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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *