William Young1

M, #60348, b. circa 1815
  • Birth*: circa 1815; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Margaret (Young) Shaw.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Margaret (Young) Shaw.; Principal=Margaret Pringle1

Family: Margaret Pringle b. c 1815

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Margaret Pringle1

F, #60349, b. circa 1815
  • Birth*: circa 1815; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Margaret (Young) Shaw.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Margaret (Young) Shaw.; Principal=William Young1
  • Married Name: circa 1845; Young1

Family: William Young b. c 1815

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Andrew Shaw1

M, #60350, b. circa 1800
  • Birth*: circa 1800; per marriage reg'n. of son Andrew Shaw.1
  • Marriage*: before 1824; per marriage reg'n. of son Andrew Shaw.; Principal=Margaret Pringle1

Family: Margaret Pringle b. c 1800

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

Margaret Pringle1

F, #60351, b. circa 1800
  • Birth*: circa 1800; per marriage reg'n. of son Andrew Shaw.1
  • Marriage*: before 1824; per marriage reg'n. of son Andrew Shaw.; Principal=Andrew Shaw1
  • Married Name: before 1824; Shaw1

Family: Andrew Shaw b. c 1800

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.

John Millar1

M, #60352, b. 6 December 1848
  • Birth*: 6 December 1848; Ontario; Date Dec 1848 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Dec 6 1848 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Carrie Ethel (Millar) Shaw.1,2,3
  • Marriage*: before 1875; Ontario; per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Carrie Ethel (Millar) Shaw.; Principal=Annie Brotherstone1,2
  • Residence*: April 1901; Conc 7 Lot 27, Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1901 Census: Conc 7, Lot 27, Percy Twp., West Half.2
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 52 at 1901 Census: Miller, John, 52, b. Ont. r. Dec 6 1848, Scot., Meth., farmer, married; Ann, 44, b. Ont. r. Jun 19 1856, Scot., Meth., married; Robert M., 18, b. Ont. r. Apr 23 1882, son; James G., 16, b. Ont. r. Jun 13 1884, son; Maud B., 15, b. Ont. r. Jun 27 1885, daughter; Carrie E., 9, b. Ont. r. Apr 16 1891, daughter; Frank L., 7, b. Ont. r. Apr 24 1893, son (1901 Census Online: Percy Twp., dist. 95, sub-dist. h-3, pg. 4, line 7, T-6485 - Conc 7, Lot 27, West Half)2
  • Census: 1911; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1911 Census: Millar, John, 62, b. Ont. Dec 1848, Scot., Pres., farmer, married; Ann, 54, b. Ont. Jun 1856, Scot., F. Meth., married; Maude B., 23, b. Ont. Jun 1887?, daughter; Mabel L., 28, b. Ont. Jan 1889, daughter; Carrie E., 20, b. Ont. Apr 1891, daughter; Frank L., 18, b. Ont. Apr 1893, son (1911 Census: Percy Twp., sub-dist. 17, pg. 4 of 4, line 26)3

Family: Annie Brotherstone b. 19 Jun 1856

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Annie Brotherstone1

F, #60353, b. 19 June 1856
  • Birth*: 19 June 1856; Ontario; Date Jun 1856 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Jun 19 1856 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Carrie Ethel (Millar) Shaw.1,2,3
  • Marriage*: before 1875; Ontario; per 1901 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Carrie Ethel (Millar) Shaw.; Principal=John Millar1,2
  • Married Name: before 1875; Millar1
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1901 Census: see John Miller2
  • Census: 1911; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 54 at 1911 Census: see John Millar3

Family: John Millar b. 6 Dec 1848

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  2. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Robert M. Millar1

M, #60354, b. 23 April 1882
  • Birth*: 23 April 1882; Ontario; Date Apr 23 1882 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.1
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1901 Census: see John Millar1

Citations

  1. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

James G. Millar1

M, #60355, b. 13 June 1884
  • Birth*: 13 June 1884; Ontario; Date Jun 13 1884 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.1
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1901 Census: see John Millar1

Citations

  1. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Maud B. Millar1

F, #60356, b. 27 June 1885
  • Birth*: 27 June 1885; Ontario; Date Jun 1887? & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Jun 27 1885 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.1,2
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1901 Census: see John Millar1
  • Census: 1911; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1911 Census: see John Millar2

Citations

  1. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  2. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Frank L. Millar1

M, #60357, b. 24 April 1893
  • Birth*: 24 April 1893; Ontario; Date Apr 24 1893 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.1
  • Census*: April 1901; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1901 Census: see John Millar1
  • Census: 1911; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1911 Census: see John Millar2

Citations

  1. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  2. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Mabel Lillian Millar1,2,3

F, #60358, b. January 1889, d. 1946

  • Birth*: January 1889; Ontario; Date 1889 per Memorial. Date Jan 1889 & location Ont. per 1911 Census.2,4
  • Marriage*: 24 September 1913; Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of SheilaHale on ancestry.ca, July 28 2017.; Principal=Joseph M. Greenly3
  • Death*: 1946; Ontario; Date 1946 per Memorial.4
  • Burial*: 1946; Warkworth Cemetery, Warkworth, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) GREENLY; In Loving Memory of; Joseph M. Greenly 1885-1974; His Beloved Wife; Mabel L. Millar 1889-1946; Their Beloved Son; Lieut. Alvin John 1915-1944 (Warkworth Cemetery, Warkworth, July 12 2009)4
  • Census*: 1911; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1911 Census: see John Millar2
  • Married Name: 24 September 1913; Greenly3

Family: Joseph M. Greenly b. 9 Aug 1885, d. 1974

Citations

  1. Mabel Lillian Millar per family tree of SheilaHale on ancestry.ca, July 28 2017.
  2. [S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  4. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.

