Hello BEN: Thank You. Good thoughts! I have Murray LOGAN's book. I am compiling a Nominal Roll and have quite a number of service dates etc. What are the names of your guys? - CAL. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] 84TH Regiment, (Royal Highland Emigrants) > In G Murray Logan's book "Scottish Highlanders and the American Revolution", he lists the 84th, 2nd batt mustered members by name on pages 124-138 > > This is not any type of historical listing showing actual members service details (I would be interested in the detailed records of several members of this battalion) > > if not in the PRO they may now be in the GRO in Edinburgh > > I had 5 immediate family members impressed and mustered out of the RHE 2nd batt and would be interested in viewing the individual service records if located > > Regards > Ben MacDonald > Sun City AZ > > ---- "George F. Sanborn Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Cal, > > > > These muster rolls should be at the National Archives in England [formerly > > known as the Public Record Office, of PRO], located at Kew, Surrey. They > > should be in their record group series WO/12. There is a listing of all > > their holdings in this series in one of the volumes of the List and Index > > Society, which are the finding aids one uses upon arriving at the office in > > Kew and getting one's researcher identification card. I'd be surprised if > > these index volumes are not on their website by now (they should be, if they > > aren't). > > > > Regards, > > > > George Sanborn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Barb And Cal Craig" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:45 AM > > Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] 84TH Regiment, (Royal Highland Emigrants) > > > > > > >I appeal to anyone knowing the location of Muster Rolls for the 84th > > >Regiment, 2nd Battalion for the period 1 Jan 1779 to 24 June 1782. It is > > >extremely important to locate these Musters. Many of the usual and most > > >likely repositories have been checked with negative results. Copies of the > > >documents cannot, as yet, be found! The 2nd Battalion served during the > > >Revolutionary War, (1775-1783), at various locations in Atlantic Canada, > > >and during 1779-1782 five Companies served in NY and "the Carolinas" - > > >Charleston, Wilmington, Monck's Corner, Eutaw Springs, etc. These five > > >Companies were attached to other larger British Regiments or Units. > > > > > > I would greatly appreciate if you would review your records, sources and > > > Contacts, (Historians/ Researchers/ Records Custodians, etc.). The finder > > > of the missing Musters will certainly be "Mentioned in Dispatches" and > > > will be a friend of mine forever! I will most willingly reciprocate data > > > which I have acccumulated regarding the 84th and Loyalist Settlers over > > > the past 20 years. > > > > > > I earnestly appeal to you or anyone knowledgeable on the subject, to > > > contact me if they have any clues or key information that will lead to > > > positive results being achieved. > > > > > > Sincerely: Calvin Lee CRAIG, UE , Certified Genealogist (Canada), Bonny > > > River, New Brunswick.506-755-6800 email: [email protected] or > > > [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

John McDonald with sons Duncan, Alexander, James, Hugh/Evan All were impressed when the ship Glasgow was boarded in NY harbour in Nov 1775 by HMS Asia. Hugh was the youngest son at 12yrs old. James was 21. Duncan the eldest, probably 25-28yrs His wife and 4 daughters were also among the impressed all were disbanded at Fort Edward, Windsor, Nova Scotia in Oct 1783 except Alexander who drowned at sea in Nov 1777 they settled on the East River of Pictou County after refusing the lands oferred in Rawdon & Douglas townships All are listed in the Rawdon and Douglas book by John V Duncanson which has genealogilcal compilations on many who were disbanded from the 84th 2nd batt If should you ever locate these individual service records, i would be interested in your forwarding me the information on how to get access to them and if the service records contain anty relevant and personal information (date of birth, etc) Regards, Ben MacDonald ---- Barb And Cal Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello BEN: Thank You. Good thoughts! I have Murray LOGAN's book. I am > compiling a Nominal Roll and have quite a number of service dates etc. What > are the names of your guys? > - CAL. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] 84TH Regiment, (Royal Highland Emigrants) > > > > In G Murray Logan's book "Scottish Highlanders and the American > Revolution", he lists the 84th, 2nd batt mustered members by name on pages > 124-138 > > > > This is not any type of historical listing showing actual members service > details (I would be interested in the detailed records of several members of > this battalion) > > > > if not in the PRO they may now be in the GRO in Edinburgh > > > > I had 5 immediate family members impressed and mustered out of the RHE 2nd > batt and would be interested in viewing the individual service records if > located > > > > Regards > > Ben MacDonald > > Sun City AZ > > > > ---- "George F. Sanborn Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Cal, > > > > > > These muster rolls should be at the National Archives in England > [formerly > > > known as the Public Record Office, of PRO], located at Kew, Surrey. > They > > > should be in their record group series WO/12. There is a listing of all > > > their holdings in this series in one of the volumes of the List and > Index > > > Society, which are the finding aids one uses upon arriving at the office > in > > > Kew and getting one's researcher identification card. I'd be surprised > if > > > these index volumes are not on their website by now (they should be, if > they > > > aren't). > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > George Sanborn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Barb And Cal Craig" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:45 AM > > > Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] 84TH Regiment, (Royal Highland Emigrants) > > > > > > > > > >I appeal to anyone knowing the location of Muster Rolls for the 84th > > > >Regiment, 2nd Battalion for the period 1 Jan 1779 to 24 June 1782. It > is > > > >extremely important to locate these Musters. Many of the usual and most > > > >likely repositories have been checked with negative results. Copies of > the > > > >documents cannot, as yet, be found! The 2nd Battalion served during the > > > >Revolutionary War, (1775-1783), at various locations in Atlantic > Canada, > > > >and during 1779-1782 five Companies served in NY and "the Carolinas" - > > > >Charleston, Wilmington, Monck's Corner, Eutaw Springs, etc. These five > > > >Companies were attached to other larger British Regiments or Units. > > > > > > > > I would greatly appreciate if you would review your records, sources > and > > > > Contacts, (Historians/ Researchers/ Records Custodians, etc.). The > finder > > > > of the missing Musters will certainly be "Mentioned in Dispatches" and > > > > will be a friend of mine forever! I will most willingly reciprocate > data > > > > which I have acccumulated regarding the 84th and Loyalist Settlers > over > > > > the past 20 years. > > > > > > > > I earnestly appeal to you or anyone knowledgeable on the subject, to > > > > contact me if they have any clues or key information that will lead to > > > > positive results being achieved. > > > > > > > > Sincerely: Calvin Lee CRAIG, UE , Certified Genealogist (Canada), > Bonny > > > > River, New Brunswick.506-755-6800 email: [email protected] or > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message