Person Page - 4139

John Belden¹

• Birth*: circa 1715; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1743; Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Sarah Kellogg¹

Sarah Kellogg¹

• Father*: John Kellogg¹ b. 16 Sep 1694, d. 12 Jul 1725
• Mother*: Sarah Olmsted¹ b. 1 Jan 1696

• Birth*: 30 October 1719; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1743; Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=John Belden¹
• Death*: 25 February 1792; West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

• Married Name: circa 1743; Belden¹

John Kellogg¹

• Father*: Samuel Kellogg¹ b. 28 Sep 1662, d. 17 Mar 1716
• Mother*: Sarah Merrill¹ b. 19 Sep 1664, d. c 1719

• Birth*: 16 September 1694; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 3 January 1718; West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Sarah Olmsted¹
• Death*: 12 July 1725; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Sarah Olmsted¹

• Birth*: 1 January 1696; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 3 January 1718; West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=John Kellogg¹

• Married Name: 3 January 1718; Kellogg¹

Samuel Kellogg¹

• Birth*: 28 September 1662; Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 22 September 1687; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Sarah Merrill¹
• Death*: 17 March 1716; Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Sarah Merrill¹

• Father*: John Merrill b. 16 Feb 1636, d. 18 Jul 1712
• Mother*: Sarah Watson b. 1641, d. 23 Nov 1687

• Birth*: 19 September 1664; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 22 September 1687; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Samuel Kellogg¹
• Death*: circa 1719; Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

• Married Name: 22 September 1687; Kellogg¹

Samuel Merrill¹

• Father*: Nathaniel Merrill¹ b. 7 Feb 1742, d. 1 Mar 1820
• Mother*: Hannah Belden¹ b. 5 Apr 1744, d. 25 Mar 1809

• Birth*: 23 February 1768; West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 16 July 1792; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; " ... Samuel Merrell ... Mr. Merrill, who was a vestryman in 1802, was married in Kingston and his children were baptized there. His son also became a clergyman." from Parish Register of Anglican Church of Kingston, Part 1. Date Jul 16 1792 & location Kingston per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019. per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Mary Phillips¹
• Marriage*: 1804; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Ruth Brown¹
• Death*: 7 May 1834; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date May 7 1834 & location Kingston, Ont. per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019. Date May 7 1834 & location Canada per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Mary Phillips¹

• Birth*: 1771; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 16 July 1792; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; " ... Samuel Merrell ... Mr. Merrill, who was a vestryman in 1802, was married in Kingston and his children were baptized there. His son also became a clergyman." from Parish Register of Anglican Church of Kingston, Part 1. Date Jul 16 1792 & location Kingston per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019. per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Samuel Merrill¹
• Death*: 10 July 1803; per family tree of knnellis on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

• Married Name: 16 July 1792; Merrill¹

William Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 9 June 1793; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "1793 .... Merrils, William*-S. of Saml. & Mary Merrils (Merrill) Sp.William Stoughton & Ann Gray; do. June 9th." from Parish Register for Anglican Church, Kingston. Date 1793 per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: 1853; Picton, Prince Edward Co., Canada West; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Charles Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 20 August 1794; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "1794 ... Merrill, Charles-S. of Samuel & Mary Merrill; Sp.-Peter Grass, Lucretia Morden; [Octr] 19th." from Parish Register, Angican Church, Kingston. Date Aug 20 1794 per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: after 1871; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Mary Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 10 January 1795; Prarie du Chein, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; "MerrilPrarie du Chein, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,, Mary-D. of Samuel & Mary Merril; Sp.-Thos Plummer, Mary Oniel, Alida Robins; Jany 10th." per Parish Register of Anglican Church, Kingston. Date 1795 per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 15 August 1815; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Col. George Pigeon Kirby¹
• Death*: 3 October 1821; St. Clair, St. Clair Co., Michigan, U.S.A.; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

• Married Name: 15 August 1815; Kirby¹

Col. George Pigeon Kirby¹

• Birth*: 10 January 1793; Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 15 August 1815; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Mary Merrill¹
• Death*: 27 October 1874; Byfield, Hurton Co., Ontario; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Sarah Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 20 May 1798; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "1798 ... Merril(l), Sarah-D. of Samuel & Mary Merril(l) ; Sp.-James Robinson, Lucretia Plummer; 20th May." Parish Register, Part II, Kingston Anglican Church. Date 1798 per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: 1870; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Samuel Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 1799; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: 1870; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Hannah Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Mary Phillips¹ b. 1771, d. 10 Jul 1803

