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3501	. 1940 Oct 25 - Affidavit Uncle Charles Augustus Tompkins of Vancouver to the birth of Jocee Annie Nicholson on 27 Jul 1886. I am the Uncle of the said person & lived on a farm very near to the farm where she was born: that I was on intimate terms with her family a the time of her birth: and although i was not present at her birth, I aw the said child with a few days thereafter and was informed at the time and fully believe that she was born at the place and date mentioned. that both the parents of aid person are dead that I am uncle of such person: that I am 15 years her senior in age. Signed. Charles August Tompkins, 2316-6th Ave W, Vancouver, British Columbia, 17 Oct 1940. - - -	NICHOLSON, Joicee Annie (I1421)
3502	. 1942 Apr 27 - World War II Draft Registration Born Sept 10, 1892, Benton Harbor, Mich. Res. 304 SH, Wellington, Sumner Co., Kansas, Occupation Boeing, Wichita, Kansas. Relative: Mrs Adella Harper, St. John, Kasas. Height 5 ft. 11, Gray eyes, Brown hair, Complexion light. - - -	TEETZEL, Clyde Wesley (I1006)
3503	. 1942 May 29 - Patients. Billy Eoff, son of Mrs Harry Eoff of Bradshaw ave., underwent an appendectomy today in City hospital. Ref: Evening Review newspaper, East Liverpool, Ohio. - - -	EOFF, William Walker (I486)
3504	. 1942? Apr 26 - WWII Draft Registration David S Montgomery, Aug 28, 1878, Toronto Res. 299 Caroline St, Montre, Rochester, NY. Age 63, Employed at Whitmore Rauber & Vicinus. Contact: Gordon Montgomery, 36 Finch St. Height 5 ft 4 inches, Brown eyes & Hair, Ruddy complexion. - - -	MONTGOMERY, David Stillwell Jr. (I1498)
3505	. 1943 Might's Greater Toronto Directory Felker, Fred, presser Felker Bros, h 117 Mulock Ave. Tel JU 6739 Felker, Violet E, hand folder, Eaton Crane & Pike, res. 117 Mulock Qve. Tel JU6739; . 1950, Felker, Violet E, Suprvsr, Easton Crane & Pxx	FELKER, Violet Elizabeth (I164)
3506	. 1944 Apr 18 - boys in the Service: Tech Sgt. Billy L stilton, son of AJ stilton of Pyote, has been awarded the Air Meal for service in the 13 AAF i the pacific war theater. Sergeant Sitton was graduated from Pyote high school & jointed the AAF in Sept 1942 as an engineer & gunner on a B24. A younger brother, Fred Sitton, who was graduated rom the college of Mines in El Paso last September, has enlisted n the Merchant marines & is stationed in NY. Ref: Abilene Reporter News, Texas. - - -	SITTON, William Lee BILLY .4 (I242)
3507	. 1945 Aug 21 - Infant daughter of Sgt. & Mrs Edwin F Hazen born prematurely, was burned Saturday afternoon at the Eau Claire cemetery. The Coloma Methodist minister gave a prayer service at the grove. Mrs Hazen, the former Judy Stolfo of Coloma, & now of 373 Territorial rd. is recuperating from a fall, sustained while at Sister Lakes. She is an employe of the local A & P store. Sgt.Edwin Hazen is at San Angelo, Texas. Ref: News Palladium newspaper. Benton Harbor. MI. - - -	HAZEN, Baby Girl (I2821)
3508	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I92)
3509	. 1946 May 5 - Monahans. Joe Far, owner of Farr hardware & Furniture Co. here & a Veteran of World War II, was elected present of the Rotary Club for next year. Other officers elected by the Monahans club are R B Rawlins, VP, & Cicero Sitton, directors. VERIFY complete transcription: . 1934 Jul 27, Ciero Sitton made a business trip to Jal, Wednesday Ref: Monahans News, p5. . 1952 Aug 22 - Out of town visitors included: Cicero Sitton. Ref: Odessa American newspaper, Texas. - - -	SITTON, Cicero Squires .2 (I86)
3510	. 1946 Sep 14, News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Michigan Home for her first visit in 35 years [1911], Mrs. Sadie Teetzel Locke, member of a prominent early day family, found little that she could recognize left in the community where she had spent the first 13 years of her life. [b. 1898.] Mrs. Locke, guest for a few days this week of her niece, Mrs. John Fricke, & family, of 996 Colfax avenue, lived here in the period when horse cars operated between the twin cities & the horse and carriage were the popular mode of travel. Sadie Teetzel, as she was then known, her parents, the late George & Fannie Teetzel, a sister, Hattie, & a brother, Charles, made their home on Colfax avenue, just south of today's location of the Nina Easton Beauty salon, a region which was then woodland. The face of downtown Benton Harbor has changed entirely, according to the visitor. The few buildings of her day, which are still in existence, she says, have been so remodeled to to make identification impossible. The recalled the Bell block, which she pointe out, has changed completely in appearance. This week's visitor is a niece of the late Charles Teetzel, Benton Harbor's leading early day jeweler. She left here when a young girl & 35 years ago paid the city her last previous visit. Since moving from here, her home has been in Carthage. N.Y. Her brother, Charles, lived with her in Carthage until his death 7 years ago. He sister, Hattie, is also so dead. Her parents, she stated, are buried in the Teetzel family lot in Morton Hill cemetery. Mrs. Locke returned east on Wednesday. A son & daughter reside in Syracuse. N.Y. Ref: News Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor, MI. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	TEETZEL, Sadie (I1547)
3511	. 1947 Apr 24 -Congratulations to Mr Mrs McCutcheon on the arrival of a young daughter last Friday. Ref: Acton Free Press, p 4, column 1 . 1974 Jan 3 - Churchill, Visits : Guests on Sunday with Mr & Mrs. Norman Turner, David & Juliann were Norman's mother Mrs H G Turner, North Bay, Mr & Mrs Thomas Gadd of Georgetown, Diane Christinsen, Toronto; & Mrs Murdo McCutcheon & Muriel of Acton. Ref: Acton Free Press. - - -	MCCUTCHEON, Muriel (I152)
3512	. 1947 Jul 30 - Leslie Clan Hold 11 Family Reunion, On Saturday, July 26 at the beautiful home of Mr & Mrs. Wilfred Leslie, Jr. Georgetown, the 11th reunion of the Leslie can was held, 151 Enjoyed dinner. John Leslie, b. Co. Tyrone, Ireland, settled L 22, 10th Line, Esquesing in 1891. Present: Mr & Mrs J L Stewart, Mr & Mrs Elmer Johnston, Dorothy Johnston, Roy Johnston, Mrs. Charlotte McDonald of Hamilton. Mr & Mrs Richard Johnson, Mrs. Basin Johnston, Mr. Elwood Johnston. Ref: Georgetown Herald. . 1943 Jan 21 Rockwood: Death of Mrs. Kinnace. Pallbearers: Roy Johnston, Acton at the funeral held Monday at the home of Mr. & Mrs Geo Bolton. Ref: Acton Free Press. . 1970 Mar 25 - Acton's Mr & Mrs Roy Johnston have completed their 3 week vacation which they & Mrs. Johnston's mother, Mrs Rose Dyer, spent in Florida recently. Ref: Acton Free Press - - -	JOHNSTON, William ROY .6 (I1231)
3513	. 1949 Oct 27 - A small fire was checked by firemen before it got a good start because a bus driver, late for work, took a short cut down an alley. Donald Crowley, driver for the South Shore Line, while driving his bus down the Wall & Main streets alley, spotted some pouring from the rear of the Candyland Cafe, 152 Main St. Fireman summed out at 6:30 am. said the fire was cause by hot clinkers burning through a metal container into an upstairs wooden floor. Only minor damage was reported. Ref: News Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor. - - -	CROWLEY, DONald A (I1807)
3514	. 1954 Aug 17 - A pair of new shoes was blamed for a fall last Friday which confined Russell Stolto, 15,to his home at 566 Britain avenue with a badly swollen ankle today. Russell, the son of Mrs Judy Hazen, was visiting his grandmother, Mrs Alan Lewis [nee Etta Marie Osborn] in her apartment at 373 Territorial road. When he left, his ew shoes, rubber soled, caught near the head of the stair, & the youth tumbled down one flight. X-rays even been taken of the injured member, & a visit to the doctor was on schedule for today. . 1956 Feb 21 - Presbyterian Benton Harbor congregational & Trinity Luther chuch league youth division round robin basketball tournament. Led by Russell Stolfo, scoring 16 points. . 1958 Dec 26 - Engagement Announced Mr MrsRoland Dansfield, 2412 Niles ave., St. Joseph, announced the engagement of their daughter, Judith Diane, to Russell Earl Stolfo, son of Mrs Russell Crowe. He is presently serving with the US Navy as 3/c petty officer on the aircraft carrier USS Anteitam. Photo. . Russell Stolfo, 529 Winchester avenue, St. Joseph, reported to Benton Harbor police that he lost his billfold containing about $60 & identification papers Friday night between the Britain avenue Pipestone street intersection in Benton Harbor & Whittlesey Ave, St. Joseph. Ref: News Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor. Obituary: Russell E. Stolfo, born March 12, 1939 - May 27, 2014, Dowagiac, Michigan Tribute & Message From The Family: Russell was born on March 12, 1939 & passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Russell was a resident of Dowagiac, Michigan at the time of his passing. A memorial service with military rites will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the Coloma United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Berrien County Humane Society. Ref: City Newspaper, Ohio. - - -	STOLFO, Russell (I1699)
3515	. 1957 May 3, Friday - Obituary: Big Rapids, Robert F McCutcheon died Thursday at the home of Mr Mrs John Dumon in Big Rapids with who he had made his home for the past 12 years. He had operated a fruit orchard for many years. He was 73. { = 1884] Funeral services will be held at 2pm Saturday. Burial in Highland view Cemetery. Ref: Grand Rapids Herald. - - -	MCCUTCHEON, ROBert Fulton (I1470)
3516	. 1962 & 63 Toronto City Directory, Felker, Mrs Caroline, Order picker CCM, h 6 Saskatoon Dr., Etobicoke Caroline & John met at a dance in Toronto just after the war. Caroline was a wonderful gentle lady who would always laugh at John's jokes & pranks. One time he put baby toads in the shower waiting for Caroline's return home from shift work at CCM on Lawrence Ave. W. (Cdn. Cycle & Motor Co.) John & Caroline would often go the Waterloo Farmer's market & bring back fresh produce to Toronto. They would play cards & scrabble with their Aunts Mary, Winn & Rub' Walker. - PJ Ahlberg. Felker, Caroline, Passed away peacefully on Fri. Mar 2, 2007 in her 82 year. Loving wife of the late John felker. Caroline will be great missed by all her family & friends. donations to the Cdn Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. Ref: Toronto Star newspaper. - - -	BUTTEE, Caroline (I419)
3517	. 1966 Mar 1, Rockwood, 4H Girls Project. Mrs Edgar Johnston gave a most interesting paper on how to make a perfect pie. A number of delicious pie recipes were read & written down by the ladies for later use. The only drawback was the frightening number of calories confined in each.	ROOT, Marion (I3029)
3518	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I160)
3519	. 1967 - FORTY YEARS AGO Fred Hawes, a resident of Bolton for the past 8 years, has opened Bolton Paint & Wallpaper Centre in the former William McCabe Barber Shop at 8 King Street West. Mary Shaw will be associated with Hawes in the operation of the business. Fire partly destroyed the Fibre Soap factory on Timothy Street, Bolton. It is located next door to the Bolton Fire Hall & owned by Edwin Meredith. Ref: Bolton Enterprise Newspaper., published 2.8.2007. . 1976 Oct 27 - Predeceased by his wife Marjorie & their daughter, Beverly, he is survived by his son-in-law Spurgeon Buder and grandsons Paul and David, Moorestown, N.J. Ref: Bolton Enterprise Newspaper. - - -	MEREDITH, Edwin Roy Clifford (I1662)
3520	. 1967 Jan 15: photo of Fred Phipps, page 40 Lansing State Journal.	PHIPPS, Frederik W (I1352)
3521	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I1141)
3522	. 2005 Mar 26 Obituary Della Wilson McCall, 89, the 12th child of John David & Hattie Jane Fansler Wilson, was born Oct. 12, 1915, at Big Piney near Huggins. She died March 26, 2005, at the Kabul Nursing Home at Cabool. She spent her childhood in the Plum Valley community where she attended school. At age 17, she & her sister, Sylvia, attended a Pentecostal revival at Racket Ridge Church. She met a young man, Cleo McCall, who wanted to take "that gal" home. They were married April 6, 1934. During their 54-year marriage they had 4 children. In 1945, the McCalls moved to Cabool from Bucyrus and joined the First Baptist Church in Cabool. They hauled milk for Producers Creamery. Mr. McCall was a contract mail carrier. Mrs. McCall retired from Bauer Brothers Shoe Factory in the mid '70s. After retirement, they enjoyed fishing, gardening & camping. They made several trips to Alaska to visit her brother, Herb. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; 11 brothers & sisters, Grace Hutsell, Olin Wilson, Doris W. Wilson, Herbert Wilson, Faye Sanders, Mae Harral, Jack Wilson, Sylvia Harral & 3 infant siblings. Surviving are her 4 children, Darlene Lawrence of Harrison, Ark., Maxine Hamilton a& Wendall McCall of Cabool & Bonnie Nichols of Arlington, Texas; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren & 2 great-great-grandchildren. Services were March 29 at the First Baptist Church in Cabool with the Rev. David Purichia officiating. Burial was in the Cabool Cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Gentry-Carder Funeral Home of Cabool. - - -	WILSON, Florence DELLA .2 (I275)
3523	. 2011 Mar 26 - Bonnie Jean Moffett Jan. 7, 1925 - Mar. 18, 2011 Resident of Knightsen. Bonnie Jean (Roszel) Moffett, 86, entered into rest on Friday, March 18, 2011, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, due to heart disease. Bonnie was born on January 7, 1925, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Roy & Lael Roszel. She was the oldest of 7 siblings; Bill, Dutch, Gene, Faye, Pat & Patsy, with whom she kept a close, loving relationship for her entire life. Bonnie was a very proud member of the Retail Clerks Union for over 30 years. She was a devoted employee of various grocery stores, & still managed to raise her four children. Her favorite pastimes included working the word jumble puzzle in the morning newspaper, & watching Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy & Law & Order SVU. Bonnie is survived by her husband, Hubert (Duke) Moffett; daughters Linda Thompson & Carla Danielson; step-daughter Sharon Key & son-in-law Bob Key; grandchildren Jennifer, Jason, Nick, Kristy, Michael & Christopher; great-grandchildren Britney, Jason, Justin, Anthony, Lola, Ava, Krista, Tianna & Connor. Bonnie was preceded in death by her sons, David Lee Alvey, Mark Edward Alvey; & step-son Charles Paul Moffett. The family wishes to thank the nurses at Sutter Delta Hospital Emergency Room, whose devotion to the care & comfort of our Bonnie always amazed us; you hold a special place in our hearts. Memorial graveside service to be pending. Ref: Contra Costa Times & findagrave.com. - - -	ROSZEL, Bonnie Jean (I707)
3524	. 2016 Sep 21, Wednesday. Passed away peacefully at Oakville Trafalgar Hospital at the age of 76. Predeceased by his parents Orville & Susie Burton. Loving father of Jennifer, Jeffrey & Julia & will be fondly remembered by their mother Jo-Ann. Proud grandpa of Jake & Katie. Much loved bother of Anna Sherdown & Lenore Burton. He will be greatly missed by all his nieces & nephews. Asper his wishes, cremation has taken lace. A Celebration of Life will be held at a a later date. Donations may be made to the Alzheimers Society. Ref: Toronto Star Newspaper. - - -	BURTON, William Robert (I2867)
3525	. 25 Oct 1924 Battle Creek, Michigan Marriage Registration Virginia Ransome, b 1906., Mi, Res. White Indian Rocks, Florida, d/o Alice Hamilton & Kenneth Ransom Married Aksel G Olsen, b 1894 Denmark, Chemist, Res. 72 Fremont, Battle Creek, MI, s/o Marie Nelson & Chris Olsen. Married by Carleton Brooks Miller, Congregational Minister, Wit: Frances Redner & J Arthur Redner. - - -	RANSOM, Gretchen Virginia (I1783)
3526	. 28 Aug 1754, Baptized Elizabeth, Daughter of John & Anne Lawrence. Register of St. Mary's Church Burlington, NJ. . Zion, St. Paul & Other Early Lutheran Churches: The Society & its valuable collections ... Approx. 800 children visited the Exhibit on the Children's Days. The costume Exhibit was a center of great interest through the entire month. One charming dress that was worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Capt. James Lawrence...War of 1812, 'Don't give up the ship.... Miss Lawrence. NJ Vol. 12, cont'd. published 1927. Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, inherited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard, hrough her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge John Lawrence. Ref: Loyalists of NJ in the Revolution. . WILL of Ann Brooks Leonard: to Granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence £200 when she is of age, provided she continue under the care of my daughter Rachel Sarjant or live in such other place as my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachel Sarjant, Elizabeth Goelet or my Executor think proper. . So we see by this bequest, that after her mother died, the young Elizabeth Lawrence was in the care of her Aunt Rachel Leonard Sarjant. Years later, Elizabeth would raise her half-brother, James Lawrence. . From her grandfather Capt. Samuel Leonard, Elizabeth received land. . Michael Kearney & Francis Kearney (Kearny), both of Amboy bound to William Franklin, Governor, £500 30 June 1774. Michael Kearney obtained license of marriage for himself & for Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington... [w] Robt Burchan. Ref: NJ Early Marriages #382. . Mrs. Michael Kearny (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perth Amboy & the literary world of her day as "Madam Scribblerus." She sometimes signed, herself "Pinderina," in the romantic fashion of the period, when writing to the press or to her intimate friends, who included the most prominent people of culture in the young republic...was a daughter of Judge Lawrence, of Burlington, & a half-sister of Captain James Lawrence ... During her girlhood she had spent several winters in Philadelphia, & in the first years of her marriage she made two or three journeys there to visit old friends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle. . (continues with some of poetry & more biography.) . One biography says that James Lawrence was born in Burlington, but raised in Woodbury, NJ. His mother Martha Tallman died when he was an infant, leaving his half-sister, Elizabeth to raise him. Elizabeth under her nom de plume, Madame Scribblerus wrote of her brother James Lawrence: My brave, brave Jim's a sailor Jack Upon the treacherous sea - A sailor who loves poetry All taught to him by me. At the time of his death in a naval battle, brother Capt. James Lawrence was concerned with his two widowed sisters & their children. Elizabeth & Ann Lawrence had looked after James when he was a child. Elizabeth also spoke French. All of which speaks to the excellent education & culture encouraged by her parents Alice Leonard & John Brown Lawrence - PJA . Perhaps the most noted mansion in Elizabethtown proper is Boxwood Hall, the home of Elias Boudinot, the President of the Continental Congress, & who as such signed, the treaty of peace with Great Britain at the close of the Revolution. He founded the American Bible Society. He married Hannah Stockton. She was a poetess, & quite a noted one in her day, her odes to famous people rivaling the like productions of Miss Lawrence, of Burlington, the half-sister of Captain Lawrence, of "Don't give up the Ship" fame. The Loyalist: of New Jersey in the Revolution, MICHAEL KEARNY, Jr. A merchant in Perth Amboy, the brother of Major Francis Kearny & born there Nov., I751. He was imprisoned for his loyalty for 6 months in 1776-'7. He was the owner of 2 farms on the banks of the Raritan river. For 5 years he served as a volunteer in New York, first in a Company formed in 1778 by Captain Williams & afterwards in the Militia Volunteers. He served also as searcher of imports & exports in New York. He returned to Perth Amboy at the close of the War. His wife, Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, in­herited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard, through her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge John Lawrence. This Loyalist was the owner of the boat "York," which was impressed into the American service and used in capturing the vessel "Blue Mountain Valley." (Force, "Am. Archives," Ser. IV, Vol. IV, p. 1492)'. He died Feb. 24, 1791. He had 9 children, one of whom was Commodore Lawrence Kearny, who died Nov. 29, 1868. Ref: A. O. 13:12; A. O. 12:14, it., 213-229; A. 0. 122101, f. 340; ]ones's "St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy," pp. 348, 35 as recorded in Loyalist of NJ. . Kearny Cottage. Mrs Michael Kearny, (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perthy Amboy as Madam Scribblerus. she sometimes signed herself Pindrina. this interesting figure, whose little rush light of renew long ago flickered out, was a daughter of Judge Lawrence of Burlington. During her girlhood she had spent several winter in Philadelphia & in the first years of her marriage she made 2 or 3 journeys there to visit old fiends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle. Madam Scibblerus was a frequent contributor to the Time Piece, tribute-weekly literacy journal conducted by Philip French in NYC. Her beloved Michael died a few years before & she had no desire to don her rich pink brocade wedding grow & appear again in society. Upon every anniversary of his departure from this life she dedicated poems of 2 or 300 verse to his memory. In the last ears of 18 century, curing our breach with France, Madam Scribblerus conceived a violet version for everything French. Ref: Historic houses of NJ, W J Mills, 1902. Abbreviated, a few of her poems may be found here. - PJA . Kearney Cottage. Historical House. Built in 1780, Elizabeth Lawrence Kearney, or Madame Scribblerus, taught her half-brother, Captain James Lawrence the love of poetry. Kearney Cottage now owned by the Perth Amboy Historical Society, has been moved from its former location in Perth Amboy in June 1838 to Catalpa St., Hayes Park. . 1800 Dec 20, St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, paid to Rev. Mr. Cotton until Easter next: Elizabeth Kearny, $4. paid. . 1802 Oct 30 - Died Intestate, Granted.1830.10.30 . John Kearney, Administrator with named, sworn, says that Elizabeth Kearny died without a WILL as far as he knows & verily believes, he will truly administer all goods, chattels & cries the said deceased shall some to his hands & make an inventory of same. . Signed, Jno Kearny, sworn before M W White, Surrogate, on 28 Jul, 1802. $400 Jul 28. [ misc. remark] . Letter of Administration Form: Wit. Signed, Elizabeth Kearny, NY City, & John Heard, Revaud Kearny, Esqs., Witnesses of NJ State. John Kearny, Administrator in Goods, Chattels, & Credits of Elizabeth Kearny, late of Middlesex Co. . Inventory of Goods & Merchandise non-movable of Michael Keany, Perth Amoy, Middlesex Co, deceased. - cash $x95,55 [ink blotch], Some extracted items: Silver items: 1 Tanker, pink mug, creamer, soup spoon, 16 table spoons, 11 tea spoons = $93. - 3 bed bolsters & pillows, 10 pair sheets, 4 blankets, 3 box quilt, 1 rug, 13 Windsor chairs, 1 corn mill, 1 spinning mill, 2 lamps & stock, 2 time glasses & one magongany with brackets @.25¢, 3 dozen empty bottles, 1 hog @$3., etc, Total $586.80. by John Heard, appraiser. page 499. Ref: NJ Wills & Probate Records, Middlesex Co., 98571-9931, Liber 40, fol. 152, p490-9. [Estate of husband Michael Kearny follows next after Eliz. Kearny]. . It is believed that the Kearny papers were obtained through the Lawrence branch of the family: Mary Lawrence's Aunt Elizabeth married Michael Kearny (1725-1797), & Elizabeth & Michael were the parents of Lawrence Kearny, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy. Ref: Kearny & Boggs family papers. NJHS Series 7, Kearny Estate Box 8, folder 1, Letters to James Lawrence Kearny during World War I & more boxes see NJHS. . 1926 Nov 5 -30 - Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT Life as it was lived 150 years ago, when the Continental troops crossed New Jersey, passing through Newark en route to Trenton, hotly pursued by the British, was reflected in special programs & exhibits at the sesquicentennial Celebration of the New Jersey Historical Society entire month. One charming dress was that worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Captain James Lawrence. Miss Lawrence was married in Burlington in 1774 to Michael Kearny of Perth Amboy & became the mother of Commodore Lawrence Kearny, U. S. N. A sister, Mary Lawrence, married Robert Boggs & became the mother of Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs, U. S. N. Ref: Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society, 1926. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	LAWRENCE, Elizabeth .ix (I369)
3527	. Abner Miles is the son of Submitt Munger (b. 1711 Jan 5, Guildofrd, New Haven. Conn.-1758 Jun 10 Brimfield, MA] & John P Mighell [Mighil, Mighill, b.1696 SUFFIELD, Hartford, Conn. 1775 May 16 Brimfield, Mass.) . 1779 Nov 11, Mercy Haynes married Abner Mighell. p.217 . All these born to John & Submit Highell: Dorothy, 1721, John 1734, Stephen, 1736, Saml. 1738, Aaron 1740, Submit 1748, Thomas 1745, James 1748, Timothy 1750 Mighell. p. 76 & again p91 ['Twins' in another generation: Aaron Mighaill, Twin, ch. Abner & Mercy Mighell p94 - which appears to be triplets! - PJA]. Ref: Brimfield, Mass. Town & Vital Records. . Granted to 11 Persons, 50 Acre Lotts, which is supposed will draw about a 95 part of the Township each. The names of the Grantees are John Mighell. . Brimfield town was granted by the general court, in the year 1701, to a number of petitioners, inhabitants of Springfield. It was at first designated by the “Plantation adjoining Springfield;" but the committee, for the sake of convenience, as stated in the records, soon gave it the name of Brimfield. The town was incorporated in 1730, & included within its original limits the towns of Monson, Wales, & Holland. In 1722, a meeting house, 45 feet by 40, was erected, & stood more than 80 years. The records of the church were burnt in 1748, & some early interesting facts cannot now be ascertained. Ref: Historical Collections Relating to the History & Antiquities of Every town in Massachusetts. Geographical Descriptions. By John Warner Barber, Worcester, 1848. . 1789 Abner Miles, from Mass, Settled in 1789 in South Lima, Livingston Co., NY, also called Hamiltons Station, on RR Line. Mies became the owner of a large grant of land in the sharpe of a gore, the town was called Miles's Gore. In 1808 the name was changed to Lima, NY. Ref: Gazetter of the State of NY, Livingston Co. & History of Livingston Co. . 1789 Abner Miles came from Massachusetts & settled near Davison. Although not a permanent resident, when Abner Miles arrived to this vicinity he gave the first name with the settlement enjoyed, Miles Gore. Mr Miles, having purchased a triangular piece of land in company with Abner Mile's a strip of land. In 1789 the general sessions of Ontario County, established Charleston Twp. In 1808 this named was changed in Lima, in consequence of there being another town of the same name to which the letters of settlers were constantly going. Ref: Lima NY Recorder, pub. 1964 Jul 15. . 1818 June. Thanks giving ay Mr Mrs Abner Miles of Corltand came to spend the day with [sisters Mrs & Miss Foster of Syracuse] & Mrs Hall. [Miles descendants?] Ref: Tully Times Newspaper & Livonia Gazette, NY. . UCLPetition 18, M Bundle 2, C2191, p31 To Lieut. Gov. John Graves Simcoe, Petition of Abner Miles, Respectfully shows that he is come int the Province to be a permanent settler, & has built on No. 13, Pays to be confirmed in said slot in the Town of York & also to have a grant of lot No. 14 to build on. Signed, Abner Miles. Envelope: Recommended for two its, Lots 13 & 14 in York Town. Read July 14, 1796, Entered inland Book B, page 121. . Miles Family & Miles' Hill /Richmond Hill. . "Before 1794 Abner signed" Mighells". In the spring of 1794, Abner Miles wound up his business accounts in Genesee area of western New York & attached himself to William Berczy's German settlers, who were moving from the Genesee country to Upper Canada. Abner Miles prospered during his few years in York. He worked as a contractor & lumber merchant, provided cartage services for the town, & invested in ships to import goods across Lake Ontario. He opened a general store on King Street, with a stock-in-trade of foodstuffs, liquor, clothing, tools, building supplies, & household goods - "everything every man wanted, from the Governor & his suite & the Garrison down to the newest arrival from the American Republic or from the Old Land." By early 1796, Miles had expanded his King Street premises to include a public house serving food & drink & providing lodging for travellers. His tavern attracted a varied clientele - John Stooks & family put up there in June 1797 before travelling north to their land at Richmond Hill - & quickly became a focal point for auctions, dances, masonic dinners, & town meetings. Miles himself was named a constable by the Court of Quarter Sessions, chosen overseer of highways for the town, & appointed quartermaster for the York Militia. Most important for the future development of Richmond Hill was the tavern Miles opened at the southeast corner of Yonge Street & Major Mackenzie Drive. It quickly became a favourite watering hole for Yonge Street travellers. . Tombstone of Abner Miles, Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. After his death on July 26,1806, Abner Miles was buried in a plot of land on Lot 46 West that later became part of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. The headstone stands today a few meters inside the cemetery's main entrance, part of a row of simple, flat stones marching off to the south. It is most fitting that the cemetery's oldest marked grave should commemorate the man who bequeathed his name to the infant community of Miles' Hill. Still, it was the Miles children who confirmed Abner's status as the "father" of Richmond Hill. The marriages of his daughters Hannah Miles to James Playter, Lucy Miles to John Langstaff, & Elizabeth Miles to John Arnold marked the founding of 3 families who were to play important roles in the community's subsequent history. Abner's 26 year-old son, James Miles, inherited his father's lands & business activities. James Miles built a substantial, 2 storey, Georgian-style frame home for himself on the southwest corner of Yonge Street & Major Mackenzie Drive. There he lived with his aged mother, saw his sisters marry, remained a bachelor himself, became the grand old man of Miles' Hill, & over the years divided much of his father's vast land holdings among his siblings, nieces, & nephews. Mary Gapper O'Brien, a well-to-do resident who lived south of the emerging hamlet, described a visit to [son] James Miles' house in 1830. "We found him with dinner prepared in the kitchen, a large room with an immense fireplace, wooden walls & 2 tables," she wrote. "The place was under the conduct of a very deaf old lady who was, I believe, his mother. He is himself a tall man of 50 & dressed in a worn homespun frock coat with a pocket bound round his head to relieve the pain of a headache. He received us in his usual composed & even manner." Miles seems to have been well liked by all. Mary O'Brien called him "very good & civil" & "very respectable," & a local historian described him as "eminently fair in all his dealings, selling his produce at or below the current market price." He maintained a public woodlot on the northwest corner of present-day Yonge & Arnold streets, where those in need could help themselves to a supply of firewood during the cold winter months. Ref: Early Days in Richmond Hill, 1930. QUARTER SESSION OF PEACE, holden in Town of York (Toronto) . 