The Scots-Irish
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CHAPTER I THE SCOTCH-IRISH AND THE REVOLUTION
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In 1779, and thereafter, of the sixteen additional regiments raised under resolution of
Congress of 27th December, 1776, the 2d and 3d (Virginia) were united under Nathaniel
Gist; the 4th (Pennsylvania) was designated as the 11th Pennsylvania; the 5th, 6th, and
7th (Massachusetts) were united under Henry Jackson, and became the 16th Massachusetts in
1780; the 8th and 12th (New Jersey) were united under Oliver Spencer, and the remainder
seem mostly to have been continued by their respective States as additional regiments
until 1781. The Massachusetts Line (fifteen regiments) remained substantially intact until
1781; as did those of New Hampshire (three regiments), Rhode Island (two regiments), and
Connecticut (eight regiments), until the end of 1780. Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Sherman
succeeded Giles Russell in command of the 8th Connecticut in October, 1779; and the names
of John Bailey (in 1780), Ichabod Allen (in 1778), Samuel Carlton (in 1778), and Edward
Wigglesworth (in 1779) disappear as commanders of regiments from Massachusetts. There was
no change in the number or commanders of the five regiments of New York from 1778 to 1781,
excepting in the case of the 5th, where Marinus Willet succeeded Lewis Dubois in December,
1779. In New Jersey, the 4th was probably incorporated with one of the additional
regiments after 1778. In Pennsylvania, Morgan Connor succeeded William Irvine as commander
of the 7th in May, 1779, and he was succeeded in January, 1780, by Josiah Harmar; the 12th
and 13th were disbanded before the close of 1778. In Delaware, Joseph Vaughan continued in
command of the one regiment from that State to the close of the war. In [p.13] Maryland,
Otho H. Williams was transferred to the command of the 1st and John Gunby to that of the
2d, in January, 1781; Lieutenant-Colonels John E.Howard and Thomas Woolford serving
successively in the 5th up to October, 1779, under Colonel William Richardson; and
Lieutenant-Colonel N. Ramsay succeeding Mordecai Gist as commander of the 3d at the
beginning of 1779. In Virginia, the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th regiments were disbanded
towards the close of 1778; William Davies became colonel of the 1st, Abraham Buford of the
2d, and John Gibson of the 7th, in February, 1781; the 9th, 10th, and 11th having also
been disbanded. In North Carolina there are no returns from the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, after
1778. In South Carolina, the 2d regiment seems to have been under command of Major Isaac
Harleston after December, 1778, the 1st and 3d remaining unchanged to 1781; there are no
returns, lists, or rolls of the 4th to be found, but Isaac Huger continued as colonel of
the 5th to June, 1779, and the regiment remained in service until 1781. The names of
Colonels Francis Marion and David Hopkins also appear in orders.
In Georgia, the 1st, 2d, and 3d regiments remained in service to the close of the war; the
4th probably not later than 1779.
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CHAPTER I THE SCOTCH-IRISH AND THE REVOLUTION
Colonel, Stephen Moylan; Captains, Moore, Plunket, Hopkins,
Heard, Pike, Gray; commissioned officers, 15; staff, 5; non-commissioned and privates,
187.
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CHAPTER II THE SCOTCH-IRISH AND THE CONSTITUTION
LET us now examine the composition of the Continental Congress of 1776, the fifty-six
members of which were the signers of the Declaration. So far as can at this time be
ascertained, that body consisted of thirty-four of English descent, as follows: John Adams
(Mass.), Samuel Adams (Mass.), Josiah Bartlett (N. H.), Carter Braxton (Va.), Samuel Chase
(Md.), George Clymer (Pa.), William Ellery (R. I.), Benjamin Franklin (Pa.), Elbridge
Gerry (Mass.), Lyman Hall (Ga.), John Hancock (Mass.), Benjamin Harrison (Va.), Thomas
Heyward, Jr. (S. C.), Joseph Hewes (N. C.), Stephen Hopkins (R.
