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Cooley, Gideon (c. 1740-) and his wife Elizabeth Osborne during colonial times lived at Brimfield Township, Greenwich County, Massachusetts then in Pittsford Township, Rutland County, Vermont.  In 1793 they brought their family to Townsend Township, Norfolk County.  Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties, and in Michigan and New York. 

Cope, William (1719-1813) was a soldier of fortune from Scotland or England who went to Wurtemburg, Germany then joined the British Army on the American campaigns during the Seven Years War.  He married Phoebe Ellsworth and lived in several locations in downstate New York.  During the American Revolution he served in the Queen’s Rangers then settled in Queenston, Niagara Township, Lincoln County about 1785 then finally in Beverly Township, Wentworth County.  He showed an early interest in a property in the front of Walsingham Township, Norfolk County south of St. Williams and the claim was taken up by his son William Cope Jr. (1757-1813) who settled with his wife Frances Sands. Includes four generations of descendants from William Cope Jr. in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Colorado, Oregon, Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Keough, Lucas, McSwain, Fay, Spencer, McClung, Rock, Kerr, Fallis, Inghram

Cope, Henry (1760-1844), Thomas (1763-1853), Conradt (1765-1861) and Jacob (1777-1858) sons of William Cope Sr. settled in Beverly Township, Wentworth County and founded the village of Copetown.  Includes five generations of their descendants in Wentworth, Brant and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Robins, Elliott, Cornell, Blasdell, Armstrong, Vandecar, Monroe, McLain, Coverly, Kelley, Crawford, Kitchen, Clement, McLean, Hathaway, Vanderlip, Pepper, Cooper, Cramer, Lee, Nicol, Cooley, Mullen, Robinson, Horning, Mulholland, Ricker, Hagey, Jones, Montogomery, Almy, Parks, Daniels, Towl, Winegardner, McSarley, Brown, Mason, Cassada, Hore, Powers, Vanevery, Bradley, Ferguson, Coleman, Patrick, Smith, Thomas, Howell, Clemons, Shealer, Inksetter, Nesbit, Cummings, Wait, Sharp, Geroux, Howard

Corbett, James (c. 1789-), lived in Ireland and England until 1830 when he settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County east of Port Dover.  Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Gillesby, Hall, Pickard, Briggs. Thomas Corbett (1808-1875), of unknown relationship, settled near James Corbett in Woodhouse Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: McCarty, Martin

Corlis, James (c. 1755-1817) and his wife Sarah (Sherman) Corlis (widow of his uncle) lived in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey where he was a blacksmith.  Asher Corlis  (c. 1766-1849), cousin and step-son of James was raised by him.  James moved with his family to Warren, Herkimer County, New York, then to Townsend Township, Norfolk County in 1804. Includes four generations of descendants from James and Asher in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties, and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Lane, Day, Cope, Hulst, Dickeson, Norton, Fitch, Ryan, Rickert, Herrington, Bryant, Sweet, Hunter, Standen, Butler, Groom

Countryman, Abraham (1798-1877) and his brother Philip Countryman (1800-1876) came from Montgomery County, New York to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County about 1820 when Abraham married Catharine Dedrick and Philip married Elizabeth Fick. Abraham lived near the village of Port Rowan and Philip near Port Royal. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County, in Illinois and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Coates, Federly, Kelsey

Cowan, John C. (c. 1747-1826) and his wife Agnes Knox lived in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1817, John with three of his sons James, John and William emigrated to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County and was followed by another son Alexander who settled in Pittsburg Township, Frontenac County. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Oxford and Frontenac Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Dick, Chandler, Shepherd, Thompson, Hogan, Richardson, Jones, Holland, Potter, Britton, MacMechan, Sampson, Pennock, Grice

Cowperthwaite, David (c. 1770-1811), following the American Revolution moved with parents Hugh and Sarah (Mead) Cowperthwaite from Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey to Burton, Sunbury County, New Brunswick.  David came to Upper Canada by 1801 and settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County.  Includes parental biography and siblings.

Craig, Nancy (Knowles) (1798-1878), widow of William Craig emigrated with her sons Robert, William and James from Ireland, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County north of Langton in 1850. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Idaho. Descendant surnames included: Hutchinson, Wereley, Crane, Smith

Cram/Crane, Robert (c. 1740-) was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. Following the war he went to New Brunswick following the war then came to Upper Canada, settling in Burford Township, Brant County in 1805, then in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1811. His sons: Jacob Marsh Cram/Crane (est. 1776- ) came from Massachusetts and lived for a time in Crystal Beach, Bertie Township, Welland County. He married Betsy Poole then settled in Charlotteville Township; James Crane (c. 1785-) settled near Fort Erie in Bertie Township. He and his wife Ann then settled in Charlotteville Township by 1815. Includes four generations of descendents in Norfolk, Essex and Elgin Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Styles, Hopkins, Bowman, Sharp, McCubbin

Cridland, Robert (1795/6-1879) and his wife Mary A., came from Gloucestershire, England about 1850 and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Marston. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County.

Cromwell, Josiah (c. 1785-1867) came from the United States to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1811 and settled near the village of Walsh. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Piper, Silverthorn. Thomas Cromwell (c. 1780-) and his wife Elizabeth Van der Linde came from Otsego County, New York to Charlotteville Township by 1834 and settled near the village of Walsh. They lived afterwards in Michigan. Includes three generations of descendants in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Shutts, Churchill, Hall, Southworth

Cronk, Tunis (1753-c. 1796) married Mary Cope and possibly came to Fort Niagara in 1785 with his father-in-law William Cope Sr. He lived in Queenston, Niagara Township, Lincoln County, then in 1793 settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestors and five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere.  Descendant surnames included: Hendricks, Westover, Ponting

Crooker, Joseph Atherton (1792-1852) came from New Jersey to Upper Canada by about 1817 and settled in Flamborough Township, Wentworth County then by 1850 in Townsend Township, Norfolk County near the town of Waterford. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Halton Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Greenlees, Sperling, Barton, Lefler, Young, Hall, Misener

Cruise, William (1824-1904) and Peter Cruise (1825-) came from County Down, Ireland to Canada in 1843 and 1836 respectively and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Walsingham Centre by 1849. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Saskatchewan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Thompson, Wilson, Myers

Crysler, Adam (1732-1793) was born in West Camp, Ulster County, New York on 6 Mar 1732 to Johan Hieronymous and Maria Margaretha (Bauch) Greisler. He married in St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Albany County, New York on 10 Jul 1760, Anna Maria (Hofer/Hoover) Braun (c. 1729-1795)

During colonial times, Adam and Anna Maria Crysler lived near the Town of Schoharie, Albany County, New York with an extensive 1,941 acre tract, saw mill and gristmill. Adam also had 34 acres in Cobus Kill, Albany County and 80 acres situated on the Charlotte River in Tryon County. In his later claim for losses, Adam Crysler stated he inherited the home farm from his father and stated it to be on the Schoharie River in the “Vermont Patent”. In those times Schoharie was in Albany County.

When the American Revolution broke out in 1776, Adam Crysler declared his loyalty to the British crown, resulting in his persecution. He was frequently brought before the patriot Committee of Safety for his loyalist activities. In 1777 he took 35 supporters to Fort Stanwix but fell sick. He sent the men forward to the British lines and upon recovery returned to Schenectady to recruit more men for the British. Crysler then made his way to the British post at Fort Niagara located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. There he served in Butler’s Rangers from December 1777 until May 1778. He afterwards transferred to the Indian Department as a Lieutenant until the end of the war.

Following the war, Adam Crysler was given an extensive grant of 700 acres of land in Niagara Township. The granted lots were numbered 54, 85, 87, 99, 100, 101 and 131.9 Lots 54, 85, 100 and 131 formed an east-west block of land between the north side of Line 8 Road and south side of Line 7 Road between Concessions 2 and 5 Roads north of the village of St. Davids. Four Mile Creek Road and the creek itself ran through Lot 85. The first family homestead was built on the west bank of Four Mile Creek south of Line 7 Road. In later years a house was built on the east bank of the creek. The farm continued in the Crysler family throughout the 1800’s and into the later 1900’s.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. This also includes noted automobile manufacturer Walter Chrysler, founder of Chrysler Corporation. Descendant surnames mentioned include Johnson, Clement, Smith, Jackson, Vanderburgh, Stewart, Whetham, Vandersluys, Fairbank, Biggar, Lundy, Lundy, Campbell, Thomas, Hoover, Buck, Lockhart, Kindy, Winslow, Wintermute, Crawford, Jones, Mills, Andrews, Turnbull, , Stoddard, Ball, Warden, Garvey, Hilliard, Deppe and many more.

