East India Company - recruites 1772-73
List of men recruited by Murdoch McLaine (19th of Lochbuy) to serve in the East India Company [HEIC] 1772-73. A very important document for Mull military history as among the 78 names, 15 or 16 are from Mull. The Mull ones are :
| Name |
Age |
Height |
Complexion |
Parish |
| John McQuarry |
24 |
5' 7" |
fair |
KLN |
| Donald McLean |
18 |
5' 6" |
fair |
Penegoun |
| Hector McQuarrie |
-- |
5' 8" |
fair |
KLN |
| Charles McQuarrie |
-- |
5' 8" |
fair |
KLN |
| Hector McKinnon |
30 |
5' 6" |
black |
KLF |
| John McLean |
15 |
5' 4" |
black |
Penegoun |
| William McNeill |
24 |
5' 6" |
B [rown] |
KLF |
| Allan McPhaden |
27 |
5' 4" |
fair |
Mull |
| John McLean |
24 |
5' 9" |
red |
Mull |
| Lauchlan McLean |
32 |
5' 5" |
ruddy |
Kilmory |
| Neil McKinnon |
28 |
5' 8" |
black |
KLF |
| Hector McLean |
-- |
5' 5" |
black |
Penegoun |
| Alexander McAlester |
22 |
5' 6" |
ruddy |
KLN |
| Gilbert McAlester |
17 |
5' 4" |
fair |
KLN |
| John McQuarry |
27 |
5' 7" |
fair |
KLN |
| Donald McLean |
18 |
5' 6" |
fair |
Penegoun |
NB Lachlan McLean from 'Kilmory' could be from Kilmore in Mull or Kilmore in mainland Argyle.
| Parishes |
| KLF | Kilfinichen and Kilvicheoun |
| KLN | Kilninian and Kilmore |
| Kilmory | as note above |
| Penegoun | Pennygown - note Pennygown is not a parish, it is a place. |
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| Additional information courtesy of Andrew Way (aandk@mindspring.com) |
| Several of the same men went on the Glasgow Packet with Murdoch and enlisted into the RHE (later the 84th of Foot) in 1775: |
| Some of the same signed up at mid-ocean on 23 Oct. 1775 "before said Capt. Porterfield and William Hunter, the mate" of The Glasgow Packet. |
| Murdoch McLaine |
| Lachland Mclean |
| Dun MacDougall |
| Pat. Grant |
| Duncan McArthur |
| Hector Mclean |
| John Steward |
| X Lachlan McLean (his mark) |
| Hector McQuarrie |
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| Witness Alexander Porterfield |
| Witness William hunter |
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