Person Page - 1634

Caroline Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters¹ b. 1825

• Birth*: 1860; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1860 per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹

Sarah Hicks¹

• Father*: Benjamin Hicks¹ b. 1794, d. 12 Jul 1876
• Mother*: Sarah Gerow¹ b. 10 Dec 1799, d. 17 May 1881

• Birth*: 1817; Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date 1819 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1817 & location Ontario per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep. 1, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1836; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1., 2005.; Principal=Joseph Pierre Rousseau¹

• Married Name: circa 1836; Rousseau¹
• Census*: April 1881; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1881 Census: see Joseph Rousseau²

Joseph Pierre Rousseau¹

• Birth*: 1814; Quebec; Date 1816 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1814 & location Quebec per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1836; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1., 2005.; Principal=Sarah Hicks¹

• Census*: April 1881; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 65 at 1881 Census: Rusaw, Joseph, 65, b. Ont., French, CM, farmer, married; Sarah, 62, b. Ont., French, CM, married; Cornelia, 28, b. Ont., French, CM, Weaver, single; Joseph N., 16, farmer; Ephraim Jean, 12; Denlay E.(f), 8; Hicks, Sarah, 82, b. Ont., Ger., CM, widow (familysearch.org)²

Benjamin Hicks¹

• Father*: Edward Hicks b. c 1736, d. 1779
• Mother*: Levinah ? b. c 1738

• Birth*: 1759; Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1794; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.; Principal=Sarah ?
• Death*: 1835; Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹

Sarah ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1760; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1794; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.; Principal=Benjamin Hicks

• Married Name: before 1790; Hicks¹

Gilbert Purdy

• Father*: David Purdy¹ b. 1687, d. 1757
• Mother*: Courtney Ruttenber¹ b. 1692

• Birth*: 1721; New York, U.S.A.; "Westward, in Ernestown, is the Samuel D. Purdy house (4403 Bath Road). Samuel was a member of a prolific family which settled in the area after the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Gilbert Purdy, had been a guide in the British army. After Gilbert's death in 1788, several of his children and possibly his wife left their home in New Burgh, New York, and came to Upper Canada." (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19)
  Date 1721 & location NY per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1745; New York, U.S.A.; (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19); Principal=Mary Dorland
• Death*: 1778; U.S.A.; "Westward, in Ernestown, is the Samuel D. Purdy house (4403 Bath Road). Samuel was a member of a prolific family which settled in the area after the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Gilbert Purdy, had been a guide in the British army. After Gilbert's death in 1788, several of his children and possibly his wife left their home in New Burgh, New York, and came to Upper Canada." (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19)
  "Although likely born in New York lived at Black River (about 40 miles from Pittsbury PA). He along with his son David were Carpenters aboard a British Man-o-war during the American Revolution. He was killed in action in 1778 while travelling with General Howes British Army on its way to Philadelphia." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3

• Note*: between 1777 and 1784; New York, U.S.A.; " ... had been a guide in the British Army." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19²

Mary Dorland^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1724; from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19
  b. Sep 13 1724 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1745; New York, U.S.A.; (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19); Principal=Gilbert Purdy
• Death*: 26 December 1812; Kingtson Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.³

• Married Name: circa 1745; Purdy

Samuel Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 25 March 1775; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Mar 25 1775 & location Newburgh, Orange Co., NY per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024. per “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19. Date Mar 25 1775 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1805; Upper Canada; per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024.; Principal=Anna McLaren³

Charles A. Booth¹

• Father*: Joshua Booth¹ b. 1759, d. 1813
• Mother*: Margaret Fraser¹ b. 25 Aug 1767, d. 5 Jul 1847

• Birth*: circa 1787; Ontario; from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 21¹

• Residence*: 1813; Ernestown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; "Benjamin had married Catherine Dorland in 1809 and by the time of his father's death had located at Mill Creek, now Odessa, and built mills of his own. He therefore deeded this property to his brother, Charles A. Booth, and it remained in the latters hands until 1873." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 21

Gilbert Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 9 January 1763; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Jan 9 1763 & location Newburgh, Orange Co., NY per FindaGrave. "Gilbert Jr., born in 1763, married Lucy Laird of Kingston." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005. Date Jan 9 1763 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: before 1784; New York, U.S.A.; Principal=Ann Elizabeth Jennings²
• Death*: 5 January 1851; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; Date Jan 5 1851 & location Kingston per FindaGarve. Date Jan 5 1851 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Burial*: 7 January 1851; Heritage Cemetery at Cataraqui, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; FindaGrave: Name: Gilbert Purdy; Birth: 9 Jan 1763, Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA; Death: 5 Jan 1851 (aged 87), Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Heritage Cemetery at Cataraqui, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 178946277 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178946277/gilbert_purdy)³

