Notes:

Birth:
dau of Matthew McCutcheon

Died:
infant

Notes:

Two siblings married 2 siblings:
Matthew McCutcheon married Helen Mitchell,
Hugh Mitchell married Cecelia McCutcheon.

. Living on Farm with Stewart & Sarah McCutcheon, Ospringe {thence Hugh & Eva McC}

. 1918 Jan 10 - Ospringe, On Friday, while Mr H. R. McCutcheon of the second line, Erin was chopping for his brother, Matthew, on the third line, the chopper burst & pieces of metal flew in all directions. Fortunately no one was seriously injured.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. Died McCutcheon - At the family residence, Lot 8, Con 3, Erin Twp., on Monday, July 2, 1923, Matthew McCutcheon, in his 68th year.
Ref Acton Free Press, 5 Jul 1923, page 6, column 1.

. 1923 Jul 5 - McCutcheon, Matthew, Obituary,
The Township of Erin lost a highly esteemed citizen when Matthew McCutcheon, of Lot 1, 3rd Line, passed away on Monday morning. Mr. McCutcheon was in poor health for some time. In May he went to Guelph Hospital for treatment. After about a month there he returned home & devoted wife administered to him with self-sacrificing solicitude.
Matthew MC. was a son of the late Thomas McCutcheon & spent his life in Erin township. He was 68 years of age. In his young manhood he married Miss Nellie Mitchell of Everton.
Two children blessed the home. Grace at home & Thomas who resides at Preston. He was a man who aimed to live an upright life & was a regular attendant of of the Disciples Church at Everton. He was a thrifty farmer, very handy with tools & quite adept in making of whiffatrees ?, "neckyokes, sleights & other farming sundries. The funeral to Everton cemetery yesterday was largely attended. The mother of deceased died last winter at the ripe age of 86 years.
Ref: Acton Free Press, p 6, col. 2. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Monday, Lot 8, Con 3. Probated . East half Lot 8, Con 3

Buried:
Eramosa Twp., Monument A1-5

Matthew married Helen NELLIE MITCHELL on 4 Feb 1885 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Helen was born on 28 May 1862 in Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Apr 1946 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Everton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two siblings married 2 siblings:
Matthew McCutcheon married Helen Mitchell,
Hugh Mitchell married Cecelia McCutcheon.

. Died McCutcheon, Matthew, Mrs., At Guelph General Hospital on Tuesday April 23rd 1846, Helen Mitchell, widow of the late Matthew McCutcheon, in her 84th year.
Ref: Acton Free Press. - - -

Died:


Buried:
Monument A1-5

Notes:

. Two siblings married two siblings. Thomas Asa & Ellen McCutcheon married Sarah Mary & Henry Allan Smith.

. 1876 Dec 21 -The School Board, at a special meeting on Monday, evening, accepted the tender of Mr. Thos. McCutcheon for the supply of firewood for use of the school, at $3 per cord, cut & split. There were only 3 tenders. p. 3.
.1900 Feb 15 - Thomas McCutcheon has sold his fine farm of 180? acres on the 2nd line to Wm. Maud for $9,000.
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. Death Notice: McCutcheon, Thomas, A Well-Known Erin Pioneer Dead.
At midnight on December 8th, one of the pioneers of Erin Township, in the person of Thomas McCutcheon, passed to his reward. A week before Mr. McCutcheon had the misfortune to fall & break his thigh bone, while carrying a bag of grain up a step. He also suffered internal injuries, & the shock resulted in his death.
Deceased was born in Eastern Ontario in 1830, & was a son of the late Hugh McCutcheon, one of the early settlers in Erin Township. He was raised in Erin & was married to Miss Sarah Smith, daughter of the late Matthew Smith in October, 1854. October last he & he aged wife celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding day. They lived on the 2nd line & the 9th lot of Erin. 3 years ago Mr. McCutcheon gave up farming, & retired with his wife to Everton, where they have since lived a very quiet life. As members of the Disciples' church of Everton, they took a deep interest in its work. Besides his aged widow, 11 children survive.
They are: Matthew & Hugh R., Erin;
John, Eramosa; William, Erin; Henry & David, at home;
Thomas, South Dakota;
Smith, Guelph;
Mrs. Mitchell, Eramosa;
Mrs. D. McCullough, Mohawk, Brant county; &
Mrs. Wm. Smith, Everton. The funeral at Everton on Sunday was largely attended.
Ref: Acton Free Press, P 3 col 2, on the 15 Dec 1904.

