John Graves Simcoe, 1752-1806
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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
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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”;