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Labar, Abraham (c. 1775-) and his first wife Judith Marr lived in West Flamborough Township, Wentworth County.  Abraham and his second wife Catharine then settled in Norwich Township, Oxford County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Essex Counties. Descendant surnames included: Misener, McClintock. 

Lacey, George (c. 1770-1840) married in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on 10 Dec 1797, Elizabeth Lee. George and Elizabeth Lacey came to Upper Canada by 1801 and purchased 100 acres of land in Lot 137 Thorold Township, Welland County. This was located on the west side of Holloway Road and south side of Barron Road east of the village of Allanburg. They sold this farm on 20 Apr 1812 and purchased 100 acres in Lot 138 adjoining the west side of Lot 137.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, Michigan and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Darling, Hagar, DeCew, Stoddart, Shawn, Hyatt, Joselyn, Powell, Young, Felker, McConnell, Flanigan, Francis, Sproule, Robins, Hicker, Minor, Joyner, Romie, Callendar, Harris and many more.

Lade, John (1801-1874). This genealogy begins with the English ancestors John Lade (c. 1735-1816) and his wife Rachel Broadly who lived in the area Eythorne near Canterbury, Kent County, England then continues with their son John Lade (1767-1844) and his wife Elizabeth Bayley who also lived in Chartham, Kent County. Their son John Lade (1801-1874) and his wife Jane Fenner lived in Chartham and in nearby Ashford, Kent County then in 1841 voyaged from London, England to New York City on the ship Quebec then came to Ontario, and lived for a time in Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township, then Vittoria, Charlotteville Township and Townsend Township, Norfolk County. They settled finally in South Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants of John and Jane (Fenner) Lade in Norfolk, Wentworth and Oxford Counties and in New York, Illinois and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Wittet; McKim; Fenner; Conat; Staley; Curtis; Wilson; Fea; Fraser; Fleming; Talbot; Graydon; Thornewell. 

Laforge, Peter (1805-) lived in Goderich, Huron County then settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Walsingham Centre. Includes four generations in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Surnames included: Kirkwood, Sheltrown. 

Lafortune, Frederick (1820-1913), with his brothers Louis Lafortune (1822-1909), Esprit Lafortune (1823-1908), Calliste Lafortune (1825-1919) and their sister Emilie (Lafortune) Sauve (1830-) came from St. Roch De L'Achigan, Quebec to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County during the 1850’s. Includes ancestry, children and grandchildren of the brothers and their sister in Norfolk, Essex and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Beaugrand, Quance, McLachlan, Snook, Ryckman, Gamble. 

Laing, Abraham (1772-1827), Quaker came to Upper Canada from Monmouth County, Pennsylvania by 1795 when he was granted 200 acres of land in the north halves of Lots 2 and 3 Concession 1, Humberstone Township.  This was located on the south side of Garrison Road (present Highway 3) running south along the east and west sides of Holloway Bay Road across Sherkston Road to Michener Road in the south. The village of Sherkston is located about 2 kilometers to the west.

On 7 Jan 1802, Abraham Laing purchased 50 acres in part of the north part of Lot 4 Humberstone Township on the west side of his homestead along the east side of Prospect Beach Road. He married in Pelham Township, Welland County on 20 Jul 1803, Elizabeth Willson (c. 1785-1865).

The genealogy includes parents in New Jersey and three generations in Welland County, Ontario, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Schooley. Roberts, Buss

Lake, John (1779-1873), born in Buckinghamshire, England joined the British Army and served under Wellington during the War of 1812. He came with the regiment to Upper Canada in 1814. He lived for a time in York (Toronto). John married Catherine Dunn and settled in Trafalgar Township, Halton County then soon after 1833 he and his second wife Jane Crumb settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County. They finally settled in Houghton Township near Houghton Centre. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Michigan. Descendant surname included: Cornell. 

Lambert, Cornelius (1757-1818) was born in the American colonies on 26 Dec 1757. Cornelius was a single young man aged about nineteen years old when he arrived at Fort Niagara during the American Revolution. He enlisted in the Loyalist regiment of Butler’s Rangers at Fort Niagara, located at the confluence of the Niagara River north of present Youngstown, New York and served as a private then was promoted to the rank of corporal.

Following the end of the American Revolution, Cornelius Lambert married Elizabeth Matthews (1767-1845) and settled on 300 acres of land in Lots 144, 145 and 146, Niagara Township, Lincoln County and built his home on Lot 144. Today this is located on the north side of Queenston Road between Concessions 6 and 7 Roads west of the village of St Davids.

Includes biography and four generations in Ontario and New York. Descendant surnames mentioned: Overholt, Conover, Harvey, Mason, Markle, Storrs, FitzSimmons, Boles, Hudson, Upper, Durham, Ferry, Coleman, Gibson, Brown, Threapleton, Durham, Craig, Keith, Colborne, Watson, Brown, Stone, Steedman, Haynes, Heaslip, TenBroeck, Elliott, Stahlman. 

Lambert, Isaac (  -1825/7) lived in the American colonies, possibly New Jersey and brought his family to Upper Canada (Ontario) about 1795. His six sons pioneered in Pelham Township, Welland and the adjoining Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County: Robert Lambert (c. 1781-1859), Aaron Lambert (c. 1795-1969), Thomas Lambert (1790-1864), Philip Lambert (c.1791-  ), William Lambert (c. 1792-  ) and John Lambert (c. 1799-1878). Includes biographies and five generations in Ontario and Michigan. Descendant surnames mentioned: Lane, Crow, Servos, Horton, Chambers, Shoalts, Jamieson, Topp, Crosby, Spurbeck, Heaslip, Hill, Platten, Misener, McPherson, Ball, McAlpine, Nunn, Alair, McQueen, Fortner, Shriner, Durk, Garner, Overholt, Travis, Lyman, Barnum, Bates, Morrish, Hitchings, Melchers, Foster, Jackson, McCabe, Rushton, Davis, Willson, Martindale, Broughton, Hannigan, Smith, Gracey, Hoffman, Carnes, Cooper, Mino, McIntee and many more. 

Lampkin, John (1817-1895) came from England to Upper Canada in 1835 and married Amanda Myers of Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. They settled in Langford, Brantford Township, Brant County. Some of their children settled in Woodhouse and Walsingham Townships. Includes children and grandchildren in Brant and Norfolk Counties. Descendant surname included: Vanderlip. Roswell Lampkin (c.1790-), unrelated, and his wife Fanny lived in Rochester, New York then by 1828 came to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Roberts, Challand. 

Lampman, Frederick (c. 1719-1789) was born in West Camp, Ulster County New York located on the Hudson River on Route 9W (Albany Post Road) at the junction of West Camp Road south of the town of Catskill. Following their marriage Fredrick and his wife Katrina nee Schram (1728-1797) settled in Loonenburg, Greene County, New York. This is the present village of Athens on the Hudson River on Route 385 at the junction of Schoharie Turnpike and east of Route 9W north of the town of Catskill. During the Seven Years War (1756-1763), Frederick Lampman served as a Sergeant in Captain Jacob Halenbeck’s Company of the New York Militia in 1767.

During the American Revolution (1776-1783), Frederick Lampman Sr.’s sons Peter, William and Frederick Lampman were loyal supporters of the British cause. On 1 Nov 1777, Peter Lampman of Albany County signed an oath of allegiance to King George III and a pledge to bear arms and defend the Crown and Government. This was signed by C. Matthews, Mayor of the City of New York. William Lampman was captured and confined in Albany Gaol then hung by the Rebels as a British spy.Towards the end of the war in 1783 Peter and Frederick Lampman Jr. arrived at the British stronghold in Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. They were joined by their parents Frederick Sr. and his wife Katrina (Schram) Lampman and siblings Matthias, Abraham, Elizabeth and Magdalena.

Frederick Lampman Sr. received a grant of 200 acres of land in Lots 100 and 85 Stamford Township, Welland County. His son Frederick was granted Lots 68 and 65 and son Matthias was granted Lot 82. Oldest son Peter had Lots 182 and 183 in neighbouring Niagara Township. The parental grant is located in the area of 4491 Garner Road south of Thorold Stone Road and the couple was buried in the Lampman Family Burial Plot on their farm. The land passed to their son Frederick.

