Court Appointed Officials In 1805

From its formation in 1800, The Court of the Quarter Sessions for the London District, headed by the presiding magistrates, held authority for the appointment of all district officials. The following are those who held office in 1805. The London District included Norfolk, Oxford, and Middlesex Counties and there is representation from all three in the following.

Magistrates: Samuel Ryerse (County Lieutenant), William Spurgin (Charlotteville), Peter Teeple (Charlotteville), Thomas Hornor (Oxford), Daniel Springer (Middlesex), John Backhouse (Walsingham), John Beemer (Townsend), Wynant Williams (Woodhouse), Elias Foster (Walsingham); William Tyler (Oxford), Nathan Bunnell Barnum (Charlotteville), John Coltman (Charlotteville), William Hutchison (Walsingham), Benajah Mallory (Oxford)

Clerk of the Peace, Clerk of the District Court: Thomas Welch

Registrar of Deeds and of the Surrogate Court for Norfolk: Thomas Welch

Registrar of Deeds & Wills for Oxford and Middlesex Counties: Thomas Hornor

Treasurer: Joseph Ryerson

Court Crier: William Dell

Sheriff: Joseph Ryerson

Constables (1804-1805): Philip Fonger (Charlotteville); Noadia Sawyer (Oxford Twp); William Dill (Townsend & Windham); Stephen Merrick (Delaware); Frederick Onstine & John Onstine (Woodhouse, Walpole & Rainham); Charles Burtch, Jr. (Burford & Blenheim); David Millard (Walsingham).

Constables (1805-1806): William Drake (Walpole & Rainham); John Coonrad (Woodhouse); Silas Montross (Charlotteville & Walsingham); William Dill & Job Slaght, Jr. (Townsend & Windham); Finlay Malcolm, Jr. (Burford); John Vollack (Blenheim); Ebenezer Cook (Oxford Twp); Andrew Westbrook (Delaware)

Grand Jury, March 12-13, 1805: Daniel Hazen, Foreman, Jacob Buchner, Jacob Sovereen, Jeddediah Moore, Lucas Dedrick, John Havens, Lawrence Johnson, Levi Montross, Jonathan Sprague, John Kortright, Alexander Watson, Cornwall Ellis, Paul Dustin

Grand Jury, June 11, 1805: Enoch Burdick, Foreman, Eli Harris, Ebenezer Cook, Seth Putman, Asahel Lewis, Ariel Tousley, Sykes Tousley, Christopher Kern, Benjamin G. Loomis, Caleb Burdick, Julius Hitchcock, Jonathan Wright

Grand Jury, September 10-11, 1805: Benjamin Mead, Foreman; Matthew Gillmer, Lot Tisdale, James Mathews, John Troyer, Philip Force, William Francis, Patrick Long, Eber Decow, James Freeman, Israel Wood, William Lemon, George Wolf

Petty Jury, September 10, 1805: Jacob Feit, Isaac Jones, Christian Mumma, Isaac Decow, Daniel Walker, Thomas Price, Silas Mabee, Michael Troyer, Samuel Andrews, John McNelly, James Oakes, Jacob Wood

Grand Jury, December 10-11, 1805: Dan Millard, Foreman, John Davis, Peter Fairchild, Leonard Clouse, James Corlis, Nathan Wade, William Pitt Gilbert, Nisbett Collver, Barzillai Beal, Joseph Beamer, Michael Shoff, John Barber, Henry Beamer

Petty Jury, December 10, 1805: Abraham Beamer, Gabriel Collver, Benjamin Collver, Jabez Collver Jr., Aaron Collver, John Dudbridge, Isaac Fairchild, Ebenezer Goodhue, Benjamin Green, John Heath, Joseph Lane, Amos Manwell

Petty Jury, December 11, 1805: Abraham Beamer, Gabriel Collver, Isaac Pettit, Benjamin Collver, Uriah Pettit, William Walker, Francis Glover, William McCool, Champion Scovell, John Muckle Jr., John Dudbridge, Isaac Fairchild

Source: Alexander Fraser, "Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the London District, in Twenty-Second Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario, (Toronto: 1934)