John Caperton in the Light Dragoons in 1764

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland
All Ireland, Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland Membership Registers, 1733-1923 results for Caperton
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John Caperton
19 May 1768

John Caperton
10 Sep 1764 Droghedas Light Dragoons 388

John Caperton
19 May 1768

John Caperton
10 Sep 1764 
Warrant for Drogheda's Light Dragoons

 A regiment of Light Dragoons was raised in Ireland in 1759 by the Marquis of Drogheda, and numbered 19th.  It was changed to 18th in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years War.  Two warrants were granted to this Regiment,  December 2, 1762, 388 to the first squadron and 389 to the second.  The first registered 41 members up to 1791. and was canceled in 1813.  This was the regiment of John Caperton.  The source of this is Irish Masonic History and the Jewels of Irish Freemasonry.

 This regiment, 388, was enlisted to fight the Whiteboys who were a secret Irish agrarian organization in 18th century Ireland which used violent tactics to defend tenant farmer land rights for subsistence farming.  They get there name from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.  

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