Extracts from research Notes compiled by Pat Purcell in the PPP. 1782. John Largon of Carlow, Carpenter, of the Town of Carlow, Last Will dated 9th February, 1780. Proved 3rd September 1782. Daughter, Mary, wife of Joseph Lemon [ ? ] . His son Michael Largin enlisted in Carlow with "Tarleton's Light Dragoons" in 1783, he served as Lieutenant. In 1779 he was listed as Sergeant in Captain Needham's Troop. He served in the war in America 1779 - 1782 with the British Legion forces of King George the Third, where he was stationed in Boston, America and fought in the Guards alongside Colonel Watson of Carlow up to the time of the "British Establishment of Peace with America". He married in Nova Scotia, Halifax in 1783. He was appointed Naval Officer at the Port of Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1784. He accidentally drowned when his boat sank on 4th July 1790 in the Port of Shelburne, his wife Elizabeth and four children, the eldest, George Tarleton Largin, aged six years, survived him. His 1782 Commission as Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Cavalry Corps signed by King George the Third reads. GEORGE THE THIRD by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and so Forth. TO our Trusty and Well Beloved, Michael Largin, Gentleman, GREETING~~~ We do by those Presents, Constitute and Appoint you to be Adjutant to our Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by our Trusty and Well Beloved Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Banastre Tarleton. YOU are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the DUTY of Adjutant by doing and performing all and all manner of things thereunto belonging. ~~~ AND you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive from your Lieutenant Colonel Commandant or any other Superior Officers according to the Rules and Discipline of War.~~~ GIVEN at Our Court at St. Jame's the Twenty Fifth day of December 1782 in the Twenty Third of Our Reign . BY his Majesty's Command. (signed) George 111 Rex.

Mick, >From the transcription below, we note that John Largon of Carlow, whose will was proved in 1782, served in America during the American Revolution. We also note that "Tarleton's Light Dragoons" were recruiting in Co. Carlow in 1783 (at the end of the American Revolutionary War – evacuation of New York and signing of Peace treaty in 1783). >From Wikipedia, we also note that "This unit [i.e. Tarleton's Light Dragoons] was raised in New York in July 1778, by Sir Henry Clinton,[1] in order to merge several small Loyalist units into a single force, a "legion" that combined infantry and cavalry forces and a battery of "flying" (light and fast moving) artillery.[2] The infantry consisted of the Caledonian Volunteers, Ritzema's Royal American Reformers, the West Jersey Volunteers, and *** some members of the Roman Catholic Volunteers. ***[3] The cavalry combined, etc... " Now for some HISTORICAL CONTEXT! Early on, during the American Revolutionary war, in 1777, there was an attempt, led by a prominent Catholic in Philadelphia, to recruit Roman Catholics to fight for the British side. I know that some Catholic Nowlans/Nowlands heeded this call. As best as I can ascertain, they belonged to a certain class of the Roman Catholic aristocracy (like Lord Kenmare of Kerry, later Earl of Kenmare, whose name came up in a recent posting as being a landlord in the Ballyellin-Goresbridge area in the 1850s) who believed that, through engaging themselves in the defense of British interests they might gain the rights of freemen which were being denied to "most Catholics" (Lord Kenmare being an exception). At the time, there even had been talk of granting to the Irish a large chunk of land in America which would be called New Ireland. The loss of the war in America and the events of the 1790s in Ireland delayed efforts to implement the vision of a New Ireland in America but, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), efforts seem to have been revived and, in southern New Brunswick, starting in the early 1820s, there existed for a time a small colony called New Ireland. To summarize, in the pre-1798 time period, two conflicting visions for the future seem to have crystalized, coming to a head in 1798. According to one vision, supported by Lord Kenmare of Kerry ( a prominent Catholic leader, mentioned at beginning of Email) and other community leaders, Irish and British interests were thought to be reconcilable through dialogue, greater participation in British society and the granting of freedoms under British law. Another vision, that espoused by the United Irishmen, held little hope of reconciliation and the granting of freedoms. In 1798, as you no doubt already appreciate, these two conflicting visions likely caused major splits in families, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. Comments always welcomed! Bye for now, Roger http://nolanfamilies.org -----Original Message----- From: michael purcell Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 3:54 PM the I To: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1780, Largon,Lemon Extracts from research Notes compiled by Pat Purcell in the PPP. 1782. John Largon of Carlow, Carpenter, of the Town of Carlow, Last Will dated 9th February, 1780. Proved 3rd September 1782. Daughter, Mary, wife of Joseph Lemon [ ? ] . His son Michael Largin enlisted in Carlow with "Tarleton's Light Dragoons" in 1783, he served as Lieutenant. In 1779 he was listed as Sergeant in Captain Needham's Troop. He served in the war in America 1779 - 1782 with the British Legion forces of King George the Third, where he was stationed in Boston, America and fought in the Guards alongside Colonel Watson of Carlow up to the time of the "British Establishment of Peace with America". He married in Nova Scotia, Halifax in 1783. He was appointed Naval Officer at the Port of Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1784. He accidentally drowned when his boat sank on 4th July 1790 in the Port of Shelburne, his wife Elizabeth and four children, the eldest, George Tarleton Largin, aged six years, survived him. His 1782 Commission as Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Cavalry Corps signed by King George the Third reads. GEORGE THE THIRD by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and so Forth. TO our Trusty and Well Beloved, Michael Largin, Gentleman, GREETING~~~ We do by those Presents, Constitute and Appoint you to be Adjutant to our Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by our Trusty and Well Beloved Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Banastre Tarleton. YOU are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the DUTY of Adjutant by doing and performing all and all manner of things thereunto belonging. ~~~ AND you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive from your Lieutenant Colonel Commandant or any other Superior Officers according to the Rules and Discipline of War.~~~ GIVEN at Our Court at St. Jame's the Twenty Fifth day of December 1782 in the Twenty Third of Our Reign . BY his Majesty's Command. (signed) George 111 Rex. ------------------------------- 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