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Sage, Allen (1751-), a native of Westbury, Connecticut and lived in Mount Washington, Massachusetts in 1784 then in Canaan Township, Columbia County, New York in 1784 to 1790, followed by East Bloomfield, Genesee County, New York from 1790. He came to West Oxford Township, Oxford County, Upper Canada by 1799 and following his first wife’s death remarried to Elizabeth (Westbrook) Bigcraft. Includes four generations of descendants in Oxford, Haldimand and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Burdick, Day, Dodge, Nicholls, Scott, Horsburg, James, Huffman, Thomas. Brown, Budd

Salmon, George (1770-1855) went with his parents from Pennsylvania to Staten Island, New York during the American Revolution and was left orphaned at their death. He was taken by a Mr. Finnymore in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick. He married Parnel Mead then came to Woodhouse Township in 1799. Their daughter Margaret married William Mattice. Salmon, George Catchmayd (1767-1843), no known relationship, and his wife Mary Moon brought their family from Alveston, Gloucestershire, England to Niagara, Upper Canada in 1810 then settled near Port Dover, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in New York. Descendant surnames included: Southeran, Robb, Hoare, Holmstead, Curtis

Sandham, Thomas (1799-1879) and his wife Elizabeth Ronson came from Lancashire, England about 1842 and settled on a farm along the Goshen Road in Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Stizaker, Ingle, Burnett, MacDonald

Saville, John (1786-1884) and his wife Rhoda emigrated from England by 1838 and lived at Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County then settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County. During the 1840s they settled on a farm in Townsend Township near the village of Renton. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Smith

Saxton, John (1758-1847) and his wife Margaret Haines came from Nova Scotia to Bayham Township, Elgin County in 1810. Some of his children settled in Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Elgin, Norfolk and Middlesex Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Fletcher, Farthing, Marr, Collins, Jones, Drake, Van Velzer, Kingston, Peterson

Sayles, Mordecai (1753-1808) went with his parents from Smithfield, Rhode Island to Stillwater, Saratoga Township, Albany County, New York during colonial times. He and his second wife Deborah Fairchild followed her family to Upper Canada in 1793 and lived at Ancaster Township, Wentworth County until 1796 when they settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. They settled later in Oakland Township, Brant County. Includes four generations of descendants in Brant and Norfolk Counties, and in Utah and California and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Shenick, Thompson, Gates, Rose, Newstead, Burgess, Shaw, Conderman, Baker, Dunton, Flick, Netherwood, Niles, Sheldon, Logan, Mason

Schooley, Asa (1739-1815) was born in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey to John and Mary (Willson) Schooley. The family surname was originally “Scholey” in England and New Jersey.

Asa and his wife Sarah came to Bertie Township, Welland County in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1788 and received 500 acres in land grants. This included 200 acres of land in Lots 4 and 5 Concession 15 from the Niagara River on the north and south sides of Gilmore Road between House and Point Abino Roads southwest of the village of Stevensville. He was given an additional grant of 100 acres in Lot 1 Concession 13 from Lake Erie on the north side of Garrison Road between Ott and House Roads and 200 acres in Lot 28 Concession 3 on the south side of Garrison Road and Lot 30 Concession 2 from Lake Erie on the south side of Nigh Road.

The genealogy includes ancestry and six generations in Ontario, in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Harrett, Havens, Learn, Marsh, Cornell, McKay, Crawford, Crosby, Higginbottom, , Fish, McKenzie, Whitechurch, Darlington, Pennington, Weidlich, Proudlove, Miller, Downs, Stoner, Sherk, Morgan, Wagley, McTaggart, Powers, Bixby, Mann, Powers

Schram, Peter (1753-  ) and his brothers Valentine (1757-1846), John (c. 1759-bef. 1817) and Jeremiah (1761-) were born in Loonenburg (now Athens), Greene County, New York to Johann Wilhelm Schram and Catharina Lehman of Palatine German descent. Cousins Frederick Schram (1754-1834) and John Schram (1755-1851) were sons of Henrich Schram and Annatje Margrieta Frolich and nephews of Johann Wilhelm.

