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Title: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: Honningsvesken on Monday 04 January 21 13:11 GMT (UK)

Hi!

Researching my husbands Scottish ancestry, I have now come far enough to the time of the Jacobite battles.

Are the lists online for soldiers on either side? Lists of prisoners?

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: GR2 on Monday 04 January 21 15:21 GMT (UK)

Googling will lead you to some published lists of Jacobites, but in case you waste a lot of time searching, what makes you think your husband's ancestors were involved? What do you know about them at this period?

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: Honningsvesken on Monday 04 January 21 16:56 GMT (UK)

Hi GR2

I dont know much except dates, marriages and so on.

Several of the clan names I know fought on either government or jacobite side - some even on both. He has Kerr's, Scott's, Ferguson's and Keith's - among other surnames who could be fighting under other clan names or regiments. The Scott branch leads back to Sir William Scott, "inveterate English hater" and Bruce III.
He remembers countless trips to Culloden with his grandmother who told stories of the familys jacobite participation. So as far as tales and 6th senses go, we are covered - now its about time to get some facts :-)

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: markw78 on Wednesday 16 March 22 18:43 GMT (UK)

Honningsvesken
You can try here
https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1271/7976/127179767.23.pdf
or
https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/a_list_of_persons_concerned_in_the_rebellion_transmitted_to_the_commissioners_of_excise_by_the_several_supervisors_in_scotland_in_obedience_to_a_general_letter_of_the_7th_may_1746_~_1890.pdf
You may get lucky and find a reference....
Good luck with your search
Regards
Markw

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: ladybird on Friday 18 March 22 20:19 GMT (UK)

Thank you Markw, what a wonderful search tool, although I have no idea if any of my Scots fought at Culloden.

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: markw78 on Sunday 20 March 22 19:52 GMT (UK)

ladybird
Your welcome... I don't have any I'm afraid as far as I know.. couldn't get that far back on Family Tree's... closest was 1760's... or they may have just to poor to be bothered with politics..
Good luck if you do search through books though...
Regards
Markw

Title: Re: List of soldiers af Prestonpans/Culloden?
Post by: purlin on Monday 21 March 22 15:54 GMT (UK)

Thanks for the links, truly fascinating and very useful.