From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

PETER CROUTER

Father witnessed 1758 capture of Fort Frontenac. 

Peter Crouter's father fought for the British and witnessed the capture of Fort Frontenac by Colonel Bradstreet in 1758. Peter was born in Dutchess County, New York, in 1755. He fought in the American Revolution under Colonel Ruttan. He came alone to Canada in 1796, after Governor Simcoe issued his famous proclamation. The rest of the family remained in the United States.

Peter was granted a parcel of land in Haldimand, and also bought land in Ameliasburgh, just west of Rednersville. Here Peter married Catherine Stephens and settled down to raise his family. Communication in those days was difficult, for the only road was a deer path running along the shore of the Bay. But Peter kept in touch with his neighbours on the south shore of the Bay. Working hard through periods of privation, he soon prospered. He passed away in 1839 at the age of eighty-three; Catherine died in 1842, aged eighty-four. Peter's grandson, Frank E. Crouter, married Lillie Doeg, and became a well-known citizen of Trenton.