DCHP-3

U.E. list

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the official register of those persons entitled to be called United Empire Loyalists.

Quotations

1798
All Loyalists . . . whose names have been enrolled upon the U.E. Lists . . . may continue to consider themselves entitled to receive from this Government, Two Hundred Acres of Land free from the payment of Fees and other Charges.
1822
As the sons and daughters of those whose names are on the U.E. list become of age, they petition the lieutenant-governor, in council, stating the facts and verifying them by their own oath, and the affidavite of one witness, and upon such petitions obtain orders for the land, which they locate in some of the new townships, and then take out their patents without cost.
1958
A list of these Loyalists, known as the Old U.E. list, was drawn up, and in Upper Canada additions to this list were made by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe.