Robert England.....

[jedxn]

Found a Robert England, Christening: 05 OCT 1768 Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Trying to determine if this is the same Robert England who married 10 Nov. 1791 in Newcastle, Northumberland Co, New Brunswick, Canada. Records in NB indicate that he was from Scotland. We believe that he may have been in a Highland Regiment and was discharged in Canada.
Are there local records that would give some information on this?

[DavidWW]

Found a Robert England, Christening: 05 OCT 1768 Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Trying to determine if this is the same Robert England who married 10 Nov. 1791 in Newcastle, Northumberland Co, New Brunswick, Canada. Records in NB indicate that he was from Scotland. We believe that he may have been in a Highland Regiment and was discharged in Canada.
Are there local records that would give some information on this?

jedxn

There is a reasonable chance that the army records, kept at The National Archives at Kew, just outside London, will have a record of his army service.

Go to http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... efault.asp and search on "Robert AND England" - the caps for the "AND" are essential - and see if there are any hits in the WO class of records.

Even if there aren't, it could still be worth using the services of a professional military records researcher (I can recommend one if you are interested).

Have you had a look at Donald Whyte's 3 volume work "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation" ?

David

PS In that era and for some time thereafter, when a soldier reached the end of his term of service, he had two options, - to be discharged where the regiment were at that time; or to be transported back to the regimental depot in the UK and be discharged there. Many Scottish sojers, in Canada and all over the world, chose the former option!
dww