I found alot of mine, direct lines ....Waite, Woodruff, Green, Carrier,
Chatterton, Higgins, Hutchinson, Hitchcock, Johnson, Johnston, Knight, Marshall,
Perry, Sherman, Smith, Stewart, and Wynn..omg I have alot of grandparents that
may be in this thing. Oh boy
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From: Neal Carrier <CarrierGenealogy(a)gmx.com>
To: carrier(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 9:03:25 AM
Subject: [CARRIER] Green Carrier
This should be of interest to the descendants of Green Carrier.
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Source: GEN-MAT(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [GM] American Loyalist Claims - See Some Names
American Loyalist Claims, Volume 1, Peter Wilson Coldham. 1980. Wine
colored cloth hardback with gilt printing, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 616 plus pages,
as new, the compilation is arranged in alphabetical order for the
claimants, and there is a separate index of other names appearing within
the text. It is seldom that one runs across a book wherein the abstracts
give so much information; the amount, of course, depends on the findings
of the original records - some run a page or more long and give very
involved and detailed family and
property information, and the sufferings endured. These are the claims
presented to England by those Americans who suffered loss of property and
freedom for either having favored the King, or were suspected of the same.
The book is clean and the pages unmarked; there are no loose or torn
pages, stubbed corners,etc. From the Foreword and Preface:
"Researchers will be pleased to find that many claims...also document
earlier events, some predating the French and Indian Wars.
Claimants had escaped from each of the thirteen original States,
Vermont,"East Florida" and "West Florida". They truly were all sorts
and
conditions of men, from nobility to free blacks, with a a number of
artisans,clergymen, colonial officials, farmers, German and Irish
expatriates,
ex-mariners, Scottish merchants, retired soldiers, and Quaker fiduciaries;
from relative newcomers to the land, to descendants of original settlers
of Massachusetts and Virginia.
Claims ranged from modest ones for "relief" to those of Bartholomew
Crannell's holdings extending 60 miles along the Hudson and 22 miles
eastward to Connecticut, Lord Dunmore's 3,750,000 acre purchase "on the
Wabash River," and Lord Fairfax's inherited estate of 5,282,000 acres. As
well as the expected businesses, ships, homes, land, cattle, and slaves,
diverse valuable included family portraits by Benjamin West, two Negro
French-horn players, indigo shipments, looms, harpsichords, extensive
personal libraries, a block of lignum vitae, and ropewalks.
The index offers maximum usefulness to readers, including the key, by
names of testators, to many wills, will abstracts, and administrations -
some of which may be the only copies extant."
We learn how "a great wave of dispossessed loyalists was carried from New
York and Florida to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1782, there to be
turned out onto the barren wilderness with few possessions and
littleshelter, to face the rigors of a terrible winter. They were expected
to clear, plough, and plant an obstinate soil in order to survive. The
mother country made it abundantly clear she did not want them back...."
"When the British Army evacuated Philadelphia they completely abandoned
the majority of their supporters; the multitudes of refugees who sought
haven in New York were barely subsisted there; and at the final surrender
of York Town in 1781 the loyalists were once more almost disowned.
In 1783 the British Government set up an American Claims Commission to
examine and adjudicate upon the claims of those who sought compensation for
losses suffered as the result of their loyalty to the Crown during the
Revolution, A deadline of 25 March 1784 was imposed for the receipt of
such claims, causing added bitterness amongst the exiles (who were often
not informed of their rights nor given any guidance on how to claim).
Bowing to protestation, the Commissioners finally relaxed their rigid
approach and permitted claims hearings in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1786 -
but claimants were examined severely on the reasons for their delay."
Loyalty to the Crown had to be established beyond reasonable doubt;
ownership of real and personal property had to be proved down to the last
half acre and the last shilling; written valuations were demanded and
sworn on oath. Loss of proof, detention, inability to write or travel, or
lack of funds to employ professional help caused claims to be dismissed
out of hand.
