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Jacob Dittrick UE
Flank Company
1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
NOVEMBER 23, 2015 D. M. HENDERSON, Q.C.
Jacob Dittrick was born on the 12 Mile Creek at the family’s farmstead on the 12 Feb 1791 in St. Catharines. He was the son of Sergeant Jacob Dittrick of Captain Walter Butler’s Company (and later Captain Peter Hare’s Company) Butlers Rangers. Before the Revolutionary War Jacob senior was a Ranger in John Butler’s Colonial Indian Department, living along the Mohawk River in New York where their farm of several generations was located. Writing in the Loyalist Reminisces published in 1861 brother James reported the farm was situated 30 miles east of Utica New York.

Jacob junior was a Sergeant in Captain John McEwen Flank Company 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia (P.A.C. 3839; R.G. 8, C. Series vol. 1701 doc. #141). Being a resident of Niagara his flank company mustered at Fort George for training before and during the War of 1812. Like his other four brothers he served with his Regiment at the Battles of Queenston Heights, Fort George, Lundy’s Lane (Welland Tribune, July 31, 1891, p6).

Before the War of 1812, Jacob was contracted to trim and plaster the St. Catharines Church along with fellow neighbour John St. John’s. The St. Catharines mission was only second to the Chapel of the Mohawk in terms of its age. It was one of the first Anglican Missions built in Niagara and one of the earliest in the Province (1796-1835). It was destroyed by fire in 1836. Jacob along with his father and sister Rebecca were laid to rest there. Their grave sites and the ruined church yard is currently being sacrificed for the new concrete footings of the additional span of the high-level bridge over the 12 mile Creek. Jacob was also involved in the Anglican Church in Thorold (P.A.C. Upper Canada Land Petitions “I - J”, Bundle 18, 1833-1835 (R.G.1, L3,vol 259 (a)). With the opening of Victoria Lawn Cemetery in St. Catharines he was re-interred in the Dittrick family plot.

Family/Spouse: Margaret PICKARD. Margaret (daughter of William PICKARD and Mary WINDEMOED) was born on 3 May 1762; died on 25 Aug 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine DITTRICK was born on 9 Oct 1780; died on 14 Mar 1861 in St Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario.
2. Robert DITTRICK was born on 20 Jan 1783; died on 3 Jul 1847.
3. James DITTRICK was born on 29 Aug 1785; died on 29 Sep 1863.
4. Margaret DITTRICK was born on 4 Oct 1788; died on 23 Apr 1834.
5. Jacob DITTRICK was born on 12 Feb 1791; died on 28 Oct 1836.
6. Walter DITTRICK was born on 31 May 1793; died on 25 Jun 1862.
7. William DITTRICK was born on 20 Dec 1795; died on 13 Mar 1833.
8. Jemima DITTRICK was born on 12 Mar 1799; died on 2 Jul 1859.
9. George DITTRICK was born on 20 Dec 1801; died on 20 Mar 1802.
10. Rebecca DITTRICK was born on 23 Oct 1803; died on 6 Sep 1828 in Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario.
11. Caroline DITTRICK was born on 20 Nov 1807; died on 25 Feb 1897 in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario.