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As you run across the odd profile that doesn't fit in a family during the American Revolution, check to see if they are American Loyalists. They are an interesting bunch of folks from a wide cross section of demographics. From Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists or King's Men ...
"The name United Empire Loyalists is an honorific given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris." (Wikipedia) United Empire Loyalists May we always remember that these brave men and women, were L...
Scope of Project ===A list of participants (on both sides) is included in the linked document: Military leadership in the American Revolutionary War * Loyalist on Wikipedia Most of us think of the American Revolution just concentrated on what became the continental U.S., but the Caribbean-West Indies plays a major part! At the end of the war, quite a few Blacks who fought with the British were ...