Person Page - 4782

Nathan Jones¹

• Birth*: 12 January 1816; Mont Vernon, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 1847; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Jane Bancroft Clement¹
• Death*: 22 April 1892; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

George Philip Clement¹

• Father*: Philip Clement¹ b. 10 Feb 1780, d. 10 Aug 1834
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bancroft¹ b. 3 Jul 1785, d. 10 Jun 1851

• Birth*: 16 May 1828; Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Death*: 11 July 1838; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

Martha Clement¹

• Father*: Philip Clement¹ b. 10 Feb 1780, d. 10 Aug 1834
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bancroft¹ b. 3 Jul 1785, d. 10 Jun 1851

• Birth*: 2 July 1815; Augusta Twp., Dundas Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Death*: 20 July 1896; Bridgewater, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

Elizabeth Clement¹

• Father*: Philip Clement¹ b. 10 Feb 1780, d. 10 Aug 1834
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bancroft¹ b. 3 Jul 1785, d. 10 Jun 1851

• Birth*: 11 February 1806; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Death*: 2 May 1869; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

Phoebe Sawyer Clement^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Philip Clement² b. 10 Feb 1780, d. 10 Aug 1834
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bancroft² b. 3 Jul 1785, d. 10 Jun 1851

• Birth*: 3 August 1808; Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.; Date Aug 3 1808 per Memorial. Date Aug 3 1808 & location Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA per FindaGrave. Date 1809 & location US per 1861 Census. Date 1807 & location USA per 1851 Census. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: circa 1835; Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Billa Flint Jr.²
• Death*: 24 May 1886; Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Dat eMay 24 1886 per Memorial. Date May 24 1886 & location Belleville per FindaGrave. Date May 23 1886 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^2,4,5
• Burial*: 26 May 1886; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Billa Flint; Born February 9, 1805; Died June 15, 1894; Also His Wife; Phoebe Clement; Born August 3, 1808; Died May 24, 1886 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 10 2022)
  FindaGrave: Name: Phoebe Clement Flint; BIRTH: 3 Aug 1808, Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; DEATH: 24 May 1886 (aged 77), Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: O-9-2; MEMORIAL ID: 73737926 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73737926/phoebe-flint)^4,5

• Married Name: circa 1835; Flint²
• Census*: 1851; Bellevile, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 44 at 1851 Census: see Billa Flint³
• Census: April 1861; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 52 at 1861 Census: see Billa Flint⁶

Billa Flint Jr.^1,2,3

• Father*: Billa Flint Sr.² b. 3 Nov 1774, d. 27 Jun 1852
• Mother*: Phoebe Wells² b. c 1778

• Birth*: 9 February 1805; Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 9, 1808 per Memorial. Date Feb 9 1805 & location Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co. per FindaGrave. Date 1805 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date ?1803? & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Feb 9 1805 & location Brockville, Ont. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.
  "Billa Flint was born on February 9, 1805, to a heavy drinking, ill-tempered, Brockville merchant father and a deeply religious mother." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg 12.^2,4,5,6,7,3
• Marriage*: circa 1835; Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Phoebe Sawyer Clement²
• Death*: 15 June 1894; Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; Date June 15 1886 per Memorial. Date Jun 15 1894 & locaiton Ottawa per FindaGrave. Date Jun 15 1894 & location Ottawa per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^2,6,7
• Burial*: 18 June 1894; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Billa Flint; Born February 9, 1805; Died June 15, 1894; Also His Wife; Phoebe Clement; Born August 3, 1808; Died May 24, 1886 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 10 2022)
  FindaGrave: Name: Billa Flint; BIRTH: 9 Feb 1805, Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 15 Jun 1894 (aged 89), Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Plot O; MEMORIAL ID: 61878214; Note: illa Flint (February 9, 1805-June 15, 1894) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1894. He was born in Elizabethtown (later Brockville) in Upper Canada and dropped out of school after six weeks to work for his father as a clerk. In 1829, unhappy with the sale of liquor at his father's hotel, he moved to Belleville and set up his own business there. In the same year, he also founded a temperance society there. In 1836, he was appointed magistrate and also became president of the Board of Police. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1847 for Hastings and, in 1854, for Hastings South. In 1863, he was elected to the Legislative Council for Trent division and served until Confederation when he was appointed to the Senate. In 1866, he served as mayor of Belleville. He served over 20 years on the council for Hastings County and was warden for the county in 1873. His business had expanded from the sale of goods into the harvesting and sale of timber and the operation of warehouses and wharfs for storing and transporting goods. He also established towns along the Skootamatta River, with mills and factories, at Troy (later Actinolite) and Flint's Mills (now Flinton). He purchased mills at York Mills, later named Bancroft after his wife's maiden name. He also helped promote steamships on Lake Ontario and railway links in the region. Although forceful and opinionated, he also donated land for schools and churches. He died at Ottawa in 1894, while serving as member of the Senate. Flint wrote a series of articles about the early days of Belleville which were published in the newspapers of the time. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61878214/billa-flint?_gl=1*hs1asy*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDE2NDkwMC4xODEuMS4xNjYwMTcyNDA4LjA.)^6,7

