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151	Another son, Rev. John Harris was born in 1795 and married Catherine Dygert, whose mother was a Herkimer, after whom Herkimer County in the State of New York was named. It was the descendants of this Harris that founded the Massey Harris Company at Brantford, Ontario. John Harris commenced making farm implements in 1846 on his farm a few miles south of Brantford, Ontario assisted by his son Alanson Harris born near Ingersoll, Ontario, on April 1, 1816. Alanson Harris purchased a foundry in Beamsville in 1857 where he developed his great inventive ability. In 1872 he removed to Brantford having admitted his son John Harris and J. K. Osborne into the business. It became known as A. Harris, Son and Company, Brantford, Ontario. In 1891, the Harris Companies amalgamated with the Massey Company which had moved from Newcastle, Ontario to Toronto in 1879. It was founded by Daniel Massey, F descendant of a Windsor, Vermont, family, in 1847. John Harris is listed on the 1816 assessment role of Oxford Upon The Thames with 50 acres of land, 42 uncultivated and one cow. A Baptist minister, he lived at Westminster and for 20 years at Townsend. He then lived at	Harris, John (I1721)
152	arrived Canada 1844 and lived with Calvin & Rosana Quick who were probably his uncle & aunt, since his marriage record (2nd marriage) says his mother was Rachel Quick, father Robert Topping. A search for a Rachel Quick who married a Topping revealed such a union in Montgomery County with a Robert Topping, b 1836 serving in the Civil War; probably a brother of Calvin's. A marriage record shows David S. Topping marrying Rachel Quick in Montgomery in 1832, witnessed by Robert Topping; perhaps the names were mixed up. A search for Toppings in Vermont revealed nothing significant. a moulder by trade 8 children Topping 2	Topping*, Calvin (I436)
153	arrived in Delaware c.1849	Deadman, Arthur William (I230)
154	arrived in Westminster from Wales in 1818 and died shortly after arriving [DWT] -might she be buried next to William? -George Dekay's family tree of the Walters says she arrived in Westminster in 1819 and died 1820 and is buried at BSC	Phillips, Mary (I1255)
155	arrived in Westminster winter of 1811 with his cousin John Odell and James Lester O	Odell, Captain Joseph Lewis (I481)
156	arrived Norfolk Co. c1820 buried Greenwood Cemetery, Watford, Norfolk Co.	Whitehead, Benjamin (I1677)
157	as a child moved with parents to Michigan 1838. a private in the Civil War. Died in Washington hospital of kidney failure. Buried Arlington Cemetery. a blacksmith.	Montague, Samuel H. (I1728)
158	attestation: drafted Jan 1918, farming in Wainwright Alberta	Blinn, Eli Pirney (I1150)
159	attestation: no results found	Player*+, John H. (I1675)
160	Blinn -a miller -a school trustee [HCM, p513]: William built the first street crossing, from Douglass & Moore's store to the old Mansion House, and delivered the first newspapers in London. [HCM, p239]: William Blinn attended school in early years where the market house now stands, and later put in the first street crossing from Douglass & Warren's store to the point where the Manision House is. [HCM, p736] William was born in Lowere Canada in 1823, and received a fair education on Market Square, where the Market now stands, and finished in Brick street school. He learned in early life the trade of a miller, and, in 1847, was united in marriage to Miss Flint, daughter of Robert and Hannah Flint. To Mr. and Mrs. Blinn have been born three children - Eliza M., Robert W. and William G......Mr. Blinn was engaged in milling at different places in the county for seventeen years, and for six of these years followed this occupation in Byron. In 1858 he bought his present farm, consisting of 225 acres of fine land on the 1st Concession, where he has since lived. Mr. Blinnis an upright, honorable gentleman, and has the respect of his fellowmen. He takes an active interest in all laudable enterprises, and has been School Trustee for twenty years. He is a Reformer in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which he is Steward. He is a self-made man in every respect, and has made all his property by his own labor.	Blinn*, William (I1135)
161	Blinn -left a fund for perpetual care of BSC	Blinn*, Robert Warren (I1140)
162	Blinn	Flint*, Mary (I1134)
163	Blinn	Blinn*, Eliza M. (I1139)
164	Blinn	Deacon*, Margaret Dorothy (I1141)
