Person Page - 1380

Samuel Sweet Jr.¹

• Birth*: circa 1790; per IGI Record.¹
• Marriage*: before 1818; per IGI Record.; Principal=Deborah Gilbert¹

Deborah Gilbert¹

• Birth*: circa 1790; per IGI Record.¹
• Marriage*: before 1818; per IGI Record.; Principal=Samuel Sweet Jr.¹

• Married Name: before 1818; Sweet¹

Daniel Way¹

• Father*: James Albert Way¹ b. 5 Apr 1765, d. 11 Aug 1837
• Mother*: Sarah Cronk¹ b. 13 Sep 1773

• Birth*: 26 November 1794; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date Nov 26 1794 & location Sophiasburgh Twp. per family tree of Brooks_Barrie_Daun on ancestry.ca, Aug 14 2023. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2
• Marriage*: 2 April 1819; Upper Canada; Date Apr 2 1819 & location Ont. per family tree of Brooks_Barrie_Daun on ancestry.ca, Aug 14 2023. per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Nov 24 2012.; Principal=Wellensby Pake^1,2
• Death*: 1842; Trenton, Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of Brooks_Barrie_Daun on ancestry.ca, Aug 14 2023.²

James Albert Way^1,2,3

• Father*: Daniel Way² b. 3 Apr 1743, d. 1829
• Mother*: Jemima Kilburn² b. 27 Oct 1740, d. 1818

• Birth*: 5 April 1765; Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Apr 5 1765 & location Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY per family tree of Lindsay McMurter on ancestry.ca, Mar 11 2024. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^2,3
• Marriage*: 30 September 1792; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Date Sep 30 1791 & location Fishkill, NY per GEDCOM of Phil Huppe, Sep 7, 2005. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Sarah Cronk²
• Death*: 11 August 1837; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Date Aug 11 1837 & location Amel. per GEDCOM of Phil Huppe, Sep 7, 2005. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.²

• Residence*: circa 1790; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Daniel Way, the first of another local family, was a rarity in Prince Edward County: he had fought in the American militia during the Revolution. After the war he converted to the Quaker faith and to the British Crown. His father disinherited him for becoming a Quaker, giving him only "5 pounds as his birthright". Daniel travelled to Upper Canada with his wife, Jemima Kilburn, and his sons, James and Samuel. James married Sarah, the daughter of the Abrahan Cronk who had built the stone house at the east end of the Sophiasburgh road. For her her he built another stone house on lot 15, next to his father on lot 16, concession 1 west of Green Point." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 53⁴

Sarah Cronk¹

• Father*: Abraham Cronk b. 1741, d. Mar 1818
• Mother*: Lavina Huff b. c 1743

• Birth*: 13 September 1773; Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Sep 13 1773 per GEDCOM of Phil Huppe, Sep 7, 2005. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: 30 September 1792; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Date Sep 30 1791 & location Fishkill, NY per GEDCOM of Phil Huppe, Sep 7, 2005. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=James Albert Way¹

• Married Name: 30 September 1792; Way¹
• Residence*: 1793; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Early court records establish their presence in the area in 1793." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret Mcburney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 52²

Daniel Way¹

• Birth*: 3 April 1743; U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: before 1760; U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Jemima Kilburn¹
• Death*: 1829; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

• Residence*: before 1800; Conc 1 Lot 15, Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Daniel Way, the first of another local family, was a rarity in Prince Edward County: he had fought in the American militia during the Revolution. After the war he converted to the Quaker faith and to the British Crown. His father disinherited him for becoming a Quaker, giving him only "5 pounds as his birthright". Daniel travelled to Upper Canada with his wife, Jemima Kilburn, and his sons, James and Samuel. James married Sarah, the daughter of the Abrahan Cronk who had built the stone house at the east end of the Sophiasburgh road. For her her he built another stone house on lot 15, next to his father on lot 16, concession 1 west of Green Point." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 53²

Jemima Kilburn¹

• Birth*: 27 October 1740; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: before 1760; U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Daniel Way¹
• Death*: 1818; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

• Married Name: before 1760; Way¹

Samuel Way¹

• Father*: Daniel Way¹ b. 3 Apr 1743, d. 1829
• Mother*: Jemima Kilburn¹ b. 27 Oct 1740, d. 1818

• Birth*: 3 December 1766; Rombout, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: before 1791; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Catherine Pine¹
• Death*: 1818; Hillier Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "In 1818 Samuel was killed by a falling tree on a visit to Hillier Township. His son, Daniel Samuel, carried on in his father's home until his mother's death and then sold the property to Isaac Morden in 1832." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 54
  per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2

• Residence*: circa 1790; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Daniel Way, the first of another local family, was a rarity in Prince Edward County: he had fought in the American militia during the Revolution. After the war he converted to the Quaker faith and to the British Crown. His father disinherited him for becoming a Quaker, giving him only "5 pounds as his birthright". Daniel travelled to Upper Canada with his wife, Jemima Kilburn, and his sons, James and Samuel. James married Sarah, the daughter of the Abrahan Cronk who had built the stone house at the east end of the Sophiasburgh road. For her her he built another stone house on lot 15, next to his father on lot 16, concession 1 west of Green Point." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 53²
• Residence: 1802; Conc 1 Lot 24, Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Samuel, Daniel Way's other son, in 1802 received a Crown grantfor 342 acres of lot 24, concession 1, further west along the road." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 53²

Catherine Pine¹

• Birth*: 1 October 1771; Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: before 1791; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Samuel Way¹
• Death*: 26 December 1824; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

• Married Name: before 1791; Way¹

Daniel Samuel Way¹

• Father*: Samuel Way¹ b. 3 Dec 1766, d. 1818
• Mother*: Catherine Pine¹ b. 1 Oct 1771, d. 26 Dec 1824

• Birth*: circa 1792; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

• Residence*: 1818; Conc 1 Lot 24, Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "In 1818 Samuel was killed by a falling tree on a visit to Hillier Township. His son, Daniel Samuel, carried on in his father's home until his mother's death and then sold the property to Isaac Morden in 1832." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 54²

Phoebe Way¹

• Father*: Samuel Way¹ b. 3 Dec 1766, d. 1818
• Mother*: Catherine Pine¹ b. 1 Oct 1771, d. 26 Dec 1824

• Birth*: 23 November 1793; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: February 1810; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Mildred Wanamaker Book: James McTaggart Jr. lived on Lot 4, Bayside in the township of Fredericksburgh (Third town) where he lived with his parents on the land Corp. James McTaggart had drawn as a U.E. On March 20, 1806, James McTaggart Sr. had purchased 400 acres- Lots 29 & 30 in 2nd Concession of West of Green Point (Fishlake) in Prince Edward County. From here James McTaggart Jr. was married by the Rev. Robert McDowell, as shown in that Marriage Register as February 1810 to Pheobe Way both of Sophiasburgh and she the daughter of Samuel Way and Catherine Pine of Sophiasburgh." per GEDCOM of Brooke Delaney, Nov 12 2006. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=James McTaggart¹

• Married Name: February 1810; McTaggart¹
• Residence*: 9 July 1811; Conc 3 Lot 1, Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; "Mildred Wanamaker Book: ... On the 9th of July, 1811, James McTaggart Jr. and Pheobe Way settled on Lot 1, Concession 3 in 9th Town (Thurlow) Hastings County, where he lived out his life and died April 16, 1881. A Quaker by religion, his last years were spent in darkness having gone blind. I have not found their burial place but I would suppose it would be on Lot 1, in the 4th Concession just a short piece from his home, as I find a Quacker Meetinghouse and Cemetary marked on the map, but going past there last year (1972) there is no sign of anything of this nature. Town Meeting Jan. 4, 1836, Commissioners- James McTaggart and Joseph Canniff. per GEDCOM of Brooke Delaney, Nov 12 2006.¹

