Martha Covert1

F, #94370, b. October 1806, d. 31 July 1843
  • Birth*: October 1806; Christchurch, Dorset, England; Date of Baptims is Dec 26 1806 - per Baptism Record. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017. per family tree of Patricia McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.1,2
  • Baptism: 26 December 1806; Christchurch, Hampshire, England; England, Baptism Records: Name: Martha Covert; Baptism Date: Dec 26 1806; Baptism Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England; Father: John Covert; Mother: Elizabeth; MF: 1041289; Ref.: Item 7 (England Baptism Records, ancestry.ca)2
  • Marriage*: 4 February 1830; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 4 1830 per Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Date Feb 4 1830 & location Cobourg per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=James Gray Bethune1,3
  • Death*: 31 July 1843; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Date of Burial Aug 4 1843 per CemSearch. Date July 31 1843 & location Toronto per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017. Date Jul 31 1843 & location York per family tree of Patricia McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.1,4
  • Burial*: 4 August 1843; St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Martha Bethune; Maiden: Covert; Born: - ; Died: Aug 1843; Age: - ; ID: CBSPCM0328; Other names: Bethune, James Gray ( -1841); Cemetery: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Ontarion St. N., Cobourg, Sec B Plot CHPL; Note: St. Peter's m/film: married James G. Bethune on February 4, 1830; buried August 4, 1843. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CBSPCM0328%5E1)4
  • Married Name: 4 February 1830; Bethune1

Family: James Gray Bethune b. 1 Apr 1793, d. 12 Oct 1841

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
  3. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  4. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Colonel John Covert1

