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Rensselaer County Loyalist Soldiers This page was last updated 29 April 2005. |
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RETURN OF PERSONS WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLONIES
IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER - ST. JOHNS, 1780
| Names | From Whence Came | When Arrived | Enlisted in What Corps | By Whom Brought In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Smith | Half Moon | 2nd Oct. 1780 | Major Roger's | Lt. Ferguson |
| Henry Smith | do | do | do | do |
| George Hicks | do | do | do | do |
| John Hicks | do | do | do | do |
| Benj. Oakley | do | do | do | do |
| Peter Ash | do | do | do | do |
| Cornelius Losee | do | do | do | do |
| Samuel Wright | 9th Oct. | . | No Corps | Flag of Truce (sic) |
| Abraham Defoe | do | do | Major Rogers | do |
| Peter Young | do | do | do | do |
| Stephen Young | do | do | do | do |
| Samuel Reynolds | do | do | do | do |
| John Chisholm | do | do | Lt. Fraser's | do |
| John Falkner | do | do | do | do |
| John Bryan | do | . | No Corps | do |
| Martin Wallace | Johnstown | do | No Corps | Harmanus Fleck |
| Jacob Fleck | do | do | do | do |
| Philip Bender | Niskayuna | 15th Oct. | Sir John Johnson's | John Defoe |
| William Upton | . | do | Col. Jessup's | do |
| Andreas Rusk | Saratoga | do | Major Rogers | do |
| Frederick Keller | Hosack | do | do | do |
| William Keller | do | do | do | do |
| Abraham Defoe | New Town (Troy) | do | do | do |
| John Defoe | Half Moon | do | do | do |
| Jacob Defoe | do | do | do | do |
| Peter McKinney | Saratoga | do | do | do |
| Samuel Haner | do | do | do | do |
| Michael Defoe | Half Moon | do | do | do |
| Conrad Shaffer | do | do | . | . |
| James Dunn (?) | . | . | . | . |
| William Rumbough | Mohawk River | 19th Oct. | Major Nairn's | James Micelmine (?) |
| David Begorlas (?) | do | do | do | do |
| John Krans | do | do | do | do |
| John Mills | do | do | do | do |
| Richard Mandeville | do | do | do | do |
| Ephraim Coons | New City | 22nd Oct. | Col. Jessup's | Duncan Campbell |
| James Hutchinson | Soldier in the 21st. | do | . | do |
| Richard Brooks | New City | do | . | do |
| John Brooks | Kinderhook | do | . | do |
| Nathan Tuttle (?) | Ballstown | 31st Oct. | Lt. Fraser | Lt. Fraser |
| Richard Turner | Schenectady | do | do | do |
| William Jackson | do | do | do | do |
| Thomas Seabury | do | do | do | do |
| Henry Higley | Scotch Patent | do | Col. Jessup's | Mr. John Jones (?) |
| James Humphry | do | do | do | do |
| David Scott | do | do | do | do |
| Abraham Tinker | do | do | do | do |
| David Dugan | do | do | . | do |
| Abraham Snyder | Saratoga | do | do | do |
| Peter Snyder | do | do | do | do |
| John Steele | Half Moon | do | do | do |
| Timothy Soule | Claverack | do | do | do |
| Jacob Diamond | Philipstown | do | (erased) | do |
| John Diamond | do | do | Major Rogers | do |
| John McIntosh | New Bethlehem | 31st Oct. | Col. Jessup's | do |
| Matthias Rose | Saratoga | do | do | do |
(Signed) Barry St. Leger Lt. Col. Commanding, St. Johns Source: NAC, WO 28/10, Reel #B-2867, page 80.