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by Mary Beacock Fryer

14 Apr. 1798

  Lt. Col.

  1 Jan. ‘98

  Captain

  Aeneas Shaw

  1 Sept. 1791

  Lt. Col.

  1 Jan. ‘98

  William Fitzgerald

  6 June 1798

  Lieutenant

  James Givens

  30 Nov. 1791

  Robert Cowell

  19 June 1793

  25 Mar. ‘93

  John M’Gill

  8 Oct. 1798

  Adjutant

  Alexander M’Queen

  28 Feb. 1800

  Ensign

  Wm. Birds Peters

  28 Dec. 1796

  21 Apr. ‘96

  J. Theodore Bryett

  1 Nov. 1798

  Alexander M’Nabb

  28 Feb. 1800

  John Dyne

  24 Oct. 1802

  1 May 1801

  Paymaster

  Alexander Burns

  17 May 1799

  Adjutant

  John M’Gill

  1 Sept. 1791

  Lt. 8 Oct. ‘98

  Surgeon

  John Gamble

  9 July 1796

  The Army List 1784, “On the English Half-Pay”

  Simcoe’s (Queen’s Amer. Rangers) All commissions in the regiment are dated 25 December 1782. “Hussars” are listed first, Infantry follows Major Richard Armstrong

  Colonel Commandant

  John Graves Simcoe

  Captains

  John Saunders David Shank Thomas Ivie Cooke M. Robinson

  Lieutenants

  Allan M’Nab

  George Albies

  John Wilson

  George Spencer

  Wm. Digby Lawler

  Comets

  Benj. Thomson

  Thomas Merritt

  Benj. M. Woolsey

  William Jarvis

  Samuel Clayton

  Chaplain

  John Agnew

  Surgeon

  Alexander Kelloch

  Major

  Richard Armstrong

  Captains

  John Mackay

  Francis Stephenson

  Robert M’Crea

  James Murray

  James Kerr

  Stair Agnew

  John M’Gill

  Samuel Smith

  John Whitlock

  Aeneas Shaw

  Hon. Bennet Wallop (en Sec.)

  Lieutenants

  George Ormond

  William Atkinson

  Thomas Murray

  Alexander Matheson

  George Pendred

  Charles Dunlop

  Hugh Mackay

  Adam Allen

  Caleb Howe

  Andréw M’Can

  Swift Armstrong

  — Potts

  Ensigns

  Nathaniel Munday

  Charles Hen. Miller

  John Ross

  Andréw Armstrong

  Edward Murray

  Creighton M’Crea

  Christopher Robinson

  Charles Matheson

  J.B. Haight

  Adjutant

  William Campbell

  Quarter Master

  George Hamilton

  INDEX

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title was intentionally removed from the eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  Acts, Paliament, defence of realm (Britain); maintenance of poor; Enclosure Act 1801, land allowed to JGS

  Addington, John

  Addington, Henry, Speaker; friend of Pitt; Prime Minister; resigned, Lord Sidmouth

  Addison, Rev. Robert

  Agnew, Stair, Capt., Q.R., prisoner of war in France; repatriated, settled New Brunswick

  Aitken, Alexander, surveyor

  Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire; birthplace of EPS; plans for sale of

  Althouse (Althaus), John, Capt., German Jaegers, N.Y. Volunteers

  American Revolution (War of independence); Decl. of independence; Treaty of Separation

  Amiens, Peace of; war resumed

  André, John, Major; execution

  Anglican clergy, John Stuart; Addison; John Langhorn Archaeology, Devon; JGS’ interest

  Arnold, Benedict, Col., attacked Canada; in Virginia

  Armstrong, Richard, Major, Q.R.; takes command of Q.R.

  Baby, family, Quebec and Detroit

  Badcock, Rev. Samuel, biog., influence on JGS

  Bailey, John, servant of Simcoe family, Memoir he wrote, JGS “very liberal gentlemen”; descr. hospitalty to Luppitt artillery

  Baltic “problem,” expedition to, Denmark, Sweden, Russia. JGS reluctant

  Banks, Sir Joseph, Bt., JGS wrote to

  Barnstaple, French shelling

  Bastard, Edmund (brother of John P.)

