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I'm no expert on Jacobite history, but I do know that Hugh Mercer, who died a hero's death at the Battle of Princeton, was at the bloody Battle of Culloden in 1746 which essentially ended the Jacobite dream of putting Bonnie Prince Charles on the throne. See here:

General Hugh Mercer: Highland Rebel and Hero of the American Revolution -- 3/28/02

By Jeffrey Edmunds, CRRL Staff

As proud as this region is of its connections to General George Washington, he was not its only Revolutionary War hero. Virginians from the Rappahannock Valley bled on battlefields from Canada to Georgia, and covered themselves with glory. Hugh Mercer's memory is especially deserving of recollection and respect.
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Hugh Mercer was born in 1726 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He came from a long line of Presbyterian clergymen, and his father was the minister of Pitsligo Parish Church. For four years he studied medicine at Marischal College, today a constituent part of the University of Aberdeen.

In 1745 "Bonnie Prince Charlie" landed in Scotland to reclaim the throne lost by his grandfather in 1688. The Prince assembled an army, and it appeared for a time that he might actually topple his hated Hanoverian rivals in London. Nineteen-year-old Hugh Mercer enthusiastically joined the Prince's cause as an assistant surgeon, only to see it collapse. The end came at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, with the bloody crushing of the Prince's army by the soldiers of King George II.

Now a hunted rebel, Mercer fled back to Aberdeenshire where he lived in hiding for almost a year. His life and liberty were in danger every moment. In March 1747 he finally managed to buy passage on a ship to the New World and left Scotland forever.

Thanks for that post. It underscores that there was definitely a pattern of Scot Presbyterians supporting Bonnie Prince Charles, and then later supporting American Independence.

I do not understand why they would support the re-ascent of a Stuart....unless somehow they thought that the Hanoverians were worse? The Stuarts aren't exactly republicans or parliamentarians....