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War of 1812 Veteran
David Lefler
William Bryant
82nd Regiment Prince of Wales Volunteers
The William Bryant Family of Westminster Township Surveyor General Office York, 20th August, 1816
Sir,
I have the honour to acquaint you for the information of His Excellency the Lt. Governor that the Lot #32 in the 1st Concession of Westminster was reported by Sheriff Bostwick in the year 1812 to be settled upon and in some measure improved by one George Norton, and I have not heard of his removal from it.
Wiam Bryant and William Hart, discharged soldiers of the 82nd Regiment are willing to relocate in lieu of the aforesaid lot. The lot #36 in the 2nd concession of Westminster under the usual rules and regulations, which I request you will be pleased to submit to His Excellency.
(Signed) Surveyor General
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82nd Regiment Prince of Wales Volunteers
Patrick McNamee
Glengarry Light Infantry
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Fitzgerald
Darius Williams
2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
John Campbell Garden
Royal Newfoundland Regiment of
Fencible Infantry
John C Garden joined the 5th Company Royal Newfoundland Regiment commanded by Captain John T. Whelan, 16 Dec 1807, his brother James joined the next day both as Junior Officers. Their father was William Henry Garden (1749-1812) UEL.
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment of
Fencible Infantry
Christopher James Bell
Royal Navy
Lt. Christopher James Bell RN (1796-1836) was born in Kippax, Yorkshire, a veteran of the War of 1812, when the Americans planned to invade Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.
Alexander Thom
41st Regiment of Foot
Biography for Alexander Thom
Staff Surgeon
41st regiment of Foot (1775-1845)
Alexander Thom, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 26, 1775, served in the War of 1812 with the 41st Regiment of Foot, of the British regular army. Following the war, he remained in Upper Canada, in the newly-created Perth Military Settlement, to which he made a substantial contribution. To quote one biographer:
“Alexander Thom was a force in assuring the survival and growth of the town (of Perth).”
John Winslow
41st Regiment of Foot
This application is sponsored by the Town of Woodstock, New Brunswick and the Carleton County Historical Society.
John Francis Wentworth Winslow was the son of a prominent Loyalist, Judge Edward Winslow. He was named after John Wentworth, the Governor of Nova Scotia, and his wife, Frances, who was also the mistress of the Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria’s father. As one of ten children of a large, but impoverished, prominent Loyalist family, Winslow sought a career in the British army, joining at the age of 16 on 14 December 1809. Perhaps it was through family influence that he was commissioned as a Lieutenant, first in the Nova Scotia Fencibles, and he later transferred to the 41st Regiment of Foot that was stationed in the Canadas.
Michael Harris
100th
(HRH The Prince Regent’s,
County of Dublin)
Regiment of Foot
Michael Harris was born into a distinguished family in Dublin, Ireland in 1795. Little is currently known of his younger years there.
Michael enlisted with the 100th (H.R.H. Prince Regent’s, County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot (later renumbered as the 99th). Michael was only ten years old when the regiment sailed from Ireland to British North America for garrison duty in the colonies. It is unclear at this time if Michael actually sailed with the regiment in 1805 because of his young age but it was not uncommon for young boys to enlist. (and an actual date of enlistment has not been found)
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100th
(HRH The Prince Regent’s,
County of Dublin)
Regiment of Foot
Joshua Adams
2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
Joshua Adams built the Glen Tay mills that were situated on the Tay River in Glen Tay, Ontario, Canada.
He was born in Rutland, Vermont, USA, 5 May 1780. He came to Canada with his parents and other United Empire Loyalist families in 1798 and settled in Bastard Township, 20 miles north of Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Joshua married Elizabeth Chipman whose family was also of UEL stock, from Vermont. The couple had nine sons and four daughters.