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Clark, John (c. 1768-1812) came from New Jersey to Thorold Township, Welland County and married Mary Robins, daughter of Thorold Township pioneers Daniel and Sarah (Blatchley) Robins. On 9 Aug 1794, John “Clerk” was given a certificate for a grant of 200 acres of land in the ninth township (Thorold), adjoining John Slack. The appended certificate of the Surveyor General described the grant as Lots No 211 and 212. This homestead was located between Merrittville Road in the east and Cataract Road in the west, Hurricane Road in the north and Port Robinson Road in the south. The village of Allanburgh is located to the northeast and Fonthill to the west.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Fulsom, Fuell, Bradshaw, Durkee, Pettit, Melick, Mawhinney, Davidson, Spoar, Eagle, Garretson, Oliver, Smith, Hodgson, Scott, Mack, Wheeler, Woolley, Richardson, Vaughan, Snyder, Carter, Coho and many more.

Clark, Jacob (c. 1815-17 – 1898) married in Chippawa, Willoughby Township, Welland County, Upper Canada on 1 Jan 1833, Mary Brown (daughter of John William and Mary Elizabeth (Damude) Brown) . Jacob Clark settled on a fifty acres farm in the southwest part of Lot 4 Concession 1, Middleton Township, Norfolk County. This was located on the north side of Talbot Road about 1 kilometre east of the hamlet of Guysborough. In the 1850 Assessment of Middleton Township, Jacob Clark was listed with a household of 5 males under 16, 1 male over 16, 1 female under 16 and 1 female over 16. In the south part of Lot 4, Concession 1, NTR he had 50 acres all uncultivated, 1 horse, 2 milch cows and 1 calf all valued at £25. In the north part of Lot 2, Concession 1 STR he had 2 acres cultivated valued at £2.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Ostrander, Savage, Lotz, Malcolmson, Kahler, Skogsberg, Steinberg, Ryan, House, Sullivan, Ross, McDowell, Mutart, Morrow, Moe, Foss, Bailey, Garner, Young, Allingham, Dilts and many more.

Clark, William (c. 1785-1813) came to Canada from Scotland circa 1810 and married Catharine Whitehead (1795-1871). A biography of William Clark appeared in the 1877 Historical Atlas of Norfolk County: “During the war of 1812, Mr. William Clark, of the Commissariat, was attached to the Turkey Point division of the Canadian militia and was stationed for a time at Port Dover under the command of Col. Nichols. While Mr. Clark was in active service his wife lived with her father in the Township of Rainham, County of Haldimand, and it was there that Thomas Clark, the subject of our sketch, was born on the 23rd February 1812. In the following year Mr. William Clark died, and after two or three years his widow married Mr. Aaron Slaght, one of the pioneers of the Township of Townsend.”

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and Michigan. Descendant surnames mentioned: Duncombe, Blake, Skelley, Barber, Stafford, rex, Atkinson, Cunningham, Crane

Clarke, John (1786-1864) and his wife Sarah lived in Louth Township, Lincoln County then in 1838 purchased Lots 19 and 20 and the north part of Lot 21 Concession 2, Grantham Township called “Walnut Dale Farm”. Located in present day St. Catharines, this was situated along the east side of Twelve Mile Creek between Linwell Road in the north and the Jaycee Gardens Park in the south and extending as far east as Lake Street. During the time of John and Sarah Clarke this area was entirely rural. It has since been subdivided and developed and taken into the city of St. Catharines. Part of Royal Henley Park on Twelve Mile Creek and Jaycee Gardens Park are located in the south part of Lot 21. Bill Burgoyne Memorial Arena and Eden High School on Linwell Road are located in the south part of Lots 19 and 20.

In addition to farming, John Clarke operated a mercantile business. He was elected to the Legislature of Upper Canada serving four terms representing the first riding of Lincoln County from 1820 to 1828 and from 1830 to 1834 as a Conservative Party member. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Lincoln County Militia and held the position of customs collector at Port Dalhousie.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario, Illinois and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Benson, Eccles, McGiverin, Richardson, Raby, Laing, Worden, Symes, Sterns, Plummer

Clayton, Moses (1786-1848) came to Upper Canada about 1816 and purchased a farm in the south half of Lot 1 Concession 7, Malahide Township, Elgin County in the village of Orwell. Although the time for land grants to new settlers was long past, he petitioned the Executive Council of the province for 200 acres of land as late as 1824 stating he had been in the province upwards of eight years and was living on purchased land. He had a wife and six children, 3 boys and 3 girls and requested a grant of 200 acres of land but was refused by the Executive Council. The time for such grants was long past.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Rogers, Teeple, Van Amburgh, Kennedy, Clark, Sutherland, Geddes

Clemens, Abial (c. 1795-1872) came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada (Ontario) before 1841 when he married Jane Ann Andrews, daughter of Long Point Settlers Joseph and Lucretia (Secord) Andrus. Abial was a shoemaker in St. Williams, Norfolk County.

