The lives of a number of the Long Point Settlers documented in The Long Point Settlers book were further detailed in the quarterly Long Point Settlers Journal, which Robert Mutrie published for seven years, 1994-2000.

Each Journal issue provided detailed examinations of a pioneer family, the historical events, and the context that shaped pioneer life in a wide variety of historical and genealogical articles.

Although discontinued, The Long Point Settlers Journal of this bound-to-be-a-collector's-item are still available, while supplies last.

Back issues of The Long Point Settlers Journal are available for $9.95 each, including shipping. Order by Volume and Number. Featured articles only are listed below. Each issue also includes quarterly instalments of regular features. For ordering you may use the convenient order form or e-mail robertmutrie@rogers.com.

Available Back Issues

Back issues of The Long Point Settlers Journal cost $9.95 each, including postage. Order by Volume and Number. Featured articles only are listed below. Each issue also includes quarterly instalments of regular features.

Volume 1 Number 1 – Now Available in PDF

Benjamin Doyle, UEL- A Butler's Ranger of the Grand River district, Townsend Twp. in the Long Point Settlement, and then Blenheim Twp. on the Governor's Road.The First Survey of Long Point- The 1793 diary of surveyor William Chewett detailing his exploration along the Lake Erie shoreline. John Franklin: From Rhode Island to Walsingham- A patriot family that ran the Rhode Island ferries then chose Norfolk County, Upper Canada as their home.

Colonel Joseph Ryerson -- A Loyalist soldier of the New Jersey Volunteers who settled afterwards at New Brunswick then near Port Ryerse in Upper Canada, one of the early Justices of the Peace and Colonel of the Norfolk Militia in the War of 1812. Children included Ontario educator Edgerton Ryerson.
The 1794 Surveyor General's Report-- Details the settlers along Long Point Bay and their permissions to be there.
Frederick and Levinah Mabee -- After the Revolution, Frederick took his family in the 1783 Exodus of New York to New Brunswick, and then to Turkey Point on Lake Erie where he died soon after leaving his widow to establish her family.

Volume 1 Number 3 – Now Available in PDF

Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe -- A detailed analysis of his plans for the development of provincial and district capital, and the province's defences.
Richard Kitchen of Townsend -- From Revolutionary New Jersey to central Pennsylvania and then Norfolk County, Ontario with a genealogy of his children and grandchildren. Alexander Aitken's Survey -- Details the settlers and granting of lots along Long Point Bay.

Volume 1 Number 4 – Now Available in PDF

Anthony Manuel -- A former pirate turned settler in New Brunswick and Upper Canada, with genealogy. The Surveyor General's 1796 Report -- Detailing the settlers and granting lots along Long Point Bay. The Old Mill -- Poem of an early Ontario miller.

Volume 2 Number 1
The Townsend Settlement Story -- In four parts, the beginnings of an early Ontario township with the backgrounds of its pioneers and their contributions to the development from an idea to a going settlement.

Volume 2 Number 2
Government By Magistracy -- The first form of local government in this province was by Justices of the Peace, or Magistrates. The successes and failures of the system, and its downfall, are examined. Elizabeth Moore Perley- The process of a researcher in following the trail and biographing a nineteenth century Ontario ancestor.

Volume 2 Number 3 
Albert Berdan, U.E.L. -- Follows a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier through his capture and escape, his settlement in New Brunswick, and then early Upper Canada. He served as a Lieutenant during the War of 1812. 56 Main Street, Port Rowan -- As they renovated an old house, the author and her husband explored the history of the families who lived there, among the foremost mercantile families of early Ontario.

Volume 2 Number 4
Richard William Dease, C.P. -- An Upper Canadian pioneer Court Clerk from a noble Irish background. Nephew of Sir William Johnson, colonial Superintandant of Indian Affairs and son of a man who with his Johnson cousins influenced the course of the Loyalist cause in the Revolution.

Volume 3 Number 1 – Sold Out
The North Carolina Loyalists -- The story of Loyalist families who trekked more than 800 miles to this province 1790-1793, settling at Grimsby and Simcoe, Ontario
The Austin Migration -- A detailed account of one North Carolina family's trek and their explorations for a homestead in Upper Canada. The Davis Family -- John Davis was the emissary of North Carolina families for settlement in this province. He returned with a glowing account and many of his family moved here to develop pioneer mills. Includes genealogy.

Volume 3 Number 2 – Sold Out
Paul Averill: The Founder of Townsend Township -- His background in New England and Vermont and subsequent developments. This article includes the founding of the village of Waterford.

Volume 3 Number 3
Colonel Samuel Ryerse -- One of Ontario's first Magistrates, a founder and authority of local government in central Ontario at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Volume 3 Number 4
John Gustin, Pioneer Miller -- Left an orphan during the Revolution, John Gustin later made his way to Vittoria, Upper Canada and established one of the first milling operations in the district. (This article continues in Volume 4, Number 1 and concludes in Volume 4, Number 2). Political Development: The 1800 to 1810 Period -- After government by Magistracy, the system of local government by courts was established. Personality conflicts developed resulting in opposing factions, the forerunners of later political parties in Ontario

Volume 4 Number 1
Mail Service In Norfolk County's Pioneer Days -- An insightful look at early Ontario postal service and how the pioneers kept in touch with relatives in distant locations written by Postal Historian Tony Shaman. Pioneer Photography -- examines the evolution of picture taking as exhibited at the George Eastman House Museum at Rochester. An aid to dating early photographs. Descendants of John and Abigail Gustin -- continuation of biography of John and Abigail (Smith) Gustin begun in Vol. 3 No 4.
Hugh Alexander -- A thumbnail sketch of Port Dover's earliest merchant.

Volume 4 Number 2
Donald McCall, UE -- The story of a Scottish soldier of the French-Indian War who later participated in the American Revolution and founded a dynasty at Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County.
Descendants of John and Abigail Gustin (concluded)

Volume 4 Number 3
Ensign Nathan Barnum -- A first hand account of a Loyalist recruiter and spy in the American Revolution. Nathan Bunnell Barnum, JP -- A prosperous son of Ensign Barnum who founded a family in the wilderness and rose to Justice of the Peace.
Chronology of the Long Point Settlement -- traces the events and arrivals at Norfolk County from the earliest to 1795 
Peter Prockunier- A thumbnail sketch of a Walsingham Township pioneer of German-Maryland origins.

Volume 4 Number 4
Othniel Smith -- The American Revolution cut a wide swath through Sussex County, New Jersey and caught up the Smith family in its path. Includes ancestry and descendants. 
A Blended Family- An interesting account of the fatherless Benajah Brown family whose widowed mother remarried to Solomon Nichols and then to Paul Dustin. Includes biographies of Captain Benajah Brown and Paul Dustin.
John Foryea "An Old Soldier" -- One of Norfolk's earliest pioneers, Foryea seems to have been a hermit in the woods.

Volume 5 Number 1
The Overbaughs of Walsingham -- A Walsingham Twp. pioneer of German-New York origins who cleared a farm in the Norfolk woods. 
Magdalene (Fryberger) Cline Willson -- Left a widow with four children when her husband died bringing his family to Upper Canada in 1799, Magdalene continued the trek and remarried to Joseph Willson, by whom she had a second family. 
Crown Reserves -- One sixth of all land in Upper Canada was set aside for leases to support the government and clergy. This article explains the leasing process. 
Timothy Murphy, A Settler Who Lost His Land -- The biography of one of Norfolk’s earliest settlers, from the time of his early capture by Indians through the American Revolution to his pioneer days at Walsingham Township.

Volume 5, Number 2
Charlotteville: The First District Capital -- Traces the development of the village that served as the first seat of administration for Norfolk County and its subsequent demise into a ghost town. 
Philip Force, A Case of Sr. and Jr. Merged -- As the Force family made its transition from New Brunswick to Upper Canada around the turn of the nineteenth century, a father and son, both named Philip became confused with each other in the interpretation of their documents. James Matthews, UE -- Son-in-law of Philip Force, James Matthews was a Woodhouse Towmship. pioneer and a founder of its Methodist Church.
Landon of Woodhouse Township -- A biography and genealogy of Zebulon Landon and his family.

Volume 5, Number 3
The Women of Long Point -- An analysis of the role of the courageous women in founding the Settlement and fostering its development.
The Force Genealogy -- Biographies of the children of Philip Forse and their descendancy.
The Matthews Genealogy -- Biographies of the children of James Matthews and their descendancy.
The Precedence of Settlement -- An incisive chronology and story of the first settlers in South Norfolk County, determining the first arrivals.
Holmes of Walsingham and Wainfleet -- A veteran of the American Revolution, Asa Holmes cleared an acre and erected a cabin in 1790 on what became known as Troyer’s Flats in Walsingham Township. This article documents the life Norfolk’s first settler.

Volume 5, Number 4
Israel Wood of Woodhouse -- This pioneer went with his Loyalist parents to New Brunswick following the American Revolution. Finding his land grant poor, Wood pioneered in Woodhouse Twp. (Concludes in Volume 6, Number 2.) 
Jacob Wood of Charlotteville -- Also a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution, Jacob went to New Brunswick then resettled in old Norfolk. He and his sons continued on to develop lands in Bayham Township, Elgin County and Howard Township, Kent County.

Volume 6, Number 1
John Backhouse, JP -- A detailed look at the life and times of one of Norfolk’s earliest Justices of the Peace and the founder of pioneer milling operations. Includes his descendancy for three generations.
Joseph Lemon -- The story of a Revolutionary War soldier as told in his own words in his Upper Canada Land Petitions.

Volume 6, Number 2
Reverend John Bryning -- This world traveller settled at Charlotteville Township and then at Mount Pleasant serving as the district’s second Presbyterian minister. A "saddle-bag preacher", he founded churches throughout the district. Bryning was one of Norfolk’s most beloved pioneers. Includes descendancy.
Israel Wood Genealogy- Continued from Volume 5, Number 4.

Volume 6, Number 3
Samuel Barber -- After establishing his family in Townsend Township in 1800, Samuel Barber returned to New Jersey to settle his affairs. He never returned to his family. Carrying a large sum of money, he was presumed murdered. Samuel left a widow and many children to fend for themselves in the Canadian wilderness. Includes genealogy.
Old Time Farm Sayings -- Many expressions used in our every day speech had their beginnings on the early farms. This is a list of some of them explained. (Continued in Volume 6, Number 4.)

Volume 6, Number 4
Samuel Brown -- The origins of this Walsingham Township pioneer in New England mystified descendants for more than a century. A trio of researchers embarked on the quest and this is the story of their trail of discovery. (Concludes in Vol. 7, No. 1)
Old Time Farm Sayings- Continued from Vol. 6, No. 3

Volume 7, Number 1 – Sold Out
The Samuel Brown Genealogy -- This is a continuation of the Samuel Brown story following his descendants in Norfolk County. Includes three generations. (Continues in Vol. 7, No. 2.) Maiden Rice Stacy -- The biography of a Norfolk pioneer heroin who was abducted from her Virginia home by Indians at the end of the American Revolution and brought to Upper Canada. She and her second husband John Stacy pioneered in Charlotteville Township and were ancestors of many in present Port Rowan, Walsingham Township.

Volume 7, Number 2
Early Crime and Punishment -- Many interesting court cases came before the London District Court from 1800 to 1818 ranging from assault and fraud to simply swearing and gambling. Descendants of Samuel Brown in the Talbot Settlement -- This is a continuation of the Samuel Brown story, following his oldest sons through their pioneering days in the early Talbot Settlement, present Elgin County, Ontario. Includes their children and grandchildren.

Volume 7, Number 3 -- The Secords -- Peter Secord, the first Loyalist settler west of the Niagara River settled in Niagara Township, then followed his pioneering son Silas Secord to Long Point Bay, Charlotteville Township.
Asa Holmes -- The first settler in Norfolk County lived in the lee of Long Point in what would become Walsingham Township.

Volume 7, Number 4
Abraham Smith -- His previously unknown colonial background in New York and his pioneer settlement near Vittoria in Charlotteville Township. "Doctor" John Troyer -- the second settler in Walsingham Township and Norfolk's first medical practitioner. His legends are examined.

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