Drummond, Peter

  • From: Loyalist Directory Notes
    • Peter Drummond came to America about 1774 and settled with Captain Daniel McAlpin at Saratoga Lake, New York. In 1776 McAlpin was arrested and jailed in the Albany gaol. After being released due to his advanced age he made a break for Canada with 50 Loyalists. I do not know if Drummond was among them (The Clinton Papers states that in “The spring of 1777 Drummond went over to the enemy with McAlpin) as it is reported all were caught but McAlpin who hid in the hollow of a tree to avoid capture. This was in the middle of Febuary in the Adirondacks. No small feat for a man of “Advanced Age,” Peter Drummond is listed as a Lieut. in Captain Edward Jessups Royal American Corps of Rangers .He was commissioned on November 4,1776. Jessups Corps were assigned to Brig. Fraser’s Brigade at the battle of Saratoga. McAlpin escaped to Canada after Saratoga but Drummond did not. He was taken prisoner at Saratoga and jailed in the fall of 1777. Drummond was captured Sept.19,1777 at the Battle of Saratoga.
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