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21 hours ago · FEBRUARY 1st – At Drake’s Farm near Metuchen, New Jersey. In reaction to British losses throughout January as part of what some have called the Forage War, British General William Erskine sought to lure American forces into a trap. Erskine sent a small party of his men pretending to be foragers to Drake’s Farm, seemingly to pillage supplies.
5 days ago · The region experienced bitter fighting among the Patriots and the Loyalists throughout the war, with individual Native American factions aligning with a side. Based on a wealth of diaries and memoirs, Weaver’s meticulous research provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the Jersey Greys’ activities in the contentious Central New York region.
2 days ago · Clergymen were often imprisoned: Richard Towgood, the vicar of St. Nicholas’ parish in Bristol, was imprisoned in a cell with over 50 prisoners (p. 126), and George Buchanan, the vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale in Westmorland, was imprisoned at Lancaster for three years (p. 123).
3 days ago · Sir William Allen (for he was afterwards knighted) was the son of William Allen, citizen and poulterer of London; was sheriff 1562–3, lord mayor 1571–2. "He was at first free of the Leathersellers, afterwards a Mercer. And dwelled when he was sheriff in Bow-lane; when he was maior, in Tower-strete.
21 hours ago · By Jeffrey Allen. Published June 26, 2024 at 3:42 pm ... As she was the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, she was entitled to a land grant and received Lot 22, Concession 3, SDS in 1804 ...
2 days ago · UDA crime boss Gary Fisher is plotting to escape Northern Ireland by the end of July, a source has claimed. The Sunday World understands he is anxious to get out before convicted drug offender ...
1 day ago · The loyalists were harshly treated as dangerous enemies by the American states during the war and immediately afterward. They were commonly deprived of civil rights, often fined, and frequently relieved of their property. The more conspicuous were usually banished upon pain of death. The British government compensated more than 4,000 of the ...
