A U.E.L. 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 (U.E.L.) 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, fo...