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1796 ALMANAC

MILITIA OF JAMAICA

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ST. CATHERINE'S REGIMENT - THREE BATTALIONS

Colonel in Chief, the Honourable William Mitchell Esq., Major General

FIRST BATTALION - Spanish Town

Colonel, Philip Redwood

Lieutenant-Colonel, George Cruickshank

1st Major, John G. Milward, 2d Major, Daniel Pennington

ARTILLERY COMPANY

Captain, Robert Pitcairn, junior

1st Lieut., Cooper Demetres

2d Lieut., James Taylor

3d Lieut., George F. Taylor

GRENADIERS

Captain, Samuel Whitehorne

1st Lieut., Edmund Pusey LYon

2d Lieut., Foster March

3d Lieut., O__ver Herring

4th Lieut., John M____ul__ch [McCulloch?]

LIGHT INFANTRY

Captain, Isaac Singer

1st Lieut., Charles N. Palmer

2d Lieut., Edward M. Whitehead

3d Lieut., Norman [?] McLeod

JEW COMPANY

Captain, John Wright

Lieut. Owen Gething

Ensigns, John March, John Stewart

1st BROWN COMPANY

Captain, Robert Shaw

1st Lieut., David Finlayson

2d Lieut., George Marshall

2d BROWN COMPANY

Captain, Francis Smith

1st Lieut., Adam Donnage

2d Lieut., William Murray

3d Lieut., G. Cuthbert

1st BLACK COMPANY

Captain, William Ramsay

1st Lieut., William Falconer

2d Lieut., David Dickson

2d BLACK COMPANY

Captain, William Walker

1st Lieut., George T. Ogborn

2d Lieut., J. H. Byles

PASSAGE FORT COMPANY

Captain, R. R. Parker

1st Lieut., Robert Pitcairn, senior

2d Lieut., William Edmondstoune

Ensign, John Tait

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Adjutant, Lieut. John Tomlinson

Quartermaster, Charles O'Connor

Deputy Judge Advocate, Ensign William Maxwell

Surgeon, Edward Coldwell

Mate, William March

Assistant Surgeon, James Talbot

Secretary, Ensign Charles Smith

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SECOND BATTALION - St. John and St. Dorothy

Colonel, Hon. William Jackson

Lieut. Colonel, William Thompson

Majors, Robert Ogilvy and Peter Douglass

Captains

Samuel Queneborough

Wotton Scott

Roderick Mathison

Lieutenants

Duncan McDonald

William Pearson

William Hislop

G. Clarke

C. P. Brown

Ensigns

B. Craddock

James Lumsden

J. Routh

J. Brown

Surgeon, John Quier

Deputy Judge Advocate, John Quest

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THIRD BATTALION - St. Thomas in the Vale

