Notes:

. Died on the 11th instant, at 10 a.m. Florence A, infant daughter of Adelbert B & Marietta Simons, age 3m 27d.
Ref: Daily National Republican Newspaper, Washington, DC.

Buried:
Washington, DC.Plot: R15/S106.

Notes:

. 1862 Jul 23, Manchester, Michigan, Civil War E 4 Michigan Calvary & K Company 19th Veteran Reserve Corps.

. 1875 Mar 19, Friday - Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the partnership lately subsidizing between Adelbert B Simons & Robert K Johnson of Washington, D.C. under the firm of Simons & Johnson, has this day, by mutual consent ben dissolved.
All debts swinging to the said partnership are to be received by said A B Simons, & all debts on the said partnership are to be presented to him for payment.
The business will be continued by A B Simons. Dated march 16, 1875.
Signed, Adelbert B Simons, Robt. R Johnson.
Ref: Daily National Republican, Washington, DC.

. 1900 Jun 20 Census Washington, DC
Simons, Adelbert, b Sep 1840, age 59, B. Canada,
FATHER born CONN.,
MOTHER born NEW HAMPSHIRE;
Marietta, wife b Jan 1848, Maine, Landed Washington, DC 1866;
Adelbert B Jr. b Jan 1877 W. DC; Percy, b Oct 1882, b Maine; & Jeannette H, b Nov 1892, b W, DC.

. Death Simons, on Friday Aug 11, 1905, at his residence 727 Massachusetts Ave NE Albert B Simons. funeral from residence Mon. Aug 14, at 2 o'clock, Interment private.

. Death of A B Simons
. 1905 Aug 12 - Mr Adelbert B Simons, a veteran of the civil war & for more than 17 years an employee of the government, died at his home in this city yesterday. Mr. Simons was born on September 30, 1840 at Bronty, Ontario, Canada & removed to the US when he was 14 years old. He was educated in the public schools & in July 1862 he [registered] in Company E, 4th Michigan Cavalry & served until Feb 1863, when he was discharged for physical disability. He enlisted on July 1, 1864 & was discharged Oct 26,1865, by general order #155 AGO.
Mr. Simons entered the coast & geodetic surly in October 1888 & served as foreman & recorded in a field party. He was appointed a watchman in the office of weights & measures on May 14, 1889.
. October 3, 1890 he was appointed confidential clerk to the assistant in charge of the coast & geodetic office & his service as continuous from this date until his death. He was promoted in 1897 & again in 1898.
Ref: Evening Star Newspaper, Washington, DC.
. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2017. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc. Bronte, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario

Died:
27 Massachusettts Ave., Alt DOD: 11 Aug 1905.

Adelbert married Marietta E HENNESSEY on 8 Oct 1865. Marietta was born on 20 Jan 1848 in Wayne, Kennebec Co., Maine; died on 6 Sep 1931 in Auburn, Androscogin Co., Maine; was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marietta is the daughter of Emeline Dunn of Maine & Edward Hennessey, b England.

. 1860 Jul 6 Census Waterville, Kennebec Co., Maine
Edward Henley age 34, b1826 England
Emeline, age 30, b 1830 Maine
Marietta, age 12, b 1848 Maine
Frederick D Hennessey, age 2, b 1858, Maine.

Obituary:
. 1931 Sep 6, Simons, Marietta H, On Sunday, at Auburn Md. Marietta H Simons, aged 84 years, beloved mother of Eva Turgeon, Ida Booth by, Kate Webb, Louise Marschalk, Adelbert B Simons, Frank K Simons, Fred T Simons & Janette S Harris.
Services at the S H Rines Co. funeral home, Wed. Sep 9 at 3 pm.
Interment Rock Creek Cemetery.
Ref: Evening Star Newspaper, Washington, DC.

. Marietta Simons US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards
1905 Sep 5, Adelbert B Simons, Sgt. E 4 Mich Vol. Cave & Part K 19 RC.
Army Widow, Marietta Simons & Jeannette, Pension commencement 5 Sep 1905 ending 14 Nov 1908.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2017. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Mariette H Hennessey.

