Extracts from the Prize List and other Honours Awarded for the Capture of Detroit (Aug. 16, 1812), particularly relating to the 41st Regiment of Foot
Transcriptions with annotations by Jim Yaworsky
Some General Observations
The capture of Detroit by British and Indian forces led by Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was a pivotal point in the War of 1812. It marked vindication for Brock's Œforward defence' strategy (Prevost had considered abandoning Upper Canada and concentrating on the defence of Lower Canada until reinforcements arrived from Britain). The ramifications of this victory were of the first importance.
One ramification was the capture of considerable armaments and supplies from the Americans. These vital supplies were "purchased" by the British government and very well-employed in the future defence of the Canadas. The money paid by the government was distributed to the members of the victorious British army. Of course, the Indians got nothing.
The distribution of these funds was done in much the same manner as "Prize Money" was distributed to the Royal Navy for captured enemy ships and cargoes. Once the amount available was determined, each soldier, depending on his rank, was entitled to a "share" or "shares".
A single share was evidently £1 7s; this is what Privates of the 41st received. Evidently, a sergeant was entitled to two shares hence received £2 14s. Needless to say, the numbers of shares an officer was entitled to receive went up depending on rank Brock's estate eventually received £218 which this transcriber is too lazy to do the exact mathematics for but obviously represented something like 200 shares.
It is also interesting to note that it appears from the materials for the 1st Regiment of Essex Militia that a "militia" share was worth more money than that of the British regulars. The militia document also shows two "dividends" were paid out to militia Privates the first of £3, the second of £1 10s. This is considerably more than the Privates of the 41st or Royal Newfoundland Fencibles received and the effect would only be magnified the higher in the ranks one goes. For example, Lieutenant John Applegarth of the Lincoln Militia vs. Lieutenant Edward Dewar of the Regulars both were on the Staff, Applegarth gets £32 8s, Dewar gets £21 12s.
It is interesting to see the language of the 1st Essex documents: "share" and "dividend" read more like a modern corporate profits report than what we expect patriotic soldiers would be involved with.
The following table summarizes the unit affiliation and numbers of those who were entitled to a share in the prize money arising from the surrender of Detroit to the forces under the command of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock on August 16, 1812. The table was prepared by E.A. Cruikshank in the early 1900's, and can be relied upon in its broad outlines, though on its face it shows 3 officers whose Regiment was "not mentioned" and the chart might include minor mathematical or transcription errors.
One ramification was the capture of considerable armaments and supplies from the Americans. These vital supplies were "purchased" by the British government and very well-employed in the future defence of the Canadas. The money paid by the government was distributed to the members of the victorious British army. Of course, the Indians got nothing.
The distribution of these funds was done in much the same manner as "Prize Money" was distributed to the Royal Navy for captured enemy ships and cargoes. Once the amount available was determined, each soldier, depending on his rank, was entitled to a "share" or "shares".
A single share was evidently £1 7s; this is what Privates of the 41st received. Evidently, a sergeant was entitled to two shares hence received £2 14s. Needless to say, the numbers of shares an officer was entitled to receive went up depending on rank Brock's estate eventually received £218 which this transcriber is too lazy to do the exact mathematics for but obviously represented something like 200 shares.
It is also interesting to note that it appears from the materials for the 1st Regiment of Essex Militia that a "militia" share was worth more money than that of the British regulars. The militia document also shows two "dividends" were paid out to militia Privates the first of £3, the second of £1 10s. This is considerably more than the Privates of the 41st or Royal Newfoundland Fencibles received and the effect would only be magnified the higher in the ranks one goes. For example, Lieutenant John Applegarth of the Lincoln Militia vs. Lieutenant Edward Dewar of the Regulars both were on the Staff, Applegarth gets £32 8s, Dewar gets £21 12s.
It is interesting to see the language of the 1st Essex documents: "share" and "dividend" read more like a modern corporate profits report than what we expect patriotic soldiers would be involved with.
The following table summarizes the unit affiliation and numbers of those who were entitled to a share in the prize money arising from the surrender of Detroit to the forces under the command of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock on August 16, 1812. The table was prepared by E.A. Cruikshank in the early 1900's, and can be relied upon in its broad outlines, though on its face it shows 3 officers whose Regiment was "not mentioned" and the chart might include minor mathematical or transcription errors.
| Officers | N.C.O. | Privates | |
| General and Staff Officers | 9 | - | - |
| Field Train Department | 1 | 1 | - |
| Commissariat | 1 | 2 | - |
| Militia Staff-Officers | 4 | - | - |
| Detachment 4 B[attalio]n. R[oya]l. Artillery | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| 41st Reg[imen]t of Foot | 13 | 26 | 263 |
| Royal Newfoundland Fencibles | 4 | 8 | 41 |
| Provincial Marine Department | 5 | 9 | 119 |
| Militia Force, 1st & 3rd Reg., York Militia | 4 | 6 | 77 |
| 5th Lincoln, 2nd York | 3 | 3 | 59 |
| 1st Regt. York Militia | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 2nd Regt. Norfolk Militia | 6 | 3 | 59 |
| 1st Middlesex (attached to Norfolk) | 1 | - | - |
| Oxford Militia | - | 2 | 11 |
| 1st Regt. Essex Militia | 22 | 32 | 258 |
| 2nd Regt. Essex Militia | 23 | 11 | 131 |
| 1st Regt. Kent Militia | 9 | 8 | 46 |
| Troop of Essex Militia Cavalry | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Indian Department | 5 | 11 | - |
| 49th Regiment | - | 1 | 1 |
| Officers (Regiments not mentioned) | 3 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 117 | 131 | 1,112 |
Noteworthy from the chart: heavily-officered militia units, especially the 1st Kent and 2nd Essex!
Cruikshank's chart is published in "Documents Relating to the Invasion of Canada and the Surrender of Detroit 1812" Ottawa Government Printing Bureau 1912, p. 148, since reprinted in various editions. Cruikshank notes that the original list was at that time in the possession of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
This transcriber has used a photocopy made by Parks Canada and obtained from the library of Fort Malden National Historic Site, (Amherstburg, Ontario) the original (copy of a copy?) being in the Public Archives of Canada, Call Number MG24, G70. This photocopy was made on January 17, 1986, and in general is quite clear and good, enabling a very authoritative reading of its contents.
It is unknown to this transcriber whether a copy of the entire Prize List ledger is present in the Public Archives of Canada, or whether the original is still at the Royal Chelsea Hospital or is now in the Public Record Office in London, England.
What is presented here is a part of the Ledger as in a photocopy in the library at Fort Malden. This portion includes the Staff, 41st, 49th, Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, and two lists relating to the 1st Essex Militia.
Note that this transcription therefore does not contain information for the Royal Artillerymen who were present; nor for sailors of the Provincial Marine and the only militia names are 22 privates from the 1st Essex who were NOT paid their shares presumably, the other 236 were paid!
Appended to the end of this document is a list of militia members, by regiment, who received the Military General Service Medal for Fort Detroit.
Transcription Notes:
- Names appear in the same order as they appear on the ledger lists, but an alphabetical list of the members of the 41st has been created by this transcriber and added at the end of this document.
- Names on this transcription are not always exactly as they appear on the list. On the Ledger, names usually show as "Will'm" or "Wm" instead of "William" in full; "Jos" for "Joseph", "Nathan'l" for "Nathaniel", etc. This transcriber provides the name in full for clarity.
- An "?" means the immediately preceding text was not clear enough to give a definitive reading i.e. is a "guess" by the transcriber.
The setup of the ledger itself has been simplified.
The ledger has 8 columns, titled "Names"; "Quality"; "Sum" (broken down in to individual columns for "£"(Pounds), "s"(Shillings), and "p"(Pence nobody received any pence so this column has been omitted from this transcription); "Date" (payment made on); "To Whom Paid" ; and "Witness".
"To Whom Paid" is usually an "agent": the two most common being : "J Webb(s?) for Greenwood", and "E. Bourne". I have inserted a footnote whenever it is somebody else who has received payment but have omitted reproducing this column.
Of the officers of the 41st, only Assistant Surgeon Faulkner signed for payment made direct to himself. We know Faulkner retired from the army right after the War for health reasons so it makes sense he could attend in London to get his money personally.
Only two Privates of the 41st attended Œin person' and were able to sign their own name Charles White and Bryan Gready (as footnoted). Several other (ex?)Privates did attend in person but could only sign by making their "mark" these too are all footnoted.
"Witness" appears to be the clerk at the government office actually disbursing the payment. I have omitted this column and therefore these flunkies' names.
This transcription contains footnotes which give extra details on some of the recipients, the information contained in them is identified as to whether it comes from the Ledger itself, and when the information is added by the transcriber.
It will quickly become apparent when viewing the list that there are many instances where no one signed for receipt of the prize share. This does not necessarily mean that the individual died in the War. See the entry for "John Nettles", for example. Other possible reasons why an individual didn't claim his prize money might include the individual emigrating out of British territory, or dying after the War but before the distribution of funds. Some of the footnotes speak further on this topic.
Conversely, mere payment of the prize money does not mean the individual survived the war. Instances where relatives/survivors signed for receipt of payment start with General Isaac Brock himself, but see the footnote for Private Patrick Russell as well.
Pages of this transcription correspond with pages in the ledger. The symbol "*" indicates the start of another ledger page, as well.
In the transcribed list, the names are grouped by rank and start with the highest rank. Note that all Privates were paid £1 7s. Once in the "Privates" part of the ledger, the names seem alphabetical; but with the 41st, the alphabet "starts over" several times. It would appear that the master ledger list was compiled with several different company lists.
For ease in determining whether a member of the 41st is even on the ledger, I have appended a list of the 41st names again at the end of this document in strict alphabetical order, without regard to rank. The reader might wonder - why bother with the original "un-alphabetical" list?
The symbol "+" means the individual is listed as lost with the British Squadron at the Battle of Lake Erie September 10 1813 killed, wounded, or captured. In the strictly alphabetical list, these "Lake Erie" marks form an apparently random pattern. But in the ledger list, it can be seen that these marks are "clustered", which means the ledger list's order does have some historic meaning presumably in terms of the Company the individual belonged to. This is why it is reproduced.
Also, the Ledger would lose a certain amount of poignancy if the last name for the 41st was that of anyone but "Shadrach Byefield". This is for reasons that will be made clear to the reader if not known alreadyŠ
In addition, Lomax's list of men who received the Military General Service medal with a clasp for Fort Detroit in 1847 is appended; this list appears on pages 106 and 107 of his work. The text of Lomax is presented in full on another part of this website. The names of those men who received the medal is marked by "M" in the Ledger list. The observation as to the use of company lists in making up the "master list" might also be born out when examining the Company affiliations as declared by recipients of the Military General Service Medal.
It is extremely interesting to note the large number of men on the 1847 medal list who do NOT appear on the Prize List. The Prize List was compiled within a few years of the capture of Detroit (payouts start in November of 1818 so the list was certainly compiled before that date) so should presumably be the more accurate document. Lomax also notes that some of the Companies listed in the 1847 list appear "wrong" but perhaps the old soldiers were right about their company, but wrong about whether it was present at the capture of Detroit! One wonders if we are seeing a Œ1200 men show up for a dinner honouring the members of the (Crimean War) Light Cavalry Brigade when only 600 were actually in the Charge' phenomenon.
