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Mm W y u RiLALV 100Â¥ _ â€" es i @KA! 4 im MVSTERV ANCESTOR NIGHT pogr ndnb yan 5)/ 3 m SA |â€" inne a > _ Americanâ€"Canadian relations could begin to get ro a» LA CECILIA NASMITH " for their children until all could Northumberland Today _ â€" . SWn be _well enough to travel. 3 b 8 * K se T. Haldimand denied his request, s COBOURG â€" Though the Pnd | h | mmenmmimmciim 18%.. and he was ordered _ to ; o4z Revolutionary War had ended by C AMeaipe®® . 00 ,.,-;;‘.v'!_'r + ~Oxg Adolphustown. : 3 late in the 18th century, tensions P [d vane ies i: rrrmo>.â€"~. Dmsssmitines He got as far as Montreal, on between Patriots and Loyalists +A=ntpreralii Aivbbicmermmmeit®s . 5... ; | | _ June 7, when he turned back. He bl’g]“sht disruption well into the i Beeg. * rereoprmmn enc 7 *"" mtc | â€" discovered his children stricken 19th century. MWhiticminrcin‘s Seiregobet w inss with measles and his wi i z3 E’mmplel;ycan be found among _ | 3 Papiuiyâ€" > pees n 1i poamal i She passed awaYc!K]‘.:lEs- glg’;lgyf;filg. £ _ some of the forebears of memâ€" _ | | inss ts | three of his five children surBf â€" 4 â€"â€" bers _ of _ the _ Lakeshore l _ _ e maiccâ€"..> l h e vived. Ts Genealogical Society, as told in EME EsEA . . P tncmrmmsctc~â€"â€" \ R flce Peter went on to f’, presentations by several memâ€" x | M uo c hy .. ie (eine Wce sn ataim es i > Adolphustown, where he settled * bers at theirâ€"annual Mystery * he: P i ‘ es ;‘ d mank at ‘u Tame -‘â€"'3"‘--’«f.;‘,~, on a 370â€"acre plot of land. He Ancestor Night in January. C bse ar Aa | oprenbiad.‘ diotln! Jnt c | -.."‘ }I“'“}., eRSemeaes :-?-.‘ built the early mills at Laké On C3 The Ash family‘s involvement m > y s | Remirny :. ; "urler . . oys . The Mountain which, accordin; s in the Cobourg Conspiracy is an i se e P | e io â€" Aoememne EUEAAA co records, were gristand c::u-djng t example cited by Ron Smith, one Bleer® 36 < se | Upmnniinneen omm N . css Sulc in 1796. He also built R of those raids that Patriots conâ€" = es i * ces o . also built s t o MMC> & yus P M | the stone mills at the Marysburg 2 S ducted _ against _ Canadian Rean ce > regaet { | f ferry landi i N 4 % thea > P j m ry landing and was the earliest < | Loyalists for years. i tess C3 | â€" Submitted Phot0 _ ferry owner at Glenora. _‘ C On the other hand, a Cobourg . MWMA . _â€" Lakeshore Genealogical Society member Richard Randall nailed the He became a magistrate agai us:_* resident, Samuel P. Hart had lost 1@!},}1 F ues § connection between Carol Evans and her fifthâ€"greatâ€"grandfather traveling between Agcliof h atg pe R A | ooo is M s > _ "| _ Peter Van Alstine, an Associated Loyalist who ultimately settled in and Kingston yate & 4 because of his Reform sympaâ€" |@ w se s f the Adolphustown area 6 to serve on the | C e =I . : us B ¢ Court of Quarter Sessions for | _ thies for _ William _ ILyon : NA a..â€"â€" i & both t ¢ Cp Mackenzie. Hart fled to the o ( ' 4: Jf of Kinderhook. He ended up returned with most of his batâ€" 10 d ung' o ie is 6 United States and recruited 7 4 ; among a group that was jailed 17 _ teauxmen to New York, where the :;d' patds f-m Lennu;g & 7 ; 3 | Patriots to plan his revenge. days for no written reason. Upon _ group formed under Abraham Ed m%ué" Enstings and Prince On July 27, 1838, the schooner * his release, he went underground â€" Cyler‘s Corp on Long Island. â€" the Arstelected : ttane @ Guernsey left Oswego, NY, carryâ€" Eonl 190 fm':.l managed to arrange certain Peter was a major in Cyler‘s EI)Ev 81 tfi :lcl:tep assembly in 1792. xE ing a trunkful of weapons (not 5 mt incidents that made life difficult â€" Corps at Smithtown, where his befofenm BY_ _e;ler would stand 0 including the pistols and bowie C\ admil for the Patriots. A 100â€"pound _ wife and children joined him to foreau s‘: ritis com'mls;;oners ‘% knives the men carried), plus ts >\ . price was put on his head, dead work a small ‘holding. The sufie?e‘jeenfffn%ifii““"‘ He!:ad «C F matches and bottles of turpenâ€" c e or alive. Patriots again stripped them ofall _ tifed that the Pauimsslslz:i eug& tine. j : j Submitted Photo: _ PEter put together a group of â€" theirgains anothergreatpersonâ€" â€" cated 600 acres of. land. in : The ship was ostensibly bound _ The 1g39 Cobourg Conspiracy, in which his third great uncle Joe Ash _ MCBP offer their services to John _ al loss. Rinderhook, ab Tok fifuse, x & for Niagara, but it headed fOT . porpoureq