Person Page - 3465

Jonathan Jones¹

• Birth*: circa 1788; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1813; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.; Principal=Sophia Sherwood¹

Justus Sherwood Jones¹

• Father*: Jonathan Jones¹ b. c 1788
• Mother*: Sophia Sherwood¹ b. 1792

• Birth*: circa 1814; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

Livius Peters Sherwood¹

• Father*: Capt. Justus Sherwood¹ b. 7 Mar 1747, d. 1798
• Mother*: Sarah Bottum¹ b. c 1754

• Birth*: 1794; Elizabethtown Twp., Elizabethtown, Leeds Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1806; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.; Principal=Charlotte Jones¹

Charlotte Jones¹

• Father*: Ephraim Jones b. 17 Apr 1750, d. 21 Jan 1812
• Mother*: Charlotte Coursol b. 1755, d. 28 Sep 1805

• Birth*: 16 March 1786; Elizabethtown Twp., Elizabethtown, Leeds Co., Ontario; Date Mar 16 1786 & location Elizabethtown (later Brockville) per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012. Charlotte is a daughter of Ephraim Jones per bio of Leius Peters Sherwood, Dict of Cdn. BIOS.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1806; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.; Principal=Livius Peters Sherwood¹
• Death*: 16 January 1875; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

• Married Name: circa 1806; Sherwood¹

Samuel Sherwood¹

• Father*: Capt. Justus Sherwood¹ b. 7 Mar 1747, d. 1798
• Mother*: Sarah Bottum¹ b. c 1754

• Birth*: circa 1796; Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

Elizabeth Sherwood¹

• Father*: Capt. Justus Sherwood¹ b. 7 Mar 1747, d. 1798
• Mother*: Sarah Bottum¹ b. c 1754

• Birth*: circa 1798; Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

John Sherwood¹

• Father*: Samuel Sherwood¹ b. 22 Feb 1754, d. 1824
• Mother*: Eunice Harris¹ b. c 1755

• Birth*: 8 July 1787; Sandhurst, Western Dist., Province of Quebec; Date Jul 8 1787 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

Rachel Sherwood¹

• Father*: Samuel Sherwood¹ b. 22 Feb 1754, d. 1824
• Mother*: Eunice Harris¹ b. c 1755

• Birth*: 1779; Date 1779 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: circa June 1797; Port Hope, Durham Co., Upper Canada; "Before July 10 1797 & location Port Hope" per family tree of Bill Smith on ancestry.ca, Aug 20 2022.; Principal=Joseph Harris²
• Marriage*: circa 1818; Upper Canada; "HARRIS, WIDOW (at the Rice Lake Trading Post); The ‘widow Harris’, referred to by such early settlers as Charles Fotherrgill, was probably Rachel Sherwood Harris, daughter of Major Sherwood, U.E.. of Belleville, and widow of Joseph Harris, eldest son of Myndert Harris Sr. of Smith's Creek. When the Harrises' family friend, Jacob Herkimer, left his trading post at Rice Lake in 1801, it was taken over by Joseph and Rachel Harris. Charles Fothergill made the following entry for Friday, 18 February 1817, in his journal: Set out on Horseback to find my way to Rice Lake. . . . After entering upon the lake, is 6 miles further to the log house where the widow Harris resides to trade with the Indians and which is situated in a neck of land [which became an island after the lake level was raised following the building of the Trent Canal] on the N. east side of the moouth of the [Otonabee] river which flows into the lake. . . . Sickness, poverty and death in this place lately gave all affliction in their power to the family now there —the recital has been affecting. . . . John Halbert, her assistant and a black man of the name of Tom who has lived all his life among the Indians, did all in their power to make me confortable. Rachel Harris and her family later moved to Crowe River in the Marrmora area where they continued to trade with the natives. A son, Charles, became a Hudson’s Bay Company factor at Lake Nipissing. The land grant of Rachel Sherwood Harris, as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, was located at lot 35, concession 5, of Hamilton Township, although she never occupied the property. The children of Joseph and Rachel were: 1. Mary m. Stephen Curtis 2 - Peter Thum, 3. John m. Mary Case, 4. Peter, 5. Charles d. 1835. 6. Alien Collingwood, 8. Charlotte. Rachel Harris later married a Mr Healey." page 236 "Gores Landing & Rice Lake Plains" posted to ancestry by Bill Smith Aug 2021.; Principal=Alrah Healey²
• Death*: 1848; Date 1848 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

