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Joel Dean Jr.¹

• Father*: Joel Dean¹ b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
• Mother*: Hannah Weston¹ b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828

• Birth*: 1766; Plympton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Date 1766 & location Taunton, MA per family tree of Ethel Stanley on ancestry.ca, May 3 2019. per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 3 February 1792; Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Sibil Hall¹
• Death*: 18 March 1838; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Immigration*: 1803; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The family of Joel and Hannah Dean immigrated to Hamilton Township, Newcastle District, in the early 1800s. They settled a little east of Smith's Creek (later Port Hope) along a smaller creek, with took on the name Dean's Creek. Later this same creek would be Gage's Creek, which is mostly off to the north east in Hamilton Township, but empties into the lake just inside Hope Township, not part of Port Hope.
  Note: Joel Sr. and son Benhhamin are in Mass. for 1810 Census, but Joel Jr. appears to have been in Upper Canada earlier.
• Census: 1804; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1804 Census: Joel Dean; 1 male 16 to 60; 1 female 16 to 60; 3 males under 16; 3 females under 16 (1804 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co. Upper Canada)
• Census*: 1805; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1805 Census: Joel Dean; 1 male 16 to 60; 1 female 16 to 60; 3 males under 16; 4 females under 16 (1805 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co. Upper Canada)

Sibil Hall¹

• Birth*: 1775; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 3 February 1792; Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Joel Dean Jr.¹
• Death*: 18 March 1823; Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 3 February 1792; Dean¹

Noah Dean¹

• Father*: Joel Dean¹ b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
• Mother*: Hannah Weston¹ b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828

• Birth*: 1770; Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 28 December 1799; Wilbraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Lydia Warriner¹
• Death*: June 1853; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Immigration*: 1802; Upper Canada; Immigration to Canada 1802 per family tree of peterdean67 on ancestryca, May 3 2019.¹
• Census*: 1805; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1805 Census: Noah Dean; 1 male 16 to 60; 1 female 16 to 60; 1 male under 16; 1 female under 16 (1805 Census: Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, ancestry.ca)
  Note: The 1805 Census is the first appearancce of Noah Dean in Hamilton Twp., his brothers Joel and Weston were there in 1804. He is not in Wilbraham Mass. with the others either.

Lydia Warriner¹

• Birth*: 15 July 1773; Wibraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 28 December 1799; Wilbraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Noah Dean¹

• Married Name: 28 December 1799; Dean¹

Mary Warren Dean¹

• Father*: Noah Dean¹ b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
• Mother*: Lydia Warriner¹ b. 15 Jul 1773

• Birth*: circa 1801; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: before 1817; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Chester Hatch¹

• Married Name: before 1817; Hatch¹

Chester Hatch¹

• Birth*: 27 December 1794; Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: before 1817; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Mary Warren Dean¹
• Death*: 20 November 1883; Frontenac Co., Ontario; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

Malinda Dean¹

• Father*: Noah Dean¹ b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
• Mother*: Lydia Warriner¹ b. 15 Jul 1773

• Birth*: 20 October 1805; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 24 June 1833; Hamilton Twp., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

Noah Thompson Dean¹

• Father*: Noah Dean¹ b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
• Mother*: Lydia Warriner¹ b. 15 Jul 1773

• Birth*: 7 August 1806; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

Chauncey K. Dean¹

• Father*: Noah Dean¹ b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
• Mother*: Lydia Warriner¹ b. 15 Jul 1773

• Birth*: 1812; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

Benjamin W. Dean¹

• Father*: Joel Dean¹ b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
• Mother*: Hannah Weston¹ b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828

• Birth*: 1777; Ashford, Windham Co., Connectcut, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 14 October 1802; Wilibraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Bestey Parker¹
• Death*: 12 November 1833; Hamilton Twp., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Census*: 1810; Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; 1810 Census: Benjamin Deane; Males - Under 10: 1 ; Males - 45 and over: 1 ; Females - 45 and over: 1 ; Number of Household Members Under 16: 1; Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 3 (1810 Census: Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Mass., pg 7 of 14, ancestry.ca)²

Bestey Parker¹

• Birth*: circa 1786; Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 14 October 1802; Wilibraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Benjamin W. Dean¹

• Married Name: 14 October 1802; Dean¹

Eli Dean¹

• Father*: Joel Dean¹ b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
• Mother*: Hannah Weston¹ b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828

• Birth*: August 1778; Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.¹
• Marriage*: 11 October 1801; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Mary Livingston¹
• Death*: 1802; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada¹

