On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:58:25 -0400 Roger Marjoribanks <Rogmarj@compuserve.com> writes: >Bob, >Not sure we can base much on this argument - he is, >after all, a servant in terms of the army, not >necessarily in civilian terms. ... >Roger Also he might be too young to fight? and thus equivalent to a drummer boy. As an example, if you were 13 & the son of an earl, you are to young to be an officer, and it would be beneath your station to make you a private & besides, too young to make or let you fight, so does servant sound like a good job for the minor of an earl. I would not view "servant" as a "put down". Squires help knights get into their armor & onto their horse & thus are body servants? Remember I am not a Brit & not a historian so what I say cannot count for much. :-) 'Tis my humble opinion, feeling, & speculation. My view of servants may be wrong. How old was Geo. in 1715? I guess he was too young to be married in the UK? If so he just forgot her when he got to America & got himself a new wife after his indenture? No I think he would have got her to come (indentured if need be) if he had been married in Scotland. I think he is about too young to be married when he got deported. If he were born in 1700 it would make the math easy (poor reason for picking a date). Then he would be 15 in the Battle & 16 on arriving in VA and 40 when he died. Checking the lineages, I see Phyl says born ca. 1795. Was that so he could be 20 in the battle? There may have been other dates. I made some efforts to standardize the data on each person so may have lost data. (My ancestor Greg Cherry, was a drummer boy in 1814 at age 27 in the War of 1812. They say that drummers were very important & stood by the commander to drum what the army was to do next. So even a drummer boy is important.) I think like Roger this is a military job & not a civilian caste (social class). For someone that is not a descendant & not an expert, I sure run on too much. Sorry. -- James W. Green III/285 Agnew Rd/Winnsboro SC 29180 CSA home: 803-635-9236 http://www.Genealogy.Org/~green & http://millennium.fortunecity.com/byker/362/ ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.