Captain Patrick Sutherland
(b?-c.1768).

According to one of my correspondents Sutherland was one of the "the Sutherlands of Clyne." Beyond that, all I knew of Sutherland was that he had come over with "The Gibraltar troops" on April 21st, 1746. I then heard from one of his descendants who added that he was "the same officer as served in Georgia under Oglethorpe and was adjutant in his regiment 24 Sept 1740; 12 May 1741 he was promoted to Lieutenant, 30 July 1745 to Captain Lt." As for "The Gibraltar troops": they had come to replace the New England men who were holding Louisbourg since its capture from the French in 1745. As far as I can see Sutherland was to spend the rest of his life in Nova Scotia. He came to Halifax with the transfer of the Louisbourg garrison in July of 1749. In 1752 he was stationed at Piziquid. In 1753, he went to set up Lunenburg and was for the first three months second in command to Lawrence. When Lawrence returned to Halifax in September of 1753, Sutherland was to take over the command at Lunenburg and was to remain in charge there for nine or ten years, except for a short time when he joined Amherst at Louisbourg in 1758. In 1761, upon the specific recommendation of Amherst, and though he was to continue to remain in Nova Scotia, Sutherland was promoted to major in the 77th Regiment of Foot. In 1762, he was with the military forces that recaptured St. John's returning to Halifax that fall. And, that is about all we now know of Sutherland. From the pay lists, it is guessed that he died either in 1767 or 1768.

A NOTE FROM A READER
May 10, 2002
From: XXXum@aol.com
Patrick Sutherland sometime in Lunenberg was the same officer as served in Georgia under Oglethorpe and was adjutant in his regiment 24 Sept 1740; 12 May 1741 he was promoted to Lieutenant, 30 July 1745 to Captain Lt. and 25 April 1747 to Captain. After Oglethorpes was disbanded he went to the 45 th Foot and was a Captain therein 24 Feb 1750. He was of a leading family in Sutherland known as the Sutherlands of Clyne, cadets of the Sutherlands of Duffus. He was something of a hero at the Battle of Bloody Marsh in Georgia, July 1742. He wrote an account of the event in the Scots Magazine. On returning to Britain he was captured by a Spanish Privateer in the Channel. During the '45 he commanded an independent company but on Sept 24 1746 he wrote the Earl of Sutherland that he was going to London. He continued to receive land grants in Georgia although he was subsequently in Nova Scotia as you have noted.
A.G.

Dear XXXum@aol.com:
Thank you for this information. I have added this to my notes. Do you have some connection to the Sutherland family? What was the source of your information?
Cheers!
Peter Landry
www.blupete.com

May 16, 2002
From: XXXum@aol.com
Patrick Sutherland's role in the history of Georgia is fairly well known although his family connections were not. These I found from personal researches in Edinburgh over a period of years. There are many letters and muster rolls from Patrick during the '45 which are in the Loudon Papers at the Huntington Library in California and frequent mentions in the Sutherland Papers in the National Library of Scotland, The Gilchrist Papers, and various deeds and Sheriff court records in the National Archives in Scotland (formerly Scottish Record Office). I am descended from Grays in Sutherland who were contemporaries of Patrick and those Grays intermarried frequently with Sutherlands so they were included in my research.
A G.