Re Breadalbane Records
I have been advised that the Breadalbane documents are help at KEW in London, but no one seems to know anything about the Breadalbane ever being stationed in Earlsferry ?"
I would be grateful for any help or suggestions whatsoever.
Regards
Jackie
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Hello Jackie,
According to the remnants of regiments.org “Fencibles were hostilities-only full-time regulars who were limited to home service (i.e. "de-fencible"), unless all members voted to go overseas.” The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Breadalbane Fencibles (or Perthshire Regiment) were formed in March 1793 and disbanded in 1798, while the 3rd Battalion was formed in December 1794 and disbanded in July 1802. Both the 2nd and the 3rd served in Ireland.
According to “A history of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans” by James Browne, 1838.
“The first and second battalions of the Breadalbane Fencibles were discharged in seventeen hundred and ninety-nine along with the Grant, Gordon, Sutherland, Rothsay, Caithness, (1st battalion) Argyle, and Hopetoun Fencible regiments, whose services were limited to Scotland. The third battalion was sent to Ireland in seventeen hundred and ninety- five, and remained in that country till eighteen hundred and two, when it was reduced.” http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rhN ... #PPA372,M1
The B.F. seems to have been all over the place and are mentioned at various times in the newspapers often without clarification as to which battalion or what parts of which battalion. The 2nd Battalion in March 1797 were moving from Dundee to Edinburgh Castle and in October 1797 the 1st Division of the 2nd Battalion left the Castle. In June 1798 the 2nd arrived in Glasgow and in September 1798 they volunteered for service in Ireland. On 18th March 1799 they embarked at Belfast for Scotland and in April 1799 were reported as arriving in Ayr.
I can’t find much about the 1st Battalion after the 1794 mutiny in Glasgow. In July 1795 they marched to Musselburgh. In October 1795 1st div of 1st Battalion of B.F. went into their new barracks at Ayr. In May 1796 the B.F. were putting out house fires in the town of Ayr, and in October 1798 they’re moving from Aberdeen to Fort George for the Winter, maybe that was the 1st Battalion?
I don’t know whether the soldiers at Earlsferry were 1st of 2nd Battalion. The 2nd may still have had soldiers in Edinburgh in January 1798 which isn’t too far away but I don’t know where the 1st were stationed at that time. The B.F. at Earlsferry may have been just a small detachment.
Here’s a couple of references to a John MacIntosh, who also was in the Breadalbane Fencibles in Earlsferry when he married. There’s an email address, maybe they have more information.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.ph ... _next=next
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/p ... ::250.html
I haven’t looked at the other aspects of your question.
Hope that’s useful or at least interesting,
Alan
According to the remnants of regiments.org “Fencibles were hostilities-only full-time regulars who were limited to home service (i.e. "de-fencible"), unless all members voted to go overseas.” The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Breadalbane Fencibles (or Perthshire Regiment) were formed in March 1793 and disbanded in 1798, while the 3rd Battalion was formed in December 1794 and disbanded in July 1802. Both the 2nd and the 3rd served in Ireland.
According to “A history of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans” by James Browne, 1838.
“The first and second battalions of the Breadalbane Fencibles were discharged in seventeen hundred and ninety-nine along with the Grant, Gordon, Sutherland, Rothsay, Caithness, (1st battalion) Argyle, and Hopetoun Fencible regiments, whose services were limited to Scotland. The third battalion was sent to Ireland in seventeen hundred and ninety- five, and remained in that country till eighteen hundred and two, when it was reduced.” http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rhN ... #PPA372,M1
The B.F. seems to have been all over the place and are mentioned at various times in the newspapers often without clarification as to which battalion or what parts of which battalion. The 2nd Battalion in March 1797 were moving from Dundee to Edinburgh Castle and in October 1797 the 1st Division of the 2nd Battalion left the Castle. In June 1798 the 2nd arrived in Glasgow and in September 1798 they volunteered for service in Ireland. On 18th March 1799 they embarked at Belfast for Scotland and in April 1799 were reported as arriving in Ayr.
I can’t find much about the 1st Battalion after the 1794 mutiny in Glasgow. In July 1795 they marched to Musselburgh. In October 1795 1st div of 1st Battalion of B.F. went into their new barracks at Ayr. In May 1796 the B.F. were putting out house fires in the town of Ayr, and in October 1798 they’re moving from Aberdeen to Fort George for the Winter, maybe that was the 1st Battalion?
I don’t know whether the soldiers at Earlsferry were 1st of 2nd Battalion. The 2nd may still have had soldiers in Edinburgh in January 1798 which isn’t too far away but I don’t know where the 1st were stationed at that time. The B.F. at Earlsferry may have been just a small detachment.
Here’s a couple of references to a John MacIntosh, who also was in the Breadalbane Fencibles in Earlsferry when he married. There’s an email address, maybe they have more information.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.ph ... _next=next
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/p ... ::250.html
I haven’t looked at the other aspects of your question.
Hope that’s useful or at least interesting,
Alan
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