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Zebulon SMITH Sr. was Quaker Religion; lived in Leeds; mar
Leona Lovina CLARK 1781 in VT where several children b.
By 1801 was in Earnestown (Leeds?); assume he d after 1810
in Leeds & is bur there. Chdn: Elijah b. 1784; Otis b.
1785; Sarah Ann b. 1786; Susannah b. 1788; Thomas b.1791;
Zebulon Jr. b. 1792; Asahal/Asial b. 1800; Benson b. 1801;
Daniel b. 1804; Mary Ann b. 1808 Any information on
this family appreciated.
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Both Ebenezer Wright & Peleg Spencer were of the Shaftsbury, Vt.
contingent who had their lands confiscated, went through some persecutions,
ended up in Quebec, were granted land in Upper Canada, etc. Were they just
crown sympathizers who came up after the war to get some land?
Ebenezer Wright's son Asahel was a loyalist- maybe dad was too old.- don't
see any Peleg Spencer who mar Ebenezer Wright's dau Sarah.
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Where I might find some info on James Henry Matice & wife Alma
Spicer
They adopted a girl named Ruth Pauline Thompson
James died in 1938; he & Alma are bur Manhard Cem Their farm was
sold to a Winnifred Brown James & Alma attended the farmers market
in Brockville on a regular basis.
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Searching for info on MCCULLY fam in the Leeds/Grenville-Bishop's Mills area
beginning in the 1850s. Fam immig from Northern Ire. Some of
chdn later moved to the Buffalo, NY area or Cass County, MI
area. Prnts: Henry MCCULLY & Mary HUNTER
Chdn: Joseph MCCULLY (mar Margaret MCCLELLAN); Margaret or Molly MCCULLY
(mar Nathaniel GREER); John MCCULLY (mar Amelia BARGAIN); Mary MCCULLY;
Eliza Jane MCCULLY (mar James DOOL); Andrew MCCULLY (mar Amelia MARSH
& Josephine O'LEARY) Other names assoc by mar:
PRESCOTT, MONTGOMERY, GOWERS, PERRIN, TAYLOR
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Am a direct descendent of Asenith Buck & John Baldwin---Silas Baldwin
& Roxey Bickford--Silas Henry Baldwin & Eliza Shea Montgomery-- Eli
Earl Baldwin & Hattie Mary Fetterly---William Raymond & Yvonne Dora
Workman. The origins of John Baldwin are a mystery. A letter
dated 1930 states that John Baldwin settlin Vermont with his parents before
coming to Canada.. There seem to be no birth records & it
suggested is that he may have been born on a ship crossing from Gr. Britain.
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Am Mallory of MALLORYTOWN descendant. My Mallory died in/during the
WAR of 1812, may have been GEORGE; a surgeon during War of 1812.
Family history states that as he was going to help a fallen British soldier
in the fields the Indians mistakenly took him as an American and killed him.
This MALLORY (poss GEORGE) mar JAN FRY (she alive in 1861 census N
Crosby living with
dau RACHEL (MALLORY) TRYON husb LUCAS TRYON) 80 years old in
1861 & still a MALLORY. GEORGE & JAN FRY MALLORY
had; 1. Elizabeth mar Jared LOVELAND. 2.
RACHEL mar LUCAS TRYON. 3. Delilah mar unknown.
In early census' of 1818 in Leeds Co, Jane/Jan was listed as Widow Mallory.
Suspect George was of the ENOCH or JERMEIAH MALORY
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paul@jankowskis.com
Have traced anc to Spencerville.. Nelson Adolphus Beach was a gggrand
uncle bur in Spencerville.; wife was Margaret Linnen. One of Nelson's
bros was Louis Beach b.1826 in
Carlton, Canada. Their fath was also Louis Beach & moth was
Elizabeth Burne. Nelson's death certificate says Louis
Beach was born in Winchester & was Eng. His wife was Scottish.
Trying to connect Nelson to the Beaches in Ont
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JANE, WIDOW OF JOSEPH DUCLOUGH, AGE 86 OF ED'SBURGH BUR DEC 16, 1855, T.A.
PARNELL CURATE/PRESCOTT. She likely born 1769 Ire & would be
the earliest born Ducklow I have found in Ontario. Wish to find record
of her husb JOSEPH.
Other strays are: (from death registrations & census from 1851-1871)
JOHN DUKELOW (born ca 1797 in Ire) died August 29, 1881, Ed'sburgh.
Andrew A. Bennett informant, was mar to a Margaret Dukelow,
whose fath is Peter.
ELIZABETH DUKELOW (widow of above) died Oct 17, 1886 age 87
(census records show her born 1797,). Informant is Andrew A. Bennett.
CHARLES DUKELOW born ca 1821 Ire. may be this couple's son but not
sure; mar Ann Newman, she died 1856. He had 6 children, by 1861
census he doesn't appear & his children seem to be farmed out in the
community.
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Ancestors Reed & COLLE lived in B'ville, in the late 1700's &
1800's...owned property at Reed's Corner, is Reed's Corner still there?..
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Louise Acheson
lorraine@westriv.com
Searching for James Robinson mar to Marion McKinnon. Had a dau
Margaret Robinson who mar David Acheson 1862 Pembroke. Any info
greatly appreciated.
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Jack Beeching
jbee18@shaw.ca
Hoping for suggestions as to how to tie this Ransom ADAMS to his fam in
Ed'sburgh. In the 1851 census he and his household are listed as follows.
Ransom ADAMS / Farmer / U Canada /
W Methodist / / 32 / m
Sarah ADAMS /
/ Ireland / W Methodist / /
25 / f
Catherine ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / / W 52 / f
Andrew ADAMS / Labourer / U Canada / W Methodist / /
23 / m
E. A. ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / / 17 / f
Adoline ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / / 13 / f
Alfred ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / / 13 / m
Ellennora ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / /
2 / f
S. E. ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / /
2 / f
Alen ADAMS /
/ U Canada / W Methodist / /
1 / m
Based on other data , the three youngest above, are Ransom's children by 1st
wife, Sarah GREER or poss GREES. The other five people are new to my
research. After locating mar rec for Catherine Adams nee WRIGHT who mar
Andrew ADAMS but her husb died in 1817 prior to the births of the group
above.
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Researching the Ebenezer Bacon fam from Conn & Mass. Who were Ebenezer
Bacon's ancestors? The one I am researching was born in 1767 in
Dudley, Mass; mar Elizabeth Turner & a Betsey Archer.
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Searching for info re Matilda who appears to be dau of Joseph Seeley.
She mar Philemon Austin' after the birth of 2nd child moved with fam
to Orleans Co., NY. Shenamed one of her sons Justus which seems to
indicate a relationship with Justus Seeley of Seeley's Bay. Philemon Austin
was a pump maker who worked on the Erie Canal & later on the Rideau
waterway. Joseph Seeley married Coziah/Keziah (maiden name unknown) &
had several other daus
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Gene E. Curry
gec1936@comcast.net
Ephraim Curry was great-great-great grandfather; lived in Grenville; mar to
Elsea Boulton. Associated with the United Empire Loyalists. Father's name
was John Curry. Ephraim's son was George Ephraim, born 1800, Ed'sburgh;
mar Mary Esther Scott, born 1803.
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Sam Aylesworth Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Wish to find info re: William James Wellwood, & his extended family
(parents, siblings, ancestors, descendants)- Mary Drennan, & her
extended family (parents, siblings, ancestors, descendants)
Sarah Ann Wellwood, one of the daughters of William James Wellwood &
Mary Drennan, and her brothers & sisters ( one brother was
namedWilliam Wellwood.)
Descend from the Aylesworth, Perry & Washburn families who lived in
Ernesttown; have info on those fams. Also descend from Lloyd fam in
Gananoque, All known at this time is:
William James Wellwood, mar Mary Drennan. William James from
England (no further detail), Mary Drennan from Ireland (no further
detail). HOWEVER, this couple living in Newborough (Newboro?) in 1847,
where dau was born July 26, 1847, viz: Sarah Ann Wellwood A son named
William Wellwood, was about 7 years younger than Sarah Ann.
Sarah Ann Wellwood later mar Simon Ferguson Lloyd (date 7 location unknown).
Record of them in Census for 1871, in Gan.; moved to Brandon Manitoba.
One of their dau was Sarah Charlotte Lloyd, mar William Perry Aylesworth, my
grandfather, in 1899 in Beresford Manitoba.
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Looking for records re great-grandfather George Campbell; farm in
Kitley
near the hamlet of Rockspring and abutted the railway tracks near the
way-station of Yule. Campbell/Jelly cem (abandoned) which is located
on the property contains the remains of my grgrandfath, his wife Maria
McCarger, dau Jane, son George & dau Melissa & her husb (Jelly). The
last interrment would have been in the 1950's (Melissa). grfath Samuel
born on the farm; one of 10 children, all of whom lived to adulthood. He
joined the Can. Pac. Railway at the age of 15 and worked continuously for
them until his retirement in Renfrew in his late 60s.
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Ruth Curtis born B'ville, 7 Jan. 1800 to Nathan Curtis of
B'ville & Lucinda Atwell Curtis Nathan born circa 1765; Lucinda
born ca. 1768. My Ruth Curtis mar James Lewis Bliss in Herkimer
County, New York, U.S.A. Do not know when Ruth's fam left Canada.
Ruth & James Lewis Bliss moved to Northeast, Erie County, Penn
right after mar in 1817 & lived there all their mar life.
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John Scott Sr. located Prescott after American Revolution
(loyalist) with 4 sons. John Jr. - Francis - Neal -
William. William Scott mar Helchy Knapp sons Joseph Scott wife Louise
Sherwood - Francis Scott wife Whelempe Walton. Joseph Scott
(1790-1884) wife Louise Sherwood (1793-1867). children ???? William
Scott (1817-1901) wife Abigail May Perrin sons & daus Rosannah husb
Thomas Dover Place, William James wife Emily Beane, Ebin wife Celestia
(Catherine) Ferguson, Freeman Alonzo wife Almeda Whitney, Joseph Wilson wife
Marian Sophia Spicer, Sarah Elizabeth, Justus Bass, John wife Minervia
Spicer, Ruben, Asahel, Robert Alder wife Mary Sophia Henry, Emma, George H.
wife Ida Elizabeth Place, Nellie (adopted) husb John W. Snider.
Ebin Scott (1843-1919) wife Celestia (Catherine) Ferguson (18??-1928) he
died
Prescott; she died Syracuse, NY sons Willard & Fredrick .
Willard Scott (1870-1944) wife Anne (Anna) Walsh (1871-????). Would
appreciate any info.
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Trying to find info re fam of Joseph Robinson, born 1799 in Prescott. died
Feb 10, 1881 Percy, Northumberand CO, Ont.; son of William Robinson born
1773 (poss in Eng) died in 1845 in Percy, Northumberland .
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. Mary was daughter of Duncan McLean while Catharine was dau of John McLean.
Were Duncan & John McLean related? Were Mary & Catharine 1st
cousins, perhaps?
From Augusta census records, found David Milks was living with
John
Wright & Mary McLean-Wright as early as 1817 at age 10. There were
also 2 other children living in that household (1 boy & 1 girl)
born in 1814. Don't know who they were.
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Father ..Wayne Willard Wilbur b. 13 Aug 1907 B'ville, On. d.
2 Nov. 1951, Belleville On.
Wayne's parents...Bruce Edmund Wilber b,1878
Watertown N.Y. Eleanor
Willard b. mar 1888 Prescott On.
Both buried in Belleville cemetery. Bruce's parents....George Wilber
& Martha Seaman No dates
for either Eleanor's parents George Willard & Cornelia Henry
No dates for either. 1911 in Prescott - Bruce and five siblings but
the head of the family is listed as Martha Matin, no fath identified.
The story in the family is that Bruce was an illegitimate child and unsure
who the father was but we thought the mother was a Martha Seaman. The
siblings named were Susie, Mary, Victor, Benton& Sidney. Never located
any info on Eleanor Willard, have been told she is a twin with sibs
are William, Winnifred, Mabel & Josephine. Need to find out who
Bruce's real parents are, if he is a full brother to his sibs and if
possible any generations beyond George and Martha. Also on Eleanor's side
are the people named correct and is info available beyond them.
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Henry & Caroline (Henstridge) Warren immig from Mitcham, Surrey, in
1834—perhaps as part of the Petworth Project, initially lived in
Prescott - at least that is where he said he was from on his discharge
certificate from the local militia compnay, in 1838. They brought two boys
& a girl with them from Eng, had 3 more daughters & 3 sons. The
older two of these 3 daus were Eliza, b. ca. 1835, & Amelia, b. 1842.
Family at a rented farm (I believe) at Glen Stewart, C6, Lot 29 where they
remained until late 1870/early 1871— were in Adelaide twsp 1871 census.
Henry died in Sep. '71, buried Strathroy Cemetery. Have located the
rest of the fam, complete with details of marriages & burials, but Eliza
& Amelia not with them Believe that the Ordnance Survey ,
1st Ed. shows a small cemetery on Lot 29, so sisters may havedied in
some sort of epidemic & are bur on the farm; they died between the 1861
census, Matilda township, & the 1871 census, Adelaide township.
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Michael DIXON b Lanark Vo. 15 Apr 1852 d 193? mar ca 1872 Perth
(town?
County?) Bridget CONLON b 15 Jan 1851 Glen Tay, Lanark CO d 19 May
1924 Sudbury dau of James CONLON & Margaret McCABE. Chdn all
thought to be born in/near Almonte: Mamie b 1873 d 12 Jan 1876
bur St. Mary's R.C. Almonte; Robert James b July 1874 d 5 Sep 1875 Bur
same; Baby b 1875 d 8 Dec 1875 bur same; Michael Joseph b 17 Nov 1876 d 25
July 1984 Olmstead CO MN mar Anne DUFFIN ca 1914 MN; George d 13 July 1881
bur Almonte; Margaret Mary b 21 )ct 1881 mar Edward KENNEDY 2 Oct 1905
Almonte; John Albert M.D. B 24 May 1883 d 22 Feb 1971 Sudbury mar
Agatha; Francis Leo b 25 Nov 1884 poss d Sudbury mar Mary FAY (b 1889) 28
Apr 1908 Holy Name of Mary, Almonte; Ann/Annie Daisy b 6 July 1886 d 3 Sep
1887 bur Almonte; Angus Brooks b 13 Mar 1889 d 26 June 1976 Windsor ON mar
Leah BERNSTEIN (21 Sep 1892-4 Feb 1985) 1 Dec 1914 Ottawa. Info re
prts of Michael DIXON thought to be Robert (eldest son of Nicholas from Eng
ca 1819 - wife Margaret GREENWALL) esp needed.
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Looking for info re fam of Mary Ann (Minnie) DAWSON b Lisbon NY 19 Oct 1843;
came to Matilda twsp with prts 1854/5?. Think prts were John DAWSON b
1797 Eng d 1886 & Ann SMITH b 1 Sep 1815 d 21 Mar 1903. Mary Ann
mar Luke HAGLE at Eastons Corners in Dec 1875, had dau Ellen Annette (grmoth).
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Loopy Pratt, 800 - 17A Street South, Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 6M2
Phone 250-426-4771
loopy2@telus.net
Eliza Jane Lee marFranklin Pratt prob in Lyn;. year ?? before 1855 need mar
record; Episcopal Meth . Dau Dora mar Farmersville, Nov 1875 &
says she born Lyn. Death record for Eliza Jane Lee says from Lyn
born 1835; parents Ephriam Lee & Eliza Lee (nee Pennock).
Trying to find the birth records for any Pratts : Franklin 1825, R.A.
(a female) 1828, C.A. (a female) 1833; Sarah's birth ca 1837. Also
searching for children of Franklin & Jane born Lyn (prob).
The Cdn Children were Dora, (maybe Isadora?), Darwin, Ellen and Charlotte;
also a Charles Wilson adopted by the Pratt family.:In son's death record
Franklin was "William Franklin"........ In the Early Baptism
Register, B'ville, Rev. Wm. Smart baptised children of Joseph & Maria
Pratt of E'town in 1835. The children were William Franklin Pratt
& Luscinda Corban Pratt. Certain that Franklin's fath Joseph Pratt
(1792/93) mar to a "Maria Pratt" was a wid by 1851
Census.. Maria would have died between the birth of Sarah ca 1837
& the 1851 census. Any death record or bur for Maria ?.
Would like to find the marriage between Franklin & Eliza Jane. The
Lees & Pratts were Episcopal Methodists. Franklin & Jane's daug Dora
marr in Farmersville, Nov 1875 says b Lyn.
I have the death record for Eliza Jane Lee & it says she was from Lyn,
Ontario born in 1835. Her parents were Ephriam Lee and Eliza Lee (nee
Pennock). Franklin and Eliza Jane were neighbours in the 1851 Census
E'town Township, Part 1.. I am trying to find the birth records for any of
the Pratts being born ca Franklin 1825, R.A. (a female) 1828, C.A. (a
female) 1833. Sarah's birth ca 1837.. Have no info on wife
of Joseph Pratt - she is not mentioned anywhere found other than the cem
records & there are 6 Maria Pratts. Am not familiar enough with the
geography to know if one of those cems is near Lyn, Elizabethtown, or in the
County of Leeds.