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Showing posts with label New Jersey. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Hannah Frazee (Feb. 2, 1791-July 16 1864) - one of my 3 x Great Grandmothers
Hannah Frazee, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Feb. 2, 1791 in Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Died July 16, 1864 in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
She married Joseph Folkins Jr. Dec. 4, 1817 in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
4. Hannah Catherine Parlee (b July 31, 1841) - Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m James C Allen)
5. Margaret Folkins (b Jan. 12, 1823) - Sussex, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m John Casey Parlee)
*6. Hannah Frazee (b Feb. 2, 1791) - Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Joseph Folkins Jr.)
7. Lewis Frazee (b Nov. 6, 1763) - Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey (m Catherine Thorne)
8. Timothy Frazee (b 1713) - Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey (m Hannah Freeman)
9. John Frazee (b Jan. 9, 1675) - Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey (m Sarah Oliver)
10. Joseph Ephraim Frazee (b Cir 1635) - Scotland (m Mary Osborne)
Sources:
Hannah Catherine Parlee (m James C Allen July 17, 1856)
At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872, where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert, Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughter died, she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown. No known gravestone.
Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.
The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.
1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51. LAC mf C-995.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia East 11. p. 22. LAC mf T-18358.
1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia 207. Sub-Dist. 16. p. 1. LAC mf 20450.
1921 Census of Canada. Ontario. Victoria 135. Snowdon Twp 38. P. 6. Folder 93.
Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_427. Timiskaming District. Ingram Twp. June 24, 1931. Reg. # 032905. Age 89. B New Brunswick. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.
Margaret Folkins (m John Casey Parlee Aug. 1, 1839)
Falcon. Methodist. McLean Twp. Muskoka lot 2 con. 7.
Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Muskoka District Sept. 12, 1901. Reg. # 018863. Heart weakness for years.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.
Buried Baysville, McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
Hannah Frazee (m Joseph Folkins Jr Dec. 4, 1817)
Frazer. Frazees of New Brunswick, Descendants of Lewis and Catherine (Thorne) Frazee, compiled by W.J. Frazee, 1994.
The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.
1851 Canadian Census: New Brunswick, Parish of Studholm, Dist. 2, Kings Co., p. 61. LAC mf C-995.
Lewis Frazee (m Catherine Thorne Feb. 14, 1782)
Frazier, Frazer, Fraser. At the outbreak of hostilities in the American Revolution, he was 13 or 14. When the British Army retreated through New Jersey, after their defeat at Monmouth, Lewis and his brothers went with them to New York. Lewis joined the 2nd battalion New Jersey Volunteers. Lewis met Catherine in New York and they were married in the Brethren Congregation Church on Staten Island. They left New York for Saint John in the fall of 1783, along with their baby son Timothy and his brothers William and Oliver. They eventually obtained land around Millstream, New Brunswick.
Frazees of New Brunswick, Descendants of Lewis and Catherine (Thorne) Frazee, compiled by W.J. Frazee, 1994.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 36, No. 3, p. 189.
http://uel-hamilton.com/2011/12/20/lewis-frazee/ Hamilton Branch UELAC
Lewis Frazee, by Douglas Coppins UE.
Timothy Frazee (m Hannah Freeman Cir 1748)
Loyalist sympathizer in the Revolution. He lost all of his property.
Frazees of New Brunswick, Descendants of Lewis and Catherine (Thorne) Frazee, compiled by W.J. Frazee, 1994.
John Frazee (m Sarah Oliver cir 1709)
Abstract of Will
1723-4 Jan. 26 Frazee, John, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., yeoman; will of.
Wife Sarah. Children - Susannah, Phebe, John, Jonathan, Benoni, William, Timothy. Farm on South side; land on North side of Rahway River. Personal property (bonds due by David Watkins and Joseph Watkins). Executors - the wife and brother Elisha Frazee. Witnesses - Margaret Frazee, Richard Scudder, Isaac Blanchard. Proved August 15, 1724. Lib. A, p. 305.
Frazees of New Brunswick, Descendants of Lewis and Catherine (Thorne) Frazee, compiled by W.J. Frazee, 1994.
Collections of Dutch Settlers Society of Albany New York, Vol. 4, Records from Family Bibles, 1938. p. 38.
Nelson, William (editor). New Jersey Archives. First Series. Vol. XXIII, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, Calendar of New Jersey Wills. Vol. 1. 1670-1730. Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1901.
Joseph Ephraim Frazee (m Mary Osborne June 17, 1664)
Name first appears on the Oath of Allegiance at the founding of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was not among the settlers who sailed from the Isle of Jersey to found the colony. It is believed that he was among a group of 11 who came from the New York area, lead by Captain John Baker. It is felt he was married twice. The name of his first wife in not known.
Abstract of Will
1713-4 Jan 8 Frazee, Joseph, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., yeoman; will of.Wife Mary. Sons Edward, Eliphlet, Samuel, John, Elisha, Joseph, Isaac; daughters mentioned, but names not given. Homestead on Rawway River, land on Delayway River and on Pisack. Personal estate. Executors - the wife, son Eliphet and John Harriman. Witnesses - Richard Harriman, William Strayhearne, Daniel Stilwell. Proved February 10, 1714-5. Lib. I, p. 517.
Frazees of New Brunswick, Descendants of Lewis and Catherine (Thorne) Frazee, compiled by W.J. Frazee, 1994.
Collections of Dutch Settlers Society of Albany New York, Vol. 4, Records from Family Bibles, 1938. p. 38.
Ancestry.com web pages of Rodger's Family. rdsmith@on-net.net.
Nelson, William (editor). New Jersey Archives. First Series. Vol. XXIII, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, Calendar of New Jersey Wills. Vol. 1. 1670-1730. Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1901.
Ancestral Lines of the Doniphan, Frazee and Hamilton Families, by Frances Frazee Hamilton. W.M. Mitchell Printing Co., Greenfield, Ind. 1928. (NYPL)
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Isaac Parlee (May 28, 1762-Nov. 11, 1831) one of my 3 x great grandfathers
Isaac Parlee, one of my 3 x great grandfathers was born May 28, 1762 in New Jersey. Died Nov. 11, 1831 in Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
He married Mary Polly Casey [orphan] July 5, 1789 in Sussex Vale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
4. Hannah Catherine Parlee (b July 31, 1841) - Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m James C Allen)
5. John Casey Parlee (b March 4, 1816) - Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Margaret Folkins)
*6. Isaac Parlee (b May 28, 1762) - New Jersey (m Mary Polly Casey)
7. Peter Parlee Sr. (b June 13, 1736) - Fresh Kill, Richmond, Staten Island, New York (m1 Unknown: m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins)
8. Jean Parlier 3rd (b Sept. 5, 1703) - Kings Co., New York (m Abigail Jones)
9. Jean Parlier 2nd (b Oct. 16, 1669) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Anne Rezeau)
10. Jean Parlier (b cir 1640) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Marie Arnaud)
Sources:
Hannah Catherine Parlee (m James C Allen July 17, 1856)
At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872, where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert, Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughter died, she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown. No known gravestone.
Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.
The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.
1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51. LAC mf C-995.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia East 11. p. 22. LAC mf T-18358.
1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia 207. Sub-Dist. 16. p. 1. LAC mf 20450.
1921 Census of Canada. Ontario. Victoria 135. Snowdon Twp 38. P. 6. Folder 93.
Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_427. Timiskaming District. Ingram Twp. June 24, 1931. Reg. # 032905. Age 89. B New Brunswick. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.
John Casey Parlee (m Margaret Folkins Aug. 1, 1839)
Moved to Burford Twp. concession 9 lot 13, Brant Co., Ontario in 1852.
Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township. John C Parlee signed declarations dated Dec 16, 1872 at Burford Township, Brant Co., saying he had not received other free grants of land. The document makes his date of location on Con. 7 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Dec 19, 1872.
Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. J.C. Parlee lot 2 conc 7 McLean Twp.
Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html
1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51. LAC mf C-995.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Brant Co. (113). Burford Twp. (3). p. 93. LAC mf C-1009.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. Brant South 15. Brantford West. 02 c. P. 3. LAC mf C-9914.
In 1874 he was in McLean Twp, Muskoka and witnessed the death of his son.
1881 Canadian Census. Ontario. Muskoka (131). Ridout & McLean (K). p. 15. LAC mf C-13243.
Buried Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Ontario.
Isaac Parlee (m Mary Polly Casey July 5, 1789)
He came from Bucks Co., Pennsylvania and settled on Long Reach of the Saint John River, Kings Co. Mary was born in Dublin, Ireland. They were married at Sussex Vale, Kings Co. by Rev. James Scovil, on July 5, 1789. By 1790 they lived in Kings Co., Studholm Parish, Millstream. In 1832 his will was intestate, with administration of such being granted to Mary on March 6, 1832. Buried in the Old Berwick Cemetery, Millstream, Studholme Parish, Kings County New Brunswick, according to Gone but not Forgotten.
Inscription reads:
In memory of Isaac Parlee died Nov 1 1831 in the 70th year of his age. Also his wife Mary died 7 Sept 1848 aged 77 years (note that the date of death is 1 on the tomb stone but 11 in the Kipp file)
Probate records
Millstream, Kings Co. Intestate. Administration granted 6 March 1832 to Mary Parlee and Samuel Sharp of Kings County. Inventory dated 26 December 1831, valued at 163 pounds by Robert McLeod and Robert Sharp.
The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.
Loyalist Families, Cleadie B. Barnett & Elizabeth S. Sewell. Loyalist Bi-Centennial Project for Fredericton Branch of U.E.L. Assoc. of Canada. 1983.
Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Old Fenwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. FAG Memorial # 129847436.
Peter Parlee Sr. (m1 Unknown cir 1761; m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins cir 1772)
Pieter was baptised June 13 1736 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. Witnesses were Pieter Parliez and Marie Parliez.
He was located in Durham Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
Loyalist
He petitioned the British Governement for losses and services.
After suffering grievious persecutions and abuses he enlisted as a private
soldier in the British Army in April 1777 with the 2nd Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Col. Allen, and served there until the Battalion was disbanded. In April 1779 he was employed in the existing service and was taken prisoner and robbed of 40 pounds. In 1781 he was taken prisoner again and confined three months and was at the expense of a least 30 pounds. He was frequently employed in dangerous and arduous services. He appears to have served until October 24, 1783. He then went to New Brunswick, where he settled in Sussex, Kings Co. UEL. - United Empire Loyalist
Peter Parlee reg NJV2 b 13 Jun 1736 Bucks Co PA? d 1821-27 bur Sussex Kings? s/o Jean Perlier3rd & Abigail Jones. m Lydia Robbing (Robbins)
The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg 27
Peter Parlee Sr and Isaac Parler - Said to have been a different branch of Parlees from those who settled in the Dutch Valley. Both groups probably trace their decent from Peter, son of Jean Perlier of French origin and Abigail Jones who was baptized at the the Reformed Church of Richmond Staten Island, New York, June 13 1736.
This Peter brought with him six sons and one daughter, children of 2 marriages. He and an elder son Abraham received land on the north bank of the Salmon River where they farmed successfully for a number of years, finally selling their lots to John Roach and moving to the Head of Millstream. A long succession of Parlees has come from this family. Isaac Parlee drew land with in the area of the town of Sussex but may not have lived on it, as he settled in the Long Reach after his marriage to Polly Casey the little orphan girl brought up in the home of George Leonard. Dissatisfied with the stony farmland that he had received, Isaac moved to Millstream, carrying his infant child on his back while an Indian poled the boat which held Polly and their few household effects. Isaac died in 1831 in his 70th year, and Mary in 1848 at the age of 77. Their burial place is in the old cemetery on the Matthew Fenwick farm. They were parents of 3 sons and nime daughters and have many descendents living in Kings County. During her later life Mary Casey Parlee was welcomed into homes as a midwife or where ever there was illness. It is family legend that she took her feather bed, a cup and saucer and a silver-spoon with her on these missions.
Loyalist Lineages of Canada, The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Toronto Branch, 234 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 601, Toronto Ontario M4P 1K5, 1991
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY. Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. IV, Staten Island Chruch Records 1909. (p. 48)
The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg. 27.
Rootsweb, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, Genealogical Resources. NYRICHMO GenWeb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/misc/rdc_pr_baptisms.html
From website of Robert L. Billard, at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/vital_statistics.htm
FamilySearch.org. New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962. Indexing Project C50318-1. GS film # 476226. Accessed August 25, 2015. Birth of Pieter Parliez, June 13, 1736. Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. Parents Jean Perliez and Abigail Jones.
The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.
Jean Perlier 3rd (m Abigail Jones June 13, 1734)
Perlier, Parlie, Parliez.
Baptised at L'Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, by the minister Monsieur Peiret. Godfather Pierre Rezeau, godmother Marye Rezeau.
He married Abigail Jones prior to 1736. After 1736 they moved to New Jersey.
Registers of the births, marriages and deaths of the Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, from 1688 to 1804, edited by Rev. Alfred V. Wittmeyer, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1968. (p.96)
Jean Perlier 2nd (m Anne Rezeau Dec. 25, 1696)
He came to the New World in 1686 with his mother and brother and settled on Staten Island. Jean was declared a freeman of New York in 1695.
A John Parlner was endenized by oath taken Dec. 6, 1695. Denization 25 Nov. 1695.
Jean's occupation was carpenter.
He served in the French Indian War in 1711 and in the South Company of the local militia in 1715.
His will was probated October 28, 1723.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Perle, of Staten Island, being sick. I leave to my wife all my estate, real and personal, during her widowhood. I leave to my son John all my carpenter tools. If it is necessary to pay debts, my wife shall sell the salt meadow that I bought of Jerome Deslin. I leave to my sons, John, Peter, and Abraham, all my lands and Plantation. I leave all my movable estate to my six daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Esther, and Martha. My sons shall pay to their sisters, 100 pounds. I make my wife and beloved friend, John Le Counte, executors. Witnesses: Margaret Le Counte, Catharine Jandine, William Hillyer. (Not proved)
(Patent - Manuscripts in the Manuscript Division, New York State Library, 6:551)
Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York, by Kenneth Scott & Kenn Stryker-Rodda, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1975
Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1902. Unrecorded Wills, p. 90. New York Abstracts of Wills 1665-1801, Heritage Books, Inc., CD-ROM. Nyhsw 011:0090.
Staten Island and It's People 1609-1929, by Leng and Davis, pgs. 145, 935.Death.
Register of Ancestors, by The National Huguenot Society, 1975,p. 267.
Huguenot Ancestors Documented by the Huguenot Society of New Jersey, complied by Glenna See Hill, The Society, 1975.
Documents Relating to Descendants of Jean Perlier (ca 1670-1723). NYGBS Manuscript: File 1 (P4215).
Huguenot Emigration to America, Baird, Vol. 2, p. 292.
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Record, Vol. 70, p. 236, 359; Vol 71, p. 51.
World Connect websites
Jean Perlier (m Marie Arnaud Nov. 27, 1667)
Occupation: Ships Pilot. Vital Records from the Archives of the Dept. of Charente - Maritime Provence of Saintonge, France. Jean Perlier was a Hugenot of La Tremblade, on the Western coast of France. Jean seems to have met an untimely death probably in France.
Bulletin, Societe de L'Histoire du Protestantisme Francais, Janvier - Mars 1916. P. 66-70.
This document suggests that Jean Perlier, pilote, was one of 15 protestants arrested in 1685 by force by the dragonnades. The trial took place in 1699-1700 and most of them received fines. Jean Perlier was fined deux mil livres.
This could be why Jean did not accompany hs wife to the new world. He probably met an untimely death in France. His "widow" Marie probably knew she would never see her husband again, so remarried to protect her chlidren.
World Connect websites
Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html
Some of the information on Peter Parlee does not match what I have been able to find.
He married Mary Polly Casey [orphan] July 5, 1789 in Sussex Vale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
4. Hannah Catherine Parlee (b July 31, 1841) - Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m James C Allen)
5. John Casey Parlee (b March 4, 1816) - Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Margaret Folkins)
*6. Isaac Parlee (b May 28, 1762) - New Jersey (m Mary Polly Casey)
7. Peter Parlee Sr. (b June 13, 1736) - Fresh Kill, Richmond, Staten Island, New York (m1 Unknown: m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins)
8. Jean Parlier 3rd (b Sept. 5, 1703) - Kings Co., New York (m Abigail Jones)
9. Jean Parlier 2nd (b Oct. 16, 1669) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Anne Rezeau)
10. Jean Parlier (b cir 1640) - La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, France (m Marie Arnaud)
Sources:
Hannah Catherine Parlee (m James C Allen July 17, 1856)
At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872, where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert, Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughter died, she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown. No known gravestone.
Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.
The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.
1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51. LAC mf C-995.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia East 11. p. 22. LAC mf T-18358.
1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia 207. Sub-Dist. 16. p. 1. LAC mf 20450.
1921 Census of Canada. Ontario. Victoria 135. Snowdon Twp 38. P. 6. Folder 93.
Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_427. Timiskaming District. Ingram Twp. June 24, 1931. Reg. # 032905. Age 89. B New Brunswick. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.
John Casey Parlee (m Margaret Folkins Aug. 1, 1839)
Moved to Burford Twp. concession 9 lot 13, Brant Co., Ontario in 1852.
Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township. John C Parlee signed declarations dated Dec 16, 1872 at Burford Township, Brant Co., saying he had not received other free grants of land. The document makes his date of location on Con. 7 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Dec 19, 1872.
Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. J.C. Parlee lot 2 conc 7 McLean Twp.
Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html
1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51. LAC mf C-995.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Brant Co. (113). Burford Twp. (3). p. 93. LAC mf C-1009.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. Brant South 15. Brantford West. 02 c. P. 3. LAC mf C-9914.
In 1874 he was in McLean Twp, Muskoka and witnessed the death of his son.
1881 Canadian Census. Ontario. Muskoka (131). Ridout & McLean (K). p. 15. LAC mf C-13243.
Buried Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Ontario.
Isaac Parlee (m Mary Polly Casey July 5, 1789)
He came from Bucks Co., Pennsylvania and settled on Long Reach of the Saint John River, Kings Co. Mary was born in Dublin, Ireland. They were married at Sussex Vale, Kings Co. by Rev. James Scovil, on July 5, 1789. By 1790 they lived in Kings Co., Studholm Parish, Millstream. In 1832 his will was intestate, with administration of such being granted to Mary on March 6, 1832. Buried in the Old Berwick Cemetery, Millstream, Studholme Parish, Kings County New Brunswick, according to Gone but not Forgotten.
Inscription reads:
In memory of Isaac Parlee died Nov 1 1831 in the 70th year of his age. Also his wife Mary died 7 Sept 1848 aged 77 years (note that the date of death is 1 on the tomb stone but 11 in the Kipp file)
Probate records
Millstream, Kings Co. Intestate. Administration granted 6 March 1832 to Mary Parlee and Samuel Sharp of Kings County. Inventory dated 26 December 1831, valued at 163 pounds by Robert McLeod and Robert Sharp.
The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.
Loyalist Families, Cleadie B. Barnett & Elizabeth S. Sewell. Loyalist Bi-Centennial Project for Fredericton Branch of U.E.L. Assoc. of Canada. 1983.
Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Old Fenwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. FAG Memorial # 129847436.
Peter Parlee Sr. (m1 Unknown cir 1761; m2 Lydia Robbing\Robbins cir 1772)
Pieter was baptised June 13 1736 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. Witnesses were Pieter Parliez and Marie Parliez.
He was located in Durham Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
Loyalist
He petitioned the British Governement for losses and services.
After suffering grievious persecutions and abuses he enlisted as a private
soldier in the British Army in April 1777 with the 2nd Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Col. Allen, and served there until the Battalion was disbanded. In April 1779 he was employed in the existing service and was taken prisoner and robbed of 40 pounds. In 1781 he was taken prisoner again and confined three months and was at the expense of a least 30 pounds. He was frequently employed in dangerous and arduous services. He appears to have served until October 24, 1783. He then went to New Brunswick, where he settled in Sussex, Kings Co. UEL. - United Empire Loyalist
Peter Parlee reg NJV2 b 13 Jun 1736 Bucks Co PA? d 1821-27 bur Sussex Kings? s/o Jean Perlier3rd & Abigail Jones. m Lydia Robbing (Robbins)
The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg 27
Peter Parlee Sr and Isaac Parler - Said to have been a different branch of Parlees from those who settled in the Dutch Valley. Both groups probably trace their decent from Peter, son of Jean Perlier of French origin and Abigail Jones who was baptized at the the Reformed Church of Richmond Staten Island, New York, June 13 1736.
This Peter brought with him six sons and one daughter, children of 2 marriages. He and an elder son Abraham received land on the north bank of the Salmon River where they farmed successfully for a number of years, finally selling their lots to John Roach and moving to the Head of Millstream. A long succession of Parlees has come from this family. Isaac Parlee drew land with in the area of the town of Sussex but may not have lived on it, as he settled in the Long Reach after his marriage to Polly Casey the little orphan girl brought up in the home of George Leonard. Dissatisfied with the stony farmland that he had received, Isaac moved to Millstream, carrying his infant child on his back while an Indian poled the boat which held Polly and their few household effects. Isaac died in 1831 in his 70th year, and Mary in 1848 at the age of 77. Their burial place is in the old cemetery on the Matthew Fenwick farm. They were parents of 3 sons and nime daughters and have many descendents living in Kings County. During her later life Mary Casey Parlee was welcomed into homes as a midwife or where ever there was illness. It is family legend that she took her feather bed, a cup and saucer and a silver-spoon with her on these missions.
Loyalist Lineages of Canada, The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Toronto Branch, 234 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 601, Toronto Ontario M4P 1K5, 1991
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY. Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. IV, Staten Island Chruch Records 1909. (p. 48)
The Story of Sussex and Vicinity, by Grace Aiton. Pg. 27.
Rootsweb, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, Genealogical Resources. NYRICHMO GenWeb. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/misc/rdc_pr_baptisms.html
From website of Robert L. Billard, at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/vital_statistics.htm
FamilySearch.org. New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962. Indexing Project C50318-1. GS film # 476226. Accessed August 25, 2015. Birth of Pieter Parliez, June 13, 1736. Dutch Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. Parents Jean Perliez and Abigail Jones.
The New Loyalist Index, by Paul J. Bunnell A.G., U.E. Heritage Books, Inc. 1989.
Jean Perlier 3rd (m Abigail Jones June 13, 1734)
Perlier, Parlie, Parliez.
Baptised at L'Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, by the minister Monsieur Peiret. Godfather Pierre Rezeau, godmother Marye Rezeau.
He married Abigail Jones prior to 1736. After 1736 they moved to New Jersey.
Registers of the births, marriages and deaths of the Eglise francoise a la Nouvelle York, from 1688 to 1804, edited by Rev. Alfred V. Wittmeyer, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1968. (p.96)
Jean Perlier 2nd (m Anne Rezeau Dec. 25, 1696)
He came to the New World in 1686 with his mother and brother and settled on Staten Island. Jean was declared a freeman of New York in 1695.
A John Parlner was endenized by oath taken Dec. 6, 1695. Denization 25 Nov. 1695.
Jean's occupation was carpenter.
He served in the French Indian War in 1711 and in the South Company of the local militia in 1715.
His will was probated October 28, 1723.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Perle, of Staten Island, being sick. I leave to my wife all my estate, real and personal, during her widowhood. I leave to my son John all my carpenter tools. If it is necessary to pay debts, my wife shall sell the salt meadow that I bought of Jerome Deslin. I leave to my sons, John, Peter, and Abraham, all my lands and Plantation. I leave all my movable estate to my six daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Esther, and Martha. My sons shall pay to their sisters, 100 pounds. I make my wife and beloved friend, John Le Counte, executors. Witnesses: Margaret Le Counte, Catharine Jandine, William Hillyer. (Not proved)
(Patent - Manuscripts in the Manuscript Division, New York State Library, 6:551)
Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York, by Kenneth Scott & Kenn Stryker-Rodda, GPC, Baltimore:MD, 1975
Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1902. Unrecorded Wills, p. 90. New York Abstracts of Wills 1665-1801, Heritage Books, Inc., CD-ROM. Nyhsw 011:0090.
Staten Island and It's People 1609-1929, by Leng and Davis, pgs. 145, 935.Death.
Register of Ancestors, by The National Huguenot Society, 1975,p. 267.
Huguenot Ancestors Documented by the Huguenot Society of New Jersey, complied by Glenna See Hill, The Society, 1975.
Documents Relating to Descendants of Jean Perlier (ca 1670-1723). NYGBS Manuscript: File 1 (P4215).
Huguenot Emigration to America, Baird, Vol. 2, p. 292.
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Record, Vol. 70, p. 236, 359; Vol 71, p. 51.
World Connect websites
Jean Perlier (m Marie Arnaud Nov. 27, 1667)
Occupation: Ships Pilot. Vital Records from the Archives of the Dept. of Charente - Maritime Provence of Saintonge, France. Jean Perlier was a Hugenot of La Tremblade, on the Western coast of France. Jean seems to have met an untimely death probably in France.
Bulletin, Societe de L'Histoire du Protestantisme Francais, Janvier - Mars 1916. P. 66-70.
This document suggests that Jean Perlier, pilote, was one of 15 protestants arrested in 1685 by force by the dragonnades. The trial took place in 1699-1700 and most of them received fines. Jean Perlier was fined deux mil livres.
This could be why Jean did not accompany hs wife to the new world. He probably met an untimely death in France. His "widow" Marie probably knew she would never see her husband again, so remarried to protect her chlidren.
World Connect websites
Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html
Some of the information on Peter Parlee does not match what I have been able to find.
Monday, August 3, 2015
World Connect Databases
I would like to remind everyone that my databases, including sources and references where I have them, are all available on World Connect.
Families of Isaac Kipp & Mathes Link
In the "jump to a specific database" field type - kipp_link
Use the index to find who you are interested in.
This file includes:
The Descendants of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed of New York and Oxford County, Ontario.
The Descendants of Mathes Linck and Maria Magdalena Krafft of Germany, New York and Upper Canada.
The file also includes many cousins from New Amsterdam (New York), New Jersey and New England.
My Loyalist connections are included.
The Kip/Kipp Family of New Amsterdam (New York)
In the "jump to a specific database" field type - edwkipp8
Use the index to find who you are interested in.
The Hendricksen (Kip) family emigrated to New Amsterdam (now New York) between 1637 & 1643 from Holland where they had lived for several generations.
My website
www.kipp-blake-families.ca
My Blog
americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/
If you have any additions or corrections to anything I have posted please contact me at ekipp@rogers.com.
Regards
Edward
Families of Isaac Kipp & Mathes Link
In the "jump to a specific database" field type - kipp_link
Use the index to find who you are interested in.
This file includes:
The Descendants of Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed of New York and Oxford County, Ontario.
The Descendants of Mathes Linck and Maria Magdalena Krafft of Germany, New York and Upper Canada.
The file also includes many cousins from New Amsterdam (New York), New Jersey and New England.
My Loyalist connections are included.
The Kip/Kipp Family of New Amsterdam (New York)
In the "jump to a specific database" field type - edwkipp8
Use the index to find who you are interested in.
The Hendricksen (Kip) family emigrated to New Amsterdam (now New York) between 1637 & 1643 from Holland where they had lived for several generations.
My website
www.kipp-blake-families.ca
My Blog
americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/
If you have any additions or corrections to anything I have posted please contact me at ekipp@rogers.com.
Regards
Edward
Monday, June 8, 2015
Mary Baker Smith (cir 1789-aft 1871) - a 3 x Great grandmother
Mary Baker Smith (cir 1789-aft 1871)
Mary Baker Smith, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was probably born cir 1789 in New Jersey. Died after 1871,Ontario, Canada.
She married David Hotrum March 18, 1812 in Upper Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West (m William Henry Link)
5. Eliza Jane Hotrum (b Feb. 22, 1831) - Upper Canada (m Horace Rathbun)
6. Mary Baker Smith (b cir 1789) - probably New Jersey (m David Hotrum)
7. Henry Smith (m Elizabeth Baker)
Sources:
I have searched and have found very little about Mary or her parents.
She does appear on the 1851 and 1871 Canadian Census.
I have not found David and Mary on the 1861 Canadian Census.
See the post on her husband David Hotrum.
Mary Baker Smith, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was probably born cir 1789 in New Jersey. Died after 1871,Ontario, Canada.
She married David Hotrum March 18, 1812 in Upper Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West (m William Henry Link)
5. Eliza Jane Hotrum (b Feb. 22, 1831) - Upper Canada (m Horace Rathbun)
6. Mary Baker Smith (b cir 1789) - probably New Jersey (m David Hotrum)
7. Henry Smith (m Elizabeth Baker)
Sources:
I have searched and have found very little about Mary or her parents.
She does appear on the 1851 and 1871 Canadian Census.
I have not found David and Mary on the 1861 Canadian Census.
See the post on her husband David Hotrum.
Monday, May 25, 2015
David Hotrum (cir 1789-bef 1871) - a 3X Great Grandfather
David Hotrum (cir 1789-bef 1871)
David Hotrum, one of my 3 x great grandfathers was born cir 1789 in Morris County, New Jersey. Died before 1871, Ontario, Canada.
He married Mary Baker Smith March 18, 1812 in Upper Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West (m William Henry Link)
5. Eliza Jane Hotrum (b Feb. 22, 1831) - Upper Canada (m Horace Rathbun)
6. David Hotrum (b cir 1789) - Morris County, New Jersey (m Mary Baker Smith)
7. Conrad Hotrum/Hotterham (b bef 1765) - probably New Jersey but perhaps Germany (m Catherina Jons)
According to the Upper Canada Land Petition of David Hotrum, the Hotrum family was in Upper Canada by 1793. The petition provides his birth year and that he was born in Morris County, New Jersey.
In considering David's father Conrad, his Land Petition gives his surname as Hotterham.
A later petition of David Kern tells us that Conrad died before Dec. 2, 1802.
The Hotrum family probably traveled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to Barton Township. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
They received land in Barton Township, which early on became part of Hamilton in the County of Wentworth.
They also appear in various records of Glanford Township.
Sources:
Eliza Jane Hotrum (m Horace Rathbun)
Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario
Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911.
House on the Burford Twp., townline lot 12 between the 5th and 6th: GPS N 43.11070 W -80.50050
Torn down between 2000 and 2010 to make way for a Ginsing farm. I have photos of the house.
Find A Grave Memorial # 49971487.
Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario. Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735
David Hotrum (m Mary Baker Smith)
Rootsweb World Connect: Craig Rice craig.rice@comcast.net
Rootsweb World Connect: Ron Cox roncox@videotron.ca
Barton Township, Ontario, former name for a portion of Hamilton, Ontario.
Arrived in Upper Canada with his father in 1793.
Received land Dec. 7, 1811, Lot 18 Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada.
Received land June 23, 1814, Lot 19, Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada.
Glanford Twp. Wentworth County Assessment 1818.
Received land Nov. 12, 1822, NE half of Lot 14, Con. 5, Caledon Twp., York Co., Home District, Upper Canada.
LAC mf # MS-700 Reel 1. Dist. 10. Glanford Twp. Census 1825 (Hobrun?) Hotrum David: M 0-16 1; M16+ 1; F 0-16 5; F 16+ 0 ? http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4788-1.html
Glanford Twp. Wentworth County Census 1842.
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2047, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 227. Petitions H. Bundle 11. Starts p. 245. No. 13. P. 325-28. David Hotrum, Twp. of Barton, District of Niagara, born Morris County, New Jersey, age 22 and has resided in the Province 16 years. Dated York March 18, 1812.
Upper Canada: War of 1812 Losses Claims. RG 19 E 5 (a) Vol 3746 File 1. LAC mf T-1129. P. 1404-1408. David Hotrum. Claim #425. Dated September 12, 1815.
Joined church April 8, 1832, Old Barton, Mohawk St. W., Hamilton, Upper Canada.
1851 Census of Canada. Canada West, Wentworth 41. Barton. Sub-dist. 391. P. 43, LAC mf C-11758.
Conrad Hotrum/Hotterham (m Catherina Jons)
Family name spelled Hatterim, Hartram, Hatrum, Haderim, Hotherham. Hatrum. Hartrum. Hotterham.
Maybe: Birth 28 Jan 1763 in Salz-Solden, Schluechtern, Hessen-Nassau, Preussen, Germany?
Married: June 10, 1784, Zion Lutheran Church, New Germantown (Oldwick), Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.
Moved to Canada about 1793.
Barton Township, Ontario, former name for a portion of Hamilton, Ontario
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2042, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 222a, File H (Starts p. 877). Bundle 1. No.10. Petition of Conrad Hotterham, lot 10, Con. 8. Barton Twp. P. 900/901. Aug. 13/14, 1795.
Received land May 24, 1798, Lot 7 Con. 6 & Lot 17 Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2117, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 269, File K Bundle 6. No. 4. (Starts p. 320). P. 333-335. David Kern, petitions for land previously occupied by Conrad Hotram, deceased. Dated York Dec. 6, 1802. Lot 17 Con. 8. Barton Twp.
Rootsweb World Connect Project: Craig Rice craig.rice@comcast.net
Rootsweb World Connect: Ron Cox roncox@videotron.ca
David Naylor, naylor@unforgettable.com
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hotrum/160.htm
David Hotrum, one of my 3 x great grandfathers was born cir 1789 in Morris County, New Jersey. Died before 1871, Ontario, Canada.
He married Mary Baker Smith March 18, 1812 in Upper Canada.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West (m William Henry Link)
5. Eliza Jane Hotrum (b Feb. 22, 1831) - Upper Canada (m Horace Rathbun)
6. David Hotrum (b cir 1789) - Morris County, New Jersey (m Mary Baker Smith)
7. Conrad Hotrum/Hotterham (b bef 1765) - probably New Jersey but perhaps Germany (m Catherina Jons)
According to the Upper Canada Land Petition of David Hotrum, the Hotrum family was in Upper Canada by 1793. The petition provides his birth year and that he was born in Morris County, New Jersey.
In considering David's father Conrad, his Land Petition gives his surname as Hotterham.
A later petition of David Kern tells us that Conrad died before Dec. 2, 1802.
The Hotrum family probably traveled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to Barton Township. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
They received land in Barton Township, which early on became part of Hamilton in the County of Wentworth.
They also appear in various records of Glanford Township.
Sources:
Eliza Jane Hotrum (m Horace Rathbun)
Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario
Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911.
House on the Burford Twp., townline lot 12 between the 5th and 6th: GPS N 43.11070 W -80.50050
Torn down between 2000 and 2010 to make way for a Ginsing farm. I have photos of the house.
Find A Grave Memorial # 49971487.
Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario. Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735
David Hotrum (m Mary Baker Smith)
Rootsweb World Connect: Craig Rice craig.rice@comcast.net
Rootsweb World Connect: Ron Cox roncox@videotron.ca
Barton Township, Ontario, former name for a portion of Hamilton, Ontario.
Arrived in Upper Canada with his father in 1793.
Received land Dec. 7, 1811, Lot 18 Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada.
Received land June 23, 1814, Lot 19, Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada.
Glanford Twp. Wentworth County Assessment 1818.
Received land Nov. 12, 1822, NE half of Lot 14, Con. 5, Caledon Twp., York Co., Home District, Upper Canada.
LAC mf # MS-700 Reel 1. Dist. 10. Glanford Twp. Census 1825 (Hobrun?) Hotrum David: M 0-16 1; M16+ 1; F 0-16 5; F 16+ 0 ? http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/pre1851/4788-1.html
Glanford Twp. Wentworth County Census 1842.
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2047, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 227. Petitions H. Bundle 11. Starts p. 245. No. 13. P. 325-28. David Hotrum, Twp. of Barton, District of Niagara, born Morris County, New Jersey, age 22 and has resided in the Province 16 years. Dated York March 18, 1812.
Upper Canada: War of 1812 Losses Claims. RG 19 E 5 (a) Vol 3746 File 1. LAC mf T-1129. P. 1404-1408. David Hotrum. Claim #425. Dated September 12, 1815.
Joined church April 8, 1832, Old Barton, Mohawk St. W., Hamilton, Upper Canada.
1851 Census of Canada. Canada West, Wentworth 41. Barton. Sub-dist. 391. P. 43, LAC mf C-11758.
Conrad Hotrum/Hotterham (m Catherina Jons)
Family name spelled Hatterim, Hartram, Hatrum, Haderim, Hotherham. Hatrum. Hartrum. Hotterham.
Maybe: Birth 28 Jan 1763 in Salz-Solden, Schluechtern, Hessen-Nassau, Preussen, Germany?
Married: June 10, 1784, Zion Lutheran Church, New Germantown (Oldwick), Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.
Moved to Canada about 1793.
Barton Township, Ontario, former name for a portion of Hamilton, Ontario
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2042, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 222a, File H (Starts p. 877). Bundle 1. No.10. Petition of Conrad Hotterham, lot 10, Con. 8. Barton Twp. P. 900/901. Aug. 13/14, 1795.
Received land May 24, 1798, Lot 7 Con. 6 & Lot 17 Con. 8, Barton Twp., Upper Canada
Upper Canada Land Petitions, Library and Archives Canada, C-2117, RG 1, L 3, Vol. 269, File K Bundle 6. No. 4. (Starts p. 320). P. 333-335. David Kern, petitions for land previously occupied by Conrad Hotram, deceased. Dated York Dec. 6, 1802. Lot 17 Con. 8. Barton Twp.
Rootsweb World Connect Project: Craig Rice craig.rice@comcast.net
Rootsweb World Connect: Ron Cox roncox@videotron.ca
David Naylor, naylor@unforgettable.com
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hotrum/160.htm
Friday, May 15, 2015
Mary Beamer (Cir 1770 - Bef 1851) - a 3 x Great-grandmother
Mary Beamer (Cir 1770 - Bef 1851)
Mary Beamer, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born cir 1770 in New Jersey. Died before 1851 in Canada West.
