Hi Ron I noticed your WATSON connection. Do you have any details on a Mary WATSON who married William BLACKLAWS (ch 19 Oct 1808, Marykirk) in Fordoun 16 Mar 1834? They are my ggg-grandparents. WATSON is such a popular name in the area I am finding difficulty working out which is the right one. Thanks Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Dempsey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:12 AM Subject: RE: SCT-KINCARDINE-D Digest V01 #104 > Hi: > My ancestor David Watson b.1782 at Fordoun. He enlisted in the Royal Artillary > also, as he was mentioned as a Pensioner in the 1851 census from that > regiment. I wrote to the PRO near London and from there I hired one of their > accredited researchers who found for me his military record. He was aboard > ship as a gunner under a Lt. Philpot in the 1812-14 war against the Americans > and stationed in Halifax. Although, no factual relation to your ancestor, > there are some similarities. I often wondered why the R.A. instead of a > highland regiment. > > Cheers > Ron Dempsey, > Udora, ON, Canada > WATSON, BARCLAY, HAMPTON, STEWART, Kincardineshire > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >From: Wallace Fullerton <[email protected]> > >To: SCT-KINCARDINE-L <[email protected]> > >Subject: Military units in Nova Scotia - 1780 > > > >My ancestor, James Strachan FULLERTON, left the Benholm area of Kincardine > >about 1780 for Halifax, Nova Scotia. While there he apparently joined a > >Masonic lodge that had been founded by Brethren belonging to Major > >Anthony Farrington's company of the 4th Battalion Royal Regiment > >of Artillery, which was stationed in Halifax from 1781 to 1784. > > > >I know of no connection between J.S.F. and the military but nearly ten > >years of his life are unaccounted for and I am trying to determine if he > >might have been in this artillery unit or some other that would account > >for the missing time. > > > >Does anyone recognize this Artillery unit as one from Angus or > >Kincardine? Or would anyone be able to point me in the right direction to > >locate such information? > > > >Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Wallace W. Fullerton > > Kensington, MD > > [email protected] > > ------------------------ > > FULLERTON/PIRIE/STRACHAN/LINDSAY > > in Angus, Kincardine, & Ayeshire > > > > FULLERTON, WILLOUGHBY, COFFIN, RHODES, BURGESS > > and others in Nova Scotia > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Get your free @ecosse.net account > http://www.ecosse.net > Scotland's Free Internet Service Provider > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ______________________________