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Spurgin, William (1734-1806) and his wife Mary Jane Sellars Welborn during colonial times lived near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. During the American Revolution, William served as a Colonel in the British forces. William and his second wife Ann Bedsaul Ruddick arrived in Niagara, Upper Canada in 1792 then in 1797 settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County near Turkey Point. Includes three generations of descendants in Indiana, Kansas and Illinois and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Reeves, Hill, Summers, Broughard, McCain, Allen, Stader, Walters, Allumbaugh

Squires, Seneca (c. 1808-c. 1860) came from the United States and by 1841 settled in on a farm in the village of Forestville, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Following Seneca’s death his widow Susannah Lynn/Lenn married John Gatien Liger and raised their family in the Liger household in Woodhouse Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Middlesex and Kent Counties. Descendant surnames included: Hearl. Also includes other families of this surname.

Stacy, John (c. 1750-1799) a native of England, served on a British sloop in the West Indies during the American Revolution. Following the war, he was a steward at the dockyards in Detroit where he married widow Maiden Rice. They moved to the Niagara area of Upper Canada then settled in Charlotteville Township in 1790. Stacy biography included in the Maiden Rice of Charlotteville Township genealogy.

Stafford, Enoch (1801-1854) and his wife Mary Ann Kelly lived for a time in Toronto, York County, then by 1844 settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Hall, Smith, Slaght, Wilcox, Webster, Cook

Staib, Gottlieb (1800-1876) came from Wurttemberg, Germany to Pelham Township, Welland County by 1828 and married Mary M. Stirtzinger. They lived for a time in Pelham Township then moved to Oakland Township, Brant County and bu 1850 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County near the village of Lynedoch. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Loeffler, Gould

Staley, John William (c. 1827-1905) and his wife Mary Ann Holden came from the United States by 1855 and settled in the village of Normandale, Charlotteville Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Jackson

Stead, Thomas (c. 1740) came from Gloucestorshire or Worcestershire, England to New Jersey during colonial times. He brought his family to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County in 1795. One page biography

Stearns, Austin (est. 1795-before 1823) and his first wife (name unknown) lived in New York then by 1820 moved to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County in the village of Port Rowan. Following the first wife's death, Austin married Catharine Dedrick, daughter of Norfolk pioneer Lucas Dedrick. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Doan, Stewart

Steel, Matthias (c. 1781-1840) came from the British Isles to Upper Canada about 1799 and married Catherine Anderson. He lived in Waterford, Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1806 then settled in Woodhouse Township in 1808. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties, and in Kansas and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Cole, Hoover, Kayser, Tolley, Cadogan, Harries, McBurney, Drinkwater, Wadsworth, Emery, Hodgson, Greenbury, Burton, Granger

Steinhoff, John (c. 1745-1811) resided in Newton Township, Sussex County, New Jersey where he was recorded as John “Stinehuff” in the taxable ratings with 10 acres of land and 2 cattle. This is located on Highway 206 north of Hacketstown in northwest New Jersey.

John Steinhoff brought his family of 11 children born by that time to Upper Canada in 1785. Early on, each adult male was allowed a free one hundred acre grant on the land in present Lincoln and Welland Counties near the west side of the Niagara River. John Senior settled on a one hundred acre property in Lot 3, Concession 1, Crowland Township, Welland County.

On 4 Oct 1796, John Steinhoff was included in a return of persons permitted by Administrator Peter Russell to occupy lands during the recess of Council. John Steinhoff of Stamford Township was issued survey documents for Lots 6, 7, and 13, Concession 3, and three-quarters of Lot 14, Concession 3, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County and registered his grant on 6 Apr 1797. This substantial 750 acre grant in the area of the present village of Walsh.

