Nancy: We had a couple here at Bowmanville who did the same thing. They married after the RW and came here - she collected his pension as a widow of a Vet. They came because of the free/cheap land and he wanted to "be his own man" and I guess the only way he could do that was to get out from under Papa's thumb - fathers were often known to be very harsh in those days. Her son brought her to NY to make application for the pension. Living across the border didn't seem to matter then - the pension was for "service" during the RW, not for living on US soil. Sher At 09:45 PM 03/05/2010 -0400, you wrote: > Hi, Fellow Listers. Long time no talk. I'm hoping that one of you > might be able to tell me why my 3xggrandpa, Roger Merrill, would have > gone to live in Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario. He got a > pension from the Rev. War, filed the application in Onandaga Co., NY in > about 1844? But he was living in Percy Twp. on 2nd and 3rd concession > lots from 1797 onward. > >I'm trying to reconstruct old PAF files, and have the copy of the original >RW pension app, as well as tax info and etc. on Roger and family. What I >DON'T have is the why. I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks! > >Nancy Merrill Sayed > > > > > > > > > > > >*********** >Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >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 >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2851 - Release Date: 05/03/10 >06:27:00

Okay, Sher. THAT'S my question. How could a US citizen get free/cheap Canadian land if they fought on the US side of the RW? I'm going to have to do some more reading on this. Thanks so much for your help. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Sher Leetooze <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 9:07 pm Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] How might a Rev War vet have come to live in Northumberland Co., Ontario? Nancy: We had a couple here at Bowmanville who did the same thing. They married after the RW and came here - she collected his pension as a widow of a Vet. They came because of the free/cheap land and he wanted to "be his own man" and I guess the only way he could do that was to get out from under Papa's thumb - fathers were often known to be very harsh in those days. Her son brought her to NY to make application for the pension. Living across the border didn't seem to matter then - the pension was for "service" during the RW, not for living on US soil. Sher At 09:45 PM 03/05/2010 -0400, you wrote: > Hi, Fellow Listers. Long time no talk. I'm hoping that one of you > might be able to tell me why my 3xggrandpa, Roger Merrill, would have > gone to live in Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario. He got a > pension from the Rev. War, filed the application in Onandaga Co., NY in > about 1844? But he was living in Percy Twp. on 2nd and 3rd concession > lots from 1797 onward. > >I'm trying to reconstruct old PAF files, and have the copy of the original >RW pension app, as well as tax info and etc. on Roger and family. What I >DON'T have is the why. I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks! > >Nancy Merrill Sayed > > > > > > > > > > > >*********** >Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >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 >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2851 - Release Date: 05/03/10 >06:27:00 *********** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- 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