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Gable, Henry (c. 1765-1836) and his wife Elizabeth lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The death registration of son “Jacob Gabel” stated he was born in “Boyerstown, Pa, USA”. Boyertown is a borough in the southeast part of Berks County and located east of the city of Reading at the intersection of Highways 562 and 73. Henry and Elizabeth moved with their family to Toronto Township, Peel County, Upper Canada by about 1810 and settled on a 130 acre farm in Lot 35 Concession 3 Toronto Township along the south side of Dundas Street on the town line with Trafalgar Township, Halton County and north of the village of Sheridan.Includes five generations of descendants in Peel, Norfolk and Wentworth Counties in Ontario. Descendant surnames included: Hammond, Wilson. 

Gardner, Samuel (1816-1892), a sculptor, and his wife Eleanor Perry came from Gloucester County, England to Simcoe in 1843. They lived afterwards in Brant County. Late in life Samuel moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and in Colorado and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Galbraith, Hobbs, Austin

Garner, Alexander (1792-  ) was baptized in Christ Church, a parish in the union of White Chapel, Tower Hamlets division of the hundred of Ossulstone in Spitalfields, London, Middlesex County. It is in the east part of the city of London north of the Tower of London. Alexander married Sarah Elizabeth Flemming in St. George Parish in the East also in the Tower Hamlets division of the hundred of Ossulstone in London. Alexander and Sarah Elizabeth Garner had two children baptized in St. Anne, Limehouse District also in the borough of Tower Hamlets.

Alexander and Sarah Garner with their two children came to Upper Canada in 1821 and had nine more children born in the province. The records of several of the children indicated they were born in Stamford Township, Welland County in the area of Niagara Falls, Niagara District. In the 1852 Census, Alexander and Sarah Garner were living with their younger children on Lot 16, Concession 13 Windham Township, Norfolk County east of the village of Atherton and southeast of the town of Delhi. In the 1861 Census they were in the area of Aylmer,  Malahide Township, Elgin County.

Both Alexander and Sarah Garner died before the time of the 1871 Census. Sarah’s 1870 death registration placed her passing in Ancaster Township, Wentworth County where her son William Benfield Garner lived and she was buried in White Chapel Cemetery were her son would also be buried.

Includes five generations of descendants in Welland, Lincoln and Norfolk Counties in Ontario and in New York Michigan, Louisiana, California and elsewhere in the United States. Descendant surnames included: Haney, Tufford, Young, Nunn, Skelly, Collier, Smith, Dawdy, Taylor, Cutler, Severance, Patton, Follick, Petch, Garrick, Michener, Crane, Baske, Matt, Patton, Collins, Clark, Sims, Hasely, Weaver

Garner, George (c. 1773-1839) came to Stamford Township, Welland County, Upper Canada before 1796 and married Christine Killman (1777-1826), daughter of Jacob Killman who served in the King’s Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution.

On 14 Sep 1799, George Garner purchased from his father-in-law 200 acres of land in Lots 118 and 121 Stamford Township west of the City of Niagara Falls. This was located along the south side of Beaverdams Road. Garner Road named for this family runs along the east side of the farm and Beechwood Road runs along the west side.

The genealogy includes five generations in Welland County, Ontario, and in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Hobkins, Biggar, Hellems, West, Nunn, Skelly, Cutler, Laws, Kinner, Hixson, Power, Misener, Stewart, Melrose, Black, Russell, Hollenbeck, Jackson, Quackenbush, Reith, Latcham, Reece, Matthews, Everett, Holditch, O’Neill and many more.

Gates, Calvin Clark (1802-1873) came from Genessee County, New York to Upper Canada about 1820 and married Elizabeth Burgar. The couple lived in Walpole Township, Haldimand County then by 1876 in Houghton Township, Norfolk County. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties. Descendant surnames included: Buchner, Hewitt. 

Gifford, Perry (1776-c. 1850) came to the Niagara area about 1794 then settled in South Cayuga Township, Haldimand County. His son Perry Arthur Gifford (1845-1929) and his wife Sarah Ann Barber lived in Simcoe, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, and in Illinois and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Barker, Stringer, Kelly, Doonan, Lockie, Windecker. 

Gilbert, Josiah (c. 1756-1831) lived in South Salem, Westchester County, New York during colonial times and served in the King's American Regiment during American Revolution. Josiah went to New Brunswick in 1783 and married his first wife Elizabeth. Josiah and his second wife Sarah Outhouse, came to Upper Canada in 1796 and settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. They settled afterwards in Norwich Township, Oxford County. Includes four generations of descendants in Oxford and Norfolk Counties. Descendant surnames included: Mahoney, Swartout, Minshall, Cooper, Morley, Armstrong, Boughner. 

Gillaspy, William (1791-1867) came from New Jersey to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County in 1812 and married Harriett Ann Monro, daughter of Norfolk Pioneer Lieutenant John Monro. William settled on his father-in-law’s crown grant and was a founder of the village of St. Williams. They had only one surviving child Mary Jane Gillaspy (1817-1889) who married Peter Price. Her descendents are continued in the Price genealogy. Two page Gillaspy biography.  

Gilmore, Benjamin (c. 1753- after 1818). During the American Revolution, Benjamin Gilmore was loyal to the British cause and joined the New Jersey Volunteers. Benjamin Gilmore came to Upper Canada in 1790 and married Anna M. Disher. They settled on Lot 134 in Stamford Township, Welland County. This was located on the north side of Lundy’s Lane between Kalar and Garner Roads. In Benjamin Gilmore’s time this was wholly undeveloped. It has since been subdivided for residential and commercial properties in the City of Niagara Falls. Today, Scott’s Family Campground is located on the southwest part of the property.

In an unregistered transaction, he purchased from the Crown grantee Henry Bowman 100 acres in Lot 19 Grantham Township, Lincoln County with its broken front on the south shore of Lake Ontario. This was located on the north side of Lakeshore Road east of Twelve Mile Creek and Lighthouse Road. This has since been subdivided and developed for residential properties in the City of St. Catharines. Westcliffe Park is located in the north part of the lot and Westgate Park Drive runs through the centre of the property.

The genealogy includes six generations who lived from coast to coast in North America. Descendant surnames mentioned: Smith, May, Patterson, Wade, Roberts, Colloton, Boon, Hatfield, Wilson, Lampman, McCarthy, Cooper, Case, Dowser, Farrell, Crossett, Ketchabaw, Lamb, London, Hepburn, Kobel, Cook, Anderson, McHugh, Varcoe and many more.

Glover, Jacob (c. 1763-1813) was born to Francis Glover in Hardwick Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. In the American Revolution, Jacob joined a Loyalist regiment called the Volunteers of Ireland under Lord Rawdon and served part of the time as a Sergeant.

Following the war, Jacob Glover returned to Sussex County and married Deborah Moore. The couple came to Upper Canada with a New Jersey settlement group in 1787. Jacob’s listing with the 42 settlement families mentions, “In that season, Jacob Glover, with one Woman, 1 son, 2 daughters, 2 cows and two horses.” Jacob received a grant of Lot 14, Concessions 1, 2, 3 and 4, Grimsby Township stretching back from the Lake Ontario shore line east of the present town of Grimsby, and was named there on the 1791 and 1811 Surveyor General’s Office maps. Jacob Glover moved to Norfolk County by 1799 and settled on Lot 1 Concession 6, Windham Township located along the town line of Townsend Township and on the west side present Highway 24 between Windham Roads 5 and 6 northwest of the town of Waterford.

Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Oxford and Brant Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Perkins, Bertrand, McDowell, Studman, Young, Clark, Lumsden, Bowman, McIntyre, Carroll, Clark, Jewell, Peach, Yeatman. 

Goble, Jacob (1783-) came from New York in 1811 and settled with his wife Mary Beamer in Grantham Township, Lincoln County. The couple lived next in Oxford County in 1823 then in Villa Nova, Townsend Township. Norfolk County in 1833. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Griggs, McIntyre, Faulds, Smith, Stafford. 

Golding, James (1802-1875) and his wife Ann brought their family from England to Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1850. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Gilbert, Charters. 

Gonder/Gander, Johann Michael (1750-1813) was born in Ingelheim am Rhein in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and immigrated with his parents Jacob and Maria Margaretha (Daerendinger) Gander to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1754.

