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1839 JAMAICA ALMANAC

MILITIA REGIMENTS OF FOOT

MIDDLESEX

ST. CATHERINE'S

Colonel, John Archer

Lieut. Colonels, Alexander Grant, Andrew G. Dignum

Majors, Charles Gordon, Robert Vidal

Artillery Company

Captain, J. O'Meally

Lieut. F. McCulloch, Robert Nicol

Captains

Donald Campbell

Alexander Pearson

William Kemble

Lionel Winship

James Heightinton

Joseph H. Moore

Jno. E. W. Panton

Samuel Rennalls

Lieutenants

Haughton James

James Coates

Philip Redwood

David P. Mendes

Thomas Henny

Bryan Edwards

James P. Clarke

A. H. Lewis

Ensigns

Charles Harvey

William T. March

John Brown

Jno. R. McK. Laing

James Gayleard, junior

Alexander Finlay

Boswell Middleton

John Minot

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Adjutant, Robert Wilkie

Chaplain, Rev. L. Bowerbank

Surgeon, B. Whittaker

Assistant Surgeon, A. Dempster

Quartermaster, Samuel Groom

Deputy Judge Advocate, James Allwood

Secretary, Richard Charlton

Marshal, --- Preston

Total strength 579

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ST. JOHN'S AND ST. DOROTHY'S

Colonel, Robert Jackson

Lieut.-Colonel, John Blair

Major, D. Hamilton

Captains

Joseph Grose

Samuel Hannaford

M. J. Hogg

Lachlan Patterson

J. W. Barnes

Richard Magee

Lieutenants

Thomas Ludford

Francis Melville

Alexander Smith

Robert H. Jessop

John P. Nash

Richard Cumming

William Throne

Ensigns

Henry Hall

Edward W. Burke

Peter Harrison

A. Armstrong, adj.

William Jardine

Thomas Hansil

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Adjt. A. Armstrong

Chaplain, Rev. J. Dawson

Quartermaster, R. G. Hume

Surgeon, J. Gilzean

Asst. Surgeon, C. B. Gill

Deputy Judge Advocate, James Ayles

Marshals, H. W. Malcolm (for St. John's), Nicholas Rosewess (for St. Dorothy's)

Total strength, 300 men

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ST THOMAS' IN THE VALE

Colonel, William Lord

Lieut.-Colonel, Peter F. Garrigues

Major, Henry Lowndes

Captains

Richard R. Palmer

William Worger

Richard M. White

Caleb Wheeler

Robert Allen

William H. Parker en. sec.

Peter Blackburn

Lieutenants

James Dunn

George Rees

Henry T. Rees

William Allanack

Charles Gordon

Robert W. Mein

Ensigns

John Munro

John McDermott

James Lemasney

Robert G. Lowndes

Alexander Anderson

John Stevens

James H. Kinkead

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Adj. John Munro

Chaplain, Rev. W. G. P. Burton

Surgeon, Charles H. McDermott

Assistant Surgeon, Donald McLaren

Quartermaster, Robert ROach

Deputy Judge Advocate, Thomas Edbury

Marshal, Messrs. George W. Coombs and William Cox

Rendezvous, Shenton Estate

Total strength, 306 men.

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CLARENDON

Colonel, James Miller

Lieut.-Colonel, William Collman

Major, James W. Turner

Captains

Hibbert Oates

George Russell

William Rose

Kenneth McDonald

William Duncan

George McKenzie

John A. Kennedy

Nicholas Grose

Lieutenants

Henry Stephens

John Scott

Edward Thompson

Paul McKenzie

Donald McMillan

George Russell

Robert H. Jessop

Ensigns

James Sullivan

Thomas Crosdaile

W. M. Oddie

John Prickett

John Girvan

James Lea

Robert Pearson

Robert Smith

George R. McLean

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Acting Adjutant, Paul McKenzie

Chaplain, Rev. G. C. R. Fearon

Quartermaster, Donald Patterson

Surgeon, John McNaught

Assistant Surgeons, John Tait, W. S. Trench

Deputy Judge Advocate, J. Bryant

Marshal, James Shaw

Assistant Marshal, George Bartlett

The mountain division musters at Chapelton, and the Lowland division at Lime Savannah.

Com. Officer's Address:-Lanark, Chapelton P.O.

Total strength 407 men

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VERE

Colonel, Malcolm McLeod

Lieut.-Colonel, Charles Sconce

Captains

John Stirk

Thomas Anderson

William Dowell

Crawford McClymont

Lieutenants

Joseph Allaway

Alexander Johnston

Daniel Callagahan

John Snaith, adj.

Edward K. Bratt

John M. Hume

Ensigns

James Maddan

Robert Matthie

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Adjutant, John Snaith, ---Lundgren

Chaplain, Rev. John Smith

Quartermaster, J. W. Ward

Surgeon, Charles Trutch

Deputy-Judge-Advocate, Louis F. McKinnon

Marshal, Alexander Spencer

Place of Rendezvous, The Alley

Place of Exercise, Dick's Pasture

Total strength, 200 men

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MANCHESTER

Lieut.-Colonel, Samuel Glanville

Major, John Coley

Captains

William Fergusson

John Davy

John R. Tomlison

James Kyd

James L. Davy

Thomas Sweetland

James Stevenson

Donald Rose

Lieutenants

John Merchant

Matthew Ham

John Clark

Hugh Kenedy

William Robertson

Alexander C. Logan

George Saunders, adj.

Alexander G. Robertson

Ensigns

George B. Medley

Thomas Powell, junior

John Allan

Colin Crawford

Richard Jackson

Charles M. Ingram

R. Pearson

Charles Bartlett

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Adjutant, George Saunders

Chaplain, Rev. R. W. Dallas

Quartermaster, William Davy

Surgeon, Forbes McChivers

Assistant Surgeon, William Hay

Deputy-Judge-Advocate, J. R. Williamson

Marshal, William Manning

Address of Com. Officer, Ballymure

Total strength 320 men

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ST. MARY'S

Colonel, William Heslop

Lieut.-Colonel, John Hay

Majors, Hon. Robert Fairweather, Patrick C. Crighton

Captains

Henry Cox, junior

William T. Martin

Alexander Thomas

Henry Rigg

James Geddes

Alexander Geddes

John Douglas

Richard C. Burke

John Harris

Lieutenants

Richard H. Holworthy

John Campbell Smart

B. B. Tharp

Richard Harrison

Richard Lewis

Leach Stennett

Richard C. Burke

Ensigns

John Fairweather

John Bell

Edward Nelson

P. Morgan

Walter Polack

James McDOnald

Peter Scott

Henry A. Thompson

Thomas Matheson

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Adjutant, James McDonald

Chaplain, Rev. William Girord

Quartermaster, Joseph Schroeder

Surgeon, Alexander D. Cooke

Assistant Surgeons, John Cox, Alexander Stevens

Deputy-Judge-Advocate, John Matheson

Secretary, Alexander Fairweather

Marshal, William Fortune

Total Strength 314 men.

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ST. ANN'S EASTERN

Colonel, William Park

Lieut.-Colonel, Samuel Whitehorne Rose

Major, John Neilson

Captains

Charles Smith

Henry C,. Smallwood

J. Higginbottom

Thomas Taylor

Thomas Jobson

Thomas Geohegan, en. sec.

Lieutenants

Robert Robinson

George Robinson

W. L. McCook

Joseph Donnell, en. sec.

James Burrell, en. sec.

George Hickling

Charles Brown

E. G. Plummer, en. sec.

J. Humber, en. sec.

Ensigns

George Diekin

James Corbet

Robert G. T. Drew

W. P. Archer, en. sec.

Samuel Horlock

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Adjutant, James Corbett

Chaplain, Rev. G. W. Bridges

Surgeon, George R. Stennett

Assistant Surgeon, G. J. Nicol

Quartermaster, R. Parkinson

Deputy-Judge-Advocate, Israel Lemon

Secretary, Lucius Levers

Marshal, James Hay

Place of exercise, Drax Hall Estate and Crescent Park pen

Total strength 309 men

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ST. ANN'S WESTERN

Colonel, Peter Burbridge

Colonel en. sec., Gilbert W. Senior

Lieutenant Colonel, Raymond Shelly

Major, Utten Thomas Todd

Artillery

Captain, S, B, Barnett

Lieutenants, Edward Walker, James Wishart

Captains

James Lowe

John Clark

Lucius Tucker

James Smith

William L. Watt

John Strachan

Lieutenants

John Hilton

Henry R. Grey

John Knox

Patrick D. Gordon

James Broderick

John A. Stephenson

George H. Reid

Ensigns

William Matheson

William B. Brown

Alexander F. Brown

William Peart

Joseph Osborne

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Adjutant, Joseph Osborne

Chaplain, Rev. T. C. Rose

Surgeon, Francis Rob

Assistant Surgeon, R. Wilson

Quartermaster, Abraham Isaacs

Deputy-Judge-Advocate, Edward Tucker

Secretary, Joseph Ellis

Marshal, Robert Tulloch

Head Quarters, Brown's Town

Place of Muster, Huntly Pastures

Total strength 330 men


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