Researching the America patriots sent to Van Dieman's Land after the
Canadian rebellion of 1838. Many were shipped aboard HMS Buffalo in 1840
Some where pardoned in 1844.
Any help to locate information or connections on these men would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you
Bonita Shafer
Town of Watertown Historical Society.
The following names are of some those American patriots who returned in
1844.
Chancey Sheldon
Luther Darby
Nathan Whiting
Samuel Snow
John Gilman
Ira Polly
Nelson Griggs
Gideon Goodrich
Edward A. Wilson
Daniel Dunbar Heustis
John Cronkhite
John Thomas
Eliza Stevens
Leonard Delano
Joseph Thompson
James D. Fero
Henry V. Barnum
Robert Marsh
George Brown
Elon Fellows
David House
Jerry Griggs
Bemis Woodbury,
John Swansburgh
John Grant
Orin W. Smith
Hiram Sharp
Emmanuel Garrison
Alvin B. Sweet