Sarah DEVINS

Female 1799 - 1867  (68 years)


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  • Name Sarah DEVINS 
    Born 1 Sep 1799  York Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Born near Humber River. Alt DOB 18 Sep 1799.
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Oct 1867  Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Clairville (Brampton), Ontario. Monument reads died O t 10, 1867.
    Buried Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 68y 1m 22d [17 Aug 1799.] Red pillar monument is off kilter.
    Person ID I111  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2019 

    Father Isaac DEVINS
              b. 20 Nov 1768, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Mar 1858, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Mary POLLY CHAPMAN
              b. 1770, Genesee, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Mar 1856, Lampton Mills (on the Humber R.), Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1790  Genesee, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Nathan Martin was the husband of Elizabeth Devins [the Eldest Daughter of Isaac and Mary 'Polly'  Chapman Devins and moved to the USA .    This is noted in "The Abraham Devins and his Descendants Living in Canada and the USA Book written by William Duck, 1988.
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lieut. Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., .7, SUE
              b. 21 Jan 1800, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Jun 1869, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1823  Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Rev Wm. Jenkins, #117, Published Bands. Wit Isaac Devins, Peter Lawrence.
    Children 
     1. Mary A LAWRENCE, .x
              b. 4 Dec 1825, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jan 1853, Toronto (Eglinton), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     2. John Rezeau LAWRENCE, .xv
              b. 6 Dec 1830, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Mar 1920, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Sarah CATHERINE LAWRENCE, .x
              b. 28 Jun 1832, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Nov 1914, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. Isaac Huver LAWRENCE, .i
              b. 3 Jun 1836, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Dec 1885, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     5. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .xviii
              b. 23 Feb 1838, Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Jun 1889, Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 19 May 2010 
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . 1823 Dec 18, Toronto Banns Proclaimed,
      Elisha Lawrence married Sarah Devins.
      Witnesses: Isaac Devins & Peter Lawrence.
      Marriage #117 by Rev. William Jenkins, Richmond Hill.

      HILLTOP GORE PIONEER CEMETERY was made unique; lacking common characteristics that typically served to distinguish a village.
      In the place of a formal church stood a schoolhouse. With a removable altar, for use on Sundays, the school became an available and convenient resource to various religious denominations.
      It was often referred to as "The Schoolhouse Burying Ground" and sometimes as the Anglican and Methodist Cemetery.

      This Protestant school, built in 1835, was the first in Toronto Gore. It stood on top of the hill, on the northern edge of the cemetery. It was one room, about 30 square feet, built of hardwood logs lined with dressed lumber. At capacity, the schoolhouse held as many as 80 pupils.

      . 1966, the cemetery was again set in order; the brush cleared, the ground leveled and the larger stones set on concrete foundations, and re-lettered. The monuments that were flat were built into a concrete cairn with a central monument
      Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -