Several ships, carrying 1000-1500 Acadians (many died on the trip) arrived in Virginia.  Once there, they were not allowed to leave the ships; the government refused to accept them. 
     Of the 2 ships named Carolina, one carried Acadians from Minas to Virginia (the other went to Maryland).  The Halifax was a snow captained by John Taggart that sailed from Minas to Virginia.
    The Endeavor was an 83 ton ship that sailed from Boudrot Point (near the mouth of the Gaspereau River at Minas).  Captained by John Stone,  it carried 166 Acadians who embarked on Oct. 19, left on Oct. 27, and arrived in Virginia in Nov. 1755.  The Endeavor (also called the Encheree) and 5 other ships were detained in Boston Harbor on Nov. 5 due to bad weather.  At Boston, Acadians were unloaded so that 2 persons per ton remained on the ship.  This evidentally meant that they had been overcrowded (since the ships had been outfitted for 2 people per ton).  They were given more supplies and set sail south. Upon arriving in Williamburg, they were not allowed to disembark.  During their 4 months in the harbor many of them died before setting sail for England, where they remained until 1763.

      Shortly after they arrived, smallpox decimated the ranks of all 4 groups, expecially those at Penryn (at the gates of Falmouth) where 61 Acadians were buried at Cornwall (the parish of St. Gluvias) that fall; there are no markers; a common  grave was probably used.  Rev. John Penrose was Anglican priest of the church from 1741-1776.  A number of Acadians lived around the farms of Kerkilliack on the city's (Penryn) heights.  France complained of the treatment of the Acadians, but the English Medical Department said that the charges were "false, indecent, and absurd." In a 1971 issue of Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, there are lists of Acadians found in church records of England. These include St. Gluvias at Penryn, St. Mary in Liverpool, and St. Mary (Wooten) of Liverpool.
      The Acadians were separated from the rest of the working population.  The Admiralty ordered "all the Neutrals are prohibited from working in order to prevent an outcry by the laborers in the towns where they reside." … though some did find ways to work, esp. at Penryn and Southampton.  The Acadians were given 6 sous a day for adults and 3 sous a day for children under 7.  Pretty good money for those days.  The payment of this was irregular.  When the peace came England asked France to be reimbursed for these expenses.  Infant deaths were higher than normal for the first 2 years, but things got better.  The 1762 census showed 149 children under age 7, most born in England.