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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Ira Bearss
Peter Buchner
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Henry Buchner
Aaron Doan
2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Aaron Doan was born 1756 in Pennsylvania and died 2 August 1844 (88 years). He is buried in the Doan Cemetery (Formally Steele Cemetery) Port Colborne.
Burris Dell3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Early roads in Niagara followed the shores of the river and the banks of the Chippawa Creek, Lyons Creek and the Black Creek, therefore, the first areas settled were along these pioneer roads.
Peter Dell3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Early roads in Niagara followed the shores of the river and the banks of the Chippawa Creek, Lyons Creek and the Black Creek, therefore, the first areas settled were along these pioneer roads.
Henry Dell3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Early roads in Niagara followed the shores of the river and the banks of the Chippawa Creek, Lyons Creek and the Black Creek, therefore, the first areas settled were along these pioneer roads.
John Edsall
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Research compiled by the Heritage Arts Legacy of Fort Erie
John Edsall was born February 13, 1787 in Bertie Twp., the son of James Edsall and his wife, Julia. He was of Scottish descent.
John married Catherine Plato (b. 1792 in Bertie Twp.), daughter of Peter James Plato and Gertrude Catherina Bowen c. 1813. They had seven children: Peter (born 1814), William, John Alexander, Charlotte Emeline, Jane, Lyman and Milan.
Jacob Everett
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Research compiled by the Heritage Arts Legacy of Fort Erie
Jacob Everett was born in 1782, the son of Martin Everett and his wife, Elizabeth, who arrived at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) in 1781. Martin and Elizabeth settled in Willoughby Twp, Lincoln County and this is likely where Jacob was born.
William Henry Cascadden
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia
Family Link: Alexander Cascadden