175 Sentences With "United Empire Loyalist"

Moses Gerrish was a United Empire Loyalist and one of the original settlers of the island of Grand Manan.

Butler was born in 1907 in Norwich, Ontario, Canada. He was a descendant of United Empire Loyalist Colonel John Butler.

The lighthouse is named for its original keeper, "Spafford Barker Belyea" and the area's original United Empire Loyalist settler, "Hendrick Belyea".

Codys is a community in Queens County, New Brunswick named after the United Empire Loyalist Cody Family. The 2006 Canadian Census found a population of 406.

A generation after the Planters, a sudden influx of United Empire Loyalist settlers arrived to escape the Revolutionary War in New England further changing township settlements.

Robert Land (1739–1818) was a United Empire Loyalist and British spy during the American Revolution, and one of the first British settlers of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Located on the west bank of the Saint John River between Fredericton and Oromocto, Lincoln was one of the original United Empire Loyalist settlements established in the province following the American Revolution.

In 1896, Ryerson helped establish the United Empire Loyalist Association of Ontario. In 1902, he failed to secure nomination by the Conservative Party when he attempted to run for election in Toronto North.

The bill, which did not pass the House of Commons, was intended primarily as a satirical response to the contemporaneous American Helms–Burton Act.The Godfrey-Milliken Bill – A Canadian response to the Helms–Burton Law, Sam Boskey, 29 October 1996 In 1997, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed a bill declaring 19 June, "United Empire Loyalist Day" in Ontario. United Empire Loyalist Day is also celebrated on the same day in Saskatchewan, on 18 May in New Brunswick and on 22 July in British Columbia.

The park is on the area of the former Milliken’s Corners, a hamlet, founded by Norman Milliken, a United Empire Loyalist from New Brunswick, in 1807. It was mostly farmland. The park officially opened in 1993.

Harmannus Smith (November 13, 1790 - July 1, 1872) was a physician, farmer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Wentworth in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1834 to 1836 as a Reformer and then in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1851. He was born in Louth Township, Upper Canada, the son of Joseph Smith, a United Empire Loyalist, and Anna Margaret House, the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist. He attended school in Niagara and then studied medicine with a Dr. Allen.

The Butler's Rangers and United Empire Loyalist were some of the first residents; with both groups receiving the land for free.Jackson and Wilson (1992). St. Catharines - Canada's Canal City, p. 16. The St. Catharines Standard Limited, St. Catharines. .

Next door is St. John Anglican Church celebrating 150 years. Derby Street brings the charming and colourful log home constructed c.1828 by Stephen Cafs, a United Empire Loyalist. Main Street East contains the Georgian stone home built c.

George Skeffington Grimmer, (June 11, 1826 - March 1, 1887) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1862 to 1864 as a Liberal member. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, the son of Elizabeth Maxwell, daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, and her husband John Davidson Grimmer (1851–1936), a ship builder of German descent whose ancestor Thomas Grimmer (1759–1828) was also a United Empire Loyalist. His mother, and He was educated in St. Stephen and at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine.

Clarke was born in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Kenneth and Georgiana Clarke, a family that traced its background to the United Empire Loyalist migration. He was educated in Cornwall, and later moved to Manitoba. In 1921, Clarke married Flossie Gladys Warner.

The town is named after Thomas Smyth, a United Empire Loyalist who in 1786 was granted in what is present-day Smiths Falls. The Heritage House Museum (c. 1862), also known as the Ward House, was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1977.

Ryerson was born on 24 March 1803 in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, to Joseph Ryerson (1761–1854), a United Empire Loyalist, a Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales American Volunteers from Passaic County, New Jersey, and Sarah Mehetable Ryerson (néé Stickney). He was one of six siblings.

Lt. Col. William Robertson was a military person, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1808 to 1811. He was a United Empire Loyalist of Scottish descent and settled at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

Charles L. Smith (1853 - ?) was a political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Carleton County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1895 to 1899 as a Liberal member. He was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, of United Empire Loyalist descent. Smith married Luella McClary.

John DeCew (1766–1855), (variably spelt DeCou, Du Coo or DeCow, and sometimes with the "C" not capitalized) was a United Empire Loyalist, an early settler in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada, a commissioned militia officer in the War of 1812, and a founding member of the Welland Canal Company.

Samuel Sherwood ( 1777 – c. 1821) was a lawyer and political figure in early Canada. He was born in the Thirteen Colonies, the son of Justus Sherwood, a United Empire Loyalist who settled in Augusta Township in Upper Canada. He studied law in Montreal and was admitted to the Upper Canada bar.

He was a United Empire Loyalist from Pennsylvania who came to Halifax in 1784. A leader of the Methodist church in the province, he built a church on his property. Marchington was elected to the provincial assembly after Christopher Harper was unseated because he was not a resident of Nova Scotia.

Margaret Green Draper (May 3, 1727 - circa 1804) was an American printer and journalist. She was the great-granddaughter of pioneering American printer Samuel Green. She was one of the first American women to run an independent business. A United Empire Loyalist, she supported the British monarchy during the American Revolutionary War.

Charles Harrison (1792 - May 8, 1879) was a political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1829 to 1834. He was born in Sheffield, New Brunswick, the son of Lieutenant James Harrison, a United Empire Loyalist, and Charity Cowperthwaite. Harrison was educated in Sheffield.

He was born in Sussex, New Brunswick, the son of William Pugsley, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and Frances Jane Hayward. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick. He studied mathematics, classics, and English and was awarded many scholarships. In his junior year he was the gold medallist of his class.

The settlement began with the arrival of David Welch and his family in 1769, as well as the Morrells. This was followed by the arrival of several more United Empire Loyalist families in 1783. The village was incorporated in 1946. A ferry service connects the village with Freeport, Nova Scotia on Long Island.

In 1810 he married Mary Thompson, a United Empire Loyalist and close friend of Elizabeth Russell sister of Peter Russell who had been Administrator of Upper Canada.Wise & Gould, p. 187 Upon his arrival in York he was in possession of a male slave whom he had bought in Antigua for £144.Fisher, p.

John Roblin (May 2, 1774 – February 28, 1813) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Smiths Clove, Orange County, New York in 1774. He was the son of Philip Roblin, a United Empire Loyalist, and Elizabeth Miller. After the American Revolution, his family settled in Adolphustown Township.

Samuel Leonard (ca 1755 - August 20, 1825) was a United Empire Loyalist and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Horton township from 1793 to 1799 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in New Jersey and served as a captain in the New Jersey Volunteers. Leonard married Nancy Allison.

He was born in Fort Hunter, New York, in 1780, the son of the Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist. He studied at King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia and then apprenticed in law in Lower Canada with John Reid and then Jonathan Sewell; he was called to the bar in 1801.

Joseph was born in 1837 in Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin B. Woodworth, a Justice of the Peace and important business figure in Kings County, as well as a United Empire Loyalist. He was the brother of Douglas Benjamin Woodworth."Family Sketches", History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, p. 879, Retrieved 9 oct 2009.

The school itself is named after Robert Land, a United Empire Loyalist originally from New York who migrated into what later became Upper Canada with his family in the mid-1780s, in the wake of the American Revolutionary War. Land is often seen as one of the first inhabitants of modern-day Hamilton, Ontario.

Mount Albion owed its existence to William Alexander Davis (1741-1834), a United Empire Loyalist, and his family. Davis was married to Hannah E. Phillips (b.ca. 1743- d.1794) Residing at a large plantation estate in North Carolina, USA during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1791), Davis was loyal to the UK and gave shelter to British soldiers.

The company began manufacturing cordage with jute, manila, hemp and sisal. To accommodate growth and reduce transportation costs, in 1916 the operation was moved from Doon to a larger factory in Kitchener. Beniah Bowman (1886–1941) was born in Waterloo county into a United Empire Loyalist family. He was educated in the Doon and Hespeler public schools.

