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Henry Warren
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

Henry Warren was born 1772 in Trois-Riveres, Mauricie, Lower Canada to John Warren of the Kings Own 8th Regiment and his wife Susan.

The family moved to Bertie Twp., Lincoln (later Welland).

Henry married Catherine Aygler on 23 Aug 1792 at St. Paul’s Anglican in what is now, Fort Erie.

She was born in 1774 and died 17 Jun 1828 in Bertie Twp.  She is buried in St. Paul’s churchyard.

They had twelve children:

  • Mary
  • John
  • William
  • Horatio Nelson
  • Edward Edmund
  • Henry Jr.
  • Catherine
  • Robert
  • Eliza
  • Thomas
  • Archange
  • Alexander

In 1802 Henry and his brother, John Warren, Jr. were granted the right to operate the ferry at Fort Erie on 9 Nov 1802.

War of 1812-14 Henry served in the 3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia in the rank of Major.

After the death of his wife, Catherine in 1828, Henry moved to Elgin County where his daughter, Catherine, lived.

He died 29 Mar 1858.

Archives of Canada pay records 25th Sept 1812-24th Oct 1812 document provided.

William Parker
1st Flank Company
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

William Parker was born in St John, New Brunswick in January 1790, the son of UE Loyalist Sgt. John Parker of the New York Volunteers and his wife Nancy Watson.  John and Nancy were born and married in County Cork, Ireland, emigrating to Nova Scotia, but then moving to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1776.  Following the American Revolution, they returned to Nova Scotia before making their way to Wainfleet Twp., Lincoln County, Upper Canada.

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Ira Bearss
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

A Quaker in the militia?  Pacificism is one of the basic tenets of the Quakers.  Moreover, during the War of 1812 Quakers, Mennonites and Tunkers could be exempt from the usually compulsory military duty thanks to Sir John Graves Simcoe and the Militia Act of 1808.  Yet Ira Bearss, 1789-1874, a Quaker, served with the 3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia during the War of 1812.   Ira’s brother Daniel Bearss, 1788-1850, served in the same regiment as did a third brother,  Josiah Bearss, 1791-1879.  Josiah’s grave in Zion Cemetery, Ridgeway, Ontario, has already been commemorated with a War of 1812 veterans marker.

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