Dusten
Family Contact: Keppler
Paul Dusten Sr., was a Loyalist who came to Norfolk County about 1785.
He was in the Norfolk Militia in 1802. His first wife was Sarah ? and they
had 4 children: Charlotte, Susanna, Sarah and Paul. His second wife was Violetta
Payne Brown whom he marries about 1805. Paul Dusten Jr. Married Charlotte
Monro, daughter of John Monro as\also a Loyalist from New Jersey. They were
married in 1810 and had 5 children
Emerick
Family Contact: CPeter
Francis Emerick born abt. 1804 in Norfolk, Ontario and married Catherine
Procunier Dec. 29, 1832 in Woodhouse, Ontario. Francis is of English origins,
his father currently unknown and as to when he left England for Canada is
unknown. Per the 1851 Ontario census Francis and Catherine have 8 children
and he is working as a blacksmith and is age 48. They are buried in the Old
Windham Pioneer Cemetery in Norfolk. Of the eight children our line comes
from Peter (fifth child). Peter was born abt. 1844 and married Melissa Jane
Townsend in Norfolk in 1866. At some point Peter and Melissa Jane left Canada
and entered the US, where they traveled to the Pacific NW, Washington State
to be exact. Here they raised five children and are buried in Tacoma, Wa.
Peter died young, age 52 of unknown causes, Melissa lived till age 84 and
never remarried. Their son Herbert is grandfather to my husband Kelly Jesse
Emerick
Finch
Family Contact: Bob Frei
Titus Finch - his story is told on page 297 of "Pioneer Sketches of Long
Point Settlement". While that story has many inaccuracies, it is known that
he settled in New Brunswick before obtaining a land grant of 600 acres at
Turkey Point in 1798. He was known as "Elder Finch" because of his position
as the founding preacher of the Vittoria Baptist church which was founded
at Charlotteville (now Vittoria) around 1804. His progeny are named among
many of the other founding families in the Norfolk County Pioneer Families
listing. In addition, he owned a mill which was destroyed by American raiders
during the war of 1812. He was compensated for half of his loss by the crown
Gilbert
Family Contact: Sherri
Pettit
Isaac Gilbert, wife Mary Rowland and their 10 surviving children settled
in Woodhouse Township in June 1799 arriving first at Port Ryerse
Glover
Family Contact: Deborah Glover
Glover, Jacob (1750-1813) and his wife Deborah Moore lived in Sussex Co., NJ during colonial times. During the American Revolution Jacob served in the Loyalist regiment Volunteers of Ireland and came to Grimsby Twp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada in 1787. He moved to Townsend Twp., by 1799
Loyalist from NJ settling in Long Point, Woodhouse Twp., Norfolk Co., by time of 1805 census.
Jacob Glover and his wife Deborah Moore had 14 children
John Francis Glover married Anna Amy Sovereign
Deborah Glover married David Young
Gertrude “Getty” Glover married Alexander Boughner
John Moore Glover (my line) married Rebecca Beemer
Charles S. Glover married Charlotte Dietchman adopted by Jabez Culver
Jacob Glover married Nancy UNKNOWN
Henry Glover
William Hambly Glover married Mary UNKNOWN
Elizabeth Margaret Glover married Lawrence Daniel
Robert Glover
Jonathan Glover
Mary Glover married John May Bowman
Pierce Moore Glover married Jane Smith
Anthony D. Glover married Alvira Kern
Howell
Family Contact: T Howell
Henry (born 1789, England; died 1869, Port Dover, Ont) and Elizabeth (VAREY;
born cir 1791, England; died 1864, Port Dover, Ont) HOWELL emigrated to Toronto
about 1824 and then to Port Dover. Children: William Henry, Elizabeth, Thomas(?),
Sarah, Charles, Caroline and Charlotte
Lawrence
Family Contact: Howard Ray Lawrence
William Francis Lawrence, born 12 July 1819, Trafalgar Township, Old Peel
County, Ontario, CANADA, died 18 February 1888, Windham, married, dates unknown,
Elizabeth Anne LONGSTREET, born 1825, Caledon Township, Peel County, Ontario,
CANADA, died (date unknown). Both are buried at Bookton Cemetery, Windham.
His father may be William Lawrence, born 1781, died 9 September 1864, buried
at Bookton Cemetery, Windham. The Father of William Lawrence may be George
Laurence, H. district, soldier Butler's Rangers, C.B.N., 1794, who had a wife
and one child, possibly William, P.L.N., 1786, Stamped book at Niagara during
the Centennial Celebration at Niagara, August 14, 1884. George Lawrence b
26 Mar 1757 Co Limerick, Ireland, emigrated with his parents to Vermont when
he was 10. Sylvester Lawrence, s/o WFL and EAL, lived in Teeterville for awhile.
They also lived in Windham Centre and Clinton. His brother, Calvin Lawrence,
was a former mayor of St. Thomas, Ontario; and he was railway commissioner
to Parliament in Ottawa. I am descended through Sylvester Lawrence, whose
son was Ray Palmer Lawrence, San Francisco, California. My descendants are
Thomas Fairchild Lawrence and Anna Marie Lawrence, now living and working
in Silicon Valley, California.
Mabee
Family Contacts: Bob Frei & Delinda
M. Tenney
Migrated from New Brunswick in 1792-93 to Norfolk County. Frederick and
Lavinia (Pelham) Mabee settled at Turkey Point, Charlotteville Township in
late spring/early summer of 1793 with their 9 children: Elizabeth, Lydia,
Nancy, Oliver, Simon, Mary, Sarah, Frederick and Pellum. Old Frederick died
only one year after arriving at Turkey Point, becoming the first white burial
at Charlotteville. His wife and family stayed on and became influential in
the area. Three articles about Frederick and his children appear in "Pioneer
Sketches of the Long Point Settlers" by E. A. Owen. (Pages 37, 316 & 321)
There are a lot of inaccuracies, but the family's story is told in quite an
entertaining manner. Frederick's sons-in-law, Peter Teeple and John Stone
were also among the party which settled in 1793
McCall
John Cardiff
Donald McCall born about 1735 in Scotland. He joined the Royal Highland
Regiment, aka the "Black Watch" and sailed from Ireland to New York in 1756.
He was first in Norfolk County about 1758, but didn't settle there until 1798
upon Lot 16, Concession V of Charlotteville Township. He married Elsie Simpson
and had 9 children. -- Sources in genealogy on this family are available from
The Norfolk Historical Society Archives
McQueen
Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Daniel McQueen (son of Alexander McQueen), born in the American Colonies
on 19 Apr 1764, died at Port Dover, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Canada
West on 22 Jan 18541. He married Phoebe Peer (daughter of Jacob and Ann/Hannah
Peer), born in New Jersey ca 1769. On 6 Sep 1796, Daniel McQueen filed an
Upper Canada Land Petition stating that he came in the Province in 1787 with
a wife and one child
Montross
Lynton (Bill) Stewart
Peter Montross & wife Leah Mabie fled with their children from New York
to New Brunswick in 1783. By 1797 they had moved to the Long Point Settlement
in Norfolk County with their children Silas (m. 1st cousin Sarah Mabee - 8
children), Simon (m. Phoebe - no children), Frances (m. Thomas Price - 12
children), Susannah, Leah, Hannah (m. William Drake - 9 children), Peter (m.
Mary Leach - no children). Other children followed later -- Margaret in 1798
(m. Lawrence Johnson - 13 children), Levi in 1801 (m. Anna Maria Morrison?
- 1 child), Anderson in 1801 (m. Rebecca Newman - 10 children), Amy (aka Phoebe)
in 1807 (m. Andrew McCleish - 12 children)
Pegg
Family Contact: Janice Baker
"Nathan Pegg - The Old High Constable" ("Pioneer Sketches
of Long Point Settlement by A.E. Owen, 1898) See: Pgs. 361, 364 & 365
Nathan, son of John PEGG & Elizabeth AUSTIN, is the grandson of Joseph
PEGG of New Jersey, USA. Joseph PEGG is the brother of Isaac Pegg who arrived
in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada in 1800. John PEGG (Nathan's father)
came with the Solomon AUSTIN party which arrived on the Niagara frontier in
the month of June, 1793. William John (W.J.) PEGG, my third great-granduncle,
had interviewed Nathan PEGG and his sister Esther PEGG. I received a copy
of W.J. PEGG's letters from Joseph PEGG, youngest son of Milton N. PEGG. Here
is his letter: "I was in communication with the family of Joseph Pegg,
originally from New Jersey, and as Joseph's grandson , Nathan Pegg, was still
living at Simcoe, Ontario, in his 87th year, I decided to interview him. Which
I did January lst, 1897. From his sister Esther I learned that our ancestors,
as she heard her father say, came originally from England and settled on the
land on part of which Philadelphia is built on a stream of water that took
the name of Pegg's Run, and empties into the Delaware River. After leaving
Philadelphia, they moved to Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey,
close by the old log jail. The only members of Joseph's family they were in
memory of was Daniel and Isaac. Both Nathan and Esther have been in Northumberland
County (PA) visiting relatives." W. J. also mentioned that he had lost
original letter's written by Isaac to John in a house fire in 1917. See more
information on the Pegg family & a searchable Gedcom with over 5000 names
at "Pegg Family
History"
Ryerse/Ryerson
Family Contact Needed!
Brothers Samuel Ryerse and Joseph Ryerson (why they have different surnames
is still an unsolved mystery) were born in NJ in 1752 and 1761 respectively.
Samuel migrated with his wife Sarah Underhill and 2 children (3 more were
born in Norfolk) to Norfolk County in 1795, and was the founder of Ryerse
Creek and Port Ryerse. Joseph, his wife Sarah Stickney and 5 children (4 more
were born in Norfolk) migrated to Charlotteville Township in 1798. -- Two
genealogies on this family are available from The
Norfolk Historical Society Archives
Secord
Family Contact: Linda Mager
Peter Secord (1726-1818) came into Fort Niagara in the spring of 1777 with
his wife and children: Moved to Norfolk County about 1795. His youngest son
David came first in 1793. The other children that came to Norfolk were: Silas,
David, Margaret (Millard), Elizabeth (McKenzie), and Peter Jr. The remaining
daughters of Peter (Sr) who had married and remained in the Niagara area were
Lucreita, Fanny and Lucy. Daniel Secord, most probably the second son of Peter
Sr. settled in Brant County
Stone
Family Contact Needed!
related to the above Mabee family
Teeple
Family Contact: Jill Teeple
Peter Teeple was of German descent and was born in New Jersey. He fought on
the British side during the American Revolution although several of his brothers
fought for the the colonists. After the war, he continued working for the
British and found himself in New Brunswick where he married Lydia Mabee. In
1792, Peter and Lydia set off with several members of her family (the Mabee
party) to Upper Canada. In 1793, they settled at Turkey Point. Peter Teeple
helped to found the Baptist Church at Vittoria and later became Squire of
Norfolk County
Teeter
Family Contact Dona
Madill
George Teeter was the founder of the town of Teeterville, Windham Township.
He married Matilda Hixon. He was the son of Solomon Teeter and Charity Book.
Tisdale
Kimberley (Tisdale) Lupal
Ephraim Tisdale was born in 1745 in MA. He married Ruth Strange and had 12
children. They migrated to Charlotteville Township in 1798 from New Brunswick
Troyer
Family Contact Needed!
John Troyer
Underhill
Family Contact: Wayne Dailey
Elnathan Underhill was born in 1760/1 in Westchester County, New York, died
in 1845, age 84 at Port Ryerse, Ontario, and married Hannah Brewer about 1783.
Both are buried at the Baptist Cemetery, Vittoria, Charlotteville Township,
Ontario and their gravestones survive. Elnathan went to New Brunswick as a
Loyalist at the end of the Revolutionary War, arriving August 20, 1783. They
had nine children; John, Hannah, Jasper, Samuel, Daniel Elnathan, Philip,
Abraham, Martha, and Elnathan. He removed to Upper Canada (Ontario), probably
in 1822 or 1823, accompanied by all his family except Samuel, who joined them
later. He presumably settled in Woodhouse Township. He also owned Lot 5, Concession
2 in Walsingham Township where several of his sons lived after his death.
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Society
Vanderlip
Family Contact: Tom McNeill, Web
Page
William VANDERLIP was a loyalist who moved to Canada from PA in 1777. Two
of his sons, Frederick and John, served with Butler's Rangers during the Revolution.
