“List of the Ones Discharged from 76th Regiment, Shelburne, 1st Nov 1783”
Original by MARIAN ROBERTSON
(transcribed by Muriel Davidson)
“SOURCE: M.G. 23, D 1, Series 1, Volume 25 pages, (1-470)”
No. Rank Names
1 Sergeant John McVicar
2 Sergeant Gilbert McKay
3 Sergeant Thomas Martin
4 Sergeant Grigory Grant
5 Sergeant Alexander Cameron
6 Sergeant Donald Henderson
7 Sergeant Alexander McDonald
8 Sergeant Donald McKay
9 Sergeant James Douglass
10 Sergeant Henry Sanders
11 Sergeant Peter Fisher
12 Sergeant John Jochar
13 Sergeant Donald Cameron
14 Sergeant Donald McDonald
15 Sergeant John Henderson
16 Sergeant George Hunter
17 Sergeant Alexander McDonald
18 Sergeant Lachlan McKinnon
19 Corporal John Robertson
20 Corporal Neil McLean
21 Corporal Charles McLachlin
22 Corporal William ? Brown
23 Corporal Neil McLean
24 Corporal Alexander McDonald
25 Corporal John McPherson
26 Corporal Niel Robertson
27 Corporal James Cormick
28 Corporal John McDonald
29 Corporal Donald McInnis
30 Corporal James Rae
31 Corporal John Mathison
32 Drummer William Cummings
33 Drummer Alexander Dunglass
34 Drummer Robert Spiers
35 Drummer Samuel Hunter
36 Drummer Barnet Duffy
37 Drummer Duncan McLean
38 Private Malcolm Nicholson
39 Private Angus McDonald
40 Private Donald Buchanan
41 Private Alexander McIntosh
42 Private Normand McKenzie
43 Private John McDonald
44 Private Normand McDonald
45 Private John McLeod
46 Private John McLean
47 Private Archibald McDougald
48 Private Charles Clark
49 Private Alexander McLean
50 Private Donald Cameron
51 Private Robert Innis
52 Private Alexander McLean 1st
53 Private Alexander McLean 2nd
54 Private John McLeod
55 Private Archibald McDonald
56 Private Angus McLeod
57 Private John Campbell
58 Private Robert McDonald
59 Private Rory McDougald
60 Private John Smith
61 Private Angus McIntyre
62 Private John McNergie ?
63 Private John Martin
64 Private William Forbes
65 Private John McLeod
66 Private John Jacobson
67 Private Peter Morrison
68 Private Alexander McDonald
69 Private Archibald McDonald
70 Private John Curry
71 Private John Cutt
72 Private Finlay McIntosh
73 Private Lodovick McLean
74 Private Lachlin McLean
75 Private Donald Matthison
76 Private Rory McDonald
77 Private Alexander McDonald
78 Private John McMillan
79 Private William Milligan
80 Private James Ross
81 Private Niel McIssac
82 Private James McDaniel
83 Private John McDonald
84 Private John McLean
85 Private John Kidd
86 Private Angus McInnis
87 Private Donald Cutt
88 Private John McDonald
89 Private Thomas Rambler
90 Private Niel Stewart
91 Private Donald McIver
92 Private Archibald Barry
93 Private John McGilivray
94 Private Andrew Anderson
95 Private Murdock McLeod
96 Private John McDonald
97 Private James Rose
98 Private Charles McKinnon
99 Private Collin McCallum
100 Private Alexander McLachlin
101 Private Farquhar McLean
102 Private John McGonigill
103 Private James Golding
104 Private Edward Newton
105 Private William Elliot
106 Private Thomas Kassy
107 Private John White
108 Private Angus McLeod
Distribution of the Above Men Rank Sergeant Corp Drummer Private Total
Totals 18 13 6 71 108“John McVicar, Formerly Sergeant 76th Regiment”
Thank you! Gilbert McKay (#2 in the list) is my 5th great grandfather!
My comment. The names of the soldiers listed are almost correctly spell. Although the drummer list it is questionable. Daniel or Donald Buchanan he was listed as a drummer. The reason I brought this to your attention: He and Charles McLachlin they both had a land granted within the Tracadie New-Brunswick area I know all their background Charles McLachlin ( now spell McLaughlin) is my grate grand father. The name James Rose is rather James Roy. If you wish to have further information please do not hesitate to reach me.
I was brought up in a French community but to the day I was born; the Scottish blood still deep in me.
Great information. Thank you for posting !
I am very interested in finding out more about Sgt. Peter Fisher. I believe he is the Peter Fisher who was born abt 1760, Albany, New York and died on Oct 8, 1795 Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. He married Olive Sherwood of Albany, New York, either there or in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. I have yet to find their marriage date. I also would like to find out the name of their parents, if it is at all possible.]
They had five children: Peter, Ann, Charlotte, John and Christopher. Can you give me any help?
I don’t about about when he was born, but he passed on October 12th 1795. The house he was rewarded with in 1785 is still in my family. He was a spy in the military as one of MacDonnell’s Highlanders.
I don’t know much about the marriage. Olive Fisher is her name after marriage but there seems to be reference to her as Freelove Fisher, and the official document questions i her name prior was Olive Freelove.
Peter, Ann, and Charlotte were baptized by Rev John H. Rowland.
This would be my grandfather..and I would appreciate any information on him, including the name of the ship he came from Scotland on! Thank You
Yes I will get to it as soon as possible. I must find my list again. At this very moment I am very much involve with the emergency communication department.
We had a severe Ice-storm around the 25 th of January and this throw us all back. Tracadie New-Brunswick is my home town. Yes I do have a lot of information in general except John McVicar is basically the one which is difficult to find information. The Martin came across from PEI and land it around Tabusintac where they did settled. Some have moved towered Edmonston NB. I have several request but will get back to it.
My first correspondence came from Ottawa then it was sent to Thomas McLachlin living in Daschworth just outside of London England. This gentleman I don’t know if he is still alive but he did help me a lot by going through the KEW office. You will be surprise how many of those did settle in New-Brunswick.
The Gallant are mostly all from PEI. Their name apperently are a derive from the Haché Hachey. There is plenty of them around.
Frank McKenna one of the X Prime Minister of New-Brunswick. The family came and still do live I would say roughly 60 miles from my home town Tracadie. You let me know exactly what you looking for I might be of some help.
Please note: Newcastle Chatham it all combine and it is now call Miramichi. McKenna were more on the Newcastle side.
Trying to get more information on the McLean’s that are listed above. I have a Samuel and Alexander McLean both born in Shelburne in 1821 and 1823 respectively and wanted to see if I could link them to any of these McLeans
Hello Thomas and Valerie, I would also like to learn about Peter Fisher. Can you point me in the right direction? He would be my 6th g great-grandfather. I can be reached at fisheram@gnspes.ca
Thank you!
I’d be interested in finding out more information about Donald Buchanan. My 5th great grandmother was named Clarinda Buchanan who married James Daley in Liverpool in 1793. Would any of their family have been with them? I haven’t found her family definitively yet, although there is a Clarinda Buchanan born in Kings County, New York around the right time who was a possibility before I found her marriage and death records still in New York.
Peter Fisher was my 5th GreatGrandfather. If there is any additional information on Peter or his wife I would be greatly interesyed.