About this time the colonists in New England were beginning to show signs of dissatisfaction with the Mother land, and some Americans living along the St. John river were showing signs of discontent, and becoming agitated over matters in New England.  The American sympathisers did all they could to stir the Indians along the river to revolt.

Paul Guidon did all in his power to soothe their savage breasts, and soon after returned to Grimross Neck.  In a short time the rebellion broke out, and affairs in New England were fast assuming a most serious aspect.  The rebels in the vicinity of Grimross were fully aware of Captain Godfrey’s firm attachment to the cause of King George the Third.  At length they approached him and tried hard to persuade him to enter the service of the dissatisfied colonists.  The cross-eyed, monkey-faced character alluded to in a former chapter, was their chief spokesman on this occasion, and instead of stuttering, as on a former visit, his words flowed forth as freely and as fast as the waters of a mill-race.  It may be that similar specimens of humanity exist in every age, whose folly and wickedness seem to be perpetual.  Will such characters ever learn to live and be content under the old flag of their fathers, or will they be content to live on despised by their countrymen?  Should such seditious spirits ever receive mention from the historian, it must be anything but a flattering one, and must cause the blush to mantle upon the cheek of any worthy descendant.

Captain Godfrey was offered by the rebels the command of a party of men to march forward and attack Fort Cumberland, besides which further inducements of preferment and advancement were held out to him.  But nothing the rebels could offer was able to shake his allegiance to King George the Third.  His former losses, his present situation, the safety of his wife and family, his treatment by the Board of Trade and Plantations, were all to him of less importance than his duty to his sovereign.  Unshaken and unmoved he replied to the traitors, “I am as zealous as ever I was in my life for the cause of my King and my country.”

The rebels finding the Captain firm in his determination not to forsake his King, approached Margaret Godfrey.  She was protected not only by her good sense and thorough good judgment, her sterling honour and decided character, but also by the highest convictions of duty.  In answer to them she replied, “My husband has given you his answer and in it he has also given you mine.  You will oblige by at once leaving the premises.”  They made a hasty exit from her presence, and did not return for some weeks.

A day or two after the rebels had left Grimross, Paul Guidon related to Mrs. Godfrey his life and wanderings after his arrival at Passmaquaddy from Halifax in 1771.  “He found his way from Passmaquaddy to Grimross Neck, carrying the two muskets with him, and also a knapsack filled with powder, shot and bullets, given to him by the Captain of the King’s schooner.”