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Taggart, Alexander (c. 1781-) emigrated from Ireland and came to Townsend Township, Norfolk County by about 1802 and married Elizabeth Dougherty. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Haldimand Counties, and in Michigan and California and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Sebring, Hoffman, Barnhart, Lee, Benson, HandyTait/Tate, John (c. 1818-) came from England with his wife Mary and settled in Walsingham Township. Tait/Tate, David (1820-1906) came from England to Canada by 1845 and married Mary Robinson. They settled in Walsingham Township west of the village of Lynedoch then in 1892 moved to Wells Township, Tuscola County, Michigan. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surname included: Bacon

Tait/Tate, John (c. 1818-) came from England with his wife Mary and settled in Walsingham Township. Tait/Tate, David (1820-1906) came from England to Canada by 1845 and married Mary Robinson. They settled in Walsingham Township west of the village of Lynedoch then in 1892 moved to Wells Township, Tuscola County, Michigan. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surname included: Bacon

Tallman, Samuel (c. 1782-) and his wife Eunice Lakin married in Prescott, Upper Canada about 1800 then settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County by 1812 then moved to Yarmouth Township, Elgin County after 1829. Includes children and grandchildren in Elgin County. Descendant surnames included: Knight, Elwood

Taylor, Abraham (c. 1775-), a native of Staten Island, New York went with his parents to New Brunswick. He came to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1799 then purchased land in Woodhouse Township in 1802 and sold it in 1803. John Taylor received a Crown Lease on land in Charlotteville Township in 1802 and was assessed there in 1809. One page biography 

Taylor, Gilbert (1815-1896), a native of Ontario County, New York came to Upper Canada by about 1835 and married Lucinda Ann Smith. The couple lived in Glanford and Ancaster Townships, Wentworth County then by 1850 settled on a farm in Townsend Township, Norfolk County near the village of Hartford. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Kaufman, Cross

Teal, Zachariah (1799-1836) was born in Claverack, Columbia County, New York on 16 Feb 1799 to Zachariah Tiel and his wife Catarina Sauer. He came to Bertie Township, Welland County, Upper Canada before 1828 and married Elizabeth Scarlett (c. 1803-1876). The couple farmed 100 acres Lot 2 Concession 9 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township. This is located on the south side of Bertie Street and the east side of Teal Road north of Garrison Road (present Highway 3 and the village of Ridgeway. He added another 40 acres in Lot 4 Concession 9 and 20 acres in Lot 3 Concession 9 to the north of Bertie Street. Lawrence Teal (1765-1818) was baptized in St. Peters Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York on 20 Nov 1765 by Johann Heinrich and Anna Gertrude (Neher) Teal. The home area of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York was located along the east side of the Hudson River opposite the City of Kingston. He married in Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York on 15 Feb 1784, Anna Barbara Kuntz, daughter of Nicholas and Anna Margaretha (Wiederwachs) Kuntz/Coens (1765-  ). The couple settled in the town of Claverack (now Churchtown), Columbia County, New York located north of Rhinebeck. This is a rural area located at the intersection of Routes 27 and 12 east of the Hudson River and the town of Linlithgo. By 1805, Lawrence and Anna Barbara Teal moved to the Bertie Township, Welland County in the Niagara area of Upper Canada and purchased a 160 acres farm in Lot 3 and the west part of Lot 4 Concession 9 from the Niagara River. On a modern map, this is on the north side of Bertie Street east of Ridge Road north of the Garrison Road (Highway 3) and the village of Ridgeway. Teal Road along the west side of the farm is named for this family.

Includes ancestors, biographies and five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Lown, McKay, Bushey, Laur, Spedding, Bowen, Silverthorn, Harriett, Rice, Current, Pettit, Anger, Edsall, Ellwood, Cutler, Fite, Baxter, Baker, Jansen, Leiffer, Pearse, Dennahower, Williams, Rogers, Mathewson, Shisler, McLeod, Noyes, Barnhart, Hux, Helka, Long and many more

Teeple, Peter (1762-1847), a native of New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the King’s American Dragoons during the American Revolution then went in the 1783 Loyalist exodus of New York City to New Brunswick where he married Lydia Mabee. In 1796, they followed his wife’s parents to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County and later moved to West Oxford Township, Oxford County. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Middlesex Counties, and in Michigan, Wisconsin and Texas and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Davis, Hoover, Stevens, Simpson, Partlow, Stripp, Galbraith, Simes, Ottley, Bedford, Rolph, Simmons, Foster, McLaren, Lowe, Williams, Curtis, Call, Thompson, Wilner, Heath, Jeffrey, Leek, Fink, York

TenBroeck, Peter  (c. 1737-1804) was born to Jacob and Christina Janse (Van Allen) TenBroeck in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. He married Anna Herkimer (daughter of Johan Jost and Catharina (Petrie) Herkimer). 

