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Cape Breton Militia Papers"A Return showing the Number of men Capable of bearing Arms in Cape Breton" |
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"Description and Service of Roll of Captain John Higgins' Company Second Regt. C. Breton Militia, Eighth Military Division"
year ca. 1813
(River Inhabitants, Bear River, and Gut of Canso)
Source: Cape Breton Militia Papers "A Return showing the Number of men Capable of bearing Arms in Cape Breton,"
dated Sydney, 1 June 1813. Hugh Swayne papers at the National Archives of Canada (NAC, MG 24)
Transcribed and Contributed by Lark Szick
This page was originally created 24 March 1998
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Names |
Age | Place of Birth |
Residence | Occupation | Length of Service in Army & Corp. |
Quantity of Land # of Acres |
Grant or Lease |
Women | Boys | Girls | Total # of People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John McRae |
50 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 4yr Vol Corp | 48 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Donald Murray |
32 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
Alex. McGreggor |
52 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Donald McKaskell |
40 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 4yr Vol Corp | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Murdock Morrison |
32 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Allen Cammeron |
35 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Archibald Cammeron |
47 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 7yr Vol Corp | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Donald McLean |
39 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 7yr Vol Corp | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
Hugh McDonald |
32 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 800 | c. lease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Alex. McPherson |
26 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 600 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Donald McDonald |
48 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 800 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Alex. McPherson |
69 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 4yr Fen. Corp | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Donald McIntosh |
59 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 7yr Fen Corp | 300 | rent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Ronald McDonald |
26 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 235 | rent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Dougald McCormick |
52 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 8yr Vol Corp | 239 | rent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Donald McEachern |
29 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Philip McLennan |
40 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 7yr Fen Corp | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Alex. McEachern |
33 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
John McInnis |
36 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
John Cammeron |
60 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Roderick Cammeron |
20 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Cammeron |
18 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John McIntosh |
57 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Donald McDonald |
61 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 450 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Alexander McDonald |
31 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Donald McDonald |
27 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
John Bane McDonald |
33 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 4yr Vol Corp | 700 | c. lease | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
John McDonald |
58 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 360 | c. lease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
John McDonald |
30 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Donald McDonald |
26 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Roderick McDonald |
18 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
James Lamy |
42 | Ireland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
John McLond |
30 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
Finley McDonald |
28 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |||
John Morrison |
43 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
Neil McFee |
31 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Allan McDonald |
30 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Adam McPherson |
22 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
David McPherson |
20 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Roderick Steel |
33 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
John Steel |
28 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | purchase | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
James Grant |
40 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
John Upton |
62 | U.S.A. | River Inhabitants | Cooper | 7yr Prov reg't | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | ||
John Proctor |
45 | Nfld | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 2yr Prov reg't | 400 | c. lease | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Robert Proctor |
21 | N.S. | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
James Proctor |
18 | N.S. | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Peter Renouf |
36 | Jersey | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
John Hines |
18 | Cape Breton | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Michael LaBay (Baille) |
24 | Cape Breton | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Thomas Critchel |
40 | Ireland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 8yr Vol Corp | 360 | c.lease | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
David McNammara |
43 | Ireland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 360 | c.lease | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
James Hosford |
52 | U.S.A. | Bear Island | Farmer | 7yr Vol Corp | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Samuel Scott |
26 | U.S.A. | Bear Island | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Thomas Jones |
60 | Ireland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Hugh McCormick |
21 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John McCormick |
19 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Archibald McCormick |
16 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Alexander McIntosh |
24 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Irad Hart |
45 | U.S.A. | Bear Island | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Samuel Oliver |
50 | U.S.A. | Bear Island | Farmer | 3yr Prov reg't | 200 | c.lease | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Michael Doody |
35 | Ireland | Bear Island | Farmer | 60 | purchase | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Stephen Cash |
40 | S. America | Bear Island | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
John Laffin |
60 | Ireland | Bear Island | Farmer | 20 | purchase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Cables |
44 | U.S.A. | River Inhabitants | Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Charles Freeman |
53 | Ireland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
James Upton |
16 | N.S. | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ami Landre |
60 | Cape Breton | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
John Landre |
30 | Cape Breton | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
James McNammara |
16 | Halifax | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Cammeron |
37 | Scotland | River Inhabitants | Farmer | 11yr Fenc Corp | 750 | c. lease | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
John Homes |
40 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
James Beaver |
30 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
James Stuart |
63 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
James Stuart |
23 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Wheaton |
25 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Mariner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Thomas Langley |
28 | Ireland | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 4 S. Rangers | 200 | no title | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
John O'Brien |
28 | Ireland | Gut of Canso | Cooper | 500 | grant + lease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Thomas Johnstone |
27 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Cooper | 200 | no title | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Thomas Langley |
56 | Ireland | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 6yr S.Ranger | 200 | no title | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Henry King |
40 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Henry King |
16 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Butterworth |
65 | England | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
John Butterworth |
21 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Josiah Whitney |
68 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Joseph Carter |
72 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
William Butterworth |
27 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Cooper | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Henry Linden |
40 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Henry Linden |
22 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
William Linden |
18 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Joseph Wheaton |
25 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Mariner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Stephen Raynolds |
40 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Berry (Asberry) King |
35 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | no title | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
John Le Fevure |
35 | Jersey | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 200 | c. lease | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
John Wheaton |
50 | U.S.A. | Gut of Canso | Trader | 200 | purchase+ lease | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
James Welsh |
22 | N.S. | Gut of Canso | Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
John Higgins Esq. |
69 | Ireland | Gut of Canso | Land Surveryor | 300 | grant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Total 96 men, 66 women, 103 boys, 121 girls.
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