• Birth*: 1801; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: 1833; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Ruth Brown¹

• Birth*: circa 1770; Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1804; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.; Principal=Samuel Merrill¹

• Married Name: 1804; Merrill¹

George Merrill¹

• Father*: Samuel Merrill¹ b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Ruth Brown¹ b. c 1770

• Birth*: 29 January 1805; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹
• Death*: 23 February 1805; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.¹

Nancy Merrill^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Samuel Merrill² b. 23 Feb 1768, d. 7 May 1834
• Mother*: Ruth Brown² b. c 1770

• Birth*: 1806; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Batptism Record: Name: Nancy Merrill; Date: 1806; Place: Kingstn, Ont; Source: Russ Waller, Anglican Parish Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals for Kingston 1784-1811 by Rev John Stuart, Kingston, 1990 (ancestry.ca) Date 1806 & location Kingston per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.^2,3
• Marriage*: 18 July 1822; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Note re Thomas Paxton; Nancy Merrill was married on Thursday evening the 18th July 1822 by the Rev. Arch. Stuart to Thomas Paxton. Thomas Paxton was born Apr. 15, 1794. Thomas Paxton Merrill was born 25th Oct 1824. Extract from the Journal of Wm. Merrill." Archives of Ontario, MS691, R52.
  "Historic Newspaper Index: Merrill, Nancy; married to Thos. Paxton by the Rev. Arch Deacon Stuart; Appearing in the Kingston Chronicle on June 26 1822 (p. 3, col. 3); No scanned or digitized copies of this newspaper on this date are currently available online" from Digital Kingston, search of Paxton.; Principal=Major Thomas Paxton^3,5,6
• Death*: 20 March 1889; Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#004719: Name: Nancy Paxton; Date: March 20 - ; Age: 84y; Status: widow of the late Major Paxton; Born: Kingston, Ont.; Cause: nephritis, 2 days; Phys: Dr. Atkinson; Inf.: All Joyce, Windsor; Reg'd.: Mar 21 - ; Rel.: Pres.; Reg'r.: Stephen Lusted (Ontario Death Registration, #004719-1889, ancestry.ca)(Year appears on bottom of the page with Registrar's signature.)
  
  Date 1889 per family tree of DeborahBlanchet91 on ancestry.ca, Feb 3 2019.^2,7

• Married Name: 18 July 1822; Paxton³
• Census*: April 1861; Windsor, Essex Co., Canada West; Age 54 at 1861 Census: Paxton, Nancy, 54, b. UC, W., married (widow) (1861 Census; Windsor, Essex Co., pg. 541 of 644, line 31 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Nancy appears to be living alone in Windosr, showing widow, however, if this is Nancy Merrll, wife of Thomas Paxton, he is very much alive and living in Amherstburg. Need to pursue this some more.⁸
• Residence*: 1871; Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario; "Paxton, Mrs. Nancy" Canada, City and Area Directories, Windosr, 1871 - pg. 497 of 587 - ancestry.ca)³
• Census: April 1881; Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario; Age ? at 1881 Census: Paxton ... (very faint, can see Paxton but that is all....) Index brings this up for Nancy Paxton, and 1861 Census matches, so this is probably her. Someone with her is another name but not clear.⁹
• Residence: 1888; 51 Pelissier, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario; "Paxton, N Mrs., h 51 Pelissier" Canada, City and Area Directories, Windows, 1888, pg. 53 - ancestry.ca³

Major Thomas Paxton^1,2

• Father*: Lieut. Thomas Paxton b. 1754, d. 8 Oct 1804
• Mother*: Marie-Genevieve "Jane" Levitre b. 25 Jun 1759, d. 5 Mar 1843

