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S ETTLEMENT O E U P P ER CAN D A A
U NITED EMP IRE LO YALIS TS ,

17 84

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 I N T R O D U C TI O N .

I H EN th e American Col oni e s re vo l te d in 1776 and ,

d ecl a re d their I nd e p e nd e n ce there was a v ery

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l arge number O f the C o l on ists who v ehemently Oppos e d

the mo v ement and aid e d th e I m p erial tr oops in the wa r
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that e nsu e d T hos e who too k up a rm s f or th e C r o wn

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fou ght f or a Unit e d E m pi re that was their r allyin g cry

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they wish e d t o se e th e Engl ish r a ce united und er a c o m

m on ag and und er th e s ame sov ere i g n They d e p l o re d
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th e dis m em b erme nt of th e E m pi re and du ri n g the l on g

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st ru ggle m aintain e d a stu rdy adh ere n ce to th e i r p r in ci

ple s Th ey w ere k nown as the Unit e d E mpire L oyal ist s
.

O r as h as b e c o me a fa m i l i ar ph r as e on this c ontin e nt the ,

U E L oya l ists
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O n th e c on cl usion of the war and the s e v eran ce of th e

M
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O l d C o l oni e s fr o m the oth er C ount ry th e s e U E L oy a l

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i st s abandonin g a ll they poss e ss e d m ov e d into what i s

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now Ne w Brunswi ck an d N ova S c oti a in 1783 and in , ,

1784 s a l a rge n u m b e r Of them m ov e d up th e S t L aw re n ce .

and s e tt le d in the th e n unb r o ke n wi l d er n e ss O f Upp er

C ana da M any al so m ov e d fr o m the Unite d S tat e s
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th r ou gh the wi l dern e ss to the N iag ara Riv er where

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they crb sse d into British Terr ito ry and m ad e the rst
settlement in that dist ri ct in the same y e a r A v ery l arge .
iv I N TR O D U C TIO N .

p r opor tion of th e p re s e nt popu l ation of Upp er C anada c an

t ra ce their d e s ce nt fr o m th e s e e arl y pion eer s who s e ttle d ,

this Pr o vin ce by re ason o f th e i r u ny i el ding loyalty to a

gre at p r in ciple This vo l u me rec o r ds th e C ele b ration of
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th e C e nt e nnial O f the a rriva l O f th e U E L oyalists l n . .

O ntario T h e d em onstrations o ri ginat e d in the foll owi n g

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m ann er :
S o me time in th e su mmer of 1876 at a mee tin g of the ,

Y o rk P ion eers h el d in T o r onto the l at e Mr R i cha r d H

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O at e s sugge st e d that as th e Unit e d S tat e s w ere cele br a

ting th e ce nte nnial O f th e i r D ecl ar ation Of I nd e p e nd e n ce ,

it wou l d b e b u t right fo r the d e s ce ndants of th e Unit e d

E mpi re L oyal ists to ho l d a cele b ration in honou r O f th e
gall ant e ff o rts O f th e i r fath er s t o m aintain th e unity of
th e E mpi re an d in gr at e fu l rec og nition Of the sa cri ce
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m ad e by th em in founding this P r ovin ce as a British c o m ,

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Dr W m C anniff point e d out to the so ci e ty that the
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s e ttleme nt O f U pp er C anad a b egan in 1784 by th e a rr i ,

v al O f th e L oya l ists and that 1884 wou l d b e th e p r op er

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d at e fo r hol ding th e ce nt e nnial celeb r ation in O nta rio .

M r O at e s c oin cid e d with th e vi e w and was l oo k ing fo r

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war d to tak in g part in it with m u ch anti cipation wh e n ,

d e ath ov ertoo k hi m T his s eem s to hav e b ee n th e i n cep

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tion of the id e a O f a U E L oy al ist dem onstr ation

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O n th e twe nty ninth of O c tob er 1880 M r C anni ff

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H aight in the T o r onto D a i l y Ma i l su gge st e d an Ex hi

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bitiou or so me oth er d e m onstr ation in honou r O f th e me n

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who th r ough p r ivation and toi l l aid th e foundation O f

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this free and p r osp erous P r ovin ce T his sugge stion w as .

noti ce d by th e P i c ton Belle ville and K ingston pap er s

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N othing fu r th er was don e in the m att er unti l 1882 ,

wh e n th e foll owing le tter was add re ss e d to th e Ma y or of

T o r onto by D r Wm C anniff
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t en mi al c e l e b r at i on o f t he I n c o r or at i on o f Toro n t o an d b eg t o c on ,

g rat u lat e y ou o n h avi ng c on c e ive d t he i d e a of s u c h a d e m on st rat i on .

B u t m y O b j e c t in add r e ssi ng y ou i s t o c all y ou r a t t e n t i o n t o t h e f ac t

t h at 1884 wi ll b e t h e c en t enn i a l O f t h e r s t se t t l e m e nt O f U er pp
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celeb rat e at t he s am e t i m e t he c e nt en ni al o f t he se t t l em ent of t he
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I n a cc or d an ce with the abov e su gge stion th e T o r onto ,

S em i -C e nt e nni al C o mm itt ee set apar t on e day fo r the U .

E Loyalist d em onstration and M r W m B Mc Mu rr i ch

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chairman of th e C o mmitt ee p l a ce d th e whole m att er of

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th e T o r onto celeb r ation in the h ands of Dr Canniff A . .

mee tin g w as c alle d by Dr C an niff and a U E L oy a l ist

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C e nt e nnial C o mm itt ee w a s appoint e d and c i rcu l ar s w ere ,

s e nt to all th e W ar d e ns of c ounti e s and M ayo r s of c iti e s ,

a s k in g their c o -op er ation T h e s e ci rc u l ar s whi ch w er e

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al so s e nt to the n e wspap er s of the P rovin ce att ra c te d ,

pub l i c a t te ntion to th e m atter a n d at Adol p hu st own and,

N iagara wh ere the e arl y s e ttleme nts a c tuall y too k p l a ce

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th e d e s ce ndants of th e U E L oyal ists dec id e d t o hold

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local cele b rations T h e Adol p h u st ow n cele b ration w as

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x e d f or th e sixt ee nth of J un e 1884 T h e r st l andi ng ,

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of th e L oy al ists at th a t point havin g ta ke n pl a ce on th e .

sixt ee nth of J un e 1784 T h e T o r onto cele bration was

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x e d fo r th e thi r d of J u l y and th e N iagara on e fo r th e

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fou rt ee nth of Au g ust .

T h e App endix c ontains a c opy of th e O r d er i n C oun ci l

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of th e 9 t h N ovemb er 1789 o r d erin g a rec o r d to b e p re

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s er v e d of th e U E L oyal ist s e ttlers an d a l so a c opy of

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the U E L ist p re s er v e d in the C r own L ands De par t me nt

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at T or onto with a ll th e note s an d rem a rk s in it c o mp le t e

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T his l ist whi ch h as n e v er b ee n pub l ish e d be fo re c o n tain s

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th e name s of the m any thousands of U E L oy a l ist set . .

t l e r s w ho founde d the P r ovin ce of Upp er C anada

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Th e fo ll owing page s c ontain a cc ounts of th e th ree cele

b rat i on s in th e o r d er in whi ch th ey came off .
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UNITED EMP IRE LOYALIS TS .

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIO N
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J u ne , 16 t h, 17t h a nd I8t h ,
I 884.

N c onn ection with th e cele b r ation and as pre l i m ina ry ,

th ere to t he c o r n er ston e of th e M e thodist U E L

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M em o rial c hu rch was l aid on S atu r day 14th J un e w ith p e ou

li arl y int ere stin g cerem oni e s h ere w ere p re s e nt Re v D . T , . .

V L u cas B A of M ontre a l ; Re v J J Le a ch of O d e ssa ;

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Re v M L P e arson of N apan ee ; Re v A dam s of B ath ;

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Re v Brid e n of N ew b u rgh ; Re v
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I B at e s of T am wo rth ; . . .
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and Re v M r G ibson A ll th e s e par ti cipat e d in the p r o

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c ee di ng s . T h e cerem ony of l ayin g th e c o r n er ston e w as

p erfo rme d b y Mr s J os e ph Al l ison on e of the f e w rem ain
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in g on e s of th e r st generation su ccee din g th e U E . .

L oyali sts T his l ady h avin g b ee n f or n e arl y th ree -fou r ths

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of a ce ntu ry a faithfu l and c onsist e nt mem b er of th e

M e thodist chu rch and b eing the dau ght er of on e of th e
,

L oyal ist P ion eer s it was p ec ul ia rl y ttin g that sh e shou l d

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p erf o rm this o f ce T h e ston e having b ee n l aid re fre sh

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me nt s w er e serv e d wh e n an adj ou r n me nt was had to th e

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g osp el t e nt whi ch had b ee n erect e d a cr oss th e road wh ere

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10 U N I T ED EMPI E R '
LoYALIS Ts .

Re v M r Lu c as d el ivere d an ad m i r ab le add re ss app r o

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p r i at e to th e o cc asion He p re di c t e d a b r i ll iant futu

. re f or

Canada so l ong as she c ontinu e s h er l oyal ty t o M e thodis m

and Gre at Britain A f e w b ri e f wo r ds fr o m Re vs Le a ch
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an d G ibson and th e pr o cee din g s w ere b r ou ght to a cl os e

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O n S abbath Re v M r .
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L u cas p re a ch e d three s erm ons in th e t e nt to l a rge audi

e n c es his add re ss e s b e in g m arke d by pow er fo rce and a
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p ra c ti cal appl i cation to p re s e nt c i rc u m stan ce s and re qui re

me nts S el do m has it b ee n th e pr ivi lege of th e p e op le of
.

this s ec tion to l ist e n to th ree su ch e ff ectiv e di s c ou rs e s in

on e day T h e nan cial o u tl oo k fo r this und ert ak in g is
.

m ost e n c ou raging as indee d it shou l d b e l o cat e d as it is

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in the h e art of a l arge M e thodist c o mm unity and in the

richest s ection of this fair c ount ry .

O n S unday 15 t h Jun e a s erm on was p re ach e d at S t

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P au l s chu rch Adol p hu st ow n and S t P au l s chu rch

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Fre d eri cksbu rg by th e Re v C E T ho m pson M A In

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c u m b e nt of C arl ton D io ce s e of T o r onto fr o m E zek i el , , ,

xxxvi 2 8 A nd y e shall dw ell in th e l and that I ga v e to

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you r f ath er s ; and ye shall b e m y p e op le and I wi ll b e ,

you r G od .

T h e p re ach er is a gr andson of th e l at e S h eri ff R uttan ,

on e of th e Unit e d E m pi re L oyal ists The s erm on was re .

p l e t e with histo r i c a l fa c ts in rel ation to the L oy a l is t s A .

hi gh ly elo quent dis c ou rs e t erm ina t e d with a re f ere n ce to

th e wil d id e a of ind e p e nd en ce He gav e si x m onths as .

the time the ind ep e nd e n ce cra ze wou l d c ontinu e .

T h e usual S unday qui e tud e of th e fr ont w as m u c h

change d by the p re s en ce of th e 15 th batta l ion whi c h ,

arri v ed fro m Belle vi l le in th e m or nin g at dayb re ak .

T h e batta l ion und er th e c o mm and of C ol L azi er w as

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ca m p e d n e ar by the p l a ce of celeb ration on the sho re s of

th e b ay an d the re d c oats g av e an additional a m oun t of
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b e auty to th e s ce n e .

T h e regi me nt had D ivin e s ervi ce on th e Unit e d E m

pi re L oya lis t s bu rying gr ound in the afternoon Re v r . . M .
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F orn eri p re a ch e d an el oqu e nt s erm on He held up the .

C h ristian l oyal ty o f the si re s of C ana da as a patt er n to

m od ern Canadians
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O n onday th e 16 th of J un e th e celeb ration c o m

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m e n ce d Fr o m e arl y dawn ca rr iage s b eg an to a rr iv e ; a ll

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Adol p hu st ow n an d adj a ce nt p l a ce s w ere w ell re p re s e nt e d

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h e day was m ost auspi c ious B y noon a nu m b er of .

boats fr o m Belle vi lle on th e w e st and K ing ston on th e

e ast arriv e d with d eck s cr owd e d fr o m all the int er v e ning
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h e P i c ton tr oo p of cava lry under aj o r Fre d M
White was a m on g th e a rrival s T h ree bands dis c ou rs e d .

sw ee t m usi c at fre qu e nt int er va l s th e n e band of the ,

15 th battal ion the band fr o m P i c ton and th e band of

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Kin gston The m i l ita ry display was v ery n e

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h e p r o cee din gs w ere Op e n e d by the p l ayin g of th e

N ational A nth em and a pub l i c invo cation of D ivin e

ble ssing on the day s fe stiviti e s and thos e tak in g pa rt in
th em I n th e aft er noon the p e op le w ere su mm on e d about
.

t h e sp e aker s stand and add re ss e s w ere d el iv ere d
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th e sp e aker s h e ads oated th e handso me ag of th e

N ativ e C anadian S o ci e ty of Belle vi lle h e pr ogra mme

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w as op e n e d by the pl ayin g of th e N ational An th em and ,

th e invo c ation of the D ivin e b le ssing and re tu rning

than k s f or th e p r osp erity whi c h has att e nd e d th e U E . .

L oyal ists and th e i r d e s ce ndants and the nation whi ch ,

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T h e P re sid e nt L E W I S L B O G A T who is ov er e ighty

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y e ar s of age and who was s elec t e d f or th e p osition

,

b ecaus e h e is th e o l d e st l ivin g male re p re s e ntativ e of th e

U E L oyal ist band ca me fo r wa r d and d el iv ere d the
. .
,

fo ll owing b r i e f but point e d add re ss :

L AD I E S AN D _
G EN TL EMEN I
can assu re you that it
aff o r ds me v ery gre at p le asu re to se e so m any p re s e nt t o
'
do hon ou r t o ou r fa th er s and fo re fath er s who l and e d at
this p l a ce ce ntu ry ag o
a t o -day I f w e g o ba ck in o .

i m agination t o that ti me wh e n th e l ittle co mpany who

had le ft th e ir al l f or th e l ov e of k ing an d c o u ntry and ,
12 UN I T ED E MPIRE LO YALI STS .

c ame h ere to h e w ou t fo r th e m s el v e s n e w ho me s in this

vas t p ri me va l fo re st and th e n as w e l oo k ar ound us t o -day
, ,

c ontr astin g th e past with th e p re s e nt and b eho l d a b e au ,

tifu l land b e au t ifu l ho me s a c ount ry free fr o m fa m in e an d

, ,

p e sti le n ce wh ere th e pu re bright sun l ight of G od s l ov e
,

shin e s down upon a p r osp er ous c ont e nt e d and happy p e o

,

p le who e nj oy t h e b le ssing s of p e ace on e v ery hand and

,

g ood will towar d m an w e wou l d b e v ery ungrat e fu l ind ee d

,

did w e not app reciat e th e sa cri ce s and l abou r s of ou r

pion eer an ce sto rs in pr o cu ring fo r us so goodl y a h eritage .

I c an onl y say that my fath er and grandfath er w ere am on g

that c o m pany ; and I rej oi ce that I hav e b ee n spare d to
s ee this grand ce nt e nnia l ce l e b r ation in their homes .

Al though I feel in c o m p e t ent f or th e duty assi gn e d me I de ,

sir e to thank y o u f or th e honou r y ou h av e c onf erre d upon

me in choosin g me to p re sid e on this o cc asion .

A L M O R D EN E sq vi ce p re sid e nt was th e n intr odu ce d

. .
-
,
.
, , ,

and d el iv ere d an ad m i r ab le add re ss of whi ch th e f oll ow ,

ing is a b ri e f synopsis
T h e p re s e nt is an o cc asion of no o r dinary int ere st .

T h e p e op le of Adol phu st ow n and thos e asso ci at e d with

th em in the e nt erp ris e hav e put on foot this cele bration
in order to us e th e wo r ds of t h at gr an d ol d m an Dr
, , .

Ry erson to do at le ast a m odi c u m of j usti ce to th e

,

mem o ry of a C anadian a n ce st ry whos e h er oi c d ee ds and ,

u h sw er vin g C h r istian pat riotis m fo rm a pat e nt of nobi l ity ,

m o re to b e va l u e d by th e i r d e s ce ndants than the c o r on e ts

f
$
o m ny a m od ern nob lem an
a To day the p e op le of
- .

Adol p h u st ow n witn e ss the b eginning of that fo r whi c h

m any of th em for so me time past ha v e a r d e nt ly toi le d and
hop e d T o -day Adol p hu st ow n e xt e nds a c o r dial w elc o me
.
,

to th e d e s ce n dants of e v ery U E L oyal ist a n d e v ery . .

,

loyal citi ze n of C anada on these b e autif u l gr ounds I f

, .

Adol p hu st ow n b e a s m all township it is s m all onl y in its ,

a cre age but it has standin g gr ound e no u gh f or e v ery

,

L oyal ist d e scendant in th e P r ovin ce of O nta rio and the ,

pe op le h av e h e ar ts l arge e nou gh to give th em a hospita

 CE N T NN I AL C L E E E RATION B . 13

b le w elc o me t o this histo ri c gr ound Wh e n th e R o m an .

do m inion w as at its b e st wh e n the c ity sittin g upon h er ,

se v en hi ll s fr o m her th r on e of b eauty ru le d th e wo rl d ,

wh e n the R o m ans fr o m th e i r l ofty c ivi l i z ation and c u l

' '
u re di c tat e d l aws fo r all su ccee din g j age s CTmls R om a n u s ,

su m was th e p r oud boast in whi c h th e c iti ze ns cl ai me d

,

p ar ti cipation in all th e gre atn e ss the gl o r y and th e p r o ,

tec tion of R o m an c iti ze nship I t is ou rs to day t o b e ab le

-
.

$
in sayin g I a m a British subj ec t to utt er a p r oud er
,

.

boast than th e R o m ans I t is l argel y du e to th e e ff o r t of

.

thos e pion eers who on e hund re d y e ar s ag o to day l and e d

,
-

upon this spot that this fai r and f erti le P r ovin ce and w e
, ,

who l ive in it a r e British t err ito ry and British subj ec t s

,
.

We do w ell to -day to take thou ght fo r a l itt le ti me a n d , ,

c on gratu l at e ou rs el v e s upon ou r h er itage on e whi c h th e ,

l a me nt e d Ge n eral Bro ck calle d upon ou r fath ers in 1812 ,

N ot to giv e th e i r chi l d re n c am e t o re pr oa ch th em fo r
havin g too e asi l y p ar te d with th e r i ch e st inh eritan ce on
this e ar th a par ti cip a t ion in th e name char a c t er and ,
$
free do m of Britons I t is said w e a re a youn g c ount r y
.

and hav e no histo ry but I hav e not re ad of any c ountry,

whi ch du ring th e l ast on e hund re d y e ar s has a more

, ,

gl o r ious histo ry I f ou r fo re fath er s f or their fer v e nt

.

l oyal ty to Britain l ost e v ery thing but th ei r ho n ou r and

, ,

b r av el y bo re th e har dships an d p rivations of r st s e ttlers ,

what f eel in gs shou l d ani m at e o u r b re as ts to d ay wh e n ,

with ou r attach me nt to British l aw s i n stitutions tradi , ,

tions r ights and l ib er t i e s there is add e d the int e nsity

, ,

of ou r atta ch me nt to the sov ere i g n Ne v er had British .

subj ec ts su c h re ason f o r invio l ab le atta ch me nt to th e r u ler

as hav e w e to d ay fo r Her M ost Gr a cious M aj e sty Qu ee n ,

V ictoria T hi r ty y e ar s ag o th e po e t L au re at e p r oph e si e d
.

that ou r chi l d re n s chi l d re n woul d say of Her :
S h e w rou ght h er pe opl e last in g goo d ,

H c t w p
er h lf
ou r n as u re, er i e se r e e,

G dg v ho p c h l nd p d
a e er ea e , er a re o se ,

A t h n d cl i m t
ou sa nc cl d a s o r ev e re e o se

In h as m th wi fe and q een
er o er , u .
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14 UN I T ED E M P I R E LO YALI ST S .

T o -day this fo rec ast is abundant l y v er i e d B ut l adi e s .

,

and ge ntleme n it is not p r op er fo r me to fu r th er o ccupy

,

you r time I am on l y h ere t o e xt e nd to you a c o r dia l

.

w elc o me to ou r celeb r ation to b re ak t h e i ce as it w ere .

,

th e o rato r of th e day is ou r ch erish e d fri e nd th e histo rian ,

of th e B ay Quint L oya l ists Dr C anni ff T han k ing you ,

. .

fo r th e k ind h e aring y ou hav e g ive n me I wi ll c on cl ud e ,

with so me wo rds of Dr Ry erson utt ere d a t a mee ting of

.
,

L oyalists at Brook s m onu me nt M ay L oyal ty e v er b e

the cha ra c t er isti c trait of C anadians may free do m e v er ,

b e ou r poss e ssion and may w e e v er hav e c aus e and h e a r t

,
$
to say G od S av e th e Q u ee n .

D R C ANN I F F th e n d el iv ere d th e fo ll owing add re ss

. .

L AD I E S AN D G EN T L EMEN Tw o hun dre d y e a r s ag o o r

,

m o re at a s e apor t town in H o ll and was to b e s ee n on a

, ,

certain day a sea-going v e ss el a r ound whi ch was th e

, ,

usu al a c tivity and bustle i n c id e nt to th e na l p re p aration

f or a voyage A s th e wo rk of tak in g in supp l i e s an d
.

putting the ship in s ai l ing o r d er w as g oing on a so me ,

what m otle y cr owd of o l oo ker s regar d e d th e s ce n e with

n -

a l azy l istle ss ai r of indi ff ere n ce S udd e n l y th e att e n

, .

tion of all was qui cke n e d by a rem ark ab le o cc u rre n ce .

T h e dole fu l toll ing of a chu rc h b ell h e a r d now and again ,

a bov e th e din of nu mer ous voi ce s had pass e d unh ee d e d ,

by t hos e c ollec t e d on the sho re N o w ho w e v er as th ere .

, ,

app e ars a p r o ce ssio n s l owl y w e nding its way towar d th e

p l ace the so lem n p e al s su gge st the thou ght of d e ath
, .

Le ading th e p r o ce ssion walk s a v e n erab le l ook in g m an ,

whos e garb and m i e n b e to ke n a do m ini e o r m inist er of

the G osp el A ft er hi m ca me a young c oup le in th e r st
.

y e a rs of vigo r ous m anhood and th e fre sh bl oo m of wo m an

,

hood w lkin g hand i n -hand T h e y a re cl oth e d in holi

,
a -
.

day atti re and hav e th e app e aran ce of a n e wl y w e dd e d

,

husband an d wif e F o ll owing them ar e a m an and wo m an

.
,

whos e gre y heads and b e nt fo rm s sp e ak of advan ce d y e a rs

T
.

Ne xt i s anoth er c ou ple also in the d ecl in e of l if e

,
h en .
 C ENT E
N N I AL C L B A TIO N EER . 15

walk two and two me n and wo me n boys and g i rl s of a ll , ,

age s T h e y a ll w e a r the ha bi l i me nts of w oe and th e p r o

.
,

ce ssion m ov e s wi t h a s l ow and so lemn t re a d as if fo ll ow ,

in g a l ov e d on e to his gr av e A ll that is wanting to .

c o m p le t e a fun er al tr ain is the h e ar s e with its noddin g

p l u me s or c o i n c ontaining th e body of on e d e ad T h e
,
.

sp ec t ato rs hush e d to si le n ce g aze on the line of m ou rn

, ,

e rs and wond er and wat c h to s ee i t s c ou r s e and d e stina

,

tion With me asu re d st e ps th e dominie is fo ll ow e d to

.

th e v e ss el and ov er its side T h e n th e y gath er in a gr oup

,
.

upon th e d eck ar ound th e young m an an d wi f e A .

si le n ce fall s upo n th e ass em b le d m ou rn er s as th e m an of

G od op e ns th e B ib le and re ads f r o m th e inspi re d B oo k
su ch wo rds as giv e c o m fo rt and suppo r t t o thos e who a re
b ere av e d N ow his voi ce is r ais e d in p ray er to G od and
.
,

his p r ay er re v e al s to all who h e ar th e caus e and re ason ,

of this str an ge s ce n e F ir st h e p r ays that th e age d

.
,

pare nts may hav e D ivin e h el p in this th e i r hou r of tria l

in l osin g th e i r d e ar chi l d re n and tha t th e y m ight sti ll b e ,

happy in th e i r e ar th l y p i l gri mage b e rece iv e d h ere afte r int o ,

G od s k ing do m and nall y e u ni t e d t o th e i r chi l d re n

,
r -
.

He th e n c o mm its to H i m w h o c ont r o ls th e w i nds and th e ,

wav e s th e youn g c oup le He i m p l o re s that th e y may b e

, .

in H i s gr a c ious c a re and kee pin g th e s e d e a r on e s who ,

to day set ou t at on ce on th e j ou r n e y of m a rri e d l ife and

-
,

to cr oss th e wi d e o ce an pa rtin g fo re v er i n th i s l if e fr o m
,

th e i r pa re nts and fri e nds and who a re as it were to b e , , ,

bu ri e d in th e fa r a way N e w W o rl d W o r ds of c ouns el .

fo ll ow t o th e young p ai r sy mp athy to the pare nts of ,

e ach is du l y giv e n F inall y a m id em otions whi c h c an

.
,

not b e d e pi c te d th e m ou r n er s at l ast t e ar th em s el v e s fr o m
,

th e voyage u r s who cl i ng to e a c h oth er in this hou r of

,

so re t ria l T h e str i cke n pare nts hav e l oo ke d upon th e i r

.

chi l dre n fo r th e l ast ti me ; th e y in tu r n shall see th e i r , ,

pa re nts f ace s no m o re in this wo rl d

.

T his is a pi c tu re fr o m re al l if e p re s e nt e d at the p eriod

of ti me I hav e me ntion e d H avi ng d e t erm in e d to s eek .
16 UN I T E D EMPIRE LO YALI STS .

n e w ho me s in Ameri c a this young m an and wo m an k n e w

, ,

in m ak ing this choi ce th e y wou l d le av e pare nts an d

,

ho me s with no possibi l ity of s ee ing th em a gain C r oss

,
.

ing the A tl anti c th e n w as a far diff ere nt m att er fr o m

what it is to d ay with rapid st e a m n avi gat ion T h e
,
.

na me th e s e young emi gr ants bo re is on e w ell k nown in

Adol p hu st own I t was fo u nd a m ong thos e wh o ac com p a
.

ni e d M aj o r VanAl st in e wh e n h e l and e d on this spot on e

hund re d y e ar s ag o to -day An d par don me fo r adding .
, ,

I can cl ai m to b e on my m oth er s sid e on e of th e d e s ce u
, ,

dants of that pai r and there are n ot a f e w p re s e nt who

,

c an m ake th e same cl ai m and who m I am pr oud to ,

k now as k ins men T h e sto ry was ofte n to l d me by m y

.

v e n erat e d m oth er m any y e a rs ago I hav e p re s e nte d .

it to you to -day not merel y f or p ersonal gr ati c ation

, ,

but to show th e stern c ou rage whi ch cha ra ct eri ze d th e

r st settlers in Am eri c a M any nations of E u r op e con.

t ribut e d e quall y bo l d and int repid me n and wo me n to

p e op le the Atl anti c 'c oast of this c ontin e nt E ngl and .
,

I rel and S c otl and W ale s Germ any and H oll and gav e
, , , ,

their m ost vi go r ous sons and the H u gu e nots of Fr an ce

,

fo rme d a r i ch quota to l ay th e foundation of the Unit e d

S tat e s and Canada .

I t w as m ainl y th e d e s ce ndants of th e s e ha rdy pion eer s

of the s e v e nt ee nth ce ntu r y who a ce nt u ry l ater b eca me ,

e xi le s fr o m th e i r f ath er s ho me s and who p en e tra t e d t o ,

th e wi l d ern ess of Upp er C anada to p l ant th e nob le P r o

vin ce of O ntario Why was it th ey le ft th e c o m f o r tab le
.

ho me s th e i r fath er s had made and th e p l a ce whi ch by ,

th e i r l abou r e n ergy and e nt erp ris e had fr o m a W i l d er ne ss

, ,

b l osso me d into a g oodl y fr uitfu l l and ? T his is not th e

ti me to fu lly dis cuss t h e e v e nts att e nding th e gre at Am eri
c an reb ell ion of 1776 T his is not th e p l ace to W eigh the
.

c ont r ol l ing m otiv e s whi ch caus e d a po r tion of t h e British

Ameri c an s at that ti me to take up arm s against the
M oth er C ountry no r th e abiding p rin cip le s whi c h i m
,

p el l e d anoth er po r tion of th e sa me p e op le t o stand t r u e

18 U N ITE D E M PI RE L OYALI S TS .

had c o me E ngl and rec o gniz e d th e ind e p e nd e n ce of th e

.

C ol oni e s and th e l oya l A meri c ans found th em s el ve s with

,

out ho me s and al i e ns to th e l and of th e i r bi r th

,
'
h ey . T
w ere not on ly ho mele ss and al i e ns but th e y were subj ects ,

of p ers ec ution Many wou l d hav e a cce pt e d th e change d

.

c ondition and hav e b ec o me rec on c i le d but they w ere d e ,

r i v e d of t h e i r p r op er ty and th e i r l ands w ere c ons cat e d

p .

H ow th e L oya l ists d e pa rt e d so me d riv e n away and ,

so me b ec aus e th e y woul d not l iv e und er any but th e

British Fl ag and how th ey found th e i r way into th e
,

wi l d er n e ss e s of N ova S c otia N e w Br unswi ck and C anada

, ,

is a sad and tou ching sto ry a sto ry whi ch has n e v er b ee n

,

fu lly to l d S ays an Amer i c an writ er sp e ak ing of his

.
,

c ount ry me n : O u r wr iter s of histo ry hav e b ee n alm ost
si lent upon this topi c and it is not i m possib le that so me
,

p ersons hav e re ad book s d e vote d e x cl usiv el y to an a cc ount

of th e re vo l ution without so m u c h as i m ag ining that a

c onsid erab le par t of th e f o rce emp l oy e d to supp re ss th e

$
re b ellion w as c o m pos e d of ou r c ount ry me n B ut why .

has not th e sto ry b ee n tol d by th e U E L oyal ists th em . .

s el v e s ? T h e wo r ds of th e same w rit er give s t he answ er .

He says O f th e re asons whi ch inu e n ce d of th e hop e s ,

and f e a rs w hi ch agitat e d and of the m is eri e s and re war ds

,

whi ch awaite d th e L oyal ists of the A meri can re vo l ution

but l ittle is k nown T h e m ost int ell ige nt t he b e st i n
.
,

f o rme d a m on g us c onf e ss th e d e c i e n cy of th e i r know

le dge T h e re ason is obvious They who li ke th e L oyal
. .
,

i st s s e p ar a t e th em s el v e s fr o m th e i r f ri e nds and k ind re d ,

who a re dr iv e n fr o m their ho me s who su rre nd er the hop e s ,

a n d e xp ec ta tions of l i f e and who b ec o me out l aws wand er

, ,

er s and e xi le s su ch me n le av e f e w mem oria ls b ehind

th em T h e i r pap er s a re s c att ere d and l ost and th e i r v ery
.

$
n ame s pass fr o m hu m an rec o llec tion T o this m ay b e .

add e d th e stat eme nt that the pion eer s of any c ountry ,

st ru ggl in g to cre at e a ho me and p r o cu re th e n ece ssari e s

of l ife hav e no ti me to d e vot e to w ritin g histo r y o r r e
,

c o rding e v e nts T h e c ons e qu e n ce s hav e b ee n that whi le

.
 C E NTE NN IAL C L B A TIO N EER . 19

th e Ameri cans f or a ce ntu ry hav e bee n e ngage d in w rit

ing up th e Re vo l u t ion fr o m their point of vi e w th e histo r y ,

of th e A meri c an L oyal ists has rece iv e d but l ittle att e n

tion and m any of th e f a c ts rel atin to th e i r histo ry hav e
,
g

b ee n i rre tri e vab l y l ost .

N o wond er then that the U E L oyal ists are n ot on l y . .

m ostly fo rg otte n but ha ve had th e i r c ondu c t th e i r m o

t i v es an d th e i r c ha ra c t er m
, ,

,
is re p re s e nte d by partisans T h e .

e ff o rts m a de by that nob le and pat rioti c C anadian that ,

gr an d d e s ce ndant of th e U E L oyal ists I re fer to the . .

l at e Re v Dr R y erson to p l a ce b e fo re th e wo rl d a m o re
. .

a ccu r a t e e sti m at e of th e L oyal ists and th e att em pts by ,

oth er s in l ater y e ar s to re s c u e fr o m ob l ivion fa c ts honou r

, ,

ab le and p rais e wo r thy rel atin g to th em hav e b ee n rece iv e d , ,

e v e n by th e C anadian publi c with alm ost in cre du l ity wh e n

, ,

not with c o l d indi ff ere n ce D u rin g th e h u nd re d y e a r s

.

that t h e L oyalists hav e b ee n e ng age d in c onv er tin g t he

wi l d ern e ss into c o m fo rtab le ho me s th e p re ss of th e Unit e d ,

S tat e s has o cc upi e d its el f the thousands of A mer i cans

,

ab r oad h av e b ee n assiduousl y at wo rk e du c atin g th e wo rl d

to the e ff ec t that th e Ameri can T o ri e s of 1776 w ere th e
o ff s c ou ring s of t h e l an d th e vi le st o f th e vi le wo r t hy onl y
~
, ,

of b ein g e x ecrat e d by m an k ind N ot on l y th e dai l y a n d .

w eekl y p re ss has b ee n thus e ng age d but th e s choo l boo k s ,

u s e d by th e youn g in the Uni t e d S tat e s and so me ti me s ,

in C anada hav e c ontain e d t h e m ost out r age ous l y pa r tia l

,

a cc ounts of the str u ggle and th e pa r ti ci p ants on e i t h er

sid e Ne v er w as histo ry so p er v er te d n e v er did m i sre
.
,

p re s e ntation s so e ff ec tuall y d ece iv e N o t on l y ha v e th e .

chi l d re n of th e Unit e d S tat e s b ee n i m bu e d with hat re d

towa r ds th e Loy al i st s b u t th e m od er n E ngl ish m an S c otch
, ,

m an not to say I r ish m an has a cce pt e d th e t e a ching s of

, ,

par ti sa n A mer i can w r it er s E v e n C anadians m ay b e

.

found who hav e nothing but p r ais e fo r th e re b el s of 1776 ,

and nothin g but ob l oquy f or thos e who did not think r e
b el lion w as a j ustiab le a c t British stat e s me n and th e .

pre ss of Gre at Britain hav e s eem in gl y vi e d t o s ee whi c h

20 U NIT ED EM PI RE LO Y ALIsr s .

cou l d off er t o th e s cr ea mi ng g od d es s the m ost p rofound

a du la tion I t wou l d b e a m usi ng w ere it not
t o see C ana di a ns so ca lle d sha ll I sa y ba star d C anadians
-
, ,

e pe ci a ll y th ose by adoption e nd ea v ou r in g in a fe e ble

s
,

w ay t o cast di scre dit upo n th e U E L oy al is ts W ith the

. . .

m ost supe rcial k nowl ed ge of the subj ec t th e y und er ,

ta ke t o i n str u ct na ti v e C anadi ans re sp e ct in g th e ir fath ers .

T h ey m ostl y s e t out on th e supposition th at th e Loyal ists

ha d no l ove of l ibe rty that th e y w ere will ing t o b e al
,

m ost or quite s erfs or s la v es and t o pay ta x es t o th e

, , ,

I mp erial t re asu ry without P a rli ame ntar y re p rese nta tion .

B ut nothing cou l d b e m o re at varian ce with th e truth I n .

th e r st p la ce a vast nu m be r of thos e wh o u lti m atel y

,

sid e d with th e re b els w ere i ndi ff ere nt about th e qu estion

of l i b e r ty A gre at m any j oin e d th e ins u rrec tioni sts si m
.

ply t o a dvan ce th e i r p ersona l intere sts an d c ou l d th e ir ,

int ere sts hav e b ee n e quall y s er ve d th e y wo u l d hav e bee n

found on th e sid e of th e L oyal ists With not a f e w it w as .

only a str uggle fo r o f ce and power O n the oth er hand .

th ere w ere a very l a rge nu m b er of L oy al is ts who rec og

n i zed a ll th e e vi l s whi c h re all y did e xist in the rel ation
ship b e tw ee n En gl and and Ameri ca They w ere not b l ind
. .

to th e inj usti ce whi ch in m any W ays w as e vin ce d by th e

, ,

C rown to war d th e c o l oni es B ut th e y did not an d c ou l d

.

not s ee a su ffi c i e nt gri e van ce to j ustify re b ell ion at least

th e y d e si re d to s eek re dre ss by p e a ce fu l means And thos e .

a c quaint e d with the c oni ct of opi ni on am on g British

stat e s me n at that ti me as to th e ri ghts of Ameri ca k now
that had p e ace fu l me ans b ee n pu rsu e d al l th e c o mp l aints
, ,

wou l d in ti me hav e b ee n rem ov e d T h e n it m ust not b e

, ,
.

fo rg ott e n that Britain had giv e n m on e y and b l ood to c on

qu er Fre n ch C anada in th e int ere st s of th e c o l oni e s .

I t is sub m itte d as ad e qu at e p r oof of t h e stat eme nt

, ,

th a t th e U E L oy al ists w ere not without a l ov e of l ib er t y

. .
,

that th e subs e qu e nt histo ry of th e British p r ovin ce s s e t ,

t l e d by th em p re s e nts a st e ady and h e al thy d e v el op me nt

,

in -l ib eral g ov ern me nt ; and t o-day C anada has m o re

 C E ENNIAL C EL EB RA TION
NT . 21

l iberty an d the gov ern me nt of the p e op le is reall y m ore

d em oc rati c than th e Un ite d S t a te s T h e sapi e nt writer s .

I hav e re ferre d t o are wont t o as s e rt that th e conte st f or

,

r es ponsible g ov ern me nt in C anada w as be tw ee n th e

L oyalists j oin e d to ge th er in a fa m il y c o m pa c t and so me
, ,

bod y el s e ; but who m has ne v er bee n m ad e quit e cle a r .

B ut as a m atte r of fac t it w as th e ge n eral mass of th e

U E L oyali s t s w h o obta in e d th e be n e t s of r espons ib le
. .

$
g ov ernme nt The F a mi l y C o m pa c t re p re s e nte d onl y
.

a fragme nt of th e U E L oyal ist eleme nt and w as by no . .

,

means co m pos ed e x cl usiv ely of that cl ass T h e lo v e of .

libe rty w as man ifes te d by th e L oyalist s e ttler s of Upp er

Canad a in m any ways I n the Decla ration of I nd e p e nd e n ce .

of th e co l oni es it i s state d that all me n are bo rn free an d

e qual H ow f ar thi s p ri n cip le w as ca rri e d ou t by th e

$
.

Unite d S tat e s hi s to ry te l l s u s in wor ds no on e can mi s

,

und erstand As a m atter of fac t it w as n ot unt il 186 5 ,

and aft er a b l oody war in whi c h hun dr e ds of thou sands

of liv e s w ere sa cri ce d that s l av ery w as abo l ish e d and , ,

th e wo rds I hav e quot e d re all y sta te d th e condition of th e

p e op le of the Unit e d S tate s h e p r ocl am ation of P resi . T
d e nt Li n co ln made n e ce ssa ry by the e xi ge n ci e s of th e
,

w ar w as made 70 y e a r s afte r the U E P arl ia me nt of Upp er

, . .

C an ada had pa ss e d an Ac t t o p re v e nt th e fu rth er intro

du ct ion of s l av es and t o li m it the ti me of c ontrac t f or
,

se r vit u d e withi n thi s p rovin ce A nd d u rin g this pe riod .

$

Ca nada was the as y l u m of the down -t r odd e n of th e

Unite d S tate s Agai n in th e tr eatme nt of th e nativ e
.
,

In di ans how di ff ere ntl y th e y hav e fare d in C anad a than

,

th ey hav e in the Unite d S ta tes 1 W hi le cru el ty and i n

j u sti ce hav e atte nd e d the foo t s t e ps of th e fr onti er
m en in the l atte r in th e fo rmer t he abo ri g inal own er
, ,

of th e soil has been li ke th e Afr i can treate d as a , ,

m an and a b roth er H i s r ights h a v e b ee n re sp ec te d ; and

. .

t her esul t that whil e b l oo dy I ndi an wars ha v e m arke d

, ,

the hi sto ry of our n e ighbours w e ha v e ha d p e a ce in ou r ,

22 UN I T ED EMPIRE LO YALIS Ts .

bo rd ers T h ere is th ere fo re abundant re ason fo r m ain

.
, ,

taining that th e U E L oyal ists w ere not wanting i n th e

. .

e ss e ntial p rin cip le s of l ibe rty ; l ib erty b r oad and d ee p ,

wh i ch em b ra ce s a ll m ank ind i rre sp ec tiv e of r a ce or , ,

c o l ou r.

B ut l adi e s and ge ntleme n in d rawin g a c o m parison b e ,

tw ee n ou r U E Loyal ists f ath ers and th e fath ers of th e

. .

re pub li c I ha ve no d e si re to b el ittle p e op le of that ge n e

,

r ation An y su ch att em pt ou m y par t wou l d b e puny

.

ind ee d W hi le I hon e stly e nd e avou r to e u l ogi ze th e

.

U E L oyalists I do not d e si re t o i gno re all that is g ood

. .
,

and nob le in ou r k ins me n ov er th e bo r d er The bit t er .

n e ss of l ast ce ntu ry is a ll bu ri e d A s C anadians t o day

-
.
,

w e e nt er tai n to war d th em no f eel in g but that of g ood wi ll ,

and w e wish th em G od sp ee d We e v e n hop e that th e i r

- .

de sti ny m ay b e as gre at as w e b el i e v e ou rs is su re to b e .

As an el d er o sp ri ng of O l d E ngl and w e c annot a v oid

b eing inu e n ce d by her e xamp le s B ut whi le that nation .

and th e Canadian nation are advan c ing on par allel

l in e s in gr owth and d e v el op me nt th e l in e s c annot c o me ,

toge th er .

I a m t em pt e d to d raw a c o m parison b e tw ee n th e d e s
c en dan t s of th e re b el s and L oya l ists of 1776 as w e nd

th em t o -day but ti me wi ll not p erm it H ow e v er I h e si

, .
,

tat e not to say that th e sons of Ca nada chi l d re n of th e

L oya l ists h a v e physi ca l and me ntal qual iti e s whi ch wi ll
,

b e ar any c o m parison .

L adi e s and ge ntleme n w e a re ass em b le d to -day to cele

,

m
b rate th e s e ttle e nt o this p rovin ce th e P r ovin ce of
f

O ntario B ut w e do so with no narr ow feel in g of sec

.

t i on al i sm W e a re h ere as C anadians abov e al l

. No .

p e nt p Uti c a c ontra c ts ou r pow er and f eel ing s of pat riot

-u

is m f or th e who le D o m inion T h e who le b re adth of th e .

c ontin e nt fr o m Ne wfound l and t o Van c ouv er s I s l and

is ou rs to ho ld an d to c u l tivat e We take in ou r m ari .

ti me b re th re n who al so are d e s ce ndants o f th e L oyal ists

, .

We do not e x cl ud e th e Fre n c h of L o wer C anada n ot w i t h ,

 C E NT N N IALE C EL E RATIO N B ,
23

standing th e i r di sp osition to kee p iso lat e d f or w e remem ,

b er how th e y stood rml y by th e sid e of ou r fath er s in

th e ght f or O l d E ngl and in 1776 and We em br a ce
th e vig o r ous sons of M anitoba and th e N o r th We st -
,

m any of who m hav e th e U E L oya l ist b l ood in th e i r . .

v e ins ; and w e e xte nd a b r oth er s hand to th e loyal C an
adi an s of the P a c i c c oast L oo k in g e ast w e st and no r th .
, ,

ov er ou r ri ch h er itage w e say C anad a on e and indivisible ,

f or e v er Canada f or th e C anadians and C anadians on l y ,
.

A s Dr C anniff c on cl ud e d his add re ss th e 15 t h B attal ion

.
,

h ea d e d by th e i r band ca me down fr o m th e ca m p and made ,

th e ir way towar ds th e spot wh ere on e of th e ge nial e v e nts

of th e day w as to take p l a ce th e l a y in g with M aso ni c ,

honou r s of th e c o rn er s t on e of th e n e w m onu me nt to
-

th e U E L oya lists T hith er th e p e op le le d T h e ason s

. . . . M
al so fo rme d in l in e and p r o cee d e d to th e spot in a body .

T h e ston e whi c h was lyin g on th e g r ound j ust at th e

, ,

e dge of th e pl ot us e d f or th e bu r ia l gr ound was soon su r ,

ded tw e nty d eep by p e op le anxious to witn e ss th e

cere m ony All b e in g re ady R W Br o Ar thu r Mc G u in
.
,
. . .

n e ss D D G M a c tin g as G M m ad e a b ri e f add re ss in
, . . . .
, . .
, ,

th e c ou rs e of whi c h h e e u l ogi ze d th e L oyali sts and said ,

that th e on l y re ason why su c h me n had not a lre ady had

so me su ch t ribut e as was now p r opos e d to b e erec t e d to

th e i r mem o ry m ust b e found in the fac t that su ch a ck now

,

l e dg m en t s of the p e op le s lo v e and gr atitud e m ust c o me

wh e n th ere w as ti me fo r the c u l tivation of th e a rts and

w e al th t o a cc u m u l a te He an d his b re th re n d eeme d it .

an honou r to l ay this co rn er -ston e as a m onu me nt t o th e ,

mem o ry o f me n who had sa cr i ce d so m u c h fo r their

allegian ce to the British ag T h e m ysti c rites havin g .

b ee n du l y so lem ni ze d a p r ay er w as o ff ere d by W o rship ,

fu l Br o Re v R J C raig as Gr and C h ap l ain and th e ston e

. . . .
, ,

was du ly d ecl are d l aid The c on cl usion of the cerem ony .

w as announ ce d by th e N ationa l A nth em by t h e band ,

fo ll ow e d by a gr and sa l ut e by th e 15 th Ba tta l ion B ,

$

B and K in gston and th e P i c ton S i l v er Co r n e t B an d

, , ,
24 U N I T ED E M PI RE LO YALI STS .

whi ch had a rriv e d on th e gr ounds e arly in t he aft ernoon ,

p l ay e d so me l ively s elec tions n e ar th e sp e aker s s t and .

T h e add re sse s f r o m th e gr and stan d w ere th e n r e

su me d .

M r D W ALL ISO N M P f or Le nnox was c alle d to

. . .
,
. .
,

th e chai r He announ ce d as r st sp e aker

S IR R I C H A R D C A RT W R I G H T who c a me fo r war d a m id
.
,

app l aus e Af t er gree ting th e audi e n ce a m o ng who m

.
,

h e , rec o gni ze d m any ol d fri e nds h e p r o cee d e d : I do

I

not b el i e v e you c ou l d b e ass emb le d fo r a m o re laud

a b le or p at rioti c pu rpos e than that whi c h has b r ou g ht

you toge th er to day - We are h ere fo r th e purpos e

.

of doin g what honou r w e c an to th e mem o r y of me n

to who m w e ow e it that n ot merel y O ntario but on e ,

h al f th e c ontin e nt of N o rth A m eri ca remains to day -

,

und er British r u le I t is d e si rable too that w e shou l d

.
, ,

e nd e avou r to und erstand th e m agnitud e of th e sa cri

c e m ad e by th e nob le band who a hund re d y e ar s ag o
d re w up th e i r b atte aux on th e shores of Adolphus
town T h e s e me n w ere not in c onsid er at e youths ; th e y
.

w ere me n m ost of th em of m atu re y e ar s and some ad

, ,

v an ced in l ife who won f or th em s el v e s c o m fo r tab le ind e

,

p e n den c e in a c ountry south of us A t wh a t th e y c on .

ce i v e d to b e th e c all of duty th e y w ere re ady to s a cr i ce

,

e v erything th at me n c o mm o nl y ho l d d e ar ; re sig n th e
w e al th th e y had a ccu m u l at e d fo r fe it th e i r p r osp ec ts
,

th e i r ow n and th e i r chi l d re n s fo r sake of th e i r l oyal ty to

th e ag und er whi c h th e y had s er v e d and und er whi c h ,

m any of th em had f ou ght an d b le d T h at was not an .

o r dinary a c t and me n w ho p erfo rme d it w ere c ast in

,

no o rdina ry m ou l d N owadays it is far too c o mm on to

.

j udge a m an s a cts by th e sta ndar d of mere m at erial su c
c e ss . T h e s e me n had so me thing nob ler and l ofti er b e fo re
t h em Had it b ee n wo rl d ly p r osp erity th ey l oo ke d fo r
.

they wou l d hav e cast th e i r l ot in with th e Re pub li c to

the south of us had th e y b le n ch e d fr o m th e trial s b e fo re
26 E
UN IT D EM PI R E LO SS
YALI T .

A meri ca H e pre di c te d al so that t e n ye ar s after Canada

I
.

w as c onqu ere d t h e oth er

,
c o l o ni e s wou l d ass er t th e i
r nde
p e n den c e A
. s y o u k now who hav e
,
paid att e nt i on to
history that w as fu l lle d alm ost to th e hou r and day
,
.

Canada was ce d e d to Gre at Britain in 176 3 and within ,

twel ve y ear s th ere aft er th e rst b l ood was drawn in th e

str uggle whi ch re su l te d in th e ind e p e nd e n ce of th e
United S tate s of Ameri ca T h e le tter rst p re di cts that if
.

Ge neral W ol f e u n d erstands his trade that M ontca lm

must b e d efe at e d and d ecl are s th at as this d e fe at me ans
th e total l oss of N o r t h Ameri ca h e wi ll not su rviv e
,
.

I c on ole mys el f n e ver th ele ss for th e p r osp ect of m y
s
, ,

own d e fe at and of th e l oss of th e c o l ony

,
by m y rm ,

convi ction that this d efe at wi ll p r ov e in th e l on g run

b etter than a vi ctory for Fran ce and that th e c onqu er o r, ,

E ngland will nd a to mb in h er own c onqu est T his

, .

may app ear a paradox b u t a l ittle re ection and a gl an ce

,

at th e p oli t i cal situation in N o rt h Ameri c a wi ll p rov e th e

correctne ss of my opinion A l arge por tion of th e E n g
.

l ish c ol onis t s are th e chi l d re n of m en who le ft E ngl and

du rin g th e p eriod of th e civi l war and b e took th em s el v e s ,

to Ameri ca to nd a c ountry where th ey m ight l iv e an d .

di e in free dom and ind ep e nd e n ce I k now th em tho r .

oughly ot by h e ar say but by me ans of su re info rm ation

,
n -
,

and corre sponden ce which I hav e arr ange d mys el f and ,

whi ch if my l ife had b ee n p r ol onge d I had me an t t o ,

turn to th e advantage of Fran ce I n fa ct all th e E nglish .

col oni sts wou l d hav e shake n off th e yo ke l ong ag o and ,

every one of th em woul d hav e b eco me a l ittle i ndep en

d ent repub l i c had it n ot b ee n f or th e fe ar of Fran ce at
th e ir doo rs As b e twee n two m asters th ey p re ferre d
.

th eir ow n fell ow countryme n to f o re ign ers tak ing ca re , ,

meanwhi le to render no more ob e di e n ce than th ey c ou l d

,

h el p ; but if Canada is conqu ere d and if th e Canadi ans ,

and the En gl ish C ol oni e s b ec ome on e p e op le th e v ery rst

occasmn on whi ch E ngl and w i ll ap pe ar an d int er ere with
f
t h e i r intere st s do you suppo se t he C o l onists wi ll obe y
,
 C E
EN T N N IAL C E L EB A T IO N R . 27

h er ? W hat hav e th e y t o f e a r if th e y do re vo l t I am
so p er fec tl y cer tain of th e t r uth of what I ha v e wr itt e n

that I w i ll onl y all ow t e n y e ar s aft er th e c onqu e st of

C anada to see m y p re di c tions a cc o m p l ish e d N ow y ou .

s ee th e re ason whi ch c onso le s me as a Fre n ch m an fo r th e

i mm in e nt danger Fr an ce is inc u rrin g of s ee in g C anada
$
l ost fo re v er .

M ost of the L oyal ists who m w e honou r to day had -

fou ght fo r th e sup rem a c y of Gre at Britain and of th e

Br itish r a ce in N o rth A meri c a and th e y thou ght aft er ,

su ch gre at sa cri ce s that had b ee n m ad e th e y w ere bound

to se e that th e E n gl ish r a ce was not r obb e d of th e p r i ce
of th e sov ere i g nty of this c ontin e nt Remem b er wh e n .

in 1775 th e C o l oni e s d ec id e d t o b re ak off th e i r allegian ce

,

this stru ggle was of v ery rece nt d a t e that m any of th e

me n s erv e d und er British ge n era l s in th e arm i e s whi ch
c onqu ere d C anada and too k Qu e b ec T h ere were men of .

di ff ere nt cl ass e s am on g th e L oyal i sts S o me w ere i m .

el l e d si m p l y by hon e st and l audab le instin c t of l oya l ty to

p
th e ag to whi ch th e y had ow e d a lleg ian ce and th e y w ere ,

re pare d to m ake sa cri ce s fo r that l oya l ty I wou l d

pave you al l t o make sa cri ce s wh ere n ece ssary fo r you r
.

'

c onvi c tions ; but b esi des t h ese th ere w ere oth er s a m on g

that han d T h e s e me n as th e i r name Unit e d E mpi re
.
,

L oyal ists show e d tho r ough l y app reciat e d th e e no rm ous

,

futu re whi ch await e d th e Engl ish ra ce in N o r th Ameri c a .

I t wou l d b e a m istake to suppos e that t hey who ll y

app r ov e d of th e c ou rs e of th e British G ov ern me nt A s .

th e i r c o rre spond e n ce shows th e y obj ec t e d as B u rke and

, ,

Chatham obj ec te d but th e y f el t it wou l d b e a thousand

,

piti e s and a disgra ce to the r a ce that after all that h ad ,

pass e d th e E n gl ish r a ce shou l d all ow its elf to b e spl it

,

into fr ag me nts and w e ha v e nu mer o u s p r oofs of h o w

,

pow erf u ll y th e s e me n s a c ts and feeli ngs a ff ec t e d th e

who le d e stiny of this c ountry Ge ntleme n th e L oya l ists .

,

bui l d e d b e tt er than t h e y k n e w T h ey c a me a handfu l .

of me n p erhaps fou r o r v e thousand sou l s

,
to th e P r o ,
28 UN I T ED EMPI R E LO YALI STS .

vin ce of Ontario and y et th ey ha ve giv e n to a v ery g re at

,

e xtent impul s e and di rection to the f eel ings and d e sti ny

of fou r or v e m ill ions w ho now inh abit th e D o m inion .

B u t f or th e e ff ec t of th e e xamp le and t r aditions th e y le ft

b ehind th em I b el i e v e you wou l d n ot see yond er ag oat
,

fro m this gr ound to day I f t h ere b e h ere a s possib ly

-
.
,

th ere may b e a few of thos e v e tera ns who rec o llec t th e

,

w ar of 1812 an d 1815 th e y wi ll t ell you how pow erfu ll y

,

th e examp le of th e Loya lists s t re ngth en e d th e i r h a nds fo r

th e d e sperat e struggle to pre s er ve C an ada to th e Br itish
Crown .

L ook to history an d you wi ll not nd a c as e in th e

whole range in whi ch a handfu l of me n m aintai n e d
th ems el ve s su cce ssf u ll y agains t d e sp erat e odds w hi ch ,

re ects m o re l ustre on th e p e op le w h o did it than th e ,

struggle of ou r fath ers in th at war Ameri c a p l a ce d .

al ong t he fronti er men a gre ater nu mb er th an th e

,

whole m ale popu l ation of th e Pr o v in ce c apab le of b e ar

ing arms at that ti me All th e aid th e British G ov ern
.

me nt coul d s end du ring th e rst y e ar was fou r c om pani e s

o f regu l a r s.
Sh e s e nt u s al so Bro ck who al on e w as ,

worth an army Bro ck wi t h e ight ee n hundre d me n

.

re d u ce d th ree t ho u sand A meri cans to c apitul ation I n .

th e face of th e gre at Eu rop e an wars th e d ee ds of h er ois m

,

on th e fronti er of C anad a w ere l ost si ght

of but it is not ,
f or any patrio t i c C anadian to fo rge t th e m I hav e s aid .

el s e wh ere an d I n ow re p e at th a t th e c o l ony of O ntario

has a roud p re -emin e n ce am o ng th e c o l oni e s Br itain
p of
for th i s re ason All th e oth er c o l oni e s hav e b een fo u nd e d
.

by men who sought t o b e tter th e i r c ondition or w ere ,

found ed by th e G ov ernme n t of Britain or obtaine d by ,

t
c onqu es but O ntario st ands al one as th e c ol ony found e d
,

by me n m aking gre at sacrice s to m aint ain th e i r alle

 E
C NT ENN I AL C ELE B RA T IO N . 29

o t h er p l ace to point out how I thou ght w e d es ce ndants ,

of th e U E L oya l ists m ight b e st act in th e spi rit of ou r

. .
,

fo re fath er s Be a r in m ind t hat what th e s e me n sou ght

.

to p re v e nt was a division whi c h Fran ce sou ght t o f ost er

b e t wee n th e gre at po r tions of th e E n gl ish r a ce I b el i e v e .

th e L oyal ists and th e p e op le of C an ad a who d eriv e th e i r

,

inspi r ation fr o m th em c an b e st do j usti ce t o th e spi rit of

,

th e i r fo re f ath er s by doing what th e y can to b ring toge th er

in a union all th e E ngl ish sp e ak in g r a ce s in th e wo rl d I
-

sta te as a m an loyal to Britain and t o Br itish institutio n s .

I b el i e v e I k now wh ere of I sp e ak wh e n I say no su c h

s er vi ce can b e re nd ere d to th e p e op le o f Gre a t Britain and
of th e who le wo rl d than to rem ov e a ll chan ce of hosti l ity
b e t w ee n th e two gre at b ran ch e s of th e E ngl ish r a ce A s .

a d e s ce ndant of a l oyal ist I say it wou l d b e a wo rk to

,

whi ch any m an m i ght b e p r oud to c ons ecrat e his l if e I t .

is th e pa r t of wisdo m fo r us to do what w e c an to fu l l
th e obj ec t fo r whi ch ou r fo re fath er s sa cr i ce d so m u ch
to b rin g toge t h er as a unit e d p e op le if not und er one ,

S ov ere i gn at any r at e in on e all ian ce o ff e n siv e and d e

,

fe nsiv e two gre at nations whi ch to the m isfo r tun e o f

, , ,

th e wo rl d hav e b ee n s e v ere d and a l i e n ate d Y ou m ay

, .

call thi s a d re a m C avou r was c a lle d a d re a mer wh e n h e

hop e d fo r a u nit e d I tal y ; B is m arck w a s c ond em n e d as a
visiona ry wh e n h e saw in th e futu re a Germ an C o n fe d
e r a t i on
.
Th e E ngl ish sp e a k in g p e op le are not infer io r to
th e I ta l ians an d Germ an s wh e n th e re a l w el fa re of th e i r
,

ra ce is at stake I n cl osing h e u rge d upon th e C anadian s

.
,

t o i m ita t e th e h er ois m of th e i r an ce s t o r s b e caus e th e ,

nation c ou l d n e ver b ec o me gre at unle ss so m e c iti ze ns w ere

,

will ing to sa cri ce th em s el ve s fo r th e ge n era l g ood and ,

Canada at th e ti me n ee d e d su c h me n .

The R EV D V L U C AS M on tre a l th e n add re ss e d th e

. . .
, ,

mee tin g as fo ll ows

MR C H AI R MAN L AD I E S AN D G ENT L EME N I e st eem it
, .

a v ery gre at p r ivi lege ind ee d to b e p erm itte d to j oin with

th e distin g uish e d stat e s m an wh o has j ust add re ss e d you ,
30 U N ITE D EMPI RE LO YALI STS .

and with y ou all in doing honou r to thos e w or thy p e op le

who on e hundre d ye ar s ago l and e d upon th e spot wh ere
, ,

we are n ow ass emble d to lay in this P r ovi n ce th e f ou n da , .

tions of civi li zation W e are carr i e d back in ou r thoughts

.

to thos e days Few of us k now anything of th e har d

.

ships th rough whi ch these pi lgri m fath er s of C anada

had to pass P ushing on e s w ay into a n e w c ountry to
.

day by me ans of ou r rai l ways and oth er m od er n fa ci l iti e s

,

is not what it was a centu ry ag o .

Ho w ev er mu ch we may ad mi re th e i r c ou rage and fo r ti

tu d e in braving th e rigou rs of C an adi an wint ers and the ,

di f cu lti es of m aki ng home s fo r th em s el v e s and th e i r

posterity in th e Canadian fo re sts w e h av e me t to d ay ,

m ore p arti cu larly to adm ire th e spi rit whi ch b r ou ght th em

hither and if possible to c atch so me thing of th e i r de v o
,

tion to prin ciple s whi ch th r ou gh th e me diu m of th e

British C onstitution He av e n its el f in th e i r e sti m ation
, , ,

had b e stowe d upon th em .

W e go back in thou ght a l ittle far th er to those d ays ,

wh e n th e o l d er C ol oni e s of Br it ain on this c ontin e nt de

,

cid ed to dishonou r t he ag und er whos e aegis th e y had ,

rece i ve d all that is e x celle nt in th ei r p re s e nt po l iti cal sy s

tem I do not stop now to qu e stion th e m otiv e s of those
.

w ho excited th e c ol onists to re b ell ion I t is e nou g h fo r .

th e present to say that th e men who m C ana da d el ights ,

t o honou r regard e d th e c our s e of th e insu rge nts as a m ost

,

unr ghte ous on e an d rath er th an giv e it th e i r c ons e nt and

i
,

ai d chose t o b egin an e w in this no r th er n pa r t

,
.
o f ou r
great conti nent wh ere ev e n am id c ol d and pov er ty and
,

h rdsh i ps of various kinds th ey might sti ll li v e und er th e

a

fre ag of B rrt am and e nj oy th e b le ssings of whi c h that

ag I s the emblem
e
,

W h e n w e con id er th e pre s e nt ro re ss
of ou r nati v e
s

l nd t o whi ch ou r honou re d f at hergdfr e ct ed th e i r st e ps

a
,

and th e e xcel len ce of ou r pol iti cal institutions an d th e ,

a
gr nd futu re whi ch is evid e ntl y b e fo re ou r b el ov e d D o
mi n i on w e feel that th e s e n ob le me n of a hund re d y e a r s
,
 E E
C NT NN IAL C L B A T IO N EER . 31

$
ag o bui l t be tter than t h e y k n e w
,
T h e y honou re d th e .

ag of England and th e p rin c ip le s whi c h that a g r ep r e

s e nt e d and w e h av e me t to honou r th em I tr ust S i r
,
.
, ,

that whi le w e are le ss wo rthy than th e y t hos e who c o me ,

after us wi l l at le ast re sp ec t us f or as s em bl in g on this th e ,

r st ce nt e nnia l anniv er sa ry to do honou r to those nob le

,

and d e vote d fath er s of ou r C anadian D o m inion

M
.

I t m ig ht not b e un pr otab le r Chai rm an to g o sti ll

, .
,

er ba ck and rem ind ou r s el v e s of th e gr owth of lib

e rt y in E ngl and and of th e Br itish C onstitution
,
S o me .

how m o re than a m on g oth er nations of E u r op e th ere

, ,

s eem s t o hav e b ee n in th e E ngl ish I s le f r o m th e e arl i e st ,

age s an intense d e sire f or l ib erty T h e gre at A l fre d had

, .

said that it was his d e si re that th e p e op le of E ngl and

shou l d b e as free as th e ai r th e y b re ath e d T h r ou gh ce n .

t u ri e s m ost of thos e wa r s asid e fr o m those asso c iat e d with

, ,

th e c onqu e s ts w ere si mp l y a l on g str u ggle b e t w ee n th e

,

d e spotis m of k ings on th e one hand and th e inh ere nt l ov e ,

of l ib erty on th e oth er
T
.

h e c onstitution of E n gl and as we now k now it was of ,

s l ow gr owth b u t e a c h ce ntu ry found it m o re in a cc o r d

,

with th e wi ll of th e p e op le T h e l ast gre at eleme nt of

.

lib erty m ay b e said to ha v e b ee n int rodu ce d into the c on

st i t u t i on wh e n W i ll ia m III and his qu ee n sig ne d th e
.

mem o r ab le B i ll of R i gh t s on th e i r a cce ssion to th e t h r on e ,

after th e ab di cation of J a me s II A mer i c a had by this .

ti me b ee n b r ou ght m o re fu ll y t o the noti ce of th e p e ople

of th e o l d wo rl d and it was hop e d that t hos e gr and p rin
,

c i p l e s f or whi c h th e E n gl ish p e op le had so l on g st ru ggle d

, ,

wou l d nd s c op e and d e v el op me nt on this c ontin e nt su ch ,

as m i g ht n ot b e a cc o r d e d th em wh ere th ere still l in gere d

c onsid erab le sy m pathy w ith r oyal a m bition and eccle sias

ti cal c ons er vatis m T houg h it is hard t o nd e x c us e fo r
.

th e arbitra ry spi rit of Ge o rge III and his advis er s and a .

,

m aj o rity of his pa rl iame nt y e t as has b ee n cle arl y sh own

,

by Dr R y er son th e dii cu l t y b e tw ee n th e H o me G ov ern

.
,

me nt and th e C o l oni es m ight hav e b ee n adj uste d without

32 U N I T ED EMP I R E LO YALI STS .

s ece ssion on th e part of th e l atter and as th e same distin

u i sh e d writ er has show n wou l d hav e b ee n I n ha rm ony
, ,

g ,

with th e general wish of th e Ameri c ans 1f It had n ot b ee n ,

f or a few ambitious le ad er s u rging th e p e op le on to as ,

ou r fath er s tho u ght an unj ustiab le re b ell ion and so me

, ,

h ow w e c annot div e st ou r m inds of th e thou ght that ou r

fath ers were right .

Th e l ong histo ry of th e stru ggle on th e pa rt of th e i r

an ce stors f or constitution al free do m w as d eep l y e ngrav e n
on th e i r m inds Th ey l ove d that history and were p r oud
.

of it . Th e ir fath ers had fo u ght to m ak e th e grand old

ag of England th e emblem of all th at was g ood po l iti
cally I f it c ou l d hav e b ee n shown th at th ere was sti ll
.

l a king some element of pu re c onstitutiona l l ib er ty th e y

c
,

were will ing to l abou r t o s ecu re it but to t re ad bo t h ag ,

an d c onstitution in th e dust l oo ke d t o th em not on l y a s

,

an insul t to Hi m who had so h el p e d their fath er s but an ,

insu lt to th e ch erish e d mem o ry of th e i r fa th ers as w ell

Be that as it m ay w e rej oi ce wh e n w e rememb er th e i r
,

l oyalty not merely b ecaus e w e a dmi re th e p rin cip le its el f

, ,

but b ecaus e of th e ble ssin gs whi ch th ei r l oyal ty has

brought to us .

Book at ou r wid el y -e xt e nd e d c ountry with its gre at ,

ferti lity its salubrious atm osph ere its b r oad a cre age of
, ,

arable l and its l ofty m ountains m agni ce nt riv ers ri ch

, , ,

mi neral s almost in calcul able in e xt e nt with its va l u ab le ,

fore st s and sh e ri e s a c ount ry a lm ost as l arge as the

f
whole Eu rop e and rememb er that b ecaus e of th e d e
o
v ot i on and l oyal ty and s el f-sacr i c e
of those me n who m
w e to d ay com m emm orat e al l th e p rin ci p le s of British
,

c on s t i t u t l on al l ib er ty are our s by bi r th r i ght

.