Archie Hatfield1

M, #60359, b. 1885, d. 1940

  • Birth*: 1885; Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1885 & location Stirling per marriage reg'n. per list of Alciberis Van Blaricom family in Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington.1,2
  • Marriage: 14 September 1927; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#016778: Groom: Archie Hatfield; Age: 42; Res.: Cambpellford; Born: Stirling; Status: bachelor; Occ.: lab.,; Rel.: Anglican; Parents: Benjamin Hatfield, b. Sidney & Annie Kennedy; Bride: Edith May Van Blaricom; Age: 35; Res.: Codrington; Born: Cambpellford; Status: spinster; Occ.: clerk; Rel.: United; Parents: Alciberis Van Blaricom, b. Morganson & Rosella Robinson; Wit.: ? Van Blaricom & Mrs. Annie Hatfield, Codrington; Date: Sep 14 1927; Place: Brighton Twp.; Peformed by: D. R. Clare, Norhan, United Church; Sworn: Campbellford, Sep 9 1927; Reg'r.: J. F. McGregor, Campbellford (Ontario Marriage Registration, #016778-1927, ancestry.com) " ... Rose = Alciberis Van Blaricom ... members were ... (1) Edith = Archie Hatfield ... " (from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007); Principal=Edith M. Van Blaricom1,3
  • Death*: 1940; Date 1940 per Memorial.4
  • Burial*: 1940; Stirling Cemetery, Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) HATFIELD; Benjamin Hatfield; 1845? - 1922; His Wife Annie Kennedy; 1845 - 1930; Archie Hatfield; 1885 - 1940; His Wife; Edith M. VanBlaricom; 1891 - 1973 (Stirling Cemetery - image per family tree of pomfrettim on ancestry.com, Jul 17 2013)5
  • Note*: 1901; There is an Archie Hatfield in the 1901 Census, son of Benjamin Hatfield in Sidney Twp. - is this the same guy??6
  • Residence*: 14 September 1927; Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Campbellford per marr. reg'n.2
  • Note: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Archie Hatfield appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the late 1920s and early 1930s at his father's Geneal Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)7

Citations

  1. [S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  3. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #016778-1927.
  4. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
  5. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  6. [S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  7. [S87] Unknown subject unknown record type; unknown repository.

Helen Mary Van Blaricom1

F, #60360, b. 30 September 1932, d. 29 December 1932

  • Birth*: 30 September 1932; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Sep 30 1932 & location Ont. per Death Reg'n.1
  • Death*: 29 December 1932; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#025566: Name: Helen Mary Van Blaricom; Date: Dec 29 1932; Age: 2m 29d; Born: Ont. Sep 30 1932; Parents: Oscar William Van Blaricom & Mary Elizabeth Wright, b. Ont.; Inf.: Oscar W. Van Blaricom, Codrington, father; Burial: McPhail's Cemetery, Dec 30 1932; Und.: Ben Buchanana, Warkworth; Reg'd.: Dec 30 1932; Reg'r.: Fred O. Wade (Ontario Death Registration, #0255566-1932, ancestry.com)2
  • Burial*: 30 December 1932; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) VanBlaricom; Oscar W. VanBlaricom; 1900 - 1957; His Wife; Mary E. Wright; 1901 - 1996; Their Daughter; Helen Mary 1932 - 1932; Their Son; Wilfred Ross 1922 - 1986 (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., image sent to me by Jim Belford, Oct 17 2009) Per Death Reg'n.1,3

Citations

  1. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  2. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives, #0255566-1932.
  3. [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.

Thomas McCracken1

M, #60363, b. 9 October 1825, d. 7 July 1907
  • Birth*: 9 October 1825; Dublin, Ireland; Date 1825 & locaton Dublin, Ireland per Death Reg'n. Date Oct 9 1825 & location Dublin, Ireland per CemSearch. Date 1826 per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Frances (McCracken) King.1,2,3,4
  • Marriage*: 1 February 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Feb 1 1853 & location Cobourg per family tree of David Blakey on ancestry.ca, Feb 14 2021. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Frances (McCracken) King. per GEDCOM of Joyce Oakman, Mar 28 2010.per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010.; Principal=Rebecca Ross1,5
  • Death*: 7 July 1907; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#021221: Name: Thomas McCracken; Date: July 7 1907; Age: 81y; Res.: Percy Twp.; Occ.: farmer; Status: widower; Born: Ireland; Cause: heart failure, sudden; Phys.: - ; Rel.: Anglican; Inf.: Thomas McCraken Jr.; Reg'd.: July 8 1907 (Ontario Death Registration, #021221-1907, ancestry.ca) Date July 7 1907 per CemSearch. Date 1907 per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010.3,6
  • Burial*: 9 July 1907; St. James Anglican Cemetery, Alnwick Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Thomas McCracken; Born: Oct 9 1825; Died: Jul 7 1907; ID: ALSJAM029; Other names: McCracken, - (1884-1884), MCracken, Harry Earl (1889-1892), McCracken, Lily Pearl (1893-1897), McCracken, Mary Elizabeth [King](1862-1950), McCracken, Thoams John (1858-1936); Cemetery: St. James Anglican Cemetery, Conc 3, Lot 19, Alnwick Twp., Northumberland Co.; Note: Husband of Rebecca Ross, Married Feb 1, 1853; Son of Thomas and Mary McCracken; Born Dublin Ireland; source: Diane Wilhelm, Stratford (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=ALSJAM029%5E0)3

Family: Rebecca Ross b. 6 Dec 1823, d. 21 Aug 1870

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  2. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  3. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  4. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives.
  5. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  6. [S12] Unknown author, Ontario Death Registrations, Record Type: microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Archives, #021221-1907.