Peter and Anna TenBroeck initially lived on an estate in the area of Katsbaan, a hamlet in the Town of Saugerties along the west side of the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York. Peter was a career soldier who served for 28 years and rose to the rank of Major in the colonial militia. During the French Indian (Seven Years) War (1757-1763), TenBroeck served in the colonial forces. Peter also had an estate in the Kingsland District of Tryon County, New York north of the Mohawk River west of the village of Stone Arabia and made that his subsequent settlement.

During the American Revolution, He travelled to Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario and initially joined the loyalist Indian Department under Colonel Guy Johnson. When Butler’s Rangers was formed on 4 May 1778, he received a commission of Captain in a regimental company.

Following the peace, Captain TenBroeck settled on a land grant in Niagara Township, Lincoln County on Lake Ontario on the east side of the mouth of Four Mile Creek in the Town of Newark, later known as the Town of Niagara and present Niagara-on-the-Lake. Captain TenBroeck rose to prominence in early Upper Canada. In 1789, he was appointed to Niagara’s first Land Board deciding grant requests of the pioneer settlers in the district and received reappointment to the board in 1791. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the 1st Battalion of the Nassau Militia and the 1st Regiment of its successor Lincoln County Militia. He was also one of the first Justices of the Peace in Niagara, a judge of the Court of Common Please, and a founding member of the Niagara Library.

Peter TenBroeck received a substantial grant of 1000 acres of land Lots 21, 22 and 23 Concessions 1 and 2 and Lots 20, 21, 22 and 23 Concession 3 Grantham Township. This block of land was located on both sides of Twelve Mile Creek east of the Louth Township line from the village of Port Dalhousie south to Scott Street in present day St. Catharines.

The genealogy includes biographies and six generations in Ontario, in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Bell, Bellinger, Butler, Pawling, Buchanan, McQuillen, Thompson, Meacham, Welsh, Skidmore, Preston, Hazen, Gustin, McBride, Leitch, Fairchild, Will, Mabon, Hollensteiner.

Terhune, Albert (1764-1839) and his wife Mary Van Riper lived in Pompton Plains, New Jersey until 1836 when they moved with their son Guilliam to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestry and four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Kent Counties, and in Ohio. Descendant surnames included: Chatterson, Wilcox, Cox

Thomas, James (c. 1740-   ) and his wife Maayke Christyntje Clauw during colonial times lived in the area of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York on the east side of the Hudson River south of Albany. During the American Revolution, James Thomas was loyal to the Crown and served under Sir John Johnson in the King’s Royal Regiment of New York.

Following the war, he settled on 100 acres of land in Lot 110, Niagara Township, Lincoln County on the east and west sides of Four Mile Creek Road and the north side of Line 3 Road south of the village of Virgil. The genealogy includes documents for James Thomas and two of his children: Robert Thomas and Christianna Thomas who married  Major Slater.

Thomas, Jesse (c. 1745-c. 1807) was born in Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to John and Jane (Roberts) Thomas. Jesse and Sarah Bennett settled in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania located on the west side of the Schuykill River now a northwest suburb of the City of Philadelphia.

Jesse Thomas came to Upper Canada and on 24 Jul 1800 bought from Queenston merchant Robert Hamilton 141 acres of land in Lots 22 and 23 Concession 10 Grantham Township, Lincoln County. This property was situated in the southwest corner of the present City of St. Catharines along the north side of the Thorold Township Line and east side of the Louth Township Line. On the west side it runs along First Street Louth from the base of the Niagara Escarpment southward up the escarpment across Decew Road then east to the west side of the Morningstar Mill property. The property included a saw mill site owned by Queenston merchant Robert Hamilton on Twelve Mile Creek which flowed through the location.

Jesse Thomas was succeeded on the homestead and saw mill by his son Peter Thomas who established a Grist Mill and the community of Crown Mills now known as Power Glen.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Comfort, Johnston, Roberts, Ringel, Pegelo, Soucie.

