Edinburgh, sent to the American colonies as a whore.
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| 3 | 1630 | - 1 Jan 1630—31 Dec 1665: The Fife Witch Hunt
Between about 1630 and 1665, several hundred witches were tried and executed in Fife, and around 1,000 in Scotland. These were often old, unattached women, perhaps with a history of being "difficult" and with enough enemies to name and accuse. Bessie Masterton in Dunfermline was one. She was convicted by the use of a "witch-pricker", John Kincaid, and probably burnt at the stake in December 1649.
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| 4 | 1660 | - 29 May 1660—29 May 1660: The Restoration
The "happie" restoration of the monarchy inspired Francis Masterton of Parkmill to begin a journal that he would keep for the next 59 years.
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| 5 | 1661 | - 29 Jan 1661—29 Jan 1661: Loss of "The Elizabeth"
John Masterton, a Kirkcaldy mariner, was mate on the 'Elizabeth' of Burntisland which sank with the loss of 85 hogsheads of Scotland's archives and records.
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| 6 | 1679 | - 22 Jun 1679—22 Jun 1679: The Battle of Bothwell Brig
William Masterton of Lanark gave evidence against covenanter rebel prisoners after the Battle of Bothwell Brig.
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| 7 | 1680 | - 22 Jul 1680—11 Jun 1690: "Society Men"
In 1690 Adam Masterton of Grange petitioned for the restoration of lands to John Philip, nephew of a minister imprisoned on the Bass Rock in 1683, probably as one of the covenanting ministers, or 'Society Men', imprisoned during the 'Killing Time'.
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| 8 | 1685 | - 20 May 1685—30 Jun 1685: The Argyll Rising
In 1685, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, joined forces with the Monmouth Rebellion against James II, insitgating a short-lived rising in Scotland. William Masterton of Culross was a sailor caught up in the Earl's failed attempt, either voluntarily or pressed.
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| 9 | 1698 | - 14 Jul 1698—1 Feb 1700: The Darien Scheme
Alexander Masterton, son of the Provost of Linlithgow, was bosun on the 'Caledonia', one of five ships that set sail from Leith to colonise the isthmus of Darien in central America. The scheme failed and many investors, including Alexander's father, lost their investment.
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