Buried:
Washington, DC

Notes:

. UC Land Petition #7, Joseph Simons, Trafalgar 1819, p680, S Bundle 12. Ref: Film C2812.
To Sir Pelegrine Maitland, In Council,
Petition of Joseph Simons of Trafalgar Twp., in the District of Gore. Your Petitioner is the son of Bildad Simons of Trafalgar Twp., Jarman [Yeoman] &
is also settler in this Province, that you petitioner has reached his 22nd year of his age [b.1797] & wishes to become a settler in the wild lands, he never received any land or grant of land whatever under the Crown & humbly prays your Excellency will be pleased to grant him such a number of acres of the west lands of the land in this Province.
Signed, Trafalgar, February 22, 1819, Joseph Simons.
Envelope: The Petition of Joseph Simons for Land as a Settler. Rec. from himself. [i.e. Joseph took his petition himself to Toronto. - PJA]
Thos. Ridout, York, 23 Feb 1819, Entered into Land Book F? /T?, page 7, Ordered.

* Census 1823, 1824, 1825 & 1831 Palmero, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co.
. Census 1924: Lot 30, Con, 1 Acre cultivated, 42 uncultivated.
. Census 1824: L30, C1 SDS, 20 Actors uncultivated. NS [of Dundas street].
. Census 1825: L30SDS, C12: males over & 3 males under 16, 1 female over & 3 under 16, Total 6.
20 cultivated acres. ASSESSOR: Joseph Simons
Note: Repeat, census total reads 6 persons, inc. 3 LIVING daughters & a wife over 16 years - PJA.

. [1860, 1880 Maine & again in the 1890 Apr 20 Census Washington, DC. son Adelbert B Simons, Sr., says his father was born in Connecticut.]

. 1835 Sept 8 & 25 Aug 1835. Letters at the Nelson Post Office, (for Nelson Twp. Halton Twp. & East Flamborough, Wentorth Co.) Joseph Simons.
Ref: Dundas Weekly Post.

. Overall quality of these censuses are very poor, difficult to read to be certain. It is possible there are additional entries for the Simons. Also present on this film are in-laws, John, Mathias & Charles Teetzel. - PJA

. Upper Canada Marriage Bond # 5461, Volume 32, C6785 Item N 7882?
Joseph Simons & (Lawrence?) Wilkinson, both of Twp. to Trafalgar, Gore District, Gentlemen,
Marriage Bond, sealed at York on Faint:} September 1836 [?]
Widower, Residence: Trafalgar Twp.,
on 5 Sep 1836, married Mrs. Susan Wiles,?? widow.
Signed, Joseph Simons, Francis Wilkinson.

First wife: died March 1835;
Second wife: The Widow Susan, married 3 Sept, 1836, (unknown maiden name of Susan.)
The Palermo United Church original was a Methodist Church.

. Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-1829, Joseph Simons.
Ref: Men of Upper Canada.

. 1838 March, Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image xxx, & Page 105939-40, p723, C6898.
Petition of Eli Irwin, Twp. Whitchurch, for Pardon. Petitioner is a married man having a wife & child. He was unfortunately taken a part in the recent troubles, used by desperate & unprincipled persons by who he was unhappily seduced from allegiances. Signed, Eli Irwin, March 1830, Jail of the Home District (Toronto).
Petition of Inhabitants of West Flamborough to Sir Geo Arthur on behalf of prisoners under sentence of high treason. Hundreds of signatures, including Richard Johnston [Sr.], Joseph Simons, Lorenzo & Mathias Teetzel, Charles Jr. & Sr., Teetzel. Read in Council 20 May 1838 & pardoned upon giving into Bail for good for 3 years.

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Halton Co.,
Trafalgar Book 24, & p189-90.
Lot 30, Con 1 South of Dundas Street, Trafalgar Twp.
. 1808 Oct 18, Patent, Crown, to Bildad Simons, All 200 Acres;
. 1811 Apr 27, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Chas Teetzel, 90A, North Lot 30;
. 1812 Apr 20, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Joseph Smith, 20A, North Lot 30;
. 1824 Feb 16, Bildad Simons, to Joseph Simons, 20A, part South Lot 30;
. 1825 Dec 8, B&S, Jos Smith, to Chas. Teetzel 9.5A.
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Daniel Becey?, 80A, Lot 30 South Half;
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Daniel Becasy?, 100A S Half should be NDS;
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Chas. Teetzel, James Hopper & others, 1/2 & 20,
. 1830 NW Half
. 1845 Dec 21, Disc. of Mort., Richard Vyse, to Joseph A? Simons, 1/5 A, Part NW 1 Half.
. 1854 Mar 23, John Teetzel & Wife, to Aleucusedge Trxx?, fifth of an Acre, Half.

Lot 31, Con 1 SDS, p246
. 1836 July 16, Bargain&Sale, Wm Morse, to Joseph Simons. 1/5 Acre, Part of Front East;
. 1839 Jun 22, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Robt. Webster, 1/5 A Pt Front East.

. 1842 Census Bronte Twp., Halton Co.
Simons, Joseph, Bronte, Con 1 [no Lot number given].

. 1850 Jan 21 - Gore District Council, Meeting at the Oakville Temperance Hall, 5th Ward, SIMON's INN, Palermo.

. 1851 Palermo Canada Directory, A Village situated in the Township of Trafalgar & U. C. of Wentworth & Halton, C. W. distant from Hamilton, 15 miles, distant from Toronto, 32 miles usual stage fare, 2s. 6d. Population about 200.
PALERMO HOUSE HOTEL, J. SIMONS. SWITZER, H. M., postmaster & general. [also called Simons Inn.]
. 1851 May - By-law 48 Palermo to commute half of their statute labour & apply amount for construction of sidewalks. Residents petitioned May . 1852 & an extra levy was charged.
Commissioners: H.M. Switzer, Joseph Simons, John Soules.

. Palermo United Cemetery, with the above family.:
Polly Simons, was born July 20 1805, died 20 Mar 1819.
Note: Interestingly stone is banded with aluminum due to be cracked into two. Deeply chiseled, likely by made in-law, John Solomon, Teetzel, Sr., who was famous for his work. The monument was already weather mottled at the time of manufacture. - PJ Ahlberg 2012. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Census 1880 Auburn, Maine and Census 1900 Washington, DC. son, Adelbert B Simons.

Died:
Palmero is adjacent to Milton, ON.

Buried:
Aged 55y 5m 25d = 10 Apr 1800. Monument inscribed with a shield emblem.

Joseph married Susan BOWMAN on 8 Sep 1836 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Susan was born on 3 Aug 1799 in Newport, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; died on 6 Jun 1874 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Father, Baxter Bowman, b. 3 May 1776 Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire - died 4 Jun 1849,
Mother, Abigail NABBY Kimball, b. 1 Jan 1774, Henniker, Merrimack, NH - died 9 May 1849 Halton Co. Ontario, & married 2 Jul 1797, Henniker, NH. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Verify

Notes:

VERIFY PARENTS, Generations or so, TO BE CONFIRMED. (2017)

. In 1860, 1880 Maine & again in the 1890 Apr 20 Census Washington, DC. son Adelbert B Simons, Sr., says his father was born in Connecticut.

1813 - Private Bildad Simsons from Massachusetts, work on Dundas Street, & sere in 1814. York Militia, 2nd Regiment, from Nelson Twp., Halton Co.
Ref: Lorne Scots Regimental Museum, Brampton, ON.
Note1: Is this an error? or did Bildad live/visit from Mass. before coming to Upper Canada?

. UC Sundries, Abstract of Petitions for Lands, No. 332. Bildad Simons., Application prepared in Council, 1806 Jun 16th. Common Applications*
Ref: p915, C4503,
Note1: Common applications or otherwise, no complications. On the other hand it doesn't mentioned he wanted a location in the Mississauga Purchase, as many other 1806 petitions did. - PJA

. UCLPetition 27, p579, S Bundle 8, C2809.
Bildad Simons of Saltfleet, Potter & Ramor.
Petitioner has been near 7 years in the Province [1799] & has a family of a wife & 4 children. Property in the amount of £50. Taken the oath of allegiances. He wants 200 acres located in tract lately (Govt.) purchased. He is prepared & undertakes to pay within 3 days of Order in Council for land. He will pay all Survey fees in the same period. He will also attend the Secretary of the Province within 21 days to take out the deed. [i.e. he will get started without delay.]
Signed, Bildad Simons, York, 17 June, 1806.
. 1806 This certifies that Bildad Simons of Saltfleet in District of Niagara, has lived in my neighbourhood some years, he is industrious & a well behaved man.
York,18th June, 1806. Robt. Nelles.

. 1806 Jun 18, Receipt of the above: £6 9 shillings & 4 pence sterling. Peter Russell, Receiver General, Clerk of the Executive Council, Upper Canada.
. A land patent for Con 1, Lot 30 1 SDS (South of Dundas Street), was granted to him in 1806 as settlement duties had been fulfilled.
Entered into Land Book G, 78. Warrant 193, issued 19 Jun 1806 by the petitioner.
Note2: The Upper Canada Government had just recently purchased land in Trafalgar area from the natives. Some settlers were staking out the new farming land even before the negations were finished.)

Note3: Concerning his place of birth: There was a Bildad Simons living in Massachusetts but not enough information is found to drawn a firm connection. Or perhaps the Simons were living in the German Valley of New Jersey along with the Teetzel, Hagers, who came to the excellent farm land of the Trafalgar area. The name of Bildad's wife is unknown. -PJA.

. 1809 Jun 11, Town of York, General Quarter Session of Peace holden at Town of York. The Grand Jury called & severally Sworn as follows.
1. Bildad Simons & 12 others: Philip Triller, foreman, Benj Smith, David Albertson, David Taylor, Joseph Alolet, Henry Schuck, Stiles Stevens, James Hinton, Joseph Osier, Edward Decow, Abraham Markle, Absolom Willcocks, Allan Robinet, Joseph Silverthorne, Philip Cody, James Wyant & Isaac Willcocks.
Prosecution of Esther Ruggles Vs. Henry Hale, Indictment Assault & Battery, Verdict Not Guilty.
Ref: Toronto Sundries, Home District Quarter Session of Peace, Minutes, City of Toronto Archives.

Note4: This would imply that Bildad was actually living in the Town of York by 1806 to at least 1814, otherwise he would have been called for jury duty in Trafalgar, a rather long distance to travel by foot or horse. Most men on jury would be well known men from near by on Yonge St., York Twp. It is further noted that Bildad filed various Marriage Bonds & Land transactions himself dated in Toronto, rather than the common method of mailing in these requests.

. WAR OF 1812, 2nd YORK MILITIA REGIMENT:
Trafalgar Township:
. York Militia 2nd Regiment., commanded by Serjeant Duncan McQueen, Working the roads on the Dundas Street (now Hwy. 5) between the 16 & 12 Mile Creek [i.e. between Oakville & St. Catharines, Ontario]:
. 1813 Oct 26 - Nov 4, Ten days: Private, Bildad Simons, Paid 6s.
Signed, Richard Beasley. Ref: Doc. 293.

. 1813 Oct 25 - Nov 24, 10 days, Private Bildad Simons, 2YM, commanded Serj. Duncan McQueen working the roads on Dundas Street. Signed, Richard Beasley. Ref: Doc 298.

. Second York Militia Regiment, Capt. Thomas Merrigold's Detachment:
. 1814, Sept 25 to Nov 1. Private Beldad Simons, 7 days. Signed, Capt. Thos. Merigold. [Privates earned 6 pence a day.]
. 1814, Dec. 1st -1815 March 1st - A Return of fines Collected in the 2nd Regiment of York Militia. Failure to report for muster (15 men):
Bildad Simons, Amount in fines: £5 paid. Signed, Richard Beasley.
Ref: Doc. 10-25, Upper Canada Militia Records, V16, Second York, Militia. Ref: Documents 196 & 197, UC Returns, Nominal Rolls & Pay Lists C10383, p1048.

Note5: Very interesting this item. Why did Bildad not serve? Was there some sympathy for the American cause? or not actually willing to fight against his fellow Americans? Could it have anything to do with his wife's murder? (Date unknown). Or perhaps, more simply, was Bildad more preoccupied with providing for his family in wintertime? - PJA, 2011.
Note6: 1814 Jun 22 York. To R R Loring, from J McGill. Requests a list of several Quakers, Mennonites or Tunkers resident in the province form 812-3, to enable him to collect money due from them for exemption from Militia service. Letter attached, p 8523-26.
- Tunkers are a variation of Quakers who refused to take up any arms during wars, & paid a fee for militia exemption. - which may be consisted with living in Enfield, Conn., & the Shaker community. - PJ Ahlberg.

. 1816 Assessment Census, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co.:
Bildad Simons. 100 acres, 70 A. Uncultivated, 30 cultivated. Frame house under 2 stories.
Note6: Log cabins were not taxed so not listed.

. Census 1831 Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton County, SDS (South of Dundas Street): Bildad Simons:
10 cultivated acres, 40 uncultivated. 2 males over 16 & 1 female over 16.
Note7: His daughter, Mary Lizy Elizabeth Simons was married the previous year to Richard Lawrence; Daughter Clarissa married in 1831.
Note8: Only one female over 16 implies his wife may or may not still be alive. - PJA.

. 1842 & 43 Census, Lot 1, Con 2, P, Trafalgar Twp., Ontario,
Bildad Simons & Sons: John, Asel & Joseph Simons, {that is, adjacent the farms of his in-law Teetzel. - PJA
Note9: Due to the extreme poor quality of these census rolls its difficult to say if Bildad Simons is present in more censuses years. - PJA

Note10: *Suggest the Patent year here may be a transcription error, as the above is COPY from the Land Registration office. On 1806 Jun 16 Bildad received a receipt for Lot 30, Con 1. This would have implications where his last children were born & indeed probably also, Mrs. B Simons died. - PJ Ahlberg, 2018.
- (Modern 2016 location is between 2327 Khalsa Gate, Oakville & Baronwood Drive, V-ing off Bronte Road, Palermo, Bronte Creek.)

. Ontario Provincial Park (2015) comes up the south back corner of Bildad Simons Lot 30, Con 1. Ref: Crown Lands Map A24, Trafalgar Twp.

. Daughter Elizabeth Mary Simons married 14 Oct 1830, at he house of William Simons, Palermo, by Rev. Mr. King, Presbyterian Clergy. Many of her family were present.
Ref: Michigan War Widow Claim 1864.

. 2018. The 3195 Bronte Road Demolition . A home was recently demolished, leavng members with many questions. Tom Murrison reports that tyhe believes thas was the home of Mr Mrs Bildad Simons, that had been at the SE corner of Bronte & Dundas, wehre the medical building now stands. This house was moved in Jan 1955 as per our archives photos. It is beleived based on the birthdates of thier children, that this is an early 1800 built home & that the back part was liely a hewen timber frame. This home was not on the heritage registry so there were not extra steps in place for when the owners requested the demolitions permit.
Ref: Trafalgar Township Historical Society.

. Palermo Parsonage. This house on Bronte Road, just north of Dundas Street, was the Methodist parsons for the Palermo Circuit for some 50 years. It was the responsibility of the Ladies Aids of the Circuit to furnish & decorate the parsonage. With Methodist ministers changing every 2 or 3 years, It was almost a continuing task. When the parsonage was moved to Bronte about 1912, this house was sold. It is still lived in today, 60 years later, 1907. Most of the early settlers in the Palermo community were participants in the beginnings of Methodist in Trafalgar Twp.

ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT:
HISTORY OF ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT, Complied from all the public records:
Select Men's Account 1714-1805:
. 1785 Nov 29th - to Rufus Smith for ringing the bell & taking care of the Meeting House clock which pays this to ye 24th of this month, £3.16.2
.1787 Nov 16 - Hezekiah Parsons June, for rope for the Meeting House last year, 10s 6p; [i.e. Shaker Meeting House].
. 1793 Nov 26, Bilddad Simons, Rate 4 shillings 6 pence. (Page 1237);
. 1794 Jun 10, Enfield payment to: Bildad Simons 4s 45 pence, Elijah Terry 3/6;

. 1794 July 9 - Select Men's Account. Eliphalet Terry, Treasurer,
Bildad Simons 4 shillings 4.5 pennies, Elijah Terry 3s 6p. Asher Simons 4s 4.5 pence, John Reynolds, Esq.,Treasurer. Obadiah King, for part pay for Ringing the bell this present year £2. (Page 1242).

