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Empire Loyalists from Ireland

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Irish Loyalists

Who Left The 13 Colonies and Resettled in what would be come Canada after the Rebellion of 1776

This is the beginning of a list of Irish Loyalists if you have any further leave a comment with there Wiki ID and I will add


Capt. Peter Clinch (abt.1753-1816) - Founder of Town of St, George New Brunswick

Sgt. Ephraim Curry UE (abt.1750-abt.1806) Jessup's Loyal Rangers

Capt. Richard Robert Crowe (1728-1821) Commanded a Company of Black Pioneers

Private James Dalrymple (1761-1837) 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment ( Royal Highland Emigrants)

Sgt. Daniel Keith (abt.1761-1829) Queens Rangers

Philip Hierlihy (abt.1755-abt.1800) Captain Bowen’s Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment

Bishop Charles Inglis (1734-1816) First (Anglican) Bishop of Nova Scotia & Founder of University of King's College - Chaplain to New Jersey Volunteers

Alexander McCormick UEL (abt.1728-1803) Indian Agent and Trader

Benjamin McConnell UEL (1742-1808)

Capt. John Savage (1741-1826) - Loyal Rangers (note wikitee has him born in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony other sources mention he was born in Ireland and came to America with 2 uncles

Peter William Sparling (abt.1732-1821)

Captain George Sproule (abt.1743-1817) -

Major Robert Timpany (1742-1844)


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Jane Hill ( - June 6, 1800), an Ulster Scot whose gravestone proudly states she was a native of Ireland descended from the noble families of Stuart and Bruce. She was the wife of Captain Richard Hill who is listed in the Loyalist Muster Roll for Digby, Nova Scotia dated May 29, 1784. They came to Digby with other Loyalists from New York. Both are buried in Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery in Digby.

Henry Magee (1741 - August 2, 1806), an Ulster Scot from Armagh, in present day Northern Ireland sailed to America with his wife and son in 1773. He landed at Philadelphia and set up a mill in Cumberland County. At the beginning of the Revolution he joined with the British Army. After the war he settled in Kings County, Nova Scotia and operated the first general store in Kentville as well as a grist mill. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in the Town. After he died his wife Ann went to live with a son and is buried in St. Marys Anglican Church Cemetery in Auburn, Nova Scotia

John Moore (Feb. 1760 - March 30, 1845) Born in Northern Ireland. Served in Captain Livingston's Company of the King's American Regiment during the American Revolution. Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery in York County, New Brunswick.

Henry Rutherford (Jan 31, 1751 - Feb. 21, 1808) whose family is interred in the graveyard around Trinity Anglican Church in Digby, Nova Scotia where he served as Warden. He was from Waterford, Ireland and trained for the Presbyterian Ministry before emigrating to America He became engaged in commercial activity in New York, supporting the Loyalists, and after the American Revolution moved to Digby. There he was a successful businessman and Digby’s first elected representative in 1793 serving in the House of Assembly in Halifax until 1808.

John Turney, Lieut. ( 1744 - ) Lieutenant in Butler's Rangers, born in Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland 1744, enlisted in King's 8th Regiment, served as Sergeant in Germany and America, and during American Revolution served with Butler's Rangers. Gravestone situated in Turney - Torney Graveyard, in St. Catherines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario.

Acknowledgements

The basis for the start of this page was an Article entitled 17 ‘UE’ Loyalists of Ireland & Northern IrelandItalic text by Brian McConnell, UE has been researching the locations of graves of United Empire Loyalists for several years. This article was completed on March 3, 2018. He can be contacted by email at brianm564@gmail.com To learn more about the Loyalist graves he is researching see: http://www.brianmcconnell.info/gravesofunitedempireloyalists/





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