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•The following is from the unpublished nine-page, printed recollections of John Henry Maloney, MD (1918-2001): `William Moloney was born in County Clare, Ireland. He and his brother, Patrick Moloney (as they spelled their name then), were conscripted in Bunratty, Ireland and drafted in the English Army for services overseas to put down the rebels of the American Colonies who were then(1775) fighting for their independence. `The two brothers did not see each other during the war, but met in Baltimore after the war. `William was insulted by a Dutchman, who had been an officer in the American Army. He slapped this man. A duel was arranged at the back of the tavern. Some say he killed this man and others say he only wounded him. Anyway, he had to make a quick exit. He met Capt. Mabe who hid him aboard a ship sailing to Canada. He made his home on Bonaventure Island. Because William had fought for the Crown against the Americans in the War of Independence (1775-1778), he was eligible for land grants. `Appearing before the Land Claims Commission at Perce August 4, 1819, William, the son of William Moloney, testified that his father had been granted three hundred acres at Cloridorme because he had served with the "44th" Regiment of Foot.`In May 1775, the 44th regiment embarked for Boston, and arrived there just after the Battle of Bunker Hill. It made the campaigns of 1776-8, and fought at Long Island (1776), Brandywine (Sept.11, 1777) and in other engagements, after which it was at New York, whence, in 1780, it proceeded to Canada, and was stationed chiefly at Quebec and Montreal until 1786. William Moloney seems to have left the army before the Militia Muster in Douglastown. His name appears on Muster roll No.20, Douglastown, 1785.
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