  Bastard, John Pollexfen, M.P., JGS’ friend; Bastard Township; on quartering troops

  Bath, spa; M. Graves moved to; Simcoes holiday at; Simcoe daughters moved to

  Beacons, signal, Culmstock, Dumpdon, etc., coastal

  Beckwith, George, Capt., Col.

  Bentinck, William, 3rd Duke of Portland; no more sympathetic than Carleton/Dorchester; frigate for San Domingo

  Berczy, William, settlers to work on Yonge St.; stopped work

  Billop, Christopher, Col., Staten Is. Militia; prisoner

  Blackdown Hills, Devon; geology less unrest in; JGS enclosed acres; geology, burrow; Blacks, in U.C., Peter Martin, abduction ofChloeCooley

  Bloxam, armourer, escape plan

  Bonaparte, see Napoleon Borden Town, N.J.

  Boston, Massacre, Tea Party; Bunker/Breed’s Hill

  Bottum (Bothum), Elijah, toast at Johnstown levee

  Boudinet, Elisha, N.J. comm. of prisoners

  Brandywine, Battle of

  Brant, Joseph, Mohawk war chief; biog., descr.

  Brant, Mary (Molly), sister of Joseph, widow of Sir Wm. Johnson, influence of; daughters; cured JGS

  Broadhembury, village

  Buckerell, parish Church of St. Mary and St. Giles, wedding

  Buckingham, 1st Marquis of; tapestry; donated band instruments

  Budleigh Salterton, Simcoe house at, Millais’ picture of Sir Walter Raleigh at

  Buller, Sir Francis

  Burges, James Bland, biog.; Burgess Township

  Burges, Mary Anne, biog.; leased Tracey, near Wolford Lodge; promises re children; letters to EPS; birth of Katherine; death of Katherine; ordered JGS’ regimentals, cost; guardian of Julia V. Somerville; death

  Burgoyne, John, General; Provincials’ escape from Saratoga

  Burlington Bay, JGS’ walk to

  Butler, John, Maj., Col.; death of

  Butler, Richard, rebel Col., at Spencer’s Ordinary

  Caldwell, Henry, Col., and wife Anne

  Campbell, William, Major, at Fort Miamis

  Canada, rebel attack on; future of, type of government, navigation, relation to Vermont; forts along U.S. border; Canada Act (Constitutional Act); British

  Canoe, gift of Northwest Co.

  Canvas houses, for Upper Canada

  Carleton, Guy, General, commanded in Canada; commanded at New York; dislike of JGS; evacuated Loyalists from New York to Nova Scotia; as Lord Dorchester, governor in chief of Canada; angry at JGS appointment; returned to Quebec; forbad new posts; ordered Fort Miamis rebuilt; Toronto/York as capital; sleigh “Dormeuse”

  Carleton Island, foot of Lake Ontario, Fort Haldimand

  Cartwright, Richard

  Castle Frank, summer home; burnt

  Catholic emancipation, rejected

  Charles City Court House, actions at

  Château de Ramezay, Montreal

  Château St. Louis

  Cistercians in Devon, of Dunkeswell Abbey

  Clarke, Alured, General

  Clarkson, Thomas, abolitionist
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br />   Clifford, Charles, 6th Baron, of Ugbrooke; deputy lord, lieutenant; King’s commission refused; Simcoes visit; Lady Clifford

  Clifford, Hon. Robert, brother of Lord C., many talents, Irish Jacobite reg’t; skeleton (base) maps, plan for defence of Devon; JGS’ library; caught in France, escaped; detained as spy; and map maker John Gary; books for

  Clinton, Sir Henry, General; to Charleson, S.C.; evacuated Philadelphia; 2nd Charleston; laid siege to Charleston; refused to exchange André; withdrew to New York; praised JGS; JGS sent Journal to

  Coleridge, Rev. George, of The Kng’s School; religious education

  Coleridge, James, militia Col., signalled to JGS; on professional agitators; JGS funeral arrangements

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

  Continental Congress

  Cook, James, Capt.; canvas house of

  Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, General; moved into Virginia, refused to allow Q.R. to escape from Yorktown

