I represent Thomas Colden. I was a Captain and company commander in the Provincial Corps of Pennsylvania Loyalists. Raised in Philadelphia in 1777, the corps arrived in Pensacola at the very end of 1778 and remained until the surrender of the town to the Spanish on May 10, 1781. I was not from Pennsylvania, but Orange County, New York, and I had previously served as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers. After the surrender of Pensacola to the Spanish in May 1781, the survivors were sent with the rest of the prisoners of war to Long Island, New York, where I continued to serve with the regiment. When the Revolutionary War ended, I and many of my Loyalist comrades continued on to Canada to find refuge as we were not welcome in the new United States. Seeking a new start, I received grants of land in York County, New Brunswick. Later in life, I returned to Orange County, New York, where I died on March 30, 1825. I left a widow, Anna. She petitioned the Crown for a widow’s pension in 1826, and she gave our marriage date as February 16, 1781 in New York (I was on leave from the regiment). Anna was living in New York City at the time of the petition.
Sources: 8, 30, 56, 130, 140