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21401	Resised 1901	ANDREW, John B (I151)
21402	Reta married 4 Apr 1931 to Robt. Lofthouse, Mount Forest, Ontario.	DUCK, Reta Bernice (I1257)
21403	Retired 1961.	MESSNER, Zella A (I402)
21404	Retired to Fergus.	HAMMILL, Ruby May (I301)
21405	Retired to Fergus. Died aged 77 years of leukemia.	MACDONALD, Herbert HERBIE James (I300)
21406	Retrieved from Internet Archive: archive.org Author: Illinois. Board of Dental Examiners; Illinois. General Assembly Volume: 19 Subject: Dental laws and legislation; Dentists Publisher: Springfield, Ill. Language: English Call number: 2332229 Digitizing sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois Book contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Collection: americana Notes: Broken binding. Loose pages.	Source (S-940012357)
21407	Return by Samuel Rose, Wesleyan Methodist. Thomas Brown, 28, England, Thorold,s/o Thomas & Margaret, married Eliza Vanderburgh, 26,Stamford, same, d/o John & Abigail witn: Gilbert Miller of Thorold and Edward Vanderburgh of Stamford, 5 March 1861	Family (F461)
21408	returned to 'The States' from NB, Canada.	WILLSON, Girl Two NJ (I460)
21409	Reuben married Catherine Jennings. RESID: farm near Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England OCCU: farmer RELIG: unknown !BIRTH: LDS Family History Centre film #0991066.	SETTERINGTON, Reuben (I14)
21410	Rev. Charles Noyes, clergyman	Family (F86)
21411	Rev. Daniel Chapman officiating	Family (F886)
21412	Rev. Dr. James B. Moore Obituaries "The Waterford Star" newspaper Waterford, Ontario, Canada Thursday, September 03, 1931 Page: 01 "Ontario's Oldest Baptist Preacher Died on Saturday. "Elder Moore Widely Know Throughout Province - Funeral Attended by Over Thirty Preachers and a Large Number of Friends - He Will be Mourned by All. "The village of Waterford lost one of its oldest and best beloved citizens on Saturday last in the death of Rev. Dr. James B. Moore, who passed away following a stroke suffered August 12. He was in his 90th year, and until the last few weeks had enjoyed remarkably good health for a man of his years. "He was the oldest living Baptist minister in the Ontario and Quebec Union, and had been preaching the gospel for nearly three quarters of a century. On a few occasions even during the past year he had occupied the pulpit. Having served in many pastorates throughout the province he was widely known and his stately, venerable figure was familiar to thousands of friends by all of whom he was deeply respected and admired. "Elder Moore, as he was more familiarly known, was born on the first day of April, 1842, on a farm in the township of Norwich, county of Oxford, not far from Burgessville. His father was William S. Moore, a man of Quaker parentage, who came to Canada from New Jersey and settled near Norwich. Their family consisted of ten boys and six girls, of which Elder Moore was the last remaining member. "When he was seventeen years old, he determined to enter the Gospel ministry, although he was opposed by his father who had been a Quaker in all of his training and his sympathies. The young man had the choice of leaving home or leaving the religious meetings. He chose the former and was baptized and united with the Baptist Church at Burgessville. "He began his struggle for an education at a private academy and boarding school in a village about 20 miles from New York City. He received board and tuition free in return for doing odd jobs. He had been there only a year or so when the Civil War broke out. He heard the call to arms and enlisted, be selected as an aide-de-camp to General Phil Kearney. He was only 19 years old at that time. His unit was with the Army of the Potomac and camped near the White House. Several times he had the pleasure of seeing the President, Abraham Lincoln. The only engagement in which his division took part was the retreat after the siege of Richmond in which the fighting was fierce and many men were slain. Elder Moore always declared, however, that he did not fire a gun, but was engaged in running messages from one division to another on horseback. He did have a horse shot beneath him during one assault. "He was in the army for nearly a year when his father learned about it and was instrumental in securing his discharge on the ground that he enlisted under age and without the consent of his parents. "The ambitious young man returned to the old farm home in Norwich township. The he learned that Woodstock Baptist College had opened and he straightway enrolled there. Although often in financial straits, he managed to complete a six year course at the College and graduated in 1868, at 26 years of age. "He was ordained to the ministry and became pastor of a small Church in Whitevale, Pickering Township, Ontario County, at a salary of four hundred dollars a year. He was married while at Whitevale and for over fifty years they lived happily and laboured together. He was instrumental in forming three new Churches in the district. "Rev. Mr. Moore devoted a year to evangelistic work after which he assumed a pastorate in Tillsonburg and from 1880 onward laboured there and in the nearby village of Brownsville. After a year or two in the village of Scotland he came to Waterford. After five years as pastor of the Waterford Baptist Church, during which he made a wide circle of friends, the again began evangelistic work and for eight years was peregrinating among the churches, while his family lived in Toronto. Then he returned to the pastorate and assumed charges in Blenheim, Brownsville and Delhi successively. At the conclusion of his Delhi pastorate, he definitely retired because he was then nearly 70 years of age. Having many congenial friends in Waterford, he and Mrs. Moore decided to come here to spend the remaining years of their lives. "Here Mrs. Moore predeceased her husband some fourteen years ago. In 1921 he married Mrs. David Grey of Hamilton, who survives him. A daughter, Bessie, Mrs. (Rev) W. J. H. Brown, of Toronto, died more than a year ago, while three sons remain, Mr. W. H. Moore, M.P. for Ontario County; Mr. Harry Moore of Toronto, and Ambrose of Detroit. "Elder Moore had preached on one or more occasions in every Baptist Church in this district and there were few in Western Ontario which he had not preached. As late as the summer of 1928 his services were still in keen demand and he preached 28 sermons that year. In the last few years he had continued to do supply work when called upon. "Waterford was indeed fortunate when he decided to spend his twilight years in this village for there was no more loyal citizen and none more sympathetic with every community movement than the genial Elder. His name became a household word in the village and far beyond its confines. During his 20 years in Waterford, though he claimed to be in retirement, no request for his presence at religious or social gathering ever met with refusal. He was the embodiment of good nature and his whimsical stories and droll humor have enlivened many a party. "In his early years he was very fond of thoroughbred horses and his stables were frequent blue-ribbon winners at the C. N. E. Gardening and fishing were other hobbies, while his fish stories became almost legendary. His parrot "Polly" provided much amusement for both himself and his visitors. At the last accounting, this bird was over 25 years old. "For the last twelve years or more, Elder Moore had made his winter home at St. Petersburg, Florida, where he became almost a landmark. He was permanent chaplain of the Canadian Association, comprising about 300 members, the Grand Army of the Republic which included forty Civil War veterans, and the Three Quarter Century Club, comprising over 300 members, all of whom were over 75 years of age. The Elder's infinite capacity for telling stories made him a prime favourite with the Canadian colony in Florida. "Few men live to the ripe old age of fourscore and ten: to still fewer is given the opportunity of serving in their chosen vocation for nearly 75 years; and only very rarely is such a man possessed of the clarity of mind, the command of language, and the charm of personality at the end of this time as exhibited in the case of the late Elder Moore. A happy disposition and an even, imperturbable temperament assisted in making his a pleasant journey though his life. "Waterford will miss his genial countenance and patriarchal figure, his sparkling with and his treasured storehouse of recollections, as well as his impressive pulpit deliverances. But he has left his mark on the community and his long and faithful service will not soon be forgotten. "The funeral was held from his late residence on St. James Street on Monday afternoon where so many friends gathered from far and near that it was found necessary to hold the service out of doors, the day being warm and sunny, and ideal for such an arrangement. Rev. Dr. Langton of Brantford, President of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, was in charge of the services. Rev. C. E. MacLeod, secretary of the Convention, made the opening prayer, and the Scriptures were read by Rev. C. R. Duncan, Educational Secretary representing McMaster University, which a few years ago conferred on Elder Moore the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in accordance with Dr. Moore's request, the address was given by Rev. F. C. Elliot of Ingersoll, who since childhood had known the deceased. Most appropriately he chose for his text, "And Abraham died in a good old age, and old man and full of years and was gathered to his people." Mr. T. C. Savage, also by request, sang two solos, and Rev. L. F. Kipp, editor of the Canadian Baptist, closed the service with a prayer and benediction. Over thirty ministers were present and formed a guard of honor as the casket was borne by six pastors form this vicinity: Revs. W. H. Howard of Delhi, E. Butcher of Hagersville, J. A. Suggitt of Walsh, E. J. Whan of Villa Nova, T. M. Mead of Waterford, G. M. Saunders of Langton "Of the immediate family present beside Mrs. Moore were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore, Rev. W. J. H. Brown, Rev. Gordon Brown, and Mr. Douglas Brown, all of Toronto. Interment took place in Greenwood Cemetery." From "The Canadian Baptist" 3 Sep 1931 "When Rev. Moore died, he was the oldest minister in the Baptist denomination of Canada and probably the only survivor of Canadian nationality who participated in the American Civil War. As a youth of 17, he left home to obtain an education, preparatory to entering the ministry. Fate directed his steps to the United States and, when the civil war broke out, he enlisted, being selected as an aide de camp to General Kearney with the army of the Potomac in Virginia. His father obtained his discharge and he returned home to enter Woodstock College. Elder Moore, as he was more familiarly know in later life, occupied the pulpit in practically every Baptist church in the province on one or more occasions." Source Unclear After 1930 FINE OLD VETERAN SUMMONED TO REST Rev. Dr. James B. Moore, retired minister of the Baptist Church, who died at Waterford a week ago. Dr. Moore was the oldest minister in the Ontario and Quebec Baptist Union and before entering the ministry, while still a lad in his teens, he enlisted with the Northern army in the American Civil war. His freedom being obtained by his father after one year's service because he was under age, he returned to his native district of Norfolk and by dirt of much labour and thrift obtained enough money to go through college. He held charges at Tillsonburg, Brownsville, Blenheim, Delhi and other places. Such was the esteem in which he was held by the ministry that at his funeral over thirty ministers of all denominations were present.	MOORE, Rev. James Beach (I1235)
21413	Rev. Frank W. Ritchie, ordained to the ministry of the Church of England in 1885, was for a short time curate in Herefordshire, afterwards missionary in Mashonaland & British Guiana; finally came to Canada & died at Ottawa in January, 1907, leaving a wife & 3 children. His death is the first break in a family of twelve. John Almon Ritchie, of Ottawa, is County Crown Attorney & a partner in the well-known firm of Belcourt & Ritchie. 1909 (verify identity.) - - -	RITCHIE, Frank William (I1071)
21414	Rev. G.M.W. Carey, Baptist Church, St. Catharines, ON	Family (F507)
21415	Rev. James Hanon is the son of Elizabeth McTearman & Michael Hannon. . Cummer Memorandum: Rev. Hannon held charges in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Chatham, Dundas, St. Thomas & other Canadian cities, entering the ministry in 1858. He retired from active work in 1905. . HANNON, James D.D. was born in 1841 in Ontario, was received on trial in 1858 at Norwood, Wesleyan Methodist & died in 1912 & was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London Ontario. He married Sarah Margaret daughter of John Willson of Willowdale who was born in 1846 & died on March 2, 1924 of paralysis, 78 years old, at the residence of Mrs George Irwin of Toronto Ontario. Their only surviving child was: Judge J.W. Hannon, 1859-1860 student Victoria College Cobourg, 1861-1862 Colbourne, ordained in 1863 at Newcastle, 1864-1865 Bowmanville, 1866-1867 Yonge Street South, 1868-1869 Berkley Street Toronto, 1870-1871 Hamilton West, 1872-1874 North Street - London, 1875-1876 Zion Tabernacle Hamilton, 1877-1879 Dundas, 1880 St. Mary's, 1890-1892 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1906 superannuated Chatham, Delegate to General Conference Montreal 1878, Financial Secretary 1878 & 1879, Chairman of District 1880. . Small head portrait of a white hair & bearded gentleman. Ref: Norfolk Street Methodist Ministers 1825-1925. - - -	HANNON, Rev. James D.D. (I244)
21416	Rev. James Hanon is the son of Elizabeth McTearman & Michael Hannon. Cummer Memorandum: Rev. Hannon held charges in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Chatham, Dundas, St. Thomas & other Canadian cities, entering the ministry in 1858. He retired from active work in 1905. - - -	HANNON, Rev. James D. D. (I1192)
21417	Rev. James Wilson but probably legalized by Justice of the Peace.	Family (F3991)
21418	Rev. Jonathan Scott, brother in law of Louisa Ring Cook, performed the ceremony.	Family (F28)
21419	Rev. Mr. King , Presbyterian.	Family (F105)
21420	Rheba is the daughter of Sophia Meeka nd George W Lemon.	LEMON, Rheba (I298)
21421	Rheinbert War Cemetery.	MCCUTCHEON, FRANKlin Tees (I277)
21422	Rheinländer, Oneider Co., Wi, Plot 25, lot 16, Grave J	MCCUTCHEON, Alexander (I340)
21423	Rhiwaseson, Montgomery	MATHEW, Thomas (I13873)
21424	Rhiwaseson, Montgomery	MATHEW, Sir Lewys (I13874)
21425	Rhiwsaeson, Montgomery	MATHEW, Philip Goch (I13860)
21426	Rhiwsaeson, Montgomery	MATHEW, Morgan William (I13887)
21427	Ricard is the son of Rebecca Briggs & Thomas Cornell. . 1663 May 4: Hendrick Janzen, cooper, of the ship Purmerland Church, now a prisoner, acknowledged that he with Jasper Abrahamzen, committed great violence at Rendel Huit's house & forced his wife to give them to eat; they proceeded to Joris Wolsey's house & demanded drink, so that Wolsey & Ely Douty & Ritzert Cornewell had enough to do to put them out, then they went to Carel Van Brugge's house & demanded drink & continued their violence in a manner indecent to be mentioned, so that Carel & Douty & Ritzert Cornewell [Richard Cornell] had enough to do before they could get them out, not without tearing a flap or fall of his unmentionables, which they removed in the shoving out of his body. Ref: The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini, Vol. 4 p. 233-4, 1887, by Berthold Fernow. . 1663 - In the same year, the Town Clerk of Flushing informed the Governor that Richard Cornell [Cornhill] had been sent to agree with him about tithes. He was authorized to offer 100 Schapel of grain, 1/2 of peas & 1/2 of wheat. Ref: Waller's History of Flushing. . 1665 - he was delegate from Flushing to the Hempstead Convention that framed the 'Dukes Laws," the first code made in the Colony. ... This Convention was assembled under the rule of Governor Nicholls. Long Island, Staten Island & Westchester were united to form the District or County of Yorkshire & many of the provisions were evidently applicable to Yorkshire alone. Ref: Waller's History of Flushing. . 1666 Feb 16 - Justice of the Peace in 1666, also Feb. 16, patentee of Flushing from Governor Nicholls with 17 others among whom were John Lawrence & William his brother, Charles Bridges, etc. Feb. 10, 1666, he bought from Thomas Hicks, land on Madnan's Neck, which in 1687, he conveys to Palmer. 1667 - appointed by Governor Nicholls to enroll the Militia. 1670, appointed by the Governor & Council to lay out roads in Newtown & the following year was appointed to adjust the boundary between Bushwick & Newtown, but did not serve. He was permitted to sell liquors & powder to the Indians. . 1673, appointed by the Council to arbitrate between Roger Townsen & the Westchester people, also to arbitrate between Richard Smith & the inhabitants of Huntington. General Lovelace paid him a visit at his house just before the capture of New York from the Dutch. His sisters Sarah & Rebecca appoint him their attorney to collect legacies under their mother's will. This power he transfers to his brother John & brother-in-law William Earle. . 1676, he had a survey of 180 acres on the south side of Fresh Kill (Staten Island). In 1684, he petitions to be put in possession of this land. In 1679-80, William Haviland filed a petition reciting that his brother-in-law Capt. Thomas Hicks who had in 1660, obtained from Governor Nicholls a patent for Madnan's Great Neck in the town of Flushing, which was divided equally between him & Richard Cornhill & Elias Doughty, that petitioner bought Doughty's interest, that Cornhell & Hicks had settled their son-in-law on one of the three lots & Mr. Cornhell is settling his other son-in-law John Lawrence on a part of said tract. Petitioner prays that they may be stopped. Commissioners were appointed to divide the tract in three parts & to lay out the 300 acres for Richard Cornhill, Thomas Hicks & William Haviland. In 1679, Richard Cornhill bought from Abraham Smith 100 acres of woodland in Hempstead, northwest of Little Success Pond, on the road to Madnan's Neck. In 1680, appraiser of the estate of William Lawrence forced to resign a patent for land; owed the estate of Cornelius Steenwyck 247 guilders 10 stivers in wampum. . 1684 Apr 14, Takapousha & other Indians sold to Richard Cornhill & others all the lands called Flushing, bounded west by Flushing Creek, south by Jamaica line, east by Hempstead, north by the Sound. Richard Cornhill, Sr. & others buy 966 acres adjoining the rear of Cow Neck, deed on record in Land Office, Albany. Ref: Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I., by John Cornell. . 1665 Mar 1 - Elias Doughty & Richard Cornell [Cornhill], as representatives of Flushing, Long Island, met with the governor of New York at Hempstead for a 3 day conference. The deputies signed, a letter to the Duke of York expressing gratitude for being given a share in self-government. Ref: Civil List & Constitutional History of the Colony & State of NY, 63-64, by Stephen Edgar Albert Werner. . 1666 Feb 16 - Richard Cornell, justice of the peace, was one of 21 patentees named in a patent of confirmation from Governor Nicoll for the town of Flushing, New York. -. -	CORNELL, Richard Sr. (I2651)
21428	Ricd L. Lawrence /son’s death cert. / listed at Morton Hill Cemetery.	LAWRENCE, Richard L Jr., SUE (I149)
21429	Richard & Jane M Hamilton lived in one of the first brick houses in the Village of Acton, ON.	HAMILTON, Richard Lawrence (I17)
21430	Richard A Leonard married1, ELIZABETH ROBERTS 1 Mar. 1833, married2, SARAH ROBERTS, 6 28.1823 - 7.6.1888  Elizabeth was born in 1809.2.4 - died 8 Feb. 1848.  Both Elizabeth & Sarah were daughters of Rev. Thomas Roberts. - - -	ROBERTS, Sarah (I2411)
21431	Richard C. Murphy inherited the Thomas G. Murphy homestead when his father passed away in 1898. Richard and his wife, Harriet are buried in the Waite Cemetery.	MURPHY, Richard G. (I64)
