Changing Loyalties
A few members of the Legislature eventually left Canada. Some left Canada to join the United States Army during the War of 1812. Some were involved in the Rebellion of 1837 and other just simply abandoned Canada. Most moved to the United States, some left for Britain.
| Name | Born | Died | Reason for leaving Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Willcocks | Palmerstown, Ireland, Great Britain | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada | Fled Canada - organized Canadian Volunteers within United States Army, rank as Lieutenant Colonel; died in Canada and re-bured in Buffalo, NY |
| William Macomb | Northern Ireland, Great Britain | Fort Detroit, Upper Canada | Detroit was part of Upper Canada before 1796; died in Detroit |
| Hugh McDonell | Aberchalder Lodge, Scotland | Florence (March of Tuscany, Austrian Empire) | Left Canada to serve as British diplomat; died in Italy |
| Robert Thorpe | Dublin, Ireland, Great Britain | London, United Kingdom | Forced to leave Canada - subdsequently served as chief justice and judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in Sierra Leone 1808-1811; died in England |
| Benajah Mallory | Vermont (Thirteen Colonies) | Lockport, NY, USA | Fled Canada during War of 1812 and subsequently served in Canadian Volunteers with United States Army, died in NY |
| Abraham Markle | Ulster County, Province of New York | Terre Haute, Indiana, USA | left Canada during War of 1812 and joined Canadian Volunteers with United States Army as a Major; died in US |
| Marshall Spring Bidwell | Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA | New York, NY | forced to leave Canada due in involvement in 1837 Rebellion, became New York State lawyer, died in NYC |
| Peter Perry | Ernestown, Upper Canada | Saratoga Springs, New York, USA | died after visiting Bidwell |
| Hiram Norton | Vermont, USA | Lockport, Illinois, USA | fled Canada due to involvement in 1837 Rebellion; became a flower mill owner/operator; died in US |
| Charles Duncombe | Connecticut, USA | Hicksville, California, USA | fled Canada due to involvement in 1837 Rebellion, became California State Assemblyman 1859 and later as a county representative of the Sacramento County 1863-1867; died in California |
| William Lyon Mackenzie | Dundee, Scotland | Toronto, Province of Canada | fled Canada due to involvement in 1837 Rebellion and later returned to Canada 1849 |
| Jesse Ketchum | Spencertown, New York, USA | Buffalo, NY, USA | retired and moved from Canada to Buffalo, New York; died in Buffalo |
| Henry Yager | Claverack, New York, USA | Dane County, Wisconsin, USA | left Canada with family as dairy farmer in Dane County, Wisconsin and died there |
| Robert Alway | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain | Republic of Texas | fled Canada due to involvement in 1837 Rebellion and died shortly after arriving in Texas |
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