• Married Name: circa June 1797; Harris²
• Residence*: 18 February 1817; Rice Lake, Upper Canada; "HARRIS, WIDOW (at the Rice Lake Trading Post); The ‘widow Harris’, referred to by such early settlers as Charles Fotherrgill, was probably Rachel Sherwood Harris, daughter of Major Sherwood, U.E.. of Belleville, and widow of Joseph Harris, eldest son of Myndert Harris Sr. of Smith's Creek. When the Harrises' family friend, Jacob Herkimer, left his trading post at Rice Lake in 1801, it was taken over by Joseph and Rachel Harris. Charles Fothergill made the following entry for Friday, 18 February 1817, in his journal: Set out on Horseback to find my way to Rice Lake. . . . After entering upon the lake, is 6 miles further to the log house where the widow Harris resides to trade with the Indians and which is situated in a neck of land [which became an island after the lake level was raised following the building of the Trent Canal] on the N. east side of the moouth of the [Otonabee] river which flows into the lake. . . . Sickness, poverty and death in this place lately gave all affliction in their power to the family now there —the recital has been affecting. . . . John Halbert, her assistant and a black man of the name of Tom who has lived all his life among the Indians, did all in their power to make me confortable. Rachel Harris and her family later moved to Crowe River in the Marrmora area where they continued to trade with the natives. A son, Charles, became a Hudson’s Bay Company factor at Lake Nipissing. The land grant of Rachel Sherwood Harris, as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, was located at lot 35, concession 5, of Hamilton Township, although she never occupied the property. The children of Joseph and Rachel were: 1. Mary m. Stephen Curtis 2 - Peter Thum, 3. John m. Mary Case, 4. Peter, 5. Charles d. 1835. 6. Alien Collingwood, 8. Charlotte. Rachel Harris later married a Mr Healey." page 236 "Gores Landing & Rice Lake Plains" posted to ancestry by Bill Smith Aug 2021.²
• Married Name: circa 1818; Healey²
• Census*: 1818; Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; 1818 Census: Rachel Harris; 1 male over 16; 2 women; 4 males under 16; 1 girls (Newcastle Dist. Census, Hope Twp., https://www.alivingpast.ca/census.htm)
  Note: First time seeing Rachel - likely Joseph's wife, as he is known to had died c. 1817. Did Rachel live back near Joseph's family in Hope Twp. or on Rice Lake? Maybe some of both for a while?³

Thomas Sherwood¹

• Birth*: 22 November 1676; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 10 January 1708; Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Abigail Darling¹

Abigail Darling¹

• Birth*: circa 1676; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 10 January 1708; Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Thomas Sherwood¹

• Married Name: 10 January 1708; Sherwood¹

Nicholas Bates¹

• Father*: Christopher "Christie" Bates b. 1808
• Mother*: Nancy Carter b. 1807

• Birth*: 23 February 1843; Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date Feb 23 1843 & location Prince Edward Co. per Death Reg'n. Date 1844 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1843 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1843 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1848 & location Prince Edward per marr. reg'n. - Chatherine Fraser. per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 16 March 1870; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Nicholas Bates; Age: 22; Res.: Murray; Born: Prince Edward; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Christopher & ? Bates; Bride: Catherine Fraser; Age: 20; Res.: Murra; Born: Haldimand Twp.; Status; spinster; Parents: - - ; Wit.: - - ; Date: Mar 16 1870; Place: - ; Rel.: Pres.; Performed by: Peter Duncan, Murray Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration) Date Mar 16 1870 & location Murray per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Catherine Fraser^1,3
• Marriage*: circa 1893; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Mary Eliza Potter¹
• Death*: 23 December 1926; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#025135: Name: Nicholas Bates; Date: Dec 23 1926; Age: 83y 10m; Res.: Murray Twp., 13y; Born: Pr. Edward Co., Feb 23 1843; Status: married; Occ.: retied farmer; Nat.: Dutch; Parents: Christie Bates, b. USA & Katie Fraser, b. Northumberland Co.; Cause: senility, 2 yrs.; Phys.: Dr. J. R. Simmons, Frankford; Inf.: James Bates, Frankford, son; Burial: Stockdale, Dec 26 1926; Und.: F. A. Windover, Frankford; Reg'd.: Dec 27 1926; Reg'r.: E. M. Wessles, Wooler (Ontario Death Registration, #025135-1926, ancestry.ca)(Name of mother looks to be his first wife, not his mother.) Date Dec 23 1926 & location Murray Twp. per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,7
• Burial*: 26 December 1926; Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per Death Reg'n.²

