73rd Regiment 1778

[speleobat2]

Just got a lead on a possiblity for my 4x Clerihew great grandfather. He may have been a soldier in the 73rd Regiment in 1778 when he fathered my possible 3x great grandfather. Yes, I'm rolling my eyes too, but at this point any news is good news!

The soldier in question was around Oyne in 1778 and he and his "possible" wife were both paying penalties to the kirk session until at least 1781--mostly her so I don't think that they married.

Is there anyplace where I can get some easy to understand information on the 73rd Regiment? I tried googling this and was swamped with military things!

Carol

[Bob C]

Hi,

For a brief history see http://tinyurl.com/2x5cam

It seems they went to the East Indies from 1779.

Hope this helps. If you need more help let me know.

Bob C

Edited to correct the url, I picked up the wrong window-ops!

[speleobat2]

Thanks Bob!

That is a very concise history of the 73rd Regiment. It does raise a question though. Both companies of the regiment seem to have left the country in 1779. Earnest is on record in the Kirk Sessions as being absolved paying a penalty of 2 pounds, 2 shillings on February 13, 1780.

Could you be absolved without being present, perhaps having someone else pay the penalty? Or was Earnest not really a member of the 73rd Regiment?

Carol

[Currie]

Hello Carol,

You can search the National Archives (Advanced Search) to see if anything shows up. There doesn’t appear to be anything under the normal Clerihew spelling. It might be worth checking under alternative spellings. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sear ... abled=True

He may be on the Muster Rolls and Pay Lists although you’d really have to be reasonably satisfied he was in the 73rd before you went down that track. See research guide http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... afletID=16

This document is a guide to fees and information required by National Archives (Search 4)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... 0_1913.pdf

Hope this helps,
Alan

[Montrose Budie]

Carol

See also www.regiments.org

Watch out for the diferent regiments that were designated as the 73rd of Foot at various times.

MB

[speleobat2]

Hi everyone!

BD: the www.regiments.org site is well worth bookmarking. It's easy to use and gives the basic who, when, where, and why for all of the regiments. This site also links to the electricscotland site Bob mentioned above. I was able to pin down the dates for the formation of the two battalions of the 73rd Regiment in 1777 and 1778 as well as their destinations. My subject Earnest Cleryhugh/Clerihew may have been either in Gibraltar or India when he was supposed to have been paying his fines to the kirk session which just gives me some more interesting questions to search out answers to!

Allan: I tried out several more of the 27 plus variations of Clerihew on the NAS site and didn't get any hits. The muster rolls look the most interesting, but I don't have the details they need like service number. Also, at 45 pounds a look-see, I don't think that I can afford to send them my list of 27 plus variations!

This military service option does lead to some interesting possibilities on the whereabouts of my 4x grandfather. If Earnest Sr. did go off to war, he probably died in either Gibraltar or India which would explain why there simply isn't any information about him outside of the Kirk Session mention.

Anyone with a "vanished" male relative needs to consider the military service option. For those of you who are on this side of the pond (USA), take a look at the regiment.org site. It's easy to forget that the British were involved all over the planet and not just in the Revolutionary War here in North America and that some of these regiments go back to the 1600's!

Carol

[mallog]

Carol you're an inspiration to those of us who have only half a dozen name variations