This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/2511.1 Message Board Post: You will find the Canadian land records superior to the New York set. 1790 is late for Loyalist resettlement. Could this person have migrated from then eastern Columbia County deemed Massachusetts? Many folks left as a result of Shays Rebellion? Land in Upper Canada was handed out in generous amounts while no tilable land was available in the colonies until after the Northwest Ordinance was approved.