United Empire Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to King George III and the British Empire. They moved to Canada after the American Revolution.
Hebron, Connecticut was incorporated in 1708 in Hartford County. It became part of Windham County in 1726 and part of Tolland County in 1785.
Daniel Shipman was born on April 13, 1733 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Daniel married Keziah Horton. Keziah was born about 1739 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut and was the daughter of Ebenezer Horton.
Daniel and Keziah's children probably included:
Lovinia (Levinia) Shipman, (1760, married Richard Baxter),
Ezekiel Shipman (1762),
Samuel Shipman, (1764, married Catherine Elliot),
Keziah Shipman, (1767),
Daniel Shipman (1769, marrid Margaret Boyd),
Desire Shipman (1770),
David Shipman, (1772, married Elizabeth Seaman),
Sarah Shipman (1775, married Alvah Pennock), and
Lydia Shipman (1776).
In 1778 they were living in Albany County, New York and Daniel's name was on a list of Tories.
In 1786 Daniel filed a claim for damages which was rejected. His claim said that while
attempting to go into General Burgoyne's camp in August 1777, [he] was taken prisioner and carried to General Gates, from there to Albany. Lay prisioner abord the Guard ship fourteen days from thence to Toppice where I lay six days before that place burnt, then carried to a meeting house on the way to Hartford but obtained a parole to go to my family. After arriving was taken by thirty men in the Mob and Abused, Strypt me and whipt me Severly.
The spring after was taken to be guarded to Albany but got released. After this came four men with their arms and a rope intending to kill me or hang me but I concealed myself under the floor. I then fled my house and quit my land and escaped to the State of Vermont.
In 1784 they moved to Leeds County, Ontario.
1797 Elizabethtown census:
D., Risca?, ? Sarah, and Daniel, Jr.
Keziah died on March 21, 1807 and Daniel died on April 27, 1809 in Augusta Township, Leed County, Ontario, Canada.
During the American Revolution a Tory or Loyalist was used in for those who remained loyal to the British Crown.
The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.
Samuel Shipman was born on January 17, 1764 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. His parents were Daniel Shipman and Keziah Horton.
He married Catherine Elliot. Catherine was born on February 2, 1768.
John Shipman (1787, married Frances Whitmore and Dianna Mott),
Joel Shipman (1789, married Polly Holmes),
Daniel Shipman (1791, married Prudence Boyce and Charlotte Rose),
Samuel Shipman, Jr. (1793, married Sarah Bates),
Cynthia Shipman (1795, married John McLean),
Ezekiel Shipman (1797, married Mary Dickson),
Neviah Shipman (1800)
Sarah Shipman (1802),
Sophia Shipman (1804, died young),
Stephen Shipman (1806, married Sarah Caroline Truesdell),
Catherine Elliott Shipman (1809), and
Semantha Shipman (1811).
His second wife was Margaret Henderson. Margaret was born about 1774 in Yonge Township.
Both David and Elizabeth received the grants of 200 acres that were available to children of United English Loyalists. During the War of 1812, David transported ammunition for the Canadian forces.
David and Elizabeth's children included:
David Shipman, Jr., (1800),
Sarah Shipman (about 1801, married Daniel S. Turner
Fanny Shipman (about 1805, died young),
Minerva Shipman (about 180, married Marius Merrick)
Charles Shipman (1814)
