Why were so many of the loyalists and their descendants' families designated "Dutch". I've never heard an authoritative explanation. Have you? bdavis@sympatico.ca

> Why were so many of the loyalists and their descendants' families > designated "Dutch". I've never heard an authoritative explanation. > Have you? > bdavis@sympatico.ca Well, many were Dutch, and from either the Tarrytown, NY area or from Long Island, both areas of which were heavily settled by Dutchmen. Many of the Tarrytown folks had first settled in LI. The Van Wart/Wert family is one example. jim