Hi Charles, Thanks for your message. I am copying this to the list just in case it interests any of the other Jacobite scholars. I know that my George had a grandson Alexander born in 1780, this was Lord Strathcona's father. Alexander was the son of John Smith or Gow who as far as I have been able to establish had at least two brothers, Alexander Smith or Gow and David Smith or Gow (my 4x great grandfather). For those who don't know it, Gow is the Gaelic version of the name Smith and you find in Morayshire and Banffshire the two are completely interchangeable, hence the tag of "Smith or Gow" in the OPR records. I don't think your Alexander would be a son of George but he could very well be a nephew or cousin. Regards, Mark Genealogist: Clan Sutherland Co-genealogist: Clan Mackenzie see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: CHARLES F LARIMER <CLARIMER@prodigy.net> To: Mark Sutherland-Fisher <mark@highland-family-heritage.co.uk> Sent: 25 October 1999 22:38 Subject: Re: George Smith born c 1720 > Hi, > Do you have a list of the children and grandchildren of your George Smith? > My Smith/Gow line is from the Gask/Dunlichity area, south of Inverness about > 10 miles. My g g g grandfather was Alexander Smith, married to Catherine > Rose. Alexander was born in 1771. I don't have anything going back further > on my Smith/Gow line. I had guessed that those on that line, preceding > Alexander Smith, may have used the last name Gow, but it was just a guess. > > Charlie Fraser Larimer > clarimer@prodigy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Sutherland-Fisher <mark@highland-family-heritage.co.uk> > To: <JACOBITES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 3:29 PM > Subject: George Smith born c 1720 > > > > Hi folks and welcome to this new list. To kick it off, I am trying to find > out more about my 5x great grandfather George Smith or Gow, who fought at > Culloden on the Jacobite side, was captured, enlisted in order to receive a > Royal Pardon, like so many others and then served under General Wolfe in > Canada and was at the Battle of the Heights of Abraham, the day before > Quebec was taken and at which battle Wolfe was killed. George later served > under Robert Clive in India before returning to Knockando in Morayshire. His > great grandsons included Sir Donald Alexander Smith and Sir George Stephen, > afterwards 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal and 1st Baron Mountstephen, > respectively. We know George served in the 78th, the regiment which Simon, > Lord Lovat raised in order to get back in the "good books" after his father > was beheaded for his part in the '45 and the family estates were temporarily > forfeited. > > Anyone have Muster Rolls which include George. The book on the Muster > Rolls of the Army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart excludes many of the > North-east Clans, concentrating on the West-coast Clans. > > Mark > > Genealogist: Clan Sutherland > > Co-genealogist: Clan Mackenzie > > see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk > > > >