Thirty-five years had elapsed since her husband's first loss in the colony, and nearly thirty years since he was driven out by rebels and Indians.
Titles and pensions have been freely bestowed by English kings and parliaments on men who have been daring and successful in Britain's cause.

If Captain Godfrey had performed no deeds worthy of a title or a pension, he at least deserved to be reimbursed in part or in whole for the losses he had sustained at the hands of rebels and savages.

And it is probable there were men and women in England who were styled Dukes and Duchesses,--who wore orders on their breasts that covered less brave and no more loyal hearts than those of Capt.

and Margaret Godfrey.

She firmly supported and assisted her husband in his strict adherence to King George the Third's cause, and faced the rebels like a Spartan and defeated them in their designs at Grimross.