On the other hand, Byfield was certainly present at the capture of Detroit and had to fight to get his name on the Prize list in the early 1840's.
It is also interesting to speculate on why three men (for sure, and up to five possible) who were on the Prize AND Medal lists, only applied for their medal and never collected their prize money was this by choice, or from lack of information?
"GM" means "gold medal", these were General or Field Officer's medals issued in 1815; the source for these names is George F. Stanley's "War of 1812- Land Operations" published by the National Museum of Canada in 1983.
On October 7 1813 Horse Guards issued instructions that officers would receive only one medal in recognition of service at a set list of actions during the wars from 1794 to 1814; they would be entitled to a clasp to be attached to the ribbon of either a "General Officers' Gold Medal" or "Field Officers' Gold Medal". This was instead of issuing a separate medal for each action.
On 28 January 1814 Horse Guards decreed that participation at actions in Canada would be eligible for the medal, and/or clasps, for actions to be designated by Governor and Commander of the Forces Prevost, who would also nominate the recipients.
Prevost decided that medals and/or clasps would be awarded for three actions: Fort Detroit, Chateauguay, and Crysler's Farm.
General Brock got a General Officers' Gold Medal for the capture of Detroit. Obviously, this was a posthumous award.
The following officers got a Field Officers' Gold Medal for the capture of Detroit:
- Lt. Colonel Matthew Elliott 1st Essex and Indian Department
- Lt. Colonel John Macdonnell, Provincial Aide-de-Camp to General Brock
- Lt. Colonel Robert Nicol, 2nd Norfolk, Quarter Master General
- Lt. Colonel Thomas St. George, Inspecting Field Officer, Militia
- Captain John B. Glegg, 49th, Aide-de-Camp to General Brock
- Captain Peter Chambers, 41st
- Captain M.C. Dixon, Royal Engineers
- Captain Adam Muir, 41st
- Captain Joseph Tallon, 41st
- Lieutenant Felix Troughton, Royal Artillery
It seems inconceivable that the omission of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Procter (as he was at the time) was an accident, as he is the only senior officer not on this list and officers considerably junior to him are on it. Evidently, Procter was still in the "dog house" for Moraviantown when Prevost's medal nominations went in. Prevost himself, though he didn't know it at the time, was shortly to join Procter there as a result of outrage over his
"bungled" operations around Plattsburg in the fall of 1814.
To return to consideration of the Detroit Prize list transcription, it should be noted that lastly, men who were killed in the assault on Fort Stephenson are indicated by an "S" in the ledger list. The source of these names is Sandusky County Historical Society's History Leaflet No. 4, September 1967, as reproduced with permission on a Sandusky-based heritage website, http://www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net/FtStephenson.htm. This is an excellent site for information on all aspects of the action at Fort Stephenson, including the burial sites of the 41st casualties, and is highly recommended. The original source for the casualty list is claimed to be records in the Public Record Office in London, England.
Obviously, men killed in action later in the War were less likely to get their prize money although as noted this was not an invariable rule. Out of 20 men killed August 2, 1813 at Fort Stephenson, and 3 more who died of their wounds within a few weeks, 5 names appear on the Detroit Prize list. Four of these men never claimed their money but an unidentified person collected the prize money for one John Shanahan.
This information is the start of a project of the 41st Regiment of Foot reenactment groups to compile a comprehensive database of information relating to the personnel of the historic i.e. "real" 41st Regiment who served in the War of 1812.
Jim Yaworsky
Windsor, Ontario
Version 1.1 06/2003
Cruikshank's chart is published in "Documents Relating to the Invasion of Canada and the Surrender of Detroit 1812" Ottawa Government Printing Bureau 1912, p. 148, since reprinted in various editions. Cruikshank notes that the original list was at that time in the possession of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
This transcriber has used a photocopy made by Parks Canada and obtained from the library of Fort Malden National Historic Site, (Amherstburg, Ontario) the original (copy of a copy?) being in the Public Archives of Canada, Call Number MG24, G70. This photocopy was made on January 17, 1986, and in general is quite clear and good, enabling a very authoritative reading of its contents.
It is unknown to this transcriber whether a copy of the entire Prize List ledger is present in the Public Archives of Canada, or whether the original is still at the Royal Chelsea Hospital or is now in the Public Record Office in London, England.
What is presented here is a part of the Ledger as in a photocopy in the library at Fort Malden. This portion includes the Staff, 41st, 49th, Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, and two lists relating to the 1st Essex Militia.
Note that this transcription therefore does not contain information for the Royal Artillerymen who were present; nor for sailors of the Provincial Marine and the only militia names are 22 privates from the 1st Essex who were NOT paid their shares presumably, the other 236 were paid!
Appended to the end of this document is a list of militia members, by regiment, who received the Military General Service Medal for Fort Detroit.
Transcription Notes:
- Names appear in the same order as they appear on the ledger lists, but an alphabetical list of the members of the 41st has been created by this transcriber and added at the end of this document.
- Names on this transcription are not always exactly as they appear on the list. On the Ledger, names usually show as "Will'm" or "Wm" instead of "William" in full; "Jos" for "Joseph", "Nathan'l" for "Nathaniel", etc. This transcriber provides the name in full for clarity.
- An "?" means the immediately preceding text was not clear enough to give a definitive reading i.e. is a "guess" by the transcriber.
The setup of the ledger itself has been simplified.
The ledger has 8 columns, titled "Names"; "Quality"; "Sum" (broken down in to individual columns for "£"(Pounds), "s"(Shillings), and "p"(Pence nobody received any pence so this column has been omitted from this transcription); "Date" (payment made on); "To Whom Paid" ; and "Witness".
"To Whom Paid" is usually an "agent": the two most common being : "J Webb(s?) for Greenwood", and "E. Bourne". I have inserted a footnote whenever it is somebody else who has received payment but have omitted reproducing this column.
Of the officers of the 41st, only Assistant Surgeon Faulkner signed for payment made direct to himself. We know Faulkner retired from the army right after the War for health reasons so it makes sense he could attend in London to get his money personally.
Only two Privates of the 41st attended Œin person' and were able to sign their own name Charles White and Bryan Gready (as footnoted). Several other (ex?)Privates did attend in person but could only sign by making their "mark" these too are all footnoted.
"Witness" appears to be the clerk at the government office actually disbursing the payment. I have omitted this column and therefore these flunkies' names.
This transcription contains footnotes which give extra details on some of the recipients, the information contained in them is identified as to whether it comes from the Ledger itself, and when the information is added by the transcriber.
It will quickly become apparent when viewing the list that there are many instances where no one signed for receipt of the prize share. This does not necessarily mean that the individual died in the War. See the entry for "John Nettles", for example. Other possible reasons why an individual didn't claim his prize money might include the individual emigrating out of British territory, or dying after the War but before the distribution of funds. Some of the footnotes speak further on this topic.
Conversely, mere payment of the prize money does not mean the individual survived the war. Instances where relatives/survivors signed for receipt of payment start with General Isaac Brock himself, but see the footnote for Private Patrick Russell as well.
Pages of this transcription correspond with pages in the ledger. The symbol "*" indicates the start of another ledger page, as well.
In the transcribed list, the names are grouped by rank and start with the highest rank. Note that all Privates were paid £1 7s. Once in the "Privates" part of the ledger, the names seem alphabetical; but with the 41st, the alphabet "starts over" several times. It would appear that the master ledger list was compiled with several different company lists.
For ease in determining whether a member of the 41st is even on the ledger, I have appended a list of the 41st names again at the end of this document in strict alphabetical order, without regard to rank. The reader might wonder - why bother with the original "un-alphabetical" list?
The symbol "+" means the individual is listed as lost with the British Squadron at the Battle of Lake Erie September 10 1813 killed, wounded, or captured. In the strictly alphabetical list, these "Lake Erie" marks form an apparently random pattern. But in the ledger list, it can be seen that these marks are "clustered", which means the ledger list's order does have some historic meaning presumably in terms of the Company the individual belonged to. This is why it is reproduced.
Also, the Ledger would lose a certain amount of poignancy if the last name for the 41st was that of anyone but "Shadrach Byefield". This is for reasons that will be made clear to the reader if not known alreadyŠ
In addition, Lomax's list of men who received the Military General Service medal with a clasp for Fort Detroit in 1847 is appended; this list appears on pages 106 and 107 of his work. The text of Lomax is presented in full on another part of this website. The names of those men who received the medal is marked by "M" in the Ledger list. The observation as to the use of company lists in making up the "master list" might also be born out when examining the Company affiliations as declared by recipients of the Military General Service Medal.
It is extremely interesting to note the large number of men on the 1847 medal list who do NOT appear on the Prize List. The Prize List was compiled within a few years of the capture of Detroit (payouts start in November of 1818 so the list was certainly compiled before that date) so should presumably be the more accurate document. Lomax also notes that some of the Companies listed in the 1847 list appear "wrong" but perhaps the old soldiers were right about their company, but wrong about whether it was present at the capture of Detroit! One wonders if we are seeing a Œ1200 men show up for a dinner honouring the members of the (Crimean War) Light Cavalry Brigade when only 600 were actually in the Charge' phenomenon.
On the other hand, Byfield was certainly present at the capture of Detroit and had to fight to get his name on the Prize list in the early 1840's.
It is also interesting to speculate on why three men (for sure, and up to five possible) who were on the Prize AND Medal lists, only applied for their medal and never collected their prize money was this by choice, or from lack of information?
"GM" means "gold medal", these were General or Field Officer's medals issued in 1815; the source for these names is George F. Stanley's "War of 1812- Land Operations" published by the National Museum of Canada in 1983.
On October 7 1813 Horse Guards issued instructions that officers would receive only one medal in recognition of service at a set list of actions during the wars from 1794 to 1814; they would be entitled to a clasp to be attached to the ribbon of either a "General Officers' Gold Medal" or "Field Officers' Gold Medal". This was instead of issuing a separate medal for each action.
On 28 January 1814 Horse Guards decreed that participation at actions in Canada would be eligible for the medal, and/or clasps, for actions to be designated by Governor and Commander of the Forces Prevost, who would also nominate the recipients.
Prevost decided that medals and/or clasps would be awarded for three actions: Fort Detroit, Chateauguay, and Crysler's Farm.
General Brock got a General Officers' Gold Medal for the capture of Detroit. Obviously, this was a posthumous award.
The following officers got a Field Officers' Gold Medal for the capture of Detroit:
- Lt. Colonel Matthew Elliott 1st Essex and Indian Department
- Lt. Colonel John Macdonnell, Provincial Aide-de-Camp to General Brock
- Lt. Colonel Robert Nicol, 2nd Norfolk, Quarter Master General
- Lt. Colonel Thomas St. George, Inspecting Field Officer, Militia
- Captain John B. Glegg, 49th, Aide-de-Camp to General Brock
- Captain Peter Chambers, 41st
- Captain M.C. Dixon, Royal Engineers
- Captain Adam Muir, 41st
- Captain Joseph Tallon, 41st
- Lieutenant Felix Troughton, Royal Artillery
It seems inconceivable that the omission of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Procter (as he was at the time) was an accident, as he is the only senior officer not on this list and officers considerably junior to him are on it. Evidently, Procter was still in the "dog house" for Moraviantown when Prevost's medal nominations went in. Prevost himself, though he didn't know it at the time, was shortly to join Procter there as a result of outrage over his
"bungled" operations around Plattsburg in the fall of 1814.
To return to consideration of the Detroit Prize list transcription, it should be noted that lastly, men who were killed in the assault on Fort Stephenson are indicated by an "S" in the ledger list. The source of these names is Sandusky County Historical Society's History Leaflet No. 4, September 1967, as reproduced with permission on a Sandusky-based heritage website, http://www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net/FtStephenson.htm. This is an excellent site for information on all aspects of the action at Fort Stephenson, including the burial sites of the 41st casualties, and is highly recommended. The original source for the casualty list is claimed to be records in the Public Record Office in London, England.
Obviously, men killed in action later in the War were less likely to get their prize money although as noted this was not an invariable rule. Out of 20 men killed August 2, 1813 at Fort Stephenson, and 3 more who died of their wounds within a few weeks, 5 names appear on the Detroit Prize list. Four of these men never claimed their money but an unidentified person collected the prize money for one John Shanahan.
This information is the start of a project of the 41st Regiment of Foot reenactment groups to compile a comprehensive database of information relating to the personnel of the historic i.e. "real" 41st Regiment who served in the War of 1812.
Jim Yaworsky
Windsor, Ontario
Version 1.1 06/2003
Extracts from the Detroit Prize List:
Corps
Staff at Fort Detroit
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Henry Proctor1 | Colonel | 33 | 15 | 1818 18 Nov | |
| Lt. A.H.M.Lean2 (GM) | Staff Adj[utan]t. | 21 | 12 | 1819 23 Jan | |
| Lt.Cl.J.B. St. George (GM) | Insp.F.O.3 | 31 | 10 | 1818 10 Nov | |
| Lt. Edward Dewar | D.A.Q.M.G4 | 21 | 12 | ||
| Sir Isaac Brock5 (GM) | Maj. Gen'l | 218 | - | 1819 19 Jan6 | |
| John Applegarth (Lincoln Militia) | Lieut[enant]. Added by order of the Board 1812[4?1?] Feb 15 | 32 | 8 | 1821 27 Mar |
41st Foot7
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Adam Muir (GM) | Capt. | 40 | 10 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Peter L. Chambers8 (GM) | Capt. | 40 | 10 | 1818 18 Nov | |
| Joeph Tallon9 (GM) | Capt. | 40 | 10 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Charles Sutherland10 | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | ||
| William Watson11 (M) | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | 1819 23 Jan | |
| Harris W. Hailes | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Thomas Bernard12 (M) | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | 1818 12 Mar | |
| Benoit Bender13 (M)14 | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | 1818 23 Oct | |
| Charles Lenn | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| George Taylor | Lieut. | 10 | 16 | ||
| William Faulkner | Act. Surg. | 10 | 16 | 1818 6 Nov15 | |
| James Canes | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | ||
| Leonard Smith | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | ||
| Samuel Walsh | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | ||
| William Lane16 (+)17 | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Robert Blaney | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | Do. | |
| Joseph Stagnall18 (M) | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | 1819 6 Mar | |
| Thomas White19 | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Joseph Allen (M) | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | Do. | |
| Philip Brooks | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | 1819 6 Mar |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Nathaniel Carpenter (*) | Sergeant20 | 2 | 14 | 1819 27 Mar | |
| Thomas Edwards | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | 1818 18 Nov | |
| Richard Forrestal (+) | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | ||
| John Ivers | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 19 Jun? | |
| Mathias Newman | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 14 Aug | |
| Henry Webb | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1820 20 Mar? | |
| William Mathews (+) | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Robert Menzies | Corporal | 2 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Haigh | Corporal | 2 | 6 | ||
| Gerald M. Kernan | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 16 Jun? | |
| William King21 | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| William Barnell (Also Barnett) | Corporal | 2 | 6 | Do. | |
| Laurence Phelan | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 27 Mar | |
| John Raphill | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1834 15 Jul22 | |
| William Young (+) | Corporal | 2 | 6 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| George Brookes (+) | Corporal | 2 | 6 | ||
| William Allen | Private | 1 | 7 | ||
| James Beasley (M) | Private | 1 | 7 | 1819 9 Jan | |
| Edward Billing | Private | 1 | 7 | 1819 25 Sep | |
| William Billington | Private | 1 | 7 |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| John Blake(r)?23 (*) | |||||
| Aaron Blakeman | |||||
| Samuel Borokett | 1819 27 Mar | ||||
| John Bready | 1819 30 Sep? | ||||
| Samuel Brice | 1818 18 Nov | ||||
| George Bromley | 1819 30 ? | ||||
| Samuel Cartlidge | |||||
| John Chamberlane | |||||
| John Church | 1824 25 Oct | ||||
| Thomas Church | 1819 6 Mar | ||||
| Samuel Cook | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William Cooper | Do.24 | ||||
| Thomas Colohans | |||||
| James Coward | |||||
| John Dean25 (M?)26 | 1819 6 Mar | ||||
| John Dear (M) | |||||
| William Dinnis27 | 1819 23 Jan | ||||
| Giles Draper | 1819 6 Mar | ||||
| John Dyer | |||||
| William Farmer | 1819 2 May? |
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41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Timothy Javins (*) | 1820 29 Jul | ||||
| John Johnson 1st | 1818 18 Nov | ||||
| Joseph Jones | 1819 10 Mar | ||||
| William Lane31 (M) | 1820 10 May | ||||
| John Legg | 1819 6 Mar | ||||
| John Macaulley | |||||
| Peter Mansfield | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| James Marten 1st | |||||
| James May | 1819 22 May | ||||
| William M. Gee | 1819 10 Mar | ||||
| John McLaughlin | 1818 18 Nov | ||||
| Michael McMurray (Alias Murray) | 1822 8 Jan? | ||||
| James Mead32 (M) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Owen Maynahan | Do. | ||||
| Robert Mollineaux | 1818 18 Nov | ||||
| Thomas Neal33 (M) | 1819 10 Mar | ||||
| William Northway | |||||
| Richard Paddock | 1819 13 Feb | ||||
| Isaac Pomroy | 1819 6 Mar? | ||||
| George Poole |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Daniel Roberts (M) (*) | 1818 19 Dec | ||||
| Henry Salmon | 1819 27 Mar | ||||
| Thomas Scarlett | 1819 15 Jan? | ||||
| John Short | |||||
| Ralph Smith | |||||
| John Stevenson | 1819 30 Oct? | ||||
| John Strickland | 1819 16 Jun? | ||||
| Henry Tarrant | |||||
| William Taylor | 1819 30 Oct? | ||||
| William Teague | |||||
| John Tolley | |||||
| John Trusler | 1819 29 Apr | ||||
| William Vincent | 1818 19 Dec | ||||
| Charles White | 22 Do.34 | ||||
| Joseph Cadley?35 | 1822 10 Jan | ||||
| Richard Gregory | ? 18 Nov36 | ||||
| James Haynes (M) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Roderick James (M) | Do. | ||||
| Christian Ripley | 1819 30 Oct | ||||
| John Wood 1st |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| William Aston37 (M) (*) | 1819 22 May | ||||
| Francis Browne | 1819 23 Jan | ||||
| Robert Deveral | 1821 12 Apr?38 | ||||
| Samuel Gould | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Gozny | |||||
| William Hall (M) | 1819 6 Feb | ||||
| George Holding | 1819 29 Apr | ||||
| John Ivens | |||||
| William Knapp | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John M. Namara (M)39 | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| James Mead40 | 1826 29 Mar? | ||||
| William Minty | |||||
| Daniel Murphy | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| James Noble | 1818 6 Oct41 | ||||
| John Oliver | 1840 15 Dec? | ||||
| Robert Roubottom | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Paul Rowe (M) | Do. | ||||
| James Sainsbury | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John Shanahan (S)42 | 1819 24 Mar? | ||||
| Giles Smith (S)43 |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| John Walker (*) | |||||
| David Dunford | 1819 22 May | ||||
| Thomas James | 1819 14 Aug | ||||
| Richard Jarvis | |||||
| Thomas Kirk (M) | |||||
| Joseph Langley | |||||
| Joseph Lucas | |||||
| William Nightingale | |||||
| John Pearce | |||||
| James Plyne | |||||
| Thomas Pomroy (S)44 | |||||
| Daniel Robins (M)45 | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John Thomas 3rd | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Job Watters | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John Want | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Robert Webb | |||||
| Isaac White | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William White | Do. | ||||
| Joseph Wilsoncraft | |||||
| Richard Bell?46 | 1819 22 Mar |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Thomas Bray (Broy?) (*) | |||||
| Thomas M. Gee | |||||
| John Pate | |||||
| John Alford | 1819 12 Jan47 | ||||
| William Armstrong | |||||
| Joseph Barber | |||||
| Robert Barnett | |||||
| Noah Barton | |||||
| James Bartley | |||||
| Benjamin Batton | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John Beckett | 1819 27 Mar | ||||
| William Bodman | |||||
| Jesse Cartledge | 1819 30 Oct | ||||
| Henry Case | Do. | ||||
| Joseph Chadwick (M) | Date Illegible | ||||
| Henry Clarke | |||||
| James Clarke (+) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Coakley48 (M) | |||||
| Nathaniel Cousins | 1819 22 May | ||||
| ?lle Da?49 | Date Illegible |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Benjamin Dorman (*) | |||||
| Thomas Downs | 1819 27 Mar | ||||
| William Dunne | |||||
| John Dwyer (M)50 | 1819 18 Feb | ||||
| William Essery | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| James Ford | |||||
| William Fry | 1819 17 May | ||||
| Thomas Glass (M) (+) | 1819 22 May | ||||
| Isaac Goddard (+) | |||||
| George Golding | 1819 13 Feb? | ||||
| Richard Griffiths | |||||
| Edward Groves | 1819 19 Jun | ||||
| Henry Haiter | 1819 29 Feb? | ||||
| David Higgins | |||||
| Thomas Hodge (M) | 1819 6 Mar | ||||
| "Certified to be John" (+) | |||||