.Th e British C onstitution m odi e d in so me of its de

,

ta l s t o meet ou r col onial re qui rements without in any

i
,

s ens e ch angi ng any of its gen eral p r in ciple s b ec ome s to ,

us th e h gh e st typ e of po l iti cal free do m an d o ff ers us th e

i
,

easi e st politi cal yoke born e by any p eop le U nd er He av e n .

o f
T alk annexation to th e Unit e d State s T hat is i m .
34 UN I T ED EMPIR E LO SS
YALI T .

THE SEC O ND D AY .

AD O LP H U S TO W N Jun e 17
Th e s ec ond day of th e U E . . .
,

L oyal ist cele bration was m arke d by n e w e ath er and a

v ery l arge a tt endan ce of v isito r s All th e ste amer s p l y .

ing on th e Bay of Quint br ou ght crowds of p e opl e T h e .

rst e ve nt this m orning though not down as a par t of ,

th e celebration und er th e auspi ce s of th e C o mm ittee was ,

an int eresting and i mportant on e no le ss than th e l ayin g ,

of th e c o rn er -ston e of th e M em o rial C h u rc h by L i e ut e nant

Governor Robinson T h e Re v R S F orn eri B A P asto r

. . . .
, . .
,

of th e Angli c an C hu rch h e re has sin ce h e too k this

, ,

charg e worke d e arn estly in p ro m otin g this obj ec t and ,

th e pres ent celebration gav e hi m th e b e s t oppo r tunity of

h aving th e work of th e a ctual buil ding inau g ur at e d with
b ecoming cerem oni e s .

Th e Li eutenant Governor arr iv e d fro m N ap an ee this

-

mo rning by p rivat e yacht about ele v e n o cl o ck He was ,

.

met at th e wharf by a guar d of honou r of th e 15 th B at

tal ion Argyle Light I nf antry und er c o mm and of A dj t
, , .

Captain T C L azi er and c ondu cte d to S t P au l s C hu r ch

. .
, .

th e prese nt Angl i can Chu rch of Adol p hu st ow n .

Re v R S Forner i recto r of Adol phu st ow n has e v ery

. . .
, ,

re ason to feel grati e d by th e m arke d su cce ss a tte ndin g

hi s m def a t igab l e e ff o rts to b ring this e nt er p ris e to a su c
c essf u l issu e Th e n ew chu rch e dice whi c h has b ee n
.

name d S t Al ban s is to b e a handso me str u c t u re of th e

.
,

m odern Gothi c style cap able of s e ating about 2 5 0 p e op le

T
,

It w
.

i l l hav e a n e at b ell tow er s e v e nty -two fee t hi g h he .

m am e ntran ce wi ll b e at th e sid e of th e b u i l ding and wi ll

,

have an open porch with doors of i ron wo rk T h e nav e .

s 32 N 5 0 fee t and th e chan cel The int er io r

I 2 6 M 2 4 f ee t .

Is
to b e decorated with a nu mb er of m e m ori al table ts to
lead i ng memb ers of th e pion eer band who l and e d on th e
.

of Q u rr t 10 0
shore s r y e ar s ag o T h e sit e is on e of th e .

m ost co mmandi ng al ong th e bay front and was lib erally

donate d f or th e purpose by J J W atson E sq A fter a . .
, .

s serv rce
hort at th e chu rch by th e Archd e a c on the p r o ,
 CE E
NT N N I AL C L B A TIO N EER . 35

ce ssion w as r e -f o rme d and sin gin g an app r op riat e hy m n

,

m arch e d to th e si t e of th e n e w e di ce T h e cerem ony .

th r o u ghout was m ost i m p re ssiv e th e Ve n A rc hd e ac on ,

.

le ading and th e p e opl e j oinin g h e a rtily in th e re spons e s .

A t th e p rop er t i me a b e a utifu l si l v er t r ow el suitab ly en ,

gr av e d was handed to th e L i e ut e nant-G ov erno r with

, ,

whi ch h e l aid on th e ceme nt sayin g : ,

W e l ay t h i s st on e of f o u n d a t i o n t o t h e h on ou r an d gl ory of G o d
p
an d i n m e m or y o f t h e U n i t e d E m i r e Loy a li st s w h o o n e h u n d re d
y ear s ag o l ai d t he c orn er -st on e o f o u r P r ovi n c e i n eac e an d r i gh t o
,

pp
,

o u sn e ss an d i n l oy al t y t o t he B r i t i s h rown an d E m i r e C .
$

Am ong th e clergy me n p re s ent were th e fo ll owin g :

De an Lyst er of S t Ge o rge s Cath e d ral K ing ston ; R u r al
, .

D e an K i rk p atr i ck of K in g ston ; Re v J W B u rke of

,
. . .
,

Belle vi l l e Re vs C E C ar tw right of K in gston ; C oo k

. . .
, ,

K ingston ; R S F orn eri I n c u m b e nt of Adol p hu st ow n ;

. .
,

R u ral De an B aker Ty en dinag a Re v M r C oo k O shawa ;

,
. .
,

Re vs C are y R ob er ts S tanton D F B oger t and Thom p

.
, , ,
. .
,

son .

T h e L i e ut e nant-G ov er no r was p re s e nt e d with an a d

d re ss whi ch was g o rge ously i ll u m inat e d and of whi ch th e ,

foll owing is a c opy

To H i s H on ou r J ohn B ever l ey R ob i n son Li eu t -Gover , .

o t he P r ovi n ce of O n t a r i o
n or f .

MAY I T P L EAS E Y O U R H O N O U R
O b e hal f th e Recto r and memb ers of the C hu rch of
n
E ngl and in th e P ar ish of Adol ph u st o w n and Fr eder i ck s
bu rg and sund ry oth er p er sons int ere st e d in com m em o
,

rat in g th e i mp o r tant histo ri c al e v e nt of th e a rr ival th ere

of British subj ec t s k nown as U N I T ED E MP I R E L O YA L IS T S ,

by th e ere ction of a n e w chu rc h n e ar t h e spot on whi ch

l and e d the wo r thy band of re fugee s in 1784 this ad ,

d re ss is re s pec tfu ll y p re s e nt e d .

M ost c o r dially and gr at e fu ll y we bid you r H onou r wel

c o me to Adol phu st ow n on this o ccasion wh e n after th e ,

l aps e of on e hund re d y e ar s we wou l d rais e a sa cre d e di,

36 U N I T ED EM PI E R LO YALS ITS .

c e in mem o ry of m any b ra ve men who n ot onl y sa cr i ,

c ed e verything in ob e di e n ce to th e divin e c o mm and ,

H onou r th e King but who w ere e qu al ly re ady to r e

,
$

$
c ognize th e p aram ount duty to Fe ar G od .

The U E L oyal ists were w e b el i e v e religious as w ell

. .
, ,

as l oyal men and wh ere v er th ey s e tt le d in Can a da

,

th ey laid th e foundation n ot al on e of patr iotis m but

al so of pi ety Th ere fore w e th e i r d e s ce ndants an d d e
vote d admirers hav e d eeme d th e erec tion of a H O U S E O F
.
,

PRAY E R a sign i cant and app r opr iat e mem o ri al em b ody

i ng th e s e two gre at p r in ci p le s whi ch th e sons of t h e ,

an ci ent Church of E ngl and hav e b ee n e v er f o rem ost and

steadfast in upholding prin cip le s we w ou l d e nd e avou r
t o in cu l cat e in ou r chi l d re n and t r ans m it to futu re ge n e
,

rations i n this c ountry vi z : th at a l ong with th e duty

, .

we ow e to ou rs el ve s in m aintaining c i vi l and rel igious

freedom we are no le ss bound to b e faithfu l in di sch arg
,

ing what is du e by l oyal men to th ei r S ov ere i gn and by ,

Ch risti an me n to th ei r G od .

I t is an au spi cious c oin cid e n ce that on this day 17th ,

J un e th e Church of Engl and c o mmem o r at e s in h er c ale n

,

da Engl and s P r oto -M ar tyr S t Al ban th e r st m an who

r
.
, ,

on B ri t sh soi l s e ale d with his l i f e -b l ood h i s t e sti m ony as a

l oyal subject of his He av en ly King ou r L o r d Je sus C h rist , .

May his name und er whi ch th e mem o rial chu rch i s to b e

,

de di cate d to God e ver unite ou r a ff ections to th e d e a r

,

ol d m o t h er l and and inspi re us all to fo ll ow t h e e xa m p le

,

of on e who h el d not his l if e dear fo r th e caus e of C

h r ist ,
.

Ani mat ed by su ch s enti me nts w e hav e und er take n this ,

 C EN T ENN IA L C ELE B RA T IO N . 37

of O ntario re p re s e nti ng Her Gra c ious Maj e sty shou l d

, ,

hon our us with hi s p re s e n ce and co -

op eration on this occ a
sion F o r in what e v er oth er re sp ec ts w e m ay hav e de
.

ge n e rat e d fr o m th e nob le U E L oyal ists of 1784 w e m ay

. .
,

f a in h O p e w e m ay j ust l y cl ai m to b e th e i r r iva l s in rm
attach me nt both to th e TH R O N E un der whi c h it i s ou r
happin e ss to l iv e and to t hat grea t EMP I R E of whi c h we
,

fer v e ntly p ray th at th e D o m i nion of C anada m ay l on g

I ntegral ppoor tion
c o nstitut e a n int .

As w e c on cl ud e this add rre ss we ca n not fo rge t th e f a c t

no ,

that th e hono u r of b e in g a d e s ce ndant of U E L oya l ists . .

is share d by you r own W grac ious and a cc o m p l ish e d l ady a ,

dau ght er of th e distin guish e d hous e of Hagerm an and w e ,

v e ntu re to j oin h er na me with that of you r H onou r as we

m ost si ncerely wish you both th e e nj oy me nt of m any y e ar s
of h a ppin e ss and p r osp er ity in ou r pub l i c and p r ivat e
y
l ife
.

S i g n e d on b ehal f of th e Gen eral and L o ca l B ui l din g

C o mm itt ee ,

AD O LP H U S TO W N J un e
,
17t h , 1884 .

T h e L i e ut .
G overno r
re pl i e d b r i e y e xp re ssin g his ,

c o r dia l th ank s to the clergy and bui l din g c o mm itt ee f or

th e i r in v itation t o ta ke pa r t in th e p r o cee ding s of this
mem o rable o ccasion and r e -ec hoin g al l th e s e nti me nts
,

c ontain e d in th e add re ss Bri e f sp eech e s w ere m ad e by

.

a nu m b er o f the clerg y tha t of De an L yst er b e in g pa r

,

t i cu l a rl y app r op ri a t e .

T h e cerem ony c o m ple t e d th e L i e ut -G ov er no r and a

, .

l arge pa rty w ere invit e d t o th e re sid e n ce of J J W atson . .

,

Esq wh ere l un c h was s er v e d

.
, .
38 U N I T ED EMP I R E L OYA L IS T S

L i e ut -G ov er no r paid a visit to th e c am p of the

The .

15 th B atta l ion and was right r oyall y e nt er tain e d at th e

,

offi cers me ss Chi e f S ampson Gree n w as th e r st intr o :

.

d u c e d to d el iv er an add re ss on T h e Union of th e S ix
,

N ations $
He app e a re d in full I ndian c ostu me and was
accompani e d by oth er memb ers of his band I n fu ll war
.

p aint and f e ath ers He rst e xp re ss e d the gre at p le asu re

.

it afforde d hi m to take par t in this i mpo rtant gath ering ,

in h onou r of that p at i ot i c and h er oi c band of re fu gee s ,

who freel y gav e up th e i r all as a sacr i ce to th e i r l oya l ty .

He revi ewe d th e traditional histo ry of th e I ndians of

Ameri ca and e sp ecially of th e S ix N ations of whi ch h e is ,

a rep re s e ntativ e He cl ai me d that th e Indians are th e

.

original Ameri cans and h e fel t p r oud of b e ing a desce n

,

dant of th e abo riginal inh abitant of this c ontin e nt He .

al so fel t a prid e in t h e fa ct that in th e day of tr ial wh e n , ,

th e majority reb elle d against British r ule his p e op le r e ,

m ain e d rm in th e i r allegian ce and fou ght b le d an d died , ,

b e si de th e p ale face in d e fe n ce of th e Union J a ck t o u p ,

hold its sway on this c ontin e nt He e xp l ain e d how t he .

S ix N ations c ame into e xiste n ce by an all ian ce of six

s maller trib e s against th e Opp re ssion of th e doughty ,

powerf u l and bl oodthi rsty I r oquois He e xp l ain e d th e i r .

system of gov ern ment by whi ch all legisl ation o ri g inat e d

,

with th e M ohawk s ; aft er b e ing app r ov e d it w a s th e n

s ent t o anoth er trib e and consid ere d a dopt e d o r a me nd e d ,

as th e c as e m ight b e unti l at l ast it re a c h e d O nondag a s

, ,

or r ek eep er s but th e M ohawk s w ere poss e ss e d of th e

,

power of v eto T h e O nond agas w ere c alle d the re

.

keep ers b ecaus e th ey al ways start e d th e re at th e Gre at

C orm c il kept it burning and nall y e xting uish e d it wh e n
, ,

th e Coun ci l w as c omp le t e d At th e p re s e nt day inst e ad

. -
,

of l ighting an d e xtinguishing th e re th ey m ake th e ,

Op ening and cl osing sp eech e s F inall y th e I r oquois .

themselve s s u e d f or admittan ce to th e c onfe d eration but ,

 E
C N T EN N I AL CE R
L E B A T IO N . 39

L a chin e a sho rt ti me and th e n c ame on to Ty en di naga ,

whi ch spot w as s elec t e d by C aptain J ohn T h e re s erv e .

was named after th e gre at C hi e f Ty en din aga who le d

M
,

th e ohaw k s to C anada Wh e n C h ristianity was p r opos e d

.

t o th e S ix N ations it was c onsid ere d and fou r a cce pt e d , ,

but t wo rejec te d th e C h ristian faith and t o this day two ,

of th e trib e s ar e P agans A l thou gh th e s e t rib e s a re

T
.

P agans th e y m ay b e fai rl y t erme d rel ig ious

,
h ey b e .

l i e v e in th e existe n ce of a S up reme Be in g but inst e ad of ,

wo r shippin g G od in so lem n e x ercis e s th e y re tu rn t han k s ,

t o th e Gre at S pi r it fo r pu re wat er an abundan ce of ,

b err i e s th e fu ll c o rn in th e e ar and a ll the b le ssing s of

, ,

p e a ce and p lenty by dan cin g and oth er rej oi cin g s Their

, .

reli gion does not p erm it of st e al ing or lyin g but they ,

hav e n o s cr up le s in rega r d to S unday wo rk He stat e d .

his c onvi c tion that th e on l y way in whi ch th e s e tr ib e s

c ou l d b e C h ristiani ze d wou l d b e r st to e du c at e th em and
th e n p l ace th e B ib le in th e i r hands W hat they c an re ad .

th e y wi ll acce pt but what is to l d them by m issionari e s is

,

rece iv e d with dii den ce or suspi c ion He again re f erre d .

to th e l oyal ty of th e I ndians on m any o cc asions wh e n

th ei r adh ere n ce was s e v erel y t e st e d I n 1812 m any of .

th e I ndians fou g ht with th e Br itish tr oops and in 1837 ,

th e sp e aker s fath er went to th e fr ont w ith his b and and ,

r e t ri r n e d with o n e s ca l p whi c h was erec t e d o n a staff

opposi t e th e c hu rch and a tree pl ant e d in honou r of th e

,

e v e nt whi ch is to b e s ee n to this day I n 186 6 with 17 .

,

oth er s t h e sp e a ker w e nt t o th e fr ont to assist in d r ivin g

,

ba ck th e Fe nian invad er s and in th e future as in th e

, ,

past h e w as assu re d that his band wou l d b e found e v er

,

faithfu l to th e o l d ag and e v er re ady t o sh e d th e i r b l ood

,

in its d e fe n ce T h e M ohaw k s wh e n th e y l and e d c on

, ,

sist e d of ft ee n fa mi l i e s ; th e y n o w nu m b er over
sou l s T h e y at r st own e d th e who le township of Tyen
.

dinag a but th ey had so l d a po r tion and t he m on e y

, , ,

is inv e ste d with th e g ov er n me nt to p r ovid e

s choo l s and rel igious inst r u c to rs T h e y ha v e n e w fou r good
.
40 UN IT ED EMP I R E LO YALI STS .

s choo ls and two ch u rch e s He than ke d th e c o mm ittee

.

for th e invitation to par ti cipate in this g ath ering whi c h ,

h e c onsidere d a gre at honou r to hi ms el f and his p e op le .

Th e n e xt sp e aker was C AP T G RA C E of L in dsay He . .

said,

MR P R E SI DEN T LAD I ES AN D G EN TL EMEN It is r ath er

.
,

,

a m atter of g ood for tune fo r me that th e L i e ut -G ov erno r .

i s not h ere at p re s e nt and t hus an oppo r tunity i s affo rd e d

,

me of exp re ssing t o y ou all m y feel ings which I thin k ,

are thos e of all gath ere d h ere and in this my e nd e avou r I ,

crav e your ind u l ge n ce T h e d ee ds whi c h w ere th e r st

.

caus e s of this s e ttleme nt about us w ere thos e of m en to

whom p rin cip le s and l oyal ty were natu re s inspir ation ;
were men who to us h av e S how n e xa mp le s w o r thy of
,

imitation ; w ere me n who by t h e s acr i ce of h ome c om

for ts and l u xu ri e s hav e le ft th e i r i m age s of f o rce of wi ll

and s el f d enial T his m orning s cerem ony w as a m att er
.

of grati c ation to a ll and to us it w a s a bound e n duty to

,

c ommemorate th e mem ory of thos e d e ar on e s of ol d with ,

tting tribut e as far as th e outwar d worl d is c on cer n e d ;

but on e cannot hel p thinking of thos e b r av e me n who , ,

on e hund re d y e a r s ag o l and e d h ere to t h e r i ght

,
le aving ,

h appy ho me s we al th an d c o mfo r ts to s eek out a n e w

, ,

home f or th ems el ve s in natu re s fo re st apa rt fr o m m onu

,
'
ments of ston e and m o rta r and app reciating t h em b y ,

tho se feel ings whi ch em anat e fr o m th e inspi r ation of ou r

m oth ers and w e c annot h el p thin k ing of thos e g ood
,

ol d me n of yo re
$ as Shake sp e are did wh e n h e su g
,

ge ste d by wo rds whi ch in substan ce me ant th e fo lly of

,

end eavouring t o c ommem orat e intrinsi c wor th in ston e

an d m o r ta r O u r c ountry a ri ch bran ch of th e m oth er
.
,

t ree which sp rings fr o m the Atl anti c and c asts h er sh a

dows to all quar ters of th e gl ob e it S hou l d b e ou r ,

bound en duty to sustain in p r op er rel ation t o that m oth er

tree d e f endin g h er intere s t s by all in ou r pow er whi ch
,
,

d e fe nce is but w hat we o w e .

I t was with p le asu re I l ist e n e d to th e variou s sp eech e s

of y e st er day and howe ver dam p e n e d th e l ov e of ou r
,
42 U N I T ED EMP I R E LO Y L A I STS .

famed l ake s of S w itzerl and C an adi an s had a ri ght to b e .

proud of the i r l and a n d by n o oth er m ea ns th an by l ov

,

ing it and honou ring it c ou l d th ey m a ke I t a gre a t c oun

try W ithout pa t rio t is m p e op le w ere a mere c o llec ti on of
.

i ndi vidu al s b u t if j oine d by a c o mm on bond of l o v e of

,

c ountry th ey became an i rresi s t ible pow er Here e v er y

,
.

m an w as free ; h ere e v ery m a n has t h e op p or t u n rt o

c arry on the gre at re sponsibi l i t i e s th a t re s t e d U pon hi m
in bui l ding up thi s c ou ntry Th ey did n o t wa nt to b e .

j oine d to t he U nite d S t at e s C an adi ans w ere a n x rou s t o

.

l ive at p ea ce wi t h th em Gl ad of th e i r s u cce s se s a n d
.

proud of the i r ad van ce but C ana di ans c ou l d S ho w a c oun

,

try whos e pr osp er ity w as gre a t er t h a n t h a t of t h e S t a t es .

T hey had h ere a m agni ce nt c ou n try with s c hoo l s an d ,

e very advantage and l uxu ry I n E u r o p e h e f ound p e o p le .

c alle d farmers w ho w o rke d day a n d night fo r th e i r l o r ds ,

who l iv e d in w alle d ci t i e s Th e y l ac ke d in e du ca t i on a n d
.

alm ost e v ery fo rm of e n l i ght e n me nt a n d h e hi m s el f h a d ,

s ee n wome n h arn e ss e d a l ong w ith c ows d rawi ng a l oa d

o n th e publ i c hi ghway n e ar R o me He a dvis e d t h em to .

remain l oyal to this grand c oun t ry an d to th e E m pi re ,

und er whos e f ostering c are i t had gr ow n to i t s p re s e nt

sta t e .

MR J S Mc C U AIG e x -M P fo r P rin ce E d w a r d C o u nty

. . .
, . .
,

c ongratul ate d th e p e ople upon th e l arg e a ss e m b l y a n d ,

m ad e a bri ef sp eech d w ell ing upon th e grea t wo rk whi ch

th e L oyal ists had acco m pl i sh e d .

MR P AR K E R ALL EN dw el t upon th e h ar dships su ff ere d

.

by t he U E L oya l ists as c ontra st e d with th e c o m fo rt en

. .

j oye d by th e p e op le h e rep re s e nte d It w a s n ece ss a ry .

t hat th e C ommitte e shoul d hav e m on e y to p r o cee d wi t h

th e monument and h e aske d that lib era l subs criptions b e
,

gi ven
The R EV C E TH OM SON M A I n c u m b e nt of S t
.

. . .
, . .
,

Mark s C hu rch Carl t on W e st add e d a fe w wo r ds He

.

, , .

sai d in substance that it ga v e hi m gre at p le asu re as t he

,
,

g andson of W i ll iam Ruttan on e of th e U E L oyal ist

r
, . .
 C E NT E NN I AL EER
C L B AT IO N . 43

se ttl ers in Adol p hu st own t o b e h er e on this o ccasion and

, ,

to h el p in doing honou r t o th e mem o ry of th e se noble

me n He c ou l d not say m u ch b e yond what had b ee n al
.

re ady said but wou l d e xho r t th em to b e t ru e to th e t r a

,

di t i on s of th e i r fo re fath er s and to m aintain un b r o ke n

, , ,

th e i r c onn ec tion with th e gre at and gl o rio u s em pi re fo r

whos e int egrity th e i r an ce sto rs had so gre at l y su ff er ed .

He wou l d rem ind th em that on this day th e y w ere p ass

in g th r ou gh th e anniv er s a ry of that gre at na l st ru ggle ,

wh ere by on th e e l d of W at erl oo th e v al ou r and e ndu r

, ,

an ce of th e British a rm y w ere so gl o rious l y sho w n .

S ii r e l y to ha v e a share in su c h a m agni ce n t a chi e v eme nt

as this ou ght to m a ke us m o st hi gh l y va l u e t h e p ri v i lege

of b e ing Briti sh subj ec ts The ti me f or sp e ak ing w a s

.

Shor t an d h e wou l d now c all on th em to w elc o me hi m who

w a s a bout t o address th em hi m s el f a C anadi a n bo rn th e
gr andson of a Unit e d E m pi re L oyal ist t h e son of on e ,

who m C anada w as p roud to nu m b er am ong h er b r ill i a nt

arr ay of l a w y er s and j u dge s and th e husband of a l ady
,

whos e gra ndfa t h er S ha re d in t h e p r ivati o ns a n d toi l s of

th e rs t s e t t lers in t his v'ery n e ighbou rhood a ge nt le m an ,

h
who had c o me h ere as t e L i e ut e n a nt G ov erno r of th e
-

P rovin ce to do honou r to th e i r cele b r ation to j oin wi t h ,

th em in p ayin g re sp ec t to th e L oy al ists of 1784 and t o

inau gu rat e th e erec tion of w ell d e s er v e d m onu me nts t o
th e i r mem o ry .

L I E U T -G O V E R N O R R O B I N SO N havin g a rriv e d was now

.
,

introdu ce d He e xp re ss e d regre t at t he del ay that ha d oc

.

c u rre d but cl ai me d that h e was ha r d l y re sponsib le as th e

,

ho s pital i t y of th e clergy and c iti ze ns and aft er w a r d that ,

of th e m i l itia had p re v e nt e d hi m f ro m app e a rin g soon er .

He c onsid er e d it a duty f o th e L i e ut G o v erno r to S how

r -
.

on e v ery o cc asion his a p p rec iation o f th e vo l unt eer m i l i

tia and a ck nowle dge the gre at thing s t he y had done f or

Can ada I n 1776 wh e n th e m i l itia w as ta m p ere d with
.

th e y stood staun ch t o th e ol d ag I n 1812 th ey had .

bee n e qu a ll y b ra v e in m anif estin g th e i r allegian ce and on ,

44 U NI T E D E M PI R E LO YALI TS S .

oth er o ccasions th ey had gi v e n p r oof of th e i r val ou r and

l oy al ty an d it w as th ere f o re a p la in duty he S hou l d e x
,

pre ss his appreci ation of th e i r o rga ni zation an d th e i r

s er vi ce s W hi le h e w as ple as e d t o mee t and rece i ve th e
.

hospi t al ity of th e m il itia h e was e qu al l y w ell p le as e d to

,

meet s u ch a l arge gath eri ng on an o ccasion so i m po rt ant to

al l C an adi an s An Ameri can on ce dis c ussing th e various
.

form s of gov ernme n t cl ai me d th at th e C anadian was th e

b e s t in e xist e n ce fo r whi le th e p e op le paid a ll th e exp e ns e s
,

th e Go v erno r had all th e fun P a r t of hi s fun was t o r e .

c e i v e t h e hospit al iti e s of to -day to see so m any g ood l oo k

,

ing l adi e s an d ge ntlemen an d t o k now th ey w ere a ll in t e nt

,

on e l u able pu rpo se d oing honou r to t h e mem o ry of

o n a d

thos e who ha d su ffere d e v erything f or th e i r l oya l ty Up .

to a ce rt ain point th e ac ts of th e E ngl ish G ov ern me nt in

r e fere n ce to the thi r tee n c o l oni e s w ere Opp re ssiv e U E . . .

L oyal is t s did not upho l d th a t Opp re ssion but wh e n it ,

c ame to re v ol t and th ey sa w so me thing m o re than redress

,

of th e gri e v an ce s w as to b e d em and e d th e y th r ou gh y e ars , ,

of war show e d h er oi sm and d e votion t o th e i r c onvi c tions

,

s eldom e qu alle d in th e histo ry of any c ountry He rec o g .

n i se d ol d n ame s having h e ar d th em fr o m his youth

, Th e y .

were th e n ame s rst k nown h ere by th e a rrival of th e

h eroi c b and who l and e d on this point on e hund re d y e a r s
ago I f w e had a grand c ountry w e owe d it to th em
.
.

ch ange d ; it w as not fo r hi m a s L i e ut -G ov erno r to dis

, .
,

c uss these m atters but h e wou l d say to L oyal ists that

,

wh i le oth ers b e th ey ge ntleme n o f th e p re ss or pol iti c ians

,
,
di s cuss that qu e stion th e d e s ce ndan ts of L oyal ists c an
f
af rd k n owing what t h ey k n e w of ol d ti me s t o m ark
o ,
,

t me a nd l i st e n to th e di sc u ssions T h ey m ust rec o llect

i
.

th at i f t he me di cin e is giv e n hu rri e d l y th e p h vsi c i an ,

m st ke good c are t hat th e d e at h o f th e p ati e nt do e s

u t a

not fo ll ow H e hop ed th at th e young p e o ple wou l d m ark

.

i d
th s y and that wh e n ft y or sixty or s e v e nty ye ars
a ,
, ,
 I
NTENN AL C ELEBRAT ON
CE I . 45

hen ce they went o v er memory s records th ey woul d think ,

that this great cel ebration took p lace in the r egi m e of

Go v ernor R obinson K no w ing the blessings we hav e re
.

c e iv e d under the British C o n stitution we can a ff ord to

remain some time longer at any rate without chan ging
ou r position H e regretted that he had not be fore V isited
.

the lo v ely scenes through which he passed to -day He .

regretted that he had not be fore had the opportunity o f

making the ac q uaintance o f the peo pl e o f this district ,

but he ho p ed this would not be his las t v isit H e hoped .

they would make this day a grand and pe rmanent suc

cess H e ho p ed they would testi fy in a substantial w ay
.

their regard f or the L oyalists by subscribi ng liberally to

the monument to be raised to their m emo ry
A
.

M r D W LL I S ON M P th ou gh s u ff ering from tempo

. . .
,
. .
,

rary il l ness consented at the earn st req uest o f many to

, , e ,

address the meeting H e dwelt with f eeling on the scene

.

which this point had witnessed a hundred years ag o yes

t erda y when the pilgrim band of Loyalists l a nded at t h e
,

outskir t s of an unbroken wilderness which ntario w as

.

,
O ,

and contrasted that W i t h the scene o f li fe and luxury

which the place presented t day H e dwelt also u p on
o - .

the strong contrast between the condition o f the Loyalists

and o f their descendants o f to day The rst were v ic
- .

tims o f persecution l ea v ing all for the sake of their loyalty

,

to their cou n try and to duty brav ing hardshi p s and pri ,

v at i on s that t hey might ha v e the ag they lo v ed oat

ov er them Their descendants p ossess the land which
.

they h ad redeemed from the encu m bering f orests and in ,

that land peace and plenty reigned so that e v en the p oor ,

est enj oy ad v antages which the best o f their f ore

fathers cou ld not hope t o secure The colonis t s o f these .

days instead o f coming in the f ace of all hardships had

, ,

coloni al roads and rail w ays pro vided in ad v ance o f them

in the wilderness The rst ap p les grown here were from
.

seed brought o v er by the rst party when they came When .

the rst cro p was ri pe the man who grew them called all
46 I
UN TED EMPIRE LOYAL I STS .

the p eople o f the settlement men women and children ,

together and the ap p les were shared e q ually H ad that

,
.

been in t his day the man who had the ap ples would ha v e
,

been gov erned by t he l a w o f supply and demand and ,

would hav e sold the apples to his neighbour s at the high

est p rice It had been stated that there was settlement
.

at K ingston be fore here but those people did not leav e ,

the S ta t es till after I n dependence was declared and the ,

date gi v e n for the Kingston settlement was too early f or

that H e con t ended this was the rst settlement and
.
,

that the rst line of this townsh i p o f Adol p hu st ow n was

the rst line e v er run by a sur v eyor in ntario H e O .

closed by e xp ressing p leasure at the large turn out t o do

honour to the memory o f L oyalists .

Mr J J Watson S ecretary o f the C elebration C om

A
. . .
,

m i t t ee read a letter o f regret from the H on G K i rk . . .

patrick Mr A F W ood M R R and others who had e x

, . . .
, .
, ,

e c t e d to b e p resent b ut were unable to do so H e ex

p , .

plained also S ir John Macdon al d s abse n ce by stating that

he had a letter f rom the Premier stating that owing to

ill heal t h an d press of work at home he would be unable
t o at t e nd This concluded the af ternoon proceedings
.
.

T H I RD ( AN D O
C L S IN G D Y A .

The main feature o f t o-day s proceedings were speeches

under the shade of the trees and o v er the gra v es where ,

the U E Loy alists lie buried

. .
.

Mr D W Allis o n M P rst occupied th e chair but

. . .
, . .
, ,

he after wards ga v e p lace t o Mr P arker Allen Both are

. .

V ice -Presidents o f the C elebration Association b u t Mr

A llison claimed p riority f or Mr Allen The princi p al . .
, .

s p eaker o f the day was D r J H S angster o f P o r t . . .

,

Perry D r S angster followed in the footsteps o f the

. .

f ormer s p eakers in contrasting the prosperity and om

c
fort of -
to day with what the L oyalists found when they
landed and what they obtained for years after H e 6 18
,
. .

b e rat ed the 1dea far more howe v er and c used not a

a l it , ,
 CENTENNIAL C ELEBRATION . 47

tle amuse m ent by going into the deta ils o f dai l y li f e con ,

t a
r st i n
g f
,
o r i ns tance the young
,
lady o f to -day at her
organ or piano with her grand m other whose humble art
,

was c on ned to the music O f the wash -board H e drew .

a brillia nt picture o f the future of C ana da the res ul t o f ,

her migh t y exten t of fertile soils The aristocracy o f En g .

land p roudly traced their lineage back to the uncultured

in v aders who came with William of ormand y Much N .

more proudly could the descendants o f the Loyalis t s boast

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o f their ancestry H e r ecogni z ed the fact that C anada
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would some day be inde p endent ; but separation from the

mother countr y could not come except in the natural way
without straining or undue haste C anada had not onl y .

a soil bracing climate but God -fearing earnest men and

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women and he urged all C anadian s to do what they

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could to make the f uture of the country commensurate

with its possibilities A
bo v e all he spoke to the de
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sc e n da n t s o f the Loyalists to sho w their z eal in C anada s

cause H e called u p on them because there was an intel

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l ig en t p ride o f b irth o f ancestry which ennobled those

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w h o were mo v ed by it and had a mission to promote th e

a rts o f peace an d to gi v e t o the w orld the highest stand
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ard of national honour H e recogni z ed the di f culties in

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the way and the most p ressing and im p ortant O f these

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w as the bitterness O f p arty spirit H e urged upon the .

p oliticians o f both p arties to de v ote more attention to

national a n d less t o p arty ad v ant ag es
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M R W M N D ER S O N Warden o f P rince E dward county

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was then called u p on H e state d that some of those who

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were he r e yesterday f ound fault with the carrying ou t o f

the arrangements H e thought that the com mittee had
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do n e all that men cou l d do and they deser ved the thanks,

of the co m rri u n i t f r ha v ing gi v e n so many the O p portunity

y o
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t o cele b rate the no b le deeds O f the U E Loyalist H e co m . .
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mended the p eo p le here for hav ing b egun these cere

monies b y the laying O f the corner stone of the church
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H e did not agree wi t h D r S ang s t e r in the fear that party

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rancour would u ltimately wreck the ship of S tate H e .

belie ved v ery strongl y that party feeling was less bitter
now than it formerly was and with the ameliorating ,

Christian in uences e v erywhere at work this impro v e

ment must continue H e dwelt u p on the great work b egun
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by the Loyalists and contended that the D ominion which

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they had founded w as t he rst country in the world to

day . A A ,

n merican speaki ng with him had boasted o f the

fact that the S tates had g ained their independence th at ,

they were free but their liberty was based u p on the prin
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c ip l es recogniz ed in Britain the bene t o f which the peo ,

ple in Canada enj oyed and their system o f go v ern ment , ,

like that o f Canada was almost a copy of the Bri t ish

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form .

MR ROBT CLAPP o f P rince E dward county spoke on

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behalf of that county assuring the people O f dolphus ,

town that they had the sym p athy o f all in their com
memoration of the U E Loyalist centenary . . .

Mr J J WATSON secretary of the committee presented

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an excuse from Mr W Ree v e Toronto who w as to

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hav e addressed the meeting .

The p eople soon after began to leav e the grounds and ,

the AdOl p hu st own U E L oyalist C entennial C elebration . .

was o ver .
 CO MM I T T EE O F M A N A G E M E N T
(R ES I D IN G IN T O R O N T O )
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WM CANNI FF E S Q M D C H AI R MAN
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H onou r Lt -G o v J N B E E -Hon S C W ood

Hi s H V R
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L Y R oB N sO N
E Dr D ani el Wil son
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Lt -C l Ge o rge T De nison o .
Re v Pro f Gregg .
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Hon Ale x M orris M P B Dr J S K i n g

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H on George W Al lan Re v S S Rice D D

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A M L H oward Re v E H Dewart D D
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Re v Dr With row J ohn Pl ayt er

J ohn J With row
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D B Re a d Q C . ,
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S al t er J V nk ghn t His Honou r J ud ge M ac dougall

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. a ou e
J F Byan
. . C has F M D l d . . c on a

Dr Ja m e s B al dwin
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D Al t n M C t h y Q C

o c ar ,
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Dr J H Ri chard son
. . M ayo r B oswell
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W H Merritt
. . Dr S D Hagel . . .

H is Honour Mr J ustit i ce Ros e R odney M oore . u s ce

D r.G S Ryerson

on eo . Re v Se ptim us J on e s
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Ald erm an Fre d Deennison

ison Re v D J M ac d onn ell B D . . .
, . .

J ame s H M orris .J C De nt . .

Re v Dr Ros e . . A N G amble . .

C anniff H ai ght W A F ost er .

Re v Hugh J ohnn ton on M A

. A B D Wm Roaf s , . . , . . .

Re v Dr C av e n . . J R Roaf . .

Re v C anon S ddiinn gg D D
. D W C l n d nn n ca , . . . . e e a

C EGERT ON RYERS ON S EC R E TAR Y-T R EAS U E

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R R .

S E P l I M U S A D E N I S ON AssI S TAN T S EC R ET A R Y

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G E N E R AL C O MM IT T EE .

T h e Right Re v T B F ull r D D . . . e , . .
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D C L L o r d B i hop f Niaga ra s o

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H onGe o ge Kir k patri ck S pe a k er

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f th e H us e of C o m m ons o

S i r Ale xan der C ampb ell Ottawa ,

H onA S Har dy P rov in cial Tre a

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su rer
M aj or R ob ert Z R og ers Grafton .
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Re v B ishop C arm an D D Bell e

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il l e
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His Honou r J u dge J on e s Brant fo rd ,

His Honou r Ju dge Dean Li d , n sa

Re v S S Nelle s D D LL . . .
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Pre si de nt Vi ctoria Uni v e it y rs

Re v Dr M N b B owm an v ille
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Rob ert D R og er Ashburnham . s

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J G P ens e Wat er d own

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Re v Le R oy Hoo ker Kingston

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R ev J L n gfo d H mil t n
. J ohn M on r o E x
. a A l t ill r , a o , u sv e
G H H ale O ril li a
. . J J B Fl int Belle vi lle
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W F C ase y Na n
. . H n B i ll a Fl int B elle v ille ,
a ee o .
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P arker Al len A l p h t own He n ry Jeff re y W hitby ,

o us ,

J W N elles Gu el ph F F M A t h B owm an vi lle c r u r,

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T Merr itt C ayu g a

. W al ter Kerr Drum m on d v i lle
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Fr an k B al l W oodstock a'm Be nd er Niagar a F al l s

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Re v J ohn G ml y S imc o. I Bend er N i F a ll e e , e . , a e a ra s

E C l p Ad l p h t wn
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J P W il on W ll and
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Re v A And er son P n t ng i J ohn All en P ic ton

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e e a u ,

h n
a e S M C on ger P i c ton
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Alex R obe rt son M P Belle vill e C aptain C oo k C o k stown

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Dr Pl ayter Ott awa

. D L S anson O ri llia , . .
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C o l M c ph er on Ottawa
. 0 J P h el ps P h l p t n
a s , . .
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e s o

Ale x Serv os Nia gar a . Noah A n ( C hi e f f M ohaw k In , s sa ce o

R N B all Nia g a ra
. . dians ) Pen e tan guish e n e
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C l D un c an M farlan e Niag a r a
o . C S Wi lson P ic ton ac , . .
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Ang us Ki l bu rn Be am s v ille J J ordon R oss e au , .

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J a me s His cott (W ar d e n f Lin co l n ) Wm B u c hn er F o r t Eri e o .

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Ni ar a Wm Cry d e m an H am pton . r ,

C l
o A B Clin ch S t C atha rin s Je ss e Tru l Oshawa
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Dr W ill gh b C ol bo rn e
. Wm J H i ll Shannon vi lle
ou . . ,

S h i B u r k w m n ill J a me s L y d m D a rl in gton
er ,
o a v e r er an .

L i Van C am p B owm an v ille

av Re v E L ou c k s P i c ton , . .
,

Arthur Crai g C hu rst Tho m as Cl aus T v d g , I ,

en en a a
W ill iam S wit er w L ow ell T S M C i g P i c ton z , e . . c u a ,

Dr B o g ar t W hitb y
. R
D rP H S p h n Pe n e t n guish e n e .
E H M B aker Rec t r f C h ip
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o o
pe wa In d ian D e ser onto
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a s
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J E Robson N e w c ast le
. . Gr ant P ow ell Ottawa .
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W C uthber t son De er onto

. Ale x B urritt Ottawa , s .

P S V an W agn er S tony Creek

. . A Kee f er O ttawa , ,

Dr Hill i er B owm an vil le

. De puty S h er iff E D S h erwood O t -

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His H ono r J u dge C m n C nw l l tawa u ar a ,

or a
T hos C owan ng erso ll . T H K i rley Ottawa , . .
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C ol B antam C oo k sto w n
. Wm Pennock O t awa , .
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Dr R ob er tson E x
. Pe l J F Pe nno c k Ottawa , e . .
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D B S lm No rthpo rt
. . J ohn Pe nno k Otta w a
o es , c ,

W illi m L nt , B ar i e a Wm S h er woo d Bro ck vi lle

ou r .
,

Geo rge W alker Be am s vi lle S am u el Kee fer Br o ckvi lle , ,

J h Mi ller Brou gha m

o u Dr Hu rl b r t Ottawa , . u ,

J ohn Dryd e n B k l d H n Wm M a c d ou g a ll Ottawa ,

oo ar o . . ,

L D R m ond Well and

. . Fr an k M a c d ou g all Ott w a
a , , a
Re v C T hom p s n We ston
. J C p p g O ri ll ia
. o , . u a e,
R R L mb B owm an vil l e
. J ohn \V Ry er on S i mc oe
osc o e, . s ,

P hi lip Sec rd S t D a v id s P F C anni ff Lon d on

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J o hn to n B utler S t D av id ss Dr O n hy t k h L ondon , .

. ro a e a,

Dr B ur d e tte Belle v ille

. Dr A S Br i tol Napan ee , . . . s ,

J o e ph Ry m a l W aterl oo
s Dr H S G ri f n Ham i lton , . . .
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M S p i n ger W aterl oo
O s es H O ud erk i rk U xb idg
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Dr M U mm n Ki ng ston
. H e nry Belc h er Uxbri dge
c a o , ,

D Sh r S t tf d
. C Gr ace Lind say
aV e r , l a or .
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D avid D nn W ard en f S i mc oe M K L k d Bri ghton

u , o . . oc o ,

Re v D H odgson . R r A L Gee Br antfo rd

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W H ill C ol bo rne
. D un ea n C h i ho lm Oa k vi lle
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UNI T E D E MP I RE LO YAL I S T S .

CENTE NNIAL CE LE BRATIO N

AT

T O R O N T O ,

T hu rsday , J u ly g rd , I884 .

H E U nited E mp ire Loyalist C entennial C elebration

in Toronto w as commenced on the morning O f Thurs
day July 3r d 1884 in the H orticultural pa v ilion the
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gathering taking the form of a public m e et in g i nt er sp er se d ,

with musical selections F or a morning meeting the at .

tendance was exceptionab ly good the hall being about ,

lled There were a few I ndians p resent descendants O f

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those who accom panied the Loyalists to C anada in 1784 s.

I n the rear o f the p lat form hung the old ag presented in

1813 to the 3r d regiment o f Y ork Militia by the la dies o f
the county D r C anniff C ity M edical H ealth f cer
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presided and with him on t h e platfor m w ere H is Worship

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the Mayor the Lord Bisho p o f iagara H on S enator

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llan Lieut C ol G T D enison Re v D r McN ab ( Bow

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manville) Re v Leroy H ooker ( Kingston) Re v D r S cad

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di ng Re v D r Rose Re v rthur Baldwin Re v D r D ew

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art Re v S A nderson ( P en et ang ) Re v R S F orn eri

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( A d ol p h t ow n
) Re v D r Withrow Chie f Green ( Tyen
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din aga) Al d F C D eni son Messrs W K irby ( iagara)

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A Mc Lean H oward D B Read S J V ank ou hnet J H

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M orris C H aight C E gerton Ryerson S D enison A

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John P layter Rodney Moore J Graham

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E W C l en de n an C hie f s Hi ll and C ross ( Ty endi n aga) D r

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H illier ( Bowmanv ille ) and others

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The C hairman sa i d z L adies and Gentlemen ne hun
dred years ago the foundation of this pro v ince the P ro
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v ince O f ntario w as laid by a band o f pioneers kno wn
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as the U nited E mpire L oyalists We meet to d ay to com .

memorate the e v ent In appearing be f ore you as chair .

man of t his representati v e and brilliant gatheri ng it is ,

only appropriate that I should brie fly state why it is that

I so poorly quali ed f or the duties should occu p y so di s
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t i ng u i sh e d a position I t so happens that th e S emi C en

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te nmial of the i ncorporation o f the city o f Toronto is the

centennial o f the settlement O f the p ro vince When my .

f riend Mr W B Mc Mu rri c h while mayor of the city i n

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au u r at e d the scheme for the celebration of the S e m i -C en

g
t enn i al o f Toronto it occurred to my mind that it would
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be a t t ing thing to combine with the S emi -C entennial o f

the capital O f the pro vince a celebration o f the ce n tennial
o f the pro vince itself The idea ha v ing been suggested .

t o the S emi -C entennial C ommittee it was decided to set ,

a p art Thursday of the S emi -C enten ni al week a s the U E . .

Loyalists day Mr Mc Mu rri ch ha v ing i ntimated to me

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that I should take the initiati v e in making the necessary

arrangements f or this day I took steps t o conv ene a meet ,

ing o f t hose li v ing in Toron t o interested in the matter

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mong those present at that meeting was H is H onour the

Lieutenant -Go v ernor a distingu ished descendant O f a dis ,

t ing u i sh ed U nited E m p ire Loyalist The L ieutenant .

Go vernor did me the honour to nomi n ate me as perma

nent ch airman of the committee an d I was conse q uently ,

elected to the p osition The next st ep in the matter was .

a con vention of delegates from di ff erent parts O f the pro

vince . A
t t his con v ention my appointment as chairman
was unanimou sly con rmed I need not say that I esteem .

it a great honour t o ll the position The rst duty rest .

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ing u pon m e is on behal f of the committee t o welcome the

re p resentati v es of the U E Loyalists who are assem bled . .

he re and the gentlemen w ho ha v e honoured u s and the

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ladies who grace the occ asion ur celebration di ff ers .

f rom the city s in this res pect that it is held under the

aus p ices o f the Pro vincial Go v ernmen t W hile the sub .

st an t i al aid a ff orded by a Go v ernment grant is thank f ully

recogniz ed the great grati cation is that the worthy U

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.

E Loyalis t p ioneers of t he p ro vince were O f cially recog

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n i ze d I n so do i ng the Go v ernment honours itsel f no less

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than the p ion eers o f t he p ro v ince I am heartily glad t o .

i n fb r m y ou that I do n o t f eel c a lled u p on t o occu p y your

time in s p ea k ing u p on the s u bj e ct w hich is f oremost in
our thoughts I hav e alre a dy on another occasion and at
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another p l ace said all I might ha v e wished t o say on t he

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su bjec t relating to t h e U E L oyalists b ut in any case I . .

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shou ld p re fer to lea v e the matter in the han ds of the gen

t l e m e n w h o are t o s p eak gentlemen we l l known f or their

elo quence w ho wi l l do am p le ustic o to t h e occasion .

The p leasing duty n ow de v ol ves u p on me of carrying ou t

the p rog ramme p l a ced in your hands .

Mr S i m s R ichards sang Rule Britannia in a man

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ner whic h e v oked great enthusiasm each v erse being ,

greeted with a round of a pp lause .

H O N G W ALLAN next addressed the meeti n g H e said :

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Mr Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen This is surely

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a wee k w hich will long liv e i n the memories O f the citi

z ens of Toro nto It has b een de v oted to rej oicing .
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suc h as may mos t t t i ngl y commemorate the f t ieth anni

v e r sar of the i n corp oration o f ou r city and he must surely
y ,

p ossess b u t a dull and i n i m p r essi b l e soul who has not ,

caught somethi ng of the s p irit a n d enthusias m which ha v e

characteri zed the p roceedings O f the last f ew days This .

morn i ng howe ver we are met here t o commemorate an

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Toronto not only the p eo ple o f ntario b ut all C ana

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di ans from the Atlantic to the P aci c for in e v er par t o f

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this w ide D ominion may still be found some of the de

sce n dan t s o f that noble band of whom a C anadian poet

has so worthily su ng t hat they ,

L o v e d th e c aus e
That had b ee n l ost n d s c o rn e d an ali e n name
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P ass e d i to e xile le av in g l l b e hind

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E x ce pt th ei r honou r an d th e c on cious p rid e s

O f duty don e to c ount ry and to K ing .

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As the chairman has reminded us j u st on e hundred years

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ago di d the Loyalists o f merica a b andoning home pro ,
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perty e v ery wor l dly gain and ad v antage rather than

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forego their allegiance to the British C rown and in the ,

face o f hardshi p s and trials such as might ha v e daunted

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less brav e a n d resolute hearts come to what was then a ,

wilderness and b ecome f a t hers and founders o f what we

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n o w so prou dly call t he D ominion o f C ana da I t concerns .

u s n o t u p on t his occasion to in q uire in t o the meri t s o f

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th at u nhap py q uarrel which cost Grea t Brit ain the Am e

rican c o l on l es A
m p le j us t ice has b een done by t h e writ
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ers and historians O f that day and down to t he present ,

time t o the moti v es and actions O f the success ful r e v ol u

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t i o n i st s More than j ustice in f act f or too m any of the

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chroniclers o f these e v ents ha v e not been sa t is ed wi t h

exal t ing the actors on the one side and ascri b ing to them ,

e v ery v irtue but ha v e most unj us t ly and ingeniously de

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r ec i a t e d and misrepre s en t ed t h ose whose greatest crime

p
was that they were loyal and true to their so v ereign and ,

willingly sacri ced e v ery worldly possession rather than

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se v er t heir connection wi th the E mpire The U nited .

E m p ire Loyal i sts o f one hundred years ago v alued li b erty

as much as the re v olutionists but they would ha v e secured
,

the redres s of t heir grie v ances by other means than by

se v eri n g the t i e which bound them to Great Britain an d ,

when the party of re v ol u tion became the strong er and the

die was cast and t h e ultimate a ppeal made to t he sword
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then they dre w it f or the k i ng and ne v er sheathed it ,

until the struggle was o v er when rather than preserv e , ,

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land Or possessions or secure an immunit y from p ersecu

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tion and ill -treatment by the abandonment of the i r pri nci

ples they determined upon that grand exodus which we
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commemorate t his day and man f ully set their faces t o

ward the wilds O f ew Brunswick N ,

o v a S cotia and , N ,

C anada t o b ecome the rst founders of what is yet thank

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God an integral p art of the E mpire the fairest j ewel in

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Britain s C rown The history o f the cruel persecution

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and unj ust legislation of whic h the loyalists were made

the su bj ects in most o f the S tates of the merican Union A
a fter the close of the str u ggle and the establishment o f the
Repu b lic were it only more gener ally known would as
, ,

tonish those e v en among ou r o w n countrymen who hav e

so much admiration to b estow upon the success f ul r ev ol u
t i oni st s and but little sympathy f or the heroism and
,

endurance o f those who remained faith f ul t o the cause as ,

they b elie v ed it to be o f loyalty and honour U ndou b t

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e dl y t he re v olution owing to the bitter animosities

,

engendered by the struggle fre quentl y led t o cruel r ep ri ,

sals and deeds of b loodshed on b oth sides but that could

not j u st ify the cruelty and p ersecution with which hun
dre ds were v isited who had taken no acti v e par t in the
stri fe or the expatriation o f the many thousands whose
,

only crime had b een their re f usal t o reno u nce their alle
g i an ce to their king I n a work called L oyalists O f
.

America and their Times written by that distinguished ,

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man the late Re v E gerton Ry erson himsel f the son of a

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U E Loy alist there occurs the following passage

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the close o f the war instead of witness i ng as in the case
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o f all other ci v i l i z ed nations at the termination O f a ci vil

war howe ver rancorous and cr u el a general amnesty and
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the restoration o f all p arties to the rights and property

w hl ch the y enjoyed at the commencement O f the stri fe
.

the Loyalists found themsel v es exiled and im p o v erished ,

and their enemies in p ossession of their homes and do

mam s I t is true about three thousand of the Loyalists
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were able t o emp loy agents or appear p ersonally to apply ,

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their way to Canada by Whitehall Lake C hamplain Ti , ,

c on derog a and P latts b urg and then turning southward

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proceeded to C ornwall thence ascending the S t Law

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rence along the north shore o f which many of them

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settled S ome among the earliest O f the re fugees had

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sailed round the coast of ew Bru n swick and o v a S co

tia and u p the S t Lawrence to S orel wintering there
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and the following S pring prosecuting their v oyage in boats ,

until they reached their desti nation at K ingston then ,

called Cat araqu i But the most common rou t e from N ew

.

Y ork and that part o f the S tates taken by the L oyalists

was on the H udson Ri v er to lbany then up a branch A ,

o f the H udson called the Mohawk and by a branch

O
.

of that ri v er called Wood creek to neida lake and

O O ,

O
, ,

from neida lake to Lake ntario by the swego Ri v er .

Flat -bottomed boats bui l t or purcha sed by the Loyalists

,

for the p urpose were used f or their j ourney and some idea
, ,

may b e formed of the arduous nature o f that j ourney when

we remember that the boats themsel v es had to be hauled
and al l their contents carried o v er the v arious portages ,

which are stated t o hav e amounted altogether on the w hole

j ourney to more than thirty miles in e x tent From s
,
,

. O
wego some O f the Loyalists coasted along the eastern
O
shore o f Lake ntario to K ingston and then up the Bay ,

of Quint ; others went westward along the south shore

N
o f the lake to iagara and Queenston ; some pursued
their course to the head o f the lake at Burlin gton ; others
made their way up the iagara ri v er to Queenston con N ,

v ey ed their boats o v er the portage of 10 or 12 miles to

Chi ppewa thence up the ri v er and into lake E ri e and

, ,

settled in what was called the Long P oint country now

the C ounty O f orf olk N
s y ou al l know in order t o r e
. A ,
,

ward the loyalty and to relie v e the present necessities of

the Loy alists and their f amilies as well as t o pro v ide for ,

their future subsistence the British Go v ernment made ,

liberal grants of land in Upper Canada The Bay o f .

Quint was I belie ve among the rst to be sur v eyed and

, ,
 CENTENNIA L CEL EBRATION . 59

settled and the settl ement of what was then called the
,

Midland D istrict commenced in the summer of 178 3 .

The new set t lers were p ro vi ded with f arming im p lements ,

buil ding materials and pro visions and some clothing f or

A
, ,

the rst two years nd to q uote from D r R y e r son s

. .

admirable work again In order t o put a m ark o f

,
O
honour as the rder in C ounci l expressed upon the ,

families who had adhered to the unity o f the E m pire and

A
,

j oined the Royal sta ndard in meri ca be fore the treaty

o f separation i n a list o f such persons was directed
in 1789 t o be made ou t and returned to the end that t heir ,

posterity might be discriminated f rom future settlers .

From these em phatic words the U nity o f the E mpire it

, ,

was styled the U nited E m pire List and they whose ,

names were entered upon it were dis t inguished as United

An d now on e hundred years ha v e
$
E mpire Loyalists .

passed away since that honour roll was drawn u p the

Loyalists of that day ha v e passed t o their rest but f ar ,

and wide throughout the D ominion their descenda n ts

may still be found glorying in the name and the traditions
they ha v e inherited and b y our gath ering here to day w e
,
-

desire t o show that as did our f a t hers in t hose days of ol d

,

so do we desi r e t o preser v e the unity o f the E mpire

,

an d shall e v er honour the memory of those w ho chee r

fu lly risked e v e ry worldly gain or ad v an t age aye e v en , ,

li fe and libert y to preser v e unb roken the ties w hich

,

bound the m t o the Motherland N or can we forget on .

,

an occasion like the present h o w nobly the Old Loyali st

,

s i ri t sh o w ed its el f when C anada su b se q uently became

p
the battle eld during the war between Great Brita in and
the United S t ates I t has been well remarked that the
A
.

true spirit o f the Loyalists O f merica was ne v er shown

with grea t er f orce than in the conduct o f their desce n
dants during the war of 1812 -14 s their f athers
. A
wi llingly risked li fe and f ortune to m aintain their con
n ec t i on with the E mpire so the sons were ready a t t h e
,

r st trum pet call t o lea v e wi v es and little ones come

60 UNITED EMPIRE LOYALI STS .

f orth from their homesteads and ac q uit themselv es like

,

men in resisting the in vade rs who stro v e t o wrest their

ad o p ted country fro m the British C rown S ir it is a j ust .
,

su bj ect o f p ride to us Canadian s that thanks to the ,

loyalty an d t he pluck o f the militia and v olunteers o f

those days without distinction o f class or nationality the
, ,

C anadas with a frontier of more than

,
miles and ,

aided only by a few regiments of regular sol die rs resisted ,

the whole military p ower of the U nited S tates for two

years at the end O f which n ot on e inc h o f C anadian soil
,

was in possession of the in vaders Behind us hangs a .

ag $here the s p eaker turned and p ointed to it] w hich I

thought would n ot be an uninteresting relic to be dis
pl ayed on the present occasion That ag was presente d
.

b y the l adies o f Y ork in 1813 t o the third regiment of

Y ork Militia I n some Old manuscri p ts n ow deposite d
.

i n the li b rary of the D omin ion P arliament called the ,

Co v entry p ap ers a nd relating t o the early history o f

,

C a nad a and es p ecially t o the war of 1812 there is c on

, ,

t a i n e d an account o f the presentation o f this ag on b e ,

hal f o f the ladies o f Y ork b y Miss P owell daughter of

, ,

Chief Justice P owell its conse c ration by D r S trachan

, .
,

a ft erwards so well know n as the v enerab le Bisho p O f

Toronto t he reception of the colours by Major Al l an
, ,

co m m anding the regiment on that day and who after ,

wards b ecame its colonel a n d the committal O f the colours

,

to the charge o f E nsigns Charles D enison and E dward

Thomp son The records o f those days show wh at good
.

service the ank com panies o f this regiment did at the

cap ture of D etroit and the glorious battle of Queens t on
H eights . A
nd the ol d chronicler in the p ap ers I ha v e
re ferred to goes on t o speak of the de v otion and

gallantry o f those who had been so lately called away

from the enjoy men t o f e very peace f ul b lessing t o de fend
their p ro p erty and righ t s and the sa fety and glory of
,

this highly fav oured p ortion o f the British E m p ire Mr .

$
.

C hairman I am persuaded th at the sa me spiri t that

,
 CENTENNIAL C EL EBR AT ON I . 61

characteri z ed the C anadian militiamen and v olunte ers in

1812 and the Loyalists of 1784 breathes in t heir desc en ,

dants n o w and that m y coun trymen wou l d be ready and

,

p repared now as then i f occasion should unh appily re q uire

, , ,
$
to de f end not only th eir rights and property but the

,

sa fety and glory o f this D ominion as on e of the most ,

$
highly f a voured portions o f the British E mpire True .
,

we do nd a certain class of writers in o u r midst attem p t

ing to decry loyalty to the C rown and attachment t o Im
perial connection as inconsistent with true p atriotism and
p ride in o u r country as C anadia n s I yield to n o on e .

in my lo v e f or my nati v e country The v ery soil O f .

C anada is dear t o me I lo v e her lakes and f orests her

.
,

mighty ri v ers her broad and fertile elds I am proud

, .

o f the p ast history O f my country o f the wo n der f ul pro ,

gress it has made not only in material pros peri t y b ut in ,

a ll that contributes t o the higher l if e o f a n a t ion ; its a d

v ancement in education and culture the tness our peo ,

ple ha v e displayed f or free and constitutio n al go v er n ment ,

and that Obser vance o f law and order which is t he noblest

A
characteristic of the nglo -S axon race But all this is .

entirely consistent with a deep and abiding lo v e and

attachment to the Motherl a nd whose glorious tradi t ions
,

we inherit and which are the common p roper t y

,

of e v ery subj ect o f the empire I s there anything serv ile

.

or unpatri otic in the feeling which makes the pulse be a t

more q ui ckly and the heart swell as we recall the glorious ,

deeds o f Britain s heroes on land and sea whether in th e

O l d days o f Welli n g t on and N

elson Waterloo and the
N ile or coming d own t o our time to Balakla v a or I nker
, , ,
,

man ; or but yesterday as we read o f the r u sh o f the

,

H ighlanders upon the f o e at Tel -El -K e b ir ? I s there

anything ser vile or unpatriotic in tha t f eeling o f re v er
ence and a ec t i on for all that is great and noble in the
li v es and characters and works of the long array O f sta t es
men philoso p hers and poets of men of mark in C hurch and
, ,

S tate that ha v e made Britain s his to ry the proud and

,
62 UNITED EMPIRE LoYALIS Ts .

glorious on e that it is I s there anything ser v11e or u n

p atriotic in that sentiment o f dee p and ch i valrous loyalty
to the so vereign which takes out o f sel f and makes men
dare t o do and die from the highest m ot l v es o f f aI t h and
.

duty ? S ir are n ot all those feelings which ele v ate and

A
,

enno b le a peop le ? nd i f it is good for us to recall to d ay

the loyal t y and p atriotism the brav ery and endurance of ,

ou r Loy alist f ore fathers shall we a b andon the H ell her i ,

t a e o f centuries and cut oursel v es and our ch l ldr en

.

or
c ,

a dii f t fro m the glorious memories and assoc i ations w h l c h

n o w b elong to us C anadians as members o f the o ne great

United E m p ire I am persuaded O f b etter th i ngs o f m y

countrymen The Old Loyal i st s pirit is not ext i nct I t
. .

m ay not ba bble a s loudly o f i t s loyal t y as some do o f

their i nde p en dence b u t the stream runs dee p though , ,

noiselessl y and t hat ti me I trust will ne ver come when

, , ,

Canad a will cease to b e a p art o f the E m p ire and when ,

we sh a ll cease to b ear the p roud name o f British Canad i ans .

H ome S weet H ome was then sung by M i s K C

$
,
s . .

S t rong a fter which M rs Charlo t te M orrison reci ted the

, .

f ollo w ing original p oem sp eci ally w ri t ten for the occas i on ,

by the Re v Le Roy H ook er gof K ingston :

.

THE UNI TED EMP I RE L O YAL STS I .

In th e b ra v e Ol d Re v ol ution days
S b y ou r si e s tis to l d
,

O r
,

Ki g s -men an d R b el s all abl aze

n

e

W ith w rath an d w rong

S t ro ve hard and l on g ,

An d fe arsome to b ho ld , e

O er town an d wild ern e s a fa r

s
,

O er quak ing l and and s e a and ai r

All d rk nd st em th e cl ou d f war
a a o
,

In bursting thund er rolle d .

Men o f on e bl ood o f British b l ood

Rush ed to th e m orta l strife ,

Men b h r s born ,

IO l e

In hat e and s co rn ,

Sh ed each the oth er s l ife

I
.

W hi c h ha d t h right and whi c h th e w r on g e

t boots not now to say
 C ENTENN AL C ELEBRAT ON I I . 63

wh e n at l ast
Bu t
T h e war -cl oud pass e d ,

C o rnwa lli s saile d away

T O thos e wh kn e w ri ght w ell t wi el d
He ai led awa and le ft th e el d
s
o o

Th e pow e s f war but not to i l d

r o ,
e ,

T houg h Brito ns fought th e y a .

C o rnwall is saile d away but le ft ,

F ull m any a l oyal man ,

Who wo re th e re d ,

And f ought and b led

T i ll R oyal Ge o rge s bann er d
e
N t t re tu r n a g ain
o o .

What di d th e y th e n thos e l oyal me n, ,

Wh en Br itain s c aus e was l ost

?

D i d th e y c o n s e nt ,

And dw el l cont e nt
W h ere Crown and L aw and P arlia m nt
, , e
Were t r a m p le d in th e dust .

De ar w ere th e ir ho me s wh ere th e y w ere born

Wh ere s le pt th ei r honou re d d e ad
And ri ch and wid e
On e v ery sid e
T h e f ruitf ul acre s s pre ad
B ut d e arer to th e ir fai th fu l h e arts
T han home o r g ol d o r l ands
, , ,

Were Britain s l aws and Br itain s crown

,

,

A nd Britain s g o f l ong re nown

a ,

A nd g ri p f British hand
o s .

T O gr as th e g au d y n ew
Th e y wou l d not spu r n th e gl o riou s ol d
.

Of y e t er a re belli on bo rn
s

s
T h e y h el d t e upstar t w er in s co rn
,

T o Bri t ain th ey st o t r u e .

With high resol v e th e y looked th e ir last

On ho me and nati v e land
And sore th e y w e pt ,

I O er thos e that s le pt

n honoure d gr a ve s that m ust be ke pt

B y gra ce o f st r an ger s hand

ITntoh e stthere nwiOlldderwineldser

Th e y l oo ke d th e i r last and g ot th em out
s ,

n es s
Alldark and r ud e
And u nsubdu ed
T h e sa v ge wil d erne s
a s
64
: UNIT ED EMPI RE LOYAL IS TS .

W h ere wil d b t howle d e as s

An d In d ians p r ow le d
Th e l on ely wil d ern ess
W h ere c ial j oys m ust b e fo rgot
So ,

An d bu dd i ng chil d hoo d grow untaught

Wh ere hop ele ss hun ger m i ght ass il a

Shoul d Autum n s p rom is e d f i t g fai l

1u a e

W h ere si ck n e ss unrest rain e d by sk i ll

, ,

M ight l ay th ei r d e ar o e s at its wil l ;

s n
Wh ere th y m ust l ay e

T h ei r d e a d away
Without th e m an o f G d t say o o
T h e sa d swee word s h w d e ar t me n
t ,
o o ,

O f re su rrec tion hop e B ut th e n .

T w as Briti h wi l d ern e ss
s

W h ere t h ey mi ght sin g ,

G d sa v e th e Kin g 1
o
An d l i v e p r ot ect e d b y his l aws ,

An d l oyally ph l d his c aus e

u o .

Twas w elc o me wil d ern e ss

T hough d ark an d rud e

And unsu b d u e d
Thou h wi l d be asts howle d
A n d di p rowled
n an s

F or th ere th e i r stu rd y hands ,

B y hat e d t re ason d l d u n e e ,

M i ght w i f rom t h C anad ian wil d

n e

A home on Br itish l n d s a .

Th e s e me n O f p roo f whos e t e st
T h e s e b e thy h er o e s C anada ,
?

Was in th e fe v ere d pu ls e f st ri f e o
Wh en f o em an th r sts at fo em an s li f eu

And in that st ern b eh e st ,

Wh en ri ght must toi l f s c anty b re a d or ,

Whi le wr on g on su m ptuous fare is f e d ,

And men must choos e b etw een

W h en ri ght m ust sh el t er n eath th e ski e s
,

W hi le w ron g in l o r d l y m ansion l i e s ,
And men must choos e b etw een
Wh en right is cu rs e d n d cru ci e d a ,

While wr o g is ch eere d an d gl o ri e d
n ,

And me n m ust choos e b etween .

S t ern was th e t est ,

A d so rel y p re ss e d
n ,

That p r ov e d th ei r bl oo d b e st o f th e b e st .

An d wh e n f o r C anad a you p r ay ,

I mpl ore kin d H eav en

T hat l ike a le a v en
, ,
Th h ero b l ood whi c h th e n was gi v e n
e -

M ay qui cke n in h er v eins alway

T hat from thos e worthy sire s m ay sp rin g ,

In numb er as th e stars ,
66 U NITED EMP RE LOYALISTS I .

mained under British connection The S i x N ation I ndi .

ans were all Christians belonging to the C hurch of E ng ,

land which they lo v ed They formed a settlement on the

, .

shores o f the Bay o f Quint and built a church there ,

.

H e here remarked that a communion ser vice on the plat

f orm had been presented to his fore fathers by Q u een nne A .

H e proceeded to say that o f late years his people had

made much progress in ci v ilization and C hristianity .

