| Description | Settlement examination of John Mackmelon. He was born at Whitehaven in Cumberland, and was a soldier for 27 years and nine months, serving for part of the time under the Duke of York. He was taken prisoner about 11 months ago, and was in a French prison for nine months. About two months ago he was released and landed at Portsmouth, and came to Scarborough on his way to Whitehaven, because there were more gentlemen's houses on the cross road than on the high North road |