HUTTON in Scotland

[linjarvis]

In both 1841 and 1851 he is a sergeant in the mounted guard at hastings coastguard station. He dies in 1853.

[Chocface]

Thanks Lin, Thanks for your replies. I did find your posts on the coastguard website and it was someone from that group who originally put me onto the ADM 175/77. I am not sure where to go from here, I can't find his death, his wife re-married in 1847 (from memory) as a widow and I can't find his birth. I think my next step will have to be getting a researcher to go to the National Archives. I am in Sydney, the dream is to do it myself, but that trip is a long way away!  Good luck with your research, as I said before, I will let you know if I find anything.

[Ian999]

Anne (chocface!),
If you find out anything about Alexander McCloughry, I would appreciate hearing about it also.
My ancestor is Stewart Fulton White and is listed in the same troop as your guy and Linjarvis’ James Hutton.  Stewart was born in Ireland about 1806 according to the 1841 census.
I am the one who made the comment about regiments in Lin’s post and I will also comment about Rodeo’s lack of finding Lin’s James Hutton in the “British Army Records”. I am presuming that he looked up the Chelsea Pensioners Records because they are often listed as “British Army Records”, but the problem is that they only show people who received a pension, not those discharged before a pension would be payable, nor those who would get a deferred pension. So I do not think that it can be used as an exclusionary list.

Good Luck

Ian

[Chocface]

Hi Ian
If I do find anything I will certainly let you know. It is a while since I looked at him, but from memory, my next step was to hire a researcher to look in the National Archives. I did a couple of quick searches, but it looked very expensive, and so I put it on hold for the moment. I hope to do a bit of research over the holidays, so if anything surfaces, I will get in touch.
Best wishes
Is it too early for "Merry Christmas"?

[Ian999]

Thanks Anne,
It is never too early to start getting Merry for Christmas. We have had our first snow, so it is time to wrap yourself around a bottle of Scotch!

You’re in Oz and I am in Canada, so the obvious person to go to Kew is Lin.
She needs to lookup document reference WO 12/472 for the Third Quarter of 1832. That is if they all were in the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons.

These are the Muster Payroll records and if any one of the 12 names is found (I believe they are listed alphabetically) then that is proof of the regiment. Searching for the discharge papers is the next step.
Ian

[Chocface]

Hi Ian
Well, let's cross our fingers Lin (I thought "Lin" was masculine!!) can get there at some stage.
Unless I win the lottery, in which case, I am on the first plane to London!! :-)
Hope the Scotch went down well.