theArfierican Patriots (or pirates, de §ndin on Â¥ ; _ Burgoyne, the British Army offiâ€" _ The largest group of Loyalists 400 pounds lgl-freeuuse ‘im d 6 Cobourg instead. The talk was . _£. /; a d si the f h'p o ioh g on yOUr POMME â€" cer. He accepted them as bat settled in Canada‘s Eastern Africafls 20 sheep, 20 el:flave. f that Cobourg was to be burned, _ \newt) adnb SgNES SI_);':HOH s for his crime, was the mystery clue teaux men, who would take on provinces. A small group of horses, 10 hogs I;'acksmf Can C after the bank had been robbed presented by Ron amiIth. the arduous and dangerous task . Associated Loyalists headed for â€" and a ied Alt}fi){lgh he hgd Ef::el o and two or three individual$s â€" garn Samuel Hart a sentence of â€" Mi e mean s of providing a foodâ€"supply line Kingston in July 1783. Major â€" deeds and his father‘s will with TY pluundereld or murdered. 46 seven years‘ hard labout. Joseph __. Carol Evans told the story of for dthe army. They especially . Peter‘s group of 194 (72 men, 45 <him, the compensation board L pon landing, Hart made CON~ . sn 6r, got six months in jail, and _ Associated Loyalist Peter Van â€" TN0GC COSY (gets for the Patriots . women, 62 children and 15 serâ€" . still demanded thatawitness verâ€" : s la(:: with th(::j Joseph Ash family. Joseph Jr. 12 months. Alstine, her fifthâ€"greatâ€"grandfaâ€" when they were in the water, and _ vants) departed on Sept. 6 â€" he _ ify his claim. (> foi]esd %?:ir Sill?:m:;ftignzng;}lz: The Coboutg Star called the | ther, who also came out of the ::i?f:?;“ the batteaux men surâ€" :vould ‘have'left sooner l’{ut for _ It is widely written that he died f . 2 sentences "trivial in comparison _ conflicts on the short end. A s recurring difficulty of trying to . in 1811, though other documents Henty J. Moon had ‘second idy nreit rime" Aetocined" Lovalish While he served, his farm and _ obtain financial compensation give that date as 1800. It is P thoughts and warned D‘Arcy ‘". j i es R Associated _ Loyalists | were â€" home were confiscated, leaving â€" for his activities under General _ thought that he was laid to resti ; Boulton of the clans "This Ash e article went on to say, "so â€" members of temporary compa~ . pis wi ; n 3 mat l totes in he pl Aea enc : 4 o s wife and children at the Burgoyne. the Loyalist burying ground near home was raided, and Hart and _ ended another atrocious attempt . nies formed under military mercy of friends and family for The tth 5 : 5 7 Joseph Ash and his son Joseph of the American pirates to murâ€" . supervision to facilitate the evacâ€" support * barracl?sr?x;l gosrlzf I‘lfvidfiimg itJ?rthlg g.lde lsplfJt C first o ad were among those captured. der and pillage the inhabitants of _ uation of New York City at the When Burgoyne finally surrenâ€" _ way of blankets, ,c!othi.ng or food '[?hgr: ?:Or‘:? surviving paintin: Tt was accepted that the Ashes this unfom:m_ate country, |_.1n|:ler end of the Revolutionary War in _ dered at Saratoga, all the sailors, from General Sir Frederick or picture of Peter, §Ifi he i§ played only a minor role in the cloak_uf assisting us to obtain the 1783. But he was move involved batteauxmen _ and _ drivers Haldimand. : described as a stoul ’robust man : skirmish, but lher.e waslittle symâ€" _ blessings of responsible governâ€" . in this sevenâ€"year coniflict than _ attached to the Canadian supply On May 24, 1784, all were musâ€" _ of Dutch extraction; with a dark pathy for the Patriots arrested. ment reflcommended by Lord . that. line (including Peter) were sent _ tered and sent to Montreal to be _ complexion, not of military bearâ€" ; ; Surprisingly, it was Boulton â€" Dutham. Peter, who came from a monâ€" _ to Canada. 5. 6 setinto batteaux (with the necesâ€" _ ing j wh_u served as qefence counsel at After their sentences, the eyed Tory family, married a In 1777, Peter was listed as a _ sary supplies to follow). Peter‘s y‘ their Sept. 13 trial. Ittook only 17 _ Ashes moved â€" Joe Sr. to â€" woman from a Whig family. He captain in a Return_ of â€" group headed for Adolphustown, ho s P & hqurs, folloyved by_ only a few _ Oshawa, where he spent the rest was a magistrate when Patriots â€" Conventioner in Quebec City. . though he asked to stay behind ceq:l!a.nasm:rh@sunmgdm.ca minutes â€"of jury deliberation, to _ ofhis days, and JoeJr. probably to â€" were causing trouble in the area The following summer, he with his ailing wife Alida to care twitter.com/NT._cnasmith * ®