1801 Jan 13, Tues. Grand Jury, Abner Miles. . 1801Oct 14. Judges, W Jarvis, Wm Willcocks, J Ruggles & John Willson. Abner Miles Vs. John Everson. Indictment feloniously taking away a steer, from the yard of Abner Miles. . 1802 Apr 13, Grand Jury. Abner Miles. Robat. Henderson, York, Brewer stating on on 21 Dec he engaged Abraham Gordin to serve him until 1 May 1802, said A Gordon left her service without R Hendersons leave. Gordin called his defense, has nothing to allege to the contrary. A Gordin committed to prison for 1 month & fine 40 shillings. . 1803 Oct 11, Tues. [1] Forman, A Miles. inc. John Arnold, Robt. Marsh, Anthony Hollinshead, Daniel Cozens, Stillwell Willson. John Dexter VS Godfrey Philipsen, Assault & Rescue, Sentence $10. [2] Jury withdrew, adjournment to next day, Jury came into Court gave not Guilty Verdict of Jesse Ketchum VS Jos. Kendrick Assault., Abner Miles, Foreman. [3rd] Grand Inquest of present Sessions, certain Moses Martin of Markham Twp., Yeoman, & his family, consisting of a Wife & 4 children, were in very great Distress; that Moses Martin himself was in a Very ill state of health, that his head & face were almost Destroyed by a Cancer, that his Wife neglected both him & his family & that his children were naked & without Food. Markham Town Wardens Abner Mies & John Lyons to take inter their custody & possession ll the moveable property and chattels belonging to the said Moses Martin, consisting of 2 Oxen, 4 Cows, 2 young Cattle & unknown number of Several Hogs (number unknown); & to sell & dispose of t he whole or such part of the said Cattle & Hogs, as to them may seem expedient, & the proceeds of such to use & employ, in the providing of Food, clothing & other necessaries for Moses Martin & family. They are to render true & just account of their proceedings in the Trust. . 1804 Jan 10, Tues., Grand Jury, Daniel Cozens, Formant, jurors inc., Wm Hollinshed, Thos. Stoyell, John Arnold, Rot Marsh, Stillwell Willson & Abner Miles. Asa Jones. Vs. Abraham Asslestein, Assault & Battery, Verdict guilty, 1 shillings. . 1806 Apr 8 - Grand Jury, Abner Miles: [1] Relief of Rev. Elijan Bentley, Baptist church. [2] Jacob Comer (Cummer) VS. John & Eleanor McBride, his wife. Assault & Battery. John McBride not Guilty. Eleanor McBride guilty, fined £5 & committed to custody of Sheriff till paid, security to keep the peach for 12 months. Ontario Land Registry, Lot 45, Con 1 East Side Yonge, Richmond Hill, Markham Book 153, p75. . 1803 Mar 7, Patent, Crown, to Abner Miles, ALL190 Acres. . 1840 Nov 12, Indenture, Hannah Playter etal, to Elizabeth Arnold et all. . 1844 Mar 4, Bargin&Sale, John Langstaff Etui, to Lewis Langstall, £1000, All 190A. Log 46, Con 1 West Side Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, Abstract Vaughan, Book 171, p5-7 [Now Arnold St. & Yonge St., Richmond Hill.] . 1803 May 14, Patent, Crown, to Abner Miles, All 210 ac. . 1840 Nov 12, Partition, Hannah Playter teal, to Elizabeth Arnold, [i.e. her sister] All Ac. . 1840 Jan 28, B&S, John Arnold & Elizabeth his wife, to John B Arnold, £1200, 204 ac. . 1842 Mar 12, B&S, John R Arnold, Arch Wright,£150, Pt Half ac. . 1849 Mar 22, Release [of Dowerage], Hannah Playter etal, to R E Burns, All Ac. . 1905 Jan 3, Grant, Blanche Evans,Geo D Green, Execors John Arnold, tochas & John S Kirkland, $4500., West 76Ac. 1894 Jul 24, Grant, David Boyle, to John T Boyle, $1 & love, Water privileges in all . 1926 Apr 27, Gran, Blanche Evans, Geo W. & Adrienne Green, Blanche & Edith G J Evans, & Mary F W Mussen, to Arthur D Parker, $3000 & Premise, Part in all. . 1940 Jan 18, Grant, Accty. Supreme Court of Ontario, to Edith G J Evans & Madeleine M Zeller, Trustees John R Arnold, $1 etc.Parts in all Lot 36, Con 1 ESY, Markham, Book 91, p6 . 1803 Sep 15, Patent, Crown, to Abner Miles, All 190A . 1808 Nov 21, B&S, James Miles, to John Langstaff, £250. All 190A. . 1887 Feb 21, Grant, High Court of Justice, Miles Langstaff, $309, West East Half . 1893 Feb 2, Quit Claim, Miles Langstaff, to Ralph L Langstt & Simeon Miller, $450, W Part 100 A. Lot 29, Con 1 ESY, Vaughan, Book 179, p82 . 1798 Dec 14, Patent, Corown, to Asa Johnson, All 210 Arces. . 1798 Dec 27, B&S Asa Johnson et ux, to Abner Miles £312.10 210Acres. . 1832 Jan 20, B&S, James Miles, to John Arnold, 5 shillings, 210A. . 1806 Nov 29, Sat. - Death of Abner Miles. Abner Miles, an old time resident of York, had passed away, for all persons indebted to the estate of the late Abner Miles, of Yonge street, deceased, are requested to make payment without delay, or their accounts will put into the hands of an attorney for collection & all persons having demands on said estate are required to bring their several accounts, regularly attested, with 4 months from this date for payment. James Miles, Executor, Mercy Miles, Executrix. . 1806 Nov 27 Abner Miles his Abner Miles Inn sold to another former resident of the Genesee country, Dr Thomas Stoyell which became Stoyell's Tavern. . 1988 - Founders Day In 1988 The Society held a “Founders Day” in the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Many of the early settlers of the Richmond Hill area are buried there including Abner Miles who passed away in 1806. Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg. Thank You. - - -	MILES, Abner (I661)
3528	. Abraham Doan , born 9 Nov. 1802, in Bucks County, Pa., died 20 Dec. 1892 in Queensville; married 12 July 1827 Elizabeth Reid daughter of William & Mary Willson Reid , born 11 Jan. 1808 in New York city, died 9 Sept. 1893. Ref: Swarthmore Certificate of Removal. . Family legend has it that in the family migration from Pennsylvania in 1808, Abraham’s “job was to drive the cow on the journey. Before leaving Pennsylvania, Ebenezer cut a stick for him, I think about 4 or 6 feet long, - a young poplar that was growing there. This was to help keep the cow going. When they finally turned in off Yonge Street to the farm where they were going, he stuck the gad into the ground, where it took root & grew. When they moved from the old farm to the one near Queensville, they brought along a switch from that tree & planted it. There are poplar trees still growing at the gate. . Elizabeth was a member of the choir which would sing the “Songs for the Altar” composed by David Willson in the Temple. Abraham did not take an active part in the 1837 Rebellion, but he did lobby for the release of the prisoners, & he also took sleigh loads of supplies to them while they were in jail. They farmed 40 acres of a 65 acre farm on Conc. 3, lots 13 & 14 with an assessed value of $1,300 in 1865. Abraham took a leading role in the Children of Peace, first serving on the standing committee to “advise those that attend idle places of diversion”& later becoming Clerk of the Monthly Meeting for a time. He served as township assessor for a number of years, as did his son William, as well as being elected to the Township Council in 1848. A lifelong farmer, he suffered a stroke in 1880, & had to give up much of the farm work. By 1881, they had become Presbyterians. They are both buried in the Queensville Cemetery. Ref: Swarthmore Quaker Meeting Records, Penn.	DOAN, Abraham (I389)
3529	. Abraham P Lawrence was born Tues. morning at 4 O'clock the 18th day of June 1805. - On 5 July 1825, at York, mother Mary Rezeau Lawrence swore she saw her husband, John Lawrence when he wrote down their children's names & birth dates. Note1: The names of those children were equally carefully chosen. The following choice contributed to their name choice: Abraham Perine Lawrence is named after his mother's grandmother's prominent New York Poillon family. The use of Abraham appears to be without precedent in the Lawrence or Poillon families. - P J Ahlberg, 2010. . UCLPetition 139 Petitioner Abraham Lawrence of Vaughan Yeoman, Native of NB & resided this Province 9 years, son of Late John Lawrence, Esq. of Vaughan, deceased. Will be 21 years next June [b 1805]. Taken Oath of Allegiance. Wants 100 Acres as settler. Has received no Land from the Crown. A son of the late John Lawrence, Twp. of York, a Justice of the Peace. Signed, York, 21 December, 1825, Abraham Lawrence. . UCLBooks 1825 Dec 21. Abraham Lawrence, Lot 139, Stating that he is a native of New Brunswick & praying for a grant to 100 Acres of land. Recommended for 100 Acres. . 1830 June 21, Canada Land Company, A & J LAWRENCE, Lot 5, Con 10, Gwillimbury West, 200 Acres. Quarter Sessions of Peace: . 1842 Jan 5, Wed. Ed W Thomson, Esq. Chairman. Grand Jury: Alexander P Lawrence, Chas C Lawrence, Abraham P Lawrence, Miles, John Langstaff, Ricd. Vandeburg. Tavern License granted. Queen VS Cotter tall, Assault, No Bill. . 1852 Census, Vaughan & Agricultural Census Lot 46, Con 1 W side Yonge St., one half acre, half acre under cultivation, half acre Garden or Orchard. The land is first rate from Lot 43 to 54, a fine earthy soil with a clay subsoil. Generally well watered. * SHOOTING OF COL. MOODIE*, REBELLION OF 1837: Captain Hugh Stewart, retired naval officer living Lot 51 Yonge St., Markham Twp., who accompanied Col. Moodie, gives the following account of the death of his companion: "December 4th about 4 p. M., a large body of 75 men came along Yonge Street, passed Wm. Babcock Crew's Tavern, Lot 49, WSY, Richmond Hill. Their numbers increase to about 125. The magistrates in the neighborhood met at Col. Moodie's house. Col. Moodie wrote to His Excellency the Lieut. Gov. & Mr. Drew volunteered to take the letter to Toronto. The magistrates separated to do the best they could. Shortly afterwards word was brought that Mr. Drew was taken prisoner by the rebels. Upon this Col. Moodie determined to go to Toronto himself, against the prayers of his wife & family. I (Capt. Stewart) insisted on going with him, as did also Captain Bridgeford. On the road we were joined by Mr. Prime Lawrence, Mr. G. Read & Mr. Brooks. Col. Moodie suggested that we should arrange ourselves in close order, three abreast - Col. Moodie, myself & the stranger in front. Col. Moodie said, 'If they (the rebels) have a guard, we must gallop through them, whatever be the result.' On nearing Montgomery's Tavern, we observed a guard across the road, armed with muskets, who desired us to stop or they would fire. We kept on steady right through through them. I looked for our companions & found only Col. Moodie by my side, who remarked, We are alone. He put his hand on my arm & said, Never mind, push forward, all is right yet!' About 150 men were then in front of Montgomery's door & a voice called as we were passing, Guards, fire! We passed Montgomery's & about one hundred yards from it was found a strong guard posted in close order. We reached them, when pikes & bayonets were presented to our horses' breasts. Col. Moodie said, 'Who are you - who dare stop me on the Queen's highway?' The reply was, 'You will know that in time.' Col. Moodie then fired his pistol & at the same moment, three guns were discharged at us. Col. Moodie fell upon my horse's neck & said, 'I am shot! I am a dead man!' I assisted him to regain his saddle & he said he could sit for a little while. I was dragged off my horse & used in a most barbarous manner until they got me inside the north at Montgomery's House, when a Scotchman, one of the rebels named Wm. Nelson reduced me from their brutal treatment in the 2nd story of the Tavern. Here Brooks says he desired them to charge. We were then taken into Montgomery's Tavern. Shortly afterwards Mackenzie came into the room & asked for me." I do not add the statements of several eye-witnesses, in my possession, in refutation. Col. Moodie died in about a couple of hours after he was shot. Col. Moodie's foolhardiness is admitted even by Sir Francis Bond Head. He determined, says the ex-Lieutenant Governor, in The Emigrant, that coute qui coute - he would ride through them & give me information that they were marching on Toronto. Other messengers were sent, but none returned. They were made prisoners. Ref: "The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada" Colin Read. & also: Life & Times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, with an account of the Cdn. Rebellion of 1837. By Charles Lindsey, Vol. II, 1862. Note2: Col. Moodie his house was located just north of its present location on Yonge Street, opposite Hunt Avenue in Richmond Hill. Mrs. Moodie was reluctant to let her elderly husband go on the dangerous mission. But charging Col. Bridgeford to see that he returned safely, she let him go. Buried in Thornhill Cemetery. . 1840 May 27, Vaughan, Published Banns. Wm. Evans married Mary Reid. Witnesses: A P Lawrence, Matilda Evans. Marriage #729 by Rev. Wm. Jenkins of Richmond Hill. . FIRST RIDING OF YORK, At a meeting of the Freeholders of the 1st. Riding of York, held at Noble's Tavern, Twp. of Vaughan, on Monday, 4th Oct, Wm. R. Grahame, Esq., requested to come forward to represent the riding. We the undersigned, Electors having confidence in the integrity, ability & principles of W R Graham, Esq. ... will support him. Signed, various, inc. Ben Thorne, A C Lawrence, Miles Langstaff, Charles E. Lawrence, Jno. Langstaff, Arch MacDonald, Oct 7, 1844. Ref: 11 October 1844, Toronto British Colonist. . 1852 Census, Vaughan Twp., York Co., A.P. Lawrence, Lot 46, C1 Yonge St. S. C. Lawrence, born New Brunswick, Age 35/1817 N.B Farm House, one story, Frame Shop or store, one story. . Half Acre, Quarter Acre under cultivation. One & quarter A. Garden or Orchard. Notes by census taker, J. Ellior, Co. York: Mary Mulville, age 18, b 1834 Ireland, servant who also works for A P Lawrence. . 1852 Agricultural Census, Vaughan Twp., York Co., A.P. Lawrence, Lot 46, C1 Yonge St. One acre garden - orchard. Quarter A. of potatoes yields 10 bushels. 4 sheep give 12 lbs. wool. "The land is first rate from Lot 43 to Lot 54 a fine earthy soil with a clay subsoil uses last year at from £700 to £1000 per 100 acres according to the buildings on the farm is generally well watered. There was not a dozen of apple trees on the farm in either area. I think it not better to put it with the pasture as many a farmer has not above 2 or 3 acres of pasture that has from 5 to 20 acres of fallow. Neither could I find where the tons of hay was too grown when there was no ground to raise it from.' . 1866 York Peel Directory, Keswick, - A small post village situated on the east shore of Lake Simcoe, Gwillimbury North Twp., York Co. Distance from Toronto 47 miles, Daily mail, Population about 200. - A. P. Lawrence, Hotel Keeper of Lawrence's Hotel, A P Lawrence, proprietor. . 1868-9 Return of the Number of Tavern Licenses issued: - A P Lawrence, North Gwillimbury Twp., £5. . 1871 Nason's East & West ridings of the County of York Directory 11 Apr 1871 - N. Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Abraham, Margaret, Clarissa, Theophilis, Charles, Margaret Lawrence. . 1872 Gazetter of the County of Simcoe Gilford, a village & Station of the Northern Railway, in West Gwillimbury Twp., 16 miles from Barrie, 49 from Toronto & 8 from cooks won, First settled in 186, Daily stages to Cookstown, Alliston & Rosemont, Population 250: Lawrence, A Perine, Hotel Keeper. Commercial Hotel, John Flansburgh, Prop. & Richard McCann, hotel keeper. . Abraham Perine Lawrence died. 29 Dec 1886. Buried Sprague Family Burial Ground, Alternate Cemetery Names: 10th Line Presbyterian Cemetery; Old Presbyterian, S. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery & Mann Cemetery. . 1886 Dec 29 - Ontario Death Registration #2805, Abraham Perine Lawrence, died Dec 29, 1886, aged 81 years, 6 mths., 11 days, Gentleman, b. St. Johns' New Brunswick, d. Senile Decay, 1 year. Dr. J. Arland De La Hooke. Note3: Dr. J Ackland De La Hooke was the husband of his Cousin Maria Louisa Denison (daughter of Maria Poillon Lawrence.) - PJA Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	LAWRENCE, Capt. Abraham PERINE SUE (I252)