. Thomas McCutcheon b. 1830, d. 1904. He was on the old homestead in Erin. In 1856 he set. on 200 acres, lots 15 & 16, con. 4, & later, bought the west half of lot 9, con. 3, & still later, the 50 acres adjoining. He took a pride in raising fine horses, & was very successful. He was always liberal in his contributions to the Disciples church, of which he was a member. He m. Mary Smith.
Issue: Matthew, Hugh R., John, William, Henry, (unm.); Mrs. Hugh Mitchell, David (unm.); Thomas, m. Mary Weatherstone, & set. North Dakota; Mrs. (Dr.) McCullough,
& Mrs. Wm. Smith, in Everton. Of this branch: Matthew, b. 1858, resides on the east half of Lot 8, Con. 3, Erin, where he is a successful farmer. He m. Ellen Mitchell. - - -

Ontario Land Registration
Lot 9 SWHalf, Con 3, ErinTwp., Wellington Co., Book 153 p109.
. 1824 Oct 6, Patent, Crown, to Geo. Young, 100A SW
. 1863 Jun 17 Bargain&Sale, Francis Standish & wife, to Thomas McCutcheon, SWHalf, 100A
. 1907 Feb 27, B&S, Matthew, Hugh R McCutcheon &Hugh Mitchell, Exors. Thomas McCutcheon, decd & Sarah McCutcheon, widow, to Thomas., Henry & David McCutcheon, WHald, $7900, & others lands
. 1911 Jul 8, Quit Claim, James Kirkwood, the Committee of East of Henry McCutcheon (a lunatic), to Thos. McCutcheon, WHslf, 100, $600.
. 1911 Jul 8, QC, James Kirkwood, committee of East. Henry McCutcheon, a lunatic, to Thos. McCutcheon, W Half, $14000, other
. 1924 Mar 26, Agreement, Thos McCutcheon & wife, to James Kirkwood Committee of the person & estate of Henry scutcheon, a Lunatic
. 1944 Jun 13, Grant of Easement, Murdo McCutcheon, to Hydro etc Power Comm, Par, Premises & $24, Re Transmission lines attached.
. 1965 Apr 26, Grant, Thos M & wife, Mary McCutcheon, widow & Thos M McCutcheon in his personal capacity Sarah J Tinney, to Free & Everlyn Clark, SW 100A., $1.
1974 Jun 14 Certificate, Thos M McCutcheon, decdRe Estate of Eileen S McCutcheon

Lot 9 North East Half, Con 3, ErinTwp., Wellington Co., Book 153p 111.
. 1871 Jan 2, Patent, Crown to John McCutcheon, NHalf of East Half, 50 Acres
. 1871 Jan 2, Patent, Crown to John McCutcheon, SHalf of EastHalf, 50 Acres
. 1872 Dec 11, John McCutcheon & wife, to Thomas McCutcheon, NE 50A
. 1907 Feb 28, B&S,Matthew, Hugh R. Scutcheon & Hugh Mitchell, to Thos.., Henry, & David McCutcheon, NHalf $7900, & others
. 1911 Feb 10, QC, David McCut. , a bachelor, to Thos McCut., NHalf 50A., $1400.
. 1911 Jul 8, Thos & Wife McCut. & James Kirkwood Committee of East of Henry McCutcheon, a bachelor, a Lunatic, to James Leslie, NHalf 50A, $1200
. 1924 Aug 11, Grant, Hugh & David A McCut, Exors of Stewart Mccutcheon, Decd., Clarence & wife McCut, Wm J McCut & wife Annie E Barbour, Eva wife of Hugh Cut, Amelia wife of Dvid McCut & Sarah McCutcheon, widow, to Robert S McCutcheon, SE 50A, $7000, others.
. 1929 Jan 28, Thos M McCutcheon, Sarah Mary McC. & Sarah I Tinney, Lot 9, 100A.
. 1946 May 13, Probate Will,, John C Aitken, Dec, Treasurer's Consent re Estate of Mary McCutcheon, Decd.

Birth:
Eastern Ontario. Res. 2nd Line, Lot 9, Erin Twp.

Died:
Died at midnight. Aged 74 yrs. 3 mos, 15 dys.

