Archelaus Kenny Farnam, born in 1779 in Dublin, New Hampshire, came to Upper Canada about 1797 with his parents and siblings eventually settling in Bastard Township, Leeds County.
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Nathan Hicock
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
A native of Connecticut, Nathan Hicock followed his cousin Truman Hicock to Leeds County, Upper Canada in 1800. Nathan Hicock was clerk of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne from 1803 to 1807. In 1806 he married the former Elizabeth Sexton with whom he had a family of eight children.
Levi Hotchkiss2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Born in Vermont in 1792, Levi Hotchkiss Jr. came to Upper Canada as a young boy with his parents who settled in Leeds County near the present day village of Seeleys Bay.
Jonathan Pope
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Jonathan Pope was born in 1789 in Vermont and came to Upper Canada in 1802 where his stepfather, John Sly was engaged as a woodcutter and charcoal burner for the Lansdowne iron works.
Jabez Rhodes
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Jabez Rhodes was a native of New England where he married Mahitabel Ballou of Providence, Rhode Island in December 1802. Within a few years the family had moved to Upper Canada settling in Leeds County.
Jonathan Sexton
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Jonathan Sexton, born about 1788 in Dorset, Bennington Co., Vermont came to Upper Canada as a child with his parents William Sexton and the former Dorothy Curtis.
Jehiel Sliter
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Born in Vermont in 1795, Jehiel (Hiel) Sliter came with his family to Upper Canada where his father Nicholas Sliter was the collier at the Lansdowne Iron Works. In a personal memoir Hiel Sliter recounted his experiences during the War of 1812.
Levi Soper
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Born in 1771 in Dutchess County, NY, Levi Soper moved to Vermont where he married in 1793 to Lois Flint of Tolland, Connecticut. The couple followed Lois’ brother, Billa to Upper Canada settling in Kitley Township where the Sopers established an inn.
John Sly
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
John Sly (1763-1868) John Sly was b 23 June 1763 in Dutchess County, New York but grew up in Vermont where his family eventually settled. According to his grand-daughter, Mariah Millenbah, John Sly lived at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont and was away from home five years fighting during the Revolutionary War; as a teenager it is unclear what role he fulfilled during this conflict.
Joshua Adams
2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
Joshua Adams built the Glen Tay mills that were situated on the Tay River in Glen Tay, Ontario, Canada.
He was born in Rutland, Vermont, USA, 5 May 1780. He came to Canada with his parents and other United Empire Loyalist families in 1798 and settled in Bastard Township, 20 miles north of Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Joshua married Elizabeth Chipman whose family was also of UEL stock, from Vermont. The couple had nine sons and four daughters.