The y had to -day t wo churches one o f which had cost ,

and the other They had four good schools

in the reser vation and t w o white lady teachers I n 1879
,
.

he went t o E ngland and made an appeal to the p eople

there on behalf o f one o f t h e schools H e succeeded in .

his mission and found the E nglish the kindest people

,

under the sun H e found them as his fore f athers had

.

represented them to b e ladies and gentlemen o f t h e rst

rank H e obtained a gran t in E ngland t o carry on the
.

work f or twenty years H e was proud to be there to .

associate wi t h the descendants o f the U E Loyalists e v en . .

,

as his fore fathers had associated with their f ore f athers .

H e belie ved C anada ranked wi th any nation on the globe

ac ccor di n to its age
g .

Mr W arring t on then sang in splendi d style the well

.

known patriotic song I f E ngland to H ersel f be True

$

, ,

and in answer to an enthusia stic en cor e sang Who s ,

for the Queen ? with e q ual spirit .

The Chairman here e x hibited the C ommunion set pre

sented to the M ohawk I ndians in 1711 D uring the re .

bel l ion the I ndians buried them to preserv e them and dug ,

them u p again a fter the war H e then in introducing L ieu .

,

tenant -C olonel G T D enison said the D enison famil y in

. .
,

old times had done good ser vice on the borders I n the war .

o f 1812 and 1837 t hey were f ound at their post o f duty .

They took an acti v e part in sec u ring the country to the

C anadians The D e ni son family were not onl y soldiers
. ,

but descendants o f the U E Loyalists and the United . .

,

S tates l ost a g ood deal when they lost this f aml iy .

 I
C ENTENN AL C ELEBRATION . G7

LI EUTE NANT-C O LONEL GE ORG E T D EN IS ON sai d Mr . .

Chairman l adi es and gentlemen we me et to day in h on our

, , ,
'
o f the U E Loyalists who a hun dr ed years ago came here
.

( I founded this pro v ince Their coming was the r esult .

o f their loyal adherence t o a great princi p le I t was not .

so much a q uestion o f what is called loyalty as de v otion

t o a particular type of go v ernment .

The great question f ought out in the U nited S tates in ,

1776 was whether they should be ruled by a republic or a

,

monarchy and when the U E L oyalists were de feated in

,
. .

the S t ate s they came here and established this pro vince ,

upon monarchical institutions I n 1812 an attem pt was .

,

m a de t o annex this country by the peo p le of the United

S tates and to make us a republican people This was a r e
, .

petition of the struggle between the two f orms O f go v ern

ment . A
t that t ime Upper C anada was a sparsely settled
community and we had about ,
o f a population al ,

most altogether consisting o f U E L oyalists and their de . .

sce n dan t s while the U nited S ates had a population O f

,

something like ten millions The Odds were enormous in .

,

nitely greater than they would be t o d ay Fortunately .

we had at that time the right kind o f a man at the head of

aff airs General Brock H e was one o f the grea t men o f
, .

all history H e called together the v olunteers o f this city

.
,

told them what they would ha v e to encounter ; told them

what odds were against them and asked them to f ol l ow ,

him to the front E v ery one o f them respo nded I n v asion

. .

f ollowed in vas i on and although the odds were always

O
,

against us the f ort u ne of war was with us f the v ic

A
.
,

tories o ver the in v aders we all kno w t the end of the .

ght we had not lost a single inch of C anadian territory

'
while we had the S tate o f M ichigan and had burned the ,

capital city o f ou r enemies .

Thi s was the lesso n we should teach ou r children ,

and keep it e v er freshly remembered as a ground o f

h O p e for u s to gi v e us con dence in the f uture
,
The .

U E L oyal ists deserv ed the grea test cre dit f or the

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68 UNITED EMPIRE LOYALI STS .

gallant s t and they made in 1776 f or monarchical i n

st i t u t i o ns b ut they deser v e ten thousand times more
,

credit b ecause when t h e odds were against them they

, ,

maintained their rights and handed them do w n unim ,

p aired to us The p eop le o f C anada li v e in the freest coun

.

try on the face of the glo b e and must appreciate what the ,

U E Loy alists ha ve done f or them in p reser ving it f or

. .

their descendants .

Let us com p are the position o f C anada to d ay with

that o f the U nited S tates We ha v e e v ery liberty to .

do what is righ t b ut we hav e no license t o do what is

O
,

wrong . ur laws are ho n estly administered Li fe .

and p rop erty are sa fe i n this country I n e v erythi n g .

which a ff ects the indi v idual this is the freest and the ,

bes t country I n the S t ate of K entucky in ten years

.
, ,

there hav e b een 700 murders a n d y et there has been ,

in that time o l y one hanging b y p rocess o f law There

n .

were conv ic t ions f or murder across the line in 1883 ,

and only 9 3 hangings while 118 p eo ple were lynched ,

.

The chances of a m ur derer escap ing af ter he is con v icted

in the U nited S tates are sixtee n to on e The number o f .

murders in England amount to 2 37 p er annum in each

ten millions ; in the United S tates they are 82 0 or
three times as man y re we n ot better off than the peo
. A ,

p le o f a country where the y carry deadly wea p ons with

im p unity ; where lax di v orce laws ha v e shaken the sanc
tity o f the marriage tie ; where the princi p al i f n ot the ,

sole test of res p ectab ility is we a lth and where lynch law ,

s p asmodicall y attem p ts t o remedy the lax administration

of j ustice by the regular courts and for the fact that we ,

are l i vi ng under a b etter and freer system we hav e to ,

th a n k the U E Loy alists who sav ed u s from annexation

. .
, .

Agai our s y stem o f go v ernment is sim p ler cheap er and

n
O
, ,

more d i gn i ed ur neighbours ha v e ne v er considered

.

what It costs t hem t o elect the head o f the S tate e v ery

four years I was told by a p rominent gentleman con
.

n e c t e d W i th on e of the p arty organi z ations in one of

 C EN TENNIAL CELEBRATION . 69

the S tates that t he expe n ses of h i s party in that S tate

,

alone amounted t o f or the P residential election .

C ounting the expendi t ure f or all the S tates and for both
parties it would seem that the cost of an election was
,

or at the rate of a year That .

sum would pay the whole expense of maintaining the

R oyal houses o f E ngland ustria and Germany ,
nd A $

. A
with all t he expense they had at the h ead o f the ,

S tates sim ply the re p resentati v e of a faction and v ery ,

o ften onl y o f the wire -pullers and tricksters O f that fac

tion Without expense without labor worry or anxiety
.
, , ,

we C anadians h av e a so v ereign respected by all poli t ical

parties and by all the world For this we ha v e to thank
,
.

t h e U nited E m p ire Loyalists .

I n ta lking of loyalty to the Queen I speak o f her as the ,

Queen o f C anada I am as loyal t o C ana da as an y man

.

u p on its soil and it is because of that loyalty t o C anada

, ,

and C anada alone that I am loyal to the Queen belie v ing

, ,

that li ving under the institutions o f which the Queen is

the representati v e C anadians will become a better and a
,

g reater race o f people .

There is ano t her point to be co n sidered in re fer

ence t o this gre a t questio n o f republicanism and m on
ar ch y The great o bj ection to a rep u blican f or m o f
.

go v er nment is that i t is v ery uncertain and unrelia b le .

I f we look at the re p u b lics o f the world we shall nd that

these repu b lics ha v e rarely i f e v er been a success except , , ,

among poor sparsely settled countries The repu blican

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form of go v ernment i s liable to lead to constant ci v il war .

That is the e x perience of history The re p u b lics o f S outh

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merica and o f Mexico ha v e had ci vil wars and blood

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shed e v ery f ew years E v er since they des t ro y ed the l egi

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timate monarchy in France they hav e had re v olution and ,

bloodshed about e very f t e en years But it might be .

said that that is not the case i n the U nited S tates I .

think that the sa me thi n is b eginn ing there I n 1830 g .

Q be fore which date they did not hav e the sam e time to
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gi v e t o politics when General Jackson was elected P resi

dent there was a narrow chance of p arties breaking ou t
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in ci vil war ; but a vigorous man b eing at the head o f

aff airs that was p re v ented I n 186 0 when t h e D em o
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crati c p arty was de feated the country was V i s i ted by

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one of the most terrible ci vil wars known in history one ,

which loaded their country with de b t and drenched their ,

elds with blood I n 1876 there was anot her great risk
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o f war which certainly wo u ld ha v e taken place had the

,

late war not occ u rred so rece ntly Twenty years will not .

p ass without ci v il war again breaking out in t hat country ,

and i f C anadians kno w what is good f or them they will ha v e

nothing to do with them or their f orm of go v ernment
,
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I wish t o say a f e w wor ds ab o u t independence This is .

the same O l d question under another form I t is the .

Re p u b lican idea as opposed to the Mo n archical and

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it is n o t the rst time it has come u p in t his country

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I t came up in 1776 when rnol d and Montgomery came

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here and tried t o annex the country But the lately-con .

q uered French stood by the C ro w n and the scheme was ,

de feated In 1812 the same q uestion was up and by the

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lavish shedding o f C anadian b lood our rights and liberties

were preser ved I n 1837 a re b ellion was begun headed
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by a s t ranger a n e w -comer but the loyalists o f that day

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came ou t in de f ence o f the constitution I t is true there .

were then many grie v ances to b e remedied The go v .

e rn m e n t was by a n irres p onsi b le executi v e There really .

were grie vances b ut the descendants o f the Loyal

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i st s kne w that n o matter what the grie v ances were

they were nothing com p ared with what t hey would
ha ve had to su b mi t to in a repu b lic The Loy alists .

turned out en m a sse and the re b ellion was put down .

I n 1849 a f e w p rominent p oliticians a little annoyed

, ,

a b out some p olitical matter signed an annexation mani ,

f es t o but instantly th e f eeling of the C anadians was

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shown to be so strongl y against them that it dropped at

once I n 1871 the Canada First mo vement b egan I
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was a member o f that party and had a good deal t o do ,

with it because I consider Canada be f ore any other coun

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try i n the world But one gentleman made the mis t ake
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o f belie ving that some of the mem b ers were in f av our o f

independence an d speaking in that spirit killed the thing
,

with a breath Many gentlemen le f t it f eeli n g that their ao

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tion was l i k el y t o be misunderstood

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From whom comes this cry f or independence ? ot

from the real C ana dians but from a f ew han gers on ,

o f the newspaper press a f ew wanderers and Bohe

mians men w ho hav e li v ed indi fferently in C anada and
the S tates and hav e ne v er been satis ed a nywhere
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men without an atom O f stake in the country An d .

do y ou think that the people o f C anada are g o i g to

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submit themsel ves to the guidance o f such men e v er .

The independence party in C anada can almost be counted

o n one s ngers and toes The mo v ement did n ot amount
.

to anything and the mo m ent the people of C ana da thought

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it di d the real feeling of the country would mani fes t i t

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sel f I would like t o ask these gentlemen whether they

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thou ght it fair and hones t o f strangers t o come he re t o air

their theories trying to interf ere with a p rosperous happy
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and contented people a people w h o ha v e no gr i e v
an c e s they cannot easily remedy t h emsel v es What these .

men want goodness only knows I f C anadians are n ot an

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inde p endent p eople I do not know where such a peop l e

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can be f ound .

I hav e read their arguments and they do not amount ,

t o anything They say I f we were independent we
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could hav e an o f cer of our f orce in command o f our

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militia The law which re q uires an o fficer o f the
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British rmy was passed by the re p resentati v es of the

C anadian p eo p le and can b e repealed by the same power
, .

They n d fault because we hav e the P ri vy C ouncil as a

C ourt o f nal appeal I look upon it as a great blessin g
.

that C ana di an s ha v e a tribunal so learned and impartial ,

so free from all b ias through party s quabbles to adj u di ,

72 UNI TED EMPIRE LOYALI STS .

cate on p oints o f di ff erence I ndependent nations O ften

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re fer questions o f di ff erence to f oreign tribunals yet ,

the y do n ot forf eit their freedom b y so doing .

The re is not a single point i n which we are n ot as well o ff

as ou r neigh b ours B u t we hav e this also we b elong to the
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greatest em p ire the world has e v er seen W e ha v e all .

t h e credit a n d res p ecta b ility at t ached t o bein g connec t ed

with so grea t an em p ire and our am b ition should b e t o
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b ecome the most powerful p art of that empire They say .

a Canadian cannot hol d his head u p because he does not

belong t o an independent nation that i f he did he would
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be a great fellow They try to appeal to our v anity I f
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we were inde p endent would we b e any g reater a p eople

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than we are to day Take Bra zil an inde p endent em p ire

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with a b out t h e same territory twice the popu l ation and , ,

three times the re venue o f C anada and who w ould not ,

rather b e called a C anadian than a Braz ilian ? Who would

n ot rather b e a C anadian than a Mexican The whole of
their arguments were fallacies The reason we are .

p roud of being C an adians is that C anada is n ot only

on e of the nest countries on the f ace of the globe and ,

going to hav e as ne a pop u l ation as can b e found

anywhere but also that it is a p art of the great em
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pire to which we are proud to b el ong .

I hav e endeav oured to show that e v ery attem p t t o b ring

ab out inde p endence in the p ast had been p u t do w n by the
Canadian p eo p le b y bloodshed and there could not b e any ,

attem p t to b ring Re p u b lican institutions into this country

without b loodshed I ask these wanderers these Bohe
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mians th ere fore whether it is right o f them t o come here

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and interf ere with us when they ha v e the o pp ortunity of

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going to the United S tates where they can get a Go v ,

er n m e n t exactl y as they want i t where they can

nd a similar climate and a p eo p le s p eaking the
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same language The y hav e no excuse to remain here

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f or when they can so easil y get what they want

they should go to the United S tates and leav e us alone ,
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mp l I
And w h en f C anada you p ray
kin d H e av e n
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That l ike a le av en
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Th h e b l d whi c h th e n was gi v e n
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oo
M ay q ui ck e n i n h er v e ins al way
That f rom thos e wo r thy si res m ay sp rin g ,

In nu m b er as th e star s ,

S t rong h eart e d sons whos e gl o ryin g

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S hall be in Ri g ht ,

Though recre a t M ight n

Be strong ag ainst h er in th e ght ,

A d m any b e h er s c a r s
n
S l i ke th e sun h er honou re d na me
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S hall shin e t l at e st y e a rs th e same

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Miss Foster of Guel p h then san g a

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Loyalist S ong a ,
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beauti ful p roduction the b eau ties of which were f ully ,

brought ou t b y Miss Foster S he was loudly a p p l auded .

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an d t h e p eo p le insisting on a recall S he came b ack and .

repe ated the rst verse Mrs Morrison then gav e another . .

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reading Loyalis t D ays commemora t i v e o f the traits
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a n d deeds o f the U nited E m p ire Loyalists which was ,

loudly app lau ded The author is M rs K i t t son o f S orel

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P. Thus it runs
L O YAL I ST DAYS .

In M emor y of t he U ni ted E mp i r e Loy a l i st s . D edi cat ed to t hei r descenda nt s .

Th e e arl i e st age s cl aim i mm o rt l h ero e s a .

Am on g t h sta rs g re at c on qu eror s name s a re found

e

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Th e hosts f I ra el sing Aris e Jeho v ah

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T h e d ust th ey t ro d is n t d gr ound co ~
e c ra e .

G eece is on e sh rin e o f e arth s 1 t

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3 .110 11 u arr ors ,

Our soul s wi t h th ei r s el f d e v otion thrille d

a re
A thou ght o f Reg l s lig ht s up t h g ran d eu r u u e

W hi c h l in ger s r oun d th e c ity s e v e n hi lle d .

Th l ast Ad i e u f l ow l an d s si l v ery b gle

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e o u
Is he ard am i d th e snowy Pyren ee s
A v oi ce oats from th e ru gge d s l op e s o f Sem pac h
On e very waft o f m ountainhal lowe d b reeze .

Th h e a v ens b w w ith m aj e sty f t r iu m ph

e o o ,

Th e o c an wi d s th s e s und s o f vi cto ry keep

e n o o
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Th e mu fe d drum s o f arm aments are r oll in g ,

Th s e a k in g s h e a r th e cl a rio n s o f th e d ee p
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O er pathless cliffs an d sto rm -em bl az on ed ram pa rts

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Abov e th e w f an i mp etuous ti d e
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Th e bann er s ri ch suns e t cl oud salut e d

of
Th e d -l th e N w W o rl d s vi rgin b rid e
eu r - e

zs, e

T h e t e a rs O f w d ropp e d swi f t ly b ri ght ly re d

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T h e dawn m ist hun g a round th e p l ains A braham 0 ,

ar ,

Wh e n c onq u est left t h d eat h r ll on th e al t r e o a

T h e m o rning l i ght its pu re st ha l o sh e d .

T h e ri ver gle m s with m onu me ntal m arble

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W hi le f oa m ing round th e batt le cre s t d r ock

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Th e rega l wa v e s b en e ath th e h e i ghts o f Qu e nston

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In e v ery ripp le writ e th e name f B o c k o r .

H as L au ra Se o rd any l i ving ho m ag
c e
W h e n st rif e s t rnado bur st upon ou r sho re s

o ,

T h rou gh l in es f s ent ry and th rou gh Indian fo rests

o

T hat so l di e s wif e h er ti mel y wa rnin g bo re

r

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H as hist ry crown ed th e staun chl y bol d d e fe nd er

o s,
W h nob l y b ra v e d th e da rke st ho r
o n i t co c s u
T h e me n w h fo r th e h eritage o f Britons
o
Le ft b i gh t ni ng sph ere s o f stat el y we al th and pow er ?
r
Th e y f oug ht t l i v e be n eath th e O l d Fl ag s shadow
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T h e p t d lion s fo rem ost sons w ere th e y

sc e r

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Who hal t e d n t at b re astwo rk s fo rme d f b yon e ts
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T h rough gat e s o f re the y h el d th ei r onward w y a .

Th e U E L oyal ists w ere n e v er v anq uish ed

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T hough m any slee p in t heir bloo d sp r in kle d gr ound -

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A s t ru e as st eel by battle li ghtnin g s tem pere d ,

A s t ru e as st eel th e y unto d e ath w ere found

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T h e i r swords w ere in th e i r wn b ra v e kee pin g bu ri e d o .

Els e f ro m th e i r s c abba rds th ey wou l d le a p in ame

T o h e ar th e word by recre ant state smen utt ere d s ,

W h wou l d d e le th e R oya l ty o f F ame

o .

Th e v ast D o minion fro m e a ch f ronti er su mm ons

A m ig hty host with mem o ri e s f th e past o
Th e U E L oya lists un f ol d th e i r bann ers
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A nd r ous e th e echoe s W ith a t ru m p e t b last .

Sons f th e br a v e remem ber your fo re fath ers

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S hin e k indl wo rds fr m e v ery warrio r gr av e

S h re ds f th e N
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o Tn i n J a ck in batt le cl o v e n
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O er h er o d ust you r gl o r ious rec o r ds wa v e

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Mr E W S chuch sang i n spl endid style and with

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great f eeling the well known C anadian patriotic song

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The Ma p le Leaf for E v er

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TH E B I S HO P O F IAGARA said he had f elt that they

had not recogni z ed as fully as they ought to hav e done on
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that occasion that the Loy alists were as a body imbued

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wi t h a true religious spirit and they had been to ld that ,

more by their red brother that morning than by their

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white brethren H e could not hel p feeling d ee p ly that .

what Chie f Green had sa id was p erf ec tly true and there ,

f ore he as ked the p ri vi lege o f concludin g the ser vice by

them with God s p ermission the a po sto li c be ne ,

di ction H is Lordshi p p ronounced the benediction aft er

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which the gathering di s p ersed .

His H onour Lieute nant-Go v ernor Ro bi ns on ga v e a re

at Go v ernment house durin g the af te rnoo n b e

ce p t i o n

tween the hours o f three and ve o clock There w as a .

large and re p resenta ti v e gathering o f descendants of U E . .

Loy alists from a ll ov er the P ro vince C ap tai n Merritt

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ac te d as D C in p la ce o f C ap t Geddes who . . . .
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was unav oida b l y absent from the city Followin g is a .

l ist o f those p res ent

C ol R B D enison D e p uty - dj utant G eneral ; C ol G A
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T D enison C ol Al ger C ol S ha w C ol cto n C ol

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Grav ele y Major F D eni son Bisho p and Mrs Fuller ia

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gara Re v D r S caddin g Re v Foreman Re v Johns ton

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Re v D o b ies Re v Thomas C ullen and wi fe Re v Leroy

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H ooker D r and M rs B og art H on Mr l lan S D enison

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A D enison Mrs E Ryerson F Woote n W S mith J

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P layter A Gam b le and w i fe S Secord T H orner E

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Field Dr and Mrs Beatty C obourg ; Judge Mc D ou g all

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C B S te p hens H J Medaw Mrs H Fraz er G Gam ble

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Mr and Mrs Bry n es Mrs J S Ryerson E J B ea ty

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Mrs B ol din s K and H C hisholm T H Con dill C E Mac

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donald C anni ff Ha ig ht and wif e Mrs J C orm ock j r and

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Miss Fann y Harding Mr Ra ce y Mr Leach and wif e Mr , .

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S utherland and wi fe an d Mr Mc D on al d o f P hiladel p hia

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Al d Brandon Al d Wal ker J

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S te phenson and wi fe R Moore Mr Meek R T Wats on , .

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Miss Beard Mr B i rm in gt on wi fe and dau ghter Miss , .

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Thomas T H D rinkwa t er J P ea rson and wi f e Mrs

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S te phenson S Jarvis J A H unte r Mr P ettit Mr Big , .

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Mr H as k it t S M S an f ord Mr Grainger H Burn s W

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Gree v e M r and Mrs V au du sen sr Mr and Mi ss D a vis

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Mr P ete r. A D avi s Mr Cop p ig e R H olmes t h e , .

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Mi sse s C orni sh and M iss W Medl and W Ah A rmstrong , .

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derson T W E l liott Mr Raymond Mrs V anw a gner

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J C C ampbell M r W allace J F D ay
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The band of the 10 t h Royal Grenadiers was present

an d played f or some t i me in the beau t i f ul grounds ,

ou t side the conser vatory S everal interesting addresses .

were deli v ered his H onour being the rst to speak H e

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began b y saying that he had j ust returned from hearin g

s p eeches that did j ustice t o heroic m en H e was glad t o
welcome the descendants of those heroes at Go v ernment
H ouse and would like the people O f ntario t o know that
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there is at least on e place in this P ro v ince where politics
do not intrude and where all were welcome H e re ferred
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to his being a descendant of a U E Loyalist and was . .

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o nl y so rry that he could not do full j ustice

memory N o words could ade q uately descri b e the loyalty
.

and de v otion o f the heroes who shed their b lood t o de fend

the grand old ag that now oated a b o v e Go v ernment
H ouse S ons o f such sires could not f orget their deeds
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and looking back through the long v ista o f a hundred

years we see them f orsaking the land that had been
theirs t o car v e their way thro u gh the f orests o f O n t ario
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Th ey le ft their broad acres and the gra v es of their

fathers through their lo v e f or Britain a n d British i nsti
t u t i on s I t ga v e him pleasure he said to welcome the
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merican gentlemen present H e had smoked the p ipe .

of peace with them and hoped that none but the most
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friendly relat ions would e v er exist between C anada and

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the merican Republic H e had been in ew Y ork N
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when they were ce l ebrating E v acuation D ay t the r e .

ce p t i on which he attended the health o f the Que n was

e
drunk with the greatest enthusiasm and he would ne v er ,

forget the remarks made by the chairman on that occa sion .

S aid he : W hen I look around and see with wha t e n t h u s

i asm the health o f the Queen O f E ngland has been recei v ed ,

I cannot b u t think that a f t er all the e v acua t ion so far as we

are concern ed w as not a thorough succe ss I t was rea lly a .

dismal f ailure f or althou gh we succeeded in gett ing rid o f

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a few E nglishmen then they ha v e come back in o v er ,

whelming num b ers and t hou s ands of E nglish v essels ,

carry our commerce round the world and we could b ut ill

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aff ord t o lose them l though a re v erse was sustained

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by England in that desp erate struggle o f a century ago

it has n ot b een without lasting bene t I t has foun ded .

the supremacy o f the E ng lish race and it was his p ray er ,

that i t might e v er continue The labour demonstratio n .

of the pre v ious day had shown what C anadians were

doing They ha v e a great heritage than ks to their no b le
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ancestors and he was glad tha t all classes were trying to

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ap p reciate it N umbers do not make a country but the

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enterp rise intellig ence and loyal t y of its inhabitants

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His H onour then called upon Mr Leroy H o oker who .

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commenced by saying that tho u gh n ot a descendant o f a .

U E Loyalist he was as e v ery C an ad i an should be a

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U nite d E m p ire Lo yalist on e w ho belie v ed in C anada and , ,

in the great b ri g ht future that is o p ening f or it M r

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H ooker was followed b y Mr K irby o f iagara a ge ntle

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man widel y k nown i n Western ntario H e s p oke O f the .

se t tlement in Up per C anada by the U E Lo y alists and . .

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ga ve a short account o f som e of the stirring incidents t hat ~

occurred during the war .

Lieut enant -Go v ernor Aikins of Manito b a was t h e next , ,

s p eaker H e p aid a glowing tri b ute to the U E Loy alists

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who gav e u p e v ery thing f o r king and count ry and said ,

that b u t f or them the ma p would not show such a large

extent o f country on this continent under the ag o f
Britain as it does
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The Re v Mr nderson w ho has b een among the C ana

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dian I ndia ns almost from childhood followed f the I n ,

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dian Lo y alists w h o f ough t side by side with their white

b rothers he s p oke in the most f a v ourable terms But f or
, .

them the tide o f b attle would o ften ha ve turned against

us and a de b t that can ne v er b e f ully p aid is d u e to the
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ab origines wh o f ought for us .

His H onour Lieutenant -Go v ernor Ro b inson then mad e

a f e w additional remarks and the v isitors withdrew , .
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H is H ono r J B R obinson L i e ut . .
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Go verno r of Onta tario .

n t y O f L in
T h e Ward e n Reev e s and De puty ,

Reev e s o f th e C ounty n c ol n ou I .

R H Sm ith M ayo
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H S Garre tt M ayor o f Niagara

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Rt Re v T . F uller B ishop o f . .
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Niaga a r .

H on W H D i ck sonn e x -Sennato
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H on J B Plu mb Senato r
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H n J R Be n son
o n Senator
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J C Rykert M PP
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S N l n M P P ee o , . .

Dr Ferguson M PP
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C ol M oran M P PP
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L M C l l m M PP
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R Harcourt M R R
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D Thompson M P
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T R Merritt S t C atharine s
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J P Merritt
. . do ,

C l M a c donal d
o . do ,
R L awri e
. do ,

Thos Keyes do
.
,

J as Se our . do ,
J A
. d if . do oo ru ,
W Ki rby Niagara
.
, .

J G D i ck on d o
. . s ,

R D ickson
. d , o
C ol Cle nch . do ,

Dr An d . l do erson ,
Dr C anniff T oronto
.
, .

C E Ryerson do
. .
,

C L G T Denison T o r onto
O . .
, .

D B Ree d
. . do ,

J Pl a yt er
. d , o
R B Mi ller
. . d , o
J C Ki b d
Re v Dr With row do
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82 UNITED EMPIRE LOYALI STS .

day s proceedings

mong them were H is H onour the A
Lieutenant -G o v ernor the Lord Bisho p o f iagara the
,

N
N , ,

A rc hdeaco ns o f iagara and Guel ph Re v D r Barclay ,

. .
,

Toronto R e v D r M cN a b Bowman ville H on J Burr

A
. . . .
, , ,

Plum b C olonel D e n ison D

,
G C olonel G T D enison ,
. . . .
,

Maj or F C D enison Chie f Green and C h i e f H ill Ba y o f

. .
, ,

Quint Reser v e C hie f J O b nson C olonel Mc Far lan d Mr

N
.
, , ,

Garret t Mayor of iagara Re v C harles Camp b ell Mr S

N N
. . .
, , ,

ee l on M P P H on J G D ickson
,
iagara Mr J H is
. . .
, . . .
, ,
. .

cott Wa rden o f Lincoln Mr J H Mor ris Toronto Mr

N
. .
, ,
. .
, ,

A W hitmore
. iagara Lieutena nt W H Mer i i t t Toronto , ,
. .
, ,

w h o was acting aide -de -camp t o the Lieute n a n t -Go v ernor ,

Mr W m Ke y s Grantham Mr F Le fro y Mr D B Read

N
. . .
, ,
. . .
, .
,

Mr W Kirby iagara Re v Mr Anderson P e n e t an g u i

N
. . . .
, , ,

shene M r W H D oel J P Toronto Mr C

, . Ball . .
,
. .
, ,
. . .
,

Ju dge S en k l er S t C atharines D r C lark Messrs John

A
, . . .
, ,

E lliott J T Gilkison ,
C leghorn and W Gri f n Brant
. .
,
. .
,

f ord D r Rolls S heri ff Woodruff Mr W R P attiso n S t

, .
, , . .
, .

C a th arines Mr I P Wilson C ounty C l erk of Lincoln

. . . .
, ,

Mr L D R aymon d C ounty Attorney Mr J M D unn

. . .
, , . . .
,

and many o t hers The Y ork Pioneers were well r e p r e .

sente d and there was also in atte ndance a delegation of

,

48 Chie fs a n d Warriors f rom the Grand Ri v er reser v e

heade d by C hie f A G S m i th of cial inter p reter f . .
, . O ,

this delegation t w o of the Chie fs were sur vi v ors of the

w a r o f 1812 They were C ap tain John S moke Johnson .
,

in his 9 3r d y ear w ho was p resent at the b attles o f

,
,

Queenston Lundy s Lane Black Rock and other engage
N
, , ,

ments o n t he iagara frontier and C hie f John Tutelle , ,

in his 9 l st y ear The Tuscarora I ndian band was also .

p resent and p layed some delight fu l selections during the

afternoon Around the p latf orm a b out . p ersons
were assem b led
N N
.

R BALL Esq o f i agara occupied t h e chair and

. .
, .
, , ,

O p ened the p rocee dings H e said .

MY F R I EN D s -The time has arri v ed when we shou l d ,

b egm the proceedi n s o f the day I am muc h pleased to

g .
 C EN T ENNIAL C ELEBRAT I O N . 83

see so l a rge a g ath erin g of th e d e s ce ndants of th e U E . .

L oyal ists on this cl assi c gr oun d to do honou r t o th e m e m ,

ory of t hos e nob le me n and w o me n w h o r ath er than l iv e ,

und er an a l i e n r u le le ft all th e c o m fo r ts a n d l uxu ri e s of

,

th e i r w ell l le d ho me s that th e y m ight found in th e th e n

w il de rn e ss o f C an a da a n e w ho me w h ere t h e British ag ,

m i ght sti ll wav e o v er and B ritish l a ws sti ll g ov er n t h em

,
.

T h i s d ec ision on th e i r par t b r ought wi t h it m any h a rd

, ,

ships and disadvantage s B ut t h e re su l t h as fu lly j us t i e d

.

th e wisdo m of t h e i r choi ce an d w e th e i r d e s ce ndan t s now

, , ,

re ap th e b e n e ts of th e i r sa cr i ce s in th e poss e ssion of
this nob le C anada of ou r s whos e f er ti le a cre s re a ch ,

f r o m th e A tl anti c to th e P a c i c and c ontainin g within ,

its b ounds a ll th e eleme nts of a gre at an d p r osp er ous

nation A c ount ry of l a ke s and r iv ers of nob le fo re sts
.
,

and a lm ost bound le ss p rai ri e s A c ount ry th a t e v ery d e .

sce n da n t of th e U E L o a l is t s wi ll b e p r oud to a ck no w
.
y .

le dge as th e l and of his bi r th an d b e wi llin g to d e fe nd ,

to th e b e st of his pow er M any a ti me i n m y e a rl y .

,

youth I hav e l ist e n e d with w rap t a tt e n t ion a s my gra nd

,

m oth er to l d me th e sto ry of t h e c aptu re of F o rt W yo m ing

by B utler and Br ant (l n whi c h sh e was d e t ain e d as b e
l ongin g to a l oy a l f a m i ly ) of th e l ong j ou rn e y fro m th e
,

M oh a w k river to O sw eg o th r ou gh t h e th e n a lm ost u n
,

b r o ke n fere st tr av er s e d on ly by a n I ndian t r a i l ; ho w
, ,

on a rr iving at O sweg o she and oth er s em ba rke d in an

,

Op e n boat f o r F o r t N iaga ra ; h o w th e y were n in e d ays

o n th e l a ke and v e days without foo d e x ce pt th e hips o f

th e wi l d r os e whi ch th e y g ath ere d on sho re and ho w a n ,

I ndian W o m an w as s e nt ah e ad f o r su p p l i e s w hi ch ca me ,

in th e form of har d c ake s strung o n a po le a n d c arri e d

, ,

by two swift I ndians but whi c h c ame non e t oo soon

, .

Th e s e and m a ny in cid e nts o f sa v age cr u el ty a n d u n a ,

voidable h ar dships m ad e me l o o k with wond er at th e

,

k ind ly ol d fa ce as sh e to l d me th e ta le s o f o l d e n ti me s
, .

As C hai rm an it i s ou t of p l a ce f o r me to m ake a l ong

,

S p eec h e s pecia lly as ou r ti me i s l i m it e d and th ere a re

, ,
84 U NI TED EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

m any p rese nt who a re b e tter qual i e d than I a m to do

,

j usti ce to th e o ccasion I wi ll th eref o re now c a ll upon

.
, ,

th e L or d B ishop of N iagara to op e n th e p r o cee dings with

p ray er .

TH E R IG H T R EV ER EN D THO MA S B R O O K F U LLE R L o r d ,

B ishop of N i agar a th e n m ad e th e fo ll owing p ray er :

,

O Al m ighty e v erl ivin g G od who in th e ins cru tab le

ways of T hy p r o v ide n ce didst p erm it th e e a rl y s e ttler s of
this fa i r l and to b e d rive n fr o m th e i r c o m fo rta ble p r op er
ti e s i n th e revol te d c ol oni e s ; fr o m th e i r fa rm s th e i r m i ll s ,

an d th e i r sto r e s ou t Of pu re a tta ch me nt to th e British

,

th r on e ; an d after e ndu ring m any and gri e vous har dships

and su ff erings T hou didst bring th em to this gl o rious l and
to h e w ou t for th em s el v e s n e w home s in th e w i l d ern e ss ;
grant w e b e s eech th ee O L o r d that th e d e s ce ndants of
, , ,

thos e nob le p are nts m ay e ver ca rry ou t th e p rin cip le s by

whi ch thos e who s e ttle d h ere an hund re d y e ar s ago w ere
guid e d ; m ay b e l oyal an d d e vo t e d s ervants of th e C r own ;
faithfu l s ervants of G od ; hon e st and in dustr ious mem b er s
of so c i e ty and g ood n e i ghbou r s ; c ontinua ll y st r iving t o

ado rn th e do ctrin e O f G od th e i r S aviou r in all things

, , ,

th r ough Je s u s Ch rist ou r L o rd A me n .
$

L I EU T ENAN T -G O V ERN O R R O BIN S O N w as ca lle d upon as

th e r st sp e aker He th anke d th e chai rm an and t he
.

audi e n ce for th e i r k ind rece ption Of hi m T his was th e .

thir d time h e ha d b ee n c alle d upon to gree t th e d e s ce nd

ants of th e U E L oyal ists gath ere d to ge th er t o cele b rat e
. .

th e d ee ds of th e i r an ce sto r s At Adol p hu st ow n on th e
.
,

shore s of t h e b e autifu l B ay Of Quint thous a nds had ,

gath ere d t o do honou r to th e n oble d e ad and but a f e w ,

w eek s ag o h e had h ad th e p le asu re of mee ting re p re s e nt

a tive s of th e U E L oya l ists fr o m a ll par ts of th e P r ov
. .

in ce at G over nme nt H ous e T h e spot wh ere th e y now

, .

stood was histo ri c ground Here in this O l d town of .

N iag ar a th e rst P arl i ame nt of C anada ass em ble d and ,

th e y th e n p ass e d th e j u ry l aw and an ac t d ecl a ring th at

,

f ro m that ti me th ere shou l d b e no s l av ery i n Upper C an

 C EN T ENNIAL C ELEBRAT I O N . 85

ada . T
hos e w ere gre at and g oo d l aws and th e f ac t that ,

th ey w ere so e a rl y passe d was a j ust caus e of p rid e to

C anadians C o l Li t t l ehal es o n e O f th e staff of G ov e rno r
. .
,

S i mc o e m ad e th e rst t rip th r ou gh th e interio r of thi s

,

P r ovin ce of whi c h th ere w as any rec o rd P art O f that re c

,
.

o r d w as to th e e ff ect th at b e fo re g o i ng to re st at a station

n e ar th e sit e of th e p re s e nt city of L ondon t h e y san g G od
S av e th e K ing and n o w a hund re d y e a rs a fte r at e v ery
,
$
,

publ i c mee ting h el d in any of th e n e ha ll s in whi ch th e

p e op le ass em b le th e y h e ar th e str ains of G od S av e th e
$
Qu ee n . He dw el t upon th e h er ois m of th e me n Of th e
Re vol utionary W a r and O f th e w ar of 1812 as an i nc en
, ,

tive t o th e p e op le to c u l tivat e t he sa me s p i rit He e u l o .

i z e d th e I ndians re p re s e ntativ e s of who m h e sa w p re s e n t

g , .

I f abov e ou r h e ads oat e d th e Br it ish ag to day th e y -

,

had to than k th e S ix N ation I ndians in l arge me asu re

f or it . S o me und er too k to sn eer at th e feel in g of l oyal ty ,

of whi ch th e y w ere p r oud B ut thos e me n c ou l d not .

und er stand this f eel ing but th e y w h o w ere m ov e d by it

, , ,

fel t that th e sp re ad of it a m ong all p e op le wou l d b e to

th e b e n e t of th e c ount ry T h e c u rre nt l it er a t u re of E ng
.

l and show e d th at th e fa c t was b e ing rec ogni ze d that th e

c ol oni e s w ere alm ost Of as mu c h v a l u e to th e em pi re as
was th e em '
pi re to th e c o l oni e s I f this f eel in g w as c a r .

ri e d t o i t s nal out c o me th e re su l t wou l d b e l argel y du e

t o th e b r av ery and l oya l ty of th e Unit e d E m pi re L oy al ists ,

who hav e sav e d to th e British C r own this n e st u n oc cu

pi e d pa rt Of th e w o rl d
T
.

h e Ve n erab le B I SHO P O F N I AGA R A n e xt spo ke He .

said I a m not th e son of an U E L oyal ist in th e stri ct e st

'
. .
,

s ens e O f th e t erm thou gh m y m oth er s f ath er C apt E ng

,

,
.

l and O f th e 47t h Regi me nt Br itish a rmy l ost b l o od at

, ,

B un ker s -hi ll on th e ri ght sid e (l au ght er ) and after th e
, ,

wa r s e ttle d at K ing ston Upp er C anada I hav e e v er ad , .

m i re d th e nob le body of me n who sa cri ce d th e i r a ll

th e ir c o m fo r tab le fa rm s and e v ery th in g th e y had acc u
m u l at e d f or a p r in c ip le that of l oya l ty t o th e British,
86 UNI TED EM PIR E LO YALsrrs .

Cr o w n T h ere are oth er c ol oni e s in th e British E m pi re

.

whos e rst s e ttler s w ere c onvi cts vi z B ot any B ay and ,

.
,

V an D i em an s L an d ; but su c h was n ot th e ca s e wi t h ou r

c ountry I t w a s s e ttl e d by me n of high p rin cip le b y

.

me n of e du c ation T h ere ar e me n l ittle rem o ve d fr o m
.
,

th e b east th a t p erish e s who h a ve no p rin ciple who are ,

s ati s e d t o l iv e und er any g ov ern me nt so l on g as th e i r

bodi l y W a nts ar e satis e d S u ch w ere n ot t h e ea rl y .

s e ttl er s of U pp er C an ada su ch w ere n ot th e me n who

s e ttle d in th e N i agara di stri ct th e B ut ler s th e B all s , ,

th e S wayze s th e S cr O O p es th e W hi t m o re s th e W o odr u s

, , , ,

th e S tall s th e Lam pm an s th e R y k ert s th e M erritts th e

,
'
, , ,

D u r ee t es th e Greg o ri e s th e N el l e se s th e P e ttits th e
, , , ,

Lundys th e K erby s th e W a rre ns th e Mack l em s th e Ry k

, , , ,

m ans th e Ry e rson s a n d th e thous a nds Of U E L oyal ists

, , . . .

H e fel t that m any n o w e nj oyin g th e gl o rious p rivi lege s

Of Britis h subj ects in O nt ario did not re al ize what th e y ,

ow e t o th e s e me n and wo me n who l and e d on th e s e ,

shore s a hund re d y e ar s ago M a ny of th em h ere ha d .

h e ard but l ittle Of wh at th e rst s e t tler s h ad s acri ce d

o u t of p rin cip le what th e y h a d e nd u re d in c o m in g h ere
, ,

t o p re p are th e P r ovin ce f or t h e i r o cc upat i on and th ere ,

fo re the y do n ot app reci at e t his n ob le b and of me n as

th ey d e ser v e Ma ny of th e s e tt lers who had fought
.
,

val i antly in th e re vo l u t ionary w ar as young me n fought ,

again a s me n w ell advan ce d in y e a rs und er Ge n eral s

Bro ck an d R i al l a n d und er C ol onel s H arv ey and B ishopp ,

and o t h er noble so ldi ers w ho le d th em t o vi c to ry wh e n , ,

this p e ace fu l P rovin ce w as in vad e d in 1812 by a body of

me n who thought that th ey had onl y to show th em s el v e s
on O u r sho re s to p l u ck t his gl o r ious C o l ony fr o m th e

Bri ti sh C rown B ut t h ey w ere mis t a ke n th ey found

.

th a t thos e who had e ndu re d h ar dships in th e re vo l ution

ar
y w a r w ere re a dy to e ndu re th e s ame in d e fe n ce of
,
.

th e i r wi v e s and chi ld re n an d th e i r n e w ho me s in th e wi l
d ern e ss Af t er doing th e i r b e st to c onqu er C anada th e
.

,
m v aders w ere gl ad in 1815 t o s u e fo r an in gl o r ious
, ,
 C EN T ENNI AL C ELEB RA T I O N . 87

p e ace without ha v in g s ec u re d an a cre of ou r soi l 1 T h e

,

B ishop sai d t hat h e w a s th an k fu l to ha v e b ee n s pare d

,

by a gra cious G od t o hav e s ee n t hat day He was an .

O d
l m an had th an k fu lly w a t ch e d th e gro w th of this
c ountry fo r n e arl y s e v e nty y e ar s He said t hat h e w as .

$
an O l d m an but C an a di a ns Ofte n l i v e d t o b e ver y O l d
,

me n He had th e n l ivin g an un cle who h ad e nt ere d on

.
,

h i s 9 7t h y e a r on t h e 13th J anuary l ast He was at l ast .

,

a cc oun t s in th e e nj oy me nt of g ood bodi l y h e al th a fu ll

, ,

Ge n era l of th e Roy a l Ar ti llery and th e O l d e st O f cer in ,

th e British a r m y an d l i ke th e sp e ak e r h e w a s a n a ti v e
, , ,

C an a di an I n c on cl usion th e B ishop rem arke d th a t

.
, ,

h e hop e d that his fell ow c ount ry me n with su ch gl o ri

-
,

ou s e xa m p le s b e fo re t h em wou l d em u l ate t he v i r t u e s
,

of th e i r fa t h er s i m p r ov e th e l a ws Of th e l a nd
,
l ov e G o d ,

and h onou r th e Qu ee n .

S E NAT O R P LU MB
S SP EE CH .

T h e chai rman th e n c alle d upon th e H on J B P l u m b . . .

,

S e n a to r of t he D o m in i on who w as rece iv e d with app l a us e, .

MR PLU MB said that as a re si de nt Of th e T own of N i ag

.

ara and a mem b er of th e Rece ptio n C o mm itt ee h e d e s i re d

t o unit e wi t h t he chai rm an I n e xt e ndin g a c o rdi a l a n d

,

h e ar ty w el co me to all who w ere h ere on this mem o rable

o cca sion He was dee p ly gr a ti e d t o nd so l a rge an
.

ass em bl age an d t o k now tha t a gre a t p r opo r t ion o f t hos e

,

who c o m pos e d it w ere d e s ce n dants Of th e e a rly s e tt ler s O f

th e c oun t ry and th at th ey w ere h ere t o do ho n ou r t o th e
,

mem o ry Of th e i r l oya l a n d b ra v e f o re fa t h er s T h e c h a i r .

m an hi m sel f was a re p re s e nta tiv e de s ce ndant of a wo r t hy

U E L oya l ist fa mi ly an inh eri t o r o f th e l a n ds gran t e d
. .
,

b y th e C r own to his a n ce sto r s who cle a re d t h em fr o m th e ,

p ri me va l fo re st l ands whi c h ar e now t eem in g with th e

,

p r odu c ts of th e el d of th e o rcha r d an d of th e v in ey a r d
, ,

u nd er th e p ra c ti c al a n d su cce ssfu l c u l t i v a t ion whi c h h as

m a d e th e name Of th e i r p re s e nt o wn er wid el y an d f avo r

ab l y k nown as an agri c ul tu rist and f ruit -gr ow er .
88 U NI TE D EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

He ( Mr Pl u mb) c ou l d not cl ai m to b e h ere by vi rtu e of

.

su ch a d e s cent I t w a s w ell known that his e arl i er l if e

.

ha d b ee n pass e d in th e n e i ghbou ri ng Re pub l i c of whi c h

h e was a nati v e but his fo re fath ers had h el d positions of
,

t rust an d honou r und er th e Crown prio r t o th e Re vo l utio n

both in ci v i l and m i l itar y l i f e and wh e n upon m atu re , ,

re ec tion h e d ec id e d to take th e oath of allegian ce h e

, ,

re sol ve d to th e b e st Of his abi l ity to do his duty as a l oyal

subj ec t .

C onspi cuous a m ong thos e who were with us t o d ay are

d eputat ions of chi e fs of th e I r oquois w h o c o me fr o m th e ir ,

re s er vations on th e Grand R i v er an d th e B ay of Quint

to j oin in this celebration T h e y w ere e ntitle d to sp ec ial .

gree ting and honou r T h e all ian ce of th e S ix N ations

.

s t re ngth e n e d th e British pow er in its st ru ggle with th e

Fre n ch fo r th e m ast ery of this c ontin e nt and l argel y c on
tribute d t o its triu mph .

W h e n th e Re vol ution b egan th e y re fus e d to b re ak th e ,

c ov enant chain and at th e ha zar d of th e i r ho me s and

th e i r hunting gr ounds in th e S tat e of Ne w Y o rk at th e ,

ris k of th e de stru ction Of th e i r an ci e nt le agu e Of th e

L on g H ous e th ey j oi n e d th e force s of th e K ing le d by
, ,

Brant whos e gr andson chi e f of th e M ohawk s O f th e B ay

, ,

of Q uint is w ith
,
us to -da
y T h e y s er ve d th e R oya l .

caus e with unswerving d el ity and indo m itab le c ou r age

unti l th e war w as e nd e d an d by its fo rtun e s th e i r gre a t
,

poss e ssions w ere l ost to th em fo re v er T h e t re aty O f 1784 .

le ft th em ho mele ss an d unp r otect e d e xi le s T o dig unab le ,

an d to b eg asha me d but th e British G ov ernme nt soon

$

m ad e th em ame nds by l arge grants O f t err ito ry on th e

B ay Of Quint an d on th e Gr and R iv er W hi l e th e .

sons m ay l ook back with regre t to th e d ays wh e n

th e i r fath ers h el d sup rem a cy ov er th e gre at er p art of
t h e c ontin e nt e a st of th e M ississippi and no rth Of th e
,

G u l f S tat e s th e y m ay c o mpare th e ir position with that

,

of su c h of th e i r b re th re n as stood n e u t r a l or too k par t

with th e c o l onists and d ep e nd e d on th e i r p r o m is e s h ey . T

90 U NI T E D EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

n oble st typ e Of th e re d r a ce s in N o rth Amer i ca I t i s .

n ot e asy to c on ce iv e th e s a cr i ce of l ib er ty whi c h th e i r
p re s e n t m od e Of l ife invo l v e s T h ey hav e c onfo rme d t o
.

it in a m ann er that j ustie s th e hi gh e st e xp ec tations Of

th e i r futu re a chi e v eme nts in c ivi l i ze d l ife an d in th e c u l ,

t i v at i on of th e a r ts O f p e a ce T h e Br itish G ov ern me nt
.

has al ways ke pt faith with t h e R e dm en To th e I r oqu ois .

th ey w ere bound by Obl iga t ions that wou l d n e v er b e

fo rgott en .

I t m ay b e as ke d why w e are me t h ere W hy aft er ,

th e l aps e of a ce ntu ry e v ery l oy al m an s h e ar t b e ats with
th e same feel i ng that ani m at e d t h e i r an ce sto r s who aban
don e d th e i r ho me st e ads and all th e i r e ar th l y poss e ssion s
and m ad e a painfu l and p eri l ous j ou r n e y th r ou gh th e
wi l d ern e ss in o rd er to rem ain und er t he O l d ag ? T h e
b r av e l oyal ist b r ou ght with hi m his hon e st c onvi ctions
and his l ov e Of c onstitutiona l l ib er ty and his chi l dre n and ,

his chil dre n s chi l d re n by th e i r p re s e n ce h ere to d ay t es
, ,

t i f y t o th e e ndu ran ce and stre n g t h of th e p r in c ip le s th e y

hav e inh erite d an d to th ei r d e si re to b e qu e ath t h em u n
,
e

i mp ai re d to thos e who ar e to c o me aft er th e m .

An e ss e nti al diff ere n ce e xists b e tw ee n th e po l iti c al i n

st i n c t s Of th e p e op le Of C an a da and thos e who re sid e

a cr oss t he bo rd ers O u r n e ighbou r s ha v e l argely e x t en d e d

.

th e bounds O f c on st i t u t i o u a l l ib er ty but b e ( M r Pl u mb)

, .

b el i e v e d th at in th e e nd adh e sio n t o th e C r own had

s ecu re d f or this D o minion a sti l l l arger c onstitutional
free do m than that of th e Unit e d S tate s in ou r par li am en
tary gov ern me nt and di rect m inist eri a l re sponsibi l ity
whi ch invo l v e d th e I mm e diate app e al to th e p e op le at
,

any m o me nt wh e n th e M inist er s of th e C r own fai le d to

b e suppor t e d by a m aj ority of th e rep re s e ntativ e s of t he
p e op le in th e H o u s e of C o mm ons M any thou ghtfu l
.

citize ns of th e Repub li c cle arl y saw th e advantage s of ou r

sy st em but i t c ou l d n ot b e a dopte d th ere without ra di ca l
,

ch ange s whi ch s eem i m possib le He hop e d that by G od s

, .
,

gra ce C anadians m igh t p re s erv e it un change d and t hat

, ,
 C EN T ENNI AL C ELEBRAT I O N . 91

it wou l d b e sacre d l y ch erish e d by futu re ge n er ations He .

b el i e v e d tha t it was i n th e b e st intere sts Of th em s el v e s ,

and of th e wo rl d at l arge th at e a c h of th e t w o g re a t
p e ople s who i nhabite d N o rth A m er i c a sho u l d b e p e r
m it t e d t o e vo l v e th e i r ow n s e p ar at e a n d s e v e r a l me thods
wi t hout le t or hind rance W hi le C anadians did not
.

inte nd to b e grasping or me dd le so me o r aggre s sive th e y ,

woul d n e v er b e cr inging or s er v ile o r sub m issiv e T he y

,
.

inte nd e d to m aintain th e i r position h ere and to d e fe nd ,

British institutions on this c on t in e nt in a m an ly strai g ht

f o rwa r d m ann er . T
h e y had th e c o u rage o f th e i r con vi c
,

tions and wou l d wo rk out th e i r sal vation in th e i r o wn

,

way and th e y d e si re d that th e i r gre a t b r oth erhood of

,

f ri e nds on th e oth er S id e of th e fr onti e r sho u l d ta ke th e

sa me c ou r s e an d e nj oy th e sa me p r ivi lege
,
.

He did not b el i e v e in C anadia n ind e p e nd e n ce I t w as .

cer tain to re su l t in ann e xa t ion and in n e ith er i ndep e n d

,

e n ce or ann e xatio n c ou l d h e s ee anything b u t dis a st er .

We d e sire d to c ul tivat e th e m ost co rdia l rel a tions with

ou r n e i ghbou rs to b u y Of th em to s el l to th e m to i nt er
, , ,

m arry with th em h e was an e xa m p le Of that but th ey ,

want e d to sho w that th e y p r o cee d e d on p a ra l l el l i ne s ,

whi c h c ou l d n ot mee t and c oa le s ce how e v er cl os ely t h e y

,

m igh t app r oxi mat e He s c o rn e d thos e w ho u rge d that

.

th ere wou l d b e cer ta in advantage s i n do ll a r s and ce nts t o

b e g ain e d by a chan ge in ou r po l iti c a l allegian ce He .

b el i e v e d th e s e nti me nt of l oya l ty in C a nadian boso m s

c ou l d n o t b e b r ou ght dow n to a m on e y sta n da rd T h ere .

w as no so r d id taint in th e b l ood o f thos e who s er v e d th e

C r ow n in two gre at st ru ggle s T h e y h av e t rans m itt e d
. .

that b l ood to a l arge po r tion of th e b e st me n and wo me n

of this fai r P r o v in ce Fe al ty to th e m on arc h is d ee p l y
.

i mp l an t e d in Ca na dian h e a r ts it ca n not b e w e ig he d
, ,

me asu re d o r a prais e d it is stre ng t h e n e d by a p er sona l

,

l ov e fo r th e u ee n and its fo u nda tio n s a re re sp ec t f o r

,

l a w and o rd er and its fo rm s a re a n e ndu rin g b asis O n

,
92 U NI T ED EM PI R E LO YALI STS .

whi ch ch erish e d i nst it u t l on s s ec u rel y re st and h e b e

ou r ,

l i e v e d it to b e in e radi c ab le .

I t was not a p rinc ip l e w h ich w as in c o m me n su rat e with

p rogre ss and d e v el op m e nt as its op pone nts hav e ass er te d ,

an d it s eeme d to ha rm oni ze e sp ec i a l l y with c o l oni z a tion ,

a s m i ght b e s e e n in th e vast e xt e n t th rou gh b oth h e m i

s ph ere s of a G re ater Brit ain O f po werfu l and p r osp er ous
co l oni e s a ck no wle dg ing a w i l l ing a n d not a c o m p u l so r y
,

a lleg i a n ce to th e T h r o n e a d hering t o Br i t ish t r adi t ions

, ,

a n d g ov er n e d b y Br iti s h l a ws I t is le ss than t h ree

.

hundre d y e ar s sin ce th e rst p erm an e nt s e ttleme nt of

whit e me n w a s m a d e upon this c onti ne nt S i r W a l t er .

R alei gh and his h al f-br oth er S i r H u mph re y Gi l b ert

, , ,

und er fa v ou r Of Qu ee n El i zab e th tte d out an e xp e di ,

tion f o r Ameri c a in 15 83 whi ch fai le d disastr ous l y an d

, ,

Gi l b er t l ost his l i f e by shi p w reck on th e re tu rn voyage .

Anoth er e xp e dition of R ale igh s l and e d at Ro ano ke in

Vi rgini a at th e e nd of A u g u st
,
and h a d fri e nd ly
,

int erc ou rs e with th e n a t ive s T h e n e xt y e ar a ee t of

.

s e v en v e ss el s und er c o mm and Of R al e i gh s k ins m an th e

cele b ra te d S i r Ri char d Gre nvi lle i mm o r t a li ze d in Te n ,

n y son s b all ad o f The Re v e n ge s e t t le d a s mall body

$

of c o l onis t s a t R o a no ke A ft er e xtreme ha rdship a n d

.

suff ering th e y w ere take n b ack to Engl and by S i r Fran c is

,

D ra k e i n 15 86 T h e sa m e y e ar fty s e t tlers w ere l a u de d

.
,

by S i r Ri c ha rd Gre nvi lle and a h u nd re d a nd f t ee n w ere

,

s e nt o u t und er G o v erno r W hite in 15 87 a ll O f w ho m had ,

p e rish e d o r di sapp e are d wh e n W hit e re tu rn e d with sup

p l i e s and recruits in 15 9 0 At th e d e ath of Q u ee n E li za
.

b e th th ere p r oba b l y w a s not an E ngl i sh m an on this c on

,

t i n en t T h e c o l o n y of Ja me stown w a s e stab l ish e d th ree

.

ye ars a fter war ds in 16 0 6 and th e fo ll owing y e a r C h am

,

p lain l and e d on th e sit e Of Qu e b ec .

F m m ll b gi nn ing w d t
ro s a e w i nni ng
s e a e ou r s
.
$

We are cele b rati ng to d ay th e C e nt e nnial Anni v ersary

Of th e rst s e ttleme nt of th e U E L oyal ists in this P r o . .
 C EN T ENNI AL C ELEBR AT I O N . 93

vin ce T h ere w ere th e n i n cl uding thos e h ar dy pion eer s

.
, ,

cer tai n ly n ot m o re tha n whi t e p e op le within i t s

bo rder s an d in 179 0 not m o re th an
,
and y e t in ,

179 1 th e Bri t ish P a rl iame nt pass e d th e Ac t s e pa r atin g

,

h P r ovin ce s f Upp er d L ow er C anada by v i rtu e of

t e o a n ,

whi c h Ac t G ov erno r S i mc o e in th e su mmer of 179 2 or

, ,

d ere d an elec tion fo r th e rst P arl ia me nt of this P r ovin ce ,

whi c h me t in S e pt em b er Of that y e a r at a point n ea r

,

th a t on whi ch w e a re stan din g an d a lm ost with i n th e

,

soun d of th e voi ce s O f th e sp e aker s o n this p l a tfo rm I n .

th e el oqu e nt add r e ss with whi ch h e op e n e d th e S e ssion ,

h e sai d that in c onsi der ation Of th e sa cri ce s th e L oyal is t s

of t h e P r ovin ce had m a d e fo r th e C r own a n d t he e vi
,

d e n ce th e y h ad g iv e n of th e i r c a p a c ity fo r s el f-g ov ern

ment th e l a rge st me asu re of l ib er ty e v er grant e d by th e
,

Briti sh P a rl i a me nt to a c o l ony had b ee n g iv e n t o Upp er

C an ada He s aid that th e c ond e n ce re pos e d in th e
.

c o l onis t s ha d b ee n w el l e a r ne d an d that h e w as su re that

,

th e y wou l d n e v e r b e t ra y th e sa cre d t rust .

Am ong th e rst a c ts of th e Upp er C anadian P a rl iame nt

was th e adoption O f th e l aws O f E n gl and a n d th e ab o l i t ion
,

Of S l a v ery W e hav e b ee n to l d ( said M r Pl u m b ) that w e

. .

a re l agg ing b e hind ou r Re pub l i c an n e ighbou r s in th e r a ce

O f d e v e l op me nt and i m p r ov eme nt ; but h e thou ght w e
'
ha d r e a son t o b e p r oud of ou r a dv a n ceme nt He had said
.

that in 179 0 th e popu l ation Of U p p er C anad a did n o t

e x cee d by th e high e s t e sti m a te I t w as p r o b ab ly
f ar S ho r t of t hat nu m b er . T h a t of th e S ta t e of N e w Yo rk
w as th en I f th e gr owth of this P r ovin ce had
b ee n o n th e s a me ra tio Of th a t O f th e E m pi re S tate whi ch ,

has th e gre a t e st se a -po r t o n th e c ontin e nt w e shou l d ,

ha v e had in 1881 a popu l ation of but T h e S tate

O f Ne w Y o rk in 1880 had a popu l ation of or

an in cre a s e O f ftee n fo l d T h is P r o v in ce h ad a p o p u l a
.

tion in 1881 of an in cre as e Of sixty -fou r fo l d .

I t w as a m i s ta ke to suppos e t h a t t h e po l i t i ca l o rg ani
z at i on und er whi c h w e hav e at t ai n e d t his wond er fu l r e
,
~
94 UNI T ED EM PIR E LO YA LI STS .

su l t c ou l d b e c om pare d unf a v ou rab l y with a ny whi ch

,

e xists W e ha d a system u nd er whi ch t h e p eopl e th r ough

.
,

th e i r re p re s e ntati v e s c ou l d at any m o me nt c o m p el t h e
,

M i nistry t o change th e i r c ou rs e t o disso l v e P a rl iame nt , ,

o r to re si gn th e i r o ffi ce s T h e pu r s e st ri ng s b ein g h el d
- .

by a re spon si b le G o v ern me nt if th ere was any m i sm an ,

a

ag e m e n t t he elec t e d re p re s e nt a ti v e Of th e p e op le c ou l d
,

i mme di a t ely interfere A ll t h e C abin e t M inist er s sat in

.

Parli ame nt and thos e in th e C o mm ons after th e i r ap

, ,

po intme n t t o Of ce m ust g o ba ck to th e p e op le f or r e
,

election an d c o n rm ation T h e E x ecutive w as not a f ou r .

y e ars ty ran ny wi t h a C abin e t t hat c ou l d not b e re a ch e d

,

e x cept by i m p e a c hme nt I t was a ru le that c ou l d b e

.

ch ange d wh e n i t c ou l d no l onger ho l d th e pub l i c c on

d e n c e as w as e x emp l i e d by th e dissol ution in th e autu m n
,

o f 1873 o f th e P a rl i a me nt elec t e d in 1872 it ha v in g b ee n ,

cl ai me d by th e m aj o r ity that th e M inistry no l onger r e

p re s e nte d pub l i c s e nti me nt Th e publ i c e xp e nditu re is .

c ontr o lle d by t h e C o mm ons E v ery item c an b e fu lly .

e xamin e d an d dis c uss e d in C o mm ittee of S upp l y T h e .

e sti m a t es fo r th e e xp enditu re ar e b e f ore th e C o mm ons in

d e t ai l fr om th e b eginning of th e S e ssion an d s e par at e ,

v ot e s ar e take n on e a ch item W e know nothin g of a .

l og r o lling o mnibus supp ly bi ll fo rce d th r ou gh on th e l ast

-
, ,

night Of th e s e s sio n w h e n cl am ou r a n d in t i m idation bu rk

dis cussion N o t onl y has e v ery it em to b e vote d on in
.

c o m m i t t e e b u t th e vot e m ust b e aft er w a r ds a f rme d by th e

,

u rr en c e of th e m a j o r ity with th e S p e a ker in th e

qp
E c
ai r .
,

T h ere w as h e said no pr os cr i p tive o r e x cl usiv e spi r it

, ,

h ere Ev ery m an was w elc o me am on g us no m at t er of

.

wh at n ation al ity T h ere was r oo m f or all Th e n atu r

.
.

a l i zat o n l aws w ere l i b er a l th e fr a n chis e w a s g ov er n e d by

i
a t r i i n g p r o p er ty qu a l i c ation th e m a in Obj ec t Of whi c h
,

w as th r ou gh s cru t ini z d registr ation to p re v e nt fra ud

, ,
e
, .

T h e re w as n o E lective J udi ci a ry d e p e n de nt upon popu l ar

su ff rag e T h e sup rem acy Of P arl i a ment c ou l d on ly b e
.

app e ale d fr o m t o th e T h r on e i ts el f .
 C EN T ENNIAL C ELEBRAT I O N . 95

I t was a m att er o f p r id e to hi m to y that h e was an sa

e x e m p l i c at i o n of th e l ib er a l ity with whi c h th e C anadian

p e op le t re at e d thos e O f fo re ig n bi r th who b ec a me su b ser
vi e nt to th e l a w s He had b ee n honou re d by th e p e op le
.

far b eyond his d e s er ts in this o l d b or ou gh Of N iaga ra ,

and n o w h e h el d fr o m th e Q u ee n on e of th e high e st c o m ,

b
m issions that c ou l d b e h el d by any su j ec t in C anada a
s e at fo r l ife i n th e S e nate He had e nd e avou re d f aith .

fu ll y sin ce h e e nt ere d publ i c l i f e to p r o m ot e th e w el fa re

of his adopt e d c ount ry and h e b eli e v e d that h e wou l d
,

n e v er b e found recre ant to th e t r ust p l a ce d upon hi m I t .

m i ght b e that th ere w ere p e op le in C anada who w ere eu

dea vou ri ng to sow s ee ds of diss e nsion b e tw een th e l oya l
p e op le and th e th r on e He said of su ch that th e y c ou l d
.
,

not do it that whi le h e was wi ll ing to dis c uss m ost m at

,

t er s with th em that that qu e stion was not o ne whi c h

,
.

c oul d b e e nt er ta in e d b ec au se th e h e ar ts of th e p e op le
,

w ere so s ec u rel y xe d in th e i r a lleg ian ce that th e y did

not want any a rg u me nt on t h e s u b j ec t He t rust e d that .

e v ery m an an d wo m an b e fo re hi m wou l d n e v er fo rge t that

it was th e i r bound e n duty to t rans m it with rel ig ious
ca re th e nob le p rin cip le s whi ch th e y i nh er ite d fro m th e i r
pa re nts and to le t th e i r c hi l d re n k now that th ere was no
,

un certain sound in C anada in re sp ec t t o a dh e sion to th e

British C r own He wou l d c on cl ud e by quotin g e nny

. T
son s wo r ds whi ch h e tr ust e d wou l d sin k d ee p in to th e i r
,

h e a rts
0h , t he n t
s av e d f f d m wn
o e ru e see o ree o so
B tw i x t p pl n d t h i nci nt t h n
e a eo e a e r a e ro e,
Th t b f d m t f whi ch t h p ing
a so er re e o ou o er e s r s
O url y lp i n f
o a t mp t K i ng
ass o or o u r e e ra e s
F v i n g t h t y h lp t
or , sa m n k in d
a , e e o sa v e a ,

T ill p bl ic w ng b c m bl d i nt d t
u ro e ru e o us ,

An d d i ll t h r w w ld f t h m c h f min d
e ra or or e ar o ,

T i l l c w d t l n gt h b n nd c wn b j t
ro s a e e sa e a ro s e us .

L I UT
E E - N EL G EO RGE T D ENl S O N said
N N T CO LO
A .

T h e a rri v al of th e U E L oyal ists in this P r o v in ce on e

. .

hund re d y e a rs ag o was an e v e nt w hi ch has had a l as t in g

,

e ff ec t upo n th e histo r y o f this c oun t r y and was to a , ,

96 U NI T ED EM PIR E LO YALI STS

gre at e xt e nt t h e c aus e of ou r b e ing to day a po r tion of

,
-

th e gre ate s t E mpi re in th e wo rl d I n ee d not say h ere on .

this histo ri c gr ound t eem ing with rec o llec tions of ha rd

,

fou ght ghts or to th e d e s ce ndants of thos e who p re

,

s erv e d ou r l ib er ti e s in 1812 that t o th e U E L oy a l ists ,

. .

-da y
w e ow e th e fa ct that w e e nj oy to th e t r u e l ib er ty
that is t o b e fou n d und er a l i m ite d m onarchy T hos e .

e arly s e ttler s w h o c ame h ere on e hund re d y e a r s ag o

w ere th e v ery b e st Of th e O l d c o l onists T h ey w ere th e .

l a w -abidin g G od -f e arin g cl ass e s and this was r e m ark a bl y

, ,

shown by th e fa c t t hat in th e e arl y y e ar s of this c oun

t ry cri me was a lm ost u nk ow n th e s e ttler s b e ing an ,

o r d erly p e a ce ab le w ell-b e h av e d p e op le T h e y gav e a

, ,
.

start to this c ountry th e b e n e ts of whi ch w e a r e c on

,

t i n u al l y f eel ing y e ar a ft er y e a r E v er sin ce th e p r o .

vin ce was e stab l ish e d t h e f rin ge Of s e ttleme nt as it

, ,

m ov e d s l owly into th e fo re st has b ee n a lm ost free fro m

cr i me this st ran ge to say has c ontinu e d t o this day and
, , , ,

i a rem ark ab le f e atu re Of th e s e t t leme nt Of t h e N o r t h

s
v est .

