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Fairchild, Benjamin (1721-1794/5) and his wife Melissa Hall lived in "The Oblong," Dutchess County, New York during colonial times then moved upstate to the Queensbury Patent north of Albany. During the American Revolution, Benjamin joined the British forces at Fort Edward. Prior to 1792, his sons Benjamin Jr. and Isaac came to Upper Canada and were joined by the rest of the family in that year. Benjamin Jr. settled in Ancaster Township, Wentworth County then in Niagara.  Sons Isaac, Joshua and Reverend Peter Fairchild settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestors and five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Oxford and Brant Counties, and in Illinois and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Post, Smith, Fields, Martin, Midyett, Hensley, House, Graham, Hoover, Roberts, Kinnard, Laird, Peel, Hardy, Wheeler, Broad, Moe, McEwen, Bell, Johnston, Claxton, Kesler. 

Fairchild, Noah (1773-1833) came from New Jersey to Upper Canada in the 1796 McCall settlement party and settled near Walsh, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County where he married Elizabeth Emmet McCall, daughter of pioneer Donald McCall, then Mary Nevill. Includes ancestors and three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Oregon and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Kanoff, Slingerland, McDonell. 

Fares, William (1779-1838) came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada (Ontario) and married Elizabeth Baumwart (daughter of Henrich and Margaretha (Prockunier) Baumwart), born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland on 7 Nov 1787.

The couple settled on a Crown grant of Lot 11, Concession 1 in Wainfleet Township, Welland County. This was located along the east side Quarrie Road between the south side of Highway 3 and Reebs Bay on Lake Erie west of Port Colborne. The Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area is located in the north part of the lot.

The genealogy includes five generations in Southwestern Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Potts, Augustine, Ellsworth, Lacy, Dolan, Halligan, Crow, Van Wyck, Lemon, Kruger, Gookin, Yaeger, Callum, Irish, Pratt, Hall, Sharpe, Cullmann, Harer

Farr, Richard (1748-1819) was born to John and Eunice (Adams) Farr in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut on 22 Apr 1748. He farmed in Warwick, Orange County, New York near the New Jersey state line and west of the Hudson River and Peekskill, New York. This border area was disputed between the states of New York and New Jersey. Richard Farr brought his wife, five sons and two daughters to Upper Canada in July 1797 settling initially in the area of Chippawa, Willoughby Township, Welland County then settling in Wainfleet Township, Welland County.

The genealogy includes ancestry in Massachusetts and Connecticut and six generations in Ontario, in western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Secor, Williams, Haun, Cook, Anger, Everingham, Green, Burgar, Putman, McCombs, Lee, Terryberry, Clark, Page, Singer, Michener, Patterson, Lymburner, Smith, Alair, Islip, McGillivray and many more.

Felker/Völckel, Johannes (1705-1768) and his wife Catherina Elisabeth Mueller (1702-1742) lived out their lives in Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittenstein, Nordheim-Westfalen, Prussia (now Germany). Their sons Johannes Jost (Joseph) Völckel (1728-1758) and Johann Jacob Völckel (1739-1802) immigrated to New Jersey and then in 1796 to Gainsborough Township in Lincoln County, Upper Canada (Ontario) where their surname became “Felker”. While still in Erndtebrück, Joseph Völckel married the widow of his older brother Johan Eckhart, named Maria Catharina Amos (1724-1804).

Joseph and Maria Felker immigrated with the surviving children of the two marriages to Upper Canada (Ontario) and settled on the south half of Lot 31 Concession 5, Gainsborough Township located on the south side of Sixteen Mile Road west of the village of St. Ann’s. Joseph’s younger brother Jacob and his wife Maria Elisabeth Griesing (1750-1799) settled nearby. Jacob’s son Joseph lived on Lot 28 Concession 5 and his son Ludwig lived on Lot 26 Concession 5.

Includes biography, ancestry in Germany and descendants in Lincoln, Wentworth, Elgin and Middlesex Counties and elsewhere in Ontario, and in Michigan in the United States.

