Thank you for your interesting insight! I thought there may be one clear answer, but you have pointed out many viable possibilities, all worth looking into....thanks! [email protected] wrote: A 4xgrest grandfather fought as a patriot and was apperantly captured, and as the story is told (facts recorded fit) lived with the indians a few years and finally escaped. He was in Canada and became acquainted there. Records indicated he traveled for a few years as young men often do, and returned to Canada (crossing the river) married and raised a family. He was caught in the war of 1812, served as a Canadian and recieved land for such service. Later he crossed the river settled in New York and claimed a pension for his Revolutionary war service. It seems that at his capture he was kept by the indians and not handed over as a prisoner as the government did not have him listed as a live prisoner, and assumed he was dead. His war papers and fight for recognition are quite extensive. He became a double dipper. With the boarder being an imaginary line in some places and a river that was oftend cross in other places nationality was not of great concern. Making a lively hood was in first place. Other relatives lost land in what became the United States and fled to Canada because of their religion (Quaker). Some of this land was later returned. Land in lower Quebec was advertised to entice other Americans to come to Canada for land offers. Some of my wife's relatives responded to this. You can see there are a number of possibilities. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.