Peter P. Clemens (c. 1810-1888) came to Upper Canada from the United States before 1850 when he married Mary Jane Simons, daughter of Long Point Settlers Jonathan and Margaret (Miller) Simons. The couple lived with their family on Long Point Bay near Turkey Point south of the hamlet of Forestville.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Overbaugh, Manahan, Jenkins, Palmerston, Starling, Armstrong, Obersheimer, McClain, Waterman, MacDonald, Cope, Ferris, Gallaway, Ham, Ritchie, Forsyth, Effrick, Pyne, Procunier, Hornby and many more.

Clement, Lewis (1725-1781) was born to Joseph Janse and Annatje (Peek) Clement in Schenectady, Albany County, New York on 30 Nov 1725. He married in Schenectady on 21 Jun 1748,  Cathalyntje (Catherine) Putman (daughter of Cornelius and Jacomyntje (Viele) Putman), born in Schenectady on 4 May 1726.

In colonial times Lewis Clement served under Sir William Johnson in the Indian Department of New York as a Lieutenant and Interpreter. He inherited from his father Joseph Clement 300 acres of land on Tribes Hill, a high plateau located on the north side of the Mohawk River opposite Fort Hunter in Albany County, New York. The Clement land was valued by his son Joseph at £1480 and the effects at £520.2 Today, Tribes Hill is in Montgomery County spanning the border of the Town of Mohawk and the Town of Amsterdam. The name is believed to be based on this location being a gathering spot for the Mohawk nation, the dominant Iroquois tribe in the area during colonial times. It is located west of Fort Johnson and southeast of Johnstown the residences of Sir William Johnson who was Superintendant of the Indian Department of New York.

In the early days of the American Revolution, Lieutenant Lewis Clement supported the British cause and refused to sign allegiance to the colonies and was prosecuted then jailed in Albany. After his imprisonment in Albany, Clement was released as a sign of good faith to the Indians and returned to his home in Tribes Hill. He continued his Loyalist activities and went with his sons to the British post at Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. Here he continued as a Lieutenant in the Indian Department, now a war time military organization fighting along side of Butler’s Rangers.

After her husband’s death in 1781, Catherine Clement continued with her family at Fort Niagara. She was listed in the household of her son Lieutenant John Clement in the 1783 Census and provisioning lists. When the lands were opened up on the west side of the Niagara River, the Clement family settled in Niagara Township, Lincoln County.

The genealogy includes biographies and five generations in Ontario, in western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Thompson, Butler, Lowell, Woodruff, Dunton, Lambert, Montgomery, Kelley, Ritchie, Johnson, Ball, Aikman, Camp, Girdlestone, Clark, Murray, McPhail, Gleason, Stevens, Field, Hiscott, Crysler, Wood, Collard, Warner, Goring, Hostetter, Cassidy, Milson, Nelson, Lynd, East and many more.

Clendenning, James  (c. 1730-1797) and his wife Rebecca Armstrong lived in colonial times on 100 acres of land in Knowlton, Hardwick Township, Sussex County, New Jersey purchased from Ebenezer Cowell in 1768. In addition, Clendenning owned a second two hundred acre property and valued the two farms at £480. 

When the American Revolution began James Clendenning was loyal to the Crown and with three of his sons left their New Jersey home in 1788. They traveled to Fort Niagara, a British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario north of present Youngstown in Niagara County, New York. The four joined Butler’s Rangers commanded by Colonel John Butler and served in the corps throughout the war until 1783.

Following the peace, James Clendenning settled with his sons on Twelve Mile Creek in Grantham Township, Lincoln County in the present city of St. Catharines. He was entitled to a grant of 200 acres of land as a settler and 100 acres for his military service. He located on 200 acres of land in Lots 16 and 17 Concession 7 Grantham Township. This was located on the east and west sides of Glenridge Avenue south of Westchester Avenue.