Rebecca Ross1,2,3

F, #60364, b. 6 December 1823, d. 21 August 1870
  • Birth*: 6 December 1823; Invergordon, Ross-shire, Scotland; Date Dec 6 1823 & location Invergordon, Ross-shire, Scotland per family tree of David Blakey on ancestry.ca, Feb 14 2021. Date 1828 per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Frances (McCracken) King. per GEDCOM of Joyce Oakman, Mar 28 2010.2,3,4
  • Marriage*: 1 February 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Feb 1 1853 & location Cobourg per family tree of David Blakey on ancestry.ca, Feb 14 2021. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Frances (McCracken) King. per GEDCOM of Joyce Oakman, Mar 28 2010.per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010.; Principal=Thomas McCracken2,4
  • Death*: 21 August 1870; Alnwick Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Aug 21 1870 & location Alnwick Twp. per family tree of David Blakey on ancestry.ca, Feb 14 2021. Date 1870 per GEDCOM of Michael Hambley, Mar 28 2010.3,4
  • Married Name: 1 February 1853; McCracken2

Family: Thomas McCracken b. 9 Oct 1825, d. 7 Jul 1907

Citations

  1. Rebecca Ross per GEDCOM of Joyce Oakman, Mar 28 2010.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  4. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Alice Winterbottom1

F, #60365, b. circa 1900
  • Birth*: circa 1900; " ... (2) Albert = (1) Helen Dusenbury (2) Alice Winterbottom whose daughter was Carole .." (from list of family of Alciberis Van Blaricom, from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Reel 2, Nov 2007)1
  • Marriage*: circa 1935; " ... (2) Albert = (1) Helen Dusenbury (2) Alice Winterbottom whose daughter was Carole .." (from list of family of Alciberis Van Blaricom, from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Reel 2, Nov 2007); Principal=Albert A. Van Blaricom1
  • Married Name: circa 1922; Van Blaricom1

Family: Albert A. Van Blaricom b. 15 May 1895

Citations

  1. [S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.

Sarah Ann Gibson1

F, #60372, b. 21 May 1797, d. 25 March 1899
  • Birth*: 21 May 1797; Amherst Island, Upper Canada; Date May 21 1797 & location Amherst Island per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008. Date c. 1800 & location Prince Edward Co. per family tree of MamaSinclair on ancestry.com, June 1 2016.1,2
  • Marriage*: circa 1814; Upper Canada; John Nix b. 1795 married Sarah Ann Gibson per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008. I had John Nix around that age with early Census records but no wife shown yet - is this the right guy??; Principal=John H. Nix Jr.1
  • Death*: 25 March 1899; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of MamaSinclair on ancestry.com, June 1 2016.2
  • Married Name: circa 1814; Nix1

Family: John H. Nix Jr. b. 25 Nov 1795, d. c 1870

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Elizabeth Gibson1

F, #60373, b. 1780, d. circa 1873
  • Birth*: 1780; Woolwich, Kent, England; Date 1780 & location England per 1871 Census. Date 1780 & location England per 1861 Census. Date 1778 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1780 & location Woolwich, Kent, England per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. Date 1780 & location England per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.1,2,3,4,5
  • Marriage*: 12 February 1797; Newark, Niagara Dist., Upper Canada; "Charles Sillick and Elizabeth Gibson married in Niagara on February 12, 1797. Their marriage is listed in the publication "Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, Volume 3, published in Toronto 1901"." per email from Deborah Gibson, Deb 16 2019." (Note: The town would have been Newark, where Niagara-on-the-Lake is today. It was the capital of Upper Canada until 1796 (more or less) when Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe had the capital moved to York, north across the lake.)
    Date 1794 & location Kingston per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010. per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.; Principal=Charles Selleck1,4,6
  • Marriage*: circa 1817; Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Elizabeth Gibson is shown as wife of Josiah Wellington per GEDCOM of Kaz, Mar 15 2010.
    Note: Elizabeth Gibson married Josiah Wellington after her first husband Charles Selleck had died in 1809. She appears in census records as Widow Elizabeth Selleck as late as 1816. This would explain why she appears as Elizabeth Wellington in the 1861 and 1871 Census with her son Isaac M. Wellington.; Principal=Josiah Dix Wellington1,7
  • Death*: circa 1873; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Unable to find Death Reg'n. for Elizabeth.
  • Married Name: 12 February 1797; Selleck1
  • Note: 7 October 1804; Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; HMS Speedy left York for Newcastle in the evening of Sunday, Sept 7, 1804, having about twenty passengers, most planning to conduct the trial of Ogetonicut, for the death of death of John Sharp at Lake Scugog in the spring. The Speed would not make it to Newcastle, being lost in a storm on the 8th.
  • Note*: April 1809; Upper Canada; Elizabeth Gibson's husband died - Charles Selleck.
  • Note: circa April 1813; Murray Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "It may be surprising to know that during 1813 a brigade of British regulars stationed at Presqu'ile was detained by a storm. I. M. Wellington summarized these events: "In the spring of 1813, all war news was carried in dispatches on horseback. Night and day the trooper was galloping through the country from post to post with a dispatch to be forwarded to the next trooper, who was ready to rush away with the package. Nearly all the young men of the country had enlisted in defence of their happy homes and the British troops were sent forward to aid in repelling their enemies. At this time a Brigade of British regular was detained at Presqu'ile Point by a storm. The commisariat being low, the widow's last cow was slaughtered for beef. However, the Colonel paid her in goods about twice the price of the cow saying "she could replace it with another one"." This widow was Mrs. Selleck who later married Joseph Wellington, the father of I. M. Wellington." per page 61 at The Tobey Book.
    Note: The parents of I. M. Wellington were Josiah Wellington and Elizabeth (Gibson)Selleck. Captain Charles Selleck died about 1809 and widow Elizabeth Selleck is recorded in census records as late as 1816.7
  • Census: 1814; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1814 Census: Elizabeth Selleck; 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16; 1 female over 16
  • Census: 1815; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1815 Assessment: Elizabeth Selleck; 1 acre uncult.
  • Census: 1815; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1815 Census: Betsy Selleck; 0 male over 16, 1 male under 16; 1 female over 16; 3 females under 16
  • Census*: 1816; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1816 Census: Elizabeth Selleck; 0 male over 16, 3 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 females under 16
  • Census: 1816; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1816 Assessment: Elizabeth Selleck; 3 acres cult.
  • Married Name: circa 1817; Wellington
  • Note: circa 1820; Murray Twp., Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "In 1897, W. Brother, I. M. Wellington died at the age of 86. He was the first white child born at Presqu'ile. Throughout this book the reader will have found references to this remarkable man, as he was the author of the article quoted from the Ontario Historical Society's Paper and records - Vol. V, 1904. I. M. Wellington was also important in the Masonic Lodge, for he lectured before them on various occasions, and wrote a brief history of the United States. Mr. Wellington's mother was, previous to her second marriage, the widow of Captain Selleck." from page 528 of The Tobey Book.
    Note: I. M. Wellington was born in 1821 and it would be unlikely he was the first at Presqu'ile Point. Families lived there from at least 1802.7
  • Residence*: circa 1820; Murray Twp., Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The story of the town of Newcastle is most intimately joined up with the wreck of the vessel Speedy. In connection with this story two names stand out prominently. These are Captain Selleck and I. M. Wellington. Mr. Wellington gave the first account of the events surrounding the wreck of the vessel. The Brighton Ensign of June 25, 1897 spoke of this great historian: "On December 11, 1821, the first white child was born on Presqu'ile Point. That child was Isaac M. Wellington, the third son of the late Joseph Wellington and Elizabeth Gibson Selleck. His father Joseph Wellington was a United Empire Loyalist and his mother previous to her marriage to Mr. Wellington was the widow of Captain Selleck."" from page 29 of The Tobey Book.
    Note: Isaac Maitland Wellington (1821-1897) was the son Josiah Wellington (1780-1865) and Elizabeth Gibson, who had been previously married to Captain Charles Selleck. It is very doubtful if I. M. Wellington was the first white child born at Presqu'ile since families lived there from at least 1802. I. M. Wellington's Death Registration says he was born in Haldimand Township which may be possible since Josiah Wellington owned land near Grafton during this time.7
  • Residence: 20 November 1834; Lot 4, North Side of Water St., Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Patent) show that Elizabeth Wellington obtained the Patent from the Crown for 1 acre in f Lot No. 4, north side of Water St. ITS Date: Nov 20 1834. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Presqu'ile Popint, North Side of Water Street, Book 13, pg. 121 of 198, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan, Dec 1 2020)8
  • Residence: 12 January 1835; Lot No. 4, North Side of Water Street, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 3727) show that Josiah Wellington & Elizabeth Wellington (relict of C. Selleck) sold 1 acre in Water Lot No. 4 to Joseph Gibson. ITS Date: Jan 12 1835, Reg'd.: Jan 16 1835 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Abstract Index Book, Brighton Twp., last page is Town of Newcastle, Northumberland County Archives, digital image taken by Dan May 15 2019 - or Book 13, pg. 117 of 198, pg 01, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan, Dec 1 2020)8
  • Census: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 73 at 1851 Census: Wellington, Elizabeth, 73, b. Cda., WM, widow; Asselstine, Mary, 26, b. Cda., WM, single (1851 Census: Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 55 of 160, line 34 - ancestry.ca)
    Note: This looks like Elizabeth (Selleck Gibson) Wellington with a servant or relative, Mary Asselstines, age 26. This is in Brighton Village, just below William Orser, tailor and above Robert Clark, wheelwright.5
  • Census: April 1861; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 81 at 1861 Census: see Isaac M. Wellington (son)
    Note: In the 1861 Census, Elizabeth (Selleck, Gibson) Wellington is clearly shown to be a widow, living with her son Isaac Maitland Wellington. On the other hand, Josiah Dix Wellington, who was her second husband, appears to be in the 1861 Census with son John Wesley Wellington in Rawdon Twp.. We have a date in 1865 for his death. Oddly enough, we see Josiah Wellington of the same age in the 1851 Census in Percy Twp. with a wife named Jane. Is there something wrong here???3
  • Census: April 1871; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 91 at 1871 Census: see Isaac M. Wellington (son)2