Volume 1: The genealogy includes Lampman ancestors in Germany and colonial New York and six generations of descendants of his sons Peter (1749-1834), Frederick Jr. (1753-1838) and Matthias (1761-1830). The family of the youngest son Abraham Lampman is available in a separate genealogy. The descendants lived throughout southwestern Ontario, in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Stewart, Bury, Phenix, Watson, Bell, Heath, Wiley, Bently, Cumming, Goff, Chatterson, Ellerbeck, Roe, Murray, Campbell, Dillin, Stratton. Robson, Bennett, Thompson, McDougall, Glendenning, Dunsmore, Pohly, Kendrick, Embree, Clark, Balfour, Hayes, McKerracher, Myers, Gallagher, Manning, McCain, Stewart, Simpson, Jack, Cummings, Shaw, Thatcher, Welch, Church, Marshall, James, McDougall, Powell, Smith, White, Nash, Willson, Frizelle, McNeely, Wark, Hawden, Voorhis, Jenkins, Ross, Boyd, Stacey, Mercer, Abbey, Daynard, Caufield, McInnes, Ellis, Newhouse, Wilkerson, Gould, Sandham, Stevens, Clay, Service, Canfield, Whetstone, Pratt, Fallowfield, Vandecar, Blackburn, Fleming, Haight, Bryant, Munroe, Lazenby, Kippin, McMullen, McCombs, Holden, Patterson, Morris, Jones, Pottruff, Marshall, Barker, Precious. 

Lampman Volume 2: The separate genealogy includes Lampman ancestors in Germany and colonial New York and five generations of descendants of Frederick’s youngest son Abraham Lampman. He was given a Crown Grant of 100 acres of land in Lot 88 (later renumbered Lot 103), Stamford Township. This is now in the western part of the city of Niagara Falls along the north side of Beaverdams Road between Montrose and Kalar Roads. In addition he purchased from Frederick Lampman 100 acres of land in Lot 65, Stamford Township to the north of his Crown Grant.

Descendant surnames include: Crow, Roadhouse, McKay, Cornell, Currey, McPherson, Miller, Campbell, Lochheed, Bond, Heaslip, Rauch, Pattison, Bartlett, Cody, Piper, Hansler, Misener, Lockwood, Hamm, Thomas, Bray, Thomas, Young, Jacobson, Meston, Lougheed, Stevenson, White, Young, Lambert, Dew, Brown, Gee, Plumsteel, Michener, Beamer, Tice, Perlet, Carter, Jennings, Moore, Konkle, Hesler, Elley, Anderson, Chadwick, Jackson, Keenan, Lane, Bates, Fritshaw, Moore, Orth, Laraway, Bessey, O’Neil, Seavor, Nelson, McBay, Milburn, Tweedle, Duncan, Swayze, Allen, Hendershot, Tieborg, Thompson, Braund, Bolen, Walker, McConnell, Teeter, McIvor, Pirie, Sutherland, Reddy, Wardell, Kersten, Shedrake, Berry, Moyer, Hutchison, Coon Modley, Nettbohm, McCauley, Miller, Boles, Howard, Sims, Carr, Smythe, Mize, Waldron, Griffin, Putnam, Singleton, Frank, Hill, Haskell, Short, McConnell, Stevens, Pereira, Fawell, Lesx, Oliver, Dorsey, Caster, Waldron, Bennett, Draves, Teichert, Greenwood. 

Landon, Zebulon (1777-1839) came from New Jersey to Upper Canada in 1793 and married Lucinda D. Monro. The couple settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County by 1796. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. William H. Landon (1806-1886), relationship unknown, came from Batavia, New York to Burford Township, Oxford County and married Belinda Burtch by 1835. She died in 1837 and William remarried to Emery Steinhoff. Includes children. 

Lane, Jonathan (1735-1807), son of Jonathan and Rebecca Lane was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York and married in Southern Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, Hannah Horton (1737-1797. During colonial times Jonathan and Hannah Lane lived in the Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York. This is located on the west side of the Hudson River south of the city of Poughkeepsie. Route 9W runs through the township.Jonathan and Hannah Lane brought their family to Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1786 and settled on 200 acres of land in Lot 12 Concession 6, Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County. This is located on Twenty Mile Road about two miles east of the village of St. Anns. Sixteen Road runs along the south side of the property. Twenty Mile Creek runs through the property. Lane’s Cemetery is located on the farm.

Oldest son Jonathan Lane (c. 1758-  ) and his wife Abigail Dennis (c. 1775-  ), second son Joseph Lane (1760-1820) and his wife Rebecca Elizabeth Comfort (1765-1825), and youngest son Alexander Lane (1779-1866) with his wife Maria Magdalena Moote (1779-1868) all settled on Twenty Mile Creek in Gainsborough Township.

Includes ancestors in colonial New York. Also includes six generations of descendants settled in Lincoln, Welland, Halton and Essex Counties and elsewhere in Ontario. Many lived in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States.