H ow diff ere nt it has b ee n in th e Repub l i c to th e south

of u s l aw le ssn e ss and cri me s Of vio le n ce ha v e b ee n ram
p ant fo r On e hund re d y e a r s ba ck a n d l ife is now m o re ,

uns afe in th e Unite d S ta t e s than in an y civi l i ze d or .

s em i c ivi l i ze d c ountry in th e wo rl d I t is not th e cl i

-
.

m at e th at h a s don e this f or in m any s ections it is v ery

,

si mi l a r t o ou r ow n I t is n o t th e ph y si cal chara ct er of
.

th e c ou nt ry f or th at al so is al i ke I attribut e i t e nti rely

,
.

to t he fo rm Of go v ern me nt :
T h e Repub l i ca n fo rm o f g ov ern me nt attr a c ts a ll thos e
who l ov e l i c e ns e r ath er th a n l ib er ty ; w hi le thos e who
d e si re to se e l ib er ty gi v e n on ly to do wh a t is ri ght ar e ,

m u ch m o re l i kely to s eek a m on archi cal fo rm of g ov ern

me nt Fr o m this re a son whi le th e Amer i c an Re publ i c
.
,

h as a s on e of th e i r ow n p r o m in ent me n h a s w el l s a id
, ,

b ee n f or on e hund re d y e ar s th e ce ss -poo l of E u r op e $

and has attra ct e d th e wor st cl ass e s fro m th e O l d wo rl d ,

98 U NI TE D EM PIRE LO YALI ST S .

T h e str onge st n ationa l s e nti me nt that has y e t b ee n ex

hi b i t e d in th e S tat e s was shown by th e S outh ern p e op le
i n th e i r gall ant stru ggle to d e st r oy th e Union Th e .

national S pi rit shown b y th e N o rth ern er s wh ere th e boun

ti e s r os e to abou t $ 180 0 a m an wh ere p at riotis m c on ,

sist e d in hi ring a m an to g o and ght whi le th e c iti ze n

too k a c on tra ct to su pp l y th e sol di ers as has b ee n w ell
said by th e i r cele b rat e d divin e Dr alm age W ith r i ce . T ,

th at was worm e ate n with bis c uits that w ere m ou l dy

, ,

with garme nts that were shoddy with me at that was ran k , ,

with ho rs e s that stu mb le d in th e charge and with t e nts ,

$
th a t sift e d th e rain into th e fa ce s of th e e xhaust e d .

Th e p atriotis m shown by Yan kee M i l itia alm ost in

sight of this spot in 1812 w h e n th ey re fus e d to cr oss at
, ,

Qu ee nston to aid th e i r c o mrad e s who m ou r vol unt eer s

, ,

sho rtl y after wa rds c ut to pi ece s und er th e i r e y e s w as ,

v ery di ff ere nt fro m th e pat riotis m of th e C anadians who

cr oss e d th e ri v er an d captu re d De tr oit or thos e who ,

fought a t Ch ry s ler s f arm or thos e who d r ov e ba ck H am p

ton at C h ate a ugu ay .

I n 1812 e v ery able bodi e d m an w e nt to th e fr onti er to

gh t leaving th e O l d me n th e boys and th e wo me n to ti ll
,

th e el ds O n e might tra v el a day s j ou rn ey in t his P ro

.

v in ce du ring that w a r without mee tin g an ab le bodi e d

m an a s th e y w ere all on th e f r onti er
, T hat k ind of .

n ation al s e nti me nt w as v ery diff ere nt fr o m that of th e

bounti e d merce n ari e s Of th e N o rth ern a rm i e s or of t he ,

t h ree m onths me n who le ft th e a rm y of th e P oto m a c i n

186 1 on th e e v e of a gre at batt le W hat a str ik ing c on.

t ra st al so was this l atter in cid e nt to th e c all ing ou t of

C anadi an Mi l iti a at th e ti me of th e Fe nian t r ou
ble s of 186 6 O nl y suf ci e nt regi me nts w ere o r d ere d
.

out t o m ake with th e i r fu ll stre ngth I n le ss

th n e ightee n hou r s after th e o r d er was issu e d th e reg i
a

me nts were al l at th e i r posts an d t h e re tu rns showe d

,

o v er on pa r ad e T h e e xtr a
. c onsiste d of vo l
u n t e er s who had s er v e d th e i r t erm and b ee n dis charge d
,
 C EN T ENNIAL C ELEBRAT IO N . 99

but who on th e c all of danger put on th e i r O l d uni f o rm s

, ,

r all i e d a round th e s t andar ds an d fell into th e ra nk s ,

without bounty of any k ind o r oth er Obli gation s av e th e

,

na t iona l s e nti me nt whi ch is t h e charac t eristi c of ou r

p e op le .

I n th e O regon dif c u l ty in th e Tre nt affai r th e fee l

,

ing was a d m i ra b le C an w e c all to m ind th e c ondu c t

M
.

o f th e N ov a S c otia Leg is l a tu re at th e ti me of th e ain e

boundary diffi cu l ty w h e n th e mem b ers standing in th ei r
,

p l a ce s unani m ous ly pass e d with th ree ch eer s f or th e

,

Qu ee n a vot e p l a cin g at th e disposal of th e G overn me nt

,

e v ery do ll a r O f th e i r re v e nu e and e very ab le bodi e d m an

,

in th e i r p r o v in ce to b e us e d in d e fe n ce of th e i r sist er
p r ovin ce of Ne w Brunswi ck that w as th re ate n e d with
a tta ck c an w e ca ll to m ind th e C an a dians who c a me

b ack to C anada fr o m e v ery sta t e in th e Union to a i d in

d e fe nding h er fr o m th e Fe ni a ns wi t hout feel ing th a t w e ,

hav e in ou r p e op le a str ong nationa l s e nti me n t ?

C anada has n e v er had t o c a ll upon h er sons to d e fe nd
h er that th e y hav e not ch eer fu ll y re spond e d to th e c a ll
, ,

and th ere is no doubt that w e C an a di an s h a v e a national

s e nti me nt We hav e a p rid e in ou r c ount ry and a con
.

d e n ce in it an d in i t s futu re W and e rer s and B oh em ians

.
,

str an gers and t ram ps m ay b ec aus e w e ar e not traito r s to

,

ou r g ov er n me nt and ou r c o u nt r y say that w e h a v e no ,

nationa l s e nti me nt ; th e y m ay not s ee o r f eel o r app rec i at e ,

th e patrioti c feel in g of th e C anadians ; but w e C anadi ans

k now that it is th ere Th e m il iti a fo rce is o n e p r oof O f it
.
,

a nger post t o point ou t to a ll th a t w e int e nd to b e a f ree

pe op le on this c ontin e nt and that ou r l ib er t i e s c an on l y

,

b e t ak en f r om us aft er a d e sp erate stru ggle T his l oyal ty .

o f C anadian s t o C anada m a ke s th em l oya l to th e Qu ee n ,

b ec aus e sh e is th e em bodi me nt O f th e p r in c ip le s of th e
g ov ern me n t of ou r c ount ry not b e caus e she is th e Qu ee n
,

Of E ngl and but b ec aus e S h e is th e Qu ee n O f C anada a n d

, .
,

th e y a re l oya l to ou r m onarchi ca l institutio n s b ec aus e ,

t h e y f eel th at t ru e pat riotis m t o C an ada l i e s in th at di r e c

tion .
10 0 U NI T ED EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

W e absol u t el y gov er n Ou rs el v e s th e ti e whi ch binds us ,

to E ngl and i s on e in whi ch al l th e advantage s are o n

o u r sid e T h ere is no t hin g in it that p re ss e s on any of
.

o u r p e op le an d th ere is no m att e r of de tai l in o u r syst em

,

th at w e h a v e n o t th e pow er Of regu l ating f or ou r s el v e s .

Unfor tunat el y how e ver th ere are a f e w who ar e not sat

, ,

i sfi e d an d w h o a gita t e fo r ch an ge fo r t h e s ake o f ag i t a t

,

ing T his is an d a l ways has b ee n a di ffi c u l t y with e v ery

.
, ,

f o rm o f g o v ern me n t i n a l l age s N 0 fo r m Of g o v ernme nt .

cou l d possibly b e d e v is e d in whi ch th ere woul d b e no

m alc ont e nts n o c onspi rator s no agita to r s ;
,
T h e grand e st ,

p o em in ou r l ang u age d e s crib e s a re b ell ion agains t He av e n

its el f a n d in al l c ountri e s an d in al l g ov ern ments th ere
, , ,

h a v e b ee n agita to rs of th e s ame ty p e R o me a re pub l i c .

,

w i t h th e hi ghe s t n ational s e nti me n t had in i t th e eleme n t s ,

of dis c o r d in th e br o ke n down cl a ss e s who r a ll i e d a r ound ,

C atal in e a n d fo rm e d t h e fa m ous c on spi ra cy w hi c h b e ar s his

n ame ; an d t o day in m ost c ountri e s th e s ame typ e of agi
-

t at ors an d m alc ont e nts a ban don us e fu l l abou r t o c onspi re

agai n st l a wfu l au thority In Russia th ey h a v e th e N ihi l .

i st s in G erm any th e S o ci al ists in Fr an ce t h e C o mm unists

, , ,

in Irel and th e Feni ans in E ngl and th e D yn am iter s in , ,

th e Unite d S tat e s th e y h av e al l th e s e cl a ss e s mix e d up

toge the r a n d in addition th ey h a ve th e i r p o l i t i cia n s whi le
,
,

in Can a da w e h a v e on ly a fe w I nd ep e nd en ce wri ter s th e ,

w e ake s t an d m ost h armle ss of a ll th e s e tr o u ble so me cl ass e s .

Th e s e w and erers an d B oh em ians with th e cha rmin g ,

i mpud e n ce Of th e th ree tai l o r s Of T oo l ey S t ree t sp e ak Of ,

th em selv e s as th e p e op le of Ca nad a I t is th e fashion O f .

m e n of th e i r typ e a l w ays to talk l oud l y Of t h e p e op le as

I f t h ey w ere t he p e op le B ut who a re th e p e ople T h e
,

p e op le of this c ountry are th e farmers who o wn th e soi l ,

who h av e cle are d th e el ds w h o ti ll th em an d who p r o , ,

du ce th e food that f e e ds u s T h e p e op le of C an a da are .

th e wo rk ers w h o wo rk in h er fa c to r i e s w h o c arry on h er ,

tra d e w h o s ai l h er S hips and sp re a d h er c o mmerce th e

, , ,

ar t i zan s who bui l d h er c iti e s a n d wo rk in th em

i e se .
10 2 U NI T ED EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

c are T h ey m ight r u i n us pol iti call y and m or ally and

.

c o mmercially a nd th e n wand er O ff to so me oth er c oun

,

t ry an d b e a s well off as th e y e ver w ere or e ver wi ll b e

,
.

W hy shou l d w e dis m em b er th e E m pi re ? Wh e n th e
German p e o ple h a v e unite d to m ake a gre at S tat e wh e n
t he I ta l i ans ha v e b ee n c onso l idat e d into a p o w er f u l k ing
dom ar e th e British o divid e and w e ke
,
t a n ? Are th e
Angl o -S axons to b e t h e on l y race to do this a nd are w e
Canadians without re ason or m otiv e to b e th e caus e
,
I ,

don t c all th e Unit e d S t te s

a a n Angl o S axon c o mm u nity
-

n o w O n ce it w as but si nce th e re vo l ution it has b ee n th e

.
,

du m p i ng gr o u n d of E u r O p e a n d th e y a re fo rmin g a com m u ,

n i t y th ere e nti rely di ff ere n t in its c ha ra c t er isti c s f r o m ou rs .

I have w at ch e d th e w riting s Of th e s e ind e p e nd e n ce

me n an d hav e at l ast dis c o v ere d what th e i r re a l g ri e v
,

a n ce i s a n d it is that th ere a re cer ta in p e opl e who ho l d

,

pu b l i c Of ce s T h ey do not Obj ec t to th ere b e ing pub l i c

.

Of ce s but th e re a l tr oub le is th a t th e y do not ho l d

,

th e s e of c e s th em s el v e s E nvy and j e al ousy i s at th e .

botto m O f al l t h ei r p a triotis m T h e y ad vo cat e elec tiv e .

O f ce s T h ey fo rge t that th e p e op le indi rec t l y m a ke th e

.

a p oint me nts
p fo r th e y elec t ,
re p re s e ntati v e s who ho l d
o f c e at th e i r wi ll a n d who ar e re sponsib le to th em fo r
,

a l l th e y do T h e y agitat e fo r th e elec tion to n e a rly al l

.

publ i c Of ce s by th e pop u l a r vote a s in th e S tat e s wh ere ,

t he sy st em h as p r odu ce d a n O f ce -ho l ding cl a ss wh ere

stri c t int egri t y is th e e x ce ption an d wh ere p ec ul ation I s
,

th e ru le T h e s e agita to r s and B oh em ians wish to b ec o me

.

th em s el ve s a n O f c e ho l ding cl ass O f this Yan kee typ e

-
.

T h e y thin k that by agitatin g fo r a ch ange by cre atin g ,

an a rc hy an d c onf u sion th e y m i ght t em po rar i ly c o me to

,

th e top T h ey k no w th at wh e n th e pot is boi l in g th e

.

d regs are fo rce d up war ds but th e y fo rge t that wh e n th e ,

ot s t ops boi l in g t he d reg s g o to th e botto m B ut th ere is

p .

n o re a son why w e shou l d b e g ov er n e d by str an ger s or

tr a mps and th e p e op le of this c ount ry w ho hav e m ad e

I t what it is intend t o govern it thei r o wn way
, ,

, .
 C EN T ENNI A L C ELEBR ATI O N . 10 3

Th e wo rst fe ature of this g itation i s that a re vo l ution a ,

su c h as th e s e m alc ont e nts ask f or can on l y b e b r ou ght ,

about by b l oodsh e d I c annot c all to m ind an instan ce of

.

a re vo l ution b e in g c a rr i e d ou t without b l oodsh e d In fa c t .

no syst em of g ov ern ment rec ogni ze s any c ons t itutional

me thod of d e str oyin g its funda me ntal p rin cip le s T h e .

Unit e d S tat e s c ou l d n ot e stab l ish a d e spotis m und er th e i r

c o n stitu t ion e x ce pt by a re vol ution T h e S outh er n

S tat e s s ece d e d n ot c onstitution ally but by c on v e ntions of

, ,

th e p e op le in t h e sa me way in whi c h th e i r c ons t itution

was o rig inall y fo rme d and it was an attem pt e d r ev ol u

tion and w as put down by fo rce of a rm s E v ery attem p t

,
.

f ro m without or within in th e past to chan ge ou r syst em

, ,

of g ov er n me nt h as b ee n put down by bl oodsh e d I n fa c t .

,

th e funda me ntal p rin cip le of ou r g ov ern me nt th e Me n ,

a rchy cannot b e change d c onstitutionall y T h e m em b er s

,
.

of P a rl ia me nt b e fo re th e y can vot e m ust sw e a r t o b e ,

faithfu l t o th e c onstitution and wou l d b e fo re swo rn p er ,

j u r er s if th e y aft erwa r d b e t r ay e d th e i r c ount ry F or .

t his re ason I ap p e a le d o n a fo rmer o ccasion to th e g ood

f eel in g and hon e sty Of th e ind e p e nd e n ce agitato rs as to ,

wh e th er it w as fai r or r ight in th em t o ag ita t e f or a

change of g ov ern me nt that c an on ly b e b r ought about ,

by war An d I ask y ou h ere again to d ay if it i s fai r

.
v
,

o r ri ght fo r th e s e B oh emians to t ry to cre at e t r ouble

a m on g a p e ace fu l hap py and c ont e nt e d p e op le w h o h av e
, ,

no gri e van ce s that th e y c annot e a si l y reme dy th em

s el v e s wh e n th e y can so re a di l y nd in th e n e i gh
,

b o u r i ng c ountry th e re pub l i c an ins t itutio n s th e y ad m i re

W h e n I say this I say it in a k ind ly spi r it fo r I wou l d
b e th e l as t to p re v e nt th em w ritin g an d ta lki n g and
advo catin g th e i r vi e ws so l on g as th e y do not b re a k o u t
into op e n t re ason . T
han k G od thi s is a free c ountry ,

wh ere p e ople can ho l d wh a t Opinions th e y l i ke an d e xp re ss

th em freely so th ey m ay g o on if t h e y wish and w rit e
,

th e ir l ittl e e dito rial s and ai r th e i r li ttle th e o r i e s and ab u s e

, ,

all wh o d i sa gree with th em it p le as e s th em an d hu r t s n o ,

 10 4 U NIT ED EM PIR E LO YALI ST S .

on e , an d th e v ery free do m that enable s th em to do this

is wh a t m ake s o u r institu t ions so sta ble and th e s e me n
so pow erle s s f or e v i l .

I t wou l d not b e wo r th whi le to noti ce this m o v eme n t

at al l w ere i t n ot th at w e a re cele br ati ng th e ce nt e nni al
,

of th e s e t t leme n t of this c ount r y on p r in c ip le s dia me t r i ,

c all y o ppos e d to th o s e advo ca t e d n o w by t he se f e w an d ,

un der w hi ch w e hav e ou rish e d and in creas e d a nd e n , ,

j oy e d so m a ny adv a nt age s f o r on e hund re d y e ar s I hop e .

th a t at t h e n ex t ce n t e nni al ou r de s ce nd ants m ay h av e as
m a ny cau se s of c ongratu l ation and as m any ble ss ing s f or
,

whi c h to b e th an k fu l as w e ha v e and th at t he agi t a to r s ,

of t h e i r da m a b e as w e a k and u n i n u e n t i al a n d as
y y ,
.

po werle ss as ou r s ar e to day I f S O a b ou t on ce e very

-
.

on e hund r e d y e ar s wi l l he o f t e n e nou g h f or ou r sid e of

th e c as e t o b e l aid dow n
W I LLI A M K IRB Y ES Q of N i ag ar a s aid Mr C h a i rm an
.

.
, , ,

L adi e s an d Ge n t l e me n Upon an o cca sion l i k e this th e

.

h e a rt as w ell as th e intellec t i s sti rre d up wi t h d ee p em o

tions All t ha t is n oble al l th a t i s p atr ioti c in us th e p r id e
.
, ,

w e ha v e in th e l oyal a nd indo m i t ab l e me n who found e d

Upp er C an t da aff r d a t h eme th a t ou ght t o wa rm th e
,
o

c o l d e s t a nd m ake t he du lle s t m a n el oqu e n t in t h e i r p rais e '

.

T h e Uni t e d E mpi re L oya l ists of Ame ri c a on ly n e e d th e

tr uth to b e to l d of th e m to m ake t hem s t and ou t p r o m i
,

n en t l upon th e p ge of histo ry a s r an k ing wi t h th e

y a

nobl est of o u r ra ce i n a ny l a n d .

I a m gl a d a n d p roud of th e f a c t t ha t cele b rations si m i l a r

to this h a v e a lre ady b ee n h el d i n T o r onto an d th e Bay of
Quint y e t w e of th e N i aga r a distri c t did not t hin k
,

th a t thos e were e nough T hi s S pot c ons ecra t e d by so

.

m any honou rab le mem o r i e s of th e f a th ers an d d e f e nd er s

of ou r c ount ry is aft er all th e t r u e hi s to r i c a l an d p r op er
,

pl a ce fo r t he cent enni al cele bration of th e s e ttleme nt of

Upp e r C an a da Here w as th e p r in cip a l l anding p l ace of
.

th e e xp atri at e d l o y alists h ere ca me th e l oya l ghting

,

me n of th e Re vo lutionary W ar and here th ey p l ante d ,

10 6 U NI TED P IRE
EM LO Y LI A ST S .

m ain l y th r ou gh th e m achinations and aid of Fran ce ,

t he se c ol oni e s w ere le d into th e gre at re b el l ion against

th e E m pi re .

Th ey w ere if I m ay u se t h e A MERI CA N l ang uag e

, ,

wh i ch w e all und ersta nd v ery w ell th e p a r ty of U n i on ,

in 1776 as oppos e d to th e par ty of S ecessi on of th a t

,

ti me T h e y w ere th e me n w h o w ere l oy al t o th e cr own

.
,

and t o th e po l i t i cal unity of th e E ngl ish sp e ak ing r a ce .

T h ey ow e d a national all egi an ce as bo r n British subj ects

to t he Cr own and E m pi re and fel t bound by e v ery ti e
,

Of duty honou r a n d rel igion to re sist re b el l ion and

, , ,

p re s erv e inta c t th e unity of t h e E m pi re to whi ch t h e y

b el on ge d T h e cri me of dividing th e E ngl ish ra ce was
.

n on e of th e i r s $
T h e gre a t c ivi l wa r whi ch b r oke out in th e Unite d
S tat e s tw e nty -th ree y e ars ag o has to th e Ameri can m ind
,

gre a tl y m odi e d th e me a nin g of th e wo r d l oy a l ty

.

I n st e ad of b e ing us e d in a bad an d vitup e rativ e s e ns e as

it ha d b ee n p rio r to th e i r ow n l at e re b ell ion l oyal ty has ,

S in c e th e n b ee n dis c ov ere d to b e on e of th e ca r dina l vi r

tu e s- while r eb el l i on that w a s p re vious l y l oo ke d u pon as
an honou rab le thing in its el f has c o m e to b e d e noun ce d
,

as th e bl acke st of cri me s e sp ec ially against th em s el v e s .

I will re a d an e xtra c t fr o m th e le tt er O f a distinguish e d

Ameri c an Ge n era l with re fere n ce to this l oy a l cele b ra
tion of ou r s He s ays.

I wish I c ou l d b e th ere to u ni t e with you in sy m
p athy and feel ing as I do h ere S u cce ss to th e l oya l
,
.

b l oo d May its mem o ri e s b e e v er gree n and th e r e col l ec ,

tio n of its unp ara llele d a n d u nre war d e d d e v otion b rav ery ,

an d sa cri ce e ndu re and wax st r on ger w ith ti me We

l oyal ists l ost th e g ame but w e did n ot in t he sl ighte st d e
,

gree tarnish ou r rec o r d of honou r $

I m ay me ntion that th e ge n eral who w rit e s this I s

.

him s el f a d e s ce ndant of a distinguish ed L oyal ist fam i ly

of th e ol d Pr ovin ce of Ne w Y o rk ,

T h e d ecl aration of I nd e p e nd e n ce whi ch pass e d by a ,

maj o rity of one on l y came l i ke a thund er cl ap upon th e

,
 C EN TENNI AL C ELEBR AT I O N , 10 7

p e op le of t he
c ol oni e s Up to that day th e m ost un e
.
,

u i v oca l publ i c e xp re ssions of l oy a l ty to th e K in g and

q
E m pi re had b ee n m a d e and re it erate d by th e ge n er al
,

C ongre ss as by all t h e p r ovin c ia l c on gre ss e s in th e c o l o

ni e s N ay l on g after ghtin g b eg an nothin g but a r e
T
.
,

d re ss of gr i e van ce s was p r o f e ss e d to he d em a nd e d he .

a rm y w hi ch b e si ege d B oston u nd er W ashington and that

, ,

whi c h invad e d Ca nada u nd er A rno l d an d M ontg o mery

, ,

fou ght und er British c o l ou r s I t was k nown th at outsid e

.

of N e w E ngl and a m aj o rity of th e p e op le w ere oppos e d to

s ece ssion and that it was n ece ssary to le ad th em by d e
,

gree s and b l indfo l d as it w ere into th e pit of re vo l ution

, , ,

and so it was don e .

I t i s unn ece ssary fo r me to dis c uss in you r p re s e n ce , ,

th e po l iti ca l issu e s of th e re vo l ution We a re all of on e .

m ind on that subj ec t We k now that th e l oya l is t s w ere

.

ri gh t in th e c ou r s e th e y pu rsu e d and that fo r us is ,

e nou gh .

T h e re vo l ution was not n ece ssary f or th e re d re ss of

su ch th e o re ti ca l gr i e van ce s as fo rme d th e sub jec t of dif
f er en c es with th e m oth er c ount ry h e S ta m p A c t th e . T ,

gre at e st o ff e n ce of al l was n e v er put in fo rce and was

, ,

p r o m ptl y rep e ale d in c om p l ian ce with th e ge n er a l rem on

stran ce against it T h e oth er m ino r Ac ts O f no a cc ount in
.

th em s el v e s m i ght l i ke wis e hav e b ee n le ft t o b e re p e ale d

, ,

and th e ol d ha rm ony re sto re d had not p rid e and t em p er ,

on both sid e s ta ke n th e p l a ce of re ason and m od eration

,

and re nd ere d a g ood u n d er sta ndi ng i m possib le .

T h e l oyal is t s of A mer i c a f el t a ll this and re fus e d to b e ,

hu rri e d in to th e cri me of re b el l ion ; and wh e n th e Dec

la r at i on of I nd e p e nd e n ce was l aun c h e d upon th e c ountry
th e y d e ni e d th e tr uth of th e in di ctme nts it c ontain e d
against th e K ing and th e p e op le of Gre a t Br itain whi le
th e v er y Off e nsiv e l an gu age in whi ch it w as c ou ch e d ,

add e d fu el to th e i r re s e nt me nt and p erp e tuate s th e bit ,

t ern ess of it to this day .

10 8 U NI T ED EM I
P RE LO YALIS Ts .

Th e i r opposition to th e re vo l ution was me t b y t he en

a c t m en t of th e m ost vindi c tiv e p e na l l a w s a g ai n st m en _
,

whos e on ly o ff en ce was a d e t erm ination to keep th e i r al

l eg ian ce and abid e by th e ag und er whi ch th e y w ere
,

born T h e p ersons of th e l oyal ists w ere s e i ze d and i m

.

prison e d th e i r p r op er ty and in p rop erty th e y w ere th e

w e al thi e st me n in th e c o mm unity was e v er ywh ere c on
scat e d p ers ec utions b eg at erce re ta l iations S wo r ds

w ere drawn and th e c ivi l war b egan whi ch d e va sta t e d

,

Am er i ca fo r e igh t y e ars and onl y e nd e d w h e n th e

pow er s of Fran ce Sp ain and H o ll and int er v e n e d and by
, ,

th e i r h elp th e thi rt ee n c o l oni e s w ere s e v ere d fr o m th e

E mpi re .

An able an d c an did A meri c an a u tho r has w r itt e n :

T h e l oyal ists ha d positi on an d p rop erty th e I ndians had ,

f erti le l ands both w ere c ov e t e d and both w ere wre n ch e d ,

fr o m th e i r rightful poss e ssor s .

$

T h e atr o cious p e na l l aws th e p r e scr ip t i on s th e c on s

, ,

c ations an d th e p ersonal outrage s to whi c h age d and r e

,

sp e c t ab l e l oya lis t s w ere subj ec t e d e v e n in th e p re s en ce

,

and with th e san ction of so me of th e h igh e st h e ads of th e

re b ell ion has le ft a d ee p stain upon th e c ou r s e th at w as
,
$
pu rsu e d in e s t ab l ishing th e re vo l ution T h e y add e d bit .

t ern e ss and ani m osity to th e st r u ggle fo r th e y c a lle d fo r th ,

kee n re p risal s and s e nt into th e r oyal ran k s u p war ds of

,

n ati v e Amer i c ans and it is a fa c t that th e c ontin ,

e nt al army whi ch was l argel y m ad e up of th e fo re i gn

,

element an d n ee dy e m igr ants had f e w er Amer i cans in it

,

th an th e R oyal army B ut I n ee d not rec ount th e e v e nts

.

of th e w ar .

I t is e sti m at e d that at th e cl os e of th e war a hund re d ,

thous and l oyal ist Ameri c ans le ft th e P or t of N e w Yo rk

al o n e T h e worl d had not s ee n su c h a ight of th e b e st
.

eleme nts of th e popul ation of any c oun t ry sin ce th e e xi le ,

of th e H ugu e nots fr om Fr an ce ov er a centu ry b e fo re .

T h e fugitive l oyalists who le ft th e i r nativ e c ount ry w ere

d i sp ers e d all ov er th e E mpi re m any w e nt to Gre at Bri
110 U NI TE D EM PIR E LO YALI STS .

and w e al thi e s t cl ass in th e ol d c o l oni e s B ut all cl ass e s .

w ere p re s e nt a m ong th em j ud ge s l awy er s legis l ato r s

, , , ,

clergymen so l di er s merchants y e o me n and h and icraft

, , ,

me n all lle d th e r an k s of th at gre at em igration C h r is .

tian me n of all th e chu rch e s w ere th ere but not on e ,

in d el of th e typ e of that arch t raito r T o m P ain e $ He

b el onge d em phati cally to th e Re b ell ion $ h e L oy al ists T
c ame wi t h th e i r P e n at e s and hous e hol d g ods th e i r bible s , ,

th e sa cre d c o mmunion v e ss el s of th e i r a l tar s th e tab le s ,

of th e t e n c o mm and me nts fro m th e chan cel s of th e i r

chu rch e s th e s e sa cre d obj ects th e y b r ou ght with th em
,

ou t of th e i r abandon e d t em p le s .

I t s eeme d as if th e voi ce of C h rist was h e ar d by th em ,

as h e spake to his dis cip le s upon that l ast day at Jeru sa

lem Ar is e $ le t us g o h e n ce I And th e s e t e n c o mm and

,
$

me nts th ey se t up an e w in th e r ud e chu rch e s whi ch th ey

bui l t t o th e wo rship of G od in C anada .

T h e who le c ongregation Of Trinity C hu rch N ew Yo rk , ,

with t h e i r v e nerab le Recto r at th e i r h e ad transpo rt e d ,

th em s el v e s to S t J O hn Ne w Br unswi ck and th ere s e t up

.
, ,

th e O l d T able s of th e C o mm and me nts and th e r oya l arm s ,

that had p re vious ly a do rn e d th e i r nativ e chu rc h in th e

C ity of Ne w Y o rk Upon th e tab le b e sid e me stands on e
.
,

of th e gr and si l v er c o mm union a on s and p l ate s g iv e n

g
by Qu ee n Ann e to th e M oh aw k C h ristians in 1711 T h e y .

w ere b r ought h ere du rin g th e re vo l ution an d ar e sti ll ,

us e d by th e l oyal M oh a wk s of th e B ay of Quint of ,

who m C hi e f H il l a gre at gr andson of th e re nown e d

,

C aptain J os eph Brant sits h ere in you r p re s e n ce to d ay

, ,

th e l ast h ere di t a ry chi ef of that gre at trib e .

T h ere is an i mme ns e si gn i c a n ce in th e fa c t M r C hai r ,

.

m an an d it is wo r thy of ou r d ee p study th a t th e
, ,

U E L oy al ists le aving all oth er poss e ssions b e hind

. .
,

th em b r ou ght w ith th em th e t e n c o mm andme nts th e

, ,

B ib le and th e s acre d v e ss el s of th e c o mm union as th e

, ,

m ost p rec ious reli c s of th ei r ol d ho me s in th e thir t ee n

co l oni e s Wha t w as le ft to ll th e b l ank of t hat gre at r e
.
 C EN T ENNI AL C ELEBR AT I O N . 111

l igi ou s and l oyal e xodus A meri ca n histo ry is n e w dai l y

rec o r ding and it is a point I n ee d n ot d w ell upon ; but
,

dis cernin g me n c an s ee th e bl an k p l a ce s le ft by th e rem ova l

of thos e sa cre d em b lem s fr o m that c ountry .

Here ca me th e gre at body of th e adh ere nts of th e

C hu rch of E n gl and m ain l y und er th e le ad of that g ood
,

m an th e Re v Dr J ohn S te w art who found e d th e r st

,
. .
,

E pis c opal c hu rch e s in Upp er C anada .

Here c ame al so th e pious and ze al ous J ohn A sh b u ry

,

and that g od l y wo m an B a rbar a Heck who af t er f ou n d , , ,

i n g M e tho dis m in th e C ity of Ne w Y o rk le d a band of ,

l oya l M e thodists t o t h e B ay of Quint and th ere l aid th e ,

found ation of th e M e thodist chu rc h in C anada T h e ol d .

We sle yans l i ke th e i r found er J ohn We s le y w ere e v er

, , ,

l oyal t o k in g an d c ount ry an d p erhaps b ec aus e th e y

M , , ,

w ere e thodists w ere al so U E L oyal ists wh e n th e day

, . .
,

of t ri a l c a me that p r ov e d th e spi r it of me n to th e utt er

m ost wh e th er th e y w ere faithfu l or wh e th er th e y were

, ,

untr u e to th e sa cre d p rece pt of S criptu re

, Fe ar G od
$
and honou r th e k in g .

Here ca me a l so a nu mer ous and a gall ant band of l oy a l

R o m an C atho l i c s le d by th e i r p ri e sts th e MacD on al ds
, , ,

fr o m N o rth C ar o l ina and oth er S outh er n S tate s S c ot ,

tish H i gh l and ers fo r th e m ost p ar t who s e tt le d o u r dis

, ,

t r i ct of Gle n g arr y and fo rme d th e nu cle us of that H i gh

,

l and c o mm unity so disti n guish e d f or its l oy al ty and

,

va l ou r in th e subs e qu e nt histo ry of Upp er C anada .

Here too so me what l at er ca me a gre at nu m b er of th e

, , ,

p e a ce fu l Quaker s and Men on i st s O f P e n n sy l vania T h e , .

d el ity of th e Quaker s to t h e i r l awfu l g ov ernme nt d re w ,

upon th em a cr u el p er s ec ution fr o m th e re b el s who ,

stain e d th e i r rec o r d by trying fo r hi gh t re ason and hang ,

in g two of th e m ost re sp ec tab le Quaker ge ntleme n of

P hil ad el phia gui l ty o f no Offe n ce in th e wo rl d but l oya l
,

adh ere n ce to t h e i r k in g and c ount ry T his p er s ec ution .

d r ov e so me of th e Quaker s into th e a rm y and th e Quaker ,

an ce sto r s of a ge ntlem an p re s e nt on this p l atfo rm w ere ,

112 U NI TED EM PIR E LO YALI T SS .

am ong th e har d e st ght er s in ou r a rmy du r ing th e re vo

l u t i onary wa r .

T h e Qu aker s he re with chara c t eristi c p ati e n ce t he p er

sec u t i on of th e i r e n em i e s but th e y o cke d i nto C anada ,

aft er th e p e ace to enj oy th e p r otec t ion of E ngl ish l aw and

, ,

l iv e in allegian ce to th e i r nativ e sov ere i gn .

A nd h ere too c ame as I am fo rc ib l y rem i nd e d by th e

, , ,

p re s e n ce b e fore me of th e thi rty chi e f s of th e re nown e d

S ix N atio n s th e su cce sso r s of a p e op le on ce th e m i ghti e st
,

on this c ontin e nt Very diff ere nt fr o m th e Quaker s .

in all re sp ec ts e x cept in th e i r invin c ible l oyal ty w ere ,

th e n ativ e w arl i ke t rib e s of C e ntral Ne w Y o rk whi c h ,

had b ee n th e i r ho me an d h eritage fr o m th e e arl i e st ti me s .

T h e S ix N ations w ere l argely C h r istiani ze d and c ivi

l i ze d at t h e outb re a k of th e re vo l ution T h e i r vi llage s .
,

c astle s corn el ds orchar ds and pastu re s aboundin g in

, ,

c attle fo rme d a l ong li n e of s e ttleme nt fr o m th e H udson

,

to th e Gen e ss ee .

C ongre ss wh i ch so l oudl y in publ i c d enoun ce d th e i n;

,

t er f er en c e of th e I ndians in th e wa r had at th e v e ry i n ,

c ep t i on of hosti l iti e s s e nt sp ec ia l c o mm ission er s to e ng age

,

th em on th e ir sid e against th e k in g A gre at war b el t .

,

with a re d ax e wo rke d in th e m idd le of i t was pre s e nt e d ,

by th e c o mmission ers to th e S ix N ations who rej ect e d

it with c ont empt and inste ad too k up arm s t o suppo rt
,

th e k in g and und er th e i r gre at chi e fs Br ant an d J ohn

, ,

De s er onto whos e d e s ce ndants a re h ere p re s e nt to -day and

, ,

th e di st in gi sh ed S e n eca C hi e f S ak oy e n w arat on Va nish ,

$
ing S m oke m y fr i e nd C hi e f H i l l t ell s me it me ans
, , , ,

fought b rav ely th roughout th e war in m aint e nan ce of th e

ol d t re ati e s so lem n l y m a d e with th e k in g
, .

T h e i r grand an d b e a utifu l c ountry w as d e str oy e d and

c ons cat e d T h e S ix N ations w ere th e rst who too k up
.

th e p ath of e xile and s e ttle d in Upp er C anada wh ere

th e y form t o day a th ri v i ng l oyal and happy p e op le
-
, , ,

p r oud of th e gall ant d ee ds of th e i r fo re -fa th er s and p r oud ,

of th e i r l oy al ty and attach me nt to th e E mp i re T h e .
114 UNI T ED EM PIR E LO YA LI STS .

wisdo m and gen er osity I n le ss than s e v e n y e a rs after

.

th e i r arri va l in this c ountry th e y e stab l ish e d with th e ,

aid an d und er th e di rectio n of that gre at stat e s m an an d

sol di er G ov er nor S i mc o e a C onstitu t ion and G ov erme nt
, ,

f or Upp er C an a d a whi ch th e y w ere p r oud to say w as th e

, ,

v ery i m age and trans cri pt of that of Gre at Brit ain an d ,

was th e m o del of ou r D o m inion C onstitution of to -day .

T h e rst P arl i ame nt of this P rovin ce me t in S e ptem b er ,

179 2 on th e spot now c ov ere d by th e r uin e d m ounds of

,

F o r t Ge o rge w hi ch w e see b e fo re u s and th ere th e r st

,

rep re s e nt ativ e s of th e p e op le of Upp er Can a da fe w in ,

nu mb er but wo r thy and capab le of sh ar ing in th e del i b

,

e r a t i on s of any ass em b l y in t h e wo rl d ; me t and e stab ,

l i shed th e O l d E ngl i sh p rin c ip le s of l aw o r d er and g ov ern , ,

ment in this c oun t ry .

C ontr ast th ei r a cts w ith that of th e C onstitution al

C ongre ss of t he Unite d S tat e s whi ch ha d e sta b l ish e d ,

th e i r n e w repub l i c an system of gov er n me nt in t hat c oun

t ry on l y fou r y e ar s b e f o re
,

T h e S tat e s whi ch ha d reb elle d in th e n ame of L ib er ty

a n d had d ecl are d al l m en to b e free a n d e qua l did in
, ,

th ei r n e w c onstitution so lem n ly san ction th e institution

,
'
of hu m an s l a v er y an d p erp e tuat e it s eem in gl y f or e v er $
, , ,

Whi le th e U E L oya l ists of U pp er C anada in th e i r r st

. .
,

p arl iame nt and on this S pot m ad e sa cre d by that A c t of

, ,

e t ern al j usti ce did without a diss e nting voi ce an d without

, ,

a cl ai m f or c om p e nsation d ecl are S l a v ery to b e for e v er

,

a bo l ish e d in this Pr ovin ce All h onou r to th e t ru e free

me n an d th e i r nob le gov erno r S i mc o e w ho w on fo r C an ,

a da th e gl o ry of b e in g th e r s t c ount r y in th e wo rl d

whi ch abo lish e d s l a v ery by an A ct of th e Leg isl atu re

and th e y n ot only set free th e i r s l av e s but p l a ce d th em ,

on a c i v i l a n d po l iti c a l e qual ity with th em s el v e s We .

are n ot a bo a stfu l p eO p l e or w e m i ght j ustl y boast of

, .

havi ng take n th e le a d of al l th e wo rl d in t hat gre at a c t

of
.

j us t i ce to hu m anity S o f ar w as Upp er Canada in

.

advan ce of all oth er p e op le at tha t ti me on this m o me n ,

tous qu e stion .
 C EN T ENNIA L C ELEBR ATI O N . 115

T his f a c t str i ke s u s m o re fo rc ib l y wh e n w e rec o llec t , ,

that E n gl and h ers el f did not abo l ish s l av ery in h er C ol o

ni e s unti l 1838 whi le th e Unit e d S ta t e s o nl y did so
,

tw e nty y e ar s ag o and that at th e c ost of th e m ost fri ght

,

fu l and d e stru c tiv e c ivil war on rec o r d ; and S pain ano ,

th er of t he l ib erato rs of A mer i ca has not free d h er s l av e s ,

to this day
T he s e a ct s p rov e b e tt er than any wo r ds th e nob le and ,

ge n er ous c ha ra c t er of th e me n w ho fo u nd e d this P r o
vin ce T h e m aint e n an ce of th e I m p erial c onn ec tion of
.
,
$
th e Unity of th e E m pi re as w e c al l it in ou r C an adian ,

sp eech was th e m oving p rin c ip le of duty in th e h e ar t s Of

,

ou r fo re fa th er s Le t it b e so in ou rs a l so now and fo r
.
,

e ver .

I f e vi l days S hou l d e v er b e fall us and w e hav e no ,

r ight to suppos e that as a p e op le w e sh all al ways b e safe

, ,

fr o m th e sto rm s of fat e or th e m al i ce of e n em i e s inter

, ,

na l or e xt ernal and you I ndians wi ll und er stand me if I

,

sa
y, that bad bi
, r ds a re now sin g in g h ere and th ere in
$
th e tree s I say if ti me s of t r oub le and ad v er sity shou l d
.
,

e v er c o me upon this fai r l and w e hav e th e noble st e x ,

a m p le in th e dee ds and p rin c ip le s of ou r fo re fath er s ho w ,

to mee t th em A nd I h av e p erf ec t fa ith in you b r oth er

.
,

C anadians ; that y ou l i ke th em wi ll b e found e q u al to

, ,

e v e ry d em and upon you r honou r an d l oyal ty in a wo r d ,

you r duty .

I a m p r oud M r C hai rm an to se e so m any of th e U E

, .
,
. .

L oya l ist l adi e s of ou r distri c t p re s e nt and w e a ring upon ,

th e i r b re asts th e honou re d l oyal badge s of this C e nt en nia l

cele b r ati on B ut t h e ti me n e v er w as and I b el i e v e
.
,

n e v er wi ll b e wh e n b e ou r me n l oyal and pat rioti c as

,

th ey wi ll th e wo me n of O nta rio wi ll n o t outshin e th em

,

in a r d e nt l ov e to th e i r Qu ee n and C ount ry Am on g
th em are p re s er v e d th e honou r ab le t radi t ions O f ou r p e o
ple an d so l on g as th e y te a c h th e m to th e i r sons and
,

dau ght ers C anada wi ll stand in honou r f or e v er as th e

, ,

ri ght a rm of th e B ritish E mp i re .
116 UNI TED EM PIRE LO YA LI ST S .

I w i ll c on cl ud e M r C hai rm an by re p e ating a f e w
,
.

wor ds spoke n by me on anoth er o ccasion :

Al l honou r to th e L oyal ists T h e br av e s el f sa cri cing
e x er tions of th e s e me n in d e fe n ce of th e unity of th e
E mpi re br ought r uin upon th em s el ve s i n th ei r O l d ho me s
, ,

but was th e m ak ing of Canada by s e ttl ing it with me n

of su ch chos en v i r tu e I f a s a P u ritan di v in e on ce
.
,

bo ast e d Engl and was winnow e d of h er choi ce grain fo r

,

th e se w i ng of Ameri c a W e can t ru l y say that Ameri ca

.
$

w a s re ap e d a n d winnow e d af re sh a t th e Re vo l ution and ,

its v ery choi cest me n s elect e d by P r ovid e n ce f or th e p ee

p l ing of this D o minion $ B y th e l oss of th e s e L oya l ists
th e Unit e d S tat e s w ere d rain e d Of th e i r nob le st eleme nts ,

and su ff ere d a m o ral l oss w hi ch th e y hav e n e ver m ade

,
/

up f or to this day .

S o me of th e b e st and wis e st me n in th e Unit e d S tat e s

h av e b ru sh e d a sid e th e c ov er ing O f p rej udi ce and Obl oquy
cast ov er th e me m o ri e s of th e U E L oyal ists in popu l ar . .

Amer i c an histo ry and bol d ly e xp re ss th e i r ad m i ration fo r

,

th e c ou rage an d d e v otion to high p rin c ip le s whi ch a c tuat e d

th em Truth wi ll hav e its re ve n ge in j usti ce at l ast $
.

A nd I ve ntu re to say th at in anoth er ce ntu ry Amer i c a will

b e m o re p r oud of h er e xi le d L oyal ists than of th e vaunt e d
p atriots w h o b anish e d an d d e spoi le d th em $
C H I EF H I LL of th e M ohawk s B ay of Qui n t gre at , ,

gr andson of th e l ate C aptain J os e ph Brant s aid : M r , .

Ch ai rm an I did not e xp ec t to b e a ske d to a dd re ss an au di

,

e n ce l i ke this but S in ce y ou h av e honou re d me I m ust not

, ,

Shi rk th e call .

W e ar e h ere t o celeb r at e th e ce nt e nn i al of th e on e hun - s

dr e dt h anniver sa ry of t h e l andi n g upon C anadian soi l of

ou r fo re fa th ers white s and I ndians Re d and whit e fou ght
, .

S id e by sid e in th e Re vo l ution ary war T h e b l ood of th e .

re d m an and th at of his whit e b r oth er m ix e d toge th er to

upho l d th e L oy al ists caus e My an ce sto rs and you rs my

.
,

wh i t e fri e nds le ft all th e i r p r op erty to c o me h ere wh ere

,
,

th ey c ou l d hoist th e British ag T h e y sa cri ce d all to .

hew out of th e C an adian bush n e w ho me s .

118 UNI TED EM PIR E LO Y L A I STS .

thos e b rav e U E L oyal ists who c ount e d not th e i r li v e s

. .
,

d e ar so th a t th e y mi ght win f or th e i r post erity a na me

, ,

an d th e m a ny b le ssing s whi c h w e th e i r d e s ce nd ants eu , ,

j oy as fr uits of th e unswer ving allegi an ce of th e U E . .

L oyal ists and th e S ix N ation I ndians t o th e Br itish C r own .

And al thou gh th e ti me m ay fo re v er hav e g on e by wh e n

, ,

th e to m ahawk s of th e S ix N ations w ere n ee d e d to assist

in m aintaining th e honou r and di gnity of th e Br itish
C r own in this D om inion y e t y ou can not b u t ad mit th at
,

th e i r assist an ce and co op eration is sti l l d e si rab le thou gh

-
,

in a noth er di rec tion n a mel y in doin g what th e y can t o

, ,

aid th e l oyal and p e a ce ab le c iti ze ns of this fa i r D o m inion

in d e v el oping it into a gre at and p r osp er ous c ountry and ,

of whi c h I a m p r oud as c hi e f and on e o f th e m a ny r e r e , p

se n t a t i v es of m y p e op le a m on g y ou to day to b e ab le to
-
,

say th e y are wi ll ing and a re e nd e avou r ing so to do And .

th at ou r rel ations with th e g ov ern me nt of th e c ountry

h av e al ways b ee n atte nd e d with th e h appi e s t re su l ts and
that th e g ov er n me nt of C anada has in gen eral kept faith
with u s an d th ere f o re w e hav e v ery f e w re asons to c o m
, , ,

pl ain in that re sp ec t .

B ut th ere is on e thing that I m ust not o m it to me ntio n ,

'
it is a sad ci rc u m stan ce whi ch has not on ly gri e v e d me ,

but on e and all of th e m any of my p e op le who a re a m ong ,

y o u to -d a
y , wh e n in g oin g about th e histo r i c p l ains of
N i agara to v isit as w e thou ght th e di ff ere nt p l a ce s of
, ,

int ere st w e came to F o r t Me ssi ssau g a and l o $ w e c ou l d

, ,

s c arcel y b el i e v e ou r own e ye s but wh e n w e c ame to ,

re al i ze t hat wh at we b eh el d was a mel an cho ly f a c t that ,

th e O l d fo rt w as all ow e d to g o to ra ck an d r uin by th e ,

sons of th e U E L oy al ists w e w ere not on l y gri e v e d

. .
, ,

but w e b lush e d fo r th e d e s ce nd ants of th e U E L oy al .

,

i st s an d f or e v ery t r u e Canadi an f or a ll o w i n g th e d e a r
,

ol d histo ri c al l and m ark s to b ec o me a h e ap of rubbi sh .

W hy th e S ix N a t ions wou l d set th em an e x a m p le in

,

t ha t re sp ect A chu rch thou gh a frame on e that w as

.
, ,

bui l t f or th em a hund re d y e ar s ag o is to day in g ood r e ,

 CE N T ENNIA L C ELEBRATI O N . 119

pai r a l thou gh th e y hav e a g ood b ri ck on e fo r p re s e nt u se

,
.

A set of c o mm union p l at e that was g iv e n by th e good

Qu ee n Ann e is to -day in a p erfect stat e O f p re s er va t ion
,

a chu rch b ell B ible and oth er h i sto ri c al rel i c s e quall y

,

as O l d a re a lm ost rel ig ious l y v e n er ate d a n d t ake n ca re of

,
.

A nd w e are Of Opinion that e very t r u e and l oya l C ana

dian an d th e g ov ern me nt its el f shou l d see t o it th a t
, ,

th e s e histo ri c al l and m a rk s b e re sto re d a n d ke p t in re pai r ,

as m onu me nts to th e mem o ry of thos e who w ere not on l y

wil l ing t o und erg o ha r dships but t o di e i f n ece ssa ry in , , ,

d e fe nding th e i r c ount ry .

I n c on cl usion I d e si re to say that I a m gl ad th a t th e

,

ti me s eem s to hav e a rriv e d wh e n th e I ndian is l oo ke d

upon as b e in g a s c apab le Of b e in g e du cat e d an d to hav e .

his m ind c u l t ivat e d wh e n his disadvantage s a re t ake n

,

into c onsid er a t ion as any oth er ra ce of p e op le and w e

, ,

hav e und e ni ab le p r oo f s of th e sa me fr o m th e fa c t of ou r
having alre ady quit e a nu m b er in t h e diff ere nt le a rn e d
p r of e ssions as w e l l as m any g ood mec h a ni cs an d fa rmer s
, .

An d on th e who le th e I ndians a re p r osp er ing u n der

, ,

th e g ood g o v ern me nt in whi c h th e y l iv e an d I rml y b e ,

l i e v e tha t th e day is not fa r distant wh e n th e I ndi a ns wi ll

, ,

b e a b le to take th e i r stand a m ong th e white s on e qua l

footin g wh e n I a m quit e cer tain that th e whit e p op u l a
,

tion of th e D o m inion wi ll b e fo rce d b y th ei r s e ns e of

j usti ce to a cc o r d th e I ndi a n that ri g ht whi ch i s th e i r j ust
du e n amel y a re p re s e ntation on th e oo r of th e H ous e
, ,

of C o mm ons by on e of th e i r o w n p e op le who ou g ht t o ,

k now wh a t is b e st fo r his p e op le b e tt er than a ny on e

el s e An d n ow with th e s e f e w rem ark s I b eg to b e al
M
.

l ow e d to re su m e m y s e at than k ing y o u r Chai rm an , , .

,

and all fo r you r att e ntion .

JA MES H I S C O TT ES Q W a r d e n of th e C ounty of L in
,
.
,

c o ln s aid
,

Mr Chai rm an L adi e s and Ge nt leme n It al m ost s eem s

.
,

p resu m p tio u s in me say in g anything havin g h e a r d so ,

m any el oqu e nt sp e aker s B ut I wou l d not d e s erv e th e .

 12 0 U NI T ED EM P I RE LO Y L A I T SS .

name of a C anadian no r wou l d I d e s er v e to re p re s e nt th e

,

C ounty of L in c ol n as its war d e n if I did not try to do , ,

all honou r to th e mem o ry of th e nob le me n and wo me n ,

who sacrice d so m u ch fo r th e i r c ountry and who c alml y ,

e nd u re d hunger d e stitution and all th e p rivations of a

,

b ow l i ng wi l d er n e ss fo r th e sa ke of th e i r c ount ry N ot on l y .

did th e y giv e th e i r fo r tun e s and ho me s but in m any ,

cas e s th e i r l iv e s fo r th e l ov e and honour of th e i r c ount ry

,
.

T h e mem o ry of th e s e p e op le w e are c o mmem o r ating to ,

day whos e l ast re sting p l a ce of m any is in this and th e a d

,

j oining county and whos e d e s ce ndants f ought s o nob l y

,

in th e w ar of 1812 and had it not b ee n fo r th ei r b ra v er y

, , ,

C anada wou l d not b e a pa r t of that gre at E m pi re whi c h ,

w e all l ov e so w ell .

MR W M HA MI LT O N M ERRI TT was n e xt ca lle d u p on

. .
, ,

and said
Here in this histo ri c town in th e ol d C ounty of L in
, ,

c ol n rep re s e nt e d so l ong a ti me by his grandfath er h e

, ,

wou l d ind ee d b e un wor thy of th e h erit age of th e n ame h e

bo re did h e n ot t e stify to th e sa me l oy al ty sti ll e xisting
,

in his fa mi l y as w as m anife st e d by his fo re fath ers in

,

ghting fo r Can ada .

He was c ond e nt that this feel ing of l oyal ty to C anada ,

and th erefo re at this p re s e nt to th e C r own e xist e d as a , ,

str ong un der -cu rre nt th r ou gh th e who le D o m inion He .

woul d me ntion an i nstan ce whi c h too k p l a ce in a s ec tion

of th e c ountry wh ere h e had re sid e d a gre a t d e a l du r in g
,

th e past f e w y e ars as a c as e in point I t o ccu rre d on th e

, .

Grand R iv er in th e C ounty of H al di m an d n e ar to wh ere

, ,

th e d e s ce ndants of o u r
b rav e all i e s th e S ix N ation In
di a n S c o me f r om a n d who to -day are so w ell r e p r e
, , ,

s e nt e d at this gath ering At a c onv e ntion of on e of o u r .

gre at part i e s in 1882 c alle d t o no m inat e a c andidat e t o ,

re p re s e nt it wh e n th e n ame of a c andidat e f or no m in ation

, ,

who w as not p er son ally w ell known to m any of th e d ele

gat e s was b rought b e fo re th e c onv e ntion on e of th e le ad
, ,

ing me n in th e c ounty r os e and said : Be fo re a no m ina

tion c oul d b e m ad e unani m ous in this c onv entio n th e y ,
12 2 U NIT ED EM P IR E LO YAL I TS S .

T h e p r o cee ding s th e n cl os e d wi th th ree h e ar ty ch eers

f or th e Qu een .

$
T h e foll owing e xtr ac t fr o m T h e H ungry Y e ar a po em ,

by Wi lliam K ir by of N iagar a w as re publ ish e d in c o nn ec ,

tion with th e C e nt e nnial .

TH E U . E . LO YALI T S S .

TH E war was o er , se en r e d y ear s of b oo

v v l d
c g d l df
H ad s o u r e t h e an rom m ou nt ai n t op t o se a

l g k d gh f t y r am e
( S O on i
gl d
t t oo t o re n
p
t h e mi

ld
O f En an s e m i re i n t h e w e st e rn w or )

R e b e i o n won at ast , an d t e y wh o o e
ll l h l v d
c h l
c
k h f h
Th e au se t at had o st , an d e t t e i r ai t
gl d c d l
p
To E n an s ro wn , an d s or n e an a i en n am e ,

P as se i n t o e i e , e a i n al l b e in
d xl l v g h d
c
d u ty
p h h
d c
c c
k g
ou nt ry an d t o
d
E x e t t e i r on ou r , an d t h e on s i ou s ri e
in
p
Of on e t o .

B r oad l an d s c est r al h om e s t h e g at h ere d weal t h

O f ap
t i e n t t o i l an
,

d
an

s e l f -d en yi n g year s
W e e c on sc at e and l ost f o r t h e y h ad b e e n
r
,

Th e s l t an d savou r of t h e l an d t rai n e d u p
a

In h o n ou r l oyal t y an d f e ar of G o d
,

p ,

Th e w i n e u on t h e l e es d e c an t e d wh e n,

Th e y l e f t t h e i n at ive s oi l wi t h swor d b e l t s d r awn

,
.

Th e t ight er wh i l e t h e w om e n on l y we t
At t h o u gh t o f O l d esi de s n o l on ge r t h e i rs
r
p
,

At h ou se h old t r e asu r e s r e f t an d al l t h e l an d
p
U se t a n d r u l e d b y re b e l s t o t h e ki n g
,
,

d
N ot r oo i n
d
p pC d f g
ik e o or u i t i e s t e y am e
gl v h c
ld
h p
In e x o u s t o ou r an a i an wi s,
Bu t uf ll h
of e ar t an d o e , wi t hh d
ea s ere t c
f l vc
An d e ar e ss e y e s i t ori ou s i n e e a t d f .

Wi t t o u san t oi s t e y or e t e i r e i ou s way
h h d l h f c d h d v
h gh
T ro u g ld
t h e r e at wi e rn ess o f si en t w oo s, l d
h gl
T at d
o om e

l k
o e r a e an d st r e am t i
,
ll h h
i g er r ose
The n o rt e rn st ar ab o e t h e b roa
h v dd
om ain
h lf c ll h h ld
Of
p
a a on t i ne nt st i t e ir s t o o ,
,

f d v
D e e n an d k ee f or e e r as t e i r o wn , h
h gl d
T ei r own an d E n an s t o t he e nd of t i m e

.
 C EN T ENNIA L C ELEBRAT I O N . 12 3

p
Th e vi rg i n fore st s, car e t e d wi t h l e aves
O f m an y au t u mn s f all en , cri s an d se ar , p
P u t on t h e ir w oo dl an d st at e wh i l e ove r h ead
Gre e n se as o f f ol i ag e ro are d a we lc om e h o m e
pp
To t h e r ou d e xil es, wh o f or e m i r e f ou gh t
An d k e t , t h ou gh l osi ng m u c h , t h i s n or t h ern
p lan d
A r e f u g e an d d e fen c e f or al l wh o l ove
Th e b r oad e r fre e d om of a c o m m on we al t h
p
Th at we ar s u on i t s h ea d a k i n g l y c r own .

C
O u r g r eat an ad i an w ood s o f m i gh t y t re e s ,
p
P ro u d oak s an d i n es t h at g r e w f or c e n t u ri es ,

p
K in g s gi f t s u on t h e e xi l e s w er e b est o we d
p
Te n t h o u san d h o m e s w e r e l an t e d an d e ach on e
.

Wi t h ax e , an d re , an d m u t u al h e l m ad e war
Ag ainst t he wi ld er n e ss an d sm ot e i t d o wn
p
S
p
I nt o t h e o en e d g l a d e s, u n l i t b e f or e
i n c e f or e st s g r e w and ri ve r s r an , t h ere l ea e d
.

p
The su n s b r i gh t ray s , c r e at i ve l i g h t a n d h eat ,
p

Wak i n g t o l ife t he b u ri e d see d s t h at sl e t ,

S i n c e t i m e s b e g i nn i n g , i n t he eart h s d ar k wom b

.

The t en d e r gr ass sp ran g u p , n o m an k n e w h ow,

Th e d ai si e s e y e s u n cl o se d , wi ld st r awb e rr i e s
Lay wh i t e as h oar fr ost o n t h e s l o es, an d sweet
p
Th e vi o l et s e rf u m e d t he eve n i n g air ,
p
Th e n o dd i ng cl over g r e w u p e ve ry w h er e ,
p
Th e t r ail i n g ras , t h e t re f oi l s y e ll o w c u p
Sp

p
ar kle d w i t h de w d ro s , wh i l e t h e h u m m i n g b ees

An d b i r d s an d b u t t e r i es , u nseen b e for e ,
p
F ou n d o u t t h e su n ny s o t s an d cam e in t hr on g s .

Bu t h i s m an s own sh ad ow say t h e wis e

e ar t

,

As wi sd om s se c re t s are t wof o ld an d ea c h
p

,

R e s ond s t o ot h er b ot h i n go o d an d ill ,

A c resc ent t h ou gh t w i ll o n e day o r b t o f u ll

An d on t h e ear t h re e ct t ru e l i gh t o f H e aven
,

B u t on an d ar u ou s wer e t eir ab ou rs er e
l g d h l
Th e r u
h
gg d ld
e e s ro u e e n ou
d c
F or t o u san s am e e re u n r e s ou
p d c d gh
f or al l ,
h d d c ld
b e f ed
c h v
Th e s an t y ar est s e an e gl d h l
t o t e ir ast e ar
S u i ce d n ot y e t , m e n u n ere f or t e i r br ea
h g d h d
B e or e i t r ew , y et ee r u b o r e t he ar
f g ch f l h d
C f
oarse ar e an d ru sse t ar b of p i on eers ,
g
12 4 U NI TED EM PIRE LO YALI STS .

In t h ese gr e at wo od s, c on t en t t o b u i ld a h om e
An d c om m on we al t h , wh er e t h e y c ou ld li ve se c u re ;
A l i fe of h on ou r , l oy alt y an d eac e p .

Th e wo r ld g
oe s r u s i n by, h g
Th e an i e n t an m ar s of a n ob e r t i m e ,
c l d k l
Wh
d
e n m e n b or e

u t y , t ru t
ee

h
d
l l
p
and oy a t y u n st ai n e
p
t h e i m ri n t of t h e l aw
d
Of .

A d k g c
h c
pd
m i t h e qu a i n o f a o nt i n e n t
Torn b y t h e assi on s o f an e i t i m e ,
h
T ey ou n t e n e i t er o st n or an er , c
vl
d g Sp d
f c
h d h
p l
ll g c
N or s am e O f t ei r a e i an e t o t h e i n
f
D e e t i on s , t r eason s, s oi s ; b u t ear e G od,
u rn e

d
k g .

To ke e
b
p h h
pd
t h e e m ire o n e i n u ni t y
l
An d rot e r oo of i t s i m er i a r a e , p c
F or t at t e y n ob y ou
h h l f gh t an d al l b u t won ,
W ere osi n was t o wi n a i e r am e
h l g h gh f
In b u i in u p ou r n or t ern an , t o b e
ld g h l d
v d ch d f
A ast o m in i on st r et e r om se a t o sea ;
A an o f ab ou r b u t o f su re r e war ,
l d l d
l d c f d ld h l
A an o f orn t o e e t h e wo r wi t a ,
A an O f i e s b est t r easu r es ,
Cl l d lf
f d

ont en t an d r e e om , b o t
h
l e nt y,

t o s ea an d do ,
e ace , pp k
p
A an of m e n t o r u e , wi t so b er l aw,
d l h
h
pl
h c lh G
T i s C r i st i an om m on we a t ,
h
o

s
p i t, to
T i s art o f B r i t ai n s e m i r e n ex t t h e e ar t ,
d gf
h
ke e p
h f h
Loy a as wer e t ei r at e rs , an d as r e e f .
 AP P E N D IX A .

(CO P Y ) .

AT TH E C OUN C IL C H AM B ER AT Q U E B E C .

M onda y , 9 th N ovem b er ,
1789 .

P RE S E N T
H is Exc e ll en cy t he R I G H T U
H ONO RAB LE LO RD D O RC H E S TER
HONOURA I IA S I TH C
,

Th e B LE W LL M M E sq u i re , h i e f J u st i c e
H UG H F I N A
.
,

L Y, G E O RG E P O W E LL
TH O S D U NN H E N RY C ALDWELL
,

HARRISO I IA GRAN T
3
.
, ,

E D W D N, W LL M
5
J O H N C O INS A
.
,

LL F R AN gO I s B BY , ?
AD A M A AN C HAS D
, a

T
M B EL AN AU D IE R E ,

C D U PR
E, .

J . G . . D E LE RE LE C TE
. . E,

H i s Lor d shi p C
c i l t h a t i t r e m ai n e d a q u e s
i n t i m at e d t o t h e ou n

p p
,
o

t i o n u on t h e l at e R eg u l at i o n f or t h e d i s o si t i on of t h e W ast e

C
,

Lan d s of t h e r own wh e t h e r t h e B oar d s c on st i t u t e d f or t h at

p u r

p ose wer e au t h o ri se d t o m ak e Lo ca t i on s t o t he S o n s of Lo y al i st s
,

o n t h e i r c om i n g t o f u ll Age an d t h at i t was hi s wi sh t o p u t a
p
M ar ke of H on or u on t h e f am i li es wh o had adh e r e d t o t he U ni t y
an d j oi n e d t h e R o y al S t an d ar d i n Am eri ca b e f or e
p
,

o f t he E m i r e

Sp
,

t he Treat y of e arat i on i n t he y e ar 1783

C p
.

Th e ou n ci l c oncu rr i ng wi t h his Lor d sh i ,

it is a cc or d ing ly
O d er e d
r

Th at t he se veral Lan d B oar ds t ake cou rse f or p r e se r vi ng a R e gi s

t ry O f t he n am es of al l p e r son s fall i n g u n d er t h e d e sc ri p t i on f
a or e
12 8 APPEN D I X A .

m ent i o ne d t o t h e en d t h at t h eir p o st e ri t y discri mi nat ed

m ay b e ,

from fu t u re set t lers i n t he P ari sh R eg ist ers and R olls of t he

p
,

M ili t i a of t hei r res e c t i ve D i st ri ct s and ot h er P u b l i c R em em

p p p
,

b rancere of t h e P r ovi n c e as ro er O bj e c t s b y t h eir erseveri ng in

C
, ,

t h e Fi d el i t y an d on d u ct so h on ou rab l e t o t h ei r an cest ors f o r di s ,

t i n g u i sh e d B en e t s an d P r ivi l e g e s .

An d i t is al so or d ere d t h at t he sai d Lan d B oar d s m ay in every

p
,

su c h c ase rovi d e n o t on l y f or t h e S ons of t h ose Lo y ali st s as t h ey

,

arr ive t o f u ll ag e b u t f or t h e i r D au ght ers al so o f t h at age or o n

t h ei r M arr i ag e assi g ni n g t o eac h a Lo t O f T wo H u n

, ,

d re d Acres
p p p
, ,

m or e or l ess r ovi d e d n eve rt h e l e ss t h at t h e y res e c t i ve l y c om l y

pp
,

wi t h t h e g en er al R e g u l at i on s an d t h at i t sh all sat is f ac t or i l y a e ar

C p
,

t h at t h er e has b e e n n o D e fau l t in t he du e u l t i vat i on an d I m rove

m en t of t h e Lan ds al re ad y assi g ne d t o t h e h ead of t h e fam i l y of

whi c h t h ey are m em b ers

( S i gne d) J W I LLI AM S CC
.

. .
, .
130 APPEN D I X B .

N AMES . R ES I D ENCE . D S NDAN S

E CE T .

Ad a ms, S am u e l E . D ri
ii st ri ct
Ad am s , S am . W ll i i am D o .

Adc ck J hno o

H D i t i ct
,

Ai n l y J h n n h
s e o a a s ri

S
. .
, .

H DD i t ict
A i h t im n
r ar , o Ed d b
dw a d b gh
g ar s ur
A k L mb t
er , a er H . l s rl
r c

A lb er t son , Ri ch d ar F r ederi ck sb u rg h
Alb r ant , F nci ra s E D il s
. S t ri Ct
rl c

Al b r an t , Hny e r D O
o .

A l x nd H gh
e
A lgi J ni J
a
r e,
er ,
u or ,
u
ac ob
H
H
.
ii st ri t
.

E D il st ri
i
n ct
D c
. .

A lgi r e, S e ni or , Jacob D o.

D
u

A l gi r e, E lis h a N ew C ast le c
i st ri t

A lgi re , M art in E . D i st i ct
r

Al i n del h , M a ry
A llan , est er n E . D i st ri ct
A ll en , J ohn M ary sb u rg h
A ll en , J on at han D O
A ll en , J oseph D o.

All J oseph
en , C at ar aq u i
Al li so n J oseph , Ad lph o u s T own

Al p i J m n, a es M ary sb u rg h
Al t N i ch l
, o as E . D i st ri ct
A m n J hn
a , o D o.

Am n J c b
a , a o D o .

A m y J hn J
e , o onas . E rn est T own
 A PP EN D I X B . 131

N AMES . REESS II DE
D ENN CE . DE S NDAN S
CE T .

Am on , Lawrence .
,
E DD i
E . i st ri ct c
Am e r, P te
e r . D e.
o

Am or , P hi l i Do
D O .

Am sb u ry , il li am Ern e st T own
Ern est wn o
Al i n sb u ry
Am y , N i cholas Do
D O .

me DD i t mict
A nd
And
erson ,
erson ,
A l x nd
e
Al x nd
e
a
a
er
er
.

