King George's War, 1744-1748

United States U.S. Military Colonial Wars, 1607-1763 King George's War, 1744-1748

King George's War, 1744-1748
Participants
Great Britain and Native Americans	France and Native Americans
Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Iroquois Confederacy Cayuga Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora	New Brunswick Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Maliseet Mi'kmaq Passamaquoddy Penobscot
Maine (disputed)

History

King George's War was fought between Great Britain and France and involved their colonies. The War coincided with the War of Jenkins' Ear between Great Britain and Spain. Both wars were part of the greater war that took place in Europe known as the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748).

Records

• Howard M Chapin, A list of Rhode Island soldiers and sailors in King George's war : 1740-1748 Providence, Rhode Island : Rhode Island Historical Society, 1920 FamilySearch Digital Library
• Louis Effingham De Forest, ed. Louisbourg journals, 1745. edited by Louis Effingham de Forrest ; compiled for and published by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York, through its Committee on Historical DocumentsNew York, New York : General Society of Colonial Wars, c1932 FS Library 971.695/L1 H2df
• Virginia's colonial soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1988. FS Catalog book 975.5 M2bL. Online at: Ancestry ($).

Colonies:

• Maine (disputed)
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York

• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Quebec

Colonial Powers:

• Great Britain
• France

General Society of Colonial Wars

The General Society of Colonial Wars was established in 1893. Membership in the society requires that the member be a male at least 18 years of age and be able to show direct lineage to an ancestor who served in the Colonial Wars. See General Society of Colonial Wars for more information on the society and its records.

Websites

• InfoPlease
• USHistory.com
• Publicbookshelf

References

• FamilySearch Library US/Canada Consultants, "King George's War, History" in LAD Release 4.1, FamilySearch Library, 2004, mjm.

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