165	Bogue 2 [HCM p574]: John Bogue, a settler of 1837, resides on Lot 33, Concession 1, where George J. Goodhue's store and distillery stood up to 1829. [HCM p737]: John Bogue, one of the old and much esteemed citizens of the county, and a prominent farmer of Westminster Township, was born in Scotland, November 27, 1800, and is a descendant of one of the old and sterling Scotch families who have done so much to clear up the country and make presentable the pleasant homes of to-day. He was a gardener by trade, and in 1820 went to England, where six years later he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Parrot. This union resulted in the birth of eight children, who grew to maturity: - John, Allen, James, Thomas, David, Richard, Ann, and Emma. In 1837, Mr. Bogue immigrated to Canada and settled on a farm of 120 acres on the 1st Concession, Lot --. Mr. Bogue cleared his farm with his own hands, and was a hard-working man. He is held in high esteem by all who know him; is in very comfortable circumstances, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labor. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which his wife, who died in 1886, was also a member. Mr. Bogue is now in his 89th year, and his memory is still good. His son, Allen Bogue, was born in England in 1832, and wasw about five years of age when he was brought to this country by his parents. He received a good practical education in the common schools, and in early life learned the occupation of farming. He is well respected by the people of the township, and has been in the Township Council. He is president of the poultry Association, and a member of the Western Fair Board. He has always taken an active interest in school and educational affairs and holds the office of trustee.	Bogue*, John (I635)
166	born Long Point; came to Middlesex 1818 - 2 wives, who were cousins to each other Caldwell 1 [HMC p754]: Matthew Caldwell is of Scotch-English descent, and a son of John Caldwell, who was born in Nova Scotia and came to Ontario, settling on the Second Concession, in Middlesex County, in March, 1818, bringing his family, which consisted of a wife and seven children, with him. The names of the latter are as follows: -John, Meron, Elizabeth, Ezekiel Robert, Hannah, Sarah A., and last was born Matthew.The country was in a very wild state at the time of their settlement, not a tree having been cut where the vcity of London now stands. Mr. Caldwell entered 200 acres of land, which he managed to clear by dint of hard labor, and became noted throughout his neighborhood as a hard working man, and one whose word was as good as his bond. He was a member of the Methodist Church, being also a local preacher in the same, and lived to be 77 years of age. Matthew Caldwell, his son, was born at Long Point, Canada, in 1814, but was reared on his father's farm in Middlesex County, where he became skilled in the art of woodcraft, but received very meagre educational advantages, what education he obtained being secured in the primitive log school-house of pioneer times. After reaching manhood he was married to Margaret J., a daughter of Gabriel and Polly (Green) Manning, by whom he became the father of two children, John Henry and Sarah J. Mrs. Caldwell died six years after her marriage, and the widower then wedded Miss Maria, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah Manning, to which union was born the following family: -Margaret A., William, George, Hannah, Joseph and Charles. Mr. Caldwell has resided on the farm on which his father settled all his life. He and family attend the Methodist Church, and he has always been an upright and honorable citizen and a true friend and neighbor.	Caldwell*, Mathew Walker (I988)
167	born near Saratoga Springs, NY "that I came into this province with my father" in 1804, settling in Oxford County (land grant document) -a private in Carroll's Company, Oxford militia 1812 -a private in Curtis's Company, Oxford militia 1813 -donated land for the cemetery McNames 2 In 1829 or 1830, William Allen was shot by one Underwood in the swamp between Caradoc and Lobo. It appears that Allen and William Vanmur stole a horse from Peter McNames, of Brick street, and were pursued, when Underwood fired and killed tlie horse-thief, leaving Vanmur to escape. At this time a great number of horse and cattle thieves existed in Delaware, and in later years some desperate characters resided there. [History of the county of Middlesex, Canada. From the earliest time to the present, and including a department devoted to the preservation of personal and private records, etc . ] Seth Dutton, a Lower Canadian, who was possibly of American origin, settled in the south half of lot 34. He too returned to the United States at the time of the War of 1812. Shortly after the war, however, he somehow managed to sell his location, comprising 12 acres of cleared land, to Peter McNames, who paid $200 for it." [Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township, Guy St.