Christopher Mingo, Swiss Soldier
Montbeliard
Christopher Mingo may have fought with Jean George Tattrie in the Battle of Fontenoy. It is said that Christopher was a Swiss soldier. Jean George Tattrie was born about 1722 and was granted land by DesBarres, himself from Montbeliard.
George Tattrie and his children came early to Tatamagouche. His daughter married a John Mingo in 1753. George Tattrie deeded his farm to him together with one yoke of oxen, three cows, one calf and six sheep, "in consideration of his great affection" for him.
Peter Millard came, he fought alongside Tattrie in the Battle of Fontenay. Peter's land was near Ross' Point.
All of these people settled in the same area.
Battle of Fontenoy
War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748
A series of wars which began when England declared war on Spain in 1739. France sided with Spain in August of 1740
One of the most famous battles in the War of the Austrian succession
It was fought at a small village of the same name in western Belgium. Here on May 11, 1745, the French under Marshal Saxe [Hermann Maurice de Saxe] defeated the Allies under the Duke of Cumberland with very heavy losses on both sides.
This reopened the struggle between Britain and France for Colonial and Naval supremacy. War was not openly declared until 1744.
When Emperor Charles VI died on October 20, 1740, it raised the question of the Austrian succession to the throne. Maria Theresa was to succeed Charles, as ruler of the Hapsburg dominions. Frederick of Prussia marched his armies into the province in Decemer 1740. Eventually, Austria, Bohemia, England, France, Spain and several other smaller countris became involved.
After the Battle of Fontenoy, the French gained a major success in the conquest of the Austrian Netherlands by Comte Hermann Maurice de Saxe May 11, 1745. Great Britain and France suffered great financial losses after the turmoil, and agreed in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle on October 18, 1748, and the territories in question were divided up once more.
