For how many generations should we carry the U.E.L.

Question

1.  For how many generations should we be carrying the label/title of U.E.L.(United Empire Loyalist)?

UEL for those proven as Loyalists only?

Sons and Daughters?

2.  But then shouldn't the label stop?

3.  Also based on this information shouldn't the children be labeled SUE or DUE rather than just UE?  (This would require new categories) Sons and Daughters of UE Loyalists were allowed by Orders in Council, 200 acres of "Waste Lands of the King" as SUE (Sons of United Empire) Loyalists and DUE (Daughters of United Empire) Loyalists. Those sons and daughters were required to be of age and  proof was required that there father was a confirmed as UE Loyalist.

4.  Finally can we use the label if the parent was a proven Loyalist  but the child never petitioned the Court?

Comments

Might tag this with "United Empire Loyalists" for more eyeballs.

Answer 1

United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada
http://www.uelac.org/

Answer 2

I've seen at least one active (living) WT member here who carries the suffix UE.  Is it an ongoing organization like the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution wherein you can apply for membership?

Comments

And that member knows his Loyalist stuff!

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I never even knew about the whole loyalist thing until recently - grew up in California - Know I studied Egypt several times, the gold rush several times and smatterings of the revolution, not much on the civil war .. later in college learned some great stuff about the Greeks and Romans and England and Europe some - the rest is all way more recent through tree stuff

Anyhow I guess a lot of folks went to Canada

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Santino gave the link to the UELAC in a separate answer. It is similar to the DAR/SAR except that anyone may join but there is a separate membership class for those with a proven line to a Loyalist.

Answer 3

The designation UEL is only applied specifically to the proven Loyalist. It does not automatically go to a spouse or to children. That is, it does not go forward with descendents. A person who joins the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada and certifies a line to a Loyalist ancestor may use the designation UE.

As near as I've been able to determine, the designation DUE/SUE was specifically an indicator on land grants in the "waste lands" of Upper Canada and not an honorific. It indicated that the land was granted under that act and wasn't used with someone's name. I will verify that.

Comments

While I haven't received a definitive answer, the only place DUE or SUE was used was to indicate on a land grant in the "wastelands" which category the person received land under. It is useful to genealogists in that it does mean the father was a Loyalist.