Cudney, Ezekiel (c. 1750-c. 1816) and his brother David Cudney (c. 1755-1825) were sons of Mikiah Cudney (c. 1720-1803) of Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York. 

Ezekiel Cudney with his brothers David and Isaiah were Loyalists in the American Revolution. At the end of the conflict, they joined the 1783 Exodus of Loyalists from New York to New Brunswick. The grants they received were unsuited to farming and they returned to New York where they were recorded in the 1790 Census.

Ezekiel Cudney came to Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada in 1800, followed by his brother David in 1806. Ezekiel purchased 300 acres of land in Lots 121, 122 and 123 Niagara Township. The northernmost, Lot 121 is located on the north side of Line 3 Road and Niagara Stone Road angles through the west side of the lot crossing the west branch of Four Mile Creek. The east branch of Four Mile Creek runs through the east part of the lot. Lots 122 and 123 run from the south side of Line 3 Road to the north side of Line 4 Road east of Concession 6 Road to Four Mile Creek east branch.

In 1806, David Cudney purchased 100 acres of land in Lot 189, Niagara Township, Lincoln County. This was located along the nort side of the East and West Line, about one mile east of Townline Road southwest of the Town of Niagara (later renamed Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The genealogy includes five generations in southwestern Ontario, western Canada and in the mid-western and western United States. Lawrence, Grass, Goring, Allen, Hostetter, Cushman, Towle, Preston, Dawson, Brewer, Smith, Marshall, Fisher, Rosel, Hopkins, Colburg, Kurrle, Vrooman, Bonham, McKay, Bobb, Mathews, Breen, Toomey, Sample, Vincent, Quance, Frisbie, Ridley, Sheufelt, Hunt, Parker, Surbrook, Cornell, Harding, Lynch, Dumas, Hill, Winfield, Hizer, Glover, Stage, Bowman, Dingman, Miller, Mills, Southard, Owens, Knott, Wilson, Patterspm, Beane, Hibbard, Watson and many more.

Culp, Isaac (c. 1765-1848) and his wife Barbara came from Pennsylvania to Clinton Township, Lincoln County about 1800, settling near Vineland. Their son Michael Culp (c. 1793- 1877) and his wife Mary Honsberger settled in Middleton Township, Norfolk County by 1825 then settled in Houghton Township. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Middlesex Counties. Descendant surnames included: Phillips, Bunker, Griffith, Coomber, Travis, Ackert, Smith, Ostrander

Culver, Joseph and his wife Phoebe lived in Morris County, New Jersey until 1799 when they moved with their son William Culver (1772-1828) to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, and a few years later to Woodhouse Township south of the town of Simcoe. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: King

Cunningham, George (c. 1759-1804) married Mary Sitts and settled at Little York on the Grand River in Haldimand County then took up a farm in Boston, Townsend Township. His widow afterwards married John Johnson. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Graham, Neal

Current, William S. (c. 1740-1839) was born in Ireland and immigrated to New Jersey where he married Esther Elizabeth Lemon. During colonial times William and Esther Current lived in Sussex County, New Jersey. William Current maintained his loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution and joined a corps mustered by Robert Ellison in 1780. This resulted in him being taken prisoner by the rebels and fined £70.

William and Esther Current came to Upper Canada with five children in 1796 and settled in Crowland Township, Welland County. In 1802, he purchased 200 acres in Lots 4 and 5 Concession 7, Crowland Township. This was located on the east and west sides of Crowland Avenue between the north side of Netherby Road and south side of Ridge Road west of the hamlet of Netherby. In 1805, he added 100 acres in Lot 3 Concession 6, Crowland Township on the north side of Ridge Road and east side of Misener Road.

The genealogy includes four generations in Welland County, Ontario and in Michigan and the western United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Buchner, Rumley, Brearly, Fares. Teal, McKenney, Barnhart, Dell, Taubman, Veirs, Holder, Barnes, Johnson, Sanderson, Learn, Peer, Backhouse/Backus, Green, Daniels, McKeel, Maxwell, Dietrich, Neustead, Pickett, Fletcher, Miller, Harris, Tweed

Cutting, James (c. 1825-) came from England by 1848 when he married Sophia G. Chart. They lived in Waterford, Townsend Township, Norfolk County then operated a hotel in Port Ryerse, Woodhouse Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Brown, Begg, Porter. Possibly related Stephen Cutting (1823-1895) came from England with his wife Caroline Laycock by 1851. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Jeffery, Lefler, Ryan