. . DDiischhargg dd S
H om
o
s
e
ar
ls r c
e

A nd er son , B enj m i n a E
E D i st rl c t
.

An d erson , Cy u s r O x p nge
D o e xpun
D . eged u

A nd erson , E be nezer . D Oo x
D x pp ngg dd
. e u e

And erson, l
E i as H om e D c istr i t

A nd ers on, E li ha s ,
D O . ex p ng du e

And erson , G geor e E . D ist ri t , c ex p ng d u e

A nd erson , H n ye r E . D
i st r i ct
And e rs on , J hn o F r ederi c ksb u rg h

An d
A nd
erson ,
erson ,
J c ba o
J am es
E
D O
. D xp
.
i s t ri t
e un
c
gd
e

And erson , S eni or , John D o .

'
An derson p l u nior ,
J ohn D O .

An derson , John ; M ary sb u rg h

A nd e rson , J oseph Ki n gt
s on

D
.

A nd erson , J oseph E . i st ri t , c M C.

And erson , Pt e er M arkham

A nd e rson , Ri cha d r . E . D i st ri t c
132 APPEND I X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

A nd erson C ap t , . E DD istt rii ctt

. ls r c
S am u el
A nd erson S i m on , H D istri c t
.

'
A nd erson Thom as G E D
D istt rii c tt
, . . s r c

Andrews Benj am in ,
own
El i z ab eth T ow

A nderson Wal t er , t t e v i ll
Cha rl ott lle
e

And rew William,

M ary sb u rg h

Angle Ge orge
,
hia bu gh and
S o hi a sb ur
li b egh as ur
Ang i h He n ry
r s , H D ist ri c t
.

Do Ja cob . .

H D ist ri ct 3 ,

23
Anker (Ager) C harle s do : 133
4 . . .

A nker S i m on F dk
, do re . .

$4
O
Anker J n F dk
, u do :3r .
,
re . .

An nable J ohn , E D istri ct

Kingston

Am os C at araq u i T ownship
Kin gston
A ppleby W i lliam , E dwardsb u rgh

A k enb
r k J ohn
r ac , E D ist ri c t
Armstrong S n , e r. of
E dw r d a

Arm st rong J b n , o E D ist ri c t

Arm st rong a1Welch , E dwa rdsburg
M arg aret
134 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ESI DEN CE . D ESCE ND ANT S .

B ab co ck D avid ,
Kin gston

B ab c ock R ach el
, ,

widow o f S am u el
B acker John ,
H o me D ist ri c t

B adderl y , Michael
B ad gley ,
n ow At
kinson ,
M arg t .

B aily J ohn
,
E D iist
str i c t .

B ail y Le vy
,
do .

B aker S n Adam e r .
,
do .

B aker J n Ada m
, u r .
,
do .

B aker Benj ami n

,
L an c ast er
B aker C on r adt
,
E D ist r ict
Willia ms b u g r

B aker E l isha
,

B aker Fre deri ck

, Ern e st Town
B aker J ack
, H D ist ri ct
( Blackm an) J ames
B aker J ohn E D ist ri ct
B aker Henry
, E D ist ri ct
M atil da
B aker M a rtin
,

B aker W illi am
, do .

B al dwin P hin e as
, L andsdown
 APPENDI X B . 135

R ES ID EN CE . D ESCE N DA NT S .

B all J ac ob
, H D i st ri ct .

B all L t P e t er
, . do . R
x
,

B all S had ack

, r Ern e st T own

B all S ol om on
, do .

B anta C apt W e t
, , ar H D ist'ri c t
B arnhart C harle s , Fre dd er i ckk sbu
F re er c b rg
B arnh ar t Ge o rge , E D ist ri c t .

' '
B a nha t J ohn
r r , HD
H D istt ri 0c1t:
B a rnhar t Ja c ob , E D istr i c t
B arnha rt Ni chol as , . do .

B rnu m N t h ni l J
a , a a e . H D ist ri c t
B ar num Nathan , L ondon Dist ri ct
B unn el
B arthol K eep at
B artley saiah
(J W
,

, I
)
r H D ist ri ct
F r e deri c ksb u rg h

do .

ey

B arton J os e ph
, do .

B arton Th om as
, E D ist ri c t

B a rton Wi lli a m
, Eliz ab e th T own

Ba ss ey J ac ob
, H ome D ist ri ct
13 6 APPEND I X B .

NAM ES . RES IDEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

'
R ast e der D a vid ,
Ho me D ist ri ct
H om D st ri c

B atm an S amu el ,
E
B at e s W ill ia m
,
Nia
N gg ar a D istri ct
I a ara .

B axt er W ill iam

,
E D istri c t .

B ayeux Thom as ,
H D istri c t .

B aym an J ame s Kingston p P S rv ed th ree y e ars in

e

I
. .
,
M arin e De a tme nt n
r
179 7 how pE
I
. .

Beach Serg ,
. J hn t wn D istri c t
o s o .

Bea ch S amu el, . Ern e st T own

Be ach S t e ph en T od
,
E D ist
'
r i
i c t . .

Be ard sley Cr ann el B , . . H D tt tt

i s rl c

Be as ley Ri char d ,
D O
B in
ea v J ame s s, Ern est T own
B av ins

Beeb e Sergt E din

, . . H D istri c t

Beeb e J oshua , Do
Beac h J ohn , E D istri c t
B u ck Bercia
, E D ist ri ct

B eack , Ge o rge D o
Be dfor d Jonathan s r N ew C astle
, , . .

Be dford E dwar d M y b gh
, ar s ur

B eg r af t , Benjam in H D ist rict

B eac r af t

Behn J ohn , F r ederi ck sb u rg h

Bell Deri ck
, . H D istri c t
 138 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES I D EN CE . D ESCE N DAN TS .

Berkley A v erhart , W illiia msbu

W ill a b rggh
s ur S ol di er B ut ler s Rang er s

.

Berrar d Ale xander , E D ist ri c t S o l di er L oyal R an gers .

Bernar d
Bethun e An gus , Do
Be thun e Re vd , . D o
B t on D a vid
e r , H D istri c t
D i st rIc t .

B et t erswort h , J ame s E D ist ri ct

. .

B eyg ar , E D ist ri ct

B ibby Ri char d
, Maar y sb
M u rgh

B in ker W illia m , D o
Binek er .

B irch J ac ob
, . F r e deri c k sb u rg h

B i rd He n y
, r . . M ary sb u rgh

B oid J a me s
, E D ist ri ct
B oid S n Thom as
, e r, . D o E dw d b ar s u r gh

B oi d J n T hom as
,
u r, D o
B ir dsall Jerem iah , Eli z ab eth T own
B i r d all S amu el
s , Of S t m ford
a .

B ishop J ohn , E D ist ri ct M atil da .

B i ssl e , D a vid .

B i ssl e , J os eph Re side nt three y e ars

1789 ,
drawn 100 acre s .
 APPEND I X B . 13 9

NAMES . R ES ID EN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Ja c ob
B i st e do, Kin gston
In c or po r ate d L oyal i ts On e s .

n P L 1786 so ,
. .
, .

Bl a k J onathan
c , p P Serge ant in C ol Bre vAug usta . .

i ngt n Regi me nt

o s .

C hatha m
C C 5 t h J n 1808 S o l di er . . a .
, .

in C a t S u m an C m p y .

e o .
,

M a ry and .

Bl akele y J ame s M y b g h and , M C C omm issa ry O C ar s ur . .

, . .
,

h A u gust 179 7 ( P L
ggg6 )
S p hi b gh o as ur , . .

Bl akele y 1 Fl ynn E D ist ri c t L an c ast er H d th ree chil dre n P L

a , ,
. . a , . .

M gt ar 2 d 1786 , .

Bla h er J ohn
c M y b g h and
, S ol d i er L oyal R an gers L B
ar s ur . .

S p hi b gh M 1790 300 King s

o as ur .
, , ,

R angers P L 1786 , . .
,
.

Blan cha r d M y b gh , 44t h Regt Ge nl H al di

ar s ur .
, .

m and 100 and P L 1786 , . .

,
.

( S tam p e d B oo k ) .

Bl and W illiam , E D ist ri c t W n nt d ti fro m th e a a e ar c er

T ower not U E h d a , . .
, a
wi fe and on e c hi l d P L , . .

2 d 1786 , .

B o g art Ab r aham Ad l p h t wn
, L oyalist 179 3 300
O us o , ,

L oyalist fr o m N w Y o rk e ,

M L P L 1786 c .
, . .
,
.

Bo gart C h ristoph er , C C 16 th J un e 180 7 . .

, , .

B a rt G i lb r t Do S ol di er L oy al Re fu gee s L
ogy p t
, e or ,
.

s er B M 1789 45 0 in l l P . .
, ,
a . .

L 1786 . .

B oice Senio r, J ohn

,
H D ist ri c t S ol d i er B R . . P a wi fe . .
, .

and f ou r chil en P L , . .

2 d 1786 S oldi er R R N , . . . .

Y M ust er Roll . .

Boi ce J unio r J ohn

,
Do S on f J ohn n
, . o ,
se r .

B ond Ge o rge
, Yo rk 0 C 7t h M arch 1808 . .
,
.

Ser v e d as C apt i n in C ] a o .

R i h d K in g s Regi me n t

c .
,

S outh C a r ol ina .

B oni t l J a
s a E D istric t
, S ol di er L oyal R angers
co .

B o l ton Ri char d E dwar d sbu rg

, On o rig inal R o l l .

B ooth A bn er , E D ist ri ct l at e o f 1789 P S tat e s as s e ttler ,

. . .

Eli z ab e th T own A s e tt ler R J D G ,

. .
, . .

B o rn J ohn S n
, H o me D i t ri c t ,
On o rig inal R o ll
e r s .

B ooth Be nj am in , Er ne st T own
B o rn John J n
, Ho me D ist ri ct On o ri gina l R oll
, u r .

B o th Beth e a
o ,
E D ist i c t r
B ooth ,
Do S on o f J ohn B ooth a Pe n ,

i n Ld Bd L s o er , . . .

S on o f J ohn B ooth n ,
se r.
140 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES IDEN CE . D ESCE NDA N T S .

B ooth Senio r J ohn

, , . E D ist ri c t
E D i t .

B ooth J oshua, Er ne st T own

B ooth saac , I E D iist

st ri c t
B ooth P h b , a e Do

B ooth S amu el
, D o Eli z ab etthtown
ht

B ooth Vincent, . D o

B ooth Z k ,
ea s D istr i ct
EB .

B orm an S i gis m nd , u M ar y sb u rgh

B oss E l iz ab eth
, H D ist ri ct
B ostwi ck J oshua E D istri ct Augusta
$
, ,
B ostwi ck J oshua Augusta
,

B ottom En n Elij ah E D ist ri ct

,
s . .

B ottom Ri char d , do .

B ou ch ett e C omm odo re M D ist ri ct

,

B ough J ohn , E D istri ct

Bou gh S n Fre deri ck
, d e r .
, o.
B g h J n Fre d eri ck
ou , d u r .
, o.

B ouk A dam
, do .

B ouk S n C h ri stian
, e r .
, do .

B ouk Fre deri ck

,

B owen Abr aham , F r ederi ck sb u rg h

B ow en C o rn el ius , H D istri ct
142 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ESI DE N CE D ESCE N DA N T S .

B oyce A nd rew
,
R R N Y M ust er R oll
Erne st T own . . . . .

B oyce J ohn had a w i f e and

E D ist ric t M atil da
, ,

4 c hi l d ren P L 2 d 1786 , . .
, .

J os eph Grif n says in Al

bany G aol ; a ft erwa rd s n e
l ist ed with th e Reb el s
d e s er t e d in t w d ays ; fo r o
7 y e ar s l i v e d a ft er on C on
n ti t R i v er ec cu .

d e B oy ce J h dd , El izab eth T own

e Was a so l d i er i n th e C onti
a
t i n n t l s er vi ce Not U E e a . . .

O E . .

B oyce S t eph e n
, Ern e st T own S ol di er in J p C o rps p essu

s , .

M (P L . . .

Bra cken ridge E D ist ri c t

, S G E nsi gn Roger s say . .

L oyal R angers L B L , . . .

Br a cken ridge J an e s do , S G C aptain R o gers say

1 . . . . .
, ,

L oyal R anger s L E L , . . .

Bra cke nridge Fr an cis H D ist i ct

, J oin e d Gen l B u rg oyn e ; was
. r .

take n p rison er ; c ame to

C anada in 1786 d re w 200
cre s an d retu rn e d i mme a ,

di t l y to th e S tat e s In a e .

fo rm ation f C ol J a me s o .

Br a ckenridge .

Bradshaw Asal F d i k b
, gh S G King s Ranger s a sol
re er c s ur . .

,

d i er L B M 1790 P L , . . . . . .

1786 .

Bradshaw D av id , do E ngin eer Depa rt ment a rti .

S on o f Jas Brad cer . .

shaw S Re sto r d t , en r . e o
U E L ist 14t h J n . . a
ua y 1808 p Certi c at e r , , .

P L 1786 . . .

Br adshaw J ohn E D ist ri ct O y n b g h C or po ral

, M R ll
, a ur . o ,

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

B d h w S n
ra s J ames F d i k b g h
a , e r .
S ol di er Del an ey s Bri gad e
re er c s ur

,

L B M 1790 300 P S . . .
. .

1786 K R 1784 by

, . . s, ,

Gen l H l di m n d n o f . a a s o e
this name L i eut unin .

p d L oya l ists c or .

M D istr i c t Q
.

B d h w J n J m
ra s a ,
u r .
, in g s R g
a es o f J ame s
. ue .

an e r s , son
B d h w S n P L 1785 ra s a e r
Bra d shaw J n J am s F d i k b gh Qu e S am e
. . . .
,

, u r .
, e re er c s ur
Bradt C apt Andr w H D ist ri ct
. .

, .
B Rangers A wi fe on e
e . . . .

chi ld P L N 1786 N i , . . . .

agar S tam p ed B ook a .

 APPEND I X B . 143

N AMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DA N T S .

'
Bradt Arent , H D istt ri cctt
H D i . .

Bradt L t J ohn
,
. do .

Bradt J ohn , . do .

Bradt , d
d o.
Br annan W ill iam ,
E D ist ri ct .

Brant C apt J os eph

, . Home D ist i ct r

Brant ,

Br ant ,

Br ant C apt J os e ph
, . H o me DD iistt rii ct s r c
Br ass D a vid
, K in gston
t n
Bre ady J ame s , do .

Bre ady L uke , E D ist ri ct

Brew er Aa ron , King ston
B re w er L az a ru , s do .

H D ist ri c t
v o rt
-

Brid ge Willia m, Mary sb u rg h

Bris c o e Isaa c , Ern e st T own

do .

Brooks J ohn , S C p hi asb u rg h

Am eli asb u rg h
B w
ro Ge o rge
c e, E D ist ri c t . Royal Yo rker s L E d L
. . .

Brown Ab raham , Au gusta . S ol di er L oyal Ba n gers 200

E D ist ri ct
144 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES ID ENN C E
. D ESCE N DAN TS .

Brous e Pe t er , E D ist ri ct
Brown E dwa d ,
r Au sta .

Br own E ki h , ze a E i t i ct Yo
s r Yon ge

B rown J ohn , H D ist ri c t

Brown J ohn , K in gston

Brown J ame s , H D istri ct
Br ow n James , E D ist ri c t

B own Jess e
r , E D istri c t
Brown S n Je ss e
,
e r. , . do S oldi er L oyal Ran ger s .

Br own J n Je ss e
, u r .
, . do S ol di er L oya l R anger s .

Brown J os eph , H D istri c t B Ran ger s S G Niag

.
, . .

S tam p ed B ook tam p ed

B ook M D , . .

Brown Nathan , o l di L oyal R nger s on e

er a ,

in J p essu

s .

Brown Nathani el, . E D ist ri c t o l di fro m Verm ont L B

er ,
. .

G . re s erv ed 1793
, , ,
2 8t h Ap ril 1807 rein , ,

stat e d n b el onge d to
,
o e
J p BMA
essu s, . . .

Brown S am u el , do Had a wi fe and on e chil d ,

P L 2 d 1786
. .
, .

Brown Thom as , do o l di L oya l R an gers T E

er , . .

Brown Wi lli am , H D ist ri ct o f S tam fo rd S o ldi er 10t h Regi ment A .

sol di er B tler s R angers u

,
a wi f e and t w chi l dre n o ,

P L N 1786 Niagar a
. . .
, ,

S tam p e d B oo k .

Bru ce , exander
Al E D ist ri c t sol di er Gleng arry J B , , . .
,

P L 2 d 1786
. .
, .

Bru ce , D av id . d o S n o f Ale xand er J B

o , . .

Bru ce , M argaret d o Widow f Al e xand er J B o , . .

Bru ce , Junio r M gt , ar . . d o f l at e o

Bru ce , S all y . d o o f l at e
Bru ce , W illiam . . n . d o C o rnwall acre s ,
146 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESC EN DAN T S .

B u el J onathan
, E D ist ri c t
i
B u el S amu el
, . do
B u el Ti m othy
, . do

B u ell Wi lliam
, do

B u ckn er S en J ohn H D istri ct

,
r .
, . .

B ull M argaret
, M idl and . .

Bul l Ber ar
, M D ist ri ct

B u l son C orn elius, W ill i am sb u rgh

B ungar C onr ad , M ary sb u rg h

B unker Bethu el , E D istri c t S ol di er R R N Y M ust er

. . . .

R oll B M A
. . .

B unker J ohn , do M ust er R oll .

B unker H e n ry , M y b gh
ar s ur
B urch , H
B u rch Nathan , . L ondon
B u rch Mr s M artha
, . . H D ist ri ct
B u rge s Dennis , E D ist ri c t
B urle y Freeman , Ern e st T own

B u rle y J ohn , do
B urley J ohn , do
B u rnet J ohn ,
. Kingston
B urns J ame s , H D istr i ct
B u rri t A doni r a m
, Au gusta

B u rn et M ath ew ,
 APPEN DI X B . 147

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DA NT S .

B u rn e t T ho m as
,
Kin gston
In c o rpo rat e d L oyal ist L ,
P
. .

1786 .

B u rri t D ani el
,
A u gusta
L and B oa r d Certi c at e f o
1792 not stat e d U E , . .
,

on ly a s ettler L B 1790 , .
,

L oyal ist fr o m Verm ont 4 ,

a rti cle Re sto re d O C . . .

,
9 t h M a rch 1808 , .

B u rri t S t e ph e n
,
E D iisstt ri ct S G d re w l and as C o rpo r a l . .
, .

Pe tition stat e s Serge ant ,

179 9 200 to C o r p l N R K , . . .

'
R an ger s .

B u rt ch C ha rles H DD istt ri c t
H l n y C o rps o f Re fu gee s

, e a e s
B u rt c h E d , do G
se Gr an d R i v er 12t h J u l y 1800 L t on , . o
D undas st ree t p M ,
. .

B usby Tho m as
, E Dist ri c t N e v er was in th e Pr o v in ce .

B ush C harle s Osnab

O n b ru ck k J s ys n
s f a L oya list
a
, a ru so o ,

w o
B ush Ju lius
, M D ist ri c t .

B ush He nr y
, do S o l dier L Bd . .

L 20t h J u l y 179 7 .
, , .

son o f J F , . .

B ut ler L t And re w H D ist ri ct

, . B R an gers Niagar a . .
,

S tam p e d B oo k .

Butler E l ias
,
E D ist ri c t
B ut ler S n Freel o ve Eli zab eth T own
, e r .
,

B utler Jun r Freel o v e Au gusta

, .
, .

B utler Lt -C ol J ohn H D ist ri c t

, . . . . .

B ut ler J fn, aEli z ab eth T own

es

B utler Phi l ip
,
H D istr i c t .

B ut ler L t T hom a
, . s . do
B yrn es J ohn ,
M ary sb u r gh
B yrn e s E s q Wi l ia m
, .
, . C ha rl otte nbu rgh
B tt
u w t h J a me s
e rs or , . . C o rnwall
C adm an Al ph eus ,
F rederi c k sb u rg h

C adm an , do
C adm an S n J ohn , e r. , . E D ist ri ct
Osnab ru ck .

C adm an J unr J ohn , .

, . do
C adm an W ill i m , a Fre d eri ck sbu rg . .
148 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . RES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

'
C ain , H D ist ri ct
D st

C in J ohn
a , do . i

C ain J ohn
, E D ist ri ct . .

CC hharll ott
ar o nbu
t t en b rg he u

C ain J osiah
, Fre dd i k b gh
F re er c s ur

C ain Isaiah
, I Yon ge
C al d er Wi ll iam
,
E D
. .

C al dw ell J ohn
, H o me DD ii t rii t C hs r c ,
ar l ot
t nb
e gh
ur
C al dwell J ohn
, D ist
i t ri ct

C ampb ell , Al exr Adolphus T oown

C am pb ell , E sq . E D ist ri ct
,
Al exr .

C ampb ell ,
Al x e r do f J hn t wn . o o s o

C am pb ell , J n Al x
u r. , do e r. .

C ampb ell , Alexand er d L ancast er

. o . .

C am pb ell , All n;
a E l iz ab e th T own S ol di er L oyal R angers J F .

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

C am pb ell , All an E D ist ri ct L an c ast er S n to M ose s C am pb ell in

, o ,
s
gle P L 2 d 1786 who . . .
,

w S to re Kee p er to Ind ian as

De part ment and j oin e d in
1777, N . M L . .

C ampb ell , d o,
C am pbell , d o .

C am pb ell Archibal d A dolph s T own

, . . u

C ampb ell D ani el

, E D ist ri ct

C am pb ell Scu r , .
,
do .

D ani el burg

C ampb el l J , u nr .
,
do
D ani el
.
15 0 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

C ameron Arc hd ,
E D istri ct S o l di er Ld B d . .

C amer on D ani el ,
do . S G S o l di er K R an ger s
. . .

D onal d Ld B d L A wif e n . . .
,
o e
c hi l d P L N J 1786 . . . . .

On e son o f Wm B uy .

C ameron .

C amer on D onal d ,
E D istri ct C harl ott e n 84th Regt S G On e on
, .
, . .

bu rg Niagara S tam p e d B ook .

C amer on D onal d ,
do C on C o rn S on o f a S ol di er Ld B d L
. .
, . .

wall f J ohn C ameron R R o , . .

N Y . .

C ameron D un c an ,
do E dwar dsbu rg J p C o rps
. essu

s
C ameron D un c an ,
d L an cast er
0 .

C amer on D un c an,
d do
o . S on f
. o
C ameron S n H u gh,
e r .do C o rnwall
,
. P L N J 1786 . . . .

C ameron J n H u gh, u r. , d do
o . S on o f J ohn C amer on o f
.

RRNY . . . .

C ameron H ugh , C harl ott enbu rgh R R N Y M ust er Roll . . . . .

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

C ameron J ohn ,
E D ist ri ct C harl ott e n S tat e s Ser vi ce as a S ubal t ern
,

bu rg und er Gen eral B u rg oyn e

an d a ft erwar d s as a M ill
w ri g ht an d M ast er C a r
e nt er in th e P W o rk s . ,

C ame in e arl y in
th e War Mr M D . . c .

C amer on J ohn , do L an c ast er I B t t n

. . M ust era .

R oll P L N J 1786 , . . . . .

On e a S ol di er 5 4t h Regt .

C ameron S n J ohn , e r ., do C o r nwa ll S ol di er

. M R o ll . .

Ld B d ( a wi f e and 3

C harl ott e n S on o f J ohn C amer on O f

. .

chi l dren P L 2d 1786 . . .

, .

C ameron J n J ohn , u r .do ,

.

bu rg
Cameron J un r J ohn
, .do , L an cast er S on o f Al x C ameron o f
. . . e r .

In d ian Dept .

C ameron J n J ohn ,
u r .do , C o rn wall S n of J ohn C amer on o f
. o
R 1 R N Y 0 . . . .

C a meron W i l l iam B uy
, do C harl ott en l t attn
. s N . .

burg M L 1786 c . .

C amer on Will iam , do C ornwall S ol d i er 84th Regt Ld B d

. . . .

L P L 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

C ameron John , Kingston S on o f E n i g nD n n C ame s u ca

r on R Y , . .

C anon J ohn
, do . B y O rder in C oun ci l 2 3 d ,
r
N 1802 o vr .
, .

C arll , J ohn H D istri ct o

S o ldi er B utler s R an ger s

C arr o ll
.

, S 1786 . .
 A P PENDI X B . 15 1

NAMES .
RES IDEN CE . D ESCENDAN T S .

C a rll J onas
, Serv e d und er C l J ame s
H D ist i ct r . o .

Del an e y P , .

C are y Berna r d
, do
19 t h Decem b er 1806
. R , . e
sid e d in Vi rgini a and j oin
e d R o y al S tandar d at
Yo rk T own .

C arle y B t how , E D i st ri c t A ugust a S ol di er L oyal Ra n gers J

ar ,
. es
sup s C o rps E J
. . .

C arle y Abraha m , New C astle D ist Serv e d in C p S m 1 A da m s . a . a .

C om pany O r d er in C oun .

c il 30 t h J un e 1807 , , .

C a rm an , E D ist ri c t M ati l da 1 t B at ,
s .

C arm an , do d S on o f M i chael C a rm an
. o ,

U E Ld Bd L 200 . . . . . .

C arm an S en M i cha el
, do do S ol di er R 1Yo rker s R R
r. , . . o a ,
. .

N Y R oll A wi fe . .

and 5 chil dre n P L 2d . . .

,

1786 .

C arm an J n Mi chael , do u do r.,S n o f M i c ha el C a rm an

. . o ,

Scu r U E 200 Ld B d .
, . . . . .

L (has a wi f e P L 2 d . . .
,

1786 .

C arnahan J os eph M D ist i c t

, H ad dr awn 200 acres L B
r , . .

A 1794 : gr ant 200 m o re .

P L 1786 Ge n l H al di . . .

m and Cert e 100 L oyalist . .

fr o m N w Y k A M L e or . . c . .

C arn C h ristian
s, E D ist ri ct Matil da S n o f J ac ob C arns
.
, o .

C arns Sc u r J ac ob
, do .
, S o ldi er R oyal Y o rker s P
. .

has a wi f e and 2 c hil dren .

P L 2d 1786 . .
, .

C a r p nter J ohn
e W D i t ri c t
, Ser v e d at M iam is du rin g
s
W ayn e s aggre ssi on b
e
l n e d t o th e R 1 Nav y o 0 a .

C a rp e nt er Pe ter E D ist ri c t C o rnwall A S di er L oyal ng

, , o ers r
J B 1786 . . .

C arr Scur D ani el

, Ern e st T own o o o o o o o Vol unteer L o 1 Ran gers
.
, a
500 a cre s B M 1790 . . . .

f am i l l and in cl ud e d .

C a rr J u nr D ani el
, do .
, S on f ni l S n . o a e e r .

C a rr N i
, Adol phus T own
orr ce Ser v e d in th e E ngin eers

Kerr De pa rtme nt was at Yo rk

T own .

C a ri gan Pe t er
r E D ist ri c t S g n t L oyal R an ger s
g
, e a

C arr W illia m
, do C o rnwall R R N Y M uster R o l l
. P . . . . . . .

L 2d 1786 .
, .

C rs all on E dwa rd
ar c F ede i ck sb u g h M C L i e ut ( S t m
, r r 1 B oo k ) R R r , . . . a ( . .

N Y . . P . 1786 .
15 2 APPEND I X B .

R ES IDE N CE . D ESCE N DA N TS .

C arsc al l on , Ge o rge . F r e deri

e ri ck sb u rg h , MC
. .

C arsc al li n , J ohn do .

C arscall on , J ame s do .

C ars calle n L uke

,
do .

C a rson Wil l iam

,
M ary sb u r g h

C ar t er T hadeus Au gusta
C artwright S n , e r .
, King ston
Ri char d
C artwri ght J n . u r .
, do .

R i char d
C arty Thom as
, H D ist ri c t

C as e J osiah
, E Dist ri ct
C ass Grand R i v er
C as e J os eph P o mroy E D ist ri ct
, .

C as e Pe t er
, do .

C has e Wal ter Scu r

, , . do .

C as ey Wi lli a m
, Adolphus T own
15 4 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

C hi sholm Al e xander T hu rl ow M C
,
.
, .

C hi sh ol m All anf E D ist ri c t L an cast er

, .

C hisholm Archibal d Thurl ow

,
.

C hisholm D onal d ,
E D ist ri c t
C harl ott e nbu rgh
C hisholm D n c an , u E D ist ri c t
C o rp l ( S on o f .

L anc ast er
D onal d ) 1786 . .

p Re vd Al x M D n ll . . e . c o e

s
cert .

C hisholm Ge o rge ,
H D istri c t P stat e s a c arp e nt er in Ge nl . .

B
E D ist ri ct L an c aster R Rll Yl ii gf D onal d)
le

e r
C hisholm Hu gh o

I
, , . .
,

1786 .

Chisholm J ohn , H D ist ri ct n dian Depar tment S G . .

had a wife P L N 1786 , . . . .

Niag ara S tam p e d Book .

C hisholm J ohn ,
l di L oyal R an gers ( W o er .

Fr as er) P L 2 d 1786 , . .
, .

C hi holm Le wis
s ,
E D ist ri ct L an c ast er S n to a sol di er 2 00 acre s . o
L B d L u (o f D onal d ) . . . .

C hishol m Wi ll iam , do C harl ott e nburg S ol di er K R Regt N Y

. . . . . . .

M ust er R o ll P L N J . . . .

1786 .

C h idm g
r J ohn
o er , Ern est Town H S dis cha rge d British so l - . r

stoph er di er P L 1786 . . . .

C hristie Abij ah
, E D istrict S on o f J ohn S n J B a , e r . . .

so l di er L Bd . .

( S tam pe d B oo k ) P L . . .

1786 .

C hristi e Scu r J ohn

, d .
, . l di o R y l Yo rkers M us
. o er o .

t er R oll P L 2 d 1786 ,

C h risti e J n J ohn
. . .
, .

,
u dr. , .S on o f J ohn S n J B
o.
, e r .
, . .

Re pt L B S to rm ont .
, .

C hrysler L t A dam H D ist ri c t

. .

, .
Indian Depar tment S G . .

had a wife and 3 child ren ,

P L N 1786 Niagar a . . . .

S tam p ed B oo k
Pet er do
.

Ch y t
r s er , S ol di er B R p P
. .
.
.

h J n t h n M il l s El izab e th T own
.

Ch u rc , o a a P stat e s s er i ce as a non . v
c o m No c o rps mention e d . .

A s ergeant P .

P L 1786 . . .

S G L i eut R R N Y . . . . . . .

S tam pe d Book P L 1786 . . . .

 APPEN DI X B . 15 5

NAMES . R E S I DEN CE . D ESCE NDA N TS .

C hurch J , u nr . , O li v er F re deri c k sb u rg h

C hu rch W illi am ,
Yonge
C han ce y M i cha el ,M y b gh ar s ur
o r Cl ancey
C l nd ll ing Abr aha m H D ist ri c t
a e , .

C l andenn i ng , J ohn . do .

C l an denni ng , S enr .
, do .

J ame s
C l andenni ng , W al t er . do .

Cla wood Ern e st , M ary sb u rgh

C p adt ro

Cl arke Al e xand er
, H D ist ri ct
Clark Al ex
,
r. F re der i ck sb u rg h

Cl ark He n ry
, Ern e st T own
Cl ark H g h
,
u F r e deri ck sb u rg h

Cl ark J os e ph
, Adol phus T own
Cl ark M ath ew
, E rn e st T own
Clark R ob ert
, do

Cla rk Wil li a m
, Adol phus T own
Cl ass e n C aleb , E D ist ri ct Aug usta
Cl aus C o l D ani el
, . H D ist r i c t .

Cl aws C p t W i l li m
, a . a . Niaga r a D ist ri c t
O
Cl aus G asp er J ohn
, M ary sb u rg h

Cleme nt L t J ohn , . . H D ist ri ct

Clement J ohn , Ern est T own

Cleme nt Ja me s , H D ist ri c t . I suin g C omm issa ry Indian
s
Dept . .S G Nia a a
.
g r
S ta m pe d B oo k
.
15 6 APPEND I X B .

NAME S . R ES I DE N CE . D E S C E ND ANIS .

Clement L t J os eph H D ist ri ct

, . . Indian De t m nt N i g
ar e ,
a ar a

'
S tam p e B oo k .

Cleme nt Sergt J os ephh H D ist ri c t

, . . H ad a wife on e chil d and 2
,

s er vants P L N 1786
. . . .

Clement S n Lewis d
d , e r. , . o
Clin ch L t R al ph , d . . o

Cl in c h Ben j am in N
,
do
1 . (

Clerk , E D ist ri ct .

Clerk , J ame s do C harl ot

Clew , Will iam ddo
or Clough .

Clin e , Ge o rge do
Clin e , J ohn do
Clin e , Adam .

C l oa dy , Henry M ary sb u rgh

C l u dy .

Cl ous C p J ohn
, or r. H D ist ri ct
Cl ow Hen y
, r E D ist ri ct

Cl ny J ame s
u ,

Cl yn e M ichael, d o
Cl in e .

C ockle Ge orge J n ,f Niag ar a , u r . o

C ork J ohn
, Ern e st T own
C o ckle John , .

C of n Wi lliam, Kin gston

C of n C omm y J ame s H distri ct
, . . . resident in
C oghill S n Ge orge ,d e r .
o O O O O O O O O O O O O

C oghil l J n Ge orge ,do u r., .

15 8 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . RES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

C onckl in ,J os eph . L oyal R anger s A M L , . c .

P L 1786 . . .

C on kl in R ob ert ,
H D ist ri ct S ol di er in B Ran gers P . . .

C onl on Mi chael
,
K ingston S oldi er 84t h L B M 179 1 . . . .

( S tam p e d B ook) P L 1786 . . . .

L oyalist A M L ,
. c .

C ook Ge orge
, E D istrict W il li m b g S on o f J ohn C ook J C
,
a s

. .

C ook M ichac
, E dw d bar s ghur 84t h Regt .

C ook M ichael
$
E D istri c t W i l l i m b g Ser v e d in th e C omm issary
,
a s

Departme nt P 1793 L . . . .

B L 300 a cres . . .

C ook T hom as
, Kin gston Q h w U E dis charge d
u a : o . .
?

sol di er (B i tish ) 34 Reg t r . .

P L 1786 . . .

C ook J ohn
, E D istri c t Osnab r u ck Fr o m S outh C a ro lina O rd er
,
.

i n C oun c i l 17th Fe b 180 7

-
. .

C ook Wi llia m
, Ern e st T own S ol di er in 6 5 Regt W nt . a rr a
O i R A ti ly LBW cer . r . . . .

D ist S on o f J ohn C ook . .

C oon Sergt J ohn

, . H D ist ri ct B R an ger s had wi fe and 6
.
,

chi l d re n P L N 1786 . . . .
,

Niag a ra Stamp e d B ook .

C onnor J ohn , Mid l and B y O r der-i n C oun ci l 13th -

J anuary 1807 .

C oons C onr adt

, E Dist ri ct W ill i m b g R R N Y M ust er R oll A
,
a s

. . . . .

C oons G asp er
. do M atilda R R N Y M ust er R oll A
. . . . .
, .

a wi fe and on e chil d P L ,
. .

2 d 1786 .

C oons John, d o Osnab ru ck O ri in al s e ttler l di R R

. .
,
so er . .

Y M ust er R oll A .
, .

( Sin gle P L 2 d 1786 , . . .

LO O P e P h J am eS Home D istri c t N 1 1804 ovigin l R l l

.
, ,
on or a o .

C oons J acob
, E D istri c t W i ll i m b g S ol d i er R R N Y M ust er
, a s

. . . .

R o ll P 179 4 ( S tam p e d , .

B oo k ) a wi fe P L 1786 , ,
. . .

C oop er T hom as
, Home D ist ri c t No v 1 1804 on o ri ginal R o ll
G orban
.
.
, ,

, Ern e st T own A s ett ler fr o m S tat e o f N ew

Yo rk L B L , . .

S ol di er L o y al R an gers
.

C o rbin N t h n
, a a i el . . E D ist ri ct .

C b m n J a c ob
or a , S ophias Am l i b g Serge ant K Regt N Y P
e as

. . . . . . .

ha d d r awn 2 00 L B A . .

179 4 2 00 ( S ta m p e d B oo k ) ,
.

Lorn eh u J ohn F d i k b S old i er R R N Y L E M

gh
s, re er c s u r .
. . . . . .

179 0 100 acre s and so l d , ,

179 3 2 00 B ounty P L , , . .

1786 ( S tam e d B oo k
C o rn el Alb ert
, Ad l p h t wn
o us o L oyal ist P 1786 . ,

N ew Yo rk A M L c
C o rn ell J 9 1
. .
,

:
0 89 1 do S on o f Al b ert C orn el l .
 APPEND I X B . 15 9

NAMES R ES I D E N CE . D ESC EN DAN T S .

C ornwall John M al d e n
, S enr .
, . . H is U E so l di er B ut
80 11 . . .

ler s R an gers U li t 1789

, . s .

H D istri ct . Niagara S tam p e d B oo k S , .

C ast le . P L N 1786
. . . .

C o rby Ge orge, do S ol d i er M C in K R R
, . . . . .

N Y o rk 0 C 25 t h Ap ri l
. . .
,
179 7
C orw ay , J ame s Ern est T own
C otti er S n J ame s F d i k b u
, e r .
, . re er c s rg h

C otti er J n J ames
, u r .
, . . do

C ottier Ri cha rd , do
C otta
,

C o v i l J ohn
, E Di st ri ct Au gu sta , .

C on vil le S ime on , d o
ough J ohn , do .

C ount ry m an C on radt E D ist ri ct

, .

C ount rym an S J b d , r. , ac o o

C ou nt rym an , J r .
, J acob do
C ox , H D ist ri c t ,

Crammer Fr ed eri ck , . M ary sb u rg h

C mn
ro er .

Cran e Eli sha

, . do

Cr a
ty M i c
Cr agf d J ohn
or
ha el, . H D ist i c t
do
r

, .

Crawf o rd J ames , do .

Crawfo rd D av id , P i ckerin g O rd er i n C oun c il 13t h M ay

- -
,

180 7 S o l di er L oyal Amer

.

i can Reg i ment .

Crawf o rd W ill ia m , . F r ederi c k sb u rg h E nsi gn in S ir J ohn s R R

. .

N Y
. . P L 1786
. . .
16 0 APPENDI X B .

R ES ID ENCE . D ESCEND AN T S .

C ri p p on , D arius E D ist ri c t bastard, . 179 3 P l ate f rom N Yo rk

. . .

S tat e wish e s t b ec o me a o
subjec t and s e ttler .

Ge orge
C ri t u s, do . C o rnwall M uster Ro ll .

C ry t e s
Cran e J ohn
, do .

Tm a eS
'
C r oss H n y e r do . S l di er K mg 8 Rangers p 0 . .

R gl R o ll e . .

Gr ond er An thony , d o. S ol di er L Bd . .

L 1786 . .

C r oud J ohn
er , d o C harl ott e nburgh
.
, M D g l c ou a .

C r oud John
er , Osnabru ck S ol di er LB L . . .

1790 P L 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

C rou d J ame s
er , E D ist ri ct .L oyal ist P L 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

Grond er Isaa c , do Osnab ru ck S ol dier R Regt N Y o rk

. . . . . .

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

C r ou der, S en r , W i lli a m . do . L and B oa rd Certi fi c at e

stat e s U E P L N J . . . . . .

1786 .

C rou der, J u nr , W ill i am . do .

Wi liam
C r ou der , 3rd, l do .

Cr ous e J ohn , do M ati l da M ust er R o ll

. .

Crui k h n k Widow
s a do , Cedars . .

Crum b Benoni , H D istri ct Q a if th e sa me as Be n j a u ,

m in B R S G S P L . . . . . . . .

N 1786 . .

Cru mb W ill iam

, do p P a v o l unt eer in th e In
. . .

dian Department .

Crumb Wi lliam , do C C 13t h O c t 179 6 l n

. . . .
, vo u
t eer Indian Depart me nt .

S P L N 1786 . . . . .

Cryderm an W idow C E D istri ct C ornwall P L 2 d 1786

, .
, . . . .
,
.

C d m n Herm anns E D ist ri c t A sol dier J T

gn t h m n
r er a , . .

u a P L 2 d 1786 . . , .

Cryderm an J ohn do
, ons f Widow Cryderm an
. o .

J B L at e fr om th e U . . .

S tat e s 1790 2 00 acre s , ,

m ig t On e e .

f this n ame a c o r l o ra .

S o l di er ust er
ryd J os eph do Ro ll P L 2d 1786
. . . .
, .

Cryderman M i cha el M y b gh
, . .
R N Y k M i c h l Cryd er
ar s ur . . . . .

C d m n
ru er a m an E D S ol di er M ust er . .

R oll A ( Pro vi sion list . .

1786 British Regt ) . .

Th url ow S ol di er L oy al Rangers L . .

B M 1790 . . .

omus E D ist ri c t . O rd er i n -C ouncil 2l t Feb - s

y 1807 R R N Y ru ar , . . . .
16 2 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE D ESCENDAN T S .

D ac k st e der, Ge orge Niaga ra DD iistt ri ct s ri

Adam
D ac k st e der , L t John H D iist
. st ri ct . .

D J n
ac k st eder , u r .
, do .

C orl J oh n .

D agh t y A nthony
er ,

D al h n t y J ohn
u ,

D l y h nl gh
a u ou
D l n Isaa c
a so ,

D l n M atth e w
a so ,

D al y Pe t er Erne
e st T ow n
D m d f J ohn
a er , M ary sb u rg h
D anby C h ris , . Kingston

D ap Pet er
, M ar y sb u rg h
o
D arby J ohn , H D istri c t S ol d i er in th e war o f 176 3
o

S .

P L N 1786
. . . .

D anson J ohn , E D istri ct .

D av ey Henry , Ern e st T own

D av ey J ohn , Ern e st T own
D a v ey Mi chael
, do .

D av ey Pet er , do .

D av id Hen ry , M ary sb u rg h

D avi e s Pe t er , E D ist ri c t .

D a vi es Ri char d , do .

D avi e s W ill ia m, E l iz ab eth T own

D a vis Benj am in
, H D ist ri ct
D av is Isaac
, do .
 APPEND I X B . 16 3

NAMES . R ES ID EN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

D av is He nry , Adol phus T oown

D a v is T hadeus
, W i ll ou ghby
D a v is Tho m as
,
H D iistst rii ctt e .

D a vis W i ll ia m
, do .

D a is W al t er
v , E D ist ri c t .

D awson J a me s ,
Kiinng ston
D ay B arnabas
, do .

D ayton Nathan , Lee dds

M ath e w

De an Aa ron
, H D ist ri c t
Dean J osiah
, S ophias and Am el as
burgh .

De an S am u el
, do do

Decker T homas ,
H D ist ri c t
Dy ker
Dec on J a c ob , do

De d eri ck M i c ha el , . King ston .

De f o e Abraham
, F r ederi ck sb u rgh

Def oe D ani el, F r ede ri ck sb u r gh

De fo e J ohn , do
16 4 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N D AN T S .

Defo re st Abr aham , H D ist ri ct S on o f M ary D f i t n e e r es , o

Ab r aham a sol di er in B , .

R .Niaga ra S tam p e d
B ook B M A R R N , . . .
, . .

Y a wi f e an d on e c hi l d
.
,

1786 .

Defore st R b ecc a ,
e Leeds On th e 8t h Decemb er 179 1 , ,
Reb ecc a M L n alias De c ea
f o re st was refus e d l and ,

h er fath er S i m on Def ore st

not ha vin g j oin e d th e
R oyal S tanda rd L B L , . . .

D M ar y
ef ri est , O f Niagara D d C C 18t h M a rc h
e
l 8%
c ase , . .
, ,

Dell Hen ry
, H D ist ri c t S tat e s sol di er N w Jers ey e
Vo l unt eer s D is charge re
qui re d .

D e M i ll s
Isaa c , S ophias and Amel ias S tat e s s er vi ce in th e Nav al
bu rg h . Department at N w Y o rk e .

D M ill
e A nthony s, New C astle B y o r der in C oun cil 3 d ,
r
M arch 1806 ,
'
.

D M e t J ame s
or es , F r e deri c k sb ur gh Serg e ant O ran ge Rangers .

Denaul t J oa chi m , E D ist ri ct Vol unt eer 84t h Reg t , .

Denhart J am e s , M arysburg S ol di er Germ an Tr oops p , .

Pr o vision L ist .

Denni s William M a rysbu rg S tam p e d B ook

o 0

, .

Dennis J ohn , H D ist ri c t Emp loy e d in th e K in g s

yar d du ring th e wa r as
shipwri ght .

Deniston R ob ert , do S G G Ham i l ton s Vo l

. . ov .

ntu to F or t V i n n
e er s ec e s,

D J hm
en ow e, Ci a a E D ist ri ct In d ian De part me nt .

D ny h
e Andrew
c , Kingston l di
o N e w Jers ey V l n
er o u
t eer s .

Dep e w C harle s , H D ist ri ct S l dier B utler s R angers a

o

,

wife and on e child P L , . .

N 1786 . .

Dep ew Scur J ohn , .

, do S G L oyal ist L i eut I n
. .
, , .

d ian Dept S G a wi fe .
,
. .
,

an d f ou r chil dre n P L N , . . .

1786 Niag ar a S tam p e d

,

B oo k
Dep ew Junr J ohn
.

, .
, do S G L o al ist Niagar a
. .
, ,
S tam p e d ook S P L N , . . . .

1786
De p ew Wi l l iam
.

, do S G. L oyal ist S n f L t
.
, ,
o o .

J ohn Dep ew Niagar a ,

S tam p e d B ook S P L N , . . . .

1786 .
16 6 APPEND IX B .

NAMES . RES I DEE N CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

D ick J ohn , M arysbu rg

D i ckson Fran cis Ern e st T own

,

D ick y W ill iam Chharll ott

C
, nbu
t t en b rgh ar o e ur

D i e s J ohn
. Fre dderii ckk bb gh
F re er c s ur
D ies S n M ath ew
, e do r. , . .

D i e s J n M ath e w
,
u do r .
, .

D in gm an G arret d , o

D in gm an R i ch ar d , Osnab
O n b r u ck
s a k

D ingw ell ,J hn o Glengarry

E D istri ct G , .

D i ng w ll J a me s e , do

D ism n Tim othy

a , W D ist ri ct
D i n J ohn
sso , E D ist ri ct
D ixon J ohn , do
D ixon S n R ob ert , e r .
, . . do
D ixon J un r Rob ert , .
, . . do
D xon W i lli am
i , L an c ast er With Gen er al Bu rgoyn e .

D oan J os e ph , H D istri c t S tat e s to ha ve j oin e d R oya l

S tan d ar d p rior to 1783
came to th e Pr o vin ce 1787;
was woun d e d in th e face .

A B u rw ell
. .

D ock st ader
, L t Fre d . do Indian Depa rt ment S G
eri ck . . .

D ock s t e der , J John r .

,
do
D onah on , J ohn . . M D ist ri c t

D Flore n ce
on awan , F rederi ck sb u rg h
D n n
u av a .

D opp Peter ,

D orin D avid , ct

M atil da Sett ler N M . L

c .
,
E sq .

M P at erson
r. .
 APPEND I X B . 16 7

NAMES . D E S CEN D AN T S .

D o rin J a c ob
,
E D ist ri ct
D o rn
D o rin Jerem iah
, E D ist rii cctt .

D o rl and Phi lip , Addollpphus

A o h u T own
D orl nd T ho m as
a , do .

D o rn Pe t r
, e E D ist ri c t .

D oug a ll Wi lli am,

M D ist ri c t

D ou ghar ty J ame s , E D ist ri c t .

D wl
o R ob ert
ar , W D istri c t
D ownley C o rn eli us , M ary sb u rg h
D own e y
D oy le Benj am in
, H Dist ri c t

D oyle S arah
,

B o r d er M a rtin
, M ary sb u rgh

Dru mm ond E s q , .
, P er . E D istri c t
D u ckli n S t e ph e n , Eli zabe th T own
o r D u chin
D u g an C o rn elius
, H D ist ri c t
O

D l m dg e D a vi d
u a , M ar y sb u rg h

Du lm age J ohn , E dwardsbu rg

Du lm ag e Elias , E D ist r ic t
D ulm age P hi l ip , do .
16 8 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN TS .

De M ill o r
D m l A nthony
u e , . King st n o

D unba r Al exan d er M D iist

,
st ri ct .

D un can J ohn Kin gston

,
D un can J ohn d
,
o .

D un c an E s q Ri chard W iil liliam

,
mb . a s u rgh

D unham D ani el E D ist ri ct

,

D unham J ohn ,
do .

D unham J ame s , (d
1o .

D unn J ohn , L anc ast er

Lancast e

D unn Junr J ohn , .

, . E D ist ri ct
D unn J ame s , d o .

D unn Teren ce , K ing ston

D u r ol em ey , J ame s
G e r ol om ey
D u y l ea , A dolphus Town
D ul ay Pet er , do .

D ylu J n e a, u r ., Pet er . do .

D u S amu el
y l ea , do .

D uyn es M artin , M D ist ri ct Fre d ,

o r D y hn ar s er i c k sb u r g h
D g b
u en y J oh er r ,
D nb erry
u se

D yer B a rret C apt

, , . M a rys S op hiasb u r g hs

D yer S il as, do .

D yer M a rtin
, do .

E am an , or Am an , J ac ob Osnab r ck u O C 7t h M arch 1808 R

. . . e
,

store d so l di er
E arhart A dam , F rederi ck sb u rgh S o l di er L oyal R an ger s A .

M L S ingle P L 1786
c . . . . .

E arhart John , E D istri ct S o ldi er L oyal Ran gers J F . . .

170 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ESI DE N CE . D E S CE N DA N T S .

Elswo rth Fran cis,

H D ist r ic t .

E mb S am u el
err y , Augusta .

Em b ri Andre w
o F reder i c k sb u r gh
Em bu r y

E m b ri e, D a id v M a r y sb u rg h
E m b ri e , J un r D a id FF.
, v ks u
r e deri c k sb u rg h
E mb r i e , J ohn do .

m b u ry

Emerson J ohn , E D ist ri ct C o rnwall
,

Emery J ohn
, do .

Emer y Thom as
, do .

Emery S ,
W ill iam
enr do.
, .

Emery J n Wi ll iam E D istr i ct

, u r.,

Emme t S t eph e n
, H D ist ri c t

Em ons J ohn
, Midl and

E mp ey Adam, Osnab ru ck

Em p ey J , Adam E D ist ri c t
u nr . ,

Em p ey C h i t
, dor r r. .

Em p ey Hen ry, do .

Em p ey S n J ohn Osnab ru ck
, e r. ,

E mp ey J , u nr. , J ohn E D istri ct

 APPEND I X B . 171

NAMES . R E S I DE N CE D ESCE N DA NT S .

Em p ey J ac ob,
E D ist ri c t
Em pe y Pe te r ,
do .

Em p ey , S enr .
, P hil ip . do .

E m p e y , J u nr .
, P hil ip . do .

Em pe y Ri char d ,
do .

Em p ey W i lliam ,
do .

Em pe y S n W i ll iam
,
e r., do .
, C o r nwall

Em y J n W ill iam
e , do u r. .

E ng h A ndre w H D ist ri c t
E nglan d W ill ,

E ell G asp er
, M ar y sb u rg h
t ll
ee
E v ans B o l ton
,

E v ans He nry
,
F r e deri c ksb u rg h
El t n E dwa rd
v es o , E D ist r i c t S ol di er L oyal R an gers .

E v eritt L t Pe t er
, . do . S G
.
.

E v eritt J ohn , Kin g st n o M C C a tain f ro m Ne w

. .

Yo rk G Asso ciat d
. . e
L oyali t (S tam p e d B oo k )
s . .

A wi fe and t w chil d re n o .

P L 1786
. . .

E veri t t s, S e al vanu s E D ist ri ct

E v erson J o
, hn W i l li am sb u rg h

E v er ts O li v er
,
E D istri c t

E v erts R oswell
, do .

E v erton ,
172 AP PEND I X B .

NAMES R E S I DDE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

E vri n gh am , J ame s . H D ist ri c t .

E st m an , Be nj am in . E D ist ri ct .

E y re s E ph raim
,

F ar ch i l d C o rp l
, . H D ist ri ct .

Benj am in
F ai rchild Benj am in , , . do .

Scu r .

F i l d Be nj am in
a r e , Ern e st T own
F ai chi l d Ele azer
r , Yonge
F ai rchild Pet er , T owns
T own end d
se

F ai r el d, J onathan Ern st T own

e
F ai r el d, S t eph e n
F ai r el d , W i lliam
F ai r el d , Archibal d

F air el d, Wi ll iam , Ern e st T own

S enr .

F ai rm an , S enr .
, J ohn Thu rl ow

F alc on er J ame s , Adol p hu s town

F alkn er J os eph , E D ist ri c t

F alkn er S n R al ph
, do e r . .

F alk ner Ral ph J n L anc ast er

, , u r .

F l kn
a E q W i llia m
er , do s r. , .

F l in g
ar S n J hn E D istric t
er , e r .
, o
F l i ng
ar J n J ohn
er , do u r. , . 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0

F l i ng
ar Ni cholas
er , do . S ons of J ohn Scu r J B
F a rr and E q J ac ob
. .
, .

, do s r. , . S G L i e ut
. . .
(P . L
.

2 d,
174 AP PE ND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Ferguson R i c har d , , M arys S op hi asb u rg h A p ension er L B M 1791 . . . .

Scu r . 5 5 0 a cre s P L 1786 . . . .

Ferguson J n , u r., do . do . M C Vo lunt eer p R gl

. . . e .

R ichard R o ll .

Ferguson R ozel , do . do . S n o f R i char d Ferg uson

o ,

U E Ld B oa r d certi c at e
. . .

179 4 200 . .

Ferguson W illiam , . E D ist ri c t S ol di er Y JF P L . . . . .

2 d 17 ,

Ferguson Wi lliam , do . S on f Ale xander Ferguson

o .

Ferri er J ohn , K in gston M a ter shi wri ght in K in g s

s

y ai i at b S t J ohn ue ec , .

Ferris J ohn , do . A v olunt eer fr o m N wY k e or .

A wi fe P L 1786 . . . .

Ferris J oshua, H D i str i c t . C ol on el Del an ey s Re fug e s

e .

H ad rece i v e d s ev er al
wounds .

Fett erl y Pe ter , . i llia

W i ll i a m sb u rg h h O i gi n l R o ll S o l di er R R
r a . . .

v
lv Y .

F i el ds Ge orge
, do . S ol d ier B ut ler s R an gers

d ece as ed .

F i elds G ilb ert

, do . Butler s Rangers A wi f e

.

chi l d P L 1786 Niaga ra

. . . .

S t m pe d B ook
a .

F iel ds Mrs Re becca

, , W i lli am sb u rg h
fo r Mrs J ohnston .

F ike D ani el
,

F ile John
, W il l i am sb u rg h

F ile s J ohn
, do
F in ch J ame s
, K i t l ey

F inkle Ge orge , F rederi cksb u rg h

F in kle , He nry Ern est T own

F in kle ,
J ohn F re deri c k sb u rg h
F n kle
i , Jc a do
F i el d s , D ani el W D ist ri c t
 APPEND I X B . 175

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCENDA N T S .

'
F i el ds Nathan
,
W D st ri ctt
W D i st .

F inn e y Geo rge , E D istri c t

F inn e y Pet er , do

F ish er ,
Al exr A do lph
phus T own
us T w o

F ish er D ani el I M D ist ri c t .

F ish er Fre d eri ck

,
M a ry sb u rgh

F ish er J ohn
,
M D ist ri c t
s

F ish er Ge o rge
,
H D ist ri c t
F ish er W idow M a ry Adol ph T ow
,
own us

F it c h e t J ame s,
F r ederi c k sb u rg h

F it ch e t Ri c ha r d , do
F it h e t J os eph
c , E D istr i c t
F it z T itus
, . 2 Ki n g ston

F itzger l d a Adol phu T own

s

F it zp at ri ck Pe t er , E D istri ct

Fit z at ri c k , W l ii l am . do
Fl a c Archd H D ist ri c t
Fl aac k R i c ha r d
, N ewark
Fl ynn J ohn , E D ist ri c t
F o rce P hil ip
,
H D ist ri c t
176 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES IDE N CE D ESCEND AN T S .

F o rn er J ohn
,
M ary sb u rg h P . S tat e s L y l i t nd
1794 . o a s , a
to hav e d rawn 100 S o ldier .

53 d Regt D onal d M I n
r . c
to h af dav it (S tam p e d
s .

B oo k ) .

F o rre st L ani ,
H D ist ri ct
au r a, W idow o f M ath e w F orre st ,

f ormerl y Mr s M o r den . RRNY . . . .

F o rsyth Geo rge do L y l i t U E f r o m Sc h e n

o
cctagy
,
a . .
,

F or syth J a me s , do Niag ara S tamp e d B k H d oo . a

a wi f e and fou r chil dren .

P L 1786 . . .

F or syth J ame s , E D ist ri c t Non c om ff K in R R

- . o i r.

s . .

N Y A c orpor (P L
. . . .

2 d 1786
'
.
,
'
F o rtun e J os e ph , do S n of W
o m I B a , . .

F o rt n e W illi am
u , do S G C apt fro m S t h w d;
. . . ou e ar
C apt o f Gui de s S outh .
,
C ar oli na .

F orbish Ni chol as H ome D ist ri ct l l N 1804 on O ri gin l

, s ,
a
0
F oster E dwar d
, do E ast ern S o ldi er Ld B d . .

L M ust er R o ll A wi f e
. .
,

2 chi l dren P L 2 d 1786 . . .

, .

F ost er John , do P L 1786 M us . . .

ter R ol l .

F os t er M os e s
, F rederi ck sb u rg h R R N Y P L 1786
. . . . . . .

( S tam p e d B oo k ) .

F ountain Ri cha d , r E D ist ri c t H ad a wi f e P L 2 d 1786 . . .

, .

F owler J ohn , H D ist ri c t A v olunt eer in th e w ar re

sid e d s e v e n y ear s in N ew
Brunswi ck .

F ox Fre d eri ck
, S op hi as& Am el i asb gh 1786 Pr o vision L ist says
ur
L oya list N Y (3 chi l dr n ) . . e .

S o l di er M ust er
Ro ll .

F o x, W i ll iam do S ol d i er Assoc iat ed L oyali st

, .

Fr ali ck A da m E sq
, , . M atilda C C 2 l t Ju l y 180 7 C a
. . s , .

tain o f M ili tia durin g t e

Ame i can Wa r r .

Francis M C t he i n H D istri ct
, rs. a r e Q wi fe o f J ohn Fr an c is
u a , ,

l ate 34t h Regt .

Fran c i r -M Wm
s, do . r. . King s Ameri c an Dr agoons

.

Fr anklin n Jos eph Kin g ton , e r .

, s At C arle ton Isl and 1782 , ,

from L ake Ge o rge C al le d .

L oyal ist P L 1786 . . . .

F r ankl i n , J u n r .
, J os eph do S on o f J os e h .

Franks W i llia m E D istri c t R R N Y ust r R o ll (sin

. . . . e
gle P L 2 d 1786 , . .
, .
178 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . RESI DE N CE . D ESCE N DAN TS .

Fras er ,
Thom as E D ist ri ct .

Fr as er ,
Wi ll iam F re der i c k sb u rg h

Fras er , C apt W illia m E . D ist ri c t

Fras er , S n e r Wi lliam
. do

Fr as er , J n W i ll i am
u r .
, do
Fras er , W i lli am do
Fr as er , Wi l li am do o f R oxborough
Fraser , William do
Fras er , L t Will iam
. do

'
F rat t s, He nry E D ist ri ct

Frederi ck B arn e t , do
.

Fre der ick C onrod , M D ist ri ct

Fred eri ck J ohn ,

Thu rl ow

i iifl iifsi ii li iii iit

E
i ef i s rg h
:
Freel J ohn
, Niagara D ist ri ct
Freem an Tho m as ,
Ern est T own
Ereke E v erha rt
, M ar y sb u r gh

F li k C o rp l B
re c , .
j
en n . H D istri c t

F r eli ck , J ohn do
 APPEN D I X B . 179

NAMES . R E S ID EN CE . D ESCE NDAN T S .

Freli gh M arti n ,
M D istri ct
Freem an J ohn ,
H D ist ri ct .

Fren ch Al bert ,
E D ist ri ct
Fre nc h ,
do
Fre n ch ,

Fre n c h He nry ,
E D iist
st ri c t .

Free n Pe t er, Eliz ab e th T own

wn

Fren ch He nry , E D i st rii c t r

Fre n ch E sq Jeremiah
, do
1 . (

do

Frey C apt Bernar d H D ist ri c t

, . .

Freyi E nsn P i h li do
Xd m Ern e st T own
.

F r erm u t , J ohn a
F r eer ni ou t h

Fr ill Pe ter , M y b gh ar s ur
Fr i el l
Fr o m D a vid
o , E D ist ri c t
Froo m S n J a me s
, d e r. , . o

Fr oo m J n J ames, do u r. .

Frost E dinu nd
, H D ist ri c t
J ohn E D ist ri c t
Ni cho la d s o M ust er R oll A .

H ad a wi fe and 2 child ren .

P L 2 d 1786
. .
, .

do S o ld i er R l Y o rkers L
o a . .

B L
. ust er Ro l l A
. . .

(P L 2d
. .
,
do
180 APPEND I X B .

NA MES . R ESI D EN CE . D ESCE N D AN T S .

F ulfor d S en J n ,
r. , o E D iist
stri ct
athan
F u lf o r d J n J n ,
u r. , o do
athan
F ull arton
Ful ton Ct J ame s, . H DD iistt r iict
s r

F urni er C h i n ,
r s K in g ston
ton
Fyke s P e t er
,
F rederi
ri c k sb u rg h

Fre deri ck L odwi ck , M ary sb u rg h

G i l d N t A
o e , a a ryysbb u rgh
M ar
M So
asb
p hi' u r gh
G ahag an O li v er ,
H DD istt ri ct

G al b raith J ohn , E D istri ct

G ale J am e s
, Kin gston
Gall agh er H ugh ,
M ary sb u rgh

G all inger ,
C h risti an E D ist ri c t
G al l in ger , C hri stoph er
G alli n ger ,
Ge orge E D istri ct
G alli nger , He nry do 1

5
G all in er , S n e Mi
r. , do
cha e
Galling r e , J n Mi
u r .d ,
o
cha el
G all oway , Ge o rge King ston

G amble W ill ia m
Gants Ch i n , r s . M ary sb u rg h Germ an soldi er C B ook and
Pro v ision L ist 1786 .

Ga din er J hn
r , O S ol di er R R N Y M ust r
. . . . e
R oll P L 2 d 1786 S E
. . .
, . . .

S G
. .
182 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ESID EN CE . D ESCE ND AN T S .

G ibson M ath ew
,
W D ist ri c t S ol di er R R N Y M ust r . . . . e
R o ll (single m an) P L . .

2 d, 1786 .

G i chl and He n ry Ern e st T own

Gilb ert J osiah
. .

, H D ist ri c t orp Kin g s Ameri c an

L

Regt F anni ng s .
, or

.

Gilch rist A chid ,

r . E D ist ri ct . mi gr ant s ett ler L B L . . . .

1790 .

Gilch rist N e al , . Ern e st T own S n f Pe t er G i lc h rist

o o .

G ilch rist Pet er , do M C 300 sol di er in J

. . a es
sup s C s L E L (in all

o , . . .

L M 1790 C C . . . . . .

2 1 t Au gust 179 7 ( P L
s , , . .

17
Gi lch rist Wi l l iam , do n o f Pe t er G i lch rist
o .

Gi lm o re Benj am in , . H D ist ri ct Jers e y Vol unt eers .

G irty J ame s
, M al d e n P a rtisan all th e war U l ist . .

1789 ;

Gi ty Si m on
r , D o do .
, .

Gl assfo rd J ohn , E D istri ct , Au gusta J oin ed at Niag a ra in 1779 ,

and di e d in 179 2 his son s

a fdavi t 1805 has a wif e

and 4 chi ldren P L 2d . . .
,

1786 .

Gl assfo rd Wi ll iam , on o f J ohn P S S h er , . .

wood s certi c at e 1807

,
Gl ass for d J ohn , l di o er M ust er
R oll A .

Gl ass fo rd L ytt le , E D ist ri ct d und er C apt Br ant in

er v e .

1778 ; w e nt t Queb ec in o
1780 O E resid e d in . .
,

L ow er and Upp er C anada

si n ce 1798 I C n d . . ro ers .
Gl assford P au l , do S on of J ohn S aid to b e U . .

E RJ D G
Glassfo rd P aul
. . . . .

, do S on f R ob ert o .

Gl assf rd R ob er t
o , do S ol di er M Roll . .

A S ingle P L 2 d 1786
Gl ov er J ac ob
. . . .
. ,

, H D ist ri ct Sergeant und er th e c o mm and

o f L or d Rawdon .

G oh een Thom as , Ne wc astle Was within th e British lin e s

b e fo re 1783 b ord er-in
C oun c il 24t h v mb o e er ,
1807
G ol dsmith Thom as
.

, Ma rys So p hi b
as g h L oya list f r o m N w Yo rk
ur e .

A M L L oyal ist P L
. . . . .

1786
G o es L awren ce
.

, B y o rd er in C oun ci l 19t h
J anua ry 1802 , .
 APPEN D IX B . 183

NAMES . R ES I D EN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

G oos e Fre d eri ck

,
C o rnwal l
Goos eb rry T hom as
e ,
E D ist ri c t .

Gordon J ohn ,
W D iistst ri ct
G o rdon R obert , C harl otte nbu rg h

He nr y
G ordon ier , Ern e st T own
G d ni
or o J ac ob er , do

G o rm an Reb ecc a ,
E D istri c t Eli z abe th
,

T ow
ownn .

G l y M ath
os e h ew
, Y onge
Gou l d J ohn
, . H D iistt i cctt
r
ri

Graham W illi am , Ho me D ist ri c t

Graha m J ohn , E D ist ri c t

Graham sab ell a

ali M D n ll
as
, I
c o e
,
do L an c aster
Graham M u rdo ch , do

Grah m Ol i v er
a , (10

Graham R b rt , o e Ki ngston

Gr aham Thomas , E D ist ri c t

Graham William ,

Gr ant Ale x
, .

Grant Alexander
,

Grant , Al exd do do
184 APP END X B I .

NAMES . RES I DEN CE . D E S CEN D AN TS .

Grant ,
Al exd E D ist ri ct C harl ott en A wif e and chil d P L N
, . . .

bu rgh 1786 .

Grant , Al exd Charl ott enbu rgh R R N Y M ust er R o ll . . . . .

Grant , All an E D i t E li b t h T wn Sergt 84th Regt U E J F

s .
, za e

. . . . . .

1786 .

Grant , Al l an do
Grant , All an do
Grant , Ang us do M ust er R o ll N . .

B 1786 . .

Grant , Archd . d o M R l l (A B rit . o .

ish so l di er o f this name n o

P L 1786 K in gston ) on e . .
,

1786 S . .

Grant D onal d
,
M a y sb gh
r ur British sol di er A M L ,
. . .

S m p ed
( g
7
Grant Scu r D onal d E D i t C h
, .
, . s .
,
S ol di er
arl ot t enb

M ust er
gh
( Cr os key ) R o ll 1786 . .

Grant J n D onal d
, u d
r. , . o d S ol di er R R N Y M ust er
o . . . .

Ro ll .

Grant D un c an
, E Di st ri ct S oldi er
P P . .

Grant D nc an
, u d o S n o f Pe t er Grant R R o ,
. .

N Y S n t a soldi er . . o o ,

Ld B L . . .

Grant D un c an
, do S n to a so l di er L B d L o , . . .

Grant D un can
, d o 1786 .

Grant D un can
, do f N wJ hn t on W as at S t J ohn s in L ow er
o e o s .

C n d in 1782 a a a .

1786 Re ub e n S h erwood s

certi c at e .

