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Williams, Benajah (1765-1851) was a native of the state of New York and of Welsh descent. He came to Upper Canada about 1786 and was employed by John Burch in his grist mill on the Niagara River in Stamford Township, Welland County south of Niagara Falls.

He located 100 acres of his Government land grant on Lot 102 Stamford Township between the Thorold Townline Road and Beechwood Road north of Lundy’s Lane. He was also granted 200 acres of land in Lots 90 and 113, Thorold Township, Welland County. These adjoining lots were located on the north and south sides of Lundy’s Lane east of the village of Allanburg.

He sold his Stamford Township homestead in 1816 and then settled in Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County where he purchased 150 acres of land and operated a fulling mill which he offered for sale on 16 Oct 1824. In addition he had 100 acres of wooded land in Grimsby Township.

On 9 Nov 1825, Benajah Williams purchased from the devisees of the will of John Butler Muirhead 200 acres of land in Lot 21 Concession 10, Esquesing Township, Halton County. He sold the Thorold Township lot to his sons Darius and John in 1827 then moved to his Esquesing Township purchase where he built a saw mill. The village of Glen Williams (originally called Williamsburgh) grew up around the mill.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include: Vanderburgh, Kennedy, Leslie, McDonagh, Ball, Willson, Cline, Hagar, Hoshal, Cooper, McIntyre, Silverthorn, Owens, Walker, Young, Forster, Webster, Roden, Nelson, Hubbard, D’Arcy and many more.

Williams, Jonathan (1752-1832), a native of Westchester County, New York, during the American Revolution went to the British lines in New York City and served as a Captain in the Guides and Pioneers. Following the war, he and his wife Mary Titus went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick. They returned to New York and lived in Bushwick, King's County, Long Island and then in 1801 came to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Warren, Wilson, Bradt, Taylor, Becker, Smith, Macken, Rogers, Taylor, Dickson, Wilson, Parker, Teeple, Tolan. Wynant Williams (c. 1756-1815) lived in New York and in the American Revolution was an officer in a Loyalist Regiment. Wynand and his wife Jane went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick. In 1798, they brought their family to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk and Elgin Counties. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Riddell, Smuck, Dawdy

Willis, Henry (1784-1858), a Baptist Minister came to Charlotteville Township by 1810 and married Nancy Manuel. They settled in Malahide Township, Elgin County after 1815 and then in Houghton Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and in Saskatchewan. Descendant surnames included: Osborn, Harris, McConnell

Willson, Jacob (c. 1750-) and his believed brother Joseph Willson (1761/2-1841) served in the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolution and brought their families to Upper Canada in 1787. Jacob married Margaret Buchner and settled in Crowland Township, Welland County. Joseph and his first wife Ruth Carpenter lived in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County then moved near his brother in Willoughby Township, Welland County. Jacob came to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1800 and Joseph with his second wife Magdeline Fryberger Cline to Windham Township, Norfolk County in 1806. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Reid, Thorn, Wayne, Stockwell, Stewart, Sutherland, Carlyle, Thorne, Furman, Hall, Gamble, Jay, Devall, Clarke

Wilson, John (1795-1854), a native of New Jersey, went with his parents to Seneca County, New York in 1805. He married Fanny Bartholomew and lived in Covert, Seneca Township until about 1828 when they came to Canada, taking up residence in Windham Township and then in 1844 settled on a farm in Walsingham Township west of the village of Lynedoch. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and Iowa and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Whittaker, Harvey, Edmonds, Walker, Harrison, Plewes, Donnelly, Armstrong, Gillard, Fisher, Reid, Taylor, White, Saunders, Moffat, Stanley, McFadyen

Willson, Irish John (c. 1735-1798), a native of Armagh County, Ireland came to America in 1766 and married Elizabeth Baty. They settled in Sussex County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution he supported the British cause. They brought their family to Upper Canada in 1788 and settled in Stamford Township, Welland County. Includes four generations of descendants in Welland, Lincoln and Norfolk Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Robinson, Boulter, Ferris

