David Pigeon

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David Pigeon led a company of provincial New England militia from the garrison at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia up the Annapolis River aboard the whaleboat Devonshire , and was ambushed in the Battle of Bloody Creek on 10 June 1711 (21 June in the New Style). He was a major in Sir Charles Hobbey's Regiment, the North Regiment of Essex. [1] He was taken prisoner, along with the rest of his crew, in Quebec and forced to pay 800 livres for his ransom. [2] He was placed on half-pay in 1713 and continued to draw a pension until at least 1722.

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References

  1. Charles Dalton, English army lists and commission registers, 1661–1714, Volume 6
  2. pp. 469–484; William A. Shaw and F. H. Slingsby, Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30: 1716