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1784 ALMANAC

ALMANAC AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1784

MILITIA OF JAMAICA

MILITIA OF FOOT

CORNWALL

ST. ELIZABETH'S REGIMENT

Colonel, Hon. Thomas Chambers

Lt. Colonels, Robert Peatt and Edward Peter Sergeant

Majors, William B. Wright and James Rowe

Captains

Edward Badnedge

Thomas Finlayson

John McIntosh

John Heath

Andrew White

John Sterling

John Vanheelen

Lieutenants

Joseph Henderson

Andrew Bromfield

Charles Wright

Sim. George Thelwall

Robert Glasgow

Robert Wright

James Crowe

John Scott

Matthew Crawford

Jonathan Barnet

Lewis Jones Pight

John Orr

Ensigns

Mungo Forbes

Alexander Jeffery

William Blair

Richard Boucher

Robert Watson

Adjutant, Andrew Bromfield

Artillery

Captain, Thomas Taylor

1st. Lieut. Thomas Steel

2d. Lieut. & Fireworker, William Wight

WESTMORELAND REGIMENT

Colonel-in-Chief, Major-General John Myrie

Colonel Commandant, William Woollery

Lieut. Colonels, William Antrobus and James Lawrence

Major, Hon. Samuel Williams Houghton, (Col. by brevet)

Captains

John Ricketts

Thomas Barker

Thomas Boyd

John Sommerville

Joseph Williams

David Kinloch

W. Dorril Williams

George Leslie

William Loch

Thomas Rick. Johnson

Lieutenants

Thomas Anderson

James Watson

Charles Payne

John Chambers

Donald McLeod

Nathaniel Lamdin

Andrew McFarlane

John Venhorn

James Dunn

John Kelly

Clement Cooke Clark

David Murray

John Graham

Thomas Ramsay

Andrew Black

George Woodbine

John J. Johnson

Daniel Hill

Ensigns

John Tomlinson

George Little

William Reckord

William Tomlinson

John Munro

Alexander Parker

David Connell

James Graham

Chaplain, Rev. William Stanford

Adjutant, John Chambers

Quartermaster, James Crowder

Surgeon, John Drummond

HANOVER REGIMENT

Colonel, Major General Grizell

Lt. Colonel, John Samuels

Majors, George James and R. Reid

Captains

David Kerr

John Hill

P. A. Morris

James Sparce

John Gardiner

William Campbell

Edward Finucan

James Miller

John Miller

John Currell

David Stewart

Lieutenants

George Brissett

Jacob Chalmers

George Malcolm

Patrick Spence

W. A. Morris

John Spence

Thomas Miller

J. H. Robinson

James Patterson

James Dawes

Arthur Harding

Richard Dickson

William Monteath

Samuel Reid

John Moxham

George Spence

John Anderson

Garrat Wall

Patrick Spence, junior

John Philip Boteler

Henry Scrimgeour

Ensigns

D. Th. Ruthven

Edward Evans

Deputy Judge Advocate, John Wills

Adjutant, John Philip Boteler

Surgeon, George Robertson

Quartermaster, Thomas Daly

ST. JAMES REGIMENT

Colonel, Thomas Reid, junior

1st. Lieut. Colonel, Samuel T. James

2nd. Lieut. Col., John Robert James

1st. Major, Michael Barnes

2d. Major, John Cunningham

Captains

Michael Barnes

Francis Mairez

Thomas Brown

John Sawyer

Thomas David Bernard

David Bernard

John Lawrence Bowen

William Coates, junior

George Lawrence

Leonard Parkinson

Edward Binns

Lieutenants

Thomas Nasmyth

John Aitkins

William Cleland

Charles Morton

Thomas Yatman

Richard Milburn

James Fannin

David McFarquhar

John Gray

John Stevens

Edward Mountague

David Traill

Daniel Bernard junior

George McFarquhar

William Reid

George Buchanan

Robert Bowen

Thomas Hall

Alexander McLenan

William Scarlett

H. F. Gibbes

William Tharp

Thomas Reid

Ensigns

Joseph Ismay

William McCourtie

William Ringrose

John Grizell, junior

M. Lynch Mowatt

William Samuels

Chaplain, Rev. James Grignion

Adjutant, Colin Thomson

Quartermaster, C. B. Whitehead

TRELAWNY REGIMENT

Colonel, Henry W. Gallimore

Lt. Colonel, Jarvis Gallimore

Major, John Jarrett

Captains

John Reid

William Gallimore

James Virgo

Thomas Reid

Adrian Reid

Alexander Campbell

Lieutenants

William Libert

John Graves

Henry John Wisdom

Montague W. Virgo

Robert Bell

John Hall

Samuel Barnett

M. Barrett Waite

Henry Graves

Joseph Linton

James Brady

Richard Barrett Waite

Jacob Libert

Ensigns

William Sterling

David Lyon

Patrick Dunbar

John Thomas Tennison

Urquhart Gillespie

Adjutant, John Stuart

Quartermaster, Joseph Houldsworth

Surgeon, Thomas Steel

ARTILLERY

Major Commandant, and Superintendent for Middlesex, John Edward Shackleford, Esq.