All of the stories are saddening, some painful to read of those too aged
and infirm to escape who were subject to being tarred and feathered, and
suffer other physical and financial difficulties. I found several of my
own Quaker ancestors among the claimants, and never had I had an inkling
elsewhere that they supported the king and suffered. I think many of you
will be in for a
few surprises as you review the names of the following claimants:
Ackerl(e)y, Ackerman, Ackerson, Acland, Adams, Agnew, Atchison, Akehurst,
Alexander, Algier, Alld (Alt), Allen, Allward, Amberman, Amey, Amory,
Anderson, Andrews, Angevine, Annable, Anthony, Antrobus, Apthorp, Armston,
Arnold, Arthur, Aselstine, Askew, Atkins, Austin, Babcock(s), Babitt,
Bache, Bagnall, Baillie, Bailou, Baker, Ball, Bangell, Bannerman,
Bannister,
Bannols, Banta, Barbarie, Barbel, Barclay, Bardsley, Barker, Barksdale,
Barnes, Barnhart, Barron, Barrow, Barry, Barton, Bates, Batty, Batwell,
Baxter, Bayeux, Baynard, Beagle, Bealey, Beardsley, Beasley, Beattie,
Beavans, Beby, Bedell, Beers, Bell, Bendor, Benson, Beresford, Bergh,
Berton, Best, Bethun (Buthen), Betts, Beverly, Bevins, Beyea, Boyea,
Bickel, Billopp, Binnigen, Bircham, Bird, Birdsill, Birks, Bittle,
Blackburn, Blair, Blakeney, Blauvelt, Bliss, Blommart, Blunt, Bickerback,
Bogart, Boggs,
Bogle, Bonell, Bonnet, Boucher, Bouck, Boulby, Boush, Bowen, Bower(s),
Bowlsby, Bowne, Bowness, Bowser, Boice, Boyce, Boyle, Brackenridge,
Bradley, Bradshaw, Brailsford, Branson, Brant, Bready, Bremer, Bremner,
Brewer, Briggs, Brisbane, Brisbin, Brisco, Bristoll, Bristow, Britney,
Brittain, Brockenbrough, Brooke, Brooks, Brower, Brown(e), Brownelly,
Brownson, Bruce,
Bruff, Brundage, Buchanan, Buchet, Buck, Buill, Buiz, Bulyea, Bull,
Billia, Bunnell, Burch, Burden, Burgwin, Burksdorff, Burling, Burnum, Burr
(? Buis), Burtis, Burwell, Bush, Butler, Cable, Cafford, Cairnes, Calder,
Calderhead,
Caldwell, Callahan, Callaheare (Kelehar, Kelhier), Cameron, Camp,
Campbell, Canfield, Carew, Carle, Carley, Carman, Carmont, Carpenter,
Carre, Carrier, Carrigan, Carscallon, Carson, Carter, Cartwright, Cary,
Cass, Casselman, Castle(s), Caswell, Cavrley, Cayford, Chaloner, Chan,
Channing, Chapman, Charles, Charters, Chase, Chatterton, Cheek, Chesher,
Chesser, Child,
Chilson, Chisholm, Christie, Christy, Church, Clark(e), Calw, Clindaning,
Close, Cloud, Clow, Club, Cochran, Cock, Colden, Colleton, Collett,
Collins, Collis, Combes, Comely, Compton, Conklin, Conkwright, Connolly,
Connor, Conrey, Cook(e), Coons, Copathwaite (Cowperthwaite, Coppithwaite),
Corbin, Cornell, Cornwall, Cornwell, Correy, Cory, Cougle, Couzens,
Covort, Cowan, Cowgill, Cowling, Cox, Coxe, Craft, Cranford, Crannell,
Crawford, Cross, Crowe, Crowell, Cruden, Cunningham, Currey, Curry,
Currie, Curser, Custard, Cuthbert, Dafoe, Dale, Daniels, Davenport,
Davidson, Davie, Davis, Davoue, Dawson, Day, Deal, Dean, Deas, Deblous, De
Bevoise, Decker, De Lancey, Delaney, D'Ende, Denham, Derbage, Derickson,
