John (836) & William (837)
1797 Nov 17 baptised Titchmarsh, Huntingdon UK and his brother William (see FAM NA4) sailed to USA on the brig Commerce arriving in Philadelphia 1819, and walked/canoed to Peel,
County Ontario (just west of Toronto).
Williams' obituary states He started from Toronto with his belongings on an ox cart, and reached his farm after eight days travel through almost unbroken forest. Although there were settlers before him, it was two weeks before he met a living soul, he did hear voices. Apparently the voices were that of the Caesar family.
The farm he settled at was granted to John, Location Ticket March 1821 Mar 9, and John received a Patent on 1829 Jul 3.
William bought the farm from John in 1832. John bought the farm across the road in 1823.
##means gravestone...see FAM NA15
JOHN married (1) to Martha Ewing in January 1829. She died 01.05.1852 aged 52.
Children inc :
b c1831 ALEXANDER(7135)...known as ALEX See Below
b c.... Sarah .. married 1848 to John Dean
b c1834 JOSEPH (7136) He died 1857 age 23, having Willed his farm to
Alexander
b c1835 Eliza(beth) ... died 1853
John married (2) to Agnes eight weeks after Martha died. Agnes was
30, he 53 years old. In 1853 John sold his original farm to Alexander.
In 1856 he sold his other farm to Joseph, and he and Agnes moved to
Walpole Township, Norfolk County, near Lake Erie, buying a farm there
in 1857.
John died February 1871 in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County aged 74.
Ontario CENSUS 1871 has Agness age 48, b Ireland, Farmer,
Charlotteville, Norfolk Sth (011) Microfilm reel C-9908
An Agnes Cunnington nee Cassels was married in 1874 to a William Hall
...she aged 41 (??) and he 48
In March 1871 Johns heirs Alex, Sarah, and her husband John Dean sold
the farm in Norfolk County.
CENSUS 1851 Chingacousy John, Farmer, from England.Church of England
age 54, Agnes 50, Alexander 20, Joseph 17, Eliza 16.
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b c1831 ALEXANDER(7135)...known as ALEX ##
Ontario Census 1871 Reel c9958 for Peel has Alex, Farmer, age 39 b
Chingacousy. He was married to Mary Ann McKenna 09.02.1852 .
He died 1904 and is buried in Providence Cemetery.
The write-up of his 50th Anniversary says James (7013) attended.
James,his cousin, was groomsman at his marriage to Mary Ann McKenna.
Children inc ;
c1854 JOHN HARTFORD (7138) .. m 31.07.1888 to Emma (Braddon?)
c1856 Hannah Bella ... m 04.03.1885 to Wesley Mitchell
c1858 Martha Jane .. m 18.07.1877 to Richard Thomson
c1860 JOHN WESLEY (===) ... died 11.01.1862 age 5 month..
Born 11.04.1872 Toronto WILLIAM JAMES (7158) WW1 Expeditionary Force
His occupation Veterinary Surgeon.
NoK : Susanna, wife, living 2241 Dundas St Toronto
Children inc ;
Born 03.06.1897 Mar.. Ontario. MELVIN CARLYLE (7159) WW1 Exp. Force
Occupation DeliverymanNoK : WILLIAM JAMES() father, living
2241 Dundas St Toronto
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