Family 1: Charles Selleck b. 9 Dec 1760, d. Apr 1809

  • Marriage*: 12 February 1797; Newark, Niagara Dist., Upper Canada; "Charles Sillick and Elizabeth Gibson married in Niagara on February 12, 1797. Their marriage is listed in the publication "Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, Volume 3, published in Toronto 1901"." per email from Deborah Gibson, Deb 16 2019." (Note: The town would have been Newark, where Niagara-on-the-Lake is today. It was the capital of Upper Canada until 1796 (more or less) when Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe had the capital moved to York, north across the lake.)
    Date 1794 & location Kingston per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010. per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.; Principal=Charles Selleck1,4,6

Family 2: Josiah Dix Wellington b. 4 Jun 1780, d. 20 Dec 1865

  • Marriage*: circa 1817; Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Elizabeth Gibson is shown as wife of Josiah Wellington per GEDCOM of Kaz, Mar 15 2010.
    Note: Elizabeth Gibson married Josiah Wellington after her first husband Charles Selleck had died in 1809. She appears in census records as Widow Elizabeth Selleck as late as 1816. This would explain why she appears as Elizabeth Wellington in the 1861 and 1871 Census with her son Isaac M. Wellington.; Principal=Josiah Dix Wellington1,7

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  2. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  5. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  6. [S33] Unknown author, "Email Message," e-mail to unknown recipient.
  7. [S54] Wilfred M. Sprung & Barbara Nyland, Tobey Book.
  8. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.