Thompson, Archibald (c. 1749-1821) came to colonial America from Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1773 and settled on 100 acres of land received from Colonel John Harper in Tryon (present Montgomery) County, New York. Thompson noted in a later claim for losses that he cleared “12 Acres of Land with Buildings thereon Erected, Live Stock Household Furniture, Grain Farmg Utensils &c the whole valued at that time at £155.10 Cury”.

Archibald Thompson wrote of the colonial period and his service in the American Revolution in his Upper Canada Land Petition of 11 May 1796:

“humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner came from Britain in the year 1773 and settled at Johnstown in the province of New York, his attachment to his Sovereign obliged him to leave that Country in the year 1775 – and leave what little property he had acquired behind him, he then enter’d into his Majestys Service at repairing the Forts of Oswegotche & Niagara, went with Govr Abbott in 1777 to post St Vincennes & was by him appointed Master Carpenter for that Post. Govr Abbott being recall’d in 1778 he enter’d a Volunteer in the Detroit Milita and was three months with Genr Hamilton on his expedition to post St Vincennes, & at the first raising the Militia in this province had a Lieuts Commission from his Excellency Lord Dorchester.”

Following the war, Archibald Thompson settled on 202 acres of land in Lots 19 and 20 Stamford Township, Welland County between the west side of the Niagara River Parkway and Stanley Avenue near the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. 4 In later times following the construction of the Sir Adam Beck Hydro Electric Generating Station in 1954, its reservoir has covered most of the farm. The Floral Clock and the Centennial Lilac Garden on the parkway are in the east part of the location. This is now in the City of Niagara Falls.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Smith, Iles, Mayhew, Dudley, Seaver, Atkinson, Woodruff, Bracken, Parker, Welch, Gilbert, House, Thorburn, Rogers, Carter, Hill, Lees, Stead, Begg, English, Bastedo, Taylor, McEown, Robertson, Geagen and many more.

Thompson, John (c. 1738-  ) and his wife Dorothea McGinnis (c. 1736-1808) during colonial times lived in the area of German Flatts near Stone Arabia, Albany (later Montgomery) County, New York. During the American Revolution, John Thompson was loyal to the British cause and went to the British stronghold at Fort Niagara located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. John Thompson aged 45 and Dorothy aged 43 were listed in the 1783 Census of Niagara taken at the fort and of those settled on the west side of the Niagara River. They settled afterwards in Stamford Township, Welland County. Following the war, John Thompson was granted 200 acres of land in Lots 154 and 155, Stamford Township located between Beechwood and Kalar Roads south of Lundy’s Lane and north of McLeod Road.

His brother Andrew Thompson (c. 1740- 1781) during the American Revolution was loyal to the crown of Great Britain and went to the British stronghold at Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario where he served as a Captain in Butler’s Rangers. Captain Andrew Thompson drowned while returning from a military foray to Detroit.

Another brother Peter Thompson (c. 1744-  ) during the American Revolution, Peter Thompson was loyal to the crown of Great Britain and went to the British stronghold at Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario where he served in Butler’s Rangers. Peter Thompson settled on 200 acres of land in Lots 22 and 39 Stamford Township, Welland County located along the east side of Stanley Avenue north of the whirlpool on the Niagara River.  Today the canals for the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Station Reservoir take up much of the property.

A third brother Samuel Thompson (c. 1758-  ) served in the Indian Department, a military unit at Fort Niagara until joining Butler’s Rangers at its formation in 1777.Samuel Thomson was listed as 2nd Lieutenant in Major John Butler’s Company of Butler’s Rangers and paid £121.12 at the rate of 8 shillings per day for 304 days of service from 25 Dec 1777 to 24 Oct 1778. Resigned 26th October Instant. He then served as a storekeeper in the Indian Department. After the peace, he settled on 1 acre in Lot 251 in the Town of Niagara at the northeast corner of Dorchester and William Streets.

The genealogy includes two generations in Stamford and Grantham Townships in Lincoln County and the United Counties of Lennox and Addington, Toronto.

Thompson, Samuel (c. 1784-1842) settled in the area of Port Dover Woodhouse Township by 1812 when he was recorded in the 1812 Census. During the War of 1812, Samuel served as a Private in Park’s Company and in McCracken’s Detachment of the Norfolk County Militia. On 30 Sep 1817, Samuel was granted by the Crown 200 acres in Lot 49 North of Talbot Road, (Lot 4 Concession 9), Yarmouth Township, Elgin County patented on 30 Sep 1817. This is located along the north side of Talbot Street between St. Catharine and Horton Streets. During Samuel’s time this location was rural. It has since been subdivided and developed for commercial and residential properties in the City of St. Thomas.