M, #94371, b. 1768, d. 6 September 1843
  • Birth*: 1768; Christchurch, Sussex, England; "COVERT, JOHN, farmer, ...., businessman, author, and militia officer; b. c. 1770 in England, possibly in Christchurch (Dorset)" per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - John Covert, www.biographi.ca/en/bio/covert_john_7E.html
    Date 1789 & location Sussex, England per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017 per family tree of Patricial McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.1,2
  • Marriage*: 11 June 1803; Saint Paul Covent Garden, Wesminster, London, England; Date Jun 11 1803 & location Saint Paul, Covent Garden, Westminsteer, London, England per family tree of Patricial McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Elizabeth Woolley1
  • Death*: 6 September 1843; New Lodge, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "d. 5 Sept. 1843 at his farm, New Lodge, near Cobourg, Upper Canada." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - John Covert, www.biographi.ca/en/bio/covert_john_7E.html Date Sep 6 1843 & location Cobourg per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171,2
  • Immigration*: 1820; Upper Canada; "When John Covert came to Upper Canada in 1820 he was a man well into middle age, yet with a young family." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - John Covert, www.biographi.ca/en/bio/covert_john_7E.html Date Sep 6 1843 & location Cobourg per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20172
  • Residence: 14 July 1820; Conc B Lot 5, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B& S 823) show that John William sold all 135 acres of Lot 5, Conc B., Broken Front, to John Covert. ITS Date: July 14 1820. Reg'n. Date: June 17 1821. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Onland, Northumberland County, Book 24, Hamilton Twp., pg. 4 of 527, copied from Onland Oct 15 2020.
    Note: The Crown Patent for this lot had been given to Robert J. Kerr Feb 25 1820. He quickly sold it to John Williams and he turned it over quickly to John Covert. The notion that this was a "developed farm" may be true, in some respects, but John Covert it obtained it only a year after it was granted as a Crown Patent. See transactions before John Covert on same page.3
  • Residence*: 1821; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "He arrived with money, for, after looking at land in the Rice Lake area, he decided to establish himself on a developed farm in Hamilton Township a township along the
    north shore of Lake Ontario that was attracting a number of British gentry and half-pay officers, among them Francis Brockell Spilsbury*. By 1821 Covert had purchased two lots at the front of the township and commenced farming. In later years he acquired neighbouring lands to create a
    large farm strategically placed on the Kingston road near Cobourg at a point which afforded a
    possible mill site." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - John Covert, www.biographi.ca/en/bio/covert_john_7E.html2
  • Census*: 1822; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1822 Census: John Covert; 2 males 16-60, 1 female 16-60, 1 male under 16; 1 female under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census and Assessment Records)
  • Census: 1823; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823 Census: John Covert; 3 males 16-60, 5 females 16-60, 2 males under 16; 3 females under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census and Assessment Records)
    Note: The significant difference in numbers between 1822 and 1823 probably means that a brother brought his family to Cobourg.
  • Census: 1824; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1824 Census: John Covert; 2 males under 16, 3 males over 16, 2 females under 16; 5 females under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census and Assessment Records)
    Note: The significant difference in numbers between 1822, 1823 and 1824 may mean that a brother brought his family to Cobourg. Only John Covert is mentioned in the Hamilton Twp. Census for these years.
  • Note*: 1827; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "More important was his determination to develop better facilities for transportation between Cobourg and the back country. In 1827, along with John COVERT, he was a leading force in the establishment of the Cobourg harbour committee (incorporated in 1829 as the Cobourg Harbour Company), serving as its treasurer." per Dictionary of Canadian Biogrpahy, James Gray Bethune. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_james_gray_7E.html2
  • Census: 1827; Conc A & B Lots 5 & 6, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1827 Assessment: John Covert; Conc A & B, Lots 5 & 6; 320 acres uncult., 80 acres cult.; 2 males over 15; 2 males under 15; 3 females over 15; 2 females under 15 (Note: This is the first Assessment record for John Covert.)
  • Census: 1832; Conc A Lot 4, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1832 Assessment: John Covert; Conc A, Lot 4; 3 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 5 females over 16
  • Census: 1832; Conc A & B Lot 5 & 6, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1832 Assessment: John Covert; Conc A & B, Lots 5 & 6; 100 acres uncult., 80 acres cult. (Note: There is a second record called John Covert 2, just below, showing the people.)
  • Census: 1833; Conc A Lot 4, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1833 Assessment: John Covert; Conc A & B, Lots % & 6, and Conc A, Lot 4, 320 acres uncult., 80 acres cult.; 3 males over 16; 4 females over 16
  • Census: 1834; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1834 Census: John Cuvert; 400 acres uncult., 100 acres cult.; no land shown; 3 males over 16; 3 females over 16; 1 female under 16
  • Census: 1840; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1840 Census: John Covert; 3 males under 16; 3 males; 1 male over 16; 4 females over 16
  • Census: 1840; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1840 Census: John Covert; 3 males under 16; 3 males; 1 male over 16; 4 females over 16

Family: Elizabeth Woolley b. 1784, d. 6 Aug 1846

  • Marriage*: 11 June 1803; Saint Paul Covent Garden, Wesminster, London, England; Date Jun 11 1803 & location Saint Paul, Covent Garden, Westminsteer, London, England per family tree of Patricial McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Elizabeth Woolley1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  3. [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.

Elizabeth Woolley1,2

F, #94372, b. 1784, d. 6 August 1846
  • Birth*: 1784; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017. per family tree of Patricia McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.2
  • Marriage*: 11 June 1803; Saint Paul Covent Garden, Wesminster, London, England; Date Jun 11 1803 & location Saint Paul, Covent Garden, Westminsteer, London, England per family tree of Patricial McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Colonel John Covert2
  • Death*: 6 August 1846; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; per family tree of Patricia McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.2
  • Married Name: 11 June 1803; Covert2
  • Census*: 1844; Conc A & B Lots 5 & 6, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1844 Assessment: Mrs. Covert; Conc A & B, Lots 5 & 6; 200 acres uncult.; 160 acres cult.
    Note: John Covert died in 1843, first record of Mrs. Covert afterward.

Family: Colonel John Covert b. 1768, d. 6 Sep 1843

Citations

  1. Elizabeth Woolley per family tree of Patricia McClaren on ancestry.ca, Oct 13 2020.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Elizabeth Martha Bethune1,2,3

F, #94373, b. 16 February 1831, d. 28 July 1831
  • Birth*: 16 February 1831; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 16 1831 Date Feb 1831 & location Cobourg per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20172,3
  • Death*: 28 July 1831; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Jul 1831 per CemSearch. Date Jul 28 1831 & location Cobourg per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20172,3
  • Burial*: 30 July 1831; St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Elizabeth Martha Bethune; Born: Feb 16 1831; Died: Jul 1831; ID: CBSPCM1729; No other names: Cemetery: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Ontario St. N., Cobourg; Note: St. Peter's m/film: Daughter of James G. Bethune and Martha Covert; buried July 30, 1831. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CBSPCM%401729%5E0)3

Citations

  1. Elizabeth Martha Bethune per CemSearch.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  3. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

Donald Bethune1

M, #94374, b. 11 July 1802, d. 19 June 1869
  • Birth*: 11 July 1802; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; Date 1806 & location UC per 1861 Census. "b. 11 July 1802 in Williamstown, Charlottenburg Township, Upper Canada, youngest of nine children of the Reverend John Bethune and Véronique Waddin; ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)
    Date Jul 11 1802 & location Williamstown per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171,2,3
  • Marriage*: 5 November 1828; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "15 Nov 1828: At Kingston, on Wednesday, 5th inst., Donald Bethune, Barrister at Law, and M.P. for that town, to Janet, second daughter of the late Peter Smith, of the same place. (Rev. A. N. Bethune, Rector of Cobourg)" Marriage Notices 1813-1854, The Loyalist, York, pg. 28 of 550, ancestry.ca)
    "Business contacts for these activities were provided by his brothers, and by his fatherin-
    law, Peter Smith, an early settler and notable businessman of Kingston, whose daughter
    Janet (Jennet) Bethune had married in 1826.
    per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)
    Date Nov 5 1828 & location Kingston per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Jennet Smith1,2,4
  • Death*: 19 June 1869; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; "d. 19 June 1869 at Toronto, Ont." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)
    Date Jun 19 1869 & location Toronto per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171,2
  • Residence*: circa 1814; Cornwall, Stormont Co., Upper Canada; "Donald Bethune’s early education was obtained at the grammar school of his brother John in Augusta Township and at John Strachan’s school in Cornwall. Another of Donald’s brothers, Alexander Neil Bethune*, was Strachan’s protégé." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: 1814; Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "At age 14 Donald began articling in law under the prominent Brockville lawyer and politician, Jonas Jones*, ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1823; Upper Canada; " ... and in 1823 was called to the bar of Upper Canada." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: 1824; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In Kingston, where he had settled in 1824, competition between lawyers was rigorous. Of necessity Bethune began to diversify his interests." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1826; Midland Dist., Upper Canada; "In 1826 he was appointed commissioner of customs for the Midland District ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: between 1826 and 1835; Upper Canada; " ... and between 1826 and 1835 he was twice appointed judge of the Bathurst District Court and once of the Prince Edward District Court." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1828; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "He became involved in local banking politics and ran as an independent conservative in the 1828 House of Assembly elections, defeating the influential incumbent Christopher Hagerman*. His two years in the assembly were undistinguished and he in turn was defeated by Hagerman in 1830." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: circa 1832; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "While continuing his association with the Kingston branch of the Bank of Upper Canada, as both a local director and solicitor, Bethune began to dabble in the shipping and forwarding business. Business contacts for these activities were provided by his brothers, and by his father-in-law, Peter Smith, an early settler and notable businessman of Kingston, whose daughter Janet (Jennet) Bethune had married in 1826." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1833; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Bethune launched his first steamboat in 1833. The pattern of his initial experience was to be repeated throughout his career as an owner of steamboats on Lake Ontario. He quickly ran out of cash as did his brothers, James Gray and Norman, with whom he had close financial dealings. Their conduct aroused the ire of the
    cautious William Allan*, president of the Bank of Upper Canada, who wrote to John Macaulay* in 1833: “I am perfectly sick of . . . hearing of the many traffics and speculations entered into as long as they can draw Dft. [drafts] or get Notes discounted at the Bank.” It was beyond his comprehension that Donald Bethune could “ask for time and indulgence” and that he was involved “in business as much out of the way of what he ought to be . . . in [as this]. . . .” If Allan ever confronted Bethune with this advice, it was ignored." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Census*: 1837; Conc C Lot 16, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1837 Census: Donald Bettiune; Conc C, Lot 16; 1/4 acres cult., - acres uncult.; 2 males over 15; 2 males under 15; 1 female over 15; - females under 15 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)
    Note: Donald Bethune was James' youngest brother.5
