CALLUM/MACCALLUM: I haven't found much yet on Malcolm MacCallum, but what little I do know, makes for an interesting character sketch. I would estimate that Malcolm was born between 1625 & 1632 in Scotland. He was probably a conscript in the Scottish army in the fight against Oliver Cromwell's English forces. MacCallum was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. Cromwell sold many of his prisoners into servitude at iron works & other businesses in the Colonies.
Young MacCallum found himself aboard the Unity bound for the Saugus Iron Work at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1651. There he worked off his indenture, possibly early, and remained in the Lynn area. Malcolm had married by 1655. He & wife Martha had three sons & three daughters. The MacCallums probably moved to Salem and, possibly, Rowley later on.
There is a lot more to be learned in order to complete the Malcolm MacCallum story.
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