Jonathan Pope was born in 1789 in Vermont and came to Upper Canada in 1802 where his stepfather, John Sly was engaged as a woodcutter and charcoal burner for the Lansdowne iron works.
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Jonathan Pope
Jabez Rhodes
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Jabez Rhodes was a native of New England where he married Mahitabel Ballou of Providence, Rhode Island in December 1802. Within a few years the family had moved to Upper Canada settling in Leeds County.
Jonathan Sexton
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Jonathan Sexton, born about 1788 in Dorset, Bennington Co., Vermont came to Upper Canada as a child with his parents William Sexton and the former Dorothy Curtis.
Lewis Burwell
Flank Company
1st Regiment Middlesex Militia
Burwell served under Captain Leslie Patterson July, August 1812 received land Claim Certificate Unit, Flank Company 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia, Volume 18. File pages 1655 -1656.
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Flank Company
1st Regiment Middlesex Militia
Cornelius Bertran
1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia
Cornelius Bertran was born c1785, likely in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, to David Bertran. David served in the 2nd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolution. He and his family came to Upper Canada in 1794 when he was given a land grant in Clinton Township as a United Empire Loyalist.
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1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia
Isaac Ferriss
Flank Company
1st Regiment Essex Militia
My 3rd great-grandfather Isaac Ferriss UE served in 3 battles during the War of 1812-14. He served at the Battle of Detroit, the Battle of the Maumee and the Battle of Raisin River — all in the Michigan and Ohio areas.
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Flank Company
1st Regiment Essex Militia
John Sly
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
John Sly (1763-1868) John Sly was b 23 June 1763 in Dutchess County, New York but grew up in Vermont where his family eventually settled. According to his grand-daughter, Mariah Millenbah, John Sly lived at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont and was away from home five years fighting during the Revolutionary War; as a teenager it is unclear what role he fulfilled during this conflict.
Ebenezer Willson
Flank Company
2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Ebenezer Willson was born on or about 3 May 1796 in New Jersey, USA to John and Rachel (Drake) Willson. They moved their family to Canada from the United States along with 17 other families. They settled in the Jersey Settlement (now Jerseyville) in Ancaster Township in 1804.
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Flank Company
2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
David Lefler
Oxford Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Marvel White’s Flank Company
Jabez Eaton
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Natives of Massachusetts Jabez Eaton and his wife Sarah Millard lived in Vermont for a number of years before moving to Upper Canada where they settled in Leeds County.