  • Census: 1840; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1840 Census: Donald Bethune; 1 male under 16; 2 males overr 16; 1 female under 16; 2 females over 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)
    Note: Donald Bethune was James' youngest brother.5
  • Residence: between 1840 and 1843; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Bethune’s headquarters were at Cobourg between 1840 and 1843." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: 1841; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Attempting to capitalize on his prestige as lieutenant-colonel of militia in the Cobourg area during the rebellion and border
    problems of 1837–40, Bethune ran as an independent conservative in Northumberland South in the election of 1841. Branded a “troublesome person” by Sir George Arthur* because of his challenge to Hagerman and his business dealings, and because he was considered a follower of Sir Allan MacNab, Bethune did not receive the backing of influential Toronto Tories and was defeated by George Morss Boswell." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1842; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "He then devoted himself to his shipping interests. Awarded the government contract for mail delivery in 1840, he quickly arranged route and rate agreements with potential competitors such as John Hamilton, Hugh RRichardson, Thomas Dick, and Andrew Heron, and between 1840 and 1842 purchased five steamers from the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company. Liberal credit was extended to Bethune by William Cayley*, then president of the dock company, by the Bank of Upper Canada of which Cayley was a director, and by the Commercial Bank of the
    Midland District. In 1842, Bethune had an interest in, if not sole ownership of, at least ten Lake Ontario steamboats." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note*: 1842; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "The individual ship, characteristic of the early period, had soon to give way before the line of steamships. Donald Bethune of Cobourg folrned the Bethune Line, and in 1842 received the first contract for the carriage of mail from Dickinson’s Landing, on the St. Lawrence, to Toronto, the route being covered in thirty-six hours." from "Early Life in Upper Canada" by Edwin C. Guillet, pg. 484.6
  • Residence: 1843; The Coffin Block, Toronto, York Co., Canaa West; "The stables of Weller's line were at the south east corner of Front and Church streets. The Coffin House belonged to the Ewart estate. At one time Mr. Bethune, the boat owner, had an office in it." from Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 1, page 384.
    7
  • Residence: 1843; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; "Bethune moved his operations to Toronto after 1843. Aspiring to monopoly, he was faced with only one major competitor by 1846 – Hugh Richardson of Toronto, owner of three vessels. Price-cutting ensued and as a shrewd observer, John Elmsley, put it, “Bethune and Richardson I look upon as gone loons . . . they are now running against each other to their mutual destruction.”" per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1846; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; "When Richardson declared bankruptcy in the summer of 1846, Bethune probably anticipated no financial difficulties. But by 1845 he had already severely overextended his credit, and the purchase of one or more of Richardson’s boats in 1847 sealed his fate. Desperate, he mortgaged boats in favour of his major creditor, the Bank of Upper Canada. His wife’s uncle, John David Smith, endorsed for him a note for £16,000 which both he and Bethune ultimately failed to meet. Bethune raised rates for the transport of goods and passengers, and even ran unsuccessfully for the assembly in Toronto in 1847 on a platform decrying the lack of protection for the merchants of Canada’s inland seas. All his measures failed." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: 1848; Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada; "Beset by the recession of 1848, new competition, decaying equipment, and a debt to the Bank of Upper Canada exceeding
    £30,000, as well as innumerable debts to merchants along the shores of Lake Ontario,
    Bethune’s business collapsed late in 1848. Sued for non-payment of debts, he was forced to hand over his boats to the sheriff of York for public auction. The bank, however, could not afford to let Bethune go under and therefore leased the mortgaged boats to him."
    per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: 1853; England; "By 1851, despite rate agreements with competitors, Bethune was again bankrupt. In 1853 he left for England with £4,000 of company funds, and by 1855 all of his boats had been sold." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Residence: 1858; Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West; "Bethune returned to Canada in 1858 after what he probably hoped would be the last suit concerning his bankruptcy. To his chagrin he was forced by the master in chancery to assume liability for part of his debts. He settled in Port Hope and resumed the practice of law." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Census: April 1861; Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West; Age 55 at 1861 Census: Bethune, Donald, 55, b. UC, CE, Barrister, married; Jennet, 55, b. UC, CE, married; McDonald, Jane, b. Scotland, U.P., widow (1861 Census: Town of Port Hope, Durham Co., pg. 757 of 893, line 4 - ancestry.ca)3
  • Note: 1864; Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West; "Two pieces of evidence indicate that he had attained some degree of prosperity by 1864: he was being bothered by old creditors for repayment of debts and his prowess as a lawyer was recognized by his being named QC." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2
  • Note: circa 1865; Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West; "Donald Bethune’s business activities had no permanent results for Upper Canada. Yet his
    career is important as a significant example of the reckless promotion characteristic of both
    water and rail transportation. Banking methods were loose and credit was easy; owners and operators were often prepared to seek profits at the expense of customers and creditors. Bethune’s career accurately reflects the expansive tempo of the times." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)2

