1810 deserter John Harrington
One family story has an ancestor John Harrington in 1810 being in the stockade in New York for striking an officer. On the eve of his court martial he breaks out of Jail and swims across the St. Lawrence, landing is Osgoode Ontario, where his descendants lived for two generations before returning the the states.Is there any way to find out if there is any truth to this story?He was born around 1786 if that is any help.