Wyandotte (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Or, The Hutted Knoll

This 1843 novel is set in the Butternut Valley of New York State.  In 1765, Captain Hugh Willoughby leaves the British army and sets up a colony called Hutted Knoll with his American-born wife.  Ten years later, when America declares its independence from Britain, Willoughby and his son, Robert, will find their loyalties torn.