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Robert Reuben Runchey was born c. 1756 in Ireland. He married Eleanor de Bonnat and in 1788 they emigrated to Canada. It is thought that their eldest child, Reuben, was born on the Atlantic during that voyage or when they arrived in Quebec. In addition to Reuben, Robert and Eleanor had at least five more children: (not in order of birth)
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Captain Runchey’s Men of Colour
John Hainer’s family were UEL and arrived from the States shortly before he was born in 1796. He was married to Nancy Bowman and they farmed Lot 13 Conc 12 Burford Township.
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2nd Flank Company
1st Regiment Lincoln 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.