Asselstine, Peter

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    • At the beginning of the American Revolution the Loyalists considered the rebels as traitors, and at first tried ways to quell them. In 1777 the Test Law came into force and the loyalists then became the targets for charges of treason. Even so, John and his brother Peter decided to side with the British. They joined up with a local resident by the name of Henry Simmons. In total there were twenty-eight men who went with Simmons to Canada on August 17, 1777. When Lieut. Simmons and his men made it to the British camp they joined the King’s Loyal (Jessup) American Regiment commanded by Lt-Col. Ebenezer Jessup.
    • This regiment fought under General Burgoyne at the battle of Freeman’s Farm.
    • Peter Asselstine, U.E. Born c. 1743, Livingston Parish, Albany County, New York. Granted lot #16, Con 4, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Married to Marie Langlois, 3 April 1784 at Quebec, Canada. Children were: Andrew; Catherine; Mary; Peter; Elizabeth; Abraham; Isaac; Michael; Jane. 
  • Proven United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=240
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134074040/petrus-asselstine