Mary Beamer married Noah Force about 1787, Sussex County, New Jersey.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Mary Beamer (b cir 1770) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Noah Force)
7. Henry Beamer (b cir 1730) - Netherlands (m Lena Blenkenberg)
The Beamer family probably traveled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Sources:
For documentation on Henry Beamer see my blog posting on Henry.
I do not have a lot of source information on Mary.
Mary Beamer, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born cir 1770 in New Jersey. Died before 1851 in Canada West.
Mary Beamer married Noah Force about 1787, Sussex County, New Jersey.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Mary Beamer (b cir 1770) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Noah Force)
7. Henry Beamer (b cir 1730) - Netherlands (m Lena Blenkenberg)
The Beamer family probably traveled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Sources:
For documentation on Henry Beamer see my blog posting on Henry.
I do not have a lot of source information on Mary.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Henry Beamer (Cir 1730 - 1833) - a 4 x Great-grandfather
Henry Beamer (Cir 1730 - 1833)
Henry Beamer, one of my 4 x great-grandfathers was born cir 1730 in the Netherlands. Died 1833 in Upper Canada.
Henry Beamer married Lena Blenkenberg about 1752, Sussex County, New Jersey.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Mary Beamer (b cir 1770) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Noah Force)
7. Henry Beamer (b cir 1730) - Netherlands (m Lena Blenkenberg)
The Beamer family probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Additional research is still ongoing into the land records of Lots 11, 12 and 13 concessions 3 and 4 of Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, around Forces Corners or Woodbury. The land records (copy books) for Burford Township are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
Beamer Lore:
From the booklet "Beamer Lore" compiled in 1928 by Miss Nancy Beamer, historian for the Beamer family of Louth Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada. The booklet was compiled to present to family members attending the Beamer family reunion which at that time was held annually in Niagara, Southern Ontario.
As the title indicates, this is "Lore". Much of it cannot be authenticated.
Pioneer settler in Louth Twp.,Lincoln County,Henry Beamer was born in Holland, about the year 1730. His father, Benjamin, a millwright by trade, and an officer in the army, resided on the river Rhine. He had a large family. In those days each son was obliged to serve seven years in the army.Tto escape this rigorous system many young men left their native land and came to America to seek their fortune.
Henry Beamer was one of them. It is said that he applied to his father for money to pay his passage, but his request was refused. Apart from any other consideration, it would have been a serious offense for any army officer to assist his own son to escape. Left to his own resources, Henry with seventeen other lads, made an agreement with the Captain of a vessel about to sail. They were about six months reaching New York, then called New Amsterdam, and on their arrival the Captain sold the boys for three years to pay for their passage. About 1752, Henry married and settled in Sussex, the most north-westerly county in New Jersey. It is not positively known what his wife's name was, but in the baptismal records of the old Dutch Reformed Church of Mahackamack, under date May 29, 1766, this entry appears: Sarah, daughter of Hendrick Beemer and Lena Blenkenberg, baptized. In all Canadian records Henry's name is spelled with "ea" not "ee" as in this entry; but the fact that Henry had a daughter Lena, that her second marriage is recorded in this same church, that the names "Sarah" and "Lena" appear frequently in succeeding generations, that the date fits into Henry's history, and that the spelling of his first name bespeaks recent arrival from the old land, and that no record this "Hendrick" having remained in USA has been found, all seem to point to him as being the "Henry" who came to Louth.
Henry Beamer had lived in America over thirty years, and was the father of sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters, when he "pulled up stakes" and again "took the toilsome road of exile", as did so many other Loyalists after the American Revolution. For six weeks they plodded on Pennsylvania wagons. The year of his arrival in Canada is uncertain**, but his son Adam, born in 1774, was but a small boy when the journey was made, and the weary miles he trudged through the woods left a lasting impression on the little fellow. Evidently some of the older children, who were married, came later at intervals. History informs us that between the years 1783 and 1792 the influx of Loyalists by way of Niagara was so great that the surveyors could not lay out land fast enough to accommodate the exiles seeking new homes.
{Donna Cole, year 2000}
No grants of land were made in Louth Twp. previous to 1795. Those who came before the land was surveyed settled where they chose.
Henry's first location was somewhere in the "Smoky Hollow" section of Louth, which proved an undesirable locality. In 1804 he obtained a grant of one hundred acres on the top of the "mountain", and in 1808 another hundred acre grant lying between the properties already granted to, or bought by his sons (Christopher and Adam).
The following sources are in more or less chronological order and tell a story.
Sources:
1) Library and Archives Canada, RG4, A1, Vol 34 from Civil and Provincial Secretary Lower Canada "S Series"
Heritage.Canadiana.ca mf C-3002. Pages 636-638 or 11012-11014. The following regarding a convoy of 48 families mostly from Sussex County, New Jersey, who starting in the winter of 1786-87, arrived at Niagara in the summer of 1787.
"Return of Families who have this season come into the Settlement of Niagara & who have not taken the oaths". Date: Sept. 17, 1787. R Hamilton.
Name -Henry Beamer; From -Jersey; Age -55; Women -1; Sons -5; Daughters -3; Servants -0; Horses -4; Cows -2
Character -Well recommended for Loyalty & Morality - personally known to several old settlers.
2) Land Board District of Home, Province of Quebec. Brock University Special Collections, St. Catharines, Ontario.
MF. May 3, 1794. Henry Beamer granted the North half of the lots No. 11 & 12, 8 Concession in the Township of No. four in the District of Home containing one hundred and forty acres. D W Smith, Acting Surveyor.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 27, 28, 29, 30..
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A14. Original by Augustus Jones, October 25, 1791. Henry Beamer located on Con. 8 lot 14 and Con. 4 lot 3 & 4.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A15. Belonged to the Land Board of Lincoln. Undated D W Smith [1795?] Henry Beamer located on Con. 8 lot 11 & 14 and Con 4 lots 3, 4 & 5
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A16. [Dated] 25 January 1812 - Thos Ridout. Henry Beamer located on Co. 8 lots 11, 12 & 14.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Henry Beamer located on Con. 7 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Lincoln County Abstract Index Louth Township. Brock University Special Collections, St. Catharines, Ontario.
MF. Con. 8 lot 14 Feby 12, 1816 Henry Beamer. Sold to Abner DeCow March 6, 1816; Con. 7 lot 14 May 16, 1815 Henry Beamer. Sold to Samuel Heaslip et ux April 11 1820.
5) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 175. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Sr (Burford Township, London District) was claiming the loss of 1 horse Amount of Claim pds 25 0 0 Written documents: An Affidavite of Christopher and Philip Beamer (4 May 1815) that the claim is true and the charge reasinable. 2. An certificate of Wm Robertson (20 April 1815) that claimaint horse was propriated? by Government and never returned. Allowed pds 15 0 0.
6) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Snr 15 0 0.
7) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Snr. Amount Claimed 25 0 0 Amount allowed 15 0 0.
8) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17. No of Claim 475.
Henry Beamer Sr. Residence year 1801-1835. Correspondence Date May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amount Claimed Amount Allowed Twenty-Five Per cent
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
9) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 57.
Henry Beamer Sr Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amount Calcd by Commissioners 15 0 0. 25 percent 3 15. No of Account 475. No of Claim 78.
10) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 86.
Henry Beamer snr Date when paid April 8, 1825 Commissioners Assessm Prov Cury 15 0 0 Ten Per Cent Prov Cury 1 10 0 Signature Henry Beamer Snr Attys Signature G Clark.
11) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 123.
Henry Beamer snr Date when paid [Blank] Commissioners Award Currency 15 0 0 33 1/3 Per Cent Currency 5 0 0 Signature [Blank] Attorneys Signature [Blank].
12) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
13) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. No headstone.
14) Knights of Owasco N.Y. and beyond:Information about Henry Beamer
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/n/i/Brian-J-Knight/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0673.html
15) Stray McKissen Shelter: Information about Henry Beamer
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/c/k/Paul-E-Mckissen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0145.html
Henry Beamer, one of my 4 x great-grandfathers was born cir 1730 in the Netherlands. Died 1833 in Upper Canada.
Henry Beamer married Lena Blenkenberg about 1752, Sussex County, New Jersey.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Mary Beamer (b cir 1770) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Noah Force)
7. Henry Beamer (b cir 1730) - Netherlands (m Lena Blenkenberg)
The Beamer family probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Additional research is still ongoing into the land records of Lots 11, 12 and 13 concessions 3 and 4 of Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, around Forces Corners or Woodbury. The land records (copy books) for Burford Township are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
Beamer Lore:
From the booklet "Beamer Lore" compiled in 1928 by Miss Nancy Beamer, historian for the Beamer family of Louth Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada. The booklet was compiled to present to family members attending the Beamer family reunion which at that time was held annually in Niagara, Southern Ontario.
As the title indicates, this is "Lore". Much of it cannot be authenticated.
Pioneer settler in Louth Twp.,Lincoln County,Henry Beamer was born in Holland, about the year 1730. His father, Benjamin, a millwright by trade, and an officer in the army, resided on the river Rhine. He had a large family. In those days each son was obliged to serve seven years in the army.Tto escape this rigorous system many young men left their native land and came to America to seek their fortune.
Henry Beamer was one of them. It is said that he applied to his father for money to pay his passage, but his request was refused. Apart from any other consideration, it would have been a serious offense for any army officer to assist his own son to escape. Left to his own resources, Henry with seventeen other lads, made an agreement with the Captain of a vessel about to sail. They were about six months reaching New York, then called New Amsterdam, and on their arrival the Captain sold the boys for three years to pay for their passage. About 1752, Henry married and settled in Sussex, the most north-westerly county in New Jersey. It is not positively known what his wife's name was, but in the baptismal records of the old Dutch Reformed Church of Mahackamack, under date May 29, 1766, this entry appears: Sarah, daughter of Hendrick Beemer and Lena Blenkenberg, baptized. In all Canadian records Henry's name is spelled with "ea" not "ee" as in this entry; but the fact that Henry had a daughter Lena, that her second marriage is recorded in this same church, that the names "Sarah" and "Lena" appear frequently in succeeding generations, that the date fits into Henry's history, and that the spelling of his first name bespeaks recent arrival from the old land, and that no record this "Hendrick" having remained in USA has been found, all seem to point to him as being the "Henry" who came to Louth.
Henry Beamer had lived in America over thirty years, and was the father of sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters, when he "pulled up stakes" and again "took the toilsome road of exile", as did so many other Loyalists after the American Revolution. For six weeks they plodded on Pennsylvania wagons. The year of his arrival in Canada is uncertain**, but his son Adam, born in 1774, was but a small boy when the journey was made, and the weary miles he trudged through the woods left a lasting impression on the little fellow. Evidently some of the older children, who were married, came later at intervals. History informs us that between the years 1783 and 1792 the influx of Loyalists by way of Niagara was so great that the surveyors could not lay out land fast enough to accommodate the exiles seeking new homes.
{Donna Cole, year 2000}
No grants of land were made in Louth Twp. previous to 1795. Those who came before the land was surveyed settled where they chose.
Henry's first location was somewhere in the "Smoky Hollow" section of Louth, which proved an undesirable locality. In 1804 he obtained a grant of one hundred acres on the top of the "mountain", and in 1808 another hundred acre grant lying between the properties already granted to, or bought by his sons (Christopher and Adam).
The following sources are in more or less chronological order and tell a story.
Sources:
1) Library and Archives Canada, RG4, A1, Vol 34 from Civil and Provincial Secretary Lower Canada "S Series"
Heritage.Canadiana.ca mf C-3002. Pages 636-638 or 11012-11014. The following regarding a convoy of 48 families mostly from Sussex County, New Jersey, who starting in the winter of 1786-87, arrived at Niagara in the summer of 1787.
"Return of Families who have this season come into the Settlement of Niagara & who have not taken the oaths". Date: Sept. 17, 1787. R Hamilton.
Name -Henry Beamer; From -Jersey; Age -55; Women -1; Sons -5; Daughters -3; Servants -0; Horses -4; Cows -2
Character -Well recommended for Loyalty & Morality - personally known to several old settlers.
2) Land Board District of Home, Province of Quebec. Brock University Special Collections, St. Catharines, Ontario.
MF. May 3, 1794. Henry Beamer granted the North half of the lots No. 11 & 12, 8 Concession in the Township of No. four in the District of Home containing one hundred and forty acres. D W Smith, Acting Surveyor.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 27, 28, 29, 30..
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A14. Original by Augustus Jones, October 25, 1791. Henry Beamer located on Con. 8 lot 14 and Con. 4 lot 3 & 4.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A15. Belonged to the Land Board of Lincoln. Undated D W Smith [1795?] Henry Beamer located on Con. 8 lot 11 & 14 and Con 4 lots 3, 4 & 5
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Map No. A16. [Dated] 25 January 1812 - Thos Ridout. Henry Beamer located on Co. 8 lots 11, 12 & 14.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Henry Beamer located on Con. 7 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Lincoln County Abstract Index Louth Township. Brock University Special Collections, St. Catharines, Ontario.
MF. Con. 8 lot 14 Feby 12, 1816 Henry Beamer. Sold to Abner DeCow March 6, 1816; Con. 7 lot 14 May 16, 1815 Henry Beamer. Sold to Samuel Heaslip et ux April 11 1820.
5) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 175. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Sr (Burford Township, London District) was claiming the loss of 1 horse Amount of Claim pds 25 0 0 Written documents: An Affidavite of Christopher and Philip Beamer (4 May 1815) that the claim is true and the charge reasinable. 2. An certificate of Wm Robertson (20 April 1815) that claimaint horse was propriated? by Government and never returned. Allowed pds 15 0 0.
6) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Snr 15 0 0.
7) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Claim # 475. Henry Beamer Snr. Amount Claimed 25 0 0 Amount allowed 15 0 0.
8) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17. No of Claim 475.
Henry Beamer Sr. Residence year 1801-1835. Correspondence Date May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amount Claimed Amount Allowed Twenty-Five Per cent
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
9) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 57.
Henry Beamer Sr Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amount Calcd by Commissioners 15 0 0. 25 percent 3 15. No of Account 475. No of Claim 78.
10) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 86.
Henry Beamer snr Date when paid April 8, 1825 Commissioners Assessm Prov Cury 15 0 0 Ten Per Cent Prov Cury 1 10 0 Signature Henry Beamer Snr Attys Signature G Clark.
11) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 123.
Henry Beamer snr Date when paid [Blank] Commissioners Award Currency 15 0 0 33 1/3 Per Cent Currency 5 0 0 Signature [Blank] Attorneys Signature [Blank].
12) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
13) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. No headstone.
14) Knights of Owasco N.Y. and beyond:Information about Henry Beamer
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/n/i/Brian-J-Knight/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0673.html
15) Stray McKissen Shelter: Information about Henry Beamer
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/c/k/Paul-E-Mckissen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0145.html
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Noah Force (Cir 1768 - Bef 1851) - a 3 x Great-grandfather
Noah Force (Cir 1768 - Bef 1851)
I posted most of this item on August 22, 2014, but decided to post again with some additional information.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Noah Force (b cir 1768) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Mary Beamer)
[Manning Force is a possible father of Noah, but proof is required.]
7. Manning Force (b cir 1730) - Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey (m Lucretia Winchell)
8. Obadiah Force (b cir 1691) - Gravesend, Long Island, New York (m Joanna Manning)
9. Thomas Force (b cir 1670) - Gravesend, Long Island, New York (m Hannah Smith?)
10. Matthew Force (b cir 1645) - Europe (m Elizabeth Palmer)
I have decided to include the parents of Noah Force as Manning Force and Lucretia Winchell. I am doing this for several reasons. They all came from New Jersey. Noah and Mary (Beamer) Force named one of their sons William Manning Force. Also, Obadiah Manning Force a son of Manning Force ended up settling in the same general area of Michigan as some of the descendants of Noah Force.
Please note that this still requires some proof.
The first mention we find of Noah Force is in New Jersey, where he is found on a 1793 tax list, Sussex County, Wantage Township. He is also listed on a militia list in 1793, same location. After discussion with local historians at the Mayholme Foundation, in St. Catharines, we may conclude that Noah came from New Jersey to Upper Canada between 1800 and 1813.
He probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey with his family, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Noah was settled in Louth Township, Upper Canada by mid 1813. He was listed on two Upper Canada Militia lists in Jacob Ball's 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia, dated April 20 to May 29, 1813 and Sept. 19 to 24, 1813. His name appears on a map of Grantham and Louth Township dated December 24, 1814. Checking the land records indicates that Noah did not own the land (Louth Township, conc. 8 lot 14). It was owned by Henry Beamer, his father-in-law.
The Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the Lake) by the American forces took place on December 10, 1813. It could be that Noah was somehow connected to Joseph Willcocks and his Canadian Volunteers, who wrecked vengeance on the people of the Niagara area in 1813. In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. Noah was taken prisoner on December 11, 1813, by Ensign Lewis. All prisoners were sent to the York Gaol to be tried in the court.
He appears on two Petitions of Confined Prisoners dated January 9, 1814 and February 14, 1814. He then appears on a List of Prisoners at York dated March 13, 1814. On all three of these lists he appears along with another prisoner named Levi Lawrence from Burford.
The Bloody Assize trial of 1814 took place starting May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada. The trial lasted until June 21, 1814. Of those held, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence were not on the lists of those found guilty or who specifically had there lands confiscated. The remaining prisoners were probably let go. I could not find a reference as to when all prisoners were discharged, but it was probably after the trial in 1814 and maybe even early 1815.
Noah Force appears on an 1824 voters list for Burford Township, Upper Canada, along with Levi Lawrence, Beamers and Kipps. So when he was in Gaol at York, he must have had discussions with Levi who persuaded him to move his family to Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada. The Forces were considered to be among the first settlers of Force's Corners or Woodbury, Ontario. [Just south of my hometown of Princeton, Ontario.]
The next interesting item about Noah is found in the War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A, Library and Archives Canada. Noah is claiming for the loss of 8 large hogs 3 goats and one bee hive. Date of Affidavits was January 11, 1816. Two claim summaries are found in the American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 on Ancestry.com. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England. Noah appears along with Henry Beamer Sr. and Levi Lawrence. They all made claims for losses that took place during the War of 1812. They all received some payment. For Noah the amount recommended was 22 12 6 33 1/3 p Cont. Currency paid out was 7 10 10 on March 7, 1834 to G W Whitehead attorney for Noah Force.
Noah appears in the Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties, 1875. Burford Township. Force, Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
We do not know exactly when Noah was born. Since he was on a tax list in 1793 he must have been at least 21, so he was probably born before 1772. We do not know when he died either, but we can suggest it was after 1845 and before 1851. He does not appear on the 1851 Census of Upper Canada.
I need to look at the land records (copy books) for Burford Township. They are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
William Force (William Manning son of Noah) appears on Burford, conc 3 lot 14 in a land transfer dated Aug. 31, 1839.
Thomas L Force (Thomas Lamport son of Noah) appears on Burford conc 4 lot 13 in a land transfer dated Nov. 23, 1872.
Sources:
1) New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890.
Noah Force, Wantage Twp., Sussex County, NJ. 1793 June Tax list.
2) New Jersey in 1793. An Abstract and Index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey, by James S Norton. Preface by Kenneth Richards. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1973.
Township of Wantage. A Noah Force is listed on page 296.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 30.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Noah Force is listed on Conc 8 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) mf T-10385. Available on the Heritage website of Canadiana.org. No Index. 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia Captain Jacob A Ball.
Muster Roll P. 697 (153) 20th April to 29th May 1813 [Noah Force and Rosiah Force]
Muster Roll P. 698 (154) 19th Sept. to 24th Sept. 1813 [Rosiah Force]
Force, Noah - Jas Ball's Co. - 47 in 1812 - Present Fort George (action).
He is not listed on the War of 1812 Lincoln Militia document prepared by David F Hemmings. Niagara Historical Society. 2012.
5) Register of Persons Connected with High Treason During the War of 1812-14, by Angela Files and Tess (Moore) Rowe. Brant County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. 1985. Publication #76-85-1.20. Original records in the Archives of Ontario. Christopher Beamer, Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed. [I could not find the original source in the Archives of Ontario.]
In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. All prisoners were sent to York to be tried in the court.
6) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 746 & 747. Pages 7747 & 7748. Petition of Confined Prisoners. January 9th, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
7) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4508. V 16. Images 537 & 538. Pages 6736 & 6737. Petition of Confined Prisoners. February 14, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
8) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 1059 & 1060. Pages 8056 & 8057. List of Prisoners at York, March 13, 1814.
Names Residence Where taken ? When By Whom & by Whose Authority
Noah Force Louth Louth 11 Dec [1813] Ens Lewis
Levi Lawrence Burford Burford 2 Nov [1813] Col Bostwick
9) The Bloody Assize of 1814. On May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada the trial of 19 men charged with treason began. The trail lasted until June 21, 1814. Of these, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. The remainder of the men were exiled. The other men in the list of Prisoners at York were probably let go. (Assize is an historical term referring to courts that periodically administered civil and criminal law)
10) Noah was discharged from the York Gaol July 15, 1814 or 15 - lack of evidence.
[Cannot find this reference.]
We did some searching in the Archives of Ontario but found no references to Noah.
Assize Minute Books RG 22-134 mf MS530 reel 2.
Court of Kings Bench Records of High Treason Trial of 1814. RG 22-143 mf MS7237.
11) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 83. Claim # 476.
Noah Force (Burford Township, London District) was claiming of the loss of 8 large hogs & 3 Goats Pds 22-5 one bee hive pds 1-10 Total claim pds 23-5-0.
Written documents: An Affidavite of Claimant (11 Jany 1816) that his claim is just and true for which he has never received and remuneration. 2. An Affidavit of Resiah and Noah Force (11 Jany 1816) that claim is fair and the charges moderate. Allowed pds 22 12 6.
12) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
13) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Amount. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
14) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17.
Noah Force. Residence year 1801-1835. May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amt claimed Amt Allowed Twenty-Five %
Lawrence, Levi 11 4 3 5 10 5 1 7 6
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
Force, Noah 23 15 10 22 12 6 5 13 1 1/2
15) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 62.
Noah Force Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amt cled by Commissioners 22 12 6. 25 percent 5 13 1/2. No of claim 476. No of ? 509.
16) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 129.
Noah Force Date of payment March 7, 1834 Commissioners Award Currency 22 12 6
33 1/3 P Cont. Currency 7 10 10 Signed Noah Force Attorney G W Whitehead [Burford area]
17) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
18) Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties. Published by Walker & Miles/Page & Smith. Toronto. 1876. 1875. P. 73. Burford Township. Force. Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
19) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer.
20) Elizabeth Force who married Benjamin Kipp
I have been thinking about Elizabeth Force for a while and considering who was her father.
As far as I knew there was nothing documenting who her father was. However, if we look at the children of Resiah Force we find there is a time slot between the birth of Charlotte in 1816 and John H in 1820 where Elizabeth Force would fit.
The birth date I have for her, March 19, 1818, came from the tombstone in the Princeton, Ontario Cemetery. I found a copy of a document I have on file, which came from Phyllis Davidge.
It is titled Birth Record of Resiah Force and Elizabeth Force and their children. Elizabeth is listed there.
21) Mayholme Foundation, 525 Ontario Street, St. Catharines, ON L2N 6P3. www.mayholme.ca
Additional sources:
Descendants of Matthew Force. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Vols. 1-7 [Dutchess Co., NY] Pp.305-330.
Force Family Clippings [1 folder; APT-F (Force)]. New York Public Library. Images 08OCT10 - 0424-0434.
Force Genealogy. Descendants of Mathew Force (b. ca. 1640-45) of Gravesend, Long Island. New York Public Library NYGB AZ Fam 09-139. EKImages 07OCT10 - 5626,5651-5685.
Additional research is still ongoing into the land records of Lots 11, 12 and 13 concessions 3 and 4 of Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, around Forces Corners or Woodbury.
I posted most of this item on August 22, 2014, but decided to post again with some additional information.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar. 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m Benjamin Kipp)
5. Resiah Force (b Feb. 12, 1788) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Elizabeth Schramm)
6. Noah Force (b cir 1768) - Sussex County, New Jersey (m Mary Beamer)
[Manning Force is a possible father of Noah, but proof is required.]
7. Manning Force (b cir 1730) - Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey (m Lucretia Winchell)
8. Obadiah Force (b cir 1691) - Gravesend, Long Island, New York (m Joanna Manning)
9. Thomas Force (b cir 1670) - Gravesend, Long Island, New York (m Hannah Smith?)
10. Matthew Force (b cir 1645) - Europe (m Elizabeth Palmer)
I have decided to include the parents of Noah Force as Manning Force and Lucretia Winchell. I am doing this for several reasons. They all came from New Jersey. Noah and Mary (Beamer) Force named one of their sons William Manning Force. Also, Obadiah Manning Force a son of Manning Force ended up settling in the same general area of Michigan as some of the descendants of Noah Force.
Please note that this still requires some proof.
The first mention we find of Noah Force is in New Jersey, where he is found on a 1793 tax list, Sussex County, Wantage Township. He is also listed on a militia list in 1793, same location. After discussion with local historians at the Mayholme Foundation, in St. Catharines, we may conclude that Noah came from New Jersey to Upper Canada between 1800 and 1813.
He probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey with his family, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Noah was settled in Louth Township, Upper Canada by mid 1813. He was listed on two Upper Canada Militia lists in Jacob Ball's 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia, dated April 20 to May 29, 1813 and Sept. 19 to 24, 1813. His name appears on a map of Grantham and Louth Township dated December 24, 1814. Checking the land records indicates that Noah did not own the land (Louth Township, conc. 8 lot 14). It was owned by Henry Beamer, his father-in-law.
The Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the Lake) by the American forces took place on December 10, 1813. It could be that Noah was somehow connected to Joseph Willcocks and his Canadian Volunteers, who wrecked vengeance on the people of the Niagara area in 1813. In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. Noah was taken prisoner on December 11, 1813, by Ensign Lewis. All prisoners were sent to the York Gaol to be tried in the court.
He appears on two Petitions of Confined Prisoners dated January 9, 1814 and February 14, 1814. He then appears on a List of Prisoners at York dated March 13, 1814. On all three of these lists he appears along with another prisoner named Levi Lawrence from Burford.
The Bloody Assize trial of 1814 took place starting May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada. The trial lasted until June 21, 1814. Of those held, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence were not on the lists of those found guilty or who specifically had there lands confiscated. The remaining prisoners were probably let go. I could not find a reference as to when all prisoners were discharged, but it was probably after the trial in 1814 and maybe even early 1815.
Noah Force appears on an 1824 voters list for Burford Township, Upper Canada, along with Levi Lawrence, Beamers and Kipps. So when he was in Gaol at York, he must have had discussions with Levi who persuaded him to move his family to Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada. The Forces were considered to be among the first settlers of Force's Corners or Woodbury, Ontario. [Just south of my hometown of Princeton, Ontario.]
The next interesting item about Noah is found in the War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A, Library and Archives Canada. Noah is claiming for the loss of 8 large hogs 3 goats and one bee hive. Date of Affidavits was January 11, 1816. Two claim summaries are found in the American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 on Ancestry.com. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England. Noah appears along with Henry Beamer Sr. and Levi Lawrence. They all made claims for losses that took place during the War of 1812. They all received some payment. For Noah the amount recommended was 22 12 6 33 1/3 p Cont. Currency paid out was 7 10 10 on March 7, 1834 to G W Whitehead attorney for Noah Force.
Noah appears in the Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties, 1875. Burford Township. Force, Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
We do not know exactly when Noah was born. Since he was on a tax list in 1793 he must have been at least 21, so he was probably born before 1772. We do not know when he died either, but we can suggest it was after 1845 and before 1851. He does not appear on the 1851 Census of Upper Canada.
I need to look at the land records (copy books) for Burford Township. They are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
William Force (William Manning son of Noah) appears on Burford, conc 3 lot 14 in a land transfer dated Aug. 31, 1839.
Thomas L Force (Thomas Lamport son of Noah) appears on Burford conc 4 lot 13 in a land transfer dated Nov. 23, 1872.
Sources:
1) New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890.
Noah Force, Wantage Twp., Sussex County, NJ. 1793 June Tax list.
2) New Jersey in 1793. An Abstract and Index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey, by James S Norton. Preface by Kenneth Richards. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1973.
Township of Wantage. A Noah Force is listed on page 296.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 30.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Noah Force is listed on Conc 8 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) mf T-10385. Available on the Heritage website of Canadiana.org. No Index. 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia Captain Jacob A Ball.
Muster Roll P. 697 (153) 20th April to 29th May 1813 [Noah Force and Rosiah Force]
Muster Roll P. 698 (154) 19th Sept. to 24th Sept. 1813 [Rosiah Force]
Force, Noah - Jas Ball's Co. - 47 in 1812 - Present Fort George (action).
He is not listed on the War of 1812 Lincoln Militia document prepared by David F Hemmings. Niagara Historical Society. 2012.
5) Register of Persons Connected with High Treason During the War of 1812-14, by Angela Files and Tess (Moore) Rowe. Brant County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. 1985. Publication #76-85-1.20. Original records in the Archives of Ontario. Christopher Beamer, Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed. [I could not find the original source in the Archives of Ontario.]
In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. All prisoners were sent to York to be tried in the court.
6) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 746 & 747. Pages 7747 & 7748. Petition of Confined Prisoners. January 9th, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
7) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4508. V 16. Images 537 & 538. Pages 6736 & 6737. Petition of Confined Prisoners. February 14, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
8) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 1059 & 1060. Pages 8056 & 8057. List of Prisoners at York, March 13, 1814.
Names Residence Where taken ? When By Whom & by Whose Authority
Noah Force Louth Louth 11 Dec [1813] Ens Lewis
Levi Lawrence Burford Burford 2 Nov [1813] Col Bostwick
9) The Bloody Assize of 1814. On May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada the trial of 19 men charged with treason began. The trail lasted until June 21, 1814. Of these, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. The remainder of the men were exiled. The other men in the list of Prisoners at York were probably let go. (Assize is an historical term referring to courts that periodically administered civil and criminal law)
10) Noah was discharged from the York Gaol July 15, 1814 or 15 - lack of evidence.
[Cannot find this reference.]
We did some searching in the Archives of Ontario but found no references to Noah.
Assize Minute Books RG 22-134 mf MS530 reel 2.
Court of Kings Bench Records of High Treason Trial of 1814. RG 22-143 mf MS7237.
11) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 83. Claim # 476.
Noah Force (Burford Township, London District) was claiming of the loss of 8 large hogs & 3 Goats Pds 22-5 one bee hive pds 1-10 Total claim pds 23-5-0.
Written documents: An Affidavite of Claimant (11 Jany 1816) that his claim is just and true for which he has never received and remuneration. 2. An Affidavit of Resiah and Noah Force (11 Jany 1816) that claim is fair and the charges moderate. Allowed pds 22 12 6.
12) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
13) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Amount. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
14) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17.
Noah Force. Residence year 1801-1835. May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amt claimed Amt Allowed Twenty-Five %
Lawrence, Levi 11 4 3 5 10 5 1 7 6
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
Force, Noah 23 15 10 22 12 6 5 13 1 1/2
15) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 62.
Noah Force Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amt cled by Commissioners 22 12 6. 25 percent 5 13 1/2. No of claim 476. No of ? 509.
16) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 129.
Noah Force Date of payment March 7, 1834 Commissioners Award Currency 22 12 6
33 1/3 P Cont. Currency 7 10 10 Signed Noah Force Attorney G W Whitehead [Burford area]
17) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
18) Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties. Published by Walker & Miles/Page & Smith. Toronto. 1876. 1875. P. 73. Burford Township. Force. Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
19) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer.
20) Elizabeth Force who married Benjamin Kipp
I have been thinking about Elizabeth Force for a while and considering who was her father.
As far as I knew there was nothing documenting who her father was. However, if we look at the children of Resiah Force we find there is a time slot between the birth of Charlotte in 1816 and John H in 1820 where Elizabeth Force would fit.
The birth date I have for her, March 19, 1818, came from the tombstone in the Princeton, Ontario Cemetery. I found a copy of a document I have on file, which came from Phyllis Davidge.
It is titled Birth Record of Resiah Force and Elizabeth Force and their children. Elizabeth is listed there.
21) Mayholme Foundation, 525 Ontario Street, St. Catharines, ON L2N 6P3. www.mayholme.ca
Additional sources:
Descendants of Matthew Force. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Vols. 1-7 [Dutchess Co., NY] Pp.305-330.
Force Family Clippings [1 folder; APT-F (Force)]. New York Public Library. Images 08OCT10 - 0424-0434.
Force Genealogy. Descendants of Mathew Force (b. ca. 1640-45) of Gravesend, Long Island. New York Public Library NYGB AZ Fam 09-139. EKImages 07OCT10 - 5626,5651-5685.
Additional research is still ongoing into the land records of Lots 11, 12 and 13 concessions 3 and 4 of Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, around Forces Corners or Woodbury.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Margaret Ann Darby (1765-1856) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers
Margaret Ann Darby, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Dec. 23, 1765 at Kiskatemesy, Greene County, New York. Died April 10, 1856, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Canada West.
She married Johannes Schram, probably by 1785, at Loonenburg, Greene County, New York.
Her ancestors settled at Scotch Plains, New Jersey about 1684.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sep 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada
5. Elizabeth Schram (b Aug 9, 1791) - Grantham Twp., Niagara, Province of Quebec
6. Margaret Ann Darby (b Dec. 23, 1765) - Kistatemesy, Greene County, New York
7. Ephraim Darby (b Mar. 6, 1733) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
8. William Darby (b 1693) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
9. William Darby (b Feb. 28, 1646) - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
10. John Derby (b 1610) - Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England
Sources:
Margaret Ann Darby (m Johannes Schram)
Ephraim Darby (m Rachel Pettit)
americanancestors.org Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners. Fold3.
americanancestors.org New York: Albany County Deeds, 1630-1894.
Grantor Ephraim Darby; Grantee Peter Hogeboom; Date Sept. 21, 1793; Recorded April 16, 1794 Book 13 Pg 415; Note Lot 51. 50 acres, township of Freehold, Albany County.
americanancestors.org 1790 Census Freehold, Albany, New York. Ephraim Derby.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0007.html
Enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, 2nd Establishment, New Jersey Troops, and on Feb. 17, 1777 was promoted to Quartermaster. On Nov 12, 1777, he is listed as a Lieut and Quartermaster in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line and as a Lieut in the 1st Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line; he retired Sept. 1, 1782. He was a Captain by brevet, and also a Captain in the New Jersey Militia. On Jan. 2, 1770, along with Hezekiah Dunn, Jr., he was the administrator of the estate of Hezekiah Dun (Jun 21, 1716 - Dec 1769). On May 5, 1791, with his son, Samuel and one Solomon Tice, he petitioned for 603 1/2 acres in Cairo Twp., Greene County, New York, where he is believed to have spent the last years of his life.
William Darby 1693 (m Mary)
http://visitscotchplains.com/history.html
In 1684/85 Scotch Plains was settled by Scottish immigrants who landed at Perth Amboy under the leadership of George Scot.
In the 1720's, William Darby, a Baptist, gave part of his property to build a meetinghouse and a cemetery. On this property a Baptist church was dedicated in 1747. In the 1760's he also gave land for the first school, an academy standing next to the church on Park Avenue (then called Darby Road).
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0006.html
Before 1730 he lived in Essex County, New Jersey and in July, 1744 was a petitioner of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in Union County. On October 14, 1747, he was named the first Ruling Elder and acting Deacon in the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains, which he has help to found on August 5, 1747.
February 9, 1774: THE WILL OF WILLIAM DARBY, of Borough of Elizabeth Essex County, yeoman.
"To the heir-in-law of my son, Samuel Darby, deceased, 20 shillings. Son, William, the plantation where he lives. Son, John, the plantation where he lives. Son, William, what land I have lying between the land I sold to Melvin Parse, and my son John's land. Sons, William and John, all my right to certain land and meadow, not now in my possession, within the bounds of Elizabethtown, if they can get the same. My Executors are to sell the plantation where I live, viz., what land I bought of Rev. Benjamin Miller and Abraham Clark (NOTE: Perhaps the Abraham Clark (1726-1794) of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence): also part of a piece of mountain land, which I bought of William Line, viz., that part of it which lies to the south of the road that runs through it; also my Falls Mill and land belonging to it; also what mountain land I have between that I sold to John Shotwell and my Falls Mill lot. Son, Ephraim, 20 shillings. Grandson, Elias Darby, son of my son, Elias, deceased, the land between what land I sold to Melvin Parse, and that I have to son Elias by deed; also my mountain land to the south of that I sold to John Shotwell; but if he die under 21, then to his brother an sister, Ephraim and Mary Darby. My son Elia's widow is to have use of what I have given her children till they come of age. Grandson, Samuel Darby, son of my son, Samuel, deceased, 5 shillings. Daughter, Mary Conger, 20 shillings. Daughter, Margaret Casterline, 20 shillings. Rest of my estate to sons, William and John. Executors -- sons, William and John. Witnesses -- Abner Hamton, Sarah Hamton, William Coles. Proved March 8, 1775."
Lib. L, p. 353.
The following came from: Encyclopedia of American Biography, NY 1923, v. 13, p. 74.
Deacon William Darby was a member of the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains
in 1747, the date of its organization.