James McTaggart¹

• Father*: James McTaggart b. 6 Aug 1754, d. 28 Jul 1843
• Mother*: Nancy Ann Cooley b. 17 Dec 1759, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 6 June 1789; Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹
• Marriage*: February 1810; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Mildred Wanamaker Book: James McTaggart Jr. lived on Lot 4, Bayside in the township of Fredericksburgh (Third town) where he lived with his parents on the land Corp. James McTaggart had drawn as a U.E. On March 20, 1806, James McTaggart Sr. had purchased 400 acres- Lots 29 & 30 in 2nd Concession of West of Green Point (Fishlake) in Prince Edward County. From here James McTaggart Jr. was married by the Rev. Robert McDowell, as shown in that Marriage Register as February 1810 to Pheobe Way both of Sophiasburgh and she the daughter of Samuel Way and Catherine Pine of Sophiasburgh." per GEDCOM of Brooke Delaney, Nov 12 2006. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Phoebe Way¹
• Death*: 6 April 1881; Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

Benjamin Way¹

• Father*: Daniel Way¹ b. 3 Apr 1743, d. 1829
• Mother*: Jemima Kilburn¹ b. 27 Oct 1740, d. 1818

• Birth*: 4 May 1780; Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1780 & location USA per 1861 Census. Date May 4 1780 per email from Andrew Way, Dec. 7, 2004. Date Mar 5 1780 using Date of Death Nov 14 1870 & Age 90y 8m 9d - per Burial. Date Apr 5 1780 & locatino Fishkill, NY per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.
  "The research I'm trying to solve are the parents of my GGG Grandmother Catherine Chisholm (1782-1859), wife of Benjamin Way (1780-1870), who's father Daniel (1743-1829) was the Way pioneer who came to Prince Edward County in 1789. I have the Chisholm and Way pages of Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, but the Chisholm section has a key generational error in it." per email from Andrew Way, Nov. 21, 2004.^1,2,3,4
• Christening: 31 October 1784; Gillead Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York, U.S.A.; per IGI Record.⁵
• Marriage*: 6 November 1804; Sidney Twp., Meyer's Creek, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Catherine Chisholm of Sidney Twp. got married 6 Nov 1804. The minister was Asa Turner. We aren't sure who got married in the "Rambling River" quotation referring to 1808 - most likely related." per email from Andrew Way, June 25, 2005.
  "The notes of Dr. William Canniff at the Archives give a clue: (60 years ago there was a wedding, a little above Meyer's Creek. Benj. Way of Sophiasburgh was married to Miss Chisholm (Catherine) of Sidney, a sister of Colin Chisholm's father (an arrow points up to Archy C) per email from Andrew Way, Nov. 21, 2004.; Principal=Catherine Chisholm¹
• Death*: 14 November 1870; Sidney Twp., Chisholm's Rapids, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date Nov 14, 1870 per Burial. Date Nov. 11 1870 & location Chisholm's Rapids per email from Andrew Way, Dec. 7, 2004. Date Nov 14 1872 & location per Burial per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.
  Date 1870 per email from Andrew Way, Nov. 21, 2004.^1,2,3
• Burial*: 16 November 1870; Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., Carrying Place, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Benjamin Way; Died; Nov 14 1870; Aged; 90Y's & *M's; 9?D's (Carrying Place Cemetery, July 11, 2004)
  per email from Andrew Way, Dec. 7, 2004. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^2,1,3

• Residence: circa 1790; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Daniel Way, the first of another local family, was a rarity in Prince Edward County: he had fought in the American militia during the Revolution. After the war he converted to the Quaker faith and to the British Crown. His father disinherited him for becoming a Quaker, giving him only "5 pounds as his birthright". Daniel travelled to Upper Canada with his wife, Jemima Kilburn, and his sons, James and Samuel. James married Sarah, the daughter of the Abrahan Cronk who had built the stone house at the east end of the Sophiasburgh road. For her her he built another stone house on lot 15, next to his father on lot 16, concession 1 west of Green Point." per "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 53⁶
• Residence*: 1815; Conc 1, Sophiasburg Twp., Northport, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; "Benjamin Way, unrestrained by the scruples of his brothers- he did not belong to the Society of Friends - served in the War of Defence, 1812-15, and the uniform he wore as a defender of his adopted land was for many years preserved by his children. He lived many years next to the farm now accupied by Charles Way - a grandson of James Way - on the first concession of Sophiasburgh, near Northport. He subsequently removed to Murray." per mail from Andrew Way, Dec 10, 2004. - from Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, pg. 908-909.²
• Residence: 8 February 1827; Conc B Lot 35, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 1619) show that John Singleton sold "50 acres, part of north half", Conc B, Lot 35, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co. to Benjamin Way. ITS Date: Feb 8 1827. Reg'n. Date: Jun 7 1828. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc B, pg. 252 of 256, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 21 2020)⁷
• Residence: 30 May 1831; Conc B Lot 35, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S J631) show that Benjamin Way sold "part, supposed to be this lot", Village Lot 15, Prince Edward St. East, (Conc B, Lot 35) Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Isaac C. Proctor. ITS Date: May 30 1831. Reg'n. Date: Feb 9 1837. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 120 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)⁷
• Residence: 30 June 1831; Village Lot 25, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (B&S 4631) show that Benjamin Way sold "north west part said lot, 50 acres more or less", Village Lot 25, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Isaac C. Proctor. ITS Date: Jun 30 1831. Reg'n. Date: Feb 9 1837. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 164 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)
  Note: This appears to be the part of the township lot that would later be north of the railroad tracks and be Village Lot 25, where Cooey's was and now Tri-County Plastics. (Dan Buchanan, May 29 2024)⁷
• Census: 1832; Conc 1 Lot 15, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1832 Census & Assessment: Benjamin Way; Conc 1, Lot 15, 200 acres uncult.; 2 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females over 16; Total 5
• Census: 1833; Conc 1 Lot 15, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1833 Census & Assessment: Benjamin Way; Conc 1, Lot 15, 196 acres uncult. & 4 acres cult.; 3 males over 16; 1 female over 16; Total 4
• Census: 1835; Conc 1 Lot 15, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1835 Census & Assessment: Benjamin Way; Conc 1, Lot 15, 170 acres uncult. & 30 acres cult.; 4 males over 16; 2 males under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16
• Census: 1836; Conc A Lot 15, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1833 Census & Assessment: Benjamin Way; Conc A, Lot 15, 180 acres uncult. & 20 acres cult.; 3 males over 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16; Total 4
• Census: 1838; Conc 1 Lot 18, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1838 Census & Assessment: Benjamin Way; Conc 1, Lot 15, 170 acres uncult. & 30 acres cult.; conc 1, Lot 17 & 18, 400 acres; 4 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 1 female over 16; 1 female under 16; Total 7
• Census: 1839; Conc 1 Lot 17 & 18, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; 1839 Assessment: Benjamin Way; (1) Conc A, Lot 18, 47 acres uncult. & 20 acres cult.; (2) Conc A, Lot 15, 160 acres uncult., 40 acres cult.; (3) Conc 1, Lot 17, 200 acres uncult.; (4) Conc 1, Lot 18, 194 acres uncult. & 6 acres cult.
• Census*: 1851; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 70 at 1851 Census: Way, Benjamin, 70, b. U. States, quaker, married; Catherine, 65, b. Scot., quaker, married⁸
• Census: April 1861; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 81 at 1861 Census: Way, Benjamin, Sr., 81, b. U.S.A., Bapt., farmer, widower
  Note: Benjamin Way, Sr. is just below the family of William Ireland, Sr. (and his sons Wm. Jr.). Below is Mary McKenna, a Catholic family and then Allan Way.⁴

Catherine Chisholm¹

• Father*: Alexander Chisholm The Elder b. 20 Sep 1752, d. b 6 Nov 1804
• Mother*: ? ? b. c 1750

• Birth*: 16 February 1782; Middle Knockfin, Strathglass, Inverness, Scotland; "Alexander Chisholm, the Elder, father of Catherine and Archibald. He arrived in 1775, intending to settle in New York with his cousins; was impressed into the Royal Highland Emigrants in Nova Scotia; was taken Prisoner in Charlestown NC July 1776, sent back to Scotland in 1778 or 1780, had his children Archibald and Catherine born there, and returned to Canada in 1786. Somehow he was given a lot in Charlottenburgh, but he lived by the Bay of Quinte. He may have died very early on. At some point Catherine and Archibald were raised by John Chisholm, a brother of the above Alexander Chisholm." per email from Andrew Way, Jan 8, 2006.
  Location Scotland per 1851 Census. Date Feb 16 1782 per email from Andrew Way, Dec. 7, 2004.
  Date Feb 16 1782 per age 77y 4m 19d at death July 5, 1859 - per memorial.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 6 November 1804; Sidney Twp., Meyer's Creek, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Catherine Chisholm of Sidney Twp. got married 6 Nov 1804. The minister was Asa Turner. We aren't sure who got married in the "Rambling River" quotation referring to 1808 - most likely related." per email from Andrew Way, June 25, 2005.
  "The notes of Dr. William Canniff at the Archives give a clue: (60 years ago there was a wedding, a little above Meyer's Creek. Benj. Way of Sophiasburgh was married to Miss Chisholm (Catherine) of Sidney, a sister of Colin Chisholm's father (an arrow points up to Archy C) per email from Andrew Way, Nov. 21, 2004.; Principal=Benjamin Way²
• Death*: 5 July 1859; Sidney Twp., Glen Ross, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date July 5, 1859 per Memorial. Date July 5 1859 per email from Andrew Way, Dec. 7, 2004. Date Jul 5 1859 per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2,4
• Burial*: 7 July 1859; Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., Carrying Place, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Memory of; Catharine; Wife of; Benjamin Way; Who Died; July 5, 1859; Aged; 77y 4Mo. & 19d (Carrying Place Cemetery, sent to me via email by Andrew Way, June 7, 2006)
  per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,4

• Note*: circa 1783; Middle Knockfin, Strathglass, Inverness, Scotland; "Catherine's brother was Lt. Col. Archibald Chisholm of the 4th Flank, Hastings Militia, Sydney Twp. He was born in Scotland about 1780-1." per email from Andrew Way, Jan 8, 2006.²
• Immigration*: 1786; Ontario; Immigration 1786 per email from Andrew Way, June 7, 2006.²
• Note: 9 March 1803; Charlottenburgh Twp., Glengary Co., Ontario; "Petition of Catharina Chisholm of Charlottenburgh, dau. of Alex. Chsiholm, Sen., rec. 26th February 1803 by Angus McDonell of ?Sandrig?, Esq., M. P. Alexander Chisholm, Senior, on the U. E. and Catherine Chisholm has had no lands... Mar 7 1803... Referred to the Executive Council by order of the Lieut. Gov. James Green... Entered in Land Book No. 5 Page 207 ... 9th March 1803... Recommended for two hundred acres of land as the daughter of a U. E. Loyalist ... H. Allcock ... A 25" from Land Registry Records, image sent to me by Andrew Way⁵
• Note: 9 March 1803; Ontario; "Chisholm, Alexander, Sr.; Catherine, O.C. 9 March 1803" from Sons and Daughter of American Loyalists, Ontario Registers CD⁶
• Religion*: 6 November 1804; Sidney Twp., Meyer's Creek, Hastings Co., Ontario; " ... that Benjamin married a Catholic ... " per email from Andrew Way, Dec 10, 2004.²
• Married Name: 6 November 1804; Way^1,7
• Census*: 1851; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 65 at 1851 Census: see Benjamin Way³

Benjamin Way¹

• Father*: Benjamin Way¹ b. 4 May 1780, d. 14 Nov 1870
• Mother*: Catherine Chisholm¹ b. 16 Feb 1782, d. 5 Jul 1859

