FROM: http://www.oocities.org/uelquinte/UELhistory.html
In the spring of 1784, 6,000 of the 10,000 disbanded troops and
Loyalists who had gathered in Quebec, were settled in townships
along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, west of Montreal,
and around the Bay of Quinte. Some 900 'Associated' Loyalists,
the Van Alstine and Grass groups, who were taken by ship from
New York City to Quebec where they wintered at Sorel, were
settled on the bay of Quinte (at Adolphustown and Kingston).
Butler's Rangers, stationed at Fort Niagara, had settled some
Loyalists across the Niagara River in what later became Ontario as
early as 1781, and when disbanded in 1784, settled mainly in the
Niagara Peninsula and along the north shores of Lake Ontario and
Lake Erie.
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On the 9th of November 1789, in Council at Quebec City, Lord Dorchester, Governor-in-Chief of British America, gave particular recognition to the 'First Loyalists' by differentiating them from other Loyalists and settlers, (i.e. 'Late' Loyalists,'Treasury' Loyalists, 'Simcoe' Loyalists, and from regular British and German soldiers who were considered to be 'Military Claimants').
The Dorchester Resolution approved by the Council:
defined the 'U.E. Loyalists' as those "who had adhered to the
Unity of the Empire, and joined the Royal Standard in
America before the Treaty of Separation in the year 1783".
"Put a mark of Honour upon the Families" of the U.E.
Loyalists.
Approved the granting by the Land Boards of 200 acres of
land (without fees) to the sons and daughters of the U.E.
Loyalists.
Accompanying the resolution to London to be laid before the King,
was attached a "Form of Militia Roll for the Western Districts to
discriminate the Families before mentioned "which included the
following heading:
"N.B. Those Loyalists who had adhered to the Unity of the
Empire, and Joined the Royal Standard [in America] before
the Treaty of Separation in the year 1783, and all their
Children and their Descendants by either sex, are to be
distinguished by the following Capitals, affixed to their
names: 'U.E.' Alluding to their great principle 'The Unity of
the Empire'.
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Loyalist List
Names marked with * probably belong to us. Names marked ** are direct ancestors. Others are awaiting confirmation.
FROM:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~apassageintime/uelist/uelist.html
Some Abbreviation Explanations that may be found in this List:
+: Supplementary List, name inserted
K.R.R.N.Y. & R.R.N.Y.: King's Royal Regiment of New York
P.L. - Provision List Kingston -
L.B.S. - Land Board Stormont -
L.B.M. - Land Board Mecklenburg
L.B.A. - Land Board Adolphustown -
L.Bd.L. - Land Board Lunenburg -
L.B.K. - Land Board Kingston
P.L.N.J. - Provision List New Johnstowne -
P.L.N. - Provision List Niagara or Nassau
P.L.2d. - Provision List East District
Expunged - Removed from the U.E. List, not Privileged, not Loyalist
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**Brackenridge, David.... East District, Ensign Loyal Rangers, L.B.L. (Settled, Augusta Township, near Prescott -[gw])
*Brackenridge, James.... East District, Captain Loyal Rangers, L.B.L. (David's brother -[gw])
*Brackenridge, Francis..... Home District, joined General Burgoyne, taken prisoner, came to Canada in 1786, drew 200 acres, returned to the U.S., Col. James Brackenridge. (David's brother -[gw])
Carman, George.... East District, Matilda, 1st Battalion R.R.N.Y.
**Carman, Michael Sr..... East District, Matilda, Soldier Royal Yorkers, R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll, wife 5 children. P.L.2d, 1786, sons Michael Jr. U.E. 200 acres Ld.Bd.L., wife, P.L.2d, 1786; Jacob U.E., Ld.Bd.L. 200 acres. (Settled, Matilda Township, near Iroquois -[gw])
+ Coon(s), Abraham & Mathias.... Soldiers Loyal Rangers
**Coons, Conradt.... East District, Williamsburg, R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll A; & +David (Father of Jacob)
*Coons, Gasper.... East District, Matilda, R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll A, wife 1 child, P.L.2d 1786 (Brother of Jacob)
**Coons, Jacob.... East District, Williamsburg, Soldier R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll, Petition 1794, stamped book, wife, P.L. 1786. (Settled, Matilda Township, near Iroquois -[gw])
*Coons, John.... East District, Osnabruck, Original settler, soldier R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll A., single man, P.L.2d 1786 (Brother of Jacob)
+Coons, Simeon.... 2nd Battalion R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll, wife 6 children; + a widow with 1 child
*Emberry, Samuel.... Augusta, step son of John Lawrence (son of Margaret Switzer and Philip Embury -gw-)
**Lorence (Lawrence), John.... East District, O.I.C. July 7, 1802, corrected. (Settled, Augusta Township, near Prescott -[gw])
*Morden, Richard.... Sophiasburgh and Ameliasburgh, stamped book, son of Widow Forrest, P.L. 1786 (son-in-law of John Williams Sr, -gw-)
*Rogers, William.... Ernesttown, Soldier Loyal Rangers, L.B.M. 1790, 200 acres, P.L.1786, Hatter stamped book (son-in-law of John Williams Sr. -gw-)
*Ross, Walter....Marysburgh, Sergeant 84th Regiment, British soldier, P.L. 1786, wife, stamped book (son-in-law of John Williams Sr. -gw-)
*Switzer, Philip.... Ernesttown, Corporal Loyal Rangers, L.B.M., 1791, 500 acres, P.L. 1786, page 264 (Settled, Ernestown Township, nephew of Margaret Switzer Lawrence -[gw])
*Walter, Martin... East District, Matilda, Soldier R.R.N.Y., wife, P.L.2d 1786. (Settled, Matilda Township, near Iroquois, brother-in-law of Michael Carman -[gw])
Walter, Philip... East District, Matilda, R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll, a single man, P.L.2d 1786
**Williams, John.... Ernesttown, Soldier Jessup's Corps. Loyal Rangers, P.L. 1786, sons John Jr. Loyal Rangers, P.L.N. 1786; James Soldier Loyal Rangers, L.Bd.M.; Joshua a boy, page 275. (Settled, Ernesttown Township, near Kingston -[gw])
*Williams, Armstrong.... Ernesttown, Soldier Loyal Rangers, L.Bd.M. 1791, 350 acres, P.L. 1786 (son of John Williams Sr. -gw-)
*+ Williams, Richard.... Soldier Loyal Rangers,(son of John Williams Sr. -gw-)
*Williams, Robert.... Ernesttown Ld.Bd. Certificate, Loyalist, L.Bd.M., 1793, 300 acres, P.L. 1786, of Adolphustown, drew 100 acres, L.Bd.M. March 19, 1793, 200 acres, Loyal Rangers (son of John Williams Sr. -gw-)
**Wright, Samuel Sr..... Elizabethtown (Brockville -[gw]), O.I.C. February, 1805, ordered to be inserted on U.E. list, page 279, son Samuel Jr. L.B.L. suspended from U.E. list
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FROM: http://www.tbaytel.net/bmartin/quinte.htm
Lt. Solomon Johns settled in New Oswegatchie (Prescott -[gw]) in 1784 with the men of
the Loyal Rangers, as did William Buell and the Breakenridge brothers,
James and David, all of the King's Rangers.
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"Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command, American Revolutionary Period" by Mary Babcock Fryer and Lt-Col William A. Smy. The book has the names of officers and men of the various regiments and the information for the book was obtained from muster rolls.
Pages 26 to 28 list the names of the Privates in the Colonel's Company, First Battalion, King's Royal Regiment of New York.
On page 27 are #19 Luke Bowen, American, age 40; #20 Michael Carman(1743), American, age 37; #22 George Shaver, American, age 25; #23 Jacob Coons, American, age 23; #24 Martin Walter, American, age 58.
The muster roll was dated at Montreal, December 1783.
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KING'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF NEW YORK: Johnson's Company:
http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/musters/krrny/krrjohnson.htm
Names: John Coon, Jacob Coon, Conradt Coon, Martin Walter, Michael Carman, John Walter.
KRRNY HISTORY:
http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/krrny/krrlist.htm
WHY?: EDITORIAL
I sometimes ponder the reasons why my various ancestors were so loyal to the Crown that they would up stakes and move everything to a truly raw frontier.
The following is pure speculation on my part.
The Carmans, Coons and Walters were tenants of Sir John Johnson on the Kingsborough Patent in the Mohawk Valley so probably didn't have a lot of choice about joining his Loyalist regiment when it was formed. In any case they were relatively recent German immigrants and possibly politically naive as to American politics.
The Williams family apparently moved lock, stock and in-laws into Canada post-war from New York. They were of an old Connecticut family. (Aside: possibly with Wright connections: Matthew Williams m. Mary Wright in Killingworth CT in 1717) It is my feeling that the patriarch, John Williams, had spoken, and his word was law.
The Wrights and Breakenridges must have known each other in Vermont, Ethan Allen acted as a lawyer for James Breakenridge in the Vermonter's dispute with New York (1771), which led to the formation of Vermont as a separate entity.
I believe that Jacobus Brakenridge was either a British Army man or a Scottish Plantationist in Ireland before emigration and his son James was a lieutenant (probably militia) before the Revolution. James died in 1783 at age 62 after being imprisoned for being a Loyalist. His sons, Francis, Captain James and my ancestor Ensign David, moved to Canada. I believe there would have been a bias toward the Crown in the family.
John Lawrence had only arrived in New York in 1760 and from that time lived in what was effectively a Methodist enclave with the Emburys and Hecks, the founders of Methodism in America. Apparently all of them moved at the same time to Canada when the Revolution began. They were all Palatine Irish with a strong history of loyalty to the Crown since Queen Anne had "saved" them in 1709.