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Thomas FRASER

Male 1803 - 1856  (53 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas FRASER was born in 1803 in Matilda Twp., Upper Canada (son of Thomas FRASER and Susan SMALLMAN); died on 1 Jan 1856 in Kingston Township.

    Notes:

    Thomas Fraser studied surveying and engineering at Auburn, N.Y. He was appointed a land surveyor for Upper Canada in 1825. Together with surveyors William H. Kilborn and Thomas Burrows, he surveyed for parts of the Rideau Canal. He also surveyed in Lennox, Addington and Frontenac Counties. He served a term in the army in Haiti. He supported the Reform party in politics, and was a Methodist.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Bell FRASER was born in 1855 in Kingston Township; died in UNKNOWN.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas FRASER was born in 1775 (son of William FRASER and LILLIAN); died in UNKNOWN.

    Notes:

    This Thomas Fraser served in the military (perhaps in the 1812-1814 war?) and was known as Lieut. Thomas Fraser. He and his brother William were appointed as magistrates in 1793. Thomas also served as a member of the provincial legislature for Dundas County.

    Thomas married Susan SMALLMAN in 1802. Susan died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Susan SMALLMAN died in UNKNOWN.
    Children:
    1. 1. Thomas FRASER was born in 1803 in Matilda Twp., Upper Canada; died on 1 Jan 1856 in Kingston Township.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William FRASER was born in 1745 in Inverness, Scotland; died in 1826.

    Notes:

    Information about William Fraser and his descendants comes from the document " Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Committee on Biography" [https://www.aols.org/sites/default/files/Fraser-T.pdf].

    William Fraser served in the Royal Regiment in New York during the American Revolution. After the war, he and his wife settled as United Empire Loyalists in Matilda Township in Dundas County in about 1784. He was granted 1000 acres of land for his service.

    William married LILLIAN. died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  LILLIAN died in UNKNOWN.
    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas FRASER was born in 1775; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. William FRASER died in UNKNOWN.
    3. Fraser FRASER died in UNKNOWN.
    4. Peter FRASER died in UNKNOWN.
    5. James FRASER died in UNKNOWN.
    6. Donald FRASER died in UNKNOWN.
    7. John FRASER died in UNKNOWN.