• Census*: 1851; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1851 Census: see Christie Bates⁴
• Census: April 1861; Aameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 18 at 1861 Census: see Christy Bates⁵
• Residence*: 16 March 1870; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Murray per marr. reg'n. - Catherine Fraser.³
• Census: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1871 Census: see Christie Bates⁶
• Residence: 1888; Conc 7 Lot 3, Murray Twp., Frankford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Bates, Nicholas, Frankford, f, Conc 7, Lot 3" Canada, City and Area Directories, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., 1888, pg. 137 of 225 - ancestry.ca.⁸

Catherine Fraser^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1851; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1850 & location Haldimannd Twp. per marr. reg'n. Date 1851 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: 16 March 1870; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Nicholas Bates; Age: 22; Res.: Murray; Born: Prince Edward; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Christopher & ? Bates; Bride: Catherine Fraser; Age: 20; Res.: Murra; Born: Haldimand Twp.; Status; spinster; Parents: - - ; Wit.: - - ; Date: Mar 16 1870; Place: - ; Rel.: Pres.; Performed by: Peter Duncan, Murray Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration) Date Mar 16 1870 & location Murray per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Nicholas Bates^2,4
• Death*: 4 September 1889; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.²

• Residence*: 16 March 1870; Murray Twp., Northumberand Co., Ontario; Residence Murray per marr. reg'n.⁴
• Married Name: 16 March 1870; Bates²
• Census*: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1871 Census: see Christie Bates (father-in-law)³

Jerusha Sherwood¹

• Father*: John Sherwood¹ b. 13 Aug 1709, d. c Sep 1783
• Mother*: Hannah Parruck¹ b. Dec 1710

• Birth*: 1 March 1750; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1771; Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Isaac Bunnell¹

• Married Name: circa 1771; Bunnell¹

Isaac Bunnell¹

• Father*: Gershom Bunnell¹ b. 1 May 1708, d. 8 Jul 1758
• Mother*: Margaret Johnston¹ b. 22 Sep 1706, d. 1758

• Birth*: 29 August 1743; Redding, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Date Aug 29 1743 & location Redding, CT per GEDCOM of Ruth R. Butcher, Apr 3 2017. Date JUl 21 1745 per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1771; Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Jerusha Sherwood¹
• Death*: 14 June 1791; Collina, Kings Co., New Brunswick; Date Jun 14 1791 & location Collina, Kings Co., New Brunswick per GEDCOM of Ruth R. Butcher, Apr 3 2017. per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹

Benjamin Sherwood¹

• Father*: John Sherwood¹ b. 13 Aug 1709, d. c Sep 1783
• Mother*: Hannah Parruck¹ b. Dec 1710

• Birth*: 10 April 1753; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 1770; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Sarah Olmstead¹
• Death*: 11 April 1840; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹

Sarah Olmstead¹

• Birth*: 11 April 1754; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 1770; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.; Principal=Benjamin Sherwood¹
• Death*: 25 February 1848; Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹

• Married Name: 1770; Sherwood¹

Sijme Lassen¹

• Father*: William Lassen¹ b. 16 Oct 1698, d. 11 Aug 1871
• Mother*: Marytje Elizabeth Schouten¹ b. 6 May 1703, d. 1790

• Birth*: 20 April 1734; Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James (jkblank1@sbcglobal.net) Oct 14 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 13 March 1756; 1st Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James (jkblank1@sbcglobal.net) Oct 14 2012.; Principal=Margaret VanKeuren¹

Margaret VanKeuren¹

• Birth*: 22 April 1739; Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James (jkblank1@sbcglobal.net) Oct 14 2012.¹
• Marriage*: 13 March 1756; 1st Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James (jkblank1@sbcglobal.net) Oct 14 2012.; Principal=Sijme Lassen¹
• Death*: before March 1781; per GEDCOM of James (jkblank1@sbcglobal.net) Oct 14 2012.¹

