Commanding Officer: Captain Bela Brewster Brigham
Category Archives: Veteran
War of 1812 Veteran
Jonathan Stephens
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
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
Oro County’s Black Militia
Cpt Runchey’s Men of Colour
The Oro Black Settlement is an historic ‘social experiment’ whereby Black militiamen who fought in the War of 1812, were granted farm land in Oro along one road, creating a “black farming community” — as of 1819 this must have been a world first.
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Cpt Runchey’s Men of Colour
Benjamin File
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: John Westbrook’s Company
John Beacham
100th (H.R.H. The Prince Regent’s, County of Dublin)
Regiment of Foot
James Powers
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain John Westbrook’s Company
Peter Buck
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Daniel A Freeland
1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
Daniel A Freeland was born in New Brunswick in 1796, son of a Loyalist, Hartman Freeland who served in the New Jersey Vols.
Died in Burford twp., 23 July 1882, buried in Fairfield Plains cemetery.
James Cotter
1st Regiment Prince Edward Militia
James Cotter, veteran of the War of 1812, was the son of a United Empire Loyalist, James Cotter Senior. His father, in his Loyalist Claim (Ancestry.ca) stated that he was “a Native of Ireland”, that he “came to America 36 years ago”, that he “lived in Johnstown”, that he “came with Sir John [Johnson] to Canada at first”, and that he “served all the War”. His name appears in several sources including his Upper Canada Land Petition and the book, The History and Master Roll of The King’s Royal Regiment of New York, [KRRNY] Revised Edition (2006) by Brigadier General Ernest A. Cruikshank and Gavin K. Watt. This source identifies his wife as Lucretia. (This source also indicates a wife Magdalena (1785) but evidence to support this has not been found.) As well as James Cotter Junior, James Cotter Senior had an older son, Richard, who also served with the KRRNY, as a sergeant. Richard married Experience Rose, daughter of Loyalist Matthias Rose. He died in 1791 with one son, David Cotter. James Cotter Senior also had a daughter, Eleanor, who married Loyalist John Dusenbury. The couple had several children.
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1st Regiment Prince Edward Militia