As young men during the American Revolution the Schram brothers and cousins joined the Loyalist cause and all but one served in Butler’s Rangers at Fort Niagara, a British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario north of present Youngstown in Niagara County, New York. The one, John (c. 1759-bef. 1817) served in Colonel Euston’s Corps.

Following the war, Valentine married Hannah Bowman and settled on a land grant in Lot 14 Broken Front and Concessions 1 and 2 in Louth Township, Lincoln County located on the east side of Fifteenth Street running south from Lake Ontario to Red Maple Avenue east of the present village of Jordan Station. Valentine’s brothers, Peter and John returned to Loonenburg and both returned later. John Schram and his wife Ann Darby settled in Grantham Township and Peter in Louth Township, Lincoln County.

In 1794, Jeremiah Schram petitioned for and received a grant of six hundred acres of land in Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, Concession 1, Pelham Township, Welland County located his land in a block located in the north part of the township along the line with Louth Township, Lincoln County.

Frederick Schram married Engeltje Claus and settled on a grant of 600 acres of land in Lots 7, 8 and 9 in Concessions 1 and 2 Louth Township, Lincoln County. His brother John (1755-1851) with his wife Margaret Staufer settled in Pelham Township, Welland County.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Haines, May, Hainer, Flewelling, Southwell, Forbes, Rockefeller, , Seburn, Wheeler, Swick, Moore, Hotchkiss, Markle, Bearss, Whitehead, Walsh, Duesling, Lefler, Carr, North, Whiting, Gable, Greenaway, Ward, Barnes, Little, McEwen, Bannister, Allen, O’Brien, Burtch, DeGraff, Buck, Borland, Connolly, Gohs, Force, Smith, McQueen and many more.

Schuyler, William (1785-1871) came from New Jersey to Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1815 when he married widow Eunice (Collver) Beemer. The couple settled on a farm near the village of Bloomsburg. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Snyder, Secord. William's brother John Schuyler (1787-1876) and his wife Margaret Christian lived in Pennsylvania until 1821 then moved to Townsend Township east of the town of Simcoe. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Yeager. Another brother Samuel Schuyler (1790-1824) also settled in Norfolk County, arriving by 1818. He married Hannah and died leaving two children. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County.

Scott, Abiall (Abel) (1780-1857), a native of Warwick, Orange County, New York came with his wife Charity Barns (c. 1782-1878) to Upper Canada by 1841 and settled on a 156-acre farm in Lot 24, Concession 3 located along present Highway 24 south of Simcoe and east of Vittoria. They were buried in Vittoria Baptist Church Cemetery, Vittoria, Charlotteville Township.

Descendants lived in Norfolk County, Ontario and in Manitoba. Others lived in New Jersey, Louisiana and Michigan in the United States. Descendant Surnames included Lounsbury, Brown, Dawson, Smith, Calkins.

Scovell, Champion (1773-1821), a native of Hadlyme, Connecticut, grew up in Lempster, Connecticut then in Orwell, Vermont. He was a physician and settled near the village of Boston in Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1796. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Cook, Schofield, Denton, Barrett

Seburn, Stephen (c. 1758-1828). There is an interesting legend concerning the first ancestor Stephen Seburn passed down from generation to generation in the Seburn family and recounted by Tim Seburn in his publication “Stephen Seburn & The Legend of the Shipwrecked Baby” (2017). He wrote: “… that our family surname began with an infant who survived a shipwreck and was named Seaborn (born at sea) or Seabourne (carried by the sea), and that our current spelling of the name, Seburn, evolved over time.” 

The infant was taken in by John Heaton of Hardwick Township, Sussex County, New Jersey under an indenture of servitude for over 20 years. Heaton moved with his family, likely including young Stephen to Loudoun County, Virginia. Following the American Revolution, Seburn returned to New Jersey probably settling in Spruce Run, Hunterdon County where he married Mary Elizabeth Haney (c. 1765-1830).

