HI,
I am trying to track down my 3x great grandfather, John Campbell. I do not know where in Scotland he was born. A family tale is that he was in the Military and fell in love with Mary Lunny while serving in Ireleand and she ran off with him (agaisnt family wishes) and they went back to Scotland. The eariliest record that I have of them is the baptism record of their daughter, my 2 x great grandmother, Elenaor in 1809 at St. Andrew's in Glasgow.
I have tracked down the name of Lunny to Fermanagh. I recently found out that there were militra troops including Scottish regiments in that area around 1798.
I do know that Mary and John both died in Wisconsin (USA)in 1849. Their date of births would have been around 1777.
I know it is a long shot, but is there muster rolls of the Fencibles that would have been stationed in Ireland?
Thanks,
Dawn
Wisconsin
Campbell and the Fencibles
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Re: Campbell and the Fencibles
Hello Dawn, and Welcome to TalkingScot.
Fencibles were volunteers raised during times of war or threat and were intended for home defence. Some volunteered for service in Europe. According to this page, in 1800 there were 31 Fencible regiments of Infantry in Ireland. By 1802 all the Fencible regiments had been disbanded
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... ibles.html
You’ll find a list of Scottish Fencible regiments on this page, and whether they served in Ireland. http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... bles2.html
To find any such early records you would really need to know the name of the regiment in which he served. Here’s a National Archives research guide about Muster Rolls etc http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/reco ... 0-1898.htm
If he was in the military long enough to qualify, or qualified because of incapacity, he may have been an army pensioner. In that case there maybe a record in the Chelsea Pensioner records on FindMyPast. Because John Campbell is a fairly common name, and you don’t know the regiment, you will probably have some difficulty there. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/chelsea-pen ... art.action
1798 was the year of the Irish Rebellion, and Ireland was awash with British troops. According to the True Briton (1793) (London), Wednesday, October 3, 1798, in Ireland or on route to, were 10 Cavalry and 13 Infantry regiments of Regulars, and 11 Cavalry and 13 Infantry regiments of Fencibles. Regiments moved around a fair bit and pinning down exactly which was in a particular place at a particular time could be quite a task unless there’s a local history somewhere.
All the best,
Alan
Fencibles were volunteers raised during times of war or threat and were intended for home defence. Some volunteered for service in Europe. According to this page, in 1800 there were 31 Fencible regiments of Infantry in Ireland. By 1802 all the Fencible regiments had been disbanded
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... ibles.html
You’ll find a list of Scottish Fencible regiments on this page, and whether they served in Ireland. http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... bles2.html
To find any such early records you would really need to know the name of the regiment in which he served. Here’s a National Archives research guide about Muster Rolls etc http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/reco ... 0-1898.htm
If he was in the military long enough to qualify, or qualified because of incapacity, he may have been an army pensioner. In that case there maybe a record in the Chelsea Pensioner records on FindMyPast. Because John Campbell is a fairly common name, and you don’t know the regiment, you will probably have some difficulty there. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/chelsea-pen ... art.action
1798 was the year of the Irish Rebellion, and Ireland was awash with British troops. According to the True Briton (1793) (London), Wednesday, October 3, 1798, in Ireland or on route to, were 10 Cavalry and 13 Infantry regiments of Regulars, and 11 Cavalry and 13 Infantry regiments of Fencibles. Regiments moved around a fair bit and pinning down exactly which was in a particular place at a particular time could be quite a task unless there’s a local history somewhere.
All the best,
Alan