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Does anyone know of an online resource with a list of who served in Cromwell's army?

This would have been during the English Civil War, 1642-46.

I am specifically interested in finding a James Petigru or Pettigrew, or some variant thereof. 

Family lore says James served as an officer in Cromwell's army.  Whether he served as an Englishman, a Scot, or other, I don't know. 

"A Scottish army crossed the Tweed in January 1644 at the behest of the English parliament and, for the next three years, Scots and English would fight alongside one another as allies. "

Thanks for any help you can offer. 

I am seeking information about John Pettigrew and Agnes Campbell/Campble of Mowillin townland, Derrynoose parish.

Who are their parents?  Are there birth/baptism records for them?  Where and when did they marry?

They married either in the late 1700s or soon after 1800.  The earliest Co. Armagh record I have for them is a baptism record for a daughter.

24 Mar 1811: At Keady Church of Ireland: Martha daugher of John and Agnes Pettycrew of Mowillin in Derrynoose Parish.

These may be for the same John:

1796 Flax Growers List for County Armagh
Derrynoose: John Petticrew

1825 Tithe Applotment Book for Derrynoose Parish by Townland
Mowillin: John Pettigrew


What is currently verified for John and Agnes Pettigrew are some of their children who emigrated to America, their births and deaths:

Born 8 Mar 1809: George Pettigrew, died 4 Apr 1896 in Latham, Moniteau County, Missouri.
Born Mar 1811: Martha Pettigrew, married and died 1901 in Missouri.
Born 5 Apr 1813: Reverend Samuel Pettigrew, died 21 Nov 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri.

That their mother's name was Campbell or Campble comes from this bio for Samuel:

https://books.google.com/books?id=RadVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA365

George was married in Ireland:
1840: George Pettigrew and Anne Hall

Anne went variously by Agnes and Nancy.  From 1841 to 1848 she and George had 3 sons (John, James, Samuel) and 3 daughters (Martha, Mary Jane, Agnes.)  More children were born in America.

The details sketched above are what I know about John and Agnes (Campbell) Pettigrew.  I am interested in finding their parents, when John and Agnes were born, and when and where they died.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

There was a notice in British newspapers in 1750, that William Petticrew, Esq. had been appointed Consul General of Tetuan in the Dominions of the Emperor of Morocco, in the place of William Latton, Esq.

An online search reveals numerous references to a Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and Morocco, signed at Fez, 15 January 1750, with William Petticrew signing in the name of King George II.

Prior to that posting, Petticrew was a Vice Consul at Tangiers, this being at least in 1744.

This was a prominent man back then, but I have not found any information about the origins of this William Petticrew, his parents, siblings, spouse, children, place and dates of birth and death.

I did find mention in a book, The Scots Magazine, 1756, of a report, citing the London Gazette, that Richard Whatley, Esq. had been appointed as Consul-General at Tetuan as a replacement for William Petticrew, Esq., deceased.  The appointment was made May 8, or it appeared in the London Gazette on that date.  I'm not sure which.

So, William Petticrew died at least by 1756.  That's all I know.

If anyone can find any genealogical information about William, I would appreciate it.

Thank you.

How do you interpret the two initials on this entry?  The last name is Pettigrew.

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391539_01253.pdf

It is a page from the 1861 Ontario census.

Thanks for your help.

In an 1862 letter, Rev. William J. Pettigrew related a bit of his family history, the excerpt which follows. 

Rev. Pettigrew wrote, "My grandfather was a Scotchman (of Scotch parentage at least), an officer in the British Army.  His name was James Pettigrew.  He settled in County Down, at Drumraw, after his life of soldiering was ended.  My father, Robert, was his oldest son, and inherited his estate.  Eleven children, all sons, grew to manhood under his roof.  Of these, I am the ninth.

With our Scotch kin we kept up pretty constant intercourse.  My father's brothers, indeed, all returned to Scotland, and settled near Stranraer."

As Rev. Pettigrew was born 1824-25, I would hazard a guess that his grandfather's army service was in the mid-1700s or later.  He gave no other identifying info about his grandfather. 

How can I find information about the British Army service of his grandfather James?  James' surname might have been spelled Petticrew in Army records.

I want to trace this Pettigrew line back to Scotland, and hope that finding info about the grandfather James will help me to do so.

I assume the Drumraw mentioned is townland Drumra today, parish Drumbeg, Co. Down.  This townland was where Pettic/grews were located in the 1800s, including a Robert Pettycrew who was listed as a freeholder in 1813 and 1818.

Rev. Pettigrew emigrated to America in 1848, followed by his mother Elizabeth and three brothers in 1849.  If you want to know more about him, these two posts contain much:

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pettigrew/1664/
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pettigrew/1391/

Thanks for any help you can offer about officer James Pettigrew, or about the family of Rev. William J. Pettigrew in Co. Down.

To avoid confusion, please note there was another James Pettigrew, lieutenant and then captain in the British Army, who served in Canada, the American colonies, then Jamaica, successively before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.  He was heir to Crilly House, Co. Tyrone, knighted for his army service, and died in Jamaica.