| James Hopkins (+) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William Jackson (+) | Do. | ||||
| Thomas Jones 2nd (+) | |||||
| William Jones 2nd | 1825 28 Feb | ||||
| Edward Kelly | 1832 Aug 10? |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| James Kemp (+) (*) | 1822 22 Jun | ||||
| Joseph Kerr | 1820 20 Dec | ||||
| John Lockett | 1819 30 Aug | ||||
| Richard Lucas (M) | 1823 9 Feb | ||||
| Henry Mabbott51 | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John McCoy | |||||
| James Martin 2nd | |||||
| John Haiter | 1819 22 May | ||||
| John McCreary (M) (+) | Do. | ||||
| John McGrath (+) | 1819 18 Feb | ||||
| George Meach (+) | |||||
| "James Mitchell"52 | |||||
| James Morgan (+) | 1819 23 Jan | ||||
| John Morrison | |||||
| Samuel Mumford53 (+) | 1858 28 Dec | ||||
| Robert Nelson (M) (+) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Nettles54 (M?)55 | |||||
| Joseph Newman (+) | 1819 22 May | ||||
| George Noakes | |||||
| Stephen Oatley | 1819 Date Illegible |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| George Phillips 1st (*) | |||||
| John Plummer | 1819 22 May | ||||
| William Priss | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Pritchard (+) | |||||
| William Rawlins (+) | 1819 25 Sep | ||||
| John Robinson 1st | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Sangeor | 1819 28 Sep | ||||
| Robert Shekelton | |||||
| Edward Slater | |||||
| John Spickman | |||||
| George Stagg+ | 1819 29 Apr | ||||
| Thomas Stepps | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Stone (+) | Do. | ||||
| Edward Swain | |||||
| George Trowbridge (+) | |||||
| James Truckell (M) | 1819 6 Mar? | ||||
| Robert Vennell? | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Walters (+) | 1819 6 Mar? | ||||
| James Watson | 29 Apr ? | ||||
| John Watts (+) | 1819 9 Jan |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Richard Watts (*) | |||||
| George Weston | |||||
| Benjamin Whitehouse (+) | |||||
| John Whiteley (+) | |||||
| John Wilcox | |||||
| Adam Wild (+) | |||||
| Thomas Williams (S)56 | |||||
| William Withers | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Woodruft | |||||
| Thomas Young | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Ballingar (+) | |||||
| Benjamin Birch | |||||
| Jacob Broadway (+) | |||||
| John Flood | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Patrick Kelley | |||||
| Thomas Kirby | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William King57 | |||||
| Charles Lorrain | |||||
| Patrick Powers (+) | 1819 6 Jul | ||||
| James Quinn (M) | 1819 16 Jun |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Patrick Russell58 (*) | 1822 18 Apr | ||||
| Samuel Johnson | |||||
| William Car(f?)mail | |||||
| John Bishop59 (S) (Drummer) | |||||
| William Molesworth (Drummer) | 1819 6 Feb | ||||
| Alexander Wilkinson (Volunteer) | |||||
| Bryan Gready (Private)60 | 1818 22 Dec | ||||
| William Rooke | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Burke | 16 Jun ? | ||||
| William Bale | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William Beasley | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William Burchall | 1819 19 Jun | ||||
| Joseph Cotterell | 1820 10 Mar | ||||
| William Coombs | 1819 25 Sep61 | ||||
| William Cooe | |||||
| William Dane | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| Robert Ball | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| John Wiltshire | 1818 19 Dec | ||||
| Robert Tyson (+) | 1819 9 Jan | ||||
| William Osburne | 1818 18 Nov |
41
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| James Rutherford (*) | 1819 22 May | ||||
| William Rafferty | |||||
| George Aldbrough | 1819 6 Feb? | ||||
| Thomas Sinor | 1818 19 Dec | ||||
| Thomas Woods | 1819 Mar 27 | ||||
| Henry Yates | 1829? 21 Nov | ||||
| Peter Lefevre | |||||
| John Richardson62 (M) | |||||
| Shadrack Byefield63 (M) | 1843 6 May |
49th Foot
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Timothy Meagher64 |
Newfoundland Fencibles65
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Robert Mockler | Captain | 40 | 10 | 1820 22 Jan | |
| Thomas Kerr66 | Ensign | 10 | 16 | 11 Sep ? | |
| William Smith | Sergeant | 2 | 14 | ||
| Daniel Wilcox | Do. | 1818 9 Sep? | |||
| John Shanaghan | Do. | ||||
| Donald McDonald Lance67 | Do. | ||||
| Edward Mahoney68 | Do. | 1819 29 Jul | |||
| Matthew Oeld | Corporal | 2 | 6 | ||
| Patrick McCadden | Do. | ||||
| Thomas Hamilton | Drummer | 1 | 7 | ||
| James Jameson | Do. | ||||
| George Blackett | Do. | ||||
| Michael Brennan | Private69 | 1 | 7 | ||
| James Butler 1st | 1822 7 Aug? | ||||
| William Corbett | |||||
| Michael David | 1825 24 Oct | ||||
| Michael Fleming | |||||
| George Foster | |||||
| William Gardiner | |||||
| John Hocolett70 |
Newfoundland Fencibles
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| John Howe (*) | |||||
| Simon Johnston | 1818 18 Nov | ||||
| Jacob Lenander | |||||
| John Klierre | |||||
| Edward Mahoney | |||||
| Thomas Mountain | |||||
| John Peack | |||||
| John Pitts | |||||
| John Stephenson | |||||
| Thomas Tinham | |||||
| Thomas Wakeham | |||||
| William Williams | |||||
| William Bert | |||||
| John Smyth | |||||
| Richard Bryan | |||||
| Edward Cavanagh | |||||
| Lewis Leveque | |||||
| Lewis Filvett | |||||
| Thomas Steel | |||||
| James Holloway |
Newfoundland Fencibles
| Names | Quality | £ | S | P | Date Paid |
| Patrick Deolin (*) | |||||
| Lawrence Castigan | |||||
| Robert Kealey | |||||
| Patrick Murphy | |||||
| Thomas Deaton | |||||
| Robert Chant | |||||
| James Howell | |||||
| Jonathan Bodin |
Statement of Detroit Prize Money due to the undermentioned Privates of the first Regiment Essex Militia of Upper Canada remaining _? in the hands of James Gordon⁷¹ (Paymstr. of the said Regiment during the late war with the United States of America) and now remitted by him to the Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital in compliance with instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies.⁷²
Newfoundland Fencibles
| To Whose Company belonging | Names | Number of 1st dividend at £3/share | Shares 2nd dividend ?73/share | Amount (£) |
Prov. (S) |
Earning? (P) |
| Capn. | Pierre Bezeau | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Caldwell's | William Glassner | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Comp. | Moses Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | - |
| - | ||||||
| Capn. | Francois Barril | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | |
| Elliott's | Francois Barb | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | - |
| Comp. | Pierre Beauchamp74 | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | - |
| John Baptiste | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Antoine Duclos | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Charles LaMarsh | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Pierre Gagneau | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Benjamin Lyons | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Francois Laviolette | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Francois Lozon | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Louis Lajeunesse | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| C. Barthe | Francois Lajeunesse | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Com. | Joseph Verbomoser? | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Barkausus? | Joseph Bezeau | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Comp. | James Gamble | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| John Hart | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Captain | Antoine Langlois | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Miller | Joseph Dehay? | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Comp. | Alexander LaRose | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| TOTALS | 90 | |||||
| Deduct Amount paid for printed notices75 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 89 | 12 | 9 | ||||
Amounting to Eighty-nine Pounds Twelve Shillings and Nine pence Province Currency Dollars at five shillings.⁷⁶
"J Gordon" - Amherstburg Upper Canada 31 Oct 1834
_? The above amount was paid into the Commissariat at Toronto for the Credit of the Treasurer of Chelsea by desire? of His Excellency.
Sir John Colbourne - Toronto 10th Feb 1835
"J Gordon" - Amherstburg Upper Canada 31 Oct 1834
_? The above amount was paid into the Commissariat at Toronto for the Credit of the Treasurer of Chelsea by desire? of His Excellency.
Sir John Colbourne - Toronto 10th Feb 1835
Newfoundland Fencibles
| Company | Private | £ | S | P |
| Caldwell? | Bezeau, Pierre | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Barrill, Francois | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Barb, Francois | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Beauchamp, Pierre (2nd Payt only) | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Elliott | Baptiste, John (2nd Payt only) | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Barthe | Bezeau, Joseph | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Duclos, Antoine (2nd Payt only) | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Mills | Dehay?, Joseph | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Caldwell | Glassner, William | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Gayneau, Pierre | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| ? | Gamble, James | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| ? | Hart, John ("query Kenit?") | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Caldwell | Johnson, Moses | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Lamarsh, Charles | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Lyons, Benjamin | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Lavoilette, Francois | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Lozon, Francois | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Elliott | Lajeunesse, Louis | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Barthe* | Lajeunesse, Francois ("qu. Antoine") | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Mills | Langlois, Antoine ("qu. Andre") | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Mills | LaRose, Alexander | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Barthe | Verboncaur?, Joseph | 3 | 17 | 8 |
Alphabetical Table of the 41st
| Name | Rank |
|---|---|
| George Aldbrough | |
| John Alford | |
| Joseph Allen (M) | Sergeant |
| William Allen | |
| William Armstrong | |
| William Aston (M) | |
| William Bale | |
| Robert Ball | |
| John Ballingar | |
| Joseph Barber | |
| William Barnell | Corporal |
| Also Barnett | |
| Robert Barnett | |
| James Bartley | |
| Noah Barton | |
| Benjamin Batton | |
| James Beasley | |
| William Beasley (M) | |
| John Beckett | |
| Richard Bell?77 | |
| Benoit Bender (M) | Lieutenant |
| Thomas Bernard (M) | Lieutenant |
| Edward Billing | |
| William Billington | |
| Benjamin Birch | |
| John Bishop (S) | Drummer |
| John Blake(r)? | |
| Aaron Blakeman | |
| Robert Blaney | Sergeant |
| William Bodman | |
| Samuel Borokett | |
| Thomas Bray (Broy?) | |
| John Bready | |
| Samuel Brice | |
| Jacob Broadway (+) | |
| George Bromley | |
| George Brookes (+) | Corporal |
| Philip Brooks | Sergeant |
| Francis Browne | |
| William Burchall | |
| John Burke | |
| Shadrack Byefield (M) | |
| Joseph Cadley?78 | |
| James Canes | Sergeant |
| William Car(f?)mail | |
| Nathaniel Carpenter | Sergeant |
| Jesse Cartledge | |
| Samuel Cartlidge | |
| Henry Case | |
| Joseph Chadwick (M) | |
| John Chamberlane | |
| Peter L. Chambers | Captain |
| John Church | |
| Thomas Church | |
| Henry Clarke | |
| James Clarke (+) | |
| John Coakley (M) | |
| William Cooe | |
| Samuel Cook | |
| William Coombs | |
| William Cooper | |
| Thomas Colohans | |
| Joseph Cotterell | |
| Nathaniel Cousins | |
| James Coward | |
| William Dane | |
| ?lle Da?79 | |
| John Dean (M)? | |
| John Dear (M) | |
| Robert Deveral | |
| William Dinnis80 | |
| Benjamin Dorman | |
| Thomas Downs | |
| Giles Draper | |
| David Dunford | |
| William Dunne | |
| John Dwyer (M) | |
| John Dyer | |
| Thomas Edwards | Sergeant |
| William Essery | |
| William Farmer | |
| William Faulkner | Acting Surgeon. |
| John Flood | |
| James Ford | |
| Richard Forrestal+ | Sergeant |
| Robert Forsyth | |
| William Fry | |
| John Gane | |
| William Gane | |
| William Gardner | |
| Christ(ian?) Garrett | |
| William Garrett | |
| Thomas Glass (M) (+) | |
| Isaac Goddard (+) | |
| William Godding | |
| George Godfrey | |
| George Golding | |
| Benjamin Goodger | |
| Samuel Gould | |
| John Gozny | |
| Bryan Gready | |
| Richard Gregory | |
| Richard Griffiths | |
| Edward Groves | |
| Thomas Haigh | Corporal |
| Harris W. Hailes | Lieutenant |
| Henry Haiter | |
| John Haiter | |
| William Hall (M) | |
| James Hallerton | |
| Joseph Hardey | |
| Thomas Harris 1st | |
| William Hawkins (M) | |
| James Haynes (M) | |
| George Hayter | |
| David Higgins | |
| John Hiscocks | |
| James Hobbs (M) | |
| Thomas Hodge (M) (+) | |
| "Certified to be John" | |
| George Holding | |
| James Hopkins (+) | |
| Edward Horne | |
| John Horton | |
| George Hudson | |
| Thomas Humphries | |
| John Ivens | |
| John Ivers | Corporal |
| William Jackson (+) | |
| Roderick James (M) | |
| Thomas James | |
| Richard Jarvis | |
| Timothy Javins | |
| John Johnson 1st | |
| Samuel Johnson | |
| Joseph Jones | |
| Thomas Jones 2nd (+) | |
| William Jones 2nd | |
| Patrick Kelley | |
| Edward Kelly | |
| James Kemp (+) | |
| Joseph Kerr | |
| William King | Corporal |
| William King | |
| Thomas Kirby | |
| Thomas Kirk (M) | |
| William Knapp | |
| William Lane (M) | |
| William Lane (+) | Sergeant |
| Joseph Langley | |
| Peter Lefevre | |
| John Legg | |
| Charles Lenn | Lieutenant |
| John Lockett | |
| Charles Lorrain | |
| Joseph Lucas | |
| Richard Lucas (M) | |
| Henry Mabbott81 | |
| John Macaulley | |
| Peter Mansfield | |
| James Marten 1st | |
| James Martin 2nd | |
| William Mathews (+) | Corporal |
| James May | |
| John McCoy | |
| John McCreary (M) (+) | |
| Thomas M. Gee | |
| William M. Gee | |
| John McGrath (+) | |
| Gerald M. Kernan | Corporal |
| A. H. M. Lean | Staff Adjutant-Lieutenant |
| John McLaughlin | |
| Michael McMurray | |
| Alias Murray | |
| John M. Namara (M) | |
| Owen Maynahan | |
| George Meach (+) | |
| James Mead (M) | |
| James Mead | |
| Robert Menzies | Corporal |
| William Minty | |
| "James Mitchell"82 | |
| William Molesworth | Drummer |
| Robert Mollineaux | |
| James Morgan (+) | |
| John Morrison | |
| Adam Muir | Captain |
| Samuel Mumford (+) | |
| Daniel Murphy | |
| Thomas Neal83 (M) | |
| Robert Nelson (M) (+) | |
| John Nettles | |
| Joseph Newman (+) | |
| Mathias Newman | Corporal |
| William Nightingale | |
| George Noakes | |
| James Noble | |
| William Northway | |
| Stephen Oatley | |
| John Oliver | |
| William Osburne | |
| Richard Paddock | |
| John Pate | |
| John Pearce | |
| Laurence Phelan | Corporal |
| George Phillips 1st | |
| John Plummer | |
| James Plyne | |
| Isaac Pomroy | |
| Thomas Pomroy (S) | |
| George Poole | |
| Patrick Powers (+) | |
| William Priss | |
| John Pritchard (+) | |
| Henry Proctor | Colonel |
| James Quinn (M) | |
| William Rafferty | |
| John Raphill | Corporal |
| William Rawlins (+) | |
| John Richardson | |
| Christian Ripley | |
| Daniel Roberts (M) | |
| Daniel Robins (M) | |
| John Robinson 1st | |
| William Rooke | |
| Robert Roubottom | |
| Paul Rowe (M) | |
| Patrick Russell | |
| James Rutherford | |
| James Sainsbury | |
| Henry Salmon | |
| John Sangeor | |
| Thomas Scarlett | |
| John Shanahan (S) | |
| Robert Shekelton | |
| John Short | |
| Thomas Sinor | |
| Edward Slater | |
| Giles Smith (S) | |
| Leonard Smith | Sergeant |
| Ralph Smith | |
| John Spickman | |
| George Stagg (+) | |
| Joseph Stagnall (M) | Sergeant |
| Thomas Stepps | |
| John Stevenson | |
| John Stone (+) | |
| John Strickland | |
| Charles Sutherland | Lieutenant |
| Edward Swain | |
| Joseph Tallon | Captain |
| Henry Tarrant | |
| George Taylor | Lieutenant |
| William Taylor | |
| William Teague | |
| John Thomas 3d | |
| John Tolley | |
| George Trowbridge (+) | |
| James Truckell (M) | |
| JohnTrusler | |
| Robert Tyson (+) | |
| Robert Vennell? | |
| William Vincent | |
| John Walker | |
| Samuel Walsh | Sergeant |
| John Walters (+) | |
| John Want | |
| James Watson | |
| William Watson | Lieutenant |
| Job Watters | |
| John Watts | |
| Richard Watts | |
| Henry Webb | Corporal |
| Robert Webb | |
| George Weston | |
| Charles White | |
| Isaac White | |
| Thomas White | Sergeant |
| William White | |
| Benjamin Whitehouse (+) | |
| John Whiteley (+) | |
| John Wilcox | |
| Adam Wild (+) | |
| Alexander Wilkinson | Volunteer |
| Thomas Williams (S) | |
| Joseph Wilsoncraft | |
| John Wiltshire | |
| William Withers | |
| John Wood 1st | |
| John Woodruft | |
| Thomas Woods | |
| Henry Yates | |
| Thomas Young | |
| William Young | Corporal |
From Lomax' History of the Service of the 41st Regiment:
A list of the Officers and men of the 41st Regiment who received the war medal, 1793-1814, with clasp for "Fort Detroit".
Officers:
| Name | Rank |
| Barnard, Thomas | Lieutenant |
| Bender, Benoit, Bt. Major, 82ndRegiment | Lieutenant |
| Crowther, William, late Captain, 55th Regiment84 | Acting Engineer and Lieutenant |
| Maclean, A. H., late Captain | Lieutenant |
| Richardson, J., late Lieutenant, half-pay | Volunteer |
| Watson, William, Captain, half-pay | 21st Dragoons |
N.C.O.'S and Men:
| Name | Company |
| (?)Aster, William85 | |
| Adams, John (Canada)86 | |
| Beastley, James87 | |
| Brown, William88 | |
| Cookley, John (Canada)89 | |
| Denham, Edmund, Sergeant90 | Captain Derenzy's |
| Dowdall, Samuel (Canada)91 | |
| Facey, Thomas92 | |
| Glass, Thomas | |
| Mead, James | |
| Pollard, James93 | |
| Phealey, Timothy (Quebec)94 | |
| Roberts, Daniel | Captain Muir's |
| Roppines, Daniel | |
| Sanburg, James95 | Grenadier |
| Mountain, Matthew96 | |
| Thompson, John97 | |
| Lovitt, William98 | Light |
| Lucas, Richard | Captain Tallon's |
| Lane, William | |
| Meredith, John99 | Captain M'Coy's |
| McNamara, John, Corporal | Grenadier |
| McCreary, John | Captain Tallon's |
| Nettles, Robert, Corporal100 | Captain Bullock's (?) |
| Neil, Thomas101 | Captain Muir's |
| Nelson, Robert | Captain Tallon's |
| Quinn, James | |
| Roe, Paul102 | Captain Bullock's |
| Stagnell, Joseph, Sergeant | Captain Bullock's |
| Shile, John103 | Captain Tallon's |
| Smith, William104 | |
| Thompson, John105 | Captain Bullock's |
| Truckell, James | Captain Tallon's |
| Grainger, James106 | Captain Bullock's |
| Hall, William | Captain Bullock's |
| Hawkins, William | Captain Caldwell's (?) |
| Haynes, James/td> | Captain Taylor's |
| Hobbs, James | Captain Muir's |
| Hodge, John | Captain Tallon's |
| Hill, William107 | No. 5 |
| Isabell, Richard108 | Captain M'Coy's |
| James, Roderick | |
| Kirk, Thomas | Light |
| Knott, James109 | Captain Saunder's |
| Allen, Joseph, Sergeant | Captain Tallon's |
| Byfield, Shadrach | Captain Muir's |
| Bent, William110 | Captain Muir's |
| Brownridge, John, Sergeant111 | Captain Bullock's |
| Chadwick, Joseph | Captain Fowler's |
| Dwyer, John, Corporal | Captain Tallon's |
| Dear, John | Captain Muir's |
| Dean, William | Captain Muir's |
NOTE: The war medal referred to at the head of this list was awarded by the Queen on 1st June, 1847 thirty-five years after Detroit was taken. The above roll is copied from that at the War Office, and was very kindly given to me by Colonel the Honble. H.F. Eaton, late Grenadier Guards. I have occasionally made a slight correction in the spelling, as in the original the names of captains appear who never served in the 41st. It is also very doubtful if some of the recipients of the medals were certain of their proper companies, which is not surprising considering the space of time which elapsed between the fall of Detroit and the grant of the distinction in question.
It is a matter of satisfaction to know that three of the men whose names appear in the above roll are also mentioned in my narrative:
Timothy Phealy, Shadrach Byfield, and William Dean (assuming this is the same man who held the bridge near Amherstburg, 20th July, 1812).¹¹² D.A.N.L.
It is a matter of satisfaction to know that three of the men whose names appear in the above roll are also mentioned in my narrative:
Timothy Phealy, Shadrach Byfield, and William Dean (assuming this is the same man who held the bridge near Amherstburg, 20th July, 1812).¹¹² D.A.N.L.
A List of Militia of Upper Canada Who Received the General Service Medal for Fort Detroit in 1847
This list is compiled from lists in "Soldiers of the King: The Upper Canadian Militia 1812-1815" by William Gray, 1995, Boston Mills Press, Canada ISBN 1-55046-142-7.
