General James Ewing (c. 1736-1806),
of Ulster Scot descent, served in Braddock's campaign and also during
the Revolution. General William Wirt Henry was descended from an
Ulster Scot who came between 1718 and 1722 to Massachusetts. General
Richard Montgomery (1736-75), a descendant of the Montgomeries of
Ayrshire, was killed while leading the attack on Quebec; and Major
John Macpherson (1754-75), of Scots parentage, killed beside
Montgomery, was the first soldier of prominence from Pennsylvania to
be killed in the war. Bancroft calls him "the pure-minded, youthful
enthusiast for liberty." Colonel Allan McLane (1746-1829), of Scottish
origin, repeatedly referred to in Dr. Weir Mitchell's "Hugh Wynne,"
was one of the "Rough Riders" who patrolled the country around
Philadelphia to prevent provisions reaching the British troops in the
city. His flight and escape from the British in one of these raids was
the subject of a painting by James Peale. General Hugh Mercer (c.
1725-1777), born in Aberdeen, died of wounds received at the battle of
Princeton, also served with distinction in the Braddock and Forbes
campaigns in western Pennsylvania. His life was a strenuous one, full
of exacting and unselfish work for others, and as Judge Goolrick says
in his "Life of Mercer," he "is entitled to the gratitude of all
liberty-loving America." Mercer county, New Jersey, was named in his
honor. John Armstrong (1725-95), born in the North of Ireland of
Scottish ancestry, served in the French and Indian War (1755-56), was
Brigadier-General in the Continental Army (1776-77), and Delegate to
the Continental Congress (1778-80, 1787-88).
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