Includes six generations of descendants who lived throughout southwestern Ontario and in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames included: McDowell, Wing, Starling, Wallace, Hubbard, Slifer, Tibbets, Cottam, Stevenson, Flinn, Dick, Carter, Keegan, North, Rogers, Berry, Bailey, Rose, Gaskill, Kimrey, Sanner, Bingleman, Browning, McKinney, Frey, Redifer, Sims, Telford, Spellman, Sageser, Ecklund, Lewis, Wallace, Poole, Herbst, Woods, Bogman, Kastel, Payne, Biddle, Fox, Sradling, Richmond, Geer, Shafer, Misener, Spencer, Milward, Standish, Dennis, Dickerson, MacRae, Roberts, Sutherland, McConnell, Kaiser, Tasker, Lumley, Blue, Brooks, O’Connor, Graham, Myers, Lynch, Butler, Craig, Gordon, Backus, Parker, McGregor, Grames, Swisher, Toles, Englebrecht, Baldwin, Johnson, Leith, McDonnell, Wright, Chubb, Hay, Rule, Fields, Anttell, Robbins, Mills, Claus, Frost, Elvidge, Wilson, Downing, Winters, Atkinson, Shaver, McBride, McNamara, Hammond, De Long, Nestell, Chadock, Bushby, Callahan, Smith, McMahon, Kanine, Conzelman; Spade, Trix, Ransom, Hanna, Pike, Hird, Mitchell, Roberts, Shaw, Weaver, Habel, Turner, Rohrer, Millard, Brown, Graves, Robbins, Carter, Cronmiller, Buys, Broughton, Peck, Russell, Pomfrey, Conklin, Clough, Denniston, Vincent, Davenport, McClure, Moase, Stuart, Freeman, Godfrey, Davidson, Harmon, Barber, Whitehead, Gilbert, Daugherty, Hurley, Lewis, Goodall, Green

Stevens, Nicholas (1734-1788) was baptized in Schenectady, Albany County, New York on 17 Nov 1734 to Arent and Maritie (Hael) Stevens. He married in Schenectady to Margarietha Mebie/Mabie.       During colonial times, Nicholas lived in Schenectady, Albany County and was employed as an interpreter in the Indian Department under Sir William Johnson, the Superintendant of Indian Affairs for New York. Among the papers submitted to the Executive County of Upper Canada by Nicholas’s son Aaron in 1796 was “a Commission from General Shirley appointing Nicolas Stevens Lieutenant of a Company of Indians”.

During the American Revolution, Nicholas Stevens with his sons Aaron and John remained loyal to the British cause and left their home for Fort Niagara, a British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. They all served in the Indian Department which became a military unit of European and native soldiers during the war under the command of Colonel Guy Johnson, Colonel John Butler and Captain John Dease.

Stevens was a high ranking official in the department and took command during the absences of Deputy Superintendants Butler and Dease from. In this capacity he would have been in charge of all matters relating to the native peoples in the vicinity of Fort Niagara. Nicholas’ son Aaron Stevens submitted the following documents to the Executive Council of Upper Canada in 1796.

Following the conclusion of the war, Nicholas and his sons Aaron and John continued in the service of the Indian Department and interpreters. Aaron had the additional responsibility of serving as the commissary until 1785 when he returned to Schenectady. Both Nicholas and John died a few years later while serving.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Lincoln County, Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Shultis, Markle, Buell, Cox, Melia, Lambert, Freel, Bufton, Parnall, Sheppard, McDonald, Robins, McMahon, Follick, Carrol, Spooner, Stoddard, Willis, Elder, Slingerland, Steele, Matheson, Niven, Cairnes, Clark, Sanford, Green, Anderson, Hanlon, Longley, Furry, Davis, Pringle, Warren, Lymburner, Misener, Meddaugh, McIntosh, Shaw, Kinney, Staats, Quick, Dachstetter, Van Every, Cochenour

Stewart, Alexander (c.1785-1850) and his wife Margaret came from Scotland to Canada by 1844 and settled in Townsend Township near the village of Renton. Paul Stewart (c. 1796-) and his wife Betsy Bell also came from Scotland to Canada by 1844 and settled in Townsend Township near the village of Renton. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Grant, Pettit

