Hi, I never said they were dishonest or not hard working. Just that one branch of my family picked up a quick 2200 acres of land because they had 9 daughters and 1 son. Not a bad deal after serving with the other side. They did not leave New York until winter of 1793. In the US, my grandfather's brothers served on both sides. One even switched sides mid-stream and became a loyalist. The father, however, who was an avowed loyalist stayed in New York and they did not lose their land. Another of my 5th great grandfathers left New York and went to Sorel Quebec before the war ended. He landed in Adolphustown in Oct 1784. Now him I consider a loyalist. Bill Message: 1 Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 19:28:08 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Bill: How might a Rev War vet have come to live To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bill, you're saying that my family might have been opportunists!? Shocking:-) I think most of them had to be opportunists from the get-go to come from where they were to here (US and Canada) in the first place! Not that they weren't hard-working, honest, good opportunists:-) Nancy