Wingrove, Charles (1790-1853) and his wife Sarah Houser brought their family from Northampton County, England to Upper Canada after 1824 and settled at Grantham Township, Lincoln County then West Flamborough Township, Wentworth County. Their sons James, Thomas, John and George settled in Walsingham Township

Winter, James (est. 1795-) and his brother Daniel Winter (1797-1885) came from Ireland to Canada about 1837. James's son James Winter (c. 1822-1899) settled in Simcoe, Norfolk County by 1850. Daniel settled in Howard Township, Kent County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Kent Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Deller, Norris, James, Peach

Wintermute, Georg Philip  (1705-1779) was born in Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany to Johan Christopher and Maria Margretha (Kleppinger) Windemuth. In the summer of 1732,” George Philib Windermuth”, aged 25, was on the “List of Passengers Names and Ages” on board the ship Samuel, Hugh Percy, Commander, from Rotterdam, Netherlands last from Cowes, England. The Samuel arrived in the port of Philadelphia on 11 Aug 1732.

The family was located in Walpack Township by 27 April 1746 when Philip had his son Christopher baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. Walpack Township is located along the east side of the Delaware River and includes the present day Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

In 1772 “Philip Wintermote” of Moutien (Montague) township in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, “116 acres north of Kingston on the Susquehanna River”. Philip Wintermute’s land was situated toward the head of the valley, and on the old banks of the Susquehanna. At a place near a spring of pure water, he erected a strong fortification known as Wintermute’s Fort. When the American Revolution broke out in 1776, Philip and his sons were loyal to the British government.

In 1778 Philip Wintermute took his wife Maria and seven of his children to Fort Niagara, the principal British stronghold at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. Philip Wintermute died a year after his arrival at Fort Niagara and his widow continued there with her family until the conclusion of the war then settled with her sons in Bertie Township, Welland County.

Includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in southwestern Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Pickard, Petrie, Bailey, Goodenough, Haines, Hudson, Congdon, Molesworth, Bleiler, Hayward, Firby, Herman, McPhail, Bowen, Styles, Birce, Raymond, Edsal, Nettle, Anthony, Wright, Young, Bedell, Terryberry, Maxwell and many more.

Winters, Emanuel Chrystal (c. 1770-) came from Hagerstown, Maryland to Upper Canada by 1805 and lived in Humberstone Township, Welland County near Port Colborne. His son Emanuel Winter (c. 1791-) married Martha Doan and settled in Charlotteville Township south of the village of Vittoria. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Fares, Trinder

Winters, William (c. 1800- ) married Esther Place and lived alternately in Quebec and New York, then came to Norfolk County by 1842 and settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan and Kansas. Descendant surnames included: Anderson, Spencer, Bowen, Kreiss

Wisson, William (c. 1796-) and his wife Anne Guage with his brother James Henry Wisson (c. 1804-1872) and his wife Eliza Ann Harper came from Cambridge County, England to Simcoe, Norfolk County about 1835. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Elgin Counties, and in Minnesota and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Ransom, Snively, Hanson, Howick, Gordon, Haun, Burkholder

Wodham, John (1833-1912) and his brother William Wodham (1840-1922), sons of Charles and Susannah Wodham of Steeple Aston, Oxford County, England emigrated to Ontario, Canada, John by about 1856 and William by 1864 when they married respectively Helen Moyer and Elizabeth Miranda Porter. John settled in Norfolk County and William in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County. Their families lived in Norfolk, Elgin and Welland Counties and in Minnesota and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Boughner, Thompson, Collver,  Telford, Burford

Wolven, Wilhelmus (1746-1812) and his wife Margaretha Emmerich lived in Schoharie County, New York then by 1809 moved to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of St. Williams. His brother Jeremiah Wolven (1758-1835) married Catharine Dederick and lived in Ulster County, New York then by 1807 moved to the village of Port Rowan in Walsingham Township. Includes ancestry and three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Illinois. Descendant surnames included: Storey, Waterhouse, Lucas, Miller

Wood, Israel (1753-1817) was born in Huntington Township, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York to Caleb Wood and his wife Mary Vail. During colonial times, Israel and Ruth Wood lived in Islip Township, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He married Ruth Gould (1741-1829).

