Ebenezer Jones, the Loyalist who settled with his family in Saltfleet Township in the late 1780s, was born at Mile Square, Yonkers, New York about 1720. It was not long after this that his family moved to the Fishkill area, in Dutchess County east of the Hudson River.
Read More »Ebenezer Jones of the King’s Orange Rangers
We at the Hamilton Branch of the UELAC have decided to add a new feature to our website: a monthly tribute to one of our… Read More »Our Loyalist Ancestors: Philip Embury
It’s been ninety-six years now that this Loyalist family of four, captured for the ages in bronze, has stood looking northward towards Main Street East in Hamilton (except for the little boy, who seems to have been distracted by something off to the southeast).
Read More »A Look at Our United Empire Loyalist Monument
Lee-Ann Hines-Green UE
Loyalist Day Speaker, Dundurn Castle, July 19, 2025
Today, I will be talking more about the generation line that comes down from John and Anne Mills.
Read More »More About the Mills Family
Neil Switzer BLArch UE
Loyalist Day Speaker, Dundurn Castle, July 19, 2025
Today, some 242 years after the end of the American Revolutionary War, we are meeting here to celebrate and honour our Loyalist ancestors, who maybe didn’t like the idea of increased British taxes any more than any of us would, but still chose to support the British cause and, unfortunately, suffered dearly for it.
Read More »Our Loyalist Statue and the Family Responsible for Its Creation
On June 1, 2025, a plaque stating “United Empire Loyalist Burial Site” was placed at Mount Vernon Pioneer Cemetery in Burlington, Ontario, to commemorate First Generation Loyalist, Clement Lucas Jr. UEL.
Read More »Plaque Placed at Mount Vernon Pioneer Cemetery
The Hamilton-Wentworth Heritage Association (HWHA) recently honoured two of our members, Marilyn Rayner Hardsand and Paul Nicholson, at a ceremony held April 30 in the… Read More »Our Award-Winning Members
It is with great sadness that the Hamilton branch of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada shares the news of the passing of our late president, Ruth Nicholson, on March 7, 2025.
Read More »Ruth Nicholson UE (1951–2025)
Today, on the 60th anniversary of the first raising of our national flag, HIs Majesty King Charles III shared this message with Canadians.
Read More »King Charles Commemorates Our Flag’s 60th Anniversary