• Birth*: 15 April 1794; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Note re Thomas Paxton; Nancy Merrill was married on Thursday evening the 18th July 1822 by the Rev. Arch. Stuart to Thomas Paxton. Thomas Paxton was born Apr. 15, 1794. Thomas Paxton Merrill was born 25th Oct 1824. Extract from the Journal of Wm. Merrill." Archives of Ontario, MS691, R52.
  Date 1794 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1796 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1796 & location Cda. per family tree of June0343 on ancestry.ca, May 18, 2019.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: 18 July 1822; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Note re Thomas Paxton; Nancy Merrill was married on Thursday evening the 18th July 1822 by the Rev. Arch. Stuart to Thomas Paxton. Thomas Paxton was born Apr. 15, 1794. Thomas Paxton Merrill was born 25th Oct 1824. Extract from the Journal of Wm. Merrill." Archives of Ontario, MS691, R52.
  "Historic Newspaper Index: Merrill, Nancy; married to Thos. Paxton by the Rev. Arch Deacon Stuart; Appearing in the Kingston Chronicle on June 26 1822 (p. 3, col. 3); No scanned or digitized copies of this newspaper on this date are currently available online" from Digital Kingston, search of Paxton.; Principal=Nancy Merrill^2,7,6

• Note: 8 October 1804; Lake Ontario, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Captain Thomas Paxton was lost when HMS Speedy sailed into a nor'easter off Presqu'ile Point on the night of October 8, 1804.
• Note: between 1812 and 1814; Amherstburg, Essex Co., Upper Canada; "That your petitioner, during the late war with the United States of America, faithfully and honorably served his late Majesty in the Militia of the Province - who so gallantly seconded His Majestys troops in repelling the enemy." from Speedy Justice, page 138, Appendix; this is from Thomas Paxton Jr.'s petition for permission to purchase Fighting Island.⁸
• Note: 12 November 1827; Amherstburg, Essex Co., Upper Canada; "The Petition of Thomas Paxton Jr, 1827; To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty; The Humble petition of Thomas Paxton, one of your majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, of your Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America - second eldest son of Captain Thomas Paxton, who was most unfortunately drowned by the loss of His late Majesty's Schooner, the Speedy, on Lake Ontario in the Said Province
  - Sheweth - That your petitioner's father, faithfully and honorably served your Majesty's late father, of glorious memory, for a period of thirty five years in various parts of the world - That for a few years prior to his unfortunate death, he had served in the Command of His late Majesty's Schooner, the Speedy, belonging to what was then termed the Provincial Navy on Lake Ontario - and at that time under the control of the Lieutenant Governor of the Province- That in the fall of the year 1804, your petitioner's father was directed by the then Governor of this Province, Lieut. General Hunter, to embark the judges and officers of the Court going on the circuit to open the assizes in the District of Newcastle, against which he remonstrated alledging the utter unworthiness of the vessel to go to sea: That being peremptorily ordered by General Hunter to proceed he embarked the Court and proceeded on his voyage as directed: but from the time of his leaving the port of York no tidings were ever heard of the vessel, or her passengers and crew who must all undoubtedly have perished with the vessel, which is supposed to have foundered. That by the unfortunate death of your petitioner's father, his mother and seven helpless children, were left unprovided for, there being no fund out of which she was of right entitled to receive any assistance - but some years afterwards His Late Majesty was most graciously pleased to bestow on her a pension of twenty five pounds currency of the Province (about twenty three pounds sterling) on which she has since existed, and brought up her family the best way she could. That your petitioner, during the late war with the United States of America, faithfully and honorably served his late Majesty in the Militia of the Province - who so gallantly seconded His Majesty's troops in repelling the enemy.
  That your petitioner, not having received any lands in this Province either for his service - or as the son of a person employed under Government, which was usual at the time of his father's death - has lately obtained from His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, a license to occupy an Island lying in the River Detroit which separates a part of Upper Canada from the United States of America, called 'Grosse or Fighting Island', His Excellency being restrained from granting or selling the same without your Majesty's permission or authority. That the said Island, which on the recent survey by the Commissioners under the treaty of Ghent falls within your Majesty's Dominions, contains about 1200 acres of low flat marshy land, wholly unfit for cultivation or fortifications, but which could, if possessed by your petitioner be of great value for various purposes. That inasmuch as the said Island can be of no kind of service to your Majesty's Government - your petitioner humbly and earnestly solicits your Majesty for a grant of the same - or that he may be allowed to purchase and receive a grant for a fair consideration - and that your Majesty will be pleased to signify your Royal will and pleasure thereon thro' His Excellency the Lieut. Gov of the Province. And your Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subject - as in duty bound will ever pray &c; York Upper Canada 12 Nov 1827 -
  Thomas Paxton" from Speedy Justice, page 137 & 138, Appednix, original AO, RGI, C-I-1, MS 691, Reel 52.⁸
• Note: 19 December 1834; Lot 21, Chatham Twp., Kent Co., Upper Canada; "Location Ticket (Not Transferable); Pursuant to a General Order in Council, of the 19th January, 1820, respecting Militia Grants, and under the Certificate No. 3388 of the Adjutant General of Militia, in favor of Thomas Paxton of the town of Kingston in the County of Frontenac in the Midland District, yeoman, as a Serjant in a Flank Company of the ?1st Regt. of Frontenac Militia, I do hereby assign to the said Thomas Paxton the lot number twenty one in the seventh concession by the Western boundary in the Township of Chatham in the Count of Kent in the Western District, containing two hundred acres, but no Patent shall be permitted to issue till it shall be ascertained by the Surveyor General or by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, that a resident Settler has been established on some part of the Grant, who shall ?? improve the location within six months from the date hereby. Given at the Surveyor-General's Office, at York, U.C. this 19th day of December, 1834 No. of Certificate S.G.O. - 3465 ?Mil? J. P. Hardy ?" Archives of Ontario, MS691, Reel 52, docs start page 1229 but are not numbered after that. (Transcribed by Dan Buchanan, Aug 14 2019)⁶
• Note*: 5 March 1843; Windsor, Essex Co., Canada West; His mother, Jane, died Mar 5 1843 and was buried in Windsor."The seventh of March one thousand eight hundred forty three" ....is a very clear reference to the date. I'm unable to accurately vouch for all of the words that follow, although they do seem to suggest that, on that date "by (???) the undersigned priest (handled) the interment in the cemetery of this parish the body of Jane, widow of the late Thomas Paxton, deceased yesterday, aged 89 years, in the presence of Pierre (the
  names that follow are unclear)." per email from Tom Groot who Catherine Stutt asked to translate the French in the interment record from the Catholic church where Jane Paxton was buried in Windsor. She was the widow of Lieut. Thomas Paxton who had been lost in 1804 along with the Speedy. Thank Tom and Catherine!²
• Residence*: April 1861; Conc 1 Lot 9, Anderdon Twp., Essex Co., Canada West; Residence per 1861 Census: Name: Thomas Paxton; Land: Conc 1, Lot 9, 35 acres, 24 acres under cult. (1861 Census, ancestry.ca))³
• Census*: April 1861; Anderdon Twp., Essex Co., Canada West; Age 65 at 1861 Census: Paxton, Thomas, 65, b. UC, CE, Gentleman, married; Ethelbert B. (m), 29, b. UC, CE, gentleman, single (only 2 in household) (1861 Census: Anderson Twp., Essex Co., pg. 97 of 644, line 1 - ancestry.ca)³
• Census: April 1871; Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario; Age 77 at 1871 Census: Paxton, Thomas, 77, b. Ont., Eng., CE., Fisherman, married; Spears, Virginia, 35, b. US, African, Bapt., servant, widow (1871 Census: Amherstburg, Essex Co., dist. 1, sub-dist. B., pg 67, line 14 - ancestry.ca)⁴

Lieut. Thomas Paxton

• Birth*: 1754; Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; Date 1754 & location Newcastle-on-Tyne, England per Speedy Justice, pg. 73. Note: Newcastle upon Tyne is a university city on the River Tyne in northeast England. With its twin city, Gateshead, it was a major shipbuilding and manufacturing hub during the Industrial Revolution and is now a centre of business, arts and sciences. Spanning the Tyne, modern Gateshead Millennium Bridge, noted for its unique tilting aperture, is a symbol of the 2 cities. Wikipedia.
  "My family tree is titled Casey Family Tree .... and it is on Ancestry .. my maternal grandmother was Charlotte Paxton, her Father was John W Paxton, his father Thomas Jefferson Paxton, his father John Baptist Paxton, his father John Paxton and
  his father Captain Thomas Paxton." per email from Michael Casey, Nov 24 2020.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1785; Quebec, Quebec; Birth of daughter in Quebec.; Principal=Marie-Genevieve "Jane" Levitre
• Death*: 8 October 1804; Lake Ontario, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "She was seen off the Harbour of Presque Isle on Monday the 8th Oct, in the Evening, & has not since been heard of. A very violent Storm prevailed on that Night & the following day, & there can be no doubt but that she foundered in it. Some small portionLieut. Thomas Paxton of the Wreck have been found on the South shore of this Lake, but nothing much of Consequence, nor any of the Dead Bodies." Speedy Justice, pg. 107 & 108¹

• Note*: 1772; England; " … enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of eighteen and served in various parts of the world … " Speedy Justice, pg 73¹
• Note: 9 June 1785; Quebec, Quebec; "1785 ... 9 Juin Bail a Loyer par Frs. Roy a Thomas Paxton" Quebec Notarial Records, Notary Alexandre Dumas, ancestry.ca
  Note: I am guessing that this means Thomas Paxton paid bail for Frs. Roy.⁴
• Residence*: 1787; Province of Quebec; " … before joining the Lake Ontario naval force in 1787." per Speedy Justice, pg 73 (It was still the Province of Quebec. Upper and Lower Canada were created in 1791.)¹
• Note: 1790; Province of Quebec; "His commission three years later as second lieutenant in the Provincial Marine - or, as it was then known, 'His Majesty's Naval Armament' … " per Speedy Justice, pg 73¹
• Note: 1792; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; In 1792 the Province of Quebec was divided into Lower Canada (later Quebec) and Upper Canada (later Ontario) and John Graves Simcoe was appointed the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Before this development the whole area was called the Province of Quebec. (Dan Buchanan)⁵
• Note: 1796; Windham Twp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada; Genealogy Index: Name: Lt. Thomas Paxton; Event: Living; Place: Windham, Ontario; Source: William R. Yeager, Early Norfolk County Land Patents 1795-1883, Norfolk Historical Society, Simcoe, 1981 - ancestry.ca.
  Note: This may not be our Lieut. Thomas Paxton, but it could be. Maybe this is a land grant he got and sold - did not live there. Need to see the details.⁴
• Note: 1797; Upper Canada; "A second commission, issued in 1797 by Governor Robert Prescott, promoted Paxton to the rank of full lieutenant .. " per Speedy Justice, pg. 73¹
• Note: 6 September 1798; Kingston, Upper Canada; "The gun boat Speedy is launched and equipped and sailed for Fort George under the command of Lieut. Thomas Paxton, .. " letter from Major Hazelton Spencer to James Green, Military Secretary, York, first mention of Speedy sailing¹
• Note: October 1798; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Peter Russell wanted Thomas Paxton, then the captain of the sloop Caldwell, to be released by the military to command the Toronto, but his request to this effect had gone unanswered." per Speedy Justice page 78¹
• Note: 12 October 1798; York, Upper Canada; Letter from Peter Russell, Administrator of Upper Canada to Governor Robert Prescott in Quebec. "The Duke of Portland having in a letter to me (of which the inclosed is an Extract) gives me leave to build a small armed Vessel for the Service of the Civil Government of this Province, I had contracted with a Ship Wright in this place to build one, and I had promised Lieut. Paxton of the Lake Marine to give him the Command of her, if he could obtain your Excellency's Permission to take it without injuring the Progress of his Rank in the line in which he is now serving, the Vessel now being in some forwardness and consequently requiring the daily inspection of her Commander, and not having heard from Mr. Paxton, that he has obtained the requisite permission, I am induced to request to know from your Excellency whether you have objections to Mr. Paxton's Acceptance of this Command and retaining his right of Promotion in the Navy of the Lakes, because if this change of Service should not meet your Excellency's Pleasure, it is my Intention to appoint Mr. Baker to it, & I shall immediately want the attendance of either the one or the other to Superintend the building of the vessel.- " per Russell Papers, Vol. II, pg. 279⁶
• Note: 8 November 1798; York, Upper Canada; Letter from Governor Robert Prescott to Administrator of Upper Canada, Peter Russell. "Lieutenant Paxton being employed on Lake Ontario in one of the King's Schooners, renders his acceptance of the Command of the Armed Vessel now building at York for the service of the Civil Government of Upper Canada impossible. I must here request that in fixing and regulating the Establishment of the Officers and Seamen for this Vessel, care may be had that their Pay and Emoluments may not exceed, what the other officers and Seamen employed in the King's Service on the Lakes receive, for reasons that must be sufficiently obvious." per Russel Papers, Vol II, pg. 309
  Note: This meant that Paxton was not going to get a better ship and more pay, which he desperately needed and wanted. He was stuck on a Provincial Marine gunboat. Prescott knew they could not do without an experience man like Paxton, even if he was a bit ornery at times.⁶
• Note: 24 July 1800; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "York, July 24th, 1800 .... and at this moment of confusion, Capt. Paxton and Wm. Jarvis gave their votes for Mr. Alcock. The poll had been, at the beginning of these appearances, adjourned to the ensuing day. Mr. Weeks, seeing that Mr. Alcock had at this juncture a majority, insisted that the poll should be closed, in which he was joined by Mr. Alcock and the returning officer, seemingly intimidated and bewildered, complied, after having but a moment before adjourned it. The other candidates, except Mr. Heron, were struck silent with this inconsistency, he made a verbal protest against it as being illegal" ..." page 164 of The Town of York 1793-1815, "F7 An Impartial Bystander's Account of the Election (Niagara, Niagara Herald, March 14, 1801.⁷
• Note: 25 June 1802; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Kingston, June 25, 1802; Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 15th and 18th instant. Lieut. Earl has this day taken on board what Indian stores remained at this port for Fr. George. The Speedy has just arrived & Lt. Paxton has reported to me that part of the Indian stores he had on board got damaged but he has not said in what manner or that his vessel was leaky. I shall immediately order her to be examined as his reported conduct on this trip have appeared both to Major Campbell & myself to have been very particular owing I imagine to his being ordered to sail when the wind was not quite fair by which he carried away his main top? Which could not be owing to any other cause but that if intention or … " #168 … not in archive collection - from Ed….⁸
• Note: 26 June 1802; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "I am sorry to be under the necessity of acquainting you that two of Paxton's crew deserted last night, viz. Tomas Dobs & William Young. I am also sorry to be obliged to say that I think Paxton's conduct this last trip and previous to his sailing and since his return to be very blameable particularly in disobeying orders given him to sleep on board his vessel." Archives of Canada, Series C Vol 725 Pg 173 (From Major Campbell, at Kingston. Assuming this means his family was in Kingston so he wanted to spend the night there and not on board ship. Paxton was not a happy guy.
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• Note: 11 November 1803; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Point Frederick, Kingston, 11th Nov. 1803: Sir.: Lieut. Paxton eldest son wishing to be a ship carpenter and live as an apprentice under W. Dennis the Master Builder who is inclined to take him promised that His Excellency General Hunter will ?grant? his some thrifty pay. Lieut. Paxton prays the Generals consideration therein, on the principle of his ?Paxton? being an old servant with a numerous family of children. I have the Honor to be Sir, Your Very Obedient Humble Servant, J. W. Steel; Major Green. Military Secretary" (Letter from J. W. Steel, Commander at Kingston, to Lieut. Gov. Peter Hunter, asking if Captain Paxton's son might be considered for an apprenticeship with William Dennis, the premier ship builder at York, copied from the British Military Records, Library and Archives of Canada, Series C, Vol. 726, pg. 102.)⁹
• Note: April 1804; Lake Scugog, Ball Point, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; John Sharp was killed at the Farewell bothers trading post on Ball Point, at the north east side of Lake Scugog. This would set in motion the events that took Thomas Paxton and the Speedy to their deaths near Newcastle, Presqu'ile Point in October 8, 1804.
• Note: 20 September 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Twenty-three years after the sinking of the ship and the drowning of his father, Thomas Paxton Jr made a startling disclosure. In an 1827 petition to the government for a tract of land, known as Fighting Island, in the Detroit River, young Paxton stated that in the fall of 1804 his father was 'directed' by Lieutenant-Governor Hunter to 'embark the judges and officers of the Court going on the circuit to open the assizes in the District of Newcastle, against which he remonstrated alleging the utter unworthiness of the vessel to go to sea ... being peremptorily ordered by Governor Hunter to proceed he embarked the Court and proceeded on his voyage as directed ...'52 (See Appendix.) Paxton Jr does not give the date of the confrontation between his father and Hunter, but it likely happened a short time before the ship sailed on Sunday, 7 October." Speedy Justice, pg. 94 & 95¹
• Note: 7 October 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "The Speedy, Capt. Paxton, left this port on Sunday evening the 7th. October last, with a moderate breeze from the N.W. for Presque Isle, and was descried off that island on the Monday following before dark." Originally from Upper Canada Gazette, quoted by Speedy Justice, pg. 4.¹