Stephen Seburn came to Upper Canada in a large caravan of New Jersey settlers in 1787 and made his home on a 100 acre Crown Grant in Lot 50, Stamford Township, Welland County in the northwest part of the present City of Niagara Falls. This was located along the west side of Taylor Road. Mountain Road angled southward through the west part of the lot. He also had a grant of 300 acres of land in Lots 123, 124 and 125 Thorold Township located between Holland Road in the north, Barron Road in the south, Egerter Road in the east and Kottmeier Road in the west, located west of the village of Allanburg.

The genealogy includes biographies and six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Wilkerson, Hoover, Hudson, Armstrong, Dolson, Nevills, Sumner, Loree, Henderson, Johnston, Garner, Brady, Andrews, Wilson, Spencer, Venator, Bickle, Nightingale, Wilcox, Culp, Newton and many more.

Secord, Daniel (1724-1818) was born in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York to Daniel Secord and his wife Catherine Mabee. Following his marriage to Elinor Archer the couple lived in New Rochelle. During the American Revolution Daniel Secord support the Loyalist cause and his sons Daniel and John joined the Loyalist forces. Another son Warner Secord served in Colonel Brincherhoff’s Regiment, Dutchess County Militia. Following the war. Daniel and Elinor Secord continued in New Rochelle where they were recorded in the 1790 and 1800 Censuses. They then moved to the Town of Somers, Westchester County where they were recorded in the 1810 Census.

Part 1: Daniel Secord (c. 1756-  ) was a son of Daniel and Elinor Archer Secord. During the American Revolution, Daniel Secord went to Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario north of present Youngstown, New York in 1777. He joined the Indian Department, a military force of white and native Loyalists under the command of Six Nations Chief Joseph Brant and Colonel Guy Johnson, the Deputy Superintendant of Indian Affairs at Niagara. Following the war, Daniel Secord received a 999 year lease on Lot 1, East Side of Mount Pleasant Road Concession in Brantford Township from Captain Joseph Brant and was one of the earliest settlers on the Indian lands.

Part 2: John Secord (1762-  ) was another son of Daniel and Elinor (Archer) Secord, during the American Revolution while still young joined the New York Volunteers under Lieutant Coloel George Turnbull in 1777 and served until discharged in Saint Johns, New Brunswick. Following the war he settled in New Brunswick. About 1793, John Secord moved his family to Upper Canada and settled on Lots 9 and 10 Concession 1 on the north side of the river in Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County. He settled finally on a Crown Grant in Lot 9 Concession 2, Oakland Township. Includes ancestors and seven generations of descendants coast to coast in Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames include: Chandler, Craven, Hurst, Nichols, McClure, Schmitter, Loper, Randall, Harmon, O’Brien, Kobel, Green, King, Perley, Bettis, Caplin, Mcdonald, Breecher, Gifford, Tolles, Cross, Knappins, Loree, Campbell, Fretter; Waterman, Kirkman, Dutcher, Beal, Clark, Guy, Oxley, Thomas, Stevenson, Coghlan, Barrington, Kennedy, White, Truax, Armitage, Reed, Almas, Kelley, Wright, Murray, Dobson, Whitehead, Muir, House, Wemhoyer, Medlar, Baskett, Chiswell, Wheeler, Gordon, Campbell, Collett, North, Holdsworth, Moss, Morden, Cudney, Ryan, Simes, Loftus, Russell, Gilchrist, Ferguson, Folsom, Durham, Jordan, Crawford, Tait, Ellis, Senn, Transom, Maynard, Wheeler, Anders, Pitcher, Osgood, MacGarey, Martin, Traver, Foskett, Denison, Markle, Malcolm, McRann, Callin, Leng, Burns, Zivkovich, Shoup

Secord, Elias (1748-1838) during colonial times was a blacksmith in Orange County, New York. During the American Revolution he went to the British lines in New York City and married Abigail Babcock. The couple went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus of New York City to New Brunswick and settled in Queen's County. His grandson Edward Smith Corey Secord (1818-) married Hannah Youmans and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County near the village of Renton. Includes three generations of descendants in New Brunswick and in Northumberland and Norfolk Counties, Ontario. Descendant surnames included: Richmond, Langley, Dykeman. Elias' brother William Henry Secord (c. 1750-) and his wife Ruth Hunt during colonial times lived in Orange County, New York then during the American Revolution went to the British lines in New York City. He took his family in the 1783 Loyalist Exodus from New York City to New Brunswick then settled in Belisle, Kings County. Includes three generations of descendants in New Brunswick. Descendant surname included: Cleveland

Secord, James (1732-1784) was a son of Daniel Secord and his wife Catherine Mabee of New Rochelle, Dutchess County, New York. During colonial times, John Secord lived in Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. During the Seven Years War (1756-1763) John Secord enlisted in the 5th Company, Upper Battalion of the Westchester County Militia.

