Asahel Hurd was born in November 14th 1768 in Arlington, Bennington County. Vermont, USA. He was a son of Loyalist Phineas Hurd and Anna Hawley originally from the United States. He was a private/commanding officer and then promoted to captain of the 2nd Regiment Grenville Militia company who served in the Upper Canadian Militia during the War of 1812.
Henry “Harry” Burritt2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
Henry “Harry” Burritt was born in Ontario, Canada on 26 August 1791. He was the son of Stephen Burritt (1759-1844) and Martha Stevens (1771/2-1830) of Vermont, USA and then Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. He was a Loyalist by descent and was commissioned an officer and quickly promoted to Major in 1813 and was promoted to Lieutenant and appointed Lieutenant Colonel post-war of the 2nd Regiment Grenville Militia company who served in the Upper Canadian Militia during the War of 1812.
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Comfort Sage
Oxford Militia
The Sage family was part of an early group of settlers in Oxford. Comfort was born in New York State, June 9, 1797 and when they immigrated to Upper Canada he spent his younger years along the banks of the Grand River in Brant County later moving to Oxford.
John Langstaff
1st Regiment York Militia
John Langstaff, one of 8 siblings, was born 1774 in Piscataway in the British New Jersey colony that would later become part of the United States. He came to this area in 1808. He married Lucy, daughter of Abner Miles of Miles Hill later to become Richmond Hill. Langstaff took over his father-in-law’s land at the site of toll gate number 3 on the Yonge Street Highway, two side roads south of Richmond Hill. The land was located on the northeast corner of the intersection later to become Yonge Street and Langstaff Road.
James Marsh
1st Regiment York Militia
James Marsh was born Mar 11, 1796, one of four children and the only son of Robert Marsh and Sarah Bridgeford, née Smith being the widow of Robert Bridgeford and mother of David Bridgeford, James’ half-brother.
James Miles
1st Regiment York Militia
October 6th 1776, James spelled M-I-G-H-E-L-L-S but pronounced “Miles” was born in Brimfield Massachusetts, to Abner Miles and Mercy Hayes who had married January 4th, 1776. James was named after his Uncle. James moved with his mother, father and at least two sisters of his five sisters to Genesee, New York. James being 14 at this time would have assisted his father in their combined general store, inn, and cobbling business that served the first wave of settlers in that region.
Andrew William Playfair
104th Regiment of Foot
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew William Playfair (1790-1868) of the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot Epic Winter Military March during the War of 1812-1814
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew William Playfair, born in 1790 in Paris, France, son of William the eminent author and inventor, was a distinguished soldier, writer, and Empire-builder.1 His father, William Playfair, invented three fundamental forms of the statistical graph the time-series line graph, the bar chart and the pie chart2 and a prolific author of political economy writing in both English and French.
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Barnett Vanderburgh1st Regiment York Militia
Vanderburgh, Barnett aka Barnabas and Barney was born Dec 1786 at Poughkeepsie New York State, United States to parents Peter H Vanderburgh and Neeltje Dutcher, who all became United Empire Loyalist.
On 18 July 1811 he married Hannah Soules daughter of UEL Daniel Soules and Achsah Elizabeth Hollingshead at Thornhill.
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Stephen Burritt2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
Stephen Burritt was born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 22 November 1759. He was one of 12 children, and the second oldest son, of Daniel Burritt, Sr. (1735-1827) and Sarah Collins (1733-1815) of Connecticut, later Vermont, and finally Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
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Daniel Burritt Jr.2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
Daniel Burritt, Jr. was born in Arlington, Vermont, USA on 22 March 1772. He was one of 12 children, and the second youngest son, of Daniel Burritt, Sr. (1735-1827) and Sarah Collins (1733-1815) of Connecticut, later Vermont, and finally Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. His father and elder brothers were United Empire Loyalist veterans of the American Revolution. Following the war, Daniel Jr. settled in Upper Canada with his parents and most of his siblings.
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