Scottish Soldiers In Colonial America Part 5 Genealogy Book

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Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America
Part Five
David Dobson
Volume  totaling
128
pages. Book is in excellent  condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
It was not until the mid-eighteenth century that the British      Government began to dispatch Highland regiments–such as Fraser’s      Highlanders, the Black Watch, and Montgomery’s Highlanders–to America. The      Seven Years War, 1756-1763, otherwise known in America as the French and      Indian War, led to significant recruitment in Scotland, particularly in the      Highlands, for service in America. This experience led many soldiers to      decide to settle in or immigrate to America. The allocation of land to      former personnel in the aftermath of the war was a major incentive.
The Seven Years War between Britain and France involved      several campaigns in the West Indies. Throughout the eighteenth and      nineteenth centuries, Scottish soldiers were garrisoned throughout the West      Indian colonies; some died there, while others settled. In 1776, on the      outbreak of the American Revolution, many former soldiers who had received      land grants were recalled for duty by the British Government. For example,      many former Scottish soldiers who had been settled on the Mohawk Valley of      upper New York joined the King’s Royal Regiment of New York. At the same      time many new or recent immigrants from Scotland formed the Royal Highland      Emigrant Regiment. Following the Revolution, large numbers of soldiers from      former Loyalist units and from regular British Army regiments, including      many Scots, were settled in what has become Nova Scotia, Prince Edward      Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.
This book, the fifth part and fourth volume in a series, is      based on primary and published source material located in Scotland, London,      Canada, the United States, and the West Indies. For most of the 1,100      soldiers found here, Dobson provides a place of origin in Scotland, military      unit, place of service or settlement in North America, and one or more      dates. For many of the soldiers, he also provides birthplace, names of      family members, where they were granted land, battles fought in, and more.
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