Catrina Meserole1
F, #94152, b. circa 1710
- Birth*: circa 1710; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Marriage*: before 1740; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=David Molenaer1
- Married Name: before 1740; Molenaer1
Family: David Molenaer b. c 1710, d. 1787
- Catharine Molenaer+1 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
Citations
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
David Smith1
M, #94153, b. 4 March 1765, d. 11 November 1832
- Father*: Capt. Elias Smith1 b. 26 Oct 1736, d. 5 Feb 1820
- Mother*: Catharine Molenaer1 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
- Birth*: 4 March 1765; New York, U.S.A.; Date Mar 4 1765 & location "of New York City" per family tree of rickcathy561 on ancestry.ca, May 31 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Marriage*: circa 1810; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Maria McEwen1
- Marriage*: 13 April 1819; Pittsboro, Chatham Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.; Date Apr 13 1819 & location Pittsboro, Chatham Co., North Carolina per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Sophia Louisa Williams1,3
- Death*: 11 November 1832; Fayetteville, CumberlandCo., North Carolina, U.S.A.; Date Nov 11 1832 & location Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., North Carolina per family tree of rickcathy561 on ancestry.ca, May 31 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Note*: circa 1800; New York, New York, U.S.A.; "David of New York City" from Loyalists of Ontario, no OC date for David.4
Family 1: Maria McEwen b. c 1770
Family 2: Sophia Louisa Williams b. 1786, d. 1873
Sophia Louisa Williams1
F, #94154, b. 1786, d. 1873
- Birth*: 1786; Chatham Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.; Date 1786 per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Marriage*: 13 April 1819; Pittsboro, Chatham Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.; Date Apr 13 1819 & location Pittsboro, Chatham Co., North Carolina per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=David Smith1,2
- Death*: 1873; Bibb Co., Georgia, U.S.A.; Date 1873 per FindaGrave.2
- Burial*: 1873; Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia, U.S.A.; FindaGrave: Name: Sophia Louise Williams Smith; BIRTH: 1786; DEATH: 1873 (aged 86–87); BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA; MEMORIAL ID: 167727632; Note: Born Chatham Co., N.C.-Died Macon, Ga.-Daughter of Jno. & Codena Williams, Wife of David Smith (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167727632/sophia-louise-smith?_gl=1*qr9cm7*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1Mzk5NjgwMS43My4xLjE2NTM5OTcxNDIuMA..)2
- Married Name: circa 1829; Smith1
Family: David Smith b. 4 Mar 1765, d. 11 Nov 1832
Maria McEwen1
F, #94155, b. circa 1770
- Birth*: circa 1770; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Marriage*: circa 1810; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=David Smith1
- Married Name: circa 1810; Smith1
Family: David Smith b. 4 Mar 1765, d. 11 Nov 1832
Citations
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
David Elias Smith Bedford1
M, #94156, b. circa 1795
- Father*: David Bedford1 b. 7 Oct 1767, d. 20 Mar 1813
- Mother*: Esther Hetty Smith1 b. 15 Jun 1771, d. 7 Aug 1839
- Birth*: circa 1795; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
Citations
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
Elias Smith Jr.1,2,3,4
M, #94157, b. 5 May 1776, d. 8 May 1825

- Father*: Capt. Elias Smith2 b. 26 Oct 1736, d. 5 Feb 1820
- Mother*: Catharine Molenaer2 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
- Birth*: 5 May 1776; Goshen, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date May 5 1776 & location Goshen, Orange Co., NY per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.2,4
- Marriage*: 28 February 1799; Upper Canada; Date Feb 28 1799 & location Ont. per family tree of Betty Ehlers Sherwood on ancestry.ca, May 30 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Elizabeth Harris2,5
- Death*: 8 May 1825; Hope Twp., Port Hope, Durham Co., Upper Canada; "Elias of Hope, m. Elizabeth Harris; d. at Port Hope 8 May 1825, aet. 50. OC 3 July 1797." per Loyalist List - Elias Smith. Date May 7 1825 per Memorial & FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.2,3,4,6
- Burial*: 9 May 1825; Saint Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Hope, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Elias Smith; Born Oct. 26, 1736; Died Feb. 5, 1820; Catherine, His Wife; Born Aug 27, 1745; Died Mar. 3, 1826; John David Smith; Born Oct. 20, 1786; Died Mar. 30, 1849; Susan, His Wife; Born Aug. 2, 1789; Died Feb. 8, 1832; Elias Smith, Jr.; Born May 5, 1776; Died May 7, 1825; Elizabeth, His Wife; Born Nov. 14, 1775; Died Nov. 19, 1843; Mary Charlotte; Born April 12, 1845; Died Same Day; Edith Susan Mary Born July 27, 1849; Died Aug. 26, 1850; Infant Daughter, Stillborn; Children of William M. &; Charlotte P. Smith (St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Hope, image from FindaGrave, May 30 2022)
FindaGrave: Name: Elias Smith; BIRTH: 5 May 1776, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA; DEATH: 7 May 1825 (aged 49), Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Saint Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 203725844; Note: Information for Elias came from CemSearch.com, who provided dates and burial location, grave marker photo was originally shared by: bonniebluew (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203725844/elias-smith?_gl=1*1e28tzq*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1MzkzNTgwOS43MC4xLjE2NTM5MzU4MjAuMA..)4,3
- Residence*: 3 July 1797; Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "Elias of Hope, m. Elizabeth Harris; d. at Port Hope 8 May 1825, aet. 50. OC 3 July 1797.6
Family: Elizabeth Harris b. 14 Nov 1775, d. 19 Nov 1843
Elizabeth Harris1
F, #94158, b. 14 November 1775, d. 19 November 1843

- Father*: Myndert Harris b. 1748, d. 1823
- Mother*: Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Yeomans b. c 1750
- Birth*: 14 November 1775; Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Nov 14 1775 per Memorial & FindaGrave. Date Nov 14 1775 & location Dutchess Co., NY per family tree of Betty Ehlers Sherwood on ancestry.ca, May 30 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2,3,4
- Marriage*: 28 February 1799; Upper Canada; Date Feb 28 1799 & location Ont. per family tree of Betty Ehlers Sherwood on ancestry.ca, May 30 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Elias Smith Jr.1,4
- Death*: 19 November 1843; Port Hope, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Nov 19 1843 per Memorial & FindaGrave.5,3
- Burial*: 21 November 1843; St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Hope, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Elias Smith; Born Oct. 26, 1736; Died Feb. 5, 1820; Catherine, His Wife; Born Aug 27, 1745; Died Mar. 3, 1826; John David Smith; Born Oct. 20, 1786; Died Mar. 30, 1849; Susan, His Wife; Born Aug. 2, 1789; Died Feb. 8, 1832; Elias Smith, Jr.; Born May 5, 1776; Died May 7, 1825; Elizabeth, His Wife; Born Nov. 14, 1775; Died Nov. 19, 1843; Mary Charlotte; Born April 12, 1845; Died Same Day; Edith Susan Mary Born July 27, 1849; Died Aug. 26, 1850; Infant Daughter, Stillborn; Children of William M. &; Charlotte P. Smith (St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Hope, image from FindaGrave, May 30 2022)2
- Married Name: 28 February 1799; Smith1
Family: Elias Smith Jr. b. 5 May 1776, d. 8 May 1825
Elizabeth Smith1
F, #94159, b. 4 February 1779, d. 27 May 1783
- Father*: Capt. Elias Smith1 b. 26 Oct 1736, d. 5 Feb 1820
- Mother*: Catharine Molenaer1 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
- Birth*: 4 February 1779; New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Death*: 27 May 1783; New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
Citations
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
Sarah Smith1
F, #94160, b. 18 December 1780, d. 12 January 1854
- Father*: Capt. Elias Smith1 b. 26 Oct 1736, d. 5 Feb 1820
- Mother*: Catharine Molenaer1 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
- Birth*: 18 December 1780; New York, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Marriage*: circa 1803; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=John Shuter1
- Death*: 12 January 1854; London, England; Date Jan 12 1854 per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Burial*: 12 January 1854; St. Paul's Churchyard, Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Middlesex, England; FindaGrave: Name: Sarah Smith Shuter; BIRTH: 1781; DEATH: 12 Jan 1854 (aged 72–73); BURIAL: St. Paul's Churchyard, Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England; MEMORIAL ID: 231630392 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231630392/sarah-smith-shuter2
- Married Name: circa 1803; Shuter1
- Residence*: 25 September 1803; Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "Sarah, m. John Shuter of Hope. OC 25 Oct 1803." per Loyalist List - Elias Smith.3
Family: John Shuter b. 1777, d. 22 Mar 1847
John Shuter1
M, #94161, b. 1777, d. 22 March 1847
- Father*: John Shuter2 b. c 1745
- Mother*: Elizabeth ?2 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 1777; Date 1777 per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Marriage*: circa 1803; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Sarah Smith1
- Death*: 22 March 1847; Date Mar 22 1847 per FindaGrave. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1,2
- Burial*: 22 March 1847; Hocombe House, Mill Hill, London, Middlesex Co., England; FindaGrave: Name: John Shuter; BIRTH: 1777; DEATH: 22 Mar 1847 (aged 69–70); BURIAL: St. Paul's Churchyard,
Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England; MEMORIAL ID: 231630391; Note: ewspaper record of death - London Daily News 25th March 1847
Shuter - March 22 at Hocombe House, Mill Hill. J Shuter Esq, Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex, Aged 71
Elizabeth Shuter - born May 29/1820 & died Mar 1/1883
Joseph Shuter Jr - born Aug 26/1821 & died May 19/1869
Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter. I am trying to find information on Elizabeth's maiden name so I can trace their wedding and hence their origins. There are too many John Shuters and I can't seem to narrow it down. But we traced the family crest which we have to the Salisbury area in 1609 as their ancestor John Shuter applied for the crest in Winterbourne Gunner. He became a barrister and is buried in the Temple Church in London with his wife and one or two children. We are trying to bridge the gap between say 1650's and 1782-1784 when John Snr died in Canada, leaving his two sons and wife Elizabeth who remarried. John moved back to England around 1815-1817 and became very connected to your parish. Inscription: Sacred to the memory of John Shuter Esquire, Who departed this life on the 22nd March 1847, Aged 70 years. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231630391/john-shuter?_gl=1*5jaa94*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1Mzk2MDE4NS43Mi4xLjE2NTM5NjAxOTAuMA..)2
Family: Sarah Smith b. 18 Dec 1780, d. 12 Jan 1854
Peter McCutcheon McGill1,2,3
M, #94163, b. August 1789, d. 28 September 1860
- Father*: John McCutcheon3 b. c 1765
- Mother*: Mary McGill3 b. c 1765
- Birth*: August 1789; Creebridge, Wigtownshire, Scotland; "McGILL, PETER (known until 29 March 1821 as Peter McCutcheon), merchant, bank and company director, justice of the peace, and politician; b. August 1789 and baptized 1 September in Creebridge, Scotland, son of John McCutcheon and his second wife, Mary McGill; m. 15 Feb. 1832 Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins in London, and they had three sons, two of whom survived infancy; d. 28 Sept. 1860 in Montreal." (Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)
"Born Peter McCutcheon in Creebridge, Wigtownshire (later Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland, he was educated at local grammar schools before immigrating to Canada at the request of his heir and uncle John McGill (a noted Loyalist military officer and public official in Upper Canada, who made his fortune after the American Revolutionary War had ended)." see Note in FindaGrave.