I.), Francis Hopkinson (N. J.), Samuel Huntington (Conn.), F. L. Lee (Va.), R. H. Lee
(Va.), Arthur Middleton (S. C.), Robert Morris (Pa.), Lewis Morris (N. Y.), William Paca
(Md.), Robert Treat Paine (Mass.), John Penn (N. C.), Caesar Rodney (Del.), Benjamin Rush
(Pa.), Roger Sherman (Conn.), Richard Stockton (?) (N. J.), Thomas Stone (Md.), George
Walton (Ga.), William Whipple (N. H.), Oliver Wolcott (Conn.), George Wythe (Va.); eleven
of Scottish: William Hooper (N. C.), Philip Livingston (N. Y.), Thomas McKean (Pa.),
Thomas Nelson, Jr. (Va.), George Ross (Del.), Edward Rutledge (S. C.), James Smith (Pa.),
George Taylor (Pa.), Matthew Thornton (N. H.), James Wilson (Pa.), John Witherspoon (N.
J.); five of Welsh: William Floyd (N. Y.), Button Gwinnett (7) (Ga.), Thomas Jefferson
(Va.), Francis Lewis (N. Y.), William Williams (Conn.); one of Swedish: John Morton (Pa.);
two of Irish: Charles Carroll (Md.), Thomas Lynch, Jr. (S. C.). The father of George Read
(Del.) was born in Ireland and his mother in Wales; Abraham Clark, of Elizabethtown, and
John Hart, of Hunterdon County, both from strong Scottish settlements in New Jersey, are
difficult to place.
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CHAPTER XIII SCOTLAND OF TO-DAY
Of the twenty.nine names given above, the bearers of seven were of Scottish descent in the
male line--Webster, Grant, Fulton, Irving, Cooper, Stuart, and Gray; Marshall was Welsh
and Scotch; Morse, English and Scotch; Jefferson, Welsh, English, and Scotch; Farragut,
Spanish; Audubon, French and Spanish: Clay, uncertain; Edwards, Welsh; Adams, English and
Welsh; and the remaining fourteen English. Of the other names voted on by the jury, the
fifteen receiving the most votes under the number necessary to elect (fifty-one) were as
follows, the names of those of Scottish descent (six out of fifteen) being printed in
italics: John C. Calhouh (49), Andrew Jackson (49), John Quincy Adams (48),
William Cullen Bryant (48), James Madison (48), Rufus Choate (47), Mark Hopkins
(47), Elias Howe
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CHAPTER XXXVIII LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN
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[p.583]Early in December, the inhabitants of Derry were alarmed to hear that a Catholic
regiment under Lord Antrim was about to be placed in their town as a garrison, and that
these troops were actually on their march. This alarm was strengthened by a sermon
preached to the Roman Catholics of Derry, showing how dangerous it was to spare even one
of those whom God had devoted to destruction. On the 7th of December, when a copy of the
letter addressed to Lord Mount-Alexander was received by Alderman Tom-kins, the people
concluded that Lord Antrim was coming to murder the inhabitants. A fearful scene of
excitement ensued, and many determined to fight rather than admit the king's forces. Dr. Hopkins, the Episcopalian bishop of Derry, pointed out the sin of
disobeying James, the "Anointed of the Lord," but the people could not
comprehend that it was "a crime to shut the gates against those whom they believed
sent thither to cut their throats." Nine out of every ten being Presbyterians, they
were the more inclined to reject a policy they condemned, because it was advocated by a
man whose office they despised. But when the Rev. James Gordon, Presbyterian minister of
Glendermot, strongly advised resistance, they were easily persuaded to adopt the course
they desired, when urged by one who held the same religious principles as themselves. The
spirit of the Derry Presbyterians now rose high. Lord Antrim's soldiers were drawing near.
No time was to be lost. Thirteen young men, since known to history as the "'Prentice
Boys of Derry," drew their swords, ran to the gate, and locked it, when the Irish
were only sixty yards distant. Their names were: William Cairns, Henry Campsie, William
Crookshanks, Alexander Cunningham, John Cunningham, Samuel Harvey, Samuel Hunt, Alexander
Irwin, Robert Morrison, Daniel Sherrard, Robert Sherrard, James Spike, James Steward. The
other gates were secured and the magazine seized. The Irish soldiers remained outside
until they heard a man named James Morrison shouting, "Bring about a great gun
here," when they retired in haste and recrossed the river. Bishop Hopkins
now addressed the multitude, telling them that in resisting James, who was their lawful
king, they were resisting God Himself. But this speech had no effect, and he soon left the
town to those whom he called "the disloyal Whigs."
