Muster Roll of Discharged Officers and
Disbanded Soldiers and Loyalists TOWN OF DIGBY
May 29, 1784
This list has been compiled from several sources. As the spellings of the
names varies from list to list the one used here is the one most frequently
found. The Muster Roll was a census used to establish how many settlers had to
be provided for. In addition to the information shown here the actual roll also
indicates the following, numbers of males, females, children under 10, children
over 10 and number of servants. Those marked with a * had their petition for
provisions denied. In the preamble to the actual Muster Roll it is stated
that there were some claims that were so unreasonable that the names were not
inserted in the list. The abbreviation DO means Discharged Officer and DS means
Discharged Soldier
A to K
Head of Household
| Description
| # in family
| Settled In
Abbeste, Jno C, Capt
| Hessian Service
| 3
| Digby
Absalom, _______*
| Negro Slave to Capt Young
| 1
| Digby
Achton, Samuel
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Aclenburg, William
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Aikens, James
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Aikins, John
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Armstrong, Francis
| Loyalist
| 4
| Digby
Armstrong, William
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Arnold, Phineas
| Loyalist from Port Mouton
| 1
| Digby
Austen, Stephen
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Austin, James
| DS 1st NJ Volunteers
| 1
| Digby
Austin, John
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Baiseley, William*
| Sailor
| 1
| Digby
Baizely, James*
| Master of the
"Peggy"
| 1
| Digby
Balsor, Israel
| Loyalist from Port Mouton
| 1
| Digby
Bane, George
| Loyalist
| 4
| Digby
Barret, James
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Barret, Widow
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Barton, Jos. Colonel
| Disbanded Officer
| 3
| Digby
Bates, Nathaniel
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Battman,Joseph
| Arrived in
Transport"Joseph"
| 1
| Digby
Baucher, John
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Baxter, James
| Loyalist
| 5
| Digby
Bayeaux, Thomas
| Loyalist
| 9
| Digby
Beardman, Andrew
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Bell, Jeremiah
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Bell, Rachel
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Belling, John
| Arrived in Transport
"Joseph"
| 2
| Digby
Beman, Ebenezer
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Beman, Elizabeth
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Beman, Thomas
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Berdsall, Jeremiah
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Bice, John
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Bignall, Robert
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Bishop, Jonathan
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Blackford, Martin
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Blanch, James
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Blocker, Jacob
| DS 38th Regt
| 3
| Digby
Bonhann, Malachi
| DS 1st NJ Volunteers
| 1
| Digby
Bonnell, Isaac
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Botner, Elias
| Loyalist
| 9
| Digby
Botsford, Amos
| Loyalist
| 7
| Digby
Bragg, John
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Brannagan, Thomas*
| Laborer
| 1
| Not Settled
Brewer, Christian
| Loyalist
| 4
| Digby
Brewer, Jacob
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Bride, Bachelor
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Briere, Johnsidere
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Briggs Gabriel
| Loyalist
| 4
| Digby
Broadstreet, James
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Brown, John
| Loyalist
| 5
| Digby
Brown, Peter
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Browne, James*
| A Sailor
| 2
| Digby
Brull,(or Bull) Widow
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Brundige, Abraham
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Buckwait, Hannah
| Loyalist
| 5
| Digby
Bull, William Robert
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Burbanks, William
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Burkett, James*
| Laborer
| 1
| Not Settled
Burkett, John
| Loyalist
| 12
| Digby
Burnet, Daniel
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Burns, Michael
| Loyalist
| 10
| Digby
Burns, William
| Loyalist
| 9
| Digby
Burrell, Josiah
| DS Loy Am Regt
| 7
| Digby
Burtrict, Donald
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Buskirk, Thomas Van
| Officer, Kings O.R.
| 3
| Digby
Butterfield, Nathl.
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Caldwell, John
| In "Joseph" from
Bermuda
| 4
| Digby
Cale, William
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Campbell, Archiblad
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Campbell, Robert
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Chandler, William
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Charles, ________*
| Negro Slave of Capt Young
| 1
| Digby
Christ, Jacob
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Clarke, Robert
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
Cline, Peter
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Clossam, Anthony
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Clossam,Jonathan
| Loyalist
| 7
| Digby
Clossam,Reuben
| Loyalist
| 4
| Digby
Clubb, James
| Loyalist
| 3
| Digby
Coatnam, Thomas
| Loyalist
| 1
| Digby
Cobb, Nicholas
| Loyalist
| 2
| Digby
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