Secord, Peter

• From The United Empire Loyalist Settlement at Long Point, Lake Erie: See full biography at: https://www.electriccanadian.com/history/ontario/longpoint/chapter27.htm
  • A few years before the Revolution, brothers John, Peter and James Secord settled on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River in what is now Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1777, the three, accompanied by five of their sons, journeyed to Fort Niagara and joined the British Indian Department. Following the August 1777 Siege of Fort Stanwix, authorization was given for John Butler to raise “a corps of rangers” which became known as Butler’s Rangers. Seven of the eight enlisted in the new regiment, while James elected to continue serving in the Indian Department.
  • After the war, members of the Secord family who had demonstrated their loyalty to the British Crown received grants of land in what is now Ontario and New Brunswick. Their children were also eligible for land grants once they reached adulthood.[7] Loyalists could also submit claims for losses as a result of the war although only Solomon Secord and William Secord appear to have done so.
  • Peter Secord: Peter Secord (1726-1818), son of Daniel Sicard (1698-1765) enlisted in the 5th Company, Upper Battalion of the Westchester County Militia during the French and Indian War. He settled on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River shortly before the Revolution. Peter joined the British Indian Department at Fort Niagara in 1777 and later transferred to Butler’s Rangers. He was discharged in October 1778 due to his age. In 1780, Peter settled across the Niagara River in what became Niagara Township, and with his brother James built and operated the first mill in the region.
  • On October 8, 1796 he was granted 200 acres more at Newark (besides the 150 he applied for on May 17, 1796 at Long Point, Lake Erie, Canada). He settled at Long Point in 1793 along with the Mabies.
  • In 1796 moved to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County following his son Silas who was one of the en Lands’ department of the Ontario Government.
• United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7408
• Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199418386/peter-secord