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James Nevills
1st Regiment Middlesex Militia

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Major James Nevills, 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia

Born in either 1789 in Stamford Twp., Lincoln County Upper Canada to Major Thomas James Nevills and  Eve Anne DeShired from New Jersey served in 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia as the Adjutant. The adjutant was an officer usually with the rank of Captain.

At the end of the War, he married Elizabeth Mann in 1815 (born 1792 in UC and died at St. Thomas in 1885)

Rose to rank of Major during the 1837-1838  Rebellion / Patriot Wars.

Known Children:

  • Matilda
  • Elizabeth
  • Thomas
  • Charles

Died 7 Jun 1861, St. Thomas, Yarmouth Twp, Elgin County.

Supporting Documents: 
(1) Service Rolls of 1st Regt Middlesex Militia , compiled by Col Thomas Talbot.

(2) Regimental Order issued 7th Jan 1839  from Commanding Officer Col Mahlon Burwell reviewing the performance of officers of 2nd Regt Middlesex Militia  during the 1837 Rebellion / Patriot Wars. Capt. James Nevills’ conduct was commended (as well as several other 2nd Middlesex officers),  while gathering and leading militiamen to attack the ‘banditti’ (rebels) who had formed at Oakland.

Capt. James Nevills was promoted to rank of Major at the end of the 1837-1838 Upper Canada Rebellion / Patriot Wars.
In 1830’s James Nevills, a farmer near Port Stanley held several Yarmouth Twp offices including Town Clerk in 1830 and 1833. In his latter years he was also appointed magistrate.

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Jabez Lynde
3rd Reg York Militia

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Biographical Information for Jabez Lynde 

Jabez Lynde was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1773. In 1796, he married Clarissa Woodruff (1774-1830) in Winchester, Connecticut. In response to a posting by the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada offering free land for new settlers, Jabez came to Upper Canada with his father-in-law Hawkins Woodruff in 1800. Woodruff secured land in Pickering and Jabez purchased Lot 31, Conc 2 in Whitby for two dollars an acre. They built a log cabin on the Woodruff land to satisfy settlement duties and then returned to the United States to reunite with their families. In 1803, both men returned to Upper Canada with their families. The Lyndes lived with the Woodruff family until 1804 when they completed construction of a log home on their land.[1] They were among the first settlers in Whitby Township[2] and raised eight children[3] while farming the land, hunting, and according to folklore, catching salmon with a pitchfork from the creek on their property that today bears their name.

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