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Why I am interested in this person. The Loyalist, Henry Anderson, is said to be a"Negro discharged from Jessup's Corps." There are not a lot of black Loyalists - thus the interest. Updated Apr 2020: An Ancestry DNA test done by a 6th generation descendant of Henry Anderson reports his "ethnicity estimate" shows no connection to Africa. The tested person has matches with others who show descent from Henry Anderson. Assuming Ancestry's test is sensitive over that many generations; it is concluded that Henry Anderson was not a man with African roots. Ethnicity results from other descendants who have been tested are welcome. |
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| 1. OVERVIEW Henry Anderson is a Loyalist who served from 1777 to 1783 in Jessup's Corps throughout the American Revolutionary War. As a Loyalist he received 400 acres in Edwardsburg Tp, Grenville County, (lot and concessions below) near Johnstown. Henry is recorded to be 24 years old as of 1 Jan 1783 so would be born about 1758, probably in Colonial New York. The 1829 petition of son Henry Jr does not state his father is "deceased" as was the practice if that was the case. So it is assumed Henry Sr died after 1829. He married Hannah Rudderback, daughter of Corporal John Rudderback, Loyalist. Henry enlisted on 7 June 1777 with the Kings Loyal Americans (KLA) Commanded by Captain Ebenezer Jessup. This was commonly referred to as Jessup's Corps. Henry was consistently in Christian Wehr's Company. The KLA served under General Burgoyne at Saratoga where the British suffered a major defeat. There was competition among the Loyalist commanders for men but Henry stayed loyal to Ebenezer Jessup and his brother Edward. In the fall of 1780 a large force led by Major Christopher Carleton successfully went up Lake Champlain destroying crops destined to feed the Continental Army. This force included the KLA commanded by Major Edward Jessup and Henry Anderson probably was present. (Jessup's Loyal Rangers, Watt, 38.) Then in 1781 Guy Carleton ordered the establishment of the Loyal Rangers under the command of Edward Jessup, sometimes called Jessup's Rangers. Henry was with the Loyal Rangers from the beginning. See this page from Edward Jessup's Company book showing Henry being paid for his service from 25 December 1781 till they were disbanded in 21 December 1783. The various Rev War sources are noted below. The records after the war have Henry settled beside Corporal John Rudderback in Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County. This is where Jessup's men were granted free land as Loyalists. John Rudderback is first recorded as a Corporal in a 1784 muster roll. Private John Rudderback is named in the Jonathan Jones Company of Jessup Corps in 1777 and discharged 29 Jul 1777. (British Campaign 1777, Watt, V2, 97) However John does show up in later muster rolls. Both Henry Anderson and John Rudderbuck [sic] are on the UE list and noted as from Edwardsburg and served with Jessup's Kings Loyal Americans and then later with Jessup's Loyal Rangers. A record dated 13 Oct 1784 states that Henry is a "Negro discharged from Jessups Corps." Citation below. This statement is the reason behind this research. Note that Thos Gooseberry is also said to be a Negro discharged from Jessup's Corps. Children of Loyalists could also petition for a land grant as a child of a Loyalist. From these records the surviving children are named below. These are the only records found naming the children.
The land deeds add more to the story John Rudderback and Henry Anderson shared two lots in Edwardsburg - Lot 10, Con 1 and Lot 18, Con 6 each getting one half. Both men were granted 200 acres separately for a total of 400 acres each. John Rudderback is obviously older than their son in law Henry Anderson. It appears from the land records that John Ruderback sold off the "location tickets" for 300 acres and kept his lot W 1/2 Lot 10, Con 1, Edwardsburgh. In 1806 he and his wife gave that lot to John Anderson, "in consideration of the maintenance and support of him and his wife Catherine during their lifetime by the said John Anderson." It is concluded that this John Anderson is the eldest son of Henry Anderson and the grandson of John and Catherine Rudderback. John and Catherine are in the early census data from 1800 to 1806 as 1 male and 1 female. A "Happerin? Roduback" is transcribed in 1809 so it is assumed this is Catherine Rudderback and John has died. The census film will be checked to see if the transcription can be improved. Henry kept his lots and likely lived beside his son John on the E 1/2 of Lot 10, Con 1, Edwardsburgh. These lots are just west of Cardinal on the waterfront of the St Lawrence River. In 1822 Henry sells 1/2 lot 8, Con 6 to Henry Davis. He may have had a tenant on that land. Then in 1825 he sells W 1/2 lot 10, Con 1 to William McLaughlin. This lot is adjacent to his sons lot. From 1806 until 1830 Henry and son John Anderson are always named in the annual census side by side suggesting they had adjacent halves of Lot 10, Con 1, right on the river front. Lastly, Henry sells lot 32, Con 7 in 1830 to William Anderson, assumed to be his son, who three months later sells the lot to another man for the same price. It is difficult to know what this is about. In 1830, Henry is 72 years old and may have retreated to living with a son or daughter. No record has been found of Henry after 1830. The 1831 census has " Henry Anderson 0" implying that Henry has died. No record of his wife Hannah Rudderback is found after her 1809 petition. What about their children? The only children we know about are those that petitioned as sons and daughters of a Loyalist for a land grant. The Edwardsburgh census for the years 1800 to 1802 shows the household of Henry Anderson including 1 male and female over 16 and 3 males and 3 females under 16. In 1803 Mary is listed separately at age 17. This fits perfectly with the above list of children. They all survived to adulthood and are present in the 1851 census and some beyond that. Daughter Mary Anderson (1786 - aft 1861) married Matthew Main and by 1851 Mary is a widow living in Edwardsburgh with her son Thomas. Mary was to receive a grant of land as a DUE. However the record is blank about her being granted land. This is not unusual where grants to women were ignored. Matthew Main is last entered in the 1830 census with 4 males and 1 female over 16 and 3 males and females each under 16. He may have died at that time. Mary is a widow in the 1851 census living with her oldest son, Thomas Main. John Anderson is the oldest surviving son (1788 - aft 1851) and was given the E 1/2 of lot 10 beside his father by his Rudderback grandparents. Hannah Adams petitions successfully in 1816 as the daughter of Loyalist Elijah Curtis Adams and a John Anderson is named as her husband. Is this the same John Anderson? The only other John Anderson in Edwardsburgh of a similar age is the one born in Scotland about 1800 and whose wife is Caroline. Hannah lives till 1880 and resides with her children in later years and it is concluded that Hannah Adams is the wife of John Anderson, son of Henry. They had at least 11 children: Levi Braque (sometimes Brock), George Provost (sometimes Prevost), Peter D, Harriet Ann, Henry, Elijah Horatio, Belden (sometimes Beldin), Elizabeth Hannah, Adam Clark, John Wesley, and Ezra Adams John and his family lived on the lot next to his father Henry Anderson. Henry sold his half of the Lot 10 in 1825 and may have moved in with his son at age 67. In 1835 John sells his lot to his son George Prevost Anderson and stayed on the farm. In the 1851 census John is living with son George and Hannah is not present. John is stated to be married but is likely a widow at this time. John is not present in the 1861 census and likely deceased. A Peter Anderson, b. 1816, is shown on the pdf of descendants as a son of John though there is no contemporary proof that he is child of John. It is