Bennick[e] in Canada
Not related to this surname, but Canada's phone book shows 3 BENNICK and 10 BENNICKE spellings.
All Bennick are in Ontario. Of the 10 BENNICKE spellings, 8 are in Nova Scotia, and 1 each in Ontario and Alberta.
How did they get there ? Did they arrive in Canada between 1760 and 1783, the end of the Revolution ?
Are chances good they are all related ?