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William Powell, born 1785 in Upper Canada, was the son of United Empire Loyalist John Powell and his wife Jane Moore. Jane had been a prisoner taken at Cherry Valley by the Indians in November of 1778. Jane was ransomed by order of Colonel Butler.
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John Miller was born c 1764 in Manorland Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the early 1800s he came to Canada with his wife, Christiana and children. In 1809, John purchased Lots 15, Concs 5 & 6 , Bertie Twp. from George Wintemute, although we find evidence the family was on this property as early as 1802.
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Peter Miller was born in 1793 in Bertie Township, Welland County, Ontario. He was the third child, and second son, of Andrew Miller (1766-1843) and his wife, Elizabeth Everett (1772-1841).
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John Laur, a native of Germany was born in 1761. As a young man he came to America previous to the Revolutionary war and located in the state of Pennsylvania. John Laur married Sarah Zavitz who was born in 1769. They were married in Tannersville, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. In 1784 they came across the Niagara River to Bertie township. (Source: Benjamin Laur)
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William Bowen was a Veteran of the War of 1812, serving as a Private with the 3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia in Captain John Hardy’s Company. He was born in 1774 in Fort Hunter, N.Y., son of Cornelius and Rebecca Bowen. In 1784 he came to Bertie Township, with the wave of Loyalists who came to Upper Canada, with his parents, two brothers John and Henry, and a sister Gertrude (aka Catharine). Three more brothers and a sister were born in Bertie Township: