GILBERT HYATT - FOUNDER OF CITY OF SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC <excerpt> Gilbert Hyatt was born in Arlington, Vermont, the son of Abraham Hyatt, who had fought with Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign in 1777. Gilbert joined the Loyal Americans under Major Jessup and served during the American Revolutionary War in this Loyalist regiment. He had several brothers: Joseph, Cornelius, Jacob and Abraham, who were also later listed as associates in Ascot Township. The family must have prospered in the end, as there are many descendants in the area with the Hyatt name. Gilbert declared, in his petition to the government in 1800, he was the first to settle in the wild lands of the Crown in the County of Bedford. By Jean Darrah McCaw, U.E., C.M.H. Branch Genealogist, Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch The United Empire Loyalistsâ Association of Canada (1) Brome County Historical Society, Supplementary Inventory, 1993 (Ascot Township) http://www.uelac.org/education/Chapters/Where%20Did%20they%20settle%20in%20Quebec.html Posted by Jan Jordan