Loyalists who *didn't* move

[346394066470007260] Surely the definition of a UEL is they were loyal to the british King and left.
If he was labelled UEL after the event did he return to Connecticut? Or perhaps he never got to leave, died and so didn't become UEL?

"UEL" isn't a term that's used much in the U.S.; it's mostly associated with Canada.

The "official" definition of a United Empire Loyalist is a Loyalist who left what became the U.S. and moved to other British colonies in North America, including Bermuda and the Caribbean.

So someone like Pardon Tabor wouldn't really qualify. He was a Loyalist, but he wasn't a United Empire Loyalist. (Put another way: All United Empire Loyalists were Loyalists, but not all Loyalists were United Empire Loyalists.)

Since Tabor never left the U.S. -- he actively chose to stay -- I don't know if we have a project for him.

This is a really handy piece explaining the difference: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loyalists

"Loyalists were American colonists, of different ethnic backgrounds, who supported the British cause during the American Revolutionary War(1775–83)."

and then

"...the phrase 'United Empire Loyalist,' or UEL, was applied to Loyalists who migrated to Upper and Lower Canada. The term was not officially recognized in the Maritimes until the 20th century."

So a United Empire Loyalist is a very specific subset of Loyalists.

For what it's worth, my Loyalist ancestors in The Bahamas are never described by Bahamian historians as "United Empire Loyalists," I think because the term is so closely tied to Canada. They're just "Loyalists" there.

Private User,

I don't think that there is one for those who actually stayed in what became the United States of America.

UEL is clearly tied to what became Canada, starting in 1867.

Kevin

I'm reading the work of Hon. Lorenzo Sabine and thinking about related issues led me to notice this thread.
I, too, have noticed Loyalist who *didn't* move.

I add one here: Dr. Henry van Beuren
I added Henry to: https://www.geni.com/projects/American-Revolution-the-British-side/1064 for lack of a more precise location.

Reading Sabine ( https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=LFN2AAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA40&hl=en ) I understand that many 'Loyalists' simply saw themselves as British citizens rather than a class of ex-patriots who wanted to be classified in a specific group.
But Private User , I sympathize with the urge to cluster these together.. "Tories", or whatever...