Johan Jost Herkimer was born in 1732, the second of five sons of Johan Host Herkimer and Catherine Herkimer of German Flatts, New York. He was the younger…
Philip Barton Key (April 12, 1757 – July 28, 1815) was a Representative from the third district of Maryland, and later a United States federal judge. Unusually for…
Dr. Samuel Adams (1730 – January 1810) was a physician and surgeon, farmer, and loyalist soldier from Arlington, Vermont.Adams was born in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1730. In 1764,…
Elisha Lawrence (1740 – 1811) was a political figure in New Jersey and Nova Scotia. He represented King’s County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785…
Gideon Adams (February 11, 1755 – June 20, 1834) was a farmer, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Connecticut in 1755 and moved with…
Captain John McDonell (c. 1758-November 21, 1809) was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada following the American Revolution. He was elected as the first speaker…
Thomas Henry Barclay (12 October 1753 – 21 April 1830) was an American lawyer who became one of the United Empire Loyalists in Nova Scotia and served in…
Thomas Millidge (ca 1735 – September 8, 1816) was a surveyor, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Digby Township from 1785 to 1793 and Annapolis…
Thomas ‘Burnfoot’ Brown (May 27, 1750 – August 3, 1825) was an English Loyalist during the American Revolution. Intending to become a quiet colonial landowner, he lived instead…