-Denis] "Peter McNames, possibly a brother to James McNames who settled on the north half of lot 37, was a post-war squatter. Shortly after the War of 1812 he had purchased the improvements of Seth Dutton on the south half of lot 34 in the first concession. These consisted of a barn and 12 acres of cleared land. Dutton was the original locatee who had been placed on the lot by Watson, but later returned to the United States during the war. McNames was himself a native of the United States who apparently resided in present-day Oxford County prior to their removal to the Byron area. It seems that Peter and James were possibly sons of Amos McNames who lived on lot 38 until he returned to the United States [!!??] After Peter took over Duton's improvements he constructed a house near the Commissioners' Road and continuied to clear the lot of trees up to the road, even though Dutton's location consisted only of the southern half. Of course, on January 17, 1816, as noted Hungerford's sketch, the govenrment allowed Burtch the north part of this lot, ignorant of McNames' presence. On February 28 McNames brought the problem to the attention of the Executive Council in the form of a petition. In their report, which followed on March 5, the Council noted that it appeared as though Peter Teeple, Burtch's father-in-law, and thus likely Burthch himself, had known that McNames had a house on the lot when Burtch solicited the location. Prbably as a result, the Council recommended that the north half of the lot be confirmed to McNames and that Burtch be located on the south half, which he later surrendered. Consequently, on January 20, 1820 McNames was granted the lot where he probably continued to live for the remainder of his life. On November 30, 1853 McNames and his wife Rachel sold most of the farm to their son Silas C. McNames. The couple retained 20 acres on the east side of the lot. Later, on May 3, 1855 Silas McNames was allowed to purchase this parcel as well. On August 11 of the same year Peter McNames died. Earlier, on April 3, 1824, McNames had sold seven-tenths of an acre situated in the north-east corner of his lot to George Jervis Goodhue. This small parcel of land, which fronted Commissioners' Road, was likely used in conjunction with Goodhue's other commercial interests on adjacent lot 33. It was there that Goodhue built his pioneer general store, which formed the nucleus for the development of commerce in the Byron area - and all Westminster for that matter. In religion McNames was a staunch adherent to the Methodist Episcopal Church. On August 5, 1851 he sold to the Trustees of that congregation - Nathan Griffith, Ezra D. Griffith, Thomas Summers, Nelson Norton and Lucian L. McNames - one acre of ground on the Commessioners' Road to be used as a burial ground and the site of a church. The following year a church was built which first served the congregation for which it was originally intended and now serves as a place of worship for members of the Free Reform Church. There was no need to establish a cemetery as one had already existed there for some years. The History of the County of Middlesex claims that this cemetery was commecned on land belonging to both Peter McNames and James Shelden, which is a mistake. No part of the cemetery is situated on what was Shelden's location. Goodspeed also states that the cemetery was established in 1815. This could very well be true, as the earliest known burial took place only five years later, that of the infant Eliza Griffith who died June 16, 1819. The cemetery probably originated as the McNames family burial ground, a not uncommon beginning for graveyards in the days of the pineers. Over the years this cemetery, now known as the Brick street Cemetery, has provided the last resting place for many of the area's pioneers including Peter McNames himself." [Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township - Guy St-Denis]	McNames*, Peter (I1)
