Captain Martin McCallum

 

Image 324

...Martin McCallum, Captain in the 1st Regt Linoln Militia

was killed in attack of the enemy on 

Fort George on the 27th May 1813

Cross-posted at War of 1812 Chronicles

Will Of Jacob Kennedy

Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada

 2-318

7 January 1885

Jacob Kennedy of Gainsboro

Son, Charles A. Kennedy

Daughters Sophia, Phebe, Agnes?, Ada V.

George Book

 Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Will Index, Film # 008129035

Source
See #4223

4th. Regt., Lincoln Militia

Upper Canada Sundries : C-4508 (Image 301)

1812-12-24 UPPER CANADA SUNDRIES January to December 1812
Account of payments made by Thomas McCormick, paymaster 4th. Regt., Lincoln Militia.

Campden And The Niagara Area

Source

The close of the Revolutionary War brought a large increase of population to Canada. Many of the Americans remained loyal to England during the struggle for independence, and when the war was over, these people found themselves looked up on with dislike and suspicion by their republican neighbors. So harsh was the treatment they received that the British Parliament took pity upon them, and voted them a large sum of money in consideration of the losses they had borne by remaining loyal to the British Crown. Besides this grant of money they were given large and valuable tracts of land. It is said that over twenty-five thousand left the United States in 1784, and settled in the British Colonies and of these ten thousand came to Upper Canada, many settling in the Niagara District.

Source (Fruit Growing Areas In Ontario)

"...military service, which had bred in them a dislike for the toil and privations of pioneer life. This made it easy for the real settlers, who immigrated to this part of Ontario from Pennsylvania, to buy land cheap, When in the year 1799 a prospecting party of "Pennsylvania Dutch" visited the Niagara District, they could buy land along the Indian trail (now the stone road) for one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50). The year following a large number followed this party, among them the names, Albright, Kratz, High, Moycr, Honsbcrger, Grobb, Cross, Houscr, Wismer, Fry, Fretz, Nash and others appear quite prominent."

1789 Lunenburg Petition Of Allan McDonald

McDonald Allan
Lunenburg 1789 323A MC Misc.  34 RG 1 L3
C-2188 [Image 793]
Dated: 11 January 1794

"...desires to settle and become an Inhabitant of the Town Of Newark, in the County of Lincoln...".

He requested to be granted Lot 234 in Newark

More Of The Heirs Of Robert Randall

Heirs of Robert Randall  (see related post) included Lavinia [or Louisia] Culp, wife of Isaac Culp, who was Robert Randall's daughter by Deborah Pettit (he and Deborah were not married per his biography).

The man who wanted to own Detroit/Michigan (don't remember the source for this).

From Queen's Bench and Practice...

...he bequeathed in separate shares among a number of persons, including his daughter, Levinia Culp, the wife of Isaac Culp, of Stamford, one Edwin Smith, and William L. MacKenzie and Thomas Hornor....

A blog post about Randall's trial here

Ann (Howard) Kennedy In 1861

Source: 1861 Census

Census Year: 1861

Item Number: 2865710

Province: Canada West (Ontario)

District Name: Lincoln

Sub-District Name: Grimsby

#9.    Ann Canada, b. U.C., 52, Widowed
#10.  Melissa Canada, b. U.C., 21, Single
#11.  Eliza Canada, b. U.C.,  18, Single
#12.  Edwin/Edward Canada, b. U.C., 11, Single
#13.  Howard Canada, b. U.C., 9, Single
#14.  Mary Howard, b. U.C., 66, Widowed

All of the Wesleyan Methodist Religion

All members of the Same Family

Frame House/One Story/Housing One Family

Kennedy Descendants Of New Jersey And Canada

My ancestor, David Kennedy, and his family also lived in Grimsby, and therefore names found in the Descendants of John Kennedy of Sussex County, New Jersey (and of Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada) publication have also surfaced in my research.

So far, there has not been a connection made between the two Kennedy families.