The genealogy includes six generations in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, Ontario and the midwestern and western United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: McBride, Davis, Caughell, Lester, Champion, O’Donnell, Zeller, Carty, Frost, Trosper, Lehman, La Vielle, Burt, Hardesty, Puckett

Thornton, Abel (c. 1767-1834) was born in the American colonies about 1767 and married probably in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont c. 1795, Rachel Burdick, a daughter of James and Phoebe Choate Smith and widow of Hammon Lawrence. Abel and Rachel lived in Vermont then by 1805 came to Upper Canada. They settled on Lot 22 Concession 1, North Oxford Township, Oxford County in the present village of Beachville. Abel was the assessor of a part of Oxford County and also owned other properties in Oxford and Perth Counties.

The genealogy includes biography of Abel Thornton, three generations in Oxford County and in Michigan and possible ancestry. Williams, Showers, Craig, Perry, Karn, Cross, Barker, Taylor

Tice, Frederick (c. 1750-1806)  immigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania about 1775. He and his wife Catharine had twelve children including eight sons born in Pennsylvania. The family arrived in the province in 1798. Frederick Tice filed an Upper Canada Land Petition of Frederick Tice now of Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) dated at York (Toronto) on 11 Jul 1799. He stated that he had been in the province for twelve months with is wife and twelve children including eight sons. He requested a grant of land and was allowed 400 acres. His sons lived in Pelham Township in Welland County, and Gainsborough and Caistor Townships in Lincoln County.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Bowman, Wedge, Lane, Burk, Snyder, Potter, Lockwood, Clark, Silverthorn, Cutler, Wardell, Ellsworth, Michener, Williams, Crawford, Maynard, Chambers, Mitchell, Hall, Schrumm, Rowe, French, Davidson and many more.

Tisdale, Ephraim (1745-1815) during colonial times operated a shipyard in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts and gave his services to the British government during the American Revolution. Following the war, he and his wife Ruth Strange took their family in the Loyalist exodus of New York to New Brunswick. His sons began settling in Norfolk County in 1799 and Ephraim came to Charlotteville Township in 1808. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Oxford and Elgin Counties and in Manitoba and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Ellsworth, Spore, Martin, McCredie, Shapley, McAlister, Boyd, Chute, McPherson, Sims, Brian, Heron, O'Dell, Russell, Monilaws, McKnight, Camfield, Boultbee, Wilcox, Wardell, Fish, Holder, Hess, Brown, Palmer

Topp, John (c. 1802-1883) and his wife Susan Campbell came to Ontario from Cambridgeshire, England in 1839 and settled in North Cayuga Township, Haldimand County southeast of the town of Cayuga. The couple had fourteen children. Includes five generations of descendants in Haldimand, Lincoln and Welland Counties in Ontario and in Minnesota, Washington and Michigan in the United States. Descendant surnames included: Sutor, Rae, Hoddy, Phibbs, McCarthy, McClung, Walker, Carter, McClung, Bradford, Bell, McDonald, Fisher, McFarlain, Shapland, Stevens, Jarden, Parker, Dolan, Baldwin, Killins, Crease, Merritt, Stevens, Bruce, Moodie, Haney, Deamude, Pridmore

Townsend, Edward (1) (1814-1899) was born in England and came to Canada before 1838 when he married Emeline Johnson (c. 1816-1882). Edward and Emeline Townsend farmed 160 acres of land in Lot 30 Concession 6, Chinguacousy Township, Peel County. This was located near the intersection of Regional Roads 9 (King Street) and 19 (Winston Churchill Bourlevard) west of the Credit River and the hamlet of Salmonville, later renamed Terra Cotta. The present day Terra Cotta Inn and Terra Cotta General Store on King Street are located in this area.

Includes three generations of descendants in Peel, Halton and Dufferin Counties in Ontario and in Manitoba and Michigan in the United States. Descendant surnames included: McArthur, Duxbury, Cains, Gardner, Harber, Stringer, Hunter, McKeown, Fletcher, Wilkinson, Near, McDonald, MacDonald, Henderson, Potter, Baxendale, Hayes, Colbeck, Carley, Van Dyke, Murdoch

Townsend, Edward (2) (c. 1809-  ) came from England to Norfolk County, Ontario by 1842 when he married Margaret Dawson (c. 1814-1887). The couple farmed 80 acres of land in Lot 13 Concession 5 Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. This was located on the southeast side of the village of Walsingham Centre along Regional Road 59. Edward died before 1861 and his widow married Henry Hawley.

Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and Toronto in Ontario and in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California in the United States. Descendant surnames include Harper, Gage and Hall.

Trinder, Thomas (1788-) married Elizabeth Staples and lived in Kempsford, Gloucester County, England. Five of their sons came from England to Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County during the 1850s: William Trinder (1816-1893), Henry Trinder (1830-1911), Richard Trinder (1832-1912), Edward Trinder (1837-), Edwin Trinder (1837-1922). Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties. Descendant surnames included: Bridge

Troup, John (c. 1770-  ) came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada with his wife Esther (Hersey) by about 1799 when his son Jacob was born in Bertie Township, Welland County. On 15 Feb 1803, he purchased the west end of Lot 1 Concession 5 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township and two years later in 1805 added the west end of Lot 2 Concession 5 from the Niagara River.1 This was located along the east side of Sunset Road between Garrison Road (Highway 3) and Bertie Street about 5 kilometres west of Fort Erie. Today, the Greater Fort Erie Secondary School is located on the south part of this lot. Later in 1805, he added another 100 acres of land in Lot 2 Concession 6 on the west side of Sunset Drive and south side of Bertie Street.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Winger, Nigh, Zavitz, Dausman, Sherk, Weaver, Plato, Stump, Herriman, Knisley, Culp, High, Springer, Burger, Torbet, Crook, Hughes, Cring, Asher, Steinmiller, Noxell, Morningstar, Haun, Sahs, Leidy, Brillinger, Learn and many more.

Troyer, John (1756-1842) and his wife Sophia Reichenback came from Berks County, Pennsylvania to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County in 1790. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County, and in Illinois and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Pettit, Ferguson, McDermand. The biography of John Troyer is in Long Point Settlers Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4.

Turney, John (c. 1744-1819) was born in Ireland and joined the British Army about 1763 then came to colonial American settling in New York state. During the American Revolution, John Turney remained loyal to the British cause and traveled to Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. There he joined Butler’s Rangers on 25 Dec 1777 and received an appointment to the rank of Lieutenant. He continued in the service until his discharge at the end of the war in 1784. He was listed as 1st Lieutenant in Major John Butler’s Company of Butler’s Rangers and paid £121.12 at the rate of 8 shillings per day for 304 days of service from 25 Dec 1777 to 24 Oct 1778.

As a former Lieutenant, John Turney was entitled to a crown grant of 2000 acres of land. A grant of 600 acres were situated in Lots 21, 22 and 23 Concessions 8 and 9 Grantham Township, Lincoln County and another 200 acres were in Lots 1, 2, 4 and 5 Thorold Township, Welland County. The Grantham and Thorold lots ran from the east side of First Street Louth to the west side of Louth Street north and south of Twelve Mile Creek. The Niagara Escarpment rises in the south part of the lots and the hamlet of Reynoldsville grew up at the intersection of Vansickle Road and Pelham Road and this is now the community of Power Glen. This was entirely rural until recent times when it was taken into the City of St. Catharines and parts subdivided and developed for residential and commercial properties.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario, Illinois and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Boyd, Carter, Mckee, Geibel, Aderhold

Turvey, Charles (1830-1888) and his wife Eliza Goodson lived in Tring, Hertford County, England and emigrated to Canada in 1858. They lived in Clinton Township, Lincoln County then in South Cayuga Township, Haldimand County. They settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1867. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Rollings, Stitt 

Tuttle, Jeremiah (1764-1835) came from New Jersey to Upper Canada by about 1786 and with his wife Susannah Slaght (1770-1854) settled on 100 acres of land in Lot 9 Concession 3 Bertie Township on the south side of Garrison Road (Highway 3) and west side of Bernard Avenue running south to Nigh Road about four kilometres east of the village of Ridgeway. In addition, he had a grant of 100 acres of land in Lot 1 Concession 9 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township. This was located along the north side of Garrison Road and the east side of Teal Road.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Silverthorn, Sherk, Harrett, Blanchard, Spillane, Jennings, Jennings, Nunn, Ford, Mann, Gilbert, Allen, Harrison, Pease, Tolfree, Phillips, Hirzel, Norton, Robinson, Cooper, Headington and many more.