21432	Richard died in May 1895, the cause listed as old age. Richard and Abigail lived on the Irvine Gore in the early years of their marriage. Abigail's sister Mary was the wife of William Wilson, who was their neighbour. Richard and Abigail and family then moved to a farm that runs north from Hwy 33(east of Wellington) to the Gilead Road. Richard and his family lived on the 1st Concession - Lot 9F in Hallowell Twp. The farm consisted of 105 acres - East Half of Lot 9F. The 1851 Census lists their religion as Church of England, later Census list them as Universalists. Richard belonged to Order of Freemasons and it is important to note that he went under the surname MURPHY as opposed to Goodmurphy !!! All of the Census Records for Richard and Abigail and their children carry the surname of Murphy. I am not sure if this use of "Murphy" was deliberate, or just easier than Goodmurphy. Richard's will, however, has his name as Richard Good Murphy, also Abigail is named as Good Murphy, as are his sons Richard and Josiah, who were executors. Also elswehere in the Will, the surname of Goodmurphy is used. He left some of his estate to his daughters - Sarah Hutchins, Deborah Bartlett, and Pheoba McDonald. Richard is buried in the Stinson Cemetery, which is located on the north side of Hwy 33 east of Wellington (just past the Slaven farm).	MURPHY, RICHARD GOOD (I24)
21433	Richard is the son of Eleanor Lund & Wm. Benjamin Jeffray.	JEFFRAY, Richard Lund (I1204)
21434	Richard is the son of Barbara Fairchild & Richard Gildersleeve, Sr. The surname Gildersleeve is found in East Anglia from at least 1601. The name was derived from "sleeves braided with gold." Gyldensleve-Gildersleeve are recorded in County Norfolk since 1273 when Roger Gyldenesleve, landholder, was listed in the Hundred Rolls. Richard Gildersleeve, Puritan, who lived in England about 33 years, depart for New England before 1635 in the great Puritan Exodus. RG & his family stopped at newly settled Watertown, a few miles from the sea coast. In May 1635 there were about 30 people from Watertown, Mass. RG & his family came then or in the autumn when 60 men, women & children journeyed a month from the Puritan settlements westward through the forests to find homes in the Connecticut valley. In Apr 1637, RG survives attach by Pequots natives. . 1640 Mar 10 , "Goodman Gildersleeve" received his homestead house & 3 acres bounded by High St. on the east. This home was very near the fort on the great bend of the Connecticut river. This fort served its purpose in the Pequot raid as most all the settlers escaped. Religious quarrels in Watertown, Mass. Bay colony, were not to his liking so he helped found Wethersfield in the Connecticut colony. After living in Stamford 3 y. & serving as magistrate in New Haven, he realized that domination was too far-reaching & oppressive & that he would not achieve the ideals or which he left England. So in the spring of 1644 RG & many Stamford settled crossed Long Island Sound to the north shore to Hempstead, then under Dutch domination. The English patentees of the town adopted a unique poly from the first in regard to land holding. Instead of dividing up vast areas of won land, they were held in reserve for portions of pastures, marshes, meadows & woods. . In 1640 to 1660 the British Crown introduced a new POLL TAX, on every adult male & thus the need for original or descriptive names such as Smith, Sheppard, The Elder, the Younger. etc. . The first division of land for Hempstead, Queens County in 1647 named Richard Gildersleeve, among the freeholders. Marriage of daughter Elizabeth Gildersleeve to Capt. William Lawrence. . 1648 Nov 4, this year was marked by a revival of the dispute between Newtown & Bushwhack, respecting the meadows at Mespat Kills, the latter town, not content with the decision passed at Hempstead covering a large part of the meadows in controversy, together with some 1200 A. of upland within the Newtown patent. In defense, Newtown pleaded their Indian purchase to which were added the depositions of Richard Gildersleeve Jr. that the meadow in dispute "was laid out a long while since for Newtown, before Bushwich was a town." Former magistrates of Newton, Robt. Coe & Richd. Gildersleeve Sen, also testified that they laid out the said meadow for Newtown, by virtue of an order received from Gov. Stuyvesant. The evidence strongly favored the claim of Newtown. Mr. Robt. Coe, the high sheriff, posed that the meadow was laid out for Newtown & that they paid rates for it with their other land & Richard Gildersleeve Sen. testified that he with Mr. Coe had to lay out the meadow in dispute for Newtown & that his son paid part of the purchase thereof from the Indians. . Roger Gyldensleve, fl.1273, land holder in Norfolk.  The name was derived from "sleeves braided with gold." This was an insignia of office at the Court of Flanders before the Norman Conquest. Roger is the first occurrence of the name in England & a direct line has not yet been found. The name is found primarily in Norfolk, England, until the 1500's when it starts to occur also in Suffolk. . A few generations missing here * see Gildersleeve Pioneers by Willard H Gildersleeve, 1941, for an account of Richard's experiences among the New England Puritans, the Indians & the Dutch & New England Historical Genealogical Register 2003 or later for additional information. Genealogy: xx Gildersleeve, is the father of: Robert Gildersleeve (1544) of Heddington, Essex, married Barbara Fairchild, are the parents of Robert, Richard, or possibly Thomas Gildersleeve (c1566) possible father of this Richard Gildersleeve 1601-1681 as follows: . Richard Gildersleeve & his family joined the great Puritan exodus of the Winthrop fleet (1630-1640), during which 20,000 people sailed for America to escape the autocratic rule of Charles the First. "They had a 'happy voyage' of 6 to 8 weeks, contrasting with less fortunate ones that were from 3-5 months." The family then arrived in the American Colonies in 1634, at Watertown, Massachusetts. The Watertown Puritans in Watertown, however, had established a theocracy which was even more intolerant than the British & he left Massachusetts for religious freedom in Wethersfield, Connecticut, around 1636. The first winter in Connecticut was a time of suffering & hardship, because a boat with supplies for the immigrants froze in the Connecticut River & never arrived. . 1636 Sep 1, Richard became a surveyor, as evidenced by the record of the court, directing him to survey & inventory the estate of John Oldham, who had been killed by the Indians; also their records show that Gildersleeve was owner of 255 acres of land in that settlement. . 1639, he was on the list of the original settlers of New Haven Colony, moving to Stamford in 1641. He was elected in 1643 as deputy to New Haven Court. Ref: Gaylords & Gildersleeves," by Helen Gaylord Gildersleeve. . Hempstead. In 1647 there were 57 freeholders in the [Hempstead] township & a formal division of the land was made anions' them. They included: Richard Gildersleeve, William Lawrence, William Thickstone, Thomas Willet, John Lawrence, Thomas. In 1673 the list had passed the hundred mark, as may be seen from the enumeration preserved in A'anderkemp's Translation of Dutch Records, XXII. The original condition on which the first patent was granted was that the people should pay a tax to the Council at New Amsterdam of a tenth part of their farm produce 10 years after the first general peace with the Indians. It would seem that it was not until 1658 that the people declared their readiness to contribute to Stuyvesant's treasury. In that year they informed the Governor that they had "voted' & put upon denomination our former Magistrate, Mr. Gildersleeve & with him William Shodden, Robert Forman & Henry Pearsall," all of them known "men of honest life & of good integrity," as their Magistrates, v Stuyvesant, invariably gracious to the English settlements, at once confirmed the selection. The same year Magistrate Gildersleeve was authorized to go to New Amsterdam & arrange about the payment of the taxes, provided the Governor was reasonable in his views of the matter, as he seems to have been. The early government of Hempstead was by town meeting, over which the influence of the Presbyterian Church was predominant until the beginning of the eighteenth century & long after that its influence in the affairs of the township continued to be important. The town meeting did everything even to the extent of naming the value of the various products of the farm & fixing the price of labor. A day's work was adjudged to be worth 2s 6d, but then a night's lodging was only valued at 2d & 2 days' wages paid for a week's board. At that rate the laborer of 1658 was at least as well paid as his brother of the present day. Attendance at church was early voted a prime necessity & it was ordered that any man or woman who did not occupy a place in the church at the Sabbath services should be fined 5 shillings - the value of a week's board, - for the first offense & 10 shillings for the second & 20 shillings for the third. Those who still absented them selves after being so mulcted were deemed incorrigible under lenient measures & were to be dealt with by means of corporal punishment & after that, if the remedy failed, were to be banished from the town. Drunkenness seems to have been one of the common faults of the brethren, if we may judge by the severe measures taken. These fines & punishments were not, however, determined as to their application by the town meeting, but after trial in the regular local court. Some of the records of that tribunal are interesting for the light they throw on the domEstic history of that early time & we quote the following from Onderdonk's "Annals of Hempstead:" . 1658 July 25 - Richard Valentine having reported that Thomas Southard went up & down with a club, the latter, meeting him one morning as he was going about his avocations, struck him on the face. As Southard still menaced & threatened to further beat him, he took oath that he stood in danger & fear of his life & required the peace & that Southard might put in security for his good behavior. It is therefore ordered by Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, for that Thomas Southard did contemptuously resist authority in refusing to obey the marshal with his warrant & did fly the same & betook himself to his own house for his refuge, in consideration of these outrages & misdemeanors he is required to put in security for his appearance at court. And said Southard doth bind himself & all his lands, goods & chattels, to appear at court & meantime to keep the peace & good behavior. Ref: History of Long Island. . Richard is said to have been born at Aldeburgh Parish, on the North Sea Coast was a founder of Stamford in 1641. About 1644 he joined the group that settled Hempstead, Long Island. In 1652 he moved to Middlesburg (later Newtown), Long Island & was Magistrate. He returned to Hempstead where he was magistrate in 1658. He was on the Hempstead 1683 tax list. . Richard Gildersleeve, Puritan, born in 1601 in Suffolk, England, came to New England in 1635 & was a pioneer in the settlements of Connecticut, Dutch New York & Long Island, as was his son, Richard 2d. The grandson, Richard 3d of Northport, founded the older line of Gildersleeve families that has spread all over America, while his brother Thomas was founder of the more numerous younger line & very prominent in St. George's Church of Hempstead. Ref: Gildersleeve Pioneers, by Willard H Gildersleeve, 1941. Richard was one of the 50 original proprietors of Hempstead which was part of Queens County at that time. Nassau County was Established in 1899. Ref: The Nassau Country Historical Journal, Vol.XVIII/ Summer, 1957, No.3. . 1657 July 25, Hempstead, Letter to Gov General of New Netherlandes, at Fort Amsterdame, Peter Stuyvesant: Right Worshipful ye, we have recd bearing date the 17th of July we were in the understanding ye are are unsatisfied leaning some speeches from some particular man or men not being employed by the towne nor by their knowledge or consent nether doe the towne own what they have said wee hope according to the agreement made for a 100 skeepell? of wheat for the tenants ye will be content the which the towne agreed with ye & are willing to perform our desires are to embrace Mr. Dentons ministry if good be pleased to continue hime amongst us & as for yourself we have had sufficient experience of your willingness & doubt not but ye are the same by ye late free & noble offer so hoping will not take any exemptions against the whole for some particular extravagant speeches for so it will sometimes fall out where a general vote is we have sent Mr. Simone the bearer thereof he shall further inform your worship so not further to trouble your Worship present we remain in all service to command according to our power. Signed, Richard Gildersleeve, in the name & behalf of the Towne of Hempstead. Ref: Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New York, 1883. . 1658 March 28. - It is ordered that Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, Mr. John Seam an, Robert Jackson & William Foster go with Chekanow, sent & authorized by the Montauk Sachem to mark & lay out the general bounds of the town lands, to be know by marked trees & other places of note to continue forever. And in caseth at Tackpousha, Sagamore of Marsapeage, with his Indians doth come, they a ll together shall lay out the bounds. June 188(?)0.] . 1658 Jul 10, At a Hempstead town meeting, the town deputed Richard Gildersleeve to go down to the Manhattans to greet with the go error concerning the the, which are not to exceed 100 steeples of wheat to be delivered at the town harbor. At the same time they agreed to pay the herdsman that attended their cattle 12 shillings sterling a week in butter, corn & oats, at fixed prices. 6 bushels of corn was allowed by the town for the killing of a wolf; beer 2 pence a mug. . 1658, November 27 - To P Stuyvesant, Fort Amsterdam, at Mannatans, Long Island. The Town Clerk transmits to the Governor the names of Richard Gildersleeve, William Schadden, Robert Forman & Henry Pearsalla. ll men of honest life - & desires him to appoint two of them magistrate s He adds, "It hath pleased God after a sickly & sad summer to give us a seasonable & comfortable autumn, wherewith we have been (through mercy) refreshed & gained strength of God, so that we necessarily have been employed in getting winter food for our cattle & thereby have prolonged our wonted time of choosing magistrates." Gildersleeve & Robt. Forman were appointed. Signed, Inhabitants of Hempsteede, Dutch MSS., xii, 98. . 1659 February 3. - Some of the public debts & charge of the town for the year past, brought in by the persons under named. Mr. Gildersleeve, for entertainment of the Indians, 2Ð. Mr. Gildersleeve, for one journey to the Dutch concerning the tenths, 15Ð. . 1669 June ye 28th - Present The Governor, Inhabitants. of Newtowne.* together with Rob Does, Testimony ina Voce & Mr. Richard Gildersleeve Sen., Robt. Jacksons, & Riche. Gildersleeve Jun., deposition that this Meadow in question was laid out a long while since for Nettowne, before Boswijck was a Towne. Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the prince of NY. Note: Newtowne also known as Middleborough. . 1669 Nov 2 - Order on Petitions from Long Island Towns That ye Indians may not have their Law for nothing, that they may not rouble ye English for things of small moment or of no concern. So leaving ye premisses to ye Governor serious consideration desiring humbly a favorable rant & answer to ye same with our prayer. Inhabitants of Hempstead, Richard Gildersleeve, Clerk. The Indians deny that Mautachkett Sachem right to give away their land & still insist upon, never to have been paid for it. - That such cattle as we kill them & bring over to [New] York or other goods that we buy at Yorke may be customs free. Richard Gildersleeve. Mr. Gilderseelve saith that their right is from ye Dutch Governor who granted it by Patent to them was to be given in consideration of a Mare, some Cattle & Hoggs kill by them. . 1671 Jul 3 - Richard Gildersleeve & Capt. John Seaman, who by vote of the town of Hemptead were sent to NY t treat with the Governor about the Eastern bounds of this Towne & in their discretion to John with M. Terry according to the conditions that were last made between the said Mr. Terry & ye Towne. Ref: Hempstead Town Records, Vol 1, Jamaica, NY, p278. . 1 July 13th - At a Council at Fort James. Mr. Gildersleeve & Capt. Seamans are employed by the Towne of Hempstead to make invalid Mr Terry's Grant, & to make their Clayme to Matinicock Land. It's by ye Governor recommended to them & Mr Terry to endeavour a Composure. Whereupon they came to a conclusion which was recorded. Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of NY. . 1675 Oct 21, at a Council. No powder nor lead to be sold in this towne to the Indians. Mr. Cornell, Captain Wm. Lawrence, from Flushing & Mr. Gildersleeve, Hempstead. . 1677 July 3. - Richard Gildersleeve declares that Matthew Bedell owes him a bushel of wheat for a scythe he had of him & 3 bushels for the hire of a lot of meadow. Defendant owns the bushel of wheat & the 3 bushels he owned due if he found the meadow burned. John Smith says he one time met Bedell coming from the South, last summer, the latter end of mowing time, asked him what he had been doing & he said, "A mowing on Gildersleeve's lot at Cows Neck." The Court order Bedell to pay one bushel of wheat for the scythe & 3 for the meadow. -p 309. Ref: Annals of Hempstead, Henry Onderdonk Jr.; Jamaica, L.I.; June 1880. . 1688 Feb 10 - A letter from ye Governor to ye Inhabitants of Hempstead, Loving friends, Ye Petition or Address by Richard Gildersleeve behalfe of ye Towne, concerning the price of corne & other matters therein set forth I have preused. In answer to your scruples & dissatisfaction about my late order I have thought good to explain it to you. … no means to pay debts but collection public rates. To answer ye other particulars, I shall address at more proper times & places. Flushing, Jamaica, New Towne & Oyster Bay, yr. loving friend, Fran. Lovelace. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	GILDERSLEEVE, Richard Sr. (I12)
21435	Richard is the son of Bertha Johnston and Frederick Fredin.	FREDIN, Richard Lawrence (I2857)
21436	Richard is the son of Catherine Cripps and Richard Lawrence Willson Leavens. Richard Leavens married 14 Dec 1935 to On a Marjorie Hollingshead.	LEAVENS, Richard Edward Alexander (I2737)
21437	Richard is the son of Elisabeth Bee of Burton Joyce Parish, Nottinghamshire, England & John Stout born 1580 -1620 Burton Joyce. . The History of the Stout Family: Richard Stout, the first of the name in America was born in Nottinghamshire, in Old England & his father's name was John. The said Richard, when quite young paid his addresses to a young woman that his father though below his rank, upon which account some unpleasant conversation happened between the another & the son, on account of which, the said Richard left his father's house; & in a few days engaged on board a ship of war, where he served about 7 years, after which time he got a discharge at New Amsterdam, now called New York, in America. . . . married widow Penelope Van Princes ... moved to Middletown 1648 ... only six families in the settlement. Ref: First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, By Nathan Stout . . The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came. Rights of Land: Richard Stout, of Middletown brings for his rights for himself, his wife, his 2 sons, Joh & Richard 120 Acres each, 480 Acres. Item. for his sons & daughters that are to come of age since the year 1667, Viz: James, Peter, Mary, Alice & Sarah each 60 Acres - 300 A. Total 780 Acres. . Original Settlers of Monmouth, New Jersey: RICHARD STOUT, Patentee, is believed to have been a son of John Stout, of Nottinghamshire, or Northhampton, England. He is said to have come to America as a sailor, & to have been a man of parts, but of little formal education. He had, as has been told, married Penelope Van Princes & had participated in the vain attempt at an earlier settlement near Middletown. In 1657 he had a plantation of 17 morgens (about 34 acres) at Gravesend. He drew lot No. 6 at Middletown. His death took place about 1705, his wife surviving him for some years. The children were: (1) John, who had lot 19 at Middletown. His wife's name was Elizabeth. There was at least one son, Richard, who married twice, both of his wives, Esther & Mary, being daughters of Peter & Rebecca (Brazier) Tilton. his children were Esther, who married a Woolley, John, Jonathan, Mary, Catherine, &, Rebecca. (2) Richard, who had a son Joseph. (3) Mary, who married, 12-26-1665, Captain James Bowne. (4) James. (5) Alice who married, Dec. 12, 1670, John Throckmorton. (6) Peter, who married Mary Bullen, & had, among others, Mary & Peter. (7) Sarah, who is supposed to have married one of the Pikes, of Woodbridge. (8) Jonathan, of Hopewell, who married, Anna, daughter of James Bolton, & had children - Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Benjamin, Zebulon, Jonathan, David, Samuel, & Anne. (9) Benjamin. (10) David, whose wife's name was Rebecca, & who is supposed to have been the father of James, of Amwell. . MONMOUTH PATENT: 1665 Apr 5 The fleet arrived at New Amsterdam in August, 1664, & that place & all the New Netherlands were surrendered by Governor Stuyvesant, to the English, on the 27th day of the same month. This English company of Puritans, living on Long Island & in New England, having obtained permission of Governor Stuyvesant to settle on the banks of the Raritan River, commenced their negotiations with the Indian sachems December 5, 1663; & concluded the first Indian purchase of land, which was made from Poppomora, chief of the Navesink Indians to John Bowne, James Hubbard, William Golding, Richard Stout, Samuel Spicer & John Tilton, Jr, all of Gravesend, Long Island, by deed dated January 25, 1664 - the original record of which is at Albany, New York, & copies are also recorded at Perth Amboy & Trenton, New Jersey. Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout & 3 others, with their families, 5 families in all, came & made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued. Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made & others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, & a part of Ocean & Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665. Ref: Monmount Patent. . 1684-5, Mar. 30. John Crawford, of Middletown, sold to Richard Hartshorne, 100 acres of land, on the South side of said town, adjoining the home lots of Richard Stout, Richard Gibbons & John Smith. . The WILL of Richard Stout KNOW ALL MEN, by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of sound mind & disposing memory, do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament which is as followeth: I will that all my just debts be paid; I give & devise un to my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard & that part of rooms of the house she now lives in, with the cellar, & all the land I now possess. I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare & colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year. I give unto my sons John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David & Benjamin, one shilling each of them. I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice & Sarah, each of them one shilling. I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout & her son John one shilling each of them. I give & bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within 6 days after my wife's death. All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, & to this, my last will & testament, I make my son John & my son Johnathan my executors to. For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereon to put my hand & seal, June the 9th day in the year 1703. His, Richard XMARK Stout. Signed, sealed & published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General & Etc. 23 October 1705 at Perth Amboy. Ref: Liber I, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, N. J. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	STOUT, Richard The Patentee (I994)
21438	Richard is the son of Elizabeth Hotson & John V Patterson. . Baptism Registration Belaugh, Aylsham District, Co. Norfolk Norwich Diocese, Belaugh Parish Register of Archdeacon Transcripts 1600-1812: 1810 Sep 16, Richard Patterson, son of John V & Elizabeth Patterson, late Hotson, privately baptized, by John Prowett, Rector Belaugh Parish. Note1: There is a second baptismal entry giving the year ar 1811 Sep 16. This date was selected from the BOTTOM of the list, rather than the top of the baptism records. Therefore, I suggest the orginal earlier date to be the most likely correct. - PJ Ahlberg 2018. . The parish churches for King's Lynn, Norfolk Co., are: Lynn St Margarets is the old original town of Lynn, Lynn All Saints (sometimes listed as South Lynn), Lynn North (sometimes listed as St Edmunds), Lynn Regis & Lynn St. Nicholas Anne. Richard Patterson was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk Co., England. Some of evidence of this: Ontario Marriage Registration, Wellington Co., 21 Nov 1859, Wm. Smeaton, married Sarah Paterson, Born LYNN, England, 21y /1838, d/o Mary Ann & Richard Paterson. Note2: Marriage of daughter Sarah Patterson - is a slight confusing of who was born in Lynn. Her mother, Mary Ann Catchpole Patterson was born in Wangford By Southwold, Suffolk Co., England. KING'S LYNN is usually shortened to Lynn. (Daughter Sarah Patterson was, of course, born in Ontario.) * 1929 Jun 25. Pyote, Texas Death Certificate (daughter) Caroline Patterson Sitton, Born Guelph Canada 1854.3.10. Father Richard Paterson, Born King Lin, England, Mother Ketch Poal, b. London, England. . King's Lynn is a seaport known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn & is in Northfolk Co., England, about 98 miles /158 km. north of London. Could a reason for Richard's emigration have been the 1832 cholera epidemic in King's Lynn? Aylsham was named for a Saxon settlement called Aegel, for ham for village. In 1086 it was was recorded in the Domesday Book as Elesham. The parish church St Peter Belaugh, Ingworth Deanery, dates before 1385. . - . . The first settlers came into Central Wellington co. mainly by 3 routes: First by the old Indian trail along the Grand River from the German settlement in Waterloo; 2nd from dunes St. by way of Erin & Eramosa: & third, from Guelph after its founding in 1827, by way of Eramosa or Elora. * A D Ferrier's Reminiscences, from lectures delivered to Farmers & Mechanics Institute, Fergus in 1864. Ferrier recalls his travels starting in 1830-1834. About Jun 1834 he started in the stage, a common lumber wagon, for Guelph & and awful shaking we got. When we got a mile or two out of Dundas I resolved to walk. The woods look so hight & dismal that I hunted up a god big stuff in case of meeting a bear. The traveling through the one woods than was bump against a stump or the big roots & then thump into a hole, with a losing variety of little steep gravel & sand knolls now & then, especially aft getting into Puslinch Twp. I never travelled that road in a wagon again, except one, and then was because I had cut my foot, so I could not help it. The crossed ways too were numerous & bad. We dined at Patterson's Inn on the great Canadian standard dish - ham and eggs. After leaving the old "Red House" there was not a decent looking house till we got close to Guelph. Ref: Sketches of the Early Days of Fergus & vicinity, 1919. . 1834 Census, Garafraxa Twp., Gore District Wellington Co., Ontario Richard Patterson, One male over 16. Note3: Richard Patterson was not found on the 1833 Garafraxa Assessment. Note4: Richard is living in Garafraxa alone. There were only 27 families living in Garafraxa in 1834.) . RECORD FOR FURTHER RESEARCH* Archibald Patterson, Con 2 Lot 8, Erin Twp., 1827 Assessment: Total 7 people.1832-1833: Two males. 1832. Total 8. . 1854 Methodist Church South, Licking, organized by Rev T O Smith in the old log school house. 1856 Preacher John Moore had a house of worship built. J R Burk was presiding elder. during the Civil war there are no services held here. 1867 Rev GA Carter was sent to preach at Licking. Richard Patterson was Anglican, but no Anglican churches were near him in Licking. . 1852 Jan. Census Garafraxa Twp., Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, Page 33, Lines 20-25, Item Number 1111861 Richard Paterson, Farmer & Tavernkeeper, born England, age 40 years [ 1812]; Maryann, age 30 / 1822, Married, England, Sarah, age 8 / 1844, Canada West, Elizabeth, age 6 / 1846, Canada West, Mary, age 3 years / 1849, Canada West, Pheby Patterson, age 2 / born 1850 Canada West, 2 years. House: Tavern, Log Cabin {The two entries appear to be 2 buildings. - PJA]. . Ontario Land Registry Abstract, Wellington Co. Book West Garafraxa, Book 70, p.71 Lot 7 NE Half, Con 6, West Garafraxa: . 1837 Mar 18, Patent, Crown, to Daniel Black . 1856 Mar 14, Bargain&Sale, David Black & Wife, to Richard Patterson, NEHalf 100, £184.3.10 . 1856 Mar 14, Mortgage, Grantor, Richard Patterson, father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, John & Caroline Patterson, by Mary late his wife, only daughter of Henry Catchpole. Grantee: George Sunley & Robert Sunley, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole. . 1870 May 20, Trust Deed, Richard Patterson, to Mary Patterson, spinster, NE Half 100A. . 1870 Jun 20, Mortgage, Jesse Bowley & Wife, to Mary Patterson #EH, 100A, $2600. . 1870 May 3, Discharge Mortgage, Rob sunless, sole survives Exec of Hen. Catchpole, to Richard Patterson, 1870 Sep 18, $200, Mortgage. . 1870 June 3, Robt Sunley, Sole surveying Executor of Henry Catchpole, to Richard Patterson, 1870 Sep 18, $200 for Mortgage 9375. . 1872 May 18, Discharge Mortgage, Registered 15 June 1872, Mary Patterson Felker & John Felker, her husband, to Jesse Bouley, NE 100, Mortgage #9, $1700. * 1856 June 14 - Mortgage: Richard Patterson formerly of Garafraxa Twp. (Wellington Co., Ontario) & now Houston, Texas, Co., Missouri. Richard Patterson let a mortgage to George Sunley & Norbert Sunley of Guelph, Executors of Henry Catchpole, late of Guelph, in the amount of £184 13 shillings & 10 pence half penny, plus interest. * 1856 SEPTEMBER 16: Geo. & Robert Sunley, Guelph, Ontario, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole, Richard Patterson, Father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, £184.15, 15 shillings 10 pence. Mary, Phoebe, James & Caroline Patterson by Mary Ann his wife & only daughter of Henry Catchpole. * 1856 September 16, Grantor: Richard Patterson, Father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, James & Caroline Patterson by his wife Mary Ann, only daughter of Henry Catchpole. Grantee: George & Robert Sunley, Guelph, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole, £184.15.10 1/4. Note5: The original land holder David Black & wife Margaret Spiers-Felker were related to John Felker who married Mary Patterson. John Felker's farm is just a few farms north of the lot of land in the same Concession 6. - PJA. Note6: Sarah Tovell married Geo Sunely, making her an in an in-law to her father's second wife's sister's (Mary Ann Catchpole) & niece Mrs. Mary Patterson Felker - who lent Geo. Sunley a mortgage. As well as William Sunley was executer of her father Henry Catchpole. - PJA 2010. LICKING HISTORY . 1850 to 57, Township 32, Range 19, Registered settlers: R. Patterson. . 1856 - (Mrs. Martha Mitchell Nichol & 8 children moved from Kentucky to) Licking, though there was only a log store to mark the place. . Licking takes its name from a buffalo lick within a quarter mile east, which was alive with deer up 1835. As early as 1826 2 men J Baldride & Barney Low, established their homes NW near the lick. . First postmaster was John Sherrill, the mail line being from Caledonia to Springfield. The Delawares & Shawnees were visitors, making temporary villages along the creeks. the Indians continued to visit the country in the fall & winter, along after the settlements had rendered it too crowded. It is believed by the more credulous old settlers that they still returned covertly. There is a tradition that they have an enormous treasure of silver hidden away under the ground somewhere, to which they annually return to replenish their purses. As late as 1838 & later they were passing through here on the old White River trace or trail made by their forefathers; this passed through Licking. Osages, Delawres & Shawnees were the most familiar. Another trace crossed the county from Licking toward the east. Along these the Indians filed with their points, laden with pelts, fruits for the big city on the river; they sometimes spoke of Meramec Spring as the 'Big Lick Spring". There is no trace of any village in the county, however. The first settlers came to Tex Co. about 1828. From that prior until the war broke out people came in rapidly & Houston & Locking were flashing little villages. At the close of the war few housed were left in the county. alternate raids by the contending parties left it a barren land, so that 1865 found the county almost a depopulated land. Ref: History of Lacede …Texas Co., MI., 1889 March. . 1857 - Licking & Houston were both on railway lines. The original survey was made by Jonathan Yates in 1857, & acknowledged by Mary Sherrill July 24 of that year. This Licking is at least 20 years older than Houston. Daniel Boone a frontiersmen, had lived in the region for a time as early as 1816. [Texas County Farming After the Civil War:] . 1865 Dec 1, Missouri Agriculture Report: There are thousands of acres yet to be had, under the homestead act or at $1.25 per acre. This land is of course not the best, but there is a good land yet to enter - great chances now for men of small means to emigrate to this country to get good homes for a small amount of money. Those wishing to purchase, here are some names of several improved farms for sale: Spencer Mitchell, 1 miles south o Licking, Valentine Sutton, town of Houston, Joel Sherrell, 6 miles north of Living. The above are the largest land holders. Cattle & Hogs do well. I do not believe that we can be beat in any country in the State. Our cattle, the few left by the army, aw well as hogs, are fat in the woods. Cattle are feeding on Arthur's creek bottom, on blue grass, lying in mats. Bushels of acorns are lying on the ground, affording sufficient food for hogs all winter - more than our present number of hogs can eat. Horses & Mules do well. the army has left us but few either. when we have any for sale, the market is at home. Sheep: This is a great country for sheep, but there are few in county at this time in consequence of the army having been in the country. Thousands have been killed & taken off. Signed, A M Wade, Clerk of Circuit & County Courts, Houston. . 1865 Feb 22, WASHINGTONS BIRTH DAY on a scout out from The Lyk [Licking], had roads, seen no enemy, every 10 miles a house, bull of little ances? & a coupe wild barmen came thous the Pinery in camp near Hog Creek, the milk houses was attacked, the hen house ruined. Feb 25th. A lazy day for me, still in Lyk. I wish I was away from that infernal place. . 1865 Feb 23, On our way back to The Lyk, one of the boys kissed a pig, ate dinner on our horses. Came through the Pinnery again, at The Lyk late in the evening, sassafras tea for super, hard tack & sour belly all over the camp. . 1865 Feb 24. In Lying went out hunting, no game, made a raise? of some smoking tobacco, 15 its per pound. Lying no place for the 13th Regiment. . 1865 Feb 25 - Had rainy day, me & John K went out foraging. captured eggs & a couple hens, past ourself as Bushwhackers. On guard that night, mine & John K. Saddle packets were stolen that night. . 1865 Feb 26. Laking. Snows that night, I shall never forget the mud hol e of a Lyking. . 1868 March 3. Returned [from forough] to The Lyk with the train, arrived there early in the evening, the mail out come in yet. Abram Lincoln takes the set for 4 more years, as President of the U.S.A. Ref: Diary of Frederick A Kullman [a solider in the 13th Missouri Calvary, Union Army.] * 1870 May 20 - Wellington Co., Ontario, Land Transactions., #498, Pages, 117-122 (True Record copy version). Summary: Payment of £ 184. 13 s. 10 half pennies. A mortgage & interest paid for by me, to provided by the mutual love & affection to his children by his late wife of whom now survived, Elizabeth married to one Wilson of Texas County, & Mary Patterson & Phoebe, John & Caroline, all of Texas County. Richard Patterson desires to provide the further support, maintenance & education of all such of these children, Elizabeth, Phoebe, Caroline & John Patterson or his now 3 surviving children & in consideration of the sum of 5 shillings of lawful money of Canada. ? Lot 7, Concession 6, Twp. of GUELPH, Wellington Co., Ontario 100 Acres to be sold in auction by Mary Patterson & his lawyers Norbert Sunley, to share equally amongst those of his surviving children. Signed, Mary Patterson. Signed in duplicate, Richard Patterson Witnessed by: 20 May, 1870, John M. Blankenship, Druggist of the Town of Houston, Co of Texas, Missouri. . 1870 Jun 17 Census Upton Twp., Texas Co., Missouri, Post Office: Plum Valley, Licking Richard Patterson, Age 61 /b. 1809, Farmer, Value of real estate $800, Value of personal estate $300, Born England, Phebe Patterson, 19 /b1851, Keeping house, b. Canada Caroline Patterson, 16 /b 1854, at home, b. Canada John Patterson, 18 /b 1852 at home, b. Canada. . Richard Patterson settled in Texas County with his family. He settled on a farm about 2 miles northeast of Dykes farm, now Dykes, Missouri. . Date not given. Missouri Land Purchase Registry, Springfield Extract, Vol 19, P199, Reel S00014. Richard Patterson, 40 Acres, Section South West, Section 36, Town 31, Range 11, 'County not given.' . HOUSTON, TEXAS CO., MISSOURI is the county capital. It is located on a hill, which terminates on the north in a bluff at Brushy Creek. St. Louis 140 miles SW & Kansas City 200 SE. The town was incorporated June 29, 1847, & postal service was extended the next January. - Richard Patterson settled in Texas county seat of Houston. During the Civil War (1861-65) the Houston courthouse was destroyed twice. SPRINGS & CAVES at Houston - The Blankenship Springs are located 2 & one-quarter miles north of Houston, in a beautiful dell near Piney River. There are many springs, with as many different kinds of water, all of which unite & go sweeping over the pebbles, upon which is left a beautiful golden bronze. But few of these springs have been analyzed. They are in a romantic place, & the picturesque scenery cannot be excelled. A fine cave near the hotel, which has been used for keeping fresh meats, milk, butter, etc., is superior to anything ever used for that purpose. The temperature is 59 degrees. There are many other caverns, not only around Houston, but throughout the county. . In 1860 the family came to Texas County, Missouri, settling on a farm some 2 miles NE of Dykes, Missouri, Ref: Obituary of daughter Phebe Meyers, 1929 Jan 17, Houston Herald . . CIVIL WAR: Alternate raids by the contending parties left it a barren waste, so that 1865 found the county almost de-populated. ...The Houston was destroyed twice during the war, & when peace was proclaimed she had not a single inhabitant, nor was there even a barn standing within her present limits. It took a long time to recover from this blow. For some time the site was occupied by a few people who lived in shanties hastily thrown up between showers, & a store, the proprietors of which handled only a few necessaries of life. But the lands surrounding the town were too valuable to remain idle very long, & those who had been driven away by the troubles of the times came back to their old homes & went to work. Political differences were forgotten, & new houses took the places of the old. Ref: Goodspeed, 1889. * Notwithstanding the above, Richard evidently was present in Houston because he paid his taxes from: . 1861 - 1864, Texas Co., Missouri, Military Troops & Taxpayer List: Richard Patterson. Note7: No designation is found for supporter of either Federal & Confederate sides during the Civil War. - PJ Ahlberg. Ref: Goodspeed, 1889. . 1875 Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri Licking, formerly Buffalo Lick. The Ozark Mountains extends through this country. There is but little prairie land, all of which is good, & the bottoms on the streams are exceedingly rich. Houston, the county seat, situated on Brushy Creek. Licking, 16 miles N NE of Houston is a growing village situated in a rich farming district. It has 1 steam-mill, 3 stores, 2 churches ME & Meth. South, Population of about 200. Plum Valley, a post office 10 miles WNW of Houston. . Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	PATTERSON, Richard (I3)
21439	Richard is the son of Elizabeth Hotson & John V Patterson. Richard is the son of Elizabeth Hotson & John V Patterson. The church parishes for Lynn Norfolk Co. are Lynn St Margarets is the old original town of Lynn Lynn All Saints (sometimes listed as South Lynn) Lynn North (sometimes listed as St Edmunds) Lynn Regis & Lynn St Nicholas Anne 1. Ontario Marriage Registration, Wellington Co., 21 Nov 1859, Wm. Smeaton, married Sarah Paterson, Born LYNN, England, 21y /1838, d/o Mary Ann & Richard Paterson. - is a misremembering of who was born in Lynn. KINGS LYNN is usually shortened to Lynn. (Daughter Sarah Patterson was, of course, born in Ontario.) 2. * 1929 Jun 25. Pyote, Texas Death Certificate (daughter) Caroline Patterson Sitton, Born Guelph Canada 1854.3.10. Father Richard Paterson, Born King Lin*, England, Mother Ketch Poal, b. London, England. [possibly phonic spelling for King's Lynn.] 3. Baptism Registration Belaugh, Aylsham District, Co. Norfolk Norwich Diocese, Belaugh Parish Register: . 1810 Sep 16, privately baptized, Richard Patterson, Parents John V. & Elizabeth Patterson, late of Hotson. [i.e. nee Elizabeth Hotson]. & ( . 1812 May 24, Bapitized, James Patterson, s/o John & Elizabeth Patterson, late of Hotson.) . King's Lynn is a seaport known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn & is in Northfolk Co., England, about 98 miles /158 km. north of London. Could a reason for Richard's emigration have been the 1832 cholera epidemic in King's Lynn? Aylsham was named for a Saxon settlement called Aegel, & ham for village. In 1086 it was was recorded in the Domesday Book as Elesham. The parish church St Peter Belaugh, Ingworth Deanery, dates before 1385. . - . . 1834 Census, Garafraxa Twp., Gore District Wellington Co. , Ontario Richard Patterson, One male over 16. Note1: Richard is living in Garafraxa alone. There were only 27 families living in Garafraxa in 1834.) Note2: Richard Patterson was not found on the 1833 Garafraxa Assessment. . RECORD FOR FURTHER RESEARCH* Archibald Patterson, Con 2 Lot 8, Erin Twp., 1827 Assessment: Total 7 people.1832-1833: Two males. 1832. Total 8. . Ontario Land Registry Abstract, Book West Garafraxa, Book 70, p.71 Lot 7 NE Half, Con 6, West Garafraxa: . 1837 Mar 18, Patent, Crown, to Daniel Black . 1856 Mar 14, Bargain&Sale, David Black & Wife, to Richard Patterson, NEHalf 100, £184.3.10 . 1856 Mar 14, Mortgage, Grantor, Richard Patterson, father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, John & Caroline Patterson, by Mary late his wife, only daughter of Henry Catchpole. Grantee: George Sunley & Robert Sunley, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole. . 1870 May 20, Trust Deed, Richard Patterson, to Mary Patterson, spinster, NE Half 100A. . 1870 Jun 20, Mortgage, Jesse Bowley & Wife, to Mary Patterson #EH, 100A, $2600. . 1870 May 3, Discharge Mortgage, Rob sunless, sole survives Exec of Hen. Catchpole, to Richard Patterson, 1870 Sep 18, $200, Mortgage. . 1870 June 3, Robt Sunley, Sole surveying Executor of Henry Catchpole, to Richard Patterson, 1870 Sep 18, $200 for Mortgage 9375. . 1872 May 18, Discharge Mortgage, Registered 15 June 1872, Mary Patterson Felker & John Felker, her husband, to Jesse Bouley, NE 100, Mortgage #9, $1700. . 1852 Jan. Census Garafraxa Twp., Wellington County, Ontario, Canada: House: Tavern, Log Cabin {The two entries appear to be 2 buildings. - PJA]. Richard Paterson, Farmer & Tavernkeeper, born England, age 40 years [ 1810,] Maryann, age 39 / 1821, Married, England, Sarah, age 8 / 1843, Canada West, Elizabeth, age 6 / 1845, Canada West, Mary, age 3 years / 1848, Canada West Pheby Patterson, age 2 / born 1849, Canada West, 2 years. * 1856 June 14 - Mortgage: Richard Patterson formerly of Garafraxa Twp. (Wellington Co., Ontario) & now Houston, Texas, Co., Missouri. Richard Patterson let a mortgage to George Sunley & Norbert Sunley of Guelph, Executors of Henry Catchpole, late of Guelph, in the amount of 184 £ 13 shillings & 10 pence half penny, plus interest. . 1856 SEPTEMBER 16: Geo & Robert Sunley, Guelph, Ontario, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole Richard Patterson Father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, £184. 15 shillings 10 pence. Mary, Phoebe, James & Caroline Patterson by Mary Ann his wife & only daughter of Henry Catchpole. > 1856 September 16, Grantor: Richard Patterson, Father & guardian of Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, James & Caroline Patterson by his wife Mary Ann, only daughter of Henry Catchpole. Grantee: George & Robert Sunley, Guelph, Executors of the late Henry Catchpole £184.15.10 1/4. Note3: The original land holder David Black & wife Margaret Spiers-Felker were related to John Felker who married Mary Patterson. John Felker's farm is just a few farms north of the lot of land is on the same Concession 6. - PJA. Note4: Sarah Tovell married Geo Sunely, making her an in an in-law to her father's second wife's sister's (Mary Ann Catchpole) & niece Mrs. Mary Patterson Felker - who lent Geo. Sunley a mortgage. As well as William Sunley was executer of her father Henry Catchpole. - PJA 2010. . 1857 - Licking & Houston were both on railway lines. The original survey was made by Jonathan Yates in 1857, & acknowledged by Mary Sherrill July 24 of that year. This Licking is at least 20 years older than Houston. Daniel Boone a frontiersmen, had lived in the region for a time as early as 1816. * 1870 May 20 - Wellington Co., Ontario, Land Transactions., #498, Pages, 117-122 ( True Record copy version) Summary: Payment of £ 184. 13 s. 10 half pennies. A mortgage & interest paid for by me, to provided by the mutual love & affection to his children by his late wife of whom now survived, Elizabeth married to one Wilson of Texas County, & Mary Patterson & Phoebe, John & Caroline, all of Texas County. Richard Patterson desires to provide the further support, maintenance & education of all such of these children, Elizabeth, Phoebe, Caroline & John Patterson or his now three surviving children & in consideration of the sum of 5 shillings of lawful money of Canada. ? Lot 7, Concession 6, Twp. of GUELPH, Wellington Co., Ontario 100 Acres to be sold in auction by Mary Patterson & his lawyers Norbert Sunley, to share equally amongst those of his surviving children. Signed, Mary Patterson. Signed in duplicate, Richard Patterson. Witnessed by: 20 May, 1870, John M. Blankenship, Druggist of the Town of Houston, Co of Texas, Missouri. . Richard Patterson settled in Texas County with his family. He settled on a farm about 2 miles northeast of Dykes farm, now Dykes, Missouri. . Date not given. Missouri Land Purchase Registry, Springfield Extract, Vol 19, P199, Reel S00014. Richard Patterson, 40 Acres, Section South West, Section 36, Town 31, Range 11, 'County not given.' . HOUSTON, TEXAS CO., MISSOURI is the county capital. It is located on a hill, which terminates on the north in a bluff at Brushy Creek. St. Louis 140 miles SW & Kansas City 200 miles SE. he town was incorporated June 29, 1847, & postal service was extended the next January. - Richard Patterson settled in Texas county seat of Houston. During the Civil War (1861-65) the Houston courthouse was destroyed twice. . SPRINGS & CAVES at t Houston - The Blankenship Springs are located two & one-quarter miles north of Houston, in a beautiful dell near Piney River. There are many springs, with as many different kinds of water, all of which unite & go sweeping over the pebbles, upon which is left a beautiful golden bronze. But few of these springs have been analyzed. They are in a romantic place, & the picturesque scenery cannot be excelled. A fine cave near the hotel, which has been used for keeping fresh meats, milk, butter, etc., is superior to anything ever used for that purpose. The temperature is 59 degrees. There are many other caverns, not only around Houston, but throughout the county. . CIVIL WAR: Alternate raids by the contending parties left it a barren waste, so that 1865 found the county almost de-populated. ...The town was destroyed twice during the war, & when peace was proclaimed she had not a single inhabitant, nor was there even a barn standing within her present limits. It took a long time to recover from this blow. For some time the site was occupied by a few people who lived in shanties hastily thrown up between showers, & a store, the proprietors of which handled only a few necessaries of life. But the lands surrounding the town were too valuable to remain idle very long, & those who had been driven away by the troubles of the times came back to their old homes & went to work. Political differences were forgotten, & new houses took the places of the old. Ref: Goodspeed, 1889. * Notwithstanding the above, Richard evidently was present in Houston because he paid his taxes from: . 1861 - 64 Texas Co., Missouri, Military Troops & Taxpayer List: Richard Patterson. Note3: No designation is found for supporter of either Federal & Confederate sides during the Civil War. Ref: Goodspeed, 1889. . 1870 Jun 17 Census Upton Twp., Texas Co., Missouri, Post Office: Plum Valley Licking Richard Patterson, Age 61 /b 1809, Farmer, value of real estate $800, Value of personal estate $300, Born England, Phebe, 19 /b1851, Keeping house, b. Canada Caroline, 16 /b 1854, at home, b. Canada John Patterson, 18 /b 1852 at home, b. Canada. . Richard Patterson settled in Texas County with his family. He settled on a farm about 2 miles northeast of Dykes farm, now Dykes , Missouri. . 1875 Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri Licking, formerly Buffalo Lick. The Ozark Mountains extends through this country. There is but little prairie land, all of which is good, & the bottoms on the streams are exceedingly rich. Houston, the county seat, situated on Brushy Creek. Licking, 16 miles N NE of Houston is a growing village situated in a rich farming district. It has 1 steam-mill, 3 stores, 2 churches ME & Meth. South, Population of about 200. Plum Valley, a post office 10 miles WNW of Houston. . Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	PATTERSON, Richard (I3)
21440	Richard is the son of Juda Myers & Alexander Montgomery, U.E. . Richard Montgomery married 8 Sep 1866 to Mary Ann Peelar. Their children were:   John Smith Montgomery, 1834 Mar 45, Markham - 1908 Apr 14, Toronto   Alexander Montgomery, 1835-1910   John Smith Montgomery (1835 - 1908)   Joseph Montgomery, 1843-1895   Nancy Montgomery Quantz, (1845 - 1928). . [Son of Ricd.] ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, carriage manufacturer, 838 Queen Street West, was born in Markham Township, a little east of Yonge Street, near Hogg s Hollow, now York Mills, November 1, 1835. His father, Richard Montgomery, a brother of John Montgomery, who played such a prominent part in the Rebellion of 1837, was born in February, 1807, east of York Mills, & died August 11, 1873. His wife was Hannah, daughter of John Smith, by whom he had the following children, all of whom survived him: Jane, born December 6th, 1832; John S., March 4th, 1834; Alexander, November 1, 1835; Nathan M., July 2rd, 1837; Sarah Ann, September loth, 1839; Martha, August 3 ist, 1841; Joseph, May 9, 1843; Nancy, June 21, 1845; David, May 25, 1847; Mary E., July 20, 1849; Mahala, June 20, 1850; Jerusha, May 6, 1853; Victoria, May 23, 1855; Charles A., August l0, 1857. The mother of these children was born near Thornhill, April 28, 1812 & died October 14, 1883. Alexander Montgomery began to learn the trade of a carriage- maker & general blacksmith when he was quite young; he has been manufacturing carriages for 25 years. In 1866, he married Mary Anne, daughter of Joseph Peelar. The Peelars were U.E. Loyalists & settled west of the Hooton in 1800. Mary Ann Hooton, the great grandmother of Mrs. Montgomery was drowned while crossing that river on horseback. Mrs. Montgomery s grandmother lived to be 84 years of age. She had a narrow escape from being shot during the Battle of York in 1812, while walking across Bloor Street with her son, then an infant in her arms. . 1858 Dec 10 & 24th - Letters remaining at Richmond Hill Post Office: Richard Montgomery, M Teefy, Postmaster. Ref: York Commonwealth Newspaper. - - -	MONTGOMERY, Richard (I1427)
21441	Richard is the son of Katherine & Hugh Hartshorne. Richard Hartshorne Sr. married 1670 Apr 27 to Margaret Carr, born 12 May, 1693. daughter of Monmouth patentee Robert Carr, in Newport, Rhode Island, on 27 April 1670, and died in Middletown, New Jersey in 1722. Richard arrived on the Newasink River, New Jersey in May 1666, which is the year of the Great Fire of London. The previous year of 1665, plague severally reduced the population of London & must have been an added incentive to leave from England. - PJA 2010. Biography: Richard Hartshorne was an English Quaker & in spring of 1672 prominent Quaker George Fox visited the Friends Meeting at Oyster Bay, Long Island. A devout Quaker, Richard was a personal friend of George Fox and entertained him at Shrewsbury, as described later by Fox in his journals. He was asked by William Penn and others to survey for Quaker settlements along the Delaware in 1676.A member of the Provincial Assembly for 20 years, Speaker 1686-93 and 1696-98, he served as Deputy 1688, 1692 and 1693. He was also Town Clerk, Sheriff, Commissioner of Highways, Judge of Court of Sessions, Member of Governors Council & Practitioner before the Courts, Constable of Middletown, Clerk of the Court of Small Causes, & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Right at Perth Amboy. Said to have been "a man of good reputation & benevolent disposition", he was a steadying & conciliatory influence during the years of constant upheaval between the settlers & Proprietors, as an influential spokesman for the conservative wing of the Anti-Proprietary group, & later in disagreements with the Royal Governor, Lord Cornbury. Ref: Descendants of Founders of NJ. . 1704, Richard Hartshorne made a record, in writing, of his marriage to Margaret Carr, (Richard P. Tatum, Esq., of Philadelphia, says that Richard Hartshorne was born at Hathcome Hall, Harthearne, Leicester, England; & thinks that Margaret Carr, the wife of Richard Hartshorne, may have been the daughter of Ezekiel Carré, a Huguenot, who lived at Kingstone, Rhode Island. This was copied by Elisha Lawrence son of John Lawrence, of Upper Freehold, & has been transmitted through the descendants of this branch of the Lawrence Family to the present generation. . 1722 May 14. WILL of Hartshorne, Richard, of Middletown, Monmouth. . Richard Hartshorne also owned the whole of Sandy Hook, which he used for a fishing station & a cattle grazing ground. In a meadow on Sandy Hook stands a lone pine tree. Captain Kidd is supposed to have buried treasure under this tree. The meadow is still called Kidds Meadow or Kidds Tree. Capt. BlackBeard fought a pitched battle with the farmers on the highway in Middletown Inhabitants can still remember their grandfathers' tales of horse racing on Kings Highway, on the Sabbath Day. Someone put up a bushel of doughnuts or gallon of applejack fore the prize. Children: Hugh, Mary Clayton, Katharine Fitz Randolph, Sarah Taylor, Mercy Lawrence, William; legacy for the poor of the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Quakers. Half an acre of land, fronting the street & including wife's grave, to be laid out as a family burying ground, East of the homestead, bought of John Bowne; land on the North side of town, adjoining Moses Lippitt, meadow near John Pew, do. near John Wilson, all in Middletown meadows; 100 acres on South side of Manasquan River. Personal property (books, papers, a silver tankard). Executors: the two sons. Witnesses: Richard Stout, John Wall, Joseph Cox. Proved May 22, 1722. Lib. A, p. 221. . The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came. Rights of Land: Richard Hartshorne, in right of servants that he hat brought, 90 acres each, 270 acres; Right of Wm. Golding & wife 240 a. right of Robt. Jones & Wife 240 A. Total 750 Acres. . When Richard Hartshorne the first, moved from Portland Point to the village of Middletown he built the old house which still stands on the north side of the street & which today is probably the oldest building extant in this country. Here he died in 1722, & in his will made mention of a 'family burial plot of a half acre on the street, in the orchard east of the house where I now live.' Here he was buried, though the knowledge of the exact site is lost." Ref: Robert J. VanKirk from a 1927 book by the Rev. Ernest W. Mandeville, Rector of Christ Church, Middletown, NJ. . HOLMES PAPERS, 1680-1907.Approx. 3,000 items. Exchange, 1956. Correspondence, legal documents, business documents & other papers of various members of the Holmes family & re­lated families of Monmouth County. The following materials are included: diary, Jo Revolution­ary War courts-martial documents, muster rolls, & other mili­tary documents; a letter from the Shrewsbury, deputies to the County Committee [of Safety] for Monmouth, 1775; & vendues & inventories for various estates, 1787-99. Some included are letters of Richd. Hartshorn. Lawrence, John Saltar, Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society. . 1722 May 14, WILL of Richard Hartshoren, Monmouth Co., being sick & weak in body. My Will is all my debts be paid, and it is not in my memory I owe 5 Shillings to any man or Men ...."; " & my Will is there be half an Acre of Land Laid out for a Burying Place or Grave-yard, & to be for me & my "Chilldren & their pofterity to be Buryed in and to be laid out by my Executors fronting the Street upon a square so "as to Include the Grave-yard where my wife lyes buryed in lying to the Eastward of my orchard where I now live "being in the home Lott formerly John Bownes "; "to my son Hugh & his heirs my house & Orchard & "all my Land Joyning to it , (The Grave-Yard excepted & reserved) & all my land lying on the North side of the "Town next the land formerly Moses Lippitts; Also 9 Acres & 6 acres of meadow lying near where John Pew "lives also 6 Acres of meadow lying near to the meadow of John Willson all in Middletowne Meadows"; " unto my daughter Mary Clayton, my daughter Katharine Fitz-Randolph, my daughter Sarah Taylor, my daughter Mercy Lawrence: all my land lying on the south side of Manasquan River, being in 3 severall parcells being about 100 acres equally to be divided amongft them & their heirs as & to hold as Tenents in Common"; "all my books to "my son William & my son Hugh, and my papers for them to take care of"; "to my son Hugh My silver Tankard"; "to the poor of the Community commonly called Quakers in Shrewsberry, & belonging to the Meeting house that stands "on the north side of the Road in Shrewsberry over against the land formerly Nicholas Browns £4bt o be paid "to the meeting within 13 months after my decease but for the use of the poor aforefaid." "And I have 10 ewes 3 or 4 neat cattle that goe at my son William's Plantation all which sheep & neat cattle I Give to my son "William Hartshorne & also my leather girdle & staff with a sillver head ...."; "to my 4 daughters "Namely, Mary Clayton, Katharine Fitz-Randolp, Sarah Taylor, & Mercy Lawrence the sum of £200 "viz, the sum of £50 to the use of each of them to be by them severally apply'd for to procure themselves, servants to help them, & to my said 4 daughters all the remaining part of my perfonal estate & debts whatsoever to be amongft them equally divided ...." Executors: mky sonn William and my son Hugh. Wits.: RICHARD HARTSHORNE, Richard Stout, John Wall, Joseph Cox. This WILL is only record without a probate June 4, 1722. Endorsed. Verify which Richard Hartshorne: . 1809 Sep 11 - WILL of Richard Hartshorne: Inventory $116.47 made by Cornelius P VanDer Hoef, Wm. P Walton. Lists 1 gun in possession of John Hartshorne, leather in possession of Delafayette Schneck, some items in possession of Wm. Hartshorne, NY City, a long chain at Jacob Rickows, & a crow bar at Peter Bourdett. Sworn by Wm. Hartshorne, Administered at Freehold, Jan 11, 1810. File NJ 8853M. - - -	HARTSHORNE, Richard Sr. (I1090)
21442	Richard is the son of Mary & Dr. James Angus MacKay of Scotland.	MACKAY, Richard Clarke (I1191)
21443	Richard is the son of Matthew Scanlon & Emily Brown . 1926 Mar 11 - Georgetown, Mr & Mrs. W Wilson were at Hamilton last week tending the funeral of the late Rev. Dr. Scanlon. Ref: Acton Free Press. Obituary: . Rev Dr Richard Scanlan, formerly of Nassagaweya The death occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A R Whitmore, 144 Cowan Avenue, Toronto, on Friday, [= Mar 26 1926] Rev R W Scanlan, Ph D. for more than 38 years a minister of Methodist church he's in Hamilton Conference & at one time minister of Ebenezer Circuit, Nassagaweya. Deceased retired form the active ministry & was superannuated about 7 years ago. Born in the little village in he west of Ireland 72 years ago, Rev Scanlan came to the US at the age of 15, settling first in Pennsylvania. Soon after enter the Methodist ministry in the US. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Chicago & then settled in Canada, entering the Canadian Methodist ministry. Dr. Scanlan was well known in this community. He was noted as a raconteur. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Eleanor Johnston, daughter of the late Dr. Richard Johnston, of Acton; one son, R O Scanlan, Cabridge, Sask, one daughter Mrs A R Whittemore of Toronto. A son Munsell was killed overseas. Ref: Acton Free Press. - - -	SCANLAN, Rev. Richard William (I2993)
