Son of Gilbert Purdy, Sr. UE, born in 1763
Research by Richard Parry and David Smith
Category Archives: Veteran
War of 1812 Veteran
Gilbert Purdy Jr
Daniel David
1st Regiment Frontenac Militia
Research by Richard Parry and David Smith
Supporting Documents
Joseph Thompson
1st Regiment Frontenac Militia
Joshua Booth
1st Regiment Addington Militia
Joshua Booth 1758-1813
Served in DeLauncey’s Corp in the Revolutionary War.
Settled in CT#2 in 1784.
Joshua Booth died on the 30 Oct 1813 ( conflicting dates of death 27 and 30 in 1813 ) after trying to rescue a private near the Windmill which served as a watch station and housed a 68 pound British carronade.
Booth installed as a Captain of the 1st Addington Militia in 1811.
Booth Family Memorial Stone bares his name and was placed by the family at the Lutheran Union Cemetery, 1506 Ham Road, Loyalist Township.
Buried at his home at 4423 Bath Road ( know as Stone watch ), Loyalist Township, originally the Purdy House.
Dennis Lucas
1st Regiment Lennox Militia
Son of Daniel Lucas who served in the 2nd Battalion of the King’s Rangers in Fredericksburgh by October of 1784.
Dennis served as a private in the 1st Regiment of Lennox Militia.
John Link
1st Regiment Glengarry Militia
Son of John / Johannes Link of Royal Township 2 who served as a Private in the Kings Royal Yorkers.
He served as a private in the Glengarry Militia during the War of 1812.
He was the son in law of Joshua Booth and brother in law of Benjamin Booth.
Peter Asselstine
1st Regiment Addington Militia
James Stalker
1st Regiment of Addington Militia
John Snider
1st Regiment Addington Militia
Enlisted in the King’s Royal Yorkers in July of 1780 following his father Simon. Both arrive in Ernestown in 1784, John as a single man and Simon with the remainder of the family.
He serves as a Private in the 1st Addington Militia during the War of 1812.
Israel Tripp
Prince Edward Dragoons
Israel Tripp’s 5th great grandfather emigrated from England to Boston, approximately 1635, indentured as a carpenter. He became an inhabitant of Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1638 and served in various capacities in the local governments. His signature is on the 1657 purchase of Conanicut and Dutch Island, Rhode Island. He continued to be of service to his community until his death in 1678.