. 1794 Nov 26, Eliphalet Terry*, Treasurer, by an order to sundry persons, Bildad Simons, Rate: 4s 6pence.
Ref: The History of Enfield, Connecticut, 1900.
Note1: Eliphalet Terry, b24.12.1742 Enfield, CT-2.11.1812.

Enfield, on the Great River, Connecticut, Town plan shows 2 plots granted to William Simons dated 1687. In 1689 the Town purchased more land from Indian sachem Noatuck & they reserved the right of fishing & hunting. There were Meeting House for the Baptists & the Strict Congregationalists. The people of Enfield were nearly unanimously in favor of the American revolution & their Independence. In 1780 the Shaker System of Religion was introduced into Enfield.

. SIMONS, William first settler on the Lot 6 south of Ferry Lane - died 1738 aged 79, left sons, viz:
John b 1695 In. Sarah Greer 1722 - died & left numerous descendants most of whom have removed from town:
. sons John, b. 1724;­
. Paul b. 1726, - Ebenezer 1731 - Asahe1 1734, - Edward . 1740 - Titus 1744.
. William b. 1696. m Hannah Randall 1711 - m Margaret Pasko 1717 died­ left a family of one.
. son William b. 1718 - Timothy b 1720, Stephen b. 1723, Joseph b. 1729­
Benjamin b. 1731 settled & died in Enfield in 805.
. James b 1699 - m. Dorcas Foster 1730 - settled in East Windsor
. Philip Simons b. 1702 m. Martha Bement 1727.
Philip son of Philip born 1734 - Abel son Philip 1742.
. Caleb Jones in. Esther Simons D. of Philip Simons 1759.
. One daughter married Joel Meacham.
The original settlers of Enfield were destitute as they were of the rich alluvial tracts that afforded such facilities [they] only subsisted. They sometimes experienced great privations for the want of the necessary means of subsistence & were often obliged to resort to the neighboring towns for supplies for their impoverished families & had it not been for annual supplies of shad & pigeons with which they were so abundantly blessed. The town had scarcely ever afforded more grain than was required for a home supply. The product of its droves was very scanty & its stock of horses cattle & sheep were not numerous or productive. From 1790 to 1800 Enfield lost more people by emigration dur­ing that 10 years than it ever did at any former period.
Ref: Historical Sketch of the Town of Enfield. By Francis Allen. 1900.

* 1806 Jun 28 - Map of 2nd Township purchased from Indians, shows Bildad Simons, residing at Lot 30, Con 1, SDS, Trafalgar, 3017 Bronte Rd., Map shows passage to adjacent Lot 30, Con 2 South Dundas St., which was empty at the time. His property is just on the south side of the Old York Rd. to Head of L. Ontario. (Now called Dundas Street.)

Ontario Land Registration, Halton Co., Abstract Trafalgar Book 24, p189
Lot 30, Con 1, SDS [3017 Bronte Rd., South side of Dundas St.]
* 1808 Oct 18, Patent, Crown, to Bildad Simons, 200 Acres.
. 1811 Apr 27, Bargain&Sale, Bildad Simons, to Chas. Teetzel, part 70 Acres Lot 30
. 1812 Apr 20, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Joseph Smith, 10 A. on NHlf
. 1824 Feb 16, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Joseph Simons, 20 A on SHalf
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Daniel Becky?, 30A
. 1828 Apr 3, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Daniel Becesy?, 10A
1836 Mar 1, B&S, 1 xx, to Lawrence Hagar (Sr)
. 1850, B&S, xx, to William H Hagar ...
. 1852 July 16 1852 - 1873 Apr 22, William Teetzel.
. 1875 Aug 10 - 1875 Aug 10, Jonathan Hagar.
. 1920 May 2, Grant, Trustees of Palermo Congregation of Methodist Church to Lawrence Hager.