• Birth*: 24 May 1819; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Date May 24 1819 per email from Andrew Way, Jan 9, 2006. Date June 24 1819 & location Sophiasburgh per IGI Record. Date 1818 per 1861 Census. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: before 1849; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Charlotte Fairfield¹
• Death*: 1888; Date 1888 per IGI Record.²

• Census: after March 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1851 Census: Way, Benjamin, 32, b. Cda., English Church, married; Charlotte, 21, b. Cda., married; Horatio A.(m), 3; Joel Byron, 1⁵
• Residence: after March 1852; Conc 1 Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1851 Census: Conc 1, Lot 19112 acres⁵
• Census: April 1861; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1861 Census: Way, Benjamin, 43, b. UC, EM, married; Charlotte, 31, b. UC, EM, married; Horatio, 12; Byron N.?, 11; Bruce, 9; Alta, 7; Catherine Elizabeth, 5; Jesse Maria, 2; Tabotha Jane, 1⁴
• Residence: April 1861; Conc 1 Lot 19, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1861 Census: Conc 1, Lot 19?, 100 acres⁴
• Residence*: April 1871; Conc 1 Lot 15 & 15, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1871 Census: Conc 1, Lot 15 & 16, 400 acres, owner⁶
• Census: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1871 Census: Way, Benjamin, 51, b. Ont., Ger., Disc., farmer, married; Charlotte, 40, b. Ont., Ger., Disc., married; Horation, 21, b. Ont., farmer, single; ?Joel B.(m), 20; Robert B., 18; Alta, 17; Elizabeth, 15; Jessie, 12; Jane, 10; Asseth(f), 8; Ellenor, 5; Benjamin, 2 (1871 Census: Murray, div. 1, page 42, line 7 - Conc 1, Lots 15 7 16, 400 acres, owner)⁶
• Census*: April 1881; Oshawa, Ontario South Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1881 Census: Way, Benjamin, 62, b. Ont., Scot., Disc., farmer, married; Charlotte, 51, b. Ont., Eng., Disc., married; Byron, 29, b. Ont., Scot., Disc., farmer, single; Alta(f), 24; Jesse(f), 21; Aseneth, 17; Ella, 14; Benjamin, 12; Francis, 9 (familysearch.org)⁷

Charlotte Fairfield¹

• Birth*: 1830; Ontario; per email from Andrew Way, Jan 9, 2006. Date 1830 per 1871 & 1881 Census. Date 1830 per 1861 Census. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: before 1849; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Benjamin Way¹

• Married Name: before 1849; Way¹
• Census: after 1852; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1851 Census: see Benjamin Way⁶
• Census: April 1861; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1861 Census: see Benjamin Way⁵
• Census: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 40 at 1871 Census: see Benjamin Way⁴
• Census*: April 1881; Oshawa, Ontario South Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1881 Census: see Benjamin Way²

Tabitha Jane Way^1,2,3

• Father*: Benjamin Way² b. 24 May 1819, d. 1888
• Mother*: Charlotte Fairfield² b. 1830

• Birth*: 1 February 1861; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Feb 1 1861 per "Descendants of Benjamin Way", email from Andrew Way, Nov 24, 2006. Date 1860 per 1861 Census. Date 1861 per 1871 Census. per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.^2,4,3,5
• Death*: 29 May 1875; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Doug Norman, Dec. 3, 2004.²
• Death: 27 May 1875; Date May 27 1875 per "Descendants of Benjamin Way", email from Andrew Way, Nov 24, 2006.⁵

• Census: April 1861; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see Benjamin Way³
• Census*: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 10 at 1871 Census: see Benjamin Way⁴

Elizabeth Brown^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1743; Date 1743 per family tree of Makr or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 11 2020. per email from Andrew Way, Nov. 21, 2004.^2,3
• Marriage*: 1764; Date 1764 per family tree of Mark or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 20 2021.; Principal=John N. McArthur^4,3
• Death*: 1806; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Makr or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 11 2020.³

