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Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹

• Father*: Peter Tehowaghwengaraghkwin Brant b. 1707, d. Feb 1743
• Mother*: Margaret Sahetagearat Onagsakearat Hendrick b. 1710, d. 1779

• Birth*: March 1742; Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, U.S.A.; "THAYENDANEGEA (he also signed Thayendanegen, Thayeadanegea, Joseph Thayendanegea, and Joseph Brant), Mohawk interpreter, translator, war chief, and statesman; Indian Department officer; member of the wolf clan; his Mohawk name means he sets or places together two bets; probably b. c. March 1742/43 in Cayahoga (near Akron, Ohio), son of Tehowaghwengaraghkwin; ..." ... and also .. " Joseph was probably born in March 1742 of the Julian calendar. Estimates of his year of birth made by subtracting his age at death as given by his biographer William Leete Stone produce a date of 1743, but this purely arithmetical calculation ignores the change from Julian to Gregorian calendar which took place in his lifetime. Joseph’s father, Tehowaghwengaraghkwin, who was reputed to have been a prominent warrior, died while his son was an infant. Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.
  Date Nov 24 1742 & location Akron, Summit Co., Ohio per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2
• Marriage*: 22 July 1765; Canajoharie, Mohawk Valley, New York, U.S.A.; "On 25 July 1765 Brant married an Oneida woman, Neggen Aoghyatonghsera, whose English name was Margaret, daughter of Isaac of Onoquaga. The ceremony was conducted at Canajoharie by missionary Theophilus Chamberlain*, who described the bride as “a handsome, sober, discreet & a religious young woman.”" Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.
  Date Jul 22 1765 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Margaret "Neggen Aoghyatonghsera" Sasaya^1,2
• Marriage*: 1773; Canajoharie, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Susannah Skenandoah¹
• Marriage*: 1779; Fort Niagara, Niagara Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹
• Death*: 24 November 1807; Grand River Reservation, Brantford, Brant Co., Upper Canada; " ... d. 24 Nov. 1807 in what is now Burlington, Ont." Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.
  Date Nov 24 1807 & location Wellington Square, Ont. per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008. per family tree of kattie931 on ancestry.ca, Feb 12 2019.^1,2,3

• Residence*: 1755; Canajoharie, Mohawk Valley, New York, U.S.A.; "A few years before the outbreak of the Seven Yearsf War, Josephfs mother took him and his sister Mary [Konwatsi.tsiaienni*] to the Mohawk valley, settling at Canajoharie (near Little Falls, N.Y.), which had been her home before the familyfs emigration to the Ohio country." Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.²
• Note*: 1759; Fort Niagara, New York, U.S.A.; "Brant’s first military service with the British came when he was about 15, during the Seven Years’ War. He took part in James Abercromby*’s campaign to invade Canada by way of Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement) in 1758 and he was with the warriors who accompanied Sir William Johnson*, superintendent of northern Indians, in the 1759 expedition against Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.). The next year he was a member of the force led by Jeffery Amherst* that descended the St Lawrence to besiege Montreal." Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.²
• Residence: 1761; Lebanon, Columbia Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; "Brant’s stepfather died about 1760. Testimony that Draper received from Brant’s godson, John “Smoke” Johnson*, indicates that a warrior known as Old Crooked Neck “took charge” of young Brant and brought him to Sir William Johnson. Impressed by his abilities, Johnson decided to send him to school. In the summer of 1761 Joseph was dispatched along with two other Mohawk boys to the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock in Lebanon (Columbia), Conn., to be enrolled in Moor’s Indian Charity School. Wheelock referred to him as “being of a Family of Distinction . . . , was considerably cloathed, Indian-fashion, and could speak a few Words of English.” Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.²
• Note: 4 November 1761; Lebanon, Columbia Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; "His mental capacities and demeanour commended him highly to Wheelock. Brant was soon employed in teaching the Mohawk language to a fellow scholar, Samuel Kirkland, who planned to be a missionary to the Iroquois. On 4 Nov. 1761 Brant and Kirkland went to Iroquois country to secure six more boys for the school. They returned a few weeks later with two Mohawk boys and a promise from Johnson that he would send more when families had returned from the fall hunt." Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.²
• Residence: 1763; Mohawk Valley, New York, U.S.A.; "Brant and Smith left for Mohawk country in the summer of 1763, and though both Smith and Wheelock looked forward to Brant’s return to the school, it was not to be. Johnson in fact was contemplating sending him to New York City where he could be prepared for entrance into King’s College (Columbia University). However, upon advice that prejudice against Indians was running high in the city as a result of Pontiac*’s
  uprising, Johnson sent him and three other Mohawk youths to missionary Cornelius Bennet in the Mohawk valley to further their education." Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.²
• Note: March 1784; Grand River, Quebec; "Brant had initially seemed satisfied with the choice of Quinte, but by March 1784 he had decided instead in favour of a region he had visited some years before – the valley of the Grand River. Political and strategic considerations appeared to govern Brant’s change of mind: the site offered greater proximity to his allies the western Indians and to his kinsmen the Senecas and Onondagas, who were still clinging to a vulnerable position on the flanks of American settlement in New York." C. M. Johnston, “DESERONTYON, JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5,
  University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 22, 2017,
  http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/deserontyon_john_5E.html.
  Note: The province was till called Quebec and would not be divided into Upper and Lower Canada until 1792.²

Margaret "Neggen Aoghyatonghsera" Sasaya^1,2,3

• Birth*: circa 1745; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.²
• Marriage*: 22 July 1765; Canajoharie, Mohawk Valley, New York, U.S.A.; "On 25 July 1765 Brant married an Oneida woman, Neggen Aoghyatonghsera, whose English name was Margaret, daughter of Isaac of Onoquaga. The ceremony was conducted at Canajoharie by missionary Theophilus Chamberlain*, who described the bride as “a handsome, sober, discreet & a religious young woman.”" Barbara Graymont, "THAYENDANEGEA," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed
  October 21, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thayendanegea_5E.html.
  Date Jul 22 1765 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant^2,3
• Death*: March 1771; Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.²

• Married Name: 22 July 1765; Brant²

Susannah Skenandoah¹

• Birth*: circa 1745; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: 1773; Canajoharie, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹
• Death*: 1778; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

• Married Name: 1773; Brant¹

Isaac Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Susannah Skenandoah¹ b. c 1745, d. 1778

• Birth*: 1767; Canajoharie, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1790; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Mary Hill¹
• Death*: 1795; Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Mary Hill¹

• Father*: David Hill b. c 1735
• Mother*: Esther Spring b. c 1735

• Birth*: circa 1768; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1790; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Isaac Brant¹

• Married Name: circa 1790; Brant¹

Ellen Brant¹

• Father*: Isaac Brant¹ b. 1767, d. 1795
• Mother*: Mary Hill¹ b. c 1768

• Birth*: circa 1797; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Margaret Brant¹

• Father*: Isaac Brant¹ b. 1767, d. 1795
• Mother*: Mary Hill¹ b. c 1768

• Birth*: circa 1799; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Christina Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Susannah Skenandoah¹ b. c 1745, d. 1778

• Birth*: 1769; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1790; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Capt. Henry Aaron Hill¹

• Married Name: circa 1790; Hill¹

Capt. Henry Aaron Hill¹

• Father*: David Hill¹ b. c 1735
• Mother*: Esther Spring¹ b. c 1735

• Birth*: circa 1765; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1790; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Christina Brant¹

David Hill¹

• Birth*: circa 1735; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: before 1760; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Esther Spring¹

Esther Spring¹

• Birth*: circa 1735; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: before 1760; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=David Hill¹

• Married Name: before 1760; Hill¹

Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹

• Birth*: 1759; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Marriage*: 1779; Fort Niagara, Niagara Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹
• Death*: November 1837; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

• Married Name: 1779; Brant¹

Jacob Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: circa 1787; Grand River, Quebec; Date c. 1787 & location Brantford per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019. Date 1786 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.
  Note: Joseph Brant moved to the Grant River to take up land purchased from the Mississaugas by the British. This would much later be in the area of the town of Brantford.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1783; per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019.; Principal=Mary Mariah Lancaster²
• Death*: 16 December 1847; Brantford, Brant Co., Canada West; Date Dec 16 1847 & location Brantford per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019. Date 1846 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2

Joseph Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: 1784; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Death*: November 1850; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Mary Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: circa 1786; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Margaret Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: 1788; Grand River, Province of Quebec; Date 1788 & location Brantford per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019. per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2
• Marriage*: 1805; Grand River, Brant Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019.; Principal=Powlss Powless²
• Death*: 23 November 1860; Brantford, Brant Co., Canada West; per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019.²

• Married Name: 1805; Powless²

Catherine Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: 1792; Grand River, Upper Canada; Date 1792 & location Brantford per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019. Date 1791 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1813; per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019.; Principal=Peter John²
• Death*: 24 November 1867; Burlington, Ontario; Date Nov 24 1867 & location Burlington per family tree of lynn533 on ancestry.ca, Sep 9 2019. per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2

• Married Name: circa 1813; John²

John "Ahyouwaighs" Brant¹

• Father*: Joseph "Theyendanegea" Brant¹ b. Mar 1742, d. 24 Nov 1807
• Mother*: Catherine "Adonwentishon" Croghan¹ b. 1759, d. Nov 1837

• Birth*: 27 September 1794; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹
• Death*: 27 August 1832; per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.¹

Magdelena Johnson¹

• Father*: Major General Sir William "Warraghiyagey" Johnson Baronet¹ b. 3 Jul 1715, d. 11 Jul 1774
• Mother*: Mary Molly "Degonwadonti" Brant¹ b. 1736, d. 16 Apr 1796

• Birth*: 1762; Johnstown, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1764 per FindaGrave. Date c. 1763 & location Montgomery Co. NY per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: 1791; Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Ferguson-Johnson; John Ferguson & Helena Johnson, ... 1791." Marriages in "Parish Register of Kingston Upper Canada, 1785-1811, Part 2".
  Date 1791 & location Johnson Hall, Johsntown NY per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020. per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=John Ferguson^1,2
• Death*: 19 January 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date Jan 19 1817 & location Kingston per FindaGrave. per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020.^2,3
• Burial*: 21 January 1817; St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; FindaGrave: Name: Magdelen Helena Johnson Ferguson; BIRTH: 1764; DEATH: 19 Jan 1817 (aged 52–53), Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 173788970 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173788970/magdelen-helena-ferguson)³

• Married Name: 1791; Ferguson¹

John Ferguson¹

• Birth*: circa 1760; Date c 1758 & location Kingston Ont. per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020. Date c 1760 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2
• Marriage*: 1791; Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Ferguson-Johnson; John Ferguson & Helena Johnson, ... 1791." Marriages in "Parish Register of Kingston Upper Canada, 1785-1811, Part 2".
  Date 1791 & location Johnson Hall, Johsntown NY per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020. per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.; Principal=Magdelena Johnson^1,2
• Death*: 1830; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1830 per FindaGrave. Date 1818 & location Kingston per family tree of dacraig5985 on ancestry.ca, Nov 8 2020. Date Jan 18 1818 per GEDCOM of Tom Glad, Jan 23, 2008.^1,2,3
• Burial*: 1830; St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; FindaGrave: Name: John Ferguson; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 1830, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard; Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 174862101; Note: Data from a death notice found in the Kingston Chronicle of April 10, 1830 p3 col 3 confuses this John Ferguson with a John McLenon, a native of Rosshire Scotland who died on April 3, 1830 at Kingston Mills, age 74 years, which has been further perpetuated in reference to this John Ferguson, seemingly not one and the same. My understanding is that John Ferguson's burial is recorded in the lower burial ground register for St George's as occurring in 1830 but this has not been confirmed and the register entry itself should be viewed to proceed with any further certainty. SJM (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174862101/john-ferguson)
  Note: This is very confusing. Not sure what to make of it. Seems to agree with 1830. Let's go with that???³

