Some Older Sydney Cape Breton Family Surnames and Addresses-1785 - 1786, By Eric Krause (Krause House Info-Research Solutions), June 2010

The following list of Cape Breton loyalists was compiled using various documents including victualling lists, correspondence and a few family histories. Since the Cape Breton authorities failed to draw up lists of loyalists as such, a great deal of cross-checking was necessary. In most cases the author has relied on documentary evidence for names and information. The two exceptions are the names Severence and Sheperd for which there are strong family traditions of loyalist ancestry but no documentary evidence as yet. The author would appreciate any information available on any Cape Breton loyalist in order to make this list more complete and exact."

ALCOCK, Nathan; Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (23rd Regiment)

ALLEN, Jeremiah (c.1726-1809); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour

AYMOR, Mary; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Husband--John)

BAINE, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (74th Regiment)

BALL, Ingram (1752-1807, b. Gloucester England); Location in Cape Breton: Ball's Creek, arrived 1788 (Captain, 7th Dragoons; wife & 6 children; Estate Oak Farm, 1000 acres)

BATTERSBY, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney River (38th Regiment)

BLACKEY, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (82nd Regiment)

BOISSEAU, James E; (South Carolina); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Estate: Indian Cove, 600 acres -called "Fair Forest")

BRADLEY, Patrick; Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (23rd Regiment)

BROOKS, John; Sydney

BROWN, William; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Single; carpenter)

BUELL, William (Virginia); Baddeck, arrived 1785 (Ensign)

BUTTERWORTH, William (1786-); Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso - Ship Harbour (Cooper)

CAMERON, John (Lieut.) ; Location in Cape Breton: Liverpool, N.S. to Spanish River, 1783 (King's Orange Rangers)

CAMERON, Kenneth; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney, Little Pond (74th Regiment)

CARTER, Joseph (1743- ); Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso

CLARK, Peter; Location in Cape Breton: Shelburne, N.S. to Englishtown, Leitches Creek

CLARKE, Job B. (Rhode Island); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

CLARKE, Joseph (John?) ; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (38th Regiment)

COSSITT, Ranna (Rev.) (-1815) (New Hampshire); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney-Louisbourg Road, arrived 1787 (First permanent Protestant minister in C.B. Wife & 10 children)

CUYLER, Abraham (Mayor, Albany, New York); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (Estate: Yorkfields)

DAISLEY, William (Rhode Island); Location in Cape Breton: Cape North

DAY, William (1739-) (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Location in Cape Breton: Sydney, arrived 1785

DEANE, Nicholas; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

DENNY, Dennis; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (22nd Regiment)

FENTON, James: Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

FERRES, Joseph (Lieut.) (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Gabarus (1784-1786 Farmer; blacksmith carpenter; served in Revolutionary War; Wife & 4 children)

FOYLE, Henry; Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck

FRASER, Alex; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (33rd Regiment)

GARDINER, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (74th Regiment)GOOLD, James (1775-) (States); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck, 1790

GRANDMEYER, John Christian, (1753-1846); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (Hessian)

GRANT, Gregory; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (72nd Regiment)

GRAY, Samuel (1778-) ; Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood (Shoemaker)

HAIRE, Alexander (New York?); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney, Mira (Commissaire of C.B. Loyalists)

HAMILTON, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (82nd Regiment)

HART, Josiah Connecticut; Location in Cape Breton: Manchester, N.S. to Margaree, 1783)

HAWLEY, Mathew (Capt.) (1749- ) (Connecticut); Location in Cape Breton: Guysborough to Port Hood 1789, to Mabou (Cooper)

HICKEY, Edward; Sydney

HIGGINS, John (Capt.) (b. Ireland 1744) (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso - Plaister Cove) (Land Surveyor; School-master; Wife & 2 children)HILL, Robert; Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (Royal Artillery)

HOMES (HOLMES), James (1773-): Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso (Farmer)

HULL, Henry (Connecticut); Location in Cape Breton: Guysborough, BaddeckINGRAHAM, Hezekiah (1755-) (Connecticut); Location in Cape Breton: Margaree Harbour via Halifax., Guysborough, 1783 (First J.P. at Margaree Harbour)

INGRAHAM, James (1780-); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck, Margaree, 1791) ( Son of Hezekiah; Cooper)

JAMES, David; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (7th Regiment)JEFFERSON, Joseph (James?) (1768-1833) (Virginia); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (80th Regiment)

JONES, Francis; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

JONES, Jonathan New York (b. Connecticut); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck (Loyal Rangers; Wife & 5 children)

KING, Ausburry c.1768- (Virginia); Location in Cape Breton: To N.S. 1784 to Gut of Canso, 1797 (Farmer)

KING, Barry 1768- ; Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso

KING, Edward 1770- (Boston); Location in Cape Breton: Mabou (Farmer; single - Married by 1818)

KING, Henry 1762- ; Location in Cape Breton: Ship Harbour 1785 via N.S. (Farmer; fisherman; married, 7 children by 1818)

LARREBY, John 1764- (New England); Location in Cape Breton: MabouLEAVER, John (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck (Wife dead; 7 children)