  Cotterstock, Northamptonshire

  Counties, U. Canada, County Lieutenants

  Darling, Henry, Capt.; brigade major, JGS funeral arrangements, JGS’ commission

  de Lancey, Oliver

  de Salaberry, family; death of son in Spain

  Deserontyn, John, Mohawk leader

  Detroit, JGS’ journey to; French residents; weakness of

  Devon, defence plans, JGS on staff, responsible for Devon, part Somerset; Militia, Volunteers, raised by ballot, classes; commanders, Devon and Exeter Standing Com’ee; returns of manpower, foods, protection of women, children, defence v. French or insurrection; Dartmoor rendezvous, turnpikes for military; communications; review, Woodbury Common; north poorly defended; Exe, Teign, Dart, Yealm, vulnerable

  Dickinson, Jane, raped by 2 Rangers

  Don River, U. Canada

  Dorchester, Lord, see Carleton, Guy Dorchester, Maria, Lady

  Dorland, Philip, Quaker

  Drewe, Edward, Capt., Major, critic of army; wounded; poem Dorillas, invalided home; “Military Sketches,” court martial, cashiered; Freeman of Exeter, Drewe, Rev. Edward; suffered stroke

  Drewe family

  Drewe, Francis (17121773)

  Drewe, Herman

  Duncan, Richard

  Dundas, Henry, home sec’y; on Queen’s Rangers; sec’y at war

  Dundas St., U. Canada, planned; strategic

  Dunkeswell, Abbey, Cistercian remains; parish of; infantry corps

  East Chester, N.Y., skirmish

  East India Copany

  Election, U. Canada, 1st

  Elizabethtown, N.J., Washington near; raids on E’town Point

  Elliott family, of Colchester, and Egland, Devon; EPS’ letter to Miss Elliott about Exmoor;

  Elliott, Matthew, Indian Dept.

  Emmerich, Andreas

  England, Richard, Col., 24th Reg’t at Detroit; Major General in Plymouth

  Eton College; rebellion of 1768; poem to JGS; Francis at, Headmaster J. Goodall

  Ewald, Johann, Capt., Jaegers

  Exeter Cathedral, Simcoe monument by John Flaxman

  Exeter city, JGS; Cathedral Close; JGS Freeman of; Globe Inn at; Castle as headquaraters

  Exeter Flying Post, newspaper, items, death in Globe Tavern; JGS withdrew as candidate; report on JGS funeral

  Fallen Timbers, battle of; Treaty of Fort Greenville

  Fisher, Bishop of Exeter, divine service for soldiers

  Fisher, George, Capt, R.A., aqua tint of Niagara Falls

  Flood, Christopher, JFS’ lawyer

  Foreigners, registry of

  Fort Erie Fort Frontenac

  Fort Miamis, Maumee R., JGS ordered to rebuild;

  Fort Niagara; EPS at

  Fortescue, Hugh Lord, Lord Lieut, of Devon; disbanded Brixham Volunteers; at Wolford Lodge; Wm Pitfield’s legacy; military exercises

  Foster, Dr. John, JGS’ headmaster, Eton

  France, allies of American rebels, at Yorktown; other trouble spots, defeat of French fleet in West Indies; threat to peace; Reign of Terror; fear of war with; war, privateers in U.S. ports; Queen executed; frigates menaced Simcoes’ ship on home voyage; threat to Western District, England; troops to Ireland; plot revealed at Taunton; gentry as peace officers; war resumed

  Franklin, Benjamin

  French Revolution

  Frobisher, Joseph, fur trader, entertained Simcoes

  George III, kindness to JGS

  German troops

  Germantown, Battle of

  Gibbs, Vicary

  Gidley, Robert, JGS’ real estate agent

  Girty, Simon, Indian Dept.

  Grant, Alexander

  Graves, Margaret Spinckes; hostess to JGS; 2nd wife of Samuel Graves; moved to Wolford Lodge; angry with Simcoes; left Wolford Lodge; dedication of chapel; death; heirs

  Graves, Samuel, Admiral, godfather; at Boston; 2nd marriage; welcomed JGS; plans for JGS and EPS; death

  Gray, John, Major, KRRNY

  Great Lakes, origin

  Grenville, George, see Buckingham, 1st Marquis of

  Grenville, Richard, General, command, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset

  Grenville, Thomas (brother of Buckingham), India Board

  Grenville, William Wyndham Lord (brother of George), recommended JGS for U. Canada; ministry

  Grey, Thomas, Lt., ADC to JGS; left U.Canada

  Gwillim, Elizabeth P., see Simcoe, Elizabeth P.