During colonial times, Michael Gonder farmed in the Mennonite settlement in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania southeast of the city of Lancaster. During the American Revolution, he was loyal to the Crown and noted in a later land petition: “That having the name of a Tory during the War His House was set on fire [….] himself fined in a thousand pounds, for not carrying arms against his Majesty…” He could not pick up arms in the war under the tenets of his faith.

Michael Gonder came with two of his children to Upper Canada in 1788. Gonder stated in his October 1796 petition: “That he is a man of a large family having 4 sons & 1 Daughter now coming from the States”. Michael’s wife and all but his oldest son Jacob and daughter Margaret would return to Pennsylvania around 1800.

He settled on 216 acres of land in Lot 6 Concessions 1 & 2 with the Broken Front on the Niagara River in Willoughby Township, Welland County. This was along the south side of Sherk Road running from the river west to Sodom Road about three kilometers north of the village of Black Creek.  

The genealogy includes parentage in Pennsylvania and six generations in Ontario, New York, Indiana and the western United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Price, Beam, Fares, Scarff, Shepley, Sherk, Bates, Carroll, Durham, McCombs, Bridley, Weare, Updegrove, Ayers, Dronberger, Scott, Rudd, Dee, Mathewson, Werry, Mildon

Goodhue, Ebenezer (1773-1853) was born along the New Hampshire–Vermont state line, then lived in Bath, Steuben County, New York. He married Anah Owen and the couple followed her father Epenetus Owen to Lincoln County, Upper Canada about 1798 then settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1799. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Iowa and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Cornell, Parmenter, Dodge, Goodspeed, Hanlon, Wright, Passmore, Trewin, Boyington, Speicher, Foster. 

Gordon: A collection of Norfolk County genealogies for this surname. William Gordon (c. 1803-1891) and his wife Mary Shand came from Banffshire, Scotland and lived for a time in Oakland Township and in Paris, Brant County. They settled in Walsingham Township near Silver Hill by 1850. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Elgin Counties. Descendant surnames included: McBurney. John Gordon (c. 1812-) and his wife Sarah came from Ireland and settled in Port Rowan, Walsingham Township by 1841. Includes children. Robert Gordon (c. 1818-1890) came from Aberdeen, Scotland about 1840 and settled in Round Plains, Windham Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Silverthorn, Cooper, Hall, Gray, Marsaw. Nathaniel Gordon (c. 1841-) and his wife Lois settled in Windham Township then in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes children. Frank Gordon (c. 1845-1884) came from Madisonville, Kentucky and was a merchant in Simcoe. Includes children.

Goring, Francis  (1755-1842) was born to Abraham and Ann (Lloyd) Goring in London, England on 26 Aug 1755 and baptized as Francis “Gorringe” in Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London on 7 Sep 1755. He came to Canada at the start of the American Revolution in 1776 and held positions of trust in the Quarter Master General’s Department in Quebec and Niagara. He married Lucy Secord (1765-1801), daughter of Loyalist soldier and pioneer Peter Secord.

Following the war, Francis received a grant of 400 acres of land in Lots 178, 179 and 180, Niagara Township and in the adjoining Lot 1 Concession 7, Grantham Township Lincoln County. These lots were located along the town line of Niagara and Grantham north of Queenston Road and the present Queen Elizabeth Way.

Includes biography and four generations of descendants in Ontario, western Canada and in New York, Michigan and California in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Smith, Parall, Millard, Darby, Lambert, Secord, Mann, Warner, Clement, Sagar, Thomas, Silverthorn, Walter, Hutt, Brown, McBride, Chapin, Almas, Perry, McMaugh, Robertson, McQueen, Anderson, Waters, Bowman, Stewart; Potter, Davidson, Hallam, Chapman, McCombs, Schooley, Hardwick, Stringer, Bennett, Nickle, Powell, Galway, Harrison, Middaugh, Thomas, Fisher, Moss, Anderson, Smoke, Kennedy, Wilson, Strong, Tuck, Valentine, Freeman, Dann, Bowes, Simpson, Woodruff. 

Gould, John (1759-1825) was loyal to the British cause during the American Revolution and travelled to Fort Niagara, the British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario to take up arms. In his 1795 land petition, John Gould stated he served in the Detroit Volunteers, a loyalist unit for two years then joined Butler’s Rangers in the summer of 1779 serving for five years.

Following the war, he married Hannah Haines (daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Froelick) Haines), born in Albany County, New York on 11 Sep 1776 and settled on a grant of 200 acres of land in Lot 20 Concession 8 and Lot 19 Concession 9 Grantham Township. The former was located along the east side of Louth Street from Pelham Road in the south to Rykert Street in the north. The second grant ran from the south side of Glendale Avenue south to the foot of the Niagara Escarpment. Twelve Mile Creek, a major waterway crosses through the centre of the lot. During his time this area was entirely rural. It has since been subdivided and developed and forms much of the Western Hill neighbourhood in the City of St. Catharines.

The pioneer soldier settler next made his homestead on Lot 22 Concession 5 Grantham Township along the east and west sides of Twelve Mile Creek between present day Fourth Avenue and Third Avenue. His son John Gould Jr. inherited the property and subdivided it for the Grapeview and Martindale Heights neighbourhoods in St. Catharines.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include: Hostetter, Yocom, Robins, Fitzer, Clendenning, Smith, Corson, Roszell, Titterington, Filmore, Leavenworth, Wallace, Beebe, Martell, Weaver, Haskin, Forshee, Montross, Darby, Bloomfield, Robbins and many more.

Graham, James (1783-1854), a physician, and his wife Elizabeth, came from the United States to Upper Canada by 1805 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County southeast of Simcoe by 1816. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Kansas and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Bodwell, Lesslie. 

Graham, John Tampas (c, 1815-) came from England by 1845 and with his wife Tamzan Ann Bowbeer settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County near the village of Rockford. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Smith, Osborn, Colter, Cooper, Hall, Wilcox. 

Grass, Michael (1761-1812) was born in Albany County, New York on 29 Aug 1761 to Bastian whose surname was variously spelled Cress and Kress and his wife Maria Margarete (Schanzenbach). The family lived in the Town of Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York once a part of the manor of the Van Rensselaer family. The people who farmed the land were leaseholders of the patroon under a feudal system which originally began in the 1600’s in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands. The original town (actually a “township”) in 1795 was divided into smaller towns. The part in which Michael “Kress” lived was the Town of Bern located on Cobbleskill Creek about 25 kilometres west of Albany.
Michael Cress/Kress came to Canada by 1806 and the clerk spelled his surname “Grass” when he purchased 107 acres of land in Lots 6, 7 and 8 Concession 9, Grantham Township, Lincoln County south of the hamlet of Homer in present St, Catharines. During the War of 1812, Michael Grass served in McEwan’s and Jones’ Companies of the Lincoln County Militia. He died of disease while in the service.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Cudney, Cline, Anderson, Knotts, Dye, Lundeen, Hough, Groshong, Gee, Arnold, Ingalls, Relf, Clogg, Griffiths, Parry, McGrew, Westervelt. Graham, Woolley, Ryckman, Parker, McVicar, James, Hunt, Brisseau and many more.

Gray, George (1760-1840), a wheelwright and cabinet maker, and his wife Agnes Atchinson came from Northumberland County, England in 1801 and settled in Ontario County, New York and then in Livingston County, New York. Their son George Gray (1811-1892) and his wife Jane E. Charlton came from Caledonia, Livingston County, New York to Lynedoch, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1848. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Charlton, Fulton, Hayes. 

Graydon, John (c. 1802-1861) came to Upper Canada from Ireland about 1835 and married Mary Silverthorn. The couple settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County by 1836 then in Walsingham Township near the Houghton Township line in 1852. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. 

Green, Benjamin (c. 1750-1838/9) served in Rogers Rangers during the American Revolution then came to Upper Canada about 1787 and settled in Township Township, Norfolk County by 1796 when he married Sarah Burtch. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Boucher, Sloat, Matthews, Bloomfield, Yager. 

Green, Charles (1737-1827) and his brother Reuben Green (est. 1750-). This genealogy begins with William Green (est. 1671-1722) who emigrated from England and married Joanna Reeder in Long Island, New York. The couple settled in Ewing Township, Burlington (later Hunterdon then Mercer) County, New Jersey north of the city of Trenton and William served as one of the first Judges of Hunterdon County. It then continues with William Green’s son John Green (c. 1707- ) and his wife Hannah Lanning who settled in Oxford Township, Sussex (later Warren) County, New Jersey.

Their sons Charles Green (1737-1827) and Reuben Green (est. 1750- ) served as Loyalist soldiers during the American Revolution then settled in Upper Canada. Charles Green came to Niagara with his wife Rebekah Scritchfield was an early settler in Stamford Township, Welland County in the present city of Niagara Falls. Reuben Green settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County west of the present town of Simcoe. Includes five generations of descendants in Welland, Haldimand and Norfolk Counties and in Wisconsin, California, New York and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Beamsley; Miller, Watson, Vandervoort, Kirkconnell, Nie, Stephenson, Lymburner, Durham, Gamble, Fischer, Misener, Robertson, Douglas, Lundy, Pew, Snively, Leech, Fralick, Hanlon, Shannon, Coulson, Wurch, Malone, Garrett, Sumner, Brown, Smith, Manuel, Augustine, Wells, Carter, Orr, Bauer, Henderson, Cliff, Rose, McGarry, Stuart, Hiscock, Esseltyne, Henry, Phillips, King, Newstead, Featherstone, Clancey, Thrush, Furlong, Springer, Nogle, Ives, Pettis, Huntington, Burkhardt, Faudler, Hawkins, Gillap, Parish, Shickluna, Sanders, Schmidt, Woodford, Hazen, Wilbur, Rayment, Stewart, Billiard, Billyard, Thompson, Hamilton, Hubbard, McCarroll, Sheldrick, Marrow, Meredith, Lockard. 

Green, John (1802-1852) and his brother James Lodor Green (1810-1888), nephews of Norfolk pioneer mill builder Job Lodor came during the 1820’s from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania to Windham Centre, Windham Township, Norfolk County and Waterford, Townsend Township, Norfolk County respectively. Includes parents and three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Muskoka District. Descendant surname included: Marter. 

Griffin, Richard (1732-1795) and his wife Mary Smith lived in Nine Partners Precinct, Dutchess County, New York during colonial times. In the American Revolution Richard served in the Loyalist forces then in 1787/8 came to Upper Canada and settled in Smithville, Clinton Township, Lincoln County. Among his children, his son Nathaniel Griffin (1766-1855) married Christina Beam and settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County. Some of Richard Griffin’s grandchildren in other branches also settled in Windham and Townsend Townships and are included. Includes ancestry and three generations of descendants in Lincoln, Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Hill, Meredith, Lindaberry, Wardell, Burns, Pettit, Pattullo, Ward, Bean, Marsaw, Lundy, House, Simmons, Gilmore, Smith, Tallman

Griffin, Saunders (c. 1775-) was a son of Margaret (Mabee) Manuel) by her first husband, and a nephew of Charlotteville Township pioneer Frederick Mabee. He went with his uncle Obediah Griffin to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution and came to Upper Canada in 1813, settling in Malahide Township, Elgin County. Includes three generations of descendants in Elgin County. Descendant surnames included: Esseltine, Cohoon, Saunders, Wilson. 

Groff, Mark (c. 1784-) and his wife Elizabeth came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada by 1826 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County near Port Dover by 1834. They lived afterwards in Simcoe. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and Iowa. Descendant surnames included: Birdsell, Reynolds, Waddle, Thompson, Goodland. 

Gundry, Jonathan (c. 1800-) and his wife Elizabeth Presland emigrated from London, England to Simcoe, Norfolk County about 1845. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Maryland and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Winter. 

Gustin, John (1762-1821) was born to Eliphalet and Freelove (Whitman) Gustin in Sussex County, New Jersey on November 15, 1762. He married in New Jersey, Abigail Smith (1766-c. 1807/13, daughter of pioneer Abraham Smith and the couple came to Upper Canada in 1786 settling first near the Smith parents on a government grant in Lot 9 on the broken front along Lake Erie in Bertie Township, Welland County west of Fort Erie. In 1796, John and Abigail Gustin moved to a grant of land on Young’s Creek in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County east of the village of Vittoria. Sometime between 1805 and 1810, John built a saw and grist mill on his property.Includes ancestral story and five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Middlesex and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Hadcock, Ryan, Hall, Thompson, Everett, Guiler, Hetherman, Drake, Bissell, McArthur, Rosser, Thayer, Church, Pratt, Irvine, Schank, Soper, Frazier.