double agent? > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 23:53:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] How might a Rev War vet have come to live in Northumberland Co., Ontario? > > > 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 > > > > *********** > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Got a phone? Get Hotmail & Messenger for mobile! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724464
I've wondered about that.... Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Kate Taggart <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 11:37 pm Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] How might a Rev War vet have come to live in Northumberland Co., Ontario? double agent? > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 23:53:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] How might a Rev War vet have come to live in Northumberland Co., Ontario? > > > 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 > > > > *********** > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Got a phone? Get Hotmail & Messenger for mobile! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724464 *********** 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