168	Bryant 2 fought in Peninsular War transferred to Canada 1814, fought Lundy's Lane, siege of Fort Erie, Cook's Mills and a few other minor skirmishes discharged 24 Feb 1815 given East 1/2 L36 C2, next to William Hart (Southdale & Wonderland) 4 children with Susanna 10 children with Lavina [HCM, p572]: William Bryant, a British soldier, came in 1818, or very early in 1819, and settled on Lot 36, Con. 2, Westminster. The only other settlers in 1818 on Con. 2 were John Caldwell and John Elliott. [HCM, p742]: [William Brient] was born in Buckinghamshire, England, and when a young man of seventeen years entered the British army, and was in the war with Bonaparte. He was in a great many battles, and was wounded. He was sent to this country during the war of 1812, and was with the British forces at the battle of Lundy's Lane [this can't be true] . Afterwards he received his discharge, and after remaining at Niagara Falls for about a year, settled on the 2nd Concession, Lot 36, in 1819, and there received his final summons. While at Niagara Falls he had married Miss Susan Wright, who bore him four children - James, William, Emma and Mary. Mr. Brient cleared his land, which consisted of 200 acres and was covered with timber, and gave all his children a start in life. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and was steward and class leader in the same. He took a great interest in religious matters, was an honorable, upright citizen, and was a man whose judgment was highly respected.	Bryant*, William (I1277)
169	Bryant 4 OGS says died 1878; impossible	Wright*, Susanna (I1279)
170	Bryant 5 Medical Doctor never married	Bryant*, John W. (I1282)
171	BSC says Harry R. Griffith Griffith 14	Griffeth*, Harry Russell (I343)
172	BSC unmarked grave	Summers*+, James (I1292)
173	Built and lived at the old house on Oxford St. W across from Oakridge S.S.	Elson, Joseph (I1668)
174	buried at BSC but no marker [G Curnoe]	Odell*+, Jeremiah (I1268)
175	buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Metcalfe, Ont. 1851 census: Jane Skuse, 7, living at Westminster with parents, 3 brothers, 3 sisters; b. Canada	Skuse, Jane (I1339)
176	buried at Trinity church, Lambeth 1851 census: Ann Skuse, 48, RC, living at Westminster with husband John, 3 sons, 4 daughters; b. Ireland	Jennings, Ann (I469)
177	buried at Woodland Birth: Aug. 15, 1841 Dorset, England Death: Aug. 14, 1911 London Ontario, Canada EDWARD INGS, Veteran drayman, who was killed in a collision with the international express on the Grand Trunk Railway at Adelaide street last night. OBITUARY OF EDWARD DAVID INGS INGS-Accidentally in this city on Monday August 14th, 1911, Edward Ings, age 70 years. Funeral from his late residence, 797 Adelaide Street, on Thursday at 3 p.m.; service at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Woodland Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances please accept this intimation. Family links: Spouses: Fanny Elizabeth Deacon Ings (1840 - 1884) Caroline Boynton Cheesman Ings (1848 - 1913)* Children: Edith Anne Ings Stanyer (1865 - 1916)* Ellen Ings Corby (1869 - 1936)* Thomas Ings (1870 - 1933)* Charles Eli Stewart Ings (1876 - 1948)* Alfred George Ings (1878 - 1953)* Alice Rose Ings Hoyt (1880 - 1964)* Frederick Roy Ings (1883 - 1950)* William Edward Ings (1886 - 1918)* Edward Arthur Ings (1887 - 1967)* Mabel Florence Ings Ingram (1891 - 1993)* Gladys Ings Dowling (1895 - 1990)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Woodland Cemetery London Middlesex County Ontario, Canada Created by: Andrew Patterson Record added: Jan 05, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 140959468	Ings, Edward (I1873)
178	buried at Woodland; daughter Wendy has an interest in having her moved to BSC next to her husband Bill	McLaren, Gladys Wilhelmein (I536)
179	buried Mt. Pleasant -arrived in Westminster around 1875 -G. Curnoe notes say he was born in New York; 1818 census says Ontario	Purdy, Richard (I1308)
180	buried with mother Dale 16	Dale*, Samuel (I713)
181	buried with son Samuel [DWT] Dale 16	Hannan*, Sarah R. (I712)
182	buried Woodland 1851 census: Ann Skuse, 5, living at Westminster with parents, 3 brothers, 3 sisters; b. Canada	Skuse, Annie (I139)
183	buried Woodland	Curtis, Charles A. (I1708)
184	buried Woodland	Ross, Margaret (I1709)
185	buried Woodland Cemetery John W. Cawrse made bricks stamped JWC	Cawrse, John W. (I1341)
