Faye Land grants were offered to many, not just Loyalists. Depending on the regulations and circumstances, a settler might get a free grant of land or at a reduced rate. He might also be given a hardship grant, or be required to just pay the fees but nothing for the land. See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/land.shtml for more information on land records in Ontario (aka Canada West and Upper Canada) Lorine On 10/15/08, Faye <[email protected]> wrote: > Lorine - or anyone~ > > Were those late 1700s land grants offered only to the Loyalists or were they > offered to anyone? > > thanks > faye > descendant of several recipients of various grants > > ---- Olive Tree Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The first place you should look for a possible Loyalist >> ancestor is in the land records, for Loyalists and their >> families were granted land in accordance with their military >> rank and dependants. > > -- Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com

My Irish ancestor came to Canada with the British Army in the War of 1812. When he was discharged, he was given a land grant in Ontario. Janet On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:28:21 -0400, Olive Tree Genealogy wrote > Faye > > Land grants were offered to many, not just Loyalists. Depending on > the regulations and circumstances, a settler might get a free grant > of land or at a reduced rate. He might also be given a hardship > grant, or be required to just pay the fees but nothing for the land. > > See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/land.shtml for more > information on land records in Ontario (aka Canada West and Upper > Canada) > > Lorine > > On 10/15/08, Faye <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lorine - or anyone~ > > > > Were those late 1700s land grants offered only to the Loyalists or were they > > offered to anyone? > > > > thanks > > faye > > descendant of several recipients of various grants > > > > ---- Olive Tree Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> The first place you should look for a possible Loyalist > >> ancestor is in the land records, for Loyalists and their > >> families were granted land in accordance with their military > >> rank and dependants. > > > > > > -- > Olive Tree Genealogy > http://olivetreegenealogy.com > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, > I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to > include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please > make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message