per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.2,3,4 - Marriage*: 15 February 1832; London, England; "As vice-president of the bank in 1830, McGill had undertaken a trip to Great Britain on behalf of the institution in an attempt to secure a royal charter. The resultant charter was too restrictive to be of much use. While there, McGill married Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins. Sarah was the daughter of Robert Charles Wilkins, a partner in the important Canadian mercantile firm of Shuter and Wilkins which had been particularly active in the Bay of Quinte region of Upper Canada. She brought to the marriage a dowry of £10,000 in real estate, which was to be placed in a trust fund managed by McGill, with all proceeds accruing to him during their marriage. At his death the trust was to revert to his wife." from BIO of Peter McGill, Canadian Dictionary of Biography (Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)
Date Feb 15 1832 & location London, England per family tree of DonnaGeePugh on ancestry.ca, Oct 31 2024.; Principal=Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins5,3 - Death*: 28 September 1860; Montreal, Quebec; Quebec Vital Records: Name: Peter McGill; Death Date: Sep 28 1860; Age: 71; Place: Montreal; Burial: Oct 1 1860, St. Paul, Montreal; Rel.: Pres. (Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1867, ancestry.ca)6
- Burial*: 30 September 1860; Mont Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Montreal, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Peter McGill; Birth: Aug 1789, Creebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; Death: 28 Sep 1860 (aged 71), Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Burial: Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Plot: Section A2, Number A248; Memorial ID: 14199430; Note: 2nd Montreal Mayor, Entrepreneur. He served in that position from 1840 to 1842. Born Peter McCutcheon in Creebridge, Wigtownshire (later Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland, he was educated at local grammar schools before immigrating to Canada at the request of his heir and uncle John McGill (a noted Loyalist military officer and public official in Upper Canada, who made his fortune after the American Revolutionary War had ended). Upon his arrival in Canada, he settled in Montreal and took a job as a furrier's assistant at the Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Company. A few years later, he became a junior partner in the franchise and he opened his own store McCutcheon & Dowie in 1820. During this time he also became a founding director of the Bank of Montreal, and would later serve as its vice president and long term president. On March 21, 1821, at the request of his uncle, he changed his last name to McGill. The company also changed its name from McCutcheon & Dowie to Peter McGill & Company in 1823, and by 1825, the company became a powerful timber broker business and it began to import and export anything from food, alcohol to potash. He later became interested in politics and took a seat in the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1837. In 1834, his uncle died and he decided to invest a large sum of his inheritance in the future of transportation and manufacturing. He amassed a further great fortune by funding the construction of canals, steamships, and railways. He founded the first railway company in Canada and later invested money in the Marmora Ironworks in Marmora, Ontario, but lost a large sum of his money in doing so. His railway company in which he served as its president provided travel to the public throughout Canada as part of the St. Lawrence & Champlain Railway. On opening day, his little Dorchester railway engine ran 14 miles on wooden rails towing four cars. Behind it, a team of horses trudged dragging the other 12 cars which were too heavy for the engine. It was, nonetheless, proclaimed a great success. In 1836, he also became a Member of the Special Court of the Sessions of the Peace, an organization in charge of city businesses. In 1840, he was elected as the second Mayor of the city of Montreal under the new charter incorporating Montreal as a city and he would serve in that role until 1842. As Mayor, he was responsible for the introduction of the first by-laws relating to public markets, the Fire Department and the levying of property taxes. He also served as a Member of the Special Council of Lower Canada from 1838 to 1841, a two-term President of the Saint Andrew's Society of Montreal (a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating Scottish heritage) from 1835 to 1842, and 1844 to 1846, and as President of the Bank of Montreal from 1834 to 1860. He lastly served on a seat in the Legislative Council of the United Provinces from 1841 to 1860. Due to many of his investments in his career, some good and some bad he was heavily in debt by the age of 70. He had lost a lot of money mainly on the catastrophe of the Marmora Ironworks. He owed out a whopping $40, 981 and had to borrow money from the Bank of Montreal to pay off several debtors. Upon his death a year later at the age of 71, he was worth about $80,000. His funeral and burial were paid by his estate. For his contributions to the city of Montreal, the Rue Peter-McGill in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough was named in his honor. Bio by: The Silent Forgotten. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14199430/peter-mcgill?_gl=1*9ed8jd*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3MzAyOTU3MTEuYzA1MTA0MzUwMDk5MWZhNDY5ZDY2MzE3MzcxMjdkMjc.*_gcl_au*NzUyNzk1MzgzLjE3Mjk5ODA4MjY.*_ga*NTYwMjIyMjkyLjE2NzQ5Mzg5MDg.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*OWI2NTY5NzAtNTZhNy00ZDQ5LWE4YzEtY2ZiMTAwODdiY2I5LjEzNzMuMS4xNzMwNDY3OTg5LjQ4LjAuMA..*_ga_QPQNV9XG1B*OWI2NTY5NzAtNTZhNy00ZDQ5LWE4YzEtY2ZiMTAwODdiY2I5LjkwNC4xLjE3MzA0Njc5OTAuMC4wLjA.)
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- Residence*: June 1809; Montreal, Quebec; "Born to a family of apparently modest means, he arrived in Montreal from Scotland in June 1809, equipped with a grammar school education. His maternal uncle John McGill* was apparently instrumental in finding him a position as a clerk in the Montreal office of the large mercantile firm, Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy and Company [see Samuel GERRARD]." (Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)3
- Residence: 21 March 1821; Montreal, Quebec; "On March 21, 1821, at the request of his uncle, he changed his last name to McGill. The company also changed its name from McCutcheon & Dowie to Peter McGill & Company in 1823, and by 1825, the company became a powerful timber broker business and it began to import and export anything from food, alcohol to potash." see Note in FindaGrave.4
- Note: 1827; Montreal, Quebec; "The affair must be put down to the jockeying for position that went on as powerful Montreal interests, notably John Molson and Sons, prepared to enter the navigation business on the Ottawa. The evidence shows that Mears, already in debt over his head, was in league with - if not acting as a tool of - Montreal merchant Peter McGill, then thirty-eight years of age and vice-president of the Bank of Montreal. It was McGill who signed the sales contract and secrecy agreement, acting in Mears's name; he also guaranteed payment for the boat, in the name of Peter
McGill and Company, and he paid for it in full over the next three years. Five days after the contract of sale was signed, Mears turned up in Montreal to ratify it. On the same occasion he signed a lumber contract with McGill and Horatio Gates which makes clear that he owed the McGill and Gates companies "various large sums of money which he is unable to pay without further support to carry on his business in its various branches." Even more telling is the deed he signed the following day, transferring ownership and control of the William Annesley to McGill. The Montreal merchant, it turns out, had signed as guarantor for Mears on 30 August on the express understanding "that the said
Steamboat the William Annesley should be transferred to him by an absolute Bill of Sale thereof and that he, the said Peter McGill, should have the Controul thereof so long as the said Thomas Mears shall not have paid the whole sum for which the said Peter McGill thus stands engaged." Any idea that Mears's association with the William Annesley was to remain a secret was here exploded since he agreed to take upon himself to navigate the said Boat, to pay all its expenses & to have the advantage of its earnings, but the whole until due redemption to be made
thereof to be under the Controul and Interference of the Said Peter McGill, his heirs and Assigns, whose orders will be executed so far that should he wish the said boat not to ply or to go in another direction, he may do so & his order to be obeyed. So Mears was to be the ostensible owner, but McGill was to pull the strings. The secrecy agreement thus seems to have been meant to veil
McGill's manceuvring more than Mears's. Stripped of her paddlewheels and machinery, the William Annesley was
towed through the Lachine Canal and up the Ottawa in the fall of 1827. She was renamed the William King, after the Royal Staff Corps captain in charge of work on the Grenville Canal, who had been posted back to England that autumn; she would run between Grenville and Bytown in 1828, performing the 56-mile journey in ten hours, where the Union often took twice that time. William Grant assumed command of her, while Eden Johnson replaced him as captain of the Union. Beginning in January 1828, on instructions from McGill, Mears pressed the Wrights and Captain Grant, by then the only other shareholders in the Union, to come to a final settling of accounts for that boat. For some reason, Grant raised objections and stalled. In June he was warned that his funds to operate the boat would be cut off unless he agreed to arbitration." from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 91 & 92.7 - Note: August 1829; Montreal, Quebec; "In another development this year, Peter McGill, Horatio Gates, and other Montreal merchants and forwarders formed the Canada Inland Assurance Company to compete with Abijah Bigelow, agent of the Protection
Insurance Company, in the business of insuring boats and cargoes on inland waters from Quebec to Detroit. The new concern opened for business in August. It was not long before Bigelow had other woes to contend with. On 15 November his wife, Susan, died. She was only twenty-five and left two young children, ages four and five. For his sister, Mercy Amelia, and her husband, the year ended on a happier note. On 31 December she gave birth to a girl, Ellen Maria. This was the fifth child born to her and Horace Dickinson in a little more than six years.