186	Burtch got into a squabble with Samuel Hungerford regarding ownership of Lot 34 in the Broken Front. The property was given to his wife as a Loyalist land grant, but Hungerford was already there. Eventually neither had it since they both moved, Burtches to Woodstock, Hungerford to Lot 50, formerly his father-in-law's property. [Guy St-Denis - Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township, p97] [Archibald] Burtch, who was thus the fourth individual involved with the lot [34, northern part, south of Commissioners' Road], was another American. He had married Susannah, daughter of Peter Teeple, a United Empire Loyalist, of Oxford Township. As a daughter of a Loyalist she was entitled to 200 acres. Soon after, Burtch and his brother-in-law, Edward Teeple, who was located on lot 33, went to Westminster to begin their settlement duties. Unfortunately, they were unable to find their respective lots and so returned home. On February 6, 1816 Burtch penned a letter to Surveyor General Ridout regarding the location of his lot and at the same time alluded to the claims of others to what he understood was his and Teeple's land. [p98] Edward Teeple helped Burthch to clear it and erect a house for which services he was paid $103.	Burtch, Archibald (I1746)
187	Caldwell 3 age 23	Caldwell*, George Westley (I992)
188	Caldwell 4 age 32 [G. Curnoe notes] Nichols, Henry Farmer of Westminster twp. sued by Matthew Caldwell for damages for the seduction of his daughter Hannah Miranda Caldwell. Verdict for plaintiff; $500 in damages. Free Press Oct 234, 1877 p4,c3 [this may have been Henry, son of John Nichols]	Caldwell*, Hannah Marinda (I991)
189	Caldwell 5	Manning*, Maria Malvina (I987)
190	Caldwell/Dale	Caldwell*, Sarah Ann (I640)
191	came to Canada 1830	Beattie, James (I1298)
192	came to Canada 1842 -settled L26 C2 but later moved to Pond Mills -very prominant in Westminster	Walker, William (I929)
193	came to Canada 1861	Colledge, William Wilson (I1156)
194	came to Canada in 1819 bought L36 & L37 C1 in 1820 [History of the County of Middlesex, Canada p.572] "Robert Summers came from Cumberland County, England, in 1819, bringing with him his family. It is stated that the family came the time that James Nixon's family came; but this is wrong, as the Nixons settled in New York in 1816, and came to Westminster in February, 1819 [London Township Families Past & Present, p485] "Robert Summers (1756-1833) was a farmer and weaver in Bewcastle, Cumberland, England. His wife was Margaret Bell (1767-1858). They immigrated to Upper Canada in 1819 with their three sons and four daughters and settled in Middlesex County. They spent the first winter on Con. 2, then moved to Brick St., Westminster Twp. in 1820 where the parents lived out their lives. Some of their children married people from London Township. The children were Margaret (Mrs. James Nixon), Jane (Mrs. George Routledge), Mary (Mrs. Eli Trowbridge), John, Elizabeth (Mrs. George Robson), Robert Jr. (Isabella Robson), and Thomas. Summers 11 [HCM, p. 1013]: Robert Summers was a farmer and weaver by trade, and when sixty-four or sixty-five years old came to Canada, in June, 1819, and nine weeks fromt the day he started landed in Quebec. He came soon after to Middlesex County, and the first winter lived on the 2nd Concession. Early in February, 1820, he bought a place on Brick street, in Westminster Township, and moved there on the 1st of May. Here he lived until his death in August, 1833, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1858, at the age of ninety-one. their family consisted of three sons and four daughters, whose names are as follows: -- Margaret (the wife of James Nixon), Jane (wife of George Routledge, died in 1847), Mary (wife of Eli Trowbridge, who is also dead), John (died 11th of April, 1889), Elizabeth (wife of George Robson), Robert and Thomas. Four of the children are now living. Margaret, the eldest daughter, is ninety-four years of age; Mary is eighty-five; Robert is seventy-nine; and Thomas is 72. [HCM, p. 1029]: Robert Summers came with his family from Cumberland County, England, in 1819, and to his marriage were born six children -- Jane, Mary, Joh, Elizabeth, Robert and Thomas. Mr. Summers settled on Lot 36, 1st Concession, \nx li sx fhsds fhs dsm\inxsd oc hiz x\yz. s xisx in fhs ys\d 1833 at the age of 77. He was the owner of about 500 acres of land, and was a well-to-do farmer.	Summers*, Robert (I801)
195	Came to Canada with parents 1817. James and Laura moved to Michigan USA abt 1839	Montague, James (I1578)