Try To Match The Signatures

In order to help prove that the William Howard whose signature below is the same William Howard who lived in Grimsby Township, I would like to compare this signature to one on deeds from Hastings County (Ontario) signed by a William Howard of Grimsby Township (Ontario, Canada).

Source - Upper Canada Land Petition

Some information about the Hastings County deed is posted (or linked) on my In Deeds blog (there are actually two signed by William Howard listed in an abstract of Hasting County deeds). A copy of the deed, with the presumed signature, has not yet been obtained.

Hastings County Copybook "D"
Memorial #562
Folio/Page#'s 320 and 321
Date: 22 June 1820
Grantor: Thomas Atkinson of Grimsby
Grantee: Levi Bigelow
Lot/Conc./Twp.: South 1/2, Lot 21, Conc. 4, Sidney
Witnesses: William Howard, a hatter, Grimsby Twp....


Hastings County Copybook "D"
Memorial #613
Folio/Page#'s 425 and 426
Date: 19 Dec 1820
Date Registered: 24 April 1821
Grantor: Thomas Atkinson, Lincoln County
Grantee: Walker M. Shinman, Sidney
Lot/Conc./Twp.: North 1/2, Lot 21, Conc. 4, Sidney
Witnesses: William Howard, hatter, Grimsby Twp....

Note: Copybook "D" does not appear to be on FHC microfilm.  The source is listed as:  Hastings County Copy Books, 1800-1821, AO, GSU 197905.

Capt. William Powers

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY

Microform: c-11823

Source

HOWARD, Richard, Pte. 1st Regt. Lincoln Militia.  On roll of Co. No. 9, Capt. William Powers, com'dg

Niagara, 23 - 4 - 1822

C. 1702, p. 142

Church of England In Grimsby

From History of St. Andrew's Church, Grimsby, Ontario:


"To the United Empire Loyalists we owe the first settlements of Grimsby. These were New England colonists who were true to the British flag during the American Revolution of 1775 and who, after the peace of Paris in 1783, not only found themselves persecuted by their neighbors, but also robbed of their property by the American government on account of their loyalty to Great Britain."

"The Church of England at Grimsby, having been in three different Dioceses, ranks among the oldest in Ontario, being preceded by the old Mowhak church on the Grand River which was built in 1786; by the Indian Church at Deseronto (1788); and by S.George's, Kingston, now the Cathedral, which was completed in 1792."

"The pioneer worker in the establishment of the Church of England at Grimsby was Andrew Pettit." "His [Mr. Pettit] dearest privileges were to be a member of the Church of England, and a subject of the British Crown."

The Index To Bill Martin's Early Ontario Records Site mentions St. Andrews and Grimsby.

My ancestor, William Howard, purchased land in Grimsby ca 1829.

...Who Hath Received His Majesty's Donation Of Land....

Does this mean that William Howard was U.E.L.?

The Upper Canada Land Petition of William Howard
.....Humbly Showeth
That your petitioner is a British-born subject who hath received his Majesty's donation of land many years ago, ....

William Howard, Yarmouth, 20th April 1832

There is a William Howard on the Loyalist list here.  Is he mine?

The William Howard Petition

How I found the William Howard petition (blog post here). 

The Upper Canada Land Petition of William Howard (part of the file):