1st Essex - First Flank Company
| Baldwin, Russel | Dowler, Richard | O'Neil, Joseph | Stockwell, John | |||
| Baldwin, Benjamin | Ferris, Isaac | Pardoe, William | Tofflemire, William | |||
| Baldwin, Cyrus | Gordon, James (Lieutenant later Paymaster of the Western District) | Quick, John | White, David | |||
| Bellaire, Paul | Johnson, Moses | Quick, Alexander | Whittle, Thomas | |||
| Brush, Jarvis | Liebeau, John | Reynolds, Ebenezer (Major) | Wilfong, Jonas | |||
| Caldwell, Thomas (Ensign) | Lockhart, James | Roach, Morris | Wilfong, Joseph | |||
| Caldwell, William (Captain) | Lockhart, Jeremiah | Roberts, Robert | Wright, Henry | |||
| Cassidy, Peter | McLean, Thomas | Sipps (Lipps) Henry | ||||
| Comerford, John | Nevil, Edward | Stewart, Charles | ||||
| 34 Names, 4 Officers, 30 Other Ranks | ||||||
1st Essex - Second Flank Company
| Bernard, Jean Baptiste | Goullet, Francis | Little, James (Ensign) | ||||
| Constantino, Jean B. (Sergeant) | La Rose, Pierre | Meloche, Francis | ||||
| Deneau, Baptiste | La Liberte, Baptiste | Perrot (Perrault) Louis | ||||
| Elliott, William (Captain) | Langlois, Joseph | |||||
| 11 Names, 2 Officers, 9 Other Ranks | ||||||
2nd Essex - Second Flank Company
| Bertrand, Antoine | ||||||
| Bertrand, Jean Baptiste | ||||||
| 2 Names | ||||||
1st Kent
| Dragon, Louis | Field, Daniel | McCallum, Hugh (Sergeant) | ||||
| Drake, Francis | Field, George | |||||
| 5 Names | ||||||
5th Lincoln - First Flank Company
| Land, Robert (Lieutenant) | Larrison, Thomas | Vanevery, Peter |
5th Lincoln - Second Flank Company
| London, Joseph | Reynolds, William | |||||
| 5 Names, 1 Officer, 4 Other Ranks | ||||||
1st Middlesex
| Willson, Benjamin (Ensign) | ||||||
| 1 Name, 1 Officer | ||||||
1st Norfolk - First Flank Company
| Bostwick, John (Captain) | Long, David | |||||
| Davis, Robert | Rolph, George (Lieutenant) | |||||
| Glover, Charles | Webb, Parnell |
1st Norfolk - Second Flank Company
| Derickson, Thomas | ||||||
| Finch, George | ||||||
| Wood, Thomas | ||||||
| 9 Names, 2 Officers, 7 Other Ranks | ||||||
2nd Norfolk
| Chambers, James | Kitchen, Wheeler | Slaght, Aaron | William, Titus (Lieutenant) | |||
| Dougal, William | Lemon, Alexander | Soverein, Anthony | Woolley, Joseph | |||
| Gilmore, Samuel | Messicar, Jacob | Teeple, Edward | ||||
| Heron, Andrew Jr. | Metcalf, Henry (Sergeant) | White, William | ||||
| Jay, Samuel | Perry, William | Wicoff, John | ||||
| 17 Names, 1 Officer, 16 Other Ranks | ||||||
1st Oxford
| Yeiger, Adam (Sergeant) | ||||||
| Stephens, Garret | ||||||
| 2 Names | ||||||
1st York
| Corbine (Corbier), Lewis | ||||||
| 1 Name | ||||||
2nd York - First Flank Company
| McKay, William | ||||||
| Silverthorn, Aaron (Sergeant) | ||||||
| Wilcox, Amos |
2nd York - Second Flank Company
| Applegarth, John (Lieutenant) | ||||||
| Cornwall (Cornell) Aaron | ||||||
| (5 Names, 1 Officer, 4 Other Ranks | ||||||
3rd York - First Flank Company
| Bright, Robert | Jones, William | Miller, Jacob | Thompson, Andrew | |||
| Cawthra, John | Kennedy, Andrew | Myers, William | Thompson, Richard | |||
| Culver, Abraham | Lawrence, Edward | Ross, John | White, Isaac | |||
| Flummerfelt (Plomerfelt), Cornelius | Lee, Francis | Runnions, Benjamin | Wright, Simcoe | |||
| Graham, Richard | Lee, Asa | Simpson, Thomas | ||||
| Humberston, Thomas (Sergeant) | Matthews, John | Stoner, Peter | ||||
| 22 Names, 22 Other Ranks | ||||||
3rd York, Second Flank Company
| Adams, Thomas | Davis, Calvin | Knott, William (Sergeant) | Robinson, John Beverely (Lieutenant) | |||
| Anderson, Cornelius | Glennon, Barnard | Lacompt, Joseph | Sinclair, Samuel | |||
| Anderson, Jacob | Harrison, William | McDonell, Charles | Stoner, John | |||
| Bond, George (Sergeant) | Hubbard, Andrew | McIntosh, John | Wells, Robert | |||
| Cary, George | Jarvis, Samuel Peters (Lieutenant) | Moore, William | Wills (Wells), John | |||
| Cole, Charles | Johnston, Thomas | Moore, George | Wright, Edward | |||
| 24 Names, 2 Officers, 22 Other Ranks | ||||||
TOTALS: 14 Officers, 124 Other Ranks.
Compare to the chart prepared by Cruikshank at the start of this document. There are still hundreds of militia names missing. This is not surprising given that these names are men who were: a) alive in 1847, and b) actually applied for the medal.
Detroit Prize List and Medals, Version 1.1, June 2003.
Compare to the chart prepared by Cruikshank at the start of this document. There are still hundreds of militia names missing. This is not surprising given that these names are men who were: a) alive in 1847, and b) actually applied for the medal.
Detroit Prize List and Medals, Version 1.1, June 2003.
¹ Generally spelled "ProctEr" but clearly "ProctOr" on this List.
² An officer of the 41st holding a staff appointment.
³ Inspecting Field Officer of the Militia these were experienced officers who were granted a step in promotion and appointed to supervise, train, and hopefully increase the preparedness of the militia of the Canadian colonies in the years before the War of 1812.
⁴ Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General.
⁵ Brock was Knighted as a reward for the capture of Detroit. He never lived to learn of this honour. His name originally appears at the very top of the ledger but it is struck out with 3 lines then entered after Dewar. Reason: not apparent from the Ledger itself.
⁶ Paid to John Savery Brock "administrator/brother" "order dated 26 April 1817" as the Clerk notes on the ledger.
⁷ Note that the names are not in strict alphabetical order in the ledger. Nor in strict order of seniority either, for while Muir was senior to Chambers, Tallon also was. The Privates' names might be related to the companies they belonged to, and start up again at the beginning of the alphabet several times; but a careful study of the list will show that this can only be a rough guide. A strictly alphabetical 41st listing is produced by the transcriber at the end of the actual prize listings of all the units for ease in locating wheterh a specific individual appears on the main list.
⁸ Chambers testified at the Procter and Bender court-martials.
⁹ Tallon testified at the Bender court-martial.
¹⁰ Sutherland was seriously wounded at Monagua on August 9 and died of his wound. Apparently after brushing his teeth the wound in his mouth reopened causing him to bleed to death. Apparently, no survivor came forward to claim his prize money.
¹¹ Appears on Lomax medal list (1847) as "Captain, half-pay 21st Dragoons".
¹² Appears on Lomax medal list as BARNARD.
¹³ See the Bender court martial transcript elsewhere on the 41st web-site.
¹⁴ Appears on Lomax medal list as "Bt. Major, 82nd Regiment"(1847).
¹⁵ William Faulkner signed for himself.
¹⁶ Note that a Private of the same name appears farther down the List. Both were paid their prize money on January 9, 1819.
¹⁷ "+" denotes casualty (usually Œcaptured') at Battle of Lake Erie September 10 1813.
¹⁸ Stagnall testified at the Bender courtmartial.
¹⁹ Thomas White testified at the Bender courtmartial.
²⁰ this is the start of the second page for the 41st. From John Blake(r) on, the start of another ledger page is indicated by the "*" symbol.
²¹ A Private of the same name appears further down the List, the Private's payout was never made.
²² John Raphill: listing "to whom paid' reads: "Paid to Party" in the same handwriting as the "Witness", "A.? R.? Douglas". Presumably, ŒCorporal' Raphill was therefore in London on 15 July, 1834.
²³ "*"indicates the start of another page in the ledger. All remaining names were Privates with three exceptions which are noted in respective footnotes, all were paid £1 7s.
²⁴ short for "ditto" ie paid out the same date as the preceding man.
²⁵ John Dean: one of the two defenders of the River Canard bridge, the first British casualties of the War in Upper Canada in July 1812? Hancock, his mate, was killed before the Capture so would not appear on the List. Dean was imprisoned in Fort Detroit and was released and publicly congratulated for his heroism, according to Richardson, by Sir Isaac Brock personally. He was evidently still in official good graces in March of 1819 this transcriber has heard that Dean had deserted later in the War, a false rumour if this is in6deed the same man.
²⁶ There is a WILLIAM Dean on the Lomax War Medal List. Lomax states it to be a "matter of satisfaction" if this is the same man as he who "held the bridge near Amherstburg" see below.
²⁷ "Corporal" William DENIS is listed as testifying at the Bender court martial appears it's the same man. He was discharged by the time of Bender's trial in July 1815.
²⁸ John & William Gane: brothers? Both paid at same time. There is considerable evidence in the surnames on this list that brothers might have joined the same regiment. Shadrach Byfield had a brother in the 41st who died in an accident before the War.
²⁹ several names on the list have "1st", "2nd" etc. written at the time of their entry after the surname. The definitive reason for this is unknown to this writer but presumably it indicates several individuals in the regiment with not merely the same surname but the same given name as well.
³⁰ Born, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, 1788 died, same place, 1850 62 years old.
³¹ Note Sergeant William Lane as well different payout dates.
³² This name appears twice. See footnote below at second appearance.
³³ Thomas "NEIL" is a witness at the Bender court-martial, and on the Lomax War Medal list.
³⁴ Charles White signed his own name in full in good handwriting. He was therefore presumably in London on December 22, 1819. One of two Privates to sign their own name the other being Bryan Gready.
³⁵ This entry was originally written Joseph Caddey. The second Œd" was amended; it is not completely clear whether the amendment was to an "l".
³⁶ Year is illegible.
³⁷ This and the next 19 names (to Giles Smith) are written on a page that is markedly darker than the other pages of this list. This is the 7th page listing members of the 41st in the original ledger book.
³⁸ Robert Deveral signed for his payment personally, "Robt. + Deverall" with "his" above the Œx" and "mark" below. Presumably he was in London on 12 April 1821. Note second "l" where he signed his mark.
³⁹ John McNamara is listed as a "corporal" on Lomax' War Medal List see below.
⁴⁰ Another "James Mead" appeared farther up the ledger. Their payout dates are different. It is not known why they are not marked Œ1st' & Œ2nd' the way other men with the same name are. Two other instances of the same name (William Lane and William King) were of different rank which might have obviated the necessity to distinguish them further. "James Mead" is the only name of two Privates where no distinction is therefore made.
⁴¹ James Noble signed by "his mark" personally.
⁴² John Shanahan is one of the fatalities listed at the attack on Fort Stephenson August 2, 1813. Place of birth: Mitchelstown, Cork, Ireland. Trade at enlistment: labourer.
⁴³ Fatality at the attack of Fort Stephenson. Place of birth: Lismore. Trade at enlistment; cordwainer.
⁴⁴ Died of wounds August 4, 1813 presumably from the attack on Fort Stephenson Ohio August 2 birthplace Salterton, Devon, trade when enlisted: smith.
⁴⁵ Shows on the Medal List of Lomax as "Roppines".
⁴⁶ this name appears at the bottom of the page and while it definitely starts with a "BT" and appears to end with two "lŒs", the middle of the name is not legible.
⁴⁷ John Alford's payment was signed for by "Ann Grady" by Œher mark'.
⁴⁸ Lomax says John COOKLEY, who was in Canada in 1847.
⁴⁹ Davies? This entry is at the bottom of the page and is damaged.
⁵⁰ Listed as a "corporal" on the War Medal list.
⁵¹ May be "Mabolt".
⁵² this name, while still quite legible, is struck through with 5 vertical lines and nothing is entered in any of the other columns of the ledger. A deserter?
⁵³ Written below Mumford's name is: "61868 61892 Forfeiture? remitted re Board minute 28 Sept. 1858 p. 61892".
⁵⁴ John Nettles testified at the Bender court martial so survived the War.
⁵⁵ "Robert" Nettles shows as a "Corporal" on the Lomax War Medal list.
⁵⁶ Died at the assault on Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2, 1813 born in Pembroke, Wales, laborer when enlisted.
⁵⁷ Note Sergeant of same name.