Descendant surnames mentioned: Lafey, Cowell, Whitesell, Randall, Thomson, McDonald, Ferrier, Monkman, Toben, Hammond, Loop, McCausland, Doan, Schenkenburger, Clark, Shaw, Moeller, Ball, Staudacher, Pearson, Garber, Swayze, Horning, Marshall, Freeman, Leach, Dysinger, Sperry, French, Sheppard, Willis, Reinhart, Briggs, Carvey, Glover, Burkholder, Stewart, Johnson, Near, McDonald, Robinson, Dobbin, Brooks, Gerrie, Hamill, McDonald, Prior, Roszell, Roy, Whitwell, Heslip, Merritt, Nelson, Overholt, Caughill, Phillips, Fisher, Camp, Teeter, Lymburner, Joslin, Wadge, Sorge, Morrison, McPherson, Tubbs, Hainer, Wilcox, Crown, Dawdy, Holland, Moote, McMurchie, Bowden, Fisher, Palmer, Hyatt, McQuarrie, Anderson, Lovelace, Ropson, Coleman, Bromm, Carpenter, Bousfield, McIlroy, McLim. 

Fero, Hiram (c. 1800) and his wife Malinda Burgar lived in Charlotteville, Walsingham and Windham Townships, Norfolk County and operated a tavern in Windham. Includes three generations of descendents in Norfolk County and Toronto, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Mulkins, Davis, Griffin, Boulter. 

Ferris. Three unrelated families of this surname included. James H. Ferris (c.1787) came to Upper Canada from the United States by 1818 when he married Hannah Springer. They lived in Burford Township, Oxford County, then settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: James, Rockefeller, Harris, Wardell. Francis Ferris (c.1794) and his wife Dianna Vines came from England and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County in 1842. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Starling. Samuel Ferris (c.1801) and his wife Sophia Sibbick came from England and settled in Walsingham then in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County in 1844. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Wentworth County. Descendant surnames included: Marshall, Gamble, Terry, Forrest, Bowden, Hocking, Bradt. 

Fick, Peter (c. 1745-) from Prussia joined the British Army and came with them to America during the Seven Years War. Following the war, he settled in Dutchess County, New York and married Sarah. During the American Revolution, Peter served in the Loyalist forces and then went to New Brunswick. After an interim period back in New York, they settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County west of the village of Port Royal about 1813. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Minnesota and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Coon, Hunt, Wrightman, Clark, Sherman, McIntyre, Matthews, Garner, Davis, Carle, White, Buchanan, Murphy, Lefebvre, Doane, Cameron, Parr, Glendenning, Hawn. 

Field, George (c. 1721-c. 1785) lived during colonial times in the South Precinct of Dutchess County, New York from Feb 1757 to Feb 1759. A decade later on 20 Jun 1759, he rode express to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania for Amos Ogden. In 1773 George and his wife Rebecca (Haines) Johnson Field settled on Lot 27, Manor of Sunbury, Wyoming Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

During the American Revolution, George Field supported the British cause and left his home in the Wyoming Valley with his family and travelled north to the British forces in Fort Niagara on the Niagara River. The group included George, his wife Rebecca and their children Daniel, Hannah, Mary, Gilbert and Nathan Field. At Fort Niagara George Field was listed as a Private in the Sixth Company of Butler’s Rangers and paid £10.14 at the rate of 2 shillings per day for 107 days of service from 10 Jul 1778 to 24 Oct 1778.

George Field was among the earliest to receive permission for settlement. This was 100 acres of land in Lot 15 along the present Niagara River Parkway in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario. It is between the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and the village of Queenston.

The genealogy includes biographies and six generations coast to coast in Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Dolson, Boyle, Arnold, Livingston, Simons, Patterson, English, Shinn, Sifton, Norman, Wildanger, Fox, Speck, Traxler, Scarlett, Middaugh, Clement, Robinson, Brown, Harris, Fate, Hill, Fleming, Barnes, Dixon, Aitken, Rozel, Adams, Bridgeman, Glassford, Tompkins, Smith, Spencer, Gammage, Lance, Phillips, Frederick, Mansfield, Stringler, Lamb, Wright and many more.

Finch, Titus (c. 1756-1834) joined the Prince of Wales American Regiment during the American Revolution and married Nancy Ann Clark during the war. They went with the regiment in the exodus of New York to New Brunswick then moved to Upper Canada in 1798 or 1799. The couple settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County where Titus founded the Baptist Church in Vittoria. Toward the end of his life he went to Lobo Township, Middlesex County where some of his children settled earlier. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan, Minnesota North Dakota and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Falls, Thompson, German, Cross, McCall, Duncombe, Churchill, Mather, Montgomery, Ball, McCoppen, Fralick. Lindabury, Jolly, Kinney, Andrews, Holtz. 

Finch, Thomas Henry (1784-1873) and his brother Jeremiah Finch (1791-1855) and sister Rebecca (Finch) Fuller, went with their father Reverend Titus Finch from New Brunswick to Charlotteville Township in 1798 or 1799 then settled in Elgin and Middlesex Counties. Includes four generations of descent in Elgin, Middlesex and Kent Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Fuller, Beckwith, Ferguson, Fletcher, Doan, Martin, Mair, Griffin, Fawcett, Hambly, Jackson, Sherk, Pudney, Roe, Hitchcock, Bedggood, Monroe, McDonald, Pettingill, Stubbs, Wilson, O'Neil, Bremner, Dennis, Curtin, Williams, Bidwell, Sullivan, Hill, Sutherland, Fairbairn. 

Finnimore, Richard (c. 1745) during the American Revolution joined the New Jersey Volunteers then went in the 1783 exodus from New York to New Brunswick. Richard brought his family to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1806 and left by 1814. One page biography . 

Fish, Oliver (1807-1891) came from the United States to Upper Canada by 1835 when he married Lucinda Havens, daughter of pioneer George Havens. They settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Kelvin. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Hyndman, Watts, Butler, Ripenburgh, Ritenburg, Hilliard, Malcolm, Cattell, Hill, Brown. 

Fisher, Donald (c. 1791-1866) as a young man emigrated from Scotland to Montreal, Quebec where he met Thomas Cross and established a mercantile enterprise and moved the business to Vittoria and Normandale, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County about 1825. Donald married Matilda Montross, daughter of pioneer Silas Montross, and made his home in Normandale. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County.

Fisher, Samuel (c. 1785-1858) came from the United States to Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1811 then settled in Windham Township near the village of Vanessa and finally returned to Townsend. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Nickerson, Rouse, Sharp, Page, Poss, McIntyre, Wedge. 

Fonger, John (1760-1816) and his brother Jacob Fonger (c. 1768-1829) came with their parents from Bavaria, Germany. They lived in Stillwater, Sussex County and in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Both moved to Upper Canada in 1799 and lived in West Flamborough and Ancaster Townships, Wentworth County. Some of their children settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestry and four generations of descendants in Wentworth and Norfolk Counties, and in Illinois and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Smoke, Johnston, Rowan, Mannan, Eastman, Gillam, Holben, Hall, Wilson. 

Force, Philip (c. 1740-) emigrated from Germany to Sussex County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution he joined the New Jersey Volunteers and following the war settled in Kennebecasis, New Brunswick. His son Philip Force Jr. moved to Crowland Township, Welland County, Upper Canada in 1788 and then to Windham Township, Norfolk County by 1800, followed by his father and brothers William in 1811 and Peter in 1830. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Osborne, Harris, Robins. 

Forsyth, James (1738-1812) was born to James and Mary (Mason) Forsyth in Groton, New London County, Connecticut on 2 Sep 1738. James Forsyth was born in Groton, New London County, Connecticut located at the mouth of the Thames River at Long Island Sound. During the French-Indian (Seven Years) War, James Forsyth was listed in the 1759 Payroll of the Twelfth Company of the Fourth Regiment under Captain Eleazer Fitch. He left Middletown after his father’s passing in 1768 and settled in the Susquehanna River Valley in the area of Wyalusing near Wilkes-Barr.

James Forsyth was loyal to the British cause during the American Revolution and took his family to the British post at Fort Niagara located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. During the later years of the American Revolution Britain purchased land along the west side of the Niagara River from the native peoples and gave permission to some at Fort Niagara to cross and start clearings for farms to supply the fort. James Forsyth was among the early settlers in Stamford Township, Welland County. He received a grant of Lots 143, 144, 146 and part of Lot 145 Stamford Township fronting on Niagara Falls and running along the Niagara River from Ferry Street in the north to Dunn Street in the south. Drummond Road runs along the rear. Portage Road, the main shipping route from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie bypassing the falls ran through the farm. During James Forsyth’s life this area was entirely rural. Later, the village of Drummondville grew up along Ferry Street in the north part of the farm. Portage Road was renamed Main Street in the village. Today this is in the City of Niagara Falls.

James Forsyth’s home was on the present site of the Ukrainian Catholic Church at 6248 Main Street. He built the National Hotel on the south part of Lot 146 near the intersection of Main Street and Stanley Avenue. He sold the hotel to his son-in-law Christopher Buchner in 1799.

