Son of Noah Halladay and Mehitable Cross who arrived in South Crosby Township, Leeds County in 1802.
Henry Halladay
James Halladay
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
George Delong
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Arrived in South Crosby with his wife Triphenia Ketchum in 1806. Originally settled in Augusta Township, Leeds County and then moved to South Crosby.
Harry Chipman
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
James Byington
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Peter Bresee
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
Levi Nickerson
1st Regiment Northumberland Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain John Spencer
Elijah Ketcheson
1st Regiment Hastings Militia
Some of his military history was recorded in the Ketcheson Family Book. The remaining is from Libraries Canada Archives.
Elijah followed in the foot steps of his older brothers (Benjamin and Thomas) and father (William) in that he chose a life in the military.
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1st Regiment Hastings Militia
Thomas Ketcheson
1st Regiment Hastings Militia
Thomas was b 8 of March 1791 in Hay Bay, Upper Canada. His father (William) having done service under Colonel Carlton of the British in the Revolutionary War, instilled in the minds of his children principles of duty, patriotism, valor and virtue. He had two brothers that also enlisted, Elijah and Benjamin.
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1st Regiment Hastings Militia
John Pearce
1st Regiment Middlesex Militia
John Pearce was born in 1777 in Rhode Island. He moved to Erie Pennsylvania sometime before 1800 and married Frances Patterson. In 1808, he and his brother-in-law Leslie Patterson made an trip to Upper Canada when they learned that tracts of land were opening for settlement. They found the Talbot Settlement on the shore of Lake Erie to be to their liking and Thomas Talbot gave them lots. They brought their families the next year. A worker for Colonel Talbot had already begun to grow crops on Pearce’s land prior to their arrival.