Category: Scots Brigade

Categories: Scots in Foreign Service | Scottish Military History | Scots in Service of United Netherlands | British Army

The Scots Brigade

The Scots Brigade was a corps in service of the Dutch Republic whose history extends from 1570 to 1783. The brigade consisted of three infantry regiments and a number of cavalry units.

This history might provide some answers for people with Dutch ancestors and no known Scottish surnames but whose DNA matches people who do have known Scottish ancestors.

References

Wikipedia - Scots Brigade

Electric Scotland - Scots Brigade

Blog - Scots Regiments in the Service of the United Provinces/The Netherlands

The following has a wealth of genealogical information, predominantly for the early to mid 1700s, with baptism and marriage registers, as well as unit compositions. This history might provide some answers for people with Dutch ancestors and no known Scottish surnames but whose DNA matches people who do have known Scottish ancestors. "Papers illustrating the history of the Scots brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1782;" 1901, Edited by James Ferguson. Here are volumes I and II:

Here's a link to a page with info from the regiments/regimenten and Garnizoens plaatsen/Garrison towns before 1700: Regimenten tot 1715

Scots Church International in Rotterdam has indices of baptisms, marriages and church members 1643-1899 (Provided by one of its current members, George Ross). Many members of the Scots Brigade would be included:

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