The genealogy includes six generations coast to coast in North America. Descendant surnames mentioned: Matthews, May, Bellinger, Carr, Gilbert, Shearer, McCormick, Hutt, Betts, Hampson, Green, Blow, Millar, Shingler, Goit, Terryberry, Johnson, Rifenberg, Miller, Shaw, Lambert, Haines, Campbell, Kelly, Laws, Thompson and many more.

Climenhagen, Johann Henrich Wilhelm (1758-1805), son of Johann Christof and Anna Maria (Göel) Kleimenhagen was born in Ober-Waroldern, Waldeck, Germany on 14 Dec 1758. Henry and Barbary Climenhagen with their daughter Anna and son Martin came from Pennsylvania in June 1797 and arrived at the farm of James Macklem in Chippewa on the Niagara River in Welland County, Upper Canada.

On 6 Dec 1799, Henry Climenhagen purchased 300 acres of land in Lot 13 Concessions 9 & 10 & Lot 14 Concession 11 from the Niagara River, Bertie Township. Lot 13 Concessions 9 and 10 were located on the north side of Eagle Street and the east and west sides of Sider Road northeast of the village of Stevensville. Black Creek runs through the centre part of Lot 13 Concession 10. Today part of the International Country Club of Niagara covers much of the farm.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, in western Canada and from coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Sider, Saylor, Ecker/Acker, Storm, Winger, Phillips, Sheetsley, House, Engle, Burns, Ford, Logan, Collard, Barnhart, Taylor, Wright, Truckenbrodt, Shine, Rellinger, Canen, Mathieson, Hill and many more.

Cline, Daniel (1781-1853) settled in Humberstone Township, Welland County and married Jemima Alward, daughter of Daniel Alward of Bertie Township before circa 1811 when their first child was born. The parentage of Daniel Cline has not been learned. His son Benjamin Cline in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses stated his father was born in Pennsylvania. In the 1842 Census of Yarmouth Township, Daniel stated he had been in the province for 41 years. The first record of Daniel Cline in Upper Canada was his 1807 purchase of a 200-acre property in Humberstone Township, Welland County.

On 26 Dec 1807, Daniel Cline purchased 200 acres of land Lot 5 Concession 2, Humberstone Township.2 This was located along the Michener Road east of the village of Sherkston and a short distance north of the farm of Jemima’s brother Daniel Alward Jr. on Lake Erie.On 20 Sep 1816, Daniel Cline added 70 acres in the south part of the adjoining Lot 4 Concession 2, Humberstone Township. On 13 November 1816, he gave a bond to Jacob Sherk, allowing him to raise his mill’s dam downstream. A month later on 26 Dec 1816, Cline purchased from the Executors of the will of Daniel Alward 20 acres in Lot 3 Concession 1. On 29 May 1824, he added 100 acres in Lot 12 Concession 1 and on 14 Feb 1834 he added 100 acres in the east half of Lot 6 Concession 2, making a total of 490 acres. The following is from the Abstracts of Deeds Register of Humberstone Township.

From 1838 to 1847 Daniel Cline sold off his lands in Humberstone Township and by 1840 moved to Lot 20 South of Edgeware Road in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County east of St. Thomas.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Secord, Hoover, Kunz, Luton, Bingham, White, Hayward, Siple, Moore, Panks, Quimby, Appleford, Rohrer, Warner, Gerard, Van Patten

In 1799 the brothers John Cline (1755-1854), Adam Cline (c. 1762-1828), and Peter Cline (1772-1799) with their wives and children, and their sister Anna Maria Cline (c. 1765-1836) and her husband Hermanus Fisher left their parental area of Hagerstown, Washington County and set out for Upper Canada in a party of settlers. The Cline group was a considerable size. By that time John Cline and his wife had seven children. Adam Cline and his wife Susannah Herb had five children. Peter Cline and his wife Magdalena Fryberger had three children. Anna Maria Cline and her husband Hermanus Fisher had one child. This made a family group of twenty-four in total.

Peter Cline (1800-1864), son of Adam Henry Cline (1762-1828) wrote of the trek to Upper Canada in his memoirs. He erroneously gives the state of origin as Virginia rather than Maryland.

Peter Cline died enroute. His widow, Magalene and the rest continued to Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada (present Ontario). John and Adam Cline established farms near the south shore of Lake Ontario. Magdalene remarried to Joseph Willson and settled in Willoughby Township, Welland County and then in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. In 1818, John Cline moved from Grimsby Township to Nelson Township, Halton County in the present city of Burlington and established his family in that area.

