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1784 ALMANAC

ALMANAC AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1784

MILITIA OF JAMAICA

MILITIA OF FOOT

MIDDLESEX

ST. CATHERINE'S REGIMENT, (Three Battalions)

Colonel-in-Chief, Major General the Hon. W. P. Browne, Esq.

FIRST BATTALION, (Spanish Town)

FIELD OFFICERS

Lieut. Col. Commandant, William Mitchell, Esq.

Major, William Alexander, Esq.

Major-en-Seconde, Hugh Lewis, Esq.

Captains

W. Henry Matthews

James Lewis

John Wilson Taylor

Francis Smart

William Singer

Richard Goodman

John Munro

E. Thomas Matthews

John Cosens

Lieutenants

John W. Norton

William Walter

Philip Redwood

Charles Graham

George Cruickshank

John G. Millward

Henry Redwar

Patrick Grant

Daniel Pennington

Robert Shawe

Ensigns

Edward Brailsford

Mark Lynet

Peter Rennalls

Thomas Newland

William Ramsay

William Hay Davis

James Dalhouse

David Rieussett

Adjutant, William Hay Davis

Quartermaster, Robert Pitcairn

SECOND BATTALION, (St. John's & St. Dorothy's)

Lieut. Colonel Commandant, Thomas Brooks

Majors, William Jackson and Joseph Woodhouse

Captains

William Thompson

Charles Anderson

John W. Bonynge

Anthony Burke

John Abercrombie

Lieutenants

Vesey Daley

John Leisk

John Mickle

Peter Craddock

Robert Ogilvie

John Denny

Ensigns

John Thompson

D. Poppleton

Francis Woodhouse

James M'Cala

THIRD BATTALION, (St. Thomas in the Vale)

Lieut. Colonel Commandant, Hon. John Grant

Majors, Robert James and Henry Rennalls

Captains

Robert Page

Anthony Yeates

William Caldwell*

Timothy Laurence

Lieutenants

John McKay*

John H. Hanbury

John McDonald

Walter Welch

Robinson Smith

William Smith

Alexander King

Charles Jones

Ensigns

Angus McKay*

James Rule

Peter Douglass

John S. Brodbelt

Staff

Chaplain, the Rev. Inglis Turing

Surgeon, Alexander Thompson

Adjutant, John McKay

Quartermaster, Alexander Longmore

NOTE: In this Battalion the Grenadier Company act as Light Horse; their officers are distinguished by an asterisk. During Prince William Henry's residence in this island, they had the honour of attending him as a body-guard, and His Royal Highness was so much pleased with their conduct, that he desired they should be in future named Prince William Henry's Troop, and that a Standard with his Arms should be presented to them.