• Immigration*: 1797; Canada; Immigration to Canada 1797 per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.com, Sep 27 2016.⁴
• Residence*: circa 1802; 911 Purdy's Mill Road, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Near the eastern gates of Cataraqui cemetery, at 911 Purdy’s Mill road, is a limestone schoolhouse (now a land surveyor’s office) which was one of the first such buildings in the area. The address recalls a mill at the end of the road which was operated by the descendants of Gilbert Purdy, Jr., one of Michael grass’s party of Loyalists. The family settled along the Bath road and in Cataraqui, where they owned the small mill houses near the schoolhouse and co-operated in a brick business owned by Johnson Day." pg. 75 of "Homesteads", by Margaret McBurney & Mary Byers, 1979¹
• Residence: 1850; Waterloo, Frontenac Co., Ontario; "Shares were sold to raise the capital needed to purchase 70 acres of land in Waterloo Village (now known as Cataraqui Village)" http://www.cataraquicemetery.ca/history-genealogy/history-of-cataraqui-cemetery/

Samuel David Purdy^1,2,3

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy² b. 9 Jan 1763, d. 5 Jan 1851
• Mother*: Ann Elizabeth Jennings b. 1767, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 14 May 1794; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1794 & location NY & this Samuel Purdy is a son of Gilbert Purdy and Ann Elizabeth Jennings per FindaGrave. Date 1794 & location US per 1851 Census. "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,4,5,6
• Marriage*: after 1815; Upper Canada; "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Pamela Ferris²
• Death*: 12 May 1859; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Date May 12 1859 & location Belleville per FindaGrave.⁴
• Burial*: 14 May 1859; Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; FindaGrave: Name: Samuel Purdy; Birth: 1794, New York, USA; Death: 12 May 1859 (aged 64–65), Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada;
  Memorial ID: 178943698; Note: Inscription: (Buried stone) Samuel PURDY/ died/ May 12, 1859./ Aged/ 63 yrs. 7 mons/ Pamelia FERRIS/ wife of/ Sam PURDY/ died Jany 28, 1868/ aged 68 yrs 3 mos / Dearst parents you have left us/ here your loss we deeply feel:/ But tis God who hath bereft us,/ He can all our sorrows heal/; Peter C. Newman, author of Hostages to Fortune, The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada, (Simon & Schuster) writes, "Canada required a hardy stamina. Samuel D. Purdy, the son of a Loyalist, started the first stagecoach service between Kingston and York in January 1817. . . The long journey, which took at least four or five days over rough mud roads, was a miserable experience. In the winter, passengers had to contend with bitterly cold weather; in the summer, they were at the mercy of mosquitoes and blackflies." (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178943698/samuel_purdy)⁴

• Note: 1816; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "The builder's uncle, also named Samuel, started the first stage line in the area. It went from Kingston to Bath in 1816 and the next year was extended to York. The fare was $18." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 20⁷
• Note*: 12 July 1816; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "PUBLIC NOTICE - The subscriber has commenced running a Stage Waggon From Kingston to Ernest Town village, daily, to leave B. Olcott's tavern, at Kingston, every morning, at six o'clock, and return the fame evening. To commence on Monday, the first day of July. Every accomodation will be afforded to passengers and baggage. SAMUEL PURDY. Kingston, July 12 1816." Sept 7 1816 - Kingston Gazette.⁸
• Note: January 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "From the commencement of this year, the Kingston Road has been completed to its western end at York, although still only stage-sleighs will be able to operate upon it during the winter, and summer service is as yet not inaugurated. The stage from Kingston to York run by Samuel Purdy is now in operation and has contracted with Major Spaulding in Haldimand (Grafton) to use his large red brick home as a Half-way House stopping place. There, fresh horses will be kept, and the house will afford a warm and welcome halt to the traveller for many years. The fare is fourteen dollars. From two to four days is needed for the journey. The stage runs once a week during the winter months." Hans Waltimeyer, page 444.⁹
• Note: 4 November 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Mail Stage: The subscriber wishes to inform the Public that he intends running a Stage from Kingston, on Monday the 4th of August for York, and will after that start from York at Kingston every Monday. The subscriber hopes by his faithful attention to this undertaking to merit a share of the public favour. The Stage from Kingston to Belleville will be 4 dollars, from Kingston to Hamilton or Smith's Creek, 8 dollars, and from Kingston to York, 12 dollars. Samuel Purdy. Kingston July 26, 1817. 9tf" Kingston Gazette, November 4, 1817, page 1
  (https://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/96997/page/1)⁸
• Census*: 1851; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Canada West; Age 57 at 1851 Census: Purdy, Samuel, 57, b. US, WM, farmer, married; Pamela, 53, b. CW, WM, married; Mary, 22, b. CW, WM, single; John, 18; William, 10 (1851 Census: Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., pg. 89 of 195, line 49 - ancestry.ca)⁵

Pamela Ferris^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: October 1799; Upper Canada; Date Oct 1799 & location Ont. per FindaGrave. Date 1798 & location CW per 1851 Census. "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: after 1815; Upper Canada; "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Samuel David Purdy²
• Death*: 28 January 1868; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Pamelia Ferris Purdy; Birth: Oct 1799
  Ontario, Canada; Death: 28 Jan 1868 (aged 68), Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 178945854; Inscription: (Buried stone) Samuel PURDY/ died/ May 12, 1859./ Aged/ 63 yrs. 7 mons/ Pamelia FERRIS/ wife of/ Sam PURDY/ died Jany 28, 1868/ aged 68 yrs 3 mos / Dearst parents you have left us/ here your loss we deeply feel:/ But tis God who hath bereft us,/ He can all our sorrows heal/ (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178945854/pamelia_purdy)³

• Married Name: after 1815; Purdy²
• Census*: 1851; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Canada West; Age 53 at 1851 Census: see Samuel Purdy⁴

Jesse Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 9 Jan 1763, d. 5 Jan 1851
• Mother*: Ann Elizabeth Jennings b. 1767, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 14 May 1794; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Baptised Jesse Purdy, son of Gilbert and Elizabeth, Born May 15, 1794." New Jersey, US Methodist Church Records, pg. 15 of 74, ancestry.ca.
  "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: 26 April 1817; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.; Principal=Sally Mariah Card¹
• Death*: 22 October 1881; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.¹

Mercy Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 1760; Date 1760 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1782; Province of Quebec; per GEDCOM of Rod Stuart, Sep 16, 2005. per family tree of Greg Jewell on ancestry.ca, Aug 13 2022.; Principal=John Everett^1,2

• Married Name: before 1789; Everett¹

Charlotte Purdy^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy b. 9 Jan 1763, d. 5 Jan 1851
• Mother*: Ann Elizabeth Jennings b. 1767, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 1804; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1804 & location Kingston per FindaGrave. Date 1802 & location Kingston per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024. Date 1802 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013..^2,5,4
• Marriage*: 18 October 1821; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.; Principal=Davis McCay²
• Death*: 5 March 1881; Hinchenbrooke Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#005002: Name: Charlotte McCory; Date: Mar 5 1881; Age: 77y; Occ.: farmer's wife; Born: Kingston Twp.; Cause: general debility, 3y; Phys.: Dr. Claston; Inf.: C.J. Curtis, Hinchenbrooke Twp.; Reg'd.: Apr 20 1881; Rel.: WM; Reg't.: John Hamilton, Hinchenbrook Twp., Frontenac Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #005002-1881, ancestry.ca) Date Mar 5 1881 & location Hinchenbrooke per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024.^5,6
• Burial*: 7 March 1881; Frontenac Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Charlotte Purdy McCay; Birth: 1804, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Death:
  5 Mar 1881 (aged 76–77), Hinchinbrooke Twp., Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Burial Details Unknown; Memorial ID: 230996592 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230996592/charlotte_mccay)⁴

• Married Name: 18 October 1821; McCay²

Davis McCay^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Samuel McCoy b. c 1770, d. 30 Apr 1847
• Mother*: Armarilla Hawley b. 1771, d. 17 Feb 1833

• Birth*: 1799; North Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; Date 1799 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1799 & location North Fredericksburgh per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.^2,3
• Marriage*: 18 October 1821; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.; Principal=Charlotte Purdy²
• Death*: after May 1871; Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1871 & locaiton Madoc, Hastings Co. per FindaGrave. David McCoy is in 1871 Census. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.^2,3,4

• Census*: April 1871; Madoc Twp., North Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 72 at 1871 Census: see Samuel H. McCoy (son)³

Catherine Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 24 August 1772; Date Aug 24 1772 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: 9 March 1789; Date Mar 9 1789 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Joseph Ferris¹

• Married Name: 9 March 1789; Ferris

Joseph Ferris¹

• Birth*: circa 1770; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: 9 March 1789; Date Mar 9 1789 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Catherine Purdy¹

Rhoda Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 17 May 1768; Date May 17 1768 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1788; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=John Wartman¹
• Marriage*: 1795; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Barnabas Day¹

• Married Name: circa 1788; Wartman¹
• Married Name: 1795; Day¹

John Wartman¹

• Father*: Abraham Wartman¹ b. 1738
• Mother*: Catharina Bauman¹ b. c 1738

• Birth*: 1767; Date 1767 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1788; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Rhoda Purdy¹
• Death*: before 1806; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.¹