Philip Howard Spohn (1842 - November 14, 1918) was a Canadian physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Simcoe East in the House of Commons of Canada in 1891 as a Liberal member. He was born in Ancaster, Canada West, the son of Philip Spohn, of United Empire Loyalist descent. He received his M.D. from Victoria University.

Edward Barron Chandler (August 22, 1800 - February 6, 1880) was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation. Chandler was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and moved to New Brunswick to study law. He moved to Dorchester, New Brunswick and served in the colony's government.

Samuel Campbell (July 1788 - September 1851) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1826. He was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Campbell, a United Empire Loyalist, and Alice Hogg. Campbell's mother married Colin Campbell after the death of his father.

Albert M. Hemeon (1843 - April 26, 1896) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1887 to 1896 as a Liberal member. He was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and educated at Truro. In 1864, he married L.W. McVicar.

Gilbert McKenna (1800 - after 1877) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1840 to 1843 and from 1847 to 1851. He was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, the son of Duncan McKenna, a United Empire Loyalist originally from Scotland. McKenna was educated in Shelburne and Halifax.

David Jones (1792 - June 26, 1870) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Leeds from 1824 to 1828 and Brockville from 1834 to 1836 in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada as a Conservative member. He was born in Montreal, the son of Daniel Jones, a United Empire Loyalist, and Margaret Hartley. Jones married Catherine Eliza Hayes.

Michael Aikman (December 9, 1797 - March 21, 1881 in Barton Township) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. Aikman was born in Upper Canada in 1797, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. In 1833, he was named justice of the peace in the Gore District. He represented Wentworth in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1836 to 1841.

John Walden Meyers (January 22, 1745 - November 22, 1821) was an Upper Canada businessman and United Empire Loyalist. He was born Johannes Waltermyer in Albany County, New York on January 22, 1745. He was descended from German immigrants. When the American Revolutionary War began, he left home for Quebec, reportedly receiving bear meat from a friendly native tribe en route.

John Stinson (March 12, 1764 - January 7, 1842) was a political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Hampshire in 1764, the son of a United Empire Loyalist also named John Stinson. He originally came to Sophiasburgh Township in 1786 but later settled in Hallowell Township. In 1796, he was named justice of the peace for the Midland District.

Samuel Ault (1814 – August 28, 1895) was an Ontario political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Stormont from 1867 to 1872. He was born in Osnabruck Township, Upper Canada in 1814, the son of Nicholas Ault, a United Empire Loyalist of German descent, and Margaret Ross. Ault married Catherine Valentine Loucks.

Henry Wandal Yager (bef May 12, 1802 – January 9, 1860) was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Claverack, Columbia County, New York, in 1802, the son of Wandal Yager and Eva Dings. The family moved to Upper Canada and settled in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario about 1800. He was not a United Empire Loyalist.

A farming and logging area, it was first settled c. 1860 by children of the United Empire Loyalist families who came to Queensbury, New Brunswick in 1784. The 2006 Canadian Census found a population of 380. Published in 1987, Temperance Vale - The People and Times of a New Brunswick (Canada) Settlement is a history compiled and written by community members.

Albert Freeman Ewing was born June 29, 1871 in Elora, Ontario to Alexander Ewing of Ireland and Mary Manarey, of United Empire Loyalist descent. He was educated at Elora High School and later Toronto University where he attained a Bachelor of Arts. He was married to Annie Lafferty, the daughter of James Delamere Lafferty who was the fifth Mayor of Calgary.

Hamilton Dibble Jessup (May 2, 1806 - 1892) was a doctor and political figure in Canada West. He was the son of Edward Jessup, Jr. and the grandson of Edward Jessup, a United Empire Loyalist. He studied medicine in Montreal and opened a practice in Prescott, Ontario. He served 10 terms as mayor and was lieutenant-colonel in the local militia, participating in the Battle of the Windmill.

The first permanent settler of European descent in what is now Chippawa was Thomas Cummings. He was a United Empire Loyalist from Albany, New York who settled on the south side of the Welland River in 1783. Later that same year, John Burch settled on the north side of the Welland River, and in 1786, he built saw- and gristmills along the Niagara River.

Charles Jeffery Peters (October 8, 1773 - February 3, 1848) was a lawyer, judge and politician in New Brunswick. He was born in Hempstead, New York, the son of James Peters, a United Empire Loyalist, and Margaret Lester. Peters came to Nova Scotia with his father in 1783. He studied law with Ward Chipman and was admitted to practice as an attorney in New Brunswick in 1794.

James Cotter (1772 - January 18, 1849) was a farmer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New York state in 1772, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He settled in Adolphustown Township in 1794 and, around 1817, moved to Sophiasburgh Township. He served as captain in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant colonel in 1830.

William Paine (June 5, 1750 - April 19, 1833) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1787. Paine was unusual in that he was a United Empire Loyalist who chose to return to the United States. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Timothy Paine and Sarah Chandler.

Benjamin Fairfield (1772 - May 9, 1842) was a shipowner, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Charlotte County, Vermont in 1772, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He came to Quebec with his family, who later settled in Ernestown Township after the American Revolution. With his brothers, he was involved in shipbuilding, mills and supplying goods to the militia.

Isaac Newton Mack (September 1, 1838 - June 3, 1925) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1874 to 1878 as a Liberal member. He was born in Mill Village, Nova Scotia, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and was educated there and at Sackville. In 1872, he married Rachel Vaughan.

Born in North Crosby, Ontario, on November 1, 1861, Puffer was the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He married Charlotte Ann Gilmore, with whom he would have seven children, on July 1, 1885. They came west in 1889 and homesteaded near Olds, before finally settling in Lacombe in 1893. Puffer was engaged in several businesses, dealing in cattle, lumber, dairy products, and farm implements.

MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, the son of Eugene and Shirley MacKenzie (nee Wharton.) He was raised in nearby Princeport. He is named after his great uncle, Liverpool, Nova Scotia schooner captain Lewis Wharton. MacKenzie's forefather Israel Wharton fought as a United Empire Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Waxhaws, before he subsequently settled in the Liverpool area.

Henry Rutherford (before 1783 - ca 1808) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Digby from 1793 to 1806 and Annapolis County from 1806 to 1808 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He came to Digby, Nova Scotia in 1783 as a United Empire Loyalist. He was involved in the fishing trade and the trade in the West Indies.

Lovat Dickson was born in Victoria, Australia to parents of United Empire Loyalist descent.The Canadian Encyclopedia: Lovat Dickson entry His father was a mining engineer. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and at eleven he was sent to school in England. At age fifteen, he moved to Canada where he worked in a mining camp near Jasper, Alberta.

The daughter of George Mowat and Isabella Campbell, Mowat was born on the Beech Hill family farm near St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The Mowat family was of United Empire Loyalist descent. In her childhood, Mowat spent a lot of time surrounded by her older relatives. There she developed an interest in narrative from reading old archived letters written by both sides of her family.

Alfred Ogden (December 31, 1843 – July 29, 1919) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Guysborough in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was born in Port Elgin, New Brunswick, the son of John F. Ogden, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and was educated there. Ogden settled in Cape Canso, Nova Scotia.

His uncle, Christopher Robinson, was a United Empire Loyalist and the father of Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, the Chief Justice of Upper Canada. Their ancestor, also named Christopher Robinson, came to Virginia about 1666 as secretary to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia. His grandfather was a brother of John Robinson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses, and Beverley Robinson, also a loyalist leader.

Amasa Emerson Killam (July 25, 1834 - August 20, 1922Provincial Archives of New Brunswick) was a political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1879 to 1882 and from 1883 to 1899 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was born and educated in Dorchester, New Brunswick, of United Empire Loyalist descent. In 1857, he married Millicent Wheaton.

John Brecken (died March 6, 1827) was an English-born United Empire Loyalist, merchant and political figure. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1785 to 1787. He came to Charlottetown from Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1784 with his wife, Ann Wake, and established a business there. He returned to England some time before 1826 and died there in 1827.

