Need help to find the parents of Eusign Samuel Hay (abt. 1820)

Question

I create this [[Hay-7045|Eusign Samuel Hay (abt.1820-)]] profile. On his daughter's baptism it stated he was part of the 35th regiment in India.Also on his daughter's  death notice it stated her father was a Major in the Indian army.

Im not familiar with the British military, maybe someone is. :)

Comments

Try searching for Ensign Samuel Hay. This should lead you to The Edinburgh Gazette. I believe he was in the Navy. He was able to purchase the rank of Lieutenant but looks like he went as far as being a Vice Admiral.

Answer 1

The British Library, British in India database has records of a Samuel Hay married to a Lucretia including a brief outline bio

https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=014-000143305

This bio was extracted from L/AG/23/10/1-2  (Madras Military Fund Family Registers see https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/Sources.aspx#L/AG 

 for more detail.

Also birth in India. https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=014-000354384

I think this record for the entry of  Samuel Hay as a military cadet in 1828 may also be his. https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=014-000321078

Note Ensign was his rank as a very junior officer. He was in the Madras army.

Comments

Ah, although the links to the records worked when I originally tested, they no longer work. (Except for the record catalogue )

Put his name (Samuel Hay) in advanced search https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/Advancediscovery.aspx It's the middle three of the five results

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Thank you everyone!

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Please assist

Name:

Samuel HAY

Event type:

Birth

Date:

19 - Mar

Year:

1814

Notes:

The lady of John Hay, Esq. of a son (Samuel).

1. Is his father's name John and what is the meaning of Esq. ? 

Name:

Samuel HAY

Event type:

Biography

Start date:

01 Nov

Start year:

1828

End date:

End year:

Biographical notes:

Samuel Hay, Bond, Cadet, Military Seminary, Amount of security: £200, Sureties: Rev. John Thomas Grant, Milbank, Westminster, Clerk. Richard C. Bazett, Old Broad Street, Merchant.

2. Did he join the army age 14 (as he was born in 1814) ? 

 

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Yes father's name John. In this period esquire was an honorific (added as a suffix ) for gentlemen and professionals. 

 If it is the same Samuel Hay, he was a military cadet at a seminary (training school) aged 14. The East India company had a seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey in England. Whether this is the seminary mentioned I don't know but it was for boys between 13 and 16. https://historycollection.com/this-private-company-had-its-own-army-navy-and-empire-for-over-a-century/13/