Hugh McKay was from Sutherlandshire, Scotland and an officer of
the Queen's American Rangers Regiment of Foot during the American Revolutionary
War. After the war he came to New Brunswick with many of his loyal soldiers
and settled in the St. George area. He received three grants of land at
Bonny River, north of St. George. He then divided this land among his soldiers,
my ancestor Charles Cox was one of them. The following is one of the last
musters of his company while in New York, prior to their departure to St.
John, New Brunswick.
MUSTER ROLL of Captain Stair Agnew's Company, Queen's Rangers,
John Graves Simcoe, Esq., Lieut Colonel Commandant, from
25 February to 24 April 1783.
Nr | Rank | Name | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Captain | Agnew, Stair | by leave of absence In England |
1 | Lieutenant | McKay,Hugh | |
1 | Ensign | Haight, John . | |
1 | Sergeant | Appleby, Elnathan | prisoner in country |
2 | " | Kearn, Robert | " |
3 | " | Gardner, Robert | " |
1 | Corporal | Lightfoot, John | " |
2 | " | Johnson, Jeremiah | " |
1 | Drummer | Ellis, Andrew | within the lines |
1 | Private | Cox, Charles | " |
2 | " | Taylor, John | " |
3 | " | Gill, William | prisoner in country |
4 | " | Flint, James | " |
5 | " | Becket, James | " |
6 | " | Armstrong, Thomas | " |
7 | " | McConnell, Daniel | " |
8 | " | Walters, John | within the lines |
9 | " | Harris, John | " |
10 | " | Tuttle, John | " |
11 | " | Beaty, Thomas | " |
12 | " | Wilson, George | prisoner in country |
13 | " | Boswell, John | " |
14 | " | Lesack, Robert | " |
15 | " | Sumner, John | " |
16 | " | Hunt, Joshua | " |
17 | " | Frier, Robert | taken prisoner, 1 June, 1778
returned; deserted 1 Sept 1782 |
18 | " | Reynolds, James | prisoner in country |
19 | " | Thomas, George | within the lines |
20 | " | Britt, James | prisoner in country |
21 | " | Reynolds, John | " |
22 | " | Wise, John | " |
23 | " | Smith, Thomas | " |
24 | " | Miller, John | " |
The above has been supplied courtesy of Jon
Cole
Nov 3,1999
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