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Generation: 2
| 5. | Amos P. McNames  (1.Abraham1) was born on 11 May 1785 in Palatine, Montgomery Co. NY; died on 09 May 1867. Notes:
Amos was in the militia in 1812 but moved his family to Ohio and then Illinois in 1813 after deserting [Curnoe]
1830 US census: living in Bennington, Delaware, Ohio next to his wife's uncle Cherrick Westbrook
McNAMES, Amos, Pte., served under Captain Daniel Springer 1812, 1814. Possible identification: born May 11, 1785 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, son of Abraham McNames & Maria Hoachdeel; married 1813 Cornelia Westbrook in Ontario; found on 1830 census in Delaware, Ohio; and 1840, 1850 and 1860 in Ogle, Illinois; died May 9, 1866 in Iowa City, Iowa [Elgin OGS website]
I have another Amos (Names) MC Names born 11 May 1785; bapt. 17 Sep 1794 (twin) Palatine, Montgomery Co.,NY. died 9 May 1867 and buried at Brooklyn Cem. (near Byron $ Oregon) Married about .1813 to "Katie" Catherine Westbrook. Born Mar 1790 died 6 June 1861 Rockvalle, IL. Buried at Brooklyn Cem. Amos parents name was Abraham $ Maria (Hoachdeel) Names/MCNames. Amos sibllings were Abraham (Names) MCNames born 15 Sep 1783; Bapt. 19 Oct. 1796 in NY. Anna (Names) MCNames (twin) born 11 May 1785. Peter (Names) MCNames born 7 August 1791 Dutch Ref. Church, Stone Arabia, Mongomery Co., NY. Babt. 17 Sep 1794; married Phebe Brinks (first wife) Second wife was Rachel. James (Jacobus Names)MC Names born 7 August 1791, bapt. 17 Sept 1794, married 4 Sep 1824 to Charlotte Schram in Ontario, Canada. Hannah (Names) MC Names. Hannah (Names) MC Names Married Cornelius Taylor Westbrook Born 1880 Standing Stone, PA. WM Mc Names born about 1780 married about 1840 Shoreham, VT to Lois Ramsdell; died before 1840.This is probably the family that you were looking for. Sorry about the mix up. The Mc Names, Names, Mc Namish and Ancestry of Cornelia Catherine "Katie" (Westbrook) MC Names book was published and was put together by the two writers. The book was not published by a book company. I do have a copy. [http://genforum.genealogy.com/westbrook/messages/1859.html]
Amos McNames the last of these [Watson American] settlers, a New Yorker in his mid-twenties, settled on the southern part of lot 38 but returned to the United States, most likely during the War of 1812. Timothy Kilbourn, son of Joseph Kilbourn Sr., later obtained McNames
Amos married Cornelia Catherine Westbrook about 1813 in Westminster Tp, UC. Cornelia (daughter of Leonard Westbrook and Margaret Brink) was born in Mar 1790 in Pennsylvania; died on 06 Jun 1861 in Rockvale, Illinois. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Peter McNames* (1.Abraham1) was born on 26 Nov 1788 in Palatine, Montgomery Co. NY; died on 11 Aug 1855. Notes:
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
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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]
Peter married Phoebe Brink* on 25 Dec 1813 in Upper Canada. Phoebe (daughter of Nicholas Brink and Elizabeth Moger) was born on 27 Jul 1797 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 1824. [Group Sheet]
Peter married Rachel Curtis* in 1824. Rachel (daughter of Silas Curtis and Rachel) was born on 19 Dec 1786 in Warren, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 01 Jan 1877. [Group Sheet]
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| 8. | James Jacobus McNames (1.Abraham1) was born on 07 Aug 1791 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co. NY. Notes:
"The other war-time squatter was James McNames, who was born in New York State in 1792. In 1804 he and his family immigrated to Upper Canada and lived on a reserved lot in Oxford Township. McNames bought Orrison Gillet's improvements on the southern part of lot 37, first concession, in October 1814 for $150, and shortly afterwards Gillet returned to the United States. In the spring of 1815 McNames moved his family onto the lot and over the next year cleared five acres of land in addition to the seven already improved. Then, on January 29, 1816, Sykes Tousley was allowed a large location in Westminster including the old location of Orrison Gillet, now, of course, occupied by McNames. As far as the government was concerned the lot was still located in Gillet's name and since he had returned to the United States, it was considered forfeited and located to Tousley. In March McNames brought the matter to the government's attention and it was later decided that McNames should be recommended for a grant of the north half of the lot, leaving the south half to Tousley. McNames accepted the government's decision and on March 5, 1817 he paid the necessary fees. Two years later, on December 18, 1819, he received his patent for the land, which he eventually sold on January 17, 1840 to Thomas Summers. [Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township - Guy St-Denis]
James married ? on 04 Sep 1824 in St. Thomas, Ont. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Isaac McNames (1.Abraham1) was born about 1773. Notes:
a clergy man
Listed in the 1815 & 1816 assessment rolls of Oxford county
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| 10. | John McNames (1.Abraham1) was born in Feb 1775 in Schaghticoke, Renselaer, NY. Notes:
received a Land petition grant in 1819 Oxford County
listed in Oxford county assessment rolls 1812, 1815, 1816, 1826
John married Mary. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
| 12. | Harriet McNames (7.Peter2, 1.Abraham1) was born on 02 Oct 1816; died on 07 Jun 1897. Notes:
marriage witnessed by Nathan Griffith and Francis Jarvis (who is this??)
-the Ontario Marriage Record says Harriet married Hiram Perkins Oct 29, 1833; this must be an error and Hiram is really Harris; the 1852 census says Harris's wife is Harriet and they have 4 children, including Curtis; Curtis's Ontario Death Record 1911 identifies his mother as Harriet McNames.
-Harriet was age 50 when she gave birth to Helen.
-is she buried at BSC? Died in Strathroy or Caradoc
Harriet married Harris Perkins* on 29 Oct 1833 in Upper Canada. Harris (son of Roger Perkins* and Betsy Candee) was born in 1812 in Vermont, U.S.A.; died on 20 Apr 1886. [Group Sheet]
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| 20. | Rachael Elizabeth McNames (8.James2, 1.Abraham1) was born in 1840 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; died on 07 Aug 1910. Rachael married Peter Harvey Hart. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 36. Kittie Marie Hart was born on 14 Apr 1866 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA; died on 03 Oct 1940 in Byron, Ogle, Illinois, USA.
- 37. Joe Scott Hart was born in 1884 in Oregon, Cass, Illinois, USA.
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| 28. | Mary A. Manning* (16.Lois3, 7.Peter2, 1.Abraham1) was born in 1847; died on 30 Jun 1868. Notes:
Glen Curnoe notes suggest that Mary Ann Richards, buried at BSC, was the daughter of Alonzo & Lois Manning; no record to prove this
1851 census: living with parents, age 4
Mary married William Richards. [Group Sheet]
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| 37. | Joe Scott Hart (20.Rachael3, 8.James2, 1.Abraham1) was born in 1884 in Oregon, Cass, Illinois, USA. Joe married Ethel Maril Bergen on 04 Jun 1910 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA. Ethel was born in 1892 in Livingston, Park, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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