Person Page - 4786

Eliza Haskins^1,2,3

• Father*: James Haskins² b. c 1765
• Mother*: ? ?² b. c 1770

• Birth*: circa 1812; Dublin, Ireland; "His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.²
• Marriage*: circa 1835; Upper Canada; "Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.; Principal=Tobias Bleecker²
• Death*: circa 1839; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.²

• Married Name: circa 1835; Bleecker²

John James Bleecker^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Haskins² b. c 1812, d. c 1839

• Birth*: 29 December 1838; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date Dec 29 1838 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1838 & location UC per 1861 Census.
  "Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.^2,5,6,7,9,8
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.; Principal=Eliza Jane Holton⁴
• Death*: 20 August 1929; Ontario; Date Aug 20 1929 per FindaGrave & CemSearch.^4,3
• Burial*: 22 August 1929; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: John J B Flint; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 20 Aug 1929; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806748 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806748/john-j_b-flint?_gl=1*1jmvsne*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDI1MjAwNC4xODIuMS4xNjYwMjU4MzQ3LjA.)
  CemSearch: Name: John J. B. Flint; Born: - ; Died: Aug 20 1929; Age: -- ; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Husband of Eliza Jane Holton, Sibling of Sarah and George. Info from Cem records. Not on Stone ? (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E7)^4,3

• Adoption*: 1843; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Flint spent his entire life amassing great wealth and promoting the virtues of a sound education and a Christian upbringing for children. Ironically, he and his wife had no natural offspring to enjoy their wealth or their religious convictions. As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.; Principal=Billa Flint Jr.²
• Name Change: 1843; John James Bleecker Flint; John James Bleecker was adppted by Billa Flint in 1843.²
• Education*: between 1855 and 1862; Upper Canada; "Flint and his wife sent their adopted son, J.J.B. Flint, to Cobourg's prestigious Victoria College following his graduation from Belleville High School. Opened as a Methodist Academy in 1836, the college was officially chartered in 1841 with Egerton Ryerson serving as its first principal. After successfully graduating from Victoria College, J.J.B. Flint commenced a five year study of the law under the supervision of two of Belleville's most respected lawyers and successful businessmen—Lewis Wallbridge and his brother, Thomas Campbell Wallbridge." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.²
• Census: April 1861; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 23 at 1861 Census: see Billa Flint⁸
• Occupation*: 1862; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "J.J.B. Flint was called to the bar in October 1862 and he was appointed a Police Magistrate for the town of Belleville in 1864, a position he would hold for twenty years. Two years later, he formed a successful legal partnership with Belleville City Clerk, Alexander Robertson. J.J.B. Flint was later appointed a Magistrate for the County of Hastings. He was the president of the Belleville Bar Association, Chairman of the Hastings County Reform Society and like his adoptive father, rose to the rank of Superintendent of the Bridge Street Sabbath School. J.J.B. Flint also served as a Belleville town councillor from 1868 until 1872 when he too was elected to the community's highest office—Mayor of Belleville. An active participant in several of his father's real estate and business transactions, J.J.B. Flint married Eliza Holton in September 1866. Eliza was the daughter of Billa Flint's cousin, brother-in-law and business partner—Ezra William Holton." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 134.
• Census: April 1871; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1871 Census: Flint, B.J. John, 32, b. Ont., Ger., WM, Barrister, married; J. Eliza, 30, b. Ont., Eng., WM, married; ?Calleese?, Ann, 38, b. Ireland, Irish, RC, servant, single; Gearing, Frederick, 15, b. England, Eng., WM, law student, single (1871 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 60, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 79, line 1 - ancestry.ca)⁷
• Census: April 1881; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1881 Census: Flint, John J.B., 42, b. Ont., Eng., CM, Lawyer, married; Eliza J., 41, b. Ont., Eng., CM, married; Williams, Nora, 32, b. Ireland, Irish, Catholic, servant, single; Holton, Lucy, 71, b. Ont., Eng., CM, widow (1881 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 121, sub-dist. a-3, pg. 31, line 1 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census*: 19 April 1891; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1891 Census: Flint, John J.B., 51, b. Ont., p.b. Ot. & Ireland, Meth., Police Magistrat, married; Eliza J., 49, b. Ont., p.b. US, Meth., married (1891 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 75m sub-dist. A-3, pg. 35, line 6 - ancestry.ca)⁵
• Census: 7 April 1901; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1901 Census: Flint, John J.B., 62, b. Ont. u. Dec 29 1838, Eng., Meth., Barrister, married; Eliza J., 60, b. Ont. u. May 1 1840, Eng., Meth., married; Douglas, Margaret, 32, b. Ont. r. Dec 9 1868, Scot., Meth., servant, single; Yeoman, Florence H., 49, b. Ont. u. Jan 2 1852, Scot., Meth., lodger, widow (1901 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 72, sub-dist. A-3, pg. 7, line 5 - ancestry.ca)⁹

Eliza Jane Holton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

• Father*: Ezra William Holton b. 7 Sep 1810, d. 27 Jun 1879
• Mother*: Lucy Clement b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 8 Jun 1883

