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14501	John is the son of Jennie Walker & John JACK Wesley Felker.6th. CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists. The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Letter Carrier & Mail Porter, Post Office Department, Toronto. Ontario. Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT. Ref: December 13, 1947, Canada Gazette & Ottawa, April 19, 1948. While in Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy. John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle & relaxed man. After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston & Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold & change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch & call "Hey Bel, Black Label" Carling's beer. John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing & making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees on the 6 Saskatoon Avenue. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. He & wife Caroline would play many Scarbble games with Aunts Mary, Irene & Ruby Walker. John loved watching hockey & Canadian football. He & Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. In winter you roughed it. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view & feeding the birds. John & Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer & plenty of rounds of card games. - - -	FELKER, John Walker .V (I966)
14502	John is the son of Jennie Walker & John JACK Westley Felker.6th. . CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists. The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Letter Carrier & Mail Porter, Post Office Department, Toronto, Ontario. . Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT. Ref: December 13, 1947, Canada Gazette & Ottawa, April 19, 1948. . While in Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy. . 1943 Sep 27 -Two sons of Mrs J Walker, Weston Rd, Mount Dennis, are serving with the armed forces. Gunner J W Felker 22, has recently arrived overseas. Aircraftman Charles Felker, 19, enlisted with the RCAF last march & now is training on the east coast. Gunner Felker was educated at St. Clair Ave. public school & Western Technical school. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery a year ago & graduated as a singlalman at Kingston. He was active in community hockey & baseball teams. Ref: Toronto Star newspaper. . 1944 Mar 21 - Wounded Canadian Armourer Corps: John Walker Felker, Gnr., Toronto. Ref: Winnipeg Tribune newspaper, Manitoba. . 1969 Toronto City Directory Felker, E Marie, Office manger Gordon Bannerman Ltd, Res. 6 Saskatoon Dr., Weston Felker, Chas H, auditor UIC,REs. 7 Saskatoon Dr. Felker, John W, 1C Post Office, house 6 Saskatoon Dr . John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle & relaxed man. After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston & Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold & change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch & call "Hey babe, house about a Black Label" Carling's beer. John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing & making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. He & wife Caroline would play many Scarbble games with Aunts Mary, Irene & Ruby Walker. John loved watching hockey & Canadian football. He & Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. In winter you roughed it. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view & feeding the birds. John & Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer & plenty of rounds of card games. - - -	FELKER, John Walker .20th (I129)
14503	John is the son of Jennie Walker and John JACK Wesley Felker.6th. . CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists. The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to exservice men. Letter Carrier and Mail Porter, Post Office Department, Toronto. Ontario. . Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT. Ref: December 13, 1947 Canada Gazette and Ottawa, April 19, 1948. . While in Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy. . John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle and relaxed man. After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston and Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold and change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch and call "Hey Bel, Black Label" Carling's beer. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold and change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing and making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. John loved watching hockey and Canadian football. He and Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view and feeding the birds. John and Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer and and plenty of rounds of card games. He and Caroline liked country music. - - - .	FELKER, John Walker .20 (I70)
14504	John is the son of Jennie Walker and John JACK Wesley Felker.6th. . CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists. The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Letter Carrier and Mail Porter, Post Office Department, Toronto. Ontario. . Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT. Ref: December 13, 1947, Canada Gazette & Ottawa, April 19, 1948. . In WWII, in during the Battle for Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy. . John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle & relaxed man. . After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston & Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold & change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch & call "Hey babe, house about a Black Label" Carling's beer. . John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing & making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. He & wife Caroline would play many Scarbble games with Aunts Mary, Irene & Ruby Walker. . John loved watching hockey & Canadian football. He & Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. In winter you roughed it. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view & feeding the birds. John & Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer and and plenty of rounds of card games. - - -	FELKER, John Walker .9th (I4)
14505	John is the son of Joseph & Rachel Tisdale. . Joseph married his second cousin, Maria Nelson Walker. . For further research: Sentinel Review, Woodstock 21 O t 1896, p5 col 1; 22 Oct 1896, page 4, col 3; & 23 Oct 1896, page 5, col 4. - - -	TISDALE, John Cleoden (I1309)
14506	John is the son of Lucy Stout & Elisha Lawrence & half first cousin of Elizabeth Lawrence who was the third wife of William Hartshorne. . 1731, Apr. 1 - He was assessed for 360 acres, in Upper Freehold. . 1731 to 1758 - He was an Assessor, of Upper Freehold . 1758 - He was assessed for a like acreage, plus a chaise. . On 1 May, 1744, Isaac Antrum, Yeoman, purchased 94 acres at Asspunpick, Upper Freehold from John Lawrence, Esquire. . property located in relationship to land 'adjoining on the line run by John Lawrence for the division between East & West Jersey." . At a special meeting of the Board of General Proprietors of the Western Division of New-Jersey, at the City of Burlington, on Thursday & Friday, the 10th & 11th days of November, 1774 (1743?), it was resolved, that as it is evident the Eastern Proprietors are not disposed to come into the equitable measures proposed by this Board, for settling a true line of partition between them, this Board will assert & maintain their right to the lands lying to the westward of a line, to be run from the mouth of Machackamack, lately established as the Northern Boundary of this province, to the Station Point at Little Egg-harbor & to the eastward of the ex part line, run by Mr. John Lawrence. . 1743 September - October - John Lawrence, for the East Jersey Proprietors, surveys the partition line between East & West Jersey to the northern terminal. Many grants between the original partition & the Lawrence Line had been granted in the preceding decades, confusing the land titles in this triangular area in the center of the colony. Surveyor General's Office document 1676, W. Broad Street The first governors of West Jersey at a time when Burlington was Capital of West Jersey, The Council of West Jersey Proprietors maintains their records in this office. . These are surveyors we are discussing; men & women who plumb muddy swamps looking for ancient piles of rocks or buried iron stakes, all in the name of accurately dividing the world into pieces we can claim to own. The East-West New Jersey Line, known among the initiated as the Lawrence Line because it was plotted by surveyor John Lawrence, divided the state diagonally between Little Egg Harbor & a point in the Delaware River that is now part of New York State. In 1644, James, Duke of York (the brother of King Charles II of England) seized from the Dutch the "New Netherlands" an area stretching from Massachusetts Bay to Delaware Bay. The Duke gave New Jersey to Lord John Berkeley & Sir George Carteret, two of the crown's supporters during the English Civil War. Berkeley & NJ Gov. Carteret split New Jersey in two, based on a line drawn by surveyor George Keith in 1687. The two men eventually sold their vast tracts of land to groups called proprietors. Disagreements over the boundaries, including the dividing line between New Jersey & New York, eventually resulted in the hiring of Lawrence by the proprietors of East New Jersey. Lawrence ran the line from a large rock, called Station Rock, in the Delaware River near what is now Cocheton, New York, to a now-submerged marker in Little Egg Harbor. The Lawrence Line left a sliver of New Jersey perched north of the confluence of the Neversink & Delaware rivers, a chunk some called the "New Jersey Peninsula." After 50 years of nasty border fights, the provincial government moved the state line south to its current place. The remainder of the Lawrence Line remained in effect & to this day, there are proprietors representing both sides of the state who oversee & sell the remaining, undeeded land. . 1749 Apr 14, Gentlemen: Yesterday I forgot to acquaint you that in running the Province Line (when in Pennsylvania), I was stopt by 3 Indians. The Kings's son who claimed the lands where I then was asked me £5 for liberty to go through the lands. I beat them down to £4. The King stopt me above half a day & drank every drop of spirit I head with me the night before & ye day I was so hindered. Billed £6. . 1758- 1760 NJ Supreme Court Case # 23744, John Lawrence et al, Surveyor, Plaintiff, VS Jonathan Thomas, Breach of covenant, Debt, Trespass & Asportation & Trespass & Ejectment, Monmouth Co. 1760 Mar 13, WILL of Andrew Riddle, Monmouth co., Ind Bon od John Lawrence, Surveyor, as Administrator; Fellowbondsmen, Hugh Hartshorne, both of Burlington Co. . 1767 Advertisement for a plantation for sale in Upper Freehold. 1775 Chaired the Defiant Upper Freehold Resolution. Chaired the Defiant Upper Freehold Resolution: . 1775 May 4 -Upper Freehold Resolutions, Imlaystown. "John Lawrence Esq. in the chair: When the following resolves were unanimously agree to: "Resolved, That is our first wish to live in unison with Great Britain, agreeable to the principles of the Constitution; that we conserve the unnatural civil war which we are about to be forced into, with anxiety & distress but that we are determined to oppose the novel claim of the Parliament of GB to raise a revenue in America & risk every possible consequence rather than to submit to it. Resolve that it appears to this meeting that there are sufficient numbers of arms for the people. Resolved that a sum of money be now raised to purchase what further quantity & it is recommended that every man capable of hearing arms enter into Companies to train & be prepared to march at a minute warning; & it is further recommended to the people that they do not waste their powder in fowling & hunting. A subscription was opened & £160 instantly paid into the hands of a person appointed for that purpose . The officers of 4 companies were then chosen & the meeting broke up perfect unanimity." Elisha Lawrence, Clerk. . Advanced in life at the Revolutionary year, he was not in arms, but the Whigs put him in jail at Burlington & kept him prisoner 9 months for granting British protections. Efforts were made to induce him to abandon home, in order to confiscate his estate, but he remained. Sabine. . 1776 July 5, In Congress, Ordered, that the President do take the parole of honour of Mr. John Lawrence, of Monmouth Co., not to depart the house of Mr. Rensellier Williams & if Mr. Lawrence should refuse to give same, that the President order him to be confined under such guard as he may deem necessary. . Ordered, the President take the parole of Mr. Lawrence, not to depart the Twp. of Trenton, unless with leave of Congress. . 1776 July 9, John Lawrence, Esq. was permitted to return home on his parole. . NJ Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Volume 3 Land Deed (example of one of many: East Jersey Survey for J. Demarie. 2 tracts. 80 acres formerly Devos. Bordering lands of Lawrence the Drawer; Old David Demarie, Deceased; David Demarie Jr., Deceased; S. Demarie; & J. Slot. Survey undated. Years approx. Warrant Date: 3 Aug 1693. Location 296 Acres. East Side of the Hackinsack River, beginning at the Fountain Spring. . In civil life one branch of the Lawrence family of Monmouth County were ardent Tories. The ELDER JOHN LAWRENCE, who ran one of the several division lines between the provinces of East & West Jersey, was arrested by the Whigs & kept in jail, as was his son, Dr. John Lawrence, a graduate of the first class of the Philadelphia Medical College. . Advanced in life at the Revolutionary era, he was not in arms, but the Whigs put him in jail at Burlington & kept him prisoner nine months, for granting British protections. Efforts were made to induce him to abandon home, in order to confiscate his estate, but he remained. . The Council of Safety in April 1777 ...John Lawrence, was committed to the same jail the same week, was charged with high treason. He was an agent to furnish British protection papers. ... In 1777 Col. John Morris, of the NJ Royal Volunteers, a Refugee organization, was sent to destroy salt manufacture buildings near Toms River bridge. But a man names John Williams Had placed the significant letter "R" on him by order of Gen. Cortland Skinner. No explanation is given of what was meant by the 'significant letter R", but the inference is that some of the owners had accepted papers guaranteeing British protection, which given by John Lawrence (of Lawrence's Line note) & perhaps others, to all who signed a pledge not to aid the Americans, but to adhere to the Crown. . The State of New Jersey to Asher Holmes, Esqr. "It is hereby commanded you that you take John Lawrence, Esqr. of Upper Freehold & him safely keep so that you may have his body before the Governor & Council of Safety" etc "on the 11th April Instant to answer unto such things as shall be objected against him on behalf of the said State" etc., Ap. 5, 1777. By order of the Council of Safety. Signed, WI LIVINGSTON, President. . 1790 Dec 6, WILL of John Lawrence, Sr. of Monmouth, Daughter Mary, negro boy Prince, daughter Sarah, negro boy Peter. Real & personal to be sold & divided into 5 parts: son John, Daughters Elizabeth Le Conte, Mary Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Granddaughter Helena Lawrence Holmes, each one fifth part. They all to act as Executors. Wit: James Lawrie, Robt. Montgomery, John Stillwell. Proved 1795 Sep 4. Ref: NJ Lib 33, p 516, File 7257-7260M. . 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House Monument: "John LAWRENCE born Jan 28th 1708/9 & departed this life June 19,1795 in the 86th year of his age." LAWRENCE, JOHN, FIELD BOOK & RELATED PAPERS, 3-1839.Approx. 25 items. Field book kept by John Lawrence & related papers concerning the dividing line between East & West Jersey. Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society Red Valley, near Cream Ridge NJ. - - -	LAWRENCE, John Sr., Esq., .6; The Surveyor (I425)
14507	John is the son of Margaret J Lawrence & James Sliver.2	SILVER, John WILLIAM (I1521)
14508	John is the son of Martha Ellen & Jessie Atkinson.	ATKINSON, John James (I1741)
