Does anyone know were I could get the passenger lists for the Highlanders trips 1826 thru 1828? Thanks, Alex Broomfield
http://www.aagm.co.uk/listduthie.html http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/H2.HTM HIGHLANDER. (A merchantman which fought a noteworthy action under naval command) The HIGHLANDER, a large ship armed with 12 carronades and with a crew of 35 men, was on passage to England from the West Indies in 1807. 0n board was Lieut. George Augustus WESTPHAL who was being invalided home after suffering the effects of the climate while serving in the DEMERARA sloop. Lieut. WESTPHAL daily exercised the crew of HIGHLANDER at their guns until they were proficient in their use and, when the ship was attacked by the French ship privateer ALERT of 20 guns and 140 men, they asked him to take command during the action. For nearly three and a half hours the ALERT made ineffectual attempts to board and lost a great many killed and wounded. Unfortunately the fourth attempt was successful and the British were obliged to surrender with the loss of five killed and eight wounded. The latter including Lieut. WESTPHAL and the mate of HIGHLANDER. The prize was carried into Point-a-Pitre in Guadaloupe where the lieutenant was confined in a prison ship to await transport to France. Taking advantage of a dark night Lieut. WESTPHAL, the mate and two other men managed to escape in a small boat and got out of the harbour by pretending to be a fishing boat. After suffering from hunger and thirst they were picked up by an Americamn merchant schooner bound for New York from Guadaloupe and the following day transferred to an English privateer and taken to Antigua. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/Brookes/default.asp?ID=Y1871 HIGHLANDER was built within Hamilton Harbor, in Montreal in 1850, measured 173 x 24 x 9, with gross tonnage of 402. She inherited the 40 x 96" low-pressure beam engine from HIGHLANDER (I), built in 1840 at Coteau du Lac. http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam4-47.html Highlander mentioned two places and the steamboat's name that was to take the Highlander's place can be found here. OR WAS IT THIS ONE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/passlist.htm 280 Ton brigantine Highlander of Aberdeen 1820 Aberdeen Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Alex2028@aol.com [mailto:Alex2028@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:20 AM To: CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CanShipsPre1865] The "Highlander" from Scortland to Canada -1817 - 1830 Does anyone know were I could get the passenger lists for the Highlanders trips 1826 thru 1828? Thanks, Alex Broomfield ==== CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865 Mailing List ==== Don't miss TheShipsList.com for a variety of records re immigration http://www.theshipslist.com/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237