• Birth*: 1 May 1840; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1840 per Memorial & FindaGrave & CemSearch. Date May 1 1840 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1842 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1841 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^{2,3,8,4,5,6,7}
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.; Principal=John James Bleecker²
• Death*: 3 June 1912; Ontario; Date 1912 per Memorial. Date May 30 1912 per FindaGrave. Date Jun 3 1912 per CemSearch.^2,3,8
• Burial*: 5 June 1912; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Eliza Jane Holton; Wife of; John J.B. Flint; 1840 - 1921 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 11 2022)
  Note: This is on same stone, just below, Philip Clement.
  FindaGrave: Name: Eliza Jane Holton Flint; BIRTH: 1840; DEATH: 30 May 1912 (aged 71–72); BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806806 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806806/eliza-jane-flint)
  CemSearch: Name: Eliza Jane Holton; Born: 1840; Died: Jun 3 1912; Age: 72y; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Wife of John J. B. Flint.
  Cem records gave death Mo/Day. Called her Elisabeth (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E6)
  Note: This record is confused and incorrect in terms of surnames. Billa Flint is correct, but his wife, Eliza Jane, should be shown as Eliza Jane Flint, Maiden Name: Holton. The others should show the surname Clement and not Flint. (Dan Buchanan, Aug 11 2022)^2,8,3

• Married Name: circa 1865; Bleecker²
• Census: April 1871; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1871 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁶
• Census: April 1881; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1881 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁵
• Census*: 19 April 1891; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 49 at 1891 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁴
• Census: 7 April 1901; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 60 at 1901 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁷

Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker^1,2,3

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Danford b. 1830, d. 11 Jul 1917

• Birth*: 1847; Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1848 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - George W. Meyers.^2,3
• Marriage*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp.; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp.; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca); Principal=George W. Meyers³

• Census*: 1851; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker²
• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'm. - George W. Meyers.³
• Married Name: 8 July 1869; Meyers³

Catherine Matilda Bleecker^1,2,3

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Danford b. 1830, d. 11 Jul 1917

• Birth*: 1 October 1849; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Oct 1 1849 & location Thurlow Twp. per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1870; Ontario; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Alfred Adolphus Farley³

• Census*: 1851; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker²
• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of George W. Meyers & Mary Elizageth Bleecker.⁴
• Married Name: circa 1870; Farley³

Isabella Marianne ?¹

• Birth*: 1805; Date 1805 per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1823; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Tobias Bleecker¹
• Death*: 22 April 1832; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

• Married Name: circa 1823; Bleecker¹

William Bleecker¹

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker¹ b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Isabella Marianne ?¹ b. 1805, d. 22 Apr 1832

• Birth*: 10 May 1824; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Death*: 20 August 1910; Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

George W. Meyers¹

• Father*: Bleeker Meyers¹ b. c 1810
• Mother*: Hannah ?¹ b. c 1810

• Birth*: 1845; Canada West; Date 1845 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹
• Marriage*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp.; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp.; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca); Principal=Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker¹

• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹

Bleeker Meyers¹

• Birth*: circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.; Principal=Hannah ?¹

Hannah ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.; Principal=Bleeker Meyers¹

• Married Name: circa 1840; Meyers¹

Eliza Danford^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1830; Upper Canada; Date 1829 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1830 & location Ont. per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1847; Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Tobias Bleecker²
• Death*: 11 July 1917; Noble, U.S.A.; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.²

• Married Name: circa 1847; Bleecker²
• Census*: 1851; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleeker³

Jane Bleecker¹

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker¹ b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Isabella Marianne ?¹ b. 1805, d. 22 Apr 1832

• Birth*: November 1829; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1852; Canada West; per family tree of jnobes0621 on ancestry.ca, Mar 31 2023.; Principal=Ellis Burrell¹
• Death*: 23 February 1918; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

• Married Name: circa 1852; Burrell¹

Sarah Bleecker¹

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker¹ b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Isabella Marianne ?¹ b. 1805, d. 22 Apr 1832

• Birth*: 24 May 1831; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Death*: 24 September 1888; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

George Clement Holton¹

• Father*: Ezra William Holton¹ b. 7 Sep 1810, d. 27 Jun 1879
• Mother*: Lucy Clement¹ b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 8 Jun 1883

• Birth*: 28 July 1842; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 23 November 1870; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Augusta Ann Ross¹
• Death*: 6 November 1878; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

Augusta Ann Ross¹

• Birth*: circa 1849; Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 23 November 1870; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=George Clement Holton¹

• Married Name: 23 November 1870; Holton¹

Ezra William Holton¹

• Father*: George Clement Holton¹ b. 28 Jul 1842, d. 6 Nov 1878
• Mother*: Augusta Ann Ross¹ b. c 1849

• Birth*: 15 December 1872; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 13 September 1906; Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Edna Dean Symington¹
• Death*: 29 June 1941; Sarnia General Hospital, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

Edna Dean Symington¹

• Birth*: September 1878; Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 13 September 1906; Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Ezra William Holton¹

• Married Name: 13 September 1906; Holton¹

Ezra William Holton¹

• Birth*: 26 March 1785; Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 24 November 1807; Brandon, Vermont, U.S.A.; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Anner Phillips¹
• Death*: 12 August 1824; Sheffield's Corner, Upper Canada; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

Anner Phillips¹

• Birth*: circa 1790; U.S.A.; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 24 November 1807; Brandon, Vermont, U.S.A.; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Ezra William Holton¹
• Death*: 12 July 1858; Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne Twp., Soperton, Leeds Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

• Married Name: 24 November 1807; Holton¹

William Ezra Holton¹

• Father*: Ezra William Holton¹ b. 7 Sep 1810, d. 27 Jun 1879
• Mother*: Lucy Clement¹ b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 8 Jun 1883

• Birth*: 1846; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