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Give a brief description of the inhabitant. The man. The legend. Do we know any significant details about these guys? If yes, great! Include that here. If not, then this can just be ignored.
Anthony Friar
Settlement
Mortimers
Grants
D-128 (200 acres, 5 Jan 1790)
Anthony Friar. Origin: Loyalist
Anthony Friar received 200 acres in the Mortimers area of Long Island on 5 January 1790. On the Tatnall map, his surname is spelled “Frier.”
In a letter to Lord Shirley, Lord Dunmore (the Governor) referred to several Loyalists in Abaco in derogatory terms. Of Anthony Friar he wrote that he was a “laborer, formerly a soldier.”
Reference: HB
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