Charles Selleck1,2,3

M, #60374, b. 9 December 1760, d. April 1809
  • Birth*: 9 December 1760; Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; "Charles, s. Abraham & Deborah, b. Dec. 9, 1760, Vol. 1, Page 152" Stamford Vital Records, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870, (Barbour Collection), page 227 of 328, per family tree of sally Russell-Hubbard on ancestry.ca, Aug. 9, 2019.
    Date Dec 9 1760 & location Stamford per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010. per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.2,4
  • Marriage*: 12 February 1797; Newark, Niagara Dist., Upper Canada; "Charles Sillick and Elizabeth Gibson married in Niagara on February 12, 1797. Their marriage is listed in the publication "Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, Volume 3, published in Toronto 1901"." per email from Deborah Gibson, Deb 16 2019." (Note: The town would have been Newark, where Niagara-on-the-Lake is today. It was the capital of Upper Canada until 1796 (more or less) when Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe had the capital moved to York, north across the lake.)
    Date 1794 & location Kingston per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010. per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.; Principal=Elizabeth Gibson2,3,5
  • Death*: April 1809; Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "Before a council of settlers was formed the needy were dependent on gaining help directly from their neighbours. An incident occurred in 1809 which aptly illustrates this type of action. Captain Selleck had died in April of that year and his widow was left with a large family of small children." from page 49 of The Tobey Book. Date Apr 1809 & location Newcastle per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. Date 1809 & location Newcastle per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010.2,6,3
  • Note: circa 1780; Connecticut, U.S.A.; "That your petitioner, during the late American war, served in His Majesty's marine Department, as a Commissioned Officer, with the rank and pay of Lieutenant in the army, on board of the armed Boats commanded by Colonel Hubbell." from a petition for land by Charles Selleck, July 25, 1795, while living in Newark, Upper Canada. (See item by that date)
    Note: This makes it clear that Charles Selleck, later of Newcastle, Presqu'ile Point, serviced with the British during the war, her mentioning Colonel Hubbell, a member of a large Connecticut family active in the military well before this war.
  • Note*: 20 June 1782; Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; "The most probable is: He was a Lieutenant in the British Army who stayed in Canada and became a Ship's Master or Captain of a freighter. Gorham says he went to Canada. Capt. Marvin's Co. of Coast Guard for the defense of Norwalk: Charles Sillick, entered service 3 Apr 1782, discharged 20 June 1782; 1790 Census, New York, Westchester County, Bedford lists a Charles Sillock" per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010.
    Note: I. M. Wellington said in his story about Presqu'ile that "Very soon thereafter Capt. Sellcck, an Englishman, the owner of a schooner called the Lady Murray, with his father-in- law, George Gibson, a ship carpenter, who had served an apprenticeship in the Woolwich dockyards in London, England, came with their families and settled at Presqu’isle."2
  • Note: 25 July 1795; Newark, Niagara Dist., Upper Canada; "To His Excellency John Graves Simcoe, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor & Colonel Commanding His Majesty's Forces in the Province of Upper Canada, etc., etc., etc. (In Council); The Petition of Charles Selleck, most respectfully sheweth That your petitioner, during the late American war, served in His Majesty's marine Department, as a Commissioned Officer, with the rank and pay of Lieutenant in the army, on board of the armed Boats commanded by Colonel Hubbell. That your petitioner will not offer any observations on the Services performed by the said Department, to which he had the Honor of belonging, lest he should appear to Your Excellency guilty of Self-praise. That the officers of the same rank with your Petitioner who served in the said Department have been uniformly considered as Lieutenants in drawing their allotments of land from the Crown and have received the same proportion of lands accordingly. Wherefore your Petitioner prays that Your Excellency would direct two thousand acres of the waste lands of the Crown in the Township of York, or part therein, part elsewhere, to be duly assigned to Your Petitioner in right of his Services as aforesaid. And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound will (?unreadable?) pray etc.; (Signed) Charles Selleck,
    Newark, 25th July 1795" ...
    "Petition of (?unreadable?) Charles Selleck; The Committee (?unreadable?) sufficiently informed to recommend the Petitioner Claim as a reduced officer - but judge him deserving of any quantity of land His Excellency may please to order him. N. 748; Read 17th Jan. 1797; Ordered twelve hundred acres of land (various initials)" Transcript of land petition, as found in the image online in the Library and Archives Canada database, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), C-2806, pages 937-939, at URL www.collectionscanada.gc.ca - found on family tree of ruadhan on ancestry.ca, Aug 9 2019.
    https://www.ancestry.ca/mediaui-viewer/tree/951088/person/-2021668619/media/c200876e-9312-4afa-961b-13703492f418?_phsrc=rEb4080&_phstart=successSource3
  • Note: 21 July 1796; York, York Co., Upper Canada; Meeting in council chamber at York, 21st July, 1796. "Present-Shaw, McGill, and Smith. The Hon'ble. Peter Russell took the oath for duly administering the Government of Upper Canada in the Absence of His Excellency the Lieut. Governor. .... No. 82. Lieut. Charles Selleck stating that he served in the late War with the rank & pay of Lieut, in the army (on board the armed Gun Boats commanded by Colonel Hubbell) & praying for the quantity of land usually granted to Officers of that Rank. The Committee are not sufficiently informed to recommend the claim as a reduced officer, but judge him deserving of any quantity of land His Excellency may please to offer him." page 211, Volume 5, Correspondence of John Graves Simcoe.7
  • Note: 1797; Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; First Canadians: It has been claimed for the York, built at Niagara in 1792 and measuring 80 tons, that she was the first merchantman, but the Dorchester was launched five years before, in 1787, near Kingston. The York was probably fully named Duchess of York, after the consort of the King's son, for whom the town was named in 1793. Capt. Charles Selleck, pioneer of Presqu'lle and in 1797 master of the schooner Lady Murray, was at one time master of the Duchess of York. He inserted an advertisement in the Constellation which suggests some unauthorized salvaging of the wreck: "If Jonathan A. Pell will return and pay Capt. Selleck for the freight of the salt which he took from on board the Duchess of York without leave it will be thankfully received and no questions asked." Maritime History of the Great Lakes, Passing Thro' The Devil's Nose: Schooner Days, CMXLVII (947), Publication: Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Apr 1950. http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/120690/data
  • Note: 16 October 1797; Kingston, Upper Canada; "D 4 Cartwright to Thomas Barry, York; [Queen's University, Douglas Library, Cartwright Letter Books]; Kingston 16th Octr. 1797; I wrote of 28th & 29th. Sept. by the Industry Capt. McMullen, on Board of whom I shipped at the same time a very considerable part (113) of your goods, & a number of packages for Mr. Beasley & Mr. St. John. She sailed from hence on the evening of the 29th. Ulto. & not having reached York when Capt. Seleck18 left it, and the weather having been very boisterous, we are under very great anxiety for her safety. Should she unfortunately have been lost, you will be a sufferer to a large account." The Town of York 1793-1815, Commercial Development, page 112 & 113.
    Note: This letter, from Richard Cartwright, at Kingston, to Thomas Barry, at York, suggests that Captain Selleck was, at one point, sailing the "Industry" at this time.8
  • Note: 1799; Captain of Duchess of York, Upper Canada; "18 Captain Selleck served during the Revolution with the rank of Lieutenant in the arm on board armed gunboats. In 1799 he was Captain of the Duchess of York. In 1804 he owned a tavern near Presqu'Isle." The Town of York 1793-1815, page 113.
    Note: This is a footnote below a letter from Richard Cartwright, at Kingston, to Thomas Barry, at York, regarding a ship, which Capt. Selleck had been sailing?, which may not have arrived yet. It confirms the info from a land petition re his war service and captaincy of the Duchess of York in 1799.8
  • Note: 7 December 1799; Devil's Nose, New York, U.S.A.; "The effects of rough weather on the Lake at the close of 1799, as detailed by the Niagara Constellation of the 7th of December, will not be out of place. "On Thursday last," the Constellation says, "a boat arrived here from Schenectady, which place she left on the 22nd ult. She passed the York sticking on a rock off the Devil's Nose: no prospect of getting her off. A small deck-boat also, she reports, lately sprung a leak twelve miles distant from Oswego. The people on board, many of whom were passengers, were taken off by a vessel passing, when she instantly sank: cargo is all lost." The narrative then proceeds to say: "A vessel supposed to be the Genesee schooner, has been two days endeavouring to come in. It is a singular misfortune," the Constellation says, "that this vessel, which sailed more than a month ago from Oswego, laden for this place, has been several times in sight, and driven back by heavy gales." Toronto of Old, page 523.
  • Note: 1802; Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; "Very soon thereafter Capt. Selleck, an Englishman, the owner of a schooner called the Lady Murray, with his father-in- law, George Gibson, a ship carpenter, who had served an apprenticeship in the Woolwich dockyards in London, England, came with their families and settled at Presqu’isle." I. M. Wellington provided history of Presqu'ile which appeared in Ontario Historical Society, Papers & Records, Vol. 4-6, 1905, from Ed Burtt's collection.
  • Note: May 1802; Presqu'ile Point, Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; "The Newcastle town-site was on an equally ambitious scale, providing for a hospital, a church, a market square, and, to make it clear that this was not to be a temporary community, a graveyard. The pioneer settlers, including the Sellecks, Gibsons, Thompsons, and Simpsons, could probably foresee the day when Newcastle would be one of the principal urban centers in the province. The town's harbour, which naturally was to have a jetty and a lighthouse to mark the entrance, seemed an ideal one, even more sheltered than those at York and Kingston.
    Captain Charles Selleck and his father-in-law, George Gibson, were responsible for building the court-house complex. Once it was finished, Selleck and his wife were to operate both the court-house itself and its hotel. When Selleck was away on Lake Ontario with his schooner the Lady Murray, and court was not in session, his wife, assisted by her brother, would manage the hotel. She would also feed the prisoners who would soon be lodged in the new jail." Speedy Justice, Brendan O'Brien, page 859
  • Residence: 1 February 1803; Lot No. 4, Water Street, South Side, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Patent) show that Charles Selleck received the Crown Patent for Lot 4, Water Street, South Side, town of Newcastle, ITS date Feb 1 1803 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland County, Brighton Township, last page is Town of Newcastle, digital image taken by Dan May 15 2019, Northumberland County Archives, Cobourg)10
  • Residence*: 3 December 1803; Murray Twp., Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; " ... and Grant unto Charles Selleck of the Township of Niagara in the County of Lincoln in the District of Niagara, Mariner." A Land Grant signed on December 3, 1803, shows that Charles Selleck was considered to be living in the Township of Niagara, Lincoln County. The land being granted was one acre on the bay shore of Presqu;'isle to build a wharf.
    Note: I saw this mention of Niagara re Charles Selleck a few months before seeing the marriage record (Feb 2019) showing they were married in Niagara in 1797. He was a "mariner" or ship captain working around Lake Ontario so it could be he actually lived at Newark, the capital of Upper Canada, before moving to Presqu'ile. They moved first to Kingston, or Amherst Island, and then most info re Charles Selleck has him coming to Newcastle in 1802 when they built the court house and jail building, with he and his wife as custodians of the building.
  • Residence: 3 December 1803; Water Lot 4, Presqu'ile Point, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; P. Hunter, Lt. Gov., Province of Upper Canada, George the third by Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come ….. Greetings
    Known ye that we of our Special Grace certain Knowledge and men motion, have given and Granted and by these presents do give and Grant unto Charles Selleck of the Township of Niagara in the County of Lincoln in the District of Niagara, Mariner, and his heirs and assigns, all that parcel or tract of land, the greater part whereof is covered with water, situate in the Town of Newcastle in the County of Northumberland in the District of Newcastle, containing by admeasurement, one acre more or less, the greater part whereof is covered with water, being the water Lot Number Four in front of town Lot Number four in the said town of Newcastle, which said Lot is Butted and Bounded or may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say, Commencing at the water's edge in Presque Isle Harbour, under and at the foot of the Bank bearing north thirteen degrees east from the North East Angle of Town Lot Number Four, then north thirteen degrees east three chains seventeen links, then north seventy seven degrees west three chains seventeen links, then south thirteen degrees west to the waters edge at the foot of the said banks, then northerly along the waters edge to the place of beginning, To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land covered with water hereby given and granted to the said Charles Selleck and his heirs and assigns for ever.