3530	. Adopted by Mr. Thompson & raised with children of Sir Allan Napier MacNabb, Prime Minister of Ontario (Upper Canada), Dundurn Castle, Hamilton; She resided & married at Dundurn Castle, 1838. (Further research may reveal more info.) Ref: 1821 May 6, York, Allan Napier MacNabb, half pay 48th Regt., married at York by John Strachan, St. James Cathedral to Elizabeth Brooks, Wit. A MacNabb, W R Macaulay & Daniel Brooke, Senior. > Note1: Mrs. Elizabeth MacNabb would known Jane Thompson during her stay at Dundurn Castle. Prime Minister of UC from 1855 & 56, Sir Allan N McNab, b. 1798, at (Newark) Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., died 1862, Hamilton, ON. Did Jane's parents died at Niagara, or Toronto where the MacNabbs also first had a house? - PJA 2011. * 1838 UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BOND # 6796 William Watkins of the town of Hamilton in the Gore District & the above said province, Cordwainer, & JOHN WALKER of the said place, Wagon maker, are Bonded 6 May 1838. For joining together in Holy Matrimony John Walker of the Town of Hamilton aforesaid, blacksmith & Jane Thompson of the same place, spinster. Signed, William Watkins, John Walker [i.e. his father, John Thomas Walker, Sr.] Reverse side: Bond, William Mathins / Watkins & John Walker Dated, 8 May 1838. Ref: RG5 B9, Vol. 5 Reel C6787, Archives of Canada. Note2: A Cordwainer makes shoes etc. from fine soft Cordovan leather. The cobbler repairs shoes. in March 1838 All McNabb received knighthood for his participation in the War of 1812, esp. bring forces to combat Mackenzie at Montgomery's Tavern. - PJA. . HAMILTON QUARTER SESSIONS OF PEACE: [Further research needed] Walker, Thomas, 1838 June, Plaintiff, Page 12, Walker, John, 1839 March 14, Plaintiff Walker, John, 1847 /8 DEC 24, Plaintiff Thomson, Jane, 1843 June 12, Plaintiff, * Note3: Jane Thompson who was married in May 1838. Ref: Page 18, Hamilton Quarter Sessions. . 1840 Assessment Hamilton Town., Ontario John Walker, Frame One Story; 1 Male; 1 Female; Total 2. . 1841 May Assessment Hamilton Town: 2 story Framed house 1@ 60£. Total 85£. . 1843 Assessment Hamilton Town. [Separate Entries:] John S Walker, 2 Lots, 2 Story, Additional fireplace, Mr. £200 Thompson [Thompson crossed out] Mrs. Walker, 1 female, Martial landlord, £60. Note4: But where are the two children, Edward, b. 1840, & William H. Walker, born 24 Feb 1843. -PJA . 1846 Aug 22 - Provincial Lunatic Asylum was when erected, wholly in the country, 20 minutes from Yonge street, on Queen St. W. Ref: Robertson Landmarks of Toronto, Vol 3. . 1856 Dec 13, Toronto - The new Provincial Lunatic Asylum was erected in 1845 & the drawing in the Globe Newspaper shows a giant yellow brick hospital with trees, fresh air & a fine view of Lake Ontario. Situated at 999 Queen Street, 3 miles from City Hall. The high brick walls were noted erected at this time. Warming & ventilation devised by the architect incorporated steam heated pipes in every room. 2 flights of stone steps & goldstone landing to the entrance, Board room, suite of waiting, examining 7 consulting rooms. Opposite are 2 large wards adapted to extreme surgical cases. Resident surgeon, nurses & stewards on1st floor. A liberal supply of baths, washrooms. The theatre is under the mortuary. 22 wards with 12 patients per ward. Ref: Globe Newspaper, Toronto, features a very lengthy description of the new building. . 1847 Jan 9, Sat. - LUNATIC BALL (Abbreviated): We were not a little taken aback a few days ago receiving a card of invitation to attend a Ball in the Parliament House "to Lunatics," on the Thurs. night, 7th instant. On inquiry we found the manager of the Asylum endeavors to rouse the dexx of patients in the institution & encouraged tea parties among them ...extended their invitations to members of the learned profession of the University & other citizens. We got to the Parliament House, on entering the Ball-room we found patients of both sexes, sitting on benches at the spacious apartment, while a number of citizens with their families, occupied with music presently "struck up: & forthwith a dozen of couples, tripping it most energetically to the music… Nearly all those conversed with entered readily into their history, probably their afflictions, the changes, hopes of returning to their families. Especial care was asked each one how was treated by Doctors & servants, & were delighted at the hearty manner in which they express the kindness shown them by all at the Institution. 50 patients at present in the Asylum, to be removed into the premises in the East wing of the Parliament that they now reside there. At 8 pm the inmates sat down to supper & afterward resumed dancing until half past nine & returned to the Institution. Ref: The Toronto Globe Newspaper. Note5 Jane had just arrived here a few weeks previously. -PJA . 1848 Feb 19, Ball at the Lunatic Asylum - One of these interesting affairs came off on Tues. evening last. A considerable number of visitors were present, inc. Rev Dr. Strachan, Rev. Jennings & Barclay, the Chief Justice. Every thing went off well & a number marked improvement from last year, was observed in the dancing of patients. Note6 Jane will be released in a few weeks. - PJA. * 1861 University Branch of Prov. Lunatic Asylum p1129, St. Patrick's Ward, City of Toronto, York Co. Jane Walker, born Ireland, Age 44 /b 1818, Church of England, married, Lunatic. Page Totals: Influencre from assis., consumption, Brain soft, Consn. [?] Comments by Enumator: The Hosptial occupies a block of land (bounded on south by Don St, East by Sumack & west by Pine St) in St. Davids Ward. {Additional staff of 68 workers, inc. Medical staff, nurses, farmers, fireman, gardners, Keepers, servants, clergy.) . 1861 Feb 2 Census Erin Village, Wellington John S Walker, B 1819 England, Blacksmith, 2 half Acres, Concrete 2 stories house. * Walker, b. 1821 Ireland; Margaret, b. 1858; Robt., b 1853; Sarah Jane, b. 1857; Mary Walker b. 1858; Arthur Walker, Apprentice, Age 17, Residing with Wm M Kennedy, tinsmith, Erin. > Note7: * Jane Thompson Walker was recorded present on the Erin Census 1861, which directly conflicts with Jane's recorded medical history which puts her in the Toronto Lunatic Asylum since 1853. Youngest son, Robert Walker, was born in 1853. (But, Jane is also not present on the Erin 1871 Census.) . Ontario Death Registration #029227. Wellington Country, District Village of Erin ON. Pg. 263. WALKER, JANE - Died: 1881 February 10. Female 62 years [ b1819 ] widow, Born Ireland, Cause of Death: An Insane Person. Physician: Dr. Clark Insane Asylum, Informant. Rev. Isaac Crane, Methodist Minister, Erin. Registered: 1881 February 12. Religion of deceased: Methodist Ch. Canada. Registrar, Wm. Tyler. Remarks: This death may have been registered by Dr. Clark. The pt. Insane Asylum Toronto. She was brought here & her sons had it put on her record. WT. Note8: Toronto Lunatic Asylum was a new hope for the treatment of mental problems. Jane Thompson Walker was admitted on 22 Dec 1847 for her first attack of excitement over pecuniary matters. On 18 Mar 1848, two months & 29 days later, husband John Walker took her back improved to their home in Erin, Ontario. > Observation: Jane Thompson Walker was born in Ireland, 5 feet 4 inches tall, fair hair with blue eyes; sanguine* of temperament & had a good disposition & intellect. FIVE children. Pecuniary (money) matters caused her to be melancholic or depressed. Note9: Jane lived with an instability of life as an orphan & then living in the mansion of the Prime Minister of Ontario where there were many servants coming & leaving. - PJA 2010 Note10: *One of the four ancient temperaments. Sanguine quick, impulsive, & extroverted personality. The others were phlegmatic, self-content, prefer stability; choleric ambition, energy & passion & the melancholic is a thoughtful ponder. . Six years later, on 26 Apr 1853 she was readmitted by her husband who paid 5 shillings per week for her maintenance. At this time Jane's records say she had SEVEN children. She was Sobrient & intemperate [steady, non-drinker (?) but uncontrolled or excessive.] 28 years later Jane died in the Toronto Asylum of gangrenes. Note11: In 1922 grandson Edward John C Walker thought his grandmother's name was Margaret Thompson. Rather, perhaps he was thinking of his paternal grandmother, Margaret Sibbald Walker. Recorded for further research: . Died Jane Walker, Age 60, Died 9 Feb 1881, Toronto. Ref: Guelph Weekly Mercury . Transcriptions & research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	THOMPSON, Jane (I50)
3531	. Affadavit: I Elisabeth Nicholson, relict of the late Arthur Nicholson & mother of Eleanor & Mary Ann Nicholson maketh oath that said Eleanor & Mary Ann were baptized in County of Northumberland in this Province by the Rev. Mr. Jones in the year 1792 in my presence an in the presence of their late father, Arthur Nicholson, agreeably to the Church of England. Signed, Woodstock, 29Jul 1822, Elizabeth Nicholson. . Christian Visitor Newspaper, Saint John, New Brunswick Dated 1870 Jan 6, 1870 daughter of Arthur Nicholson, Esq.XX 28th, 1870. at residence of her sister, Mrs. A. XX, the Parish of Simonds, Carleton Co. She lived to see 81y 2 mos. She was baptized by Rev. W. Harris & united with the Centreville Baptist Church. (verse not attached) . Ref: Original newspaper located at Provincial Archives, Fredericton, N.B. should be consulted - PJA. Notes: Obituary sounds like it may be Eleanor. Verify which sister: Residence of her sister, is this Mrs. Walsh? - - -	NICHOLSON, Eleanor .1 (I765)
3532	. After Mary Ann's husband Aaron Brewer and young son died, Mary Ann left for Texas with her widowed father Hiram Teetzel.  In Texas they are found under Hiram Lutigil, Grayson, Texas in 1880. The transcriber read the name wrong because the name on the line above their name blended and the name looked like Lutgil instead of Teetzel.  - - -	TEETZEL, Mary Ann .IV (I1033)
3533	. After the Revolution James' father's reduced circumstances, had necessitated he attended a grammar school at Burlington. When his father, John Brown Lawrence died in July 1798, James's brother relented to permit James to study for 3 months with Mr. Griscomb of Burlington to learning navigation & naval tactics. . Mr. Lawrence, Sr. was anxious the James should adopt his own profession as lawyer. At the age of 13, James began the studied law at Woodbury, but entered the Navy 4 Sept., 1798, also. Ref: to a letter published on Oct 18 1812 in the Magazine of Am. History XXV, p 283. . 1798 Dec 6- 54 Appointments have been made in the US Navy, among which we notice: Lieut. John Waddell of Trenton, James Lawrence of Burlington, Lieutenant. Ref: Genius of Liberty Newspaper, Morristown, NJ. . John Lawrence was for many years one of the most influential men in the Western division of New Jersey. Ref: Colonial History of Sate of NJ, Volume XXIX. . James was born in Burlington. 'It is said that when an infant in arms, the house in which his parents were living was repeatedly struck by short form the English ships in the river'. Later he lived in Woodbury, NJ. His mother Martha Tallman died when he was an infant, leaving his half-sister Elizabeth Lawrence (married Michael Kearney) to raise him in her home in Perth Amboy. . Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House, 58 N Broad St., Woodbury, NJ, - Historic house run by the Gloucester Co. Historical Society. James lived here in 1800. . His father John B Lawrence wanted James to be a lawyer also, however he left his Wood law studies at 16 or 17 for a midshipman warrant. In a naval battle in Halifax Habour, Capt. Lawrence was shot when his his the Chesapeake was boarded.He suffered four days of extreme pain before expiring on 1 June, 1813 in the 32nd year of his age. ...on page 207-8, Woodbury is 9 miles s. of Philadelphia. ... James L., was once a student at the village academy, & resided with his brother John Lawrence, Esq. He [John] is remembered as an amiable youth, quiet in manner, & genteel in person. Another report said he was chivalrous, generous, just, kind of heart, gentle, & pure. James Lawrence, Captain United States Navy. Commander of the New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 337 pp. It should be remembered that short months before his death, that James. Lawrence, then captain of the Hornet had sunk the British ship the Peacock on 23 Feb. 1813. When he returned on 4 May, 1813 to NY City he was given a banquet in his honor at the new Washington Hall, one of finest hotels in NYC. Thus the fame of James Lawrence was already established. "Don't give up the Ship" motto of US navy. Died in Naval battle on the USS Chesapeake. He was given a full military funeral by the British at Halifax, Nova Scotia. However at the request for remains of Capt. Lawrence & Lieut. Ludlow were first reburied in Salem where Hon. Jos. Story gave eulogy JL was finally laid to rest with his wife at Trinity Church in New York. Ref: New York Herald Tribune. . 1952 Mar 29, there was a reproduction of a painting by Alonzo Chappel of "The Death of Captain Lawrence" on the frigate "Chesapeake" in 1812, Navel engagement against the British frigate "Shannon". Midshipman William Sitgraves. Cox was court-marshaled & thrown out of the U.S. Navy in 1814, charges with neglect of duty because he helped carry Captain James Lawrence below on June 1,1813. When the Chesapeake under Lawrence, was captured by the British frigate Shannon, after the bloody 15 minutes battle of Boston Harbor, as Captain Lawrence was being carried below, he uttered the famous phrase, "Don't give up the ship." After a few broadsides the ships fouled & Lawrence received a musket ball in the leg & later in the abdomen. As he was carried below to surgery he cried, "Don't give up the ship"; but the enemy had already boarded it. He died in Halifax in a few days, June 6, 1813. Permission was given to convey Capt. Lawrence's body from Halifax to Salem, Mass on the ship Henry. On Aug 17,1813. "under management of the family of Capt. Lawrence plans were made to convey the body to NY." At NYC on Sept 16 a funeral was held with an estimated 50,000 people assembled to honor the national hero. Pallbearers: Capts. Hull, Stewart, Brainbridge, Blakely, Creighton & Parker & Lieut. Ballard & Wilkinson. Chief Justice Story delivered the eulogy. The city furnished the tomb for this final resting place. The following gold medals, for victories by the Navy of the US, over British vessels of war, during the last war between the US & England, were decreed by Congress & the state of Penn. War was declared in June 1812 & the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, Dec. 1814: (#12) To the nearest male relative of Capt. James Lawrence, of NJ, of the sloop of war Hornet*, for the capture of Brig. Peacock, Capt. Wm. Peak, on the 24th Jan, 1813, after an action of 15 minutes. Passed January 11, 1814. Ref: Halifax, N.S. Historical Society. Note1* James Fenimore Cooper, writer of many famous novels, Last of the Mohicans & A life Before the Mast, lived in the co-joining houses of his father John Lawrence & JF Cooper: Cooper's naval career was short but sufficient to acquaint him with the traditions of the Navy & several of its young, rising officers. He obtained a midshipman's warrant in 1808. The Navy Department first assigned him to duty in the bomb ketch Vesuvius at New York. From there, he was sent northward to assist Lieutenant Melancthon Woolsey, who was superintending the construction of the brig Oneida at Oswego, New York. This vessel was intended to enforce the embargo laws on Lake Ontario. At the outbreak of the War of 1812, she was the Navy's only purpose-built war vessel on the lake. Cooper's last assignment was service on board Wasp, commanded by Lieutenant James Lawrence, who sent him on recruiting duty. Despite their disparity of age & rank, Cooper & Lawrence became close friends, possibly because of their sharing a mutual birthplace, Burlington, New Jersey. In May 1810, Cooper requested a year's furlough from the Navy for personal reasons. He resigned his commission a year later. Ref: James Fenimore Cooper Society, 2001. . 