In the years prior to the American Revolution, James and Magdalina Secord resided in Walpack, Sussex County, New Jersey where James Secord was listed on the Tax Rateables List of 1773-74. He then moved to the Susquehanna River Valley in Pennsylvania. A later claim filed for losses during the American Revolution stated there were 300 acres of land and buildings valued at £150, livestock valued at £57, farming utensils £10 and household furniture £10 for a total of £227.

James Secord Senior and his sons Solomon, Stephen and David were all loyal to the British cause during the American Revolution. They left their colonial home on the Susquehana River in Pennsylvania and journeyed to the British stronghold in Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario near present Youngstown, Niagara County. James Secord served in the Indian Department on the Niagara frontier as a Lieutenant.

On an undated map titled “The New Settlement, Niagara” marking out lots along the west side of the Niagara River,” prepared before 3 May 1783 James Secord was named on an unnumbered 100 acre farm lot at the base of the Niagara Escarpment in the second concession from the Niagara River in Niagara Township, Lincoln County.

Includes ancestry and six generations of descendants in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. This genealogy includes Laura (Ingersoll) Secord, the famed heroine of the War of 1812. Surnames included: Vanderlip, Deady, Park, Lacey, Start, Albertson, Lindsay, Snider, Kaitting, Overholt, Duvall, Haynes, Knox, Swartz, Aikins, Cook, File, Wilson, Grant, Burkholder, Bessey, Gerow, Marshall. Tooley, Faulds, York, Fish, Chamberlain, Oliphant, Turner, Foster, Jardine, Staff, Betts, Arthur, Ekins, Dunn, Stover, Hebert, James, Babcock, Trottier, Roy, Cooper, Jackson, McCaffrey, Archer, McLeod, McNevin, Fitzpatrick, Carroll, Elson, Lewis, Sibbald, Albertson, Stanfield, Clark, Lawrence, Stephenson, Ardenne, McAdam, Robison, Keefer, Stull, Chewett, Gregory, MacPherson, Cudney, Bummage, Warnock, White, Simmons, Emmett, Dunn, Pullman, Torrance, Clarke, Rogers, Awde, McMahon, Ewing, Bannister, Howell, Pratt, Ferguson, Robinson, Helwig, Pineo, Gray, Johnstone, Dressel, Bowman, Condlin, High, James, Adams, Pozer, Stinson, Rowe,  Simms, Sims, Laws, Hooper, Playter, McBride, Herman, Packard, Heintz, Skyko, Scribner, Pancrazi, Keig, Waughtel, McFadyen, Keltie, Boughen, Williamson, Hassard, Bain, Redgwell, Simons, Flowerday, Lee, Skidmore, Cratt, Snyder, Weller, Powell, Schmehl, Armstrong, Laskey, Greenleaf, Pew, Ausleybrook, Miller, Warender, Tomkins, Brownell, Dailey, McCombs, Dean, McIntyre, Gillespie, Everitt, Rice, Wallace, Cunningham, Manuel, Miles, Deuel, Sturges, Richardson, Noble, Tull, Stilson, Hoover, DeWan, Nixon, Green, Chamberlain, Wilcox, Perry, Woodruff, Ford, Martin, Spicer, Rice, Stanton, Christenson, Trumble, Smith, Poore, Davis, Clayton, Lamprey, Brock, Young, Hackney, Higbee, Riley, Carthew, Hammans, Mitchell, Eakins, Boehm, March, Strausberg, Collins, Crake, Bracken, Merry

Secord, John (1725-1804) was a son of Daniel Secord and his wife Catherine Mabee of New Rochelle, Dutchess County, New York. During colonial times, John Secord lived in Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. During the Seven Years War (1756-1763) John Secord enlisted in the 5th Company, Upper Battalion of the Westchester County Militia.

He sold his farm in Cortlandt Manor in 1777 and moved to Tioga Point taking up residence on the Susquehanna River in the south part of present Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

When the American Revolution broke out, John Secord was loyal to the British cause and with his son John Secord Junior journeyed to the British stronghold in Fort Niagara near present Youngstown, New York at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. He served in Butler’s Rangers from 1777 until receiving his discharge.

When lands on the west side of the Niagara River were opened up for settlement, John Secord Senior and his son John Junior settled in Niagara Township. His property was a large irregularly shaped block along Lake Ontario on the west side of the Town of Niagara (the present Niagara-on-the-Lake) and between Two Mile and Three Mile Creeks. The name of John Secord was on this property on the 1784 Surveyor’s map and John Secord Senior was posthumously on the 1811 Surveyor’s map. John Secord Junior was on an irregular block of land along the west bank of Three Mile Creek.

The land patent was registered in the Abstracts of Deeds Register of Niagara Township: On 22 Jun 1796 The Crown granted a patent to John Secord Senr. for 286-3/4 acres in the broken fronts towards Lake Ontario, Niagara Twp.

The genealogy includes ancestors and six generations of descendants throughout southwestern Ontario, in western Canada, coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include Winterbottom, Morse, Miller, Kinney, Yates, Little, Morton, Potruff, Glover, Greentree, Margetto, Branan, Hodges, Carpenter, Mockridge, Anderson, Hewson, Walker, Romain, Evans, Grierson, Maharrey, Turton, Lisenby, Wathen, VanWagner, Bedell, Towers, Atkin, Young, Ward, Biggar, Brydges, Huston, Kidd, Roach, Reid, Roach, Hutty, Woodman, Callory, Redhead, Nash, Ball, Stidolph, Rowe, Cook, Stevens, Badgerow, Platt, Fuller, Lyon, Scott, Tripp, Leffert, Morrison, Stockdale, Hawthorne, Marriott, Jarvis, Hood, Buxton, Donaldson, Engle, Jackson, Richter, Smith, Kershaw, Ensey, Treffry, Langfelt, Aholtz, Peek, Jeffords, Conklin, Cutler, Borland, Dixon, Hawkins, Halstead, Stone, Duncan, Burdick, Cole, Stire, Crowe

Secord, Josiah (1751-1832) and his wife Sarah Jewell (sister of Charlotteville Township pioneeer Ezakiel Jewell) lived in Phillipsburg, Westchester County then in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York then came to Upper Canada in 1795, settling in Grantham Township, Lincoln County. Includes parents and five generations of descendants in Lincoln and Welland Counties. Descendant surnames included: Lymburner, Nelson, Pawling, Stewart, McMullen, Felker, Allen, Marr, Davis, Chamberlain

Secord, Peter (1726-1818) was a son of Daniel Secord and his wife Catherine Mabee of New Rochelle, Dutchess County, New York. During colonial times, Peter Secord lived in Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. During the Seven Years War (1756-1763) Peter Secord enlisted in the 5th Company, Upper Battalion of the Westchester County Militia.

He sold his farm in Cortlandt Manor in 1774 and moved to Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, where he was listed in the Tax Rateables List of 1773-74.5 Walpack Township runs along Route 209 and the Delaware River near the northwest corner of the state.

When the American Revolution broke out, Peter Secord was loyal to the British cause and took his family to the British stronghold in Fort Niagara near present Youngstown, New York at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. He served in Butler’s Rangers from 1777 until receiving his discharge in 1780.

Peter Secord’s petition mentioned that he started farming in 1781, but the diary of his son-in-law Francis Goring’s stated that Peter Secord was sent over to begin farming to feed the persons at the fort on 4 Aug 1780. He went inland several miles and located 300 acres on Four Mile Creek below the Niagara Escarpment in the present village of St. Davids, Niagara Township with the permission of the next Commandant, General Powell and had it surveyed at his own expense.6 Peter and his family claim to have been the first settlers west of the Niagara River. When the general surveys were completed, Peter’s land was designated as Lots 90, 91 and 92, Newark (afterwards Niagara) Township, Lincoln County, a total of 300 acres.