Colonel, Robert Page

Lieutenant Colonel, William Caldwell

Majors, John McKay, ___ Smith

Captains

Angus McKay

Patrick Commins

John Mulligan

Archibald McDonald

Lieutenants

William Aitchison

John Muir

Robert Ogilvie

Robert James

Thomas Keater

Caleb Leithead

John Spencer

Ensigns

William Ferrier

Joseph Bramner

R. B. Munro

W. Brooks [?]

Adjutant, _____Dobbins

Quartermaster, M. Macleod

Deputy Judge Advocate, ___Fraser

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DUKE OF CLARENCE'S TROOP

Captain, Hector McKay

1st Lieut. G. Ross

2d Lieut. Malcolm McLeod

Cornet, J. M. McCaa


CLARENDON REGIMENT

Colonel, James Hewitt

Lieut. Col. Joseph Israel

1st Major, W. H. Israel

2d Major, William Stewart

Captains

Samuel Smith

Rowland W. Fearon

Robert Waugh

W. T. Anderson

Walrond Fearon

Charles Ruddock

Robert Pope

Andrew McFarlane

Joseph Thomson

A. Mackenzie

P. Christian, en seconde

Lieutenants

Daniel Tabois

Thomas Dawbain

Daniel Kerr

John Anderson

James McLachlan

George Farquhar

W. G. Howell

Thomas Henderson

James Austin

W. B. Nembhard

David Low

William Barlow

James Bedward

James Graham

John Scott

T. P. Howell

Daniel Nairn

Colin Mackenzie

A. McCrae

and

W. Jaffray )

L. Holcombe) en seconde

N. Kentish )

Ensigns

William Russell

Charles Laughnan

John Dyken

Joseph Gordon

J. P. Fearon

James Campbell

John Williams

Peter McKenzie

William Rose

Secretary, Ensign John Foxon

Deputy Judge Advocate, Hector Mowatt

Chaplain, Rev. ___ Sibbit

Quartermasters, William Phillips and Archibald McLean

Surgeons, Walter Lundie, and George McKenzie

Barrackmaster, Archibald McLean

Commissary, John Bu_d


VERE REGIMENT

Colonel, Dutton Smith Turner

1st Lieut. Colonel, James Craggs

2d Lieut. Colonel, Charles Hutchison

1st Major, William Turner

2d Major, Alexander Schaw

Captains

Henry Golbourn

William Hudson

Wotton Scott

Richard Jackson

James Morgan

Thomas A. Priddie

Lieutenants

George B. Barrett

J. Wright

James Mitchell

George Falconer

R. Davis

John Roberts

Thomas Thompson

John McPherson

William Fraser

Cassilis Schaw

Ensigns

John Holmes

John Swanson

William McPherson

Thomas Smith

George Husband

Deputy Judge Advocate, John McLean

Adjutant, Donald McDonald

Quartermaster, William Anderson

Surgeon, John Bowman

Mates, Messrs. Comlin [?], Harrington and Smith


ST. MARY AND ST. GEORGE'S REGIMENT

TWO BATTALIONS

FIRST, OR ST. MARY'S BATTALION

Colonel in Chief, Donald Campbell (Major General)

Colonel, Thomas Murphy

1st Lieut. Colonel, Patrick Kein

2d Lieut. Colonel, Z. B. Edwards

Lieut. Colonel en seconde, Charles Montgomery

Majors, William Ross (brevet Col). and John Neilson

Those marked * are attached to the Artillery, and + are attached to the Light Horse

Captains

William Reid

Walter Pollock*

James Duthie

John McDonald

James Cunningham

Henry Williams

H. Rose

W. Turner+

Patrick Lynch

William Nasmith

Lewis Clarke

James Johnston, Brevet Lieut. Colonel

Lieutenants

John Sadler

Alexander W. Hamilton*

Abraham Hodgson

J. Scott

James Barton+

William Bennett

Robert Haylett

Alexander Clarke

William Forbes*

William Burrow

Harman Galbraith

Ensigns

John Simmers

Thomas Smith

Wilfred Fisher

Godfrey Wharam

George H. Cozens

H. Cox

John Davidson+
Hugh Hamilton+

Joseph Brown

William Simmonds

Robert Graeme

Robert Gordon*

Jeremy Ready+

Alexander Gordon

T. R. Townshend

Andrew Pitticrow

William Jeffries

Thomas Munro

James Tucker

Andrew Blackburn

Adjutant, Robert Graeme

Deputy Judge Advocate, James Forsyth

Quartermaster, Godfrey Wharam

Surgeon, David Shaw

Mates, William Fletcher, James Gowan, John Marshall, James Stormont, James Bean and Thomas Fad

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SECOND OR ST. GEORGE'S BATTALION

Lieut. Colonel Commandant, Rupert McKay

Lieut. Colonel en seconde, Hon. Henry Shirley

Major, James Anderson

Captains

R. Cumming

Richard Jones

David Sherriffe+

A. Farquharson

J. Morison

H. Ross

Richard Clarke

Lieutenants

William Henderson+

Dominick Walsh

David Henderson

Alexander Gowie+

Philip Ellis

George B. Park+

Ensigns

Thomas Pickersgell+

Andrew Sprowle

James McDonald

J. Currie

Peter Churnside

Adjutant, Andrew Sprowle

Surgeon, Sylvester Jepson

Mate, George Donald

Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Simcocks


ST. ANN'S REGIMENT

Colonel, S. Stevenson

Lieut. Col. William Parke

Major, Thomas Jenkins

Captains

John Gordon

William D. Wilmot

Henry Smallwood

John Blagrove

T. R. Tracy

James Henry

W. Tharp

J. Pottinger

C. Steer

Lieutenants

B. W. Smith

Thomas Ashmeade

John Taylor

Thomas Raffington

John Shaw

John Henry

B. S. Hind

J. Davies

James Fraser

Henry Hamilton

James Hay

James Utten

William Milne

D. Mignot

J. Taylor

Ensigns

Price Watkis

Clephane Tulloch

Philip Coz

Adam Stewart

Robert Benford

Archibald Campbell

Alexander Campbell

John Anderson

William Webb

Chaplain, Rev. James Curdie

Deputy Judge Advocate, B. W. Smith

Quartermaster, James Grant

Surgeon, Adam Anderson

Barrackmaster, J. Fenton

Surgeon's Mate, William Stewart

Artillery

Captain, James Newby

1st Lieutenant, Samuel Harrison

2d Lieutenant, Thomas Bainbridge


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