Mary Livingston¹

• Birth*: 1780; U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 11 October 1801; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Eli Dean¹

• Married Name: 11 October 1801; Dean¹

Rev. John Stuart¹

• Birth*: 24 February 1740; Paxton, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 12 October 1775; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Jane Okill¹
• Death*: 15 August 1811; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Residence*: 19 October 1781; St. Johns, Quebec; Per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, John Stuart http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_john_1740_41_1811_5E.html²
• Residence: August 1785; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Both going and coming he ministered to loyalist settlers and, as prospects of obtaining a parish in Quebec were poor, he decided to move to Cataraqui, where he hoped to become rector and to obtain the chaplaincy of the garrison. In August 1785 Stuart and his family arrived at Cataraqui, his permanent home until his death in 1811." Per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, John Stuart http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_john_1740_41_1811_5E.html²
• Note*: 10 November 1804; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "One person who was particularly affected by the disaster was George Okill Stuart. On 10 November 1804 his father wrote to another Stuart son, James: 'George is again able to perform his public Duty; although he has sustained an irreparable Loss in the Death of J. Cochran, such a Friend as cannot be replaced. George feels severely on the melancholy Occasion, not only for him but for Gray, Herkimer, &c. &c. &c.'22 The following month John Stuart again mentioned the Speedy's loss in a letter to James, this time noting its effect not only on George but also on himself and on the larger society: 'The melancholy accident you allude to has spread a Gloom over York and Kingston that is not yet dissipated. The Particulars I need not Detail. I never felt such an Interest in the Fate of Strangers - their Loss will long be remembered and lamented. George suffered severely in the premature Fate of Justice Cochrane, a true Friend - the Friend of his early Youth.'" Speedy Justice, page 106.³

Jane Okill¹

• Birth*: 3 July 1747; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 12 October 1775; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Rev. John Stuart¹

• Married Name: 12 October 1775; Stuart¹

George Okill Stuart¹

• Father*: Rev. John Stuart¹ b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
• Mother*: Jane Okill¹ b. 3 Jul 1747

• Birth*: 29 June 1776; Fort Hunter, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; "STUART, GEORGE OKILL, Church of England clergyman; b. 29 June 1776 at Fort Hunter (near Amsterdam, N.Y.), eldest of the eight children of the Reverend John Stuart and Jane Okill; d. 5 Oct. 1862 at Kingston, Canada West." A. J. Anderson, “STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
  Date Jun 29 1776 & location Fort Hunter NY per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.^1,2
• Marriage*: 2 October 1803; Boston, Suffolkk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
  Date Oct 2 1803 & location Boston per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Lucy Brooks^1,2
• Marriage*: 25 August 1816; Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, U.S.A.; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
  Date Aug 25 1816 & location Portland, Maine per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Ann Ellice Robinson^1,2
• Death*: 5 October 1862; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Residence: 1781; Montreal, Quebec; "George Okill Stuart’s family came to Canada as loyalists in 1781 and settled in Montreal. His education probably began in his father’s school." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1785; Kingston, Quebec; "John Stuart moved to Kingston as a missionary in 1785 and established another school, where George’s education continued for a few years." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1789; Schenechtady, New York, U.S.A.; "George entered Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1789 or 1790, ... " A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1791; Windsor, Nova Scotia; " ... then attended King’s College at Windsor, N.S. Bishop Charles Inglis*, founder of the college in 1789, regarded Stuart as a diligent student. For financial reasons Stuart’s stay at King’s College was brief, ... " A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1794; Quebec, Quebec; " ... and he left in 1794 to become an usher in a Quebec City grammar school." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1795; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In 1795 he returned to Kingston where he opened a school in August of that year." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1798; Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; "His desire for further education had been sharpened and in 1798 he went to Harvard College, which granted him an AB in 1801." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 7 June 1800; Quebec, Quebec; "Stuart actually left Harvard in 1800 to be ordained deacon by the bishop of Quebec, Jacob Mountain*, on 7 June, and he was ordained priest on 22 Aug. 1801." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence: 1801; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "His first appointment was to York (Toronto) in 1801 as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He also represented his father as chaplain to the Legislative
  Council before being appointed to that office in his own right." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Residence*: 7 October 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "There is no contemporary account of the sailing of the Speedy on that Sunday afternoon so long ago. It was not mentioned in Ely Playter's diary or the Upper Canada Gazette. All that we have are the memories, recorded many years after the event, of Thomas Paxton Jr, John Baker, and the Reverend George Okill Stuart. In a letter written to Chief Justice Sir John Beverley Robinson in 1860, Stuart, who was a close friend of Thomas Cochran and was well acquainted with others on board, recalled the departure of the Speedy. 'I am reminded,' he said, of 'her running aground on leaving the harbour of York. The occurrence delayed her departure, nearly two hours.'1 Stuart's letter is the only source in which this incident is mentioned." Speedy Justice, pg. 96³
• Residence: 1807; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "In 1807 he began holding services in a new frame church at York which was finally completed in 1809. Already acquainted with the problem of establishing schools with little government assistance, Stuart had opened a school at York; when it became the Home District Grammar School in 1807 he was its first master and received a small salary from the government. Stuart was an exponent of Joseph Lancaster’s school system, in which monitors – older scholars – were employed in the instruction of younger pupils. In this system the number of pupils was limited only by the ability and desire of the applicants, and the method of instruction resulted in inexpensive schooling." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Note: 1 June 1807; King & George St., York, York Co., Upper Canada; "At the south east corner then of King and George streets, where now is a brick hotel, formerly stood a wooden dwelling, At its east side was a small low stone addition. Dr. G. Okill Stuart lived in the dwelling and June 1, 1807, opened in the little stone structure the Home District School, the first school of a public character in York." Landmarks of Toronto, Vol. 1, page 24.⁴
• Residence: 1812; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In 1812 Stuart left York, to succeed his father as incumbent at Kingston. He was himself succeeded as incumbent at York and master of the grammar school by John STRACHAN, who had hoped at first to take over at Kingston instead. When Stuart was appointed to Kingston he also became bishop’s official in Upper Canada, and thus could act on the bishop’s behalf and, when requested, as his legal representative." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Note: 14 August 1814; Adolphustown, Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada; "The story of (Col. James) FitzGibbon's marriage has been told so often as a romantic incident of a soldier's life by those who heard it at second or third hand from his fellow-soldiers, that it is difficult to ascertain in the correct details of time and distance with sufficient accuracy to put the story into print. I can find no record of it among his papers, yet my readers will readily recognize that a man of FitzGibbon's character would be of all men the most unlikely to tell it on paper, although by a friendly fireside it might be frequently alluded to among those who were his companions in arms at the front. FitzGibbon was certainly with his regiment during the whole campaign, with the exception of the few days for which, to the astonishment of his colonel, he asked leave, asking without giving any reason for such an apparently unreasonable request. It is
  safe, perhaps, to say that no other officer but FitzGibbon would have had such a request granted. His reputation as a capable officer and for great personal bravery stood his friend. His word that the need of leave was important to
  him, that he would return before any decisive battle was fought and his presence required, was sufficient. Permission was given, and the soldier set off to meet
  his bride. Despatches were sent to the Commander-in-Chief at Kingston on the 8th of August, and again on the 10th. Whether FitzGibbon was the bearer of either we have no means of ascertaining, but he certainly found some means of sending a private despatch by one or either of them to the girl he was engaged to marry. He bade her meet him in Adolphustown, then an
  important little town on the road between Kingston and York. Landing at the Carrying-place, he rode sixty miles
  to the church door. On Sunday, the 14th of August,
  he was married to Mary Haley, by the Rev. George O'Kill Stewart, the Church of England minister at Kingston, by license, in the presence of Gavin H. Hamilton and R. MacKay. The knot tied, the soldier said farewell to his wife
  on the church steps, and rode back to keep his word
  to his colonel." from "Veteran of 1812" by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon, pg. to 125 - 127.
• Note*: 1821; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In 1821 he became archdeacon of York; when the archdeaconry was divided in 1827 he was named archdeacon of Kingston and Strachan was made archdeacon of York. Stuart continued as archdeacon of Kingston after the diocese of Toronto was created in 1839. King’s College, Windsor, conferred on him an honorary DCL in 1827." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.²
• Note: 1860; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; "George Stuart's own letter of 1860, written more than fifty years after the event, noted that 'when this sad News reached York, a gloom overspread the Village, which lasted a length of Time and the remembrance of the Melancholy fate of the Passengers, Captain & Seamen, will not be forgotten by the surviving friends and Contemporaries of the Sufferers.'2* At the time he penned these words, Stuart was eighty-four years old, but his memory of his boyhood at school in Nova Scotia with Thomas Cochran was sharp and clear, as was his memory of other people who lost their lives on the Speedy. To him, the victims of the disaster were not just names; many of them were his friends, real people who had suffered a dreadful fate. We who have come to know these people through old records can feel the same sense of loss." Speedy Justice, page 107
  Notes: George Okill Stuart (1776-1862) was a clergyman in Kingston, 84 in 1860, two years from death. George Okill Stuart (1807-1884) was a lawyer in Quebec, 55 in 1860, not married.
  John Beverly Robinson (1791-1863)
• Note: 22 December 1860; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; "Letter, Rev. G. O. Stuart, Kingston, to Sir J. B. Robinson, giving an account of Thomas Cochran, later a Judge in Upper Canada, and his death when the Schooner "Speedy" was lost near Presqu'ile. December 22, 1860" ... "Kingston, December 22, 1860
  Your note of the 11th Dec. brings to my recollection the events of by-gone years, associated with the remembrance of my departed contemporaries or friends, among the number of whom, I had the happiness of numbering the late Mr. Justice Cochran of lamented memory and of whom I shall give you a brief memoir. Thomas Cochran was the elder son of his father, The Honorable Thomas Cochran, Member of Council at Halifax, NS and born in that city. He was a student, at the Academy in Windsor, NY, under the instruction & tuition of the Rev. Dr. William Cochran of Trinity College, Dublin, from the latter, Ends of 1791 to 1794, and one of the class that consisted of Thomas Cochran, John Inglis, James Stuart, Thomas B. Rowland, Hugh McMonagle and myself. In the following year, Mr. Cochran completed his Academural Education; and undetermined what profession to choose, and follows inclined to enter the Army, but not resolutely bent to do so. In the interim, he paid a visit to Quebec and spent a short time in the Society of that City. He returned to Halifax after an intercourse with Attorney General Sewall, in that City, who disapproved and deprecated this idea of his entering the Army, and upon subsequent consideration, he abandoned the resolution he had formed of a military lofe, and went to England. He entered upon the Study of Law at Lincoln's Inn, completed his terms and was admitted to the Bar - attended the Assizes on the Chester Circuit in England and soon after, appointed Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island, in the year 1802 and this office he filled to the year 1804 and gave promise of ability and usefulness in his profession. In October of that Year, the loss of the Schooner Speedy by shipwreck announced to the inhabitants of the Village of York the Death of my lamented friend and his fellow passengers, Solicitor General Gray, Counsellor Angus McDonnell, , Esq. - Ruggles Esq. and Mr. Jacob Herchmer with their Captain and seamen of this ill-fated vessel. When this sad news reached York, a gloom overspread the village, which lasted a length of time and this remembrance of the melancholy fate of the passengers, Captain or Seamen will not be forgotten by the surviving friends and contemporaries of the sufferers. Shall I recount the incidents that preceded the fate of the destine vessel, and of the estimable men who perished in the raging story of the 4th October. I am then reminded of the stranding of the Speedy on her running aground, on leaving the harbour of York. The occurrence delayed her departure nearly two hours - her nearness, within a mile & one half to Presque Isle harbour at the close of the afternoon of this eventful stormy night, when our friends lost their lives - of the inability of the Sheriff to procure a boat where-in the passengers would have landed in an hour or little more, on a calm lake, preceding the raging storm that arose and drove the vessel from the shore, onto the lake and it was swallowed up amidst the raging waves. With respectful regards to Lady Robinson and kind regards to Yours, I am, Dear Sir John, Your sincere & devoted friend, G. O. Stuart" (Archives of Ontario, MS 4, Reel 6, sequenced by date - 1860, no page numbers, copied July 9 2019 - Dan Buchanan)⁵

Lucy Brooks¹

• Birth*: 10 June 1775; Medford, Middlesex Co., Massacusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 2 October 1803; Boston, Suffolkk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
  Date Oct 2 1803 & location Boston per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=George Okill Stuart^1,2
• Death*: 10 December 1813; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 2 October 1803; Stuart¹

John Brooks Stuart¹

• Father*: George Okill Stuart¹ b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
• Mother*: Lucy Brooks¹ b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813

• Birth*: 8 November 1805; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 25 November 1805; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

George Okill Stuart Jr.¹

• Father*: George Okill Stuart¹ b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
• Mother*: Lucy Brooks¹ b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813

• Birth*: 12 October 1807; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1 May 1833; Quebec, Montreal; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=Margaret Black Stacy¹
• Death*: 5 March 1884; Quebec, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

Margaret Black Stacy¹

• Birth*: circa 1810; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1 May 1833; Quebec, Montreal; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.; Principal=George Okill Stuart Jr.¹
• Death*: 1 July 1893; Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 1 May 1833; Stuart¹