John Cline initially settled in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County. In 1818 he bought 200 acres of land in the rear half of Lots 10 and 11, Concession 2, Nelson Township, Halton County, Upper Canada and made this his home. This location locally called Cline’s Corner was south of the village of Appleby and now is the northwest corner of Walker’s Line and Upper Middle Road in the western part of the City of Burlington.

On 16 Jun 1803, Adam Cline purchased from William Neil Lots 21 and 22, Concession 3, Grimsby Township.  This was located at the base of the Niagara Escarpment east of the village of Winona and west of the town of Grimsby, and about two miles south of Lake Ontario.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Nixon, Bell, Tufford, Wheeler, Walker, Cotter, Gage, Alton, Lucas, Griffin, Mills, Merritt, Kipling, Wilson, Stodler, Fonger, Coverdale, Warner, Beamer, Seburn, Mabee, Brown, Main, Shaw, Pettit, Olmstead, Foster, Collver and many more.

Cline, Peter (c. 1753-  ). This genealogy begins with Peter Cline, a Hessian soldier who came with his regiment from Germany to augment the British Army in America during the American Revolution. After the war he settled in the United States and married.

In 1800 Peter and his wife immigrated to Upper Canada. On his Upper Canada Land Petition of 1 Jun 1802, he signed his name as Peter “Cleim” and stated he was of Grantham Township and had a wife and four children. In the attached certificate of Reverend Robert Addison it was stated that Frederick Smith came together with him to Upper Canada and was his near neighbour. On Frederick Smith’s petition, Reverend Addison stated he lived on Widow Pawling’s farm near 12 Mile Creek. The Pawling land was in Lots 15, 16 and 17, Grantham Township on Lake Ontario in the northwestern part of the present city of St. Catharines.

The genealogy follows Clement Cline of Pelham and Clinton Townships and Frederick Cline of Louth Township. Many descendants settled in the area of Jordan Station, Louth Township, Lincoln County. Others lived in Norfolk County and elsewhere.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Nunn, House, Dunmead, Thompson, Cope, Dickinson, Jones, Parker, Nunamaker, Carr, Kratz, VanGorder, Smith, Honsberger, Andrews, Burtch, Moyer, Bagley, Reid, Doubrough, Skinner and many more.

Cloes, O’Neal (1792-1879). The Talbot Trail was a pioneer path followed by the early settlers travelling from Fort Erie on the Niagara frontier to the newly opening Talbot settlement during the first three decades of the 1800’s. Named for Colonel Thomas Talbot, the founder of Elgin County, this was nothing more than a dirt path blazed through the woods wide enough for a wagon and livestock. Over the decades it was widened, improved and in recent times paved until today it is provincial Highway 3.

In the west part of Yarmouth Township, Elgin County, the City of St. Thomas got its start as a market village along Talbot Road serving the district farmers. About five kilometres to the east along the trail, the hamlet of New Sarum is located overlooking the pleasant Catfish Creek valley.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Cline, Thompson, Fairbanks, Chilson, Beckwith, Fenton, Hoskins, Graham, Norton, Leitch, Mills, Orton, Shaw, Tisdale, Smith, Gray, Kunz

Clouse, Leonard (c. 1760-1823) and his wife Elizabeth Sovereen lived in Sussex County, New Jersey. Following their marriage, they lived for a time around 1789 in New York, the location of birth of their oldest son Jacob according to his 1852 Census record. They moved to Norfolk County, Upper Canada in 1800. On 12 Aug 1800, Leonard Clouse purchased from John Hewitt 200 acres of land in Lot 10, Concession 8 Townsend Township a short distance east of present Waterford. This was located between Thompson Road and Concession 8 Road about one kilometre west of Cockshutt Road and the hamlet of Townsend Centre. The village of Waterford is located about three kilometres to the west.

The genealogy includes five generations in Canada and coast to coast in he United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Hunter, Slaght, Massecar, Handy, Kitchen, Saltzberry, Barton, Carrington, Gardner, Misener, Clifford, Sinden, Barrington, Hammond, Bertran, Smith, Price, Beam, Michener, Buchner and many more.

Coates, Cyrus (c. 1789-1853) was born to Zebulon and Mary (Dowling) Coates in Ballston, Albany (now Saratoga) County, New York, He married Phoebe Smith (c. 1797-  ). Cyrus and Phoebe Coates settled in Windham Township, Upper Canada about 1835. In the 1850 Assessment of Windham Township, Cyrus Coates had a household of 4 males under 16, 4 males over 16, 1 female under 16 and 1 female over 16. He had no land listed, 2 oxen and 1 milch cow all valued at 11 pounds.

In the 1852 Census of Windham Township, Cyrus Coates was listed as a labourer 61 with his wife Phebe 55 both born in the United States and children Daniel 32, Timothy 20, Justus, 16, Jenas 12, Benoni 10, Philip 7, Phebe 5. The two oldest were born in the United States and the rest were born in Canada.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Kemsley, Hunt, Littleton, Pantle, Tulloch, Durham, McSpadin, Garbutt, Schmidt, LaBelle, Curtis, Damoth

Coates, John (c. 1818-1865) was born to George Coates and his wife Margaret Stockel in Richmondshire District, Yorkshire, England and baptized in Patrick Brompton, Richmondshire District, Yorkshire. He married Ann Weighill and immigrated to Simcoe, Norfolk County, Canada West by 1844. John worked as a wagon maker and wheelwright. John’s brother Thomas Coates (1820-1883) married Jane Alderson and came to Simcoe in 1851.Thomas worked as a mechanic and carriage maker.

The genealogy includes the parental generation in Yorkshire, England and four generations in Ontario and Ohio. Descendant surnames mentioned: Warren, Galliford, Sowden, Brown, Ironside, Lockhart, Holtz, McQuillan, Duff, Pettit, Blewett, Glossender, Cooper, Jeffrey, McCutcheon, Taylor, Salembier, Emerson, Knott, VanKoughnett, Cochrane, Hurt, Morrison, Morgan and many more. Appreciation is given to Donna Gamble for her information included in this genealogy.

Cohoe, Andrew Ambrose (1743-1789/90) was born in Pennsylvania and married Deborah Heacock (1749-1848). During colonial times the couple lived in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania then brought their family from Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Canada in 1788. Andrew was informed by the Land Board that he would be entitled to 600 acres of land for himself and his family. He located 300 acres of his grant in Lots 166, 167 and 172 in Thorold Township, Welland County. Lots 166 and 172 are located in present Fonthill on the east side of Station Street from Hurricane Road in the north to Merrit Road in the south. Lot 167 is located on the east side of Lot 166 and west side of Rice Road. Highway 20 angles through the north part of Lots 166 and 167.

Cohoe died a year or two after his arrival in Upper Canada and his widow married Edward Topham, born in Ireland in 1743, died in Thorold Township in 1819.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Ostrander, Cavers, McAlpine, Nunn, Briwb, McCombs, Moore, Townsend, Sprague, Woodard, Manson, Pollard, Barker, Park, Briggs, Buchner, Frist, Russell, Burtch, Page, Terwilliger, Reed, Robinson, Zipke, Gillespie, Surprise, Hatch and many more.

Cole/Kohl, Conrad (c. 1808-1855). Conrad Cole emigrated from Württemberg, Germany to Upper Canada in 1834. He settled with his father-in-law, Jacob Beck in Pelham Township, Lincoln County and was recorded there in the 1840 and 1841 Assessments. Conrad and his wife Anna Katharine Cole then settled in Middleton Township, Norfolk County about 1842 taking up a farm in the south half of Lot 40 Concession 2 South of Talbot Road Concession on the west side of Schafer Side Road and 2nd Concession Road south of the town of Delhi.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and Michigan. Descendant surnames mentioned: New, Mehlenbacher, Weller, Kreplin, Singer, Wente, Wardle, Easton, Jans, Kicksee, Bartlett, Unverzaght, Bilger, Priester, Welsh, Michaelis, Boyce, Oakes

Cole, William (c. 1762-1812) came to Upper Canada from New York and married on 28 Mar 1797, Elizabeth Schram (daughter of Frederick and Engeltje Claus (1775-1812). William Cole had a crown grant of Lots 12 and 13 Concession 3, Louth Township, Lincoln County on the east and west sides of Thirteenth Street running south from Red Maple Avenue to about 1 kilometre north of Fourth Avenue. Lot 13 is watered by Eighteen Mile Creek and the west half of the lot is now in the village of Jordan Station. Today the Arbory Greenhouse and Boekstyn Greenhouses are located along Thirteenth Street in Lot 12. During the War of 1812, William Cole served in Jacob Ball’s Company and died of disease on 25 Nov 1812 aged 50 and leaving 10 children.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Burgar, Purdy, Wilson, Hagerman, Dowswell, Gray, Hodges, Wallace, Collver/Culver, Messecar, Haun, White, Woodley, Shoff, Hoover, Mathews, Sherman, Wood, Fleck, Hosner, Tower, Bassett and many more.

Cole, William (1796-1871) was born in Buckland Brewer, Devon County, England to Henry and Elizabeth (Fulford) Cole and married his first wife Rebecca Osborne on 23 Apr 1821. She died six years later and William married his second wife Charity Heale. They lived in Buckland Brewer the about 1842 emigrated to Canada West (Ontario). They lived for a time in Brantford, Brant County until purchasing 100 acres of land in Lot 21 Concession 13 located on the east side of Fertilizer Road between Windham Road 14 and Windham Road 13 north of the hamlet of Atherton and southeast of the Town of Delhi.

The genealogy includes ancestors in England and four generations in Ontario, western Canada and California. Descendant surnames mentioned: Knight, Sensabaugh, Mills, Wilson, Kelly, Hewitt, Beck, Cridland, Lee, Talbot, Given, Workman, Arthur, McIsaac, Winn, Rohrer, Wales, Mason, Hanscom

Collard, John (c. 1745-1826), the oldest son of Elijah and Rachel (Gardiner) Collard, and his younger brothers Edward, Daniel, Elijah and Abraham grew up in the Quaker Settlement in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The township is located in the northwestern part of the state on the Hunterdon Plateau averaging 300 to 500 feet in elevation then dropping to 100 feet on the east bank of the Delaware River.

During the American Revolution, John Collard was loyal to the British cause. He wrote of his service in a later land petition, “your Petitioner served His Majesty in several capacities during the American war, as Pilot a conductor- and was with the Kings forces continually”. Towards the end of the war, in 1781 he married Anna Pengry in New York and lived there until bringing his family into Upper Canada in 1787.

John and Anna Collard settled on a crown grant of 300 acres of land in Lots 142, 175 and 181 Niagara Township, Lincoln County.  Lots 142 and 181 were located on the north side of York Road between Concession 6 Road and Townline Road about 2 kilometres west of the village of St. David’s and at the foot of the Niagara Escarpment. Lot 175 was located on the west side of Concession 7 Road running south from the intersection of Line 7 Road along the town line of Grantham Township.

Edward Collard (c 1750-  ) served throughout the American Revolution in the New Jersey Volunteers. Following the war, he went to New Brunswick and settled on a grant in Block 3, Carlton County, and worked as a blacksmith. He moved to Upper Canada about 1806 and settled in Charlotteville Township then in Woodhouse Township and finally Middleton Township in Norfolk County.

Elijah Collard (1756-1852) came to Upper Canada in 1786 and settled on a crown grant of 300 acres of land in Lots 143, 176 and 177 Niagara Township, Lincoln County.  Lot 143 was located on the south side of Queenston Street between Concession 6 Road and Concession 7 Road about 2 kilometres west of the village of St. David’s. Lot 176 was located between the west side of Concession 7 Road and Townline Road running south from the intersection of Line 7 Road.

The genealogy includes seven generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Leigh, Taylor, Millard, Weasner, Clark, Baker, Woodruff, Cane, Ostrander, Smith, Gilbert, Read, Murphy, Wilson,, Levering, Coon, Burns, Dawson, Manring, May, Brennan, Emerick, Locke, Bridgman, Kemp and many more.

Collins, Thomas (c. 1792-1832) was born in Thaxted, Essex County, England c. 1792 and buried in Thaxted Parish Churchyard on 14 Jul 1832. He married in Thaxted Parish, Essex County England on 10 Oct 1819, Naomi Susannah Church (daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Naomi (Griffin) Church), born in Sandford, Essex County, England on 9 Aug 1796, died on 7 Aug 1861. Naomi was buried in Vittoria Baptist Church Cemetery, Vittoria, Charlotteville Township.

Widowed, Susan Naomi Collins and her four sons and two daughters moved to Vittoria, Charlotteville Township by 1835, reported in the obituary of her son William Collins. In the 1850 Assessment of Woodhouse Township, Naomi Collins had a one-quarter acre home lot in Simcoe, Norfolk County a frame house under two storeys and 1 milch cow all valued at 38 pounds.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and Michigan. Descendant surnames mentioned: Galbraith, Peacock, McBride, Cresswell, Marsland, Smith, Beemer, Smale, Hinsley, Teeple, Glanfied, Freeland, Innes, Burke, McLeod, Mather, Parker

Collver, Jabez (1731-1818) was born to John and Freelove (Lamb) Collver in Groton, New London County, Connecticut on 19 Jun 1731. Jabez’ parents moved to Blackriver, Hunterdon County, New Jersey while he was an infant, and his father died a little over a year after his birth. On 2 Dec 1732, John Collver of Blackriver, cordwainer, made out his will naming his wife Freelove, his oldest son John, son Jabsh, and expected child. The will was proved on 20 Aug 1733.

