Hi Folks -- the www has your answers on this one... Use the search engine at http://www.google.com/ with two sets of search terms: patriots war watertown yields 162 hits and patriot war watertown yields 292 hits I read several of the relevant pages -- there is no consistency in the spelling of the name of the war: patriot patriots patriot's and patriots' The google search ignores the "'s" so only two searches are needed to get all the variants. You might try changing Watertown to Jefferson and see if other sites are found. // Regards, Gord Hines (in Regina SK Canada) Shirley Farone wrote: Subject: Patriot War of 1838 Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:39:51 -0800 Resent-From: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:40:51 -0500 From: Shirley Farone <twigs@bright.net> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.co > Someone wrote me inquiring of the Patriot War and what it was all about. > He apparently hadn't heard of it and since I believe he isn't alone, I'm > posting his question and my feeble answer on the List. Perhaps someone > will come up with a more able answer. Hope it's kosher to do so. Shirley > > Dear Shirley, > > For the benefit of what may be dumb and dumber down > here in Dixie, just what do you mean by the Patriot War? > The Revolution, the fiasco of 1812; or do you mean, perhaps, > "the late unpleasantness" between North and South? > > My answer: > > Oh, ho, ho -- another person to find out about one of the most fascinating > pieces of history to come out of Jefferson County. There will be others > who can explain this better than I and I hope I understand it thoroughly > enough to make it simple. > > In 1838 and the months leading up to it, there were those in several NY > counties -- like Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Oswego, and Onondaga, (not sure > about Franklin) who thought that the Canadian people should free themselves > from the Crown much in the same manner as the Colonists did in our War for > Independence. So, there was a move on by an organization of mostly farmers > called Hunters Lodge -- which would acquire enough members to go up the > Prescott, Ontario - for one -- to help out with a resurrection of sorts. > Offhand, I think the figure was 162 men, from surrounding areas -- were > involved. They (including the Canadians involved) got caught -- some were > released from jail -- some were transported to Van Dieman's land -- and > some were executed at Kingston, Ontario -- (included my ggm's brother, > Sylvanus Sweet -- his brother, was freed because of age) Not many people > know about the War, but if you have ancestry in Jefferson County, you might > find a study of this little War very intriguing. There are several > articles about it -- here and there -- there is also a Canadian site (I > don't have the address now), but that, of course, is biased. > > I have a list of those involved if you need a look-up. > > Someone please help me out? I'm an old lady and don't usually get things > right....but I'm glad you asked. > > Shirley > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/