• Note*: 1787; Thurlow Twp., Province of Quebec; "By 1787 the Lower Bay is receiving a steady trickle of further settlers. The great income of people in these previous years from the American States has slowed somewhat, but persons arrive from other regions, mainly the Maritime Colonies, where many have not been happy with that land. The tiny settlements are taking shape as the incoming settlers struggle for a foothold on their lots.
  This year is to see the opening of a number of merchants' stores upon the Bay, one of which is commenced by William Bell on the Front of Sidney, further east from the Meyers settlement. Bell has been the next arrival to Sidney and he has built a cabin and store by the shore. A John Ferguson appears as partner in this small trade centre, operating from King's Town as a supply merchant to procure provisions and stock for the trade with the Indians, and brings these to Bell from the lower centres, having contacts, in turn, with the merchants of Montreal." page 249 of "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E.⁴
• Note: 1787; Thurlow Twp., Province of Quebec; "As early as the summer of 1787 William Bell opened a small trading post in the Belleville area. This post, which at different times was in Sidney and Thurlow Townships hut always near the mouth of the river, conducted trade with the Indians in such goods as tomahawks, clasp knives, beaver spears, and scalping knives. To the early white settlers Bell sold such articles as farm implements, garden seeds, and tobacco, which were supplied him by Kingston merchant John Ferguson, who in turn had contacts with Montreal merchants. Bell later turned from trading to teaching, instructing the Mohawks at Tyendinaga from 1796 to 1802." from "Historic Hastings" by Gerald E. Boyce, pg. 32.⁵
• Note: 1788; Rhinebeck, Province of Quebec; "During this Hungry Year, Ferguson and Bell are also struggling with the survival of their trading post. Ferguson has gone down to King's Town in an attempt to find additional supplies to bring west, in order to preserve the continuance of their Indian trade in this depressed year. He chastizes William Bell at length in a letter concerning his distribution of the supplies to the white settlers. Their trading post business is supposed to be directed at the Indian trade, but Bell, out of concern for the starving settlers, has given them the supplies he has on hand at the Sidney post. Ferguson fears the mounting debts to the partners that will be incurred, and suggests to Bell that "all the settlers be compelled to pay in wheat, else they themselves will go lacking for wheat, and under no circumstances must any person be allowed any potatoes. He hopes to secure a barrel of pork, if at all possible, but it is not likely"." from "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., pg 266.
  Note: The year 1788 is called "The Hungry Year" because of a very bad winter, freezing crops in summer and a draught that caused starvation in Upper Canada. The traders had to make tough decisions about giving their products to starving people in the community or saving them to trade with the Indigenous people in the area as per the plan. Apparently, William Bell opted to help his neighbours and John Ferguson was disatisfied with this approach as it caused their enterprise to loose money.⁴
• Residence*: 1788; Sidney Twp., Rhinebeck, Province of Quebec; "The post of Bell and Ferguson has continued fairly successfully further up the Bay, although they have precious little provisions to barter with the Indians or whites. William Bell maintains the store and Ferguson purchases and transports the supplies from Cataraqui up to the post, and takes furs on down to Montreal. They plan to call the centre they have created "Rhinebeck", and are in hopes that there will be a number of houses here soon, and maybe a much needed smithy.
  page 262 of "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E.⁴