The descendants settled in Norfolk, Brant and Wentworth Counties. Most of
the early recorded dates do not have a location but some births and marriages
occur in Norfolk Co. in the early 1800's
Van Norman
Family Contact: Sherri
Pettit
Brothers Joseph and Benjamin settled in Charlotteville Township and founded
the town of Normandale in the early 1820's
Walker
Family Contact: W.R. Walker
Around 1794, William Walker Sr., with his wife Sarah, nine of their children, David and Elizabeth Palmer's family, and the widow Margaret McCool's family came to Grimsby and Clinton Townships, Lincoln County, Ontario. In 1796, the following of William's children were granted their own lots in Townsend Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario (Long Point Settlement) with their families and had cleared over ten acres: Ralph Walker Lot 8 Con 7, Isaac Walker Lot 8 Con 8, William Walker Jr Lot 1 Con 9, and John Walker Lot 2 Con 8. While some descendants stayed in Canada, in the years 1861 through 1890, several of the children of those named above moved their families to Kent, Montcalm, Ionia, and Saginaw, St. Clair,Tuscola Counties, Michigan.
Walker
Family Contact: Carley Charles
Historic Plaques of
Haldimand-Norfolk
PLAQUE #5
Location: Harbour Museum, 8 Harbour St., Pt. Dover
THE FOUNDING OF PORT DOVER
By 1794 Peter Walker, the first settler in this area, had located at the mouth of Patterson's Creek, but a community did not begin to develop here until Dover, situated further upstream, was razed by invading American troops in 1814. Some of the subsequent reconstruction took place nearer to the creek's mouth where a harbour had been in use since the early 1800's and in 1835 Israel Wood Powell, a merchant, registered a village plan for Port Dover. Improvement to the harbour during the next fifteen years made Port Dover a principal Lake Erie port and shipyards, tanneries, and Andrew Thompson's woollen-mill contributed substantially to local economic growth. In 1879 Port Dover, with a population of 1,100 became an incorporated village.
Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Education
The Walker's and Onstine (Onstone) family's arrived sometime in 1793. They traveled together, we know that much. They came looking for pasture land. We also believe that a George Walker, part of Simcoe's Raiders, is related to these Walker's. We believe that this had something to do with their coming to the area to settle. Henry Walker who married Mary Austin is either a brother or the son of Peter Walker. We have been unable to find any kind of birth or marriage records as of yet for the brothers and sisters of Peter Walker. They claim to have been born in PA.
Peter Walker m. Margaret Waters
Henry Walker
Elizabeth Walker m. Fredrick Onstine (Onstone)
Abraham Walker m. Sarah Horton
Daniel Walker
Jacob Walker
George Walker
The first four all lived at Port Dover, Woodhouse area.
Rainham Land Records
Lot No 17, Con 1, Rainham, May 17, 1802, Crown to Abraham Walker 274 acres
Jany 19, 1805, Abraham
Walker and Sarah his wife sell to Frederick
Onstone - no fee (Onstine)
There are alot of land records for the Walker and Onstone family's. Part of the Walker family stayed in Canada and part went back to the states.
Williams
Family Contact: Sue Hines
Johnathan Williams (August 1, 1752 to October 18, 1833) and his wife Mary
Titus (September 4, 1765 to May 15, 1830) left Long Island following the Amercian
Revolution. Mary's family were apparently "rebels" while Johnathan fought
with the Guides and Pioneers, a Loyalist contingent of the British Army. Johnathan
settled at Long Point near the end of the 1700's, Lot 7, Concession 1 of Woodhouse.
Captain Williams was appointed coroner of London District March 14, 1804 and
along with a handful of early settlers laid the foundation of the Church of
England in Norfolk. A portrait of one of their sons, Col. Titus Williams,
hangs in the Simcoe Museum. Titus fought in the War of 1812 and the Rebellion
of 1837. He and his family settled in Walsingham. His son William P. Williams
settled at Marston. His son, George Williams, (1865-1940) was my great grandfather
Winegarden
Family Contact: M.Irene Hopper
When Adam Winegarden died in 1801 in New Jersey he left property in Townsend
and Windham Township to his sons Adam, John and William. William sold the
property in Townsend in the 1840's
Wyckoff
Family Contact: Sherri
Pettit
A Loyalist family that originally settled in the Niagara District, two of
the children, Margaret & Peter, married into the above Gilbert family in the
years 1812 and 1815 respectively and lived out their lives in Woodhouse Township