William Darby 1646 (m Elizabeth Jane Hawkins)
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0005.html
About 1684, he settled in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, perhaps coming with a group of English settlers. On April 16, 1688, he was deeded 44 acres of land at Elizabethtown by Agatha White, a widow; this land deeded to her about two weeks prior by Richard Beech. On July 21, 1690, William Darby deeded this land to Richard Mattuke of Elizabethtown, in exchange for 40 acres on the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek., this land acquired by Mattuke by purchase from Mary Hatfield, widow of Mattias Hatfield. On May 27, 1696, Andrew White deeded to William Darby, 60 acres of ground consisting of 3 parcels; and on March 27, 1701, William and wife mortgaged to John Blanchard, trader, 66 acres in 2 parcels. Between 1688 and 1701, William removed to Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He was among the 230 men who signed the Remonstrance of the Inhabits of East Jersey (a petition against the Acts of the Lords Proprietors), which was executed probably before 1700.
The following information came from a book called: "Clark in Elizabeth Town in New Jersey" by Elmer Sayre Clark:
"William Darby was of a group of English settlers from Elizabeth and vicinity. William married Elizabeth Hawkins and lived for a number of years at Elizabeth, New Jersey, prior to removing to Scotch Plains New Jersey. In 1687 he bought 44 acres of land at Elizabeth from Agatha White, widow, and in 1701 he sold this land to John Blanchard.
John Derby (m Alice Chipman)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0004.html
John Darby appears to be the family member where the name was changed from Derby to Darby, and appears to have come over to America sometime between 1640 and 1642. John would have traveled with Alice (wife), Mary (child), John (child), Anne (child) and Abraham (child). First child born in America was Sarah in 1642. Last child born in England was Abraham in 1640.
She married Johannes Schram, probably by 1785, at Loonenburg, Greene County, New York.
Her ancestors settled at Scotch Plains, New Jersey about 1684.
1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sep 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada
5. Elizabeth Schram (b Aug 9, 1791) - Grantham Twp., Niagara, Province of Quebec
6. Margaret Ann Darby (b Dec. 23, 1765) - Kistatemesy, Greene County, New York
7. Ephraim Darby (b Mar. 6, 1733) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
8. William Darby (b 1693) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
9. William Darby (b Feb. 28, 1646) - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
10. John Derby (b 1610) - Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England
Sources:
Margaret Ann Darby (m Johannes Schram)
Ephraim Darby (m Rachel Pettit)
americanancestors.org Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners. Fold3.
americanancestors.org New York: Albany County Deeds, 1630-1894.
Grantor Ephraim Darby; Grantee Peter Hogeboom; Date Sept. 21, 1793; Recorded April 16, 1794 Book 13 Pg 415; Note Lot 51. 50 acres, township of Freehold, Albany County.
americanancestors.org 1790 Census Freehold, Albany, New York. Ephraim Derby.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0007.html
Enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, 2nd Establishment, New Jersey Troops, and on Feb. 17, 1777 was promoted to Quartermaster. On Nov 12, 1777, he is listed as a Lieut and Quartermaster in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line and as a Lieut in the 1st Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line; he retired Sept. 1, 1782. He was a Captain by brevet, and also a Captain in the New Jersey Militia. On Jan. 2, 1770, along with Hezekiah Dunn, Jr., he was the administrator of the estate of Hezekiah Dun (Jun 21, 1716 - Dec 1769). On May 5, 1791, with his son, Samuel and one Solomon Tice, he petitioned for 603 1/2 acres in Cairo Twp., Greene County, New York, where he is believed to have spent the last years of his life.
William Darby 1693 (m Mary)
http://visitscotchplains.com/history.html
In 1684/85 Scotch Plains was settled by Scottish immigrants who landed at Perth Amboy under the leadership of George Scot.
In the 1720's, William Darby, a Baptist, gave part of his property to build a meetinghouse and a cemetery. On this property a Baptist church was dedicated in 1747. In the 1760's he also gave land for the first school, an academy standing next to the church on Park Avenue (then called Darby Road).
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0006.html
Before 1730 he lived in Essex County, New Jersey and in July, 1744 was a petitioner of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in Union County. On October 14, 1747, he was named the first Ruling Elder and acting Deacon in the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains, which he has help to found on August 5, 1747.
February 9, 1774: THE WILL OF WILLIAM DARBY, of Borough of Elizabeth Essex County, yeoman.
"To the heir-in-law of my son, Samuel Darby, deceased, 20 shillings. Son, William, the plantation where he lives. Son, John, the plantation where he lives. Son, William, what land I have lying between the land I sold to Melvin Parse, and my son John's land. Sons, William and John, all my right to certain land and meadow, not now in my possession, within the bounds of Elizabethtown, if they can get the same. My Executors are to sell the plantation where I live, viz., what land I bought of Rev. Benjamin Miller and Abraham Clark (NOTE: Perhaps the Abraham Clark (1726-1794) of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence): also part of a piece of mountain land, which I bought of William Line, viz., that part of it which lies to the south of the road that runs through it; also my Falls Mill and land belonging to it; also what mountain land I have between that I sold to John Shotwell and my Falls Mill lot. Son, Ephraim, 20 shillings. Grandson, Elias Darby, son of my son, Elias, deceased, the land between what land I sold to Melvin Parse, and that I have to son Elias by deed; also my mountain land to the south of that I sold to John Shotwell; but if he die under 21, then to his brother an sister, Ephraim and Mary Darby. My son Elia's widow is to have use of what I have given her children till they come of age. Grandson, Samuel Darby, son of my son, Samuel, deceased, 5 shillings. Daughter, Mary Conger, 20 shillings. Daughter, Margaret Casterline, 20 shillings. Rest of my estate to sons, William and John. Executors -- sons, William and John. Witnesses -- Abner Hamton, Sarah Hamton, William Coles. Proved March 8, 1775."
Lib. L, p. 353.
The following came from: Encyclopedia of American Biography, NY 1923, v. 13, p. 74.
Deacon William Darby was a member of the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains
in 1747, the date of its organization.
William Darby 1646 (m Elizabeth Jane Hawkins)
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0005.html
About 1684, he settled in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, perhaps coming with a group of English settlers. On April 16, 1688, he was deeded 44 acres of land at Elizabethtown by Agatha White, a widow; this land deeded to her about two weeks prior by Richard Beech. On July 21, 1690, William Darby deeded this land to Richard Mattuke of Elizabethtown, in exchange for 40 acres on the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek., this land acquired by Mattuke by purchase from Mary Hatfield, widow of Mattias Hatfield. On May 27, 1696, Andrew White deeded to William Darby, 60 acres of ground consisting of 3 parcels; and on March 27, 1701, William and wife mortgaged to John Blanchard, trader, 66 acres in 2 parcels. Between 1688 and 1701, William removed to Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He was among the 230 men who signed the Remonstrance of the Inhabits of East Jersey (a petition against the Acts of the Lords Proprietors), which was executed probably before 1700.
The following information came from a book called: "Clark in Elizabeth Town in New Jersey" by Elmer Sayre Clark:
"William Darby was of a group of English settlers from Elizabeth and vicinity. William married Elizabeth Hawkins and lived for a number of years at Elizabeth, New Jersey, prior to removing to Scotch Plains New Jersey. In 1687 he bought 44 acres of land at Elizabeth from Agatha White, widow, and in 1701 he sold this land to John Blanchard.
John Derby (m Alice Chipman)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0004.html
John Darby appears to be the family member where the name was changed from Derby to Darby, and appears to have come over to America sometime between 1640 and 1642. John would have traveled with Alice (wife), Mary (child), John (child), Anne (child) and Abraham (child). First child born in America was Sarah in 1642. Last child born in England was Abraham in 1640.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Noah Force - my 3rd great-grandfather
Noah Force (Cir 1768 - Bef 1851)
The first mention we find of Noah Force is in New Jersey, where he is found on a 1793 tax list, Sussex County, Wantage Township. He is also listed on a militia list in 1793, same location. After discussion with local historians at the Mayholme Foundation, in St. Catharines, we may conclude that Noah came from New Jersey to Upper Canada between 1800 and 1813.
He probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey with his family, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Noah was settled in Louth Township, Upper Canada by mid 1813. He was listed on two Upper Canada Militia lists in Jacob Ball's 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia, dated April 20 to May 29, 1813 and Sept. 19 to 24, 1813. His name appears on a map of Grantham and Louth Township dated December 24, 1814. Checking the land records indicates that Noah did not own the land (Louth Township, conc. 8 lot 14). It was owned by Henry Beamer, his father-in-law.
The Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the Lake) by the American forces took place on December 10, 1813. It could be that Noah was somehow connected to Joseph Willcocks and his Canadian Volunteers, who wrecked vengence on the people of the Niagara area in 1813. In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. Noah was taken prisoner on December 11, 1813, by Ensign Lewis. All prisoners were sent to the York Gaol to be tried in the court.
He appears on two Petitions of Confined Prisoners dated January 9, 1814 and February 14, 1814. He then appears on a List of Prisoners at York dated March 13, 1814. On all three of these lists he appears along with another prisoner named Levi Lawrence from Burford.
The Bloody Assize trial of 1814 took place starting May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada. The trial lasted until June 21, 1814. Of those held, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence were not on the lists of those found guilty or who specifically had there lands confiscated. The remaining prisoners were probably let go. I could not find a reference as to when all prisoners were discharged, but it was probably after the trial in 1814 and maybe even early 1815.
Noah Force appears on an 1824 voters list for Burford Township, Upper Canada, along with Levi Lawrence, Beamers and Kipps. So when he was in Gaol at York, he must have had discussions with Levi who persuaded him to move his family to Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada. The Forces were considered to be among the first settlers of Force's Corners or Woodbury, Ontario. [Just south of my hometown of Princeton, Ontario.]
The next interesting item about Noah is found in the War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A, Library and Archives Canada. Noah is claiming for the loss of 8 large hogs 3 goats and one bee hive. Date of Affidavits was January 11, 1816. Two claim summaries are found in the American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 on Ancestry.com. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England. Noah appears along with Henry Beamer Sr. and Levi Lawrence. They all made claims for losses that took place during the War of 1812. They all received some payment. For Noah the amount recommended was 22 12 6 33 1/3 p Cont. Currency paid out was 7 10 10 on March 7, 1834 to G W Whitehead attorney for Noah Force.
Noah appears in the Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties, 1875. Burford Township. Force, Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
We do not know exactly when Noah was born. Since he was on a tax list in 1793 he must have been at least 21, so he was probably born before 1772. We do not know when he died either, but we can suggest it was after 1845 and before 1851. He does not appear on the 1851 Census of Upper Canada.
I need to look at the land records (copy books) for Burford Township. They are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
William Force (William Manning son of Noah) appears on Burford, conc 3 lot 14 in a land transfer dated Aug. 31, 1839.
Thomas L Force (Thomas Lamport son of Noah) appears on Burford conc 4 lot 13 in a land transfer dated Nov. 23, 1872.
Regards
Edward Kipp ekipp@rogers.com http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/
Sources:
1) New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890.
Noah Force, Wantage Twp., Sussex County, NJ. 1793 June Tax list.
2) New Jersey in 1793. An Abstract and Index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey, by James S Norton. Preface by Kenneth Richards. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1973.
Township of Wantage. A Noah Force is listed on page 296.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 30.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Noah Force is listed on Conc 8 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) mf T-10385. Available on the Heritage website of Canadiana.org. No Index. 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia Captain Jacob A Ball.
Muster Roll P. 697 (153) 20th April to 29th May 1813 [Noah Force and Rosiah Force]
Muster Roll P. 698 (154) 19th Sept. to 24th Sept. 1813 [Rosiah Force]
Force, Noah - Jas Ball's Co. - 47 in 1812 - Present Fort George (action).
He is not listed on the War of 1812 Lincoln Militia document prepared by David F Hemmings. Niagara Historical Society. 2012.
5) Register of Persons Connected with High Treason During the War of 1812-14, by Angela Files and Tess (Moore) Rowe. Brant County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. 1985. Publication #76-85-1.20. Original records in the Archives of Ontario. Christopher Beamer, Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
[I could not find the original source in the Archives of Ontario.]
In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. All prisoners were sent to York to be tried in the court.
6) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 746 & 747. Pages 7747 & 7748. Petition of Confined Prisoners. January 9th, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
7) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4508. V 16. Images 537 & 538. Pages 6736 & 6737. Petition of Confined Prisoners. February 14, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
8) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 1059 & 1060. Pages 8056 & 8057. List of Prisoners at York, March 13, 1814.
Names Residence Where taken ? When By Whom & by Whose Authority
Noah Force Louth Louth 11 Dec [1813] Ens Lewis
Levi Lawrence Burford Burford 2 Nov [1813] Col Bostwick
9) The Bloody Assize of 1814. On May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada the trial of 19 men charged with treason began. The trail lasted until June 21, 1814. Of these, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. The remainder of the men were exiled. The other men in the list of Prisoners at York were probably let go. (Assize is an historical term referring to courts that periodically administered civil and criminal law)
10) Noah was discharged from the York Gaol July 15, 1814 or 15 - lack of evidence.
