Something to Bragg About...: Our Military Heritage

Family Members who served in the Military:

There is a proud history of military service in our family, going back almost 300 years. Here are just a few who risked their well being over the centuries:

French Indian War or The Seven Years War - Conjures up images of Wolfe and Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham, George Washington, Battles on Lake Champlain and the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia. It ended in 1763.

Lieutenant John Johnson

American Revolution. (1775 - 1783)

The American Revolution, also known as the Revolutionary War, began in 1775. British soldiers and American patriots started the war with battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Colonists in America wanted independence from England. The British government attempted to pass some laws, enforce several taxes, and increase control over the colonies. The colonies strongly objected to these laws and taxes. They wanted England to have no control over them.

Some American born individuals, however, stayed loyal to the British Crown - and as a result were treated with great hostility by their former neighbours. They had their land and possessions confiscated from them and at the end of the war, were given grants of land in the existing British colonies of Nova Scotia and Ontario. Our ancestors were among those Loyalists who took up land in Nova Scotia.

Alexander Peers - DeLancey's Brigade
Ephraim Peers - DeLancey's Brigade
Ezekiel Peers - DeLancey's Brigade
Henry Peers - DeLancey's Brigade
Daniel Teed Sr. - DeLancey's Brigade
Daniel Teed Jr. - DeLancey's Brigade
Charles Teed - DeLancey's Brigade - Prisoner of War
David Teed - DeLancey's Brigade
Joseph Treen - DeLancey's Brigade
Joshua Vincent - DeLancey's Brigade

Fenian Raids

The Fenian movement sought to bring about Irish independence from Britain. At the end of the American Civil War, Fenians in the United States determined to recruit veterans of the war, invade and capture Canada, and force Britain to negotiate the independence of Ireland. There were a number of alarms in 1865, 1866 and 1870. In 1912 the following of our ancestors were given $100 bounty by the government for his participation in the defense of Canada.