Jabez converted to the Presbyterian faith and ordained as a minister about 1761. He was appointed the pastor of the meeting house in Wantage Township, Sussex County in north central New Jersey near the border of New York and served there for thirty years. During the American Revolution, Jabez “suffered imprisonment & loss of considerable property during late rebellion on account of his loyalty to the Crown.

Following the American Revolution, he was employed by the Connecticut Missionary Society to travel throughout the eastern United States and establish churches. He established the Presbyterian Church at Wysox, Pennsylvania in 1791 and stayed with the congregation until they could find and support a regular pastor. He moved onto other territories and did the same in each place. Jabez’ move to Chemung County, New York in the late 1780’s was noted in two letters written by him from that location on 2 Jun 1789 and 22 Mar 1790 to his son Ebenezer who lived at Niagara, Upper Canada.4 During 1789 to 1790, Jabez lived at Chemung County, New York in the area of Elmira. He purchased 400 acres and had another 600 acres “at the lakes”, likely referring the Finger Lakes north of Chemung.

In 1794, he came to Upper Canada and settled on Lot 1, Concession 12, Windham Township along the west side of today’s Highway 24 between Concession Road 13 and Regional Road 40.6 The hamlet of Colborne grew up in the southeast corner of the farm and the Town of Simcoe is about 2 kilometres south. Reverend Collver served as the Presbyterian Minister for the Long Point Settlement, conducting services in his home. The first frame Old Windham Methodist Church was built on his property in 1820. The present brick church built in 1868 still stands there.

The genealogy includes ancestry and six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Kent, Shaw/Shoaf, Griffin, Merritt, Cook, Finch, Learn, Cloes, Kitchen, Bacon, Hussey, Scott, Freeland, Beemer, Woolley, Sovereen, Bostwick, Lewis, Wood, McIntosh, Hokins, Clark, Vasbinder and many more.

Collver, Timothy (c. 1734-8) was born in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey and during colonial times farmed at Schooley’s Mountain in Roxbury (now Washington) Township south of the town of Hackettstown. He was listed in the 1793 list of freeholders in Roxbury Township. The name of Timothy’s wife is uncertain. Family historian J. A. Wallace stated that she was Rebecca Clark. Family historian McIntosh stated she was nee Sovereign. Four of Timothy’s daughters married sons of his cousin Reverend Jabez Collver who settled at Windham Township, Norfolk County in 1794.

Timothy Collver moved to Norfolk County, Upper Canada in 1796 and on 9 Oct 1796, he requested a Crown lease on Lot 4 Concession 13 and Lot 5, Concession 12, Townsend Township.3 He was given permission to settle land on 14 Oct 1796, and received a recommendation for Lot 6, Concession 11 in the 1797 Averill Report. This was situated between the east side of Culver Road (named for this family) and the west side of Blueline Road and between Concession 11 Road in the north and Concession 12 Road in the south about one-quarter kilometer east of the hamlet of Bloomsburg.

The genealogy includes ancestry and six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Beemer, Kitchen, Sibley, Learn, Wilcox, Boughner, Heath, Chambers, Adair, Sinky, Grey, Snively, Wallace, Skirrow, Stuart, Winter, Mason, Henson, Keck, Root, Schyler, Cattel, Schilz, Irwin, Lewis and many more.

Colt, Isaac (c. 1773-) and his brother Asahel Colt (c. 1777-) moved from Sussex Co., New Jersey to Charlotteville Twp. in 1799 and seem to have left within two years. One page biography

Coltman, John (c. 1750) came to America with the British navy in 1774 and saw service at Boston and Quebec. In 1776, he joined the King’s Royal Regiment of New York and served as a sergeant throughout the American Revolution. Following the war he lived for a time in eastern Ontario then in 1795 moved to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. In 1815 he settled in Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Includes his children.