CLARENDON REGIMENT

Colonel, William Smith

Lt. Colonels, Abraham Dunckley and John Reid

Majors, Thomas Ludford and Jon. Ludford

Captains

James Hewett

John Waugh

Joseph Israel

Jacob Cole

John Anderson

John Cole

Lieutenants

William Kellit Hewett

John En. Read

Col. W. Fearon

John Burrel

John Mitchell

Francis Smith

George Napier

George Forbes

William Stewart

John Russell

Rowl. W. Fearon

Ensigns

Daniel Kerr

Robert Scott

Robert Waugh

Walrond Fearon

Thomas Anderson

Thomas Raymond

Artillery Company

Captain, Thomas Ballantyne

Lt. & Fire-Worker, James Blair, junior

VERE REGIMENT

Colonel, John Rodon

Lt. Colonels, Samuel Allpress and Pusey Manning

Major, Thomas Turner

Captains

Roger Jackson

Dut. S. Turner

George Rodon

George Brown

Lieutenants

James Turner

James McDuff

Andrew Cray

Thomas Metcalfe

John Grant

James Craiggs

Thomas Wint

Charles Hutchinson

Ensigns

Michael Wade

James Johnston

Donald Frazier

ST. MARY & ST. GEORGE'S REGIMENT

Colonel Commandant, Donald Campbell

Lieut. Colonels, William Ross and Alexander Bell

Captains

John Pailley

Robert Campbell

Hector McLean

Patrick Kein

John Neilson

John Cosens

James Gardner

James Campbell

William Cumming

William Galloway

James Anderson

Hugh Hamilton

Lieutenants

William Bucknor

Alexander Rose

William Bentley

Richard Bennett

James Duthis

Thomas Archer

Samuel Thomson

William Nasmyth

Alexander McLeod

John Low

Benjamin Hynde

Richard Jones

Robert Farquharson

David Sutherland

Robert Cumming

John Boyne

William Reed

Richard Clerk

Ensigns

Henry Williams

John McDonald

Hugh Rose

James Alexander

John Sadler

John Mapletoft

James Cunningham

Francis Matthie

Alexander Farquharson

William Kelly

John Gutch

ST. ANN'S REGIMENT

Colonel, John Tracey

Lt. Col. William Robertson

Major. Stephen Brearey

Captains

George Read Tracey

James Laurence

William Hind

Robert Grier

Charles Stirling

Lieutenants

Thomas Riley

William Sharp

John Hind

Richard Abbay

Alexander Scrogie

Ensigns

W. Read Tracey

William D. Wilmot

Robert Taylor

William Dears

William Voce

Henry Smallwood

Surgeons

George Blizzard

George Reed

Robert Foreman

Thomas Shorter

Artillery Company

Captain, William Park

Lieut. Alexander Weir and Thomas Tracey

Troop of Light Horse

Captain, William Grier

Cornets, John Miller and Donald McDonald

Surgeons, Anthony Garvey and Peter Yule

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SURRY

KINGSTON REGIMENT, (Two Battalions)

Colonel, Jeremiah Barton, Esq.

1st Lieut. Col. Thomas Cockburn

2nd Lieut. Col. Jon. Mallard

1st Major, George Cuthbert

2nd. Major, Matthew Munt

Captains

Thomas Paxton

Angus Macbean

John McLean

Robert Hibbert

David Duncomb

Robert Donaldson

John Jaques

Ralph Fisher

Thomas Myers

William Hannay

James Worsfold

J. J. Digges La Touche

Charles Mitchell

William Cunninghame

Thomas Berry

Paul Phipps, junior

Richard Shea

Lieutenants

Patrick Ballantyne

Lau. Thomas Swainson

William Merchant

William Mitchell

Andrew Johnstone

Robert Rainford

William Dillworth

George Law

Dennios Pinnock

Jasper Former [Farmer?]

Robert Bogle

James Austin

John Baird

William Ross

William Leigh

Stewart Bruce

Faulkner Brislow

Simon Kendall

Charles Blett

Ensigns

Archibald Sinclair

William Patterson

John Sleater

William Bibbye

John Augustus Bryce

Samuel Delpratt

Staff

Adjutants and Ensigns, Elisha Coakley and John Dawson

Quartermaster and Ensign, Samuel Barton

Surgeon, Richard Trower

Two Companies of Artillery

Captains, Archibald Galbraith and Robert Ewart

Lieutenants

Richard Henderson

William McMurdo

John Rutherford

James Taylor

ST. ANDREW'S REGIMENT

Colonel, Hon. Paul Phipps

Lieut. Colonel, George Sieben

Major, William Peete

Captain, Henry Keating

Lieutenants

T. Kuckhan

Robert Bennett

John Armstrong

Z. B. Manby

Thomas Carpenter

Ensigns

Edward Grearson

John Lowe

Adjutant, Thomas Lecky

Surgeon, Robert Spalding

Mate, Alexander Maitland

PORT ROYAL REGIMENT

Colonel, Thomas Gray

Lt. Colonel, Thomas Denniss

Majors, Edwin Denniss and George Davis

Captains

Charles Austin

Nicholas Reynolds

John Penny

Lieutenants

John Hayes

John Sh. Somerset

Daniel Clarke

Charles Ramsay

Daniel Salt

Robert Law

Thomas Morris

Ensigns

Nicholas Ridley

Henry James

Philip Dennis

Robert Jackson

David Thomas

W. E. Webb

Adjutant, Henry James

Surgeon, Moses S. Morao

Deputy Judge Advocate, R. Philips

ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST AND ST. DAVID'S REGIMENT

Colonel, Hon Nathaniel Beckford

Lieutenant-Colonels, David Murray and James Bryan

Majors, Isaac Panton and James Murray

Captains

Robert Paterson

William Paterson

James McGibbon

James Lindsay

Alexander Graeme

Lieutenants

James Betty

Nichol McGregor

Alexander Cameron

James Henderson

George Robertson

William Gordon

Gideon Murray

Robert Logan

Lachlan Grant

Richard D. Panton

John Brown

Ensigns

Joseph Geohagan

John Donaldson

John Blake

James Taggart

Jacob Carruthers

William Ross

Artillery

Captain W. White

1st Lieut. James Morris

2d. Lieut. & Fireworker, George Small

PORTLAND REGIMENT

Colonel, John Sutton

Lieut. Colonel, Thomas Richards

Majors, Thomas Trump Tyrrell, and Alexander Littlejohn

Captains

John St. Downer

William Downer

William Burke

Lieutenants

Edward Wilson

William A. Orgill

Samuel Brown

Robert Wills

Ensigns

Thomas H. Phillips

Colin McPherson

Adjutant, William Valentine

Surgeons, William Proctor and William Paterson


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