Family: Jennet Smith b. 13 Dec 1801, d. 13 Mar 1877

  • Marriage*: 5 November 1828; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "15 Nov 1828: At Kingston, on Wednesday, 5th inst., Donald Bethune, Barrister at Law, and M.P. for that town, to Janet, second daughter of the late Peter Smith, of the same place. (Rev. A. N. Bethune, Rector of Cobourg)" Marriage Notices 1813-1854, The Loyalist, York, pg. 28 of 550, ancestry.ca)
    "Business contacts for these activities were provided by his brothers, and by his fatherin-
    law, Peter Smith, an early settler and notable businessman of Kingston, whose daughter
    Janet (Jennet) Bethune had married in 1826.
    per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)
    Date Nov 5 1828 & location Kingston per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Jennet Smith1,2,4

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
  5. [S178] Unknown compiler, HamiltonTwp.
  6. [S180] Edwin C. Guillet, Early Life in Upper Canada.
  7. [S147] Unknown location, Landmarks of Toronto; unknown film.

Jennet Smith1

F, #94375, b. 13 December 1801, d. 13 March 1877
  • Birth*: 13 December 1801; Kingston, Frontanac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1806 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Dec 13 1801 & location Kingston per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171,2,3
  • Marriage*: 5 November 1828; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "15 Nov 1828: At Kingston, on Wednesday, 5th inst., Donald Bethune, Barrister at Law, and M.P. for that town, to Janet, second daughter of the late Peter Smith, of the same place. (Rev. A. N. Bethune, Rector of Cobourg)" Marriage Notices 1813-1854, The Loyalist, York, pg. 28 of 550, ancestry.ca)
    "Business contacts for these activities were provided by his brothers, and by his fatherin-
    law, Peter Smith, an early settler and notable businessman of Kingston, whose daughter
    Janet (Jennet) Bethune had married in 1826.
    per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Donald Bethune (www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_donald_9E.html)
    Date Nov 5 1828 & location Kingston per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Donald Bethune1,4,5
  • Death*: 13 March 1877; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171
  • Married Name: 5 November 1828; Bethune1
  • Census: April 1861; Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West; Age 55 at 1861 Census: see Donald Bethune3
  • Census*: April 1871; West Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 70 at 1871 Census: see Alexander N. Bethune (brother-in-law)2

Family: Donald Bethune b. 11 Jul 1802, d. 19 Jun 1869

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  5. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.

