- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LMR .G7A7M8S4
- Category:
- Military
- Creator:
- Great Britain. Army.
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Contents:
The muster rolls and settlement lists in this one reel of microfilm contain a wealth of information about the men, women, and children who settled as loyalists in several areas of Nova Scotia. A number of these locations are now in the Province of New Brunswick.
Areas/places specifically mentioned include: Passamaquoddy Bay, St. Andrews, Wolastoq/ St. John River, Beaver Harbour, Etang, Halifax, Shelburne, Chester and Nine Mile River. British Regiments, one German Regiment, and several Loyalist Provincial Corps are named and they include: 74th Regiment, 70th Regiment, 42nd Regiment, Regiment of Specht, Royal Fencible Americans, Kings Orange Rangers, and Royal Garrison Battalion.
Numerous other lists include disbanded officers and soldiers, African Americans/ Black Loyalists (Negroes is the term used in the documents), German settlers, Penobscot Loyalists, as well as many lists, returns, and abstracts of Loyalist refugees. There are a number of letters from Thomas Knox, deputy muster-master of Loyalists for the Wolastoq/ St. John River and Passamaquoddy, to Edward Winslow, muster-master general, which concern the settlement and provisioning of Loyalists.
- Originals:
The original records are held by the New Brunswick Museum Archives.
- Finding Aids:
The table of contents containing item specific information for each manuscript is available in print and as a PDF.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Great Britain Muster Rolls and Settlement List Document List.pdf