Historedia
Group or institution

Loyalists from New York

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1783–1799

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Loyalists from New York, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Loyalist Settlement in Great Abaco

    1783–1799

    Role: Settlers who left New York for Abaco in August 1783

    1. 1783 · New York City (publication site)Call for Settlers Published in New York

      A 1783 call for volunteers to help settle Abaco appeared in the Royal Gazette in New York City.

    2. August 1783 · Abaco Islands, BahamasLoyalists Leave New York for Abaco

      About 1500 Loyalists departed New York and moved to Abaco in August 1783, becoming the islands' first European settlers.

    3. 1785–1788 · Abaco settlementSea Island Cotton Cultivation

      Settlers sowed sea island cotton in 1785; crops succeeded in 1786 and 1787 but failed to caterpillars in 1788.

    4. 1790s · Cherokee Sound, Great AbacoCarolina Loyalists Found Cherokee Sound

      In the 1790s, Loyalists from the Carolinas arrived via Florida and founded the isolated settlement of Cherokee Sound.

Sources

  1. Abaco Islands Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-16