currently suspected that he is a child of John and Hannah Anderson. Daughter Catherine Anderson (1790 - 1877) married Peter Adams at Cardinal, Grenville Co., in 1806. Peter Adams was the son of Joel Adams UEL and his wife Margaret Snyder (Joel is a brother of Elijah Curtis Adams UEL above). They had 13 children: Daniel, Alfred, Edward, Reuben, Hannah, Elisha, Josiah, Henry, Joel, Asael, Margaret, Peter, Samuel William. By 1871 Catherine was a widow living with her son Peter. Daughter Elizabeth Anderson (1794 - 1886) was also to receive a land grant but like her sister, Mary, the land books show the grant blank. Elizabeth married Thomas McIvor in 1823 and they had two children: Thomas, William, Minerva and John. By 1871 Elizabeth was a widow living with her son Thomas. Son William Anderson (1798 - aft 1861) is first recorded in the census in 1830 as a single male. This was when he bought and then sold lot 32 from his father. William married Permilla - surname unknown - who was about ten years younger than William. In the 1833 census they are recorded as having four children. The family was still in Edwardsburgh in 1851 but the 1861 census shows they had moved to Welland County in the Niagara area and William worked as a labourer. They had children: Daniel, Henry, William, Elia, John, Alexander and finally a female, Ardelia. Son Henry Anderson Jr (1800 - aft 1861) was granted land in Fitzroy Tp, near Ottawa and probably sold the lot. The land record for his lot has not yet been examined. Henry married Almira McDonnell in 1835 and was a widow at the time of this second marriage. No record has been found of his first wife. Almira was about ten years younger than Henry. Henry was in St. Lawrence Co., NY by 1850 and back in Edwardsburgh by 1861. They had children: John #1, Sarah Jane, Ann D, George, Matthew, John #2. No wills have been found for Henry and Hannah Anderson and their children. Conclusion So far no record has been found that confirms that Henry Anderson Sr was a "black man." As noted at the beginning DNA testing has not shown an African ethnicity for those tested. Everything about the war record, petitions and land record is very normal. It is noteworthy that Henry Enderson/Anderson was with the Jessups from the first to last day. There can only be a handful of men who would match that service. Why was Henry, as an experienced hand, not promoted to at least a Corporal? For promotion, one's station in life was very important in those days. Was Henry held back because of his skin colour? Descendants who take DNA tests will be able to clarify the story. The first three generations of descendants of Henry Anderson have been determined as best as the records can illuminate. Click here for the pdf. Ancestry.com was used to locate census and some birth, marriage and death records. Land books and general registers for wills were searched at the Archives of Ontario. Books on the Edwardsburgh Census 1800-1849 and the Channel Cemetery were helpful. The Library and Archives of Canada have placed online the Upper Canada Land Petitions (UCLP). The online Findagrave was viewed. Local period newspapers have not been examined. Family Bibles are welcome if they exist in private hands. Online genealogies show many conflicts with what was found in the local records so they have not been copied. More can always be done. It should be noted that there are other Anderson families in the area and some errors made by genealogists have been a result of mixing them together. Names like John and William are common. There is a John Anderson b. 1800 who was born in Ireland and a wife Caroline and they had a large family. |
| 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR records of Henry Anderson The spelling of Henry's name fluctuates over the many sources that are listed below. He is referred to as Henry or Henrick Anderson, Enderson, Endersons. After his arrival in 1784 in Upper Canada his name becomes established as Henry Anderson. There is no doubt that these various spellings refer to the same man. He is consistently with Jessup during the war and granted land with others of Jessups Corp in Edwardsburgh after the war. Henry Anderson enlisted in June 1777 in Captain Christian Wehr's Company of Jessup's Kings Loyal Americans (KLA). He was present at the Battles at Saratoga under General Burgoyne.
