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London Township Pioneers
1818 settlers
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Charles HENRY | |
- N 1/2 lot 12 conc.1 |
Daniel HINE | |
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arrived in Canada from Devonshire, England in 1816 with wife |
- | settled on L16 C3 in 1818 (on a Clergy Reserve lot) |
- | Mr. Cronyn bought lot from HINE in 1833 |
- | appointed Pound keeper in January 1819 |
- | was Captain of 4th div Middlesex Militia in 1823 |
Joseph JAYNE | |
- | born June 13, 1764 in Long Island, NY |
- | came to Upper Canada in 1798; to London township in 1818 (L32, C7) |
- | died at age 101 yr |
Duncan MacKENZIE | |
- | bombardier in 5th Bat. Royal Regiment of Artillery |
- | came to province in 1817 from Inverness to Chatham, New Brunswick |
- | moved to LongPoint settlement then settled on L23 C4 London township on Oct.21, 1818 |
- | married Margaret BARCLAY also from Inverness |
- | first child born en route to London township |
- | often thought of as first settler of township but unlikely due to his late in the year arrival |
- | appointed Clerk in Jan. 1819 |
- | appointed Magistrate in 1813 |
- | veteran of Battle of Waterloo |
- | captain of 4th div Middlesex Militia in 1823 |
- | commanded battery at Chippewa in 1837 |
- | raised London Independent volunteer Artillery in 1841 |
- | was road commissioner in 1831 |
- | his son, John, became county judge in Lambton County |
- | another son, D.G.MacKENZIE farmed the homestead at Hyde Park and was clerk of Middlesex County |
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