Descendant surnames included: Stephens, Mason, Agla, Peterson, Hillman, Loop, Manchester, Prosser, Rose, Wallace, Harris, Hopkins, Pinch, Ulch, Fox, Warner, Kaadt, Baltzer, Parker, Helman, Schmidt, Knight, Mulhall, Sinasac, Wright, Alexander, Welsh, Simonds, Sennett, Bottom, Billings, Buboltz, Jeanbart, Squire, Gascoyne, Truax, Ross, Cowan, Simpson, Bogardus, Shaw, Robinson, Imeson, Hill, Brady, Keys, Anthonicz, Tustin, McDougal, Brainerd, Draheim, Gobeille, Baker, Kent, Morehouse, Neal, Nelson, Kask, Rupert, Powers, Butler, Wagner, Murawskly, Bizoe, Pennington, Kuzee, Wolf, Peltier, Vincze, Dunphy, Collard, Anger, Tibbits, Traver, Morrison, Vaughan, Naergarth, Snyder, Orth, Comfort, Hitchcock, Kinney, McCauley, Rosette, Bowman, Servos, Thomas, Strong, Moote, Willson/Wilson, Wickbone, Van Meer, Sheldon, Young, Watson, Murray, Benton, Lambert, Elder, Kennedy, McSherry, Giles, Saylor, Graham, Caughell, Roscoe, King, Rinker, Lymburner, Nevills, Miller, Hartnett, Brown, Rittenhouse, Zumstein, Wilcox, Gardinerm Changnon, Davidson, Holloway, Martin, Garrold, Stirtzinger, Cooke, Walden, Crow, Shekelton, Woodside, Mathews, Hawkins, Cook, Lampman, MacPherson, Anger, Morris, Searle, House, Kincel, Pasel, Dawdy, Stinson, Meadows, Huck, Ledger, McGuire, Mayhew, Chatham, Hall, Trammell, Grant, Christie, Calford, Longstreet, Confer, Bennet, Maloney, Nablo, Adams, Calhoun, Rickerdson, Barwell, Hoover, Mann, Humphrey, Pettigrew, Galdzinsky/Galt, Pridham, Crayford, Cooper, Gobbett, Schrum, Helms, Travis, Walden, Gauthier, Robare, Billyard, Niel, Roberts, Blake, Beamer, Golden, Kier, Senske. 

Langs, Jacob (1759-) and his wife Elizabeth Fowler lived in Sunbury Township, then Derry Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. They brought their family to Upper Canada by 1805 and settled in Langford, Brantford Township, Brant County. Their son Jacob Langs (1789-1871) and his wife Phoebe Sovereen lived in Windham Township, Norfolk County near the town of Delhi. Includes four generations of descendants in Brant and Norfolk Counties. Descendant surnames included: Moody, Woods, McKay. 

Lanning, Richard (1782-1873) came from Sussex County, New Jersey to Upper Canada about 1804 and taught school in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. He married Eva Johnson, daughter of Norfolk pioneer Larrance Johnson. In 1829 the couple settled in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County near the village of Dexter. Includes ancestry and three generations of descendants in Elgin County. Descendant surnames included: Armstrong, Liddle. 

Lapp, Abraham (1764-1844) was born to Johannes and Catherine (Kellar) Lapp in New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather Johannes Lapp came from Lechenich, a district in the state of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district, state of North Rhine-Westphalia 20 kilometres west of Cologne in 1733 and settled in New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Following their marriage, Abraham and his wife Elizabeth (Hively) lived in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County in northern Virginia west of Washington, DC. In the 1810 Census of Harrisburg, Abraham Lapp was listed with a household of 3 males under 10, 1 male 10 thru 15, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female under 10, 2 females 10 thru 15, 2 females 16 thru 25 and 1 female 45 and over.

They brought their family to Upper Canada and on 9 Jun 1823 purchased 100 acres in Lot 8 Concession 3 from the Niagara River, Willoughby Township, Welland County. This is located on the south side of Bossert Road and the west side of Sodom Road south of Niagara Falls. On 30 Dec 1820, Abraham Lapp purchased 236 acres in Lot 11 Concessions 1 & 2 with Broken Front on the Niagara River, Willoughby Township running along the north side of Detenbeck Road from the Niagara River west to Sodom Road.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Whisler, Sayler, Lugenbeel, Macdonald, Shick, McDonald, Kimball, Brubaker, Martin, Shelly, Harry, Lilley, Bemer, Smull, Fortner,LaBorde, Allington, Neuschwanger, Colebank, Sterling, Fisher, Wolf, Pirson, Weaver, Taylor, Matthews, Thwaites and many more.