    Provided always that no part of the Premises hereby given and granted to the said Charles Selleck and his heirs be within any Reservation hereupon made and marked for us our heirs and successors by our Surveyor General of Woods or his Lawful Deputy, in which case this our Grant for such part of the land hereby given and granted to the said Charles Selleck and his heirs for ever aforesaid and which shall upon a Survey thereof being made be found within any such Reservation, shall be Null and Void and of none effect, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
    Provided also that the said Charles Selleck his heirs or assigns shall and do, within three years, erect and build or cause to be erected and built in some part of the Demised premises, a good and sufficient wharf, fit and proper for the landing of goods, wares and merchandise and do not by any erection by him or them to be made, obstruct or impede the navigation of vessels or craft of any kind in or upon the said Harbour of Presque Isle.
    Provided also that if at any time or times hereafter the premises so hereby given and granted to the said Charles Selleck and his heirs, shall come into the possession and ?tenun? of any person or persons whomsoever either by virtue of any Deed of Sale, Conveyance, Enforcement or exchange, or by Gift, Inheritance, Descent, Devise or Marriage, such person or persons shall within twelve months next after his, her or their entry into and possession of the same, take the oaths prescribed by law before some one of the magistrates of our said Province and a Certificate of such oath having been so taken shell cause to be recorded in the Secretary's Office of our said Province.
    In default of all of any of which Conditions, Limitations and Restrictions this said grant and everything herein contained shall be and we hereby declare the same to be Null and Void to all intents and purposes whatsoever and the premises hereby granted and every part and parcel thereof shall revert to and become vested in us our heirs and successors in the like manner as if the same had never been granted, anything herein contained to the contrary is anywise notwithstanding.
    And whereas by an Act of Parliament of Great Britain passed in the thirty first year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled "An Act to Repeal Certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign entitled "An Act for making more effective provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America and to make further provisions for the Government of the said Province, it is declared that no grant of land hereafter made shall be valid or effective unless the same shall contain a Specification of the Lands to be affected and appropriated.
    Solely to the maintenance of a Protestant Clergy within the said Province in respect to the lands to be thereby granted, Now know ye that we have caused an allotment or appropriation of the one seventh of an acre to be made in a certain Block of Land adjoining the said Town of Newcastle.
    F Fen? Paid to Receiver General under No.? Regulations. P. R.
    Given under the Great Seal of our Province of Upper Canada, Witness our trusty and all beloved Peter Hunter, Esquire, our Lieutenant Governor of our said Province, and Lieutenant General Commanding our Forces in our Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, this third day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and three and forty fourth of our Reign.
    Entered with the Auditor 29th October 1804 …… Peter Russell Rec. Gen.
    Thos Scott AG
    By Command of His Excellency in Council … ?? anishey?
    The words "the greater part whereof is" underlined before the Seal of the Province affixed. Thos Scott AG
    (This is the transcription of a digital image of the original Crown Grant paper document which was donated to Municipality of Brighton on Dec 17 2018 by Bud Guertin. I provided info re the content of the document to John Campbell so he could do a news story about it. Dec 18 2018)
  • Residence: 3 December 1803; Water Lot No. 4, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Patent) show that Charles Selleck obtained the Patent from the Crown for 1 acre of Water Lot 4, in the Town of Newcastle, Northumberland Co. ITS Date: Dec 3 1803 (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Abstract Index Book, Brighton Twp., last page is Town of Newcastle, Northumberland County Archives, digital image taken by Dan May 15 2019 - or Book 13, pg. 117 of 198, pg 01, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan, Dec 1 2020)10
  • Note: 7 October 1804; Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; HMS Speedy left York for Newcastle in the evening of Sunday, Sept 7, 1804, having about twenty passengers, most planning to conduct the trial of Ogetonicut, for the death of death of John Sharp at Lake Scugog in the spring. The Speed would not make it to Newcastle, being lost in a storm on the 8th.
  • Note: 8 October 1804; Presqu'ile Point, Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; "The only writer who has attempted to reconstruct what probably happened is C.H.J. Snider. After speculating that Paxton would have fired a distress signal, Snider continues: 'The passengers below thought the vessel was signalling her arrival, and began donning their greatcoats in preparation for landing. "A few moments yet, Your Lordship, a few moments yet," called down Lieut. Paxton. More truly than he thought. A light blazed redly. Capt. Selleck, on the point, in answer to the gun, had set fire to a great pile of brush, logs, and chips from the newbuilt courthouse, to guide the vessel in." Speedy Justice, Brendan O'Brien, page 101.
    Note: C. H. J. Snider was known in the late 1890s and early 1900s for dramatic stories about ships and sailing on the Great Lakes. He painted the image of the Speedy that is so popular today. There is more than a little poetic license in his stories, which are entertaining, to be sure, but not to be considered historical.9
  • Note: 2 March 1805; Murray Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "In 1805 the government, deciding that the location of this capital was "inconvenient", moved the capital to the Cobourg area and abandoned Newcastle. The courthouse was subsequently used as a home by a Captain Selleck and his family. Timothy Thompson, Thomas Ward, Joseph Gibson, and David Rogers used other lots in Newcastle. However, because Newcastle did not become the district capital, the development of Presqu'ile (and Brighton) was delayed." from page 56 of "The Municipality of Brighton" published in 2006.
    Note: This addresses the situation at Presqu'ile Point after the sinking of the Speedy in October 1804.11
  • Note: circa 1808; Murray Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "Ran cargo on Lake Superior with father of his wife." per GEDCOM of Rick, Mar 15 2010.
    Note: There was a thriving shipping industry running across Lake Ontario between Kingston and Upper Canada ports along the north shore of Lake Ontario and the US ports on the east end of Lake Ontario such as Sacket's Harbour and Richland on the Salmon River. George Gibson was involved along with Josiah Wellington and Samuel Sherwood and others. Presqu'ile Bay was a very active port in the early decades of the 1800's.

