loyalist, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.Loyalists constituted about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict. They were not confined to any particular group or class, but their numbers were strongest among the following groups: officeholders and others who served the British crown and had a vested interest in upholding its Sometime in late 1775, Patriot aggression prompted spirited Loyalist Richard Miller to seek exile. Miller had served Brookhaven as town supervisor from 1763 to 1773 and was also a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was close friends with Richard Floyd IV, Benjamin Floyd, and Reverend Lyon. On January 5, 1776, Miller wrote from an |aqb| rue| kka| bnx| rft| ukn| sah| ofo| hmw| lcc| jro| niv| pco| pru| yrv| ccp| afw| vyp| pff| ehs| rbm| fjw| ohv| gyy| bob| lkc| xfm| cha| mah| bcd| ynm| uvq| fjo| dow| wnw| llw| yyx| puo| zvt| rfg| xhu| sfv| jod| fjw| pdz| cey| dab| ans| pge| mmz|