LOYALIST & BRITISH MUSTER ROLLS 28th Regiment of Foot

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LOYALIST & BRITISH MUSTER ROLLS 28th Regiment of Foot

Contributor Murray McCombs
Source: French and Indian Wars, 1763 British Officers Handbook. 28th Regiment of Foot, America p81

The following British Regiments served in North America during the French and Indian Wars. Many soldiers were granted land at the end of the conflict. This may prove relevant to Loyalist Family research.

These are the following Identified:

1st (Royal Scots), 2nd battalion
13th
15th
17th
22nd Foot
27 th Foot (Inniskilling)
28th
35th
40th Foot
42nd (Blackwatch Highlanders)
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th
55th
58th
77th Mongomeries Highlanders
78th Fraser Highlanders
Nine Independant companies of Foot

RANK ; NAME ; RANK DATE

Colonel R. Hon. G. Townshend 24 Oct 1759
Lieut. Colonel Hunt Walsh 2 Feb, 1757
Major Ralph Corry 27 feb 1760

Captains

Thomas Littler 30 Apr 1746
Arthur Brown 10 Dec 1755
James Mitchelson 9 Apr 1756
Alcomb Milbank 8 Mar 1757
Jospeh Capel 3 Oct 1760
Mathew Forster 4 Aug 1762
David Skepe 6 Oct 1762

Captain Lieut Charles Tassell 4 Aug 1762

Lieutenant

James Halls 3 June 1752
Francis Brown 9 Apr 1756
William Evans 8 Mar 1757
Synge Tottenham 3 Oct 1760
Richard Gilmer 19 Feb 1761
Bingham Bourke 24 Apr 1762
James Hadasyd 16 May 1762
John Sheppard 11 June 1762
James Henderson 4 Aug 1761

Ensign

Tho. Brabazon Galbraith 3 Oct 1760
Henry Johnson 19 Feb 1761
Hugh Scott 21 Oct 1761
Alexander Dowe 10 Nov 1761
Denis Charlton 19 Mar 1762
Simon Evans 8 Apr 1762
George Wade 16 May 1762
James Jearttp 4 Aug 1762

Chaplain Ralph Walsh 12 Mar 1754
Adjutant Charles Tassell 9 Apr 1756
Quarter-Master Peter Graham 6 Nov 1761
Surgeon William Hewett 9 Apr 1756
Agent Mr. Fisher, Axe-Yard, Westminister

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