During the American Revolution, Israel’s father joined the Royal Standard at Long Island in 1776, serving as a forage master to the King’s Forces. He was also chosen by the residents of Islip Township, Suffolk County to act as their representative to Governor Tryon. Following the American Revolution, Israel and Ruth Wood were in the exodus of New York, sailing in the Spring Fleet from Manhattan to New Brunswick and settled at Kennebecasis, New Brunswick.

Israel Wood then brought his family to Upper Canada in June 1799 settling on Lot 1 in the Gore of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County on the Lake Erie shoreline west of the village of Port Ryerse.

Includes extensive ancestry and five generations of descendants in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames included: Dunkin, Hilliker, Charlton, Palmer, Blewet, Titus. Shepperd, Swain, DeWolf, Stafford, Fish, Harris, Snyder, Ackley, Cory, Jackson, McCrimmon, Churchill, Boughner, Rammage, Babcock, Harkness, Grey.

Wood, Jacob (c. 1750-c. 1835) served in the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolution then went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick. He and his wife Elizabeth Owens brought their family to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1806. They lived later in Bayham Township, Elgin County then in Howard Township, Kent County. Includes three generations of descendants in Kent and Norfolk Counties, and in Illinois and Iowa and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Smith, Wilson, Cline, Sargent, Collins, Hugh, Turnwell, Oyster, Palmer, Usworth, Hall, Bell, Smith, White, Willson, Wright, Gillespie, Lucas, McKay, Reeves, Argyle

Wood, Timothy (c. 1785-1836) came to Upper Canada by about 1808 and married Hesther Corson. They settled in Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County then by 1826 moved to Norfolk County, living first in Windham Township then in Charlotteville Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Bonser, Donely, Maynard

Woodley, George (c. 1750- c. 1827) came from Germany to New Jersey in colonial times then in the American Revolution served in the New Jersey Volunteers. Following the war he went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus from New York City to New Brunswick. He brought his family to Upper Canada about 1790-94 and lived at Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County then in 1798 settled in Townsend Township. He moved to Oakland Township, Brant County in 1806. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Johnson, Cunningham, Rix, Erwin, Parker, Miller, Trotter, Smith, Langs, Honey, Somers, Tobin

Woodruff, Ezekiel (1763-1837) was born to Nathaniel B. and Mary (Kilbourne) Woodruff in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 29 Jul 1763. He graduated from Yale College in 1779 then studied law under Tapping Reeve in Litchfield. He then practiced law in Middletown, New Haven County, Connecticut. Ezekiel Woodruff served as the Clerk for the City of Middletown from 1786 to 1789. 

Ezekiel Woodruff and his wife Sarah (Hall) came to Newark (present Niagara-on-the-Lake) in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada in Jul 1795. Their sons Richard Woodruff and his brother William Woodruff became partners in a mercantile enterprise in St. Davids, Niagara Township and operated the first steam-powered grist mill in Upper Canada. Both were Captains in  the Lincoln County Militia and elected Reform Party representative for the first riding of Lincoln.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Lincoln and Welland Counties in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include: Maitland, DeVeau, Swan, Zimmerman, McKay, Packard, Jones, Pew, Kenndy, Peters, Hume, Anderson, Sanders, Lowrey, Thurstin, Walker, Thorne, Whitney, Field, Haynes, Miller, Marston, Self, Hamilton, Symmes, Hilton, Glass, Perry.

Woodward, William (1765-1835) was born to Isaac and Hannah Woodward in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire County, England on 1 May 1765. He married in Minety, Gloucester County, England on 29 Aug 1795, Sophia Hiscock (daughter of Joseph and Frizinith Hiscock), born in Minety on 21 Mar 1772.

