Jacob DITTRICK

1755 -

• Name	Jacob DITTRICK
  Born	16 Dec 1755	Kingsland District, Tyron, New York
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I22416	Michelle Walczak Dads Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret PICKARD           b. 3 May 1762           d. 25 Aug 1845  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Catherine DITTRICK           b. 9 Oct 1780           d. 14 Mar 1861, St Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   2. Robert DITTRICK           b. 20 Jan 1783           d. 3 Jul 1847  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   3. James DITTRICK           b. 29 Aug 1785           d. 29 Sep 1863  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   4. Margaret DITTRICK           b. 4 Oct 1788           d. 23 Apr 1834  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   5. Jacob DITTRICK           b. 12 Feb 1791           d. 28 Oct 1836  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   6. Walter DITTRICK           b. 31 May 1793           d. 25 Jun 1862  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   7. William DITTRICK           b. 20 Dec 1795           d. 13 Mar 1833  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   8. Jemima DITTRICK           b. 12 Mar 1799           d. 2 Jul 1859  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   9. George DITTRICK           b. 20 Dec 1801           d. 20 Mar 1802  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   10. Rebecca DITTRICK           b. 23 Oct 1803           d. 6 Sep 1828, Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario  (Age 24 years)  [natural]   11. Caroline DITTRICK           b. 20 Nov 1807           d. 25 Feb 1897, Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario  (Age 89 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F7282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Graveside Project Search SKIP TO CONTENT ABOUT US CONTACT US LIST OF VETERANS LOCATIONS OF GRAVES INDEX LOG IN VETERAN Jacob Dittrick UE Flank Company 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia NOVEMBER 23, 2015 D. M. HENDERSON, Q.C. Jacob Dittrick was born on the 12 Mile Creek at the family’s farmstead on the 12 Feb 1791 in St. Catharines. He was the son of Sergeant Jacob Dittrick of Captain Walter Butler’s Company (and later Captain Peter Hare’s Company) Butlers Rangers. Before the Revolutionary War Jacob senior was a Ranger in John Butler’s Colonial Indian Department, living along the Mohawk River in New York where their farm of several generations was located. Writing in the Loyalist Reminisces published in 1861 brother James reported the farm was situated 30 miles east of Utica New York. Jacob junior was a Sergeant in Captain John McEwen Flank Company 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia (P.A.C. 3839; R.G. 8, C. Series vol. 1701 doc. #141). Being a resident of Niagara his flank company mustered at Fort George for training before and during the War of 1812. Like his other four brothers he served with his Regiment at the Battles of Queenston Heights, Fort George, Lundy’s Lane (Welland Tribune, July 31, 1891, p6). Before the War of 1812, Jacob was contracted to trim and plaster the St. Catharines Church along with fellow neighbour John St. John’s. The St. Catharines mission was only second to the Chapel of the Mohawk in terms of its age. It was one of the first Anglican Missions built in Niagara and one of the earliest in the Province (1796-1835). It was destroyed by fire in 1836. Jacob along with his father and sister Rebecca were laid to rest there. Their grave sites and the ruined church yard is currently being sacrificed for the new concrete footings of the additional span of the high-level bridge over the 12 mile Creek. Jacob was also involved in the Anglican Church in Thorold (P.A.C. Upper Canada Land Petitions “I - J”, Bundle 18, 1833-1835 (R.G.1, L3,vol 259 (a)). With the opening of Victoria Lawn Cemetery in St. Catharines he was re-interred in the Dittrick family plot.