UE Loyalist History

 Several years ago I obtained a pin which has a special meaning  It has on it the letters UE. The letters signify descent from a United Empire Loyalist.  They were recognized by Lord Dorchester in 1789 when he was meeting as Governor General of Britsih North America to discuss distribution of lands to Loyalists who had supported the British Crown during the American Revolutiion.   It has become known as the Dorchester Resolution: At the Council Chamber at Quebec, Monday 9th . November 1789. Present, His Excellency the Right Honble. LORD DORCHESTER. The Honble. WILLIAM SMITH, Efquire, Chief Juftice. HUGH FINLAY, ) GEORGE POWNALL, ) THOS. DUNN, ) HENRY CALDWELL ) EDWD. HARRISON, ) WILLIAM GRANT, ) JOHN COLLINS, ) FRANCOIS BABY, ) Efquires. ADAM MABANE, ) CHARLES DE LANAUDIERE, ) J.G.C. DELERY, ) LE CTE. DUPRE', )  His Lordfhip intimated to the Council, that it remained a Queftion, upon the late Regulation for the Difpofition of the Wafte Lands of the Crown, w...

The first Masonic lodge in what is now Canada was established in    Annapolis Royal  , Nova Scotia in 1738 by Major Erasmus James Philipps. He was the father - in - law of   Major General Horatio Gates, commander of the Northern Continental Army ,  to whom Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777 at the    Battle of Saratoga .                                                                        Masonic Monument beside Annapolis Royal Town Hall Gates was born in Maldon, England in 1727. He became an Officer in the British Army and arrived in Halifax around 1749 as an aide to Governor Edward Cornwallis. He served in  the French Indian War in North America before selling his commission and starting a plantation in Virginia. During the Americ...

How is the Honourable Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings - Hants, Nova Scotia connected to  Nova Scotia's first multi-racial refugees  ? He is descended from Abraham Blois who appears in the  Loyalist Directory  and has been proved as a United Empire Loyalist (UEL) four times by members of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada.. For those who believe they have Loyalist ancestry, after joining a branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (UELAC), they can work with a branch genealogist to prove that ancestry and obtain a  Loyalist Certificate  . Abraham Blois, born in the Parish of St. Lawrence, Essex, England in 1747 took passage to America in 1774 and during the American Revolution in 1777 enlisted in the 4th Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army.  However, he deserted and was officially discharged in 1779.  Afterward he joined a Loyalist Provincial Regiment, the 2nd Battalion of the 84th Regiment, forme...

Greetings!   My 5th great grandfather was  James Humphrey, UE, a Private in Jessup's Rangers during the American Revolution who afterward settled with his family near Johnstown, Ontario.  I am an historian who has authored 6 books and over 40 articles about United Empire Loyalists. As well I volunteer with the  United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada . Monument to James Humphrey at  Johnstown Here I share some of what I have learned relating to the history of the United Empire (UE) Loyalists  in the hope it is useful to others and encourages their interest . I begin with an interactive map that I prepared. It includes details with links to images and videos about places, people, and events. "                                                                       ...