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- Casper Hoover
Casper Hoover married Barbara Monk, and lived in Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River. They had two sons, Henry and Jacob and a daughter Sara. They later moved to New York along the Hudson River, after joining the British Army in 1777.
Casper and his 2 sons left their land in Pennsylvania and sided with the British Army in 1777 during the War of Independence under the command of Peter VanAlstine, they became United Empire Loyalists and fought the Rebels.
While living in New York State along the Hudson River in 1781, Henry was captured by the Rebels and thrown into the Lancaster jail until the end of the war in 1783.
Just before the war ended in 1783, Casper and Barbara had a 3rd son, John.
When the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent, Casper, his wife, Jacob and the infant John fled America and sailed to Lower Canada (Quebec) as refugees.
On September 8, 1783, VanAlstine and his troops sailed from New York and arrived in Lower Canada (Quebec) exactly a month later. The party proceeded from Quebec to Sorel, where they spent the winter. They inhabited their linen tents, which afforded little protection from the intense cold.
While staying there, it was determined to grant them a township on the Bay Quinté.
The first Township had been granted to Capt. Grass, the second and third were to be possessed by Johnson's Second Battalion; so VanAlstine's corps were to have the next township. Surveyor Holland was engaged in completing the survey, and even then, had his tent pitched on the shore of the fourth township.
The party left Sorel 21st May, 1784, in a brigade of batteaux, and reached the fourth township on the 16th June 1784.
Each member of the company was granted 200 acres. Shortly after arriving, a child died. There was no cemetery set up so they buried the child nearby under a tree. Unfortunately, the 2nd person to die was Casper Hoover on 7 Dec 1786. He was struck and killed by a falling tree. He too, was buried by the tree as were others to follow; including his wife Barbara. This burial ground became the UEL Cemetery.
When Henry was released from jail he made his way to Adolphustown to join his family. Henry and Jacob petitioned the Crown to grant them the 200 acres their father would have received had he lived. In that petition they reveal Casper was originally from the Netherlands.
In the book, Settlement of Upper Canada, published 1869 Adolphustown, Ontario by William Canniff; pg 448-458, the history of the travel and burial of Casper Hoover and his company of United Empire Loyalists (UEL) is detailed.
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Rainham Builders
1730 - 1786 (~ 56 years)