⁵⁸ Patrick Russell was murdered on May 5, 1813, in the ditch of the ruins of Fort Miami on the Maumee River, Ohio, (near Fort Meigs/modern Toledo) in an attempt to restrain frenzied native allies from massacring American prisoners of war. The payment is recorded as being paid "for sister Ellen".
⁵⁹ Bishop & Molesworth are listed as "Drummers" in the (here omitted) "Quality" column of the ledger; Alexander Wilkinson as a "Volunteer" which generally means a young "apprentice-officer cadet" see footnote for John Richardson, who was a Volunteer at the capture of Detroit and later was commissioned as an Ensign in the 41st. Note that the Drummers and Volunteer received the same £1 7s as the Privates. Bishop was killed in action at Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2, 1813. He was born in Birmingham and his trade when enlisted was brassfounder.
⁶⁰ Bryan Gready and all subsequent names on the list are shown as "Private". Bryan Gready signed as receiving his payment personally: one of only two privates to so do, the other being Charles White. White's handwriting was better.
⁶¹ Coombs' payment is listed to agent "for mother Mary".
⁶² John Richardson, unlike "volunteer" Alexander Wilkinson, is listed as a "Private" so may not be the Volunteer, later Ensign, and writer of "Richardson's War of 1812". If it IS our author, then the fact his is the second to last name on the list for the 41st, and Shadrack Byfield is the last, seems particularly fitting.
Note that "Richardson, J., late Lieutenant, half-pay Volunteer" appears on the War Medal list as reproduced in Lomax, see this list as appended to this document.
⁶³ Shadrach Byfield, the author of the only extended ranker account of the operations of the 41st in the War of 1812 indeed, about the only ranker account of substance from this war. Note the spelling of his last name on the List presumably, many other names on the list might also have such subtle variations see the information from the two lists of Essex Militia below. Procter's name, to give but one known example, is spelled "ProctOr". Byfield's inclusion fits the details of the end of his narrative where he complains that he had been omitted from the original list and it took the intervention of the retired officer (who also transcribed his memoir) to get him included.
The full listing is unique to the list for several reasons.
Under Byfield's name is written:
"Omitted Name inserted for 1st and 2nd Pay'ts by order of Board 31 Jany. 1843. See? P. 23843.
23979 24025" This transcriber is unaware of what the numbers refer to specifically other than obvious administrative records.
Byfield is the ONLY Private on the List who shows as receiving TWO payments the first is listed as £2 14s; the second is the standard £1 7s; both payments were made May 6 1843 and might not be listed in any particular order. Perhaps the second payment is in fact the £2 14s: compensation for having to wait so long for the first payment? No other member of the 41st or the Royal Newfoundland Regiment gets two payments. No one on the Staff gets two payments. Only the list for the Essex Militia makes reference to two payments: see below for further details.
The other question arising from Byfield's late inclusion: how many (if any) other men were accidentally omitted from the Prize list? Note the large number of men on the Medal list who are NOT on the Prize list. This issue is discussed in the opening notes.
⁶⁴ Private, General Brock's manservant.
⁶⁵ The Royal Newfoundland Regiment is listed as the "Newfoundland Fencibles" in the ledger. There is one company 48 names and the various ranks were all paid the same prize money as members of the 41st i.e. Captain Mockler got £40 10s, the Privates got £1 7s. Also note that while the listing of the names in this single company is somewhat alphabetical, it is not rigorously so.Lastly, note how few members of this unit ever collected their money 7 out of 48 and only three of them Privates.
⁶⁶ Evidently Mockler's Company did not have a Lieutenant present. Ensign Kerr got paid the same rate as 41st Lieutenants.
⁶⁷ The word "Lance" is written in different ink in the "Quality" column.
⁶⁸ Written above "alias Wm" and below, "William _? Certificate from? War Office & other Papers with the Order".
⁶⁹ All remaining names in the Newfoundland Fencibles list are Privates.
⁷⁰ "Hocolett" seems improbable but the writing is clearŠ as is the case when the militia names are listed, many of which are Œforeign' French-Canadian surnames that the Clerks in London seem to have had trouble with.
⁷¹ James Gordon started the War as a Lieutenant of the 1st Essex; he was promoted to the command of a gunboat July 10, 1812, and became the Paymaster of the Militia of the Western District.
⁷² The copy of this document the transcriber has worked from is obviously reduced in size from the original and as well is "dark", especially in the bottom comments. However, it is a very interesting addition to the Prize List documents because it helps demonstrate the path that at least some of the undisbursed funds took to an eventual payout. The following list, which is dated 1836 shows whoever was administering the prize funds in London receiving monies from the Treasury that had been paid over by James Gordon; according to THIS document these funds were ordered turned over to Chelsea Hospital in 1834 so presumably this is what eventually occurred. Presumably, the other undisbursed prize monies from the other units (41st, RNR, etc.) also ended up at Chelsea?
It would seem probable that the Clerk entering the list in 1836 worked off the 1834 document (the same 22 names appear on each list). For some reason the names were shuffled in to strict alphabetical order: the original 1834 list has them in order by company. The names on Gordon's 1834 document, produced in Amherstburg, are almost certainly more reliable in case of differences in spelling. Also, more money was handed over in 1834 (£89/12/9) than was entered in the ledger in 1836 (£77/13/8½). No explanation is given for this discrepancy.
⁷³ Presumably, £1 10s.
⁷⁴ Beauchamp, Baptiste, and Duclos evidently received their "first dividend"; one wonders what happened to them subsequently to miss out on the second payment.
⁷⁵ Evidently "notices" were placed alerting claimants of the proposed Œdividend' and it was up to the claimant to respond. Some of those who didn't may have died, or simply have moved out of the district in which the Notices were distributed. This would be especially true if they had moved to the United States although this transcriber has no idea of how widespread the Notices were placed in Upper Canada. Another explanation: perhaps they just couldn't read and had no literate friend who wanted to tip them off.
⁷⁶ This statement implies that the payout in Upper Canada was in dollars, with one dollar being worth 5 shillings.
⁷⁷ this name appears at the bottom of the page and while it definitely starts with a "BT" and appears to end with two "lŒs", the middle of the name is not legible.
⁷⁸ This entry was originally written Joseph Caddey. The second Œd" was amended; it is not completely clear whether the amendment was to an "l".
⁷⁹ Davies? This entry is at the bottom of the page and is damaged.
⁸⁰ "Corporal" William DENIS is listed as testifying at the Bender court martial the same man?
⁸¹ May be "Mabolt".
⁸² this name, while still quite legible, is struck through with 5 vertical lines and nothing is entered in any of the other columns of the ledger.
⁸³ Thomas "NEIL" is a witness at the Bender court-martial.
⁸⁴ Note that William Crowther, Captain, does not appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁵ William ASTON?
⁸⁶ John Adams "Canada" does NOT appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁷ James BEASLEY?
⁸⁸ William Brown does NOT appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁹ John COAKLEY?
⁹⁰ No corporal or private DENHAM appears on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹¹ No Samuel Dowdall appears on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹² Not on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹³ Not on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹⁴ Lomax, as noted in his final remarks, took satisfaction that Phealey, one of three men he mentioned in his chapter on the War of 1812, was on the medal list. He is NOT on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁵ No name similar to this is on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁶ No name similar to this is on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁷ Not on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁸ Not on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁹ Not on the Prize Ledger.
¹⁰⁰ JOHN Nettles shows on the Prize Ledger same man? No ROBERT Nettles appears on the Ledger.
¹⁰¹ NEAL on the Ledger.
¹⁰² Paul ROWE on the Ledger.
¹⁰³ Does not appear on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁴ There are three "Smiths" on the Ledger, but none named William.
¹⁰⁵ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁶ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁷ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁸ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁹ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹⁰ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹¹ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹² The man who held the bridge was John Dean. It is unknown whether "William" Dean is a mistake, or another individual.
² An officer of the 41st holding a staff appointment.
³ Inspecting Field Officer of the Militia these were experienced officers who were granted a step in promotion and appointed to supervise, train, and hopefully increase the preparedness of the militia of the Canadian colonies in the years before the War of 1812.
⁴ Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General.
⁵ Brock was Knighted as a reward for the capture of Detroit. He never lived to learn of this honour. His name originally appears at the very top of the ledger but it is struck out with 3 lines then entered after Dewar. Reason: not apparent from the Ledger itself.
⁶ Paid to John Savery Brock "administrator/brother" "order dated 26 April 1817" as the Clerk notes on the ledger.
⁷ Note that the names are not in strict alphabetical order in the ledger. Nor in strict order of seniority either, for while Muir was senior to Chambers, Tallon also was. The Privates' names might be related to the companies they belonged to, and start up again at the beginning of the alphabet several times; but a careful study of the list will show that this can only be a rough guide. A strictly alphabetical 41st listing is produced by the transcriber at the end of the actual prize listings of all the units for ease in locating wheterh a specific individual appears on the main list.
⁸ Chambers testified at the Procter and Bender court-martials.
⁹ Tallon testified at the Bender court-martial.
¹⁰ Sutherland was seriously wounded at Monagua on August 9 and died of his wound. Apparently after brushing his teeth the wound in his mouth reopened causing him to bleed to death. Apparently, no survivor came forward to claim his prize money.
¹¹ Appears on Lomax medal list (1847) as "Captain, half-pay 21st Dragoons".
¹² Appears on Lomax medal list as BARNARD.
¹³ See the Bender court martial transcript elsewhere on the 41st web-site.
¹⁴ Appears on Lomax medal list as "Bt. Major, 82nd Regiment"(1847).
¹⁵ William Faulkner signed for himself.
¹⁶ Note that a Private of the same name appears farther down the List. Both were paid their prize money on January 9, 1819.
¹⁷ "+" denotes casualty (usually Œcaptured') at Battle of Lake Erie September 10 1813.
¹⁸ Stagnall testified at the Bender courtmartial.
¹⁹ Thomas White testified at the Bender courtmartial.
²⁰ this is the start of the second page for the 41st. From John Blake(r) on, the start of another ledger page is indicated by the "*" symbol.
²¹ A Private of the same name appears further down the List, the Private's payout was never made.
²² John Raphill: listing "to whom paid' reads: "Paid to Party" in the same handwriting as the "Witness", "A.? R.? Douglas". Presumably, ŒCorporal' Raphill was therefore in London on 15 July, 1834.
²³ "*"indicates the start of another page in the ledger. All remaining names were Privates with three exceptions which are noted in respective footnotes, all were paid £1 7s.
²⁴ short for "ditto" ie paid out the same date as the preceding man.
²⁵ John Dean: one of the two defenders of the River Canard bridge, the first British casualties of the War in Upper Canada in July 1812? Hancock, his mate, was killed before the Capture so would not appear on the List. Dean was imprisoned in Fort Detroit and was released and publicly congratulated for his heroism, according to Richardson, by Sir Isaac Brock personally. He was evidently still in official good graces in March of 1819 this transcriber has heard that Dean had deserted later in the War, a false rumour if this is in6deed the same man.
²⁶ There is a WILLIAM Dean on the Lomax War Medal List. Lomax states it to be a "matter of satisfaction" if this is the same man as he who "held the bridge near Amherstburg" see below.
²⁷ "Corporal" William DENIS is listed as testifying at the Bender court martial appears it's the same man. He was discharged by the time of Bender's trial in July 1815.
²⁸ John & William Gane: brothers? Both paid at same time. There is considerable evidence in the surnames on this list that brothers might have joined the same regiment. Shadrach Byfield had a brother in the 41st who died in an accident before the War.
