. . . . . "1756Z"^^ . "One Company" . "1762Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Danks' Rangers"@en . . . "Danks' Rangers was a ranger unit raised in colonial North America and led by Captain Benoni Danks (ca. 1716-1776). It was modeled on and often served alongside of the better known Gorham's Rangers. The unit was recruited in early 1756, during the early stages of the Seven Years' War / French and Indian War, from among men serving in two then-disbanding New England provincial battalions stationed in Nova Scotia."@en . .