  Gwillim, Elizabeth, Mrs., EPS’ aunt, mistress of Old Court, Whitchurch; JGS visited; on Catholic emancipation, on Irish; death

  Gwillim, Thomas, Colonel, EPS’ father

  Haldimand, Frederick, General, commander in chief, grant to Iroquois

  Halifax, N.S.

  Hamilton, Robert; wife Catherine

  Hancock, William, Judge, Loyalist

  Hancock’s Bridge, N.J., skirmish

  Harmsworth, Sir Leicester, Sir Geoffrey

  Heiferon, Edward, JGS’ servant

  Hembury Fort, Iron Age origin;

  Hembury Fort House

  Hemyock. village, Hundred of; High Constable for; new corps of infantry; suffering, not rioting; JGS owned Castle; St. Mary’s Church

  Hobart, Lord, sec’y at war

  Holland Landing, terminus of Yonge St.

  Holland, Samuel, Surveyor General

  Honiton, Devon; Volunteers; unrest in

  Howe, Richard, Admiral

  Howe, Williaam, General; knighted

  Humber River, U. Canada

  Hunt, Mary, Miss, friend, poetess; tutor to daughters; in household of Princess Charlotte of Wales

  Hunt, Mrs. Mary Ann, friend; in charge of Wolford Lodge

  Illustrious, H.M.S., to Lisbon, toxic paint

  Indian Department, British; headquarters Fort Niagara; headquarters in Lower Canada; rum

  India, British involvement; India Board, JGS as C in C; Minto, gov. gen.

  Indian, nations; Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations; JGS planned buffer state; confederacy of northwestern nations; Delaware nation; Mohawk; Mississauga, Chippawa,

  Iroquois

  Ireland, rebellion 1798, union with Britain; base for French attack

  Jack Sharp, dog

  James River, Va.

  Jarvis, William; provincial sec’y; wife Hannah

  Jay, John, U.S. chief justice, re British posts

  Jay’s Treaty, surrender efforts; ratified

  Jefferson, Thomas, at Richmond

  Johnson, Sir John, 4; to England; rum; death of son, Capt. George Johnson, near Badajooz

  John Graves Simcoe Association (Ontario Historical Society)

  Johnstown, U. Canada; levee at;

  Jones, Augustus, surveyor, laid out Dundas St.; laid out Yonge St.

  Kelloch, Alexander, Q.R. surgeon

  Kennaway, Sir John, bought Escot from Sir Geo. Yonge, attacked by soldiers; JGS funeral arrangements

  Kent, Prince Edward Duke of; visited Niagara/Newark; C in Gin Canada;

  Kingston, U. Canada, temporary barracks for Q.R., greet
s Simcoes, JGS refused it as capital; JGS oath of office; JGS ill at

  Lafayette, Marquis de

  Land boards, U. Canada, land granting, unoccupied lots a problem; grants to Q.R.; abolished, land policy

  Land purchases, in Devon by JGS

  Langhorn, Rev. John

  Leatherhead Leisure Centre, JGS’ Spanish cannon there

  Lee, Henry, “Light Horse Harry,” rebel cavalry commander

  Le Marchant, Alfred and Mrs. Turdis, rebuilt Wolford Lodge, donated rightofway to Wolford Chapel

  Lennox, Lord George, governor of Plymouth; biog.; exercise of troops;

  Leslie, Alexander, General

  Liancourt-Rochefoucault, Due de, at Newark, on Simcoe; barred from Lower Canada

  Littlehales, Edward, Capt., Brigade Major, sec’y

  Livingston, William, Governor of N.J.

  Longueuil, Baron and Baronne de

  LornaDoone, (R.D. Blackmore)

  Loyalists (U.E.), as Provincial troops; religious denominations, need protection; illegal marriages, land grants; vulnerable; JGS’ “late Loyalists”;

 

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