Buried:
Large grey tombstone.

Thomas married Sarah MARY SMITH in Oct 1854. Sarah (daughter of Mathew SMITH, Sr.) was born on 17 Sep 1833 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 10 Dec 1923 in Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Everton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah is the daughter of Nancy Rott & Matthew Smith, b 1798 NJ.

Two siblings married 2 siblings:
Matthew McCutcheon married Helen Mitchell,
Hugh Mitchell married Cecelia McCutcheon.

. Died. McCutcheon - at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Mitchel, Lot 10, 6th, Line Eramosa, on Monday, February 12, 1923.
Sarah Smith, widow of the late Thomas McCutcheon, Erin in her 90th year.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 15 Feb 1923, p. 6, column 1.

. MRS. THOMAS McCutcheon, Death notice:
Full of years, with active useful Christian Life, behind her Sarah Smith, widow of the late Thomas McCutcheon of the 2nd Line Erin, passed away on Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Mitchell, Eramosa.
Mrs. McC. was born on the 5th line, Erin. After spending half a century in happy married life with her husband, the shadow of death came & he was called to his long home, leaving her a widow with 11 sons & daughters. Their homestead for 40 years was the well-known farm on the 2nd line, where their splendid brick house & farm buildings were always admire by the countryside & the traveling public. It is 18 years since Mr. McCutcheon passed away, Mrs. McC. had her church home at the Disciples of Church, Everton.

The service there ware always ear to her & her worship was ever sincere. The 8 sons & 3 daughters of the family all survive; They are:
Mathew, of the third line;
Hugh Robert of the second line;
John, Town line between Erin & Eramosa;
William, on the gravel road;
Henry & Thomas at Lot 9, Con 2;
David in Acton;
Thompson Smith at Brantford;
Mrs Hugh Mitchell, Eramosa; [Cecilia,]
Mrs. O McCullough, Guelph; [Mary] &
Mrs. W J Smith, Everton.

The funeral was held Thursday after last, Interment being made at Everton Cemetery.

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Birth:
- Her obituary says she was born 2nd Line Erin.

Died:
Aged 90y 86d.

Notes:

. Hugh & Mary McCutcheon lived in Colbourg, Ontario. 2 children were born here. Hugh worked on the Rideau Canal where many Irish died on this hard wood. The Rideau call opened in 1832 at which time the family moved to Erin Township. Hugh purchased Lot 9, concession 3 & built an 1 & half story log house.

. UCLPetition 3, 1824. To Lieut. Governor Peregrine Maitland.
Petition of Hugh McCutcheon, of the Town of York, Yeoman.
Your petitioner is a native of the Parish of Bangor, County Down, Ireland, from whence he imported to Quebec in April last [1823], is 22 years of age [1802], has taken the Oath of Allegiance, Certificate is hereto annexed & has received no land from the Crown. Your petitioner is desirous to become an actual setter on the waste lands of the Crown & will improve a Lot of 200 Acres. Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays your Excellency will grant him 200 acres of the waste land & praying of fees.
Your petitioner will ever pray. Signed, Hugh M Cutcheon.,York, 18 February, 1824.
. Envelope: Gov. Offices, 18th Feb, 1824. The subject is requested to report here here for the information of the Honorable Council. Signed, M Johnson.
I do not find that the petitioner has received any lands or Order for land. Jno. Ridout, Survey Office.
In Council, 18 Feb., 1824, Recommended, Order issued 19th Feby, 1824.
Notes: It appears that Hugh was requested to return for further information & may have spoken at the Council himself. - PJA

. 1824 Feb 18 - Upper Canada Land Books [C104, p98].
York Executive Council Chamber, Wednesday 18 Feb. 1824, Present. Chief Justice Wm. Drummer Powell, James Baby & Samuel Smith.
Hughl McCutcheon, M3, Praying for grant of 200 acres of land, praying for [free Survey] fees.
Granted.
. Granted on that day also were, Samuel McCutcheon, M2, Wm. McCutcheon, W4, of Lot 7 . , Con 5, Erin & John McCutcheon, M5.

. 1831 Nov 2, Canada Land Company, Hugh McCutcheon, SW half Lot 9, Con 4, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., 100 Acres.