14509	John is the son of Martha Lynn & Henry Dennis of Philadelphia. . Note: John Dennis was a neighbor of John Willson & John Brown Lawrence. Dennis built a shipyard adjacent to the Kingsmill /Old Mill: - P J Ahlberg. . 1766 Dec 11 - These are to forewarn all persons not total an assignment of a bond from Henry Dennis, Shipwright, of Philadelphia, to Peter Jones of Cumberland Co., West Jersey, dated in February 1763 for £6, in consideration of a piece of cedar swamp sold to said Dennis, about £40 of which bond is paid: The said Peter Jones became bound me, the penalty of £200, in a bond of the same date, to make or secure to mea title for said Cedar Swamp & he has not performed, I did not intend to pay a farthing more, until said Jones makes me title, agreeable to his obligation. Henry Dennis. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia. . 1772 Nov 11 - To be sold by the executors of late deceased Samuel Shivers, & to be entered on the 2 April, next ensuing, One third part of a large tract of Pine Land, well timber & situated near Morris's River Bridge, on Menantico, also the one third part of a good sawmill thereon, & of all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, being formerly the property of Henry Dennis. For further particulars apply to Daniel Cozens*, in Gloucester Co., or Joseph Shinn, in Salem Co. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia. XRef: Daniel Cozens was a United Empire Loyalist who would also settle in York (Toronto), Upper Canada. . 1778 June 25, Thrus. A proclamation by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Whereas the following named persons, late inhabitants of this state, Henry Dennis, Shipwright, John Dennis, Wheelwright, if they do render themselves by a certain day, for vesting their estates for ascertaining & satisfying the lawful debs & claims. Ref: Pennsylvania Evening Post, Philadelphia. . 1792 Oct 20, UCLPetition 3, D Bundle 1 Petition of John Dennison, Farmer & Mercht. Miller in County of Suffolk, England. To Lieut. Gov. John Graves Simcoe, Petitioner served most of last War as a Lieut. in Col. Harvey's Battalion of Militia, having now a wife & 3 sons is desirous of removing with them & his Property to Upper Canada. Solicits a grant of 200 Acres in the neighborhood of Toronto. Signed, By request of the Petitioner, Niagara, 20 Oct, 1792, Peter Russell. Granted (200 A. ! ) . 1797 Nov 19, UCLPetition 60, D Bundle 6, C1743, p650. To Peter Russell, Petition of John Dennison, In August 1776* made application to your honor for 2 farms & a Lot to carry on his business in York Twp., for his wife & family. He has no right spot on the water. His house being 3 miles from the plan. His Excellency General Simcoe informing me I might have land where it suits me. Your petition in his disappointment, made application of a town [York] lot, not being granted to him. He prays for your assistance, Signed, 19 Nov 1797, John Dennis, Shipwright. Note: 1776 is clearly written, but mistaken as Gov. Simcoe arrive in 1792 in Town of York, UC. OR * was perhaps 1796 intended? - PJA. . To Peter Russell, In obedience to your command to report upon a location prayed for by Mr. Dennis, I have received is ideas respecting the spot suitable for shipbuilding business, to be Lot 41 on the Humber, as represented in the annex sketch, abut 100 acres. This & adjacent lots, was revered by the Lieut. Gov. for the future timber in the first instance the Kings saw mill being little above it & for future disposals, & 2nd the timber should be cut off. Mr. Dennis asserts there is no timber to speak of on this Lot. Submitted to your Honors wisdom, D. Smith, Survey General's Office, York, 20 Nov 1797. . Envelope: The Governor [Simcoe} wishes this land not be granted or leased but Mr. Dennis is wife not be restricted from building vessels anywhere he may find convenient P.R. 7 Feb. 1798. . John Dennis received a grant of 400 A. on the Humber, car where Weston now is. He was given his choice of that or the land now bounded by Yonge, Bloor, Church & Queen streets. He chose the Humber location because the other was swampy. . 1798 Feb 14 Feb, UCLPetition 20, Town of York Lot granted 23 Jun 1798. . 1801 Mar 30, UCLPetition 57, C1743, p875. Petitioner having no ship building yard & having a verbal permission for building on the Humber [River] at a place where he had built several on government land. He therefore proceeded building sloop: He purchased it a few days after was informed it was expected that permission would be been asked. That as things now stood, it might be deathbed; he therefore prays written permission for building & launching the sloop with timber. Signed, John Dennis, Shipwright. Envelope: Mar 30, 1802. The petitioner may finish away the sloop, but he must never build another vessel at the Humber again without the expressed leave of the Governor. . UC Land Petitions Leases, 1802 Jan 19, York, Wants to lease reserve Lot 6, 2nd Con, on the Humber, he being the Proprietor of Lots 4 & 5 adjoining. John Dennison, Esq. . 1802 Mar 14, UCLPetition 11, D Bundle Bundle Leases,1799-1819, C1885, p921. To John Small, Esq. He still wants to lease those 2 Lots 39 & 40, Con 3. Jno. Dennis, Humber. . 1802 Mar 26, UCLP 55, D Bundle 5, C1743, p865. To Lieut. Gov. Peter Hunter, Petition of John Denison. On the faith he would moved his family into this province, & to have certain grant for a ship Yard Lot, the applied for a yard on another distant lot; 25 times attending Council, he humbly requests to take his case into consideration, signed, John Dennis. Envelope: Received 30 March 1802. His petition having failed, the Board has no concern. . Father: 1809 July 22, Saturday, Town of York. Seneca Ketchum, Path Master on Yonge Street appeared to prosecute the following Persons, for refusing & neglecting to perform their Statute Labour. Thomas & Wm. Hill, Walter Moody, William Marsh Sen'. was fined by the Court $1 & all expenses. George Denison, appeared & gave no reasonable excuse, to the Court for refusing to perform his Statute labour & he is fined by the Court $8 & all Expenses. . 1830 May 5, UCLPetition 22, D Bundle 16, York, p158 [Slightly extracted version] To Lt. Gov. John Colborne, John Dennis is the son late Henry Dennis, Master Shipbuilder, City of Philadelphia to a great & portable extent. He was very young when his father jointed the British Standard. Although a Quaker he served in Army & essential series to Sir Wm Howe. The British Fleet transported him & his father to NY City after the evacuation of Philadelphia, forfeiting their property in town & vicinity valued at many thousand pounds. In NY his father commenced ship building, repairing & refitting ships. But he tried with his father peaceable employment & volunteered under General Grant to the West Indies & was at the taking & defense of St. Lucia, Grenada & other islands. . 1780 your Petitioner returned to NY finding his father growing old & never afterwards left him. At the peace of 1783 he removed to New Brunswick where his house & belongings burned to the ground. After this calamity General Simcoe came to Canada but the General could give no compensation. When the Commissioners came to the Colonies for the Loyalist Losses, head not the necessary documents & when he had them, the commissioners returned to England. Now is his 72th year, he would no longer trouble his Majesty Government, but he has children & grandchildren likely to suffer from the evils of property, but for the estates his father lost. He cherished the hope that something will yet be allowed., Signed, John Dennis. Envelope: 1830 May 14, In Council, The UC government does not have the ability to address his losses. He must applied the his Majesties Government (England.) Signed, W Robinson, Chairman. . To Lt Gov John Colborn, Further information to his Petition, I have endeavored through loss to his Majesty, lost his patinmokny for 52 years [1778]. UC Sundries, C6869, Document 55283, p727 [Abbreviated for repetition, as above] . He has reduced his family to great stress & deprivation through loyalty, he has reduced his family: son & son-in-law had good vessel of 40 to 50 tons. Colonel Drummond took possession to it, destroyed at £2,000 worth, but valued at £400, son was master at 6 shillings a day, at Quebec & came to Kinston where they paid him £259 for the vessel; son went to York until she was taken. His brother-in-law as slain. Vessels was sold to highest bidder to Hugh C Thompson, & my son lives at Point Frederick [Kingston, ON]. Considering his & his father's losses, he was promised a shipyard, but was given 2 acres not sufficient for making a yard. His son is now building on sufferance on the open beach. I am most restfully & humbly your servant, John Dennis, York 15 Feb, 1830. . Petition of John Dennis, he was born in Philadelphia in 1758. He & his father were driven from home, with his Majesties Forces in Philadelphia in 1778. His father fell in a fit of apoplexy as he was walking in apparently full health. He never informed or found his father's deeds & bonds of debts due him. He is upwards of 71 years & begs your Excellency to grant him some renumeration. He has a weak constitution but a good moral character of myself & son. . 1815 Dec 9 - To Lieut. Gov. Francis Gore: He left home with his father Henry Dennis who died in a xxz fit, leaving him to settle his affairs in Sept 1783. He went to New Brunswick in Sept 1783 & went in 1785 to Pennsylvania where is father's land was confiscated & his was too late to lay any claims before the Commissioners [for US War Losses]. He prays his dormant claim may be taken into consideration. John Dennis. Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4545, document 11206, p1356. . To Lieut. Gov. Francis Gore: Report on the Petition of John Dennis: Granted a Town Lot in York 14 Feb, 1798; . 1798 Jun 27 - President Russell permitted Mr. Dennis to locate Lot 11, Front St., Town of York; Order in Council to enquire how far the notice of 4 Sept 1800 had been complied with, report made 1 May 1801. Whereupon 27 May 1801 a letter was addressed to Survey General that the Lot appropriated by John Dennis was thrown open along with others. Surveying fees have been repaid to Mr. Dennis on the aforementioned Grant & Lot 11 was loaded in May 1801 by Mrs. Penelope Beike by permission of Lt. Gov. Hunter. Mr. Dennis now applies for Water Lot 5, Front Street, appropriated to Comte Joseph De Pusisayne, by an order from Pres. Russell on 19 Nov. 1798. Signed, York, 23 Jan, 1816, Thos. Ridout, Survey General. . Petition of John Dennis, He had a grant which was in short time given to Mr. John Barker. He next applied for a lot a Kingston which was refused. He prays for a Lot which lays in from to that where Mr. Isaac Brook/Brock? was building, which was given to Mrs. Bekin. Signed, John Dennis, 9 Dec, 1815. Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4546, document 11653, p415. . 1799 Nov 2 - Home District, Personally appeared before me, William Willcocks, Esq. Justice of Peace, John Dennis, farmer & made oath that on about Tuesday, 8 Oct last, he overtook Reuben Riggs of York Garrison, carpenter, near the mouth of the River Humber, on draft on which craft were several articles of lumber the property of the deponent, which were feloniously stolen from his shipyard in said river. Said John Dennis further swears that he has lost out of said shipyard several spikes, nails & other articles or iron besides many oak & pine plants of different dimensions & verily believes they were feloniously stolen by the said Reuben Riggs; & therefore prays he may be dealt with as the law directs & further sayedth not. Signed, John Dennis, Sworn before me the day & year first above written, Signed, Wm Willocks. . 1800 Feb 1, York. The published Felicitates: The Gazette had unwittingly published an article of a libelous character signed, by one John Dennis &has he statements were untrue he publishes the retraction: Whereas Mr Reuben Riggs of York, carpenter, has been indicted in respect of a certain trespass & having been tired on such indictment & honorably acquitted. Now I do hereby certify & declare until all whom it may confront., that I never did intend directly that the said Mr. Riggs should be charged with or arrested or accused with anything, crime or misdemeanor, other than trespass of which I complained. Reuben Riggs was innocent as to any the least intention of felonious intent, I do believe him to be an honest, sober & industrious man. John Dennis. . 1799 Sep 14, A handsome Vessel, the Toronto yacht, Baker will, in the course of a few days be ready to make her first trip. she is one of the handsomest vessels of there size that ever swam upon the Ontario &to edge from her appearance she bis fair to become one of the swiftest sailing vessels. She is admirably well calculated for the reception of passengers & can with propriety, boast of the most experience officers & Men. Her mast builder was a Mr. Dennis, an American, on whoosh reflects much honor. The vessel, which was built at the Humber River, was, when under the command of Capt. Fish, wrecked at the sandbar near the lighthouse, Toronto [year?] . 1808 Apr 13 Thurs., Thus. - General Quarter Session of Peace held at Town of York. Ordered that the Clerk of the Peace do write to Mr. John Denison requiring his attendance on Saturday next, before the Sessions, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. . 1808 Apr 16, Saturday. Mr. John Denison appeared, & said he would not serve office or pay any fine from this inquiry to service as assessor for the Town & Township of York & Etobicoke. He had served under Hon. Peter Russell, Esq. STILLWELL WILLSON, the other assessor declared upon oath that John Denison has refused to act or do his duty of assessor which he had been nominated by the Town Meeting. Court are not aware Mr. Denison's objections are legal, & therefore this fine to be levied. John Cameron of York, Gent. to be appointed in his stead. p.282 Ref: Upper Canada Gazette & the Oracle Newspaper, York. . 1812 Sep 11 - Ely Playter: . 1813 Dec 13, Ely Playter: The men were attached to Captain Denison's Company & myself to Captain Hamilton's. I took breakfast with the officers.s sent to procure quarters for the men by tomorrow & to get a return of the Humber Company of Captain Denison. . 1813 Dec 8-9th - I went to town early. The boats had gone to the Humber. The wind was fare today. . 1813 Nov 7 - Got some more summons signed for the Yonge Street and Humber me Ref: Ely Playter's Journal. . 1823 Aug 7, Thursday. Claim 179, John Dennison, Sworn Says he lost his horses supplies as stated. The Enemy [Americans] took his Niticals ? & swords. At other property claimed for few the house, he being taken prisoner & not one saw in the house. xxone lost when the Troops retreated from York.Though taken time after the time by the Troops. Worked from farm on shares, with Nxx? Russel. Considered all his own time. Allowed £. Ref: UC War of 1812 Claims for Losses, Archives of Canada, C2223, p85 - . - Son Joseph Dennis: . 