• Note*: 1815; Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Billa Flint Jr. was only ten years old when he, like his cousins Nathan Jones and Rufus Holden, became a clerk in his father's general store.18 The constant need for an extra pair of hands in the store, around the farm or in the woods, coupled with a shortage of schools in the area, left little time or opportunity for Billa Flint Jr. or boys or girls his age to acquire a formal education." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 15.³
• Note: 1818; Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "By 1818, Flint and his son had established a thriving trade with the distant Bay of Quinte settlement of Belleville. Flint Jr. recalled the fact that "the steamers regularly called at my father's wharf in Brockville for freight and passengers and also for the Captain to sell us flour and eggs, which for years he brought from Belleville for exchange for cash or sometimes for salt in the barrel."2 This trade between Brockville and Belleville would continue until the younger Flint permanently established himself in Belleville eleven years later." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 20.
  Note: The date Billa Flint Jr. came to Belleville to run the store on Front St. is inferred in a previous note saying it was eleven years after 1818, so 1829.³
• Note: 1829; Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "By 1818, Flint and his son had established a thriving trade with the distant Bay of Quinte settlement of Belleville. Flint Jr. recalled the fact that "the steamers regularly called at my father's wharf in Brockville for freight and passengers and also for the Captain to sell us flour and eggs, which for years he brought from Belleville for exchange for cash or sometimes for salt in the barrel." This trade between Brockville and Belleville would continue until the younger Flint permanently established himself in Belleville eleven years later." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 21.
  Note: The date Billa Flint Jr. came to Belleville to run the store on Front St. is inferred in a previous note saying it was eleven years after 1818, so 1829.³
• Note: 1832; Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Before setting up his shop, Flint made it his business to "get as good a knowledge of the people as possible," and before long, he had won the custom of many of Belleville's citizens despite being a newcomer to the community. He had lured many of his competitors' customers into his store by undercutting their prices by half and by offering to exchange tea, sugar and indigo for butter and eggs. Although smaller than his competitors’ stores, Flint's first store provided him with the capital he needed to construct a larger brick building on Front Street and to purchase, on speculation, two hundred acres in Northumberland's Alnwick Township. By 1832, Flint, with some financial assistance from his father, coupled with the profits from the sale of his Northumberland property, purchased the western extension of Belleville's Bridge Street. Although the property was adjacent to a large marsh and located some distance from Belleville's business centre on the east side of the river, Flint nevertheless envisioned mills, warehouses and wharves on his newly acquired waterfront real estate. The property was strategically located on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Moira River and the four metre deep channel that would one day bear Flint's name meant large steamships could access his property." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 22.³
• Note: 1836; Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Sidewalks were constructed with flagstones removed from the nearby Moira River, shortly after Flint's appointment to president in 1836. The village's first stone sidewalks greatly improved pedestrian travel on Front Street from Dundas Street to the upper bridge and although they were long overdue, these and other improvements were of personal benefit to Flint as they made it easier for customers to access his Front Street store." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 23.³
• Note: 1837; Saw Mill, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Flint's Enterprise Steam Saw and Planing Mill was the crown jewel in his commercial empire. Established in 1837, the Flint Steam Saw and Planing Mill was operated by Flint, his brother-in-law Ezra William Holton and local businessman Horace Yeomans. The lumber mill was initially outfitted with "one mulley saw and two small circulars" and it offered "sawn lumber ranging in size from twelve metre long joists to one metre long lathes." In time Flint equipped the mill with over a hundred saws powered by a modern turbine engine imported from Austria-Hungary11 and he boasted "custom sawing and planing done cheaply and timber bills cut to order."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 30 & 31.³
• Residence*: 20 July 1838; Village Lot 41, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 6975) show that Simeon Kellogg sold "1/4 acres, supposed to be part of this lot", of Village Lot 41, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Billa Flint Jr. ITS Date: Jul 20 1838. Reg'n. Date: May 2 1843. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 230 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6, 2023)
  Note: Simeon Kellogg owned village lots 41 and 42 on the south side of the Main Street of Brighton for a time, had the hotel on the corner. He left Brighton in the 1840s. Here we see Billa Flint Jr., a primary mover-and-shaker in Bellveill, making an investement for a store-front spot on Main Street in Brighton in 1838. He would hold it until 1857 when it was sold to James Stanley who built a commercial block.⁸
• Adoption*: 1843; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Flint spent his entire life amassing great wealth and promoting the virtues of a sound education and a Christian upbringing for children. Ironically, he and his wife had no natural offspring to enjoy their wealth or their religious convictions. As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.; Principal=John James Bleecker³
• Census*: 1851; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age ?48? at 1851 Census: Flint, Billa, ?48?, b. Cda., WM, L. Merchant, married; P.S.(f), 44, b. US, WM, married; Bleeker, John, 14, b. Cda., WM; Bull?, Susan, 18, b. Ireland, WM (1851 Census: Belleville, Hastings Co., pg. 70 of 92, line 42 - ancestry.ca)⁴
• Note: 1852; Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; "As a result, Flint was forced to look elsewhere for the timber he needed to feed his growing commercial interests on the Bay of Quinte. Flint traveled even further north along the Moira River and its main tributary, the Skootamatta. Here, Flint was drawn by the loud sound of water as it raced over a set of rapids and made its way through a narrow, rock-lined gorge near the present day site of Actinolite. Having carefully inspected the area on both sides of the river, Flint was convinced he had discovered an ideal location for a mill site and company town. ... Flint discovered, however, that parts of the townships of Elzevir and Grimsthorpe were often barely accessible as many of their creeks and streams had been dammed by beavers. These dams caused massive flooding and they also caused the fresh water ponds to stagnate and yellow. Sales of land in the area naturally suffered as a consequence and as a result, Flint's acquisition of thousands of hectares of land at this site was accomplished with relative ease in 1852." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 34 & 35.³
• Residence: 5 March 1857; Village Lot 41, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S A144) show that Billa Flint Jr. & wife sold "the same", of Village Lot 41, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to James Stanley. ITS Date: Mar 5 1857. Reg'n. Date: Apr 3 1857. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 230 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6, 2023)⁸
• Note: 1858; Kaladar Twp., Bridgewater, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Bridgewater, Flint's base of operations in centre Hastings, was officially surveyed as a village in 1858 by John Emerson. Bridgewater possessed the largest flour mill in Hastings County, a saw mill, a foundry, a chair and cabinet factory, an axe and edge tool and tin manufactory, a tannery, a woolen factory and a saddlery. Other local businessmen such as William Garrett, Oliver Frost, J.W. Robinson, John Bragg, George Wolfe, William Spencer and J.W. Turner operated small commercial enterprises in the village as well, but Flint exercised almost complete control over everyday life in the community.'" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 43.³