Grant D un can d 0 h Reg t j oine d in

177;
, o 76 t 16 0 .

do Must er R o ll P .

L N J 1786 . . . .

Grant J ohn ittsbu rg h A L oya l i v o l unt eer in

, n st n Po , t . s
K in g s Rangers p p t it i n
, . e o
180 8
Gr ant J ohn
.

, On e a so ldi er in 84th Regt . .

J' F
Gr ant J ohn E D istrict On e f thi s name dre w l and o

D as son f a so l di er
E ga
. o ,

Grant J ohn
. do Must er Ro ll P .

L N J 1786 Anoth er . . . .

1786
Grant J ohn
, B M A
.

Grant J ames
,
. .

Sergt 84t h R egt L B M

.
.

. . . .

1790 400 and P L 1786 , , . .

S S t m p e d B oo k
. a .
186 APPENDI X B .

NA MES . R ES IDDEEN CE D ESCEN D A N T S .

Green J ohn ,
3 ms
as s u e $

Green 5W illi am ,
M ary sb u rgh

G r eenopBritain
liaGl p as u e .

Grey J ohn ,

Gri fths J ohn ,

M D'ist i c t
. r
G i fn J os eph
r ,
E DD isttri ct
.

Grifn saa c
Grif ths W il iam
,
I l
Adol p h u s t o w n
Gri gg J ohn ,
H D ist ri c t
.

Gr oom s Eli j ah ,
Kin gston

Groom s J os eph ,
do
Grout Ferdinand ,
M a ys S r op hi asb u rg hs
G unn D av id,
L an c ast er

H agerm an J ohn ,
El i ab th T own
z e

H agard Pet er E D ist ri c t

,
. .

Hag gart J ohn , as an A t i

m p l oy e d r c er
Hagerm an Sergt Ar ,
. L B L n enburg
. . u .

nol d H Di stri c t . . B Ran ers S P L N 1786

. . . . .
, ,

not E had pre viously

.
,

b ee n a Germ an S o l di er .

Niagara S tam ped B ook .

 APPENDI X B . 187

N AMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ES C EN D A
NIS .

H agerm an T unis ,
Ern e st T own
H agerm an Ni chol as ,
Adol phus T T own
w o

H D istri ct
.

ert do

H ain er J ohn ,
H Dist ri c t
.

H ain er Ri char d
,
do

H ain e s S n J os e ph
,
e r .
, do
H ain e s Nathani el
, do

H ain es C h ristoph er
, . E D ist W i ll iam sbu rg
. . .

H ains J ohn, do do

H ains J os eph
, do do

Hai n es M i c ha el
, do do

H ley A bij ah
a do do
H al] Richa rd
, Sergt L o al ist fr o m N
Kin gston S G
. . .

Y ork S t pd k P L 1786 . . . .

H all S am u el
, S G Qu ee n s Ran gers L W D ist i c t
. r . .

.

'
L o y al ist s U D . .

H alle y Abi ah , See H awley Abi j ah E D ist ri c t

.
,
.

H o ll ow ell n j m in e a H D i st i ct r
Elisha
. .

H li t
a s er , o f C o rnwall l at l y o f age , e .

H amblin D a vid , S n o f S i l as do Au g usta o .

H am bl in S ilas , d S o] in M aj J p L E L o . . e ssu

s . . .

M ust er R o ll .

H mb l y n D a v id
a d , Eli z abe th T S n o f S ilas o . o .

H m b l y n Fr an c is
a d , do o
H am i l ton Andrew W D ist ri c t
, Butler s R n gers a C o rpo ra l
. .

a ,

2 U E L ist 1789 . . . .

by O rd er -in -C oun cil 13t h ,

J an 180 7 . .

H ans en L t Ri char d
, do . B Ran ger s Niag S t Bk
. . .
,
. .

H an c o k J ohnc , D is charged British l di o er ,

S ta m p ed Book .
188 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DA N TS .

H ans E dwa r d
,
K i t l ey
H andshaw H D ist ri ct
. Secre t S er vi ce .

li
a M oody M
as , .

Hard J ame s
,
E .D istrii ctt c
H ard Phil i, do
H ardison ,
H D ist ri ct
.

Har dy J ohn Sergt , ,

do
Hare B arny
, . . E .D ist ri c t .

H are Hen ry
,
do L aan c a t er s .

Hare J ohn S n
, ,
e r H DD iistt rii c t
. s r c
$

H are L t J ohn J n
,
.
, u r . do
H are J ohn
, . E D ist ri c t
.

Osnab ru ck
L an c ast er

H a re C apt Pe t er
, . H ome D ist ri ct
H are Peter
,
do

H are Wm, do

H are Wm,
E D istri c t
. .

H are t E dward , W D istri c t

. .

Harley J ame s , King ston D is charge d A t i L oyal r c er

ist N w Yo rk A M L
e , . c .

sin gle P L 1786, . . .

H arl ow e Wil liam , Fre deri ck sbu rg M C G m n R oyal A t il y

. . er a r

r
H arn J ame s
, Ern e st T wn o
H arns G i l bert
, Fre d eri cksburg M C {S l di King s Ran gers
o er

Harr s
. .

Ld B d Certi c at e 1784
.

i .
. .
, ,

G H l di m n d 100 ditto
. a a

H Gilb ert
arri s, do
H arns Isaiah , do
J osiah .

H arns J ohnston, F r ederi c k sb u rg h

Harns T hom as ,

H arp er Wm ,
19 0 APPEND I X B .

NAM ES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

H ask ins Ni cho l as

,
E DD iistt rii c t
s r
H atler T hom as
,
do .

H av e ns Ge o rge
,
Ern e st T own

H av ens J ohn ,
do .

H av e n R ob ert
s, do .

H a v erl and A ndrew ,

H D istr ic t
H av erl and J n ,
u r .
,
H D ist ri ct .

H ermu .

H av iland J ohn ,
Adol p hu st own y O rd er in C oun c il 30t h,

J anua ry 1808 E ngin eers

, ,

De part ment and In c or

p t d L o y a lists
or a e .

Haver D aniel
,
H D ist ri c t .

Hawley Ab i j ah ,

Hawley D av is , Ern est T own

H awley chabod ,
I do .

H awle y J , ep t h a do . MC
.

H awley M artin , do .

H awley R p ll . u e do .

H awle y S h eldon , do .

H awley , F r ederi ck sb u rgh

H awn C h ristian
, E
H awn H e n ry
, do .

Hawn H erm anns

, do .

Hawn ,

H awn J a cob
, E
Hayslip C orpl ,
 AP PENDI X B . 19 1

NAMES . R ESI D E NCE D ESCE N DA NT S .

H az en Sergt , . H D ist ri ct
H i l d Nathani el
a ,
M ar y sb u rg h

Heck P aul ,
E D ist ri ct
He dl er A dam ,
Fre dd erii ck sbu
F re er c b rg
gh s ur

H f d J ohn
e or ,
M ary sb u rg h
Hehn J ohn
Mi s ib ngg $h;
,

Hek G t l p
, o e . . M ys
ar s ur

Helmer J ohn , E D ist r i c t C o rnwall

, . .

Helmer J ohn , W il l i am sb u rg h

Hend er shot Pet er ,

H D ist ri c t .

Hend erson C t b ,
a e do . o o o o o o o o o o o o

Henderson D avid ,
Eli z abeth T own

He nn M i cha el
,
H o me Dist ri c t

He n ry J ame s ,
H D ist ri c t

H C atha rin e
erc hi m er, . M D ist ri c t
now M arkl and
do
n w a hit n
H hi
e rc ld y ei

ar , .

H
o
now
r l o
(1
D aug ht ers and S ons of
zggggg
n '
r a e 0
C apt J t H k m e
. os er e r.

H hm
er c J ac ob er , Kin gston
H hm
erc J os eph er , do .

H hm
er c L awre n ce er , . . do .

H hm
er c er , De e as e d P L 1786
c . . .

Ge o rge .

H e hm
rc Ni chol as er , Kin gston S on o f C apt J ost H e
. rk e me
o f B att eaux .

Herm an Vale ntin e , Au gu sta . ol di er L oyal

Heron Andre w , F rederi cksb u rg h
H erring .
19 2 APPEND I X B .

R ES I DE N CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

H er ve y P hi l ip,
H D ist ri c t
He ss e Andrew
, M ary sb u r g h
o

Hess e J ac ob
,
Ern e st T own
B ewit J ac ob , Y on ge

H wst on J oshua
a ,
H D iistt ri c t
H i ck J ohn
, E D ist ri ct .

Hi ck S amu el
, do

H i ck s Benj am in
, aryy sbbuu rrgghh
Mar
M

H i ck D ani el
s, do .

Hi ck s D av id, do .

Hi ck s E dward, do .

H i ck s J os eph
, do .

Hi ck s J oshua
, do .

Hi ck Lewis
s, Ern est T own
19 4 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DE NCE . D ESCE N DA N T S

H o ffm an Phi l ip , Fre d erick sbuu rggh

F r ederi c k sb r o
:

H ff t i l Isaa c
o a , E DD iistt rii ct
s r

H ogan D a vid , Mary sb u r gh

H ogan M aj or Wm, C o rnwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

H ght l l in g J ame s
o e , H D ist ri c t .

H ogle B ostian
, Ern est T own

H offman J os eph , do
H ogle Fran c is
, . do
d

H ogle J ame s
, do

H ollingsh ead Anthony H D istric t ,

Ho lme s A sa ,do

H olmes J ohn K ing ston

,

H oople Henry E Dist ri c t Osnab ru ck

,
, .

H p l u o e .

H oop le J ohn , do do
H opkins S n S il as H D ist ri c t
, e r .
, . .

H OP p er, Ab raham E D istri ct

H orton Isaac , H D ist ri ct

H osk ins Leda , E D ist ri ct
H t d
os e Herman er , . H D istr i c t
H ovenden, M oo re W M D istri ct .
 APPEN DI X B . 19 5

NAME S . RES I DE N CE . D E S CEN DA N T S .

H o v er C aspar
,
Adol p hu st ow n
H o er Hen r y
v ,
do

H o v er J ac ob
,
do

Hou gh B ar nabas
,
I
Ern e st T own
$

H ou g h Bron er ,
do
H ou gh Elij ah ,
ddo
H ough J ohn ,
F rede r ic k sb u rg h

H ou gh ,
Isaac Ern e st T own
Hou gh ,
S am u el '
do '
H ous e , Fre d eri ck H DD istt ri c t
E
H ous e ,
Ge o rg e do

H ou se , Herm anns H D ist ri ct

H ous e J ames
.

, do

H ous e J ohn, do

H ous e J os e ph
, do
H ous e P hil ip
, do
H ous e D ani el
, . do

H owar d E dwar d , Ern e st T own

H oward J ohn , E D ist i ct
r

H oward , S en r .
, J Ern e st T own
19 6 AP PEND I X B .

NAM ES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN TS .

H owa r d J , u nr . , J ohn .. do
S ol dier 6 5 t h Re t L B M .
, . . .

S n of Lt ohn P L o .
,
. .
,

1786 .

H owar d Math ew E E nsi gn in Genl B urg oyn e s .

C am pai gn .

Howard ,
do S f M ath e w H owa r d L ori o , .

l gd L
H oward D i er , do Em ploye d in P ub li c Wo rk s
in 1782 L Bd L , . . .

Howard S t e ph e n , do n f M ath e w em p l oy e d in o o ,

th e King s wo rks L B L

,
. . .

H owa rd S t eph e n E li b t ht w
, S ame p erson
za l 0t h F b e .
,
1808 .

H oward T ho m as Ern e st T own

, on f L t J ohn o .
,

'
A M L B M A . c . . . .

H oward William E D ist i t i t Eli z ab e th S tam p e d B ook

DTl own
, s r c , .

H ow e Wm , Kingston tat e L oyal ist ,

f ro m N e w Y o rk ( P L . .

1786 S tam pe d B oo k ,

Howell J ohn , S p hi & Am l i b gh M C o Serge ant M aj o r R R

as e as u r - .

179 16 5 0
. . .
,

NY . .
,

a cre s S tam p e d B ook , .

H owell Wa rre n , Fred e i cksburg rAM L . o . .

H owe y R ob er t, H D istri c t N w Jers e y Vo l unt eer s e .

H ub ert Thom as , K it l y 179 3 l at e f r o m th e S tat e f

e o
Verm ont L B Gre nvi lle , . . .

H udson G J M arysburg (L b S tam p e d B ook )

z
, . a ou i r ,
lg
H ue n J ohn
, E D ist i ct r
Hu ff man C hristoph er H D ist ri c t
, .

Huffm an C h i t , lo r s r (
H uffm an do
H a mun
Huffm an Jno Ni cho , do .

l as J n
, u r

H ugh e s Re uben , M ary sb u rg h

H ugh es J ame s , do
Huff A sa
, F r ederi ck sb u r gh
19 8 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

J ack son D a vid , Ern est T own

J ack son He nr y , E D iist
. stri c t .

J ack son J ame s , Ern estt T own

J ack son J ame s , E D ist i ct Au gusta

. r ,

J a ck son Pet er , d do o
J ack son T hom as , . do

J ac o ck s D a vid, E .

J ac obs .

J aco ck s D av id ,
do
J ar vis E s q W i lliam
, H D ist ri ct
.
, . . .

J s p E sq E dward
es u , Au gusta .
, .

J p E dward
e ssu ,
E D ist ri c t .

J p Hen ry
e ssu , do .

J p J h
essu do os C aptain J p
J mmi n a pn
, , e ssu .

e so W D ist ri c t
,
rI
.

J ohns L i e ut S 1 m n
, H D ist ri c t . S G L i e ut L R angers
0 0 o . . . . . . .

J ohnston Adam E D ist ri c t C or nw ll J oin ed th e Royal S tanda r d

, .
, a .

at S aratog a in 1777 J . .

An d er son s certifi cat e P ,

. .

L 2 d 1786 . .

J ohnson L i eut Brant H D istri c t

, In dian D ept S G Niag ar a
. . . .
, . .

S tam p e d B ook .

J ohn son C oon rad , do Pri v at e Indian De pt B ut

ler s Rangers P Single
.

. .

P L N 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

J ohnson Fre d eri ck Yonge

, A c omm on s ettler in 1785 .

O E . .

J ohnson Ge o rge E D istri c t C o rnwa ll R R N Y M ust er R o ll

, .
, . . . . . .

C orpor al P L 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

J ohnson Ge o rge , d M atil da S oldi er R R N Y M ust er o . . . .

R oll A .

J ohnson S ir J ohn , C ol on el o r L i e ut C ol on el .

C omm andant .

J ohnson J ame s E D ist ri c t C o rnwall A C o r po ral

, .
, .

G S M R oll P L . .
,
. . . .

2 d 1786 , .

J ohn on L au en ce
s H D istri ct
, r Serv e d in C ol Robinson s . .

Regi me nt .
 APPEN D I X B . 19 9

N AMES . R ES ID EN CE . D E S C EN D
'
AN I S .

J ohnson Robert ,
E D ist ri ct C
.
,

J ohnson L i eut Wm
,
. . H D ist ri ct
.

J ohn ston Andrew ,

Ern e st T own
J ohnston D ani el ,
d
d o

J ohnston ,
M rs Eli zab h
. H D i st ri ct

.

J ohnston ,
El i z ab eth Kin gston
J ohnston ,
Geo rge do
J ohnston ,
Hen ry M D iist
. st ri c t .

J ohnston ,
C apt J ohn H D ist ri c t
. . .

J ohnston ,
J ohn H D ist i c t . r

J ohn ton J ohn

s ,
do of

J ohns ton J ame , s Ern e st T own

J ohnst n J has
o , C H Di t ri c t
. s
J ohnst on
J ohn ston ,

J ohn ton
s , H D istri c t
.

J ohnst n o ,

J ohnston ,

Johnston W m , M D istri c t
.

J on e s D ani el
, E D istri c t
.

J on e s D a vid
,
do

J on es E be n ezer
,
2 00 APPENDI X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DA NT S .

J on e s E s q E b r ai m E D istnri c t
, .
, . G C omm issa ry
. .

J on es E s q J o n do G C t nJ ps e ssu
R an gers S G
, .
, . a ai .

J one s J ame s
, H D istri ct . ol di er , . .

Had a wi fe and 6 chil d ren .

P L N 1786
. . .

J on e s Mr s J an e do W h was sh e
o ?

I
.
,

J on es S n M ary
,
e r., . do
Jon es Richar d Au gusta S D n l J on e s R
3
, do 01 o a ie , . .

1
J on es ,
'
J on e s S ol o m on
, E D ist i c t
E D
. ri
r

J one s T hom as
, (d
1o
I rish .

Jud on S il as
s ,
Eliz ab eth T own
o

J u lian J ohn , W D ist ri c t

.

K ni ng J ohn
ea , M y b gh
ar s ur
Keefer , H D ist ri c t
.

K lhn m J ohn
e a , do
o r K illm an .

Keller C harle s Fre d eri ck sbu rg

K o eller .

Keller , Fre deri ck do

Kell er , J ohn
Keeler , J ame s
Keller , P hi lip M a rtin . . M ary sb u rg h

Kelly Patri ck
, do
202 APPENDIX B .

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

K i t c h eson, W ill l i am Drag o n in T l t n Legion

F r ederi c k s b u r gh o ar o

s ,

K ei t ch erson L B M 1789 45 0 . . .
, .

Ki lm an J a cob ,
H D ist ri c t B R a wi fe nd v e c hi l d . . a
ren P L N 1786 has a , . . .
,

son name d J a cob C h rist ,

ian J m N i g S ta mp a es, a ar a
e d B oo k .

K ilm an J ohn , do Found I t No v 180 4 on o r s .

,

i gnal R oll .

K itt le n Jerem iah

, se d r .
, S o l di er B utler s R n gers
o

a .

K napp Be nj amin, W D ist ri c t S ol di er in Butler s R angers

,

A l ist 1789 .

K napp J os eph , E D ist ri c t S G l ands as s erge ant L B . .

, . .

L U E L o 1 R an ger s .
, . . a .

K n p p i n Tr u em an
o S ophi as Am l i b g h S n o f J ohn n p p i n not
, . e as

o a ,

on U E See J ohn N p . . o e

pin g on U E , . .

Knight Benj amin E D ist ri c t Al w Lee ds M D R J D

a
,
e , . .
, . . .

K ni ght J ohn , d C o rnwall N Y M ust er Ro ll A

o . .
, .

K ni ght J ame s ,
do d C o rp l R R N Y M ust er o . . . . .
,

Ro ll I B M A , . . .

Kni ght M ahal on ,

K in gston A s e tt ler in 1784 ( a T ay l o r
S tam p ed B oo k ) L oya li t , s
P L 1786 A M L . .
,
. . c .

K ghn t W i ll ia m
ou e Fre d eri cksbu rg
,
l di Royal Y o rkers p o er , , .

P ( S tam e d B oo k) and P
L 1786 il
. .

.
,

K i gi
ra J ohn
e, M y b gh S ol di er German Tr oops p
ar s ur , .

K i g hi l l i i n L ist 1786 A
hjl c lv
ra . I ro s o , , .

K kh i t H erc u le s Ern est T own S di P (P

i 17
r ou e , o er . .

K ro u kh i t J ohn e do , l di K R R N Y P o er . . . . .
, .

S tam p e d B ook P L 1786 , . . .

L ake C h ristoph er
, do S ol di er L oy al R ang er s 0 , .

C 17t h No v 9 7 200 .
, . .

L ake S n J ohn
,
e do r .
,
M C 300 G n out l di O
. . . . so er , .

8t h No v 179 7 . .

L ake j un J ohn
,
.d ,
S on o f o
L ake J ame
,
do
Lake T ho m as
,
J D By o r d er in C oun c i l 23 d
. r

J ul y 180 3 sol di er L oyal , ,

R angers .

L ake Nichol as
,
Erne st T own M C 75 0 t cl os e cl ai m s . . o .

so l di er in C ol Pe t ers L .
, .

B M O 11t h . . .

No v 179 7 . .

E D istri c t Au gusta ,
 APPENDI X B . 20 3

R ES ID EN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

L amb saac n ,
I ,
se r J hn t wn D i tri c t
o s o s . O C 6t h M ay 1806 j oine d
. .

Ge n eral B u rg oyn e in 1777

, ,

L am b ert C o rp l , . C or H D i st ri c t B R angers S G had wif

.
,
. . a e
n eli u s and on e chil d P L N . . .

1786 S ta m p ed B oo k N i
.
,

EN
$
er t D a vid
b F d i k b,
re er c s u rgh R . . . Y .
, A M cL P L
. . .
,
1786
L am p m an Fre d eri ck H D ist ri c t , . . o rk a wi fe and f our N ew Y ,

chi l dre n P L N 1786 , . .

I
,
M athias hi son I S s
n N ew Yo rk b r ou ght 8
.
, .

L am p m an Pe t er , . d o ,

chi l dre n P L N 1786 , . .

,
says a wi f e and 2 chil d re n ,
S t p d B oo k Niag a a L S .
r , .

L am p son J ohn ,
E D ist E dw d b g h A Pe nsion er s erv e d in 1777
. . ar s ur ,

und er Ge n B rgoyn e s elf . u ,

n d f am il y 600 rece i v ed a ,

200 acre s at th e B a of
Sh l whic h so l d B a eu re ,
, .

L 10 J un e 179 1 .
, .

L a m ps on J ame s ,
E dw d b
ar gh s ur S n f J ohn mp n o o a so .

L am pson Wi l l ia m ,
E D ist E dw d b g h E nsi gn L oyal R g L B L
. . ar s ur r s. , . . .

La m son Will ia m , d Eli z abe th T own

o
L nd A bel
a ,
H D ist i c t
. r

L and R ob ert , . do

L and e n Asa , E D i t i ct
. s r

L and e n Asa J n , , u r do

La de n Hem an
u ,
do A ugu ta s .

L and ers ,

L ang J ohn , do do M arin e D p t m t his wn e ar o

i n f orm at i on S tam pe d .

B ook Niag ar a .

Landri e M it ch el ,
Elizabe th T own
L n t y J ohn
a ec , British S oldi er P L 1786 , . .
,
La L m t t u e e . S AM L
. . c .

L ap Jere miah
, King ston S ol dier Pe nnsyl v ania L oyal
i st s , 179 1, 200

Y onge A so ldi er fo rmerl y

204 APPEND X B I .

R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

L arn e Wi lliam
,
E sc ott
L arr aw y A b raha m
a ,
H D ist ri c t
. ol di e r B R anger s L and
.
,

c om p lete d S P L N 1786
, . . . .
, .

S tam p e d B ook Niaga ra .

Larraw ay , Ab raham F r ede ri ck sb u rg h o l di 2 d B R oya l Y o rkers

er .
,
2 00 L E M 179 1 B ounty
. . .
,

l and refus e d S t p d B ook, . .

Larraw ay , H arm an do
'
L ar r a way , J onas H D ist ri ct
.

Scur Isaa c F de
i k b
l

Larr aw ay , . . re r c s u rgh o o
:

Lar r a w y J un Isaa c
a ,
d . o
Lar o w y J onas
a ,
d o
Lar ro w y Pe t er
a H D ist ri c t
,
.

Lar row ay , Pet er F r e de r c

i k sb u rgh

El iz ab eth H D ist ri c t , .

L aughlin Ale xand er Mid land

, .

L awer Wi ll iam
,
F r e deri c k sb u rg h
Lay er .

L a ren ce Ge o rge
u ,
H D ist ri c t
.

L au ren ce Richard , do
L aws S am u el
, Ri chm ond

Le ak y Ab raham
,
Leak y W illiam
,
do

Le aky J un W illiam
,
do . . W o l fo r d
L k n
ea e do Au gusta .

L . 0 .th Feb ruary 1808

8 , .

L B astar d S ol di er L oyal R angers .

206 APPENDI X B .

R ES ID EN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Lo ckwood D a vid , Ern e st T own

Lo ckwood J osiah , H D ist ri ct

Lodw i ck , F re deri c k . M ary sb u r gh

F redr i ck, Lodwi ck

Loe n ey , E dwar d E D istrii c t

r
Loeney , J ohn C hharll ott
C ar o nbu
t t en
e b rg h u

' '
Loen ey S a mu el E DD istt ri ct
$
, E
Loen ey , Wm . do
L ondon ,
B ar t hol w
. H D ist ri c t

L ore nce J ohn , E D ist ri c t

L awren ce
L imi
or C h e v ali er
er , do H ow U E
. S on of Fr n s a
.
? a u ,

subalt er n l ast wa r .

L os ce C ornelius
, Matil da S ol di er K in g s Rangers p

,
.

R R o ll o r J p L oyal
.
,
essu

s
R angers .

L ossi e Wm , M D istri c t .

L os ee J oshua Scu r
, , .

L ott S n J ohn
, e Thurl ow
r .
,

L ot ri dge C p t n R obt H D ist ri ct

. a . .

L otz J ohn
, M ary sb u rg h
L ut e s
L o v el ass Archi d ,

Grand R E D ist rict
.
,
.

L o v el ass Wm , . do
 APPENDI X B . 2 07

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DA N T S .

L o v ell J ohn,
S ol di er 5 3 d Regt 1791 r .
,

L B M 350 . . .

a wi fe .

E D ist ri ct Au gusta 1784 Ge nl H al di d 100

Must er
.
, , .

S oldi er
R o ll .

L ou cks , G e o rge W i ll i m b
a s gh
ur S ol di er LB L . . .

M ust er R o ll wif e and 2 a

chil dren P L 2d 1786 , . .
,

(S tam pe d B o k ) o .

L ou ck s Ni chol as
, E D ist ri ct A u gusta A sol di er in Jessu b y his
,

s
wi d w El n o iddl
, ea or er a
wi f e 85 3 c hi l d re n B M A . . . .

L ou ck s , R i c har d W ill i m b
a s g h
ur A wi f e and 6 c h i l d re n P L . .

2 d 1786 , .

Lou cks , Ab raham F d i k b

re er c gh
s ur S ol di er LB . .

M 179 3 300 P L 1786

.
,
. . .

L ou ck s , Ge o rge d o S ol di er R R N Y L E M . . . . . .

179 3 300 .

L ou cks , He n ry d o S oldi er K R Reg t N Y . . . . .

1784 G H l dim nd 100

, . a a ,
.

S tam 1 B oo k ( .

Lou ck s J ac ob , do S o l di er C ath
erin e L ou ck s his widow ) ,

S ta m p e d B oo k .

Lo u c k es, J os e ph E D ist ri ct Osnab ru ck Serge ant

,

R oll A P L 2 d 1786 R . .
, . e
sto re d be fo re Re du ction
C apt M M D n ll . . c o e .

L oyd D ani el
, F d i k b
re er c sgh ur 1785 G o v ,Hami l ton 100 t .
, .

L oyalist P L , . .

1786 (We av er S tam p e d

B ook ) .

Loyd J ohn
, Kin g ston Germ an sol di er Q Ger ua :
m an sol di er .

L oyd Ri chard
, F d i k b
re er c sg h ur 17 8 5 G H, a m i
o vrl ton L . o
al ist 200 .

o L 1786 (L abo rer S tam pe d

.

B ok ) o .

L oyd , Tho m as D isc harge d British sol di er .

S ta' m pe d B oo k A M L . c .

L u cas , Am os M D ist ri ct P L 1786 K in g s Rangers

. .

A M L - . c .

L u c as , Ge o rge do S n f Am os
o o
Lutz , S am pson H D istri ct Indian De part ment S G , . .

O C 2 l t J u l y 1796
. . s ,
.

Fro m N w Brunswi ck his e

fath er n e v er was in thi s
Pro v in c ; n f M argare t e so o .
2 08 APPEND IX B .

NAMES . R EsID EN CE .

Lym burn er M arg aret f C aisto r , . o Dece as ed by O C 28t h , . .

Ap ril 1807 ,

Ly m b n M ath ew H D ist i ct
ur er , . . r Fr o m N ew Brunswi ck his
fath er n e v er was in this
Pr o vin ce son o f M a rgare t
.

L yn ch J ame s ,
E D i t ri ct C o rnwall
s ,
S oldi er R N Y M ust er . . . .

R oll P L 2 d 1786 ; and

. . .
,

L in ch James sol di er R , , .

R N Y M uster R oll
. . . .

L yn k J ohn
,
do C o rnwall S ol di er Must er
R oll A (single m an) P L , . .

2d 1786, .

L ynk M athias
,
do C o rnwall So l di er K R N Y . . . .

M ust r Ro ll P 2 d 1786
e . . .
,
.

Lyons B nj n , e S on o f W illi am Lyons w h , o

was a sol di er in th e 8t h
Ly st , Andre w S old er
i LB M . . .

179 1 300 acres .

Ly st , H en ry do M C S ol di er R y l Y k
. . o a or ers ,
Loy est Bd . cert e . A McL P L . . . .

M oak Phi l ip, E D ist ri c t Osnabr ck S ix Nation Indian De par t , u

ment p di s cha ge of C ol , . r
n l D an l Cl aws o e . .

M b y Fre d eri ck
a , S tates ba vin j oin e d th e
R oyal S tan d b e fore 1783

H
.

M b y L av ini a
a , Wi f e o f Fre d eri ck M b y a .

M b y Sergt Le wis
a , D ist ri ct . M C B R an ers wi f e . . . a
5 chi l d e n L N 1786 r , . . . .

M ain J ame s
,
E D istri ct 1792 lat e fr o m Verm ont , ,

P 4t h arti cle se tt ler . a .

M ain Sc ur Thom as
,
d . S ol di er 84t h Reg t
. o .

M ain M ath e w
,
do .

M ain Thom as J n do L at ely fr om Verm ont a

u r

H
, , . .

s ettler .

D ist ri c t .

f Y on ge o

M allery Nathani el Yonge

,

M andevi lle Ri char d E D i st ri c t C o rnwall

, ,

M and e ille Ri char d W illi m b g h

v , a s ur

M anh art D avid Eliz ab eth T own

,
2 10 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R E S I DEN CE . D E S CE N DAN T S .

M atl ack C aleb ,

H D i st ri c t

M atti ce Wi ll iam,
E ast ern
W as a sol di er B utler s R an

gers b o rd er in C oun cil ,

- -
,
19 t h mb 1807 o ve er , .

M atti ce Ada m ,
E D ist ri c t S on o f Ni chol as S ol di er
.
,

B ut ler s R Ld B d L n n
. . . u e
burg .

M atti ce ,
H D ist ri c t l di B R angers S G
. o er .
, . .
,

Ni ar a S tam p e d B ook S , .

P N 1786 . . .

M atti ce J ohn , E D ist ri ct S ol d i er R R N Y Must er

. . . . .
,

R oll A ( P L 2 d O . . . .

C R t d 2 9 t h J an 1808 . es ore . .

M atti ce Ni chol as
, E D is Eli z ab eth Tw n S ol di er B R anger s had a
. .

.
,

wi f e an d f ou r chi l dren at
th e Pe ace o f 1783 P L 2 d , . .

1786 .

M atti ce Ni chol as
, C harl ott enbu rgh R R N Y M uster R oll A . . . . .
,

S ingle m n P L 2 d 1786 a , . .
, .

M atti ce J ohn ,

Niagar a D istri c t S ol di er B ut ler s R angers

,

O r der in C oun c il 7t h ,

M arc h 1807 , .

M auk G asp er
, M y b gh erm an sol di er C B oo k and
ar s ur , .

M ark G p t , as er Pr ov ision l ist o f 1786 L

.
, .

B A 179 4 100 and 200 . .

, , ,

S tamp e d B oo k .

M auk G t l ip
, d
o Germ an sol d i er C B oo k a nd o , .

Pro v ision list 1786 A M L , ,

. c .

H D ist ri c t S o ldi er B R an ger s had a

. .

Wi fe and v e child ren P L . .

N 1786 Niag ara S tam p e d . .

B ook .

M ayb e Ab raham
, Adolphus C apt A sso ciat d L oyal ists . e .

M ayb e J ohn , Ern e st T o B ut ler s Ranger s S P L N

, . . . .

1786 Ni g a r a S t p d B oo k . a . .

M d g h J ame s
e au H D ist ri c t
, Indian Departme nt P S P
. . . .

L N 1786 Niag S t p d Bk
,

. . . . . .

M d g h S t e ph e n
e au do
, . M ust er R oll has ,

a wi fe an d 3 chil d re n P L . .

N 2 d 1786 .
,
.

M d gh S n
e au J ohn E D ist ri ct M ati l d a S ol di er R R N Y L B d L
, e r .
, . . . . . . . . .

M ust er R o ll has a wif e ,

3 c hi l d re n P L 2 d 1786 . . .

M d gh J n J ohn
e au do, u d r .C ame t th e Pr o in ce in
, . o o v
1784 P f r o m U S , . . .

M dd gh M a rtin
e ou do , Osnab ru ck R R N Y M ust er Roll A
. . . . . .
, .
,

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, ,
.

Men ke John
a , . I f M i k Germ an so l d i er e su e ?

C B y es . . .
 APPEN D I X B . 2 11

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

M er c l e C hri st o r
,

. E D ist
. . W ill iam sb u rg h
M erc l e H e n ry
, N Y M ust er R o ll A do do R R
. . . . .
,

P L 2 d 1786 . . .

M l Hen ry
erc e , do d o
M l J ohn
er c e , S ol di er
M Ro ll S in gle P L 2 d .
, , . .
,

1786 .

M erct e o n , H
H D D iistt ri ctt 8 g n t R t Ier s R n g ers
. s ri c . . er ea u

a
M klu e . 1786 .

M l S n
er c e , J ac ob E D iist st W
e Wililllii m b gh R R N Y M st er R 11 R
r .
, . . . a s ur . . . . u 0 , .

R N Y L E L S t p d Bk . . . . . . . .

M l J n J a cob
er c e , dou r . d ,
S in gle m an P L 2 d 1786
. o , . .
, .

M l M i chael
e rc e , Wilillli am
W m sbub rg gh S ol dier R R N Y L B L i a s u r . . . . . . . .

M ust er Ro ll S ingle P L , , . .

2 d 1786 ,
.

M l Henr y
erc e , E D ist ri c t Os Osnab ru ck R R N Y M R oll a wif e
. . . . . . .
,

and n hi l d P L 2 d 1786 o e c , . . .

M kl
er c J ohn e, M y b gh Germ an so l di er p Pr o v ision
ar s ur .

'
l ist o f 1786 .

Merkle J ac ob , E DD istt ri c t OOsnab ru ck S l di er R R N Y . . o . . . .

,

G had a Wi fe and 4 chi l .

d en P L 2d 1786 r , . . .

Mere dith C ha rle H D i st ri ct

, s .

Merit L t Thom as
, d . . o
M t h J a c ob
e c , M y b gh ar s u r

Mey ers C h i t ,
r s r K ing st n o

Mey ers Ge rge W ,

o . M Di st ri ct
.

Mey ers J ohn W , do

Mey ers T obias W , . do

h c hel , G ar l m an E D ist ri c t
.

lVIi c h el , H er ve do
Middle t n o , RC ert . M ar y sb u rg h

M i l l ard C o r pl , . H D istr i c t
.

M ill a r d Jessee , do

M ill a rd Th om as , do
M ill a r .
2 12 APPEND IX B .

D ES C EN D AN rs .

M i ller Andrew
,
H D ist ri ct Niag ra S tam pe d B ook S a
, .

P L N 1786 . . . .

M iller And rew Ern e st T own P

$
,
. . 790 , .

M i ller Andrew
,
do S ol d i er L oyal R an gers Pr o ,

M o eller . v ision list 1786 S ta m p e d ,

B ook .

M iller A ndrew
,
S ol di er Germ an Troops L , .

1793 300 and P ,

ro
v ision list 1786 .

M il ler C orn elius

,
M arys S p hi b gh S ol d i er Kin g s R an ger A
C as ur

s, .

i f not C on rade M L Pr o v ision list and

c .

K in g s R an ers 1786

, .

M iller G a rret
,
M D ist ri ct
. l di N 0 with Bu r
o er o r . . .

g oyn e c ame t C anad a in o

1777 C C 2 0 J ul y 179 7 , . . .

M iller Ge o rge
, H o me D ist ri ct F oun d on o ri ginal Ro ll l t , s
N 1804 ov 1786 .
, ,

Niagara S ta m p e d B oo k .

M i ller , Ern e st T own S on f J ac ob M i ller A dj t o , .

M iller Gi lb ert M D istri c t

Ald i
ig
i t d L oy l ists &
(
s

L oyal R an gers
o er
c a e
.
a , c.

, .
,

'
S ta m p e d B oo k .

Miller John, M y b g
ar s S p hi b g S o l di er Germ an Troops p
o as

, .

Pr o vision list 1786 S tam p .

e d B oo k A M L . . c .

Mi ller J ac ob
, Ern e st T own . l di Kin g s R angers p
o er

, .

R R ll A d j utant A sso c i
. o .

at e d L oya lists 9 50 A ss , , .

L E M 1790 P L 1786 . . .
, . .
,

o r L l Ran gers L E M 0 a . . .

M iller Jame s
, Eliz ab eth T own n e ar y s ettler refus e s a ,

d es cription in Gen eral ,

H l di m n d certi c at e
a a

s
state d n n p t d u e c or or a e
L oyal ist .

M ill er J onathan
, F d i k b
re er c s ghur l di K in o Ran gers p R
er

8 . .

Ro ll L B 179 1 as k s f o r . .
,

l and as an o ffi cer .

M ll er J onathan
i , M arys and S ophias Vo lunt eer Kin Ran ers
S ,

bu rgh S G S o l di er ing s
. .

o ger s A M L . . . c .

Mi ller Nichol as
, W illi m b
a s gh
ur S ol d i er M ust r e
R o ll L B L and on e a . . .

sol di er Indian De t P .
, .

O E S ingle P
. .2d .
,

1786 .

Mil ler Pet er

, H D ist ri ct B utler s R angers n
n o e so
P L N 1786 Niag ara . . . .

S tam pe d .
2 14 APPEND I X B .

NAMES R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN D AN T S .

'
M onger Wm W DD istt ri c t
, .

M ontgomery Archi d E D ist ri ct , . .

M ont r oss Pe t er
M ontross S i l as
,

,
H Ddisto rict
D i st ri
.

M oo dy Walt er ,

M t t H e n ry
oo , E D istri c t
M ott
M oo r J ohn,

M oo r D dl y
,
o e E DD iist
st ri c t Au gusta
,

M oo r M osa (H os e a )
, d o . Y on
o ge

M o re Sy lv e st er (s ee
, . .

b el ow )
M oo r Thom , Kin g ston

M oo r Wm , . Adolphus T own

M o rd en J ohn , H D ist ri c t
M o rd en Jame s , S ophias and Amelias
bu rgh

M o r d en J os eph , M D i st ri c t
M or d e n M os e s , H D i t ri c t
s

M o rde n Ralph , do .

M o rd e n R i char d , S ophi as and Amelias

burgh
M os e Syl ve ster
, E dwardsburg
M o rri son D avi d , E D istri ct
M orrison H e nry , do .
,

M o rri son M a ry , E D ist ri c t D aut . o f C apt . Will ia m

 AP PEND I X B . 2 15

NAMES . RES I DEN CE . D ES CEN DAN TS .

M orrison C apt Wm E D ist ri c t

,
. .
,
S G
. .

M o rrison Wm do o f C apt W M o rrison

M osh er Le wi
. . . . .

,
do Au gusta s . .
,
So l di er L oyal Ran gers .

M osh er Ni chol as ,do . S G

. Dre w L and as C
. or
ra l Loyal Ran gers sol
i er .

M osh er ,
do . D au r o f Ti m othy H odge
.
,
L B oar d 1793
.
, .

M os le y Geo rge ,
O f Yo rk d O C 10 M ay 180 8
ec e as e . .
,

Ser v e d as an A t i r c er .

M oss S am u el
,
do C o rnwall
.
,
S G Serge ant
. . M uster
Ro ll R E N P L 2d
. . . . . .
,

1786 .

M oss J ohn
,
H D ist ri c t
H D is t ri c S oldi er B utler s R an gers
,

W L ist . .

M ost J ohn
, K in gston L B M S o l di er 53 d Reg t
. . . r .

Germ an S o ldi er C B oo k , . .

Qu e whi ch P L 1786 . . . .

M onsu re ,
J ohn do . S tam p e d B ook c ame with
C apt Grass fr o m N w . e
Y o rk ; rst s e tt ler 100 .

P L 1786
. . .

M ott Reub e n
, E D ist ri ct Au gusta ,
S o l di er L oyal R an ers .

M ott E dwar d
, Yon ge m i gr ant fr om w Y o rk e
S tat e 1792 P Ld Bd . . . .

M u ch m o e J onathan r , . E D Dece as e d ins ert e d n

. . o
th e U E L ist by O rd er . .

in C ounc il 20t h J un e , ,

1807 .

M ugel G dl
, a e ss S ophias and Amelias S ol di er AO . .

burg h
M ull oy Wm , . M y b gh
ar s u r D is c ha rge d S ol di er .

Mun r o D ani el
, E D ist ri ct Y on ge ,
M n ro D a v id
u ,
C o rnwall
M unro He n ry,

M unr o H u gh L t
, . do .

M un r o Hu gh
, do .

M unro H ugh
, do .

Mun r o H nl J ohn
, o . M atil da
M unr o J ohn
, D ist ri c t Yonge , .

M un ro J n J ohn
, u r. do .
2 16 APPEN D I X B .

NAMES . RES I DE N CE . D ESCE NDAN T S .

Munr o S amu el
,

Mun r o T hom as
,
E D ist ri ct
M unsal M os e s
,

M un r o T hom as
,
do C harrl otte n
.

bu rg
M unson D a vid ,

M urchison D unc an ,
L an c aastt err

M u rchison J , ohn , J u n r . E D istri ct C hharl ott e n

.

bu rgh .

M u rchison J ,
oh n , S enr . do do

M u rchison K en et h ,
do do

Mu rchison , |W m do do

M u r do ; S enr

.
,
Ge o rge F re deri ck sb u rg h

M u rdo , J u nr .
, Ge o rge do

M u r do J ohn do
M u r doff (J ohn , do
M u r doff , J ame s, Serg t . do

M u r do , Th om as do
M u rray L t , . H D ist ri t
. c
2 18 APPEND I X B .

NAME S . RES I DE N CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

M c C aff rey ,
J ohn E D istri ct C o rnwall
. .
, . S oldi er L Bd . .

M ust er Roll P L 2 d 1786 ,

. .
, .

M c C all S e
,
nr , .D onal d H D ist ri c t . . O f M t g m i H ighl n
on o er e s a
d ers fo rm er war
,

.

M c C arb in ,
Benj amin E D ist ri ct E dwards . . .
,

bu rgh .

M c C arg er , J os eph M y b gh ar s ur D is charge d sol di er B a .

,

w ea v er S tam pe d
.

M c C art hy ,
Jame s do A S ol di er British R gt 84t h e ,

S G 1789 L B M ont re a l
. .
, . .
,

M c C art hy , Mi cha el . do 84t h Regt dis ch a rge d British

.

S ol di er P L 1786 S
, . .
, .

S tam p e d B ook .

See M cK ar t y fo r Mc Fl oran ce
M c C au l ay ,
An M D ist ri c t
n . .

M c C l ella n ,
Wm H D ist ri c t
. .

M c C onnell , Hugh . F r e der ick sb u r gh

M c C ool . Archd H . D ist ri c t

M c C ool , do

M c C oll om , J ame s Niag a D istri c t

ar

M c C r eady D av id , E D ist ri c t
.

M c C ri mm on , M ary sb u r g h

McCu e W m
D a id E D istri ct
M c C u i n S en r
, .
, v . .
,
C own .

M C in J n D a vid
c u ,
do r ., .

M C l l k C has
c u oc Kin gston
, .

M c C u r dy , J ame s M ary sb u rg h

M cD on al d, All an Gainsbo rou gh

M cD onal d, C h ristu . H D istri c t
.
 APP END X B I . 2 19

NA MES . R ES I DEN C E . D ESCEN DA NT S .

M cD on al d, D onal d Ern est T own L oyali t s ,

P . L .

M c D on a l d D onal d
,
Ki ston
M c D on a l d C p t J no
, a . . H itit
. s r c B R n gers S G
. a . .

M c D onal d , S e rg t . P et e r do B R P G hm . .
, . or e a s
o ps' r .

M cD o n al d , Sergt . Ro do B ut ler s R an gers d ece as e d , ,

n a l dor R andall p li t i n by C h ri stian
iag ar a S tam p e d B ook
. a i ca o
,
.
,
wi f
a and t w chil dren e o ,
P 'L N 17 6
M CD o n al d Wm H D i t ri c t
. s son f P an 3 a11 s gt B
0 er .
,
R Niag a r a S tam p e d
.
, .

B oo k .

M cD on ell , D is c harge d British S ol di er

(P L . a wif e S tam.
.

ritisf g ] d gL 1786 A
p d e k A I L o . c .
'
MCD on e n Al e xr do 0 l er .
, ,

M L S S ta m pe d B oo k
c . . .

A noth er a British S o l di er ,
P L 1786 S . .
, .

Sii qi ag m L
G ? $ n
i la

.
,

B d P L 2 d 1786 .
, . .
, .

M cD on ell ,
Al e xr C o rnwall M Ro ll .
,

M cD Al exr M t R ll P L
%
on ell , . u s er o
1
. .
,

M cD E D ist ri c t
Al exr
i sgg gg l zg
on ell , D
.
p n.
g .

s
t ce
i
lt
l
lY e a
l
i a or

M D n l l Al x do C ha rl ott n
gRgiP R
N S
c o e , e r n e
i l f
l zg
I r / us

M D n ll Al x
c o e C harl otte nburg h
,
e r No 9 M R o ll .
, .
,
N B 1786 . . .

M D on e11 Al m
C E D ist ri c t C o rnwall K n di t l di 84th Regt .
,
o r o er .

s P L 2d 1786 .
, . . .

M D n ll Al x
c o e , d e r n a S o l d i er L oyal R n o e a
ers on e f this name a , o

y L oyal ist r easu r .

M D n ll
c o e do mi U S
z ig e
, . .
,
l
M D n ll Al x
c o e , do e r 1786 ,

M D n ll Al x
c o e , d e r M u t er R 11N o s 0 .

M D n ll C apt Al l n H D ist ri c t
c o e , . a .

M D n ll All n
c o e , a
M cD o ne l l,
2 20 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R E I DEN CE
R ES . D ESCEN DA N TS .

'
M cD on ell , All an E DD istt rii c tt
s r c .

M cD on el l , do

M cD on el l , All an do

M cD o n ell , All an
M cD And ew IE
E DDiist
st ri ct
t E dwar ds

on ell , r ,

bur h
M cD on e l l , Angus . 12 tth
h n C ornwall
o .
, P L
. . 2 d, 1786 , this on e of
name a sol di er 84th Regt .

M cD on e ll , An gus 4t h do do P L 2 d, 1786
. . .

M cD on ell , Angus 5t h do d o P L . .
,

on e o f this name a C o rpo

ra l Jers e y V ol unt eers L , .

Bd L . n
. a son f D un
o e o

M cD o n el l ,Angus E D i t ri c t s

M cD o n ell C l Arc hd
,
o do
. .

M cD o n ll Arc hd
e ,
C o rn wall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M cD o n ll A chd
e ,
r M y b gh ar s ur

M cD on ell ,
D ani el E D ist ri c t Au gusta ,

M cD onel l ,
D onal d 5 t h C on , C o rnwall
. .

M c D on el l ,
D onal d . 4t h do do
M c D on e ll ,
D onal d 6t h doN o 12 do
M c D on el l ,
D onal d 4t h do No 22 do
M c D on ell ,
D onal d 5 t h do No 4 do

M cD on el l , D onal d E D ist ri ct f R oxbo ro o

.

M cD on ell ,
D onal d do

M cD on el l , D on l d a . do

M cD on ell , D onal d do

M cD on ell ,
D onal d Kin gston
2 22 APPEND I X B .

NAME S . R ES I DEN C E . D ESCEN DAN T S .

M cD on e ll, J ohn C on No
5t h . . 10 , C o rn On e a sol di er R . P .

wall L 1786 on e
.
, , so n o f C apt .

Jo M D n c o e l l o f C orn
wa 1
M c D on ell , J ohn E dw ar dsb u rg h 1786 .

M c D on ell , J ohn E D ist ri ct W % No

,
On e a soldi er l ate 84th Regt
, 17 .

C o rnwall P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

M cD on e l l , J ohn do On e o f 84th Regt a sol di er .

,

by his widow Isab ell a P , , .

L 2 d 1786 .
, .

M cD on el l , J ohn E D ist ri c t On e a wi fe n d i x chil d re n a S ,

P L 2 d 1786 On e f th e
. .
, . o
c a me in th e M y rt le
gga e ,

M cD on el l , John do No 17 S outh id e Riv er aux

. S
R aisins Sett led in th e .

C ol oni e s b e fo re th e war ,

d rew l ots 18 in 6 t h C n o .
,

10 1 20 3 and 5 N 13 3 -
,
- 1 0 -
,

R oxbo ro P L 3d 1786
, . .
, .

M cD on e l l , J ohn M y b gh ar s ur Stat e d t ha ve b ee n an Asso o

i t d L oya list ( P L 1786

c a e . .
,

B S o ldi er ) S S ta m pe d
.
, .

B ook A M L ,
. c . .

M cD on e ll , J ohn do British so l di er (P L . .

A M L S S tam p e d B oo k . . . . .

McD one l l , J ohn M atil da tam p e d B ook has a wife ,

an d two c hi l dre n P L , . .
,

N J 1786 c ame in a f t r .
, e
th e war was w el l known ,

in Alban as a staun c h
L oyal ist M L n , . c ea .

M cD o n el l , J ohn E D ist ri ct g n t o f R oxbo r o S G

er ea

. .
,

P L N J 1786 . .
, . .
, .

M cD on e ll , J ohn B an e . . d o C harl ott enbu rgh M ust er R oll P , .

L N J 1786 .
,
. .
, .

McD on e l l , J ohn D u e . do d o P L 3d 1786 . .

, .

McD o n el l , J ames King ston C aptain

McD o n el l, Jame s E Dit i s r c C aptain R R N Y ( S tamp . . . .

e d B oo k ) P L N J ,
. .
, .

On e a s erge ant
Must er R o ll .

Mc D on ell , Ke ne th . C o rnwall M R ol l .
,

J 1786 a s erge ant R R ,

. .

N Y M uster Ro ll an d n . .
,
o e
P L 2 d 1786 and Mc . . .
,

D onell K en eth E D istri ct ,

C harl otte n b u rg h .

McD o ne l l, W id N l l y E D ist ri c t C harl ott e n

oW e ,
 APPEND I X B . 2 23

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN D AN T S .

M cD on ell , C apt Mil e s E D ist . .

,
C harl ot te nb gh

E nsig n b o rd er
in C oun c il ,
11t h o v em
b er 1806 , .

M cD on ell , E sq R an al d C o rnwall
Regt ( P L 2d l
s
i 84t h
g
. . . . ,

iza
M cD n l l B n l d
o e , a a . n RRNY P L
E D ist ri c t i eu t e an t . . . .
,
. .

n a s erge ant N J , 1786 ,

. . o e
R M uster R ol l .
.

M D n ll B n ld
c o e , do C harl ott e nburgh In p e nsion er
a a . L .

B d M u t er R o ll a wif e . s ,

and two chi l dre n P L N . .

,
.

J 1786 .

M D n l l R n l d 4t h Cha rl ott e nbu rg h

c o e , a a O ri ginal R oll. .

M D n l l Rod eri ck
c o e ,
E D ist ric t C ha rl ott e n S o l d i er L Bd , . .

M ust er R o ll P L N J , . .
, . .
,
1786 his son J a me s m , r ec o
me nd e d fo r l and 1807 on e ,

f 84t h Reg t P L N J o .
, . .
, . . ,

1786 .

M D n l l Rod eri ck E Cha rl ott e nburgh

c o e ,
O rig inal R o ll
. .

M D n l l Wm
c o e K in g st n
,
A d m m in 84t h R gi m en t o ru er e
onl y S .

M D n ll Wm
c o e C o rnwall
, S on o f C apt J ohn J B .
, . .

M D g ll J
c ou a H o me Y o rk
,
By o r d er in C oun c il 4t h .
,
F b y 180 7

e .
, .

M D g l d J ohn E D ist ri c t A gusta J p P 1790

lf ile; c i
S

c ou a , ,
u o H e ss u s, .
,
]
- .

M D g l d J ohn
c ou a Ern e st T own,
l di
. L oyal R ange s L o er r , .

B M 1790 300 .
, ,

M D g l l J ohn
c ou a E ,
had a W i fe nd a
two c hil d ren P L 2d , . .
,
1786 .

M D g l l Pe t er
c ou a Ern e st T own
,
S ol dier L oyal R an ers c all ,
ed L o alist P 1786 , .
,
AM .
c .

M D ff C has
c u ,
D is c ha rge d
L a c a rp e nt er S ta m p e d .
, ,
B oo k .

M F l l Lt
c a , H D i t it . M C not U E s r . . . .

M F ll D a v id
c a E D ist ri c t L an c ast er Li eut e nant J p sin gle ess u

s,

H
, .
, . .

P L 2 d 1786 , .
, .

M F l l L t N e il
c a , D istri c t
.

M Fc n T ho m as
erso M y b gh
, . ar s ur

M G w P at r i ck
c a ,
H D istri c t M C O C 7t h J an'y 1797 . . . .
,

.

and O C 6 t h J an y 1797 . .
. .

M G il l
c Sc u r D onal d E D i st C h l t t n b g h
e s, . M uste .
, ar o e

r

M G il l J n D onal d
c es , do u do r .
224 APPEND I X B .

NAME S . R ES I DE N CE . D E S CE N DA N T S .

M c G i ll i es D onal d
,
E D ist C h l t t
.
, ar o e nb

gh M ust er R oll P . .

L .
,

M c G ill es Hu gh
,
do do
M c G ill es D un can do d E fr o m Sc otland L
i g r an
ig
, o , .

7o
M c G in ,
Ge orge Ern e st T own M L L i eut In d ian De a rt
. . .

ok .
P L . .
,1786 .

of on W i lli a m o f C orn w l l
w? a 1o w as a sol di e r R R lv
333335133
.

,
E D ist ri ct Y an d on th e l ist .
, U E . .

y th e name o f M c Lau g h
bin .

M c G ow en , Thom as M y b gh
ar s u r l di 44t h R egt L B M o er . . . .

179 3 300 P L 1786 , , . . .

( S tam p e d B oo k and Sergt .

D onal d M I t h certi c n os

s
t ca e .

M c G r a wt h , Owen F d i k b u gh
re er c M C G t 300 S o l di er (R
s r . . . . .

R N Y P L O C . . . . . . .

8th J u l y 179 7 ( S ta m p e d , .

B ook ) .

M c G r eg or , D onal d E D ist
. .
, R oll P L . .

2 1786 .

M c G reg o r E D ist C h l t t nb g h A t i L B L W as s e t
.
,
ar o e

r c er . . .

t l d on th e M ohawk R i v er e
b e fo re 17 p af dav it f -
. o
A c hiba l d M A t h 19 t h r c r u r,
J ul y 1806 ; P L N Y ,
. . . .

1786 an d O C 7t h A p ri l ,
. .
,

1807 .

M c G r eg or , J ohn do C o rpor al M uster

R 11 R R N Y P L N 0 . . . . . . . .

J 1786 .

M c G reg or J ame s do C o rnwall Serge ant R R N Y S P . . . . . .

L 2n d 1786 .
,

M c G reg or M a ry do D gl t o f J ohn M G g au i er c re or
J .

M c G r eg or Pe t er d o C h l t t n b g h R R N Y M ust er R 11
ar o e

. . . . 0 .

R R N Y P L N J . . . . . . . .
,

1786 .

M c G r u er d L at e an Em i grant fr o m
o

Scotl and ; Ld B d L . . .
,

179 0
C h ristian do
.

M c G ru er
do S ol di er 84t h Reg t .

M c G ru er J ohn do C o rpo ral M uster

R o ll 1786 . .
2 26 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES ID E N CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

M cI n t y r e , D onal d E D ist L an c ast er

R R N Y M ust er R oll . . . . . .

R R N Y P L N J . . . . . . . .
,

1786
M Int y S n D n n do
c re , e .
,
do uS ol d i er R R N Y (P L
ca . . . . . .

N J .

M In t y
c J n D n n do
re, u . do, uSerge ant R R N Y M us
c

. . . .

t er R ol l P L N J , . . . . .

1786 .

M I nt y
c J ohnr e, do do Sergeant R R N Y M us . . . .

t er R oll .

M I nt y
c J o hnr e, W il l i m b gh P L N J 1786 a s ur . . .

M I nt y
c John r e, E D i t C h l t t nb gh Sergeant Royal R R N Y . s .
,
ar o e

. . . .
,

N 41 front 300 200 2 00 .

, , , ,

Ke nyon 1786 ,
.

M I nt h Je ss e
c os , do Au g sta 179 3 l at e f r o m S tat e o f N e w
. u ,

Y o rk L B Gren vi lle . . .

M c K arty Fl o re n ce
,

, M C t y S o l di er c ar ,
M C ty
.

c ar ,

M K y A n gus
c a , E D ist ri c t L an c ast er S ol dier Royal Y o rker s R
.
,
. . .

R N Y M ust er R o ll P . . . .

M K y D onal d

c a , do do S l di R R N Y M ust er o er . .

M K y Hu gh
c a , do do S oldi er Royal Yo rker s R . .

R N Y Muster R oll .

M K Hu gh
. . .

3 C harl ott enbu rgh
. Fr om No v a Sc otia P L N . . . .

J 1786
M K Y J ohn
. .

c a , H D ist ri c t S on o f . S up p os e d R .

R N Y P L 2 d 1786 .
,
.

M K y J ohn
. . .
. .
,
C a , M y b gh l di British Regt 84th
ar s ur o er .
,

Regt p Serge ant Mc .

,
.

Intosh N J 1786 S tam p , . .

e d B ook
M K y J hn
.

0 a , O
p M ust er R o ll . ,

P L N J 1786
M K y J hn
. . .
. . ,

3 a , O d 1 Serge ant R R N Y L B o ( 0 ,
.

. . .
, . .

L 1786 .

M K y S am u el
.
,
c a Ern e st T own S te pson o f C a tain Will iam
J ohnson Sol di er L oyal
,

R angers A M L . c .

M K y W illia m
c a , E D ist ri c t L an c ast er S ol di er 5 3 d Regt
.
, r .
,

n d on e a so l di er Qu ee n s

a
L oyal R angers P L N J , . . .

1786
J ohn
.

M K c ee , .
A
Serge ant R R N Y Mus . . . .

t er Ro ll M B P L 2 d ,
. .
,
. . .
,

1786 .

M K n
c eSe n C ol in Ern e st T own
Z Ie , .
, Serge ant L oyal Rang ers
o

,
c alle d L oy a list P L . .

1786 A M L , . C . .
 AP PEND X B I . 227

N AMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

M cK enzi e , J un .
, C oli n Ern e st T own

M c K enzi e D , un can E D ist ri ct .

M c K e n zi e , John C harl otte nbu gh r

M c K en zie , J ohn D i t E dw d b s .
, ar s u rg h
M c K en zi e , L t Ken e th C o rnwall
.

M c K e nz i e , C apt J ohn W ill i m b gh

. a s u r
M c K en zi e , Wm M y b gh
. ar s ur

M c K im , J ame s Sen Serge ant in J p A Mc

. Ern e st T own e ss u

s . .

L (P L . . .
,

M c K i m J a me s J un
, d S n f Ja mes
. o o o .

M c K im , d o f J ame s Se n o , .

M c K i n ny J ohn do
, S ol di er L oyal R an gers L , .

B M A M L . .
, . c .

(P L . .
,

M K i nny Am os
c , By O rd er in C oun ci l 4t h ,

Dec 1806 .
, .

M K i t hi J ohn
c c E D i t W i lli m b
e, g h C o r po ra l R R N Y
. . s .
, a s ur . . . .

M L n y J ohn
c a e H D ist ri ct
, S t e pson to J ohn De nnis . .

M Lc n Archibal d E D ist ri ct Au sta

a re , . .
,
M L n Hu g h
c ar e , do S ol di er R R N Y L 0 . . . . .

Grant P L N J 1786 . . . . .
, .

M L n P e t er
c are , d do L i eut e nant in J p S G o ess u

s . .

M L n Pe t er
c are d, Eli z ab e thtown o
M L g hl in Al x n d
c au do C harl otte nbu rgh R R N Y M ust er R oll
e a er

H
, . . . . .

N B P L N G 1786 . .
, . . . .
, .

M L g hl i n E dwa rd
c au D ist ri c t, S d s e v er al c am pai gns
. . e r ve
l ast war .

M L ghlin J ame s
c au do ,An c ast er 24 y e a rs s er vi ce in 42nd .

Reg t fro m S tat e s U E .

, . .

M L g hl i n J ame s
c au d. N w Jers e J oin e d R oya o e
S t nd at N w Y o rk a ar e .

R Clen ch . .

M L g hl i n Wm
c au E D ist ri c t C o rnwall R R N Y M ust er Ro ll
, .
,
. . . . . .

P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

M Le n Ale xand er
c a , do Eli z ab e thtown P 1789 stat e s a ' . yo n g . , u
m an F i v e y ears resi .

d e n ce and 100 acre s A .

s ettler T Smith . . .

M L n D onal d
c ea ,H D istri c t Fro m N w Y o rk . . . e .

M L n D onal d
c ea ,E D i t C h l t t nb gh S o l d ier R R N Y M ust r . s .
,
ar o e

. . . . e
Ro ll P L N J 1786 . . . . .
, .

do S n f a S o l di er L B L o o . . . .
2 28 APPENDI X B .

NAME S . R ES I DE N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

M c Le an e , E D ist o f Eli zab eth

J ohn . .

T own T S h erwood A C am p . .

b ell cert ify t hi m ha ving o

j oin e d du rin g th e W a r .

R store d 3 d M a rc h 1806 e r , .

W E E J p . . . e ssu .

M L
c J ohn
e an , W D ist ri c t S G L oyal ist S uff ered im
. . . .

p risonme nt and l oss o f p ro

p erty 600 acre s 179 3 .
, .

M L n M u r do ck
c ea
,
E D ist ri ct Sergt R R N Y M uster
. . . . . . .

R o ll N B . . .

M L n Rob er t
c ea , Eli zab eth T own P 1789 A young m an has .
, ,

r side d 5 y e ar s A s ettler e .
,

son f Ale xand er T o . .

Sm ith .

M L n
c ea , Kin gston D is cha rged t i ar ce r .

M L n Wm
c ea , E Di t i S on f a S ol di er L B L
. s r c o . . . .

M L l n J ohn
c e a , C o rnwall S ol di er 84th Reg ime nt .

M L l n d Se n John E D i t C harl ott e nbu rg R R N

c e a , .
, . s N J 1786
. . . . .

M L l n d J n J ohn
c e a , do u do
.
, S on f J ohn o .

M L l d K ni t h
c e an do do S Idi C li n Regi me nt
I L
, e . C r ar o a .

M L d W idow Isa
c eo ,

b ell a do Is sh e th e widow o f Serge ant

J ohn l at e 84t h H ad 3 ,
?

c hi ldre n P L 2 d 1786 . .

S on o f a S o l di er L B L A
. .

M L d Tho m as
c eo , do . . . .

s ettler .

M L d Wm
c eo , d C harl otte nb rg M C Serge ant S ir J J hn
o u . . . o
son s S G L E L Serg t
. . , . . . .

R R N Y M ust er Ro ll . . . . .

1786 .

M L d Wm
c eo , do S G L and as s erge ant o r son . .

o f a sol di er L B L . . . .

M M t i n M alc o m b W il l i m b g h
c ar , Li eute nant R R N Yo rk
. . a s u r . . .
,

S G S in l . e .

M M t in M l m S E D i t C ha rl ott e nbu rg F ath er to t M M t i n an

c ar , a co ,
r . . s . . c ar ,

t i P L N J 1786 ar cer . . . . . .

M M t n J ohn
c ar i , d d S G L and as Sergt Ser ve d
o o . . .

in Ki n g s works J Cl ark
. . .

P L N J 1786 . .
,
. .
,
.

M M at
c J ohn
s er s , Adol phus T own J ame s on t h O ri ginal Roll e .

M M h l E dwa rd
c ic ae H D ist ri c t
, L i e ut enant Guid e s P ion
.

S G e ers , . .

M M i h l Isaa c
c c ae d, o
M M i k i ng Pe t er
C C do
, M C Butler s R angers sol di er O . .

, . .

C 25 t h Feb 179 7 A wif . . . e

and 3 chi ld re n P L N . . . .

1786 .
2 30 APPEND I X B .

R E S I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

M cNu t ,
J ame s C ame into this Pr ovi n ce i n
F r ederi ck sb u rg h
1779 o r 1780 ; hi son s
s
afda vit .

M Ph
c Al l an
ee , E D ist ri c t 84th Regi me nt . .

M Ph
c n Al
er so do ,
R R N Y M ust er Ro ll P
ex r . . . . . . .

L N J 1786 .
, . .

M Ph
c n J ohn
erso M D ist ri c t ,
M C S o l di er L oyal Rangers L . . . . .

LBC t . . er e .
A l\I L . e .

M Ph
c n J ohn er so Ern e st T own , J ohn o f E T own S L R .
, . . S.
P L 1786 . . .

M Ph
c n Pe t er
erso do ,
S o l di er L oyal Ran ger s L . .

B M 1789 300 P L 1786 . .

, . . . .

M Ph
c n M u rdo ck E D i t C harl ott e nbu rg Serge ant
er so ,
. Must er
. s .

R o ll P L N J 1786 . . .
, . . .

M Ph
c n J a me s
ers o C hharll ott
C nbu
t t en b rg
,
On O ri ginal R oll Ser nt
. ar o e u . ea
2 d B atta lion R R Y u . . i . .

M Q in S n
c u Ale x H D ist ri ct
, e 18 y e a rs in th e er vi ce
r. , . w . s as
in th e batt le o f F ont enoy
had b ee n wound ed c ame
into this Pr o vince af ter th e
war .

M R b t M ar y
e o er do ,

M T g t J ame s F d i k b h M C M T g t C o rp l S
g
c u e re er c s c a ar
' , g ur . .
, . .

M l g t
c a ar . G L B M 179 3 300 R .
, . . .
, . .

P L 1786 S t p d

. . .

B ook .

M Vc J ohn
e e, El iz ab e th T own 1787 J M D n ll % No 21 , . c o e ,
1 . .

M F c ee . 1789 C h wi t t N 22 2 ,
e o. ,

12 T ownship A l abou rer .

i F o r ge De p rt me nt P
InB a
a .

Mcwil liam s J ohn

.

E D ist ri c t Osnabru ck
, .M ust er R oll had
.
,

a wi f e ; P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

Napping J oh Kingston
, S ol di er K in g s R anger s
.

N ng ht n And re w
a o G r an d R i v er E D ist
, S G C aptain P ion eers
.
, . . . .

Naughton Philan d er E D ist ri ct , . . .

N au l t n T ho m as
o El iz ab e th T own
,

N eil Ge orge
, H D ist ri c t

N ebl in g Ern e st , M C f o i M ary sb

. u rg h . .

Neh er J ohn , Fr e deri c k sb u rg h

Nh e rr .

Nell is Ab raham
, H D istri c t
.
 APPENDI X B . 2 31

R ES I DE N CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

N elli W a rn er
s, H D iist
st ri c t
. .

N ellis L i e ut Rob r t
,
do . e .

Nell is Wm ,
do .

N el li s C p t W Hen ry
,
a d . . o

N et t l et on , Am os Au g usta

N e t t l e t on , D ani el E D istri c t
'
N ev il le E dwa rd,
W D iistt ri c tt
W D . s .

N e wal t Fre d eri ck

,
M y b gh ar s ur
N w ld
eii a
N e wb erry Serg t \V m H D istri c t
, . . .

N wk i k J a me s
e r ,
do .

Ni chol son ,
Ale x F d i k b gh re er c s ur

Ni chol son , Archibal d do

. .

N i c hol son ,
R ob ert H D ist ri c t .

Ni h l n
e o so , R ob ert E D ist ri c t Au gusta
.
,

Ni k n Elih
c erso , u d H ami l ton
Nob le Wm ,
L an caster
0

North J ame s ,
M ary sb u rgh

No rth Ree ds , do
No rth Thom a , s H D ist ri c t
.
2 32 APPEND I X B .

R ESIDE N CE . D ESCE N DANT S .

Nudale A dam ,
E D istri c t
. S ol di er T We a .

ger .

O B i n J ohn M ar y sb S ol di er 60t h Reg t Re po rt

r e , u r gh .

L B S to rm ont
. . .

O C n ll y J a me s H D ist ri c t S o l di er B ut ler s Rangers L

o e , .
,
.

B Na sau 179 4
. s , .

O gd e n J ohn , M a rys SS oph p hio g h S o l di er

asb u r M ust er
R oll A 2 gt 300 all h e , , s .
,

has a clai m to s ee L B . .

M 1789 ; n e verth eless on

.

th e 2 6 t h A g t 1794; h e u .
,

ag ain stat e s hi d e si re t s o
b ec ome a s ett ler and th e ,

L B A o rd er hi m 200
. . .

a cre s .

O d en J n J ohn d do
0g
, u r .
, o
'
i v er Aa ron, Ri ch m ond
R chm on d

O liv er C orn el ius

, do

O li ver Fre deri ck

, do

O l i v er J ohn, do
O lk Elisha
er ,

O N l W idow El i z a K ing ston

e a e, .

O r s er Arthu r
, do

O rs er Gab ri el
, M D ist ri c t

O rs er Isaac
, do
O rs er S ol om on
, K in gston

O Wm
rsi e r , do
O n l C on r ad
r a , do Germ an sol di e C o ll ins r

O b l r e B ook P L 1786 . . . .

Osterhout Wm , H Dist ri c t S ol d i er B R angers 0 C

2 1a J ul y 179 6 S P L N I
.
.
,

. . . .
,
234 APPEND IX B .

NAMES . RESIDEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

P a ker Rob ert

r E D ist ri c t
H
,

P arker J ohn , H DDiistt rii ct

s r

P ark s
,
C y r enu s
E screyn os

P arks J ames ,
do

P arks Nathani el
, d o

P a ks S n
r Nathan E D ist ri c t
, e r. , .

P arks J n Nathan
,
u r. , . do
P a rl ow J ohn ,
.
do att M atil da .

P a r ott J ames
r , Ern e st T own
P ar sons T hom as , W D ist ri ct
P al t er Phili p
,
M til da
a

P t t i ng l l J a c ob
a a , F rederi cksb u rg h

P t t i ng ll S am u el
a a , . do
P attison D ,

P awl i ng , C ap t n B enj n . . H D ist ri ct

Pawl in g Qr -M Je ss e do , . r.

Peak J ames , S p hi 8t Am li o as e asb u rg h

Pe ar e J ohn
s , W illi m b gh a s ur

Peeble s C harle s , E D ist . E dw ar dsb u rgh

Peebles C harle s , d o
Peek C aleb , do

do
 AP P END IX B . 2 35

NAMES . RES ID EN CE . D E S CEND '

AN I S .

P i erce P at ri ck
Pell Jonathan
,

Pell J os eph .
H
M aarry'sb
M u rg h
H DD istt rii ctt
do
s r c

Pell J oshua
,
. do
Pemb er P hil ip ,
Kin g ston

P em berton J a me s , . H D istri ct
P e nni ck S am u el ,
Eli z abe th T own
P e nno ck P hil i m n ,
o . E D ist ri c t Prays to b e ad mitt e d as a
s e ttler 6 t h J ul y 1790 , ,
LBL . .

Pep t R udo l ph
e ,
do
P ig J ame s d o A se t ea M us
t er
err or ,
0
Perry D ani el
,
Er n e st T own S on f R bert Perry
o o .

Perry J ohn
,
do o l di L oyal Ran gers
er .

Percy J ohn L oya l R ang ers A

c
,
d . o o i e .

P err y Sc u r R obert
,
do .
,
. S oldi er s erge ant L oyala
R an gers Ld B d Ce ( P . . . .

L 17 .

Perry J n Rob ert

,
du r .
, . o S n f R ob ert Perry
o o .

Perry S n W i ll iam
,
do
e r , . . o l di L oyal Ran gers L
er
P arry B M 179 1 400 a cre s ( P
. .
,

L 1786.

Perry J n W l ll i m
,
do
u r. , a S on o f ill i m S n 200 a , e r.
as L B A 1793
. . . . .

Pe t rs Be nsle y K ing ston C ' t i n f A so c iat e d L y

t in th e A nn
e ,
a a o s o
l S s, .

P e t ers J ohn M arys S C p hi asb u r gh E nsi gn L l R angers (e n a

i gn P iy
,
r
S , .

Pet ers T h m as
,
E D ist ri c t
o . A l ntvo u L B Gre n vi llee er , . .

179 3 did duty in M n

,
o
t re a1
Pet erson Ab r aha m S op hi as & A1n eli asb h L o a li st P L 1786 f r m
,
ur g y . . o
l\ w Yo rk A M L
e . c .

Pe terson C hr istian ,
F r ederi ck sb u rg h L B M says L al ist 1790
. . . o ,

as A L P L . . c . . .

7
S G l nd as a s ergeant
.

. a .

Serg nt L yal Rang er s

ea o
LB L
. . .
2 36 APPEND X B I .

R ES I DE N CE . D E S C EN D AN r s

Pe t erson Ni chol as , ,
Adol phu s T own 179 0 L B d M S t at e
. . . L oyalist
S enr . 40 0 A M c L , P L 1786
. . . . . .

S er v d 179 3, 2 7 Au g t
. . L .

B A S tat es.
100 e r ce i v e d
an d Grants 2 00 .

Pe t er son Ni chol as , ,
A

. do L oyalist P L 1786 . . S on o f
J u ur .

Pe t er son P au l ,
F r ederi ck sb u rg h

Pet erson Ni cho l as , ,

S ophias an
and Amelias
Se rh . bu rgh
Pettit D ani el
,
M arys and S oophi as
bu rgh
Pe ttit J ohn
, H D ist ri c t
Pettit Nathani el
,
o
do
Pe t ry J ohn J ost
, do
Pe t ri e .

Petry Sergt J os ph
, . e do M C B R an gers S tam p e d
. . . .

B oo k Niag ar a Wi fe and a
on e son P L N 1786 . . . . .

P e tty M argery
, , do
f o rmerl y Widow F os
t er
P h elps Eli j ah do
P hi lips J ohn do R
E
, .

Phi fer Fre d eri ck

, , M ary sb u rg h
P hi l o r P i ep er
er .

Philips Eli sha , F r e deri ck sb u rg h

P hi l ips (now M erri t s) . M D ist ri c t

M ar y .

P hi lips Mi chael , Ern e st T own

P hillips Willi am , Osnab ru ck

Phi lips Pe t er , F r eder i ck sb u rgh
2 38 AP PEND IX B .

NA MES . R ES IDE N CE . D ESCEN DANT S .

B ott en ,
Ri char d D is charged British S ol di er
M ary sb u rg h .

P L 1786 . . .

P oth er , J ohn F ifer L oyal R an gers S G . . .

p D is charge . .

P owell Ab r aham
L ondon D iisttr i ct B y O rd er in C oun cil 13t h
H
,

J anuary 1807 ,

P ound ,
D ani el
H D ist ri c t
P ow ell , C apt J ohn
do . ndian De pa rt me nt - wif e
. a
n d 3 c hil dre n P L N a . . . .

1785 Niagar a S tam pe d .

B ook .

P ow ell J ohn , E D ist

'
r i'
c t L an c as t er S in gle P L 2 d 1786 , ,
. .
, .

P ow ell W illi am D u m H DD istt ri ct

, On e o f th e J udge s U E0 ,
. .

mer .

P wio E dwar d
ss, ' 9

P owley Fran c is , Kingston

P owley J a cob , . do .

Prenti ce D ani el , E D istri ct .

Prenti ce Ri cha d , r do

Pres c od , S enr .
,
J do Pre s c ott ,

P i s cod C o rnwa ll
Pre s c od J n J ohn ,d u r. , . o
Pi d
sc o
Pri ce C h istian
, H D istri c t
r

Price D av id
, do

Pri ce Thom as
, M ary sb u rgh
 2 39

NAMES . R ESID EN CE . D ESCEND ANTS .

P rindle D oc t o r , Fre d eri ck u rg

F r ederi cksb
b u rgh

do
Prindle J os e ph ,
Fr d
Fr ederi cksb u r gh

P rindle Ti m othy , do
P i ng l
r
P r in dl e , do

Pr o c to r J os eph
P r ut S h erm an
o , H
Yon ge
D i st r i

P ruyn ,

P ru nn er , S enr .
, P e t er E D ist ri c t

P ruyn e Herma n ,
Mid land
P nn
ru J n P et er E D ist ri ct
er , u r. ,
Brunn er
P u r dy D a vid
,

N ew C ast l e

P u rb u s, J ohn Niagara D i tri c t s

P utm an , Ern est T own

E D istri c t .
2 40 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Quant Fred eri ck ,

H D ist ri c t .

Quant J ac ob ,
W D istri c t S oldi er B R an gers W L ist
. . .

1789 .

Quar y (a N egro)
r H D istri c t
J os eph
Qui ck Benj am in
,
H D istri ct .

Q i ck S ol om on
u ,
do .

'
Quin M icha el do
str
.

Aegg ae;
rict; r
,

Qui n C hristoph er
n ,
E D iist ,

Quin J ohn ,
d o. C ornwall
Quin M i chael
,
do . do .

R am b ou eh , F rederi c k sb u rg h

R am b Am os
ou gh , . E D ist ri ct
R am b D av i d
ou gh , do Os. Osnab ru ck . .

R mba g h J ohn
ou ,
do . do .

R mba gh J a c ob
ou , do . do .

R am say H e nry ,
W i ll oug hby

Ram say D av id H D ist r i c t

,

Ran dolph Benj am in Yonge , .

R ank in J ame s ,
M D istrict
R nsier G eo rge
a ,

Ransi er Wi ll iam King ston

,

o r R ansler
R attan S Pet er Adolphus T own
,
en r .

R attan J n Pe t er , do u r .
, . . .

do .

Re ddi ck Adam , E D ist ri c t , W m sb

u rg .
2 42 APPEND

I X B .

R ES IDEN CE . D ES O END AN TS .

Ri chards , O weri yss

M ary S oph
S C p hi asb u rg

R i cha rdsonAsa , . F r e deri ck sb u rg h

Ri chardson He nry , . do .

R ic har dsonT hom as , . . M D ist ri ct

R i char dsonThom as , F r ederi ck sb u rgh

R i chardsonWm , . do
.

R i k m n E dwar d
c er a , S ophias
R yk m n a bu rgh
R k m n T obias
er do do
yc a , . .

R kl y And re w
ie e , S ol di er Ki ng s R an ger s
F r ederi c k sb u rg h

Rightly R R oll P L 1786 . . . . .

M Serg t 1790 500 . . .

R idm n Ni c ho l as
a M ati lda
,

Ridn er He n ry
, Ad ol phus T own now L B M 179 1 stat e d L o l ,
. . . a ,

of Am li b g h 2 00 S ol di er Jers ey l e as ur . o

nt O r d ered to b e u e ers .
reinstat e d on U E Li st . .
,

1805 23 d Feb r u ry ,
r a .

R idner J n Hen ry
, do u S on o f Hen 'Ridn er S n
r. , . , e r.
R im m m n He nr y
er M y b gha ,Germ an l ar C B and
s ur so er . . .

R m m n
oe er a Pro v isional L ist 1786 , .

Brunswi ck Tr oop L B s, . .

M 179 1 300 S tam pe d .

, .

B ook .

Rit chi e J ohn , Ern e st T own T his is J ohn Ri char d Jn s, r.

son o f J ohn R i cha r ds ,

S n e r .

R ob erts Tho m as , D is charge d British sol di er ,

P L 1786 E on e a l . .
, .
,
so
d i er R R N Y M uster . . . .

R ol l A M L . . c .

Robertson Jame s H D ist ri ct

, S o l di er B utler s R n ger s W
a . .

L ist 1789 n a sol di er ,

o e
L oyal R an ger s Wi f e P a .

L N 1786 S tamp ed . . .

'
B oo k Nia g a r a .

Rob ertson D ani el E D t ct C o rnwa ll D ani el was a so l di er 44t h

i s ri
D onal d , .

Regt P L N J 1789 . . . . .

D aught ers J an e and B ar

bara This a L o alist who
j oi n e d in I777 A . .
 AP PEND I X B . 2 43

N AMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Rob ertson J s eph , E D ist E dwar dsbu rg S ta m p e d B oo k Niag ar a

o .
,
a
w i f e and t w c h i l d e n P o r , .

L N 1786 n a so ldi er . . o e
B utler s Ran ers P

, .

Rob ert son J os e ph , d do S ol di er L oyal an ger s

o. . .

Robertson Prin ce , H D ist ri c t S G B R . . . .

R ob ertson L t N e il E D ist i c t
, . S G r . .

R ob ertson T ho m as do C o rnwa ll P L 2 d 1786

. .
, .
, .

R ob ertson Wm , d E dwa rds

. o .

bu rg
R obins J ame s K in gston Li L oyal Rangers P L
17g
eu . .

.
,

R obins R i c har d Ern e st T own of J ame s R m

l S ons
,
$
R obins Ri char d
, Kiinngg ston
K t s
Robins Wm , .do
d S n o f J ame s . o .

R obins Wm, E D ist ri c t C hharl ott e n S ol di er R R N Y M uster

.
, . . . .

burg Ro ll P L N J 1786 . . . . .

on e f thi s name P L o , . .

1786 Kin g st n , o .

R obinson C h ristoph er

E nsig n Q Ran ers . .

Rob l in l ohn
, . S on o f P hilip B A 1794 . . .

Robl in Ow en
,
do .

Rob lin , S enr .

,
Ow e n do .

Rob lin J n Ow en
, u r. , . do .

R obl in Phil ip
,
do .

Rob lin S te ph e n
, S ophias 85 Amelias
bu rg
Ge o . H D ist ri c t .

R o e, W D istr i c t

R o gers D a vid M
,
. M arys St S op h i asb u rg

J ohn
0 1 J a me s 0 . M arys S op hi asb u rg C omm an dt . P .
2 44 APPEND I X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

R ogers J ,
M arys SS opp hhi o i asb u rg

Ern e stt T own

E

R oi ce S n
, e r. , E D ist ri ct ,

or Roy e
R oi ce J n E van
,
u r .
, do .

R o rison B a zi l
, Eli z ab eth T own
R oore b k C apt
ac , .

Benn e t
R oa d Nm E D ist ri c t Au gusta Not p ri v ilege d G
R G
. .
,

oo

R os e A aron
, do E dwar dsbu g S en o f S am u el R os e U E r ,
. .

R os e Al x
, e do C h l t t nb g S ol di er
r LBLar o e

. . .

M ust er R oll N B (P L . . . .

2d ,

Ros e Al x
,
e d r S on o f a so l di er Ld B d L
o . . .

R os e C harle s d C h l t t nb g S di R R N Y M uster
ll

, o ar o e o er . . . .

o
Ros e Wi ll iam
, C harl ott enbu rg O ri g inal R oll 11
E D ist E dwardsburg L at e o f Verm ont L B L
.

R os e D av id
,

.
, . . .

179 2 .

R os e D ani el
, Ern est T own at e o f J p le ft his essu

s
wi fe Eleanor and s e v e n , ,
chi l dre n 50 0 as ( P L . . .

R os e D onal d
, H D ist ri ct ndian De pa rt me nt ( a wi fe
an d f ou r c hil d ren) P L - . .

N 1786 Niagar a S tam p e d

,

.
-

B ook .

R s e Ezek i el
o , E D istri ct '
C ame into this Pr o vin ce b
. e
n i g o f th e W a r L
g
n
i
.

R s e M athi as
o Ern e st T own Ld C d e s crib e d so l . e.
di er L oyal R anger s P L . .

1786 .

R os e J n M athias
, u do
r. , S ol d i er L oyal R angers L
.
.

B M 1790 5 00 (P L . .
L . . .

1786 )1 .

Ros e M os e s
, B astar d Th e ol d m an d ea d th e on e
al i v e about 2 6 y e a rs l d o ,

1808 C ame in on c om .

m n m nt o f th e W ar e ce e
L B L . . .
2 46 AP PEND I
X B .

NAMES . R ES IDEF NN CE
R ES ID . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Ross W al t er
,
M a rysbu rg

do

do
Fre d eri cksbu rg

R w e C o rp l F d
o , . r. eri c k H D istri ct i .

Rowe Serg t J ohn

, . . do

R ow esh orn , J ohn King ston

K inD t
R osah orn

R u dde rb J ohn E D i t E dw d b
u ck , s .
,
ar s u rg

R dd b
u erk S i meonuc d , do . . o
R unnion Henr y , do C o rnwall S ol di er M uste r
R ol l A (P L 2 d 17
. .
,

Rup rt P odar
e , do Osnabru ck . M ust er R o ll A .
,
Pet er B M A
. . .

Rush M ar tin S n
, M D ist ri ct , e r. E n gin eer Depar tment 0 .

12 t h J un e 179 8
, .

Rush M a rtin J n
, do ,
u r .

R us Andrew Ern e st T own

o r us k
R uss ell J ame s , H D ist ri c t
Russ ell M i chael , E D ist M ati l da .
,

R uss ell Ros ew ell

,

R uss ell Wm , . do M atil da

Rutt er Ge o rge Adol phus T own

, S enr .
,

R t n t in
u ze G B De Ma rysburg
s e, . .

Ryck m an L t J ohn H D ist ri c t

, .
 APPEND X B I . 2 47

NAMES . R ES ID EN CE . D ESCE N D A N T S .

R y km an J ohn
c , A dol phus T own
B y ers L t J os eph
s, H DD iistt rii c t
. . s r

Ry er se , C apt S am u el do .

S a ch e v erell Mr s J an e do1
, . (

E Di st .
,
Eli zab et h T w n
.

do Yonge
S aund ers Ab r aha m , do E ddwa
E w rdsbu rg
a

S aund ers Hen ry , M arysbu rg

S aund ers Wm E D i t Edw dsb u

, . s .
, ar rg .

S aun d erson Thom as Fred eri ck sbu rg

, .

S aupe G t l p, M arysbu rg
o e

S a v er J ohn
, M atil da
S car e t J ohn
, L an c ast er .

S
ca N i c ho l as
er , E D istr i c t
Sc haffer
Sc hermerho rn J ohn , Fre d eri ck sbu rg
Sc h ermerho rn Wm , . do
S chn ee i d Ab raham
er , . Ern e st T own

S chn eei der , J ohn do

Schne ider saa c , I C

do

S i m on
S c hn eei der , do

Sc h ram C o rp l Fre d
, . H D i t ri c t
s
eri ck
2 48 AP PEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DE N CE D ESCE N DA N TS .

Sch ram Fred erick ,

. L outh

do

Schram J rem iah ,

e do

Sch am Va le ntin e
r ,
do

Sch ri v er , G e o rge Fre d eri ck sbu rrg

F r ederi ck sb
S ohi ver

Sc ott Arch d ,

H D i t ri ct
. s

Scott S n John, e r. , E D ist ri ct

.

Sc ott Fran ci s
, E D ist ri c t Au gusta
.

Scot J ohnt , do
Seo vil S amu el s, Bastard
Scrat ch Le onard N ew Settlement L E S o i er B utler s Ranger s W

ll ist
, . ri e , .

Se a H m nn
, ar a s Ern e st T own S ol d i er L oyal R an gers .

Seager Fre d ri ck , e H D ist ri ct

. S o ldi er B utler s R n g h d
a er s, a
a wi fe and fou r chil d ren ,

P L N 1786 Niag ara

. .
, ,
S tam p e d B oo k .

Se ager J , a eob do S G B R
. .
,
o l d i er B utler s
. .
,
S

R an ger s W l ist , . .

S ly
ea Au gustus
e, L an cast er Had a wi fe and nin e chil dre n
P L 2 d 1786
J ame s E D istri ct L an cast er
. . .

S ly
ea e, .
,
Sega r Adam , R i c h m ond

Segar S taat z S n
, , e r do
Segus J ohn , M ar y sb u rg h

Se aley J os e ph , Aug sta u

Se aley J os eph , Eli z ab eth T own
250 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D E S CE N DAN T S .

Ser vos Pe t er
, , S e nr

Shaff er Ferdinand , .
M aaryy sbbuu rrgghh
M
' '
S han k C apt D av id
, . H DD istt ri ctt
. c
S hannon D av i d ,
An c ast er
Sharp e C o rn el ius
,
Adol phus T own

S harp e J ,
u nr .
,
J ohn G Ern e st T own
.

S harp e ,
S enr .
,
J ohn do

Sharp e G b d , us or do
G y b g u s u r .

Shar p J oh
,
n . E D ist E dwardsbu rg
. . .

S h t f d M os e s
a or , do Au gusta
S h t f d T ho m as
a or , do d o
S h t f d Tho m as
a or ,
do do
S h t f d Tho m as
a or ,
do do
Sh av er J ohn ,
Osnab ru ck

S haver A dam , E D ist ri ct M atil da

.

S hav er A dam , do do
Shav er C onr adt, do do
S hav er J ohn
, do do

S hav er J ohn
, do do

S hav er J ohn
, W i l l i am sb u rg h

S hav er J acob
, E D istri ct M ati lda
.
,
 APPENDI X B . 25 1

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEND AN TS .

S hav er ,
S enr S o l di er
.
,
M at il da
M R ol l .
,
had a wi f e and 7 chi ld re n ,
P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

S hav er J n P hi l ip E D ist ri c t M ati l da 1793 had d rawn 100 acre s L

, u r .
, . .
, .

B L son o f P hi lip . .
, .

S haw C l $E n e as
,
H D ist ri c t
o . C p t i n Qu ee n s Ran gers. a a

.

S haw M i cha el
,
do S ol di er B utler s R an ger s
.

S haw W m E s q
,
W D istri ct .
,
1 g t 400 Serge ant 5 t h Regt . .
, .

S haw Wm ,
F d i k b gh . AC l reS tam p er c s ur or .

e d ook O C 8t h J u l y , . .
,

179 7 P L 1786 A M L ,
. .
, . c .

S h eck C h ristian E D ist ri c t C o rnwall De ad J B d R R

N Y P q 2 d 1786
, p .
,
. . s ose . .

.
. .
, ,
S tam p e d B ook .

S h eck D av id
,
do d S on f C h ristian as a M agis o o ,

t r at e acre s 12 J ul y , , ,

1798 .

S h ehan W al t er B H D istri c t
,
L i eut 34t h Reg t S G . . . . .

S hee ts Ge o rge,
E D ist ri c t C o rnwall S o l d i er R R N Y M st er. . . . . .
, u
Roll P L 2 d 1786 , . . .

S h ee ts S n J ac ob
,
e do r do . S ol di er R R N Y Must er
,
. . . .
,

R oll P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

S h eets S a m u el
,
E D ist ri c t Au gusta S on f J ac ob S h ee ts J n . . o ,
u r.
S h ee ts Wm ,
d C o rnwall M ust er R oll A o ,

S in gle m an P L 2 d 1786 , . .
, .

S h ell Benj a min

,
M ati l da S on o f J ohn .

S h ell D ani el
,
W illi m b
g h S on o f J ohn a s ur .

S h ell J ohn
, E D ist W il l m sb g h R R N Y M uster Ro ll a . . ia u r . . . .
, ,

L oyal ist L B L had a . .

wi f e and fou r chil dren P

.
,

.
,
L 2 d 1786 . . .

S h eriff ,
K in g ston S oldier 2 9 t h Regi ment .

S h erwood A bel Nia ar a D ist ri c t

,
B y O r d er -i n C oun c il 4t h
.
g

F b 1807 e ru a .

S h err ar d Wm M D ist ri c t
, S o l di er
.
y l Ameri c an
. o a
Regt 1790 . .

S h erm an S im on , See O rd er-i n -C oun c i l 11t h

M arc h 180 7 S o l di er L oya l ,

R an ger s sons W illia m and ,

J onathan .

S h erwood S a m u el Thurl ow, L ie ut L oyal R n ger s P . a , .

1789 5 00 a cre s L B M , . . .
,

179 1 A M L ,
. c .

S h erw ood E s q Justus E D ist ri c t

, S G C aptain J
.
, p. . . essu

s.
S h erwood S am u el do
, S n f J u tus so l di er L oyal o o s ,

Ran gers on e a Serge ant ,

suppos e d of B utl er s R an

ger s P L 1786 , . .
, .
252 AP PEND I X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCENDAN T S .

S h erwood T hom as ,
M C S ubal t ern E nsi gn
. E D ist ri c t . .
,

J p O C 28t h Jany e ssu

s . . .
,

1800 .

Sh errw d R ub e n oo ,
B y O r d er in -C oun ci l o f 1l t h
.
-

Jun e 1789 , .

Sh ew J n Ezeki el E D ist rict Au g sta S aid on U E Ro l l not

,
u r. , . .
, u . . .
, eu
title d U E . .

S hib b n C ha rle s
ar do do
S h b l y John
e e Ern e st T own

S hibley J b a eo do .

S hipm an D ani el Eliz ab e th T own

o

S ho em an B l t i , au s Fre der cksbu rg

F r ederii
S ho em an M artin , do

S ho em an Wm ,
do

S ho rey Sen D av id
, .
, Ern e st Town

S horey J n D avid
, do u r. , .

S ho rey Ru fus ,
do
S h p Au g ustus
or , A dolphus T own
S ho rts .

S hoults J ohn , E D ist ri ct Au gu ta ,

s
S how ers Sen M i ch l H D ist ri ct
, .

. .

S haw der , M agnus Ern e st Town

'

Sch r ad er .

S h th
u Andrew
er , do

S hw er t f eg erJ ohn A William sbu rg . .

S i l k D ai l y
, E D ist E d war dsbu rg . .

Sil l s C on rad Fred eri ck sbu rg

.

S ills Ge orge do
254 APPENDI X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

S im son W illiam
,

S impson J ohn ,
Mary sb u rg h
ar

S im pson Ale x , Kin gston

S im pson Ale x , . do .

S impson D ani el ,
Fre deri ckk sbu
b rg
s u

S impson Isr a el ,
M ar y sb u rg h

S impson Obadiah , Adolphus

h T own

S ims Sergt J ohn

, . H D istri c t
S im .

S in gleton Ge o rge , T hu rl ow
S ip e s Andre w
, Mati l da

S ip e s J a c ob
, . . 5 H D ist ri ct
S ip e s, Cl o

S i w l l C h ristoph er
r a , M arysbu rg
S k inner Tim othy , H D ist ri c t

Slack J os eph E D ist ri ct B astard

, .

Rudol ph
S l ou ser , S ophias Am el i asb

g
B arthol o mew M
S l eap h y , D is charge d soldi er (British )
H e n ry
S l i e n em an ,
Sl ight er J ohn
Slingerl and Anthony
,

do
do
D ist ri ct
, .
H In B a rton s regime nt

.

Pl un d ere d an d a p rison er a
wi fe and 6 chi l d re n P L
. . .

N 1786 Niagar a S tam p

. .

e d B ook ,
 AP PEND X B I . 255

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ES C END AN rs .

Slingerland G arre t ,
Niaga ra
Slin gerl and R i c ha rd , . . H
H D ist ri c t

Sloot M i chael
, Adol phus T oown

S l o u t er , C o rn elius do
S l ot or .

S l u senb u rg , He nr y .

S ch l u ssenb u r gh , Hen
ri ck
Sm d es J o el
a , . is W ol f o r d
E D istt ri ctt W
E D

Sm ith 0 1 S am u el
,

Sm ith Be noni
,
0 . . H
H D ist ri ct
ED '
,
.

D ist ri c t Au gusta .

Sm ith C o mf o r t
, F r ede ri ck sb u rg h

do

Sm ith D ani el
, E D ist ri ct C o rnwall
, . .

Sm ith Dennis do Au gusta

H D istrict
,

Sm ith Dennis, do E dw a r dsb g h

Sm ith Elias ,

Sm ith Elias E s q
, , N ew c astle D ist ri ct
El i z ab e th T own
Sm ith E n cre as e
, E D ist ri c t .

Smi th Fred eri ck

, M ary sb u rg h

Smith G o rg e
, e Eliz ab eth T own
256 APP END X B I .

NAMES .

Smith H art
,
Smith Hen y
,
r

iagara S t p d N

Smith Hen y
, r B a ne t s r

co
Schmi tt . P L 1786 S hm itt
. . . c
o l di er S C o rpo ra l L B
s , . . .

M 1791 700 a cres A .

, . .

M L c .

Smith , S enr .
, John G R i ver H D istri ct D aught rs El n H nn h
.
, . . e ea or , a a ,
and Eliz beth U E a , . .

So ldi er 78t h R gime nt at e

and in
fgt U E S tam ped
t k in Q b
84th g
a u e ec ,
. .

Boo k Niag ar a .

d o F ound n o rigi nal Ro ll l t o , s

N 1804 w a s ldi er
ov .
, as o
B utler s Ran gers
.

d o W h di e d at Brun wi ck
o s .

J ohn d o Head f th e lake a e ttler o s

in 1788 ; h d three sons a ,

B n j am in S te ph en and
e ,

J ohn M ag ist ate s certe . r

.

28t h Se t em b er 1793 ,

Smith John, Rang ers p 3 , .

J ohn Kin gst n o ( De ad ) S t t e s B M A . a . . .

J ohn E D ist i ct Aug u ta Sergeant in J p

r , s essu

s.
Smith S n J ohn
,
e r. , do Co rnwall So l di er R Reg t N York . . .

Mu t r Ro ll ; C o llin 1787s e s

I
,
200 P L 2d 1786 . . . .
,
Smi th Jun r J ohn
, .
, d o d o reland ; not mar
ri
Smith J ohn G w g
H
Fred eri cksbu rg S n of J b Smi th S n

, r e o aeo , e r.
Smith Sc J b
, ur .
, aeo D ist r i ct W as a so l d ier i n th e J erse y
Vo l unt ers J S hi s n e , . . s o s
L wis Am os e Edm und , , ,
J b and J os ph ac o e .

E Di st ri ct C o rnwall
,

Smi th J ac b Sc r
, o , u Fred eri ck bu rg s

do

E Di st .
, E l i zabet h T wn
2 58 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES IDEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

S nyder Adam ,
E D i st ri c t C ornw all
. , S oldi er M R o ll .

ha d a y if and 3 chil dren v e .

P L 2 d 1786 . . . .

S nyder C on radt, do do R R N Y M R oll had a

. . . . .

wi f e and 3 chil dre n P L , . .

2 d 1786 . .

S nyd er J ohn ,
Au gusta Sett ler E J . .

Sny d er J ohn ,
S ol d i er R oyal R an ger s .

S nyder J a c ob do do S G L oyal ist ca me to C an

. .
,

ada in 1780 Had a wif e .

and 8 chil d en P L 2 d r . . . .

1786 .

S nyder Jerem iah

, do do Must er Ro ll A .

Had a wife and 1 c hil d .

P L 2 d 1786 . . . .

S nyder M arcus . Ern e st T own M C L oyal R angers a so l

. .
,
5 50 as
( ) in a ll G H am . . .

il t n Cer t e P L 1786

o s .
, . . .

S nyd er M ath e w
, . E . D i st r i c t , Eli z ab eth
T own
S nyder S n , e r. , do do En i g n J p S G
s LB essu

s - . . . .

L L B M ont re al 200 . . .
,
1789 .

S nyder J n Wm ,
u dr. , . o do A S ol di er L oyal R an gers .

S ny t h C o rpl J a c ob H D ist ri ct
er , . . .

S op er S am u el
, do
S wi l J ohn
o s, E D ist ri c t M atil da .
,

S owi l s, S enr , W m . Matil da

S oul s D ani el
, H D ist ri c t
.

S owi l s, Jn Wmr .
, E D ist ri c t M atil da
.
,
S p ar am , D o ctor do Au gusta H ospital m at e re du ce d had
. .

s er ve d in wa r of 1763 P . .

L 1786 . .

S p aram , Thom as K ingston S on o f D o cto r S p m ara .

S p en cer , An d rew S p hi & Am l i b

o as
gh e as ur
S p en cer Benj am in do do S di Ii i g R an gers p
R ol l

, . o er n s , .

S p en cer , Au gustus . M ary s 6 S p hi b gh 1787 At kins 200 P L 1786

5 o as ur , , , . . .

Sp en cer , H azel ton . F d i k b

re
gh
er c S G Li eut
s u r A . . . .

M L P L 1786 S tam p c .
, . . .

e d B ook .

S p en cer He n ry , S p hi & Am li b
O as gh e as u r
S p en cer J ohn , do do Emi grant fr o m Vermont L , .

E M 179 3, 2 00
. . .
 AP PEND IX B . 25 9

R ES I DEN C E D ESCEN DAN T S .

S p e n cer J ohn ,Ma rys S p hi o asb u r g h

S pe n cer J n J ohn S p hi & Am li
,
u r. , . o as e asb u rg h
Sp e n cer Rob ert ,H D istri c t . S oldi er B ut ler s Ran gers a

wif e and 5 c hi ldre n P L . . .

N 1786 Niag ar a S tam p .

,

e d B ook .

Spi ce r D ani el
, E D ist ri c t
. A S ol di er L R n ger s his . a
fath er was f J p o e ssu

s
C o rp s ,

S pi cer E zek i el d Au gusta S Id i n J p C o rps

I E

, o . o r essu s ,

L J

Sp b
or k J a c ob
ec , Niag ar a Deceased O r d er-in -C oun c il ,

2 4t h Fe b rua ry 1807 S o l , .

di er B ut ler s R angers
.

S pringer D av id , H D istri c t
. Dece as e d i f D ani el so l di er , ,
B R an gers S G .
, . .

S p ring er Ri chard , d o B R n g S G had a wi f e

. a er s, . .

and 5 child ren P L N , . . .

1786 Niag ar a S tam p e d .

'
B oo k .

S p ring el d J os e ph , . W D D ist ri ct
. B Ran gers U L ist 1789.
, .
, .

S p i ng t i n S toats
r s e , . H D ist ri c t
. B had a wi fe
.

and 2 chi l dre n P . .

1786 .

S purgin Wm do Fr o m No rth C a r o lina .

S tacey hn ,
o do A t i S G D o ck ya rd
r ce r . .
,

De t r oit p A W if e and 4 .

chil dre n P L N 1786 , . . . .

S taker Eli zab eth

, Kin g ston O C l 0 t h M ay 1808 W i
. .
, .

d w o f Nathan S taker o .

S tan e s J ob , F d i k b
re er c gh s British S l di P L I78G A
ur o e r, . .
,

S tains J oab , M L S tam p e d B oo k c . .

S tam p G i le s, E D i t i t
. W i lliam s Pri vat e S ol di er 44t h Regt
s ;r c , .

b u rgt l
G u i l l i es do Au gusta
Wm d o M ati l da
S t ans e l d J ohn , Cr owl and
.
S tark J ame s
, Eli zab eth T own
S ta rr s Ge o rge
, E D ist ri ct Yon ge
.
, .

S ta rr
S ta rts J a cob
, M ary sb u r g h, B R . .

S tata Hen y
, r E .

S t ai t
2 60

R EsID EN CE . D ESCEN DA N T S .

S tat er P hi lip
,
E dist r i ct Osnab r ck S toats Phil ip a sol di er in
,
u , ,

o r S toats C tyb g Regt S ta ru s er

s .

tay P hilip , ,

S t e aly M art in
,
do M atil da R R N Y Must er R oll H ad . . . . .

a wi fe P L 2 d 1786 ,
. . . .

S t eel M ath ew
, S p hi &Am 1i b o g h L oyal ist f r o m N e w Yo rk
as e as ur ,

A M L L oyalist P L . c . . . .

1786 .

S t eel Wm H D ist ri ct S di Jer s ey Vol unt eers

ls
, . . o er ,

S t eely T obias
, F d i k b g h re S o l
er c d i
s er ur L E M . .

179 3 300 P L 1786 , , . . .

S tamp e d B ook .

S t eph ens Ab el , B astar d id not j oin th e Royal S tan

dar d A s e ttler R S D , . . .

G O C 4t h Decemb er . . .
, ,

1806 to b e c ontinu e d n o
th e U E L ist . . .

S t eph ens P nn l , do e u e A Se ttler .

S t eph enson Fran cis Niagara D istri c t

, O C 6 t h M ay 1806 C aptai n . .
, .

Qu ee n s R anger s
.

S t e v ens (C my ) A ar on H D ist ri c t
o , ,
M C Issuin g C omm issa . .

Indian Depart ment 0 ,

4t h Fe b rua ry 179 7 , .

S t e vens El isha
, E D ist ri ct Lee ds. Sett ler , .

S t e v ens S n J ohn H D ist ri ct

,
e r. , . Ran gers S G o r F o rre s . .
,

t r s Int e ret er i N i g o

,
a ar a
S t am p e d k H ad a oo .

wi fe an d 4 chil d en P L r , . .

N 1786 . .

St e v ens R oger
, E D istri ct Augusta C ame aft er th e Tre aty o f
.
, . .

Pe ace .

S te v ens R oger
, E D ist ric t . E nsign Kin g s R ng L B
a ers, . .

L De ad . .

S t ewart L t Ale x, H D ist ri c t

. . M C C l T hom son s Regt . . o .

,

S t ewart J ohn, S oldi er 84th Re g t .

179 1 200 ( P L S ,
. . .

S tam p ed B ook A M L , . c .

S t ewart J ame s
, W D istri ct . G L y l i t in m any Sc outs . o a s
L oya l ist L ist W D . .
,
S t ewart R ob ert
, i h g d British S o l di er sc ar e
P L 1786 A M L S . .
, , c . .

S tam p e d B ook .

S tewar t Thom as
, H D ist ri c t M C a d ri v er R oyal Arti l . .
,

1ery 8th O c tob er ,

179 6 .

S tile S el ah
s, d Ge nl H l di m n d 100 S 1
o .
,
a a , , 0
S l l as. di er M ust er ,

R o ll A .
2 62 APP END I X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEENN CE
R ES ID . D ESCEN DA N T S .

S t or ens, Hen ry Ern e st T own

J ac ob
S t or en s, do
S tov er M artin
, do

S towood J ohn , do
S taats S yl v e st er
, th J un e 1808 Sergt
. 0 . 16 , , .

But ler s R an gers

.

S t rada He nry
, E D ist ri c t W i lli am s , M ust er R o ll has ,

bu rg a wi f e an d 2 c hi l dre n P , .

L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

S trader J ohn , do M atitil da R R N Y M ust er R o ll has . . . .

,

a wif e and on e c hi l d P L . . .

2 d 1786 .
, .

S trad er S im on, do M atil da has a wi f e and 2

chil d ren P L 2 d 1786 . . . .
,
.

S t rad er Wi ll iam
, do M atil da has a wi fe P L . . .

2 d 1786 .
, .

S t ree t S n S am u el H D istri c t
, e r. , A L oyal ist .

S t renth Pet er , M arysbu rg D is charge d British S l o

S t ri ker S am pson
, M arys S p hi b g Pe tition stat e s Serge ant in
o as ur
Del an ey s C o rps
,

179 0 ; L B M 179 3 400 . . . . .

S t rop e G asp e
, Kingston (y es) A S ol di er in 0 1 B a rn e t s 0 .

C o rps- G m n C h ~
er a asseu rs .
Stuart Ge o rge
, H D ist ri ct S ol di er in B utler s R angers
,

P Niagara S tamp e d .

B ook .

S tuar t Ge o rge
, E D ist ri ct . S in gle m an P L 2 d 3 , . .
,

1786 .

S t art G ilb ert

u , do P . L . 2d .
1786 .

S tua rt He nry
, do do P L . . 2 d, 8
1786 .

S tuart J ame s
, do
S tuart Re v J ohn
, . Kingston
 APPE N D IX B . 263

NAMES . R ES I D EN C E D ESCEN DANT S .

S u mmer s A ndre w ,
E D ist ri c t C ha rl ott e n . M ust er R oll P , . .

bu rg L N J 1786 . . . .

S u mm ers D a vi d ,
do Osnab ru ck S on f a re du ce d S ol di er . . o .

L B d L un e nbu rg , .
, .

S u mmer s J a c ob do C harl ott enbu rg S o l d i er M ust er

I
,

R oll A 1786 . .

S p l t fR b t
ur e ,
W D ist ri ct
o er ndian De part ment U E , . .

L o y a list c ame in with

Mr M K . c ee .

S uth erl and Ale x E D ist ri ct L an cast er S ol d i er R oya l Regt N e w

, , . . .

Y o rk sup d t b e n se o so
o f J os eph t h l n d f u er a ,
or
merl y suppos e d o f 26 t h
Regt .

S uth erl and Ge o rge do L aan c ast er S ol di er

, Ld B d . .

L sin gle P L 2 d 1786 .

, . . .
, .

S uth erl and J ohn M arysburg S l di S tam p e d o

l g l;
, . er
oo
S uth erl and J ohn E D ist ri ct L aan c ast er S on o f L i e ut W al t er
, , . . .

J ohnson
S t h l n d J hn S t
u er a t d , C harl ott enbu rg S on o f L i eut W al t er
o u ar o . .

S uth erland T ho m as do L an cast er

, S o l d i er 0 0 5 th J n 1798 . a .
,

single P L 2d 1786 , . .
, .

S uth erl and E q W l ,do do s . L i eut enant

, a was
t er not s e tt le d in Ameri c a b e
f o re th e W ar b el on ge d t o
a British Regt suppos e d .
,

th e 2 6 t h Regt .

S uth erl and W al t er do C h rl ott e nbu rg H ad a wi f e and 2 c hil d re n

, a
,
P L 2 d 1786 . .
, , .

S wan E s q Th om as
, do C o rnwall
.
, .

S war t S i m o, Ern e st T own

S w tf g
ar Fred eri ck M ary s S p hi b g
e er , .

o as ur

S wayze Sc r C aleb H D ist ri c t

,
u .
, .

S wayze C ale b , do
S way ze Isaa c , do
S w ee t C harle s
, E D ist ri c t Au gusta ,

S wee t O li v er
, do
S w eet Phil ip
,

S win ey H ugh ,

S witz er Phi lip , Ern e st T own

2 64 APPEN D I X B .

R ES I DE N CE . D ESCE N D AN T S .

T ayl o r C hristina
, . M D istt ri ct .

T ayl or J ohn
, Thu rl ow .

Tay l o r M i chael
, K ing ston

T ayl or Wi ll iam
, do
T ayl or J n Wm
, u do r. , .

T d i k Sergt J a c ob H D ist ri c t
e er c , .

T d i k L u c as
e er c ,
do ers .

Teeple Pe t er
, do
Te n Broeck C apt P do , . . .

Ten E y ck A nd rew , Kingston

Terry P h l
, ars a do

Terry , P au l Eliz ab eth T own

S amu el
Te y ni ck , E D istr i c t L an c aster
,

Thacker J ohn H D ist ri c t S ol di er Jer s ey Vol unt eers .

Thi l J ohn
c e Ern e st T own S ol d i er L oyal Ran gers A . .

Thi c l y M L C alle d L oyal i st P c .

,
.

L 1786 . .

T hom as J ac ob, H D ist ri ct C ol on el B arton s Niagara

.

S tam e d B oo k .

Th om as J ac ob E t i t El iz ab e th S ol di er y l Ran gers
qwn
, s r c , . o a .

o
Thom as Peter Erne st T own S l di L oyal R anger s A
Mce lr
, o . .

Thom as Pe t er F Eli z ab e th C alle d L oyal ist P L 1786

Down
, i

I
. . .
, . .

istri ct
r
-

Thom p kins s r a el , . do Au gusta

Thompson C apt AW , : . H D ist ri c t
T ho mpson A c hid , r . do 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
266 APPE ND I X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

K ing ston D is cha rge d S oldi er f ro m

Reg t not U E on 31 t
. . .
,
s .

P L 1786
. . .

Tipple ,
Osna b ru ck L an d as Sergeant R E N Y . . .

Tuttle S ol o m on
,
E D istri ct
T l Wil l iam
oos er , do C o rnwall
or D l u s er .
T opp J ohn M al d e n A in But ler s Ran
ers g
S ol d

,
r

S oi
.

Tou sac k , B ut ler s R angers

er

.

do S G S o l di er
. . .

Tre dw ell J ohn ,

do
T u rnbull W ill iam , . do S ol di er R l F o rre st rs O
0 a e . .

T mb ll
ra e C 2l t ' ul y 1796
. s , .

T urn er E dwar d ,
W D ist ri c t C ame in n 1778 t w o
dren L N 1786
. . .

ag ara S tam p e d B ook .

Trom p e au , J ohn

P aul
Trom p eau , Adol phu s T own
Tru mble Pet er ,
Au gu ta
s

T uttle J onathan ,
E D ist ri c t Yonge
.
, .

T uttle Nathan , do do

Tuttle Pet er ,
do
Tu ttle S am u el , do
T w hy J ohn
o , Deceas e d O 11t h Fe b .

1808 S o l di er R R N . . .

Fre de i cksburg
r Ld B d Cert e S l di L y l
. . . o er o a
R an ger s ; K in g ston Rang
ers P L 1786. . . .

U rquhart Alexand er E D ist i c t L an c aster

, . r , .

U 1 h t W i ll iam
r u ar d ,
d o o

U ll em an, Fran c is

Va ll ian ,
P e t er M idl and D i tri ct s
 APPEND IX B . 267

NAMES . R ESI DEN CE . D ES CEND AN rs .

V ale ntin e Ben j amin K ing ston

, . . A l ab urer S tam pe d B oo k
o . .

Valentin e W idow C E D ist ri t

, . c W idow f Adj utant J ohn o
Va le ntin e ,
Vale ntin e John ,
A s e ttler ,

V ll p J ohn
a o , British S ol di er P L l . .

S ta m B oo k .

V an Al l en J b ,
M atil da
ac o R R N
. . M ust er R ll A ;
. o .

has a wif e and on e c hil d .

P L 2d 1786
. .
, .

Van A1st in A1 x nd Adol phus T own

e, e a er S n o f Pe t er L E M 179 3
o . . .
, ,
200 .

Van Al stin e C o rn eli us d , d o o S n f Pe t er

o o .

Al sti n e J a ob H D ist ri ct, c C 2 4t h J any 1797 B

. .
, .

R an ger s N iag a ra S t m p d .

B oo k S P L 2d 1786 . . . . . .

V an Al stin e J onas , Ri c hm ond 1787 C ol li ns 100

, F if er R . .

R N Y 1786 S tam p d
. . . . e
B ook .

Van Al stin e I saac , . do a S o ldi er R R . .

N . 1790 ; 2 00 ;
Gen l H l di m n d 100 . a a
S tam p e d B oo k P L1786
.

. . . .

Van Al stin e Pe t er , . A dol phus T own C uy ler s C a tain J D

. .

V an Alstin e L idia , . Dece as e d idow f J ames o

V an Al stin e w h d i e d in , o
H is M aje sty s er i ce 0
s v
, .

l 6 t h Fe b 1808
R R NT
.

Van Al st ine , Lu mb er . Ri chm ond o l di er Y M R o ll . . . . .

L am bert . L B A 179 1 20 0 ; a wi f e
. . .
,

and n c hi l d P L 1786 o e . . .

V an C am p J ohn E D ist ri ct M atil d

.

, , a . S ol di er in J p C o rps L es su

s . .

B L. single P L 2d
.
, . . .
,
1786 .

V an C am p J ac ob , M ati l da S o l di er M R oll ; .

had a wif e and 4 c hi l dren .

P L 2 d 1786
. .
, .

Van C am p Pe ter E D ist i c t M atil d

r a So l di er in J p P e ssu

s,
V n cl f t J ohn
. .
, .

a e , Fred eri cksburg C C

. . 10t h Fe by 1808 .
,

j oi n ed Royal S tand r d at a
N e w York in 180 1 .

V andeb arri ch, G a r e t Ri chm ond

r . an De berg L B M 1790 ; , .

V anD e b e rg , or V ,
an de S o l di er R R N Y 6 00 . . . .

B ri ck
e . M ust er R o ll A a wif e .
9
, ,

3 c hi l d r n P L 1786 e . . . .

V an derb o zart Fr an ci Fr d eri cksb rg

s e u S l di e Ki ng
o r rs

s e
f g
,

R R oll 300
.
, i .

M I791 . .

V nd e h yd n A d
a r e e , am E rn e t Town
s
L yal Rangers P L 1786
o . . . .
268 A PP EN DI X B .

R ESI DEN CE .

Vanderl ip ,
M iss Eli t h H D ist ri c t z .

Vand erlip ,
Fre deri ck d . . o

V and erl ip , M iss M a ry do

V an d erlip , Wi lli am d o

V an derv ar t , M i chael A dol phus T own . .

V an dre sser, Pe t er H DD istt ri ct i s ri

V a nderc ar , J ohn Ern e st T own

V ande caf .

V a n du c ar , R al ph do
V an de c af R oe lf e .

V a ndu zen , C asp aru s Adol phus T own

Conr od
V an du z en , d o do

V an E very S erge ant ,

D av id H D istri ct

Van E v ery S am u el ,
do

Van E v ery Wm ,
do
Van E very M c G g ,
re or F l am b oro

Van H o rn e C o m s , ,
Adol p hu st ow n

Van H oosen, R i ch a r d H D i t r i c t. . s .

V an K l e eck , H awke sbu ry S e n , S i m on

.

V nk g h n t M i ckle E D ist ri ct C o rnwall

a ou e , .. , . .

Vano rd er Isaiah ,
K ingston
V ano r der M atth ew
,
do .

Van Pellen H D ist ri ct

,

V an K ghn t J hn E D ist ri c t C o rnwall

ou e ,
o . .
, . .

V ardy T hom as
, . O rd er in C oun ci l
, 12t h

V an Ski v er J ohn A do l phus T own

, .
2 70 APPEN D I X B .

NAMES . D E S CEN DAN T S .

W J ohn
ai c o Yonge
, or
T ow n L oyal Rangers .

W a t G o rge
l , E D ist ri ct
e ,
T ai l o r S old i er.

Must er R ol l E . .

W ait e J os eph
, d do o C o rpo ral M ust r e
R oll .

W alker S n D ani el Ern e st T own

, e .
, . G ov Ha .m i l ton 17 85 100 ,

1789 A t k ins 200 ( L oya l

. .

Rangers ) A M L P L . . c . . . .

1786 .

Walker J n , u .
,
do S n o f D ani el
o I G 200 . .
, , .

179 4 .

W alker J ac ob , . H D i t ri ct
s Deceas e d B Rangers H ad . . .

a wife and on e chi l d P . .

L N 1786
. Niag ara.
, .

S tam p ed B ook .

Wa lker J ame s , E D ist ri ct Au gusta

,
S u rge on J p S G essu

s . .

Walker We id en , Ern e st T own Fr o m Verm ont ; did n t j oin o

th e R l S tandard t h 0 a ,
o

stat e d y l L B M o a . . . .
,

1790 .

Wa lker Wm ,
d . o mi grant s e tt ler 1789 L , . .

B M 200
. .
, .

Walker Wm H D ist i c t r o l i t f ro m No rth C a r o

a s
, .
y
hn a .

Wal d roff M artin Se n , , .

See O rd er in C oun cil 17th ,

M arch 1807 Widow and

I
.
,

sons J ohn and M a rtin

,
.

Wall E dward
,
do Dece as e d ; ndian Depart
me nt .

Wallis er Anthony E D istr i ct M atilda S o l di er R oyal Regt N Y .

L B L H as a wi fe nd
. .
, .
,

. . . a

t w chi l d re n
o P L 2d . . .
,

1786 R R N Y M us . . . . .

ter R oll .

Wal lis er Jun Anthony , . do do S n f A nthony

o o .

Wa ll is er J ohn , . do do R R N Y and son f

. . . . o

Anthony .

Wallis er M a rt in , do do S old i er R R N Y M uster . . . .

R oll S ingle P L 2d . . . . ,

1786 .

Wa l sh S a mu el, F r e deri c ksb u rg h See S a mu el Welch P L . . . ,

1786 .

Wal t er M ar tin ,
E D ist ri ct M atilda
,
S ol di er A wi fe .

P L 2 d 1786
. .
,
.

W al t er Phi lip , do do R R N Y M ust er R oll

. . . . .

S ingle P L 2 d 1786 . . .
,
.

W n m k
a o Peter a er , A dolp h u st ow n . A Serge ant in Jers ey V l n o u

t eers L B M 1791
.

. . .
. .
,
 AP PEN D IX B . 2 71

RES I D E N CE . D ESCEN DAN T S .

W a rd C ha les
, r E DD istt ri c tt A
rl c ,

W ar d le C o rn elius
,
H DD istt ri c t
I rl

W ardl e M i cha l
, e do .

W ar n er Serg t C h ris
,
. . do

Wa rn er C on radt
,
E DD ii tt rii c t 0Osnab ru ck s r ,

Wa rn er Ge o rge
, ddo do S on o f Mi cha el J B . . . .

W arn er G odf rey

,
d C o rnwall o
Wa n er J ohn
r ,
Kin gston
W an er
W arn er S n M i chael E Di st i c t C o rnwal l
,
e .
, . r , .

d
d d o o

Wa rtm an Ab raham Kin g ston

,

Wa rt m an B a nabas ,
r . . do

Wartm an J ohn ,
do

W art m an Peter , do

Washbu rn E b n ezer , e . F r ederi ck sb u rg h

Watson M aj o r , E D ist ri ct Au gusta ,

Vid e S spen de d u
t) .

W e art , C on radt
2 72 A PP E NDI X B .

NAMES . R ES ID E N CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

W a rt Geo rge
a ,
E D ist ri ct Will iam s R R N Y Y oung m an ,
. . . . .

bu rgh P L 2 d 1786 . .
, .

We ast J ohn ,
ophias and Amelias
W ha rt bu rgh S oldi er LBS . . .

G 200 E D Young . . .

m an P L 2 d 1786 Mus . . .
, .

t er R oll .

We ath erh e ad S a m uel E D istri c t Au gusta Se tt lement und er o rd ers f

, ,
o
1783 S o ldi er L oya l .

R anger s .

We v er Fr an cis
a ,
H D ist ri ct l di in Butler s R an gers o er

.

0 C 2 1 t J l y 179 6 . . s u , .

We av er Fr d eri ck,
E D i st ri ct C o rnwall S ol di er
e .
,

179 1 M ust er Roll T h ree .

child re n P L 2 d 1786 . . .
, .

We av er J ohn ,
E D ist ri ct C o rnwal l R R N Y M ust er R ol l at
,
. . . .

M ont rea l B M A . . . .

We av er Pet er ,
d d S ol dier
o O E o . .

W ig
e J c ob
er , a d W il li m b g h Serge nt
o a s ur a
Welch S amu el ,
Ern e st T own S ol di er K in g s Rangers p
, .

R R o ll . .

Welch Quart rm ast er

, e
Thom as H D ist ri c t M a ryl and L oyal ists
. .

Welch Wm ,
E D ist Edw d b gh Na val De t m nt S G
.
, ar s ur ar e , . .

n ha a wif e and n o e o e
c hil d P L N 1786 . . .
,
.

S tam p e d B ook Niag ar a .

W l l y He n ry
e er ,
On o ri gin l R oll a .

W l lk nk T ho m as
e a 1 Kin gston
, . Qua rt erm ast er to P hi l d l
, a e
phi n Tr o o f Ho rse a o
rais e d by G all oway .

C C 7t h M a rch 1797 . .
, ,

600 as .

Well s Wm ,
do In rat d L oya list A co e . .

Mc S hipw ri ght S tam p .

e d B ook .

W m p B a rnabas d in C ol G y J hn son s
e ,
ldi
o o er . u o
Wim pel F ore sters Ow en R obbin s .

af da vit 1807 L B M , . . . .
,

179 1 G H 1785 100 . . .

, .

P L says R R N . . . .

S tam p ed B ook .

Wert And re w
,
E D ist ri c t Osna b ruck M ust er R o ll
,
.

Wer t J n J ohn u do d S ol di er R R N Y J F o . . . . . .

We st b r ook Anthony H D ist ri ct

.
,

In d ian Depart ment S G

F o rest er s A wi fe d
. . .
,

. an

1786 S tam ped B ook .

,
2 74 APPEND I X B .

NAMES . R ES IDEN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

Wi lcox H gn d
, a e E D ist ri c t Au gusta
,
S on o f H az ar d S n e r .

H az ar d
Wi lc ox S n H gn
, e
r . a ed . do do Certi e d to hav e c omm and
ed c om pan in C an ada
and t ha v e yee n kille d in
a ,

o
battle at N w Y o rk his e ,

son Wm O H d app l y
.

azar .

Wilcox L b y, e e rr do do
W i ld ers D ani el
,
M DD iistt ri ctt
s rl c . British sol di er P L 1786 s . .
, .

S t m p e d B ook
a .

Wi lkins Isaac ,
H D ist ri c t
Wi lk ins M artin
, do
W ilkinson C apt , . R . E D ist ri c t . M C 1050 c om plet es M C
. .
, c . .

and fam ily l an d gr ant out ,

P L N J
. . . .
, 1786 .

Wi ll ar d Le v y
, . do C o rnwall
o
W i l lk y Wm
e , . M a ry sb u rg h
W i ll i k y e e
W l l y Hen ry
o er ,
E D ist ri ct
W ill iam s Al b ert ,
F r ederi c k sb u rg h

W ill ia m Arm st rong Ern e st T own

s, .

W illiam s Se n D av id , t . . do

Wi lliam s D a vid ,
do
Willi am El ij ah s, do

W illi am s ,
F r edk H D ist ri ct .

Will iam s He n ry S ophi as Am

,
el i a sb

gh
W ill ia ms S n J ohn Ern e st T own
,
e r. .

W ill iam s J , u nr . J ohn . do

Wi llia m s J a me s ,
( 10

do
 APPEND I X B .

R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DA N T S .

Wi ll iams Ra h el, c H D ist ri ct

Wi lliam s Ro b rt, e Ern e st Town

, wn

W i lli am s Rob ert

,
K in g ston
William s S am u el
,
H D ist ri c t
Will iam s M os es,
L an c aste r

W ill iam s S am u el
, . Ern e st T own

Wi llia m s Thom as
,
W D ist ri c t
E D ist ri c t A ug usta
, .

H D i st ri c t
W i ls e y , B en on a . E D ist ri ct Au gusta
,

W i lsi e J am s
, Yon ge
e
W il n B t h h b
so ,
fo r
a s e a,
merl y widow S op er H D ist ri c t .

W il son Benj am i n
, d o

W il on Sergt J ohn
s , d . Thor o l d o .

,
I
W il son rish J ohn
O
. do

W il on J ohn S r
s cu do
2 76 A P PEN DI X B .

NAMES . R ES I DEN CE . D ESCE N DAN T S .

W i l son J ohn J o f J ohn S n by O rd er

H ome S on e r .

in C n ll 11t h No v emb er
,

ou c ,

1806 Asso ciat ed L oyal ist . .

W i l son J ac ob
,
H D ist ri c t Serge ant in th e Jerse y V l
. . o
nt P 1796 u e ers, . .

W il son J os eph
,
d B arton s J ers e y Vol unt eerso

,
R Cli n ch . .

W i l si e J ohn
,
. Was in 1777 a soldi er L oyal
R ng b t owing t si ck a ers , u o
n e ss a ft er th e c apitul ation
f S a rato g a rem ain e d and o ,

c ame in a ft er th e war .

W il ts e y J n Be noni E D ist E l iz ab e th T own S L R so l di er L oyal R an

, u r . .
,
. . .

gers D is charge . .

Wind ecker He n ry H D ist ri c t

,
S G B Ran gers a wif e and
,
. . .
,

fou r c hi l dre n P L N , . . .
,

1786 Niag ara S tam p ed .

B oo k .

Win g Gersham
,
El i z ab e th T own 1789 P n s erv i ce stat e d , .
, o .

A s e ttler R J D G C C . . . . . .

4t h F b 1807 R e ru a . e
instat e d on E l ist . . .

Winn ey C o rpl C n l H D ist ri c t

, . B R n gers S tam p ed B oo k
or

s . . a ,

Niaga a S P L N r , . . .

Wint er He n ry E D ist ri c t Osnab ru ck S di R I l Y wi fe P

i 2;i i g
, , . o e1 . .
, a ,
.

Wint er Pet er ,
d do S ol d i er R R N Y L B d o . . . .
, . .
,
sin 1 P L 2 d 1786 e . .
, .

W int erbotto m S am u el M D ist ri c t

,
Roya Artillery and M arin e
a t m nt L k Onta r io
gz p
e r e , a e

W i nt m t C p l Ah H
er u e, or G B Rangers a wif e and
P L N 1786
. .
.

r aham .
n c hi l d o e , . . .
, ,

Niagara S tam pe d B oo k .

W int erm ut e B nj n H D ist ri ct

, e ol d i er B R an gers Nia
. . S . .

gar a S tam ed B oo k C C
17t h M a rcp 179 7 S P L
. .
,

. . . .

N 1786 .
, .

W i n t m t C p l Jn
er u e, d or M C B R an gers a w i fe and
. o o . . .
,

v e hild n P L N 1786 c re , . . .
, .

Niaga ra S tam p e d B oo k .

W i nt m t M
er M y u e, d rs . ar o
Wint ermut e C o rpo ral ,
do M C B Ran gers p l . . .
, a c or ora
Pe t er L B d cert e a wi fe and . . .
,

fou r hil d n P L N 1786 c re , . . .

N i a r a S ta m p e d B oo k
G g Rangers Ni g
a .

Wint erm ute Phil ip ,

d o . . a ara
S tam p ed B oo k S l L . . . .

N 1786 . .
2 78 APPEN DIX B .

NAME S R EES I DEN CE D ESCEN DAN T S

. . .

Woodley Geo rge , H D istri c t

W oo ll y J ohn
, Eli z ab e th T own
W o rk J ame s
, Ern e st T own
W arri ck
W o rm wood M ath ew , . H D ist r i ct .

W r ag g , J oh n E D ist ri ct

Wr agg Ri chard
, do
Wr agg T hom as
, do
Wrig ht Am os , do
Wri ght Am os , Au gusta
Wri ght As el ,
do
Wri ght D ani el ,
M a rysburg

Wri ght D ani el , E D ist ri ct C o rnwall

,
S

Wri ght , H D ist ri ct .

Wri ght J ame s , M arysburg

Wright J ames , E D ist E l iz abe th T wn

.
,

Wri gh t Je ss e , d o M atil da

Wright J os eph , M arysburg

R ob rt
e M D ist i c t r .

S am u el Am li e asb u rg S oldi e B Ranger s

r . .

S am u el , S enr . T own C C Fe b rua ry 1805 o rd ere d

t e d n { I E li st
. .
,

t b in
o e ser o
 A PPE N DI X B . 2 79

NAMES .

R ES ID EN C E D E S CEN D AN r s .

Wrig ht S am u el J
, ,
u nr . EDi tis .
,
Ellii za b e t h T w n

Wrig ht S yl v e st er
,
ddo do

'
Wri ght W ait e ,
M DD istt ri ctt
s rl c .

Wri ght ,
W idow M ary . Kin g ston
Wrig ht ,
Wi llia m M a rysburg
Wri ght ,
Wm . E D t El
ls .
, l zab
Wr on g ,
J ohn H D ist ri c t .

Pe t er
W i ck ofi , do

Yat e s J ohn
,
B astar d

Y o em ans , Arthu r K in gston

Yo rk s J ohn
,
. do
Youn g Abraha m
,
H D istri c t .

Youn g S n A d am
, e r .
,
. . do

Yo ng Sergt D ani el
u , . .

Youn g D niel,
a M a ry s S op hi asb u rg .

Young Ge o rge
,
H D istr i ct

Y oung Hen ry,

H D ist ri c t
2 80 APP EN DI X B .

NAME S . D ESCEN DAN T S .

Youn g S n He n ry FFredd erii ckk sbu

,
e r b rg
.
, . re er c s u
Young J un r Hen ry
,
d .
, . o

Y oun g He n y ,
M arys S p hir o asb u rg .

Y oung J n Hen ry
, u d
r. . o
Y oun g L t J ohn
, H DD iistt ri ctt
. s rl c .

Y oung Sergt J ohn

, . do

Y oun g ,
J n J ohn
u r. , do .

Youn g ,
Sergt J a c ob d . . Dece as e d o Sergt K in g s
.

R angers .

Youn g ,
J a cob do
Young ,
J ame s E D ist ri c t Lan c ast r , e .

Yo ng
u ,
S n
e Pet er Fre deri ck sbu rg
r .
, .

Young J , u nr .
, Pe t er do

Youn P hil ip
g, H Dist ri ct
Youn g S t eph e n
, Fre d eri ck sburg
Youn gl o v e Ezeki el ,
HD ti tls r c

Z u f el t He n ry
,
Hall ow ell C C
. . Feb r a ry
10t h u ,
1808
L oyal Rangers .
 SU P P L E ME N TA RY L IS T .

NAMES . R EMAR K S .

Arm strong J onathan ,

I . S ol di er M R .

Al t C onr ad
,
A
A g
r i ng
as s Phili er ,
A u tin Isaac
s ,
A .

Arch er E dwar d , . A .

A ston J a c ob , 0

Arkl an d De dri ck , S ol di er 60t h Regt .

Ai k in W illi am ,
29 t h Regt .

An cr ( An e as ) C o rs
e or , . A n ol d sol di er L B Nassau
. . .
, 179 4
.

Almis Ch ristia n ,
Germ an sol di er last war d . o .

Allen John ,
S l di er L oyal R ang ers
o .

A nd rew J ohn ,

Andrew J a ob c
Ay re s D ani el B ,

Al le n An drew , th Regt J F
84 . . .

Ath erton P h e ni ,
A c aptain in th e s er i ce v .

Algi re Phil ip , . S ol di er J F . .

Algi re J ohn ,

Ale xand er D av id ,

A tkinson William ,

Anderson T ho m as ( and on e chil d ) ,

Arnol d J ame s ,

A v or y W i ll ia m ,

All an Mrs ( and six c hi l dren )

,
. .

A sp W illiam
An e rS on ,

Austi n J oh ,

Austin J onathan ,

Able H en ry ,
A d am s W i lliam ,

All an Hen y ,
r
Al swo rth Ezra (de s erte d) ,

Anthony J ohn ,

Anthony R i char d ,

Ash P et er
,
 A
PP EN DI X B . 2 83

NAMES . R EMAR KS .

Allen E b n ezer ,
e Serge ant B utler s Rangers
.

Austi n D o cto r C harle s , S u rgeon R R N Y . . .

Ashbu rn J ohn ,
C o r al 84t h Regt M atil da . .

Ang ish J ohn

u S ol i e r B R
ap
g ers
Am er J ac ob
. .

u
,

Arnol d Fre d eri ck ,

Arnol d J ohn ,

A shwo r th T hom a , s
Anton e Ri char d s, 116 .

A ber J ohn ,

A dam s J os ph , e
Ai ni S ally
se ,
Amm on J ohn G odf ey r
All an u g h ,

Ayre Tho m a s, s

Al e mg er W illiam
Arno ld J ac ob , .

Ash f o rd J ohn 8 th R egt '

.
, .

Ar nol d O li ver ,
S ldi er B ut ler s Ranger
o s .

Bro k J ame s
o , S .Pro vision e d at C t a q i a ra u .

B a t l m ass P t er
r e , e S S l di er L oyal Rang er ( L t
. o s .

B ooth Jess e ,
S .

Be vins J am s , e . S .

Blis J ohn
s, A wi f e and t w c hi l d re n o .

B r b er Ab raham
a A wi f e S ldi er L yal R an ge s
o o r
Bl aw R b ert
. .

,
o
B e be Pe t er
e , A wi f e and t w c hil d re n o .

B a rn e G dl p s, o u S .

Bon e W illia m
,
S .

B aker J oh n S n , , e r
B aker J ohn J n , , u r .

B nga rd C on adt
a ,
r
B utler Geo rge ,

Bri en J ohn
B all Widow (and n chi ld )
, o e
B i ngm an C h r i toph er
r , s
B urk P at ri ck
,

B all J d, ac )
Bo ke t D l l w , a o s
B wnh i l l S te ph e n
ro ,

B wnhil l J os ph
ro , e .

