The Loyal Rangers, or Jessup's Loyal Rangers, was a volunteer regiment of
Loyalists
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in the
American Revolution
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established in 1781 by the amalgamation of several smaller units, including the
King's Loyal Americans. They were commanded by Major
Edward Jessup.
Since they were formed late in the war they served mainly a defensive role, being stationed in
Yamaska,
Rivière-aux-Chiens,
Île aux Noix
Île aux Noix () is an island on the Richelieu River in Quebec, close to Lake Champlain. The island is the site of Fort Lennox National Historic Site of Canada. Politically, it is part of Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix.
Background
Île aux Noix ...
, and Dutchman's Point in present-day
North Hero, Vermont near
Alburg.
After the close of the revolution the regiment was disbanded and received grants of land from the
British Crown in
Upper Canada
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, now the province of
Ontario
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, Canada:
Edwardsburgh,
Augusta, and part of Elizabethtown, now
Brockville
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, on the
St Lawrence River
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, as well as
Ernestown, near
Cataraqui (
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...
).
See also
*
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of th ...
References
External links
The King's Men: Loyalist Military Units* {{cite book , last1=Watt , first1=Gavin K. , title=A Service History and Master Roll of Major Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers , date=2017 , publisher=Global Heritage Press , isbn=9781772400762 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmmRtAEACAAJ
Loyalist military units in the American Revolution
British American Army Rangers