William Woodward grew up in Lea and Cleverton Manor, Wiltshire. Lea is a village located on “The Street” between Cresswell Lane and Little Badminton Lane. Cleverton is a short distance east along Cresswell Lane. Sophia’s home in Minety was an “island” of Gloucestershire in the northern part of Wilshire a short distance west of the Woodward ancestral home in Lea, Wiltshire. On a modern map, Minety is on Flisteridge Road just north of the intersection with Station Road and north of Highway M4.

Following their marriage, the couple lived in Minety for a time then moved to Broadtown Farm, Wiltshire. Broad Town is a hamlet at the instersection of Broad Town Road and Pye Lane south of the town of Wootton Bassett. Some of their family lived later in Clyffe Pypard west of Broad Town and in Wootton Bassett, today called “Royal Wootton Bassett.” This is a village in northern Wiltshire located along High Street at Station Road south of Highway M4.

William and Sophia Woodward died in Broad Town Farm, Wiltshire. Six of their children immigrated to Canada and settled in Norfolk County, Ontario during the 1830’s and early 1840’s. They were: Joseph Woodward (1794-1869) and his wife Mary Trotman; William Paul Woodward (1795-1864) and his wife Sarah Hitchcok; Sophia Woodward (1801-1871) and her husband Joseph Reeves; Paul Woodward (1803-1886 and his wife Ann Reynolds; Peter Woodward (1807-1884) and his wife Mary Webb; Ann Woodward (1814-1896) and her husband John Spencer.

The genealogy Includes ancestors in England and six generations of descendants in Ontario, western Canada, and coast-to-coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Davis, Parker, Fluhrer, Griswold, Myers, Shaw, Temple, Elliott, Cronk, Wiggins, Buie, Johnson, King, Ayers, Hathway, Stalker, Griffin, Barringer, Fish, Street, Drinkwater, Barrett, Isler, Moore, Harthorn, McLean, Boughner, Sellars, Meek, McSorley, Dickinson, Campbell, Chamberlain, Upper, Gregory, Young, Levington, Reynolds, Sherk, Tichworth, Gillanders, Barber, Gough, Kenny, Asprey, Graydon, Hodge, Taylor, Fenton, Jewell, Cridland, Gibbons, Laird, Loucks, Courtney, Main, Lala, Nicholas, Ellison, Merritt, Stevenson and many more.

Woolley, Joseph (1759-1830) and his wife Catherine Vonk lived in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey then in the later 1790’s brought their family to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County then lived in Walsingham and Charlotteville Townships. They moved to Malahide Township, Elgin County by 1808. Includes ancestry and five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Oxford Counties, and in Micghian and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Sharp, Demery, Ferby, Keesler, Stockton, Newell, Little, Clark, Dolbear, Charlton, Sinclair, Elliott, Broadway, Benner, Henry, Roberts, Scott, Perry

Woolnough, James Barnabus (c. 1814-1867) and his wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Ling lived at Ilketshall, Suffolk County, England then immigrated to Norfolk County by 1852 with their children Alexina, James Blythe, and Annie Marie. They settled first in Lot 1, Concession 13, Townsend Township north of Simcoe, then J. B. Woolnough took up the occupations of merchant miller and distiller in the village of Vittoria, Charlotteville Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Leaney, Anderson, Biggar, Leaney, Sinden, Trinder

Wrong, John (1758-1848) came from the Barbados Islands, British West Indies to Quebec in 1780 and joined the British forces in the American Revolution. He married Phoebe Brown Johnson and settled  in Stamford Township, Welland County then in Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County. Includes four generations of descendants in Lincoln, Welland and Elgin Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Bridgeman, Eakins, Roberts, MacCallum, Livingstone, Oille, Philp, Johnston

Wyckoff, Peter (1765-), a native of Somerset County, New Jersey settled with his wife Catherine Plato in Louth Township, Lincoln County. Following Peter's death, his widow married John Clendenning and moved to Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in North Carolina and elsewhere. Descendant surname included: Winter

Wymer, Adam (c. 1777-1851) came to Upper Canada by about 1800. Adam and his wife Elizabeth settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County west of the village of Boston by 1805. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Kent Counties and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Lutes, Hall, Townsend, Thompson, Pearson, Harling