By agreement between them the other person was to be Lieutenant and my brother the Ensign, but when they came to muster them into the service, a new and strange Captain was placed over both. This much displeased the young officers. I don't know what became of the Lieutenant, but my brother immediately went below with 19 of his men, and straight way received a Captain's commission. He served at the south during the war, and was with General Clinton at the capture of Charlestown. After peace he settled at Nova Scotia (or New Brunswick) and visited me several times, &c. He was born at Harrison, December 25. 1745, and died on or
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about 1817 at some place on the coast about eighty miles from Halifax. He had been extensively engaged in the herring fishery for many years. Where he lived was a great fishing station. When Colonel Simcoe took Colonel Thomas in 1778 at his house, James Miller made his escape by jumping into a hogs- -head of feathers and covering his head with them. The enemy put their heads into the hogshead, but such a quantity of feathers was above him that he was not disco- -vered.
about 1817 at some place on the coast about eighty miles from Halifax. He had been extensively engaged in the herring fishery for many years. Where he lived was a great fishing station. When Colonel Simcoe took Colonel Thomas in 1778 at his house, James Miller made his escape by jumping into a hogs- -head of feathers and covering his head with them. The enemy put their heads into the hogshead, but such a quantity of feathers was above him that he was not disco- -vered.