Here is a preface by the transcribers.

While researching at the Bata Library at Trent University, I became acquainted with the collection of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microproductions (CIHM/ICMH), a microfiche version of over 100,000 books, pamphlets and leaflets of pre-confederation Canadiana. As an amateur historian, I found this intriguing collection an endless source of information. As a genealogist, I was particularly interested in books such as Joshua Thompson's compilation of the Militia Lists of Upper Canada (CIHM #48193) for the year 1847 and published in 1851.

Official records of residents of Upper Canada during the mid 1800's are scanty and often difficult to find. In discussion with a fellow researcher, Barbara Hill, it was decided that the time and expense of making these lists available to others was worth the effort. While the lists provide no information beyond the name and residence of the militia man, it is hoped that these clues may open a door to further research.

Unlike many transcription of earlt records, we were working from a typed manuscript and so were not faced with the difficulties inherent in reading early handwriting. However, it would appear that Joshua Thompson did have that problem since it is not uncommon to find a name spelled two different ways for what is clearly one individual. In such circumstances we have accepted Thompson's spelling.

We wish to express our appreciation to Ms. Pamela Bjornson, of the Canadian Institute for Hsitorical Microproductions, for permission to copy and make these lists available to interested researchers.

Phyllis H. White
Barbara Hill
Peterborough, ON, Canada

The six battalions of Durham, as listed in Major Joshua Thompson's compilation of the Militia Lists of Upper Canada for the year 1847, published in 1851.

	1st Battalion	2nd Battalion	3rd Battalion	4th Battalion	5th Battalion	6th Battalion
Lieut. Colonels	William Wallis	Allen Wilmot	HS Reid	John Thompson	Alexander Preston	George H. Grierson
Majors	Charles S. Ruttan	George A. Jacobs	John C. Trull	Patrick McGuire		James Ceasar
		William Brock
Captains	W. Kirkpatrick	Alexander Coulter	Richard Jones	John Knowlson	Thomas Benson	Francis W. Howe
	Eli W. Ward	Hiram Hodge	John Smart	William Armstrong	William Graham	Matthew Emmerson
	George C. Ward	George Winslow	Fleetwood Cubitt	Thomas M. Sowden	Richard Staples	Matthew Devitt
	Henry H. Meredith	Elijah Z. Walbridge	Frederick Cubitt	James Magill	Robert Magill	James Hyland
	Joseph Green	John J. Robson	William Webster	William Wallace		William Taylor
	Walter Weller	John Beavis	John Brown	Robert McCamus		William Vance
	James J. Ward	Noble Smith	James Mann	John Farr
	William Mitchell	Samuel Wilmot	Matthew Jones	John Walsh, Jr.
	Alexander Fisher	James P. Lovekind		John W. Sootheran
	Robert Maxwell
Lieutenants	Frances H. Burton	William Henderson	Charles C. Neville	Joseph Armstrong	Porter Preston	William H. Gerrow
	Lachlin McCallum	Henry Munro	David Fisher	Joseph Thompson	James Vance	John Hooey
	Augustus Roche	William Renwick	John C. Holmes	Thomas Syer	William H. Jones	Samuel Fergusson
	Augustus Roche	William Renwick	John C. Holmes	Thomas Syer	William H. Jones	Samuel Fergusson
	Robert N. Waddel	William H. Rowe	Nathaniel Wilson	John Thorn	William Hunter	David Beacon
	Francis Beamish	Horace Foster	Charles Bates	David Lough	Joseph Magill	Edward Willan
	William Furby	John Kerr	Boyd Sylvester	William Myres		William Lucas
	Peter Robinson	George Smart	Charles Fisher	James Fitzgerald
	Thomas Henderson	George E. Shaw	Daniel Sutton
	William Allen
	Robert Wallace
	Robert Lang
Ensigns	John Reid	Andrew Milligan	Charles Bird	Adam Scott	Hamilton Kennedy	James Emmerson
	John Smart	Joseph Jacobs	Richard Welsh	William Reynolds	Michael McAllister	Robert Spinks, Sr.
	Robert Smart	Andrew McNaughton	David Buck	David Walsh	Thomas Staples, Sr.	Robert McQuade
	Frederick Pearkes	Robert Hodge	James S. Bates	Alexander Waddell	James Johnston	William Bruce
	Schuyler Marsh	John McPherson		Thomas Swain	Archibald Wilson	William Crozier
	Robert Fortune	James Blackburn		George Cain	Robert Touchbourne	John Hay
	William J. Joplin	George Hunter		Robert Staples	Thomas Foster	Wright Devitt
	George Lyall	Thomas Tamblyn
	Thomas Turner	William McIntosh
	Alexander Broadfoot
Adjutant	Lt. Augustus Roche	Lt. GE Shaw			Ensg. H. Kennedy	Capt. FW Howe
Quarter Master	John Might	Samuel McCoy	Thomas C. Sutton	William Walsh	Robert Porteus	John Hay
Surgeon	Samuel Gilchrist		GH Low	RW Brodie, M.D.	James Brown

Peter and Barbara Bolton - Port Hope, Ontario
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