1850 Feb 28, UCLPetition 119 To Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, Governor General of British North America. Petition of Joseph DENNIS of York Twp., York Co., Shipbuilder That your Petitioner was Master & owner of a Schooner called the Lady Gore on Lake Ontario at the time the War broke out between England & the United States in the year 1812. He was engaged by the late General BROCK during the first season of the War to convey troops & stores between York & Niagara, & made several trips in the said Service. That during the time he called once upon the General for money who in reply stated that he had then no funds at his disposal, that he was bowed down to the ground with such demands, but recommended to the petitioner & that I would eventually be paid. That the Battle of Queenston occurred shortly afterwards in which the General was Killed & that your Petitioner never received any equivalent for the said services. That your petitioner with his vessel as a transport in the Provincial Marine were engaged the following season of 1813 by Colonel Drummond who was then Quarter Master General, to transport troops & stores between Kingston & the upper end of the Lake. That your petitioner & his vessel were, with 5 other vessels while in the said service, taken by the Enemy on the 6th of October of that year, & after being 10 Months in Captivity was exchanged by way of Halifax & left to work his way home as best he could in consequence of which he did not arrive in Upper Canada till the following August. Col. Drummond had in the mean time been killed at Fort Erie but not however before an understanding had been obtained with him that your petitioner should receive £500 for the loss of his vessel but of which sum he your petitioner never received but £200 & further, receiving no pay for the time he was imprisoned. He never applied to the Government for remuneration until about the year 1835, when he petitioned setting forth the foregoing facts. His claim was deferred to the Adjutant General of Militia the late Col. Coffin, who having a recollection of the vessel & the service she, with your petitioner had performed was pleased to direct, in your petitioners presence, the clerk in the Surveyor Generals Office to enter your petitioners name upon the books for 500 acres of land saying at the same time, that in consequence of the capacity in which Mr Dennis had served & of the services performed as aforesaid, he had placed him on the footing with a Subaltern officer. That your petitioner supposing that this had been done engaged one Israel Bonerman, whom he had been led to believe an accredited agent of the Government, to choose for him the said 500 Acres, & doing the necessary duties to make a Return thereof to the Land Department in order that the Deeds might be obtained, & that in furtherance of this engagement a list of the lands so chosen & returned, or represented so to have been, was given by the said Bonerman, to your petitioner. The Rebellion occurring shortly afterwards & the assertions of the said Bonerman, from time to time that the grant had been perfected[?] & the Deeds would soon be out, delayed any farther action in the matter by your petitioner for 5 or 6 years, where on forcing the said Matter to an issue he found to his dismay that he had been deceived by the said Bonerman, & that he had not been entered for the 500 acres as had been understood with & directed by the late Adjutant General at the time referred to. That your petitioner now for the second, & he trusts the last, time prefers the Claim, with the firm conviction that both as a favour & at the same time as an act of justice, & while he would be grateful for it as the first he would most humbly & respectfully submit to your Excellency that it would be only consistent with the latter, the Government can have no object in, or desire towards, withholding from a faithful & confiding servant a consideration which may serve as a fair remuneration for personal services & suffering as well as a just due for losses actually sustained by him in its defense Your petitioner therefore humbly begs that Your Excellency may be pleased to direct that he be allowed scrip for 500 acres. Signed, Joseph Dennis, Toronto, 28 Feby, 1850. Ref: Upper Canada Land Petitions "M" Bundle 5, 1849. . Obituary: We observe with much regret the death of Joseph Dennis, Esq., of Weston, & with it the severance of another link connecting us with the early history of this country. Mr. Dennis was born in New Brunswick in 1789, his father, the late John Dennis, having settled there after being driven out of the United States as a U. E. Loyalist. The family removed to Canada some 3 years later, Mr. John Dennis receiving a grant of land for his services & losses as a Loyalist. This land was selected on the Humber river, & on it he then settled & lived, till having been appointed Superintendent of the dockyard, he removed to Kingston. Our recently deceased friend, Mr. Joseph Dennis, was brought up in the dockyard to a thorough knowledge of shipbuilding, which occupation, however, he soon exchanged for a more congenial one that of sailing. Owning a vessel on the lake at the outbreak of the American war of 1812, he placed himself & his vessel at the disposal of the Government, & was attached to the Provincial Marine. In one of the actions on Lake Ontario he lost his vessel, was captured & retained a prisoner in the hands of the enemy for some fifteen months. He subsequently commanded, we believe, the first steamer on the waters of Lake Ontario, the Princess Charlotte, which plied, as regularly as could be expected from a steamer of 50 years back, between the Bay of Quinte, Kingston, & Prescott. For the last 6 & 30 years Mr. Dennis had retired from active pursuits retaining till within the last year remarkable vigor, which, however, he taxed by little excepting to indulge his taste in fishing, of which he was an enthusiastic disciple. A man of genial & happy temperament, of unbending integrity, of simple tastes & methodical habits, he was a type of man fast passing out of this country. Ref: The Daily Globe Newspaper, Toronto. . 1803 Daughter Hannah Dennis Johnson: UCLP 12, To Lieut. Gov. Peter Hunter, His Excellency Peter Hunter. In Council. Petition Hannah JOHNSON wife of Thos. Johnson, York, York Co., Yeoman, Daughter of John Dennis, U.E. Prays for 200 Acres, Signed, Hannah Johnson. . Personally appeared before me John Willson, Esq., one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the Home District. The above named Hannah Johnson, who being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deponeth that She is Married to the above named Thos. Johnson & that she has never received any Lands or order of Lands from the Crown. Signed, Hannah Johnston. . I certify that the Petitioner written name signed, this Petitioner in my presence, that she is the Person She describes herself to be, & to the best of my knowledge & belief she never has rec'd. any Lands or order of Lands from the Crown. Signed, John Willson, JP. Envelope: 10 May 1803. Received from Thomas Johnson. Recommended for 200 Acres of Land, as the Daughter of a U.E. Loyalist. Signed. H. Allcock, Chairman. Ref: UCLP 12, I-J Bundle 6, C2109, p 257. In Memory of John Denison, Esquire, Son of George Denison, Esq., Of Rotherham, Yorkshire England By his wife Mary Parkinson Born at Headon, Yorkshire 20 Nov. 1755 Died at Toronto, 28 Oct. 1824 And also of his wife, Sophia Taylor, Daughter of Arthur Taylor, Esq. Of Harwich, Essex, England By his wife Hannah Harwood, Born at Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex, 13 Dec. 1765, Married 19 Dec. 1782 And died at Quebec, 26 Nov. 1852. Having determined to leave England & go to our Canada upon the solicitation of friends Then going to our new colony, they sailed From Hull on 11 July, 1792 with their sons, George Taylor, Thomas John, & Charles, Settled at Kingston in Oct, of that year & resided there until Oct. 1796. When they moved to York, Being then just surveyed from the wilderness to be capital of Upper Canada John Denison set apart this burial ground about the year 1800, & fully established it. As a cemetery on the Humber with right of burial to all those only of his blood with their wives & husbands respectively. This tablet was erected in their memory by their grandchildren. Subsequently replaced in June 1992 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of John Denison's arrival in Canada. All transcriptions by P J Ahlberg 2015. Thank you. - - -	DENISON, Capt John .i (I202)
14510	John is the son of Martha Lynn & Henry Dennis of Philadelphia. Note: John Dennis was a neighbor of John Willson & John Brown Lawrence. Dennis built a shipyard adjacent to the Kingsmill /Old Mill: No family relationship is known & is recorded for reference purposes. - P J Ahlberg. . 1772 Nov 11 - To be sold by the executors of late deceased Samuel Shivers, & to be entered on the 2 April, next ensuing, One third part of a large tract of Pine Land, well timber & situated near Morris's River Bridge, on Menantico, also the one third part of a good sawmill thereon, & of all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, being formerly the property of Henry Dennis. For further particulars apply to Daniel Cozens, in Gloucester Co., or Joseph Shinn, in Salem Co. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia. . 1766 Dec 11 - These are to forewarn all persons not total an assignment of a bond from Henry Dennis, Shipwright, of Philadelphia, to Peter Jones of Cumberland Co., West Jersey, dated in February 1763 for £6, in consideration of a piece of cedar swamp sold to said Dennis, about £40 of which bond is paid: The said Peter Jones became bound me, the penalty of £200, in a bond of the same date, to make or secure to mea title for said Cedar Swamp & he has not performed, I did not intend to pay a farthing more, until said Jones makes me title, agreeable to his obligation. Henry Dennis. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia. . 1778 June 25, Thrus. A proclamation by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Whereas the following named persons, late inhabitants of this state, Henry Dennis, Shipwright, John Dennis, Wheelwright, if they do render themselves by a certain day, for vesting their estates for ascertaining & satisfying the lawful debs & claims. Ref: Pennsylvania Evening Post, Philadelphia. . 1792 Oct 20, UCLPetition 3, D Bundle 1 Petition of John Dennison, Farmer & Mercht. Miller in County of Suffolk, England. To Lieut. Gov. John Graves Simcoe, Petitioner served most of last War as a Lieut. in Col. Harvey's Battalion of Militia, having now a wife & 3 sons is desirous of removing with them & his Property to Upper Canada. Solicits a grant of 200 Acres in the neighborhood of Toronto. Signed, By request of the Petitioner, Niagara, 20 Oct, 1792, Peter Russell. Granted (200 A. ! ) . 1797 Nov 19, UCLPetition 60, D Bundle 6, C1743, p650. To Peter Russell, Petition of John Dennis, In August 1776* made application to your honor for 2 farms & a Lot to carry on his business in York Twp., for his wife & family. He has no right spot on the water. His house being 3 miles from the plan. His Excellency General Simcoe informing me I might have land where it suits me. Your petition in his disappointment made application of a town [York] lot, not being granted to him. He prays for your assistance, signed, 19 Nov 1797, John Dennis, Shipwright. Note: 1776 is clearly written, but mistaken as Gov. Simcoe arrive in 1793 in Town of York, UC * was perhaps 1796 intended? - PJA. . To Peter Russell, In obedience to your command to report upon a location prayed for by Mr. Dennis, I have received is ideas respecting the spot suitable for shipbuilding business, to be Lot 41 on the Humber, as represented in the annex sketch, abut 100 acres. This & adjacent lots, was revered by the Lieut. Gov. for the future timber in the first instance the Kings saw mill being little above it & for future disposals, & 2nd the timber should be cut off. Mr. Dennis asserts there is no timber to speak of on this Lot. Submitted to your Honors wisdom, D. Smith, Survey General's Office, York, 20 Nov 1797. . Envelope: The Governor [Simcoe} wishes this land not be granted or leased but Mr. Dennis is wife not be restricted from building vessels anywhere he may find convenient P.R. 7 Feb. 1798. John Dennis received a grant of 400 A. on the Humber, car where Weston now is. He was given his choice of that or the land now bounded by Yonge, Bloor, Church & Queen streets. He chose the Humber location because the other was swampy. . 1798 Feb 14 Feb, UCLPetition 20, Town of York Lot granted 23 Jun 1798. . 1801 Mar 30, UCLPetition 57, C1743, p875. Petitioner having no ship building yard & having a verbal permission for building on the Humber [River] at a place where he had built several on government land. He therefore proceeded building sloop: He purchased it a few days after was informed it was expected that permission would be been asked. That as things now stood, it might be deathbed; he therefore prays written permission for building & launching the sloop with timber. John Dennis, Shipwright.. Envelope: Mar 30, 1802. The petitioner may finish away the sloop, but he must never build another vessel at the Humber again without the expressed leave of the Governor. UC Land Petitions Leases, 1802 Jan 19, York, Wants to lease reserve Lot 6, 2nd Con, on the Humber, he being the Proprietor of Lots 4 & 5 adjoining. John Dennison, Esq. . 1802 Mar 14, UCLPetition 11, D Bundle Bundle Leases,1799-1819, C1885, p921. To John Small, Esq. He still wants to lease those 2 Lots 39 & 40, Con 3. Jno. Dennis, Humber. . 1802 Mar 26, UCLP 55, D Bundle 5, C1743, p865. To Lieut. Gov. Peter Hunter, Petition of John Denison. On the faith he would moved his family into this province, & to have certain grant for a ship Yard Lot, the applied for a yard on another distant lot; 25 times attending Council, he humbly requests to take his casino consideration, signed. John Dennis. Envelope: Received 30 March 1802. His petition having failed, the Board has no concern. . Father: 1809 July 22, Saturday, Town of York. Seneca Ketchum Path Master on Yonge Street appeared to prosecute the following Persons, for refusing & neglecting to perform their Statute Labour. Thomas & Wm. Hill, Walter Moody, William Marsh Sen‘. was fined by the Court $1 & all expenses. George Denison, appeared & gave no reasonable excuse, to the Court for refusing to perform his Statute labour & he is fined by the Court $8 & all Expenses. . 1830 May 5, UCLPetition 22, D Bundle 16, York, p158 [Slightly extracted version] To Lt. Gov. John Colborne, John Dennis is the son late Henry Dennis, Master Shipbuilder, City of Philadelphia to a great & portable extent. He was very young when his father jointed the British Standard. Although a Quaker he served in Army & essential series to Sir Wm Howe. The British Fleet transported him & his father to NY City after the evacuation of Philadelphia, forfeiting their property in town & vicinity valued at many thousand pounds. In NY his father commenced ship building, repairing & refitting ships. But he tired with his father peaceable employment & volunteered under General Grant to the West Indies & was at the taking & defense of St. Luica, Grenada & other islands. In 1780 your Petitioner returned to NY finding his father growing old & never afterwards left him. At the peace of 1783 he removed to New Brunswick where his house & belongings burned to the ground. After this calamity General Simcoe came to Canada but the General could give no compensation. When the Commissioners came to the Colonies for the Loyalist Losses, head not the necessary documents & when he had them, the commissioners returned to England. Now is his 72 year he would no longer trouble his Majesty Government, but he has children & grandchildren likely to suffer from the evils of property, but for the estates his father lost. He cherished the hope that something will yet be allowed., Signed, John Dennis. Envelope: 1830 May 14, In Council, The UC government does not have the ability to address his losses. He must applied the his Majesties Government (England.) Signed, W Robinson, Chairman. To Lt Gov John Colborn, Further information to his Petition, I have endeavored through loss to his Majesty, lost his patinmokny for 52 years [17] UC Sundries, C6869, Document 55283, p727 [Abbreviated for repetition, as above] . He has reduced his family to great stress & deprivation through loyalty, he has reduced his family: son & son-in-law had good vessel of 40 to 50 tons. Colonel Drummond took possession to it, destroyed at £2,000 worth, but valued at £400, son was master at 6 shillings a day, at Quebec & came to Kinston where they paid him £259 for the vessel; son went to York until she was taken. His brother-in-law as slain. Vessels was sold to highest bidder to Hugh C Thompson, & my son lives at Point Frederick. Considering his & his father's losses, he was promised a shipyard, but was given 2 acres not sufficient for making a yard. His son is now building on sufferance on the open beach. I am most restfully & humbly your servant, John Dennis, York 15 Feb, 1830. . Petition of John Dennis, he was born in Philadelphia in 1758. He & his father were driven from home, with his Majesties Forces in Philadelphia in 1778. His father fell in a fit of apoplexy as he was walking in apparently full health. He never informed or found his father's deeds & bonds of debts due him. He is upwards of 71 years & begs your Excellency to grant him some renumeration. He has a weak constitution but a good moral character of myself & son. . 1815 Dec 9 - To Lieut. Gov. Francis Gore: He left home with his father Henry Dennis who died in a xz fit, leaving him to settle his affairs in Sept 1783. He went to New Brunswick in Sept 1783 & went in 1785 to Pennsylvania where is father's land was confiscated & his was too late to lay any claims before the Commissioners [for US War Losses]. He prays his dormant claim may be taken into consideration. John Dennis. Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4545, document 11206, p1356. . To Lieut. Gov. Francis Gore: Report on the Petition of John Dennis: Granted a Town Lot in York 14 Feb, 1798; 27 Jun 1798 President Russell permitted Mr. Dennis to locate Lot 11, Front St., Town of York; Order in Council to enquire how far the notice of 4 Sept 1800 had been complied with, report made 1 May 1801. Whereupon 27 May 1801 a letter was addressed to Survey General that the Lot appropriated by John Dennis was thrown open along with others. Surveying fees have been repaid to Mr. Dennis on the aforementioned Grant & Lot 11 was loaded in May 1801 by Mrs. Penelope Beike by permission of Lt. Gov. Hunter. Mr. Dennis now applies for Water Lot 5, Front Street, appropriated to Comte Joseph De Pusisayne, by an order from Pres. Russell on 19 Nov. 1798. Signed, York, 23 Jan, 1816, Thos. Redoubt, Survey General. . Petition of John Dennis, He had a grant which was in short time given t Mr. John Barker. He next applied for a lot a Kingston which was refused. He prays for a Lot which lays in from to that where Mr. Isaac Brook/Brock? was building, which was given to Mrs. Bekin. Signed, John Dennis, 9 Dec, 1815. Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4546, document 11653, p415. . 1799 Nov 2 - Home District,Personally appeared before me, William Willcocks, Esq. Justice of Peace, John Dennis, farmer & made oath that on about Tuesday, 8 Oct last, he overtook Reuben Riggs of York Garrison, carpenter, near themouth of the River Humber, on draft on which art were several articles of lumber the property of the deponent, which were feloniously stolen from his shipyard in said river. Said John Dennis further swears that he has lost out of said shipyard several spikes, nails & other articles or iron besides many oak & pine plants of different dimensions & verily believes they were feloniously stolen by the said Reuben Riggs; & therefore prays he may be dealt with as the law directs & further sayedth not. Signed, John Dennis, Sworn before me the day & year first above written, Signed, Wm Willocks. - 1800 Feb 1, York. The published Felicitates: The Gazette had unwittingly published an article of a libelous character signed by one Joh Dennis &has he statements were untrue he publishes the retraction: Whereaas Mr Reuben Riggs of York, carpenter, has been indicted in respect of a certain trespass & having been tired on such indictment & honorably acquitted. Now I do hereby certify & declare until all whom it may confront., that i never did intend directly that the said Mr. Riggs should be charged with or arrested or accused with anything, crime or misdemeanor, other than trespass of which I complained. Reuben Riggs was innocent as to any the least intention of felonious intent, I do believe him to be an honest, sober & industrious man. John Dennis. . 1799 Sep 14, A handsome Vessel, the Toronto yacht, Capt. Baker will, in the course of a few days be ready to make her first trip. she is one of the handsomest vessels of there size that ever swam upon the Ontario &to edge from her appearance she bis fair to become one of the swiftest sailing vessels. She is admirably well calculated for the reception of passengers & can with propriety, boast of the most experience officers & Men. Her mast builder was a Mr. Dennis, an American , on whoosh reflects much honor. The vessel, which was built at the Humber River, was, when under the command of Capt Fish, wrecked at the sandbar near the lighthouse, Toronto [year?] . 1808 Apr 13 Thurs., Thus. - General Quarter Session of Peace held at Town of York. Ordered that the Clerk of the Peace do write to M’. John Denison requiring his attendance on Saturday next, before the Sessions, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. . 1808 Apr 16, Saturday. Mr. John Denison appeared, & said he would not serve office or pay any fine from this inquiry to service as assessor for the Town & Township of York & Etobicoke. He had served under Hon. Peter Russell, Esq. STILLWELL WILLSON, the other assessor declared upon oath that John Denison has refused to act or do his duty of assessor which he had been nominated by the Town Meeting. Court are not aware Mr. Denison's objections are legal, & therefore this fine to be levied. John Cameron of York, Gent. to be appointed in his stead. p.282 Ref: Upper Canada Gazette & the Oracle Newspaper, York. - . - Son Joseph Dennis: . 1850 Feb 28, UCLPetition 119 To Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, Governor General of British North America. Petition of Joseph DENNIS of York Twp., York Co., Shipbuilder That your Petitioner was Master & owner of a Schooner called the Lady Gore on Lake Ontario at the time the War broke out between England & the United States in the year 1812. He was engaged by the late General BROCK during the first season of the War to convey troops & stores between York & Niagara, & made several trips in the said Service. That during the time he called once upon the General for money who in reply stated that he had then no funds at his disposal, that he was bowed down to the ground with such demands, but recommended to the petitioner & that I would eventually be paid. That the Battle of Queenston occurred shortly afterwards in which the General was Killed & that your Petitioner never received any equivalent for the said services. That your petitioner with his vessel as a transport in the Provincial Marine were engaged the following season of 1813 by Colonel Drummond who was then Quarter Master General, to transport troops & stores between Kingston & the upper end of the Lake. That your petitioner & his vessel were, with 5 other vessels while in the said service, taken by the Enemy on the 6th of October of that year, & after being 10 Months in Captivity was exchanged by way of Halifax & left to work his way home as best he could in consequence of which he did not arrive in Upper Canada till the following August. Col. Drummond had in the mean time been killed at Fort Erie but not however before an understanding had been obtained with him that your petitioner should receive £500 for the loss of his vessel but of which sum he your petitioner never received but £200 & further, receiving no pay for the time he was imprisoned. He never applied to the Government for remuneration until about the year 1835, when he petitioned setting forth the foregoing facts. His claim was deferred to the Adjutant General of Militia the late Col. Coffin, who having a recollection of the vessel & the service she, with your petitioner had performed was pleased to direct, in your petitioners presence, the clerk in the Surveyor Generals Office to enter your petitioners name upon the books for 500 acres of land saying at the same time, that in consequence of the capacity in which Mr Dennis had served & of the services performed as aforesaid, he had placed him on the footing with a Subaltern officer. That your petitioner supposing that this had been done engaged one Israel Bonerman, whom he had been led to believe an accredited agent of the Government, to choose for him the said 500 Acres, & doing the necessary duties to make a Return thereof to the Land Department in order that the Deeds might be obtained, & that in furtherance of this engagement a list of the lands so chosen & returned, or represented so to have been, was given by the said Bonerman, to your petitioner. The Rebellion occurring shortly afterwards & the assertions of the said Bonerman, from time to time that the grant had been perfected[?] & the Deeds would soon be out, delayed any farther action in the matter by your petitioner for 5 or 6 years, where on forcing the said Matter to an issue he found to his dismay that he had been deceived by the said Bonerman, & that he had not been entered for the 500 acres as had been understood with & directed by the late Adjutant General at the time referred to. That your petitioner now for the second, & he trusts the last, time prefers the Claim, with the firm conviction that both as a favour & at the same time as an act of justice, & while he would be grateful for it as the first he would most humbly & respectfully submit to your Excellency that it would be only consistent with the latter, the Government can have no object in, or desire towards, withholding from a faithful & confiding servant a consideration which may serve as a fair remuneration for personal services & suffering as well as a just due for losses actually sustained by him in its defense Your petitioner therefore humbly begs that Your Excellency may be pleased to direct that he be allowed scrip for 500 acres. Signed, Joseph Dennis, toronto 28 Feby, 1850. Ref: Upper Canada Land Petitions “M” Bundle 5, 1849. OBITUARY: We observe with much regret the death of Joseph Dennis, Esq., of Weston, & with it the severance of another link connecting us with the early history of this country. Mr. Dennis was born in New Brunswick in 1789, his father, the late John Dennis, having settled there after being driven out of the United States as a U. E. Loyalist. The family removed to Canada some 3 years later, Mr. John Dennis receiving a grant of land for his services & losses as a Loyalist. This land was selected on the Humber river, & on it he then settled & lived, till having been appointed Superintendent of the dockyard, he removed to Kingston. Our recently deceased friend, Mr. Joseph Dennis, was brought up in the dockyard to a thorough knowledge of shipbuilding, which occupation, however, he soon exchanged for a more congenial one that of sailing. Owning a vessel on the lake at the outbreak of the American war of 1812, he placed himself & his vessel at the disposal of the Government, & was attached to the Provincial Marine. In one of the actions on Lake Ontario he lost his vessel, was captured & retained a prisoner in the hands of the enemy for some fifteen months. He subsequently commanded, we believe, the first steamer on the waters of Lake Ontario, the Princess Charlotte, which plied, as regularly as could be expected from a steamer of 50 years back, between the Bay of Quinte, Kingston, & Prescott. For the last 6 & 30 years Mr. Dennis had retired from active pursuits retaining till within the last year remarkable vigor, which, however, he taxed by little excepting to indulge his taste in fishing, of which he was an enthusiastic disciple. A man of genial & happy temperament, of unbending integrity, of simple tastes & methodical habits, he was a type of man fast passing out of this country. Ref: The Daily Globe Newspaper, Toronto. . 1803 Daughter Hannah Dennis Johnson: UCLP 12, To Lieut. Gov. Peter Hunter, His Excellency Peter Hunter. In Council. Petition Hannah JOHNSON wife of Thos. Johnson, York, York Co., Yeoman, Daughter of John Dennis, U.E. Prays for 200 Acres, Signed, Hannah Johnson. . Personally appeared before me John Willson, Esq., one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the Home District. The above named Hannah Johnson, who being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deponeth that She is Married to the above named Thos. Johnson & that she has never received any Lands or order of Lands from the Crown. Signed, Hannah Johnston. . I certify that the Petitioner written name signed this Petitioner in my presence, that she is the Person She describes herself to be, & to the best of my knowledge & belief she never has rec'd. any Lands or order of Lands from the Crown. Signed, John Willson, JP. Envelope: 10 May 1803. Received from Thomas Johnson. Recommended for 200 Acres of Land, as the Daughter of a U.E. Loyalist. Signed. H. Allcock, Chairman. Ref: UCLP 12, I-J Bundle 6, C2109, p 257. In Memory of John Denison, Esquire, Son of George Denison, Esq., Of Rotherham, Yorkshire England By his wife Mary Parkinson Born at Headon, Yorkshire 20 Nov. 1755 Died at Toronto, 28 Oct. 1824 And also of his wife, Sophia Taylor, Daughter of Arthur Taylor, Esq. Of Harwich, Essex, England By his wife Hannah Harwood, Born at Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex, 13 Dec. 1765, Married 19 Dec. 1782 And died at Quebec, 26 Nov. 1852. Having determined to leave England & go to our Canada upon the solicitation of friends Then going to our new colony, they sailed From Hull on 11 July, 1792 with their sons, George Taylor, Thomas John, & Charles, Settled at Kingston in Oct, of that year & resided there until Oct. 1796. When they moved to York, Being then just surveyed from the wilderness to be capital of Upper Canada John Denison set apart this burial ground about the year 1800, & fully established it. As a cemetery on the Humber with right of burial to all those only of his blood with their wives & husbands respectively. This tablet was erected in their memory by their grandchildren. Subsequently replaced in June 1992 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of John Denison's arrival in Canada. Ontario Land Registion, Abstract Book 655, p1…many on Adelaide, p71 Lot Town Lot 4, S of Adelaide St., TOWN OF YORK . 1803 Feb 2, Patent, Crown, Thos Knight, 40 feet lot . 1816 Aug 31, Grant, Alex & Ann MacDonnel, to JOHN DENNIS, York, Shipwright, £200 . 1828 Mar 17, John & Martha Dennis, to JOHN DENNIS JOHNSTON, of York, yeoman, . 1832 Sep 1, Relase & Distribution, Hannah Johnson, wife of T Johnson & said T Johnson, Joseph Dennis, Mary his wife, Martha Dennis, widow & Martha Bryant wife of P Brant, grant to Martha Johnson, Spinster, Rebecca Richardson & Rev James Richard Transcriptions by P J Ahlberg 2015. Thank you. - - -	DENNIS, John (I1299)
14511	John is the son of Martha Wilson and Wm. Fletcher.	FLETCHER, John Arthur (I1575)
14512	John is the son of Mary & William Emley. 1761 Jan. 15. To be sold either for cash or bonds on interest. Commodious well finished large 2 stories brick house, smoke house, cooper's shop, barn, hay house, chaise house. Situated 3 quarters of a mile from Bordentown. Very convenient for either a Gentleman, merchant or tavern. 135 Acres, 150 apples trees, good fence woods, & meadow. Apply to subscriber, living on the premises. John Imlay. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette. Note: John Emley died 2 months later. - PJA. Recorded for further research: NJ Supreme Court Case Files: Lawrence, Mary Emley, John,1747-48, Case # 22310. Rev. Cornell gives the name of Sarah Lawrence's husband as John Ember. Could this be due to the handwriting? - PJA Research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you.	EMLEY, John (I534)
14513	John is the son of Mary Anne Griffith, b England 1825, & Jeduthan Withey, b. 1816, farmer. . 1894 Aug 7 - Riverside Daily Press Orange Growers for the Campaign of 1894-95. The following is a a list of Riverside Orange Growers. Unless 90% of the crop is signed, for, all contracts will be void. It remains with those who have not yet signed, to decide as to the continuance of the Exchange: J J Withey. Father of George Withey: . 1870 Jun 24 - Agricultural Census Benton Harbor Juduthan Withey [Sr.] : 40 Improved Acres. Value $8,000. Live Stock: 2 Horses, 1 Milch Cow = value $250. Grains: Indian Corn 75 bu., Oats 20 bu., & Buckwheat 20 bu. - - -	WITHEY, John Griffith GEORGE (I913)
14514	John is the son of Mary Goodie Pearsall & John Tilton, The Patentee. . 1670 Jul 5, Age: 28 - Appointed Overseer for the town of Shrewsbury NJ. . John Tilton SR of Middletown, written 23 Nov 1700 & proved 17 Apr 1704. In it he names wife Rebecca & children - including Daniel who he states is "under age". Wit: Remembrance Lippincott, Ben Lawrence. Inventory of his personal estate £146 1 shilling. . JOHN TILTON, was the son of John & Mary (Goodie) Tilton of Gravesend, who supported religious persecution & were banished by Stuyvesant. The children of these were: John (1), Thomas (2), Peter (3), Esther (4), who married Samuel Spicer, Sarah (5), who married John Painter, Abigail (6), who married, first, Ralph Warner &, secondly, William Scott & Mary (7), who married, first a Carman & secondly, Henry Bowman. . JOHN TILTON, son of John Tilton.1, born 4mo. (June), 4, 1640; died probably early in the year 1704, his will having been probated April 17th of that year. He married, first, at Oyster Bay, L. I., 8 mo. (Oct.), 10, 1670, Mary Coats & second, at Flushing, L. I., 3mo. (May), 12, 1674, Rebecca Terry, by whom he appears to have had all his children. She died, in Middletown, N. J., (Dec), 18, 171 5. This date for her death is found on the Shrewsbury Quaker Meeting Records, on the same page as & following after the names & dates of birth of the children born to Walter & Sarah (Tilton) Herbert. & Sarah Herbert was her own daughter. . 1658 Oct. 10. Thomas Greedye, born in Devonshire, England, in his WILL of this date; proved Nov. 4, 1658, devised to his loving friend John Tilton, of Gravesend, his estate, out of which the said Tilton was to pay his debts & the remainder he bequeathed to Peter Tilton, son of said John Tilton, excepting only one small sum the which I have given unto John Tilton, Jr. . 1662 Nov. 16. Order for John Tilton, Jr., to deliver up a boat he had secured. . 1664 I mo., 25. John Tilton, Jr. & his brother-in-law, Samuel Spicer, were among those named in the first purchase of land, in Monmouth Co., from the Indian Sachem Popomora. This deed was acknowledged April 7, 1665 & is on record in the Secretary of State's Office, at Albany & in Trenton, as well as in the Proprietors' Office at Perth Amboy. . 1683 Aug. 13. John Tilton, Jr., of Gravesend, sold to Martin Petersen (Wykoff) a plantation in Gravesend. . 1684 Mch. 26. John Tilton, Jr., named as executor in the WILL of Obadiah Wilkins. 1691/2, Mch. 8. John Tilton, of Gravesend, sold to Cort Stevenson, of Flatlands, all his Gravesend property, for £295, reserving the use for 12 months to remove therefrom. About this time he would seem to have left Gravesend to reside in Monmouth Co. & this deduction is further sustained by the fact that his brother, Peter Tilton & wife Rebecca, were the only Tiltons whose names appear in the Quaker Records up to 1692. . 1694 September. He was one of the Grand Jurors independent enough to indict one of the Judges then sitting on the bench & to present another. . 1700, October. He was committed to the custody of the Sheriff for "subscribing a seditious paper." . 1700 9mo., (Sep.), 23. WILL of John Tilton, of Middletown; proved Apr. 17, 1704. In it he makes no mention of his son Abraham Tilton, probably because he was dead at the time of its being made. Neither does the testator refer in it to his youngest daughters, Mary & Hester. But he does distinctly declare that he had a son Peter Tilton, who is not of age & yet this Peter's name is not given with those of the other children in the Shrewsbury Quaker Records, nor in the Friends Records of New York & Vicinity, which gives his children & their birth dates, as I append them. To son, John Tillton, 5 shillings; to son Samuel Tillton 85 acres of upland & 3 of meadow & to his heirs; to daughter Sarah Tilton 1 cow; to my wife, Rebecca Tillton, after my decease, my dwelling house, etc. & all my farme, after her decease it is to go to my son Peter Tillton & his heirs, not yet 21; In case of his death, then to my son Daniel Tillton & his heirs; if he die before he come of age, then to my son Thomas Tillton & his heirs. If Peter live to be 21, then he is to pay unto his two brothers Daniel & Thomas Tillton, £15 to each; if he die, Daniel shall pay £30 to Thomas. Residue to my wife Rebecca Tillton, my Executrix & after her death, to be equally divided amongst my children, friends, Thomas Hillborn & John Lippincott. will be helpful to my wife to see my will performed. Signed, John Tilton Sen. Witnesses: Remembrance Lippincott, Ben. Lawrence, George Corleis. Inventory of his personal estate £146-1 1-0. - - -	TILTON, John .2 Patentee (I792)
14515	John is the son of Mary J Cooper & John King Sr.	KING, John .Jr (I1887)
14516	John is the son of Mary Jane & John Manes.	MANES, John Thomas (I138)
14517	John is the son of Mary Lardner & John Bostwick. . UCLPetition 31, B7, Film 1621, p 713.31, To Peter Hunter, Lieutenant Governor of Province of Upper Canada, Petition of John Bostwick, Junr. of Niagara, Yeoman, He has made the solemn oath & Declaration of Allegiance but have never received any lands, & being desirous to settle upon & improve vacant land, prays to grant him 200 Acres of land, for which he is prepared to pay the whole of the Patent Fee and for Survey. Signed, John Bostick, Junior [undated, but:] Envelope: Received 10 October, 1804. Read in Council 11 Oct 1804. Recommend for 200 Acres. . Ticket of Location 11, In Council 11 Oct, 1804. John Boswick, Jur., 100 Acres Regulations 6 Jul 104, John Small. Receiver General, Nov. 7, 1804 No [survey] fees paid, this Ticket, therefore, returned, P Russell. Rec. Gen. . John Bostwick married first Elizabeth Rogers, and married second Mary Willson, daughter of Judith Ash & Joshua Willson of NJ. . 1861 Census, Louis Bostwick, Labourer, born Canada, Log house. - - -	BOSTWICK, John .Junr (I143)
14518	John is the son of Mary Milloy & Archibald Darroch, both of Scotland. Land Registration Abstract Book 215, Plan 61 Village of Erin Lot I, Con 9, NEHalf Lot 14, 199. . 1853 Feb 28, Charles McMillan & Wife, to John Darroch. Lot 33, Con 9, Plans 61, 282, South West side Main Street - East Charles St., Triangular Block; . 1857 Feby 9, Bargain&Sale, Chas McMillan& Wife, to John Darroch, all 12p., The stream to be kept clear. . 1861 Jun 29, B&S, John Darroch & wife, to Hugh McMillan, all 12 perches. Lots # E, F, G, H, Con 9, Plan 61, SW side William Street, p188, 191, 193, 196 & Lot I, Corner Union & William Street, p199: . 1859 Jul 28, B&S, Chas McMillan & wife, to John Darroch, all 30.5p. . 1861 Nov 14, &S, John Darroch & Wife, to Chas McMillan, remarks: pt of 33a with reservations. Lots # I, Con 9, Plan 61, SW side William Street, p199 . 1859 Jul 28, B&S, Chas McMillan & wife, to John Darroch, 33.5p. . 1861 May 18, Mortgage, Michael Ramsey, to John Darroch & Wife, $380. . 1861 May 18, Reg. 1871 Feb 3, John Darroach & wife, to M Ramsay . 1866 Jan 29, B&S, M Ramsey & wife. to John Darroch . 1870 Jun 23, John Darroch & Wife to Julia Milloy, all 32.5 perches. . 1926 Wellington County Atlas: DARROCH, John. This old & respected citizen of Harriston & Minto, was b. in Argyleshire, Scot., in 1822, & was there raised, & learned the trade of blacksmith. He came to Canada, in 1848, & set. at Erin village, where he pursued his trade successfully for his property in Erin, & came to 200 acres, at Cotswold. This farm he cleared, & lived upon until 1892, when he retired to Harriston. He m. Agnes Greenless. Issue: Edward, Archibald G., Annie, John, Jr., Mrs. Alexander McLennan, Mrs. Daniel Robertson, Agnes, Margaret J., William F., Clara, Robert & Hugh. John Darroch, came to Canada, & started life without means, & by industry & good business management, he accumulated a competency & became one of the most influential & respected citizens of Minto. He raised & educated a large family, who are prosperous in the different walks of life that they have chosen. John Darroch, was honored by a long term in municipal office, being Dep. Reeve, in Minto, for two years, & Reeve for 8 consecutive years. He is a member of the Disciple church, & a Liberal. Archibald Darroch, his son. m. Ellen Wiseman, & owns & lives on the old homestead. This farm, with its up-to-date improvements, is one of the best in Minto, & "Archie" Darroch, as he is familiarly called, is one of the largest & most prosperous farmers. - - -	DARROCH, John (I164)
14519	John is the son of Maud Sisley & John T Manes.	MANES, John Harold (I956)
14520	John is the son of Nellie Elizabeth Bailey & John Stewart. . 1901 Esquesing Census, Methodist. . 1911 Esquesing Twp. Census: Methodist. . 1921 Acton Census, Lot 21, Con. 2, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Methodist. Obituary: John Stewart, former Halton County warden: Acton native John Stewart, a retired farmer and real estate broker who once served as Halton County warden, died Aug. 1 in Burlington after a lengthy illness. He was 83. Born in Acton in 1901 to John & Nellie Stewart, he attended Dublin Public School & Acton High School. He lived in Acton and Guelph and spent the past 8 years in Burlington. Mr. Stewart married Edna May McCutcheon May 18, 1927, in Acton & worked as a farmer & a real estate broker. He was a member of the Acton Fall Fair Board, the Public Utilities Commission, Acton Town Council & Halton County Council. He was an elder of the United Church in Acton and Guelph and president of the Guelph District Real Estate Board. Mr. Stewart is survived by his wife, a resident of Burlington, sisters Alice Collard of Toronto, Nellie Roberts of Barrie and Merle Humphries of London, & sons Jack of Stroud, Ontario, & Barry of Concord, California. He had five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He will be sadly missed by his family, including Ray and Hazel Everdell of Port Hope. Rev. D. K. Campbell of Burlington conducted a funeral service Aug. 4 at the Shoemaker Funeral Home. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery, where pallbearers were Bob Marshall and K. McPhail of Acton, Ken Allan of Georgetown, nephew A. Roberts of Angus, R. Everdell of Toronto & T Everdell of Kingston. Ref: Acton Free Press, pub. Aug 15, 1984. - - -	STEWART, John Joseph (I107)
14521	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I125)
14522	John is the son of Rebecca and James Nevillis.	NEVILLS, John Byron (I157)
14523	John is the son of Rebecca Bayes on of Noah Skippen, . John Skippen, married Elise St. Louis on 2 May 1911 in Brimley, Chippewa, Michigan. Their children are: Delnia Skippen, , b 1913, Michigan Leonard Skippen, , born 1918 Kentucky (?) Alice Skippen, , 1915 Ohio Margaret Skippen, , 1917 Michigan Magedeline Skippen, , born 1918, Michigan Elias Skippen, , 1919, Michigan. - - -	SKIPPEN, John Samuel .5 (I382)
14524	John is the son of Sarah Devins & Elisha Lawrence. Two Lawrence brothers married two Kersey sisters: John Rezeau Lawrence married Ann Kersey & Isaac Huver Lawrence marred the younger sister Mary Kersey. . 1855 - Lot 9, Con 2, Toronto Gore, Humber Post Office, 110 Acres, registered to John R Lawrence. Beside brother Isaac H Lawrence, 58 A. Ref: York Co. Atlas, printed 1877. > For a complete family history on the Devins, please see: Abraham Devins & His Descendants in Canada & United States May be found at the Richmond Hill Library, Yonge & Major MacKenzie Streets, Richmond Hill. CR 929.2 Devins. . John Rezeau Lawrence raised shorthorn cattle on the northerly half of his father Elisha's farm. Upon the death of both Mary & Isaac Lawrence's death, John & his wife Ann raised the youngest of his brother's children. . 1866 Toronto Peel Directory Toronto Gore. N.D. Lawrence John R, Con 10, Lot 2. . 1879 Apr 28 For W Riding & Vaughan Twp. Spring Fair - spring exhibition of horses, cattle & implements at Woodbridge: Cattle: John Lawrence of Humber, obtained first for his 2 year old Durham bull. Ref: Toronto Globe & Mail newspaper. . 1883 Oct 25, West York & Vaughan Agricultural Societies: J R Lawrence, Durham heifer 1 yr old; Isaac Lawrence: Herd of Cattle, 1 male & 4 females. . 1886 Oct 21, Thurs. Woodbridge Fair, Prize winner of West York & Vaughan Twps. Agricultural society's Fall Fair. John R Lawrence: Trotting or pacing Speed horse 3yrs old; Heifer 1 yr old Grade J; Durham bull calf under 1 year; Durham heifer 2 yrs; Poultry, Plymouth Rocks; . 1887 Oct 27, Woodbridge Fair Prize list: John R Lawrence: Not imported Durham heifer calf under 1 year; Grade Heifer 1 year old. . 1888 Oct 13 - Woodbridge Fair, Prize Winners: John R Lawrence: Cattle: Not imported Durham Bull 1 year old, 1s prize; Cow any age in milk; 2 yrs old Heifer, 3rd prize. Heifer 1 under year old 2nd prize; Fat Cattle Herd. (Jersey?) Grade Heifer 2 yers old 3rd prize; Herd of cattle 1 male & 4 families, 2nd prize.. Ref: York Herald newspaper. . 1911 June 9th Census, Gore of Toronto: John R Lawrence & wife reside on their farm at Con 9, Lot 2, with their children & grandchildren. American Civil War . John R Lawrence went to settle in Louisiana & then fought for the Confederacy in US Civil War. Prisoner of war of Union Army. Returned to Canada March 1863. 2nd Louisiana, Starke's Brigade, Commanded by Col. Jesse M Williams. . Company G, 2nd Regiment Louisiana Infantry. Organization 1st pt. of Oct. 1861. Enlisted May 11, 1861, New Orleans, by J N Galt, Period 1 year, Last paid by H Lemu ? to May 21, 186X? Present John R Lawrence. ( Handwriting is too faint on this printed form. - PJA) . Co. G Reg. Louisiana Engagements for 1862: Seven Pines, May 30, 31; Williamsburg June 23, King's School House June 25, Malvern Hill, July 1; Manassas No 2, Aug 28-30; Chantilly, Sept; Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Sept 17 - wounded. Fredericksburg, Dec 13 & Chancellorsville May 1-3, 1863. Absent wounded. * Confederate 1st (Nelligan's) Louisiana J R Lawrence, B Lieut. - Roster of commissioned officers, dated near Port Royal, Dec 26, 1862. Absent. Wounded severely at Sharpsburg, Sept 17, 1862. Leg amputated. Never Reported. Now on furlough to LA. Spotsylvania., wounded, 2nd Lieut. John R Lawrence Lieut., Amputated left leg Nov 23, 1862, General Hospital Federick, Md. . 1862 May 1, $42.47 Com. clothing pd. Shoes dedd(?). wounded & Disabled Sep 1862. Residence Covington /Carrington, LA. recommend to take advantage of Invalid Ace in Accord with Gent. orders. Feb 27, 1865. . The men of 2nd Louisiana Volunteer Infantry participated in the capture of Harper's Ferry, September 12-15, 1862. After Harper's Ferry 2nd fought in the Battle of Sharpsburg, September 14 South Mountain & Shaprsburg the 17th Sept, 1862.  [Detailed Battle accounts, follows below]:	LAWRENCE, John Rezeau .xv (I162)
14525	John is the son of Sarah Geer & John Simons Sr. First. Births, John Simons, s/o John Simons & Sarah his wife, was born March ye 19th 1724. Page 14. . John Simons married 2 Feb 1748 to Miriam Jones. Miriam Jones, 1732 Feb 3 Enfield - 1804 Feb 27, Weston, Windsor Co., Vermont, d/o Miriam Parsons & Caleb Jones. They had 10 Simons children. . Capt. John Simons was in the Enfield Militia, under Erastus Walcott & served at Lexington & Boston. Ref: Thomas Abbe monument, Congressional Church & Enfield Historical Museum. . 1776 sold 185 Acre farm at, Vermont & moved with 13 families. Confiscated Tory properties, including Brother Titus Simons farm, at Andover, Cumberland Co., Vermont. . 1790 Census Andover, Windsor Co., Vermont John Simonds Junr., 1 Male, 5 boys, 1 Female, Total: 7 Persons. John Simonds, 1 Male, 2 boys, 1 Female, Total 4 persons. 10 Children of John Jr & Miriam Simons, born in Enfield : John Simons, 3rd, b. Jan. 22, 1751 Miriam, b. May 30, 1753 Mary, b. Oct. 11, 1755 Ebenezer, b. April 11, 1758 -1856 Feb 16, Whitehall, NY. Lotan, b. Dec. 8, 1760 Dan, b. Jan. 26, 1764 Alvin, b. Aug. 21, 1766 Tabitha, b. July 26, 1769 Edward, b. Dec. 29, 1772 Sarah Simons, b. June 24, 1775 Ref: Abbe-Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe & his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe & Joseph Genung Nichols, 1916. . 1784 Oct 27 - Officers of government in the Sate of Vermont, elected in 1784: Windsor County Representatives: Andover, Mr John Simons, Jun. . 1791 Jun 14 - to the nonresident proprietors & land owners in Andover Twp., the state has issued a warrant to collect 5 pence on pound taxes. …Signed, John Simons, Jun., Constable, Andover May 13, 1791 & again Nov 4h 1791. Ref: Vermont Journal, Windsor, Vermont. . 1797 Jul 21 - We the subscribers being appointed by Hon E Robinson, Esq., Judge of Probate, Windsor, Commissioners, to receive & examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of John Simons, Esq. late of Andover, deceased, represented insolvent & 6 months being allowed from 11 May last for said creditors to bring in their claims. Signed, Moses Warner, August Pease, Chis. Martin, Andover 7 Jul 1797. Ref: Vermont Journal, Windsor. Biography: Capt John Simons, b. Enfield Conn. 19 Mar 1724/5 to John ( s/o William) & Sarah Geer. He married Miriam Jones, 2 Feb1748/9; had 10 children. Revolutionary War served under Erastus Walcott in Enfield Militia. His service at Lexington & Boston is recorded on the base of the Tomas Abbe monument in front of the Enfield Historical Museum in the old Congressional Church. He sold his 185 acre farm & moved north with about 13 families (including several men in his unit) to frontier land he owned at Andover VT in 1776. He was assigned the duty of confiscating Tory properties in that area, including his brother Titus Simons' 200 acres on the nearby Conn River. Titus joined the British army as Quarter-master Sergeant. After the war Titus went to Flambro West Twp., Ont. Canada. There he became the Kings Printer for Ontario. Capt. John Simons's son, John Jr., served as Sergeant in Srs unit. at Enfield. Capt. John operated a tavern, grist & saw mill at the "Island" south of Weston, Vermont. He died 22 Apr 1797, Marion. Only son Edward stayed in the area & built the brick tavern at Simonsville, VT in 1820. It's in mint cond. now as Rowletts Inn, Bed & Breakfast. Ref: Donald Simons, Rootsweb.com [as of 2004].	SIMONS, Capt. John Esq., .2 (I2882)
14526	John is the son of Sarah Hadlock & Williams Simons.1 . Prior to 1749 the towns of Enfield & Somers belonged to Massachusetts. Children of Sarah Geer & William Simons are: 1. John Simons, 1724 Mar 19 Enfield - d. Enfield, married in 1748, Miriam Jones. 11 children; 2. Sarah Simons, 1726 Aug 22 Hartford, Conn - d. Connecticut; 3. Paul Simons, 1726 Sep 11, Enfield - 1778 May 24 Enfield, married Mary X, 2 children; 4. Ebenezer Simons, 1732 Feb 19 - 1755 Mar 11; 5. Asbel Simons, 1734 Apr 7- 1811 Jun 3 Enfield, was a soldier in the expedition to Fort Edward, Oct., 1757. Married, June 19, 1759, Mehitable Isom, b. 1740 Ellington or Windsor - d. April 8, 1813, aged 73. Their child Joseph, b. in Enfield, Nov. 20, 1772; 6. Charity Simons, 1736 Jul 27- 1737 Feb 17, Enfield; 7. Charity Simons the Second, 1738 Sep 4 -1805 Jun 13, 1805. Red sandstone monuments reads In memory of Mrs. Charity Abbe, wife of John Abbe, who died Jun 13, 1805 in the 67th year of hear age; 8.* Bathsheba Simons.1, 1740 Jan 24 -1742 Oct 4, Enfield; 8. Titus Simons, 1743 Jun 7 - d. Enfleld, & married Jan. 20, 1763, Sarah Simons of Windsor. Children: b. in Enfield: i. Titus, jr., b. Jan. 30, 1765, d. June 14, 1771; ii. Sarah, b. July 31, 1767. 9.* Bathsehebe Simons - 1748 Jun 9 Enflield - d. 1754 Apr 23, ye 2d 5y, daug'r of Mr. John Simons & Mrs. Sarah is wife in ye 6th year of her age, 2 children; 10. Bathsheba Simons.2, 1748 Jun 9 - 1754 April. 11. Edward Simons, 1750 Sep 3 Enfield, died unknown. ALL buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, (except the unknown death of Edward Simons.) . Cattle Marks & Town Meetings. [Life in the Village of Enfield]: . Taken up by John Simons a white ear marked with a crop of the off Ear & a slice in the top of the near ear & a half penny the upper side the near Ear. Also a white ew marked with a half Crop the upper side of each ear. . First Ecclesiastical Society in Enfield ( SHAKERS) 1770-1849 In Enfield until 1770 the parish lines were the town lines, the Society voters were the town voters & all society business was done in town meeting. . A time of Remarkable Sickness & Mortality in this Town with Longfeaver [typhus]. 1770 Aug 23 - when see fit to build a meeting house it should not he moved out of the Street­ … meetings warned by notifications at Taverns & Mills. . Committee to uniting the 2 societies into one, inc. Lt Nath Geer. Ensign John Simons, Jun. Voted Shubael Geer shall pay what his rate would have been. . [BARTER RATE]: Payment for building a Meeting House to be made in Indian Corn at 2shillings per bushel, Wheat at 4s/per bu.; Rye at 3, Port at pence per county, beef fit to Barrel at 2 p., Tobacco if raised by the hand that presents it for his own rate at 18s. per Hundred. Money always to be accepted instead if any person desires to cart each to the banks to Meeting House. . 1772 Jul 9 - First Society Meeting convented. . 1774 Oct 3 - Meeting Enfield, voted & chose Ensign John Simons to a 2nd. committee for the year ensuing. At the same meeting voted Mr. Isaac Kibbe have Liberty to put the Step Stones next May & Ens. John Simons be a Committee to finishing the meeting house & to say whither it be done according to garaging & to say shat step stones shall be at the Steeple door. Mr. Kibbee directed to lay a double floor in the new meeting house. . Regulate seating young men to be seated at 16 & young women at 14 years old. . 1784 Aug 30, Eliphalet Terry, Moderator, Capt. Ephraim Pease procured & presented a bell for the public Utility of a Meeting. It shall remain entirely for their use, excepting for Death & Funerals when the whole Town may have the Privilege of said Bell. Ref: History of Enfield Connecticut, Town Records, . 1775 Apr 19, Wed. News of the opening Battle of Lexington reached Enfield on Thurs. afternoon Apr 20, 175. Isaac Kibble kept the tavern near the church & soon as the messenger arrived, Kibbe procured a drum & Thos Abbe beat the long roll about the Meeting House. The church meeting was broken up by this Abbe's drumming. the next morning 75 of Enfield Minute Men march for Boston, each with his flint-lock musket & powder horn. the Long Roll are Maj Nathaniel Terry, Lieut. Richard Abbe, Capt. John Simons, & Corporals John Simons, 2nd., & Elusha Geer. Ref: Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey. . 1790 Census East Hartford, Conn. John Simons, Male 1, Males under 16y 3, Females 5. - - - Research & transcripts by PJ Ahlberg 2017. Thank you. - - -	SIMONS, John .1 (I2879)
14527	John is the son of Sarah Lockman Smith & John Henry Cummer.	CUMMER, John (I663)
14528	John is the son of Sarah Nettie Nicholson and John W Atwater.	ATWATER, John Wesley (I2449)
14529	John is the son of Sarah SALLY Day, & John Devins Sr. J. C. DEVINS, Lot 20, Con 6, born in 1809 on the farm, a portion of which he still resides upon, is the son of the late Isaac Devins, who with his people, who were U.E. Loyalists, came to York County with Governor Simcoe. The grandfather was Abraham Devins; he & 4 sons settled in the southern portion of York Township. One of the sons died in military service under General Brock in 1813. Isaac bought & settled upon a farm located in the north-west portion of York Township as above. He married Miss Polly Chapman, of Genesee, N.Y., a native of New England, before he came to Canada. The sister of the subject of this sketch Elizabeth Devins, is thought to be the first white child born in Toronto. Isaac & his brother-in-law, Nicholas Miller, erected the mill at Lambton. John C. Devins received from his father 100 acres of land, which he cleared & brought into a flourishing state of cultivation, & which he yet resides upon. He married in 1832 Jeanette Rodger, a native of Scotland, the issue of their union being 11 children; 8 sons & 1 daughter are still living, Mr. Devins in 1837 set off to join Mackenzie' s forces, but was intercepted & taken prisoner, the Loyalists being aware of his sympathy with the Reform Party. Mr. Devins father, although a U.E. Loyalist, never received the land from the Crown to which he was entitled. Monument inspiration: IN MEMORY OF JOHN DEVINS WHO DIED JAN. 8, 1884 AGED 61 YEARS 8 MO'S & 26 DAYS. - - -	DEVINS, John (I512)
14530	John is the son of Susan Cosg ? & Ferghuson Sherratt.	SHERRATT, John Morgan (I554)
14531	John is the son of Susan Estell & Samuel Willson. . "On March 10, 1804, the snow was 4 feet on the level." . "In the year 1803, May 8, there fell a snow estimated at 6 inches on a level. The apple & cherry trees were in full bloom. Rote by me, John Wilson, Sr." Note: The term 'senior' is relative to one's perspective. * 1900 Jan Second Generation 1st. child: John Esq., who settled & died on part of the farm, now in my possession, married Ruth, daughter of Humphrey Martin, Sen. They had no children. . HISTORY of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WANTAGE, New Jersey, Revised by Rev. Geo. F. Love in 1874: These persons were formed into a gospel church, Nov. 14, 1756, known as the Newtown Baptist Church, which name it bore for 34 years, or until 1790, when it was changed to the First Baptist Church of Wantage. A number of persons withdrew from the established 'Church of Lansfield, Connecticut about the year 1749 or 1750 & organized an independent or separate church, with the following named persons: Marsh, Egard, Southworth, Slate, Lathrop, Fuller & Muller. The following year, 1751, they agreed to emigrate to New Jersey in a body & settle at Newtown in the northern part of Sussex County. - - -	WILLSON, John (I629)
14532	John is the son of Susannah & John Lawrence of St. Albans, England & Flushing, NY. . John Lawrence married Sarah Bridges, widow. She was Sarah Cornell, Willett, Bridges, daughter of Thomas Cornell (1638 Boston & Miss Austin) & the widow of Thomas Willett & second Charles Bridges. . 1673 Jul 11 - Executive Meeting of ye Governor & Council & Aldermen at ye Fort. Mr. Mayor Lawrence. The matter under Consideration was a Proposal from ye Mayor & Aldermen now at ye farming out of ye New Packt, to take off the Excise of small beer & killing of Hoggs &c In lieu whereof to lay some imposition greater then formerly upon strong liquor & Wine. Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of New York. . 7 Jan 1699 - WILL of John Lawrence Senior, Citizen of New York: - concerning my estate as a patentee in Hemstead & Flushing & the only survivor in both in Queens County, Long Island, now called Nassau, of house lands, meadows to be divided granted by patent to me & my heirs as appears under the hand & seal of Col. Richard Nicolls, Esq., then Governor of Prov. of NY, dated Feb. 15, 1666, all lands ordered to be divided or their true value if sold, to each of my children one equal part for my son John one part. - - -	LAWRENCE, John .ii (I2675)
14533	John is the son of Vernon James Nicholson & Alice Lee.	NICHOLSON, John Douglas .4 (I2475)
14534	John is the son of William L Willson. The relative designation John. 8 is based on date of birth from John Willson.1 born 1739 NJ, & based on those persons known at this time of writing.) . 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory: John & Robt. Willson, Con 2 Lot 1, Markham. . 1852 Census Markham: John Willson, aged 25 years /1826. . 1852 Agricultural Schedule Census, Markham Twp., York C., Page 129. John Willson, Con 2, Lot 1, Total 27 Acres Under Cultivation, Under Crops in 1851 - 19 Acres. Under Crops in 1851 18 Acres, Pasture Nil, Orchard or Garden 1 A.. Under Wood or Wild - 8 A. Wheat 8 Acres - Produced Bushels [still growing?]; Oats 15 A - Produced 500 Bushels; Potatoes 1 of an Acre - Produced 50 Bushels. Hay produced 1 Ton. Milch Cows 2, Calves or Heifers 1. Oats 19 bushels. . John Wilson: Con 2, Lot 2, 27 Acres, 19 Cultivated 1851, Cultivated this year 1852 was 18 Acres; - & in-laws: Abner Arnold, Con 1, Lots 27, 28 & 29, total 215 Acres; Thos. Arnold, Con 3, Lot 8 [i.e. which is beside William Willson.] . Note1 for reference: Neighbour: Note Lost! on or about 20th February last, a pocket-Book, continuing a note against John Thomson to the amount to £48, due on the 3d February last. Any person fining the same & returning it to the owner, David Thompson, Lot 26, 2nd, Con of Markham, will be suitably rewarded. The not will be of no use to anyone except the owner. David Thompson, Markham, 13, 1858. Ref: York Ridings Gazette, Newspaper, p3. Note: Lot 26, otherwise counted as first lot Markham, after Lot 25 York Twp. - PJA . 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory: John Wilson, Con 2, Lot 1, Markham. [Bayview & Steeles Avenues, Markham.] Robert Wilson, Con 2, Lot 1, Markham. Robert Wilson, Con 2, Lot 1, Markham. [Two entries. Duplication or is there a second Robert Wilson here?] William Willson, Con 2, Lot 2, Markham. Note2: It is not apparent which John Willson it is in these land transfer. He would likely be located on or near his father or brothers, as follows: Ontario Land Registry Lot 26, Con 1 ESYonge, Thornhill, Abstracts Book 97 [Renumber Lot 1, Con 1 ESY] . [date missing], Patent, Crown, to William L Willson, all 190 acres. . 1828 Dec 24, Bargain& Sale, Wm. L Willson to Robt Wiles, £100 Pt From, 10 Acres. . 1829 Jan 27, B&S, WLW, to Robert Willson, £100. pt West, pt 10 A. . Lot 26, Con 2 ESYonge. . 1841 Feb 1, B&S, John Ewart, to John Willson, £50. NW Quarter. . 1843 Oct 9, B&S, John Willson, to Ben Fish, £143, PT SW 10A. . 1844 Aug 5, B&S, Robert Willson etux, to Ben Fish, £290. NW Quarter. . 1849 Dec 12, Dis Mort, John Willson, £106, PT SW Acres. . 1852 May 25, Registered 1852 Jun 15. WILL, John Willson. . 1854 Dec 18, Grant, John Ewart etux, to William Willson, £28.10, Pt 19A . 1855 Feb 28, B&S, John Willson, to Ben Fish, £1.8.9, PT 14 perches. . 1863 Jan 30, Dis Mort, Robt Willson, to Ben Fish, $1400, Pt. SW quarter. Ontario Land Registry Lot 1, Con 2 ESYonge St., Markham, Abstract Book 97, 4 & 81. . 1841 Feb 1, Bargain&Sale, John Ewart, to John Willson, £50, SW Quarter. . 1843 Oct 9, B&S, John Willson, to Ben Fish, £143.15s, pt SW Quarter 10 acres. Lot 1, Con 3 Lot 26, Markham, {Renumbered to Lot 1 Markham Twp. Con 3 Leslie Street] . 1802 May 27, Patent, Crown, to John Simcoe Macaulay, All 200. . 1839 Feb 26, Henry Sanders, to Robert Willson, £400. east Half. . 1860 May 24, Mort. Wm. Johnston, to Eliz Hardy, $150, . 1868 May 1, Grant, Robert Willson, Et ux, to Samuel Willson, $6,600 Half 100A. . [undated doc] but, Registered 1899 Dec 15, Affidavit of Samuel Willson, Re. Boundary {Lot 1, Cons. 3 & 4. . 1881 Mar 8, Grant, Samuel Willson Etux, to Township of Markham, $80, SE for 1/5 A. . 1897 Nov 25, WILL, to Robt A W Wilson, All in al subject to legacy. . 1916 Apr 20, Release, Mary E B Johnston, to Robert A W Willson, $1 & Presm., All in al. . 1934 Jun 14, Robert A W Willson & Margaret his wife, to E J Bennet & Urusla A C his wife, $11,344, Pt 56 A. . 1940 Jan 15, Grant, Robt A Wilson & Margaret his wife, to Wm J Harman, $1, All ex lands & Given Rd. . 1934 Jun 14, Mtg., Urusual & E James Bennett, to As Joint Tenants & Robt A W Willson, $7562.67. . 1939 Jul 26, DM, Robt A W Willson, to U & J Bennet, $7562. . 1944 Ju 13, R A Warren Willson, to Eliz Herma, $3300. . 1945 Apr 15, Grant & Q.C., Martha & Timothy C Eaton, to A Skaith, J Crookston, & Virginia N Willson, $25,000. . 1948 Jul 31, Grant, Virginia N Wilson, to Allan L Skaith, J I Crookston, $5539. Lot 2 West Half & East Half, Con 3, Markham: . 1818 Oct 15, Ind., Babington Nolan, to John Willson, All West Half 100A. [no sale registration found - PJA] . 1876 Mar 1, Mort., Samuel Willson, to Vincent Johnson, $2,500, Half 100A. {Lot2W, Con 3. - - -	WILLSON, John .7 (I85)
14535	John J son Jr. is the son of Elizabeth Stockdale & John Doan Sr.	DOAN, John J Jr. (I366)
14536	John J is the son of Clementine Drake of Ohio & John Calvin Phillips, both of Ohio.	PHILLIPS, John J (I136)
14537	John J. is the son of Mary & John Dobbin, Sr.	DOBBIN, John Jefferson (I400)
14538	John Jackson Justice married 17 Sep 1891 to Sarah Emily Wright, b 1868. They had 7 children. - - -	JUSTICE, John Jackson (I467)
14539	John Jos. is the son of Rebecca Hart V. Marsh & Joseph PINFOLD.	PINFOLD, John Joseph (I325)
14540	John Joseph Kee Pearson (aka Jack) emigrated in 1921, served as an Ensign on HMCS Port Hope and HMCS Wentworth.	PEARSON, John Joseph Kee (I163)
14541	John Jr. is the son of John Walker & Rachael Keith,rResided, Toronto. . 1857 Sep 18 - Letters in Richmond Hill Post Office, Robert Walker. Signed, M. Teefy, Postmaster. Ref: York Ridings Gazette Newspaper. - - -	WALKER, John Jr. (I444)
14542	John Jr. is the son of Sofiah & John Mingle Sr. Two Mingle brothers married two Snyder sisters: John Mingle, Jr. married Anna Catharina Snyder. William Mingle married Maria (Mary) Snyder. John Mingle Jr. married Catherine Snyder, 1762-1845. They children: Adam, Lydia, John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary & Anna Mingle. Ref: Annals of The Forty. UCLPetition 415, Bundle M11, Microfilche 2200 To Sir Peregine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, In Council Petition of John Mingle of Township of Gainsboro & District of Niagara. That your petitioner is a native of Canada, age of 21 years, has never received any Lands, taken the Oath of Allegiance as prescribed by Law. Therefore humbly prays Your Excellence in Council will be be gracious please to grant him Crown lands. 26th January 1819, John Mingle His X mark. Entered in Land Book J, page a529. Read 27 Jan 1819. Note: John submitted his petition in person at York (Toronto) at the same time as cousin Adam Mingle who did sign his own name. [Petition 416 by Adam Mingle, is essential the same, from Grainsboro, age 21, wants land.] Monument inscription at St. Ann's (Presbyterian) Cemetery reads JOHN MINGLE born - April 10, 1761 died - April 10, 1809 age 48 years his wife CATHERINE MINGLE died March 18, 1845 age 83 years & 8 months & 13 days. Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p386 South Half Lot 22, Con 6, Township of Gainsborough . 1797 Mar 10, Patent, Crown, John Mingle, 200 Acres . 1809 April 2, Probate of WILL of John Minlge, to Adam & John Mingle, Intestated, to be divided between them; . 1826 Mar 28, Quit Claim, Adam Mingle, to John Mingle, S 100A, £2000. . 1833 Sep5 30, Bargain&Sale, John Mingle, to George Secord, Half acres, £7.10.0. . 1838 Dec 10, B&S, Adam Minlge, to Wm. Garder? NHalf 100 A, £400. . 18339 Mar 15, B&S, John Mingle, to Adam Mingle, 100A, £2000. Research & Transcriptions by PJ Felker Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	MINGLE, John Jr. (I1)
14543	John Kennedy is the son of Charity & William Kennedy. . John Kennedy was born in Scotland, lived in Ireland & was the first member of his family to come to America, arriving sometime before 1750. He went to New Jersey to live & when the war between France & England broke out in Amer­ica, he joined the British forces. He was at Oswego when General Montcalm captured that Fort & with other prisoners, he was sent in a prison ship to France. After suffering untold hardship & privations he was finally exchanged with other prisoners & reached England. Here he married an English lady & they returned to America settling in New Jersey. They had a large family of sons & daughters, the names of the sorts given as John, Charles, William, Richard & probably Samuel. John was born 8 May 1761 in Sussex County. He studied to be a school teacher & sometime before 1787 he married his first wife. Charity, surname unknown. After the war of the Revolution. He be came unhappy under the new government & in 1794 he decided to move to Canada. He brought a team of horses & he & Charity with 5 young children, began the long trek through the wilderness. On the way the horses died & they were forced to delay their journey travelling on foot & by boat. From Oswego they followed the south shore of Lake Ontario to the Niagara frontier. While at Oswego they met a party of Indians who greatly admired their youngest son, Morris, who had the large bright black eyes & dark hair of the Kennedy clan. An Indian woman stole the baby but John gave chase & rescued him. They crossed the Niagara River 8 June, 1795. Like many of the early pioneers, John & Charity Kennedy brought few worldly pos­sessions but they held to their Christian faith & social culture, which helped them maintain their loyalty & morale through the many trials & tribulations which beset them & helped them to set up standards for community life. It was to this end that John frequently admonished his children to aim high in life, assuring them that their ancestors were more than ordinary well-to-do, intelligent & respectable people. He told them that their forefathers were of a Scottish Irish clan, whose tartan was red & gold stripes over purple & black on a green back­ ground. He described the crest above their coat-of-arms as a human arm bearing in the hand an oaken branch with an acorn on it & the motto "Adhaereo vertuti" (I cling fast to virtue). From this data it has been easily possible to identify the Kennedy clan. John & Charity settled first on Lot 19, Con V, Gainsbor­ough township later settling on Lot 27, Con. VI. It is said that John acquired ownership of a 1,000 acres of land & settled his sons on farms of a least 200 acres each. In the history of Gainsborough township it states: "The first schoolhouse was built of logs near Gee bridge erected 1798; not long afterward another schoolhouse was built at Snyder's Mills (St. Anns) & the first teacher was John Kennedy. Charity, wife of John, died in 1799 & shortly afterward he married Barbara Dean. He died 12 April 1847. Barbara was born 1774, d. 1849. They were buried in the churchyard at St. Ann's, Gainsborough. Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol. no. 5, 1954. . 1816 May 20, Election, Candidates Robert Nelles Esq. & Doctor Cyrus Sumner. John Kennedy, JR., Gainsborough Twp, Con 6, Lot 24, Voted for Nelles. Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol. 10, 1956. . 1846 July 15, Wednesday. Hon. Chief Justice Robinson, Claim 55. John Kennedy of Twp. of Erin, yeoman, claims as Eldest Son & Heir at Law of William Kennedy, deceased, assignee of John Morris, also deceased, North Westerly half 16 Acres., Con 4, Erin, Original Designee John Morris. Deferred for proof of the execution of the assignment from the original Nominee. Ref:1st Heir & Devisee, H1151, pay 347, Archives of Canada. . 1847 Jan 16, Saturday, John Kennedy Twp. Erin, Yeoman, Lot w half 16, Con 4, Erin Twp. Allowed. Ref: 1st Heir & Devisee, H1151, pay 364 Archives of Canada. - - -	KENNEDY, John (I557)
14544	John Kilman to Margaret McKerlie, both of the Township of Stamford, by license from H. Grant, Esq.	Family (F519)
14545	John Lawrence is the son of Richard Lawrence. Notes: By 1846 he was living with his Uncle William L Willson, on Yonge Street, Vaughan Twp., York County. The lot NEXT in York Twp. had belong to his grandfather, Richard Lawrence, Sr. & hence, sometimes quoted as living in Toronto. - PJA . 1900 Jun 18 Census, Sodus Twp., Berrier Co., Michigan Osbourne, John, Head household, b. Mar 1845, age 55 Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. England, Landed 1863, and family; & Lawrence, John, Cousin, Jan 1844 Canada Eng., Age 56, parents born Canada English, Landed 1860 - 40 years ago; Farm labour. . 1911 Sep 15 - Returned to Farm & Died Aline in Barn. John Lawrence is found dead in hay loft in Sodus Twp. Barn. Barking dogs attract attention & body is discovered. Returning t he farm upon which he had worked as a laborer for the past 4 or 5 years, John Lawrence, aged 67, crawled into the aloft of the barn on the farm premises of Mrs Sherman in Sodus township & died peacefully & alone. Mrs. Sherman heard the dogs barking about the barn last evening &sent hers onto investigate the cause of the trouble. Mr. Sherman found Lawrence lying in the hay loft dead, & at once noticed Sheriff Johnson who was soon on the scene. The officer summoned a physician, who declared the deceased died from natural caused & pronounced heat disease the cause of death. The body was brought to Rowe's morgue in Baton Harbor, where Mr Lawrence ha relatives. Four or 5 weeks ago Mr Lawrence left the Sherman farm & came to Benton Harbor, where he followed the occupation of a carpenter & did other odd jobs. While in the twin cities he imbibed quite freely, it is alleged, & finally decided to return to the farm where he was formerly employed. He must have died shortly after his arrival at the farm at about 6 o'clock. There were no evidences of a struggle & he passed away peacefully. Several relatives of the deceased reside in Benton Harbor & Sodus. No inquest was held. Ref: St Joseph Daily Press, Michigan. . 1911 Sep 15 - Benton Harbor. Is Found Dad in Barn Haymow, John Lawrence, aged carpenter, suddenly Expires, Body Brough to This City From Sodus - Sheriff Was Called. John Lawrence nearly 70 years of age, was found dead in the haymow of a barn off the Sherman farm in Sodus township early Thursday evening. Lawrence was a carpenter & had been doing odd jobs in the neighborhood for years. He had visited Benton Harbor Thursday, returning to the Sherman place between 6 to 9 o'clock. Later members of the household were attracted to the barn by the strange barking of dogs & upon investigation Lawrence's lifeless body was found in the hay. Sheriff Johnson was notified & he made an investigation. Natural causes were responsible for the old man's death. The body was brought to Rowe's morgue in the city, where it now awaits burial. Lawrence was well known in Sodas. He is survived by a member of relatives including a nephew, Harry Grow & a nice, Miss Molly Grow of this city. . 1911 Sep 28 - Find Clue of Suicide. That John Lawrence, the Sodus laborer who was found dead a couple of weeks ago on the farm of Mrs. Lucy Sherman committed suicide was proven Wednesday, when Roy Jenkins in removing a load of hay from the haymow in which the dead body was found, discovered an empty bottle of laudanum. It lay but an arm's distance from where Lawrence was found. Lawrence had often remarked that rather thing to the poor house he would take his own life. Only a day or so before he died he said he expected to 'end it all." Ref: News Palladium Newspaper, Benton Harbor, Michigan. - - -	LAWRENCE, John .xiii (I1454)
14546	John Lawrence sailed from London & landed 1635 April 2 NY. Resided New Amsterdam. . 1644 Nov 16 - John Lawrence was one of the 6 patentees of Hampstead, Long Island, & in the following year he & his brother William obtain the patent of Flushing, Long Island, from the Dutch Governor Keith, & were among those to whom the confirmatory patent was issued by Governor Nicoll, in 1666. . 1665, he was an Alderman of New York, & its Mayor in 14 Oct 1672 - 1672; he was a Member of the Governor's Council, 1674-98. Ref: Lawrence Genealogy, by Thomas Lawrence, of Rhode Island. . 1645 Oct 10 - John & William were the 10 & 11th in the list of 18 men who received the patent for the town of Flushing from Wm. Keif, Governor of New Netherland. . 1648 Jan 17 - Jan Laurensz one of several inhabitants of New Netherland who opposed the general vote & decision of their neighbors in contributing toward the support of a Christian & godly Reformed minister & to the nomination of a Schout. 1648 Feb 1 - Jan Laurens & others of his opinion acceded to the wishes of the majority. Affair of the Beaver Pelts: . 1657 Mar 20 - Letter from Joan Antrobus Lawrence Tuttle sent to deliver goods to my son John Lawrence to send me £50 worth of beaver. . 1658 July 23 - The fiscal at New Amsterdam was ordered to inquired respecting certain beavers & other goods removed by John laurels, an English merchant, from the house of Cornelis Steenwick. 1658 Jul 30 - There occurred the proceedings in the case of the fiscal vs. John Laurence, merchant, . 1658 Aug 13 - Judgment was entered against John Lawrence for smuggling; fined 300 guilders with costs. . 1658 Sep 15 - Commissioners of United Colonies of New England, assembled at Boston, on the behalf of John & Richard Cutts, Henry Woolcott, address a letter to the Dutch Governor asking him to reconsider their seizing a parcel of their beaver in the hand of their agent John Lawrence for that it was removed from on burgher's house in the Monhatoes (Manhatten) to another being some small distance with the line set for confiscation of beaver. . 1658 Dec 12 - Judgment pronounced against John Lawrence on 13th Aug last was ordered arrested. John Lawrence, born 1618; d. 1699, NY. Great St Albans, Hertfordshire. Immigrant ship Planter, Apr . 1635, age 17, to MA. One of 6 patentees, Patent of Hempstead, from Gov Kieft, 1644. Patent of Flushing with brother William with several others he established a residence there, but shortly moved to New Amsterdam. Alderman, NYC, 1665. Mayor. Member of City Council. 1692, Judge of the Supreme Court. . John Lawrence, the elder brother, b. in 1618, at Great St Albans. He became a patentee of Hempstead in 1644; of Flushing in 1645; removed to New Amsterdam in 1638; Commissioner of Boundaries between New England & the Dutch Provinces to treat with the General Court, Hanford, 1663; Alderman, New York, 1665; Mayor, New York, 1673; member King's Council, 1674-98; Mayor again in 1691; Judge Supreme Court, 1693-04; m. Susannah. Children: Joseph. 3 John, Jr., m. Sarah (Cornell) Van Brugge. Thomas, unmarried. Susannah, m. (1) Gabriel Minvielle, Jan. 35,1676; m. (2) Wm. Smith. Martha, m. Thomas Suawsell. Mary to William Whittingham. . 1648 Flushing Town clerk, . 1663 Oct 13 New Netherland delegate to committee to settle bounds with Connecticut. Ref: Laws & ordinances of New Netherland, by Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1868. . 1664, appointed member of Governor's Counsel. NYC house of first class & property west side of Pearl Street, called Water Side, between Wall & William Sts. Valued at £2,000; a fourth class house & property , west side of Pearl St, between Franklin Square & Wall St, Valued at £750. . 1673 - the Burgomastes & Schepens [of NYC] resolve that the mace, gowns & city seal of the late Mayor John Lawrence, be brought in & the late Mayor reappearing delivers up his gown or clock, with the city seal & mace. . 1673 the Dutch recapture [NYC from the English] & his house is not plunder. . 1674 Feb 19 - A valuation of the best, most affluent inhabitants of New Amsterdam, John Lawrence has 10,000 florins Holland currency, only 10 others persons having as much or more. . 1683 Sep 29 - Flushing Tax: 1 male, 12 acres upland, 10 of meadows, 1 horse, 5 cowes, 6 young cattle, 1 pig, Taxed 7 shillings 5d. . 1683, Newtown Tax, 10 acres of land, 4 cowes & 3 three year olds. . 1698 Sep 28, Gov. Bellomont writer that he has suspended from the Council, Col Bayard, Col Monvielle, Col Willet & Mr. Lawrence, because they were always testy & perverse in everything that I proposed for the King's service, tho such sycophants as to comply with Col. Fletcher in all parts of his corrupt administration. . 1698 Oct 21, as further excuse for his action acton, the Governor, writes he superannuated, being 82 years of age. [i.e. pensioned him off]. . 1700 Mar 11, the bill of complaint against the Governor, declares that upon frivolous pretenses he suspended 10 of the most considerable for estates & parts & experience in Busynesses, including Mr. Lawrence . 1688 Jan - John Burroughs deposition that in June last when he came from mowing in the eying he saw John Lawrence's bull run down one of the Stevenson oxen & thence runs at the other one & afterwards at another red oxed but he could not tell whose it was. Stevenson oxen was lambed by the said bull & the next morning he saw the would of the oxen & the last winter the said Bull bike into the departs house & hurt 2 of his cattle told J Lawrence to cut his bulls hours so not to spoil their cattle. John Ketchum help him destroy it. John & Thomas Stevenson appraised there oxen the next morning after they were hurt & were worth £16 & about 5 weeks after they appraised them agin the one of them was 20 shillings worse & other was the same as before he was hurt. He saith that he saw the bull follow a cow that was a bulling. Court finds for ye plaintiff, costs & 5 shillings for Trespass. . 1693 the enrolled militia of Kings county numbered 319 commanded by Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, of Queens county; 580 commanded by Colonel Thomas Willett, & of Suffolk county, 533 commanded by Colonel John Young, a tight little army of 1,432 men, very nearly one-half of the entire force in the province. In 1700 Kings county militia had 280 men, Queens, 601, & Suffolk, 614. In that year the official returns gave the names of the officers of the three regiments & the various companies, as follows: Of the Troope of Horse in ye said Regimt. John Lawrence Capt., Jonath: Smith Lieut., Daniel Lawrence Cornet, John Finne Quartermaster. Of the Regiment of Militia in King's County of Ye Said Island. . 1647 there were 57 freeholders in the township, & a formal division of the land was made anions' them. They were as follows: Richard Gildersleeve, William Lawrence, John Lawrence. . 1662 Mar 6 - John Rider plaintiff Enters an action of trespass on the Case against Johanes Lawrence, defendant. I John Rider am ready to depose that Johannes Lawrence» brought a bridle & Saddle belonging to Mr Wolstoncrafte to my house & some tyme after it being missed, he told me he took them out of my house, & went to Jamaica where he lost the saddle but had left the order to see to get it else he must pay for it. Sworn in the presents of the Court. Rouston? Patterson testifyth unto the Court upon oath, that John Rider did say unto­ Johanes Lawrence that he did Employ his man to Cut wood for him the sd. Johanes & he carried it to the water side & also Mr. Rider said he could prove it by John Johnson fine & further saith not. Upon the action John Wollaston Craft plaintiff, Johns Lawrence, defendant. the court finds for the plaintiff that the defendant to return the saddle & bridal or the value, with cost of suite. . John Woollston Craft plaintiff, Enters an action of debt against Johanis Lawrence, defendant. . Johanis Lawrence enters a Complaint against William Allburtis. Johanis Lawrence & William Allburtis upon the Complaint, the Court finds for the defendant & the Complainant to pay Cost of suite. . Johanis Lawrence, plaintiff, enters an action of slander against John Rider, def. The Court finds for the plaintiff, the defendant to pay the­ plaintiffs 10 shillings & cost of suite. . 1672 John Lawrence the oldest son, became mayor of the city of New York & held the same office again in 16591 & in 1692 became judge of the supreme court, which office he held until his death in 1699. . 1699 Jan 7- WILL of John Lawrence Senior, Citizen of New York: Being above 80 years of age, ordered the houses wherein I dwell in NY to remain to my dear wife during our natural lives together, with rents & profits of my house & land in Smith's Fly, my wife shall have full power as to her own maintenance so to dispose of all or part there of of the moveables estates; - daughter Martha, widow of Thomas Snowsell, deceased above 17 years ago, formerly given household goods & clothing & what improvement she has made thereof since she has lived with me & under my charge since her husband went for her being now above 17 years' [d. 1682]; - concerning my estate as a patentee in Hemstead & Flushing & the only survivor in both in Queens County, Long Island, now called Nassau, of house lands, meadows to be divided granted by patent to me & my heirs as appears under the hand & seal of Col. Richard Nicolls, Esq., then Governor of Prov. of NY, dated Feb. 15, 1666, all lands ordered to be divided or their true value if sold, to each of my children one equal part for - my son John one part - to my son Thomas one part, - unto my daughter Martha, widow of Thomas Snowsell one equal part, & - to my daughter Susannah, wife of Gabriel Monvielle, one equal part - with the proviso that if my wife see cause to remove to Flushing, the house in the town with orchard, meadow for two or three cows shall be at her command during her natural life; - what legacies to my daughter Wittingham's children & to Joseph Lawrence, my son's daughter may be judged expedient which is not possible for me to determine now knowing heat will remain at my decease, I leave to the discretion of my executors, her here named. Executrix, my dear wife if she survive me, my son Gabriell Monvielle to assist her, my son Thomas Lawrence & my daughter Martha Snowsell to see this my will fulfilled. Ref: NY Wills, Original Lib 5: 345-50. WILL Proved 15 May 1699. . Within the last half of the nineteenth century the towns known as Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Avenue, & Edgemere have sprung into existence & have received their names from various sources. Lawrence was named in honor of its founder, Mr. John Lawrence, brother of Messrs. Newbold & Alfred Lawrence. This place was recently incorporated & now includes territory formerly within the bounds of Cedarhurst. With its peaceful inhabitants, its scenic landscape, & its clean, shaded & well sprinkled streets, Lawrence is indeed a model village. The ideal name Cedarhurst was given to that section fronting the Hempstead Bay, where primeval pine & cedar abound. Ref: History of Long Island. - - -	LAWRENCE, John .i (I451)
14547	John Lawrence was in the very first class of ten at the Philadelphia Medical College graduated in 1789 at Woodbury. Woodbury was 8 miles distant from Philadelphia. . 1768 JULY 16, This day may be considered as having given birth to medical Honours in America the following gentlemen were admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Physick Mr. John Lawrence of East Jersey. Agreeable to the rules of the colleges these gentlemen previous to their admission to a degree had diligently attended the lectures of the several professors in Anatomy, the Material Medica, Chemistry, Theory & Practice of Physic & the clinical Lectures in the Pennsylvania Hospital, win which they gave the most satisfactory proofs of their proficiency, both in their private & public examinations. A Latin Oration delivered with great propriety by Mr. Lawrence "De Honoribus, qui omni Aevo in veros Medicine Cultures collati fuerent." Ref: NY Journal, General Advertiser # 1332. Ref: NY Journal & general Advertiser No. 1332. 1776 Jul 5, In Congress, Ordered that the President take the parole of honor of Mr. John Clarence of Monmouth County, not to depart the house of Mr. Renssellier Williams, & if Mr Lawrence should refuse to give the same, that the President order him to be confined under such guard as hemal deem necessary. . 1776 Jul 8, Mn. On Application Ordered, that the President take the parole of Mr Lawrence, not to depart Trenton Twp., unless wit lease of Congress. Pursuant to order, John Lawrence, Esq. appeared before Congress & was permitted to return home on his parole, to attend this House whenever called upon. . 1776 Jul 13, Sat. Ordered, Dr. John Lawrence have leave to remove on his parole to Morristown, & not to depart from thence, more than 6 miles, without leave of Congress. Ref: Minutes of Provincial Congress & Council of Safety, NJ . Gen. Washington ordered Dr. Lawrence arrested by Maj. Duychineck in Perth Amboy on July 6, 1776 & removed to Trenton & later to Elizabethtown. . Dr. John Lawrence of Monmouth County was one of many prisoners who were paroled on their word during the Revolution at Rensselaer Williams' Royal Oak Inn in Trenton Ferry, NJ. He was finally taken to Morristown. He was temporarily imprisoned during Revolution, but matrons in New York requested his freedom where he also acted at military doctor for the British. Although on parole, he was watched & harassed by a party of Militia to took potshot at him. After that time, to when to New York to work. No doubt due to his services being in high demand, after the War he was forgiven. Extracted: New Jersey Archives, Vol. XXVIII, p. 461 & 2nd Ser., Vol. II, pp. 10, 48, 92. Minutes of Provincial Congress & Committee of Safety, p. 495. NJ. . Extract from letters from & to Col. Furnman, concerning the hunting down of Dr. Lawrence: June 4th, 1776. ...6. o'clock, to be taking out of the company in lower Feehold... Information was given me of John Lawrence Esq. being with the Tory party [I think last Sunday night, at Snag swamp.] There qualified on Foster to be threw to that party, who they pressed in their service & forced him to take the oath. He has since deserted them, & if he darerest go at his habitation, he may be found at Ridgway's mill which may be done with a file sent there & meet you again at Doves mill, he may make discovery's. - A. Woodward, ... Take such measures with Esq. Lawrence as you think proper...Imlay's Town: This will be delivered to you by Capt. Josiah Budd who brings John Lawrence Esq. on sundry informations of his qualifying men to join the insurgents. I enclose you a letter I have received from Col. Furman which will enlighten. The property of Elisha & John Lawrence, son of John, were confiscated & sold at Wall's Mills, 5 Apr 1779. . In a letter written to David Colden by Mrs. Richard Nicholls Colden. David was a Loyalist & the son of Lieut. Gov. of NY. He lived in Springhill, near Flushing, NY. David Colden sent John Lawrence a letter as Lawrence had been to New York 2 or 3 times since the end of the War in 1783. He was thinking to settle in NY. . Dr. John Lawrence Plaintiff, Defendants: Barzillia, Lucy & William Reynolds, all of Monmouth, 1826, Trespass & Ejectment Case # 23429. John had a large medical practice in Woodbury (near Imlaystown), were he was buried on 7 Nov. 1806. But this conflicts with other sources: Old Yellow Church, Upper Freehold. . 1770 June 9. Robinson, Joseph, of Freehold, Monmouth Co.; WILL of. Son, James, a watch. Daughter, Mary, a watch. Wife, Eunice, rest. Executors - my wife & my friend. Doctor John Lawrence. Witnesses: William Covenhoven, Peter Schenck. Proved July 7, 1770. Lib. K, p. 227. Ref: 1761-177O 359 HISTORY OF N. J. MEDICINE: John Lawrence, Was a son of John Lawrence, of Monmouth County, born 1747, graduated at Princeton, 1764, & at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1768. He was one of the first 10 who received literary honors from that institution, being the first medical degree conferred in America. He commenced practice in Monmouth County. In the early months of 1776, we find him a practitioner in Amboy, where he was popular & successful. His political sympathies were with the Mother Country, & were pronounced from the first. In July of that year, Major J Duyckink, sent to Amboy by order of Washington, in command of the Middlesex Militia, for the protection of the town, arrested the Doctor, with 8 others, & sent them to Elizabethtown. He was ordered by the Provincial Congress to Trenton, as a medical man, on parole. (Ref Notes: MSS. Hon. John Cements Whitehead. ) In April, 1777, he was arraigned, with others & his father among them, before the Council of Safety. He finally withdrew from the State, to New York, where, & in its vicinity, he practiced medicine, and was also in command of a company of volunteers, for the defense of the city. In 1783, he returned to New Jersey, where he spent the remainder of his days. That Dr. Lawrence was held in high esteem in Amboy, is evident, from the fact that the ladies of that town petitioned the convention which held him under arrest, that the Doctor might be permitted to remain there, " apprehending fatal & melancholy consequences to themselves, their families &the inhabitants in general, if they should be deprived of the assistance of Dr. Lawrence." The following courteous reply was ordered to be sent to Mrs. Franklin, one of the petitioners, signed by the President: " Madam, I am ordered by Congress to acquaint you, & through you the other ladies of Amboy, that their petition in favor of Dr. John Lawrence has been received & considered. Could any application have procured a greater indulgence to Dr. Lawrence, you may be assured yours could not have failed of success. But unhappily, Madam, we are placed in a situation that motives of commiseration to individuals must give place to the safety of the public. As Dr. Lawrence has fallen under the suspicion of our generals, we are under the necessity of abiding by the steps which are taken & are Madam, Yours &c," He used to say that his residence in Amboy, was the happiest part of his life, for the reason that the officers of the Crown, resident there, formed a social circle superior to that of New York or Philadelphia. (Ref: Sabine's Loyalist with Whitelied's Contributions.) Pages 306 to 309. After his return to New Jersey, he resided at Upper Freehold, in a part of the town known as Mulberry Hill. He did not resume practice, being a man of wealth & leisure. He never married, but lived with his 3 sisters, 2 of whom died unmarried, & the other (Elizabeth), married William Leconte, member of the Provincial Congress of Georgia, & died without issue. The Doctor always rode on horseback, & sat very erect. He was a man of excellent judgment, & being very much of a gentleman, had a large practice while he pursued the duties of his profession. He was full of life & mirth, fond of games, & very convivial. He died while playing a game of chess. Fox hunting was his favorite amusement, & those who recollect him, tell of some astonishing leaps which he made, & of one which he did not make, his horse stopping while on full gallop, before a ditch, in which his rider was landed headlong. An old physician now living in Monmouth County, says, that once, when Dr. Lawrence was threatened with apoplexy he bled him almost every day, 17 times in all, and then upon consultation he bled him again. He lived notwithstanding. He died in Trenton, while away from his home, & his remains where buried in the graveyard of the old yellow church, (Baptist) in Upper Freehold. His tomb bears this inscription : Sacred to the Memory of John Lawrence, MD. who departed this live April 29th AD 1830 Aged 83 years. . Dr John Vought of Freehold while recently looking over the papers of the late Dr. Samuel Forman found an account book of 400 pages keep by Dr. Lawrence, The book open 1769 after graduating in Philadelphia until late as 1785. The entries show that his practice extended over all parts of Monmouth County, & into Middlesex. His charges to the families in Amboy & Woodbridge are from 1775 to July, 1776. After he retired to NY his practice was among the leading families there, among them Gov. Franklin & Philip John Livingston; in Jamaica, Long Island, in the family of Col. James DeLancey & the officers of his brigade stationed there, the rector of the Episcopal Church in Jamaica & Hempstead, among the families of these towns, & some visits at Hell Gate & also into Westchester County. An account found on Folio 368 is given in illustration of his method of charging for services : f. 368. Governr Franklin. Dr. 1776. Amboy, £10. s14. 6d. Mar. 9. Rd. Cort. Hiixt. iv. Ux. 6s. Rhab. 2s 8, Pul. Vermif. i.\ 9 19. Rd. Cort. 6s. Rhab. 2s. Pul. Vermif. i.\ 9s 17 23. Do. 6s. Syr. Chalyb. ss 11 26. Do. 6s. Sper. Amar. 6s 12 April 7. Do. 6s 6 12. Rd. Cort., &c., Ibss. 8s 8 19. Pulv. Cath. dos. ii to Honey (or horses) i 4 22. Rd. Cort. Ibss. 8s 8 31. Do. 8s. Sol. Cath. ii. 2s 10 May 2. V. S. 2S. Solut. Mann., &c. 6s 8 3. Aq. Ophal. 3s. Rd. Con. , &c. Ibss. 8s 11 15. Rd. Cort. Hu.xt. V\. Ibss. 8s 8 27. Do. 8s 8 June. Do. 8s. to Mrs. Franklin 8 14. Rd. Anti-scorbut. 5s 5 20. Rd. Cort. repct. Ibss. 8s 8 July I. Do. 8s 8 15. Do. 8s. Elix. Paregor. ss. Laud .3s 16 10 7 6, Attendance 2 . Note: Sorry interpretation here is difficult.- PJA . 1770 June 9. WILL of Robinson, Joseph, of Freehold, Monmouth Co.; Son, James, a watch. Daughter, Mary, a watch. Wife, Eunice, rest. Executors: my wife & my friend. Doctor John Lawrence. Witnesses: William Covenhoven, Peter Schenck. Proved July 7, 1770. . 1779 Feb 17 - Monmouth County, whereas inquisitions have been found & final judgement entered there, in favour the the state of NJ, against the persons hereon mentioned: NOTICE is hereby given that the real & personal estates belonging to Samuel Osburn, Thomas Leonard, Hendrick Vanmater all of the township of Freehold will be sold at Freehold courthouse, beginning on Wednesday the 17th day of March next & continue from day to day until all are sold. ...Elisha Lawrence & John Lawrence, sons of John, late of Upper Freehold will be sold at public venue, beginning on Monday 5 Apr, at Walls's mills until are are sold. No credit will be given. 9 o'clock each day. Also deeds made to the purchasers agreeable to act of Assembly, by Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Kennth Hankinson, Jocob Wikoff, Commissioners. Ref: New Jersey Gazette, 1779 Feb 24. 1779. . 1780 Feb 21. Monmouth - Whereas, inquisition has been found & final judgement entered against the follow persons, whole real & personal estates will be exposed to sale at public venue, at the house of Daniel Randolph, in Freehold, on the 28th March next, at. nine' o'clock - Dr. John Lawrence & Elisha Lawrence some lot of cedar swamp; John Perine, a well improved farm containing 300 acres lying in Upper Freehold, Conditions of sale is ready money. S Forman, Joseph Lawrence, K H, JW, Commissioners. Ref: New Jersey Gazette, 1780 Mar 14. . 1780 Feb 21. & March 10th. Monmouth - WHEREAS inquisition has been found & final judgement entered against the follow persons, whole real & personal estates will be exposed to sale at public venue, at the house of Daniel Randolph, in Freehold, on the 28th March next, at. 9 o'clock - Dr. John Lawrence & Elisha Lawrence some lot of cedar swamp; Elisha Lawrence, late Sheriff, John & Wm. Perine, a well improved farm containing 300 acres lying in Upper Freehold, Christopher, Clayton, Oliver Tallman, John, Ebenezer Wardel, Ezekiel, John Tilton, Thomas Leonard, Daniel & Hendrick Vanmarter, Joseph Grover, (any many many more names). Judges of the said county Court will attend at Monmouth Courthouse on first Monday in April & May to receive & adjusts the said accounts. Conditions of sale is ready money. Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Kenneth Hankinson, Jacob Wikoff, Commissioners. Ref: New Jersey Gazette, 1780 Mar 14. & more names add on 1780 Apr 5. . 1782 Aug 26 - Letters remaining in the General Post-Office: Dr. John Lawrence. Ref: New York Gazette & the Weekly Mercury. - - -	LAWRENCE, Dr. John Jr., M. B. (I404)
14548	John Lorne is the son of Martha Miles & John Prior.	PRIOR, John Lorne (I256)
14549	John McCambly is the son of is Elizabeth Adams & Asa Willson. * 1900 Jan. Fourth Generation 4th child: John McCambly: born March 16, 1839. died September 30, 1852. Aged 13 years, 6 months, 14 days. - - -	WILLSON, John McCambly .ii (I628)
14550	John McCutcheon, Erin Twp, 1906 Wellington Co. Historical Atlas McCutcheon, JOHN (d.), The late John McCutcheon, was a son of the late William McCutcheon, who only lived for a short time after coming to Canada. The late John McCutcheon, was b. in Erin Tp., in 1827, & d. 1899, age 62. He was b. on lot 8, con. 5, Erin Tp., & was one of the first children b. in the township. He afterwards purchased 250 acres, lot 14, con. 3, where he lived until his death. He had very little to start with, however, by his own efforts, he became very successful. He was a hard worker, & cleared his own farm. Although caring little for political matters, he was always interested in the welfare of his neighbors, & the township. He died comparatively young, with the respect of the community. He was a Congregationalist, & a Liberal. He m. Susannah Fisher, who is living, age 74. Issue: Mrs. Duncan Lamont, set. in Woodstock; Margaret, at home; William, Mrs. Gilbert Currie, Mich; Matthias, John A., Albert H., unm., at home; Hiram, in Man.; Ernest, unmarried, lives at home, & Austin. William, m. Eliza Atwood. They have 5 children, & live in Toronto. Matthias, m. Mary M. Hawkins, & set. in Grimsby. They have 3 children. John A., m. Ida McLean, & set. in Man. They have 2 children. Austin, succeeded to a part of the homestead, which he owns in conjunction with his brothers & sisters. He is a successful farmer, & has a fine place, where he carried on mixed farming, feeding a large number of cattle for market. He is a Presbyterian, & a Liberal. He m. Jetta Brydon. Issue: Ernest. Ref: From the "Biographical sketches" Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario, compiled, drawn & published from personal examinations & surveys. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co, 1906, reprint 1972. p.44. 1880 Mar 11 -The Grave, McCutcheon, John, - At Ospringe on the 8th inst. Mr. John McCutcheon, aged 53 years. Ref: Acton Free Press, page 3, column 3. Transcripts by P J Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	MCCUTCHEON, John .3 (I109)