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In Canning, near Paris, on Mayday, the 27th inst., after a protracted illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, Mr. Benjamin Pickard, aged 101 years. The deceased was one of the veterans who saved the British Government in the American revolution; he resided may years in the Township of Niagara, in the Niagara District, and has been a worthy member of the Wesleyan Methodist body during the past 60 years.
Brantford Semi-Weekly Expositor, July 31, 1857, page 3
Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Preserving Niagara's Past
Established in 1895
History of the old white Grist Mill
on the Four Mile Creek on lot 193
Township of Niagara by Alexander Servos
Niagara Historical Society 1914
In the year 1800, Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara, in the County of Lincoln, built a grist mill on lot 193 on the Four Mile Creek, military reserve of the Township of Niagara, said mill contained one run of stone, which was brought from Eusopas in the State of New York.
The machinery was all made of wood-the wheels and shafting: There was not' an iron wheel in the old mill. The mill is built of very heavy timber. All of the posts and beams are fourteen inches square, as well as the sills. The girths, studding and braces are all hewn out. Not one piece of timber in the frame is sawn. The sills and posts are of white oak and all the other timber is white wood.
During the war of 1812-14, when the Americans had possession of Fort George and Niagara, there were several skirmishes in or near, the town, out at the Ball farm and the cross-roads (now Virgil), the wounded all being taken to the mill, which was used for a hospital for some length of time.
At this time the Americans went out from Fort George and were met by the militia, who lying in wait for them but were too few in number to hold their own and had to retreat farther into the country, and in order to do so quietly they threw over one hundred American muskets and bayonets which they had captured, into the mill pond, to prevent them from again falling into the hands of the Americans.. The arms all sank into the millpond and remain there until the present day.
In 1810 the mill became the property of Abraham Secord, and, in 1815 the late Samuel Street became owner, who in 1818 sold it to the late Wm. S. Servos, and in 1859 it became the property of Alexander Servos, the writer of this short sketch. In 1893 he sold the property to W m. Chaplin. The original owner, Benjamin Pickard, was buried in the graveyard on the farm where there were a great many, of the first.settlers buried. After it became the property of Mr. Chaplin, he caused all the old tombstones to be removed and ploughed the graveyard, levelling down the, graves and cultivating it as the other land. Many of the bodies had, however, previously been removed to St. Catharines cemetery. The mill still remains standing and is in a good state of repair.
http://www.niagara.com/~nhs/pickard.html
Pickard, Benjamin
On 9 May 1810 Acting Surveyors General Chewett and Ridout prepared an undated surveyor’s assignment for Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara for 99 acres of land in the northern third part of Lot 193 Newark (Niagara) Twp. as per the order of the late Surveyor General dated 13 Dec 1794. Assignment William, James and Benjamin Pickard. (Niagara Township Papers 0742)
On 9 May 1810 Acting Surveyors General Chewett and Ridout prepared an undated surveyor’s assignment for Benjamin Pickard of the Township of Niagara, devisee of the will of the late William Pickard for 50 acres of land in the north half of the center third part of Lot 193 Newark (Niagara) Twp. surveyed by Mr. Law, located to the late Mr. William Pickard as per the order of the 9th Claim of the Commissioners Report in Jun 1809. (Niagara Township Papers 0743)
above from https://sites.google.com/site/townshippapers/niagara-township-papers/niagara-township-p-q viewed April 12/19
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