John Cameron (1778 - August 7, 1829) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in the Mohawk Valley in New York state, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He lived on a property he named Fairfield in Charlottenburgh Township, located near the current location of Summerstown, Ontario. He served as a lieutenant in the local militia during the War of 1812.

Macdonald became the leader of the Conservative Party and formed the first national government in 1867. The party brought together ultramontane Quebec Catholics, pro-tariff businessmen, United Empire Loyalist Tories and Orangemen. One major accomplishment of Macdonald's first government was the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway which also led to the Pacific Scandal that brought down the government in 1873.Donald Creighton, John A. Macdonald: The Old Chieftain. Vol.

Ralph Taylor (March 29, 1773 - February 9, 1847) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly from 1829 to 1834. He was born in Philipsburg, Lower Canada, the son of Alexander Taylor, a United Empire Loyalist from New York, and Jane Brisbane. He served as a commissioner for the trial of minor causes and as a school inspector for Missisquoi and Shefford counties.

Frederick John French, (January 18, 1847 - 1924) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Grenville South and then Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1890. He was born in Burritt's Rapids, Canada West in 1847, the son of John Strachan French, of United Empire Loyalist heritage. His great grandfather Jeremiah French served in the first parliament of Upper Canada.

The circumstances of Bernard's birth have not been confirmed, but his obituaries suggest he was born in Quebec's Eastern Townships to United Empire Loyalist parents. Mary Webb Meredith was Bernard's first wife until her death in 1845. He remarried in 1852 to Sarah Couch, a member of the Roman Catholic Church in contrast to Bernard's Protestant church membership. He had eight children, one of whom with his first wife.

His father was a United Empire Loyalist from Vermont who had served with the Queen's Rangers and Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers during the American Revolution. The family settled in Township No. 2, later Ernestown. His uncle was Ebenezer Washburn, a member of the Legislative Assembly who presented Prince Edward County. In 1814, Ebenezer served in the militia during the War of 1812 and moved to Cobourg in 1815.

Thomas Millidge (August 12, 1776 - August 21, 1838) was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1816 to 1820. He was born in New Jersey, the son of Thomas Millidge, a United Empire Loyalist who served with the New Jersey Volunteers, and Mercy Berker. Millidge came to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1783.

John David Smith (October 1786 - March 1849) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New York City in 1786, the son of Elias Smith, a United Empire Loyalist. He came to the site of what is now Port Hope with his family in 1797. His father and Jonathan Walton built a sawmill and gristmill there which formed the basis for the community that developed there.

Sherwood was born in Augusta Township in 1811, the son of Levius Peters Sherwood and Charlotte (Jones) Sherwood. He was of United Empire Loyalist stock on both sides of his family.The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men: Ontario Volume, (Toronto: American Biographical Publishing Co., 1880), pp. 235–236. His older brother, Henry Sherwood, later became Joint Premier of the Province of Canada.

Greenwood was born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, to John Hamar Greenwood (1829-1903), a lawyer who emigrated from Llanbister, Radnorshire, Wales, as a youth, and wife Charlotte Churchill Hubbard, who was from a United Empire Loyalist family that had an ancestor who immigrated to Canada after the American Revolutionary War.Profile, nationalarchives.ie; accessed 21 March 2016. He was educated at the University of Toronto before emigrating to England as a young man.

Born 12 April 1778, Strachan was the youngest of six children born to the overseer of a granite quarry in Aberdeen, Scotland. He graduated from King's College, Aberdeen, in 1797. After his father died in an accident in 1794, Strachan tutored students and taught school to finance his own education. In 1799 he emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada, to tutor the children of other British and United Empire Loyalist immigrants.

Robert Robertson (March 31, 1817 – August 21, 1901Wishart Robertson fonds, Archives Canada) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Barrington township from 1855 to 1867 and Shelburne County from 1867 to 1877 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal member. He was born in Barrington, Nova Scotia, the son of William Robertson, a United Empire Loyalist, and Sarah Van Norden. He married Sarah Richan.

His father and some siblings became Quakers in Upper Canada but it is clear that Reuben did not. He was not a United Empire Loyalist though he married Esther Marsh who was a daughter of Loyalist, Matthias Marsh. Early on he was a farmer along the shore of the Bay of Quinte. In 1820, White was elected to the 8th Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada session for Hastings.

Alexander McMartin (1788-July 12, 1853) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was the first person born in Upper Canada to serve in its Legislative Assembly. He was born in Charlottenburgh Township in 1788, the son of a United Empire Loyalist who settled on the Raisin River. The settlement that formed around his father's mills was first known as MacMartin's Mills and later Martintown.

William Henry "Harry" Wahl (December 14, 1902 - April 1, 1975) was a farm implement dealer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Qu'Appelle-Wolseley from 1952 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Carnduff, Saskatchewan, the son of Jacob Wahl and Isabell Newcomb, both of United Empire Loyalist descent. In 1936, he married Ruth McDonald.

Additionally, he served as a councillor and mayor of Picton, and was a good friend of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. Wilson's mother was a daughter of Charles Biggar, who, like Wilson's paternal grandfather, Stewart Charles Wilson, was of United Empire Loyalist descent. One of Wilson's uncles, James Lyons Biggar, was Member of Parliament for Northumberland East, Ontario. Wilson's mother died in February 1867 when he was seven years old.

He was born in what is now the United States, the son of the Reverend Samuel Seabury and Elizabeth Powell. His half-brother Samuel was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. In 1770, he married Anne Lyne. A United Empire Loyalist, he served as captain in a loyalist regiment during the American Revolution and came to Nova Scotia in 1783, settling in Granville.

The town was established in the early 19th century by Jacob Ball, a United Empire Loyalist. The Ball or Bahl family had a long association with the English Crown, and had originally emigrated to the County of Norfolk in England from lands in what is now Germany. In 1690, the family purchased lands in New York's Mohawk Valley, paying one shilling per acre to the Crown. Subsequently, they emigrated and settled there.

Wine barrel engraved with the Henry of Pelham logo at the winery. Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery is an Ontario winery that released their first vintage in 1988. The namesake of the winery, Henry (Smith) of Pelham was an early settler in Upper Canada’s Niagara Peninsula. His father Nicholas, the first settler, was Pennsylvania Dutch and a United Empire Loyalist who sided with the crown during the American Revolution of 1776.

Ezekiel Wiggins was born in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, in 1839 to Daniel Slocum Wiggins and Elizabeth Titus Stone, both of United Empire Loyalist descent. The Wiggins family claims descent from Capt Thomas Wiggins of Shrewsbury, England who became the first Governor of New Hampshire in 1630. Ezekiel was a pupil at the Oakwood Grammar School (1858). He attended secondary school in Ontario, and stayed to become a teacher in Mariposa Township, Ontario.

The church grew out of services held in the home of Ira Honeywell, the first settler in Nepean Township. Ira Honeywell acquired a 200-acre United Empire Loyalist grant in 1810. Bernard Hughes built a house in 1840 where the present Britannia United Church building stands.Ottawa Journal 17 September 1966 Page 48 Dedication of Multi-Purpose Centre Ministry in the Britannia area began with circuit ministers visiting with local families in 1869.

The Flamborough Community Coat of Arms The Flag of Flamborough (Copetown is one of the most southern communities found in Flamborough) Copetown is a rural neighbourhood of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, located northeast of Brantford. William Cope, a United Empire Loyalist from the U.S. state of New York settled here in 1794. The community was renamed after his son Conradt in 1851. The current population of this community is approximately 130 residents.

John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson (14 February 1834 - 3 July 1912) was a Canadian physician, professor, and parliamentarian. A Liberal, he served two terms as a Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Elgin East in the province of Ontario. He also represented Elgin East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1879. He was born near Ottawa, Upper Canada in 1834, the grandson of a United Empire Loyalist.

