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Loyalist Directory: James Fulton (Fullton)
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| Surname : | Fulton (Fullton) |
| Given name : | James |
| Rank : | Capt |
| Where Resettled : | Home District |
| Status as Loyalist : | Proven |
| Proof of Loyalty : | UEL List |
| Notes (Expunged, Suspended, Reinstated) : | |
| Regiment : | Governor Wentworth's Volunteers 1777-1781; King's American Dragoons 1781-1783 |
| Enlistment Date : | |
| Date & Place of Birth : | c. 1759, probably Londonderry, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire |
| Settled before war : | Londonderry, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire |
| Date & Place of Death : | 1 Nov 1829, Markham Twp, York Co, Home District, UC |
| Place of Burial : | |
| Wife Name : | Mary ---; d 3 Aug 1831, probably Markham Twp, York Co, Home District, UC; m 1783, probably Parrtown, New Brunswick |
| Children : | 1. Clarissa, b c. 1785, d 20 Apr 1845, m William Fairfield 2. James Jr, b c 1790, d 31 Jul 1833, m Elizabeth Munshaw 3. Caroline, b c 1790/1, d 30 Mar 1864, m John Munshaw 4. Elizabeth, b 12 Aug 1795, d 1 Oct 1840, m Richard Vanderburgh |
| Biography : | |
| Proven Descendants : | Graham Egerton Harcourt Brown (deceased) of Col. Edward Jessup Br on 1984.10.02; Peter Gerard Hood of Grand River Br on 1991.03.21; Elizabeth Ann McLeod of Toronto Br on 2011.11.21; John Edmond McLeod of Toronto Br on 2011.11.21; Wallace Edmond McLeod of Toronto Br on 2011.11.21 |
| Military Info : | Pte, Governor Wentworth's Volunteers, 1777; Quartermaster by 1781; commissioned Lieutenant, King's American Dragoons, 1781; undercover mission to recruit Loyalists in NJ, PA, and MD 1781; promoted to Captain 1781 |
| Loyalist Genealogy : | See Loyalist Lineages of Canada, Volume II Part 1 (Toronto, 1991), pp. 404-405 (descent of Graham Egerton Harcourt Brown). The descent of Wallace Edmond McLeod and his children Elizabeth Ann and John Edmond is as follows: James Fulton (c. 1760-1829) Elizabeth Fulton (1795-1840) James Fulton Vanderburgh (1822-1899) Ellen Vanderburgh (1859-1894) Mary Ann Elta Shier (1890-1975) Wallace Edmond McLeod (1931-), father of: Elizabeth Ann McLeod (1961-) John Edmond McLeod (1963-) |
| Family History : | |
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| Sources : | T.A. Emmett, "Sir Henry Clinton's Original Secret Record," Mag of Am Hist, 1884, 437-8; Prov Arch NB, Land grant to J. Fulton and 54 others, 10-10-1786 (Land Grants, B, 1, 43, mfm F16302); UC Land Petns of J. Fulton (some with T.C. Drew and/or others), Lib & Arch Canada, 22-3-1793 (149, D1, 70, mfm C-1742), undated (149, D1, 71, mfm C-1742), 29-6 -1796 (185, F2, 72, mfm C-1893), 30-6-1796 (185, F21, 6, mfm C-1893), 5-10-1796 (185, F2, 50, mfm C-1893), and 19 -6-1806 (187, F8, 8, mfm C-1895); Reg of Fiat to J. Fulton, 6-8-1796, Regs for Fiats, 13, 18, Arch ON, mfm MS 693-20. James Fulton's children received land as children of a Loyalist, by Order in Council: Caroline Munshaw 26-3-1811, James Fulton Jr 16-4-1811, Elizabeth Fulton (later Vanderburgh) 16-12-1815, Clarissa Fairfield 3-11-1836; see W.D. Reid, Loyalists in Ontario (1973), 121. L. Sabine, American Loyalists (1847), 306, has conflated this James Fulton with a Nova Scotia judge of the same name (1739-1826), for whom see Dict Can Biography. Contributor: John McLeod john.mcleod@louisville.edu |
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