THE KING’S ORANGE RANGERS

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The King’s Orange Rangers were a Royal Provincial (Loyalist) Regiment which was raised in New York in 1775 that saw action there and in New Jersey before being moved to Nova Scotia in 1778. On 17 November 1778, the King's Orange Rangers arrived at Halifax and were assigned to protect the Eastern Battery.. A company commanded by Captain John Howard was stationed in Liverpool to defend against American privateers. It left the town in August, 1783 and the Regiment was disbanded later that year with the close of the American Revolution.

King's Orange Rangers stationed in Nova Scotia from 1778 to 1783

The King's Orange Rangers were founded by William Bayard, a leading merchant in New York City,  who went to England after the conflict ended where he died.  One of his sons,  Samuel Vetch Bayard served as a Major in the Regiment and moved to Nova Scotia where he became  Lieutenant - Colonel. of the Royal Nova Scotia 104th Regiment in Halifax. As a United Empire Loyalist he was granted 4,730 acres in Aylesford. He sold it off in lots and purchased 5,000 acres in Wilmot, Annapolis County. There he built a home established a farm. He was one of the first Wardens of   Old Holy Trinity Church  at Middleton which construction began in 1789.  On his death he requested to be buried on his own property along with wife and some children. A stone is located there surrounded by a picket fence. On the stone is his name and that of other family members.

After the American Revolution some members settled in New Brunswick and Ontario as well as Nova Scotia.  The grave locations with headstones of seventeen including Captain John Howard,  Captain Peter Ruttan, Ensign Thomas Cutler, and Peter Frederick can be viewed in a virtual cemetery which has been created at King's Orange Rangers .

Further Reference: .

King's Orange Rangers , Presentation at Queen's County Museum

Monument with plaque to King's Orange Rangers , Fort Point, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Old Holy Trinity Church & the Loyalists by Brian McConnell, UE

The First Church - Old Holy Trinity in Middleton, Nova Scotia by Brian McConnell, UE



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