James William Reid (May 30, 1859 - October 30, 1933) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1925 as a Liberal member. He was born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Reid and Mary A. Archibald, of United Empire Loyalist descent. He was educated at Dalhousie University and set up practice in Hants County.

James Bourne Holdsworth (ca 1796 - March 24, 1859) was a merchant, farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the township of Digby from 1836 to 1843 and Digby County from 1840 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer. He was the son of John Holdsworth, a United Empire Loyalist, and Mehitable Bourne. Holdsworh served as commissioner of the peace and became custos rotulorum in 1848.

The building's namesake comes from William Osterhout, a United Empire Loyalist who in 1805 was given the first Crown land grant from King George III as reward for his service with the Butler's Rangers. Although Osterhoust briefly owned the property, he never settled in Scarborough Township. The property was later owned by Alexander McDonnell, Duncan Cameron, and John Ewart, although no evidence suggests that they built the cabin. James Humphreys bought the property in 1845.

William Thompson (June 17, 1786 - January 18, 1860) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Brunswick in 1786, the son of a United Empire Loyalist, and came to Grantham Township with his family in 1809. He served as captain in the local militia during the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He was taking prisoner by the Americans while on a scouting expedition.

Colin Campbell (June 1752 - July 1834) was a Scottish-born lawyer, probate judge, official and political officer in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1818. He was born in Inverary, the son of David Campbell, and came to New York City in 1776, later settling in Nova Scotia as a United Empire Loyalist. In 1789, he was named customs collector at Shelburne.

Walter Scott Butler (July 22, 1823 - May 3, 1913) was a political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1867 to 1870 and from 1872 to 1882. He was born and educated at Grand Lake in Queen's County, the son of James Butler, the son of an Irish immigrant, and Mary Smith, the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist. In 1854, he married Janet Anne Sowers.

He was born in Wilmot Township in Waterloo County, Ontario, and his parents were of United Empire Loyalist stock. He attended schools in Doon and Hespeler. In 1908, he went to Owen Sound for a year to serve as an assistant to a Mennonite minister, and then went to Hespeler to preach. In 1911, he moved to Manitoulin Island and became a farmer, while still preaching occasionally at the Mennonite church at Little Current.

Northeast of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, along the south shore of Wascana Lake, is the United Empire Loyalist Cairn. It was erected in 2004 by the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (UELAC) Regina Branch. The Cairn, with two plaques, was unveiled in June 2005 by the Saskatchewan Lt Governor, Her Honour, the Honourable Dr. Lynda Haverstock during the National UELAC Conference in Regina. the Cairn contains field stones from Saskatchewan homesteads of Loyalist descendants.

Sir Albert James Smith (March 12, 1822 - June 30, 1883) was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation. Smith's grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist who left Massachusetts to settle in New Brunswick after the American Revolution. A. J. Smith's legacy paid for this house, the residence of his grandson J. W. Y. Smith, called Younglands, on Shediac Bay, New Brunswick. Built in 1927, it is now owned by a Catholic order.

He was born in Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario, in 1848, a son of Augustus and Matilda (née Grandin) McKenney. His mother was of French ancestry from Normandy, France, and his father, of Irish ancestry, was a mariner and merchant. Augustus McKenney came to Canada as a United Empire Loyalist, originally from Detroit, Michigan. McKenney attended primary Catholic and public schooling in his birthplace, until moving to the Red River Colony around 1862.

While the honorific "United Empire Loyalist" is not part of the official Canadian honours system, modern-day descendants of Loyalist refugees may employ it, sometimes using "U.E." as postnominal letters. The practice, however, is uncommon today, even in original Loyalist strongholds like southeastern Ontario. Historians and genealogists use it extensively as a shorthand for identifying the ancestry of particular families. Gathering for the Loyalist Centennial Parade in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1883.

The same account also indicates that two Jesuits, Breboeuf and Chaurnonot, visited the Neutrals in this area in 1640. The first European to live in the area, with the Neutrals, was William (Billy) Smith, son of Abraham Smith. He eventually settled near the current Port Rowan in 1793. This was in the first community, the Long Point Settlement (near what is now Port Rowan), where mills were built by United Empire Loyalist settlers.

During the War of 1812, General Isaac Brock ordered all available men in Miles' Hill to form a company. The men assembled at the farm of United Empire Loyalist James Fulton, and Brock came to personally inspect them. They were formed into a company of the 1st Regiment of York Militia. The company spent the fall and winter of 1812/1813 in York, Upper Canada waiting for an attack, but it never came.

Faulkner was born in Stirling, Ontario and was of United Empire Loyalist heritage. Initially graduating from McMaster University in 1900 with a degree in arts, he went to McGill University for further education in medicine and graduated in 1904. He set up his medical practice at Foxboro, Ontario and stayed there until 1918 when he moved to Belleville. He served as the Medical Officer of Health for Thurlow Township for 27 years.

Odelltown is a former town in southern Quebec, Canada located on Route 221, 4.7 km (2.9 mi) south of Lacolle, Quebec. The settlement was named after Joseph Odell, a United Empire Loyalist and Founder Pioneer of the Odell Family in Odelltown, Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec, Canada). The hamlet has since been made part of Lacolle. The area was the scene of a battle on 28 June 1814 during the War of 1812 between American and British forces.

He married Margaret Arbuthnot. Parnell was a member of the Board of Education and of the Water Commission. He also served as a member of the local militia during the 1880s and as a sergeant in the Home Guard during World War II. Parnell was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1919 by-election held after the death of Elisha Jessop. He was the first president of the Lincoln Historical Society and of the United Empire Loyalist Society.

He served during campaigns in New England and the South. At the end of the war in 1783 he became a United Empire Loyalist, settling in Nova Scotia. St Mary Abbots Church Fanning was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia not long after his arrival, and helped oversee the resettlement of other Loyalist refugees in the province. In 1786 he was appointed lieutenant governor of Saint John's Island, which was renamed Prince Edward Island during his tenure.

Stemming from the resettlement of United Empire Loyalist after the American Revolutionary War with traditionalist conservatism views alongside pro-market liberalism ideals, is the reason that unlike the conservatives in the United States, Canadian conservatives generally prefer the Westminster system of government.How Canadian conservatism differs from the American version Online video conference by Conservative senator Hugh Segal: cerium.ca website. The United States of America is a federal republic, while Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.

The largest settlement area of the township is the Village of Mallorytown, founded by United Empire Loyalist Nathaniel Mallory. He came ashore at Mallorytown Landing in 1784, and later moved inland in search of better farmland. This village is the site of Canada's first glassworks factory, which began in 1839, and closed in 1940. Only a few pieces of Mallorytown glass still exist, the most famous being the ‘Mallorytown Pitcher' which is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Edward William McBride (ca 1791 - September 3, 1834) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) around 1791, the son of a United Empire Loyalist. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812. He was assistant to King's Printer John Cameron and took over this function from the time when Cameron became ill in April 1815 until February 1816, several months after Cameron's death.

Gray's grandfather, Joseph Gray, was a United Empire Loyalist from Boston who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia following the American Revolution. John Hamilton Gray was educated at King's College in Nova Scotia after which he became a lawyer in Saint John, New Brunswick. He also served as a captain in the New Brunswick Regiment of Yeomany Cavalry becoming a major in the Queen's New Brunswick Ranger by 1850. In 1854 he became lieutenant-colonel of the regiment.

Lincoln was one of the original United Empire Loyalist settlements established in the province following the American Revolution. When the Loyalists moved from the newly independent colonies to British North America, Captain Benjamin Glazier moved in March 1776 to this area and named it Lincoln, as that is where he came from in Massachusetts. Then Upper and Lower Lincoln were created. Then on the 18th of May 1785 was proclaimed as the Official Birthday of Lincoln.

Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (August 16, 1820 - March 7, 1892) was a New Brunswick politician, jurist, and a member of a prominent United Empire Loyalist family. Wetmore entered politics in 1865 with his election to the colonial legislature as an Anti-Confederate. His opposition to Canadian confederation dissolved when he didn't get the appointment he expected as Attorney-General in the Anti-Confederate Party's government. Wetmore crossed the floor and joined the Confederation Party which formed the government in 1866.

Frank Lindsay Bastedo, (September 10, 1886 – February 15, 1973)The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont., 19 Feb 1973, page 33, was a Canadian lawyer who served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. He is notable for being one of the few (and the last) Canadian vice-regal representatives to refuse to give royal assent to a legislative bill. He was a descendant of Peter McMicking (1731–1823), a United Empire Loyalist, and also with Spanish ancestral origins.

Peter Fisher (9 June 1782 – 15 August 1848) was a historian and merchant in the British colony of New Brunswick. Fisher emigrated to New Brunswick from Staten Island, New York at 15 months of age. He was the son of United Empire Loyalist refugees of the American Revolutionary War who fled north in 1783. Fisher's family settled at St. Anne's Point on the Saint John River, which was an area set aside for the Loyalist military regiments.

Simeon Van Kleeck and his wife Cecilia Jaycox arrived in Nova Scotia from the former British Province of New York in 1783. Simeon, of Dutch descent, was a demobilized officer who had supported the British crown during the American Revolution. His wife Cecilia had witnessed her brother’s capture and execution for his British allegiance. As a United Empire Loyalist, Simeon was to receive land in payment for his services, and he applied for his grant several times.

The Barnum House was built between 1817 and 1819 by Eliakim Barnum, a United Empire Loyalist originally from Vermont. The house, which stands just outside Grafton, Ontario, in Alnwick/Haldimand Township, is the earliest example of Neoclassical architecture in Canada. Ontario Heritage Trust Barnum House Barnum House was the first house museum to open in Ontario, restored and operated by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario in 1940. It is currently owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust.

Bennett's parents were from one of the oldest families to have settled in Halton County, being of United Empire Loyalist origin from Massachusetts. She was also a second cousin to R.B. Bennett. She obtained degrees from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, where she took active part in political debates. Bennett was called to the bar in 1930, and, in 1945, became the fourth woman in the British Commonwealth to be named as a King's Counsel.

Frederick Charles Squires (November 13, 1881 – December 16, 1960) was a lawyer and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Carleton County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1948 as a Conservative member. He was born in Bath, New Brunswick, the son of Robert Squires and Elizabeth Turner, both of United Empire Loyalist descent. He was educated at the provincial normal school, the University of New Brunswick and Harvard Law School.

John Hawke, the second son of Benjamin Hawke and Mary (Lount), had arrived. Benjamin Hawke was a United Empire Loyalist and a Quaker that fled military conflict in the United States to settle in Simcoe County. Though his wife's family, the Lounts, were also Quakers, his brother-in-law Samuel Lount was one of William Lyon Mackenzie's lieutenants in the 1837 revolt. After Samuel Lount was hanged for treason, Benjamin Hawke decided to move out of Simcoe County.

Hatfield Point NB, c. 1915 Hatfield Point is located at the head of the Belleisle Bay, called "Pascobac" ("Side Bay") by the Maliseet, who hunted and fished in the area. European settlement began in 1783 with the arrival of Captain Thomas Spragg, a United Empire Loyalist militia officer from Hempstead, Long Island.Pradl, Gordon, "Literature for Democracy" (Portsmouth NH, 1996) Spragg and his adult sons were granted large tracts on the north side of the Bay, soon dubbed "Spragg's Point".

When the first European settlers arrived in 1777, there were only a few semi-migrant native people living in the caves near Beamsville. The earliest European settlers were ex-Butler's Rangers who had fought on the side of Britain in the American Revolution. United Empire Loyalist Jacob Beam began what is now the town of Beamsville in 1788. Both of his homes - the original one located on The Thirty (creek), as well as the one near downtown Beamsville - are still intact today.

Cunard was born into a family of United Empire Loyalist German Quaker settlers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son, along with Samuel, Henry and John, of Abraham Cunard and Margaret Murphy. In the year of his birth, his father was named master carpenter of the Royal Engineers at the Halifax garrison. Cunard was educated in Halifax and entered his father's firm. Around 1820, with his brothers Henry and Samuel, he opened a branch of the family timber business in Chatham, New Brunswick.

Thomas Wyer (1789 - December 23, 1848) was a political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1827 to 1840. He was the son of Thomas Wyer, a United Empire Loyalist who came to St. Andrews, New Brunswick from Falmouth (later Portland, Maine), and Joanna Pote. Wyer served as a justice in the Court of Common Pleas, as a lieutenant in the militia, as commissioner of wrecks and as a member of the board of education.

Amos Joseph Griffin Purdy (September 4 or 5, 1825 - September 1904)Fernne Janzen Hamm, Genealogical data was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1871 and in 1874 as a Liberal member. He was born in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, the son of David Purdy and Mary Griffin, and the grandson of Gabriel Purdy, a United Empire Loyalist. He was educated at the Sackville Academy.

Orlando Bush (December 25, 1849 - April 29, 1925) was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario and Alberta. He represented Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1890 to 1898. He was born in Oxford Township, Grenville County, Canada West in 1849, the son of Henry Bush (1807-1894) and his wife Maria Stanley and a grandson of a United Empire Loyalist, ( and was educated in the local schools. In 1882, he married Ellen Mundle.

He was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario in a United Empire Loyalist family, the son of Harriet Dobbs Cartwright and the grandson of Richard Cartwright, a Loyalist who was expelled from the U.S. at the time of the War of Independence.Canadian Encyclopedia (2000), p. 415 He was a major landowner in the area, and became prominent in Kingston's financial community as president of the Commercial Bank of Canada. He suffered a major blow when his bank failed in 1867.

Current settlement dates the United Empire Loyalist migration after the American Revolution. Circa 1783 several Loyalist families from the United States settled at Apple River including Robert Dove, Hugh Pudsey and Joseph Elderkin."Land Petitions" Apple River had one of the first lighthouses in the Upper Bay of Fundy, established in 1848 at the tip of Cape Capstan. The family tree of Fowler indicates John Fowler 1785-1866 served as an early lighthouse keeper and is buried in Apple River, Nova Scotia.

Around 1820 James McNab and his family arrived; McNab was a United Empire Loyalist and had fought in the War of 1812. The family raised sheep and built a grist and a saw mill on the Credit River. Some of their wood was shipped to England for use as masts on naval ships. Flour mills also opened in this area; the largest one operated until 1930 when it was destroyed in a fire. In 1836 the post office was established.

In 1824, the Reverend Amos Ansley, a native Canadian and the son of a United Empire Loyalist, arrived in Hull from England. Sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, his mission included the Township of March, and in later years, Bytown. Services were held in a schoolhouse in Hull, which proved to be very small and inconvenient. Through the generosity of Philemon Wright, a little stone church was built, and opened on the first of October 1826.

Jason Miller Mack (March 17, 1843 - January 18, 1927Nova Scotia Vital Historical Statistics) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1886 as a Liberal member. He was born in Mill Village, Queens County, Nova Scotia, the son of Jason Mack and Augusta Miller of United Empire Loyalist descent, and was educated at King's College in Windsor. He was called to the bar in 1869.

Known during his adult life as 'Handsome Kit', Hagerman was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, Ontario, just west of Kingston, Ontario. He was a son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman (1761–1819) J.P., and his wife Anne (1758–1847), daughter of John and Mary (Campbell) Fisher, formerly of Killin. Kit's grandfather, Christopher Hagerman (b.1722), was a Dutch officer in the service of the Prussian Army who had fought for George II of Great Britain at the Battle of Culloden, 1746.

The town is home to numerous Dutch and United Empire Loyalist families, as evidenced by the large number of Dutch Reformed and Anglican churches in the area. Other ethnic groups include Italians - one family which founded the Commisso's Food Markets supermarket chain - Germans, East Asians, and Indians. Katherine "Kay" McKeever, also known as the "Owl Lady of Canada," spent over forty years saving, rehabilitating, and breeding owls in Lincoln. In 1965, McKeever rescued her first owl, leading to her lifelong passion of rescuing and understanding owls.

The town is home to numerous Dutch and United Empire Loyalist families, as evidenced by the large number of Dutch Reformed and Anglican churches in the area. Other ethnic groups include Italians — one family of whom founded the Commisso's Supermarket and many more existing companies. William Fairbrother, the inventor of the hockey net, lived in Beamsville. Bill Berg, formerly a hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and now an National Hockey League (NHL) broadcaster, was born, and continues to make his home in Beamsville.

Claud Elliott Lake and Claud Elliott Creek were named for a Mr. Claud Elliott who was born in Lincoln County, Upper Canada in 1859. Of United Empire Loyalist stock, the family moved to Bruce County. He came to BC in June 1891 and in the summer of 1902 visited the north end of Vancouver Island for the first time. He became closely involved with this location, cruising and selling timber lands in this area and later serving as alderman for the City of Vancouver.

As a preacher and a chieftain, as a role model and as a liaison to governments, his leadership helped his people survive contact with Europeans. Jones was raised by his mother Tuhbenahneequay in the traditional culture and religion of the Mississauga Ojibwas until the age of 14. After that, he went to live with his father Augustus Jones, a Welsh-born United Empire Loyalist. There he learnt the customs and language of the white Christian settlers of Upper Canada and was taught how to farm.

Augustus Jones ( - November 16, 1836) was an American-born Upper Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate, militia captain and surveyor. Jones trained as a surveyor in New York City, and fled as a United Empire Loyalist to Upper Canada. In Upper Canada, he worked as a crown surveyor in the Nassau District, where he quickly rose to the position of Deputy Surveyor General, the highest position in a district of Upper Canada. He occupied that position from 1789 informally, and 1791 formally, until his retirement in 1799.

Formerly known as Farmersville, Benoni Wiltse, a United Empire Loyalist, and his brothers settled in the town of Athens in 1792. Farmersville was renamed to Athens in 1888 by Arza Parish in honour of Athens, Greece, because it was an educational centre with grammar school, a model school for teacher training, and a high school. Athens' post office was named in 1890. Currently, the town of Athens is known for a series of large outdoor murals depicting historical local life, painted on the sides of various buildings.

Ward Hamilton Bowlby, (October 4, 1834 - 1917) was a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as reeve of Berlin from 1865 to 1868. The son of Adam Bowlby and Elizabeth Sovereign, both of United Empire Loyalist descent, he was born in Townsend township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada and was educated in Simcoe, Streetsville and St. Thomas, at University College in Toronto and at the University of Toronto. He articled in law with a firm in Toronto and was called to the Ontario bar in 1858.

Amor De Cosmos was born William Alexander Smith in Windsor, Nova Scotia to United Empire Loyalist parents. His education included a stint at King's College in Windsor, following which, around 1840, he became a mercantile clerk in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There he joined the Dalhousie University debating club, and came under the influence of the Nova Scotia politician and reformer, Joseph Howe. In 1845, at the age of 20, he converted to Mormonism and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints.

William Edward O'Brien Source: Library and Archives Canada William Edward O'Brien (March 10, 1831 - December 21, 1914) was a lawyer, farmer, editor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Muskoka and Parry Sound in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was born in Thornhill, Upper Canada, the son of Edward G. O'Brien, an immigrant from Ireland, and was educated at Upper Canada College. In 1864, he married Elizabeth Loring, a descendant of United Empire Loyalist Joshua Loring.

He and his siblings completed the National War Memorial of Canada after the 1930 death of their brother, sculptor Vernon March. Other monuments for which he is renowned include the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers South African War Memorial in Northern Ireland, the United Empire Loyalist Monument in Canada, and the Lancaster Monument in England. Smaller-scale pieces include the portrait busts of King Edward VII and Cecil John Rhodes, both in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Sydney March died in 1968 at age 92.

Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783. The engraving depicts Loyalists seeking aid from Britannia following their expulsion from the United States. United Empire Loyalist flag, which is similar to but distinct from the flag of Great Britain. United Empire Loyalists (or simply Loyalists) is an honorific which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec, and Governor-General of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or after the American Revolution.

Charles Henry Pope, Loring Genealogy, 1917, pp. 226-7 a descendant of United Empire Loyalist Joshua Loring.Charles Henry Pope, Loring Genealogy, 1917, pp. 226-7 She was the widow of J.F. Harris of London, Ont. Port Loring was named so in 1922. McConkey Township was named in 1878 for Thomas David McConkey (1815–90), Liberal member for Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 1863-7, and in the House of Commons, 1867–72, after which he was appointed sheriff of Simcoe County.

Canadian lawyer and politician Andrew Stuart Andrew Stuart (November 25, 1785 - February 21, 1840) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born at Cataraqui in 1785, the son of the Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist, and studied with the Reverend John Strachan and then at Union College in New York City. He studied law in Lower Canada, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice at Quebec City. He defended Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, who had been arrested for his involvement with the newspaper Le Canadien.

He and his siblings established art studios at their family home of Goddendene in Locksbottom, Farnborough, Kent. He was a prolific artist whose focus was war memorials, and sculptures of British royalty and contemporary figures. Sydney, together with his sister and brothers, completed the National War Memorial of Canada after the untimely death of their sibling, sculptor Vernon March, in 1930. Other monuments for which Sydney March is renowned include the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers South African War Memorial in Northern Ireland, the United Empire Loyalist Monument in Canada, and the Lancaster Monument in England.

The presence of the Royal Navy and British Army in the colony largely contributed to stability that saw the colony remain loyal during the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, Britain created the colony of New Brunswick to accommodate United Empire Loyalist refugees from the seceding American colonies. Cape Breton Island was also created as a separate colony, leaving Nova Scotia to its mainland peninsula once again. In 1820, the colony of Cape Breton Island was permanently folded back into Nova Scotia, resulting in the present-day provincial territory.

Beamsville was named after Jacob Beam (1728-1812), a United Empire Loyalist. Both of his homes — the original one located on the Thirty Mile Creek, as well as the one near downtown Beamsville — are still intact today. Jacob and Catharine Beam (1737-1820), along with their daughter Catharine (Beam) Merrell (1766-1842), and son-in-law Samuel Merrell (1758-1833), emigrated to Canada from New Jersey in 1788, and founded Beamsville. Royal Flying Corps Historical Plaque By 1869, Beamsville was a village with a population of 550 in the Township of Clinton, Lincoln County.

John Scarlett is most notable as a land owner and entrepreneur who made a significant contribution to the early economy of Toronto and York Township. He began acquiring property in York Township shortly after his arrival beginning in 1809 when he purchased 33 acres along the Humber River from Thomas Cooper including a mill site. He then applied for a lease of Clergy reserve lands in 1810, leasing and eventually purchasing 400 acres. His wife also owned 200 acres which she had been granted for being a United Empire Loyalist.

However, his acceptance of the position drew criticism from his reform colleagues, and gained him a reputation for vacillation that followed him for the rest of his career. Gray became the Tory leader in the assembly, but when the Liberals won a majority in 1854, he was once again relegated to the opposition. Two years later, in 1856, the provincial governor dismissed the Liberal Executive Council and replaced them with a government led by Gray. Gray was born in 1811, the son of Robert Gray, a United Empire Loyalist from Virginia.

