See Part 1, William Rowland, Armed Boatman, see Acker Pedigree Chart, see Rowland Family Descendant Chart A Pilot It was probably a good thing William was not still mustered with the Armed Boatmen. They were not one of the regiments recommended by Sir Guy Carleton, the British general in charge of the surrender, to receive land grants from the Crown for their service in the war. 25 But William did get a land grant. He was one of only 15 men to be personally ordered a land grant by Rear Admiral Digby of the British Navy, who had been sent to manage the British withdrawal, because of his service to the King as a pilot. 26 A pilot? When was William a pilot? Is that was he was doing in 1783 when he was not on the muster roll? Maybe. I don’t know, but he had to have been a pilot sometime during the war, and his service had to have been important enough to warrant a land grant, as well as come to the attention of no less a person than the Rear Admiral of the entire British Navy i...
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