She was also their last. They lived then in the St Mary suburb, in a rented house whose previous tenants had included John Molson Jr, Charles Christopher Johnson, seigneur of Argenteuil, and most recently, a lieutenant
of the Royal Staff Corps. The Dickinsons were doing well." from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 100.7 - Note: January 1830; Montreal, Quebec; "Then came news that was to bring a radical change to the navigation on the Ottawa, and ultimately on the St Lawrence as well. "I presume you have heard of the new Boat that is to be built," Mears wrote to Ruggles Wright in August :1828. He was referring to the Shannon, a steamer that was to be built at Hawkesbury by Montreal shipwright Richard Fleming, under the supervision of Mears's arch-rival, George Hamilton. She was to be equipped with the two English-made, 28-horsepower engines taken from the Molsons' St Lawrence steamer Quebec, launched a decade earlier. The owners were a new joint-stock company, the Ottawa Steamboat Company, dominated by John Molson and Sons, Horatio Gates, and Maine-born hardware wholesaler John Frothingham. "I have a letter from Mr McGill who says that there is no use in trying to keep off the opposition That Molson & Sons find the engine Hamilton Laws Buchanan Alexr Grant &c have taken up the remainder of the Stock
and Mr McGill says that our Capt Grant is to command her." The problem of settling the Union's accounts went unresolved, Grant severing his connection with his old partners in 1829, well before Mears and the Wrights finally went to arbitration in April 1831. The new
company, meanwhile, was slow in starting up, and the suspense was killing Mears. To make matters worse, the William King was badly damaged on 14 October 1829 when she hit a rock and sank; at the same time the Union was so decrepit as to be all but washed up. In January 1830 McGill pulled off a coup that would give him a good bargaining chip in dealing with the new company. He bought the St Andrews and the rights to the Vaudreuil lock that went with her. Still, Mears wrote anxiously to Philemon Wright and Sons: Pray what are we to do with the Union She is quite rotten Between wind and water. I wish you would come down and examine her if she is to be repaired there is not much time to loose. I think she may be repaired to last at all Events one more Season to annoy the opposition We can not Expect to make any money, but we can prevent them I am anxious to see you that we may decide what we will do I hope to see or hear from you soon. They are pushing on their new Boat as
fast as possible and will no doubt have her done early. " from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 91 & 92.7 - Note: 3 May 1830; Montreal, Quebec; "In a postscript, Mears added, "I tried hard to sell out Both Wm King & Union to Molson But they would not Buy they Expect to drive us off of the River into Hudsons Bay." Hearing nothing from the Wrights, he fired off several more letters in the same vein. In mid-March he informed them that McGill had sent word that "he can make no arrangement with Moulson therefore we must Strike or run an opposition." The Shannon was launched on 3 May. Under William Grant's command, she left Hawkesbury on 28 May to begin her regular runs between
Grenville and Bytown the next day. She vied for business with the William King and the Union, but not for long. The heated competition ended within a month, "terminated by the proprietors of the Steamboat Shannon purchasing the Steamboats and Stages on the whole line, from Montreal to Bytown." The Vaudreuil lock was undoubtedly a key to the bargain. The Shannon would have given the new company an edge on the river between Grenville and Bytown, but the lock assured it of virtual control of the whole lower river, an opportunity it hastened to embrace. While the Shannon remained on the Grenville-Bytown route, the company ran the William King down to Lake St Louis in July, to sail between Lachine and Point Fortune on alternate days to the St Andrews." from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 93.7 - Note*: 8 November 1834; York, York Co., Upper Canada; This is from the BIO of John McGill of York, mentioning his Will and his heir, Peter McCutcheon. "He did not limit his financial skills to government service. He acted as agent to collect the fees of absent officials. In a province with no banking system, credit was arranged by personal notes, which were usually discounted on acceptance and were discounted less if presented or endorsed by someone known to be of substance. McGill was used enough to giving credit