• Note: 1859; Kaladar Twp., Finton, Hastings Co., Canada West; "In 1859, Billa Flint's second company town, Flinton, named in honour of its founder and principal landowner, came into being with the completion of a village survey by Public Land Surveyor John Emerson. The new village contained ninety-eight village lots and seven streets." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 41.³
• Census: April 1861; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 56 at 1861 Census: Flint, Billa, 56, b. UC, WM, Merchant, married; Phebe S., 52, b. US, WM, married; John J., 23, b. UC, WM, single (1861 Census: Town of Belleville, Hastings Co., pg. 490 of 983, line 27 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Billa Flint is also shown, with incomplete info: (1861 Census: Town of Belleville, Hastings Co., pg 369 of 983, line 20, ancestry.ca)⁵
• Note: June 1869; Harbour, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Flint dumped sawdust and other milling refuse into the Bay for decades, yet he was content to use the public purse to dredge the harbour of thousands of metres of his waste. Flint and other councillors knew full well that a navigable harbour was critical to the development of Belleville.
  In an effort to improve shipping on the Bay and to offset the tremendous cost of keeping their important harbour clean, a special meeting of council was convened in June 1869 during which a series of controversial, but necessary, measures received unanimous approval. Ranging in nature from the placement of "six buoys in the channel" to the imposition of harbour dues "so that revenue may be derived to cover the expense of dredging the harbour," these measures were designed to address the years of neglect and abuse that Flint and others had inflicted on this vital waterway.7
  The introduction of harbour dues was controversial to say the least. Competition was stiff and harbour dues had a negative impact on both the cost of conducting business and on the amount of harbour
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  business Belleville could generate. The proposal nonetheless received the overwhelming support of council. The harbour was a critical component of their transportation infrastructure and they had to act quickly to arrest the growing problem of its clogged channels. The harbour dues imposed varied in price from twenty-five cents for schooners and barges under seventy-five tons, to fifty cents for steamers over seventy-five tons, to seventy-five cents for schooners, and barges over one hundred tons for each time of calling. The imposition of the dues meant increased transportation costs for Flints—costs that he could hardly afford.8 In an effort to keep his lumber mill operating at full capacity, Flint had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying property, acquiring timber rights, building roads, setting up his company towns and paying labour." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 28 & 29.³
• Note: 1871; Harbour, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "Flint's highly efficient milling operation on the Moira River and the Bay of Quinte contributed significantly to the growing problem of Great Lakes pollution. The almost daily discharge of vast quantities of sawdust, bark, branches and mercury into the once healthy Bay of Quinte did untold damage to fish stocks by destroying both food supply and natural habitat.
  The accumulation of sawdust, mud and refuse made portions of Belleville's harbour almost impassable for large steamers. A description of the port of Belleville contained in Atkin’s 1871 Pocket Compass clearly highlights the impact that Flint's milling operation had on this beautiful bay. "The water in the channel is about 10 feet, except at the two outer buoys, which only give 9 feet. In many parts of the channel there is from 12 to 15 feet of water. The bottom is composed of sawdust."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 28.³

Billa Flint Sr.^1,2,3

• Father*: Nathan Flint³ b. c 1730

• Birth*: 3 November 1774; Tolland Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; "Flint's father, Billa Flint Sr., born November 3, 1774, was a native of Tolland, Connecticut. He was the second youngest of six siblings born to millwright Nathan Flint and his first wife Mercy Holton." From "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 12.
  Date Nov 3 1774 & location Tolland, Conn. per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^2,3
• Marriage*: 1802; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Phoebe Wells²
• Death*: 27 June 1852; Brockville, Leeds & Grenville Co., Canada West; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.²

• Residence*: circa 1797; Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Billa Flint Sr. and his older sister, Lois Flint Soper, and her family, completed the final leg of their father's journey to the British North America's Loyalist settlements. However, unlike many of the earlier Loyalists that had settled on the much sought after concessions along the St. Lawrence River, Billa Flint Sr. purchased land near Elizabethtown in the township to the north of Brockville." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 12 & 13.³
• Residence: circa 1801; Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Shortly after the turn of the century, Flint Sr. established one of Elizabethtown's first stores on the route between Prescott and Kingston. The store was situated eleven kilometers from the present day site of Brockville on the heavily wooded "front route." Although it was north of the busy St. Lawrence River, the front route did offer the Flint family several advantages. Due to its distance from the St. Lawrence River, the most important advantage was the fact that Flint and the other handful of settlers that lived there were safe from ambush by American troops prior to and during the War of 1812." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 13.³
• Note*: between 1812 and 1814; Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Flint's store, like many of Upper Canada's general stores, was critical to the survival of the pioneer community. Flint Sr.'s store served as a post office, a place of apprenticeship, an institution of learning, and a message centre for news about the war and other significant events in the colony. Billa Flint Jr. recalled that as a child he used to "hear all about the war as stories [were] passed [along at] my father's store... The teams and troops all stopped at a house close to my father's [store] so I had a grand opportunity to hear news from the officers and men."
  The Flint family had lived in British North America for only a few years when war broke out between the United States and Britain in 1812. The younger Flint's allegiance to his father's adopted homeland was evident during the conflict as he proudly boasted about the successes of the troops defending British North America against the American invaders. "During the War of 1812 and '15 they had ten or twelve times more population than Canada, yet we beat them 35 times in 56 battles. They won 20 and one was a draw game."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 13.³
• Residence: 1815; Elizabethtown Twp., Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "The growth of the settlement around Flint Sr.'s store and the steady stream of military custom during the War of 1812 provided him with the resources he needed to purchase land along the St. Lawrence River and to relocate his wife, Phoebe Wells, and their three children to the growing settlement of Brockville. When peace between the two warring nations had finally been attained, Flint Sr. was confident the time was right to expand his mercantile business and to branch off into new ventures from his more strategic location in Brockville." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 14.³
• Residence: 1815; Elizabethtown Twp., Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "The heightened level of ill-will that existed within Brockville was exacerbated by the arrival in 1815 of the spirited, the unruly and the unbending Billa Flint Sr. Flint Sr. re-established his general store in the commercial district of Brockville and like his son a generation later, he went on to become one of Upper Canada's most successful and most controversial businessman." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 15.³

Phoebe Wells¹

• Birth*: circa 1778; Tolland Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Marriage*: 1802; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Billa Flint Sr.¹

• Married Name: 1802; Flint¹

Phebe Flint¹

• Father*: Billa Flint Sr.¹ b. 3 Nov 1774, d. 27 Jun 1852
• Mother*: Phoebe Wells¹ b. c 1778

• Birth*: circa 1807; Upper Canada; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1830; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Dudley Rowley¹

• Married Name: circa 1830; Rowley¹

Dudley Rowley¹

• Birth*: circa 1800; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1830; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.; Principal=Phebe Flint¹

Eliza Haskins^1,2,3

• Father*: James Haskins² b. c 1765
• Mother*: ? ?² b. c 1770

• Birth*: circa 1812; Dublin, Ireland; "His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.²
• Marriage*: circa 1835; Upper Canada; "Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.; Principal=Tobias Bleecker²
• Death*: circa 1839; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.²

• Married Name: circa 1835; Bleecker²

John James Bleecker^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Haskins² b. c 1812, d. c 1839