. 1832 Mar 5, Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
MacCutcheon, Hugh, Males 1, Boys 2, Women 2, Girls 2 (Total 7 people.)
Lot 3, Con 9, Cultivated Land 4 Acres, west, Uncultivated 100 Acres.

. 1839 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
McCutchon, Hugh, Con 4, Lot 9 West, Uncultivated 88 Acres, Cultivated 12 Acres.

. 1861 Census, Wellington Co.. Twp. of Erin
Hugh McCutchin, Farmer, Born Ireland, Married 1828, age 67 /1794, Logg house 1½ stories,
Mary, born Ireland, age 64, 1797
Stewart age 24, 1837
Hohn (John), age 22, 1839
Jane M, Age 21, b 1840
Robert McCutchin, age 19, born 1842.

Further research
. 1836-1838 Daybook, William Kennedy made a purchase of goods. page 168. [storekeeper unknown, but suggested it may have been Samuel Watkins, b. Ireland, arrives Esquesing Aug 1819. He was located on the northern boundary of Ashgove, Trafalgar Road.]
Ref: Esquesing Historical Society, Archival Papers, Vol 1, Joh Mark Benbow Rowe.

. Wellington County Atlas 1906
McCutcheon, Hugh (d.), b. Co. Down, Ire., in 1793, d. in 1859, age 66. His father was John McCutcheon, & his brothers were Robert & William. William, set. on the 5th line Erin, in 1829.
The late Hugh McCutcheon, came to Canada in 1830, settling first, in Lower Canada, & in 1833, came to Erin Tp., where he owned 100 acres, Lot 9, Con. 3. He was of a religious turn of mind, & was a constant attendant of the Congregationalist Church; in politics, he was a Conservative. He m. Mary Stewart, who d. in 1893, age 96.
Issue: William, in Kansas;
John, Michigan;
Thomas, Robert, Man.; Stewart, Mrs. Richard Hamilton, & Mrs. Allan Smith, Erin Village, & Mrs. Robert Little (d.).

. Thomas, b. 1830, d. 1904. He was on the old homestead in Erin. In 1856 he set. on 200 acres, Lots 15 & 16, Con. 4, & later, bought the west half of Lot 9, con. 3, & still later, the 50 acres adjoining. He took a pride in raising fine horses, & was very successful. He was always liberal in his contributions to the Disciples church, of which he was a member. He m. Mary Smith.
Issue: Matthew, Hugh R., John, William, Henry, (unm.); Mrs. Hugh Mitchell, David (unm.); Thomas, m. Mary Weatherstone, & set. North Dakota; Mrs. (Dr.) McCullough, & Mrs. Wm. Smith, in Everton. Of this branch: Matthew, b. 1858, resides on the east half of Lot 8, Con. 3, Erin, where he is a successful farmer. He m. Ellen Mitchell.

Hugh R., b. 1860, m. Maggie MacCollum, & started in business for himself three years after his marriage, settling on Lot 11, Con. 2, which is one of the best farms in the county, with up-to-date improvements, brick house & good buildings. He is a consistent member of the Disciples church. Issue: Mabel J. Thomas D., Annie M., & Bertha L.,
John, m. Annie E. Loree, & set. on Lot 22, Con. 7, Eramosa.

. William, b. 1860, is a self-made man. He is a member of the Disciples Church & a Conservative. He m. Isabella M. Loree, in 1888.
Issue: William A., Clara I., Melvin W., Sarah E., Thomas S., & Roy V. ,
Smith, son of Thomas, m. Lizzie Oakes, & set. in Guelph. He is a traveller for the Raymond Mfg. Co.,

. Stewart, son of the late Hugh McCutcheon, was b. in 1857. He resides on the homestead, & is a first-class citizen. He m. Sarah Kennedy. Issue: Mrs. Humphrey Barber, Hugh, David, William, Robert, James, & Clarence. Of this branch, Hugh, m. Miss Gibbon, & set. Esquesing; David m. Amelia Young, & rents the homestead from his father; William, m. Ruth Osborne, & set. Rockwood.

. Surrogate Court Register Books, Volume D - Erin Twp., Wellington Co., 19 Feb 1861, Pg. 261,
McCutcheon, Hugh, Wife: Mary Stewart
Kindred: William, Ann Little wife of Robert D. Little, Ellen Smith wife of Henry Smith, Thomas, Margaret wife of Thomas Fielding, Stewart, John,
Jane Matilda Hamilton wife of Richard,
Robert McCutcheon.