196	came to Upper Canada c1800 10 known children Dowling Family Genealogy on rootsweb says he was born 7 Dec 1771 in Fairfield Co, Connecticut Hungerford [Guy St-Denis - Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township] In 1815 Samuel Hungerford purchased the improvements [to northern part of L34] made by Calvin Martin....In 1800 he had migrated to Upper Canada and eventually made his way to Westminster. Although his arrival in the Byron area predated Watson's survey, he cannot be considered one of the pre-survey squatters, as he did not take up his own land until he purchased Martin's improvements in 1815. Prior to this purchase Hungerford had apparently lived with Joseph Kilbourn Sr. on lot 50 in concession A. Hungerford had married one of Kilbourn's daughters, Abigail, which helps to explain his presence on Kilbourn's location. He was probably assisting his aging father-in-law to clear and cultivate his farm. On June 2, 1812, however, he prepared a petition requesting a grant of his own 200 acres, but when he arrived in York he found that the government was preoccupied with the war and nothing could be done about his petition. After the war, on April 3, 1815, as noted, Hungerford bargained with Martin, who was then living in Oxford Township, for the improvements to the broken front lot 34 and the adjacent northern part of lot 34 in the first concession. The two men agreed upon a price of $125 for which Hungerford gave Martin a horse worth $60 as part payment of the total sum. Because neither Martin nor [Usrich] Shenick before him had received the patent to the property Hungerford was, technically, one of the post-war squatters. In May he occupied the 200 acre lot and began performing the settlement duties, apparently without informing the proper authorities that he had purchased Martin's improvements. As a result, on January 17, 1816 the Executive Council, feeling that by this time Shenick's location ticket was invalidated, allowed Archibald Burtch to locate 100 acres of the northern part of lot 34, south of the Commissioners' Road and also what was now Hungerford's farm. Unfortunately, the land south of Hungerford was also occupied, by Peter McNames, which compounded the already confused mess. On the same day Burtch's wife was allowed all of lot 34 in the broken front to the north - which was also now occupied by Hungerford. [After a long drawn-out dispute with Burtch, Hungerford was eventually granted the land by Executive Council, with the help of Ezra Griffith and Peter McNames, on May 1, 1821] It is not clear whether Hungerford actually farmed the land in the broken front himself or merely held on to it for purposes of speculation....Hungerford retained his property until February 7, 1823 when he sold it to George J. Goodhue for	Hungerford*, Samuel (I563)
197	came to Westminster Tp middle of winter 1811 with his first cousin Captain Joseph Lewis Odell and James Lester. L 25 C1 served in War of 1812 O	Odell*, John (I585)
198	Carr 1881 census: living in Strathroy The death of Duncan Carr, at his residence, Brick Street, Westminster took place on Feb.20th at the age of 69 years. Deceased was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, and came to Canada with his parents when he was only five years old, first to Lower Canada, there remaining until 1848, when he came to Ontaio in 1869, became a resident of the town of Strathroy. For eighteen years he was a trusted employee of F. J. Craig in this town, removing to Sarnia with that gentleman and continuing in his employ for some years longer. On leaving the firm his place was taken by his son Allan, who has since been employed by John Goodison , of the Tunnel City Thresher Works which closed down by Mr. Goodison for an hour on the day of the funeral. Since leaving Sarnia, Mr. Carr lived a quiet life in Westminster Township, where he earned the respect of the community. He leaves to mourn his demise a sorrowing widow and a large family, consisting of Mrs J. A. Robinson, Mrs. Nathan Norton, and Mrs. George Norton of Westminster, Allen, Benjamin and Charles of Sarnia, Thomas of Strathroy, and Isaac, of Michigan. The funeral was attended by all the family, except Isaac, who was unable to reach Westminster in time. The bearers, among whom were Allen Bogue, Wm. Norton, John Norton and Allen Norton were all neighbours of the deceased. ............ From Strathroy Age.	Carr*, Duncan (I545)
199	Cassady -5 children	Mair*, Mary Ann (I854)
200	Cassady -5 children	Cassady*, James Hamilton (I859)