Peter Smith1

M, #94376, b. 1753, d. 31 August 1853
  • Birth*: 1753; New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171
  • Marriage*: 14 January 1786; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Abigail Muchmore1
  • Death*: 31 August 1853; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Canada West; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171

Family: Abigail Muchmore b. 1760, d. 15 Feb 1818

Citations

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

Abigail Muchmore1

F, #94377, b. 1760, d. 15 February 1818
  • Birth*: 1760; New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171
  • Marriage*: 14 January 1786; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 2017; Principal=Peter Smith1
  • Death*: 15 February 1818; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca Feb 26 20171
  • Married Name: 14 January 1786; Smith1

Family: Peter Smith b. 1753, d. 31 Aug 1853

Citations

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

Harriett Fraser1

F, #94379, b. 1837, d. 15 January 1881
  • Birth*: 1837; Pickering Twp., York Co., Ontario; Date 1837 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1837 & location Pickering Twp., Ontario Co. per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017 - actually Ontarioi County did not exist until 1850, it was York County until then.1,2
  • Death*: 15 January 1881; Brougham, Ontario; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.2
  • Census*: 1851; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Fraser1

Citations

  1. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  2. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

James William Fraser1,2,3

M, #94380, b. March 1839
  • Birth*: March 1839; Ontario; Date 1839 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date mar 1839 & location Ont. per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.2,3
  • Census*: 1851; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Fraser2

Citations

  1. James William Fraser per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (e-mail address) Feb 26 2017.
  2. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Allen Joseph Fraser1,2,3

M, #94381, b. 16 March 1841, d. 2 July 1927
  • Birth*: 16 March 1841; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date 1841 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Mar 16 1841 & location Toronto per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.2,3
  • Death*: 2 July 1927; Seattle, King Co., Washington, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.3
  • Census*: 1851; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 10 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Fraser2

Citations

  1. Allen Joseph Fraser per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (e-mail address) Feb 26 2017.
  2. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Elizabeth Ann Fraser1,2,3

F, #94382, b. 9 May 1843
  • Birth*: 9 May 1843; Ontario; Date 1845 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1843 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date May 9 1843 & location Ont. per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.2,3,4
  • Marriage*: circa 1872; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Harrison Johnson3
  • Census*: 1851; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Fraser2
  • Married Name: circa 1872; Johnson3
  • Census: April 1891; Pickering Twp., Ontario West Co., Ontario; Age 46 at 1891 Census: see Harrison Johnson4

Family: Harrison Johnson b. 5 Jul 1849

Citations

  1. Elizabeth Ann Fraser per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (e-mail address) Feb 26 2017.
  2. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  4. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

Mary Louise Fraser1,2,3

F, #94383, b. 23 October 1845, d. 5 August 1929
  • Birth*: 23 October 1845; Vankleek Hill, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1845 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Oct 23 1845 & location Vankleek Hill, Northumberland Co. per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.2,3
  • Marriage*: 19 January 1866; York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Uriah Young3
  • Death*: 5 August 1929; Markham, Ontario; Date Aug 5 1929 & location "Prescott, Markham, Ontario" - not exaclty sure of this location - per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.3
  • Census*: 1851; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1851 Census: see Joseph Fraser2
  • Married Name: 19 January 1866; Young3

Family: Uriah Young d. 28 Nov 1923

Citations

  1. Mary Louise Fraser per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (e-mail address) Feb 26 2017.
  2. [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  3. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Alexander Fletcher1

M, #94384, b. 1771, d. 9 June 1846
  • Birth*: 1771; Scotland; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1796; Newark, Upper Canada; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Rachel Corwin1
  • Death*: 9 June 1846; Canada West; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Rachel Corwin b. 1776, d. 23 Apr 1848

Citations

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

Rachel Corwin1

F, #94385, b. 1776, d. 23 April 1848
  • Birth*: 1776; Greenwich, Warren Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1796; Newark, Upper Canada; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Alexander Fletcher1
  • Death*: 23 April 1848; Bowmanville, Canada West; per family tree of David Robert Fletcher, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: circa 1796; Fletcher1

Family: Alexander Fletcher b. 1771, d. 9 Jun 1846

Citations

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

Uriah Young1

M, #94386, d. 28 November 1923
  • Birth*: Pickering, Ontario; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 19 January 1866; York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Mary Louise Fraser1
  • Death*: 28 November 1923; York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Hannah Grant (berney_hannah@gmail.com) Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Mary Louise Fraser b. 23 Oct 1845, d. 5 Aug 1929