Derrington, Derry, Detlor, Dewar, Dewett, Diamond, Dickison, Dickinson,
Dickson, Dingman, Dingwell, Dirick, Ditmars, Dobbin, Dixon, Dobbs, Dodge,
Doleaz, Doles, Dotten, Douglas(s), Dove, Dow, Dowers, Dowling,Down, Drake,
Driver, Du Bois, Dulany,
Dulmage, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunham, Dunlop, Dunmore, Dunn, Dunning,
Dusseau,Dussault, Dyer, Dykeman, Eagles, Eamer, Earle, Earnshaw, Eastman,
Eckerson, Eckles, Edgar, Edghill, Edison, Edmonds, Edwards, Egbert,
Eilbeck, Eisan,
Eldridge, Ellegood, Elliott, Ellison, Allenson, Elston, Embree, Embury,
Empey, England, Ensor, Erving, Erwin, Irwin, Eve, Esekstine,, Eveleigh,
Fairchild, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fairlie, Fanner, Farley, Farlinger, Farmar,
Farrand, Farrer, Falkner, Faulkner, Feilde, Feltmate, Fennel, Fenwick,
Ferguson, Ferris, Fick, Field, Filer, Finkle, Finlayson, Finny, Fisher,
Fitch, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick, Fitzrandolph, Flaake, Flagler, Flanagan,
Flavel, Fleming, Fletcher, Florentine, Floyd, Fluelling, Flynn, Foot,
Force, Ford, Flyming, Forrest, Forsyth, Foster, Fountain, Fowler, Fox,
Foyke, Frank and Bickerton & Co., Franklin, Fraser, Frazer, Free,
Frederick, Freehoudt, Freel, Freeman, Frelick French, Friermuth, Frink,
Frict, Froom, Frost, Fryer, Frymire, Fullerton, Furman, Fykes, Fyler,
Gaff, Gaillard, Gallop, Gamerdinger, Gammell, Garden, Gardener, Gardiner,
Garlow, Garrison, Gault, Gaynor, German, Gernon, Gibson, Gidney, Gilbert,
Gilchrist, Gilehurst?, Gill, Gillmore, Gilmour, Gionovaly, Gisner, Gist,
Glasford, Glassford,
Gleeson, Glen, Glenny, Goddard, Goff, Golden, Golding, Gollinger,
Goodbread, Goodgion, Goodrich, Gordon, Gorham, Gould, Govan, Graham,
Grant, Grass, Graves, Gray, Grayson, Greatrex, Green(e), Greenwood, Gregg,
Gregorie, Grey,
Grierson, Griffin, Griffith(s), Grimes, Grout, Grymes,
Guesbertson/Guibertson, Guisbert, Gumersall, Demayne, Gwatkin, Gwin,
Hagart,
Haines, Hair, Hait, Halbert, Hales, Hall, Hallett, Halliburton, Halsey,
Ham, Hamblin,, Hameon, Hamilton, Hammel, Hance, Harcombe, Hard, Harding,
Hardy, Hare, Harkemer, Harmer, Harned, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartman,
Hartshorn, Harvey, Haslip, Hatfield, Hatton, Haven, Haviland, Hawkshurst,
Hawksworth, Hawley, Haws, Hayes, Haynes, Hazzen, Heaner, Heard, Heastis,
Hecht, Heck, Hecock, Heliker, Hen, Henderson, Hendricks, Heney, Henley,
Henninger, Henry,
Heron, Herriot, Hetfield, Hewling, Hewson, Newson, Hicks, Hiell, Higgins,
Higginson, Hildreth, Hill, Hilton, Hindman, Hitchcock, Hoare, Hobby, Hoeg,
Hoffman, Hoffnail, Hoofnahel, Hoofnail, Huffnagel, Hofftalin, Hogal, Hogle,
Hogel, Hogle, Holder, Holland, Holliday, Holmes, Holt, Holton, Homes,
Hooper, Hopton, Horn, Hown, Horner, Horton, Hosier, Hough, House, Houston,
Hoverland, How,Howard, Howell, Hoyt, Hubard, Huber(t), Huff, Houff,
Huffnail, Huggeford,
Hugh, Hughston, Hume, Hunt, Hunter, Huntington, Hurd, Husman, Husted,
Hustice, Hustis, Hutchinson, Hyatt, Imus, Inglis, Ingraham, Ingram,
Iraland, Eyrland, Irish, Irvine, Irwine, Ives, Jack, Jackson, Jacobs,
James, Jamieson, Jaques, Jardine, Jeacocks, Jefferies, Jenkens, Jenkins,
Jenne, Jessop, John, Johnson, Johnston, Jollie, Joliffe, Jones, Jorden,
Justason,
Kane, Kazeback, Kearsley, Keech, Keighley, Keller, Kelsall, Kendall,
Kennedy, Kent, Ker, Kern, Kincaid, King, Kingsbury, Kingsland, Kip, Kipp,
Kirby, Kirkland, Kissam, Kitching, Knap(p), Knight, Knox, Knutton,
Kollock, Kortright, Kreisler, Crysler, Kuch, Laight, Lake, Lammont,
Lamoureux, Lampson, Landon, Lane, Larsen, Lavender, Lawler, Lawrence,
Laws, Lawson,
Leadbetter, Leahy, Lee, Legett, Lent, Leonard, Lesley, Lester, Lewis,
Leyburn, Liddel, Lightenstone, Lightheart, Lillie, Linch, Lincoln,
Lindsey, Linzee, Lippincott, Lissat, Livesay, Livingston, Lloyd, Lockwood,
Logan, Long, Longstreet, Longworth, Loosing, Loucks, Lukes, Lucks,
Louzada, Love, Loveless, Lovell, Low, Lownders, Lownie, Lowrie, Laurie,
Lowry, Lucas,
Lucena, Ludlow, Luther, Lutkins, Lyford, Lyle, Lyman, Lyon, Mabe, Mabie,
Mabus, MacAlester, McAlpin, McArthur, McCarty, McAtee, Macaulay, McBain,
McCaffrey, McCall, McCara, McCarty, McCaskill, McCaul, McCaw, McLaren,
McLean, McClellan, McClilland, McConnell, McCoristine, McCurdy, McDonald,
McDonnell, McDougal(l), McDowall, McDugald, McElhenney, McEwen, McFee,
McGear, McGeogh, McGillis, McGillivray, McGinn, McGlauchlon, McGowan,
McGrah, McGriger, McGruer, McGwinn, McIlmoyle, McIntosh, McIntyre, McKay,
McCay, McKelvy, McKenzie, McKinzie, Mackie, McKim, McKinney, MacKinnon,
McKinny, McKissek, Mclachlan, McLaren, McLean, McLeanen, McLeod,
McLoughlin, McMartin, McMinn, McMullen, McMillian, McNairn, McNaughton,
McTygart, McVey,
McWhann, Main, Mane, Maitland, Malbone, Malcolm, Mallary, Mallory,
Mallows, Man, Manby, Mangum, Manigault, Manning, Manson, Marchison,
Marjoribank, Markley, Marple, Marron, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martindale,
Mason, Masten,
Maston, Mather, Matthews, Mathews, Matteson, Mattice, Maxwell, Maybe,
Maybee, Mayers, Mayes, Mead, Mellony, Mellows, Menzies, Mercereau,
Merkell, Merkle, Markly, Merril, Merrit(t), Merselis, Meserve, Middagh,
Middleton, Miers, Milby, Miller, Millidge, Millross, Mills, Milner,
Minzies, Mirfield, Mismore, Mitchel(l). Mitz, Mitts, Moch, Molleson,
Moncrieff, Monro, Montgomery, Moodie, Mooney, Moore, Moorehouse, Morden,
Mordoff, Moren, Morrell, Morris, Morrison, Moses, Mosher, Moss, Mossman,
Mounier, Mount, Mowerson, Mowry, Muir, Muirhead, Muirson, Mulford, Mullen,
Munday, Munro, Murdoch, Murkison, Murphy, Murray, Mussels, Myers, Meyers,
Mynert, Minard, Nant, Nashburn, Baughten, Necks, Nelles, Nichols, Niell,
Noble, Northrup, Nowlan, Nut, O'Blenus, O'Brien, Odell, Ogden, Ogilvie,
Ogilvy, O'Hara, Oliver, Olliver, Olmstead, Orange, Orchard, Orde,
O'Reilly, Ormsby, Orr,
Orsser, Osborne, Overing, Overmouth, Pace, Page, Palmer, Panton, Park,
Parke, Parker, Parrot, Partelow, Paterson, Patet, Patient, Patterson,
Payne, Pearce, Pears, Pearson, Peck, Peddle, Pedro, Peeck, Peers, Peldon,
Pell, Pemart, Pemberton, Pencel, Penn, Penny, Pentecost, Percell, Percy,