1802 Apr 6 - Stationed at Tripoli on the Enterprise for 5 years. Elements of J Lawrence's character were: Love of the sea; Fearlessness; Hyperkinesis: He was high strung & sensitive, quick & impulsive, but in all critical situations his coolness was remarkable. He inspired all with ardor & was a general favourite with his men. He was chivalrous, generous, just, king of heart, gentle & Pure. Physically he was nearly 6 feet tall & very broad-shouldered. . 1813 Apr 13, US Ship Hornet, To P C Van Wyck, Esqr. Sir I have been honored with your poise letter of the 1st inst, enclosing the Resolution passed by the Common Council of the NYC on the 29th march last, approbatory of the conduct of myself & the Officers & crew of the Hornet during the engagement with his BM Sloop of War Peacock. For these testimonials of public regard from such a respectable & honorable body, I cannot but feel the sincerest gratitude, & I assure you, Sir I shall ever esteem, the honors that have been so liberally award by the Common Council of the NYC as amongst the highest most valuable which my country can bestow. In these sentiments I am cordially reciprocated by the Officers and crew I have the honor to command & they trust, with myself, to future opportunities to become more worthy of the distinguished honors which have been already conferred. For your Individual good wide & congratulations I beg you to accept my sincere thanks, With sentiments of sincere respect & esteem, I have the honor to be, Signed, James Lawrence. Ref: Collections of the NY Historical Society for the year 1885. . 1813, Sept 17 New York, Yesterday ... the remains of the brave & gallant Capt. Lawrence & Lieut. Ludlow were interred in Trinity Church Yard. The procession was the most numerous & solemn ever exhibited in this city, at 50,000 persons. The navy procession of the Boats from the Navy Yard to the Battery was highly interesting. Ref: The Adams Centinel dated 1813 Sept 29. . 1813 Oct 1813 - Notice. Person having demands against the Estate of Captain James Lawrence, late of the United States Navy, will exhibit the same to the undersigned - & those indebted will please to settle their accounts. COX & MONTAUDEVERT, Administrators. Ref: Evening Post Newspaper 1813 Dec 10. . 1808 Nov. 29. Letter to Peter Russell, Gov. of Upper Canada, from Dr. William Gamble*, on behalf of James Lawrence, he is requesting information on the in land in Toronto, Ontario belonging if John Brown Lawrence. Note2: Is Wm. Gamble related to the Archibald Gamble, who with Julia L Montaudevert & others who filed for land partition in NY state? Numerous books & commentaries may be readily found on Capt. James Lawrence. - PJA. . 1813 Sep 27, Capital Hill - Communications - the John bull story of the late Capt. James Lawrence having been born in Bristol, in England is 'very like a whale'. Capt. James Lawrence was the son of John Lawrence, Esq. of Burlington, in the state of NJ, & if I am not very much mistaken, was born in 1776; his house was directly opposite to Powell's Academy & at present belongs to general Bloomfield. I well recollect the day after Capt. Lawrence was born - an old negro servant belonging to Mr. Lawrence met me: I asked him how his mistress was? He said, "quite well - had got a fine son with an eye like a bull" I was intimate in the family of Mr. John Lawrence, who was the eldest son of Elisha Lawrence, of Chestnut Grove, in Monmouth county, NJ. It is probable that Capt. Lawrence's grandfather might have been in England - of this I am not certain; he was upwards of 70 years of age when I first become acquainted with him & I understood that Elisha Lawrence & his brother John were among the first settlers of Monmouth county. this short statement of the family of the late Capt. Lawrence, being founded on unquestionable authority, you will do the friends of the deceased an act of justice by giving is publicity. W. G. Ref: Niles Weekly Register, volume 5. . Extract of a letter from Captain Jamison to Messrs. Cox & Montaudevert of this city, dated Providence, R.I. May 10. I have the pleasure to inform you I arrived here yesterday, in your schooner Liberty, in 12 days from New Province, with 80 prisoners. I am sorry to inform you that our sloop of war, Frolic has been captured by the British frigate Orpheus v sent into New Providence. She arrived 2 days before I sailed. She threw over 11 guns & cut away her anchors, but all to no purpose. She was taken between the Havana & Matazies. I had not time to get the particulars of her capture from the officers. Charles Jamison. Ref. Mercantile Advertiser, New York City. . Further Research: Box 19/21, Lawrence, James Lawrence; others, inc. large photos James Lawrence. Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs; Reference to Judge Richard Hartshorne Family Papers, Manuscript Group Call# MG1363, New Jersey People: Individuals, Families, & Groups, NJ Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey. . Isaac Whitaker, b. Jan. 11, 1780; d. Feb. 23, 1857; was a schoolmate & chum of Capt. James Lawrence, of the "Chesapeake," of "Don't give up the ship" fame; Capt. Lawrence tried to induce Isaac Whitaker to accept a commission on his ship, but he declined; buried at Deerfield. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	LAWRENCE, Capt. James .iii (I374)
3534	. ALBERT J. WILLSON. Death called Albert J. Willson when he was sojourning in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the benefit of his health. He had long been well known in connection with the hardware trade of Detroit & had made for himself a most creditable position in business circles. He was born in Seaforth, Ontario, on the 24th of July, 1866, & was one of a family of 6 children, whose parents were Oliver C. & Sarah (Sloan) Willson. The father engaged in the hardware business in Canada, where he won prosperity through his wisely directed efforts & unfaltering enterprise. Later he removed to Detroit, where he continued in the hardware business until his death. [p.724] "Albert J. Willson, spending his youthful days in Canada, attended the public & high schools of Seaforth to the time of his graduation. He was a young man of nineteen years when in 1885 he came to Detroit & entered the employ of the Standard Hardware Company, with whom he remained until 1895. When that decade had passed he accepted a position with the T. B. Rayl Company as a clerk & won subsequent promotion until he was made manager of the household furnishing department. He always made his services of value & benefit to his employers & his name was synonymous with the term of fidelity & loyalty. Mr. Willson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Williams, a daughter of E. S. Williams, & a member of one of the well known families of Detroit. 3 children were born to them: Kenneth A., whose birth occurred November 3, 1896; Sidney W., born February 2, 1902; & Dorothy M., born January 17, 1903. All are living at home with the mother. Mr. Willson belonged to the Central Methodist Episcopal church, of which his family are members & his life was ever guided by its teachings & its principles. His political support was given to the democratic party & he was a faithful follower of the Masonic order. He had many sterling qualities which won him the confidence & goodwill of all who knew him, so that his death was the occasion of deep & widespread regret to his many friends. Passing away in Florida his remains were brought back to Detroit for interment in Roseland cemetery. His family is well known in this city & Mrs. Willson occupies an enviable social position. Ref: The City of Detroit, Mi, 1701-1922, Vo. IV, pg. 723. - - -	WILLSON, Albert Jacob .2 (I271)
3535	. ALICE PETTERSON BOGGS, born Jan 27, 1857, d. Perth Amboy May 10, 1914, after a lingering illness. She was one of the Daughters of the American Revolution & also a member of the Colonial Daughters of American. Married twice: First 882, Jonathan Bruen Miller, of Newark, NJ, died Newton, NJ July 3, 1887, aged 29, buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, NJ. He was the son of E N Miller of Newark., He was a mathematician of unusual ability & possed a literary talent; was on the editorial staff of the New York Independent & later of the American Railroad Journal: Children: Jonathan Bruen Miler died May 8, 1883, in infancy. Robert Neilson Miller, Sept 23, 1862 - Dec 27, 1873 of bilious remittent fever; & John Lawrence Miller, b Nov 16, 1865, married Christina Marie Newton. . Alice Paterson Boggs Miller marred 2nd at St.Peter's Church, Perth Amboy to Charles Chauncey Hammann, City Surveyor of Perth Amboy, member of NJ Bar & Judge of the District Court. - - -	BOGGS, Alice Patterson (I2483)
3536	. Allegan Co., Michigan Birth Registration # 718, born Jan 3, 1879 William Lloyd Hamilton, b. Saugatuck, Mich., Parents: Alexander & Sophia Hamilton, of Saugatuck, born Canada & Michigan, Fruit Grower Reg. May 2, 1880. . 1895 Aug 9 - Budding season at the Peach Belt nurses commenced a few days ago & is now in full blast. Mr Dressel, the manager, is being assisted by Will Hamilton and John Broe, 2 professional budders from Allegan county & Frank Plummer, a tie, The 2 budders average about 3,000 trees each in a day and they expect to be here about 3 weeks to complete the work.They are being assisted by a half dozen of our town boys who have found considerable employment all summer at this nurse. The stock is looking fine & there is little doubt that some as fine trees as ever grew will be grown here. - Schoolcraft Express. There is one one year in a dozen when peaches cannot be raised in the vicinity of kalamazoo with the same amount of care, as well as they can on the lakeshore. The so called great fruit belt is a humbug. Th fruit raisers in the belt make it a business to take care of tier orchards. That is the secrete of their success. Ref: Kalamazoo Gazette. . 1898 Aug 29, Bailey, Mich. C H Merrifiedl of the Hamilton Peach Belt Nursey at Bangor, Mich. is in the vinicintiy this week taking orders for trees. Muskegon Chronicle, MI., published 1898 Sep 1. . 1910 Nov 21 - Michigan Patents Recognized at Washington. Issued as follows: William L Hamilton, Gangor, Valve. Ref: Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, MI. . US Social Security Death Index 380 32 505, Issued Michigan 49013 Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan. Born 3 Jan 1879 - 1200.23died Jan 1972. . 1895 - GANGES. PEACH BELT NURSERIES. We make a specialty of growing healthy, hardy Peach Trees of the surest bearing and most profitable market varieties. We also have now growing in these nurseries, of the best money-making kinds, a large stock of Currant & Gooseberry plants, 2 year-old Grape Vines, 2 year-old Asparagus Plants, nursery-grown Blackberry and other Berry Plants. In addition to the above we can furnish in smaller- quantities, at bottom prices, a fine stock of young and thrifty Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry Trees. Call on or address: A. Hamilton, Ganges, or J. C. Maynard, No. 156 West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids. Ref: Illustrated Atlas of Allegan County, Michigan. Descriptive Catalog Peach Belt Nurseries Photo of elder man short chopped full white beard & hair, white shirt black string necktie & suit jacket.: The late Alexander Hamilton, who founded the nurseries over 40 years ago. A thorough horticulturist and one of the men who have western Michigan its start in the fruit industry. A. HAMILTON & SONS, PROPS., Bangor, Michigan. Telephone No. 12. Two photos: a new along the drive between 2 of the nurseries farms & one of our apple orchards as seen along the highway, bending into the ground with fruit. Concerning the Nursery, Peach Belt Nursery was commended in western allen Co., Mich. over 40 years ago & was moved to Bangor, Van Buren co., in the spring of 1896. The nursery is not as large as many others, but we feel sure there is no better anywhere & it contains as many trees as can be properly cultivated & cared for under our personal supervisor. The land we use for nurses purposes is a song loamy soil specially prepared for growing strong, healthy, well ripened nurses stock, Long before we ever heard of plant breeding or bud variations we practiced getting our start of buds from time to time of plant breeding & better fruit than did the other trees of the same variety…Our nurseries are inspected annually by Sate Inspector of Nurseries & by ourselves. Our long experience in growing trees in Western Michigan has convinces us that as health trees as are produced anywhere in the world can be and are grown right here at Bangor. We use only natural seed procured were yellows and other diseases of peach are unknown. Ref: Date stamped Jan 30, 1914. . 1917 Peach Belt Nurseries Catalog. Front cover has apple tree of large Gimes Golden Apple tree on farm of A Hamilton, with barrels below, produced 12 barrels of apples. - - -	HAMILTON, William Lloyd .2 (I87)
3537	. Amelia Vanderburgh, born 16 October 1796, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, New York, USA & died: 24 March 1874 in Pickering Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada. Buried Locust Hill United Church Cemetery, Buttonville, Markham, Tombstone 59. . 1816 June 17, by Special License, Isaac Arnold, of Markham, Bachelor, & Amelia Vanderburgh,, of the same, spinster, Witnesses, Richard Vanderburgh, & Hannah Playter. She was married by Rev. John Strachan, in St James Cathedral, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. . Isaac Arnold, born August 1797 in New Jersey, USA. d: 16 March 1882 in Pickering Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada. Also Isaac Arnold is a NJ in-law of John Willson, UE. . Locus Hill Cemetery: Gravestone 59, in Stone 59, Locust Hill Cemetery, Markham, Ontario, Canada: Stone 59 (west) Isaac Arnold died Mar 26 1880 aged 83 years, 8 months. Amelia Vanderburgh, wife of the above, died Mar 24 1874 aged 75 years, 5 months. Stone 59 (south) Elizabeth Arnold wife of Wm Anderson died Apr 5, 1855 aged 32 years. Jane Ann, daughter of the above, died Nov 1 1874 aged 28 years. Stone 59 (east) Mariah Arnold, wife of Zachariah Pollard died Sept 9 1873 aged 37 years, 5 months. 59 (north) Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of Wm Anderson, died Oct 28 1874 aged 52 years. James Arnold died Feb 1854 aged 21 years. - - -	VANDERBURGH, Amelia Mary (I699)