• Birth*: 29 December 1838; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date Dec 29 1838 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1838 & location UC per 1861 Census.
  "Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.^2,5,6,7,9,8
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.; Principal=Eliza Jane Holton⁴
• Death*: 20 August 1929; Ontario; Date Aug 20 1929 per FindaGrave & CemSearch.^4,3
• Burial*: 22 August 1929; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: John J B Flint; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 20 Aug 1929; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806748 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806748/john-j_b-flint?_gl=1*1jmvsne*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDI1MjAwNC4xODIuMS4xNjYwMjU4MzQ3LjA.)
  CemSearch: Name: John J. B. Flint; Born: - ; Died: Aug 20 1929; Age: -- ; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Husband of Eliza Jane Holton, Sibling of Sarah and George. Info from Cem records. Not on Stone ? (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E7)^4,3

• Adoption*: 1843; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Flint spent his entire life amassing great wealth and promoting the virtues of a sound education and a Christian upbringing for children. Ironically, he and his wife had no natural offspring to enjoy their wealth or their religious convictions. As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.; Principal=Billa Flint Jr.²
• Name Change: 1843; John James Bleecker Flint; John James Bleecker was adppted by Billa Flint in 1843.²
• Education*: between 1855 and 1862; Upper Canada; "Flint and his wife sent their adopted son, J.J.B. Flint, to Cobourg's prestigious Victoria College following his graduation from Belleville High School. Opened as a Methodist Academy in 1836, the college was officially chartered in 1841 with Egerton Ryerson serving as its first principal. After successfully graduating from Victoria College, J.J.B. Flint commenced a five year study of the law under the supervision of two of Belleville's most respected lawyers and successful businessmen—Lewis Wallbridge and his brother, Thomas Campbell Wallbridge." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.²
• Census: April 1861; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 23 at 1861 Census: see Billa Flint⁸
• Occupation*: 1862; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "J.J.B. Flint was called to the bar in October 1862 and he was appointed a Police Magistrate for the town of Belleville in 1864, a position he would hold for twenty years. Two years later, he formed a successful legal partnership with Belleville City Clerk, Alexander Robertson. J.J.B. Flint was later appointed a Magistrate for the County of Hastings. He was the president of the Belleville Bar Association, Chairman of the Hastings County Reform Society and like his adoptive father, rose to the rank of Superintendent of the Bridge Street Sabbath School. J.J.B. Flint also served as a Belleville town councillor from 1868 until 1872 when he too was elected to the community's highest office—Mayor of Belleville. An active participant in several of his father's real estate and business transactions, J.J.B. Flint married Eliza Holton in September 1866. Eliza was the daughter of Billa Flint's cousin, brother-in-law and business partner—Ezra William Holton." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 134.
• Census: April 1871; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1871 Census: Flint, B.J. John, 32, b. Ont., Ger., WM, Barrister, married; J. Eliza, 30, b. Ont., Eng., WM, married; ?Calleese?, Ann, 38, b. Ireland, Irish, RC, servant, single; Gearing, Frederick, 15, b. England, Eng., WM, law student, single (1871 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 60, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 79, line 1 - ancestry.ca)⁷
• Census: April 1881; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1881 Census: Flint, John J.B., 42, b. Ont., Eng., CM, Lawyer, married; Eliza J., 41, b. Ont., Eng., CM, married; Williams, Nora, 32, b. Ireland, Irish, Catholic, servant, single; Holton, Lucy, 71, b. Ont., Eng., CM, widow (1881 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 121, sub-dist. a-3, pg. 31, line 1 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census*: 19 April 1891; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1891 Census: Flint, John J.B., 51, b. Ont., p.b. Ot. & Ireland, Meth., Police Magistrat, married; Eliza J., 49, b. Ont., p.b. US, Meth., married (1891 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 75m sub-dist. A-3, pg. 35, line 6 - ancestry.ca)⁵
• Census: 7 April 1901; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1901 Census: Flint, John J.B., 62, b. Ont. u. Dec 29 1838, Eng., Meth., Barrister, married; Eliza J., 60, b. Ont. u. May 1 1840, Eng., Meth., married; Douglas, Margaret, 32, b. Ont. r. Dec 9 1868, Scot., Meth., servant, single; Yeoman, Florence H., 49, b. Ont. u. Jan 2 1852, Scot., Meth., lodger, widow (1901 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 72, sub-dist. A-3, pg. 7, line 5 - ancestry.ca)⁹