Perkins, Perrine, Perrot, Perry, Persall, Peters, Peterson, Petrey,
Pettit, Pew,
Phepoe, Philips, Phillips, Phyn, Pickard, Pickell, Pickens, Pickle,
Bickel, Pine, Pitt, Platt, Plaus, Plume, Plummer, Polhemus, Polson,
Pomeroy, Post, Potter, Powel, Powell, Power, Prentice, Price, Prince,
Prindel, Pringle,
Procter, Proctor, Prus, Pryce, Puch, Pugsley, Puller, Purcell, Purda,
Purdy, Purinton, Quigg, Quinn, Rackley, Rae, Ralleson, Rallison, Rollison,
Ramsay, Randolph, Ranelagh, Rankin, Rapalje, Rapajie, Ratham, Ravenscroft,
Raymond,
Read, Reading, Reed, Reid, Reily, Riley, Reith, Remington, Rennie,
Reynold, Reynolds, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Rickard, Riddell, Ring,
Risch, Rist, Rivers, Robert(s), Robertson, Robins, Robinson, Roblee,
Roblin, Rogers,
Rombough, Rome, Roome, Rose, Rosenbarica, Ross, Rothery, Roupell, Row,
Rowland, Rowse, Roxburgh, Ruiter, Rule, Rundle, Rushton, Russell, Rutan,
Ruttan, Ryan, Ryckman, Ryers, Ryerson, Sackett, St. Croix, St. George, St.
John, Sanford, Sanger, Sarls, Sarvenier, Saunders, Savage, Saxby, Saxton,
Sayre, Scales, Schaw, Schermerhoorn, Shick, Shut, Scut, Scofield, Scott,
Scout, Seabury, Seaman, Seamon, Sears, Seawell, Second, See, Seely,
Seelye, Seers, Selleck, Sellick, Seron, Servos, Seymour, Shannon, Sharp,
Sharwin,
Shave, Shaver, Shaw, Sheafe, Shedden, Sheets, Shell, Shelton, Shepard,
Shepherd, Sherar, Sherman, Sherwood, Shivers, Shoals, Shorey, Shuman,
Shewman, Shunk, Siberly, Sibert, Silsby, Simmons, Simpson, Sinclair, Sits,
Skeene, Skimming, Skinner, Slocum, Slutt, Smallwood, Smith, Smither,
Smyth, Snead, Sneden, Snethen, Snelling, Sniffen, Sniffin, Snyder, Somers,
Summers, Sorrel, Southwick, Sparham, Sparling, Speirs, Spencer, Spicer,
Spooner, Spragg, Sprowle, Squier, Sterns, Stevenson, Stewart, Stillwell,
Stinson, Stockton, Stokes, Stoneburner, Stormes, Storms, Storr, Stout,
Stover, Strachan, Streeter, Stringer, Strum, Stuart, Sturges, Style,
Styles, Stymest, Summers, Sumner, Sutherland, Swain, Swarks, Swords,
Tague, Tait, Talbot, Tallemach, Tanner, Tarpley, Tater, Tattnall, Taylor,
Tayre, Tebare, Tedford, Teed, Peed, Telfair, Ternill, Terrill, Thatcher,
Theall, Thomas, Thomlinson, Thompson, Thomson, Thorn(e), Thornton,
Throckmorton, Tibble,
Teeple, Tidd, Tilley, Tillot, Tilron, Tiner, Tisdale, Titus, Tobias, Todd,
Tolley, Tomlinson, Tompkins, Tooker, Tucker, Totten, Towner, Towse,
Travis, Treen, Trenchard, Triebner, Trinder, Troutbeck, Tryon, Tucker,
Turner, Turpin, Tuttle, Twine, Tyler, Underhill, Underwood, Urquart,
Usher, Valentine, Valleau, Vanallen, Van Allen, Van Alstine, Van Alstyne,
Vanamburgh, Van Blarcom, Van Buren, Van Buskerk, Van Buskirk, Van Camp,
VanDam, Vandeburgh, Vandecar, Van Derbeck, Vandine, Vanduser, Van Emburgh,
Van Embrough, Van Every, Van Horn, Van Maple, Van Mater, Van Norden, Van
Tassel, Van Thoughnet, Van Houghnet, Van Voorst, Van Vorheasen, Van
Vorheesen, Van
Wart, Van Wert, Van Wyck, Van Zants, Varick, Varvill, Vater, Vaughan,
Veal, Venderhill, Ventres, Vernon, Viall, Viele, Vilalrs, Vincent, Viser,