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Harrison Johnson1

M, #94387, b. 5 July 1849
  • Birth*: 5 July 1849; Pickering Twp., York Co., Ontario; Date 1850 & locaiton Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1854 & location Pickering Twp. per marr. reg'n. - Mary Villineuve. Date Jul 5 1849 & location Ont. per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.1,2,3
  • Marriage*: circa 1872; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Elizabeth Ann Fraser1
  • Marriage*: 4 July 1919; 92 Westminster St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004103: Groom: Harrison Johnson; Age: 65; Res.: Whitevale P.O., Ont.; Born: Pickering Twp.; Status: widower; Occ.: Hotel Keeper; Rel.: Baptist; Parents: John Johnson & Rachael Brown; Bride: Mary Villineuve; Age: 39; Res.: Whitevale P.O., Ont.; Born: St. Ann Des Montreal; Status: widow; Parents: James Bond & Christina St. Laurent; Wit.: A. F. Hartman, 450 Sackville St., Toronto & Thos. W. Brown, 92 Winchester St., Toronto; Date: Jul 4 1919; Place: 92 Winchester St., Toronto, York Co.; Performed by: Geo. M. Brown, 92 Winchester St., Toronto, Meth.; Sworn: Toronto, Jul 4 1919; Reg'r.: Herbert G. Odell, Toronto (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004103-1919, ancestry.ca); Principal=Mary Bond4
  • Census*: April 1891; Pickering Twp., Ontario West Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1891 Census: Johnson, Harrison, 41, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., farmer, married; Elizabeth, 46, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Meth., married (1891 Census: Pickering Twp., Ontario West Co., dist. 102, sub-dist. A, pg. 5, line 24 - ancestry.ca)3
  • Residence*: 4 July 1919; Pickering Twp., Whitevale, Ontario Co., Ontario; Residence Whitevale per marr. reg'n. - Mary Villineuve.2

Family 1: Elizabeth Ann Fraser b. 9 May 1843

Family 2: Mary Bond b. 1880

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  3. [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #004103-1919.

John Johnson1

M, #94388, b. circa 1819, d. before 1917
  • Birth*: circa 1819; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 20 August 1847; Pickering, Ontario; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Rachel Brown1
  • Death*: before 1917; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Rachel Brown b. c 1829

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Rachel Brown1

F, #94389, b. circa 1829
  • Birth*: circa 1829; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 20 August 1847; Pickering, Ontario; per GEDCOM of Susan (susan.brunner@rogers.com) Feb 26 2017.; Principal=John Johnson1
  • Married Name: 20 August 1847; Johnson1

Family: John Johnson b. c 1819, d. b 1917

Citations

  1. [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.

Mary Bond1

F, #94390, b. 1880
  • Birth*: 1880; St. Ann Des Montreal, Quebec; Date 1880 & location St. Ann Des Montreal per marr. reg'n.1
  • Marriage*: 4 July 1919; 92 Westminster St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004103: Groom: Harrison Johnson; Age: 65; Res.: Whitevale P.O., Ont.; Born: Pickering Twp.; Status: widower; Occ.: Hotel Keeper; Rel.: Baptist; Parents: John Johnson & Rachael Brown; Bride: Mary Villineuve; Age: 39; Res.: Whitevale P.O., Ont.; Born: St. Ann Des Montreal; Status: widow; Parents: James Bond & Christina St. Laurent; Wit.: A. F. Hartman, 450 Sackville St., Toronto & Thos. W. Brown, 92 Winchester St., Toronto; Date: Jul 4 1919; Place: 92 Winchester St., Toronto, York Co.; Performed by: Geo. M. Brown, 92 Winchester St., Toronto, Meth.; Sworn: Toronto, Jul 4 1919; Reg'r.: Herbert G. Odell, Toronto (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004103-1919, ancestry.ca); Principal=Harrison Johnson2
  • Residence*: 4 July 1919; Pickering Twp., Whitevale, Ontario Co., Ontario; Residence Whitevale per marr. reg'n. - Harrison Johnson.1
  • Married Name: 4 July 1919; Johnson1

Family: Harrison Johnson b. 5 Jul 1849

Citations

  1. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
  2. [S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #004103-1919.