Lowland/Scotch-Irish/American Colonists vs. Highlanders.

[georgeetta]

sorry

lists of the various militias in ny ..like 7th -10th about albany ..list many scottish names ..pro american . and fought at saratoga .

the hudson valley 1650 up albany was dutch and aftr 1710 german, schoharie german and mohawk valley largely german since abt 1710 , schenecatdy was a dutch settlement torched in 1690 .

in 1600's columbia county was bought by the livingston family who set up a tenantry like van rensselaer dutch in 2 counties . they led the 10th albany militia, they lost fortune in war and moved after to pa. border to livingston manor to renew their income . a signer of declaration of independance and married to important schulyer dutch upper class locally -note alex- hamilton and van rens- family .

note article tartan tomahawk highlander magazine abt 1980 ..sr john johnson . sr wm died 1774 abt .

an early land owner in schenectady was abraham glen who saved abt 30 captives after the schenecatdy massacre of 1690 by french and indians .

a 1774 royal map of new york shows grantees of black watch and ..murray's highlanders along lake champlain some took possession of their lands like mackenzie a sgt in port henry ny many were harrassed by the green mtn boys who tried to claim their grant lands , I have seen deeds ..some had compass bearings to the fort at crown point from the shoreline .

during saratoga 1777 david jones was a washington county tory who guided for burgoyne his fiancee jane was killed trying to see him south of ft edward. another family "allan" was massacred by marauding indian allies of burgoyne who had been lectured in willsboro by burgoyne about not harming citizens, this may have been basis for ..magua character in last of the mohicans .

about it for me . ..irishman ..caldwell mentioned in "drums along the mohawk" was a ranger leader in nys raids he si show n wearing his mohawk garb in a painting .

[georgeetta]

ok ok forgot

highlanders were 1st sent about albany in fr ind war ..as garrisons on watch ..black watch were out by schenecatdy in winter as guard .

in fr ind war many trained under rogers rangers new hampshiremen. and other ranger untis from other new england areas .

oh, when scotch glengarries were disarmed prior to offical war ..they handed in their weapoins abt ..johnstown then hiked to montreal under john johnson for forming into ..johnsons greens ..kings royal yorkers ? then some joined butlers rangers..and were used combined with iroquois raiding groups ..such as under joseph brant .

battle of oriskany dead should be checked for scottish names 1777 .

thanks