Stickles, William (1815-1894) and his first wife Susannah Hall lived at Iden, Sussex County, England. William and his second wife Eliza Orr came to Canada by about 1859 and settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County then in Windham Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Brant Counties. Descendant surnames included: McHardy, Cleaver, Strohm, Helyer, Bertran

Stickney, Amos B. (1807-1897) and his wife Sarah McDermott lived in New Brunswick then about 1835 moved to Upper Canada and settled in Charlotteville Township near the village of Port Ryerse. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Trinder, Hagar, Bridge

Stilwell, David (c. 1790-1868) and his wife Rebecca Ellsworth lived in Young's Cove near St. John, Queens County, New Brunswick. They brought their family to Upper Canada about 1826 and settled in Bayham Township, Elgin County then in 1837 settled in Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Caswell, McCurdy, Ecker, O'Neill, Maston, Olds, Panks, Shattuck, Moyer, Turnbull, Zavitz. Thomas Blakely Stillwell (c. 1808-1881) and his wife Elizabeth Hestand settled in Walpole Township, Haldimand County. Includes children and grandchildren.

Stirtzinger, Johann Conrad (1800-1875) came from Wurttemberg, Germany to Canada before 1834 and married Rosena Christina Fusuhans. They settled first in Canboro Township, Haldimand County then by 1849 moved to Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Essex and Muskoka Counties. Descendant surnames included: Kramer, Volk, McCaffery, Riach, Gehring, Cole

Stone, John (1767-1846) was born in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s County, Maryland and as a youth joined the Kings American Dragoons in the American Revolution. He went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick and married Ann Mabee. In 1793, they went with Ann’s parents to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Ohio, New York and Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Tucker, Atkins, Greenly, Ainesbury, Tolmie

Stoner, Christian (1753-1835) was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In colonial times Christian Stoner (1753-1835) and his wife Elizabeth Neff (1760-1849) farmed in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Christian Stoner’s pacifist Mennonite faith kept him from serving in the American Revolution and he was persecuted by the Patriots for not participating in the conflict. In 1788, he traveled to Upper Canada and explored in the area of Humberstone Township, Welland County where he located a grant of 400 acres of land. Returning to Pennsylvania, he persuaded a number of relatives and friends, including Christian Knisely and Abraham Neff to follow him to Canada. Christian Stoner then took his wife and children to Humberstone. 

Christian Stoner settled on 400 acres of land in Lots 29, 30, 31 and 32, Concession 3, Humberstone Township, Welland County located a short distance north of present Port Colborne. This block was along the north side of Barrick Road between Elm Street and Minor Road and the Stoner Family Cemetery is on Lot 30 along the east side of West Side Road and south side of Windsor Terrace. 

The genealogy includes seven generations in Ontario, in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Sherk, Augustine, Neff, Morningstar, Ott, Beam, Weaver, Cascadden, Lane, Warner, McIntyre, Carr, Climenhage, Cooper, Goodhand, Wright, Leidy, McCaul, Graves, Sims, Thomas, Fair, Currie, Bennett, Ellsworth and many more.

Story: Includes three unrelated families of this surname.  Jonathan Storey (c. 1774-1856) and his wife Hannah came from Cumberland County, England to Townsend Township, Norfolk County before 1850. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Bauslaugh, Neal, Collver Robert Storey (c. 1813-1883) came from England about 1840 and married Maria Lane. They lived in Hamilton, Wentworth County then Nelson Township, Halton County and East Flamborough Township, Wentworth County. They then settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County near the town of Delhi. Includes children and grandchildren Norfolk and Brant Counties and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Reeve, Baker, Ellworth

Rowlin Story (c. 1813-) came from New York State by 1837 when he married Sally Maria Wolven. They lived in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County then in Illinois. Includes children.

