Commanding Officer: General Sir Isaac Brock
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Jonah Howell
Isaac Howell
1st Flank Company
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Sir Isaac Brock
John Buckberry
1st Flank Company
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Samuel Hatt
John McKenzie Sturgis
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Perrin
John Hainer
2nd Flank Company
1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
John Hainer’s family were UEL and arrived from the States shortly before he was born in 1796. He was married to Nancy Bowman and they farmed Lot 13 Conc 12 Burford Township.
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2nd Flank Company
1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
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
Henry Lester
Oxford Militia
Henry Lester was born in New York State in 1788 and came to the Burford area probably as a young boy with his family after the American Revolution.
Jonathan Stephens
Oxford Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Bela Brewster Brigham
John Westbrook
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
John Westbrook was born in New York State and was captured by the Indians as a child. He was later traded back to the Americans in an exchange of prisoners.
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Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Benjamin File
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: John Westbrook’s Company