I've been watching the UPTHEGROVE discussion with much interest. My g-g-grandmother was an UPDEGRAFF. Her grandfather was Isaac UPDEGRAFF (AKA UPDEGROVE), born in 1790 in PA. I believe his father was also an Isaac. One researcher on our line has the parents of Isaac SR as John UPDEGRAFF (UPEGROVE) and Elizabeth BENFIELD. Isaac SR had a brother named Conrad. This link is not documented (yet!). Anyone familiar with this line? Gene Majors ----- Original Message ----- From: Liese Uptegrove-Ade <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [ORIGINAL-13] Here comes Canada > Regarding the Death Penalty for being a Loyalist.. I'm not sure yet what the > motivation was for this John Upthegrove to go up into Canada, he was > recorded as being in the NJ Militia. I suspect he was a Loyalist, and if so, > would imagine that his neighbors might not give him a warm reception in his > home town after the war <g>. Either way, it might be incentive enough to > leave... but there's a story that he went off to settle on lands that were > allotted for the Loyalists by the Queen, and nothing else has surfaced yet. > > On a side note, I also found a John & Peter Uptigrave in Sussex Co., Newton > NJ (War) Census in 1790? May have been 2 John's, (although so far I have > found no indication of more than one) or, the above mentioned John > Upthegrove left NJ for Canada after 1790?? Although 7 years seems like a > long time to hang around if you're facing the death penalty, or wrath from > patriots. > > What state, county, province or patent did Jonathan CHEW live in? > > >>>The judge who convicted him was his first-cousin's husband, Michael > FISHER!<<< > > It's so tragic how these families were strained and split apart due to the > war...and if there ever was a perfect example of it, this is it! > > Liese > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vincent Summers <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:20 PM > Subject: Re: [ORIGINAL-13] Here comes Canada > > > > > > Is this due to the LOYALIST classification that my Jonathan CHEW > > also carried? He had to go to Canada to avoid the death penalty. > > The judge who convicted him was his first-cousin's husband, Michael > > FISHER! > > > > Vince > > > > Liese Uptegrove-Ade wrote: > > > > > > Hi Roy, > > > > > > Do you know the approximate date of birth for Isaac Uptegrove, father of > > > H.R. Uptegrove? > > > > > > It's noted in Cathy Berger's compilation of Clyde Shanks works that > there > > > has been one branch of Updegrove/Uptegrove's (etc) went to Canada during > or > > > directly after the Rev. War. In particular, a "John", b. abt. 1735-1750. > > > > > > I've also done some research on this branch (still have a long way to > go), > > > and it also appears that some of them stayed in NY/NJ, and some went up > to > > > Canada and then came back down again in the early 1800s... some stayed > in > > > Canada. According to land deeds, survey maps, and tax rolls, and > marriages, > > > there are those who came back down from Canada who appear to be very > closely > > > connected to my own branch who had settled in the Orange County NY, & > Sussex > > > County, NJ border region. But there were also others that ended up > > > somewhere in the middle, between Canada & NY that at this point have not > > > been fit in to the mesh yet. > > > > > > I was just contacted by an "Ubdegrove" (a census is blamed for the > spelling > > > <g>), who lives in Canada, and goes back many generations there. I have > not > > > had a chance to exchange notes with this person yet, but if you'd like I > can > > > either pass along what I find, or put you in contact with them. > > > > > > Liese > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Roy O'Grady <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 2:35 PM > > > Subject: [ORIGINAL-13] Here comes Canada > > > > > > > > > > > My Mother was Evelyn A. Uptegrove, daughter of H.R. Uptegrove and > Grace > > > > W. > > > > Uptegrove(Hobson). H.R is son of Isaac U. > > > > In the Can. Census of 1871 we find Louisa Uptegrove,Fem.,64yrs.,Brn. > New > > > > Brunswick. Canada. Baptist, Seamstress, Widow. Then Isaac > > > > Uptegrove,Male,21, > > > > Ontario,Methodist, Blacksmith, Single.Later this came up: Isaac > > > > Uptegrove,53yrs., > > > > Blacksmith, died 8 Dec.,1900, in Waterford, Ont.. Survived by his > wife, > > > > 1son and 2 daughters. Thank you for this wonderful history of our > > > > family. > > > > Regards--Roy O'Grady, grandson of H.R. Uptegrove. > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >