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- MATHIAS : Pvt. Jessup's Loyal Rangers
Mr & Mrs. Mathias Rose and family wintered in the Province of Quebec in 1784 on their way to Canada. Mathias Sr. settled in the Township of Ernestown about 4 miles east of Bath and son Daniel, about a mile west of Bath -- all on the front road now called Highway 33. It is presumed that Philip and his wife lived with the Rose family until Camden township was opened.
Irving Library - Fredrickton, NB Loyalist Records p. 745 Rose Mathias, Sr. AO12/28/309, AO 12/109/264 Of New York. A native ofAmerica, Rose lived at Saratoga, where he lease 100 acres (fifty cleared) from Robert Livingston; he also held forty acres of disputed land adjoining his property, ten of which were cleared. Rose was in Burgoyne's camp when the Americans surrounded it, and he was taken prisoner but later set free. He eventually joined Major Jessup's Loyal Rangers, serving for the rest of the war. Rose assisted scouts before he joined the British. (He also had two sons serving with them. ) Rose was residing at St. John's Quebec in 1783, and estimated his loss at 215 pounds sterling. He was awarded 119 pounds sterling.
was Mathias the son of Israel Rose who was pound master in Greenfield, Saratoga Co?
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