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French and Indian War: Robert Rogers & Known Men of Roger's Rangers

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  • Captain Nathaniel Abbott, of Roger's Rangers (1696 - 1770)
    III Captain Nathaniel 2 eldest child of Nathaniel II and Dorcas Hibbert Abbot wa born in Andover in 1696 and died at Concord New Hampshire in 1770 aged seventy four years He removed to Penacook Concord...
  • Lt. Colonel Robert Rogers (1731 - 1795)
    Special Force Rangers were organized in 1756 by Major Robert Rogers, a native of New Hampshire, who recruited nine companies of American colonists to fight for the British during the French and Indian ...
  • Capt. John Leighton, II of Rogers' Rangers (1698 - aft.1778)
    His death is often reported as 15 Aug 1772 with a will proved 16 Dec 1772. but as noted below, the will probate has never been found, and no such record appears to exist. Also, a Jonathan Leighton (Lai...
  • Gen. John Stark (Continental Army) (1728 - 1822)
    MAJOR GENERAL JOHN STARK According to Wikipedia, John Stark was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire (at a site that is now in Derry) in 1728. His father, Archibald Stark (1693–1758) was born in Glasgow,...

About Rogers' Rangers:

Rogers' Rangers was initially a provincial company from the colony of New Hampshire, attached to the British Army during the Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War in the United States). The unit was quickly adopted into the British army as an independent ranger company. It was trained by Major Robert Rogers as a rapidly deployable light infantry force tasked mainly with reconnaissance as well as conducting special operations against distant targets. Their tactics, built on earlier colonial precedents, but codified for the first time by Rogers, proved remarkably effective, so much so that the initial company was expanded into a ranging corps of more than a dozen companies (containing as many as 1,200–1,400 men at its peak). The ranger corps became the chief scouting arm of British Crown forces by the late 1750s. The British valued them highly for gathering intelligence about the enemy.

Later, the company was revived as a Loyalist force during the American Revolutionary War. Nonetheless, a number of former ranger officers became Patriot commanders. Some ex-rangers also participated as patriot militiamen at the Battle of Concord Bridge.

Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) of the Canadian Army, formed by Rogers and Loyalist veterans of Rogers' Rangers, claims descent from Rogers' Rangers.

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About Robert Rogers

No man has been universally great. Individuals who have made themselves prominent among their fellows have done so by achievements in special directions only, and confined to limited portions of their lives. Particularly true is this remark when applied to Major Robert Rogers, the Ranger, who, in our last French war, greatly distinguished himself as a partisan commander, and gained as wide fame as did any other soldier of equal rank and opportunity.

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Partial List of Know Members of Roger's Rangers

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