Inverness shire militia

[chrispaton]

Ancestory - I have just made another discovery, thanks to the Portsmouth parish records going online at FindmyPast. My three times great grandfather, David MacGillivray, was said from various records to have been born in Portsmouth in about 1815, with Donald his father serving with the Inverness Militia, and his mother as Isabella Munro. However, it seems the Inverness Militia actually returned to Inverness in 1814, having been serving in Portsmouth on garrison duty, meaning David was unlikely to have been born there in 1815 (certainly not with his father on military duty). On doing a search in the parish registers, no David MacGillivray is listed - however, upon browsing the registers, it looks very much as if he might in fact have been recorded under his mother's maiden name of Munro. There's a record from 3 JAN 1813 noting the baptism at Wymering Church of a David Munro born to Donald and Isabella Munro, with Donald noted as a private in the Inverness Militia, based at Hilsea Barracks.