1. Patrick Graham of Inchbrakie and Aberuthven (d 1536)

m. Margaret Stewart (dau of Alexander Stewart, Bishop of Moray)

2. George Graham, 2nd of Inchbrakie (d 1576)

m. (c1555) Marjorie Rollo (d 24.02.1625, dau of Andrew Rollo of Duncrub)

3. Patrick Graeme, 3rd of Inchbrakie (d 1635)

m1. Nicola Browne (dau of ?? Browne of Fordell)

4. George Graeme, 4th of Inchbrakie (d 1654)

m. Margaret Keith (dau of Sir Alexander Keith of Ludquhairn)

5. Patrick Graeme, 'Black Pate', 5th of Inchbrakie (d 1687)

m. (c1630) Jean Drummond (dau of John Drummond, 2nd Lord Maderty)

6. George Graeme, 6th of Inchbrakie (d 1704)

m. Mary Nicholl, heiress of Royston and Granton

7. Patrick Graeme, 7th of Inchbrakie (d 1740)

m. (1691) Janet Pearson (dau of Pearson of Kippenross)

8. John Graeme (d Edge Hill, America. Aug 5, 1763 at Battle of Bushy Run)

On Edge Hill to the west of the "flourbag fort" site are the unmarked graves of 50 British soldiers who fell in the action.

42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot

Battle Of Bushy Run, buried on battlefield.

Here are the full details about Captain John Graham of the below passages summarized, with both for context.

- He served in the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot in the British army during the French and Indian War in North America (1754-1763).

- He died on August 5, 1763 at the Battle of Bushy Run in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This battle occurred as Colonel Henry Bouquet was leading 450 men to relieve Fort Pitt, which was under siege by Native American forces.

- During the battle, the Native Americans ambushed the British advance guard. Captain Graham and Lieutenant James Mackintosh of the 42nd Regiment were both killed while driving the Native Americans from their ambush and pursuing them.

- Over 50 British soldiers were buried in unmarked graves near the "flourbag fort" site after the battle. This is where Captain Graham was likely buried.

- He came from the Graham family of Duchray in Stirlingshire, Scotland. They were a family of soldiers that had a number of members serve in the British army over the generations.

- Not much is known about Captain Graham's early life, but he was probably around 30-40 years old when he died in the battle.

- His death was recorded in the official dispatches of Brigadier General Jeffrey Amherst, the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America at the time.

- Memorials and accounts of his death were later added to histories of the 42nd Regiment and records of his family in Scotland.

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GRAHAM OR GRAHAM STIRLING OF DUCHRAY, CADET OF INCHBRAKIE

Crest an eagle displayed ppr. in his dexter talon a sword in his sinister a pistol the last.

Mottoes: "For Right" and "Noctes diesque prasto."

...below is given the account of Lieut. John Graham's death. He served abroad in America with the 42nd Royal Highlanders, Lord John Murray's Regiment as it was then called. His death is recorded in despatches in 1763.

At this time the Detroit Indians were giving trouble in North America, and had cruelly killed our garrison. Sir Jeffrey Amherst was Commander-in-Chief of the various forces in North America; Colonel Bouquet with a force of 450 men set out for Fort Pitt, and in his despatch of August 5th, 1763, dated from Edgehill, which lay twenty-six miles from Fort Pitt, he states that at one o'clock that afternoon after a march of seventeen miles the savages suddenly attacked his advance guard, which was immediately supported by two companies of the 42nd, who drove off the enemy from their ambuscade and pursued them; but the enemy returning, Colonel Bouquet made a general advance and dislodged them from their heights without obtaining any direct advantage, for as soon as driven from one post they appeared on another, gradually surrounding the British and attacked their convoy in the rear. Captain-Lieutenant Graham and Lieutenant James Mackintosh of the 42nd were killed.

The enemy retired during the night, but the whole of the next day was spent in continual fighting, the handful of troops only gaining Fort Pitt on the 10th. The two actions are named as Edgehill near Bushy run.

It is, however, just possible that the preceding refers to John Graeme of Inchbrakie, a son of Patrick the seventh baron.

Thomas Graham of Duchray was gazetted Lt.-Col. of the 42nd in 1770, and retired in 1771, having seen thirty years' service; we find his death recorded in the magazines of the year 1773, there is no mistake about the spelling here, "June 18th, at Stirling, Thomas Graeme of Duchray, Esq., late Lt.-Col. in the 42nd Regiment; and in 1774 we find his brother John served heir to Colonel Thomas Graeme, this John is styled John Graeme, Captain of Deuchray, heir male special in Over Duchray, Stirlingshire, and in Easter and Wester Rednock, Perthshire, while almost at the same period there dies in Bengal, Ensign John Graham, the son of Captain John Graham Duchrie! Then in 1790 his youngest daughter Jean dies at his house of Rednock on Feb. 6th, and lastly, John Graham of Duchray himself, in October of the same year, departs at his house of Rednock, late captain in the 42nd.

John Graeme or Graham, living until this date, confirms to me the fact that it was John Graeme of Inchbrakie who was killed at Fort Pitt, and not John Graham of Duchray as stated in one of the histories of the 42nd Regiment. Captain John Graham had married Christian Murray, a daughter of the late Robert Murray of Glencarnock, Esq.; she died in Edinburgh, 17th Nov. 1792 Of their surviving children we know only of two sons?Robert, who succeeded and became a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh; he apparently died unmarried or childless in about 1818, and "Alexander Graham (Stirling), Lieut.-General of Duchray and Auchyle," is served heir to his brother Robert Graham, W.S., 27th Aug. 1818, and again on March 4th, 1819 he appears to have taken the name of Stirling in addition to Graham; we find him once more in the services of heirs on 28th June 1825, when his son Alexander Graham (no Stirling surname is mentioned), a lieutenant in the Royal Scots Regiment, has died in June 1825. One more record of this race of soldiers is found on a tombstone showing that the youngest son of the above, Lieut.-General Graham-Stirling of Duchray and Auchyle, has died.