LEITCH, John; Location in Cape Breton: Leitches Creek Bras D'Or (Royal Carolina Regiment)

LEWIS, Henry c.1758- (Virginia); Location in Cape Breton: Leitches Creek

LINDEN, Henry 1763-; Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso (Farmer)

LLOYD, Thomas; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

LORWAY, Richard 1755- (Albany, New York); Location in Cape Breton: Louisbourg, 1781 (Single)

LOVELL, Benjamin (Rev.) 1755-1828) (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: South West Arm, Sydney Harbour

McCORRISTINE, Terrence (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Merchant; Wife & 3 children)

McGILVERY, Daniel; Location in Cape Breton: Low Point, arrived 1785

McKINNON, William -1817 (Carolina; b. Scotland); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

MANN, Isaac (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck, arrived 1785

MANNING, William 1775- ; Location in Cape Breton: Mabou

MARPLE, Richard: Location in Cape Breton: N.E. Margaree

MARSLAND, William: Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (23rd Regiment)

MARTIN, John; Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour

MATHEWS, David -1800 (Mayor, New York City); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (Estate: Point Amalia)

MELONEY, John D. (Long Island, N.Y.); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney, arrived 1784 (Wife & 3 children)

MOFFAT, James (Rhode Island); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour

MOLYNEUX, Stephen: Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

MOORE, Adam; Location in Cape Breton: Leitches Creek

MOORE, George 1748- (b. Ireland); Location in Cape Breton: Great Arichat (10 yrs. as naval officer; single)

MOOREHEAD, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

MURRAY, John (d. 1797); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (63rd Regiment; son-in-law of D. Mathews?)

MUSGRAVE, Bartholomew 1757-1837 (New York); Location in Cape Breton: North west Arm, Sydney Harbour

NESTOR, James; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (King's Orange Rangers)

O'BRIEN, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

OWENS, Francis; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

PAYNE, P. ; Location in Cape Breton: MiraPERRY, Henry Widimore; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

PETERS, John (Lt.Col.) 1740-1788 (Connecticut; J.P. in New York); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck; Upper North Sydney (Wife & 6 children)

PLANT, William 1775- (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Upper North Sydney

RAY, James (New York); Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour (76th Regiment

REYNOLDS, Stephen 1763- ; Location in Cape Breton: To N.S. 1784, then to Gut of Canso (in 1797) ( Farmer)

RICHARDS, Jesse; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

ROBERTS, Henry; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

ROBERTSON, Neil (Lt.) (New York); Location in Cape Breton: St. Peters Baddeck; Ship Harbour ( Royal Rangers)

ROPER, John 1772-1837 (Norfolk, Virginia); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood 1788 to Ingonish, 1823

RUDGE, Benjamin; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Royal Artillery)

SEVERENCE; Location in Cape Breton: Forchu

SHANNAHAN, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

SHEPERD; Location in Cape Breton: Mira

SMITH, David (Capt.) 1742-1789 (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood, 1786 (Wife-Rebecca)

SMITH, David 1775-1851 (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood (Son of Capt. David)

SMITH, Harding 1783- (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood (Son of Capt. David)

SMITH, Isaac (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood - also Mabou (Son of Capt. David; Trader)

SMITH, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney

SMITH, Lewis 1771-1846 (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood - also Mabou (Son of Capt. David; Farmer)

SMITH, Lewis 1777- ; Location in Cape Breton: Mabou

SMITH, Parker 1781-1851 (Massachusetts); Location in Cape Breton: Port Hood (Son of Capt. David; Farmer)

SPARLING, Jacob 1770- (New York); Location in Cape Breton: North Sydney

SPENCER, John (New Hampshire b. Connecticut); Location in Cape Breton: Mira in 1786

STEWART, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (80th Regiment)

STOREY, John; Sydney; Location in Cape Breton: Canso

SUTHERLAND, John; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (7th Regiment)

STAFFORD, William (Maryland); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney in 1798

SWAIN, Benjamin; Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (38th Regiment)

TAIT, David 1740-1834 (West Florida; Carolina); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney, Mira River (Single)

UPTON, John; Location in Cape Breton: River Inhabitants (Prov. Regiment)

WATSON, Daniel W, (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Point Edward

WATSON, John (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Sydney (Fisherman; single)

WATSON, William 1775- (New York); Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck in 1788 (Son of Daniel)

WATTS, Hugh (South Carolina); Location in Cape Breton: Little Judique to Port hood, 1784

WHEATON, John 1753- ; Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso - Plaister Cove (Trader)

WHEELER, Lydia; Location in Cape Breton: Baddeck River in 1786 (Wife of James Edward Boisseau)

WHITNEY, Josiah 1745- ; Location in Cape Breton: Gut of Canso (Fisherman; married 1818)

Wilhausen, Frederick; Location in Cape Breton: North West Arm, Sydney Harbour to Englishtown (Hessian Regt. of Louisbourg?)

WORTH, Benjamin 1754- (New Jersey); Location in Cape Breton: Mabou in 1786

YOUNG, Reuben (1759); Location in Cape Breton: Mabou