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Loyalists

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For our purposes, we define an American Loyalist as someone who resided in the American colonies and supported the British cause during the American Revolution in some material way. Loyalists were declared to be traitors, banished from the country, and had their property confiscated by the new US government. The British government secured land for the fleeing Loyalists in other British colonies including Nova Scotia and The Bahamas.

For Long Island, the Loyalists began arriving in 1784. Out Island Loyalists generally intended to be large-scale cotton planters, though they may have had other professions in Nassau.

John Anderson

Loyalist

Gordons, Deals, Old Grays, Andersons

James Armbrister

Loyalist

Lower Tatnalls

Alexander Begbie

Loyalist

Hamilton

George Braker

Loyalist

Miley

John Buckley

Loyalist

Buckleys

George Calveras

Loyalist

Pettys

Archibald Campbell

Loyalist

Burrows Harbour

James Clements

Loyalist

Hamilton

Sylvester Crispin

Loyalist

Berrys

Hugh Dean

Loyalist

Roses & Berrys

Peter Dean

Loyalist

Bonacord

John Denniston

Loyalist

Stevens, Burrows Harbour, Deans

Andrew Deveaux

Loyalist

Bains

John Dowland

Loyalist

Hamilton

Donald Ferguson

Loyalist

Roses

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