3538	. Among the oldest families of the county are the Leonards, after whom the village of Leonardville is named, and at the present time there are about 200 people of that name residing in that vicinity. they are a kindly, god-fearing race, and have almost without exception secured wealth, and fame as wide as the State, as successful farmers. Lying about a mile back from the coast is the farm of Richard A. Leonard. Here he lives with his wife and family. One of the member of his family was a daughter named Delia F., a young lady of twenty-three years, brown-haired, with dark-gray eyes, and of medium height. She was a modest, unassuming girl, a devoted member of the Baptist church, and one who found her chiefest pleasures in the home circle and the society of the village and church circles. In the fall of the year it has been the custom from time immemorial for the good people of Middletown to make up parties to go to Sandy Hook beach fro the purpose of having an outing and gathering the red and purplish beach plums for winter preserves. On Saturday one of these parties was organized to the number of twenty, and of the party were Mrs. R. A. Leonard and her daughter Delia. With happy hearts and well-filled lunch baskets the party took the 10:45 a.m. boat for the railroad pier at the Hook. Miss Leonard had been in ill health for a number of years and was under the professional care of Dr. Hammond, of New York. A few days previous she had received a bottle of medicine from her physician with instructions to take ten drops of the liquid in two teaspoonfuls of water. Before starting on the trip Miss Leonard took an empty medicine bottle and put in it a teaspoonful of the medicine, and then filled it with water. When the time for starting arrived she took with her what she supposed was the medicine with water, but through an inadvertence she picked up the bottle of undiluted medicine. When the party arrived at the pier they started across the beach to the ocean side, about a mile away, for the purpose of having dinner, when they would afterward fill their baskets with plums and return home by the five o'clock boat. After the party had eaten their dinner, Miss Leonard took a dose of medicine. She immediately commenced to feel bad, and told her mother that the medicine seemed to affect her differently from that which she had been in the habit of taking. Mrs. Leonard asked to see the bottle, and to her horror discovered that the bottle contained the undiluted medicine. One or two of the party immediately ran to the ocean edge and brought back sea water, which the young lady drank, in hopes that it would make her vomit and thus get the poison out of her system. This remedy failed, and Miss Leonard was seized with spasms. In the third spasm she died, within two hours after taking the fatal dose. In the meantime messengers had been dispatched to the telegraph station at the Hook to telegraph for the attendance of physicians from Seabright and Atlantic Highlands. The Seabright physicians were all away from home, but at Atlantic Highlands Dr. Geo. D. Fay was found, and he immediately proceeded to the beach, but before he arrived Miss Leonard had passed away. It was a sad cortege that retraced their steps across the sands in order to take the boat for home, bearing with them the lifeless body of their friend and companion. The body was taken to the home at Leonardville - the home which had been departed from in the morning with smiles, and good-byes, and well wishes for a pleasant day on the beach--the home upon which had so suddenly fallen the shadow of the Angel of Death. The funeral was held at the house on Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. J. J. Baker, of Marlboro, formerly pastor of the Navesink Baptist church, conducting the services. The interment was made in Fairview Cemetery. Ref: Red Bank Register, published Wed., Sept. 23, 1885.	LEONARD, Delia F (I2788)
3539	. ANN TILTON, married on 3 July, 1758, JOHN HARVEY. Ann Tilton married, second intentions, July 3, 1758, John Harvey. . Quarker marriage record: 1748, 5, 3 mo., William Lawrence, married to Margaret Tilton, both of Middletown, at house of Daniel Tilton. Witnesses: Cattron Lawrence, William Lawrence, Amos Tilton, Margaret Lawrence, William Lawrence Jr., Daniel Tilton, George Williams, John Tilton, Mary Tilton, Anne Tilton, [i.e. her aunt.] Joseph Field, Sarah Tilton, John Tilton.2, Abigail Tilton, Increase Tilton, Margaret Tilton (her own signature?) - - -	TILTON, Ann (I631)
3540	. Ann Walker of Sedgefield, Daughter of William & Alice Walker, died October 12, buried October 13, Aged 15. The above is a correct copy of the births, marriage & deaths for the year 1811. Witness my hand the 6th July 1812, Joseph Arrowsmith, Curate of Sedgefield. Note: Four oval (ash/ wax) burns from the previous page partial obscure writing. They appear to have blown there from the upper left. Ref: Durham Diocese, England. Monument Inscription: Age 15 yrs. Daughter of William & Alice Walker. - - -	WALKER, Ann .1 (I247)
3541	. At the eastern edge of the township, is Bonhampton, also spelled Bonhamtown & pronounced Bottom town. About half way between Brunswick & Woodbridge, NJ. . John is the son of Bowley Arnold, b. 1710, of Perth Amboy, NJ & Martha Langstaff, b. 1713 Middlesex Co., NJ. X-Ref: John Langstaff, neighbour in both NJ & Upper Canada. . 1784 Apr 18. WILL Executor: WILL of Mary Ford of Piscatawy, Middleton Co., widow of Charles Ford, To cousin Catharine Wright, £5m to /Anna Martin, dau. of David Wright, now wife of James Martin, half of res & Personal., To Campbell Dunham, /so Daniel & Catharine Dunham, the half of real & postal, when 21, should he die before becoming of age, his share to Catharine Wright/ d/o David Wright, Executors John Arnold, son of Bowley Arnold & Heir Sutton, both of Piscataway, Wit John & Henry Stood Jr. & Priscilla Sutton, Proved Jul 17,1795. . 1790 Dec 15 - WILL of Charity Thomson of Piscataway, Granddaughter, Charity Langstaff, wife of John Langstall, wearing apparel, all household furniture, £60, Negro woman Ann to chose which grandchild or great grandchild she prefers to live with. Great gd, Sara Langstaff, daughter of John & charity, a negro girl named Jude. Executors: Friends, John Arnold & John Langstaff, of Piscataway. Wit: Them Holton Jr. & James Arnold, Proved Dec 22,1792. . 1794 Oct 24 - inventory £457;, further appraisement due 1796.7.16, made by Jos Randolph & John Arnold WILL of Thomas Monday of Piscataway Twp. To Wife Elizabeth goods she brought with her & £50 in wright of dower. Dau. Elizabeth merit,. . 1760, Aug. 26. Witness: WILL of John Langstaff of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.; WILL of. Wife, Mary, use of all personal & real, while my widow. Grandson, John Langstaff, son of John Langstaff, deceased, lands south of Ambrose Brook, and % of new lots of salt meadow in Piscataway Salt meadow, the north half of the 5 acre lot, & the east end of the other lot; &, if he die without issue, then the land south of Ambrose Brook, to be divided between my son, Henry, & my 3 daughters, Charlotte, & Martha, &2 granddaughters, Sarah & Priscilla, daughters of John Langstaff, deceased. The said John Langstaff shall pay to his sister, Sarah Langstaff, £40, & to his sister, Priscilla, Langstaff, £40. Son, Henry, of 2 lots of salt meadow in Piscataway, the south end of 5 acre lot, & west end of other lot. Grandsons, John & William Hopkins, sons of my daughter, Sarah Hopkins, deceased, each £5. Executors: wife, Mary, & son, Henry. Witnesses: David Conger, John Willson, Jr., John Arnold. Proved May 26, 1761. Lib. G, p. 434. * 1797 Sept 15, WILL of John Arnold of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Int. Administration: James Arnold & David Thorp. Fellow bondsmen: Henry Fourat & Joseph Thickston; all of said County, . 1797 Sept 12, Inventory £266.15.7; made by John Langstaff & John Langstaff, Jr. Ref: New Jersey Abstract of Wills: File 8987-8992L. * Note2: Verify Identity of this John Arnold could be very interesting either way. Noted also that the Langstaff family also resided on Yonge Street, Markham, Ontario, (i.e. north Toronto) near the Arnold's & Wilson family, all from New Jersey. - PJA 2012. . U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record for John Arnold: Lewis Arnold, Perth Amboy, NJ, on 12 Sep 1761, D. 12 Sep 1830. Application of WILLIAM CAMPBELL ARNOLD, 2nd, Descendant of Lewis Arnold, John Arnold, Dated March 31st 1917. Age 24 Born NY City, 18 Jul 1892. #29809, State # 1734. Residence 529 Scotland Rd., Orange E, Sussex Co., NJ. Law-student. I am the son of: . Lewis Arnold, served as a Private Middlesex Co. Militia. Certificate No. 760, June 8, 1784. Commissioner Thomson Stelle, for Dept., citation on his Continental Pay, in the Middlesex, NJ Militia, during the Revolutionary, Signed, W F Sadler, Jr, The Adjutant General. Ref: Gen. Styler's NJ Men in the Revolution, p. 491. GGG grandson of Bowley Arnold & his wife Charlotte Langstaff, married 1789. During the War of Revolution "John Arnold served as Private in Middlesex County New Jersey Militia." . Bridgewater Meredith Arnold, Perth Amboy, NJ b 1864 & Margaret Hunter, NY City, b. 1 Mar 1867, married June 17, 1891; 2. Grandson of John Ford Arnold 7 Jan 1811 - 23 Sep 1874 & Rebecca Campbell, Metuchen, NJ on 21 Jul 1821- 3 Aug, 1891, married 1838; 3. G grandson of Lewis Arnold, Perth Amboy, NJ. Born 1761-1830 & Eliza Ford, Perth Amboy, b 25 Jul 1772- 26 Mar (?) 1831, married 1810; 4. GG grandson of John Arnold, Perth Amboy, NJ, b. 24 Aug 1740-24 -22 Aug 1797 & his wife Mary Willson, Piscataway, NJ on 24 Jun 1739 - 17 Nov 1819, married 1760; 5. GGG grandson of Bowley Arnold, b. Rhode Island & his wife Charlotte Langstaff, married 1789. . It is certified that the records of this office: Lewis Arnold, served as a Private, Middlesex Co. Militia. Received certificate No. 1760 dated June 8, 1784 from Commissioner Thomson Stelle, for depreciation on his Continental Pay, in the Middlesex County New Jersey Militia, during the Revolutionarily War. Signed, W F Sodler, Jr., The Adjutant General. . U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, of BRIDGEWATER MEREDITH ARNOLD, JR., Jr, age 21, Applying for membership in the Society by right of lineal descent in the following from from LEWIS ARNOLD. I was born in 737 Scotland Rd., Orange, Co. of Essex, NJ on 7 JUNE, 1900. I am the son of Bridgewater Meredith Arnold, born Aug 31 1864, living. Student at Princeton. Nominated & recommended by: Bridgewater M Arnold. Sr, Wm. Campbell Arnold. [Lineage continues as on the above application of Wm. Campbell, Arnold - with the exception, Bowley Arnold is born in Rhode Island. - PJA 2011.] Lewis Arnold, Perth Amboy NJ, on 12 Sep 1761, D. 12 Sep 1830. Application of Bridgewater Meredith Arnold, Jr, Mar 24, 1922 John Arnold served as Private in Middlesex County Militia, with his son Lewis. Ref: for the above statement: Gen. Wm S Stryker, "Officers of Men of NJ in the Revolutionary War." . U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, of BRIDGEWATER MEREDITH ARNOLD, SR., age 49 Applying for membership in the Society by right of lineal descent in the following from from LEWIS ARNOLD. I was born Perth Amboy on 31 Aug 1864, Residence: 529 Scotland Rd., Orange, Co. of Essex, NJ on 101 MAY, 1914. Wholesale Dry Goods. I am the son of John Ford Arnold, b 7 Jan 1811 - 23 Sep 23 1874 & Rebecca Campbell. [Lineage continues as on the above application of Wm. Campbell, Arnold - with the exception, Bowley Arnold is born in Rhode Island. - PJA 2011.] State of NJ Office of the Adjutant General, Trenton, March 17, 1914. It is certified, that the records of this office show that JOHN ARNOLD, served as Private, Capt. David Dunham'a Co., Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Crow's First Regiment, Middlesex Co. New Jersey Militia; enlisted Jul 1780 for one month, furnished his son, James Arnold, as his substitute; also furnished his son for 2 monthly tours in Captain Robert Ross's Company, Feb, 1781, & Capt. Matthew Freeman's Company Sep 1781 - during the Revolutionary War. Sealed by W F Sadler, Jr. (& also sealed:) It is certified that the records of this office show that LEWIS ARNOLD, served as Private, Middlesex Co., NJ Militia; received certificate #760, dated June 8, 1784, from Commissioner Thomson Stelle, for the depreciation of his Continental pay in the Middlesex Co. NJ Militia, - during the Revolutionary War. . 1838 Jun 4, Richmond Hill, North York Militia: Lieut. Col. John Arnold, Vaughan, (son John Arnold was an Ensign 4th Regiment North York Militia. - - -	ARNOLD, Lieut. Col. John Sr. (I491)
3542	. Aug 1905 Married in an Automobile Dr. St. Elmo H King & Miss May Davis, both of Lakeview, Mich., were married in this city at 7:30 Thursday evening. Dr. King is a brother of Mrs L L Conkey, where the contracting parties have been visiting for a short time. They planned a trip to the residence of the Rev Geo E Rowe, accompanied by Dr. Conkey & family, in his touring car, where the ceremony was performed in the auto, which was placed in the shade of an old apple tree. After partaking of choice fruit the party returned to the residence of Mrs L L Conkey where a dainty luncheon was served. The bride was gowned in a beautiful creation of white net & carried white & pink carnations. The groom is a graduate of the Grand Rapid veterinary college class of 1902 & has a very lucrative practice at Lakeview & the bride is a former resident of this city, having many friends here. Dr. & Mrs King will be at home to their friends in Lakeview after Sept 1. Ref: Grand Rapids Press, published 1905 Aug 18. . 1942 - WWII Registration Card, Elma Henry King, Res. Lakeview, Mich, Born Mar 19, 1882, Berrien Co., Michigan Contact Myrtle King, Lakeview, Mich. - - -	KING, St. Elmo HENRY (I1760)
3543	. Baptism Registration Belaugh, Aylsham District, Co. Norfolk Norwich Diocese, Belaugh Parish Register of Archdeacon Transcripts 1600-1812: . 1812 May 24, James Patterson, son of John & Elizabeth his wife, late Hotson, baptized, by John Prowett, Rector Belaugh Parish. Note: Found on last page of Parish Register (Brother Richard Patterson is on the previous page for 1811.) - PJ Ahlberg 2018. - - -	PATTERSON, James (I478)
3544	. Baptized June 21, 1775, Elisha Tallman, of John & Martha Lawrence, born 0Feb. 13, 1775. Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ. . A biography of his brother, says 'James' brother was already dead by James Lawrence's death in 1813.' Whether Elisha of William Franklin Lawrence was not specified James Lawrence's gold metal was to be presented to 'his oldest surviving male relative'. . 1797 Jan 17, Wed. Upper Canada Land Petitions of John Brown Lawrence asking for land for for William & James Lawrence / his 2 sons, Jackson B French, James Goelet & John Parker (his sons-in-laws) he has reasons to Expect they will come into & reside in this Province & for whose Loyalty he can Voucher. ( The response was that the Government could only approve land for those residing in Ontario.) Does this imply his sons William Franklin & Elisha Tallman Lawrence are already deceased? More research may provide some answers. - P J Ahlberg - - -	LAWRENCE, Elisha Tallman .6 (I590)
3545	. Baptized Lucy, daughter of John & Martha Lawrence, born & baptized November 24th, 1771, at Burlington, Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ. . 1806, Brother John Brown Lawrence, Jr. left her a share in his estate, to be shared among his wife Mary Ann Lawrence & her 3 other sisters. . 1814 Aug 1 - Administration of goods & chattels of Lucy Lawrence, late of this [?] county of Somerset who died intestate was granted to Robert Boggs, Esquire, of Middlesex Co., who is duly authorized to administration., Surrogate Court. - - -	LAWRENCE, Lucy .iii (I377)
3546	. Before the Revolution he kept a tavern, "The Black-horse, or Half-way House." During the War he served in the Loyalist forces, first as a Lieutenant in Hierlihy's Corps (commission 26 October 1776), then as a Lieutenant (1777) & Captain (25 May1778) in Emmerick's Chasseurs. He was wounded 11 times during the Revolution. After the War he sailed from New York in May 1783, & was given land in Burton, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick. In April 1784 Capt. Richard Vanderburgh travelled to England, carrying the claims for indemnifica­tion of hundreds of Loyalists the claims arrived too late. In 1785, the first election in New Brunswick, the member selected for Sunbury were William Hubbard & Richard Vanderburgh. Before October 1788 the latter disposed of all his property in N.B. & returned to the U.S. with his wife & family, in an effort to recover the estate of his stepson, Abraham Rapelje Jr., at Bushwick, Long Island; this estate had been confiscated during the Revolution. In 1800 Richard Vanderburgh & his family returned to Canada, settling at Dover Mills (now Port Dover), Norfolk County, Upper Canada. Besides Henry Vanderburgh and his 4 sons, there were 3 Vanderburghs who came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. They were brothers, Garrett, John, & Gilbert, who came from the Helderberg Hills, near the city of Albany, New York. It is possible that these 3 brothers are descended from the Vanderburgh family of Albany. Ref: The family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill, by Wallace McLeod, Middlesex, London, 1962. . 1777 Aug 4, Muser Roll of Capt Alex Mullan?, Indept. Company Lieut. Richd Vanderburg, Enlistment 1776 Oct 26, On Commission. Ref: Ward Chipman Muster Masters Office, Archives of Canada. . CLAIM & LOSSESS OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS Whitehall, 22 July, 1788, I send you the enclosed Memorial of Mr. Richard Vanderburgh, Signed, JLD. 1784 June 3, To Commissioners, Memorial of Richard Vanderburg, late Captain of the Corps of Chasseurs, formerly commanded by Lieut. Col. Emmerick. He is the son of Judge Henry Vanderburgh, Dutchess Town, In October 1775 he went about his Majesty's Ship, they lying at New York harbor, there he remained till the winter. Having received Governor Tryons approbation, he accompanied as a sarjeant, Capt. Grant of NY Volunteers to Boston. After the Battle of Long Island here the honor for his conduct & personal bravery from the witness of his Captain & commanding officers. But he having during the Engagement received 7 severe & dangerous wounds was rendered for a considerable time incapable of serving. Under General Grant he was promoted to Ensign, & afterwards a Lieutenant. Because of his valor Brigadier General ordered him removed to a Company by Capt. Emmerick. By order of Major General Vaughan he was promoted a Captain in Capt. Emmericks Chasseurs. He had many skirmishes & re-encounters with the Enemy. Signed, R. Vanderburg. Richard Vanderburg, Certificate #65, NY, Property claim £675, Sum Originally allowed: £310; Total sum payable under Act of Parliament £310; Balance after Receipt £310; . 1779 December 16, NY. I do certify That Ricard Van Derburgh of the year 1775 came as a refugee from County, then in the Harbour of the City where he remained sometime. In the Winter of that year, he went with Capt. Grant who was then raising a company afterward called the NY Volunteers, He returned with Capt. Grant as a Sergeant & afterward went to with Captain Grant to Halifax & returned with the sad Company & the Army under General Howe to this City. He continued a Sargent until the Battle of Long Island, in which he received several dangerous wounds. On his recovery from the wounds he was advanced to be an Ensign in Brigadier General Browns Corps, & afterwards to a Lieutenant in the said Regiment. Afterwards he removed to the Company of Chasseurs under Captain Emmerich & advanced to be a Captain of the Chasseurs under Lieut. Col. Emmerich in which last serve he has also been wounded at different times. Richard Van Derburgh has on all occasions himself as an active officer with the utmost approbation. Signed. Wm. Tyron, M.G., New York. . Emmerick's Chasseurs Officers' Memorial: To His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Gen: & Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces laying on the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to West Florida inclusive &c &c &c. We the Officers of His Majesty's Corps of Chasseurs commanded by Lieut. Col. Emmerich We do Accuse him the said Lieut. Col. Emmerich of the following Crimes Viz. 1. For returning fictitious Names by which he drew Money from the Pay Office, & converted it to his own use; 2. For employing Soldiers, Negroes, & Refugees, to robb & plunder the Inhabitants of West Chester County & dividing the property with them; 3. For imprisoning, Whipping & cruelly beating the inhabitants without cause or tryal; 4. For forcing the Inhabitants to give Notes & pay monies that were never due; 5. For Publicly ordering parties to plunder & Sharing the profits with them; 6. For Selling Horses inspected & branded for His Majesty's Service & converting the money to his own private use; 7. For converting to his own use money drawn for his Soldiers; 8. For issuing Orders detrimental to His Majesty's Service; 9.  For Ungentleman like behaviour, approving of & encouraging the same. 10. For obliging Soldiers to pay for half mounting received from the Inspector Genl's Office; Selling their discharges & converting the money to his own private use; for inhumanely beating them, so as to render them unfit for Service, & Also for turning them out of the Lines; 11.  for (contrary to the Rules of War & Laws of Nations) beating & imprisoning a Flag of Truce. Honor & Justice compel us to represent to Your Excellency, Facts as openly Notorious to throughout the Army & Country Adjacent as they are infamous in themselves. We therefore pray Your Excellency will be pleased to Order the Sd Lieut. Col. Emmerich in Arrest & that a Court Marital may be held where we will appear & Support the above Charges, or forfeit every pretension to command under the Sd Lieut. Col. Emmerich. June 22d 1779, your Memorialists shall pray &c R. VANDERBURGH Capt. Lt. Capt. Benjn Ogden, Lieut. Jno Jones, Lt. James Huestis, Corp. Thomas Merritt Lt. Drags. Benjn Woolsey Miurson, Lt. Capt. G. Welbank, Cort. Drags. Benj M Woolsey.. Ref: Sir Henry Clinton Papers, Volume 61, item 33, University of Michigan. . 1779 Aug 31, New York Head Quarters. Officers who re'd 3 months pay & were dismiss'd the Emmericks Chassuers: Capt. R. Vanderurgh, Lt. Infantry, UC by Gen. Tryon. Ref: Sir Henry Clinton Papers, Vol 67, Item1. . 1784 July 18, Richmond, To D P Clark, Esq., In respect to having my suspended pay allowed me, has I have a Bill to that amount standing against me, which I drew for the use of my family & as I wish to return to Nova Scotia on the next ship that sails, I request your help in the above order, as I cannot return without this obligation having no temporary relief. Signed, your humble servant, Richd. Vanderburg. . I certify that my father Henry Vanderburg was one of the Judges of Dutchess Co., Province of New York as early as the year 1776 at which time for his unshaken loyalty he was made prisoner by the Rebels in Crops? Creek & onto a Galley for one year & then removed to Exeter Gaol for 9 months after which he was removed to Poughkeepsie, where he suffered another 6 months close confinement, with the confiscation of his estates as well as in Orange Co. where he sunk into an insanity of mind, as deep in the Vale of affliction as of years, in which condition the Rebel General Clinton sent him to NY where he now remains in a state of poverty. Signed, Richd. Vanderburgh & certify by Wm. Tyron. Ref: American Loyalists Claims, Series I, Vol 67, Temporary Support, New York, p 388-400. . Wm. Lawrence, late of Duchess Co., Landed Aug 1783 up River to Gagetown, Capt. Vanderburg took his claim to London, England. Clever Farm, Value, £150 . This Carle, Dutchess Co., left NYC May 1783 went to Gagetown. Capt. Vanderburg good his Claim to England Mar 1784. Imprisoned 1 May to Sept 1776. . 1785 - New Brunswick Land Petitions: Richard Vanderburg, Sunbury Co., N.B. . 1786 - New Brunswick Land Petitions: Peter Vanderburg, Sunbury Co., N.B.. together with 9 petitioners for Burton Anglican Church. . 1787- New Brunswick Land Petitions: Peter Vanderburg, York Co., N.B . 1788 June 24th, Saint John, [To Ward Shipman Esq., Solicitor General of NB] Sir: I have received from Mr. Thomas N Millock? your note drawn in his favor for £8.3.7 currency & exclusive of interest with instructions to post it in just? immediately unless discharged. You will therefore see this necessity of taking some steps towards repayment of this note immediately as early as possible & I now therefore give you this information that you may be enabled to put this final demand without incurring new trouble & additional expense of a significance. I am Your most obet., very respectfully, Mr. Richard Vanderburg. NB. Inclosed in x letter to requesting him to deliver it to Vanderburg. Ref: Ward Chipman, Senior & Junior fonds, document 680, C1180, Archives of Canada. . 1788 Sep 13, New Brunswick, Receipt for payment, to Richard Vanderburg, Esq. Original Damages = £47.164.5 Costs 12.18.9, Total 60.15.1 half. Captain in part, £6. Ordered in Kingsbury given to Mr. B Dell (?) 16. Total £38.15.1 half. > 1795 Sep 5 - By order of the honorable Morgan Lewis, Esq., Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature, NY State - made on the petition of Richard Vanderburg, an insolvent debt, in conjunction with so many of his creditors as have debts owing to them by the said insolvent, amount to ore than 3 fourths of all the monies owing by the said insolvent. Notice is hereby give to all the creditors of said insolvent to shew cause if any they have, before said Judge, at his chambers in Clinton town, Dutchess Co, by the 11 Nov next, why an assignment of the estate of the said Richard Vanderburgh should not be made & he be discharged accordingly to the Act for giving relief in cases of insolvency, passed 21.3 1786. Signed, Richard Vanderbugh, Gabriel L Vanderburgh, on of the petitioning creditors. > 1796 Nov 2 , Poughkeepsie - To the Public, The partnership of Nicholas Power & Richard Vanderburgh is dissolved by metal consent & all persons concerned will take notice that the business will be continued by Nicholas Power only, to who all debts due to said partnership are to be paid. The above partnership is dissolved in consequence of the said Richard Vanderburgh's expectation of going into business in another country. Signed, Nicholas Power & Richard Vanderburgh. Ref: Poughkeepsie Journal, NY. Note: Printed by Nicholas Power, next door to the Tavern of Thos. Pool, a few rods S of Court House. Printing Office, Main St., Poughkeepsie, 1791 3 story house. . UCLP Lease UV Petition 2 To James P Elgin, Lieut. Governor's Office, York (Toronto) Sir: We the subscribers do appoint to the Proclamation dated Oct 10th respecting the Province of the King & Country for Lots in 9th in the front Concession & also 9th in the third Concession & wish for the Lease as soon as your Honour can make it come. No. 114, Richd. Vanderburgh, John Deuce, #114 Roger O'Brian, #69 Samuel Matthews, #10 Abrm. Depew. Woodhouse 19th, 1802. By the request of #97, Mr. Abraham A. Rapelje. Ref: UCLP, V Bundle Leases, C2950, p39. . UCLPetition 6, U-V Leases 1800-32, C2950. 1800 Sep 11, Richard Vanderburg purchased part Lot 8, Front Reserved Lot 8 Front, Twp. Woodhouse, Norfolk Co., & Lot 9 adjoining east on Lot Number 8 Purchased Lease from Wm. Francis, Woodhouse Feby 12, 1801. Would like to leave Lot 9. Signed, Ricd. Vanderburgh. Witness, Captain Wynant Williams. Recommended 7 Dec 1802. . UCLPetition 15, V Batch 13, C2948 To Peter Russell, Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada, The petition of Richard Vanderburgh, from Nova Scotia, That your Petition served His majesty in America, the whole of the American War & was a Captain in Emmerick Chasseurs. That at the Peace of 1783, your petitioner settled in Nova Scotia, but never received any lands in that Province; He also represented the County of Sunbury 6 years in the Assembly of that Province & a Judge of the Court of Escheats. That about 4 years ago [1796] your Petitioner set out from Nova Scotia, with his family consisting of a wife & 4 children in order to settle in this province, but arriving at Albany, your petitioner’s wife there fell sick & after a continuing & painful sickness of 3 years did died. That your petitioner is now arrived in this Province with his 4 children & being desirous of settling with them in it - your petitioner humbly prays your Excellency a grant of the vacant Lands of the Crown, as your Excellency recommends & in duty bounds your petitioner shall ever pray. Signed, Richard Vanderburgh, York 25 June, 1800. . That the petitioner is well known to Colonel Smith of the Queen’s Rangers & Captain Wynant Williams of the Canadian Volunteers. . He received Eleven* wounds in the service during the American war. The certificate of his wounds are lodged in the War Office. Note1: * 11 wounds is clearly written on this Petition, however, on other papers it could no doubt it could be misread - especially owing to the large amount of wounds. - PJA 2011. Note2: One officer at least had military experience in the present conflict. Richard VANDERBURGH of Dutchess County, New York was an active Loyalist early on in the conflict. In October of 1775 he was able to get on board HMS Asia in New York Harbor & offer his services to Governor William TRYON. . VANDERBURGH was made a sergeant in Captain Alexander GRANT's New York Company & accompanied this officer to Boston, Halifax & back to New York. With his company he took part in the Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776, displaying great gallantry in battle, evidenced by his receiving "seven* severe & dangerous wounds." In 27 Oct., 1778 for his valor he was made an ensign, under BROWNE & shortly afterwards a lieutenant. He would go on to be captain of light infantry un Lt. Col. Emmerick's Chasseurs, in which station he would once again be wounded in battle. Ref: The Memorial of Richard Vanderburgh, late Captain in the Corps of Chasseurs, formerly commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Emmerick". Rec'd 12 April 1781. Audit Office 13/67/386-387. Certificate of Major General William Tryon, 16 December 1779. Audit Office 13/67/392. . UCLAND BOOKS, 1800 JUNE 25 - Richard Vanderburgh, Praying for land as a Captain. The Petitioner comes too late for Military Lands, he is however, Recommended for 1000 Acres under the new Regulations. Ref: UCLB C101, p.776. . Peter Vanderburgh, Lot 24, Concession 2, is descended from a U.E. Loyalist family, who came from Pennsylvania, U.S. Capt. Richard VANDERBURGH Chasseurs Return of Troops 17900D BRITISH, FOREIGN AND PROVINCIAL OFFICERS Place where the Document was Created: Ref: British Headquarters Papers (Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts) Microfilm: M-369, Item Number: 9703 . Richard Vanderburg is the uncle of Mrs. Elizabeth Vanderburg (William L.) Willson & Mrs. Amelia Vanderburg (Stillwell) Willson, & also Richard Vanderburg was a neighbor of the Willsons. Richard Vanderburg was a neighbor of John Willson & sons Stillwell & William Willson. . Richard Vanderburg also served in the same Revolutionary Regiment of another Willson in-law, John Vanzante. As noted in Land Petition 2, he & Vanzante wanted to lease land together to remove lumber. Both Vanzante & Vanderburg were descendants of original Dutch settlers. As well when Richard's wife Sarah Rapelje was sick, Vanderburg spent 3 years in Albany, NY, which was Vanzante's home town, coincidence not implied. - PJ Ahlberg 2014. . 1824 Nov 17, New York State, USA. I John Mitchell, Public Notary, State of NY, dwelling in City of New York, certify on 17 No 1824 personally came before me Richard Vanderburg of Newtown in Queens Co, NY, Gentleman, sworn & say, he was present on Christmas day in the year 1786 or 1787 & saw the marriage ceremony by Rev. John Birdsley [Beardsly], between Winifred Van Allen (her maiden name previous to the marriage being Winifred Rapelje) which marriage was performed in the [St. Johns] Province of New Brunswick. The deponent was well acquainted with Henry Van Allen* who was in the employ of his Britannic Majesty during the Revolutionary War for at lease 3 years, as an Ensign in the 3rd Battalion of NJ Volunteers, command by Lieut. Col. VanBurkirk, & that he was never in any other military service. Signed, Ricd. Vanderburgh* Note3: Henry VanAllan, died 18 Oct 1820 of Inflammatory sore throat at Woodhouse, London District. James Graham, Surgeon. Note4: Comparison of signature & handwriting are the same person as above UCLP6. - PJ Ahlberg 2015. Ref: Petition for War Pension by widow Winifred VanAllen, Woodhouse 25 Oct 1823. . Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg, 2015. Thank you. - - -	VANDERBURGH, Capt. Richard 1. (I775)
