Captain Daniel Young, 5th Lincoln Militia Regiment
By William (Bill) Young, UE (January 20 2015)
Captain Daniel Young was my 4th great-grandfather.
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Peter YoungFlank Company1st Regiment Essex Militia
Peter Young Biography by Bill Young UE (3rd great grandson of Peter), October 2014
Peter Young was born 1784 in Waterloo Ferry (Fort Erie) and died on 21 October 1846 in Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. He was the second child of Daniel Young (1749 Canajoharie, New York, 09 May 1835 Barton twp. Ont.) and Elizabeth (Windecker) Young (1763 Schoharie, New York, 08 Mar 1830 Barton twp. Ont.).
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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.
Robert Runchey
Captain Runchey’s Men of Colour
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)
- William
- George
- Cyrus
- Robert Reuben
- Thomas
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Augustus House2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Research compiled by the Heritage Arts Legacy of Fort Erie
Augustus House was born March 1, 1774 in the Mowhawk Valley, New York Province, the son of John House UE and his wife, Christina Anger who was the daughter of UE Loyalist Frederick George Anger. Both John House and Frederick George Anger served in Butler’s Rangers during the American Revolution, settling in Lincoln County after the War.
Peter James Plato3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Research compiled by the Heritage Arts Legacy of Fort Erie
Peter James Plato, UE was born in 1756 in Albany, New York Province, Thirteen Colonies, the son of Christian Plato, UE and his wife, Dorotea May. During the American Revolution Peter James fought with Butler’s Rangers in the Ohio Valley and for this service, received 300 acres of land in the Conc 13 of Bertie Twp.
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Lewis House3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Research compiled by the Heritage Arts Legacy of Fort Erie
Lewis House was born 16 July 1788 in Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, although in research it is also noted that he may have been born in the Mohawk Valley, New York State. He was the son of George House and Maria Polly Mabie. George House served with his brother, Harmonus House in Captain Walter Butler’s Company, Butler’s Rangers.
Jehoiakim Jansen3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
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There is limited information available about Jehoiakim Jansen. It is thought he was born c 1774 in New York Province, Thirteen Colonies, the son of Coenraad Jansen and his wife Mary.
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Michael Hoffman
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
According to a land transaction in 1811, Michael Hoffman (Huffman) states he was born in 1763 in the “State of Virginy”, the son of Nicholas and Abigail Hoffman or Hofman.
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3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Jacob Hoffman
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Jacob Hoffman was the son of Nicholas Hoffman and his wife Abigail. Jacob was born somewhere in the Thirteen Colonies in 1759. When hostilities broke out, he joined Colonel Edward Jessop’s Corps of Rangers, while his brother Nicholas Jr., joined Butler’s Rangers.