Combs/Coombs, George Lovell (c. 1792-1872) and his wife Mary brought their family from England to Canada prior to 1836 and lived successively in Woodhouse Township, Simcoe, then Windham Towmship, Norfolk County.  Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Hunter, Pill/Pell. Coombs, Frank (1849-1926), relationship unknown, and his wife Frances Laver came from England to Ontario County, Ontario about 1870 then settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County and finally in Bloomsburg, Townsend Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Palmer

Comfort, John (1) (c. 1745-c. 1790) and his wife Nancy Ann Johnson (c. 1746-c. 1790) lived during colonial times in New Marlborough, Ulster County, New York on the west side of the Hudson River opposite the Town of Poughkeepsie. When the American Revolution broke out, John Comfort was loyal to the cause of the British Crown although the exact nature of his war service has not been learned. The couple brought their family to Upper Canada in 1786.

On 10 Nov 1786, John Comfort received a ticket for 300 acres of land from Major Campbell: ‘The bearer John Comfort is entitled to 300 acres of land for himself and family as a Loyalist.’ On 1 Jan 1794, the Crown Patent for Lot 12, Niagara Township, Lincoln County was issued in his name. 3 This lot was located between the west side of the Niagara River and Concession 1 Road about 1 kilometer north of Line 6 Road and about 3 kilometers north of the village of Queenston.

John Comfort (2) (c. 1750-  ) married Catherine Harris. In his 1816 Land petition, John Comfort stated, “at the commencement of the American Revolution joined the Royal Standard, and was in the Service of His King for Seven years, and received Five wounds.”1  In an 1812 deposition, it was noted John Comfort served in the Loyalist forces “and suffered much in Consequence- he was himself a Refugee from the year 1777- Served with Loyalist Captain Ward at the affair of the Block House- when you know they all Distinguished themselves.” This battle occurred in Bergen Wood, New Jersey on 21 Jul 1780.

Following the peace, John Comfort joined the 1783 Loyalist exodus from the foot of Manhattan in New York City to Nova Scotia and settled in Sandy Cove, Digby County situated on a narrow peninsula between the Bay of Fundy and St. Mary’s Bay. He returned to New York John and remained there until 1812 when the relations between and the United States and England had deteriorated to the point of war being imminent. Comfort then brought his wife and seven children to Canada

John Comfort settled on Lot 21, Concession 7, Clinton Township, Lincoln County on the Niagara Escarpment overlooking the village of Beamsville. This was located along the south side of Fly Road west of Zimmerman Road. He was also granted 100 acres in Lot 18 Concession 8, Clinton Township on the west side of Mountain Road and north side of Yonge Street.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Lane, Servos, Springsteen, Lampman, Slingerland, Travis, Greenwood, Crow, Romp, Johnson, Zimmerman, Tice, Strong, Cutler, Book, Fulton, Patterson, Bodine, Nellis, Dunning, Cobourn, Corson, Horton, Haney, Kennedy and many more.

Conklin, James (c. 1769-1797) came to Upper Canada from New York about 1785 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County in 1797.  He drowned several months later. His possible son James Conklin (est. 1795-c. 1850/2) and his wife Sarah Ann Frost lived in Windham then Charlotteville Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Haney, Jackson, Mater

Conrad/Conradt, John (c. 1757-1819/21) served in New Jersey Volunteers during American Revolution and went in the 1783 exodus from New York to New Brunswick and settled in Kennebecasis.  In 1802, he came to Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County.  Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties. Descendant surname included: Newland

Cook, Robert (c. 1739-1796) and his wife Martha Skinner (c. 1741-1833) during colonial times lived in the Town of Mamakating, Ulster (since Sullivan) County, New York. This is a mountainous located west of the Hudson River and the city of Newburgh northwest of New York City.

Robert Cook came to Upper Canada in 1785, according to his land petition. The land petitions of his sons Noah and Haggai gave the year of arrival as 1786.  Robert settled on 200 acres of land in Lots 114 and 125 in Stamford Township, Welland County.  This was located in central part of the present city of Niagara Falls between Leeming Street and Bellevue Street, Drummond Road and Dorchester Road. Today, Highway 403 and the Hydro Canal run through the north part of property and it has been entirely subdivided and developed for residential and commercial properties.

The genealogy includes five generations in Welland and Elgin Counties in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States lived in Descendant surnames included: Doan; Skinner, Misener, Bellows, Biggar, Crysler, Morse, Read, De Peel, Buchner, Caswell, Hamlin, Black, Bowen, Garner, Woodruff, Booth, French, McClain, Backus, Genoways, Husk, Folden, Zipp, Kreehbiel, Au, Benzing, Baublitz, Opel and many more.