William Hamilton Merritt William Hamilton Merritt (3 July 1793 - 5 July 1862) was an influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada in early 19th century and one of the fathers of the Welland Canal. Merritt was born in Bedford in Westchester County, New York on July 3, 1793. His father, Thomas, fought as a United Empire Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War. After the revolution, the family resided in New Brunswick before returning to the U.S. In 1795, they moved to Upper Canada, settling on the Niagara Peninsula on the Twelve Mile Creek.

Vankleek Hill Vankleek Hill is a community in Champlain township in eastern Ontario, situated 94 kilometres (58 miles) east of Downtown Ottawa. This agricultural based community became a thriving community in the 1890s and still retains many of the buildings and structures which were present then. This is reflected in the fact that Vankleek Hill is the Gingerbread (the wood carvings on the eaves of one's roof) capital of Ontario. The town was named after Simeon Vankleek, a United Empire Loyalist, who settled there near the end of the 18th century.

Jerseyville is a farming/bedroom community in the rural western area of the former town of Ancaster. The community was initially called Jersey Settlement by the United Empire Loyalist settlers from New Jersey who settled the area in the late 1770s, but was changed to its present name in 1852 when a post office was opened. It supports United Church, Baptist Church and formerly an elementary school, general store and a motorcycle dealership. Jerseyville's former elementary school is currently (2017) home to Circus Orange, and the general store is home to Black & Smith Country General.

1849) of Buncrana Castle in Inishowen, Ireland (third son of William Thornton-Todd, heir of both Isaac Todd, the prominent Montreal merchant with the North West Company, and William Thornton, a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey) and his maternal great-grandfather was Col. Joseph Morse, the United Empire Loyalist commandant of Fort Cumberland (formerly known as Fort Beauséjour under the French) in Nova Scotia. Williams-Taylor was educated privately until he began working in 1878. In 1914, he was honored with the honorary degree of doctor of laws by the University of New Brunswick.

He was a member of the Rawdon council from 1982-1984 and served as Reeve and Warden of Hastings County from 1982 to 1994. In the 1995 provincial election, Danford defeated incumbent NDP candidate Elmer Buchanan by 7,859 votes in the riding of Hastings—Peterborough. He was a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government for the next four years, and served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Food for this entire period. During his time in the legislature, Danford also piloted a successful private member's bill ( Bill 150) which designated June 19 as United Empire Loyalist Day in Ontario.

Gertrude Mackintosh by William James Topley in a costume she wore in February 1896 at a Fancy Dress Ball given at Ottawa by the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen Mackintosh married in April 1868, Gertrude Niles Cook (d. 1925), daughter of Timothy Cook, J.P., of Strathroy, Ontario, and his wife, Harriet Terry, the daughter of Dr William Terry, ex-M.P.P., Niagara, Ontario, and granddaughter of Parshall Terry, M.H.A., a United Empire Loyalist, and member of the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada. Mrs Mackintosh was born at Strathroy, Ontario, and educated at a convent at London, Ontario.

The two colonies were created in 1791 with the passage of the Constitutional Act 1791. As a result of the influx of Loyalists from the American Revolutionary War, the Province of Quebec was divided into two new colonies, consisting of Lower and Upper Canada. The creation of Upper Canada was in response to the influx of United Empire Loyalist settlers, who desired a colonial administration modelled under British institutions and common law, especially British laws of land tenure. Conversely, Lower Canada maintained most of the French Canadian institutions guaranteed under the Quebec Act, such as the French civil law system.

John Berryman (December 9, 1828 - November 14, 1900The Irish In Early New Brunswick, Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the city of Saint John in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal member. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of John Berryman, an Irish immigrant, and a Miss Wade, of United Empire Loyalist descent. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and, after receiving his M.D., was assistant of a professor there for two years.

Moving eastward, the majority of motels line the south side of the highway, as do several residences and a strip club. At Thorold Townline Road (Regional Road 70), Highway 20 ends while the roadway continues eastward into the city of Niagara Falls as Lundy's Lane. Lundy's Lane is named for William Lundy (1741-1829), a United Empire Loyalist from Berks County Pennsylvania and local settler in the Niagara area and homestead stood where Canada One Outlets now sits. During the 1960s and 1970s, Lundy's Lane attracted a concentration of businesses which catered to automobile travellers and tourists.

John Babington Macaulay Baxter (February 16, 1868 - December 27, 1946) was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th Premier of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of Historical Records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Royal Artillery, the unit he commanded from 1907 to 1912. He also had a keen interest in genealogy and in 1943 the New Brunswick Museum published his book titled Simon Baxter - The first United Empire Loyalist to settle in New Brunswick, (Canada). Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, John Baxter served on the municipal council for eighteen years from 1892 to 1910.

In all, Brant owned about forty black slaves.Derreck (2003) Black slaves lived in the British regions of Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries—104 were listed in a 1767 census of Nova Scotia, but their numbers were small until the United Empire Loyalist influx after 1783. As white Loyalists fled the new American Republic, they took with them about 2,000 black slaves: 1,200 to the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), 300 to Lower Canada (Quebec), and 500 to Upper Canada (Ontario). In Ontario, the Imperial Act of 1790 assured prospective immigrants that their slaves would remain their property.

Joseph Ryerson (28 February 1761- 9 August 1854) was a United Empire Loyalist, Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales American Volunteers in the American Revolutionary War, a Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the First Regiments of the Norfolk Militia in the War of 1812 and father of Egerton Ryerson. Ryerson was a descendant of Dutch immigrants who held judicial appointments to King George II and King George III. Some texts include the spelling of the surname as "Ryerse" rather than Ryerson. This was the result of a mistake in Ryerson's brother, Samuel's military commission at the start of the Revolutionary War.

For more information on this topic, see Loyalist (American Revolution), United Empire Loyalist, and Expulsion of the Loyalists. In Canada, land was sometimes allotted according to what regiment Loyalists had fought in. Thus, the King's Royal Regiment of New York, Butler's Rangers, Jessup's Corps, the King's Rangers and Joseph Brant's Iroquois got land in what is now Ontario; part of de Lancey's brigade, the Pennsylvania Loyalists, the King's American Dragoons, the New Jersey Volunteers, the Royal Fencible Americans, the Orange Rangers and others were given land in what is now New Brunswick. Other Loyalists settled in Nova Scotia and Quebec.

There are no distinct Attawandarons today. In 1784, the British government granted the Grand River Valley to the Iroquois, who had supported the Loyalists in the American War of Independence, to compensate them for the loss of their land in New York. The Iroquois settled in the lower Grand River Valley (now The County of Brant), and sold parts of the land which was part of Waterloo Township to Colonel Richard Beasley, a United Empire Loyalist. Another developer was William Dickson who, in 1816, came into sole possession of of land along the Grand River that was later to make up North and South Dumfries Townships.

The Old Hay Bay Church, built by United Empire Loyalist settlers in 1792 and the oldest Methodist building in Canada, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.Old Hay Bay Church, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada It is open during the summer. Glenora Ferry arriving in Adolphustown The settlement serves as the eastern terminus of the ferry crossing to Glenora, Ontario. The ferry is free for vehicles and pedestrians and links the western and eastern halves of one of the oldest colonial roads in the province, the Loyalist Parkway (Ontario Highway 33), at the point where the parkway is interrupted by the Bay of Quinte.

Ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris), known locally as "fiddlehead ferns", grow wild in wet areas of northeastern North America in spring. The Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, and Penobscot peoples of Eastern Canada and Maine have traditionally harvested fiddleheads, and the vegetable was introduced first to the Acadian settlers in the early 18th century, and later to United Empire Loyalist colonists as they began settling in New Brunswick in the 1780s. Fiddleheads remain a traditional dish in these regions, with most commercial harvesting occurring in New Brunswick, Quebec and Maine. North America's largest grower, packer and distributor of wild fiddleheads established Ontario's first commercial fiddlehead farm in Port Colborne in 2006.

