DCHP-3

Pre-Loyalist

Maritimes, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

n.

a settler arriving prior to the American Revolution, especially a New Englander who settled in Nova Scotia prior to 1776.

Quotations

1943
. . . Bear River's pioneers came from Granville, Annapolis and Digby. These pre-loyalists were joined later by a number of Loyalists from the United States.
1946
When asked about their origins, it must not be suggested to them [people of the Annapolis Valley, N.S.] that they are "Loyalists": they are of an older breed; "Pre-Loyalists," they will proudly say.