Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Inverness-Shire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806353241)

This volume covers Highlanders from the county of Inverness, a location from which many of the pioneer emigrants who settled in colonial Georgia, Pennsylvania, upper New York, Jamaica, and the Canadian Maritimes originated. Inverness-shire is also the county where the Fraser's Highlanders regiment, which played a prominent part in the French and Indian War and in the settlement of Canada, was raised. While the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all the people of Inverness-shire during the mid-18th century, it does pull together references on more than 2,100 18th-century inhabitants. Coverage extends to all regions within Inverness. In all cases, Mr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a place within Inverness-shire (birth, residence, employment, etc.), a date, and the source. In some cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled on, and so forth.

Author: David Dobson
ISBN-10: 0806353244
ISBN-13: 9780806353241
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d