Bri ght Lewi , s

B rton J ohn
u , S . Em i grant f ro m I el n d in c r a s e t he
2 84 AP P EN D I X B .

NAME S . R EMAR KS .

Benn Lu ke ,
A wi fe and f ou r chil dre n .

Bru ce Pe t er ,
A wi fe and th ree chil dren .

Bu le y D a v id
s ,
A wi fe and t hree c hil d ren . .

B ogart M ar tin ,
S Germ an sol di er J F list
. . .
, 8 th
D ec r .
,
1803 .

B o wm an L u ke ,

B eau h t J ohn ar ,
A wif e a nd three chil dre n .

B tt h
u s E l ias er ,
B h
ur Isaac
ou se , S . C am e i n t o C an
B oys J os eph,
60 yrs . 1785 S ee .

B h
ur S im on
ou se ,
h Ap ri l 1785 , .

Benn T hom as ,
P rovd . at Niagar a . B ayn e, Thos .

B owe n J os e ph , A wi fe .

Bradt C h ristian ,

Bra dt A d rian , A wi fe .

Bellinger El j ah ,
i

B u ze er , J a c ob
Brown H en ry ,
And wif e .

Berger Fre d eri ck , .

c S F o r t E i e S ol di er 34t h Regt
. r . .

Brown Elij ah ,
Broo k Be nj am in ,

B oyle Ann , S Pro v ision e d at Det roit

. .

B t l y M i c ha el
er a , Fre deri ck sbu rg E nt ered U E . . .

Berry Wi ll iam , S G on e t th e S tat e s

. o .

B ower W m J n , .
, u r.
B od e C h ristoph er
, Quitt ed his l and .

B i rd J onathan
, M ont re al .

Bre d a Fre d erick , .

B b
e wi n
er e, G on e to th e S tat s e .

Br adf o rd J ohn , N e ver J oin ed S oldi er J p Loya l . essu

s
B u rn e t Range s r .

Brooks J ohn S o r l S ol di er L oyal e .

B ou ke s J ohn ,

Bra dl ey Pri ce , S oldi er K ing s R an gers

.

B arl ow Abn er ,

B a rnhart J p , o se
B a rnum Le i , v .

Benn et E ph rai m , i er
B illin s J os e ph ,

Br isto D ani el
Broo ks ,

Brown ,

Brown D a v id ,

Br own J os'e 'h

I
.

Brown W n , ar
B u ck aac , s .
2 86 APPENDI X B .

R EMAR K S .

B u el an d, J am es
B ows e J ohn ,

Br adt Ryan ,

Be sil J abish
,

Brust M atth ew
,

B ac ch t J ohn
u s er ,
Bro zi e G ab ri el ,

B ac ch ( o r Br ac h e n ) J ohn
ers ,
M u t er R oll
s .

B l l L uke
ou s a e ,

B ol son E v ans ,

B att y M i chael,

Brad bu rn Fran c is ,

Bra dley Ab raha m ,

B d l y W i ll ia m
a er ,
S ol di er .

Brinker Hen ry ,

B u rns Pet er ,

Bee tle B arnabas ,

B u rns M atth ew,

Brown Aaron ,
B n l l J ohn
re ve ,

B ar n e s T hom as ,

B olton Ab raham ,
A sol di er in J p C o rps essu

s .

Br own W illiam ,
S ol di er 10t h Reg iment .

Bl a ck Jac ob
, A so l di er R R N Y M ust er R o ll
. . . .

Becker Adam ,

B on k D a vi d
,
A .

f
Bl ood J ohn ,
n

B u rns Ga rre t ,
A .

Bratt Elisha ,

Bl ack C ato ,

Br oo k s D onal d ,

B axt er R oger , R .

B n g l l He n ry
6
a e ,

B ng l l Pe t er
a e ,

B ng l l A da m
a e ,

B n g l l W i ll ia m
a e ,
B n g l l J ohn
a e ,

Becker C on r a d t ,

B th w
ra J ohn
o er,
Be v erl y D av i d , A .

f
Berry Ge orge,
.

B h w
ra o Fr an ci er , A .
H 6

B n w y Ezek i el
e ne a ,
A .

Bents J os eph ,
G Ser v ed
. In Germ an C o rps . U D. .

B ur k e J ohn ,

1790
B axt er D avid ,
ser w c e .
 A PP EN DI X B . 2 87

R EMAR K s .

Be t C onr ad
s ,
E nsig n L oya l R n ger s a .

B al st r William e ,
S ol dier L oya l R an gers .

B nn i t
e
Brownson J ohn
,
H 66

Beagle D ani el
.

B ni t l P hi l ip
o s ee ,

B obbit Elk anah .

6 6

B ull A ar on
,
His Widow was U E a . .

B ll E nos
e , S ol di r L yal R angers
o .

B o l ton H e n ry ,

Betts Ben j amin ,

H 6

Bu arr Ale xand er ,

Blas ar L o z o , .

Be ty D a vi d
a ,

Beckm an S am u el ,
6

B l t w d J ohn
o
B u rr ows
oo

,
,
H
U

Bri bin J ohn

s ,

Blo ckle y J ohn ,

B i hi
r s Rob ert e,
Brisbin S am u el , .

Brisbin J ame s
B usta rd Wi ll iam ,

Br ow n J am s , e . di ed in D ec .
,
1782 .

B arnha rdt J b t o es

I
,

B ll Fr an c is
e ,
t

H
B nni n er saa c
e ,
6

B aker b , aco Germ anso l di er J . .

Brin km an C hristoph er ,

Br ady L uke ,

B urke Pet r , e
B k t d Al
ec s e ,

B ow e n Wm C , . .

Neg r o N d es cription O E
. o . . .

D aught er f J ohn W i l tsi e ; s er v e d

o
un der Ge n B u r oyn e . .

Boul ton , J oin e d in 1777 nU E O E . . . . .

B eg f or d, C o mm on sol di er O E . . .

Her husband w b nged by th e as a

reb le s .
2 88 APPEND I X B .

B ook er , John
B ois e au J p ose
B oyle Geo rge , .

B ill ett Fr an cis,

C n h n C h ristoph er
oo s oo ,

Conno r L i eut enant ,

Cr onk hite Ab raham ,

Cr onkhit e Wm ,

Cron khite W ido w ,

Cl o ck A d am , A wif e and chil d C o rp r al . o .

C hri sti e S ime on ,

C old er J ohn , 0 A wi f e J ann et and c hil d S oldi er

,
.

N ML . c .

C al d er C h ristian
,

C oons S m n ,
l eo A wi fe and 6 chil dren 2ndB t n R R . a . . .

N Y M Ro ll. . . .

a r C h ristoph er ,

o n er D a v id ,

Cl ar Ge o rge
C nk h
ra M os e
s or e , S British S ol di er
. .

C aff ar d J ohn ,
A wi fe and c hi ld P d at N J hn . r ov . . o s
town .

H
C amer on W idow 3 c hi l dre n ( 6
.
,

C u rry M os e s
, .

C h risty Ge o rge ,
A w if e and 4 chil dren .

Cham b er s R ob e ,
S S ol di er
. M R o ll . .

C am pb ell Rob e ,
S S ol di er 60t h Regt S G
. .
, . .

C hi t i k He n ry
c
C oons Widow
.

.
,

C astlem an Ada m ,

C t t m W i ll iam
a u ,
S . M R lL C o t tom . o .

C anut e Henry ,
P d at Niag a r a
rov . .

C o cket J ohn ,

C o cke t Widow ,
2 chi l dre n .

C hrysler H e n ry ,
A wif e and 7 ch il dren .

C ass dy Ge o rge
a ,

C am pb el l Tho m as ,
S S ol di er B utler s Ran ger
.

s .

C hamb ers Fran ci ,

S S ol di er B Ran ger s
. . .

Cl owe s Pe ter ,
A wi f e and 4 c h il dre n C ame t this . o
Pro v in ce in 1785 .

Clin e J os eph
,

C onway P at ri ck ,
S ol di er B R angers . .

C ummins Pe t er , . wife nd 2 c hil dren P d at Detr oit

a . .

C o l dwell W i lli a m ,
A wi fe and chil d .

C o rr Ral h
,

C o rnish hn ,
o . At Mont real .
290 APP EN DI X B .

R EMARK S .

C o ee , S a m u el , E nsig n . .

C oppas J ohn , .

C m dl
o J ohn
co e, .

Craw f or d Wm ,

Cr on e H , .

C hatt erton J ohn ,

Croo kshank P at ri ck ,

C rry W idow
u , .

Clark Tho m as Al x ,
e r .

C onno r J ame s ,

C owan D av i d ,

C oll on Ab r aham ,

C l i k G asp er
n
a c ,

C h i t n d e -F i t i n t i n
u
r e - z e s
C ushion J ame s ,
17 and 4 chil dre n Ser v ed .

in E n gin eers Dept in Ameri ca

.
,

C x J ohn 1792
o , , T L . .

C l k J hn
ar o 84t h
'
Cl a rk l h m
k

Loyal ist W D
, o as , . .

C oons D av id ,

Cl ar k Adam ,

C o ck Hen ry ,

Cl av en ti Herm on s ne,
C as t i l l er , Lavvr e n c e
'

C oam on e r , Fr e deri
C otton Ab r aham ,
Cram p Ben j ami ,

C arn er M atti ce ,

C ox , Ale xand er
C s e John
a ,

Clement J ohn P ,

C g d n J ohn
o o , . S o ldi er M ust er Ro ll .

Cl ink T hom as ,

C u mming s Ro b ert ,

C ul p T l m n,
u o .

o kl i n J a me s ,

C ount ry m an J ohn ,
De t roit V o ls .
(or J os eph
Cr ous e Pet er ,
F C orpo ral
. M uster R ll o .

C am pb ell Wm ,
A S ol d i er
.

C o rn el ius He n ry ,
A .

C ald er J ame s ,
NB . .

G a lleg an C harle , s . I.

C arr H ugh ,
I.

C l yn J acob e,
 APP EN D IX B . 29 1

R EMARK S .

G r assle y Nathani el ,

C onno ll y W i lli am ,

C ain H en
C i g ht f ? ohn
, u

r oo ,

C l in e
C as e E lij ah E liihu h
,

,
or u
Cryderm n Thom a
,

Craw fo rd D a v i ,
6

Claw Fran cis , .

C arri er M artin ,

Crabt ee J ohn r ,

C ousins J ohn . .

C al dw ell T ho m as ,

Cra y J ohn ,

C l n g nb n e
e Nic hol as
e er r, :
C onno r J ohn ,
.

C l i ng
ra Ni chol er ,
C o rbi n M i cah ,
'3

C on ro y M i c ha el ,

C p l m n J ohn
a e a , .

Cress Wi ll iam e
C ol e e y , ur
C x E dwa r d J ohn
o ,

O m n J ac ob
se s, di e d in J ul y ,
1783 .

C ar p e nt er Bel o v e d ,

C am er on H ugh , .

Cl ark William ,

C oons M athias ,

C astle E liphale t ,

C h dy J a c b
ou , o
C ostel ow J ame , s di ed in 1782 .

C i d ll Th mas
r se e , o
di d in J ul y
e , 1783 .

Crawf ord Geo rge ,

C w n A b r aham
ra so ,

Co le ton D ani el ,

C onn er T ho m as ,

C op el and W i ll iam ,

C onner M i chael ,

C on Ab h m f
o ,
ra a
Clu m H en ry ,

C arp ent er J a c ob ,

C t l d J ame s
o ar ,

0 1 Geo rge
0 8:
0 1 Fr an c is
0 9 , R R NY
. . . J F . .

Cm ) J O hn u u
 2 92 APPEND IX B .

NAME
AME S . REMAR KS .

Cl un e s J ohn ,

C astlem an M a rtin in
,

C h r l H e nry Sr
s er , ,

C ar y A b raham
e ,

Cl ark D ani el D onal d

C arley saiah
,

C o lem a A b el
,

n,
I or
.

C am pbell Ph eb e , o
C aine Pe t er ,

C y ler V ale ntin e

,

C ook J ohn,

C ount rym an J os eph .

C ar n er G e , e or
C l n d nn n
e ealltt er a , a er U I O O O 0 0 . . 0 0

Cl o c k J ac o b
, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D ani el G o rge ,
e
D lm g
a J
a e, ac o
D a fo e W i d ow
,

Dean e M os e s , .

D yre J ohn
,

D a vis J os e ph
, .

D odge T ho m as,

Drew P au l ,

D b in
o H e n ry
s,
D a vis J ohn
, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

D ixon Widow , ,

D owl in g J ohn ,

D uc kl A ndrew
er ,
D ut ch er Derri ck ,

D avis J ohn,

D ou gh d S m
Dennys Ni chol as
e a ue
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D a rr on C on rod ,
D l
u s er ,Andre w R . o

D l
u s er ,W il liam 5

D arkn e ss A dam , L oyalist m u c h er sec u t ed .

D av is J ohn
, S ol di er R R N
. . . M Ro ll
. .

D onal dson J ohn ,

5 5 t h Re gi me nt .
294 APPENDIX B .

NAME S .

t ce rn i an , H en ri ck
Deal A dam
, S ol di er
D g t d
o s a P om p ey er ,

D nta J ohn
z,
D un b erry J ohn , S o l di er M ust er R o ll .

D ish H e n ry
,

l i mi l Jh e e ant 8th Re ent

S g l di R R Y Must er Ro ll
D oc c e, o r .

D al y W illi am
, o er . . . . .

D opp J ohn , .
u u

D op p Ada m , A
D reu , N B . .
u

D ough ert y J ohn , I .

u

D aily P hil ip ,
u u

De v a C o r n el ius
n, u

D kin Ge o rge
ec s,
D
D u

D n h
o a J ame s oo e , N

D ougl as Thom
D ame Capt Ge o rge ,
.

D u b erry J ohn ,

D avis J ame s ,

D n t n Le vi
u a ,
H

H M

D a v is Be nj amin ,

D unham S o lo m on ,

D awson John ,

Drake Benj am in ,

D avis D ani el ,
D od ge P e t er ,

D gan C orn eli us

u ,

D unme ad W i lliam ,

D oughar ty A nthon ,

D ugan Thom as ,

Drew Fran is , c
D onn ell y H en ry ,

D yke s T hom as ,
Deer J ohn ,

D oole J ohn , .
 A PPENDIX B . 29 5

REMA R K S .

E a n er P hili
r
gl n
, .

E vi kh
c ou se , e ry
E lli ot J ohn,

Elliot J uda ,

E lli ot S am u el,

Fr ank ab e nt ee s
r li n g , ,

E rl in g J ohn , ,
s

Em pson Ro b ert ,

E a rp Ri char d
,

Ell iot J ohn ,

.

m p n J ohn
so ,

ll ice J ohn , S oldi er 84t h Regt .

E d dy D ani el
, Ki ng s Ran gers

Egle ton Eliab ,

E t d J ac o b
s o, G e m an S o l di er
r .

E ust ac e , L i e ut T L 1792 . . .
, .

E mb ry J ohn Emb ra 84t h Reg t S ay ship c a rpe nter H

. . .

Ell ot t , 180 5 .

E nd di er C h ristoph er er ,
E l l is H en ry
,

E llswo r t h Ale xand er ,

Eg ar L am b ert
,

E spi e W i lliam
,

Essl in g G arre t S ol dier M

a
, . u st er R o ll .

Ell m John
o s,

arhart S im on , so l di er
E kins M os e s , S o ldier L y al Ran gers o .

E rn e t A n thony
s ,

E t m n A m h erst
us a ,
6

E v ery Wi lliam ,

E stell D ani el ,

F addle J ohn ,

Ferguson J onathan ,

Friar Mr J , . .

Ferguson W i d , o
Fras er C ol li n ,

F l i ng John
ar , Wi fe and n ch il d o e .

Fi ke s D ani el
, A wi f e th ree sons and n d au
.
, o e ht e r .

F ost r Adam
e , S S ol di er
. M st er u 11 .

Freist J ohn , A wi f e and six chil dre n .

F un dy J anon e , F on da b lac k s l di er J F
a o . . . Ba t
t au x S ervi c e
e H e n er . ro .
296 APPEND IX B .

AME S
NAME . R EMARKS .

F i nl a y s o
Fr ank s ,

F i dt De bo r ah
r ,

Fri er Mrs , . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F ust er And re w , . . O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F u so w An d re w , . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Freeze J a c o b , . M us
F l mb
u y W i ll ia m
err , .

F ear m n W i l l ia ma ,

F or ea J ohn ,

F r e 10 k A b r aha m ,

F l i k Cleme nt
re c ,

F li k J a c o b
re c ,

Fre d e nb urgh Matthi hias ,

Freem an Fran cis ,

Ferris W i lli am ,

F l eming Patri ,

F ac er H arry , O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F an ch er P , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

erre Andre w ,

F il p l y C
a , .

Fin l ay S am u el ,

F o rsyth W illia m ,

Fr as er Ale xand er , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F y J os e h
r ,

F h y
re er w n , a re c
F h
er W i lliam
an ,
F in c h J ohn , O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F owler J onathan , O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F oy e Le wis
, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Frei l (th e l ate ) by Deb o rah ,

Friot Isaac , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F as er Je an
r
,

F i l l d J ohn
e , . O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F i l o S amu el
, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

F i l o T ho m as
, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
C C

F ish er J ames , .

F itzgerald Will i ,
F b
os g h J ohn
or ou , So l di er L oyal R angers .

Fr ost J ame s ,

F o r ti ere Pi erre , M at e M arin e De part me nt

,
.

F alcon er , S o ld i er 84t h Regi ment .

F t
u re al J ohn ,

Out pensioner Serg t 5 3 d Reg t

.

Flem ing J ohn ,

- . . r .

hs J oh n
er, Niagara Germ an ol di er S .

Free m an Ri chard , So l di er Must er Ro ll .

298 APPENDIX B .

AME S
NAME . REMARK S .

Flynn D av id
Fr as er Pet er
,

F oc k J ohn
.

Fish er ,

F a rrell Pat ri ck ,

F i el ds Nathan
,

G ib on Widow and 1 dda gghhtt er

s , au e P r ovi s

d at C at araq u i .

G t h w y J ohn
a a a , S .

Gross e E dwar d , .

Grou t H en ry,
.

G nb
ro P au ler , S .

Germ an J ohn ,
S So l di er Loyal R anger s
. .

Gr ant W idow andd 3 chi l dre n

,
P vi d at J h n t w n
ro s

o s o .

G o rm an J ohn ,
G off J os e h
,

G aski n C arles ,

Grout Th e odore
,

Gib on A nd rew
s ,

Griffin S m u el ,
a

G oing Fr an cis ,

Gr ass C harles ,

G A
r ev ase , sa
Glee son D ani el ,

Gle nn J a c o b ,

Gra ves Ge o rge ,

G ummer sall T hom as ,

G arrett D ani el ,

Gi ll R ob ert
,

Granger Z acharias ,
Gleeson T ho m as ,

G h
os Pe t er (th e l at e)
ee
 APPENDIX B . 29 9

R EMARK s .

G uth ri e Rob ert , . 0 0 O .

G ilc h rist John ,

Gr ant Ale xand er ,

Gr ant Allan
G il l J ohn De C ouu rc y
,

G ose J ohn
o , I
Gran t Arc hib al d ,

G ah ag an E dward ,

G am ble J ohn . .

G arn er th e l at e M atth e w (by J

,

G i b son G e o rge ,

Grant Ale xand er ,

Gra v e s Ada m , 0

Gr out J ohn ,

Green C ale b ,
0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0

Gree n R o ger ,

G aml in Widow ,

G wm W idow
o ,

Gri eb el J ohn ,

Gerha rt E n t t ,
r e e
G o rm an Si gism ond ,

Gi le s T hom as
, Tre asu ry L 1792 H ad b ee n a so l
.
, .

di er in H M s rvi e in Ameri c a
. . e c .

Treasu ry L 1792 E m i gr ant fro m

.
, .

E n gland.

C arl Wi lhelm
G i rb i g ,
Gre nd el Fr an ci ,

Grant Thom as ,

Gr m E li j ah
u ,

G ol de n J ohn ,

G n d J ohn
o e ,

Gree n C harle ,

G oon J hn , o . .

Gran t Hugh ,
Gray Phi lip ,

G o r don Ge rge , o a

G ay , J an e .

G a v en T ho m as ,

G i ll e t A doni j ah
,

Goodwil l y J os eph ,

G i lles J ohn ,

Go r din eer Rob rt e

G h rd Math e w
.

at a , .
 30 0 APPEND IX B .

NAME S . REMARK S .

G er v ey , J ohn . S ol di er L oy al R an gers .

G a l l e r m ou l t ,
Gi lbert J osiah ,

Green Pet er ,

G o rin Fr ancis,

Grant Ge orge ,

G ould en T ho m as ,

H ou , H uff C h ristian
or , S A soldi er in a Germ an Reg ime nt
. .

H Josiah A wif e an d on e c hi ld .

H
H g d
a a n J ac ob
o or ,
A w if e and t w c hi l dre n o .

H rns T hom as
a ,

H i cks ,

H ain er B arn e tt ,

H ow e l l Wi d ow ,

B ai lm an P e t er ,
S S ol di er Germ an Tr oops
. , .

H ni m n H e n ry
u a , A wif e and c hi l d .

W i d ow and fou r chi l dre n

E
u gl
ne e, .

H
H a ve l i n M ath e w e, S Germ an sol di er J F
.
,
. .

H x y S am u el
o ,

H e th eri ngt on C , .

B u c k e y J ohn ,

H opp er ,
S oldi er R R N Y J F . . . .
, . .

H ayn e H e nr y , A if e an d n sol di er R R
W soY . . .
,

Must er R l l o .

H yn e s Adam , . Wi fe an d s e v e n chil dren .

H ais lip J am e s ,
A wi f e B utler s R an gers L B N
,

, . . .

H u tchison ,

H amm on J ohn ,

l I g hl n g J a me s
ou a ,

H off H ans an d wi f e
, S ol di er R R N Y M u t er R ll
. . . . s o .

H i l ton L aw ren ce
,
S C ot e au d L a c
. u .

H ous e C on rod C o rpl S p hi b g

. o as ur
H eyser Fre d eri ck :
, .

H y i k J ohn
e s c

C hristoph
,

H n did
e er , Q uitt e d his l and .

H arl ey C hristoph er
, N iag ara .

H i cks J ame s
,

Huntsin ger J ac ob , . G on e t th e S tate

o s .

H t t in g b
a n t J ac o b ra , S ol di er R R N Y . . . .

M uster Ro ll .

H ou ght i l J os e ph a , G on e t th e S tat es f his fam ily

o or .
30 2 APPENDIX B .

NAME S . REMAR K S .

H ow ell Wi lliam , S on ohn n

of J ,
se r .

H ow ell J ohn , Ser v ed in ti me o f th e Fren ch war n I

Ameri c a .

H ow ell J ohn J n , , u r Tre asu ry L 1792 son f J ohn Se r.

,
o ,
h .

H o l me s C harl ,

H e rc h l d Fre d eri ck e , o f Germ an Troops .

H l df d W i l liam
o or
,
. Emi grant f ro m E ng .

H o rs fa ll Jos e ph ,

H ern er Fre d eri ck . . S ol d i er G T p ,

er . ro o s .

H u m ph reys T hom as , had b een n Am n I e c a.

H olme s Jos e ph ,

H i l l P a t ri c k
, B Ran gers W D
.
, . .

H o lme s H gh ,
u L oyal ist W D , . .

H a z ard J ohn , U E . .

11 i ll J a c o b
,
H an ger Fre d eri ck ,

H g m n A n d re w
o er a .

H en ri ck Wi lliam ,

H anin gt on C o rn el iu ,

H e l m i c k Ge o rge ,

H o r Fre d eri c k
n,
H m b l m n J ohn
u e a ,

H ou f m n Fre d eri ck a ,

H e ar s e A d re w , n
H k J os e ph
o s,

H i gh J ohn ,

H a t J o a t han
r , n
H ons J ohn ,

H e n d erson J ohn ,

H a ly Ge o rge
, S ol di er 44t h Regt .

H o os et o r H u e st J ohn Se ve d in Re f u gee s at N e w Y o rk W
i ist
.
, ,
.

H a rtly D av id L y l i t M aj o r Cl os e s L ist W D
o

17g
,
s , . .
,

g
H aston I zrai l ,
A S ol di er
. Mu st er R o ll .

H ous e C h t , r ou s A .

B e i th J ohn , F .

H owell G i i t h , r

H al e s J ohn ,
I.

H op e Ri char d ,
E .

H ennin g H e nr y , F .

H av il i Be j am in n, n
H o ll an d D a v i d ,
E .

H y l d N i cho l as
ar A .

H erri ng Nat haniel

,

,
A .

H err ing H e nry , .

A .

H ain e s H e nry ,
A .

H i m nd Be n j am i n
n a ,
A .

H om er Willia m ,
A .
 APPENDIX B . 30 3

NAME
AMES . R EMA R K S .

Hy att C o rn eli u s, ers .

H J ohn
a m ar l a ,
H v e ns J ohn
a ,

H ag an S am el ,
u

Hyd e E ph rai m ,

H l w g
o o Geo rge G df i t h
a er , o r

Hi ll iker J ohn . .

H a rris J on t han ,
a

H a rris R i chard ,

H ard L i m on ,

H e we t H e n y ,
r
H aath P hin eas ,
H i e s G od f re y
n ,

H o ll and J ohn And re w ,

H i ll
c Andre we,
H t t i ng
u Adam er ,
H g l n He
o e e .

H ll i k
e Ab am er ,
H a rd Elisha ,
H oyt Ab raham ,

Hu bb el Isaa c , .

H un ter M os e s ,

Hi l l T im othy
,

H and J ohn ,

H off m an J b t , a es
H l t d Em as
o s ea ,

H ut chison Ge o rg ,

H er ve y D av id ,

H unt l y ,

H arm an V ale ntin e ,

B y Ale xand er
o ,
.

H ya t t G i l b ert ,

H o gl e J ohn ,
H wl y
a ,
H o gle G e , e or
H g d l
o e C i t ph a e, r s o er
H g d l
o e J ohn a e, .

B udd lem an J ohn A nd e w ,

r
H o em an J ohn ,

H g da er Pe t er oo

H o gan E ward ,

H y m n d J ohn ( di e d Se pt
e o , , .
,
1783)
H osi er J os e ph ,

A o ldi er B utler s Ran ers J F

s

. .

H art le H en ry , S on f a L oyalist J
o , .

H arm an H e n , S ol di er Germ an Tr o ps o .

H usti L i e ut am ess, . O f C o l Em i ck s C o rps

. r

.
 30 4 APPENDIX B .

AME S
NAME . REMAR KS .

Ha rris D av id , 0 O O O C O C C O

H all Isaa c , O

H e sf ord J os e ph ,

H e y e tt T ho m as ,

H owley ado c ,
Z
H tle Ad a m
ar , o

H ain er H e n ry ,

I
I l ar d J ame s
re dal e Abraham
,

J ohnson J udah ,
P r ov at C t q i

d a ara u .

J ame s D ani el ,

J ink s J os eph , . A wif e and nin e c hi ldre n ,

In c orp or
at e d L oyal ist .

J ohnson J ohn , at J hn t wn o s o ,

J ohnson S am u el , A wi f e and two child ren .

J ohnson J ac ob ,

J ag o H e n r y,

J c ob C hristian
a ,

Jac k s ,

J on e s ,

J ac o bs J ame s ,

Jon e s Jame s ,

J a co b s G e orge ,

J ohnson P at ri ck ,

J on e s J J ohn
, . or and Seige o f Q u e b ec .

J one s J ohn , Sergt 6 0 t h Regi ment

. .

J o e s Isaa c
, Kin g s R a gers

n .

J on e s J ohn , Treasury L Em i grant f m Eng l

. ro a nd . .

J ar d en P et er , Not p ri v i lege d Fre nch m an

. .

J one s D a vid , H D Settler in 1787

. .

Ja ck Wi ll ia m
,
J t C h ristoph er
os ,

J ohnson C harle s , I a sol di er

. M ust er R oll .

J ohns D ani el , th e S tat e s aft er th e Wa r

30 6 APPENDIX B .

R EMARKS .

K l en zm ann , D ani Germ an sol di er .

K o e in g J ohn ,
.

Kri ckel Ni chol a ,

s
6 K

Ket ler H e n ry ,
S oldi er R R N Y . . .

Kerl in J ohn , Y L oyalist em igrant fr o m E ngland

.
, .

K id d en T hom as ,
nt h Reg t .

Kell y T hom as,

84t h
Ke nn e d y An drew ,

K or u nm D i gm n e, n u
K ers y W i ll ia m
,

Kell y M ath ew,

Kees e H e ndri ck
,

K appa D ani el s,
Ke l ly J ,

K i lm an J o n , . A sol di er R R . N Y . . Must er Ro ll .

K isker D ona ld , o o o o a o o o o .

K ys er M i cha el , A sol di er
. M uster Ro l l .

K a rn J ac o b
,

Ke t chu m D av i ,
{ C 6

Kel l y J ohn ,
. S ol di er 84th R g i m t e ee .

Kel l y M ar tin
, . Serge ant L oyal R angers .

Ke tchum E p h i , ra S o l d i er
Kei th C orn el ius
,
C 6

Ki g h
n s t El isha e ar , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

K nar J ohn, ,
3 C

Ke t ch C o rn el ius
,
3

K in gsb err y J os eph ,

6 6 5

K i k
n s H e n ry
ar n , S ol di er But ler s Rangers
.

K ilm i Ni chol as
re, A s et tler E J . .

K ayn e M i cha el S ol di er
,

gg
. .

K il m i ( al ias B yr n e ) Phi l ip

re

S o ldi er 34t h Re gi men

.
,
K n b n t n Ge o rge
a a e s e , t W D i ck son , . .

L an c ett e J ame s , S ol di er P v d t C t q i 34t h Regt

ro

. a a ar a u .

Le v ing s J d di h ,
e e a
L in d say J ame s S n , , e r
L u cky S am u el , A sol di er Cert e H S p n . . o
cer .

L g hy
au W il l i a,
L oft D a vid
. .

L oyd H en ry
,

L on g C on radt
,

L w y J ohn
a ra , .

Lewis Fre d eri ck

,

Le ahy L odowi ck ,

L awren ce J ame s ,

L k
ei C onr ad
e e,
 APPEND IX B . 30 7

NAME S . R EMARK S .

Lon g Phi lip

,

L n i ng h P P
a s , . Li e u t e nant
L nd g n C o rn el ius
u er a , On boar d f Kin v e ss el
o

s .

Lou ks Pe t er , M on t re al s ldi er R N Y
o M R o ll
. .

I
. . .

L w Ni c ho l as
o , 0 0 S tat e s fo r his f am i l y .

L ake s r ael
, S o ldi er L oyal Ran gers .

L am p m an A b rahaam S n , , e r
L am p man Ab raham 0 6

L t h Will ia m
,

ea c ,

Lent Eli as,

L idd le An dre w , I O O O O

L os ee P o m po
,

L u cas D ani el ,
6

L umm is Ezek i el ,

L o ng P e t er
, 8t h Regim e nt .

Lyons W i ll iam
Lan g an P a t ri ck ,

L ips c om b e P at ri ck .
6

L am ott e Wi l l iam ,

L aws J ac o b ,

L aw ler J ,

L b t
e re e , Ale xis
Le page ( dit Am ont) J B , .

Le wis Na thani el
,

Li b
s ou r n J ohn e,
Li k m b
c e g M i c ha el ur ,

L it tl e J ame s
,

L ong Phi l i
,
.

L u cas C on r od ,

L yons G eo g e , r
L w
a s, Ge o rge .

L am ai re C h ristoph er ,

Lem oin e H en
L in k o r Ly nk % nj mi n
,

, e a
L i vin g ton Be n j s ,

Li nd sa S am u el
Lon g d w d, ar
L in ch Fre d eri ck
,

Lem on J ac o b
L oyd Wi llia m
.

L oyd John ,

L oyd E d a rd
,

L indsay dw , a
Le wi s Nathan , B R an gers
. .

L ake y ,

ute s A s e ttler
, .

L
a P 1

o A dam
s, .

Land g n C o rn l i s
re a , e u
 30 8 AP PEND IX B .

NAME S . R EMARKS .

Lon ders , J ame s

Lensin g D av id ,

Li k m b
c n e Ni chol as ur er , S ol di er 60 t h Regim ent W L ist
L ans J ac ob ,
Germ an so ldi er t aken p rison er i nV i ,
r

g inia .

L o v ele ss E b e n ezer , Serv e d in B u rgoyn e s E xp e d ition

.

Le ssle y John ,
S ol di er R R N Y M ust r R 11
. . . o e 0
L o ck wood J ame s ,

L o ckwood Pe t er ,

Lewis J ohn ,

L b d l J ame s
u e ,

L awy er J ohn ,

L angd en R i chard ,

L o vele ss J erem iah ,

Emi grant se tt ler .

L ov ele ss Jame s ,
S on o f T ho m as a su b al t er n in th e ,

l at e Q u een s Ran ger p P to L B

s, . . . .

L 179 0 200 grant e d fo r h im s elf

.
,
.

L o vele ss T hom as ,
S o ldi er L oyal Rangers .

L am ph e a r Wi ll ia m ,

L am ph ea r S am u el ,

L i ght Benj am in ,

L g h y W i ll iam
ou ,

L n w J
o so ph , OSe
Lei b J ohn ,

L ogan D av id , .

Le an John ,

L igh th e art J ohn ,

Lest er Thom as Se n , , t
Le onar d B l d ff , a o
Le b arge Je an ,

L ou cks Wi llia m ,

Lewi s Fre d eric k ,

L aud en Benj am i ,

L n b r y Isaa c
o s u r ,

L ou ck s J ohn ,

Le onard J ohn ,

L ink ,

L a F o rge V in ce nt ,

Lee W illiam
,

M o rey J ohn , A wi fe and four c hi l d re n . P ro v

d at
C at ar aq u i .

M i l ler C on radt ,
v
.

M i l ler E lisha ,

M il l er J ustic e ,

M ab ee Abraham , A wi f e and four c hil d re n . C apt . In

c or
p t d L o y a l ists
or a e .

M ath ews T hom as E , S A s e ttler

. .
 APPENDIX B .

REMAR KS .

M ile s J a me s
, L oyali st s er ve d du ri ng war
, .

M in z1e s, J ame s S o l di er .

M argan M o rg an; W i lliam or Sergt O b k 5 3 d Regt

. zn a ru c r .

M i tc h ell J ohn ,
Drum M aj o r W i l l i m b gh , a s u r .

M osh er H eze k iah Au gu ta s e ttler R J D G

s .

M i l ler Elri ch
. . .
,
.

, . Germ an S o ldi er .
o

M nn k J ohn F dk
oe e e, re .

M iller J ohn , 84t h Reg t .

M i l ton Thom as , . Tre asu ry L oyalist .

M i l ton Thom as Jr
, ,

M ansel d M ar tin , Emi g t f ro m I l d r

re

.

M arin er B a e tt , rr . Wi fe and 5 child re n Tre asu ry L oyal ,

is t Emi grant fro m I rel and

, .

M mp
o n C apt
esso , Treasu ry L oyalist .

hI i W i l l ia m
or r s , 17
M o rris Nathani el, i
M o r ton Ale xand er , Se am an Em i grant 179 2
, .

M ar tin e R obert ,

M ull oy J m e s ,
a Indian De part ment .

M oody J onathan ,

M ark s C h ristoph er
,

M oni er John ,

Mi r va y ,

M i ll iar d Isaac ,

M ig l b y Pe t er
e ur ,

M is en er Le onar d ,

M i c kler
O f M ountain n f M i chl M y ers
,

M y ers C hristian
, ,
so o .
,

N E NML
. .
, . c .

M y er s Ge o rge
, A sol d ier in Germ an C p W D 1788 or s, . . .

Me ssam o re J ohn , L oyal ist M aj or C los e s l is t

,

Mellott Pe t er ,

M u rr ay Pa tri ck , S ol di er M us t er R ol l .

M i ll s C or nel ius
, and

on e L oyal Ran gers .

S ol di er R R N Y M u st er R o ll
. . . .
, .

M ar tia l J ohn ,
'

M hi n John
ec so , .
H

M o rrison An gus ,
H

H
M arse l l i G a rre t s,
H

M irh ead J ohn

u , T Loy al i st , had
. b ee n a l in Am eri ca so . .

M ann Wi l lia m
, S o l di er H M uster Ro ll .

M ann E d war d,
6

M itchell H u gh ,
H

M ant le J ohn B aptist e ,

M i ll er D av id
,

M unr o C o rn elius ,

M osi er J ohn ,

M i le s T hom as
,
 APPEND IX B . 311

R EMARK S .

M llen J ohn
u , S ol di er M ust er R oll .

M u rray Ge o rge ,

M i nd J hn
or , o . .

M al l o ry E p h i , ra
M all o ry E l isha ,

M a ll o ry Jeremi ,

M un r o Is rael ,
a H
M i res J a c o b
,

M a c e J ohn
,

M ahan H ug h ,

M ann Thom as ,

M iller R al ph ,

M ayn ard H en ry ,

M oo re J asp er ,

M i c h el D a v i d ,

Me ad J ame s ,

M o ck J ohn , 0 o r . 0

M i tc h el D av id , o n 0 0 0

M o tt H en ry
, o

M axwe l l Wi ll iam ,

M osi er C h ristoph er
,
H

M f t W i ll ia m
o ,

M y ers P hi l ip , S on f M i cha el My er s
o , U E . .
,
J F
. .

M u lr oy J ohn , S ol di er 84t h Reg t

.

M k l R i c ha r d
u e, . . S ol di er
M u rchison M u r do ,

M o rgan K inz i e ,

M ng J a me s
e i s,

t rp h y J ohn ,

M onk W i llia m ,

M l l n J ohn
l o ,

M i t c hel l Jb hn ,

M o tt J ose ph
,

M at h e ws Po m p y , e
M oo re P at ri ck ,

M abee J ohn ,

l\$oo r W i lli a m
,

M i ll s J ohn,

M yers G od fre y ,

Mi ller Na than ,

M arc hand Fran cis ,

3 12 APPENDIX B .

AMES
NAME . R EMAR KS .

M aracle H e nry , . S o l di er B ut ler s R an gers

, S G . .

M i ll er J a c o b
,

M ui rh e a d Ja me s .

M oo r ,

M A l y J a me s
c u a ,

Mc Al pin e th e l at e by E l i z ab e th , , .

M B i d Pe t er
c r e,
M B i d J ohn
c r e,
M C y
o o S q i re
e, u

M K i nn n J ohn
c o ,

M M i h n J ohn
c c e ,

cN b b C o l in
a ,

M D n l l An g us
c o e , U S
McD one l l J a me s ,
68
M C t hy Fr an ci
c ar , D C]
M Gi n
c ve ,

M K y Wi ll iam
c a , R .

M Kc i
e nz e , Al x e r.
M K n i A l e xand er
c e z e,

M L n A ll an
c ea ,

M L n H ec to r
c ea ,

M C t y E d wa r d
c ar ,

M D n h
c u ac ,

M Fc a r son J ame s ,

M G il l i
c Randall e s,

M L g h l i John
c au n,
M Ph
c n D ani el
erso ,

M G g
c re Grego r or ,
M C nn A n d re w
c a ,

M C l g n A d am
c o a ,
M Cl ll
c e J ame s
an ,
M Dc on el l Al ,
exr .

hI D n l l Pa t r i ck
c o e ,

M F l l t h e l a t e by his d au ght er
c a , , .

M F l
c a r an e , J ohn
M M il l n Al x
c a ,
e r .

M N b b All an
c a ,

M T i h Al x
c av s ,
e r .

M K il l p D ani el
c o ,

M G w i S t e ph e n
c o n, R .

M M h n J ohn
c a o , .

M G il l J ohn
c , Q M ast er Q R an gers
r . . .

M C t hy D un c an
c ar ,
C orpl C h l t n b g R R N Y M Roll
. ar o

. . . . . .

C g h y J ohn W i l l i am sb g

c a e .

M Cl
c u r e, John
M N i g ht J ame s
c , Sergt E li z ab eth T own
. .

M L n N e al
c ea , L i eu t 84t h Regt
. .

M A t y J ohn
c r ,
S ol di er M Rol l . .

M K y Fr an c is
c a , 42 n d Regt .
314 APPEND IX B .

NAME S . REMARKS .

M c K i n t v Fr an c is , Serg t -M aj o r E R N Y M ust er Roll

. . . . .

M c Law ren E v an , S ol d i er
M c C art er D onal d ,

M cD 'on e l l ,

M c D ou g all Pe t er ,

M c C a rt y C a le b , . . C o rpo r al
Mcv i c ar D ougal , S ol d i er
M K ll p A l exan d er
c e u ,

M C mi
c or Wil liam ss,

M M dy J ame s
c u r ,

M K n i C harle s
c e v n, S o l di er 3l st Regt . L B L 1790
. . . .

M C t y J ame s
c ar n e , 84t h L B N assau , 1794
. . .

M D n l d J ame s
c o a , 7l st
M G g
c re D unc an
or , Serge ant L oyal Ran gers .

M K n i J ohn
c e z e, Dr mmer
u

hI K
c i Thom as
enz e ,

M N il Ale xan d er
c e , S ol di er
M S h hy E gen e
c ee ,
u

M N i l Jame s
c e , D i e d in 1782 .

M G i l li
c y D ani el
vra ,

M K n i Ale xan d er
c e z e,

M M ll n J ohn
c u a ,

M D n l d M i cha el
c o a ,

M Kc i J ohn
en z e , D i ed in 1783 .

M D n ll R an d y
c o e , R R
. N Yo rk
. . .

M I t h Al x n d
c n os , e a e A sol di er .

M K nd i k J ohn
c e r c , 9 7t h Reg t .

M L g hl i n Arc hi bal d
c au ,

M A th
c r Je nny u r,

M c D on el l C ol qu h an ,

M c G u i re D ona ld ,

M c D o n e l l H e c to r ,

M c D on ell C atharin e ,

M c P he e ,
J ohn

M c D on el l F in l ay ,

M c P h ee D un c an ,

M c K e n zi e R o d er i ck ,

M c C ew P at ri ck
,

S ol di er King s R
.

Ni chol] (o r Ni h l c or as ) ,
J ohn
Noys Nathani el
,

N ewkirk Wil l iam , .

Ni chol son W illiam ,

Fre d eri ck sbu rg R R . . . N Y . .
 AP PENDIX B . 315

NAMES . R EMAR K S .

N wk i k E
e r ,

N ewm an A thu r ,
r
N i g ht n J ohn
e o
Nap p in Widow ,

Nic hol] R obert ,

N e ddo L ewis ,

ed er L u ke ,

N ew ki rk J ohn ,
N ewa rk J ohn ,

N ib
e J ohn
ou r ,
Nai l ,
S o ldi er M ust er Roll .

N ewton J ohn ,

N e wt on T ho m as ,

Ni c hol as O ,

N n m k
a a Jac o b a er ,
Nigh t C ha rle s ,
S oldi er 5 3 d Regtr .
, 1790 .

No rth rop E lihu , Serg t Lo yal R angers

. .

No rth r op Azer , S ol di er
N el son ,

Ni chol as J ohn ,

Nix ,

Nunn J ohn ,
. Jers ey v olunteers J F . . .

N e ttle ton T i m oth y ,

S n f A m os a s tt ler
o o , O C e . . .

Oakle y Benj am in S l di K ing s R

o er

O rra P hil i
.

pat ri
,

O h ta ar 8t h Regt .

O C

arr , e t er aid t ha v e b een on th e L ake s a
o
Pe t ty O f cer .

O N l J hn

ea , o L i e ut J p R o ger s
e ssu

s or

O rs er W idow
. .

and c hil d P d at C t q i ro v

a ar a u
Ost rom R al ph
.
, . .

O H

C ath erin
ara ,

Os t rand er A ndre w ,

O B i n W idow

r e , .

O li g
s He n er,
Oy ler V l nt i n ,
a a e
O B y n T im o t h y

r a
O rchard D onal d
,

O H

K ain
arr a ,
O B y n J ohn

r a
O rc ha rd
,
a
,

S oldi er 179 1 .

Lo yal Rangers .
 I

316 AP P END IX R .

NAMES . R EMAR K S .

Ost rander E er t v S oldi er L oyal l z ng a e rs .

Ost rander A b raha m
,

,

O K i f C o r n el ius

e
O rr T ho m as
,

,
S ol di er 84t h Regt N M .
, . c L.

P att erson E b en ezer ,

S ol di er King ng s a ers .

P a tt erson Ge o rge ,

P at r a J ohn ,

Persons C h ristoph er ,
C o rporal
P e l l s H e n ry
,
S oldi er
P hi l s T ho m as
,
.

P hil s S amu el
,

P i k l o r Pi ke J ona t han
H

o c e ,

P i ckle p erhaps C hh riistoph

t p h er
H

r s o
,

P i ckle J a c o b ,

P hi l lips Alm on ,

P hi ll ips Se th ,
. .

Pri t char d Az ariah ah ,

Pr i tchard Az ariah ,

P u rk ins J ona than ,

P al mer J os e ph ,

P al mer J p h J n ,
os e u r

Pa rker J ohn ,
.

P owe ll J os e ph ,

Pri ce J os eph
,

Prust
P ardo J h n
.
,

,
o

P h il i p l y C harl ,

P
Powe l l J os e ph ,

Pri ce J hn
n ,
o

P a rk s R o l l an d
,

P axton T hom as ,

P o ll ard Ri char d E q ,
s
P il k in gton Ro bert ,

P o rter Ri chard ,
P o r ty C hr istian
,

P al m erston ,

F ruin W i ll ia m
,

oooo o o o o o o o o o o e o o o o o

P re 6 H

P Was i n His Ma e

l j est y s s er vi ce in Am eri c a .
3 18 APPEND IX B .

R EMAR K S .

Perch Nathani el ,
A S ol di er
. M Roll . .

P r ime Fran c is , 0 . O A .

P u tnam Fr an c is , A .

Pri ce J ac o b. A .

P l an t J ohn , I C o rporal
.

P ar l mi J ohn s, L oyalist M aj o r Cl os e s L ist 1788

, .

P ar l m i Ge o rge s,

Pe nni ck J os eph ,

Pa rish J o el , .

P u t m an Ro b e t , r
P e tt i t J onathan
,

Pr i t chard S te phe n ,

P oy er Ni hol as , c .

P arn el A braha m ,

Pa rk er Wm ,

P re s t on Wm ,

P li tn er, Ch i stoph er r
P ersons Chalw ell ,

Pr o cto r E p hr ai m ,

Pl ass P e t er, .

Pest J ohn (di e d in J anuary

, , 1783)
P oo r A g ust s
, u u
B a r th l ow J o hn ,

P o r tagu e B aptist e ,

P et ers An d re w ,

P e tt it D unham ,

P h e l ps J onat han ,

P r oss er R i cha r d R R N Y J F
I
. . . . .
,

P pt
a B ab s t J ohn
s or ,
S on f Ada m Papst U E
o ,
. .

P ar k J m,

a es Vol unt eer nd ian Dept ,

.

Putm an Nathan ,
Em i gr ant fro m th e S tat e s J F . . .

P hil lips John ,

S ol d i er 2 nd B t l n H a . .

Q i g P at ri ck S P d at J h n t wn S ol di er

u , . ro v . o s o .

84t h Re t g
.

Ryan C o rn elius ,
Lie t T T y l i t
u . . o a s .

R gg i
o J ohn e, A wi f e and 4 chil dren T L oy al st . . i
Germ an S ol di er .

R am p ler H e n ry ,
T L oyal ist
. .

R oa d W ol f G a
,

R ob inson Benj am in ,

R h t Ja c o b
u ar ,
B Rangers
. .

Red in E dwa d , r 8t h Regt W D . . .

R n n John
o o , 84t h Reg t W D . .

Ruff J ame s
,

R p t P e t er
u or ,
S ol di er al so on e nam e d
P e d er Rup ert ,
LC .
 APPEND IX B . 319

REMA RK S .

R bertson D a vid
o , Sergt C o rnwall and R oxbo ro
. .

.

R uit er H e n ry ,
C aptain R R angers . .

R uit er J ohn . . L i e ut . L oy al or
gers .

R uit er H enry .

Ross J ohn , M j 34t h Regt

a or .

Ran ci er J os e ph , But l er s R an ers

.

Reynold s S a m u el . S oldi er R R Y M R . . . . . .

R ozac r a nt Ni c ho l z, Vol unt eer B u tler s R an ger s

.

Reyno lds Tho mas C mm i y f Pr o v isions

, o ss . o .

Ri v ar d F , . G ovr H am i lton
. . .

R b to er s,F ng i ra o s Det roit V o l unt eers .

R obert e J os ep h .

R oe, W lt a er . .

R os e ,

R dh t
u R h t G i J
es or u ar . ct .

R oss John
,

R ou gh J ame s , last w ar .

R m m l d Anthony
u er e ,

R uth Ri char d
,

R yt er J ohn ,

Ro gers J ame s ,

Ross Lewin R al ph
,

R ai m ond Widow ,

Re ynol ds J ohn ,

Redf o rd T hom s .

Roat Ge o rge
,

R o ch ell J ohn , .

R i d ley Wm ,

Ry ckm an W idow , and 3 chil dren .

Re yno l ds D ani el ,

Ross , S P
. d at J hn t own
r ov Serge ant

. o s .

L oyal Rangers .

A wi fe and chil d S ol di er L o y al .

R an gers .

Richa rdson Ge orge ,

Read D unc an
,

R p t Fr an c is
u or , S S oldi er
. M Ro ll . .

R p rt J ohn
u o , S. J oin e d i n 1776 N . .

M L c .

R p t A da m
u or , A wi f 3 so ns and 3 dau ght ers
e, .

R p t
u or ,

Rose J ame s
, S Sold i er M R o ll
A dis charged Germ an so l di er On e f
. . .

Ros e H e nry
, o
this name c ame in in M arch C apt . .

J ohn J on e s .

and W i fe p d at Nia gar a . rov

. .

and 2 wo me n .
32 0 AP PEND IX B .

NAME S . REMARKS .

Ran si er , an d M an P o
1 . r vd . at F o rt E ri e .

Re id M i c hael
,
. Niag ar a .

R y
o M i cha el
ser , M ont re al .

Roa ch J ame s , . C an da S oldi er

a . M R oll
. .

Ro l and Lewis ,

B oin g I
Rh t Jacob
u ar
,
osar e
S o l di ers B ut ler s R angers
,

.

R am s er Adam ,

R w m Ch i t
a so ,
r s r
Raw J ohn ,

Reynol ds S ol o m onn ,

Re ynol ds Reub e n ,

R am say J ame s Jr , , ,

R y n l l Wm
e o , .

Rit chi e J ohn

R os e ,

Riley D a vid , .

Rob inson R b , o
R os e F inl ay,

R i ce Fred eri ck
,

R awli ns Grant ,

Reid Al exand er
, .

Robinson J ame s ,

R w t
o n Ge o rge
s ou ,

Reynol ds J ohn ,

R eynol ds Ge o rge ,
Mj r Cl os e s L ist
1788 L oyalists
R ly J li n
. .
,
asse ,
u o s .

R assl e Fred erick

R and D av id
Re nn J hn o
R y n Sld E phr ai m
e s,
Reynol d J ohn s,

R il y T hom as
, .

R obins J oshua , .

R ous e Ge orge ,

R ob ert son D un can ,

R i h d n Ti m t h y
c ar so ,
o . S ol di er
R f nb
e e g A b r aha u r ,

R di k
a H en ry er , .

R uss el E l isha ,

R obins Wm ,
.

R w Ale xand er
o ,

R w J ame s
o ,
Resh Phi lip ,

R obinson J p , o se
Ren An thony
,

Ri char dson Wi ll iam ,

Reynol ds S am u el ,
 32 2 APPENDIX B .

NAME S . R EM ARK S .

S uth erl and D a vid ,

Li e ut .

m
W i llll iam Ia . B R an ger s
. .

W il liam . H is fath er f ell in s erv i ce o f t h K ing

e .

S w df g
er Re v W illi a er , . M u ch p er s ecut d c ame in in 1790
e , .

S t eadm an Phi li p ,
No t p ri vi lege d .

Sch e l Anthony , O 0 . 0 . O D . Germ an sol di er .

S h dl t t J ame s
c u e ,
Schni t ter N i c hol as ,

Semler J ohn ,

S w tf g
ar J ohn a er 11
S haw H gh ,
u

S h e l er J ohn ,

S t yl
a W il lia m
or ,
S habash Pe t er , o o o e o o o o o o g

S t a k H e n ry Be thun e
r ,

S hum an Ge o rge ,

Schu tz G e , e or
Slin gerl an d al ter ,

S h eph er d Jame s
Sm ad es J oshua , .

Sp g
ra J onathan
u s,
Sc arlett ,

S t ewar t Fran cis ,

S taffo rd ,

S pin k s J ame s ,

S tap leton Eli z ab eth ,

S honk Pat ri ck ,

Seg on J ac o b ,

S t rat ton T ho m as ,

Sc ott W illi am
,

S tee l M arg are t Sc ott

,

S te ph e nson J ame s ,

Sco tt C ath erin e

,

S p l d n C ath er in e
a e ,

S tre t ch D ani el ,

S t p h i n n R i c ha r d
e so ,
H

S i bley Gil bert ,

S ibl e y S a rah ,

Selby Tho m as ,

Sw t
ar ze , P et er
6

( I l l
 AP PEN DIX B . 32 3

R EM AR K S .

Sk itt le J ac ob , L o y al ist W D , . .

Sm ith T ho m as , M a rin e De pt .

S pi er s John , S p d at C t q i
. r ov

a ar a u .

Sc out J ohn , A wi fe n d n chil d ; so l di er L oy al

a o e
R an gers .

S imm on widow , and two c hi ld re n

S wop e S t e ph e n
, S soldi er L oy al R angers
.

S an gerhaus en Geo rge ,

S hn y d
c Pe t er er , . .

S h ny d
c Z a c ha riah er ,
Se ager J ohn , A if e and s e ve n c hil dre n
W .

S inn e t Pe t er ,

S am 1 H u g h e,
S t a es E b n ezer
S pI
, e

o J os e ph
Ie r ,
S houl t z Pe t er
,
S soldi er 29 t h Regt p dis charge
. . . .

S w t t C h ristian
ur a , S . 5 3 d Re t ( S w w t) r . or o er or .

S pratle y T hom as , S Pr o v in cial at h t wn s l di er

. o ns o , o
R R N Y M u t er R o ll
. . . . s .

S tout J ohn
, .

S omers L an ey ,

Smi t h C on r o d
, S . J ohn f C o rnwal l U E J F
son o f o . . . .

S p en cer B arnar Serg t M ust er Ro ll

S agus H en ry Seg ar
. .

, ,
or 1 0 os bu g H e ssi n Regt r a .

S ton eb ur n er J ame s , On e 0
S t ree ts Jame s J n , , u r .

Sere y Ri c ha r d
, S sol di er
. M ust er Ro ll .

S ti ckm an J ohn , . A wi fe and c hil d .

S t l y J ac o b
o ,

S h
c t H e n ry
r ou , :

S oper S a r ah
,
Ser on , A wif e and v e child re n ; e migr ant
fro m th e S tat e s J F . . .

S hav er Ni cho l as , O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O A wi fe and t w chi ld re n o .

S hy ers J ac o b , . S sol di er
. M ust er Ro ll ,

S wanson G e o rge ,

S now J ohn, .

Sew est , S ix c hil d ren .

Seg ar J ohn
, . A w i f and t w c hil d en
e o r , p ro v d

at
Niag ara .

Sc hr am J am e s , A wi fe and v e chil dre n .

S c h ra m A r aham ,

S on g Pe te
Sm i th M athias
, .

Sh l d J ohn
e v e r an , An d wi fe .

St pl J acob And wi fe P d at F o rt E ri e

aW e, . ro v .

S t at y J o hn
e , A wif e and chil d .

S m g t i n G asper
Sy
r s , .

mm onds J am s , e .
32 4 APPEND IX B .

REMAR KS .

S t ringer John , . An d wif e G on e t th e S tat es

. o o .

Scramblin g D a vid , .

S utton S am u el Ai MTnt l S ol di er
r ea M
hol p
. .
,

A t M ontre al .

S t ot l i c k , P hilip d o.
Terreb onn e S o l di er R
. M . .

R o ll .

Sl in gerl and De nnis ,

Sk inn er Isaiah , S n f T i m othy

o o .

S h q t J ac ob
c e ue ,

S t e d m an Wi l liam ,

S pr inger M argare t ,

St be J ohn .

S to e J a c o b ,

S cu ss , J ohn .

Sh oar t M i cha el , o o o o o s l c o a o o o o o o o o

S i t n ff J a c o b
o , .

S pring st een Ge o rge g ,

r e O O O O C O O O O O O O O O .

S t rin ger Andre w , W

S howm an C onr ad ,

Sec ord M agdale n ,

S t i h J ohn
e s o ,

S nider Lu ke ,

S ni d er S aul ,

S h tio John
c e,
S i m son Ro b er t , Serge ant L o y al R angers .

S ons B ott S am u el
,

S w t J aco b
e er , .

S h i i ngt n Fr an ci s
v o ,

St u ru a t Ch i t ph , I s o e
S y A no v y
o ,

S inger J ohn ,

Sh t or c r o p C h ristoph er ,

S h ff
c e M i chael
re ,

S h epley J ohn , .

S p eckm an J os eph ,

Sh erm an H en ry ,

S h l t d Ge o rge
c e s e ,

St out my Ada re ,

S h wlo J ohn G
s, .

Sha v er Ge o rge ,

S hav er Ge o rge ,

S mith William ,

Sh ev eri t t J ohn ,
32 6 AP PEND IX B .

R EMARK S .

J ohn
S ai l mon , S ol di er L oyal R an gers .

Au g ustus
S ch er b e rt , 11s . . I O 0

Wm H en ry
S h ou g h n essy , . .

S ayer H e nry , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o o Germ an soldi er .

Se ager J ohn , O I 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 . A s et tler o f 1784 J V A

0 . . . . .

S ol dier B utler s R angers

a

.

H e nryy
S t au g h m i l l , O O O O O O O O C O O O O O O O O

S h e ll D av id
,

St au t y J acob '. o o o o e o o o o o o - o o

Sl ingerl and Wal t er ,

er . . D O .

S t n l d J ohn
a s Oe , . 0 . O . 6 . O

S l h Pe t r
oc , e 0 . C

S haff er E sth er , O I O C O O O I O O C Q O

Sm ith D onal d ,

S h id
c r S i m on e r,
S m a d e s Ab raham ,

S war t s M i chael , .

S nyd er J ohn , .

S t eel J ohn
,

S n b
e ce g h J ohn au ,

S wart z H en ry ,

Sch l tz Pet er
u ,

S ny t h M i chael
er ,

S h atf or d, C onu r t

S mith Wi lliam ,

Sm i th Fre d eri ck ,

S h el d on J ohn , .

S p ringer D ani el ,

Tracy J ame s ,

T ayl o r J ohn ,

T ayl o r P e t er ,

T f
u S am u el
e,
T ho m as J ohn ,

T ur ny Ge orge ,

T u rn ey J ohn Se r , , h
T u rn e y J ohn , ,

T ho rn Wi ll iam ,

T ler W i lliam,

T o m as J am e s ,
 APPENDIX B . 32 7

MESS
NAME . R EMA R K S .

Ti p , Wi ll iam
Tr oop J ohn , .

Tru m p C harle ,

Thi ery Mr ,

T ull y Thom as,

T u ll y Thom as J n
, ,
u r .

Th n L aw re n ce
u r eso ,

Tu rn er J ohn ,

Ti n b k T ho m as
roo , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Th o rn J hn , o
T u rn er Ri chard O OO
, O S ol di er L oyal Ran gers .

T u rn er J ohn ,
British sol di er .

A wi fe Pro v ision e d at J
. ohn st own .

Th i m b l Tem pler ) C h ristopher

er , . 8 Germ an soldier J F . . .

T hom as i lli m , a
Ti l ba g h J ohn
ou .

Tru m an Fr an cis ,

T hom son J ohn ,

AW l fe .

T n
ou d J a me s
se n ,

T hom as J ame s ,
A wi fe nd t w chil d ren S oldi er
a o .

B ut ler s Ran gers J F

. . .

T ayl o r Lewi s ,
Not e ntitle d t o l and .

Th M ath e w
e zer , At M ont re al .

T ri cke y J ohn , . A s e ttler P to L B L 179 1

. . . . . .

T y
r S amu el
ar , .

T ff d C on r ad
u ar ,

T ayl o r C harl e s
,

T i m berm an J ohn ,

Ti p p in
e raC h ristoph er e,
H O O

Trapp Ri char d,
t

Th m b ll R o b ert
ru e ,

T lb
o k B l
ac ,
o sor

Thom pson T hom as , 2

Ti b b t J ohn
e ,

Thom pson M ath e w ,

T all S im on
,

T utt le J ohn ,

T ttle W i lliam
u ,

Tutt l e S t eph e n
.

Tram ble A sah el

T tt l J os e ph
a e,
Tr um an Pe ter ,
32 8 APP ENDIX B .

NAMES R EMARK S .

Talh amm er , D a vid S ol di er L oyal R an gers .

Trip R o b er t
, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Thi l ie L au re nc e
e,
6 u

A b r aham
Twi J ohn e,

T l
ar ou se , J ohn
T i mi
u e M ar tinn re ,

T n
ur x Je an B aptist e
eau ,

U lm an H e n ry ,

U dl ( e U ddl ) J ohn
or e ,

U m p y Am h er st
e ,

U p t on W i llia m , .

U nd t n
er s o J ame s e, P ro vin cial Navy .

U q t R od er i ck M i l y cl ai m ant

r u ar , .

U l s e A n d re w Loyalis t M j C l l ist

, a . os e s , U D
. . 1788 .

U tl Isaac
er , S ol di er L oyal R an gers .

Van C u re Benj am i ,

Van D us er J a c , .

Vr oom an Isaac ,

Van E v ery Benj am in ,

Vand erhey den D av id ,

V nd w t Pe t er
a u or ,

Vanal stin e Lem u el ,

V anal s tin e J ame ,

s
V anal s tin e th e l at e ,

Vernon G di n , e o .

V an A ll er L awre nc e ,
L i eut B R angers
. . .

V l nt i n
a a e E nsign R .

V l n t i n J ohn
a a e. Adj t ant
u
V n
a t Y ll
vo s ,
a as
V an di t P e t er
c
V g1er E v ert
a ,
,
S ol dl e r s K ing s R an gers

.

V os b y J ohn
u r ,

V an E v e P e t er S ol di er B Ran ger s . .

Val l a d e B , G ov . H am i l t on s Vo lunt eer s

.

Va ll ad e Fran cis , De troit V olun t eers .

V an C am p R R N Y
. . W D
. . . .

Van C am p J n , u r.
Vi c x Le wis
s e n eau , Si eg e o f Q u eb ec and M arin e Dept , .

Van Sc ot t J ohn , S ol d i er R R N Y . . . .

V an dyke Gra d us , An o l d soldi er L B Nassau 179 4 . . .

,
.

V and erlip J ohn , .

V n i
a s z e,J os eph .
330 AP P END IX B .

NAME S . R EMAR KS .

Wh eeler S am u el , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S ol di er Kin g s Rangers

.

Whi t m an Geo rge , 0 0 0 0 0 .

H

W i er J os eph
n ,

Westb roo k And re w ,

W i l k ins R o bert ,

W i h hn
e s u
Wray J ohn ,

Wright E d war d ,

Wright T hom as ,

W ard Ge orge
,

W i t ll Ni c ho l as
ze ,

W
W . t

Web st er E l iz ab eth ,
H
fro m
Wi fe d c hil d T e asu ry L oyal ist
an . r .

Em i gr ant fro m E ngl and .

W y cot t , Fran cis Tre asu ry L oyal ist E ngl ishm an Em i . .

gr an t s e t t l er .

W l li ng ton J ohn
e , T
y
r e asu r L y li t o a s .

W i ll iam s J ohn ,
Em ig rant from E n g

Wh eeler J ames ,

Wi l c ox El ick ,

W i n d l l J os e ph
a ,

W int er Jos eph ,

Win t er B tl er ,
u

W i l c ox M o rris ,

W ilc ox Isaiah ,

W y t ll Ni c ho l as
ze ,
A wi fe and v e chi l dren P . r o vIS I on ed
at C t q i Not U E
a ar a u . . .

Wal t er s Hu m ph rey ,
Wi fe chil d P d at C . ro v

at ar aq u i .

W n k J a me s
a ac ,

Wi l l iam s Nathan ,

W i ll iam s W i llia m ,
A wi fe and s e v e n chil dre n .

W arn ers Le v i ,

Wrigh t Sem ion ,

A wi fe .

W or m l y Ja c ob ,

W o d co ck P e t er
o
,
A wi f e and c hil d .

W i ll s J o hn S British so ld i er
. .

P r o vision e d at J hn t w n Ger
,

W g lin Ge o rge
a a e, . . S. o s o .

m an so ldi er Aft er wa ds in 6 0t h . r
Reg t N M L. . c .

W i n zell , A dam A wi f e and t h ree c hil dren A s e ttler . .

N M L . c .

Watson J ame s ,
A wi fe three chi l dren S ol di er 34t h .

Reg t .
 APPEND IX B . 33 1

M ESS
NAME . R EMARKS .

W ilk ison D ani el ,

W al d en J a ck ,

W alker Ale x ,
W i ll by John
o
,

W har t And rew ,

W in t er Jac o b ,

W l d f J ohn
a ro ,

W ol s ey Ab el ,

Wint er J an e t , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W a rn er J ohn , 0

W a t son J oh n , 0 0

W l d dt Ja c ob
a ra , L o y al
W annam aker J ,
ac ob
W e a t h er w a t , W l ll l a ln L o ya l
W i cki e J ohn ,

W il son Jame s ,

W oo d co c k W ill ia m ,

\ V h it Je ss e
e, Vol unt eer in J p e ssu

s, p dau ght er s
.

P to L E L 179 1
. . . . .

W hit e C h i t ,
r s

r

W adm an Wi ll iam ,

We st b rook Ale x ,

We b ste A braha m r,

W i ll S amu el
oc ,
W il l Ab raham
se ,
W y l y VV y nd l
e
,
e .

W alt er M ar t in ,

W k Ge o rge
e sse c ,

We av er Nichol as
W o l f C h ristian
,

W l l J ame s
a ,

Wea rl y Pe t er ,

W orm wood Wi ll iam ,

W a d e A bij ah, . .
6
J F . .

W ing I chab od , L at e f r o m N Yo rk
.
, 1790 .

W ing J d di h ,
e e a
Wint er J h , o n
6 6

W hitin Wi ll S ol di er 84th R g t e .
, 179 1 .

Wa rd ohn , . . Serge an t L y l R
o a ang e rs ,
W h i tm an M axw ell , S o l d i er
W a d A b el
r , .

W i w i g ht J ohn
a na r ,

W hi t m an R o ber t ,

Wr ay R osw ell ,
33 2 APP ENDIX B .

N AME S . R EMAR KS .

W hite W ill ia m ,
. S o l di er L oyal R angers .

W ill is ton W i ll iam ,

W i l liston W i lliam J n , ,
u r.
W atson A ar on ,

We bst er M i l o , D o o o t o o o . o o o o o i o o o o

W ym
e Ge o rg or e ,
Whi t e S am u el ,

W ar wi ck J am ,

Webb Ge o rge ,

W y t t J ohn
o ,

W i lli am s Ri chard ,
D i e d in Sept 1786 S o l di er L oya l
.
, .

R an ger s .

We arin g Fred eri ck , S o ldi er L oyal R ang ers .

W oolf L odowi ck ,

W ag gon er H erm anus ,

W i ll s W ill iam
,

W int erm ut e A b raham ,

Whit e Derri ck ,

W atson J ame s ,

W y t t D ani el
a e ,

W al d r off Widow Le nny ,

W e a v er C h risty ,

Wr i gh t M alc o l m ,

W a d e Art hu r ,

W il son J ohn ,

Y oung Isaac ,

Y e u re x Isaa c ,
S.

Ye arns Wi l liam ,
B R ang er s
. .

Y oungs D av i d ,
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