A UEL ANCESTOR


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, formerly known as the Royal Highland Emigrants.  He saw action in the north as well as south at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, followed by garrison duty in Charleston then service in Jamaica.   

When the conflict ended he was sent to Nova Scotia to be discharged and arrived in Halifax on 7 November 1783. For his service to the British Crown he was granted land to settle on.  A Monument to the 84th Regiment is located at MacPhees Corner, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

On 2 August 2025 I was honoured to make a presentation on Abraham Blois and the 84th Regiment to the Blois Family Reunion in Gore, Hants County. 



Speaking at the Blois Family Renunion
dressed in uniform of soldier in the 84th Regiment 

There were over 120 descendants of Abraham Blois present for the Blois Family Reunion on the land in Nova Scotia that has remained in the Blois Family since it was setttled by their United Empire Loyalist ancestor.

Abraham Blois died on 25 January 1839 and was buried in the Blois Family Cemetery at Gore, Hants County, Nova Scotia. His wife Sarah Margaret (Kilcup) Blois (1773 - 1849) was buried beside him and both have headstones.



   Blois Family Cemetery






Brian McConnell, UE
Author of Loyalist History of Nova Scotia


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