A WORD ABOUT THE ABOVE SOURCES A descendant of Henry Anderson noticed the reference to Henry being a "A black soldier" as stated in A Service History and Master Roll of Major Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers, Gavin Watt with Todd Braisted, 2017, 86. This was brought to my attention and I became curious about knowing more. A number of the citations come from that book but a few directed the reader to The British Campaign of 1777, Volume Two. The Burgoyne Expedition. Burgoyne’s Native and Loyalist Auxiliaries, Gavin K. Watt with research assistance of Todd W. Braisted, Global Heritage Press, 2013. Henry Anderson is mentioned in this book on page 92 with citations on 108. One of these citations directed the reader further to Early Ontario Settlers – A Source Book. Norman K. Crowder, Baltimore, Gen Pub Co, 1993. This is an excellent book on the pre 1789 settlement records for the Loyalists in Upper Canada. Henry Anderson and John Rudderbuck are on pages 54 and 103. It was here that the citation for the contemporary record stating that Henry Anderson was a "Negro discharged from Jessups Corps" was found. Some of the citations are not specific to Henry Anderson and one has to search through the cited group to locate the actual record. Only a few of the War Office records have been found online. WAR OFFICE RECORDS & HALDIMAND PAPERS The originals are held at the Public Record Office (PRO) in London, UK. The PRO War Office papers are on microfilm and the LAC holds microfilm copies of the Class 28 papers (WO 28) on films C-10860 Vol 2 - 5), C-10861 (Vols 6 - 10 pt 1) and C-10862 (Vol 10 pt 2). These three films are online at Heritage Canadiana. Part of the Haldimand Papers were transcribed in Canada in the 1880's and the hand transcribed facsimiles are on film and available at the Archives of Ontario. The original Papers are also filmed and the LAC holds a set and the Archives of Ontario holds some of those films that deal with Upper Canada. JESSUP FAMILY FONDS Ebenezer and Edward Jessup left a remarkable collection of papers from the Rev War period and these are filmed. To see a list of items in the Jessup Fonds go to the Archives of Ontario web site. Click on Archives Descriptive Database and enter "Jessup Fonds" in the search box. Open the link to find Jessups Fonds (F 485) and at the bottom of the screen click on "online list of these records." Source: AO, F 485, MS 519, 2 reels |
| 3. POST WAR RECORDS & PETITIONS Return of Loyal Rangers - Company of Pensioners [Jessup's Rangers] Henry Anderson, From the Province of New York, Labourer [image 862] Jno Rudderback, From the Province of New York, Labourer, Lease Land [image 872] Source: undated but probably 1784, Return of Loyal Rangers - Company of Pensioners, Haldimand Papers, LAC, MG 21, AddMss 21826, B-166, film H-1654, folio 163-170, Online at Heritage Canadiana, starts at image 859 Source: Loyalists Lists, Over 2000 Loyalist names from the Haldimand Papers, Keith Fitzgerald, 1984, OGS, Part IV. 1784 MUSTER ROLL Henry Anderson and Corpl John Rudderback are listed one after the other. Below is the only record that states that Henry Anderson is a "Negro discharged from Jessup's Corps." Henry married the daughter of John Rudderback. Loyal Rangers: Corpl John Rudderback, 1 man, 1 woman, 1 male >10, 1 female >10; 4 rations/day, 2 acres cleared, Woman on the land Loyal Rangers: Henry Anderson, 1 man, 1 woman, 2 rations/day, 2 acres cleared, Negro discharged from Jessups Corps. Source: Return of Disbanded Troops and Loyalists settled in Township No. 6 [Edwardsburgh] Mustered this 13th Oct 1784 1785 LOCATIONS LIST Locations List 1785: Settlers at Township No. 6 below Cataraqui [later Edwardsburgh], 1785, Muster Roll No. 9 John Rudderbuck Henry Anderson Source: Pg. 103 Source: Reconstructed from “Alphabetical List of Loyalists,” LAC MG9, D4, film M-2782. This is a copy of AO RG1 A-1V Vol 80, MS 400, reel 16. 1789 LAND BOARD MINUTE - land granted Henry Anderson granted 1/2 Lot 10, 1 Con, 100 acres, Edwardsburg 1/2 Lot 18, 6 Con, 100 acres, Edwardsburg lot 32, 7 Con, 200 acres, Edwardsburg - later John Kinivan was considered for the lot [see V. 10] Total 400 acres Note: Henry is listed again a few lines below for lot 32. Appears to be an error by the clerk. Corp[ora]l John Rudderbuck 1/2 Lot 10, 1 Con, 100 acres, Edwardsburg 1/2 Lot 18, 6 Con, 100 acres, Edwardsburg Lot 11, 8 Con, 200 acres, Edwardsburg Source: Land Boards of Upper Canada, Minutes and Records, 1765-1804, RG 1 L4, 1789, Schedule comprehending the lots under certificates in the District of Lunenburg, Quebec, Surveyor Generals Office, 20 Jan 1789, [images 