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The Loyalists in Upper Canada
Photo courtesy of UELAC - Posted November, 2013
Photo by Wayne Adam - Posted April, 2015
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2009
In the Ontario Legislature in Queen's Park on the second floor of the east wing, on the south wall, can be seen this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque. Here's what it says:
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When United Empire Loyalists who had "adhered to the Crown" during the American Revolution and, in most cases, served in volunteer regiments, came to settle in this province in the 1780's, the region was largely uninhabited. These Loyalists, all of whom had suffered persecution and confiscation of property, were granted land in the vicinity of the Bay of Quinte and the Upper St. Lawrence, Niagara and Detroit Rivers. They laid the foundations of a new province. It was largely because of their presence that a form of self-government, based upon British law and institutions, was established in Upper Canada when the province was created in 1791. By then the Loyalists numbered about 10,000.
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> Posted December 2, 2015
John & Mary Benham were in the second grouping of Puritans immigrating in 1630 to America. A number of the descendants of 'Benham' apparently re-located to remain loyal to Britain during this war in the US.Daughter of Emily Myrtle Benham ...Phyllis Wiesen #6, 2962 Nelson Place, Abbotsford, BC V2S 7E9. Phyllis E. Wiesen formerly Phyllis Emily Knelson formerly birth name Phyllis Emily LaPorte born 20 Aug 1943 in Napa California & daughter to Emily Myrtle Benham born in Kalamazoo, Michigan April 1917.
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> Posted February 29, 2012
The term "Loyalists" refer to American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown.
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