Major Commandant, and Superintendent for Surry, Sir. Thomas Champneys, Baronet

Major Commandant, and Superintendent for Cornwall, James Irving, Esq.

N.B. The foregoing Lists of the Army and Militia are corrected, in this Register only, from the latest Returns in the Adjutant General's Office, by Permission of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

COMMISSIONERS OF FORTS

The Commander-in-Chief

The President and Members of His Majesty's Council, and

The Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly, for the time being

Clerk, James Jones, Esq.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF FORTS

Windward, Sir Thomas Champneys, Baronet

North-Side, Nathaniel Bayley, Esq.

OFFICERS OF FORTS IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX

Fort Augusta

Captain, William Splain

Lieutenant, William McDonald

Master Gunner, James Scoffield

Apostles Battery

Captain, Alexander Cumming

Lieutentants, David Douglas and William Traill

Master Gunner, Thomas Aikenhead

Henderson's battery

Captain, John Henderson

Lieut. Hamilton Lythgow

Small's Battery

Captain, David Small

Lieut. Thomas Kaylett

Post at Sixteen-Mile Walk

Commandant, Joseph Millward

Lieut. William Davis

Fort Haldane, St. Mary's

Captain, William Ross

Lieut. Adam Glover

St. Ann's Fort

Capt. William Hull

Lieuts., Ronald Campbell and George Bainbridge

Fort Columbus, Dry Harbour

Captain, Miles Morwick

Lieut. John Murray

Fort William, St. Ann's

Capt. John Willox

Lieuts., John McGibbon and William Atkinson

Saltgut Battery, St Ann's

Capt. Andrew Deans

Lieut. James Hay

COUNTY OF SURRY

Fort Charles at Port Royal

Governor, Edward Smith

Rock Fort

Capt. Clotworthy Dobbin

Lieuts., Thomas Adrien

George Kinghorn

John Moore

POSTS AND BATTERIES ON STONEY-HILL

Captain-Commandant, Col. Matthew Wallen

1st Fort Major, Lieut. Colonel Philip Ph. Livingston

2d Fort Major, Lieut. Colonel Edward East

East's Battery

Captain, Charles Hall

Lieuts. Samuel Gregory and William Savage

Hall's Battery

Capt. William Smith

Lieut. John Bull and Stephen Down

Wallen's Battery

Capt. Arthur King

Lieut. Daniel Major and William Bard

Moore's Battery

Capt. Richard Grant

Lieuts. John Player and H. B. Ludlow

Fort George, Port Antonio

Capt. John Harris

Lieut. J. Vincent Campbell and James Charleton

Ferry Fort and Works

Capt. William Peete

Fort Dalling, Rocky Point

Capt. Fairlie Christie

Lieut. John Adamson

Pera and Bowden-bill Batteries, St. Thomas in the East

Capt. James Pinnock

Lieuts., George Armstrong, Thomas Mackenzie, and William Anderson

Master Gunner, James Mather

Whydah Battery, Portland

Capt., William Wright

Lieut. David Henderson

Fort Richmond, Portland

Capt. John McCulloch

Lieut. Alexander Dyer

Annotto Bay Fort

Capt. Burrowes

COUNTY OF CORNWALL

Fort Dalling, Trelawny

Capt., Robert Sterling

Lieuts., William Utten and James Robertson

Martha Brae Fort

Capt., John Whitaker

Lieut., Joseph Houldsworth

Fort George, Westmoreland

Lieut., William Cameron

Fort Dalling, Westmoreland

Capt., John French

Fort Frederick, St. James

Capt. Donald Campbell

Lieut. Harry Farquharson

George's Battery, St. James

Capt., William Rhodes Bernard

Lucea Fort

Capt. Robert Kerr

Green Island Fort

Capt. Thomas Monteath

Lieut. Robertson

Savanna-la-Mar Fort

Capt., Major-General Myrie

Captain en seconde, Archibald Duthie

Lieut., Richard Dobson

Black River Fort

Capt. William S---on [ink blot]

Lieut., James Hart

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