Eliza Jane Holton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

• Father*: Ezra William Holton b. 7 Sep 1810, d. 27 Jun 1879
• Mother*: Lucy Clement b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 8 Jun 1883

• Birth*: 1 May 1840; Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1840 per Memorial & FindaGrave & CemSearch. Date May 1 1840 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1842 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1841 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^{2,3,8,4,5,6,7}
• Marriage*: circa 1865; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.; Principal=John James Bleecker²
• Death*: 3 June 1912; Ontario; Date 1912 per Memorial. Date May 30 1912 per FindaGrave. Date Jun 3 1912 per CemSearch.^2,3,8
• Burial*: 5 June 1912; Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Eliza Jane Holton; Wife of; John J.B. Flint; 1840 - 1921 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 11 2022)
  Note: This is on same stone, just below, Philip Clement.
  FindaGrave: Name: Eliza Jane Holton Flint; BIRTH: 1840; DEATH: 30 May 1912 (aged 71–72); BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806806 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806806/eliza-jane-flint)
  CemSearch: Name: Eliza Jane Holton; Born: 1840; Died: Jun 3 1912; Age: 72y; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Wife of John J. B. Flint.
  Cem records gave death Mo/Day. Called her Elisabeth (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E6)
  Note: This record is confused and incorrect in terms of surnames. Billa Flint is correct, but his wife, Eliza Jane, should be shown as Eliza Jane Flint, Maiden Name: Holton. The others should show the surname Clement and not Flint. (Dan Buchanan, Aug 11 2022)^2,8,3

• Married Name: circa 1865; Bleecker²
• Census: April 1871; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1871 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁶
• Census: April 1881; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1881 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁵
• Census*: 19 April 1891; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 49 at 1891 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁴
• Census: 7 April 1901; Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 60 at 1901 Census: see John J.B. Flint⁷

Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Danford b. 1830, d. 11 Jul 1917

• Birth*: 5 February 1847; Hastings Co., Canada West; Date Feb 5 1849 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1850 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1848 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - George W. Meyers.^2,3,4,5,6,7
• Marriage*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp.; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp.; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca); Principal=George Walden Meyers³

• Census*: 1851; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker²
• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'm. - George W. Meyers.³
• Married Name: 8 July 1869; Meyers³
• Census: April 1871; Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1871 Census: see George Meyers⁴
• Census: April 1881; Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1881 Census: see George Meyers⁷
• Census: 8 May 1891; St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1891 Census: see George Meyers⁵
• Census: 1901; Ward 4, Toronto, Toronto East, Ontario; Age 52 at 1901 Census: see George Meyers⁶
• Residence: 8 February 1926; 66 Keele St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of her husband George Walden Meyers.⁸

Catherine Matilda Bleecker^1,2,3

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker² b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Eliza Danford b. 1830, d. 11 Jul 1917

• Birth*: 1 October 1849; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Oct 1 1849 & location Thurlow Twp. per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1870; Ontario; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Alfred Adolphus Farley³

• Census*: 1851; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker²
• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of George W. Meyers & Mary Elizageth Bleecker.⁴
• Married Name: circa 1870; Farley³

Isabella Marianne ?¹

• Birth*: 1805; Date 1805 per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1823; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.; Principal=Tobias Bleecker¹
• Death*: 22 April 1832; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

• Married Name: circa 1823; Bleecker¹

William Bleecker¹

• Father*: Tobias Bleecker¹ b. 11 Jul 1797, d. 19 Sep 1866
• Mother*: Isabella Marianne ?¹ b. 1805, d. 22 Apr 1832

• Birth*: 10 May 1824; Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹
• Death*: 20 August 1910; Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

George Walden Meyers^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

• Father*: Bleeker W. Meyers² b. 1807, d. 1849
• Mother*: Hannah Webb² b. c 1810

• Birth*: 23 April 1845; Thurlow Twp., Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Date Apr 23 1845 & location Belleville per Death Reg'n. Date Apr 23 1846 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1847 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1847 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1846 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1845 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.^2,3,5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp.; Born: Cda.; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp.; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp.; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca); Principal=Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker²
• Death*: 5 February 1926; 66 Keele St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#001672: Name: George E. W. Meyers; Date: Feb 5 1926; Age: 80y 4m; Place: 66 Keele St., Toronto, 6y; Born: Belleville, Apr 23 1845; Nat.: British; Status: widower; Occ.: retired machinist; Parents: Bleecker Meyers, b. Belleville & Hannah Webb, b. England; Phys.: - ; Inf.: Mary E. Meyers, 55 Keele St., wife; Burial: Mt. Pleasant, Feb 8 1926; Und.: Fred B. Myers, 2431 Yonge St., Toronto; Cause: accidental fall down stairs, concussion of brain, 1 day; Phys.: N.R. Patterson, 8 Oakwood Rd., TO; Reg'd.: Feb 8 1926, Toronto, York Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #001672-1926, ancestry.ca)⁹
• Burial*: 8 February 1926; Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Feb 8 1926 & location Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto per Death Reg'n.⁵

• Residence*: 8 July 1869; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.²
• Census*: April 1871; Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1871 Census: Meyers, George, 25, b. Ont., Ger., CE, machinist, married; Mary E., 23?, b. Ont., Ger., CE, married; ?Cluad?(f), 1 (1871 Census: Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., dist. 61, sub-dist. a-1, pg. 20, line 4 - ancestry.ca)³
• Census: April 1881; Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1881 Census: Meyers, George, 34, b. Ont., Ger., CE, engineer, married; Mary E., 31, b. Ont., Scot., CE, married; Bertram, 10, b. Ont., Ger., CE, son; John B., 3; George F., 11 months (1881 Census: Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., dist. ?123, sub-dist. ?, pg. 16 of 102, line 14 - ancestry.ca)
  Note: Page is impossible to read - used the text version.⁸
• Census: 8 May 1891; St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1891 Census: Meyers, George, 44, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, Machinist, married; Mary E., 43, b. Ont., p.b. Ont. & England, CE, married; Claret, 21, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, son; John B., 13; Frederick, 10; May 5; Belch, Lillie, 22, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, gen. servant, single; McDowell, Eliza, 60, b. England, p.b. England, lodger, widow (1891 Census: St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., dist. 119, sub-dist. B, pg. 107, line 1 - ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census: 1901; Ward 4, Toronto, Toronto West, Ontario; Age 54 at 1901 Census: Meyers, George, 54, b. Ont. r. Apr 23 1846, Ger., Pres., machinist ?GTR?, married; Mary, 52, b. Ont. r. Feb 5 1849, Scot., Pres., married; Frederick, 20, b. Ont. r. May 27 1880, Ger., Pres., engraver, son, single; May, 14, b. Ont. r. May 8 1886, dau. (1901 Census: Toronto East, Ward 4, dist. 118, sub-dist. b-2, pg. 3, line 45 - ancestry.ca)⁷

Bleeker W. Meyers^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Jacob Walden Meyers b. 31 Mar 1777, d. 29 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Jane Christine McKenzie b. Sep 1781, d. 1858

• Birth*: 1807; Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker. Date 1807 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of psnam on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2024.^2,4
• Marriage*: circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.; Principal=Hannah Webb²
• Death*: 1849; Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of psnam on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2024.⁴

Hannah Webb^1,2,3

• Birth*: circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.²
• Marriage*: circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.; Principal=Bleeker W. Meyers²

• Married Name: circa 1840; Meyers²