To add another note there is a Rootsweb list on this topic: > >> <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]"> >> [email protected]</A> According to some messages found here there are a number of families of Loyalists who stayed in the colonies and migrated west. Joan > In a message dated 2/20/03 11:33:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > I am particularly interested in the Loyalists’ dilemma and probable > > migrations. Thanks. > > > > > > > > ----- Dolores in Delaware > > > > > > Hi Dolores -- it's me again! I believe most Rev. War Loyalists from the > Eastern states moved north into Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. > These places were under the control of the British crown and the King and > they would be safe there. Migrating to other new states or future American > > territories was not really feasible as they would be arrested or hung if > found once the war was over. Here is an excerpt from an online mention of > a > book called "True Blue" by Walter Stewart, published in Toronto, Canada, > 1985. Joan > > > > > >> True Blue -- Author: Walter Stewart> Illustrator: None, Publisher: > >> Toronto, Canada, 1985. > > "They poured across the border. They walked, they rowed, they sailed. They > came > > >> on horseback, in carriages, in small boats and large ships. They came > up > >> the eastern seaboard, and along the rivers and through the wilderness. > >> Many of them died along the way -- of disease or despair, or as the > >> victims of bullet and bayonet, tomahawk or bare fists. Some were rich, > >> many were poor. A good many of them were soldiers or the families of > >> military men, but there were also farmers, artisans, merchants, > mariners, > >> teachers, preachers, slaves and bums. They were the Loyalists - tens of > >> thousands of North Americans who were driven from their homes during the > > >> American Revolutionary War, because they would not embrace independence > >> and republicanism. The coming of the Loyalist was the pivotal event in > >> Canadian history -- the end of childhood, the commencement of building a > > >> nation. It was the equivalent of the Norman invasion of England in 1066, > > >> but even more potent, because in much of the country, the invaders were > >> the majority. Today some 3.5 million Canadians are descendants of the > >> original Loyalists. In this book the author challenges the traditional > >> vision, absorbed in history classes, of Loyalists as tea-drinking, > >> God-fearing, king-supporting, tree-hacking pioneers. While the author > does > >> introduce Loyalists, who, in part, fit that vision, you will also meet > far > >> more who do not; Loyalists who were rogues, thieves, snobs, savages, > >> slaves, proud warriors and pompous asses, as well as Loyalists who would > > >> not have known King George, if they had met him at a garden party." > > > > > > > > >