The Petition of William Howard

Humbly Showeth

That your petitioner is a British-born subject who hath received his Majesty's donation of land many years ago, has now a family of a wife and seven children, two of whom are being nearly of adult age -- And being desirous of procuring land for them as near his place of residence as possible, and, at the request and desire of William McLean and his wife (whose maiden name had been Jane McGaw, a UE loyalist Daughter) he purchased her rights, which the said Jane had been granted her in the year 1815 - But not knowing of any land to be given out to UE's was at such an immense distance from his place of residence as to render it impracticable for him to perform the settling duties within the prescribed time, he has therefore defered applying for a location just as yet -- Your petitioner purchased a lot three years ago, in the Sixth Concession of the Township of Grimsby, county of Lincoln, in the District of Niagara, at an exorbitant price, being told by the proprietor, that, by an error in the surveying, it was considerably longer than lots in general were that there had been several applicants to Government for the ownership, who had been told, that this was no vacant land there, or, if there was, the quantity was so trifling to deserve Government notice; which as-certain, being convfirmed by the general opinion of the circumjacent settlers induced your petitioner to believe that he could hold, by virtue of his purchase, all the land, lying between the fifth concession and the gore he is therefore so circumstances by agreement that it is improbable for him to retract or to retrieve any part of what he has paid understanding (lately) that the Government has thought proper, for to ascertain the quantity of this vacant land, that it may be disposed of to applicants; your petitioner therefore prays, that his claim may be considered, having already purchased it (as it were) and made considerable improvement thereon, he therefore hopes, that his excellency and council will grant it to him, by virtue of the said UE right or, on such conditions, as they may think proper, he's also willing to be at the expense of getting it surveyed, and of making an accurate return to the Surveyor General -- And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever Pray.---

William Howard
Yarmouth, 20th April 1832

Michael Powers - As Far Back As My Powers Line Goes

Michael Powers and Mary (McGovern) Powers' parents are not known.  The known lineage:

Michael Powers married Mary McGovern

Their son, John N. Powers, married Mary Agnes Kennedy

Their son, William S. Powers, married Addie More

Their son, Ralph N. Powers, married Beatrice Cameron

Their son, Richard N. Powers, married Living

Their daughter, Catherine [Me]

Michael and Mary were both born in Ireland, possibly County Cork, and both belonged to the Church of England.

It is not known when they immigrated to Canada, but their son, John N. Powers was born in Canada in June of 1834.  They were living in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Ontario [then Canada West] in 1851. 

Michael & Mary (McGovern) Powers in the 1851 Census Grimsby Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada

1851 Census Grimsby Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada

John N. Powers, William Powers, Margaret Powers [children of Michael and Mary]

The 1861 Lincoln, Canada West Agricultural Census lists a Michael Powers (age, etc., not noted) #11, on Concession 5, Lot #6, Roll C-1049, Page 18.  Is he our Michael Powers?  I don't know.  There was a Catherine & Michael Powers (right age, wrong family) with a son, Michael, living in Lincoln County in 1871.   Some records are kept by Concession and Lot numbers; now this property can be checked.

1861 Grimsby, Lincoln, Canada West

Michael, Mary and Margaret Powers

[click on image to enlarge]

Is this my Michael Powers in the 1871 Census?:

1871 Ontario Census, Wentworth North
Powers, Michael, m, 66, Ireland, c. Presb., Irish, Laborer, Married
   "     , Mary, f, 55, Ireland, Presb., Irish, Married
   "     , Margritt, f, 23, b. Ont, Presb., Irish, School Mistress?, not married

How about the 1881 census?:

 1881 Canadian Census: Petersville, Middlesex East, Ontario
 Micheal POWERS Male  M  76  Irish  Ireland  Farmer  C. Presbyterian
 Mary   67   Irish  Ireland   Religion: C. Presbyterian
 George HARRIS  Wid  30   English   Newfoundland  C. Presbyterian
 George HARRIS   <1  Ontario  C. Presbyterian   Born: Apr; 11/12

There was a Michael Powers, born about 1803, who died in London, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada, on 22 October 1885; possibly the person listed above in the 1881 census.  Was he ours?  A Mary Powers, born about 1810 (though birthplace listed as Scotland, not Ireland) died in Middlesex Co., Ontario, on May 8, 1893.  Ours?

I have no clue whatsoever as to what happened to William Powers, who was probably the son of Michael and Mary (and brother of my John N. Powers).  Margaret, who was also in the 1851 census with John and William, MAY have married George Harris, if her parents were living with George in the 1881 census.

My brother graciously agreed to a Y-DNA test, so it is hoped that the DNA will generate leads beyond Michael Powers.