ESTABLISHING A NEW NATION: The Bradt Family in Canada
This new book of social history and genealogy is a sequel to Journey to a New Land: the Bradt Family in History. The new book presents a compelling story of the everyday lives of those who were involved in the American Revolution in 1776 and fled the United States following the Revolution, making a new home for themselves in an unsettled frontier in what was to become southern Ontario, Canada. At the time, the Loyalists faced a wilderness, carving their homes and occupations from the wild forest and harsh weather of the frontier. Their story is one of unusual heroism, incredible frustration, unceasing hard work, unbelievable bravery, and uncertain future. Yet from it all, they wrested a life for themselves and their families, and built the foundation of a new nation: Canada. They endured all the restlessness of educational, religious, political and economic storms, the War of 1812-1814, as well as the back-breaking work of hewing farmland from the forests of the Niagara frontier.
The Bradts were representative of an ordinary family who served to build Upper Canada into the Province of Ontario, which eventually led to Establishing a New Nation: Canada. While many other nations went through revolution to achieve independence, the founders of Canada accomplished their nationhood as part of the British Empire through evolution, sometimes painfully slow, but successful nevertheless. The author's own father and his ancestors were settlers in the Niagara peninsula, home to many of the United Empire Loyalists.
CONTENTS:
PREFACE
FOREWORD by Kenneth Harold Bradt
1. CANADA'S BEGINNINGS
Early North American History
The First French Settlement
The Mississauga Tribe
The Hudson's Bay Company
Competition in the Fur Trade
The Fall of New France
2. THE BEGINNING OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
The Proclamation of 1763
The Quebec Act of 1774
The American Revolution
The Bradt Family in the Revolution
3. YEARS OF CONFLICT
The Johnson and Butler Families
Butler's Rangers
Raids on the Valleys
Family Involvement in the Raids
4. EARLY YEARS OF SETTLEMENT
The Loyalists
Topography of the Niagara Peninsula
The Earliest Settlers
The Settlement of the Loyalists
5. THE EXPANSION OF THE SETTLEMENT
Becoming Established in a New Country
The Hungry Years
The Constitutional Act, 1791
The Early Years of Upper Canada
The First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
6. THE BRADT FAMILIES IN NEWARK
Schenectady Bradts
Arent A. Bradt and Eva Van Antwerp
Catherine Bradt Butler and Colonel John Butler
Andrew Bradt and Rachel Ryckman
Margaret Bradt and Cornelius Ryckman
John Bradt and Ann Butler
Roger Bradt
Peter Bradt and Mercy Burtch
Albany Bradts
Maria Bradt and John Willson
John Bradt and Maria Seger
Minor Bradt and Catharine Van Alstyne
Albany Bradts
Christian Bradt and Elizabeth Valkenburg (Vollick)
Adrian Bradt and Sophia Valkenburg (Vollick)
7. AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Tensions Between Britain and the United States
The War of 1812
The Human Toll From the War
Bradt Family Participants in the War of 1812
8. THE SCHENECTADY BRADT FAMILIES
Tracing the Family
The Family of Arent A. Bradt and Eva Van Antwerp
The Family of Captain Andrew Bradt and Rachel Ryckman
Arent Butler Bradt and Catherine _?_
Eva Bradt and William Schram
John Bradt and Ann Hare
Thomas Bradt and Elizabeth Hare
Simon Van Antwerp Bradt and Elizabeth Young
Eunice Bradt and Thomas Killy (Kelly)
Walter Bradt and Elizabeth _?_
Andrew Bradt and Charity Hess
The Family of Margaret Bradt and Cornelius Ryckman
Cornelius Ryckman Jr.
The Family of John Bradt and Ann Butler
Nancy Bradt and Levi Burtch
Roger Bradt
The Family of Peter Bradt and Mercy Burtch
Aaron (Arent) Bradt
David Bradt and Sarah Crow
Daniel Bradt and Julia Ann Hedden
Peter Bradt II and Jane Jemina Clark
Joseph Bradt and 1) Rachel Alwood, 2) Claricy Perlina Ingraham
Margaret Bradt and Isaac Doughty
Thomas Bradt
Rebecca Bradt and Jacob Snure
Thomas Bradt and Elizabeth Hansler
William Bradt and Rosannah Hansler
George Bradt and Mary Gregory
Stephen E. Bradt
9. THE ALBANY BRADT FAMILIES
Albany Bradts: Maria, John (Johannes) and Minor (Myndert)
The Family of Maria Bradt and John Willson
The Family of John Bradt and Maria Seger
Susannah Bradt and Duncan Ferguson
Maria Bradt and John Brink
The Family of Minor Bradt and Catharine Van Alstyne
John Bradt and Sarah Gould
Susannah Bradt and Harmonius House
Catharine Bradt and John Bender
George Bradt
Emanuel Bradt and Mary _?_
William Bradt and Elizabeth Austin
Margaret Bradt
Albany Bradts: Christian and Adrian/Arent
The Family of Christian and Elizabeth Valkenburg (Vollick)
Magdalena Bradt and Peter May
Maria Bradt
Albert Bradt and Nelly Marcle
Mathias Bradt and Elizabeth _?_
Isaac Bradt
David Bradt and Catherine _?_
John Bradt and Sarah Hainer
The Family of Adrian/Arent Bradt and Sophia Valkenburg (Vollick)
Mary Bradt
Albert Bradt and Mary Vollick
Walter/George and Abigail Guire
Isaac Bradt and Martha McWilliams
Storm Bradt and Sarah _?_
Peter Bradt and Lucinda _?_
Leona Bradt and Francis Powers
William Bradt and Elizabeth _?_
Christian[a] Bradt and Elisha R. Smith
Christopher Bradt
10. PROGRESSING TOWARD NATIONHOOD
Settlement Following the War of 1812
Living Conditions
The Economy
Education, Religion and Politics
Rebellion in the 1830s
11. NATIONHOOD ACHIEVED
The Durham Report
Achieving Responsible Government
Living Conditions in 1850
The Bradt Family in the Mid-1800s
The Boundary Dispute, Annexation and Reciprocity
The Pre-Confederation Period
Confederation
Bradt Family Achievements
GENEALOGICAL CHARTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
MAPS
Province of Quebec in 1763
Province of Quebec in 1774
The Valleys in New York State
Province of Quebec in 1783
Province of Quebec in 1791
District Boundaries in 1788/1792
County Boundaries in 1792
Niagara Township No. 1- 1787
Newark
Survey for Mr. Bradt
Niagara Township No. 1- 1811
Louth Township - 1791
Niagara Township No. 1- 1811: Township of Newark
Louth Township No. 4- 1812
Louth Township No. 4- [1795]
Louth Township - 1814
Niagara Peninsula
Townships and Counties in Western Upper Canada
Continuation of the Townships in Western Upper Canada
Townships and Counties in Eastern Upper Canada
PHOTOGRAPHS
Tombstone for Peter Bradt
Tombstones for Peter and Aaron Bradt
Tombstone for Aaron Bradt
Home of Peter Bradt II
Peter H.L. Bradt
Funeral Announcement for George Bradt
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