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- Barnet (also called Barnabas), born in December 1786 or January 1787.
Verify the identity:
. 1797 Nov 14 - For Sale the Lands & Buildings formerly belong to B. Vanderburg, deceased, together with the grain on the ground. For further particulars inquire of John Haling, Beekmantown, Sept 19, 1797.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Jouranal Newspaper, NY.
Ontario Land Registry Abstract Markham Book 91, p119.
Lot 28, Con 1 Yonge Street East
. 1817 Jul 22, Bargain&Sale, Quetton St. George, to Barnett Vanderburg, All 190 Acres
. 1820 Nov 9, B&S, Barnet Vanderburgh et ux, £200,pt 43Acres.
. 1810 October he was hauled into Court in the Town of York, on a charge of assault & battery against one Martin Holder; he was found guilty, was fined 1 shilling, & was bound over "to keep the peace towards all His Majesty's liege subjects for 1 year & 1 day."
. 1811 July 18 at York he married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Soules, U.E., of Vaughan.
During the War of 1812 he served as a Lieutenant in both the 1st Regiment & the 3rd Regiment of York Militia. His company was present at the battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812; one story relates that he helped to carry General Brock from the field. Lieutenant Barnet Vanderburgh appears in the list of officers taken prisoner by the Americans at the capture of York, 27 April 1813; the prisoners seem to have been paroled almost immediately.
He owned Lot 24 in the 7th concession of Scott from 1812 to 1813; Markham, Conc. I, Lot 28, from 1817 to 1820; 2 acres of Markham, Con 1, Lot 46 (at RichmondHill) from 1820 to 1827 (here he seems to have kept a tavern which was a regular stopping place for waggons from Holland Landing to York); & 2 acres of Vaughan, Con I, Lot 33 (at Thornhill) from 1828 to 1832. He died 17 June 1863, & is buried at Stroud.
Ref: The family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill, by Wallace McLeod, Middlesex, London, 1962.
1812 War
. Barnet Vanderburgh, Lieutenant, 1s & 3rd Reg. York Militia
. 1812 Oct 13 - present at Battle of Queenston Heights. Barnet helped to carry General Brock from the battlefield.
. 1813 Apr 26 - Captured by Dearborne & Chancy on at Town of York, U.C. [Toronto].
* [Held at New Orleans, Disposed on 14 Mr 1815, dead. to John Beddie, A 2M GB Army.]
Note1: Interpretation of where he was held prisoner needs verification.
It is either 1. unknown; or 2. missing ditto marks indicating New Orleans etc., as found on most of the entries. - P J Ahlberg, 2016.
. 1813 March 25 - Board of Claims for Losses:
. John Vanderburg, Captured by General Dearborne on 27 May 1813 at Fort George,
How Disposed of: 27 May 1813, Paroled by Genl. Dearborne at Fort George.
[another entry:]
. B. Vanderbourg, York Militia, Captured by General Dearborne on 27 May 1813 at Fort George,
How Disposed of: 27 May 1813, Paroled by Genl. Dearborne at Fort George. [Along with a great many others].
Ref: War of 1812, Archives of Canada, Film T1122, p 371.
. Barent Vanderburgh married 18 Jul 1811, St. James Cathedral, York, to Hannah Soules, Jul 1781 Digby, NS - aft 1861 Simcoe Co., Ontario.
VERIFY identity or relationship:
. 1887 Jun 22 - Barnum Vanderburgh, a dissipated young man of St. Catharines, has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment fo rebating his grandmother, who is 87 years old. [b.1800].
Note2: Barnum Vanderburgh, b 1861, Welland
Ref: Ottawa Journal Newspaper, Ontario. - - - [1]
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1786 - 1863 (76 years)