3547	. Beggs [Boggs], Thomas & Bulkeley, Daniel Memorialists have for some time past been residents in the township of Preston. Thomas Boggs drew a lot of land there but the wood on it is entirely exhausted. Bulkeley never drew any land in the province. Request a grant of unallocated land further back in the country, near the new road leading from Preston to 'Muscodobit.' The memorialists are permitted to occupy until further orders, one hundred acres each, first reporting the situation to Mr. Morris. Memorial. Wentworth. Land Petition 1794, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. . 1798 May 22, We have been favored with the following List of Subscribers, up to this morning, in Halifax to a Voluntary contribution from Nova Scotia fo the Support of Government in bring on the present Just & necessary War agains His Majesty's Enemies: (Wars 1798-1802) 180 names, including, Thomas Bogg, £50. Charles Boggs, £5. Lawrence Hartshorne, Esq., annually, £100. Ref: Royal Gazette & Nova Scotia Advertiser, Halifax, published in Report on Canadian Archives - 1940 . THOMAS BOGGS was born Shrewsbury, NJ at 12:30 A.M., May 22, 1771 & died in Halifax, NS Oct 24, 1859, aged 89. Thomas Boggs was a merchant of Halifax, of the firm of Boggs & Hartshorn, hardware merchants of George and Granville Streets. Mr. Boggs married Friday evening, Sept 5, 180 to Sarah DeBlois, the 2nd daughter & fourth child of Geo. Debris, Esq., merchant of Halifax, NS & Sarah DeBlois The grandfather of Geo. Debris, Louis DeBlois, left France & came to England in 1688, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, & settled probably in Shropshire. He was with the forces of William III at the Battle of the Bovine in 1690. His son removed with his family to America & settled in Boston, Mass, but when the American Revolution broke out, he with part of his family came to Halifax, NS. The family was of Huguenot origin, Geo. Debris died in Newport, RI, June 18, 1799 & his wife Sarah, at Halifax Dec 25, 1827. Sarah DeBlois Boggs was born in Salem, Mass, Aug. 18, 1774 - died Halifax Feb 2nd, 1833, aged 58 years. A letter dated NY, Feb 14, 1833, from James Boggs Jr. to J S Blauvelt, says "I have a letter from Halifax this morning of the 2nd inst., but it is not from one of the immediate family & it communicates ill tidings. My poor brother, Thomas, has lost his wife & very suddenly & unexpectedly, though her general health was not good. The letter is from Mr. Stephen DeBlois; my brother & Mrs B had dined with him on the 1st of the month, the preceding day, by themselves & returned home about 10 o'clock - Mrs. B in good spirits. He was attacked that nigh with violet spasms & died between 2 & 3 in the morning of 2nd. Mr. DeBlois says Miss Boggs, meaning I presume my sister, behaved exceeding well & seemed the comfort & support of all; & that my poor brother bears it as a Christian man ought. She was a most excellent woman, wife & mother & I feel most sensibly the loss of my bereaved brother & the children." She was buried in the Pleasant St, Old St. Paul's Cemetery. Thomas & Sarah Deblois Boggs issue: James Ge., 1801, m. Isabella Pryor; 2nd, Helen Johnstone. . 1798 Dec 3 - Thomas Boggs, writing from Halifax to his brother Robert in New Jersey, indicates that he is still living with his parents & has recently purchased a large house which they occupy & "to which they invite their New Brunswick, NJ, relatives for a visit. In 1824 Dr. Boggs purchased from Lawrence Hartshorne, a small house & lot in Halifax situated next to the north east corner of Granville & Sackville Streets, for his own residence, for which he paid £500. Anne Boggs, Halifax Mar 7, 1803, Died Upper Norwood, near London SE, Aug 13, 1884, after a shot illness, aged 81years. Anne Boggs spent her vacation with cows Mary, d/o James, a Chevilly, NY & cemented an affection which always existed between the 2 coins. Jul 24, 1828, Anne married Augustus Francis Ansell, Lieut, Adjutant 7th Highlandsrs. Issue Francis T Ansell, b Bermude, Jul 25, 1929, buried Carrickfergus, Ireland Jul 1834; Sarah Eliz. Ansell, Mar 2,1831 in Limerick, aged 75 y, d Dec 6, 1906, unmarried, bu. beside parents at Brompton Cemetery, London. Henry Augustus Ansell, b Tipperary, Ireland June 14, 1832 . 1904, Sterlingshire; Anne Francies Madelaine Ansell, 1841 Dec 26, Montreal, Res. Assaye Lodge, Fountain Rd, Upper Norwood, London SEE. - - -	BOGGS, Thomas (I2209)
3548	. Benjamin Franklin Sitton & his brother Joshua Warren Sitton, came to Arkansas, about 1871. Benjamin settled in Benton Co., & Joshua in Searcy Co. (Buffalo River Country). About the same time, George Washington Sitton & his brothers, C.S & William, settled in St. Joe Village, Searcy Co., Arkansas. James Sutton (Sitton) of Alabama was the father of Geo. Washington Cicero Silas & William Sitton. Ref: RC Bentley, San Diego, Cal., Arkansas Genealogical Society, 1979. - - -	SITTON, George Washington .1 (I115)
3549	. Between 1940 & 1940 Genevieve & her daughter Joan K Hamilton had moved out from the house at 25 Hamilton Health with her Hamilton-in-laws. . 1926 Jul 24, Mrs. J. Kenneth Hamilton, 57 Hamilton Heath is spending several weeks at St Simon's Island, near Brunswick, Ga, as a guest of Moses Louise & Patty hBerry, ofRom. Ga, at their summer home. - - -	HAMILTON, Mrs. Genevieve S (I1677)
3550	. Bildald resided in Saltfeet Twp., Wentworth Co., (i.e. not so far from where he would later resided Trafalgar Twp. in 1830.) . UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BOND #1978, KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Bildad Simons of the Township of Trafalgar in the Gore District & Father of the within named Mary Lizy Simons. Sealed at Toronto, in the Home District, on 13 October, 1830. Richard Lawrence of the said Township & District, cabinet maker, & Mary Lizy Simons of the same place, Spinster. Signed in presence of T. Jarvis, Bildad Simons. Ref: UC Marriage Bonds, C6780, Archives of Ontario. Note1 Mary Lizy married a year before her sister Clarissa Simons in Trafalgar Twp., Ontario. Alt Name: Mary Eliz. per her son's death certificate. . Bildad first resided Saltfeet Twp in 1806. Mary Lizy's father Bildad Simons & his sons were farming on the backside of the Teetzel's land at Trafalgar Twp., Ontario. . 1861, Civil War, Detroit [16 Pages of Documents]: Claim for Widow's Pension: Widow's Certificate WC72448, Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, nee Simons, widow, Richard S Lawrence, Private Co. H. 28 Mich. Proof Exhibited: A. Gen. Report Muster Oct 5th/64 at a Ky & Service at Louisville KY, Nov 24/64. Typhoid Pneumonia. Serv. of 28th Certificates to Typhoid with contracted in line of duty. Marriage Applied of by Certificate, Oct.13 30. Names & dates of birth children: Clarissa Lawrence, age 12 years, b. 1852 Charles Lawrence, age 10 years, b. 1852 Rebecca Lawrence, age 8 years, b. 1856 Almira Lawrence, age 3 years, b. 1861. Loyalty Attested, Agent & his P.O. Address Wm R Leon? St. Joseph, Mich. Admitted Jany 1st 1866, to a Pension of $8 commencing Nov 21,1864. . Widow Declaration for Pension: Berrien Co., Michigan, 1865 January 18, before Geo. H Murdock, Clerk of Circuit Court which is a county of Record. Mary Elizabeth Lawrence duly sworn, aged 50 years /b.1814, resident Benton Township, Berrien, Michigan, widow of Richard S. Lawrence was a private in Company H, commended by Captain Samuel Chadwick, 28th Reg. Michigan Volunteers, Commanded by Col. Delors Phillips in the ward with Confederate States. Richard L Lawrence enlisted at Oronoko Twp., 5 Oct, 1864 for a term of one & half months & died in Hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 November, 1864 of Typhoid Pneumonia. * She was married to the said Richard S Lawrence on the 14 October, 1830, at Palermo, Halton Co., Canada by Rev. Mr. King, Presbyterian clergy. She was Mary Elizabeth Simons. She believes there is no public record of her marriage & no private marriage that she has been possessed of a Certificate of her said Marriage, given by the said officiating Clergyman which Certificate has been lost. At the time of her husband's death there were then children under 16 years of age at Benton Township & are Clarissa Lawrence, Aged 12 years, Charles, Lawrence age 10y, Rebecca aged 8 years & Elmira Lawrence age 3 years. Wm. Richards Lyon, her Attorney, Signed, Elizabeth HER XMark Lawrence, Millburgh, Mich. Witnesses sworn: Signed, John Teetzel & Hester Teetzel, Benton Twp., Widow of Richard S Lawrence. They know the deceased soldier from a long personal acquaintance of more than 30 years. . Affidavit1: 1865 Sept 13, Notary Public for Berrien Co. Jane Teetzel of St. Joseph, Aged 55 years / b.1810 & John Teetzel of Benton, age 49 years / b. 1816 ... Certify to be repeatable & entitled to credit. That they resided for many years previous & subsequently to 14 Oct 1830 at Palermo in Halton Co., Canada West. On that day Richard S Lawrence & Mary Elizabeth Simons were united in holy matrimony at the house of William Simons in said Village of Palermo by the late Rev Mr King, a Presbyterian Clergyman. She is his widow. Jane Teetzel was present & witnessed the ceremony. John Teetzel was a boy at that time & was at the house of his father on the opposite side of the Street from the said house where the said marriage took place & that the other members of the family were present & public records were not made & he know the said parties, signed, Jane Teetzel & John Teetzel. Note2: In 1830 Jane Lawrence was not yet married to Mathias Teetzel. Who is William Simons? Is this name an error, or did Bildad have another second name? - PJ Ahlberg 2018. . Affidavit2: 1867 Dec 19, A.D. Esther King, wife of Henry King, Millburgh, Berrien Co. That she well knew the Late Richard S Lawrence & his Widow Elizabeth Lawrence. He surviving him were: Clarissa Lawrence born May 16, 1852; Rebecca about 13 years, Almira born Dec 22, 1856. Esther was present at the birth of Clarissa & Almira. She knew Richard & his family more that 15 years [before 1852]. Signed, Esther King. . Affidavit3: 1867, Feb 5, Notary Public for Hester Teetzel, wife of John Teetzel, resident of Benton. Knew well RSL & his widow Elizabeth L. His children, Clarissa L, about 14y, Rebecca Lawrence born June 6, 1854 & Almira L, about 8y. Elizabeth continues to support all her children nor allow anyone to adopt their children. Deponent says she is a sister of said Richard S Lawrence & being present at the birth of Rebecca Lawrence & now lives near neighbors to Elizabeth Lawrence. Sworn & Signed, Hester Teetzel. * 1895 Jan 26 - Mrs. Charles [Rebecca] Carrao has returned from Benton Harbor, where she was summoned by the illness of her mother. Ref: Jackson Citizen Patriot, MI. . Afterward Mary Lizy lived with her daughter Ester Lawrence King. . Michigan Death Certificate, Benton, Berrien Co., #158, Elizabeth Lawrence, died Jan 8 1904, aged 90 years, 4 months 19 days, Born 1813 Aug 19th. Aged at marriage:15 years.* [= married 1828], widow (Note3: Upper Canada Marriage Bond dated 13 Oct, 1830 = age 17 years. - PJA) Parent of 12 children, 5 are living. Father: Simons, born Canada, Mother, don't known name or where born, Resided Benton Harbor, Died of Heart failure or Paralysis, an old age. 3:00 AM. Informer: Myra Grow, Benton Harbor, MI. In the margin is partially written: Myra Grow, daughter of deceased [?] her former xx. Note4: Year/Age of marriage given by daughter Myra Lawrence Grow, in the death MI. Death Certificate is incorrect, based on the above Ontario Marriage Bond, Lizy was age 17 at her marriage. - Likewise Myra was aware only of her grandfather's surname was Simons & she thought incorrectly he was born in Canada. PJ Ahlberg, 2018. Obituary1 . 1904 Jan 8 - Old Resident Dead, Died at Home of Her Daughter at Twelve Corners Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Henry King, at Twelve Corners, aged xx years. Mrs. Lawrence's maiden name was Elizabeth Simons. She was born in Canada in 1813, coming to Benton Harbor in 1858, when it was but a village. She & her husband purchased the Major Britton place near Eastman Springs where they resided for sometime & later resided in the Braunson? house now occupied by Mrs Lamport, this being one of the first houses built here. The deceased has 5 children: John Lawrence, Mrs Henry King of Twelve Corners, Mrs Clara Collins of Chicago, Mrs. Charles Corrao of Ann Arbor & Mrs Myra Crow of this city. The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the Twelve Corners Church conducted by Mr. Merrifeld. Ref: News Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI. Obituary2 50 Years Ago [c1902]. At the home of Mrs Myra Grow on Edwards Ave., Morton Hill, last evening, a party of relatives assembled in honor of Mrs Elizabeth Lawrence, mother of Mrs. Grow who is leaving soon for the home of another daughter at Ann Arbor. There is doubless not another living resident of Benton Harbor whose life is more closely identified with the early life & growth of the city than that of Mrs. Lawrence, who was Elizabeth Simons, born in Canada & married to Richard Lawrence at the age of 15 years. In the spring of 1858 they came to Benton Harbor & settled on the Major Britain place near Eastman Springs. Mr Lawrence was both a farmer & carpenter & assisted in building the residence known as the old Brunson house, upon the bluffs, now occupied by Mrs. Lamport. This was the first residence built within the city limits. The Lawrence lived on the Britain place for 8 years then moved on the Maher place, 2 miles from Miller where they remained until 1865 when the husband died in the war. The widow then purchased a home of S Brunson, standing where Dunbar's meat market now stands. Mrs. Lawrence has been the mother of 13 children, 10 of whom grew to maturity, 5 now living. She will celebrate her 89th birthday the 13th August. She entertained the company yesterday with many tales of pioneer days & gave the younger members an exhibition of how they tripped the light fantastic 60 years ago. Ref: News Palladium Newspaper, Benton Harbor, republished 1952 Jul 28th. All Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -	SIMONS, Mary Lizy ELIZABETH (I280)