Brigadier General William Mackintosh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh_of_Borlum

Brigadier William Mackintosh, Laird of Borlum (1658–1743) usually known as Mackintosh of Borlum was a leader of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and a member of the Clan Mackintosh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Mackintosh

The leader of the rising, John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar, detached a small force of 2000 Highlanders led by Borlum from the main army. He moved into Fife and crossed the Firth of Forth in fishing boats. He briefly held Leith and came close to capturing Edinburgh. He linked up with some English and Lowland Jacobites in the Scottish Borders, then marched south as far as Preston where they were captured (see Battle of Preston (1715)). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Preston_(1715)

He was charged with treason, but escaped from Newgate Prison with seven others the night before his trial was due to start.

One historian, John Prebble, considers that he should really have led the rising instead of Mar.

He also fought for the Jacobites at the Battle of Glen Shiel in 1719. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glen_Shiel

He married Mary Reade, and they had two sons.

There is a bagpipe tune called "Mackintosh of Borlum's Salute".

Note: The two sons of Brig. Gen. William Mackintosh were Lachlan and Shaw. Lt. Benjamin is listed as the "son" or "heir" is some genealogies but sources are unclear.

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Prior to the the American Revolution, William fought for the British against the Spanish in the Battle of Bloody Marsh (War of Jenkin’s Ear).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Marsh

William's brother was Maj. General Lachlan McIntosh (Continental Army).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan_MacIntosh

McIntosh’s father, John McIntosh Mòr, moved the family to Georgia in 1736 with a group of 100 Scottish settlers founding the town of Darien, Georgia, (formerly New Inverness). Georgia was then governed by James Oglethorpe. It was a highly militarized colony and clashes with neighboring Spanish Florida and its fortress city of St. Augustine were common. In one of these clashes in 1740, William’s father was captured by the Spanish and held prisoner for two years. The elder McIntosh was eventually released, but his health had deteriorated during his captivity and he died a few years later. He originated the protest that was made by the colonists to the board of trustees in England against the introduction of African slaves into Georgia. The “Mòr” of his title is Scots Gaelic for “big”.

Early life

William and Lachlan McIntosh were born near Raits, Badenoch, Scotland. After their father's death, they were sent to the Bethesda Orphanage in Savannah under the care of famous evangelist George Whitefield. During this time, the Jacobite Rebellion broke out in Scotland. William and his brother Lachlan planned to travel to Scotland and join the rebellion, but General James Oglethorpe, who had become a friend and mentor to the young men, convinced them to remain in Georgia.

William has sometimes been confused with another William McIntosh of the Creek Nation, who is actually Lachlan and William McIntosh's cousin. The half Creek, half white leader William MacIntosh was the son of Capt. William MacIntosh, a Tory in the Rev. War., who was the son of Capt. John MacIntosh. This John MacIntosh, along with his brother Roderick, had come with John "Mòr" MacIntosh from Scotland. Confusion about the names stems from the fact that on the ship "The Prince of Wales" there had been at least five males named John MacIntosh in one form or another.

American Revolution

On October 22, 1776, Maj. General Lachlan McIntosh ordered his brother William to construct a fort on the Satilla River to protect Georgia from Florida. The fort was the first to be named Fort McIntosh.

American Revolution

1776 Colonel McIntosh writes to Washington

CITE:  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/colonel-mcintosh-writes-...

In a letter dated April 28, 1776, from Savannah, Georgia, Colonel Lachlan McIntosh informs General George Washington that he is pleased with his recruitment efforts in the colony. However, McIntosh’s news was not all good: he concluded his letter with the report that because the South had limited manufacturing capability, the price of needed goods was two or three times higher than in the North, making procurement of clothing and arms for the new recruits difficult.

McIntosh had only recently risen from the position of colonel in the Georgia militia to colonel in the Continental Army. The promotion was a reward for his successful defense of Savannah from British attack in the Battle of the Rice Boats, which had taken place in the Savannah River between Georgia and South Carolina on March 2 and 3.

Although McIntosh was born in Scotland, his family moved to Georgia in 1736, when Lachlan was 11 years old. The colony of Georgia came into existence as a military buffer zone between South Carolina rice plantations, run by African slaves while their British landlords enjoyed the Caribbean sun, and the Spanish colony of Florida. During the War of Jenkin’s Ear between British Georgians and Spanish Floridians, Lachlan’s father was taken captive in 1740. Though released, his health was never recovered, and he died shortly thereafter.

After a stint in famous British evangelist George Whitefield’s Savannah orphanage, Lachlan McIntosh set out to receive military training. He and his brother, William McIntosh, wanted to join the Jacobite Rebellion of Scots against Queen Mary and Prince William of Orange, but, as promising young men, were convinced to stay in Georgia by the colony’s founder, James Oglethorpe.

Lachlan McIntosh found plenty of other opportunities to fight the British crown beginning on January 7, 1776, when he received his commission as a colonel in the Georgia militia.