²⁹ several names on the list have "1st", "2nd" etc. written at the time of their entry after the surname. The definitive reason for this is unknown to this writer but presumably it indicates several individuals in the regiment with not merely the same surname but the same given name as well.
³⁰ Born, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, 1788 died, same place, 1850 62 years old.
³¹ Note Sergeant William Lane as well different payout dates.
³² This name appears twice. See footnote below at second appearance.
³³ Thomas "NEIL" is a witness at the Bender court-martial, and on the Lomax War Medal list.
³⁴ Charles White signed his own name in full in good handwriting. He was therefore presumably in London on December 22, 1819. One of two Privates to sign their own name the other being Bryan Gready.
³⁵ This entry was originally written Joseph Caddey. The second Œd" was amended; it is not completely clear whether the amendment was to an "l".
³⁶ Year is illegible.
³⁷ This and the next 19 names (to Giles Smith) are written on a page that is markedly darker than the other pages of this list. This is the 7th page listing members of the 41st in the original ledger book.
³⁸ Robert Deveral signed for his payment personally, "Robt. + Deverall" with "his" above the Œx" and "mark" below. Presumably he was in London on 12 April 1821. Note second "l" where he signed his mark.
³⁹ John McNamara is listed as a "corporal" on Lomax' War Medal List see below.
⁴⁰ Another "James Mead" appeared farther up the ledger. Their payout dates are different. It is not known why they are not marked Œ1st' & Œ2nd' the way other men with the same name are. Two other instances of the same name (William Lane and William King) were of different rank which might have obviated the necessity to distinguish them further. "James Mead" is the only name of two Privates where no distinction is therefore made.
⁴¹ James Noble signed by "his mark" personally.
⁴² John Shanahan is one of the fatalities listed at the attack on Fort Stephenson August 2, 1813. Place of birth: Mitchelstown, Cork, Ireland. Trade at enlistment: labourer.
⁴³ Fatality at the attack of Fort Stephenson. Place of birth: Lismore. Trade at enlistment; cordwainer.
⁴⁴ Died of wounds August 4, 1813 presumably from the attack on Fort Stephenson Ohio August 2 birthplace Salterton, Devon, trade when enlisted: smith.
⁴⁵ Shows on the Medal List of Lomax as "Roppines".
⁴⁶ this name appears at the bottom of the page and while it definitely starts with a "BT" and appears to end with two "lŒs", the middle of the name is not legible.
⁴⁷ John Alford's payment was signed for by "Ann Grady" by Œher mark'.
⁴⁸ Lomax says John COOKLEY, who was in Canada in 1847.
⁴⁹ Davies? This entry is at the bottom of the page and is damaged.
⁵⁰ Listed as a "corporal" on the War Medal list.
⁵¹ May be "Mabolt".
⁵² this name, while still quite legible, is struck through with 5 vertical lines and nothing is entered in any of the other columns of the ledger. A deserter?
⁵³ Written below Mumford's name is: "61868 61892 Forfeiture? remitted re Board minute 28 Sept. 1858 p. 61892".
⁵⁴ John Nettles testified at the Bender court martial so survived the War.
⁵⁵ "Robert" Nettles shows as a "Corporal" on the Lomax War Medal list.
⁵⁶ Died at the assault on Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2, 1813 born in Pembroke, Wales, laborer when enlisted.
⁵⁷ Note Sergeant of same name.
⁵⁸ Patrick Russell was murdered on May 5, 1813, in the ditch of the ruins of Fort Miami on the Maumee River, Ohio, (near Fort Meigs/modern Toledo) in an attempt to restrain frenzied native allies from massacring American prisoners of war. The payment is recorded as being paid "for sister Ellen".
⁵⁹ Bishop & Molesworth are listed as "Drummers" in the (here omitted) "Quality" column of the ledger; Alexander Wilkinson as a "Volunteer" which generally means a young "apprentice-officer cadet" see footnote for John Richardson, who was a Volunteer at the capture of Detroit and later was commissioned as an Ensign in the 41st. Note that the Drummers and Volunteer received the same £1 7s as the Privates. Bishop was killed in action at Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2, 1813. He was born in Birmingham and his trade when enlisted was brassfounder.
⁶⁰ Bryan Gready and all subsequent names on the list are shown as "Private". Bryan Gready signed as receiving his payment personally: one of only two privates to so do, the other being Charles White. White's handwriting was better.
⁶¹ Coombs' payment is listed to agent "for mother Mary".
⁶² John Richardson, unlike "volunteer" Alexander Wilkinson, is listed as a "Private" so may not be the Volunteer, later Ensign, and writer of "Richardson's War of 1812". If it IS our author, then the fact his is the second to last name on the list for the 41st, and Shadrack Byfield is the last, seems particularly fitting.
Note that "Richardson, J., late Lieutenant, half-pay Volunteer" appears on the War Medal list as reproduced in Lomax, see this list as appended to this document.
⁶³ Shadrach Byfield, the author of the only extended ranker account of the operations of the 41st in the War of 1812 indeed, about the only ranker account of substance from this war. Note the spelling of his last name on the List presumably, many other names on the list might also have such subtle variations see the information from the two lists of Essex Militia below. Procter's name, to give but one known example, is spelled "ProctOr". Byfield's inclusion fits the details of the end of his narrative where he complains that he had been omitted from the original list and it took the intervention of the retired officer (who also transcribed his memoir) to get him included.
The full listing is unique to the list for several reasons.
Under Byfield's name is written:
"Omitted Name inserted for 1st and 2nd Pay'ts by order of Board 31 Jany. 1843. See? P. 23843.
23979 24025" This transcriber is unaware of what the numbers refer to specifically other than obvious administrative records.
Byfield is the ONLY Private on the List who shows as receiving TWO payments the first is listed as £2 14s; the second is the standard £1 7s; both payments were made May 6 1843 and might not be listed in any particular order. Perhaps the second payment is in fact the £2 14s: compensation for having to wait so long for the first payment? No other member of the 41st or the Royal Newfoundland Regiment gets two payments. No one on the Staff gets two payments. Only the list for the Essex Militia makes reference to two payments: see below for further details.
The other question arising from Byfield's late inclusion: how many (if any) other men were accidentally omitted from the Prize list? Note the large number of men on the Medal list who are NOT on the Prize list. This issue is discussed in the opening notes.
⁶⁴ Private, General Brock's manservant.
⁶⁵ The Royal Newfoundland Regiment is listed as the "Newfoundland Fencibles" in the ledger. There is one company 48 names and the various ranks were all paid the same prize money as members of the 41st i.e. Captain Mockler got £40 10s, the Privates got £1 7s. Also note that while the listing of the names in this single company is somewhat alphabetical, it is not rigorously so.Lastly, note how few members of this unit ever collected their money 7 out of 48 and only three of them Privates.
⁶⁶ Evidently Mockler's Company did not have a Lieutenant present. Ensign Kerr got paid the same rate as 41st Lieutenants.
⁶⁷ The word "Lance" is written in different ink in the "Quality" column.
⁶⁸ Written above "alias Wm" and below, "William _? Certificate from? War Office & other Papers with the Order".
⁶⁹ All remaining names in the Newfoundland Fencibles list are Privates.
⁷⁰ "Hocolett" seems improbable but the writing is clearŠ as is the case when the militia names are listed, many of which are Œforeign' French-Canadian surnames that the Clerks in London seem to have had trouble with.
⁷¹ James Gordon started the War as a Lieutenant of the 1st Essex; he was promoted to the command of a gunboat July 10, 1812, and became the Paymaster of the Militia of the Western District.
⁷² The copy of this document the transcriber has worked from is obviously reduced in size from the original and as well is "dark", especially in the bottom comments. However, it is a very interesting addition to the Prize List documents because it helps demonstrate the path that at least some of the undisbursed funds took to an eventual payout. The following list, which is dated 1836 shows whoever was administering the prize funds in London receiving monies from the Treasury that had been paid over by James Gordon; according to THIS document these funds were ordered turned over to Chelsea Hospital in 1834 so presumably this is what eventually occurred. Presumably, the other undisbursed prize monies from the other units (41st, RNR, etc.) also ended up at Chelsea?
It would seem probable that the Clerk entering the list in 1836 worked off the 1834 document (the same 22 names appear on each list). For some reason the names were shuffled in to strict alphabetical order: the original 1834 list has them in order by company. The names on Gordon's 1834 document, produced in Amherstburg, are almost certainly more reliable in case of differences in spelling. Also, more money was handed over in 1834 (£89/12/9) than was entered in the ledger in 1836 (£77/13/8½). No explanation is given for this discrepancy.
⁷³ Presumably, £1 10s.
⁷⁴ Beauchamp, Baptiste, and Duclos evidently received their "first dividend"; one wonders what happened to them subsequently to miss out on the second payment.
⁷⁵ Evidently "notices" were placed alerting claimants of the proposed Œdividend' and it was up to the claimant to respond. Some of those who didn't may have died, or simply have moved out of the district in which the Notices were distributed. This would be especially true if they had moved to the United States although this transcriber has no idea of how widespread the Notices were placed in Upper Canada. Another explanation: perhaps they just couldn't read and had no literate friend who wanted to tip them off.
⁷⁶ This statement implies that the payout in Upper Canada was in dollars, with one dollar being worth 5 shillings.
⁷⁷ this name appears at the bottom of the page and while it definitely starts with a "BT" and appears to end with two "lŒs", the middle of the name is not legible.
⁷⁸ This entry was originally written Joseph Caddey. The second Œd" was amended; it is not completely clear whether the amendment was to an "l".
⁷⁹ Davies? This entry is at the bottom of the page and is damaged.
⁸⁰ "Corporal" William DENIS is listed as testifying at the Bender court martial the same man?
⁸¹ May be "Mabolt".
⁸² this name, while still quite legible, is struck through with 5 vertical lines and nothing is entered in any of the other columns of the ledger.
⁸³ Thomas "NEIL" is a witness at the Bender court-martial.
⁸⁴ Note that William Crowther, Captain, does not appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁵ William ASTON?
⁸⁶ John Adams "Canada" does NOT appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁷ James BEASLEY?
⁸⁸ William Brown does NOT appear on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁸⁹ John COAKLEY?
⁹⁰ No corporal or private DENHAM appears on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹¹ No Samuel Dowdall appears on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹² Not on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹³ Not on the Detroit Prize Ledger.
⁹⁴ Lomax, as noted in his final remarks, took satisfaction that Phealey, one of three men he mentioned in his chapter on the War of 1812, was on the medal list. He is NOT on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁵ No name similar to this is on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁶ No name similar to this is on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁷ Not on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁸ Not on the Prize Ledger.
⁹⁹ Not on the Prize Ledger.
¹⁰⁰ JOHN Nettles shows on the Prize Ledger same man? No ROBERT Nettles appears on the Ledger.
¹⁰¹ NEAL on the Ledger.
¹⁰² Paul ROWE on the Ledger.
¹⁰³ Does not appear on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁴ There are three "Smiths" on the Ledger, but none named William.
¹⁰⁵ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁶ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁷ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁸ Not on the Ledger.
¹⁰⁹ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹⁰ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹¹ Not on the Ledger.
¹¹² The man who held the bridge was John Dean. It is unknown whether "William" Dean is a mistake, or another individual.