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Birth:
ALT DOB 1795. Sloanstown, Donaghadee Parish, Ireland.

Died:
100 Acres, Log 1 story, Lot 9, Con 3, Erin Twp., RR # 3.

Buried:
L1, C7, Erin Twp., Monument S13-5.

Hugh married Mary STEWART in 1828 in County Down, Ireland. Mary was born in 1798 in Sloanstown, Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland; died on 30 Aug 1893 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried on 2 Sep 1893 in Ballinafad Pioneer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Alice & Alexander Stewart. (Verify)

. After Mary's 9 children were grown Mary returned to Ireland to visit her family. In an often repeated story, great-granddaughter, Marie Felker, recalled that Mary McCutcheon had ridden her horse all the way through the wild bush to Lake Ontario, [to the Port of Oakville] to take her first round of vessels up Lake Ontario & up the St. Lawrence to Ireland." It seems this monumental horse ride made more of an impression on the family than Mary Stewart McCutcheon's ocean voyage! - P J Ahlberg.

. Mary went to Montreal to visit her people & as there were no railroads, she rode horseback to Oakville then took the boat to Montreal. I know once Mary came back from Montreal & rode home alone on horseback. She had a big load, as her people had given her so much to take back to the bushland. She got very tired & people along the way made her stay overnight with them & rest.

. Death Card Notice:
Died, in Erin Township, on Wednesday, August 30, 1893,
Mary Stewart
Relict of the late Hugh McCutcheon, Age 95 years
The Funeral will leave the residence of her son Mr. Stewart McCutcheon, Lot 9, 4th Con, Erin Twp. on Saturday, September 2nd at 2:00 o'clock for Ballinfad Cemetery, Erin. August 31, 1891.

Obituary:
. 1893 Sep 2, Wed. We are called upon this week to record the death of a respected nonagenarian, in the person of Mrs. Mary McCutcheon, who departed this life last Wednesday, in her 95th year.
The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon from the residence of her son, Mr. Stewart McCutcheon, Lot 9, Con. 4, Erin, to the Ballinafad Cemetery.
Deceased came to this country with her husband, Hugh McCutcheon, & 2 children (one of which died on ship board) from the County of Down, Ireland, & settled 30 miles from Montreal. After living there for a few years, they came to Erin Tp., about 65 years ago, [c 1828] & hewed out a home for themselves in the forest where they since lived & died. Their family consisted of 9 children, 6 of whom are still living.
Mrs. McCutcheon has been a widow for 32 years, & has continued to live on the homestead, with her son. In earlier days, she was a Congregationalist, but latterly was a member of the Disciple Church. 2 sons, Stewart & Thomas, live in Erin, Tp., & Robert, in Manitoba; 2 daughters, Mrs. Smith & Mrs. R. Hamilton, reside in Erin, & Mrs. Fieldon, in Seattle, Montana. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Baker & Mr. Fowley.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 7 Sep 1893, page 3, column 3.

. Also Cousin Martha Culvert of Chicago came home for the funeral. 

. Hugh & Mary's weathered monuments are partially hidden by bushes at the top of the hill to the left of the Ballinafad Cemetery. Inscription reads:
In deaths cold arms lies sleeping here
A loving father, a companion dear
In love he lived, In xx he died
His life was asked, but God denied.

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Birth:


Died:
Died at age 98 yrs of old age, on Wednesday; Lot 9, Con 4, Erin Twp., RR # 3

Buried:
Lot 1 Con 7, Erin Twp. Monument S13-5. modern stone stands beside semi legible mable stone.

Notes:

Mathew Smith was well & favorably known as a progressive farmer & an extensive breeder of shorthorn cattle. Mathew Smith had the proud distinction of owning the first buggy in the township and though at the present day it souls be considered rather too old fashion for any one to ride in, it caused quite a sensation & was nearly the cause of getting Mr. Smith into trouble. The first time he rode in state to church, the worshippers were slow in coming in, the cause being attributed to the time occupied in examining and admiring the new buggy, & it was considered by the more conservative people that Mr. Smith, who was considered a "bright and shining light" in the community, was showing an example of extravagance to his neighbors by such an innovation and insisted that Mr. Smith should be disciplined for his want of consideration. ...the subject was dropped.

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Birth: