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Hi Deb,
You have indicated that the document found among the John N. Bleeker Papers - Box 1 Item 60 - giving power of attorney to John N. Bleeker to sell land in the town of Kortright, Tryon County; land granted to Fraser by Lawrence Kortright, New York merchant, refers to "Pearl Fraser's" Hugh… Note, added April 13, 1803, states that Fraser moved to Halifax in 1783.
It might help some researchers to know that, contrary to popular belief, Hugh Fraser (1730-1814) who married Elizabeth MacTavish, and had an agreement with Sir William Johnson to bring an undisclosed number of Highlanders to settle lands in the Mohawk Valley, returned to Scotland, where he died at Perth, aged 83.
According to someone who has spent many years researching the 71st Regiment (Fraser's Highlanders), it seems likely that the person who gave that power of attorney to John N. Bleeker was Hugh Fraser (not on Army lists), who was appointed by the Rev. Dr. Blair, Edinburgh, the Chaplain to the 71st (Fraser's Highlanders) to act for him abroad, arriving at New York, April 1777… settled at Port Roseway, Nova Scotia. The Rev. Hugh Fraser was father of Simon Fraser who married Mary Rose in Queen's County, went to Shelburne; later reported arriving Liverpool (Holt, The King's Loyal Americans, The Canadian Fact, Passenger Lists).
I recently had occasion to assist Ian Macpherson McCulloch (former Lt-Colonel, Black Watch RHR Canada) with biographies of the officers who served in the 42nd (Black Watch), 77th (Montgomery's Highlanders) & 78th (Fraser's Highlanders). Anyone whose ancestors served in these regiments would be well-advised to look for Ian McCulloch's "Sons of the Mountains, The Highland Regiments in the French & Indian War, 1756-1767" (available in the U.S. and Canada).
Marie Fraser, Clan Fraser Society of Canada http://www.clanfraser.ca
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