Vizer, Visga, Visscher, Vork, Vought, Vreeland, Vroom, Vrooman, Waddell,
Wade, Wager, Waggoner, Wail, Wailing, Waite, Walder, Waldin, Waldo,
Waldron, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Wallecon, Waller, Wallis, Walliser, Walls,
Walsh, Walter(s), Walton, Wandel, Wannamaker, Wanner, Wanton, Ward,
Wardell, Wardill, Warder, Ware, Warne, Warner, Warren, Warwick, Washburn,
Washington,
Waterbery, Waterman, Waters, Watkeys, Watkins, Watlington, Watson,
Wattermiers, Watts, Way, Wayne, Waywood, Wealth, Wearat(e), Wearing,
Weatherell, Weatherford, Weaver, Webb, Weeden, Weedon, Weejar, Weeks,
Weiergan, Weir, Wehr, Weiser, Weishuhn, Weir, Weiser, Welling, Wells,
Welmore, Welsh, Welch, Wendell, Wendall, Wendle, Wentworth, Wertsh,
Wessels, West, Westbrook, Westenhousen, Westly, Weston, Wetmore, Wetmere,
Whalling, Wheatly, Wheaton, Wheeler, Wheelwright, Whelen, Whelpley,
Whiltbank, Whitacre, White, Whiteman, Whitfield, Whiting, Whitley,
Whitman, Whitmore, Whitney, Whitting, Wickes, Wiggins, Wigglesworth,
Wightman, Wilbore, Wilinson, Wilkie, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Wilks, Willard,
Willet(t), Williams, Williamson, Willing, Wil(l)is, Willocks, Willoughby,
Wills, Wilmore, Wilsey, Wiltse, Wil(l)son, Winant, Winfree, Wing, Wingate,
Winkler, Winn(i)ett, Winnings, Winship, Winslow, Winthrop, Wise, Wiss,
Wistinghessen, Witherle, Withers, Witherspoon, Wolf, Wood, Woodberry,
Woodburn, Woodcock, Woodford, Woodmaney, Woodruff(e), Woods, Woodside,
Woodward, Woolcot(t), Wooley, Woolsey, Worcester, Word, Worden, Wormeley,
Worrant, Worth, Wortman, Woster, Wournell, Wragg, Wright, Wycoff, Wikoff,
Wygert, Wyl(l(ie, Wylly, Wyman, Wynant, Wynn, Wythe, Yates, Y!
eomans, Yerxa, Yonge, York(e), Youmans, Young(s), Younglove,, Yurex,
Zabriskie, Zobriskie, Servst, Zickland, Ziele, Zimmer, Zouberbu(c)hler,
Zubly. I will be happy to see if your surnames are also in the index, the
above being only the claimants.
Each claim gives the name, residence, proof of loyalty, memorials, claim,
and most list evidence. Some of the sketches are quite long, while others
may be much shorter - but every one is interesting and gives intimate
details of the physical suffering and anguish suffered by these people.
Some may have been persecuted simply because they were recipients of land
in a
parent's will, others simply because they had something for the taking.
This is quite an impressive book!
The book is a wonderful research aid, which will be used for years to come
as you find new lines. It offers information that may be unable to be
found elsewhere. The locations range from the northernmost of the thirteen
colonies to the southernmost, and the people are from every spectrum of
life. Some (including an elderly infirm Pettit Quaker ancestor of
mine),suffered terribly. The book is surely an eyeopener!
$45 plus $4 media mail postage with delivery confirmation for this 616
plus page book, which has several indices.
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