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 Was Clerk to Messrs Oakes & Lannenberger in the Indian or furs trade untill the 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 Novr '83 Was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Coll James Livingston
lodged 14 Febry '99 by Mr Glen
" 2
Ce No 1 On the 1 March '99 were lodged the following A report of the Committee to whom was referred petitions of Thomas Faulkner, Edwd 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 Faulkner That he Joined Coll 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 in Nova Scotia — That for the attempts with Coll Eddy &c to reduce fort Cumberland was imprisoned in Halifax Jail &
4 Similar to the above and further that said Edwd Faulkner took up arms [Maine?] to assist in the defence of the town of Machias against troops & Shipping from Halifax
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

