History - Kings Orange Rangers

Upon application by them, Perkins forgave them. 246
On October 27th the Lugger Privateer from Halifax arrived in Liverpool. On board were Captain
Howard, Lieutenant Bell, Dr. Stephen Thomas 247 and thirty-five no commissioned officers and
privates of the KOR. They were in addition to Lieutenant McLeod’s detachment. 248 With the
arrival of the new soldiers, work was commenced on building a proper barrack to house them.
On November 8th the frame is raised. On the 9th Mr. Boomer, Peter Malone worked on it.
Meanwhile Perkins, John Day, 249 Samuel Wood, Benjamin Fowler and one Kean all of the
KOR worked carrying up boards for the walls. The barrack chimney was worked on next. After
attending a church service where Henry Alline preached on November 21st, the soldiers in spite
of wet weather continued to work on the chimney. 250
1783
On April 15th 1783, John Limau of the King’s Orange Rangers died. There had been sickness
throughout the community during much of March. It appears the young and the old were hardest
hit. 251
As early as May 12th Perkins noted that Captain Howard, Joseph Tinkham and others from
Liverpool had been to Port Roseway.
They Say that there is a great number of people arrived. They have Laid out the Town at the Head
of the Harbour on the Easterly Side, 9 miles above the present Inhabitants. They are Building a
Fort for 50 Cannon some Miles below, and have begun to Clear the Woods for the Streets. 252
On June 4th the King’s Birthday was celebrated and a 21 gun salute fired from the Fort Battery.
On the 12th Perkins hired a number of soldiers to make a wall and fence his pasture. 253
On June 21st Captain Howard ordered a survey of the King’s Stores in Liverpool. It was
conducted by Joseph Tinkham, John Thomas and Samuel Hunt. On the same date, Owen Warley
a jailed soldier of the KOR was brought before Perkins for interrogation. He was suspected of
having broken into Perkins’ store as he had been found selling goods which had originated there.
He continued to express innocence saying that he had found the articles near the pickets around
the Fort. He is returned to the gaol. 254 On the 24th Dennis O’Brien of the KOR went for a swim
246
Ibid. P. 162.
247
Dr. Stephen Thomas was a surgeon in Captain Howard’s company. On February 20th 1784 he married Barbara
Ross, the daughter of Thomas and Barbara Ross. In March 1784 he sailed to Britain where he completed his
studies in surgery. He returned to Liverpool in 1785 to pursue the practice of medicine. Ibid. P. 165n.
248
Ibid. P. 165.
249
Day was a carpenter. October 27th he married Phoebe, daughter of Zepheniah and Phoebe Eldridge of
Liverpool. Ibid. P. 167 n.
250
Ibid. Pp.168-9.
251
Ibid. Pp.180-1.
252
Ibid. P. 186.
253
Ibid. P. 189.
254
Ibid. P. 190.
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