This is the second of my two-part series of articles on the War of 1812 and its impact on Newmarket. When the war ended in 1814, several military men and their families, most accustomed to a comfortable life with an established church back in England, began to settle around Newmarket. Many had forsaken American homes to begin…
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Newmarket Men Stepped Up To Bravely Fight In War Of 1812
We step back in time to the period around the War of 1812 in this first of a two-part series. I hope to convey a sense of local life, observe how the war affected the fledgling hamlet of Newmarket and examine its lasting impact here. Along the way, we will meet a few individuals who became…
