Commanding Officer: Major Richard Hatt
Category Archives: Veteran
War of 1812 Veteran
John Bradt
Benjamin Ketcheson1st Regiment Hastings Militia
Benjamin was a son of William Ketcheson, a United Empire Loyalist. Benjamin was born in Adolphustown Township. Benjamin, like his brothers (Elijah & Thomas), followed in his fathers footsteps in making a career in the British Army. He had enlisted as a Sergeant in June of 1812 at the beginning of the war. In 1814 he was an Ensign. After the war in 1825 he was Captain of the Hastings Militia. In 1831 Benjamin was responsible for building the Methodist church in Belleville.
Isaac Osborn
4th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Isaac Osborn was born in the United States in 1784. He emigrated to Canada, married Susannah Houser circa 1810 and resided in the Township of Grimsby in Lincoln County.
John Fonger
1st Flank Company
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
John Fonger came to Canada from New Jersey as a young man and joined the 1st Flank Company 5th Regiment Lincoln Militia. After the war he was given a land grant and settled in the St. George area of the then Dumfries Township. Whether or not he farmed the land is unclear as on the 1851 census he was listed as a labourer.
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1st Flank Company
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Stephen Seaman
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
John Farnam
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Alvin Stodard
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Isaac Stevens
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Involved in the capture of Ogdensburg, New York on the 22 of February 1813. The British Regulars and local militia crossed the St. Lawrence on the ice and defeated the defence force of the 1st United States Rifle Regiment taking 70 American prisoners.
Nathaniel Ketchum
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Arrived in South Crosby, Leeds County with his wife Mary Delong in 1810. He first lived in Bastard Township before moving on to South Crosby.