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[p.611]~ENACTED, that the Persons hereafter named, viz. :--Hugh Montgomery, Earl of Mount
Alexander; John Skeffington, Viscount Massareene; William Caulfield, Viscount Charlemont;
William Stewart, Viscount Mountjoy; Ezekiel Hopkins, Lord Bishop
of Derry; Henry Lord Blaney, of Monaghan; Sir Arthur Royden, of Moyra, Bart.; Sir Francis
Hamilton, of Castlehamilton, Bart.; Sir William Franckiln, of Belfast, Bart.; Sir Tristrum
Beresford, of Ballykally, Bart.; Sir John Mugill, of Gill-Hall, Knt.; Samuel Morrison,
Gent.; all late of the CITY OF DUBLIN. Robert Rochford, Esq., of WESTMEATH. Henry Baker,
of Dumagan, Esq; James Brabazon, of Carrstown, Gent.; Christopher Fortescue, of Dromiskin,
Esq.; all of the COUNTY OF LOWTH. George Vaughan, of Buncrana, Esq.; John Forward, of
Coolemackiltraine, Esq.; Hugh Hamill, of Lifford, Esq; William Groves, of
Castles-hannaghan, Esq.; Kilmer Braizier, of Rath, Esq.; Major Gustavus Hamilton, of
Rusogile; John Wigton, of Raphoe, Gent.; John Cowen, of St. Johnstown, Gent.; Chas.
Calhoone, of Letterkenny, Gent.; James Fisher, of Derry, Gent.; and Captain Jervis Squire,
of Donagh-more, all of the COUNTY OF DONEGAL AND LONDONDERRY. David Kearnes, of Askragh,
Esq.; Audley Meryn, of Trilick, Gent.; George Walker, of Donoughmore, Clerk; William
Stewart of Killemoon, Gent.; all of the COUNTY OF TYRONE. John Knox, of Glasslogh, Clerk,
of the COUNTY OF MONAGHAN. Clotworthy Skeffington, of Antrim, Esq.; Col. Robt. Adaire, of
Ballymena; Arthur Upton of Templepatrick, Esq.; Lieutenant-Colonel William Shaw, of
Gemeway; Captain William Shaw, of Bash; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hueston, of Cregg;
Captain William Adare of Ballymena; all of the COUNTY OF ANTRIM. Daniel Mac Neale, of
Dundrum, Gent., of the COUNTY OF DOWN. Major Joseph Strowde, of Lisburne, in the COUNTY OF
ARMAGH. Alex. Stewart, Esq., son of the Lord Mountjoy; Warham Jemett, Collector; Capt.
Alexander Lecky, Capt. Samuel Norman, Capt. Matthew Cockins, Capt. Alex. Tomkins, Capt.
John Tomkins, Capt. Thomas Mon-crieff, Capt. James Lennox, Capt. Horace Kennedy, Lieut.
Wm. Crookshanks, Lieut. Jas. Spicke, Lieut. Danl. Sherrard, Lieut. Edward Brooks, Lieut.
Henry Long, Lieut. William Macky, Lieut. Robert Morrison, Lieut. Wm. Newton, Lieut. Henry
Campsy, Lieut. Henry Thompson, Col. George Philips, of Newtownlimavady: Lieut.-Col. Edward
Carry, of Dungivin; Capt. Stephen Heard, Capt. James Strong, Capt. Thomas Ash, Capt.
Samuel Hobson, Captain Abraham Hilhouse, of Ballycastle; Col. George Canning, of Garvagh;
Capt. Wm. Church, Capt. Miller, Capt. Adam Downing, of Bellaghy; Captain Samuel Wright,
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Lundy, and David Rosse, of Londonderry, Gent.; all of the COUNTY
OF LONDONDERRY. Capt. Chidley Coote, of Voughtershire, ROSCOMMON. Henry Nickleson, of
Ballanagargine, Gent.; Adam Ormsby, of Comine, Gent.; Francis Gore, of Sligo, Gent.;
Charles Nicleson, of Larrass, Gent.; all of the COUNTY OF SLIGO. Major Owen Vaughan of
Carrowmore, MAYO, whether dead or alive, or killed in open rebellion, or now in arms
against your Majesty, and every one of them shall be deemed, and are hereby declared and
adjudged traitors, convicted and attainted of high treason, and shall suffer such pains of
death, penalties, and forfeitures respectively, as in cases of high treason are
accustomed. And whereas Robert Lindsay, of Manor Lindsay, Esq., of TYRONE, and Francis
Annesley, jun., of Cloghmagherycatt, Gent., of DOWN, have absented themselves from this
Kingdom, since the Fifth of November last, they shal1 suffer such pains of death, and
other forfeitures and penalties as in cases of high treason are accustomed."