on this system to doubt the need for the Bank of Upper Canada in 1821. He nevertheless subscribed to its founding, "more than was perhaps prudent," he thought. His suspicions of the new credit system were confirmed when the bank refused a note he had endorsed in 1831. By then he was winding up his affairs. If he had not been "very rich" in 1819, as his employee James Laidlaw thought, his will, dated 8 Nov. 1834, disposed of a considerable fortune in lands and investments. With no living children and his wife dead since 1819, he left his estate to Peter McCutcheon, his nephew, a Montreal merchant who had just become president of the Bank of Montreal. He made it a condition that McCutcheon assume the surname McGill." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1)
- Note: 3 February 1835; Montreal, Quebec; "Meetings of stockholders in the new company were held at Kingston on 3 February and at Montreal on 16 February. Nearly 4,000 of stock was subscribed by Kingston investors, but the board of directors was made up entirely of Montrealers - John Frothingham, chairman; Emery Cushing, agent (manager); and Peter McGill, John Molson Jr, Thomas Phillips, and John Redpath." from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 137.7
- Note: December 1836; Montreal, Quebec; "The Ottawa and Rideau ended the year with a loss of more than £7,000 and debts of £8,600.114 Faced with the threat of opposition on its own waters after the severe setbacks of the summer of 1836, the company was
open to drastic changes. These were already in the works. Quietly, the Ottawa and Rideau directors had entered into discussions with Macpherson and Crane. John Macpherson's election to the board of the Bank of
Montreal the previous June had probably facilitated the first probings: Ottawa and Rideau directors Peter McGill, John Molson Jr, and John Redpath all sat on the board of the bank, of which McGill was then president. The rival concerns came to terms by mid-December." from "Steamboat Connections, Montreal to Upper Canada 1816-1843", by Frank Mackey, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, page 142.7
Family: Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins b. 15 Dec 1811, d. 4 Nov 1860
- Marriage*: 15 February 1832; London, England; "As vice-president of the bank in 1830, McGill had undertaken a trip to Great Britain on behalf of the institution in an attempt to secure a royal charter. The resultant charter was too restrictive to be of much use. While there, McGill married Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins. Sarah was the daughter of Robert Charles Wilkins, a partner in the important Canadian mercantile firm of Shuter and Wilkins which had been particularly active in the Bay of Quinte region of Upper Canada. She brought to the marriage a dowry of £10,000 in real estate, which was to be placed in a trust fund managed by McGill, with all proceeds accruing to him during their marriage. At his death the trust was to revert to his wife." from BIO of Peter McGill, Canadian Dictionary of Biography (Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)
Date Feb 15 1832 & location London, England per family tree of DonnaGeePugh on ancestry.ca, Oct 31 2024.; Principal=Sarah Elizabeth Shuter Wilkins5,3
- John Shuter Davenport McGill3 b. 9 Jun 1834
- Sydenham Clitherow McGill3 b. c 1840
Citations
- Peter McCutcheon McGill per Canadan Dictrionary of Biography, Peter McGill. Peter McGill per family tree of DonnaGeePugh on ancestry.ca, Oct 31 2024.
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
- [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
- [S128] FindAGrave, online unknown url.
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
- [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
- [S236] Frannk Mackey, Steamboat Connections.
Augusta Louisa Woodworth1,2,3
F, #94164, b. 23 May 1813
- Birth*: 23 May 1813; Bridgewater, Oneida Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date May 23 1813 & location Bridgewater, Oneida Co., NY per family tree of Betty Ehlers Sherwood on ancestry.ca, May 30 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.2,3
- Marriage*: 13 September 1833; Bridgewater, Oneida Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Sep 13 1833 & location Bridgewater, Oneida Co., NY per family tree of Betty Ehlers Sherwood on ancestry.ca, May 30 2022. per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=John David Smith2,3
- Married Name: 13 September 1833; Smith2
Family: John David Smith b. 20 Oct 1786, d. 30 Mar 1849
- Joseph Shuter Smith3 b. 4 Aug 1835, d. 26 Mar 1907
Eliza Smith1
F, #94165, b. 25 August 1789, d. 24 March 1861
- Father*: Capt. Elias Smith1 b. 26 Oct 1736, d. 5 Feb 1820
- Mother*: Catharine Molenaer1 b. 25 Aug 1745, d. 3 Mar 1826
- Birth*: 25 August 1789; New York, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Marriage*: circa 1812; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Joseph Bletcher Walton1
- Death*: 24 March 1861; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Residence*: 16 February 1811; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; "Eliza, m. Joseph B. Walton of Sophiasburgh. OC 16 Feb 1811." per Loyalist List - Elias Smith.2
- Married Name: circa 1812; Walton1
Family: Joseph Bletcher Walton b. c 1765, d. 1 Dec 1849
Joseph Bletcher Walton1
M, #94166, b. circa 1765, d. 1 December 1849
- Birth*: circa 1765; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
- Marriage*: circa 1812; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.; Principal=Eliza Smith1
- Death*: 1 December 1849; per GEDCOM of James Werner (jamesewerner@us.army.mil) Feb 16 2017.1
Family: Eliza Smith b. 25 Aug 1789, d. 24 Mar 1861
Citations
- [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
Elizabeth F. Dorland1
F, #94167, b. 5 May 1889
- Father*: Samuel Schermerhorn Cole Dorland1 b. 11 May 1848, d. 16 Jun 1926
- Mother*: Minnie A. Brown1 b. Oct 1865, d. 26 Nov 1913
- Birth*: 5 May 1889; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#025053: Name: Elizabeth F. Dorland; Date: May 5 1889; Parents: Samuel Dorland & Minnie A. Brown; Inf.: Ebenezer Pettit, Newcombs Mills; Reg'd.: Jul 3 1889; Phys.: Dr. McKague; Reg'r.: A. A. Becker (Ontario Birth Registration, #025053-1889, ancestry.ca)2
Isaac Moynes1
M, #94168, b. 1806, d. 20 February 1883
- Birth*: 1806; Lincolnshire, England; Date 1807 & location England per 1871 Census. Date 1806 & locaiton Lincolnshire, England per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.1,2
- Marriage*: before 1834; Ontario; per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.; Principal=Sarah Wrigglesworth1
- Death*: 20 February 1883; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.1
- Census*: April 1871; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Age 64 at 1871 Census: Moynes, Isaac, 64, b. England, Eng., EM, farmer, married; Sarah, 57, b. Engalnd, Eng., married; Melissa A., 19, b. Ont., EM, Eng.; ?Isaac?(m), 15 (1871 Census: Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., dist. 59, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 68, line 6 - ancestry.ca)2
Family: Sarah Wrigglesworth b. Aug 1813, d. 6 Apr 1892
- Mary Moynes+ b. 14 Oct 1837, d. 1909
- William Moynes+1 b. 12 Nov 1844, d. 16 Nov 1922
- Melissa A. Moynes2 b. 1852
- Isaac Moynes2 b. 1856
Sarah Wrigglesworth1,2,3
F, #94169, b. August 1813, d. 6 April 1892
- Birth*: August 1813; England; Date 1814 & location England per 1871 Census. Date Aug 1813 & location England per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.2,3
- Marriage*: before 1834; Ontario; per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.; Principal=Isaac Moynes2
- Death*: 6 April 1892; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per family tree of Diane Calhoun on ancestry.ca, Feb 21 2017.2
- Married Name: before 1834; Moynes2
- Census*: April 1871; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Age 57 at 1871 Census: Isaac Moynes3
Family: Isaac Moynes b. 1806, d. 20 Feb 1883
- Mary Moynes+ b. 14 Oct 1837, d. 1909
- William Moynes+2 b. 12 Nov 1844, d. 16 Nov 1922
- Melissa A. Moynes3 b. 1852
- Isaac Moynes3 b. 1856
Donald DEan Moynes1,2,3
M, #94170, b. 28 May 1910
- Father*: Elwood Cecil Moynes2 b. 27 Sep 1885
- Mother*: Lillia "Lelia" Dorland2 b. 2 Jun 1887
Beatrice Dorcas Moynes1,2,3
F, #94171, b. 9 March 1912
- Father*: Elwood Cecil Moynes2 b. 27 Sep 1885
- Mother*: Lillia "Lelia" Dorland2 b. 2 Jun 1887
- Birth*: 9 March 1912; Frankford, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1912 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Mar 9 1912 & location Frankford per family tree of SherlynTero on ancestry.ca, Nov 13 2017.2,3
- Census*: 1921; Stirling, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1921 Census: see Cecil Moynes2
Evert E. Moynes1
M, #94172, b. 1878
- Father*: William Moynes1 b. 12 Nov 1844, d. 16 Nov 1922
- Mother*: Emma Augusta Shannon1 b. 16 Mar 1856, d. 21 Nov 1928
- Birth*: 1878; Ontario; Date 1878 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.1
- Census*: April 1891; Frankford, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1891 Census: see William Moynes1
Citations
- [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.