I represent Musco Wright. I was a Private in the Provincial Corps of Pennsylvania Loyalists. Raised in Philadelphia in 1777, the corps arrived in Pensacola at the very end of 1778 and remained until the surrender of Pensacola to the Spanish on May 10, 1781. I originally fought for the 10th Virginia but deserted in 1777. I enlisted in April 1778 in Captain Thomas Colden‘s company. During the time the Maryland and Pennsylvania Loyalists were merged into one Regiment (1779-1780), I served in Captain Thomas Stephens’ company. After the surrender of Pensacola to the Spanish in May 1781, I was sent to New Town, Long Island, with the rest of the survivors of my regiment as a prisoner of war. I continued to serve in Captain Colden’s company and in August 1783 I was promoted to Corporal. At the end of the Revolutionary War, I joined many of my Loyalist comrades in going to New Brunswick, Canada, to find refuge and try to start my life over. Our regiment was given a block of land in York County, and my wife and I had two children there. In 1843, I was 92 years old and receiving assistance through the Old Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Act.
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