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.

Irene Niles & William Rathbun - my 4th Great-Grandparents

38.  Irene Niles (Nathan ⁶, Nathan ⁵, John ⁴, John ³, John ², John ¹) was born on Nov 11, 1780

       in Hebron, Tolland, CT and died on Jun 10, 1873 in Norwich, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

Notes: Syrena.  Marriage: 1799, Tioga, Pennsylvania

Sources:

Canadian National Census 1861: Burford Twp., Brant Co., Canada West, Dist. 3, p. 86, C-1008/1009. 

Irene married William Rathbun, son of Deacon Daniel Rathbun and Sarah Higby, in 1799 in Union Twp., Tioga Co., PA, USA. William was born on Mar 7, 1776 in Richmond, Berkshire, MA and died on Jul 11, 1857 in Norwich, Oxford Co., Canada West.

Notes: As a young man he moved to Union, Pennsylvania and purchased his claim of Jesse Losey.  He built a home before 1812.  He married there in 1799. About 1811, he sold his home to Ambrose Millard who was the husband of his niece, Mary Gordon. He was a farmer.  He returned to Saratoga County, New York.  About 1814, he moved to Canada.  He spent the last 20 years of his life in bed due to a stroke.

Sources:

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883

Biography # 1: January1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family

Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania 

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, Brant County, Burford Twp.

Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 85. C-11713.

Wm Rathbun    76  US  Nothing

Irena                  73  US 

Children from this marriage were:

  +      47   F         i.    Harriet Rathbun was born on Mar 16, 1800 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                   PA, USA and died on Jul 27, 1879 in Little Valley, NY, USA.  

          48   F        ii.    Lydia Rathbun was born on May 1, 1801 in Union, Tioga Co., PA, USA

                                   and died on May 14, 1883 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

            General Notes: Marriage: April 26, 1818, New York

            US Federal Census 1880: Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York

Lydia married Horace Hall, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Apr 26, 1818 in NY, USA. Horace was born on Jan 20, 1798 in Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA and died on Jun 8, 1878 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

  +      49   M      iii.    William Rathbun was born on Dec 31, 1802 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                    PA, USA and died on Nov 30, 1888 in East Garafraxa, ON, Can.  

  +      50   M     iv.    Nelson Niles Rathbun was born on Jun 19, 1805 in Tioga Co., PA,
                                  USA, died on Jul 7, 1880 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was
                                  buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can.

                                  See my blog of August 16, 2012 for information on my 3rd
                                  Great-Grandparents Nelson Niles Rathbun and Mercy Ryder.

  americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2012/08/mercy-ryder-nelson-niles-rathbun-my-3rd.html 

          51   F        v.    Emaline Rathbun was born on Sep 21, 1807 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                  PA, USA. 

           Notes: Marriage: September 10, 1828, Napoli, New York

   Emaline married Erastus Hall, son of ________ _________
   and ________ ________, on Sep 10, 1828 in Napoli, NY, USA.
   Erastus was born on May 24, 1809 in Bloomfield, NY, USA. 

           Notes: He was a natural mechanic being a millwright.

           Biography # 1: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of
           Cattaraugus County, New York  (1893) Chapter 44 Page 1055-6 

          52   F       vi.    Irene Rathbun was born on Jan 11, 1810 in Union, Tioga Co., PA,
                                   USA and died in 1847.  

    Irene married Ira Worden, son of _________ _________ and
    ____________ ____________.  

  +      53   M    vii.    Daniel Rathbun was born on Jul 24, 1813 in Milton, Saratoga Co., NY,
                                  USA and died on Mar 5, 1898 in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA.  

  +      54   M   viii.    Charles Rathbun was born on Feb 19, 1815 in Saratoga Co., NY,

                                  USA and died on Jun 30, 1896 in Blenheim Twp, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

  +      55   M     ix.    Horace Rathbun was born in 1816 in USA and died in Oct 1874 in
                                  Tyce, Huron Co., MI, USA.  

          56   F        x.    Sarah Jane Rathbun was born on Jun 17, 1818 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died in 1899. 

           Notes: Marriage: October 1845, North Norwich, Ontario, Canada 

   Sarah married Henry Harvey Haight, son of ________ ________
   and ____________ ____________, in Oct 1845 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can. Henry was born on Oct 30, 1822 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can and died on Dec 7, 1914 in New Durham, ON, Can. 

           Notes: Genealogy: May 03, 2000, Descendants of James Haight, Sr. 
           by Cheryle Donnelly 

          57   F       xi.    Mary Jane Rathbun was born on Oct 26, 1820 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died on Feb 5, 1891 in Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

   Mary married George Ferguson Smith, son of ________ _______
   and ____________ ____________. George was born on Feb 11, 1820
   in Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can and died on Mar 3, 1901 in
   Mount Hope, Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

Gideon Ryder & Ruth Conger - my 4th Great-Grandparents

84.  Gideon Ryder (Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born about 1770 in Dutchess Co., NY and died about 1851 in Brant Co., Canada West. 

There is a Gideon Rider on the 1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman.

A Gideon Ryder took the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown on November 16, 1830, Burford, Oxford, Upper Canada.  This means he had been in the Province at least seven years. 

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898.

1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman

Naturalization Returns 1828-1850, RG5; Library and Archives Canada, mf C-15692 and C-15693.

Rootsweb WorldConnect: Ginny Meachum Ginny39FL@aol.com

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit. 

Gideon married Ruth Conger, daughter of Benjamin Conger and Millie [Conger], about 1795. Ruth was born about 1781 in Dutchess Co., NY and died in Apr 1837 in Brant Co., Upper Canada.

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898. 

Children from this marriage were:

          85   M        i.       Rowland Ryder was born on Jul 26, 1796 in New York, USA and died on Nov 29, 1877 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

         Sources:

         Ontario Deaths. Burford, Brant. Ref # 021212.

         1851 Census of Canada.

  +      86   M       ii.       Benjamin Ryder was born on Jun 18, 1798 in Beekman, Delaware, NY, USA, died on Oct 18, 1885 in Vergennes, Kent, MI, USA, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, MI, USA. 

          87   M      iii.       Jonathan Ryder was born in Apr 1799 and died on Jan 23, 1890. 

  +      88   M     iv.       Enoch Ryder was born on Sep 2, 1801 in New York, died on May 14, 1881 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

          89   M      v.       Charles Ryder was born in 1805 and died in 1898. 

  +      90   F       vi.       Mercy Ryder was born on Mar 15, 1807 in Dutchess Co., NY, USA, died on Jan 10, 1898 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

  +      91   M    vii.       William Ryder was born on Apr 1, 1810 in New York, died on Dec 23, 1884 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

  +      92   M   viii.       Samuel Ryder was born in 1815 in New York and died in 1900.