. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . est opportunity of knowing, and who gave the honour toPrince Street, where Fothingham has left it, and where it must inall probability remain. It is quite likely, however, that the Phipshouse and many others received wounded officers that day, someof whom were, naturally enough, supposed to be the distinguishedMajor of Under the church are buried many families of theearly time. Thirty-three tombs, arranged in rows, oc-cupy all the available space. In the one marked 20 wasdeposited the body of Major Pitcairn un
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . est opportunity of knowing, and who gave the honour toPrince Street, where Fothingham has left it, and where it must inall probability remain. It is quite likely, however, that the Phipshouse and many others received wounded officers that day, someof whom were, naturally enough, supposed to be the distinguishedMajor of Under the church are buried many families of theearly time. Thirty-three tombs, arranged in rows, oc-cupy all the available space. In the one marked 20 wasdeposited the body of Major Pitcairn until its removal toEngland. Major Pitcairns body was taken to London, and buriedin a vault in the Church of St Bartholomew the Less,where his son, Dr David Pitcairn, and his brother, DrWilliam Pitcairn, are also interred. 1 Extract from an American Magazine. MAJOR JOHN PITCAIRN. 447 Major Pitcairns pistols were captured on Fiske Hill withhis horse in the afternoon. The accompanying sketch represents the brace of pistolsused by Major Pitcairn on Lexington Common. rrrgsgfg. These pistols have a full and authenticated the retreat in the latter part of the day, Pitcairnshorse was shot under him, and he barely escaped withhis life, leaving his equipage in the hands of the pursuingAmericans. These pistols were then taken, and presentedto General Israel Putnam, who used them throughout thewar. At his death they were placed on the drapery of hiscoffin, as he was borne to the grave. They became anheirloom in the Putnam family, and in 1827 were broughtto Lexington, and shown to three members of Company, one of whom, Col. Munroe, recognisedthem from their peculiar construction and ornament, andsaid he saw Major Pitcairn discharge one of them, beforeany other shot was fired. It is, therefore, the first weapon used in formal actionin the Revolutionary war; an additional certificate accom-panies the pistols signed by Colonel Aaron Burr, Aide-de-Camp to General Putn
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