[Cannot find this reference.]
We did some searching in the Archives of Ontario but found no references to Noah.
Assize Minute Books RG 22-134 mf MS530 reel 2.
Court of Kings Bench Records of High Treason Trial of 1814. RG 22-143 mf MS7237.
11) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 83. Claim # 476.
Noah Force (Burford Township, London District) was claiming of the loss of 8 large hogs & 3 Goats Pds 22-5 one bee hive pds 1-10 Total claim pds 23-5-0.
Written documents: An Affidavite of Claimant (11 Jany 1816) that his claim is just and true for which he has never received and remuneration. 2. An Affidavit of Resiah and Noah Force (11 Jany 1816) that claim is fair and the charges moderate. Allowed pds 22 12 6.
12) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
13) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Amount. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
14) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17.
Noah Force. Residence year 1801-1835. May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amt claimed Amt Allowed Twenty-Five %
Lawrence, Levi 11 4 3 5 10 5 1 7 6
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
Force, Noah 23 15 10 22 12 6 5 13 1 1/2
15) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 62.
Noah Force Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amt cled by Commissioners 22 12 6. 25 percent 5 13 1/2. No of claim 476. No of ? 509.
16) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 129.
Noah Force Date of payment March 7, 1834 Commissioners Award Currency 22 12 6
33 1/3 P Cont. Currency 7 10 10 Signed Noah Force Attorney G W Whitehead [Burford area]
17) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
18) Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties. Published by Walker & Miles/Page & Smith. Toronto. 1876. 1875. P. 73. Burford Township. Force. Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
19) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer.
20) Elizabeth Force who married Benjamin Kipp
I have been thinking about Elizabeth Force for a while and considering who was her father.
As far as I knew there was nothing documenting who her father was. However, if we look at the children of Resiah Force we find there is a time slot between the birth of Charlotte in 1816 and John H in 1820 where Elizabeth Force would fit.
The birth date I have for her, March 19, 1818, came from the tombstone in the Princeton, Ontario Cemetery.
I found a copy of a document I have on file, which came from Phyllis Davidge.
It is titled Birth Record of Resiah Force and Elizabeth Force and their children. Elizabeth is listed there.
21) Mayholme Foundation, 525 Ontario Street, St. Catharines, ON L2N 6P3. www.mayholme.ca
The first mention we find of Noah Force is in New Jersey, where he is found on a 1793 tax list, Sussex County, Wantage Township. He is also listed on a militia list in 1793, same location. After discussion with local historians at the Mayholme Foundation, in St. Catharines, we may conclude that Noah came from New Jersey to Upper Canada between 1800 and 1813.
He probably travelled overland by wagon in New Jersey with his family, to the Hudson River, and then New York, where they took shipping on a boat up the Hudson River to Albany. They probably went overland from Albany by wagon to Schenectady, where they would have taken shipping on a boat along the Mohawk River. They would have proceeded by boat to the Carrying Place near Fort Stanwix, crossed along Wood Creek to Oneida Lake and then across the lake to Oswego on Lake Ontario. Here they would have hired another boat to take them to the Niagara River or further west to where the Beamers were settled near 20 mile Creek, west of present day St. Catharines. This trip would have taken them about 6 weeks.
Noah was settled in Louth Township, Upper Canada by mid 1813. He was listed on two Upper Canada Militia lists in Jacob Ball's 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia, dated April 20 to May 29, 1813 and Sept. 19 to 24, 1813. His name appears on a map of Grantham and Louth Township dated December 24, 1814. Checking the land records indicates that Noah did not own the land (Louth Township, conc. 8 lot 14). It was owned by Henry Beamer, his father-in-law.
The Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the Lake) by the American forces took place on December 10, 1813. It could be that Noah was somehow connected to Joseph Willcocks and his Canadian Volunteers, who wrecked vengence on the people of the Niagara area in 1813. In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. Noah was taken prisoner on December 11, 1813, by Ensign Lewis. All prisoners were sent to the York Gaol to be tried in the court.
He appears on two Petitions of Confined Prisoners dated January 9, 1814 and February 14, 1814. He then appears on a List of Prisoners at York dated March 13, 1814. On all three of these lists he appears along with another prisoner named Levi Lawrence from Burford.
The Bloody Assize trial of 1814 took place starting May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada. The trial lasted until June 21, 1814. Of those held, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence were not on the lists of those found guilty or who specifically had there lands confiscated. The remaining prisoners were probably let go. I could not find a reference as to when all prisoners were discharged, but it was probably after the trial in 1814 and maybe even early 1815.
Noah Force appears on an 1824 voters list for Burford Township, Upper Canada, along with Levi Lawrence, Beamers and Kipps. So when he was in Gaol at York, he must have had discussions with Levi who persuaded him to move his family to Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada. The Forces were considered to be among the first settlers of Force's Corners or Woodbury, Ontario. [Just south of my hometown of Princeton, Ontario.]
The next interesting item about Noah is found in the War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A, Library and Archives Canada. Noah is claiming for the loss of 8 large hogs 3 goats and one bee hive. Date of Affidavits was January 11, 1816. Two claim summaries are found in the American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 on Ancestry.com. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England. Noah appears along with Henry Beamer Sr. and Levi Lawrence. They all made claims for losses that took place during the War of 1812. They all received some payment. For Noah the amount recommended was 22 12 6 33 1/3 p Cont. Currency paid out was 7 10 10 on March 7, 1834 to G W Whitehead attorney for Noah Force.
Noah appears in the Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties, 1875. Burford Township. Force, Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
We do not know exactly when Noah was born. Since he was on a tax list in 1793 he must have been at least 21, so he was probably born before 1772. We do not know when he died either, but we can suggest it was after 1845 and before 1851. He does not appear on the 1851 Census of Upper Canada.
I need to look at the land records (copy books) for Burford Township. They are located in Brantford, Ontario.
I do know the following:
Henry Beamer had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 3 lot 12 dated May 13, 1805;
Levi Lawrence had a Crown Patent on Burford, conc 4 lot 12 dated April 24, 1805.
Both of these lots are on the east side of the Burford Township middle town line right at Forces Corners.
William Force (William Manning son of Noah) appears on Burford, conc 3 lot 14 in a land transfer dated Aug. 31, 1839.
Thomas L Force (Thomas Lamport son of Noah) appears on Burford conc 4 lot 13 in a land transfer dated Nov. 23, 1872.
Regards
Edward Kipp ekipp@rogers.com http://americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/
Sources:
1) New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890.
Noah Force, Wantage Twp., Sussex County, NJ. 1793 June Tax list.
2) New Jersey in 1793. An Abstract and Index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey, by James S Norton. Preface by Kenneth Richards. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1973.
Township of Wantage. A Noah Force is listed on page 296.
3) Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula. Corlene D Taylor. 2002. P. 30.
Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection. No. 14700/H3/340/...1814. Plan of the Townships of Grantham and Louth Dec. 24, 1814. R. Hamm.
Noah Force is listed on Conc 8 Lot 14. Photostat of map in the Brock University map library.
4) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) mf T-10385. Available on the Heritage website of Canadiana.org. No Index. 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia Captain Jacob A Ball.
Muster Roll P. 697 (153) 20th April to 29th May 1813 [Noah Force and Rosiah Force]
Muster Roll P. 698 (154) 19th Sept. to 24th Sept. 1813 [Rosiah Force]
Force, Noah - Jas Ball's Co. - 47 in 1812 - Present Fort George (action).
He is not listed on the War of 1812 Lincoln Militia document prepared by David F Hemmings. Niagara Historical Society. 2012.
5) Register of Persons Connected with High Treason During the War of 1812-14, by Angela Files and Tess (Moore) Rowe. Brant County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. 1985. Publication #76-85-1.20. Original records in the Archives of Ontario. Christopher Beamer, Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
[I could not find the original source in the Archives of Ontario.]
In November and December of 1813 Canadian militia took prisoners of many suspected traitors in the province. All prisoners were sent to York to be tried in the court.
6) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 746 & 747. Pages 7747 & 7748. Petition of Confined Prisoners. January 9th, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
7) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4508. V 16. Images 537 & 538. Pages 6736 & 6737. Petition of Confined Prisoners. February 14, 1814. Noah Force and Levi Lawrence are listed.
8) Upper Canada Sundries
LAC mf C-4543. V 19. Images 1059 & 1060. Pages 8056 & 8057. List of Prisoners at York, March 13, 1814.
Names Residence Where taken ? When By Whom & by Whose Authority
Noah Force Louth Louth 11 Dec [1813] Ens Lewis
Levi Lawrence Burford Burford 2 Nov [1813] Col Bostwick
9) The Bloody Assize of 1814. On May 23, 1814 in Ancaster, Upper Canada the trial of 19 men charged with treason began. The trail lasted until June 21, 1814. Of these, 19 were found guilty and 8 were hanged. The remainder of the men were exiled. The other men in the list of Prisoners at York were probably let go. (Assize is an historical term referring to courts that periodically administered civil and criminal law)
10) Noah was discharged from the York Gaol July 15, 1814 or 15 - lack of evidence.
[Cannot find this reference.]
We did some searching in the Archives of Ontario but found no references to Noah.
Assize Minute Books RG 22-134 mf MS530 reel 2.
Court of Kings Bench Records of High Treason Trial of 1814. RG 22-143 mf MS7237.
11) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1122. p. 83. Claim # 476.
Noah Force (Burford Township, London District) was claiming of the loss of 8 large hogs & 3 Goats Pds 22-5 one bee hive pds 1-10 Total claim pds 23-5-0.
Written documents: An Affidavite of Claimant (11 Jany 1816) that his claim is just and true for which he has never received and remuneration. 2. An Affidavit of Resiah and Noah Force (11 Jany 1816) that claim is fair and the charges moderate. Allowed pds 22 12 6.
12) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1123. p. 113. Board Minutes. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
13) War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A. Library and Archives Canada. mf T-1126. p. 48. Amount. Claim # 476. Noah Force.
14) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 17.
Noah Force. Residence year 1801-1835. May 7, 1824. Account of Losses.
Amt claimed Amt Allowed Twenty-Five %
Lawrence, Levi 11 4 3 5 10 5 1 7 6
Beamer, Henry Sr 20 10 3 15 10 6 3 15 6
Force, Noah 23 15 10 22 12 6 5 13 1 1/2
15) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 62.
Noah Force Date of payment July 5, 1824. Amt cled by Commissioners 22 12 6. 25 percent 5 13 1/2. No of claim 476. No of ? 509.
16) Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835. Ancestry.com
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series II, Claims. Miscellaneous. 1801-1835; Class: AO 13; Piece: 140. P. 129.
Noah Force Date of payment March 7, 1834 Commissioners Award Currency 22 12 6
33 1/3 P Cont. Currency 7 10 10 Signed Noah Force Attorney G W Whitehead [Burford area]
17) 1824 Voters List Burford Township
Beamer, Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 3 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, George Burford Farmer Lot 20 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Christopher Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 200 Voted for Horner, Racey
Beamer, Jacob Burford Farmer Lot 9 Con 1 Acres 1 Voted for Horner, Racey
Force Noah Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 20 Voted for Ingersoll
Force Henry Burford Farmer Lot 12 Con 4 Acres 50 Voted for Ingersoll
Kipp, James Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 1 Acres 98 Voted for Racey
Kipp, Isaac Jr Burford Farmer Lot 24 Con 1 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Kipp, Isaac Sr Burford Farmer Lot 23 Con 2 Acres 50 Voted for Horner, Racey
Lawrence, Levi Burford Farmer Lot 13 Con 4 Acres 120 Voted for Horner, Ingersoll
18) Historical Atlas of Oxford & Brant Counties. Published by Walker & Miles/Page & Smith. Toronto. 1876. 1875. P. 73. Burford Township. Force. Noah, Con 3 lot 13. Settlement date 1845. Farmer. [This is where Woodbury is located!]
19) Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer. Cemetery where many early settlers were buried. Rockway, Louth Twp., Con 8 lot 1/2. Beamer/Beemer.
20) Elizabeth Force who married Benjamin Kipp
I have been thinking about Elizabeth Force for a while and considering who was her father.
As far as I knew there was nothing documenting who her father was. However, if we look at the children of Resiah Force we find there is a time slot between the birth of Charlotte in 1816 and John H in 1820 where Elizabeth Force would fit.
The birth date I have for her, March 19, 1818, came from the tombstone in the Princeton, Ontario Cemetery.
I found a copy of a document I have on file, which came from Phyllis Davidge.
It is titled Birth Record of Resiah Force and Elizabeth Force and their children. Elizabeth is listed there.
21) Mayholme Foundation, 525 Ontario Street, St. Catharines, ON L2N 6P3. www.mayholme.ca
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