When peace was declared between England and the United States, and Great Britain had acknowledged the independence of the American colonies, the British soldiers had the option of either going back to England to be discharged and receive a bounty of 100 acres of land in Canada, which was then an unbroken wilderness, or they could be discharged in Canada and go where they pleased.

One my Grandfathers did not care to go back, so he took his discharge in Canada and finally settled in St. John's, Canada, East (now known as the Province of Quebec ) {bordering on Lake Champlain}.Later Edward Aubrey sold his farm in the community of St. Johns and bought another near Lake Champlain (Aubrey's Point), in the County of Alburg, Vt., where all of his children, with the possible exception of the two youngest, were born.}stablish a home for themselves, so took up land north of what is now the state of Vermont, and were in good circumstances when the War of 1812 broke out.After the treaty of peace was signed between the two nations and the boundary line established, grandfather found himself in the United States, and considering himself still British subject, he sold his property in Vermont and moved to Canada- between 1840-1860 many of his children moved to NY.My Grandfathers that fought on the other side also moved back and forth.Sometimes their wives were with them at winter headquaders, one Grandmother spent time at West Point, Albany and Canada.It is sometimes confusing with childrens birth places.I also have read copies of letters between Mary Jane Reynolds King of Bellmont and her sister in laws in Vt 1845-1855 and family traveled back forth.