Thomas White son of James White, RA

[maryvb]

I am trying to trace an ancestor, Thomas White, son of James White and Sarah Talmadge, born around 1787. All his siblings were christened in Andover, Hants, but he does not appear there or anywhere else in England that I can discover. A relative suggested that James was in the Royal Artillery in Canada at that time, and he might have been born there. My quesetion is, would an officer serving in Canada have taken his family with him? How does one access records of the RA in the 1780s -- that would be around the time of the American Revolution.

Any insights welcome.

Mary in Canada