123-4], C-14028, online - links below V. 12, p. 128, 130, 133, starts image 163 V. 13, p. 137, 139, starts image 255 V. 13, p. 170, image 272 V. 10, p. 219, image 23, V. 10, p. 249, image 40 UE LOYALIST LIST - Andersons in the Eastern District Henry Anderson, E. District, Loyal Rangers, J.F, 130-1 John Rudderbuck, E Dist, Edwardsburg, Soldier, Jessup's Corp, Loyal Rangers, 246 Source: Loyalist List, The centennial of the settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1885, 1885, Rose Pub, online at archive.org PETITION 1797 15 May 1797, New Johnstown, petitioner Catherine Rudeback and her daughter Hannah ... they joined the Royal Army with the husband of the above Catherine at Saratoga in 1777 and continued ever since the first settlement in Upper Canada where the above named Hannah got married ... pray for 200 acres ... [fold] Hannah Anderson priveleged as a DUE 25 Sep 1809 Issued a warrant for Hannah 28 Sept 1809 as DUE Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 424, R3/89, C-2740, online starts at image 998 PETITION 1809 WIFE Recd 4 Feb 1809, petition of Hannah Anderson, Edwardsburg ... is the daughter of John Rudderback [Rudderbuck on UE list in Jessups Corps of Loyal Rangers] of Edwardsburg a UE Loyalist and wife of Henry Anderson of Edwardsburgh ... prays 200 acres ... permits Stephen Burritt Esq to be her agent ... received no land or order from land ... [fold] petitioner has had no land by order in Council except 200 acres ordered 15 June 1797 for which no warrant has issued. See No 89 F No 3 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 1, A Misc 1796-1840/16, C-1609, online starts at image 50 PETITION 1809 DUE 17 Jany 1808, Recd 4 Feb 1809, petition of Mary Main of Edwardsburgh is the daughter of Henry Anderson of Edwardsburgh, UE Loyalist and wife of Mathew Main of Edwardsburgh .... prays for 200 acres and permits Stephen Burritt Esq to be her agent ... received no land or order from land ... [fold] recommended for 200 acres as DUE 23 Feb 1809 [The second petition is a later repeat of the first.] Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 334, M9/60, C-2196, online starts at image 725 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 334, M9/103, C-2196, online starts at image 929 PETITION 1816 DUE Recd 7 Feb 1816, petition of Elizabeth Anderson of Edwardsburgh, daughter of Henry Anderson Edwardsburgh UE Loyalist ... prays for 200 acres [Fold] Read 16 Feb 1816, granted 200 , DUE, Warrant R126, issued 19 Mar 1816, entered Bk E, p. 317 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 5, A10/35, C-1610, online starts at image 277 PETITION 1816 DUE 19 Jan 1816, petition of Catherine Adams of Edwardsburgh, daughter of Henry Anderson Edwardsburgh UE Loyalist ... prays for 200 acres ... wife of Peter Adams [Fold] Read 16 Feb 1816, granted 200 , DUE, Warrant R126, issued 19 Mar 1816, entered Bk E, p. 317 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 5, A10/36, C-1610, online starts at image 280, [This petition is not in the online index.] PETITION 1816 Recd 19 Jan 1816, petition of Hanah [sic] Anderson of Edwardsburgh, daughter of Curtis Adams Edwardsburgh UE Loyalist ... prays for 200 acres 16 Feb 1816, Gidn Adams MD[?] certifies that Elizabeth Adams is the daughter of Elijah Curtis Adams Loyalist UE is married to John Anderson of Edwardsburgh and the mistake has occurred by not knowing the father of the petitioner as Elijah Curtis Adams ... [Fold] no Curtis Adams on the UE list. Elijah Curtis Adams is father ... granted 200 , DUE, Warrant M133, issued 30 May 1816 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 5, A10/37, C-1610, online starts at image 283 PETITION 1816 SUE Recd 23 Feb 1816, petition of John Anderson of Edwardsburgh, son of Henry Anderson Edwardsburgh UE Loyalist ... prays for 200 acres [Fold] granted 200 , SUE, Warrant R126, issued 19 Mar 1816 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 5, A10/47, C-1610, online starts at image 317 PETITION 1827 SUE 21 Feb 1827, petition of William Anderson, Edwardsburgh, is the son of Henry Anderson, of Edwardsburgh, UE Loyalist ... prays for 200 acres [fold] recommended, Order issued 3 May 1833 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 12, A18/11, C-1613, online starts at image 40 PETITION 1829 SUE 15 May 1829, District of Johnstown, petition of Henry Anderson Jr, , son of Henry Anderson, UE of Edwardsburg ... prays for 200 acres as SUE ... [41a] 25 July 1832 ... appoints Peter Russell of Packenham, Carleton Co, to be his attorney ... pay fees and deliver a patent grant ... [lot and concession not named] ... [fold] recommended, order issued 8 Sep 1832 Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 11, A17/41, C-1612, starts at image 649 EDWARDSBURGH CENSUS 1800-1849 A head of household census and assessment has survived for most years from 1800 to 1849. The information often gives a count of household members over and under the age of 16. In some years the assessd tax owing is recorded. See the notes for individuals in the genealogical descendant report. Source: Census and Assessment Records of Edwardsburgh Township, 1786-1849, transcription by Sandra Robertson, Grenville County Hist Soc, 2006, copy at Toronto Ref Lib. AO, films MS 2549 and MS 2550. LOYALIST CLAIMS No claims for confiscated property such as farm, animals, waggons, slaves has been found for Henry Anderson or Enderson or John Rudderback. Source 1: The Second Report of The Bureau of Archives For the Province of Ontario, Subtitle: United Empire Loyalists, Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty, Evidence in the Canadian Claims Source 2: Ancestry.com has an excellent collection of claims: UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 |
| 4. LAND RECORDS Land Grants for Corp[oral] John Rudderback
1862 MAP OF EDWARDSBURG Lot 10, Con 1, Edwardsburg, owned by George Anderson Lot 18, Con 6, Edwardsburg, owned by T.W. McIvor and J. Davis Lot 32, Con 7, Edwardsburg, owned by Thomas McClue Source: Canadian Digital Atlas Project, McGill, click on Edwardsburg, http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/searchmapframes.php |
| 5. CAPTAIN SAMUEL ANDERSON, CORNWALL There is a large family of Andersons who are children of Capt Samuel Anderson in Cornwall. Samuel is a JP and well connected. It appears some of his extended family may be around Edwardsburg and adjacent Augusta Tp. These records have been collected to help set the families apart. UE LOYALIST LIST Capt. Samuel Anderson, E. District, SGRRNY, P.L. 2d, 1785 Cyrus Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged
Source: Loyalist List, The centennial of the settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1885, 1885, Rose Pub, 130-1 online at archive.orgEbenezer Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged Elisha Anderson, dau. of Samuel, expunged George Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged James Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged John Jr Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged Joseph Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged Thomas G Anderson, son of Samuel, expunged 1809 PETITION 24 Jan 1809, Cornwall, petition of George Anderson, Tp of Cornwall, son of Samuel Anderson, Cornwall, Esquire, late a Captain in the Kings Royal Regiment of New York [KRRNY], has arrived at age 21, ... That all the brothers and Sisters of your petitioner settled in this Province have received ... 600 acres of land ... prays for like portion [fold] The name of Samuel C Anderson appears on the [UE] list. ... has received 100 acres of land as SUE ... recommended for 100 acres to complete 200 acres as the son of a UE Loyalist Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 5, A9/17, C-1610, starts at image 106 1818 PETITION 30 Oct 1818, Cornwall, George Anderson, son of Samuel Anderson, Esquire, UE and Chairman prays successfully for a town lot in Cornwall. This comes before Samuel Anderson and Josh Anderson both JP's of the District. Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 6, A11/56, C-1610, starts at image 602 PETITION 1794 10 June 1794, Edwardsburgh, petition of Jean Anderson, daughter of Captain Jost Harkiman who joined the Royal standard previous to the reduction in 1783 and is now the wife of Joseph Anderson Esq considering herself entitled to 200 acres ... [signed her name which implies education. Likely not a wife of a son of Henry Anderson. probably the wife of Joseph, son of Samuel.] Source: UCLP, RG 1 L3, LAC, V 16, A Misc 1788-1843/49, C-1615, online starts at image 577 |
| 6. BURLEIGH PAPERS Dr H.C. Burleigh of Kingston for years collected genealogical information of settlers of the area. He was active in the Loyalist Association. His notes collected around the 1950's are so detailed that Queens University has them on line. Burleigh has files of John Anderson of Fredericksburgh and Samuel Anderson of Cornwall. Henry is only mentioned on page 82 of the John Anderson folder. |