Information on the Loyalists
Loyalist Directory: Hugh 3 McKay
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| Surname : | McKay |
| Given name : | Hugh 3 |
| Rank : | Sergeant |
| Where Resettled : | Quebec City |
| Status as Loyalist : | British Regular |
| Source : | Land Petition. Summary. and transcript |
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| Enlistment Date : | 1758 -1776 8th Regiment of Infantry when he fought in the battle of the Cedars 1776 American Revolution 1776-1783 Commisary to Sir John Johnson's 1st Battalion 1783-1798 Sergeant At Arms Quebec Assembly |
| Date & Place of Birth : | 1735 Scotland |
| Settled before war : | Posted with the 8th Regiment of Infantry |
| Date & Place of Death : | July 29 1798 |
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| Wife Name : | Mary Embling, 1744 - 2 January 1802 |
| Children : | Elizabeth (1766-1817 wife of Archibald Thomson Married in Quebec City July 27 1781 Beborah Mary Isabella Jane Bridget Martha Barbara George Archibald More details |
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| Military Info : | 1758 -1776 A soldier in the 8th regiment who fought in Germany in the 7 year war (1756-1763 involving Britain and Prussia versus France and Austria) for George the 3rd, and fought at the Cedars in the American Revolution. 1776 - 1783 Appointed a commissary to Sir John Johnson's 1st Battalion 1783 - 1789 Appointed Sergeant - at - Arms to the Quebec Assembly. |
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| Other Info : | Submitted by Peter Scarlet, Sir Guy Carleton Branch. A main source for this information is Land petition of his wife Mary McKay and his daughter Elizabeth McKay (Thomson). |
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