Stowe, Schuyler (c. 1807-1901) and his wife Gitty Ann came from New York about 1830 and settled in St. Williams, Charlotteville Township then in 1850 moved to Niagara Township, Niagara County, New York. They returned to Norfolk County by 1861 and lived in Port Rowan, Walsingham Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk, Oxford and Haldimand Counties and in New York. Descendant surnames included: Tolmie, Ellis, Cowan, Anger

Stringer, Robert (c. 1770-) and his wife Margaret Buchner settled in Crowland Township, Welland County, Upper Canada. Their sons Darius Edgar Stringer (1801-1877), William Stringer (c. 1802-) and Aaron Stringer (c. 1810-1889) settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County by 1834. Includes three generations of descendants in Welland, Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Atwood, Arnold, Graves, Cronkhite, Brown, Lester, Jones, Chapman, Wells

Stull, Latham (1750-1845) was born in the American colonies. During the American Revolution, he joined the Loyalist cause and enlisted in Butler’s Rangers at Fort Niagara, a British stronghold at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. Following the war, Latham Stull settled in the Town of Schoharie, Albany (now Schoharie) County, New York and married there Anna Catharina Hutt.

Latham Stull moved with his family to the Niagara District of Upper Canada by 1796. As a former soldier in Butler’s Rangers he was entitled to a grant of 300 acres of land in the province. In addition, all of his children would be entitled to a grant of 200 acres as sons and daughters of a United Empire Loyalist when they came of age. On 28 Sep 1796, he filed an Upper Canada Land Petition requesting his grant.

In 1806, Latham Stull purchased a 100 acre block of land in the centre part of Lots 6, 7 and 8 Concession 8, and Lots 6, 7, 8 and 9 Concession 9 in Grantham Township, Lincoln County. In 1829 he added 150 acres of land in the centre part of Lot 5 Concessions 9 and 10. The farm was located south of the village of Homer in the east part of the present City of St, Catharines between Homer Road and Cushman Road.

The genealogy includes five generations in Lincoln, Wentworth and Halton Counties in Ontario, and in western Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Kennedy, Barnes, McLaughlin, Goring, Bessey, Markle, Lampman, Warner, Scott, Brennan, Arthur, Cook, Bechtel, Pozer, Stinson, Rowe, Smith, Snyder, Weller, Powell, Secord, Durham, Morrison, Goodenow, Mulligan, Ellison, McDermid, McFarlane, Rutledge, Reid, Emma Jane, Starret, Tindles, Miller, Records, Daub, Anson, Greene, Goll

Styles, Selah (c. 1750) served as a Sergeant in the King’s Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution and lived afterwards in Lower Canada. He settled in Townsend Township by 1797 and married Amy Austin, daughter of Norfolk pioneer Solomon Austin. Included in the Austin genealogy

Sutton, Peter (c. 1775-1853) came from the United States and with his wife Mary lived in Hamilton, Wentworth County then in 1817 settled in Southwold Township, Elgin County. Includes four generations of descendants in Elgin and Norfolk counties. Descendant surnames included: Wilkie, Marr, Horton

Swain, Samuel (1807-1872) came from New York to Norfolk County by 1826 when he married Mary Baker. The couple settled in Windham Township east of the village of Teeterville. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties. Descendant surnames included: Vansickle, Berry, Hunter, Jamieson, Sherk, Deeg

Swears, Peter (1783-), a native of Dummerston Township, Windham County, Vermont came to Upper Canada by 1805 and with his wife Nancy lived in Chippewa, Welland County then by 1830 in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Oxford Counties and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Lefler, Furler, Conklin, Hazen

Swick, Peter (1772-1856) and his wife Mary Ross lived in New Jersey until about 1810 then settled in Canborough Township, Haldimand County. Includes three generations of descendants in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Gibson, Schram, Clendenning, Shaver. Absalom Swick (c. 1828-), relationship unknown, and his wife Martha Kelly settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County by 1881. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Ryckman, Schram, Long. Peter Swick (1846-1909) and his wife Mary Ecckles lived in Canborough Township then settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County.