I represent Mary Kilman. My husband, John, served in His Majesty’s 16th Regiment of Foot. We joined the garrison at Pensacola in the spring of 1770. We had a son named John, who was baptized as an infant on November 27, 1770. He died a month later, on December 27, 1770. His cause of death was “gripes,” which indicates an illness that involved abdominal pain. John probably still lies in an unmarked grave in Pensacola.
Sources: 8, 37