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 >