My ancestor Adam TODD of Wallace’s Green, Berwick upon Tweed, was buried at Berwick Holy Trinity 12.4.1825.
His grave stone reads:
IN MEMORY OF
ADAM TODD. late Sergeant
in the 63 Reg. of Foot. who died
April 10 1825. Aged 77 Years
His death announcement in the Berwick Advertiser reads:
16 Apr 1825 in this town Sunday last, Mr Adam Todd, out-pensioner, aged 77.
An old family Bible gives his birth date as 4 Sep 1747, but I have no place of birth, and am hoping that his military record may supply this.
He appears to have owned the property in Wallace's Green, across the square from the Berwick barracks, from at least 1784. His probable period of service is then about 1765 to 1785, though he may appear in pensioner records later than that.
I have searched the military records in FindMyPast without success. Similarly the name index at the National Archives. The archivist in Berwick suggested that the regimental museum may hold the records, rather than the National Archives. Do any records exist from this period, and where they are?
Thanks,
David Morgan