• Married Name: 13 March 1756; Lassen¹

Mary Raser¹

• Birth*: 30 July 1803; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Date 1803 & location PA per 1850 Census. Date Jul 30 1803 & location Philadelphia, PA per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.^1,2
• Marriage*: 7 October 1821; Denopolis, Alabama, U.S.A.; Marriage Notice: "Friday, Oct. 26, 1821 .... 7th inst. Denopolis, Ala. JOHN H. VINCENT, merchant of Tuscaloosa to MARY RASER late of Phila." from "New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) - ancestry.com) Date Jun 2 1821 & location Demopolis, Alabama per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.; Principal=John Himron Vincent^1,3
• Death*: 16 February 1852; Chillisquaque, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.¹

• Married Name: 7 October 1821; Vincent¹
• Census*: 3 September 1850; Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Age 47 at 1850 Census: see John H. Vincent
  Note: There is a Mary E. Raser age 23 with this family in the 1850 Census.²

John Heyl Vincent¹

• Father*: John Himron Vincent¹ b. 20 Apr 1798, d. 13 Aug 1873
• Mother*: Mary Raser¹ b. 30 Jul 1803, d. 16 Feb 1852

• Birth*: 23 February 1832; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.; Date 1832 & location Alabama per 1850 Census. Date Feb 23 1832 & location Tuscaloosa, Alabama per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.^1,2
• Marriage*: 10 November 1858; per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.; Principal=Elizabeth Dusenbury¹
• Death*: 9 May 1920; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.; Death Index: Name: John H. Vincent; Birth: Feb 23 1832, Toscoloosa, Ala.; Death: May 9 1920, Chicago, Ill.; Age: 88; Burial: May 11 1920, Portville, NY; Occ.: Methodist Bishop; Status: widower; Res.: Chicago, Ill.; Father: John Vincent, b. PA; Mother: Mary Roser, b. PA; Spouse: Elizabeth; Film: 1309237 (Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922 - ancestry.com) Date May 9 1920 & location Chigaco per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.^1,3
• Burial*: 11 May 1920; Portville, New York, U.S.A.; Per Death Index.³

• Census*: 3 September 1850; Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Age 18 at 1850 Census: see John H. Vincent²
• Occupation*: circa 1880; U.S.A.; "Out of the direct New Jersey-Pennsylvania line of Vincents through his father, but also associated, through his aunt, his mother and his birthplace, with the Alabama Vincents, came one of the foremost American representatives of the name:– Bishop John Heyl Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal church (North). He was more than a relative of whom his family connection might well be proud; he was also a great American, to whom not only his own church but also his country and the whole English speaking Christian world have reason to be grateful. The American "Who’s Who?" gives this summary of his career: "Born Tuscaloosa, Ala., Feby 23rd 1832. Educated at Lewisburg and Milton, Pa. Began to preach at eighteen. Studied at Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N. J. Joined N. J. Conference 1853. Ordained deacon 1855; elder 1857. Transferred to Rock River, Ill. Conference; pastor at Galena, Chicago, &c. 1857–65. S. S. Teacher 1866. Cor. Sec’y S. S. Union and editor S. S. publications 1868–84. One of the founders, 1874, of the Chautauqua Assembly. Founder, 1878, of Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; and its Chancellor since. Made resident bishop at Zurich. Switzerland, 1900, in charge of European work of M. E. Church. Preacher to Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Wellesley, and other universities and colleges. Honorary degrees: S.T.D., Ohio Wesleyan; LL.D., Washington & Jefferson; S.T.C., Harvard. Author: The Modern Sunday School; Studies in Young Life; Little Footprints in Bible Lands; The Church School and S. S. Institutes; Earthly Footprints of the Man of Galilee; Better Not; The Chautauqua Movement; To Old Bethlehem; Our Own Church; Outline" per GEDCOM of Peter (peter.grant21@btinternet.com) Oct 17 2012.¹
• Note*: circa 1885; U.S.A.; "Both my parents were deeply religious members of the Methodist Church. Mother's elder half-brother was Bishop John H. Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and a cousin was Boyd
  Vincent, a bishop in the regular Episcopal Church there." from pg. 11, "When I Was Young" by Raymond Massey.