Family/Spouse: Mary LAFAIN. Mary was born in 1841 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Salem CAMPBELL was born in 1860 in Ontario; died on 5 Oct 1933; was buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
2. Victoria CAMPBELL was born in 1861 in Michigan.
3. Fred CAMPBELL was born in 1871 in Iowa.
4. Mary M. CAMPBELL was born about 1875 in Iowa.

Harvey married Lydia SWAYZE on 14 Oct 1829 in Kintore, Oxford, Ontario. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin SWAYZE and Mary PICKARD) was born on 3 Aug 1807 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; died on 16 Jul 1871 in Watertown, Tuscola, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Record
about Benjamin, Sr. Swayze

Name: Benjamin, Sr. Swayze

Event: Living

Year: 1840

Province: Ontario

Place: Brock District

Source: District Marriage Registers of Upper Canada, Brock District 1839-1857, Provincial Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured.

from Ancestry.ca

Benjamin married Mary PICKARD in 1806 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario. Mary (daughter of Benjamin PICKARD and UNKNOWN) was born on 18 Oct 1784; died on 23 Dec 1871 in Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Kintore Methodist Cemetery, Kintore, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Swayzie is listed in the 1861 Census, East Nissouri Township, Oxford County, Ontario age 73 and living with her son Elias Swayze and his wife Nancy. National Archives Microfilm #C-1060.

Notes:

Isreal was a Loyalist and, after the Revolutionary War, he and his wife and

young family were compelled to find a new home. They travelled to Canada

with other Loyalists. Isreal was granted 550 acres at Beaverdams, Ontario,

where he was the chief founder of the settlement at Beaverdams.

Swayze, Israel

On 10 Aug 1801 The Crown granted a patent to Israel Swayze for all 300 acres in Lots 75, 76 and 77 Thorold Twp.

On 17 May 1802 The Crown granted a patent to Israel Swayze for all 200 acres in Lots 54 and 55 Thorold Twp.

On 19 Sep 1808 (Reg 21 Sep 1808) Israel Swayze et ux sold to Frederick Glass 100 acres in Lots 75 and 76 Thorold Twp. (A46 #1473)

On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze 100 acres in Lot 35 Thorold Twp. (A53 #1930)

On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze the northwest quarter of Lot 53 Thorold Twp. (A53 #1930)

On 9 Mar 1811 (Reg 9 Mar 1811) Hiram Swayze sold to Israel Swayze 25 acres in the southeast quarter of Lot 53 Thorold Twp. for £50 (A55 #1932)

On 29 Apr 1819 (Reg 28 Apr 1829) Israel Swayze sold to Samuel Hopkins 123 acres in the south part of Lots 76 and 77 Thorold Twp. for £300 (A255 #7598)

On 27 May 1825 (Reg 27 Jun 1826) Israel Swayze sold to Hiram Swayze 143 acres in Lots 53, 54, 55 and 75 Thorold Twp. for £400 (A201 #6848)

On 18 Feb 1830 (Reg 5 May 1830) Israel Swayze sold to Samuel Hopkins 150 acres 2 roods 35 perches in Lots 53, 54, 55, 76 and 77 for £500 (A286 #7927)

https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers2/thorold-3 viewed July 7, 2015

Sweezy, Israel

On 9 Feb 1791 the Land Board read the petition of Israel Sweezy for a grant of two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 (Thorold) and found him qualified to receive two hundred acres of land. The order was referred to Acting Surveyor General Augustus Jones who assigned to him two hundred acres in Lots 11 and 12 Concession 4 in the Township of No. 9. Marginal note of D. W. Smith: By Major Holland`s plan these Lots are No. 54 and half 53. Further note No. 11 to be divided with John Willson. (Thorold Township Papers 0159)

On 9 Feb 1791 the Land Board read the petition of Israel Sweezy for a grant of two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 (Thorold) and found he has received two hundred acres of land in Township No. 9 as a Loyalist and he has settled on and improved the same and that he is entitled to a further assignment of four hundred acres for his wife and seven children. The order was referred to Acting Surveyor General Augustus Jones who assigned to him four hundred acres in Lots 13 Concession 4 and Lots 10, 11 and 12 Concession 5 in the Township of No. 9. Marginal note of D. W. Smith: These are lots No. 68 and 45. D. W. Smith added a note: My Major Hollands Plan these lots are No. 55, 75, 76, 77 (Thorold Township Papers 0168)

On 21 Oct 1796 Acting Surveyor General D. W. Smith prepared a surveyor’s assignment for Israel Sweezy for 550 acres of land in the west half of Lot 53 and the Lots 54, 55, 75, 76 and 77 Thorold Twp. Added note: with 2 Ld. Bd. Certificates-one of which it is observed that No. 11.4th Conc. that is No. 53, is to be divided with John Wilson. (Thorold Township Papers 0157)

https://sites.google.com/site/townshippapers/thorold-settlers-1 viewed August 9, 2015

Israel married Abigail COLEMAN on 4 Feb 1776 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey. Abigail (daughter of Samuel COLEMAN and Abigail CLARK) was born on 5 Aug 1757 in New Jersey; died on 11 Jun 1843 in Beaverdams, Welland, Ontario; was buried in Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DIED

In Canning, near Paris, on Mayday, the 27th inst., after a protracted illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, Mr. Benjamin Pickard, aged 101 years. The deceased was one of the veterans who saved the British Government in the American revolution; he resided may years in the Township of Niagara, in the Niagara District, and has been a worthy member of the Wesleyan Methodist body during the past 60 years.

Brantford Semi-Weekly Expositor, July 31, 1857, page 3

Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Preserving Niagara's Past

Established in 1895

History of the old white Grist Mill

on the Four Mile Creek on lot 193

Township of Niagara by Alexander Servos

Niagara Historical Society 1914

In the year 1800, Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara, in the County of Lincoln, built a grist mill on lot 193 on the Four Mile Creek, military reserve of the Township of Niagara, said mill contained one run of stone, which was brought from Eusopas in the State of New York.

The machinery was all made of wood-the wheels and shafting: There was not' an iron wheel in the old mill. The mill is built of very heavy timber. All of the posts and beams are fourteen inches square, as well as the sills. The girths, studding and braces are all hewn out. Not one piece of timber in the frame is sawn. The sills and posts are of white oak and all the other timber is white wood.

During the war of 1812-14, when the Americans had possession of Fort George and Niagara, there were several skirmishes in or near, the town, out at the Ball farm and the cross-roads (now Virgil), the wounded all being taken to the mill, which was used for a hospital for some length of time.

At this time the Americans went out from Fort George and were met by the militia, who lying in wait for them but were too few in number to hold their own and had to retreat farther into the country, and in order to do so quietly they threw over one hundred American muskets and bayonets which they had captured, into the mill pond, to prevent them from again falling into the hands of the Americans.. The arms all sank into the millpond and remain there until the present day.

In 1810 the mill became the property of Abraham Secord, and, in 1815 the late Samuel Street became owner, who in 1818 sold it to the late Wm. S. Servos, and in 1859 it became the property of Alexander Servos, the writer of this short sketch. In 1893 he sold the property to W m. Chaplin. The original owner, Benjamin Pickard, was buried in the graveyard on the farm where there were a great many, of the first.settlers buried. After it became the property of Mr. Chaplin, he caused all the old tombstones to be removed and ploughed the graveyard, levelling down the, graves and cultivating it as the other land. Many of the bodies had, however, previously been removed to St. Catharines cemetery. The mill still remains standing and is in a good state of repair.
http://www.niagara.com/~nhs/pickard.html

Pickard, Benjamin

On 9 May 1810 Acting Surveyors General Chewett and Ridout prepared an undated surveyor’s assignment for Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara for 99 acres of land in the northern third part of Lot 193 Newark (Niagara) Twp. as per the order of the late Surveyor General dated 13 Dec 1794. Assignment William, James and Benjamin Pickard. (Niagara Township Papers 0742)

On 9 May 1810 Acting Surveyors General Chewett and Ridout prepared an undated surveyor’s assignment for Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara, devisee of the will of the late William Pickard for 50 acres of land in the north half of the center third part of Lot 193 Newark (Niagara) Twp. surveyed by Mr. Law, located to the late Mr. William Pickard as per the order of the 9th Claim of the Commissioners Report in Jun 1809. (Niagara Township Papers 0743)

above from https://sites.google.com/site/townshippapers/niagara-township-papers/niagara-township-p-q viewed April 12/19

Benjamin married UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]