21444	Richard is the son of Sara Smith and Wm. Albert Pockett. Richard A Pockett married first Sarah Jane McCutcheon, Erin, Ontario, and married second Flora Elizabeth Grasby.	POCKETT, Richard Abner (I263)
21445	Richard is the son of Son of Catharine Dawer & Alexander James Smeaton. . 1888, May 28 - Probate Court. Estate of William Smeaton, Sr. petition for appointment of administrator; order for hearing June 23, at 2p.; petition for hearing to determine heirship; dismissed by consent; Estate of William Smeaton, Jr deceased; same order. . 1889 Feb 7 - In the matter of the estate of William Smeaton, debased; administrator filed warrant & inventory. - In the matter of the estate of William Smeaton, deceased; petition of administrator to sell real estate received & filed. Order for hearing Monday Feb 25 at 2 pm. . 1889 Mar 7 - Probate. Estate of Wm. Smeaton, deceased; administrator's bond on sale of real estate files & approved; license issued. Ref: Saginaw Herald Newspaper. . Richard was very religious, & was against slavery, & was quit outspoken on this subject. I've been told that he was run out of Missouri over this. In the 1870 US Census he & his family are living in Plum Valley, Missouri. William Smeaton, one of the most valiant defenders of the Union during the late unpleasantness, was born in Burthshire, Scotland, Oct 5, 1840. His parents, Alexander & Catherine Smeath, immigrated to America in 1855, & first located in NY City. After residing at the the latter place one year, they removed to Canada, where William grew to manhood. In 1861 they settled in Saginaw Co., & Sep 1, 1864, Wm. enlisted in Co. C. 29th Reg. Michigan Volunteers Inf., & at the battle of Decatur, Alabama, on Oct 23, 1864, he was severely wounded, & was finally discharged June 5, 1865. He has received quite of sum of "back pay," & draws a pension of $18 monthly. He was married Oct 1, 1858, to Sarah Patterson, who bore him 1 child, Mary A, Wife of Henry Griffus. Mrs. Seaton died in Oct 1863 & Mr. Smeaton was again married Nov 9, 1867 to Mary E Lowe, dau. of David & Sarah J Lowe, & Born at Geneseo, Livingston Co. NY, Mar 23, 1851. This union has been blessed with 6 children, 5 of whom are living: Robt. D Alexander, Ettie A., Mary E & David. Sarah is deceased. Mr. Smeaton is a loyal Republican. Ref: History of Saginaw County, Michigan, by Michael A Leeson, 1881. Verify: Probate Court . In the matter of the estate of William Smeaton, deceased. Administrator filed warrant & inventory. . In the matter of estate of William Smeaton, deceased. Petition of administrator to sell real estate received & filed. Order of hearing Monday, Feb. 25, at 2 PM. Ref: 1890 Apr 12, Saginaw News, Michigan. - - -	SMEATON, Richard WILLIAM (I14)
21446	Richard is the son ofHannah Moreland and Lovic Lambert Hart.	HART, Richard Washington (I341)
21447	Richard L Hamilton, Part One: Two Hamilton siblings married two McCutcheon siblings: Richard L Hamilton married Jane Matilda McCutcheon & his sister Hadassah Hamilton married John McCutcheon. . 1840 - There were 2 flours mill on Lot 28 in Con 2 & 3. A Water on the next lot 29 in the third concession, there was a water saw mill. Ref: A Sketch of Co. Halton, Canada West, 1862. . 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West: Esqsuesing, Twp. in Gore District, with excellent land & many good farms, generally well cultivated. What of superior quality is grown in this & adjoining townships. Nine hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale at 8 Shillings per acre. 4 grist & 11 saw mills. . 1852 Agricultural Census Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Hamilton, Con. 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy, 100 Acres, 75 A. cultivated 43 A. under crops in 1851; 31 A under pasture 1851, 1 A. garden or orchard; 25 A under wild wood; 25 A. produced 400 bushels of wheat. 4 A. produced 80 Bsh. peas.; 4A. produced 150 bsh. oats; 10 Acres produced 15 tons of hay, 47 lbs. wool; 5 bulls, oxen or steers, 5 milch cows, 5 horses, 24 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 lbs. beef; 21 cwts. Pork. * REMARKS on the January 1852 CENSUS, written by Allen Bowfield (b. c1825, also farmer in Chingoucousy.) In reference to the soils: The nature of the soil will be best explained by stating that there are 2 kinds of land in the ward. The one may be called sandy loam. In the neighbourhood of which soil in a few cases most excellent building sand is founded. The sandy loam with sharp subsoil grows good wheat, barley & peas; The other goes by the name of clay land has a deep black top soil with heavy clay below. Grows first rate vegetables as good crops of hays & oats. Ward No. 2 is not as favourably situated for water as some localities. In many instances the farmer depends principally upon the well. The water of which is generally of superior quality. There are a few living streams. On one of which there is a grist mill. Incapable, however of doing must dry weather for want of bountiful supply of water. The average valve of land throughout the Ward is about seven pounds per acre. Note1: No Fulled cloth or linen or Flannel implies James Hamilton, Sr. was no longer weaving. . James Hamilton owned an high number of animals in comparison with most neighbors whose average was 2 bulls, 4 milk cows & double the number of sheep! These were likely raised for the market. Also indicates a dependable water supply. Not for nothing was James Hamilton a Canada Land Agent. - PJA 2011. . 1856-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory Canada West: Halton, Acton. Hamilton, R., carpenter. . 1856 son Richard L Hamilton was living alone in a long cabin near Acton, Esquesing Twp., Ontario, working as a carpenter, no doubt earning money to help support his mother & siblings. In 1864 Alex Hamilton emigrated first to (Ohio) & then Michigan to farm. . Esquesing is a native word for which lies at the end. . 1859 Acton Esquesing Tp., Halton Co., A Telegraph Station on the GTR. . 1861 Jan 25 Enumerated twice, > First in Flamborough Twp., Enumerated, but 'Family member not present': Rebecca Hamilton, Toll Keeper, Age 46/1815 UC Richard Hamilton, Carpenter, Age 26/1835 UC Hadassa Hamilton, Laborer, Age 19 1842 UC James Hamilton, Nursery agent, Age 17 / 1844 UC > 2nd Peel Co., CHINGOUCOUSY TWP, Dist 5, P85" Richard Hamilton, Carpenter, b Canada 26/1835, resides by himself, in Log 1.5 story cabin. > 1861 Agricultural Census Chingoucousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Enumeration District No 5, 2nd page of Page 110, Line 37. Richard Hamilton, Con 4, Lot 4, 200 Acres, 110 cultivated, 88 A. in 1860, Under pasture in 1860, 20 Acres; Orchard/Garden 2 A., Woods 10 A., Farm value $12,000. Fall Wheat 30A yielded 570 bushel., Spring Wheat 10A/200bu., Barley 21A/200 bu; Rye nil, Peas 5A /100bu; Oats 18A /100; Potatoes 21A /600 bu.; Turnips 3A /170Bu; Magul Wuztel [turnips] 1A /111 bu; Hay 21 bushels. [This census is somewhat blurry.] . This Certifies that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between Richard Hamilton of Acton & Jane M McCutcheon of Erin Township on Thursday Jane 24th, 1861 at Hugh McCutcheons by Rev. Joseph Musnworth, Congregational Ministries, Georgetown. Wit: Stewart McCutcheon, Alex Hamilton. Ref: Bible of Jane Matilda McCutcheon Hamilton. . 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE LICENSE. Hamilton, RICHARD, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26*, Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married McCUTCHEON, Jane M, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, Wit: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Alex Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario & Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co. Note3: Brother Alex was witness at his wedding. It is possible that his mother was present at Richard's wedding as she did not emigrate to the US until 1864.The marriage license is just before Richard's birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old. . 1861 January 24 - Congregational Church, Halton Co., Georgetown Jane M McCutcheon, Born & resides Erin Twp., Age 20 /1841, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, married Richard Hamilton, Age 26 / born 1836, Toronto, resides Esquesing Twp., son of Rebecca & James Hamilton. * 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE License Halton County: RICHARD HAMILTON, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26 / 1835, Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married JANE M. McCUTCHEON, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, Witnesses: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Adaz Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario. Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co. Note3:* The marriage license is just before his birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old 'Adaz" that is his sister Hadassah Hamilton. XReference: His mother Rebecca Lawrence Hamilton's Land Grant states Town of York, Residence 1833. . 1866 Toronto Peel Directory: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, EHS, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. James Hamilton: Con 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy Twp. John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5, East Hurontario Street. John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. [ie. near Acton, Ontario]. . 1869 Prov. of Ont. Gazetteer & Directory Acton: A station on the Grand Trunk Railway, in the Township of Esquesing, County Halton, containing 2 flour mills, 4 sawmills, 2 shingle factories, 1 planing mill, 1 tannery, 1 foundry, 1 cloth factory, 4 churches, 1 common school, 3 hotels. The principal trade is in grain, lumber, cord wood, leather & hops. Land averages from $28 to $35 per acre. Distant from County Town 11 miles, from Toronto, 30 miles & from Guelph, 14 miles. Money order office. Daily mail. Population, 700. Hamilton, Richard, carpenter. . 1873 Directory of County Peel, Chinguacousy - East of Hurontario St.: John Hamilton, Lot 20, Con 5 Richard Hamilton, Lot 13, Con 6. . 1881 Halton Co. Gazetteer, Hamilton,Richard, Carpenter, Acton. . 1882 Hamilton, Richard, Acton, carpenter, Lovell's Business & Professional Directory of the Province of Ontario for 1882, (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1871), page 204. . 1877 Peel Co. Atlas, Chinguacousy S Twp., Richard Hamilton, Farmer, Settled 1831, Brampton Post office, 1877 [deeded from his father?] Mrs. Hamilton, Con 2, NDS, Lot 11, 100 Acres, non-resident 1877, Non-Resident; Ada Hamilton, Con 4 E, Lot 2 Chinguacousy South, (now Peel Co.), 50 Acres, Non Resident. Con. 3E, Lot 4, 150 Acres; Con 3E, Lot 3 Con. 4E, Lot 4, 200 Acres Con. 4E, Lot 2, 50 Acres, Ada Hamilton, Chinguacousy S, Ada Hamilton [i.e. Hadassah?] James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. Note4: Wages in Upper Canada 1842: Carpenters, 6 s, 10 p. Halifax Currency per diem. Note5: 1855 Transferred by his WILL: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. Halton. & James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. Note6: Concession 4 East is now located between Bramalea Rd. & Heart Lake Road, Peel Co., it was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon & the southern half, along with the township of Toronto Gore, joining the town of Brampton. - PJA 2010. Acton Tanneries of Beardmore - Geo. Beardmore purchased the Acton plant 1864, Fire again destroyed the plant in 1872 & rebuilt the same year. About 1880 they built their Bracebridge plant. 1899 they build their brick warehouse. Ref: Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter May 1990. - 1877 Feb 8 Acton Tannery, The number of sides tanned annual is from18,000 to 20,000, all South American stock, imported from NY & Boston, 2,000 cords of hemlock bark earth year @ $20,000. Wages for a large number of skilled workmen is $400 per month. 100 vats. 4 acres.About 1879 they opened a larger business at Bracebridge & the dispose of that tannery. In May 1883 they set to work tearing down & remodeling the Acton property Ref: Acton Free Press. ACTON FREE PRESS: . 1875 Aug 25 - Village Council met last Thursday evening. A petition was presented from J H Smith & others for a drain on Main street from opposite Richard Hamilton's. also, one from A Stephenson, R. Hamilton & others to have Willow st. graded from the corner opposite the Post Office to the new paw factory Both potions were laid over till next meeting. . 1875 Nov 12 - Acton's Progress, Acton has Stephenson grown more the past 3 years than at any time, during many years of its previous history & the season now closing has probably been productive of a greater number of new buildings & a greater outlay of money than any previous year. * Main Street: Wm. Stephenson - A 1 ½ story frame dwelling, 22 X 30, Gothic front, upright battens, neatly designed, & well finished, at a cost of about $800. Built by RICHARD HAMILTON. . ROBERT AGNEW - ADDITION TO THE DOMINION HOTEL, RICHARD HAMILTON, builder. Cost about $300. . 1875 Dec 16 - Acton Municipal: For the Council, we hear several new names mentioned, among them being, Richard Hamilton we have, however, no positive information from the parties themselves. Note7: 65 Main St. N, Lot 28, Con 3, Cultural Heritage Value: Acton Veterinary Clinic: Built c. 1875 by Richard Hamilton, an esteemed carpenter credited by George Beardmore as Acton's best, on the former site of a woolen mill; The 5th or 6th brick home built in Acton; Representative of Gothic Revival style architecture including stone windowsills, bargeboard detail in gable, & dichrome [red & beige] brick detail under eaves, at corners and arch over windows. Ref: Halton Hill Heritage Register, Phase 3 dated 2016. > 1875 Dec 28, page 1 - Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton. . Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county, & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place. > 1875 Dec 30 - (A printed election ballot to be cut out & filled in:) Election of Members for the Municipal Council for the village of Acton, in the County of Halton, On Monday, the 3rd day of 1876 January - For Councillors. #2, HAMILTON, Richard Hamilton, carpenter. . 1876 Mar 2 - Acton Finance Committee reported the following accounts & recommended their payment. On motion of Messrs. Secord & Hamilton a committee was appointed to select the standing by-laws of the municipality & ascertain the cost of printing hem in pamphlet form. . 1876 Dec 7 - Municipal elections will soon be on. Matters very quiet her yet no work of any new candidates. We presume the present Reeve & the ochre members of the Council will the exception of Mr. Hamilton, will soon be making their obeisance to the electors again. >1876 Dec 28, Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton. . Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place. ****Date? Acton Village Council met on Tuesday evening. Councillors: Duncan Kennedy, Benjamin Nicklin, Thos. Easton, Peter McCass were proposed by R. Hamilton. . 1877 Jan 18, p.3, The last meeting of the old Council was held shortly before noon on Monday, all the embers present except Mr. Hamilton. . 1877 Feb 8, Beardmore & Sons have about concluded arrangements to remove their entire operations to Bracebridge & that the concern here in Acton will be closed in about a year fro this time. This step has been forced upon them by the growing difficulty of pricing sufficient bark at a reasonable cost. for several years past the supply has been brought long distances, even in some case as much as 20 miles by team & further by railway. It is quite probable that the building will be used for the manufacture of upper leather & other light stock, requiring but a very small quantity of [Hemlock] bark but a larger number of skilled workmen. . 1877 May 3, page 3, - Mr. Richard Hamilton, ex-councilor of this village, has secured the contract or building & equipping Mr. Beardmore's new tannery at Bracebridge. He will probably be absent all summer. Note8: The following construction was under the direction of Richard Hamilton: . 1877 Aug 9, Beardmore's Tannery at Bracebridge. The Bracebridge Gazette of the 27th ult., gives an interesting account of the new tannery premises being erected at that place. The editor of the Gazette mentions having interviewed our friends, Mr. Richard Hamilton, the contractor & Mr. Z A Hall, the manager, by whom he was courteously received & from who he obtained information concerning the capacity of the building & the process of manufacturing leather: Tan yard, 65X112 ft., one story; leach house & bark shed 84X34 ft. with lean-to, 3 ft; dry house, 61x37ft., 5 stories; sweat pits, stone building, 45x345ft., one story; boiler house 35x45 ft., brick; engine house 14x35ft, brick; in the centre of the engine house there will b a brick chimney, 90 ft high, with a stone foundation 14x14ft, 6ft deep; the chimney being hollow at the bottom & consisting of inner & outer walls ob rick work, but tinselly carried in the solid, as the wall tapers on the outside. There will be 8 coolers, 14x16ft, in the leech house. On the top of them will stand four tubs, 14ft. in diameter & 10 feet high. From the engine house to the yard a shaft will cross about 34ft. long, to work the hide mills & water pumps. Tramways will run from the various buildings to the dry house & store shed & from the store shed to the wharf. A wire rope to turn the shaft in the dry house & work the hoist, will run from engine house to the dry house - thus the loads of hides will be conveyed to the different stories of the dry house, each floor of which is traversed lengthwise by a trimway working in the centre of hall on either side of which are five rooms, each containing 100 sides of leather; the dry house could thus contain, 5,000 hides, though in practice this number will not be reached, because some of the lower stories are occupied by a congress? of steam pipes. About 450 cords of tan back [ Xtree pat??] have been delivered on the piling grounds at opposite sides of the river. . 12 carpenters, 4 masons & an average of 10 laborers are employed on the works & the whole concern when finished will make so big a hole in $20,000, that the residue will be nowhere. The Beardmore tannery will probably be the largest tannery in Ontario & certainly the model tanner in the Dominion. - . - . 1877 May 10 - Complementary Supper: On the eve of Mr. Zolman Hall's departure from Acton, a number of his friends assembled at the Dominion Hotel to honor him with a complimentary supper, as a token to the universal esteem in which he is held in this his native place. ... removing to Bracebridge to take the management of new Beardmore tanner being erected there. The party comprised a large number of our most prominent citizens, ... Richard Hamilton. Mr. Hall responded warmly. . 1877 Oct 25, To Acton Reeve Council, I am soon to vacate Acton Tannery, I am looking for a tenant, but have not yet heard of anyone to undertake so large a concern. [ & also] I hereby give notice that I do not now buy Hemlock Bark, as I have a full supply on hand. G L Beardmore, Acton Tannery. . 1878 Feb 28 - We are pleased to see Mr. Richard Hamilton has recovered from his late illness enough to him to return to Acton from Bracebridge. He arrived home on Monday evening. [i.e. Monday Feb 25th]. . 1881 Halton Co Gazetter: Village of Acton: Richard Hamilton, carpenter. . 1881 Oct 20 - Eramosa Fall Fair: Rockwood, last Thursday, Successful exhibitors: Agricultural Productions, Class 11, Grain etc. Indian corn: R. Hamilton. 1882 Jul 13 - Richard Hamilton - Assessment from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot Block 1 the owner. . 1881 Dec 29, Thrus. - For councillors nominations there are in the field for elections, Messrs. Speight, Campbell, Moore, Richard Hamilton, John Kennedy, B Necklin & C T Hill. For Councillors: Richard Hamilton, Proposed by G Havill, seconded by Thos. C Moore. Thos Easton, Peter McAnn & Ben Necklin, proposed by R Hamilton. The returning officer then declared the hour for receiving nomination expired. Speeches were made by a large number of those present. . 1882 Jul 13 - Court of Revision met on the 5th ins. The following changes were made in the Assessment Roll: 9. Richard Hamilton - Assessment reduced from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot block 1, is owner. . 1882 Dec 28 - Richard Hamilton - nominated by Wm. Hemstreet, 2nd by A A Secord, Sr.; H.W. Storey, Nominated by Richard Hamilton. For Councillors: R. Hamilton. . 1883 Jan 11 - Richard Hamilton desires us to state that he did not consider himself a candidate at the recent municipal elections. * 1883 Mar 15, p. 3 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Acton, who is to take charge of the building department of J. McMillan & Co.'s, Lumbering Mill, has moved into Erin. - Reported in the Erin Advocate. . 1883 May 31, p3 - Mr. R Royce has moved into the residence on Main Street, recently purchased from Mr. R. Hamilton. . 1884 Mar 6 - Acton, Messers. R. Hamilton & C Walker, of Erin, were in town on Monday. . 1884 Apr 17 - Advertisement: 2,000 Cords Hemlock Bark wanted @ $5.50 per cord, delivered at their Tannery in Acton before Nov 2, 184, Bark must be bright on flesh, flat & full 4 feet long, curled or damaged bark only received at a proportionate reduction. We wish it distinctly understood no bak will be received after the first of Nov without special contact. Beardmore & Co. . 1884 Jul 10 - Demands Immediate Attention. Owing to the careless or want neglect of Beardmore Tannery mangers, late quantities of tan bark & other deleterious substances are allowed to run into the stream passing through Acton & large quantities of bark etc, are now to be seen in the steam & along its banks all the way to Limehouse. If continued, this will have the effect not only of filling up the stream & ponds, but will inevitably kill the trout with which the stream abounds. The practice of dumping the bak into the stream is certainly an illegal one, & should be immediately prohibited by the proper authorities. . 1887 Oct 20, Thursday - A large number of citizens attended the World's Fair at Erin yesterday. ! . Erin show yesterday was a great success. The weather was delightful & visitors crowded in swarms. The village didn't begin to accommodate the people. The reputation of this far-farmed exhibition has been fully sustained. . 1887 Dec 1 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Erin as in town (Acton) yesterday. . 1888 Feb 9 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, of Erin, were visiting friends this week. Mr & Mrs. Chas. H. Walker, of Erin, visiting friends in Acton last week. > 1889 Oct 17, Erin, Mr. Richard Hamilton has just returned from visiting all over Michigan & other parts of the States, meeting relatives he had not seen in about 33 years. [i.e. since 1856!] Page 2 as copied from the [Erin] Advocate. * 1896 Jun 4 - Richard Hamilton of Erin, a former resident of Acton is preparing the planks for the saw vats at the tannery. He has put in nearly all the vats at the tanner for 30 years [1866]. Republished in the Acton Free Press on 1916 Jun 1. . 1897 Feb 11 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were in town yesterday. . 1899 Wellington Co. Directory, Hamilton, Richard, grocer. Population 700. . ACTON'S EARLY DAYS: At the corner of Mill & River Streets occupied part of the site of John Holt was old woollen mill. It was built by Richard Hamilton, on of the best carpenters Acton ever had. He built it for his own residence about 70 years ago [1869]. He previously built the residence on Fairview Avenue, near Fairview Cemetery. After living there for a short time he sold that house to David Williamson, who lived there from shortly after his marriage until he went over to the Malcolm McPherson farm in Nassagaweya. Richard Hamilton lived in the brick house a good many years. ... The late George Beardmore thought no one in the community could put in (tannin) vats equal to Richard Hamilton. Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton's only daughter (only child) married Mr. Charles Henry Walker, manufacturer, of Erin Village & the family sold out their interests in Acton & moved to Erin. Mr. Hamilton went into the grocery business there & continued until his death [in 1909]. Crossing River Street, which was opened when Acton Plow Company's works were built, we come to the Acton Creek. The source of this splendid stream is the spring on the third line, a little over a mile to the north, where it comes from the rock. The creek flows through the Near property, supplying the trout ponds & hatchery ...across Main Street into Fairy Lake which covers 88 acres. Many a trout have I caught in the bed of the creek when it meandered among the willows. Many a dozen speckled beauties have I seen caught in the big mill pond from flat-bottomed boats or long rafts. Ref: Acton Free Press, 1939. * Hamilton family photo available c 1895 Erin. History of the Acton House Richard Hamilton built: . 1926 Nov 18 - Old Times Along the New Highway: Beside the home of stone mason Malcom Kennedy's the wee cottage with a history. It was built by John Hold when he erected the Wollen Mills on the lot where M. J H Reid's fine brick residence now stands. Mr & Mrs Sidney Smith reside there while there palatial residence was being erected. It is known as Fairview Place for the past 50 or 60 years, Mrs C S Smith lived their most of her married life & where she passed away last spring. > > > The fine home of James H Reid, at the corner of Main & River Streets, was erected by the late Richard Hamilton, carpenter and contractor, for himself & his wife and Miss Ella, their daughter. It was a perfect piece of construction and when built was regarded as one of the best houses in this country. Mr & Mrs Hamilton resided there until Richard gave up his contracting work & more to Erin, where he went into the grocery business. Mr Robt. Royce purchased the property when Mr & Mrs Hamilton & daughter removed from Acton. Mr Royce's daughter, Mrs Orr was left alone through the removal of her children to make their way in life. After them, James H Reid, a retired farmer purchased the property & for the last 12 or 15 years has made this home. Mr. Reid has kept the place as neat as a new pin all the time. River Street was at one time the site of the Mill race & flume from the dam to the Wollen Mills.When Acton Plow Co. was established, over where the Hydro Power Station & mason Kitting Works are now, the course of the stream was diverted & the old mill race was discarded & River St. opened.The fine old car pine timbers of Plow Factory went up in smoke when the factory was destroyed by fire 30 years ago [1901] 50 years ago I saw many shoal of speckled trout & under the old log bridge there I caught my fear share of them under the grass banks further down steam. On the north side of stream there was a saw mill on the Smith property. I remember when lumber was sawn there. Between the old mill & stone house, there was at one time a carriage shop of Tom Easton. Other houses on Main street were the first brick cottage built by Charlie Holmes, Royal Exchange Hotel (now Bank of NS & Patterson's Meat Market). Wm. Overton's blacksmith, the old school lane, Smith's Shingle Factory, Store Glove Leather Tannery. Mary is calling me to dinner. I must go. Signed, The Red Man McCutcheon. Acton History Contd. Across Ransom Street (now Fairview Ave) from the Cook Homestead: Richard Hamilton built a fine frame house of attractive design shortly after he was married, about 80 years ago. dick Hamilton, was on of the best carpenters ever had in Action. This house he regarded with much pride. It was one of the finest houses the village then possess, but he didn't live there long. He took a fancy to but a brick house for a home down town & shortly after the Acton Plow Co. was organized in 1874 & bought the old Holt Mill property & part of the Sidney Smith frontage on Main St., he bought from the Company the lot at the corner of Main & River Streets & but his new home. It was a fine brick house this time & still stands there in good state of repair. James H reed is the present owner. It was the 5th or 6th brick house erected in Action. David Williamson & his bride resided there next, as well as Wilson Ramshaw for quite a time. Next to Hamilton was Esra Adams. by, The Old Man of the Big Clock Tower (regular column) in Acton Free Press, published 1937.11.25. . 1979 Aug 29, Dr. Ron Trenton, Esquesing Historic Society is trying to preserve Acton's past by cataloging the town's older buildings..He is living in a house build in the 1860 or 1870, The building was constructed by Richard Hamilton, who also built what is now Rott Little School. When he was renovating it , he found parts of a newspaper dated 1879 behind some wallpaper. He learned of the building's hasty by asking neighbors. .1901 Jul 18, Obituary: Wm. Marsales, an early resident for nearly 70 years was resident in Action, Lot 1, Con 5, deacon of Disciples of Christ, Bearers, Richard Hamilton. Note: Will Mmarsales operated the rolling machine at the mill, & owned part of the land on which the tannery was built. . 1902 May 22. Obituary: Mrs. James Brown, Ruth Ann Hall, eldest daughter of Asa Hall, Esq., Born 1841 in Acton. Her husband lived 14 y. on Lot 1, Con 4, Erin, where he operated a saw mill. Friends from a distance were in attendance: Mr. Richard Hamilton & (his daughter), Mrs. C W. Walker, Erin. Ref: Acton Free Press. . Land Registry Office, ACTON VILLAGE. Lot 28, Con 3 . 1856 May 28, Instrument 355C Mortgage, Reg 4 May 1856, Richard Hamilton. . 1863 Nov 25, Instrument #54 F Quit Claim, Reg 11 NOV 1864, Richard Hamilton. (Investment group Wm & Mary Glass; subdivided lot). The next lot is the Halton Disciples of Christ Church, South of Mill Street. (Document is too faint to know for sure who was the grantor/grantee. There was much land speculation in Acton & consequently continual land partitioning by the Glass-Adams etc. PJ Ahlberg. ) . 1872 Mar 25, Bargain&Sale, Wm. Stephenson & Wife, to Richard Hamilton, 34 acres, Part West Half Lot 28, Con 3, $1. . 1874 Jul 22, B&S, Wm. Stephenson, to Richard Hamilton, Part W Half, subject to a certain mortgage, $50 . [also found in] VILLAGE of ACTON. Copy Book Vol. 11, 8 OCT 1874. (i.e. duplicate copy) Richard Hamilton, Carpenter of Acton. ACTON VILLAGE, Abstract Book Lot 2 Block 14. Ins. 355, Mortgage 2 & 1856. Reg. 4 MAY 1855 Grantee: Richard Hamilton. 1863 Nov 25, Instrument 54. Quit claim, Reg. 11 NOV 1864. Richard Hamilton. Ontario Land Registry Abstract Esquesing Book 711 Lot 32, Con 28, Esquesing, Halton Co. . 1872, Mar 25, Bargain&Sale, Wm. Stephenson & wife, to Richard Hamilton, 34 Held perches, Part of Wly. Half of Lot 28, $7. . 1874 July 22, Partial, Wm. Stephenson, to Richard Hamilton 36 sq. perches of Part Wly Half. Subject to a certain Mortgage. $1. - . -	HAMILTON, Richard Lawrence (I341)
21448	Richard L Hamilton, Part One: Two Hamilton siblings married two McCutcheon siblings: Richard L Hamilton married Jane Matilda McCutcheon & his sister Hadassah Hamilton married John McCutcheon. . 1840 - There were 2 flours mill on Lot 28 in Con 2 & 3. A Water on the next lot 29 in the third concession, there was a water saw mill. Ref: A Sketch of Co. Halton, Canada West, 1862. . 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West: Esuesing, Twp. in Gore District, with excellent land & many good farms, generally well cultivated. What of superior quality is grown in this & adjoining townships. Nine hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale at 8 Shillings per acre. 4 grist & 11 saw mills. . 1852 Agricultural Census Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Hamilton, Con. 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy, 100 Acres, 75 A. cultivated 43 A. under crops in 1851; 31 A. under pasture 1851, 1 A. garden or orchard; 25 A. under wild wood; 25 A. produced 400 bushels of wheat. 4 A. produced 80 Bsh peas.; 4A. produced 150 bsh. oats; 10 Acres produced 15 tons of hay, 47 lbs. wool; 5 bulls, oxen or steers, 5 milch cows, 5 horses, 24 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 lbs. beef; 21cwts. Pork. > REMARKS on the January 1852 CENSUS, written by Allen Bowfield (b. c1825, also farmer in Chingoucousy.) In reference to the soils: The nature of the soil will be best explained by stating that there are 2 kinds of land in the ward. The one may be called sandy loam. In the neighbourhood of which soil in a few cases most excellent building sand is founded. The sandy loam with sharp subsoil grows good wheat, barley, & peas. The other goes by the name of clay land has a deep black top soil with heavy clay below. Grows first rate vegetables as good crops of hays & oats. Ward No. 2 is not as favourably situated for water as some localities. In many instances the farmer depends principally upon the well. The water of which is generally of superior quality. There are a few living streams. On one of which there is a grist mill. Incapable, however of doing must dry weather for want of bountiful supply of water. The average valve of land throughout the Ward is about £7 per acre. Note1: No Fulled cloth or linen or Flannel. Impling James Hamilton, Sr. was no longer weaving. . James Hamilton owned an high number of animals in comparison with most neighbors whose average was 2 bulls, 4 milk cows & double the number of sheep! These were likely raised for the market. Also indicates a dependable water supply. Not for nothing was James Hamilton a Canada Land Agent. - PJA 2011. . ACTON VILLAGE. Instrument 355C Mortgage 28 MAR 1856, Reg 4 MAY 1856, Richard Hamilton. #54 F Quit Claim, 25 NOV 1863. Reg 11 NOV 1864, Richard Hamilton. (Investment group Glass factory; subdivided lot). The next lot is the Halton Disciples of Christ Church, South of Mill Street. (Document is too faint to know for sure who was the grantor/grantee. There was much land speculation in Acton & consequently continual land partitioning by the Glass factory group. P J Ahlberg. ) ACTON VILLAGE. Instrument 355C Mortgage 28 MAR 1856, Registered: 4 MAY 1856 Richard Hamilton. #54 F Quit Claim 25 NOV 1863. Reg 11 NOV 1864 Richard Hamilton. Note1: Investment group Glass factory; subdivided lot). The next lot is the Halton Disciples of Christ Church, South of Mill Street. Note2: The documents are too faint to know for sure who was the grantor/grantee. There was much land speculation in Acton & consequently continual land partitioning by the Glass factory group . P J Ahlberg. ) Ref: Archives of Ontario, L1 Block 14, GSU Reel 178978, Page 187. ACTON VILLAGE, Abstract Book L2 Block 14. Ins. 355 Mortgage 2 & 1856. Registered: 4 MAY 1855. Grantee: Richard Hamilton. # 54. Quit claim 25 NOV 1863. Reg. 11 NOV 1864. Richard Hamilton. VILLAGE of ACTON. Copy Book Vol. 11, 8 OCT 1874. (i.e. duplicate copy) Richard Hamilton, Carpenter of Acton. Grantor Wm. Stephenson Registration $50 W1/2 L 28, C3 Township of Esquesing, is now a part of Village of Acton. Original grant from Crown, too faint ... Part of first part & part of second... . 1856-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory Canada West: Carpenter & Builders, Acton. Hamilton, R., carpenter. . 1856 son Richard L Hamilton was living alone in a long cabin near Acton, Esquesing Twp., Ontario, working as a carpenter, no doubt earning money to help support his mother & siblings. In 1864 Alex Hamilton emigrated first to (Ohio) & then Michigan to farm. . Esquesing is a native word for which lies at the end. . 1859 Acton Esquesing Tp., Halton Co., A Telegraph Station on the GTR. . 1861 Jan 25, Enumerated TWICE, > First in Flamborough Twp., 'Family member not present' & > 1861 Agricultural Census Chingoucousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Richard Hamilton, Con 4, Lot 4, 200 Acres, 110 cultivated, 85 A. in 1860, Orchard/Garden 2 A., Woods 10 A., Farm value $12,000. Fall Wheat 76A /1 bushel., Spring Wheat 20A/6000 bu., Barley, Rye nil, Peas, Oats, Potatoes, Turnips, Hops 20 Acres. [This census is somewhat blurry.] * 1861 Jan 24 - Congregational Church, Halton Co., Georgetown, Jane M McCutcheon, Born & resides Erin Twp., Age 20 /1841, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, married Richard Hamilton, Age 26 / born 1836, Toronto, resides Esquesing Twp., son of Rebecca & James Hamilton. Note2: Brother Alex was witness at his wedding. It is probably that his mother was present at Richard's wedding as she did not emigrate to the US until 1864. . 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE LICENSE. Hamilton, RICHARD, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26*, Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married McCUTCHEON, Jane M, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, Wit: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Alex Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario & Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co. Note3: The marriage license is just before his birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old. XReference: His mother Rebecca Lawrence Hamilton's Land Grant states Town of York, Residence 1833. . 1866 Toronto Peel Directory: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. James Hamilton: Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5, John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. [i.e. near Acton, Ontario]. . 1869 Prov. of Ont. Gazetteer & Directory Acton: A station on the Grand Trunk Railway, in the Township of Esquesing, County Halton, containing 2 flour mills, 4 sawmills, 2 shingle factories, 1 planing mill, 1 tannery, 1 foundry, 1 cloth factory, 4 churches, 1 common school, 3 hotels. The principal trade is in grain, lumber, cord wood, leather & hops. Land averages from $28 to $35 per acre. Distant from County Town 11 miles, from Toronto, 30 miles, and from Guelph, 14 miles. Money order office. Daily mail. Population, 700. Hamilton, Richard, carpenter. . Hamilton, Richard, Acton, carpenter, Lovell's Business & Professional Directory of the Province of Ontario for 1882, (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1871), page 204. . 1877 Peel Co. Atlas, Chinguacousy S Twp., Richard Hamilton, Farmer, Settled 1831, Brampton Post office, 1877 [deeded from his father?] Mrs. Hamilton, Con 2, NDS, Lot 11, 100 Acres, non-resident 1877, Non Resident; Ada Hamilton, Con 4 E, Lot 2 Chinguacousy South, (now Peel Co.), 50 Acres, Non Resident. Con. 3E, Lot 4, 150 Acres; Con 3E, Lot 3 Con. 4E, Lot 4, 200 Acres Con 4E, Lot 2, 50 Acres, Ada Hamilton, Chinguacousy S, Ada Hamilton [i.e. Hadassah?] James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. Note4: Wages in Upper Canada 1842: Carpenters, 6 s, 10 p. Halifax Currency per diem. Note5: 1855 Transferred by his WILL: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. Halton. & Note6: Concession 4 East is now located between Bramalea Rd. & Heart Lake Road, Peel Co., it was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon, & the southern half, along with the township of Toronto Gore, joining the town of Brampton. - PJA 2010. . Acton School Minutes Book: 1874, 1875, 1876 - Trustee: Richard Hamilton; . 1870 Nov. Richard Hamilton completed his contract for the building of the new woodshed & closets & received $160 for material & Work. . 1876 Jan 3, Annual meeting of the School Board: Moved by C S Smith; seconded by Richard Hamilton, that we give the same of $30. toward the replenishing of the Acton School Library & that it be a condition that no works of fiction the purchased. Carried. ACTON FREE PRESS: . 1875 Aug 27 - The Village Council met last Thursday evening. Petition was presented from J H Smith & others for a drain on Main st. from Mr.smith's residence to the crossing opposite Richard Hamilton's. Also one from A. Stephenson, R Hamilton & others to have Willow St. graded from the corner opposite the Post Office to the new plow factory.* Both petitions were laid over till next meeting. [*Acton Plow Co., Substantial frame bldg. 22X54 & engine house 21x24 for the mfg. of Stephenson Iron Plow, Machinery cost $7,000.Willow St.] . 1875 Nov 12 - Acton's Progress, Acton has grown more the past 3 years than at any time, during many years of its previous history & the season now closing has probably been productive of a greater number of new buildings & a greater outlay of money than any previous year. . Main Street: Wm. Stephenson - A 1 ½ story frame dwelling, 22 X 30, Gothic front, upright battens, neatly designed, & well finished, at a cost of about $800. Built by RICHARD HAMILTON. . ROBERT AGNEW - ADDITION TO THE DOMINION HOTEL, RICHARD HAMILTON, builder. Cost about $300. 1875 Dec 16 - Acton Municipal: For the Council, we hear several new names mentioned, among them being, Richard Hamilton. We have, however, no positive information from the parties themselves. > 1875 Dec 28, page 1 - Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton. . Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county, & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place. > 1875 Dec 30 - (A printed election ballot to be cut out & filled in:) Election of Members for the Municipal Council for the village of Acton, in the County of Halton, On Monday, the 3rd day of January 1876, 1876 January - For Councillors. #2, HAMILTON, Richard Hamilton, carpenter. . 1876 Dec 7 - Municipal elections will be on. We presume the present Reeve & other members of the Council, with the exception of Mr. Hamilton, will soon be making their obeisance to the elections again. . 1876 Dec 28, Thrus. Village of Acton for Reeve. Dr. McGarvin, proposed by S Snyder & R. Hamilton. Dr. McGarvin has not had much municipal experience, but is an active, energetic man of business & capable of taking charge. ****Date? Acton Village Council met on Tuesday evening. Councillors: Duncan Kennedy, Benjamin Nicklin, Thos. Easton, Peter McCass were proposed by R. Hamilton. . 1877 Jan 18, p.3, The last meeting of the old Council was held shortly before noon on Monday, all the embers present except Mr. Hamilton. . 1877 May 3, pg 3, - Mr. Richard Hamilton, ex-councilor of this village, has secured the contract or building & equipping Mr. Beardmore's new tannery at Bracebridge. He will probably be absent all summer. Note7: The following construction was under the direction of Richard Hamilton: . Beardmore's Tannery at Bracebridge. The Bracebridge Gazette of the 27th ult., gives an interesting account of the new tannery premises being erected at that place. The editor of the Gazette mentions having interviewed our friends, Mr. Richard Hamilton, the contractor, & Mr. Z A Hall, the manager, by whom he was courteously received & from who he obtained information concerning the capacity of the building & the process of manufacturing leather: Tan yard, 65X112 ft., one story; leach house & bark shed 84X34 ft. with lean-to, 3 ft; dry house, 61x37ft., 5 stories; sweat pits, stone building, 45x345ft., one story; boiler house 35x45 ft., brick; engine house 14x35ft, brick; in the centre of the engine house there will be a brick chimney, 90 ft high, with a stone foundation 4x14ft, 6ft deep; the chimney being hollow at the bottom, & consisting of inner & outer walls of brick work, but tinselly carried in the solid, as the wall tapers on the outside. There will be 8 coolers, 14x16ft, in the leech house. On the top of them will stand 4 tubs, 14ft. in diameter & 10 feet high. From the engine house to the yard a shaft will cross about 34 ft. long, to work the hide mills & water pumps. Tramways will run from the various buildings to the dry house & store shed, & from the store shed to the wharf. A wire rope to turn the shaft in the dry house & work the hoist, will run from engine house to the dry house - thus the loads of hides will be conveyed to the different stories of the dry house, each floor of which is traversed lengthwise by a trimway working in the centre of hall on either side of which are five rooms, each containing 100 sides of leather; the dry house could thus contain, 5,000 hides, though in practice this number will not be reached, because some of the lower stories are occupied by a congress? of steam pipes. About 450 cords of tan back [ Xtree pat??] have been delivered on the piling grounds at opposite sides of the river. . 12 carpenters, 4 masons & an average of 10 laborers are employed on the works, & the whole concern when finished will make so big a hole in $20,000, that the residue will be nowhere. The Beardmore tannery will probably be the largest tannery in Ontario & certainly the model tanner in the Dominion. - . - . 1877 May 10 - Complementary Supper: On the eve of Mr. Zolman hall's departure from Acton, a number of his friends assembled at the Dominion Hotel to honor him with a complimentary supper, as a token to the universal esteem in which he is held in this his native place. ... removing to Bracebridge. The party comprised a large number of our most prominent citizens, ... Richard Hamilton. Mr. Hall responded warmly. . 1878 Feb 28 - We are pleased to see Mr. Richard Hamilton has recovered from his late illness enough to him to return to Acton from Bracebridge. He arrived home on Monday evening. . 1881 Oct 20 - Eramosa Fall Fair: Rockwood, last Thursday, Successful exhibitors: Agricultural Productions, Class 11, Grain etc. Indian corn: R. Hamilton. 1882 Jul 13 - Richard Hamilton - Assessment from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot Block 1 the owner. . 1882 Jul 13 - Court of Revision met on the 5th ins. The following changes were made in the Assessment Roll: 9. Richard Hamilton - Assessment reduced from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot block 1, is owner. . 1882 Dec 28 - Richard Hamilton - nominated by Wm. Hemstreet, 2nd by A A Secord, Sr.; H.W. Storey, Nominated by Richard Hamilton. For Councillors: R. Hamilton. . 1883 Jan 1883 - Richard Hamilton desires us to state that he did not consider himself a candidate at the recent municipal elections. > 1883 Mar 15, p. 3 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Acton, who is to take charge of the building department of J. McMillan & Co.'s, Lumbering Mill, has moved into Erin. - Reported in the Erin Advocate. . 1883 May 31, p3 - Mr. R Royce has moved into the residence on Main Street, recently purchased from Mr. R. Hamilton. . 1884 Mar 6 - Acton, Messers. R. Hamilton & C Walker, of Erin, were in town on Monday. . 1887 Dec 1, Richard Hamilton, of Erin was in town yesterday. . 1887 Oct 20 , Thursday - A large number of citizens attended the World's Fair at Erin yesterday. ( ! ) . Erin show yesterday was a great success.,The weather was delightful & visitors crowded in swarms. The village didn't begin to accommodate the people. The reputation of this far-farmed exhibition has been fully sustained. . 1887 Dec 11 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Erin as in town (Acton) yesterday. . . 1888 Feb 9 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were visiting friends this week. Mr & Mrs. Chas. H. Walker, of Erin, visiting friends in Acton last week. . 1896 Jun 4, Thrus. Richard Hamilton of Erin, a former resident of Action is preparing the plants for the new vats at the tannery. he has put the new vats at the tannery. he had put in nearly all the vats at the tanneries for 30 years. > 1889 Oct 17, Erin, Mr. Richard Hamilton has just returned from visiting all over Michigan & other parts of the States, meeting relatives he had not seen in about 33 years. [i.e. since 1856!] Page 2 as copied from the [Erin] Advocate. . 1897 Feb 11 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were in town yesterday. . 1899 Wellington Co. Directory, Hamilton, Richard, grocer. Population 700. . ACTON'S EARLY DAYS: At the corner of Mill & River Streets occupied part of the site of John Holt was old woollen mill. It was built by Richard Hamilton, on of the best carpenters Acton ever had. He built it for his own residence about 70 years ago [1869]. He previously built the residence on Fairview Avenue, near Fairview Cemetery. After living there for a short time he sold that house to David Williamson, who lived there from shortly after his marriage until he went over to the Malcolm McPherson farm in Nassagaweya. Richard Hamilton lived in the brick house a good many years. ... The late George Beardmore thought no one in the community could put in (tannin) vats equal to Richard Hamilton. Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton's only daughter (only child) married Mr. Charles Henry Walker, manufacturer, of Erin Village, & the family sold out their interests in Acton & moved to Erin. Mr. Hamilton went into the grocery business there & continued until his death [in 1909]. . Crossing River Street, which was opened when Acton Plow Company's works were built, we come to the Acton Creek. The source of this splendid stream is the spring on the third line, a little over a mile to the north, where it comes from the rock. The creek flows through the Near property, supplying the trout ponds & hatchery ...across Main Street into Fairy Lake which covers 88 acres. Many a trout have I caught in the bed of the creek when it meandered among the willows. Many a dozen speckled beauties have I seen caught in the big mill pond from flat-bottomed boats or long rafts. Ref: Acton Free Press, 1939. Hamilton family photo available c 1895 Erin. . 1902 May 22. Obituary: Mrs. James Brown, Ruth Ann Hall, eldest daughter of Asa Hall, Esq., Born 1841 in Acton. Her husband lived 14 y. on Lot 1, Con 4, Erin, where he operated a saw mill. Friends from a distance were in attendance: Mr. Richard Hamilton & (his daughter), Mrs. C W. Walker, Erin. Ref: Acton Free Press. . History of the Acton House Richard Hamilton built: 1926 Nov 18 - Old Times Along the New Highway: Beside the home of stone mason Malcom Kennedy's the wee cottage with a history. It was built by John Hold when he erected the Wollen Mills on the lot where M. J H Reid's fine brick residence now stands. Mr & Mrs Sidney Smith reside there while there palatial residence was being erected. It is known as Fairview Place for the past 50 or 60 years, Mrs C S Smith livered their most of her married life & where she passed away last spring. > > > The fine home of James H Reid, at the corner of Main & River Streets, was erected by the late Richard Hamilton, carpenter and contractor, for himself and his wife and Miss Ella, their daughter. It was a perfect piece of construction and when built was regarded as one of the best houses in this country. Mr & Mrs Hamilton resided there until Richard gave up his contracting work & more to Erin, where he went into the grocery business. Mr Robt. Royce purchased the property when Mr & Mrs Hamilton & daughter removed from Acton. Mr Royce's daughter, Mrs Orr was left alone through the removal of her children to make their way in life. After them, James H Reid, a retired farmer purchased the property & for the last 12 or 15 years has made this home. Mr. Reid has kept the place as neat as a new pin all the time. River Street was at one time the site of the Mill race & flume from the dam to the Wollen Mills.When Acton Plow Co. was established, over where the Hydro Power Station & masonKitting Works are now, the course of the stream was diverted &the old mill race was discarded & River St. opened.The fine old car pine timbers of Plow Factory went up in smoke when the factory was destroyed by fire 30 years ago [1901].50 years ago I saw many shoal of speckled trout & under the old log bridge there I caught my fear share of them under the grass banks further down steam. On the north side of stream there was a saw mill on the Smith property. I remember when lumber was sawn there. Between the old mill & stone house, there was at one time a carriage shop of Tom Easton. Other houses on Main street were the first brick cottage built by Charlie Holmes, Royal Exchange Hotel (now Bank of NS & Patterson's Meat Market). Wm. Overton's blacksmith, the old school lane, Smith's Shingle Factory, Store Glove Leather Tannery. Mary is calling me to dinner. I must go. Signed, The Red Man McCutcheon. - 1 -	HAMILTON, Richard Lawrence (I17)
21449	Richard L Hamilton, Part One: Two Hamilton siblings married two McCutcheon siblings: Richard L Hamilton married Jane Matilda McCutcheon & his sister Hadassah Hamilton married John McCutcheon. . 1840 - There were 2 flours mill on Lot 28 in Con 2 & 3. A Water on the next lot 29 in the third concession, there was a water saw mill. Ref: A Sketch of Co. Halton, Canada West, 1862. . 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West: Esuesing, Twp. in Gore District, with excellent land & many good farms, generally well cultivated. What of superior quality is grown in this & adjoining townships. Nine hundred acres of Crown lands are open for sale at 8 Shillings per acre. 4 grist & 11 saw mills. . 1852 Agricultural Census Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Hamilton, Con. 4, Lot 1, Chinguacousy, 100 Acres, 75 A. cultivated 43 A. under crops in 1851; 31 A. under pasture 1851, 1 A. garden or orchard; 25 A. under wild wood; 25 A. produced 400 bushels of wheat. 4 A. produced 80 Bsh peas.; 4A. produced 150 bsh. oats; 10 Acres produced 15 tons of hay, 47 lbs. wool; 5 bulls, oxen or steers, 5 milch cows, 5 horses, 24 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 lbs. beef; 21 cwts. Pork. > REMARKS on the January 1852 CENSUS, written by Allen Bowfield (b. c1825, also farmer in Chingoucousy.) In reference to the soils: The nature of the soil will be best explained by stating that there are 2 kinds of land in the ward. The one may be called sandy loam. In the neighbourhood of which soil in a few cases most excellent building sand is founded. The sandy loam with sharp subsoil grows good wheat, barley, & peas. The other goes by the name of clay land has a deep black top soil with heavy clay below. Grows first rate vegetables as good crops of hays & oats. Ward No. 2 is not as favourably situated for water as some localities. In many instances the farmer depends principally upon the well. The water of which is generally of superior quality. There are a few living streams. On one of which there is a grist mill. Incapable, however of doing must dry weather for want of bountiful supply of water. The average valve of land throughout the Ward is about £7 per acre. Note1: No Fulled cloth or linen or Flannel. Implying James Hamilton, Sr. was no longer weaving. . James Hamilton owned an high number of animals in comparison with most neighbors whose average was 2 bulls, 4 milk cows & double the number of sheep! These were likely raised for the market. Also indicates a dependable water supply. Not for nothing was James Hamilton a Canada Land Agent. - PJA 2011. Ontario Land Registry Abstract . ACTON VILLAGE. Instrument 355C Mortgage 28 MAR 1856, Reg 4 MAY 1856, Richard Hamilton. #54 F Quit Claim, 25 NOV 1863. Reg 11 NOV 1864, Richard Hamilton. (Investment group Glass factory; subdivided lot). The next lot is the Halton Disciples of Christ Church, South of Mill Street. (Document is too faint to know for sure who was the grantor/grantee. There was much land speculation in Acton & consequently continual land partitioning by the Glass factory group. P J Ahlberg. ) . ACTON VILLAGE, Abstract Book L2 Block 14. Ins. 355 Mortgage 2 & 1856. Reg. 4 MAY 1855 Grantee: Richard Hamilton. # 54. Quit claim 25 NOV 1863. Reg. 11 NOV 1864. Richard Hamilton. VILLAGE of ACTON. Copy Book Vol. 11, 8 OCT 1874. (i.e. duplicate copy) Richard Hamilton, Carpenter of Acton. Grantor Wm. Stephenson Registration $50 W1/2 L 28, C3 Township of Esquesing, is now a part of Village of Acton. Original grant from Crown, too faint ...Part of first part & part of second... . 1856-66 Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory Canada West: Carpenter & Builders, Acton. Hamilton, R., carpenter. . 1856 son Richard L Hamilton was living alone in a log cabin near Acton, Esquesing Twp., Ontario, working as a carpenter, no doubt earning money to help support his mother & siblings. In 1864 Alex Hamilton emigrated first to (Ohio) & then Michigan to farm. . Esquesing is a native word for which lies at the end. . 1859 Acton Esquesing Tp., Halton Co., A Telegraph Station on the GTR. . 1861 Jan 25, Enumerated TWICE, > First in Flamborough Twp., 'Family member not present' & > 1861 Agricultural Census Chingoucousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. Richard Hamilton, Con 4, Lot 4, 200 Acres, 110 cultivated, 85 A. in 1860, Orchard/Garden 2 A., Woods 10 A., Farm value $12,000. Fall Wheat 76A /1 bushel., Spring Wheat 20A/6000 bu., Barley, Rye nil, Peas, Oats, Potatoes, Turnips, Hops 20 Acres. [This census is somewhat blurry.] * 1861 Jan 24 - Congregational Church, Halton Co., Georgetown, Jane M McCutcheon, Born & resides Erin Twp., Age 20 /1841, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, married Richard Hamilton, Age 26 / born 1836, Toronto, resides Esquesing Twp., son of Rebecca & James Hamilton. Note2: Brother Alex was witness at his wedding. It is probably that his mother was present at Richard's wedding as she did not emigrate to the US until 1864. . 1861 Jun 15 - MARRIAGE LICENSE. Hamilton, RICHARD, born 'City of Toronto', residing Esquesing Twp., Age 26*, Son of Rebecca & James Hamilton, married McCUTCHEON, Jane M, Age 20 (=1841*), b. Erin, daughter of Mary & Hugh McCutcheon, Wit: Stuart McCutcheon of Erin & Alex Hamilton of Esquesing, Ontario & Married 24 OCT. 1861 at the Congregational Church, Georgetown, Halton Co. Note3: The marriage license is just before his birthday on April 20 when he would be 27 years old. XReference: His mother Rebecca Lawrence Hamilton's Land Grant states Town of York, Residence 1833. . 1866 Toronto Peel Directory: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. James Hamilton: Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5, John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. [i.e. near Acton, Ontario]. . 1869 Prov. of Ont. Gazetteer & Directory Acton: A station on the Grand Trunk Railway, in the Township of Esquesing, County Halton, containing 2 flour mills, 4 sawmills, 2 shingle factories, 1 planing mill, 1 tannery, 1 foundry, 1 cloth factory, 4 churches, 1 common school, 3 hotels. The principal trade is in grain, lumber, cord wood, leather & hops. Land averages from $28 to $35 per acre. Distant from County Town 11 miles, from Toronto, 30 miles, & from Guelph, 14 miles. Money order office. Daily mail. Population, 700. Hamilton, Richard, carpenter. . Hamilton, Richard, Acton, carpenter, Lovell's Business & Professional Directory of the Province of Ontario for 1882, (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1871), page 204. . 1877 Peel Co. Atlas, Chinguacousy S Twp., Richard Hamilton, Farmer, Settled 1831, Brampton Post office, 1877 [deeded from his father?] Mrs. Hamilton, Con 2, NDS, Lot 11, 100 Acres, non-resident 1877, Non Resident; Ada Hamilton, Con 4 E, Lot 2 Chinguacousy South, (now Peel Co.), 50 Acres, Non Resident. Con. 3E, Lot 4, 150 Acres; Con 3E, Lot 3 Con. 4E, Lot 4, 200 Acres Con 4E, Lot 2, 50 Acres, Ada Hamilton, Chinguacousy S, Ada Hamilton [i.e. Hadassah?] James Hamilton Con 4, Lot 1, Chingoucousy Twp.; John Hamilton Con 4, Lot 5 also a John Hamilton Con 6, Lot 25 house. Chinguacousy Twp. Note4: Wages in Upper Canada 1842: Carpenters, 6 s, 10 p. Halifax Currency per diem. Note5: 1855 Transferred by his WILL: Richard Hamilton, Con 4 Lot 4, freeholder, Chinguacousy Twp. Halton. & Note6: Concession 4 East is now located between Bramalea Rd. & Heart Lake Road, Peel Co., it was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon, & the southern half, along with the township of Toronto Gore, joining the town of Brampton. - PJA 2010. ACTON FREE PRESS: . 1875 Aug 27 - The Village Council met last Thursday evening. Petition was presented from J H Smith & others for a drain on Main St. from Mr. Smith's residence to the crossing opposite Richard Hamilton's. Also one from A. Stephenson, R Hamilton & others to have Willow St. graded from the corner opposite the Post Office to the new plow factory.* Both petitions were laid over till next meeting. [*Acton Plow Co., Substantial frame bldg. 22X54 & engine house 21x24 for the mfg. of Stephenson Iron Plow, Machinery cost $7,000.Willow St.] . 1875 Nov 12 - Acton's Progress, Acton has grown more the past 3 years than at any time, during many years of its previous history & the season now closing has probably been productive of a greater number of new buildings & a greater outlay of money than any previous year. . Main Street: Wm. Stephenson - A 1 ½ story frame dwelling, 22 X 30, Gothic front, upright battens, neatly designed, & well finished, at a cost of about $800. Built by RICHARD HAMILTON. . ROBERT AGNEW - ADDITION TO THE DOMINION HOTEL, RICHARD HAMILTON, builder. Cost about $300. 1875 Dec 16 - Acton Municipal: For the Council, we hear several new names mentioned, among them being, Richard Hamilton. We have, however, no positive information from the parties themselves. > 1875 Dec 28, page 1 - Village of Acton, For Reeve, Dr. McGarvin - proposed by F Snyder & R. Hamilton. For Councillors: D D Christie, H J Hall, Ed. Moore - Proposed by R. Hamilton. . Speeches of the Candidates: I am very sorry Mr. Hamilton is going to retire [from the race], as we have always been co-workers in the interest of the village. Glad to see that Acton is keeping her place among the villages of the county, & whether in the Council or out I shall do all in my power to help her to keep that place. > 1875 Dec 30 - Election nominations: Mr D Kennedy said that he was not in the election field himself, but as Mr Hamilton was not present, he spoke a few words in his behalf He taught Mr. Hamilton should be elected. Some good men ought to be in the Council to look after the interests of Main Street better than had been done the past year. - (A printed election ballot to be cut out & filled in:) Election of Members for the Municipal Council for the village of Acton, in the County of Halton, On Monday, the 3rd day of January 1876, 1876 January - For Councillors. #2, HAMILTON, Richard Hamilton, carpenter. . 1876 Dec 7 - Municipal elections will be on. We presume the present Reeve & other members of the Council, with the exception of Mr. Hamilton, will soon be making their obeisance to the elections again. . 1876 Dec 28, Thrus. Village of Acton for Reeve. Dr. McGarvin, proposed by S Snyder & R. Hamilton. Dr. McGarvin has not had much municipal experience, but is an active, energetic man of business & capable of taking charge. . Acton Village Council met on Tuesday evening. Councillors: Duncan Kennedy, Benjamin Nicklin, Thos. Easton, Peter McCass were proposed by R. Hamilton. . 1877 Jan 18, p.3, The last meeting of the old Council was held shortly before noon on Monday, all the embers present except Mr. Hamilton. . 1877 May 3, pg 3, - Mr. Richard Hamilton, ex-councilor of this village, has secured the contract or building & equipping Mr. Beardmore's new tannery at Bracebridge. He will probably be absent all summer. Note7: The following construction was under the direction of Richard Hamilton: . Beardmore's Tannery at Bracebridge. The Bracebridge Gazette of the 27th ult., gives an interesting account of the new tannery premises being erected at that place. The editor of the Gazette mentions having interviewed our friends, Mr. Richard Hamilton, the contractor, & Mr. Z A Hall, the manager, by whom he was courteously received & from who he obtained information concerning the capacity of the building & the process of manufacturing leather: Tan yard, 65X112 ft., one story; leach house & bark shed 84X34 ft. with lean-to, 3 ft; dry house, 61x37ft., 5 stories; sweat pits, stone building, 45x345ft., one story; boiler house 35x45 ft., brick; engine house 14x35ft, brick; in the centre of the engine house there will be a brick chimney, 90 ft high, with a stone foundation 4x14ft, 6ft deep; the chimney being hollow at the bottom, & consisting of inner & outer walls of brick work, but tinselly carried in the solid, as the wall tapers on the outside. There will be 8 coolers, 14x16ft, in the leech house. On the top of them will stand 4 tubs, 14ft. in diameter & 10 feet high. From the engine house to the yard a shaft will cross about 34 ft. long, to work the hide mills & water pumps. Tramways will run from the various buildings to the dry house & store shed, & from the store shed to the wharf. A wire rope to turn the shaft in the dry house & work the hoist, will run from engine house to the dry house - thus the loads of hides will be conveyed to the different stories of the dry house, each floor of which is traversed lengthwise by a trimway working in the centre of hall on either side of which are 5 rooms, each containing 100 sides of leather; the dry house could thus contain, 5,000 hides, though in practice this number will not be reached, because some of the lower stories are occupied by a congress? of steam pipes. About 450 cords of tan back [ Xtree pat??] have been delivered on the piling grounds at opposite sides of the river. . 12 carpenters, 4 masons & an average of 10 laborers are employed on the works, & the whole concern when finished will make so big a hole in $20,000, that the residue will be nowhere. The Beardmore tannery will probably be the largest tannery in Ontario & certainly the model tanner in the Dominion. - . - . 1877 May 10 - Complementary Supper: On the eve of Mr. Zolman hall's departure from Acton, a number of his friends assembled at the Dominion Hotel to honor him with a complimentary supper, as a token to the universal esteem in which he is held in this his native place. ... removing to Bracebridge. The party comprised a large number of our most prominent citizens, ... Richard Hamilton. Mr. Hall responded warmly. . 1878 Feb 28 - We are pleased to see Mr. Richard Hamilton has recovered from his late illness enough to him to return to Acton from Bracebridge. He arrived home on Monday evening. . 1881 Oct 20 - Eramosa Fall Fair: Rockwood, last Thursday, Successful exhibitors: Agricultural Productions, Class 11, Grain etc. Indian corn: R. Hamilton. . 1882 Jul 13 - Richard Hamilton - Assessment from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot Block 1 the owner. Court of Revision met on the 5th ins. The following changes were made in the Assessment Roll: 9. Richard Hamilton - Assessment reduced from $1100 to $800 on pt. lot block 1, is owner. . 1882 Dec 28 - Richard Hamilton - nominated by Wm. Hemstreet, 2nd by A A Secord, Sr.; H.W. Storey, Nominated by Richard Hamilton. For Councillors: R. Hamilton. > 1883 Mar 15, p3 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Acton, who is to take charge of the building department of J. McMillan & Co.'s, Lumbering Mill, has moved into Erin. - Reported in the Erin Advocate. . 1883 May 31, p3 - Mr. R Royce has moved into the residence on Main Street, recently purchased from Mr. R. Hamilton. . 1884 Mar 6 - Acton, Messers. R. Hamilton & C Walker, of Erin, were in town on Monday. . 1887 Oct 20 , Thursday - A large number of citizens attended the World's Fair at Erin yesterday. ( ! ) . Erin show yesterday was a great success. The weather was delightful & visitors crowded in swarms. The village didn't begin to accommodate the people. The reputation of this far-farmed exhibition has been fully sustained. . 1887 Dec 11 - Mr. Richard Hamilton, of Erin as in town (Acton) yesterday. . . 1888 Feb 9 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were visiting friends this week. Mr & Mrs. Chas. H. Walker, of Erin, visiting friends in Acton last week. > 1889 Oct 17, Erin, Mr. Richard Hamilton has just returned from visiting all over Michigan & other parts of the States, meeting relatives he had not seen in about 33 years. [i.e. since 1856!] Page 2 as copied from the [Erin] Advocate. . 1896 Jun 1, Mr Richard Hamilton, of Erin, a former resident of Acton is preparing the plank for the new vats at the tannery. He has put in nearly all the vats at the tanner for 30 years. [reprinted 1916.16.1] . 1897 Feb 11 - Mr & Mrs Richard Hamilton, Erin, were in town yesterday. * 1897 Mar 4, Thrus. - During the recent fire in Erin, the store & residence of our old friend, Mr. Richard Hamilton narrowly escaped destruction. . 1897 Apr 29- Mr. Richard Hamilton was last week elected to the Village Council, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Mr JD Leitch, CPR Agent. . 1901 Jul 18, Richard Hamilton was a pall bearer for Acton resident Wm Masales, Lot 1, Con 5 Erin, Masales was b 1828. For over 30y was a leather roller at the sole leather tanner on Main St. & a Deacon of the Disciples of Christ. . 1919 Jun 12 John Bell, age 82 [b1828] of Centreville, PA. visits Acton after 57y., recounting reminiscence . Mr all was born in Belfast Ireland, in 1841 he settled on town line between Erin & Eramosa, just above Crewsons Corners. After the ware the family settled in the old region in Pennsylvania.He remembers most distinctly well known citizens John & Sam Speight & Richard Hamilton & others. In his young manhood Mr Bell learned the trade of carpenter & freed. He & the late Richard Hamilton built numbers of the buildings in Acton & vin city. They built the store on the site of the Second Block, south side of Mill St for Mr Benzie, this store was burned down about 50 years ago. He wished Acton continued success. Ref: Acton Free Press. . 1899 Wellington Co. Directory, Hamilton, Richard, grocer. Population 700. . ACTON'S EARLY DAYS: At the corner of Mill & River Streets occupied part of the site of John Holt was old woollen mill. It was built by Richard Hamilton, on of the best carpenters Acton ever had. He built it for his own residence about 70 years ago [1869]. He previously built the residence on Fairview Avenue, near Fairview Cemetery. After living there for a short time he sold that house to David Williamson, who lived there from shortly after his marriage until he went over to the Malcolm McPherson farm in Nassagaweya. Richard Hamilton lived in the brick house a good many years. ... The late George Beardmore thought no one in the community could put in (tannin) vats equal to Richard Hamilton. Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton's only daughter (only child) married Mr. Charles Henry Walker, manufacturer, of Erin Village, & the family sold out their interests in Acton & moved to Erin. Mr. Hamilton went into the grocery business there & continued until his death [in 1909]. . Crossing River Street, which was opened when Acton Plow Company's works were built, we come to the Acton Creek. The source of this splendid stream is the spring on the third line, a little over a mile to the north, where it comes from the rock. The creek flows through the Near property, supplying the trout ponds & hatchery ...across Main Street into Fairy Lake which covers 88 acres. Many a trout have I caught in the bed of the creek when it meandered among the willows. Many a dozen speckled beauties have I seen caught in the big mill pond from flat-bottomed boats or long rafts. Ref: Acton Free Press, 1939. Hamilton family photo available c 1895 Erin. [1887Jan13 - Mr H Ramshaw, formerly of Acton is fishing up a photograph business in Erin. (returned to Action by 1898) & 1892 May 12. A Brampton photographer has commenced weekly visits to Erin.] Ref: Acton Free Press. . 1902 May 22. Obituary: Mrs. James Brown, Ruth Ann Hall, eldest daughter of Asa Hall, Esq., Born 1841 in Acton. Her husband lived 14y. on Lot 1, Con 4, Erin, where he operated a saw mill. Friends from a distance were in attendance: Mr. Richard Hamilton & (his daughter), Mrs. C W. Walker, Erin. Ref: Acton Free Press. History of the Acton House Richard Hamilton built: . 1926 Nov 18 - Old Times Along the New Highway: Beside the home of stone mason Malcom Kennedy's the wee cottage with a history. It was built by John Hold when he erected the Wollen Mills on the lot where M. J H Reid's fine brick residence now stands. Mr & Mrs Sidney Smith reside there while there palatial residence was being erected. It is known as Fairview Place for the past 50 or 60 years, Mrs C S Smith livered their most of her married life & where she passed away last spring. > > > The fine home of James H Reid, at the corner of Main & River Streets, was erected by the late Richard Hamilton, carpenter & contractor, for himself & his wife & Miss Ella, their daughter. It was a perfect piece of construction & when built was regarded as one of the best houses in this country. Mr & Mrs Hamilton resided there until Richard gave up his contracting work & more to Erin, where he went into the grocery business. Mr Robt. Royce purchased the property when Mr & Mrs Hamilton & daughter removed from Acton. Mr Royce's daughter, Mrs Orr was left alone through the removal of her children to make their way in life. After them, James H Reid, a retired farmer purchased the property & for the last 12 or 15 years has made this home. Mr. Reid has kept the place as neat as a new pin all the time. River Street was at one time the site of the Mill race & flume from the dam to the Wollen Mills.When Acton Plow Co. was established, over where the Hydro Power Station & Mason Kitting Works are now, the course of the stream was diverted &the old mill race was discarded & River St. opened.The fine old car pine timbers of Plow Factory went up in smoke when the factory was destroyed by fire 30 years ago [1901].50 years ago I saw many shoal of speckled trout & under the old log bridge there I caught my fear share of them under the grass banks further down steam. On the north side of stream there was a saw mill on the Smith property. I remember when lumber was sawn there. Between the old mill & stone house, there was at one time a carriage shop of Tom Easton. Other houses on Main street were the first brick cottage built by Charlie Holmes, Royal Exchange Hotel (now Bank of NS & Patterson's Meat Market). Wm. Overton's blacksmith, the old school lane, Smith's Shingle Factory, Store Glove Leather Tannery. Mary is calling me to dinner. I must go. Signed, The Red Man McCutcheon. Acton History Contd. Across Ransom Street (now Fairview Ave) from the Cook Homestead: Richard Hamilton built a fine frame house of attractive design shortly after he was married, about 80 years ago. dick Hamilton, was on of the best carpenters ever had in Action. This house he regarded with much pride. It was one of the finest houses the village then possess, but he didn't live there long. He took a fancy to but a brick house for a home down town & shortly after the Acton Plow Co. was organized in 1874 & bought the old Holt Mill property & part of the Sidney Smith frontage on Main St., he bought from the Company the lot at the corner of Main & River Streets & but his new home. It was a fine brick house this time & still stands there in good state of repair. James H reed is the present owner. It was the 5th or 6th brick house erected in Action. David Williamson & his bride resided there next, as well as Wilson Ramshaw for quite a time. Next to Hamilton was Esra Adams. by, The Old Man of the Big Clock Tower (regular column) in Acton Free Press, published 1937.11.25.	HAMILTON, Richard Lawrence (I89)
21450	Richard Lawrence Hamilton, Part THREE, Life in Old Ontario . PIONEERS of OLD ONTARIO: One of the great privations at the beginning was in the long intervals between regular religious observances. I remember when we were crossing the ocean, William Hunter, who afterwards settled in Chinguacousy, came to our quarters & had prayers with us every night & morning. After we arrived at our new home the first regular services were held by the Rev. Mr. McMurchy, who came over from Eldon township for the purpose. John Gunn, father of the founders of Gunn's Limited, was a volunteer helper. He made a regular practice of reading Scriptures & praying with the old people of the settlement, who, owing to growing infirmities, were unable to attend the regular church services that were held. Daniel Cameron was another who helped in this same way. When church services were held, people travelled as much as 30 miles to take part, said Angus McDougall, the son of the speaker. I have known them, even in my time, to come in lumber-wagons from as far as Sutton on the south, Uptergrove? on the north & Woodville on the west to the old stone church at Beaverton. Their earnestness was shown not only in the distance they travelled but in the patience with which they sat through services lasting from eleven o'clock till four, while their simple faith & devout thankfulness were voiced in the Psalms which filled the old church with a stern melody. Duncan Gillespie was the precentor. He read the Psalms line by line & then led the congregation as they sang in praise & thanksgiving. The favourite Psalms were the 103 & 123rd. … . A CHINGUACOUSY VILLAGE: Few men witnessed more varying stages of the pioneer period than did Abraham Campbell, whom I met at Lot 28 on the first concession of Chinguacousy in July, 1899. Mr. Campbell spent his life on the farm on which he was born when Chinguacousy was the farthest settlement north of the lake. As a child & youth he saw other pioneers pass his door on their way to the virgin forests of Dufferin, Grey & Bruce. He was witness of the annual summer pilgrimage of the men from the newer lands of the north to the older settlements of the south in search of employment in which they might earn bread for the winter. As the forests of the northland were pushed back before the attack of the axe-men, he viewed the winter procession of teams by which the grain of the north country was hauled toward lake ports. To all this Mr. Campbell was able to add what his father had told him of days prior to the period covered by his own recollection, the period when even the Niagara district was young. His father as a youth was at Queenston Heights, Stoney Creek & Lundy's Lane & one of the most prized possessions of the Campbell homestead, when I was there in 1899, was an iron pot,18 inches in diameter, captured from the American forces at Stoney Creek & still doing duty in the Campbell homestead over eighty years later. Ref: WHEN OAKVILLE RIVALED TORONTO 1879. Mr. Campbell's father & 6 brothers took up 1000 in Chinguacousy about 1820, after having journeyed from the old family home in Lincoln County by an ox-team. From Cooksville to their locations, the way led over a road made through the bush with their own axes. A quarter of a century later Campbell's Cross, on the highway connecting north & south, was a scene of bustling life." There was a tavern there containing 18 rooms," said Mr. Campbell, "& in those rooms I have known 20 or 30 people to be accommodated over night. As late as two o'clock in the morning I have seen the bar-room so full of people that one could not get near the bar itself. There were three stores in the village at that time & they were all busy places. Whence did the business come? Largely from the north country, which by that time had begun to produce a surplus. I have seen as many as one hundred teams arrive with grain in a single day. Part of the grain was bought by local merchants & teamed by them to Port Credit for shipment by water. Some of the farmers hauled their own grain all the way to the lake port. " Teaming this grain was real labour. Between Chinguacousy & the north, hauling was possible only in winter & even then 25 to 30 bushels made a load. In coming down the Caledon mountain it was necessary to put a drag on the sleighs. Those who did their own teaming to Toronto or Port Credit frequently used ox-teams & sleighs to Campbell's Cross & then borrowed wagons for the journey to Toronto. On some of these journeys the snow was up to the backs of the oxen when north of the Caledon mountain, [Hwy. 10/ Hurontario St., Halton Co. - PJA], - while south of our place the animals wallowed to their bellies in slush & mud. Some of these northern farmers came from as far back as Owen Sound with grass seed, venison & pork for sale, the round trip occupying well over a week. At times the nights were spent in the bush while sleet or rain beat in through the partial covering afforded by the forest. But the people were happy with it all. Return cargoes usually consisted of groceries & a half-barrel of whiskey & as long as the latter kept the interior warm, exterior cold did not matter much to the hardy men of that day. "At the period covered by my earliest recollection bears & wolves were common in Chinguacousy. I have more than once seen cows come home with flanks & udders so badly torn that the animals had to be killed. During the 'thirties, 'forties & 'fifties, the father of Kenneth Chisholm, who for years represented Peel in the Legislature, made staves from the oaks that covered a good deal of the township. The staves were hauled to the Credit by oxen, floated down the stream to the Port & thence shipped to England. About 1860, while I was assisting in removing an old oak stump, we unearthed a tool that had been used in splitting staves. "One of my earliest election recollections is connected with the contest in which Colonel Ed. Thompson defeated William Lyon Mackenzie in the year before the Rebellion [1837]. That was the most exciting electoral battle we ever had. The electors of Caledon, Chinguacousy & Toronto townships all went to Streetsville to vote. The polls remained open for a week or two & for most of that time my father was engaged in hauling Tories to the voting place. On the last day of polling five or six teams were massed &, headed by bagpipes, took the last of the voters to the poll. When Oakville rivaled Toronto: Robert W. Brock, whom I met at Belfountain about the same time that 1 had the interview with Mr. Campbell, gave some further information of early days in Peel & Dufferin. "At the time of my earliest recollections," Mr. Brock said, "the Centre Road had displaced the first concession of Chinguacousy was the leading highway to the north. In the late 'sixties, I have seen that road black with teams & traffic going on day & night. This continued until the old narrow gauge T. GK & B. was built to Owen Sound & markets were opened at Orangeville, Shelburne & Dundalk. Then the glory of Churchville & Streetsville began to wane. Ref: When Oakville Rivaled Toronto, 1879. - - -	HAMILTON, Richard Lawrence (I341)