David Dulmage, Sr. United Empire Loyalists

David Dulmadge sr. had settled in Lancaster Pennsylvania before the revoluntary war . He married there and had a bunch of children. 6 boys and 5 daughters .Two of the latter died young

Regiment Captain Samuel Mckay Loyal volunteers capt Leek company place of birth limerick 1746 settled before war Camden wife mary Jennings children David James John Philip Edward Elizabeth mary Margaret Jane Jacob 1776-1782 discharge from loyalist unit dec 1783 age 14 having served 4 months married Sarah Hoff d/o Solomon Huff. and Eva Swade. david bapt sorrel 1781

he was granted 659 acres

• married on 1770 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
• David, although of German descent, was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1846, one of the Irish Palatines.
• His parents had taken up a British offer of transport to Ireland to avoid religious turmoil in the German Palatine (near Heidelberg). In the 1840’s David’s parents immigrated to the American colonies (most of the Irish Palatines had already done so; finding conditions in Ireland were not to their liking).
• The outbreak of the American Revolution found David married to Mary Jennings and living as a tenant farmer in the Camden valley of New York state (about a 2 hour drive south of Kingston, Ontario). According to several secondary sources, David joined the Loyalist standard and served with General Burgoyne’s Army. He was captured following the army’s defeat and, along with many other Loyalists, was paroled to Canada. As parolees, these Loyalists were not allowed to take up arms against the American colonists. However, they did engage in various other activities including the construction of defensive emplacements and living accommodation for other Loyalist refugees.
• David Dulmage’s name appears on various provisioning lists and regimental rolls found in the Haldimand Papers (including Captain McKay’s Loyal Volunteers and Captain Leake’s Company and others). * He appears alone in 1778, but, beginning in 1779, a wife and varying numbers of children are also listed (but not named) at several locations (Machiche, Coteau du Lac and Sorel) and not always with David.