Cousin Flora?

[macwilkin]

Birth dates and marriage dates match, as does her husband's name, so most certainly this is THE Flora Macdonald. Do you know she emigrated to North Carolina, then returned to Scotland after the American Revolution? Somewhat surprisingly she supported the British at that time.

Brian

Many Highland Scots were Loyalists during the Revolution, including Flora and Alan MacDonald. Some historians, such as Duane Meyer, in his The Highland Scots of North Carolina speculate that the experience of exile and deportation after the '45 convinced the Highlanders that getting involved with another rebellion was just too much of a risk. Others cite differences with their Ulster-Scottish neighbours, especially in terms of religion.

Of course, the most famous example of Loyalist Highlanders was at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in early 1776, when a group of Highlanders made a Highland Charge against the Rebel lines shouting, "KING GEORGE & BROADSWORDS!"

Regards,

Todd