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Subject: Parish of the 5th Foot, Niagara
Date: 14 Oct 2001 10:43:15 -0600

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Are there any Military experts out there?

My ancestor William Leslie was born 1791-92 in the Parish of the 5th Foot, Niagara. We believe his father, also named William Leslie (b. 1764 in Nenagh, Northern Ireland), was a soldier with this famous British Regiment who were stationed in this area for 10 years from about 1787.

I have researched the 5th Regiment quite a bit, and they were thought to have fired some of the first shots that started the American Revolution. They had landed in Boston at the end of the 1760s and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. The Regiment were based in Ireland in peace times.

Unfortunately I have been unable to find where the Parish of the 5th Foot was in 1791-2. Shortly after William Leslie's birth, the regiment sailed for the West Indies and St. Lucia and did not return through the USA.

I am trying to find the birth record of William, born 91-92. I don't know where to look .. would he have been in any of the American census entries? or American Parish records? Can anyone recommend any societies or reading that might offer help.

Thanks in advance.
Sue Bruce

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