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Pioneer - ELLIOTT, William
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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ELLIOTT, William
(d.), was born in Co. Leitrim, Ire., where he farmed 20
acres. He came to Canada in 1845, and set. in W. Gwillimbury. In the summer
of 1851, with his son William, he came to Maryborough, and located on lot 1,
con. 2. In the winter he started to come in, again, but could not on account
of the snow, and was obliged to return, but, on the advice of his son, after
a few days, started back, following the Elora road, and bought a squatter's
right to 100 acres of George Brewester, for which he paid $120. The snow was
very deep that year. They put up a shanty and his son cleared eight or nine
acres. William, Jr., went to Gwillimbury, and worked during a couple of
harvests to secure the price of a yoke of oxen. William Elliott,.Sr.,
belonged to the Church of England. He m. Mary Irwin in Ire., and d. at the
age of 75. Issue: William, Mrs. Wm. Drewery, Rothsay; Mrs. Wm. Wells, Mrs.
William Cowan (d.), Mrs. Thomas Winn, Man.; and Mrs. James Mitchell, Drayton.
William, b. Co. Leitrim, Ire., 1829, was about fifteen years old when he crossed the ocean. In 1851 he came to Maryborough with his father, and later returned to GwilIimbury, returning again to Maryborough in 1852. He did nearly all of the chopping of the farm, and went to Elora for grist. He was the first man to take a load of lumber across the river, west of the centre side road. He had 600 acres when he retired from farming, with not a cent against it, after having started with nothing. He has been a very progressive and successful man. He at one time had a farm in Wallace, which he sold, it being the only place of his that changed hands. He had 100 acres in Arthur, and 300 in West Luther, and later purchased 100 acres, the east half of lot 9, Con. 14, Maryborough and lived on the north half of lot 10, con. 14, for many years. He had a threshing outfit, and threshed for thirty or forty people in the district. He was Trustee of S.S. No. 7 for nine years, and Township Councillor two years. He is a member of the English Church and in politics is a Reformer. He m. Catharine, dau. of Andrew Kirkpatrick. Issue: Mrs. Wm. Armstrong, Proton Tp., and Alexander, West Luther: Robert Irwin, Maryborough; Mrs. Thomas Henderson,: Mrs. William Henderson, W. Luther; Catharine (d. 17); George, a farmer near Chesley and William, on Lot 9, con. 14. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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