At age 15 years David did his duty in defense of the Province during the late War with the United States of America. He petitioned for land at Charlotteville, October 10, 1820. He was granted 200 acres in Woodhouse Township. He was a private in Captain William McCracken’s detactment of the 2nd Regiment Norfolk Militia from 25 Dec 1813 to 24 January 1814 inclusive.
David Berdan
James Vrooman
Glengarry Light Infantry
James Vrooman was the son of Adam, a Captain in Butler’s Rangers who was granted crown land in Queenston. He was the second youngest of seven children and youngest of five sons. His eldest brother was Solomon Secord Vrooman who was in the Lincoln Militia & who inherited his father’s land. He was born on 22 Apr 1794.
Matthew “Matt” Hancock
Colours of the Crown
Carried the Colours of the Crown, Flag Bearer in the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, perhaps with the 89th Regiment, in the Niagara Region. Born in Ireland in 1784.
Member of the Orange Lodge Brigade.
He has a flat headstone erected in his memory at the Emily Cemetery that has been verified by a local citizen and historian Mike O’Reilly. Each year in commemoration of his service the local legion places a Canadian Flag at his gravesite on Remembrance Day.
William Osburn
4th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Henry Nelles
Robert McNeil Miller
1st Regiment Leeds Militia
Robert McNeil Miller came to Leeds County in Upper Canada along with the McNeil family settling in Lansdowne Township.
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1st Regiment Leeds Militia
Seneca Washburn
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Seneca Washburn was born in Manchester, Bennington Co., Vermont in 1796 to Stephen Washburn and the former Asenath Sexton. The Washburn family along with some members of the Sexton family came to Leeds County, Upper Canada about 1806 settling in Lansdowne Township.
William Webster
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
In 1812 at the age of twenty years William Webster emigrated from County Wexford, Ireland with other members of his family arriving in Upper Canada where they settled in the rear of Lansdowne Township.
Jonathan Austin
2nd Regiment Norfolk Militia
Jonathan, the second son of Solomon Austin, m Miss Hannah Potts, and had seven children. He and his son John built Austin’s mills in the Lynn Valley.
In the war of 1812, true to their principles of loyalty, the father and four sons (Solomon Jr., Jonathan, Phillip and Moses) shouldered their muskets and marched under Brock to fight the hated “Yankees,” once more. They fought at Malcolm’s Mills (Oakland), Fort Malden, Fort Detroit, Fort Erie, Nanticoke Creek, McCrae House and Lundy’s Lane. In the 2nd Regiment Norfolk Militia Jonathan attained the rank of Captain and his commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nichol. The descendants of this family are the most numerous of any of the families of the settlement.
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Officers of the British forces in Canada during the War of 1812-15
John Button1st Regiment York Militia
John Button according to his Upper Canada Land Petition dated 22 May 1798, “having been prevailed upon by his Relations” came to the Province on 6 Feb 1798. It is not known why he did not apply for UEL status but his loyalty to the crown was later proven. He did at this time request 200 acres of farm land in York. This was approved on 17 Nov 1801 having met the criteria “remains in the Province for 12 months or brings his family in”
John Beriah Tree
Oxford Militia
Veterans of the war of 1812 gathered in Woodstock in 1875 to get their pensions and John B Tree was at that time 92 years old and stated that he had served at Dover, Turkey Point and at the repulse at Turkey River near Malden.