Indian Camp at Baddeck, 1885 The name "Baddeck" is believed to originate from a Mi'kmaq word. One theory is that it originates from the word "Abadek" or "Abadak", which means "a portion of food set aside for someone or a sultry place" while another theory is that it originates from a word meaning "place with an island near". Europeans discovered the inland part of Cape Breton Island during the 17th century when Jesuit missionaries from France established a settlement at nearby St. Anns in 1629. British settlement came during the 18th century after the territory was ceded by France; a United Empire Loyalist Cpt.

The Walsh area's earliest known inhabitants, from around the year 1000 until approximately 300–350 years later, were the Algonquin nation. They were noted flint-workers and evidence of their skill in crafting arrowheads is still to be found in open worked field areas surrounding the village. The next wave of inhabitants were the Attawandaron nation, the Neutrals, who occupied the region from about 1350 until their absorption by the Iroquois in the year 1651. The last significant native nation to occupy the area was the Mississaugas. The first Caucasian settlers in Charlotteville were the United Empire Loyalist settlers from just prior to the year 1800.

The Silverthorn name, in coming from the Somerset/Wiltshire county areas of Southwest England, have this surname originating from the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury. The first Silverthorns to come to North America seems to have arrived and settled in New Jersey (and Virginia) well before the American Revolution. The New Jersey branch lost all of their land holdings since they were 'loyalists' and came to Canada, receiving land grants via the United Empire Loyalist grants. Although there is no 'official' coat of arms for this surname, there is a very old 'unofficial' one (from the Bristol/Bathe area of Wiltshire County, England) that often surfaces.

Robinson was born in 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Christopher Robinson, a United Empire Loyalist of one of the First Families of Virginia, whose ancestor, also named Christopher Robinson, came there about 1666 as secretary to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia. In 1792, the family moved to Kingston in Upper Canada and then York (later renamed Toronto). After his father's death in 1798, he was sent to live and study in Kingston. In 1803, he moved to Cornwall, where he lived and was educated at the school of the Reverend John Strachan. Afterwards he articled in law with D’Arcy Boulton and later John Macdonell.

The land Clifton Hill now occupies was acquired by the Phillip Bender family in 1782 as part of a United Empire Loyalist land grant. In 1832 the property was purchased by British Army officer Captain Ogden Creighton, a half-pay officer who had served in the 70th and 81st Regiments and had served in the Far East. Creighton laid out streets and building lots on the land, naming the future settlement Clifton, presumably after Clifton on the gorge of the River Avon in Bristol, England. The officer built his residence, Clifton Cottage, on the edge of a high bank facing the American Falls (where the present-day Quality Inn is located).

The first settlers to this area were freed slaves, who formed what was known as the Pierpoint Settlement, named after their leader, Richard Pierpoint, a United Empire Loyalist originally from Bondou, Senegal in Africa. Along with a half dozen other men who had also fought with the British during the American Revolutionary War, Pierpoint was granted land in Garafraxa Township somewhere around what is now Scotland Street in Fergus. Another settlement was founded nearby in 1833 and was first called Little Falls because of the scenic (water) falls, now between the Public Library and the Fergus Market. The primary developers were Adam Fergusson and James Webster, who had purchased 28 km² (7,000 acres) of land.

In pre-colonial times, Indigenous people of the Onguiaahra (Neutral Iroquois) lived in the area, due in part to the ready availability of flint and chert from outcroppings on the Onondaga Escarpment. This advantage was diminished by the introduction of firearms by European traders, and they were driven out by the Six Nations of the Iroquois around 1650 as part of the Beaver Wars. Originally called Gravelly Bay, after the shallow, bedrock-floored bay upon which it sits, today's City of Port Colborne traces its roots back to the United Empire Loyalist settlements that grew up in the area following the American Revolution. Growth became focused around the southern terminus of the Welland Canal after it reached Lake Erie in 1833.

Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, (27 November 1854 – 13 February 1952) was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. Born in Newburgh, Ontario of United Empire Loyalist ancestry, Aylesworth was educated at the University of Toronto, and called to the Ontario Bar in 1878. As the Canadian member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903, he presented his country's views in a minority report. Elected to the Dominion parliament in 1905, he served in the cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier as postmaster-general and minister of labour, 1905–1906, and minister of justice, 1906–1911, in which capacity he oversaw the pardon of Angelina Napolitano, Canada's first battered woman defence case. He acted as British representative at the North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration in The Hague, 1910–1911, and was knighted for his services.

Thomas Coltrin Keefer CMG (4 November 1821 - 7 January 1915) was a Canadian civil engineer. Born into a United Empire Loyalist family in Thorold Township, Upper Canada, the son of George Keefer and Jane Emory, née McBride, his father was chairman of the Welland Canal Company. After attending Upper Canada College he began his engineering training by working on the Erie Canal and continued his learning experience later on the Welland Canal. He became well known for his writings, particularly Philosophy of Railroads and The Canals of Canada: Their Prospects and Influence, and surveyed a railway connecting Kingston, Ontario, and Toronto (1851), was in charge of the survey for a line between Montreal and Kingston, and determined the site for the Victoria Bridge that crosses the St. Lawrence River into Montreal.

Born on December 8, 1859 on a farm near Aultsville, Ontario, to Herman and Mary Raney, Raney was descended from Huguenot, Dutch and United Empire Loyalist stock.Resolution Adopted by the Senate of The University of Toronto, On November 10th, 1933, On Motion of Professor W. P. M. Kennedy, Seconded by Mr. K. G. Morden Raney received his education in a traditional log schoolhouse near his home. He was briefly a teacher at the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, and then worked for two years as a journalist in the State of Maine (USA) and Kingston, ON. Raney then made a career move, applied to and attended Osgoode Hall and Trinity College - graduating with high honours and a gold medal in law. Raney earned his King's Council (KC) title in 1906.

However the British navy failed to establish naval supremacy. While the British captured many American privateers in battles such as the Naval battle off Halifax (1782), many more continued attacks on shipping and settlements until the final months of the war. The Royal Navy struggled to maintain British supply lines, defending convoys from American and French attacks as in the fiercely fought convoy battle, the Naval battle off Cape Breton (1781). A Black Loyalist wood cutter, at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in 1788 After the Thirteen Colonies and their French allies forced the British forces to surrender (1781), approximately 33,000 Loyalists (the King's Loyal Americans, allowed to place "United Empire Loyalist" after their names) settled in Nova Scotia (14,000 of them in what became New Brunswick) on lands granted by the Crown as some compensation for their losses.

Fairclough was active in the Consumers Association of Canada, the Girl Guides, the I.O.D.E., the Y.W.C.A., the United Empire Loyalist Association, and the Zonta Club of Hamilton and Zonta International, before, during and after her stay in office. In 1982, the Ontario government office tower on the corner of MacNab and King Streets in Hamilton was officially named the Ellen Fairclough Building. In recognition of her status as a pioneering woman in Canadian politics, she was granted the rare honour of having the title Right Honourable bestowed upon her in 1992 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, one of very few Canadians to have the title who had not been Prime Minister, Governor General or Chief Justice. At the Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1993, Fairclough was a supporter of Kim Campbell, and gave the speech to formally nominate Campbell on the convention floor.

Initial settlers to the Township of Ingram, Ontario and 'Uncle Tom's Town' were from the Counties of Simcoe, Oxford and North Glengary who decided to settle north of Thornloe because much of the good land close to the town had already been taken up. They were followed by settlers from Renfrew and the Southern Counties of Leeds, Cumberland, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington, many of whom where descendants of United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalist Paddle wheel boats operated by Oliver Latour in the early 1880s, from the most southern tip of Lake Temiskaming, at Mattawa traveling as far north as 'Uncle Tom's Town' on the Blanche River delivering settlers, livestock and supplies. One of the early roads in the area was built in 1904 connecting Charlton and Dack, Ontario to Tomstown to improve the flow of goods and people. With the coming of rail to Englehart in 1908, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway ended the steamer service, and Tomstown's commercial and logistical importance declined.