During the early to mid 1790’s new land was opening up westward along the north shore of Lake Erie at that time popularly called the Long Point Settlement. Peter Secord’s oldest son was among the first in the area and father and son both received land grants in Charlotteville Township. Peter applied for and received a grant of Lot 3, Front Concession of Charlotteville, Township, allowed under an Order in Council of 11 Jul 1795 and located in 1796.

The genealogy includes ancestors and six generations of descendants in Lincoln, Norfolk and Elgin Counties in Ontario, in western Canada and in Michigan and Ohio in the United States and elsewhere. Descendant surnames include Beers, Ladd, Jones, Toombs, Smalley, Dengate, Hare, Winearden, Elliott, Myron, Stevenson, Dulmage, Purves, Loveday, Morse, Carlton, Smith, Cutler, Lazarus, Brannon, Kinney, Winchell, Kontner, Wright, Couse, McCormick, Thomas, Lamport, Clarke, Putnam, Mills, Russ, White, Heard, New, Buckland, Johnson, Hirtz, Perry, McGregor, Combs, Goodall, Broderick, Collacutt, Dingman, Russel, Harris, Dickinson, Fraser, Rowe, Martin, Purdy, Grierson, Seely, Meecham, Dodd, Hull, McBride, Ackerman

Sells, Abraham (1752-1798) and his wife Mary Wilson settled in Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and in 1798 brought their family to Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township. Abraham died soon after his arrival and his family continued in Woodhouse Township until about 1818 then settled in Southwold Township, Elgin County. Includes three generations of descendants in Elgin, Lambton and Middlesex Counties, and in Wisconsin. Descendant surnames included: Dickison, Pettit, McKay, Sharon, Green, Annett, Sutton, Smith, Lewis, Trigger, Frost, Russell, Welch, Storms

Serles, Moses (1781-1860) and his brothers Ephraim Serles (1786-1853) and Reuben Serles came from near Oxford Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey to Norfolk County during the first decade of the 1800’s and settled in Townsend and Windham Townships. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties. Descendant surname included: Yager

Servos, Daniel (c. 1748-1803) was born in New York to Christophel and Anna Clara (Crief) Servos. He married Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York on 21 Feb 1771 Catharina Dachstader/Dockstader and the couple lived on his father’s land along the Charlotte River near the town Harpersfield south west of Schoharie. During the American Revolution, Daniel Servos and his father Christophel supported the British cause resulting in imprisonment for both and finally the murder of the father. Daniel Servos and his brother Jacob went to the British lines at Fort Niagara and were present at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777 and the Battle of Wyoming in 1778. In 1779, both became Lieutenants in the British Indian Department.

At the end of the war, Daniel married his second wife Elizabeth Powell Johnston and in 1785 he and his brother Jacob Servos settled on two adjoining tracts of land in Niagara Township west of the Town of Niagara (present Niagara-on-the-Lake). Daniel’s 393 acre lot, numbered 194 and called “Palatine Hill” was located on the south shore of Lake Ontario and ran south along Four Mile Creek Road to Hunter Road. The creek itself ran along the west side of the road. Jacob’s lots numbered 190 and 191 were also on Lake Ontario and situated immediately west of his brother.

Includes ancestry and seven generations in Lincoln and Wentworth Counties in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Waters, Whitmore, Aikman, Secord, Rennie, Crooks, Perry, Moyer, Aikens, Johnston, Ptolemy, Feast, Hill, Keyser, Fearson, Stewart, Dakers, Luckman, North, Mcdonald, Johnson, Konkle, Toms, Cox, Brooks, Smye, Lambier, Oliver, Berry, Collins, Allen, Miller, Felker, Pettigrew, Haag, Danks, McDaniel, Nicolay, Brown, Flintoft, Porter, Merritt, Robinson, McCready