Lot 30, Con 1, NSS, North Dundas Street, Trafalgar Abstract Book 34, p 398-9
. 1808 Jan 30 - Patent, Crown, to John Shaw, 200 Acres
. 1828 Apr 3 - B&S, Daniel Becay, to Bildad Simons, 100 Acres South Half
. 1830 May 10, Registered 1830 Oct 20, B&S, Bildad Simons, to Joseph Simons, 50 A, Half of S Half
. 1830 May 25, B&S, Joseph Simons, to David Hager, 1 Acre
. 1832 May 10, B&S, 1831 Feb 25, Joseph Simons, to Chas Teetzel, 50A SE Quarter
. 1833 Apr 10, B&S, Reg. 1846 Apr 1, Joseph Simons, to Abigail Ward, widow, Quarter Acre.
. 1833 Jul 18, B&S, Chas Teetzel, to Mathias Teetzel, 25A EQuarter
. 1835 Aug 4, B&S, Joseph Simons, to John Adueir?, Half Acre, of Lot 30.
. 1835 oct 26, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Jarvis Dyse, 23.5 Acre S
. 1835 Oct 27, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Walter O'Reilly, 1 Half Acre.
. 1835 Oct 28, B&S, David Hager, to Joseph Simons
. 1834 Jun 17, B&S, Jospeh Simons, to Lawrence Hager
. 1834 Mar 3, B&S, Joseph Simons, to Wm. Ableson, 1 Half Acre
. 1839 Oct 22, B&S, John R Hart & wife, to Walter B Simons, 1 Acre
. 1842 Jul 30, B&S, Mathias Teetzel & Wife, to Alphonse King, 25 Acre
. 1842 Jun 23, B&S, Walter B Simons, to Dan. Stanton, 1 Acre
. 1864 May 3, B&S, Francis Wilkinson & Wife, to Lucinda Wilkinson wife of Ezra Winchell, 1 Acre1.
. 1875 Apr 22, conveyance, Wm. Laidlaw & Wife, to Trustees of Church at Palermo, Half acre, Lot 30.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt Spelling: Baldad, Beldad. Verify loc. Conn. Ref: Census 1880 Benton Harbor, dau. Eliz. Lawrence.

Died:
Census Trafalgar.

Bildad married Mrs. Bildad SIMONS est 1797 ±. Mrs. was born est 1777 ± in Pennsylvania; died est between 8.1813-1825 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Place of Birth?
Granddaughter Mrs. Rebecca Lawrence Corrao, says her father Richard Lawrence Jr. was born in Canada & HER MOTHER, Mary Lizy Simons Lawrence, was born in Pennsylvania,
however, Mrs. Bildad Simons had already arrived in Canada by 1804, well before Mary Lizy's birth in 1813. Thus Mary Lizy Simons was born in Ontario.
As well we don't know Mrs. B. Simons' own surname, so it is difficult to verify if she meant her grandmother & not her mother, was born in Pennsylvania, or if indeed another member of the family scrambled the details given to the census taker. - PJA.

* The Census 1880 Benton Harbor, Michigan, for daughter Mira Lawrence Grow, repeats that her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, born 1813, Canada, Widowed, Father born Connecticut & mother born Pennsylvania.
XRef: Further statements, that Mrs. Bildad Simons was born in Pennsylvania are found on the Census 1900 Ann Arbor, Michigan, Granddaughter Rebecca Lawrence Carrso & Census 1880 Benton Harbor & Census 1900 Ann Arbor, MI.

Marriage: Estimated by 1797 - Her son John was born 1798 & son Joseph Simons was born 10 April 1800 in Connecticut, before they arrived in Saltfleet Twp., Upper Canada (near Hamilton, Ontario) in 1804. - P J Ahlberg 2010.

* MRS. BILDAD SIMSONS
"The white woman had just crossed a fence to enter a lonely part of the woods to pick lettuce when she was captured. It is stated that one of the Indians inflicted one of their cruelest tortures on the poor woman by "Scalping" her. The dear old mother, grandmother & Christian woman died in her agony on the spot & her tragic death caused the greatest grief by all the white inhabitants in the scattered district." "Cecil Hiram Norton told his grandson that Bildad's wife was out picking lettuce with her daughter when the Indians attacked. The daughter tried to pull her mother to safety." 

. Family history of the Norton & Robinson relates that Bildad's wife had just crossed a fence to enter a lonely part of the woods on the farm which they were granted, when she was captured*, which might have provided the motivation to move away from their home. Again time & location are unknown.
Ref1. Obituary of her grandson, George Wilkinson of Palermo, died 28 Nov 1916, Milton Champion & Hamilton Spector Newspapers, Ontario.
Ref2. Mrs. G B (Joan) Hooks, 137 Stewart St. Oakville, Ontario L6K 1X8 (1982.)
Notes1: If indeed Mrs. Simons was indeed born in Pennsylvania, an estimated date of death might be between 1812 - 1825.

Note2: Bildad Simons was at Lot 30, Con 1, Trafalgar Twp.
. Bildad Simons was clearing new land just recently negotiated Aug 2, 1805, the Mississauga Tract Purchase, between the Natives of Ontario & the Upper Canada Government. One could image a scenario of some disgruntled, or dispossessed natives hostile to the new settlers. Or perhaps the murder(s) was related to the reason Simons left their home in the United States.

. It is further noted that family history says that either Bildad himself, or one of his sons* was also shot & killed while riding his pony to a grain mill in Niagara by unknown parties (i.e. Ancaster Mill?).
Unusual co-incidents for Upper Canada, eh? = Conjecture compiled by, PJ Ahlberg, 2010.

. 1809 Mar 22 - Respecting Lots 17 & 18, Con 2, Trafalgar, south of Dundas St., applied for by Mr. Wm. Cooper. Lot 17 is vacant Lot 18 Crown Reserve, excepting the stream of the Sixteen Mile Creek which passes throughout both Lots & which the Indians have reserved to themselves, as well as the low lands on each side. Signed, Wm. Halton, Secretary to Lt. Governor.
Ref: UC Sundries C4505, P 746. Archives of Canada.

. 1809 Aug 4, Trafalgar Lots 31 & 32, Con 2, 200 A. each. The 12 Mile Creek runs thou' these lots have waters & banks are reserved by the Indians. When removed [from Crown Reserve Lands.], these lots will be valuable locations.
Ref: UC Sundries, C4506, p.20.

. 1809 Aug 22 York, Survey General's Office Report: Wm. Smith's conduct, on the New Purchase on the 12 Mile Creek:
Wm. Smith was granted 200 A, by an Order In Council, 5 Jan, 1086. Soon after obtaining this order the Grantee, without sufficient authority, began to occupy & improve a Lot on the 12 Mile Creek in Township now called, Trafalgar & committed such such excesses thereon that the Mississauga Indians, who had not as yet made their Deed of Assignment to this majority, complained thereon & when they, a short time thereafter completed their Deed, they conveyed to themselves the Lands on the said 12 Mile Cr., of which that occupied by Wm. Smith, was part.
. 1806 Sep 8, Wm. Smith was allowed to locate on Lot Number One, Con 3 of Dundas Tract, Nelson Twp. On 9 Sept. Wm. Smith was permitted to locate 200 a. of land in any part of the Province which might be open for that purpose, Signed, Chewett & Ridout.

Verification Baptism:
. 1802 Feb 26, Elizabeth Simons, of Bastion & Margaret.
. Baptisms in Niagara, by Rev Robert Addison:
These 8 were baptized in Grimsby /40 Mile Creek:
1815 Jul 13, Walter Crooks, of Wm Crooks & Mary,
Jonathan Pettit, of John & Mary
Elizabeth Smith, of Issac & Elizabeth,
Martha Moore, Wm Henry Moor, of Jonathan & Martha,
> Mary Simmons, of Bastion & Margaret, sponsors, Andrew & Sarah Pettit.
Sarah Maria Nelles, of John & Sarah
Sarah Pettit, of Abraham & Elizabeth.
Rev. Robt. Addison, was the minister from St. Mark's Anglican Church at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake,) Ontario. He signs his name as Minister of Niagara, he was military chaplain & also acted as chaplain to Parliament both in York & Newark. - - -

Birth:
[Estimate of date of birth duplicates her husband's.]