Family: Elizabeth Gibson b. 1780, d. c 1873

  • Marriage*: 12 February 1797; Newark, Niagara Dist., Upper Canada; "Charles Sillick and Elizabeth Gibson married in Niagara on February 12, 1797. Their marriage is listed in the publication "Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, Volume 3, published in Toronto 1901"." per email from Deborah Gibson, Deb 16 2019." (Note: The town would have been Newark, where Niagara-on-the-Lake is today. It was the capital of Upper Canada until 1796 (more or less) when Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe had the capital moved to York, north across the lake.)
    Date 1794 & location Kingston per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. per GEDCOM of Scott Stewart, Mar 11 2010. per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.; Principal=Elizabeth Gibson2,3,5

Citations

  1. Charles William Selleck per family tree of Deborah Gibson on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018. Charles William Selleck per family tree of ruadhan on ancestry.ca, Dec 18 2018.
  2. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  3. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  4. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
  5. [S33] Unknown author, "Email Message," e-mail to unknown recipient.
  6. [S54] Wilfred M. Sprung & Barbara Nyland, Tobey Book.
  7. [S240] Unknown compiler, Simcoe's Correspondence.
  8. [S164] Unknown compiler, Edith Firth.
  9. [S157] Brendan O'Brien, Speedy Justice.
  10. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.
  11. [S68] Brighton Council, Brighton Memories 2006.

John Gibson1,2,3,4

M, #60375, b. 9 April 1800
  • Birth*: 9 April 1800; Amherst Island, Upper Canada; Date 1801 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1800 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1799 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Apr 9 1800 & location Amherst Island per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.2,5,3,4
  • Marriage*: circa 1824; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.
    Note: Is Sarah Clapp the only wife of John Gibson?; Principal=Ann ?2
  • Census: 1821; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1821 Census: John Gibson; 1 male over 16
  • Census: 1821; Presqu'Ile Point Lot 5, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1821 Assessment: John Gibson; Presqu'Ile, Point, Lot 5, 1 acre cult.
  • Census: 1822; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1822 Assessment: John Gibson -
  • Census: 1823; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823 Census: John Gibson; 2 males over 16; 1 female over 16
  • Census: 1823; Presqu'Ile Point, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823 Assessment: John Gibson; Presqu'Ile Point, 1 acres cult.
  • Census: 1824; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1824 Assessment: John Gibson
  • Census: 1824; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1824 Census: John Gibson; 0 males under 16; 1 female under 16; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16
  • Census: 1825; Conc C Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1825 Assessment: John Gibson; Conc C, Lot 19, 91 acres uncult., 9 acres cult.
  • Census: 1825; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1825 Census: John Gibson; 0 males under 16; 1 female under 16; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16; Total 3
  • Census: 1826; Conc C Lot 20, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1826 Census: John Gibson; Conc C, Lot 20, 90 acres uncult., 10 acres cult.; 1 male over 16; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16; 2 females under 16; Total 5
  • Census: 1827; Conc C Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1827 Assessment: John Gibson; Conc C, Lot 19, 33 acres uncult., 17 acres cult.
  • Census*: 1827; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1827 Census: John Gibson; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16; 1 male under 16; 1 female under 16; Total 4
  • Census: 1828; Conc C Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1828 Census: John Gibson; Conc C, E 1/2 Lot 19, 40 acres uncult., 10 acres cult.; 1 male over 16; 2 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16; Total 5
    Note: Assuming this John Gibson is brother of Samuel and Joseph - they are together in this census record.
  • Census: 1829; Conc C Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1829 Assessment: John Gibson; Conc C, Lot 19, 42 acres uncult., 8 acres cult.; 1 male over 16; 2 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16; Total 5
  • Census: 1831; Conc C Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1831 Census: John Gibson; Conc C, Lot 19, 40 acres uncult., 10 acres cult.; 1 male over 16; 2 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 2 female under 16; Total 6
  • Census: 1850; Conc 1 Lot 22, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1850 Census: John Gibson; Conc 1 Lot 22, occ., non-prop.; Total Persons: 7
  • Census: 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 52 at 1851 Census: Gibson, John, 52, b. Cda., WM, yeoman, married; Ann, 47, b. Ireland, WM, married; Elikzabeth, 22, b. Cda., WM, single; William, 25, b. Cda., WM, yeoman, single; Cadman, 19; Benjamin, 15; Adelade, 11; John, 7; Cornelius, 5; mary Ann, 3; Worden, Catharine, 52, b. Cda., EM, widow; Danilson, Henry, 12, b. States. EM; McKinney, Nancy, 20, b. Cda., RC; Palmer, Sarah, 77, b. States, Quaker, widow (1852 Census: Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 55 of 172, line 12 - ancestry.ca)Note: Hard to know if these last 4 folks are part of the family or boarders or domestics for the John Gibson - or another family altogether??)5
  • Census: April 1861; Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 61 at 1861 Census: Gibson, John, 61, b. UC, WM, farmer, married; Ann, 56, b. Ireland, WM, married; William, 27, b. 34, b. UC, WM, farmer, married; Cadman, 27, b. UC, WM, single; Elizabeth, 33, b. UC, WM, married; JOhn, 16, b. UC, WM; Cornelious, 13 (1861 Census: Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., pg. 163 of 899, line 21 - ancestry.ca)(Son George is above.)3
  • Residence*: 1871; Conc 13 Lot 1, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Gibson, Cadman, 12 n half 1 t." & "Gibson, George, 13 s w quarter 6 t" & "Gibson, John, 13 pt 1 t." per Canada City and area Directories, 1871, Seymour Twp., pg 88 of 97, ancestry.ca.6
  • Census: April 1871; Seymour Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 70 at 1871 Census: Gibson, John, 70, b. Ont., Eng., WM, farmer, married; Ann, 64, b. Ireland, Irish, WM, married; Elizabeth, 43, b. Ont., Eng., WM, single; Cornelius, 24, b. Ont., Eng., WM, farmr, single (1871 Census: Seymour Twp., Northumberland East Co., dist. 55, sub-dist. G-3, pg. 59, line 7 - ancestry.ca)4

Family: Ann ? b. 1804

  • Marriage*: circa 1824; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Cheryl Storton, Feb 11, 2008.
    Note: Is Sarah Clapp the only wife of John Gibson?; Principal=Ann ?2

Citations

  1. John Gibson per 1851 & 1861 & 1871 Census - and all the early census records.
  2. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  5. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  6. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.