On 19 Jan 1802, James Forsyth purchased 400 acres of land originally surveyed as Lots 24 and 25 Concession 3, Barton Township, Wentworth County, but later renamed the Gore of Ancaster Township, Wentworth County and now the west end of the City of Hamilton. This runs north from Main Street to Cootes Paradise on Burlington Bay and includes the McMaster University campus, Forsyth Avenue (named for this family) and running as far west as Haddon Avenue. He later sold the lots to his son Caleb Forsyth.

The genealogy includes seven generations in Ontario and western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Kemp, Osborne, English, Cassady, VanZandt, Glover, Hamilton, Miller, Breuls, Parker, Lunau, McMann, Williams, Stewart, Chadbourne, Doan, Coulter, Van Wyck, Getchell, Dow, Everett, Anthony and many more.

Foryea, John (c. 1730-) served with the British forces during the Seven Years War and then in Butler’s Rangers during the American Revolution. He lived in Fort Erie, Bertie Township, Welland County then went with John Troyer to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County in 1791. Foryea then moved away before 1800. Two page biography . 

Foster, Elias (c. 1750-1827/31) lived in New Jersey during colonial times. During the American Revolution Elias went to Long Island and joined the Loyal Volunteers. Following the war, he went in the exodus of New York to New Brunswick and in 1800 settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County west of the village of Port Royal. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Marr, Laycock, Durkee, Cohoon, McConnell. 

Foster, Horatio Nelson (1828-1888) came from Ireland to Norfolk County by 1858 when he married Caroline Laforge Kirkwood. They settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Rohrer, Moore, Leighfield. 

Fowler, Joseph (c. 1755) came to Upper Canada about 1795 and settled with his family in Townsend Township, Norfolk County.  He then settled in Burford Township, Oxford County by 1803. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk, Oxford and Elgin Counties. Descendant surnames included: Wood. Another of this surname, John Fowler (c. 1740-) and his wife Ruth Whepley lived in Stockbridge, Massachusetts then following the American Revolution joined the 1783 Exodus of New York to New Brunswick, settling in Long Reach, King's County. John moved with his family to Burford Township, Oxford County, Upper Canada by 1816. Includes three generations of descendants in Oxford County. 

Fralick/Frelick, Benjamin (1747-1804) was born to Johannes and Anna Margaretha (Lehman) Frölich, on 19 Apr 1747, and baptized in Kisket near Loonenburg (now Athens), Ulster County, New York. Of Palatine German descent, during colonial times, Benjamin Fralick lived on a ten acre farm in the area of Berne, Albany County, New York along Cobbleskill Creek about ten kilometers west of the city of Albany. This was leased land on the Rensselaerwyck estate owned by the Van Rensselaer family patroons. In his 1787 Claim for Losses, Benjamin  Frelick described his property: “Ten Acres of Land with buildings thereon Erected Live Stock, Grain Household furniture Cooper’s Tools, Farming Utensils &c – valued that time at £190 New York Currency.”

Benjamin Frelick was loyal to the British cause during the American Revolution and, according to his claim for losses “suffered terribly before he quitted Home on account of his Loyalty – obliged to quit Home.” He traveled to Fort Niagara, the British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario where he joined Butler’s Rangers serving as a sergeant then a corporal. Benjamin Frelick was listed as a Serjeant in John McDonell’s Company of Butler’s Rangers and paid £121.12 at the rate of 5 shillings per day for 177 days of service from 1 May 1778 to 24 Oct 1778.

Following the war, Benjamin Frelick was granted 300 acres of land in Lots 6, 7 and 8, Concession 8, Louth Township, Lincoln County. This was located along the north side of Louth Townline Road and Oille Street. Pelham Road runs through the centre of the lots at the east and west sides of Seventh Street about on kilometer east of the hamlet of Rockway. The Niagara escarpment rises in the south part of Lots 7 and 8.

John Fralick (1755-1839). Some genealogies in Ancestry.com place this John Fralick as a son of Johann Bernhard and Lydia (De Lange) Frolich of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. That couple had children baptized in the Reformed Church of Loonenburg (Athens) and Catskill, Ulster County, New York. Among them were Margaretha and Catharina Frolich baptized in Catskill in 1754 and 1756 but no one named John in 1755. There was a Jan in their family but he was baptized much later on 29 Nov 1760 in Catskill. It is possible that John was born between Margaretha and Catharina and not baptized but this does not seem likely.

During the American Revolution, John Fralick was loyal to the British cause and travelled to Fort Niagara, the British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario where he joined Butler’s Rangers and served in Captain Andrew Bradt’s company.

