U.E. Loyalist History

While researching the grave locations of United Empire Loyalists in Hants County, Nova Scotia, I discovered an interesting one that led me to learn about the so - called Death Penny ,  given to the parents of a relative of mine.  The Death Penny was  a circular bronze commemorative disk issued to the families of British and Commonwealth service personnel who died as a result of service during the First World War.   Over one million of these were produced, including 600 to women.  Headstone for Private Arthur E. Brison The headstone had a space at the top on which it appeared something had been removed.  It was the memorial to  Private Arthur E. Brison located in the Center Burlington Cemetery in Hants County.  He was a descendant of Christopher Wilson, a United Empire Loyalist, who received a land grant in Annapolis County in 1784.   The petition for the land was submitted by Major John Milledge, formerly a prominent officer i...

The best known United Empire Loyalist site in Canada is the United Empire Loyalist (UEL) Heritage Centre and Park in  Adolphustown  , Ontario  located on the Adolphus Reach of the Bay of Quinte, and now part of the larger town of Greater Napanee in Lennox & Addington County.   It includes a 72 acre park commemorating the arrival of the Loyalists in 1784 and features the first Loyalist landing site, the first Loyalist cemetery, the oldest monument to the Loyalists in Canada, and a museum with an archives.                      U.E.L. Heritage Centre A group of about 250 United Empire Loyalists led by Major Peter Van Alstine landed at Adolphustown on 16 June 1784.  The group first sailed from New York in the fall of 1783 and spent the winter at  Sorel  , Quebec.  In the spring, they continued up the St. Lawrence River to the Bay of Quinte and founded the first permanent white settlement ...