Patrick Strachan information
Hi there,
I know this is an old post, but since very very relevant and timely for me, I’m responding anyway. Major Patrick Strachan was my 4th great grandfather. I recently came to learn that he had been a member of the West Florida Royal Foresters and ran a large plantation near what is now Mobile Alabama starting around 1763. He was also a surveyor and mapmaker and some of his work can be found online and in museums there. When the Spanish laid seige to Pensacola in 1781, he was a Captain and led a troop of around 30 men. The British ultimately lost that battle and surrendered West Florida to Spain. Patrick abandoned his 11,000 acre estate and apparently made his way to New York for a time with other loyalists. What he did for the next 20+ years is unclear, but he did construct a home he named Trafalgar Cottages in Forres Scotland in the early 1800s, which can be seen on an old map that included his name. He died at Trafalgar Cottage in 1826.
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