Following the war, John Fralick settled on 200 acres of land in Lots 115 and 124, Stamford Township, Welland County. 1 This was located between the west side of Dorchester Road and the east side of Montrose Road and north of Leeming Street. In recent times most of Lot 115 has become the interchange for Highway 420 and the Queen Elizabeth Way in the City of Niagara Falls. Lot 124 is subdivided for residential properties and bisected by the Hydro Canal.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Schram, Runnion, Allaire, Cutler, Service, Froman, Carter, Parker, Abell, Depotty, Putman, Parker, Allen, Wilson, Crane, Secord, Smith, Page, Falconbridge, Green, Robinson, Watson, Schooley and many more.

Francis, John (1802-1896), Robert Francis (c. 1805-), George Francis (c. 1812-) and Samuel Francis (1825-1916), possibly brothers, came from Ireland to Houghton Township, Norfolk County by 1842. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and Michigan. 

Francis, William (c. 1750-1814) came to America from England and during the American Revolution was Quarter Master of the King’s American Dragoons. He married Catharine Bowlby and following the war went with her father Richard Bowlby to Nova Scotia. In 1793 William came to Upper Canada, settling in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County where he helped found the town of Port Dover. His son Thomas Francis (c. 1791-1855) settled in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County west of New Sarum. Includes five generations of descent in Elgin and Norfolk Counties. 

Franklin, John (1760-1827/8) was a tanner and ferry operator in Jamestown, Rhode Island during colonial times. By 1800 John and his wife Lydia Tayer moved to Canaan, Columbia County, New York. They arrived in the Niagara District of Upper Canada by 1801 then settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County north of Port Rowan. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, in Michign and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Woodruff, Smith, Parker, Doyen, Willsie, Byrnes, Truman, Mitchener, Jones, Meyer, Lewis, Woodard, Foster, Chute

Frayer, Philip (1782-1843) and his wife Charity Wolven lived in Ulster County, New York until 1808 when they moved to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and in Missouri. Descendant surnames included: Watkins, Richley, Chapman, Bollinger, Baldwin, Inscho. 

Freel, John (1743-1784) immigrated from Ireland in 1767 then farmed on 100 acres of leased land near the village of Johnstown located in the Kingsborough Patent of Tryon (now Fulton) County, New York. At the commencement of the American Revolution, John Freel was loyal to the British cause and in 1775 went with Colonel Guy Johnson to the British outpost of Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. After six months of service, he was then given permission to rejoin his family in Johnstown. Upon his arrival, he was with four other British subjects held for 18 days during which time he was fed only bread and water, then bound over to keep the peace and released. In Apr 1777 in Lachine, Quebec, he joined Colonel Sir John Johnson’s King’s Royal Regiment of New York as a private soldier and served for a year. Suffering impaired health, he went to Fort Niagara in 1778 where he remained for the remainder of the war serving in the Indian Department, a British military contingent associated with the Six Nations natives.

John Freel died on 3 Mar 1784 while still in the service of the Indian Department leaving his widow with three young children. Deborah Freel was granted 100 acres of land in Lot 24, Niagara Township on the south side of the East West Line between Railroad Street and Concession 2 Road a short distance south of the Town of Niagara (now Niagara-on-the-Lake).

The following is from family lore recorded in Annals of the Forty published by the Grimsby Historical Society: The Freel homestead and Lot 24, Niagara Township is still after a century and a half in the Freel name. The present owner is Jon Henry Freel, a great-great grandson of John and Deborah Freel. The house was built before 1812, probably in 1805 when Hugh Freel married Ann Clinton. It was originally a two story log house but later a large frame addition was built on and the log portion boarded over. In 1925 the house was stuccoed and the owner, John Clinton Freel, then discovered that the old part was of log construction. They also found a large fireplace that they never knew existed—it was directly above the one in the cellar. The home is now a lovely modern home yet the low ceilings, deep windows and the depths of the frames show that it was built in early days. The original timbers can be seen in the small cellar.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Cox, Harrison, Fisher, Armstrong, Patterson, Ulman, Kemp, Upper, Devoe, Longhurst, Sandell, Service, Ryan, Campbell, Smeckert, Kester, McLeod, Heise, Smith, Hill, Colbert, Kennedy, Steel, Hodgins, Cass and many more.

Freeland, Charles (c. 1802- ) came from New Brunswick to Upper Canada about 1820 and lived in Oakland Township, Brant County then moved to Windham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Windham Centre. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Nunn, Gould, Edgworth, Campbell. 

Freeman, Daniel (1769-1835) and his wife Pheobe Swazie lived in New Jersey until 1800 and then lived in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, and in Woodhouse and Charlotteville Townships, Norfolk County. Daniel founded the Methodist faith in Norfolk County and served as minister of Old Woodhouse Methodist Church. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Illinois.

Fretz, John (1749-1815) was born in Pennsylvania on 30 Aug 1815 and married Magdalena Fox (1748-1820). The couple farmed in Rapho Township located in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania near the town of Manheim, north of the Susquehanna River and southeast of the City of Harrisburg.

In “A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz”, John Fretz was described as “a wheelwright, joiner and manufacturer of Fanning Mills, and a member of the Dunkard Church. The text said of his background:

“It is said by one of the descendants that John Fretz came from New Jersey, or from near the “line,” (State line). Considering the fact that “Tinicum Christian Fretz” lived only a few miles from the Delaware river, or State line, on the Pennsylvania side, however, it may be that he was a son of Tinicum Christian Fretz. In early life, John Fretz may have lived for a time on the Jersey side, and afterwards settled in Lancaster Co., Pa. There is a tradition in this family that three brothers fled from Germany, because of religious persecution but it is not known what became of two of them. John Fretz of Lancaster Co., could not have been one of these brothers, as the father, it is quite probable, may have been one of the brothers. On the other hand the tradition of the Bucks Co., Fretz’ ancestors is that three brothers fled from Germany because of religion persecutions, and that one of them died in voyage, the other two, Christian and John, landed and settled in Bucks Co., Pa. The same year that John Fretz of Lancaster Co., Pa. settled in Welland Co., Canada, John Fretz of Haycock Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. (son of Weaver John Fretz) settled in Lincoln Co., Canada. It is said that Jacob Fretz, son of Lancaster John, visited them, but they could establish no mutual relationship.”

John Fritz came to Upper Canada and purchased on 7 Jun 1800, two hundred acres of land in the west half of Lots 9 & 10 Concession 10 from the Niagara River in Bertie Township, Welland County. This was located along Winger Road in the southeast part of the village of Stevensville. The present railway tracks run along the north boundary of the lot. Later in June, he purchased 400 acres in Lots 2 & 3 Concessions 15 and 16 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township on the north and south sides of Bertie Street between Point Abino Road and Holloway Bay Road north of the hamlet of Mulgrave and made this his home. A small burial ground was established in Lot 3 Concession 15 (now numbered 4611 Bertie Street and named Fretz Cemetery.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Winger, Sherk, Reaman. Leidy, Ramer, Grove, Van Cronk, Jacox, Sutton, Damude, Barnhart, Neff, Anger, Beam, Huffman, Miller, Baker, Woehl, Oatis, Haskell, Goodall, Pearson, Wintermute, House and many more.

Frost, Edmund (c. 1750- ) lived in Massachusetts during colonial times then in the American Revolution served in Jessup’s Corps. He settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. His possible son Edmund Frost (c. 1777-) and his wife Lydia Matthews lived successively in Walsingham, Charlotteville, Windham and Middleton Townships, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County, and in Wisconsin and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Conklin, Powell, Cram, Horton, Haney, Jackson. 

Fry, James (1815-1890) and his first wife Celia Longman lived at Tytherington, Gloucestershire, England. James and his second wife Sarah Croome emigrated to Canada in 1852 and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. They lived later in Bridgeport, Saginaw County, Michigan. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Kent Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Allger, Tillson, Buck, Nuttall, Cann, McLean, Whitehouse, Woods, Thompson. Unrelated, Richard Fry (c. 1833-1900) came from Sussex County, England to Lynn Valley, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Henderson. 

Fuller, Jonathan (1780-) and his wife Barbara Bingham lived in New York State then moved to Upper Canada in Oct 1805. In 1806, Jonathan Fuller purchased from Daniel Dodge 26 acres of Lot 8, Broken Front, West Oxford Twp., Oxford Co. He sold this to Julius Hitchcock in 1807. They then settled on 30 acres in Lot 6, Broken Front, Oxford Twp.

The genealogy includes five generations coast to coast in Canada and the United States Descendant surnames mentioned: Bentley, Ford, Allen, Secord, Misner, Slaght, Cunningham, Robertson, Ryan, Mabee, McDonald