Supporting Documents for Canadian Refugees
Document 1800Table of supporting documents for claims of refugees from Canada.
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Marks of the papers | Names of Claimants | What for &c
F No.1 Abraham Livingston Having been a resident of Canada
lodged 14 Feb.ry '99 Was Clerk to Mess.rs Oakes & Ernenlinger
by Mr. Glen in the Indian or furr trade untill the
P.ce Province was invaded by the American
Army in 1775, when he Joined the said
Army and continued in Service to the end
of the War Did not return into the Dominion
of Britain prior to 25 Nov.r '83 Was a
Captain in the regiment commanded by
Col.l James Livingston
" 2
C.No.1 On the 1 March '99 were lodged the following
A report of the Committee to whom was referred
petitions of Thomas Faulkner, Edw.d Faulkner
British Province of Nova Scotia; Joseph Green,
and George Trahan, Mary the Widow of
Refugees from the province of Canada; and also,
from the said Province of Nova Scotia
2 Edward Faultner That he Joined Col.l Jonathan Eddy
and others in 1776 having been a resident
of Nova Scotia — Was obliged to leave his
family property & country — That he
owned land there — That his loss in land
and other property was not less than
900 Dollars
3 Residence &c Nova Scotia — That
for the attempt with Col.l Eddy &c
to reduce Fort Cumberland was
imprisoned in Halifax Jail &
4 Similar to the above and further
that said Edw.d Faultener took up arms
to assist in the defence of the town of Machias,
against troops & Shipping from Halifax
[page 2 — upside down in scan; transcribed in reading orientation]
the report of the Secretary of War, on the
petition of Simon Glasier, Refugees from the
Francois Trépagnier, Augustin Trépagnier,
François de Jardine, & François Diobadie
on the Petition of William Laurence
and Simon Glasier, Refugees from the
Deposition of Tho: Faulkner
Before George Leonard Jus Pacis
of Bristol Massachusetts 9 Nov.r '98
Deposition of John Beck on A[undecipherable]
this monday of Dec. '93 in open
Court County of Providence Rhode Island
Deposition of William Hapswell
in open Court same time & place
with the above
Ditto as Ditto nearly to the Same
purpose Deposition of Ja: Noteboom
Proof offered
Before John Taylor Esq.r Inf.r Judge
of the Court of G & Geo for the County of
Albany the 22 Feb.y 1799
Deposition of Jane Vanden Berger
a person well known to the Judge
and worthy of Credit
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Marks | Names of Claimants
of the papers
R Lieut.t Colonel Received a letter
J.F. Hamtramck Wherein he says, that,
had heard of the act in
hopes it is not too late
in 1776 and Served
line of New York as
S James Livingston Received a letter from Major
Inclosing a let.r to him from Col.l
his claim and that of his Father.
"his family were great sufferers"
"wishes all proper favour may"
No.1
" 2 Letter of Ja.s Livingston to the
" 3 John Livingston Account of losses sustained by
— 600 Acres of land Valued at
Sworn to before the Chief Justice
" 4 James Livingston A Deposition of the same date
Van der Heyden of the City of
Livingston in Canada That h[e]
of considerable property and su[ffered for]
the American cause And that
except when the service of the United —
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from him dated Pittsburg 18 Sep.t 1799
"but a few days ago" he
favour of Canada Refugees —
to inform, that he left Canada
the whole of the War, in the
a Captain.
James Livingston with papers respecting
General Hamilton dated 31 Oct.r 1799
the General says "that he knew
under meritorious circumstances and
be shewn in the case"
general to the above purpose
M.r John Livingston late of Canada
2 Dollars & 1200 Dollars
of the State of New York the 24 October 1799 by
Jacob Vander Heyden
Ja.s Livingston
and before the same Judge by Jacob
Albany March[?] That he knew James
was in the Mercantile line was before[?]
great losses by reason of his attachment &
since then he resided in the State of New York
[undecipherable] required his attendance elsewhere
Description
Table of supporting documents for claims of refugees from Canada.
Date
1800
Document number
1800999955000
Note
Possibly enclosed in McHenry to Wolcott 1800/04/15
Odd and even pages are paired, taken from a book. Some sentences cross the line from odd image (left page) to even image (right page).
Notable persons
claimant
Abraham Livingston
Mr. Glen
clerk
Messrs Oakes & Ermentenger
American Army
Colonel James Livingston
Edward Faulkner
Thomas Faulkner
Joseph Green
George Trahan
Mary the widow
refugees
Colonel Jonathan Eddy
John Taylor
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Jane Vander Heyden
James Robichause
Simon Chester
Presque Trepagne
Augustine Trepagne
Francois Des Jardins
Francois
Rabutaille
William Laurence
George Leonard
John Peck
William Maxwell
Lieutenant Colonel John Francis Hamtramck
Major General Alexander Hamilton
father
John Livingston
Chief Justice of the State of New York
Jacob Vander Heyden
Jacob Van der Heyden
Notable locations
Canada
Nova Scotia
Fort Cumberland
Halifax
jail
Machias, Maine
Albany County
Bristol, Massachusetts
Providence County, Rhode Island
Pittsburgh
New York
Albany
Notable items
claim
papers
Indian or fur trade
Revolutionary War
petition
family property
land
losses
residence
imprisoned
proofs
deposition
report
petition
letter
merchant