• Note: 1790; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Province of Quebec; "As of this year, the partnership of Ferguson and Bell is now dissolved. Within this past year, Ferguson's interests have lain more in King's Town; the discouraging differences in opinion between himself and Bell during the Hungry Year have somewhat soured the business relationship, and a breakup of their venture has ensued. William Bell has decided to forsake his proposed settlement at Rhinebeck, even though it is now enlarged and boasts a blacksmith; with his move to Meyers' Creek, that hamlet is doomed to disappear. He now permanently locates his store and trading post on the main trail (Dundas Street) leading through the village, running east and west at that point. John Ferguson was wont, last year, to bring their supplies up to the post by Indian transport canoe, it being a larger craft than is used by the average traveller. Bell will now send a hired man down the Bay to purchase supplies for him." from "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., pg. 283.⁴
• Residence: 1792; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "John Ferguson, former business partner of William Bell, has become the first judge of the District's Quarter Session Court of Midland, at Kingston." from "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., pg. 316.⁴
• Note: 1798; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "John Ferguson, former business partner of William Bell, has risen in respectability in the garrison town of Kingston. He is now appointed Lieutenant of the County of Hastings this year. It has been through his order that the edict has been issued to muster the local Militia without delay. It is also through his recommendation that William Bell is appointed Adjutant of the Militia, as well as holding the captaincy of a company. Captain Bell has been informed of this in a letter dating November 29th. It is upon John Ferguson's order that the meeting of Lieutenancy has been called on December 8th.. Major Alexander Chisholm will be second in command to Colonel Ferguson." per "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., pg. 355.⁴
• Residence: 25 February 1799; Conc 1 Lot 23, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "This year of 1799 is bringing renewed warnings of dangers from the forces of the United States to the south. On February 25th, in the dead of winter, an alarm has been sounded by the authorities. Having received a communique on this date from the Lieutenant-Governor that there may be impending danger in the westward reaches of Upper Canada from the American States, Colonel Ferguson writes to Adjutant Bell on the subject, requiring the officers of the Militia commanding the various companies, he states in his message, to - "Cause the volunteers and drafts in their respective companies to assemble, with such arms as they may have, at the house of Ferguson, on the point of Sidney, Lot 23, to be made aquainted with the purport of a letter received from the Hon. Peter Russell, President.''" per "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., page 364.
  Note: Lot 23 on the front of Sidney is where the Montrose Inn is located today. John Ferguson did not own this lot but may have located there. The first land record for this lot is the Patent from the Crown in 1810 which went to Abel Gilbert.⁴
• Note: between 1800 and 1804; Legislative Assembly, York, Upper Canada; "John Ferguson (1756 - 1830) was a farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Frontenac in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1800 to 1804. Ferguson married Helena Magdalene Johnson, the daughter of Sir William Johnson. Ferguson lived in Sidney Township and then Kingston. He served as barracks master at Oswegatche and Fort Ontario and then as commissary at Kingston. Ferguson was a colonel in the militia and then captain in the Indian Department. He also served as a justice of the peace. He was named a judge in the Midland District in 1798." per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ferguson_(Upper_Canada_politician))⁶
• Residence: 10 July 1801; Conc 2 Lot 33, Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Land Registery Records (Patent) show that John Ferguson received the Patent from the Crown for all lof Lot 33, Conc 2. ITS Date: July 10 1801 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Hastings Co., Sidney Twp., Book 372, page 144 of 332, Conc 2, Lot 33, copied from Onland, Nov 9 2020)⁷
• Residence: 10 August 1801; Conc 1 & BF Lot 34, SidneyTwp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Land Registery Records (Patent) show that John Ferguson received the Patent from the Crown for 247 acres in Lot 34, Conc 1 and Broken Front. ITS Date: Aug 10 1801 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Hastings Co., Sidney Twp., Book 369, page 2 of 300, Conc 1, Lot 34, copied from Onland, Nov 9 2020)⁷