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Sirnames in the direct line here are: Young; Gardner; McLean; Peters; Mussell; Taylor; Stevens; Bruce; Foulds; Prince; Thomas; Fidler; Mackagonne; Wilson and Brown. On-going research is providing more all the time!

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Patriot Wars




On December 3, 1838, the Patriot Wars broke out. A group of about four hundred men from Detroit called 'The Patriots' raided Windsor in what is called "The Patriot Rebellion", but they were repulsed by the Canadian Militia under the command of John Prince (1796 – 1879) on Dec 4. Four of the invaders were summarily executed by Prince.




1838 - December 4. Battle of Windsor, fought in the Baby orchard, ended the Patriot War, which had resulted from political disturbances in Upper Canada. Invading "Patriots" were largely American.

Posted by Kwanesum Ten'-as

1 comment:

  1. A rootdiggerAugust 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    I was wondering about your Peters family. Where did they live? I haven't read far enough to see. I added you to my reading list. [on http://arootdiggertoo] I am not sure if my new search button which I am going to add will bring up your Peters here or not. I have not added my info on them yet. I should.

    I saw your nice site, while I was looking into expanding the writing space [ template ] today.
    anyway, love your blog.

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