United States, British Loyalists

The types of material in this collection vary, but most publications contain contextual information regarding the general Loyalist population in each area. The collection consists of 22 combined publications from across British America.

The amount of information listed varies, but the records usually include the following information about your ancestor:

• Name
• Residence
• Activities during the period of the American Revolution
• Contextual information about the Loyalist community
• Spouse
• Children, especially if of adult age or landowners
• Any appropriate military service or contribution to the war effort on behalf of Great Britain

Titles included in this collection are:

• Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an historical essay

• Black List: A list of those Tories who took part with Great-Britain, in the Revolutionary War, and were attainted of high treason, commonly called the black list

• New Haven Loyalists

• Orderly book of the “Maryland Loyalists Regiment,” June 18th, 1778 to October 12th, 1778.

• Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists, Commanded by Brigadier-General Oliver de Lancey, 1776-1778

• Reminiscences of an American Loyalist, 1738-1789

• Subscription list among Loyalists during the British blockade of Boston

• The American Loyalists in the Eastern Seigniories and Townships of the Province of Quebec

• The American Loyalists; or, Biographical Sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay

• The Church of England in Nova Scotia and the Tory clergy of the Revolution

• The Colony of Massachusetts loyalists at Bristol, England

• The Confiscated estates of Boston loyalists

• The Exodus of loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy

• The Flight of American Loyalists to the British Isles

• The Loyalists of Connecticut

• The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution

• The New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists) in the Revolutionary War

• The Royal Commission on the losses and services of American loyalists, 1783 to 1785, being the notes of Mr. Daniel Parker Coke, M.P., one of the commissioners during that period

• The Tories of Chippeny Hill, Connecticut

• The United Empire Loyalists: a chronicle of the great migration

• Tories of New Hampshire in the war of the revolution

• United Empire Loyalists: enquiry into the losses and services in consequence of their loyalty : evidence in the Canadian claims

When using contextual sources such as these publications, it is always a good idea to search in a variety of ways.

• Search by name of ancestor

• Search by location for any relevance to where your ancestors may have lived

• Search for unique military units or aspects to the conflict that may be recorded in the text, such as “this unit was present at the Battle of Lexington”

• You can narrow your results by searching on a year, title, or keyword.

• Use the keyword field to search for a name, rank, unit, or place.

• The beginning pages of a given title often provide explanations of the type of details and abbreviations used in the volume.