Quinte Branch OGS October Meeting

Shades of Allegiance: The History of the Gerow Family, presented by Jane Simpson is the topic for the next Quinte branch meeting at 1 PM on Saturday, 19 October 2019 at the Quinte West Public Library, 7 Creswell Drive, Trenton, ON

The Gerow Family from France fled from religious persecution as Huguenots to New York City
at the dawn of the 18th century. The family flourished until seeds of discord infected the
populace. Three sons of the family were forced to choose their allegiance to the English or
seductive new republicanism. For one of the sons, this choice includes throwing his lot in with a
small colony of disaffected Americans to answer the call for settlers to the British Loyal
Provinces. 

Members of the Alyea, Bogart, Bonter, Cole, Lent, Huff, Parliament, Peck, Roblin,
Van Cott, Way, Wannamaker and Westerfeld families, in addition to the Gerow family, may wish
to attend as their ancestors experienced the same fate during the Revolution.

The Wiggins family could also be added to that list.