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Scottish Regiments

The Black Watch - Relief of Fort Pitt and the return home

The Royal Highlanders were stationed in Albany till the summer of 1763, when they were sent to the relief of Fort Pitt, then besieged by the Indians. The management of this enterprise was intrusted to Colonel Bouquet of the 60th regiment, who, in addition to the 42d, had under his command a detachment of his own regiment and another of Montgomery's Highlanders, amounting in all to 956 men. This body reached Bushy Run about the end of July. When about to enter a narrow pass beyond the Run, the advanced guards were suddenly attacked by the Indians, who had planned an ambuscade. The light infantry of the 42d regiment moved forward to the support of the advanced guard, and driving the Indians from the ambuscade, pursued them a considerable distance. The Indians returned and took possession of some neighboring heights. They were again compelled to retire; but they soon re-appeared on another position, and continuing to increase in numbers, they succeeded in surrounding the detachment, which they attacked on every side. Night put an end to the combat; but it was renewed next morning with increased vigor by the Indians, who kept up an incessant fire. They, however, avoided coming to close action, and the troops could not venture to pursue them far, as they were encumbered with a convoy of provisions, and were afraid to leave their wounded, lest they might fall into the hands of the enemy. Recourse was, therefore, had to stratagem to bring the Indians to closer action. Feigning a retreat, Colonel Bouquet ordered two companies which were in advance to retire, and fall within a square which had been formed, which, as if preparing to cover a retreat, opened its files. The stratagem succeeded. Assuring themselves of victory, the Indians rushed forward with great impetuosity, and whilst they were vigorously charged in front, two companies, moving suddenly round a hill which concealed their approach, attacked them in flank. The assailants, in great consternation, turned their backs and fled, and Colonel Bouquet was allowed to proceed to Fort Pitt without further molestation. In this affair, the loss sustained by the Royal Highlanders was as follows:- Lieutenants John Graham and James Mackintosh, 1 sergeant, and 26 rank and file, killed; and Captain John Graham of Duchray, Lieutenant Duncan Campbell, 2 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 30 rank and file, wounded.

After passing the winter at Fort Pitt, eight companies of the Royal Highlanders were sent on a new enterprise, in the summer of 1764, under Colonel Bouquet, now promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. The object of this expedition was to repress the attacks of the Indians on the back-settlers. After a harassing warfare among the woods, the Indians sued for peace, which was granted, and the detachment returned to Fort Pitt in the month of January, after an absence of six months. Notwithstanding the labors of a march of many hundred miles among dense forests, during which they experienced the extremes of heat and cold, the Highlanders did not lose a single man from fatigue or exhaustion.

The regiment passed the following year in Pennsylvania. Being ordered home, permission was given to such of the men as were desirous of remaining in America to volunteer into other regiments, and the result was, that a considerable number availed themselves of the offer. The regiment, reduced almost to a skeleton, embarked at Philadelphia for Ireland in the month of July 1767. The following extract from the Virginia Gazette of the 30th of that month shows the estimation in which the Highlanders were held by the Americans:-

"Last Sunday evening the Royal Highland regiment embarked for Ireland, which regiment, since its arrival in America, had been distinguished for having undergone most amazing fatigues, made long and frequent marches through an inhospitable country, bearing excessive heat and severe cold with alacrity and cheerfulness, frequently encamping in deep snow, such as those that inhabit the interior parts of this province do not see, and which only those who inhabit the northern part of Europe can have any idea of, continually exposed in camp, and on their marches, to the alarms of a savage enemy, who, in all their attempts, were forced to fly... In a particular manner, the freemen of this and the neighboring provinces have most sincerely to thank them for that resolution and bravery with which they, under Colonel Bouquet, and a small number of Royal Americans, defeated the enemy, and insured to us peace and security from a savage foe; and, along with our blessings for these benefits, they have our thanks for that decorum in behavior which they maintained during their stay in this city, giving an example that the most amiable behavior in civil life is no way inconsistent with the character of the good soldier; and for their loyalty, fidelity, and orderly behaviour, they have every wish of the people for health, honor, and a pleasant voyage.

With the exception of the unfortunate affair at Ticoneroga, the loss sustained by the 42d in the field during this war was comparatively smaller than that of any other corps. The moderate loss the Highlanders suffered was accounted for by several officers who served in the corps, from the celerity of their attack and the use of the broadsword, which the enemy could never withstand. "This likewise", says General Stewart, "was the opinion of an old gentleman, one of the original soldiers of the Black Watch, in the ranks of which, although a gentleman by birth and education, he served till the peace of 1748. He informed me that although it was believed at home that the regiment had been nearly destroyed at Fontenoy, the thing was quite the reverse; and that it was the subject of general observation in the army that their loss should have been so small, considering how actively they were engaged in different parts of the field. 'On one occasion', said the respectable veteran, who was animated with the subject, 'a brigade of Dutch were ordered to attack a rising ground, on which were posted the troops called the King of France's Own Guards. The Highlanders were to support them. The Dutch conducted their march and attack as if they did not know the road, halting and firing, and halting every twenty paces. The Highlanders, losing all patience with this kind of fighting, which gave the enemy such time and opportunity to fire at their leisure, dashed forward, passed the Dutch, and the first ranks giving their firelocks to the rear rank, they drew their swords, and soon drove the French from their ground. When the attack was concluded, it was found that of the Highlanders not above a dozen men were killed and wounded, while the Dutch, who had not come up at all, lost more than five times that number'".