[Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

[Marion Thompson]

Because though there were some Loyalists, there were a ton more Scots 
and Irish and British living a different history.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/27/2017 11:09 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/27/2017 12:50:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> lupa at kos.net writes:
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> Nova  Scotia had little Loyalist settlement.  The Loyalists mistrusted Nova
>   Scotia, which had strong alliances with Massachusetts, and the Nova
> Scotians  regarded the Loyalists as a bunch of whining wimps.  There was some
> Loyalist settlement in Shelburne, but mostly they fetched up in New Brunswick
> and Upper Canada (now Ontario), where they received land grants.
> Gananoque, where I live, was founded by  Loyalists.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> I've always wondered why the Maritimes were not included with the 13 states
> in the American Revolution.  Were they just too Tory, or what?
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> There are ten Strang families on PEI and many more in New Brunswick and
> Nova Scotia, and they are all relatives.  I understand that the  Ontario
> Niagara
> Peninsula, in particular, was heavily settled by Loyalists.
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> David S.
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