Larrowa/Larroway, Jonas (1730-1801) was born to Pieter and Marytie (Van Alstyne) Laraway in Shoharie, Schoharie County, New York on 9 Sep 1730. During colonial times, Jonas and Elisabetha Larroway lived in Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York west of Albany and in neighboring Catskill Greene County south of Albany.

Jonas Laraway was loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution with his three older sons joined the British lines at Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario north of the present Youngstown, New York. Jonas Laraway was listed as a private in Major John Butler’s Company of Butler’s Rangers. 

Following the peace in 1783, Jonas Laraway brought his wife and seven younger children to Upper Canada and settled on 100 acres of land in Lot 2 Concession 3, Louth Township. 3 This was located along west side of the present day Third Street Louth between Third Avenue Louth and Fourth Avenue Louth. 

The genealogy includes ancestry in France, Quebec and New York and six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Truax, Acre, Dennis, Vollick, McClaskey, Wilcox, Chambers, Robertson, Bush, Robins, Daboll, Becken, Young, Wiedeman, Dickson, Gill, Matlock, Mason, Berlinhoff and many more.

Laur, John (1761-1844) came to Upper Canada and married Sarah Learn (1769-1859). In 1802, John Laur was given a Crown Grant of 200 acres of land in Lots 2 & 3 Concession 12 from the Niagara River in Bertie Township, Welland County. John Laur sold his Crown Grant and purchased 150 acres in the west end of Lots 9 and 10 Concession 6 and Lot 4 Concession 7 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township and 150 acres in the east end of Lots 9, 10, 11 Concession 7. 3 This was located on the east and west sides of Laur Road named for this family and north side of Bowen Road east of the hamlet of Ridgemount. The Queen Elizabeth Way angles through the northeast part of the property.

Peter Laur (c. 1774-  ) came to Upper Canada about 1788 and lived in Bertie Township, Welland County where he worked on Henry Putman’s farm. Henry’s wife was Hanna Anguish sister to Elizabeth Anguish who subsequently married Peter Lawr. Peter and Elizabeth Lawr settled later in Pickering Township, Ontario County east of Toronto.

The genealogy includes seven generations coast to coast in Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Fuller, Kipp, Mabee, Moore, Smith, Shackleton, Steedman, Riselay, Curtis, Riley, Inglesby, Havens, Noels, Thompson, Bearss, Cook, Udell, Wideman, Cline, Hardy, Garland, Faulkner, Pugh, Campaigne, Nelles, Walker, Empey, Ensley, Howse, Pratt and many more.

Law, John (c.1783-1872) and his wife Deborah came from County Down, Ireland in 1827 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County, and in New York and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surname included: Bannister. 

Lawrence, Levi (1766-1838) went with his parents from Atholl, Massachusetts to Clarendon, Vermont in 1773 then with is wife Abigail Burdick settled in Burford Township, Oxford County in 1799. Includes children and grandchildren in Oxford County. 

Lawrence, William (c. 1785) came with his parents from Queensbury, New Brunswick to Upper Canada by about 1794 and in 1814 settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. One page biography. Order the biography for just $12.95.

Lawrence, William (c. 1821-1894) came from England by 1842 and lived in Waterford, Townsend Township, then in Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Roberts. Unrelated genealogies for this surname included: Elizabeth Lawrence (c. 1826-), widow, brought her family from England to Simcoe, Norfolk County by 1843 when she married William Gibbon. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Algeo. William Lawrence (1763-1864) and his wife Mary Cudney lived in Windham Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Beam. 

Lawson. Includes three unrelated families of this surname: Lawson, Joseph (c. 1781-1855) was born in Monaghan County, Ireland and settled with his wife Elizabeth in the United States then came to Windham Township, Norfolk County about 1825, settling near the village of Colborne. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Lawson, John (c. 1800-) and his wife Jennet came from Scotland to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County before 1850 and settling in the town of Port Dover. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Jamieson, Logan

Lawson, Peter (1820-) came from Scotland by 1851 when he married Mary Dean and settled at Delhi, Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Crysler. 

Layman, Tobias (1788-) and his wife Mariah Becker came from New York to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County by 1812. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Essex Counties. Descendant surname included: Bigalow.