• Married Name: 1764; McArthur⁴
• Census*: 1803; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1803 Census: McArthur, Widow, Age 60; Polly, 19; Charles, 30, John, 24

Martha McArthur¹

• Father*: John N. McArthur¹ b. Aug 1738, d. 1798
• Mother*: Elizabeth Brown b. 1743, d. 1806

• Birth*: 1790; Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1791 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1790 & location CW per 1861 Census. Date 1790 per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004. Date c. 1794 & location Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence Co., NY per family tree of enock174 on ancestry.ca, May 27 2021.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: 11 November 1815; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=John Way Maybee¹
• Death*: 28 March 1882; Cramahe Twp., Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004.¹

• Note*: 1809; Thurlow Twp., Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Much of what is known about early life in Belleville comes from his wife's recollections, which are among the Canniff papers in the Ontario Archives. Martha once named the people living in houses within the original town limits in 1809 as "McIntosh, Johnson, Dr. Spareham, Major Thompson, P. Holmes, Mrs. Simpson (who owned the tavern), R. leavens, Simmons (a cooper), S. McNabb, Ames, Ackeman, Stewart and Maybee." She recalled seeing, as a girl of five, the construction scaffolding still standing at the Meyers house in the outskirts of the town." from "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 106⁵
• Married Name: 11 November 1815; Maybee¹
• Census*: April 1861; Sampson Ward, Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 71 at 1861 Census: see John W. Maybee²
• Census: April 1871; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 80 at 1871 Census: Maybee, Martha, 80., b. Ont., Scot., WM, widow (1871 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 60, sub-dist. C-3, pg. 72, line 2, ancestry.ca)⁴

John Way Maybee¹

• Father*: Tobias Maybee¹ b. c 1755, d. b 1832
• Mother*: Jemima Way¹ b. 31 Jul 1756

• Birth*: October 1780; Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1780 & location USA per 1861 Census. Date Oct 1780 & location NY per GEDCOM of Kathy (kathyhoeldke@sympatico.ca), May 10 2012. per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004.^1,2
• Marriage*: 11 November 1815; Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004.; Principal=Martha McArthur¹
• Death*: 7 February 1869; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Pat, Dec. 3, 2004. per GEDCOM of Kathy (kathyhoeldke@sympatico.ca), May 10 2012.¹

• Residence: 1793; Ontario; " ... came to Canada with his father in 1793 ..." from "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 105³
• Residence: 1809; Thurlow Twp., Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Much of what is known about early life in Belleville comes from his wife's recollections, which are among the Canniff papers in the Ontario Archives. Martha once named the people living in houses within the original town limits in 1809 as "McIntosh, Johnson, Dr. Spareham, Major Thompson, P. Holmes, Mrs. Simpson (who owned the tavern), R. leavens, Simmons (a cooper), S. McNabb, Ames, Ackeman, Stewart and Maybee." She recalled seeing, as a girl of five, the construction scaffolding still standing at the Meyers house in the outskirts of the town." from "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 106³
• Residence*: 1833; Thurlow Twp., Belelville, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Not far to the west of George Bleecker's house is a single-storey stone building (109 Dundas Street East). It was the home of John Way Maybee and his wife, Martha McArthur. In his preparatory notes for "A History of the Early Settlement of Upper Canada", Dr. Canniff related that "J. W. Maybee of Belleville came to Canada with his father in 1793, when he was about 14 years old. His grandfather was a German, grandmother Dutch, his mother was English, by name Way. His father was an American Revolutionary soldier. They settled near Picton." Maybee purcahsed his property in 1833 and built his house shortly thereafter." from "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 105³
• Census*: April 1861; Sampson Ward, Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 81 at 1861 Census: Maybee, John H., 81, b. USA, WM, mason, married; Martha, 71, b. CW, WM, married; Edmunds, Amelia, 20, b. CW, tailoress, single (1861 Census: Town of Belleville, Hastings Co., Sampson Ward, pg. 390 of 983, line 20 - ancestry.ca)²