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Damude, Henry Jacob  (1758-1839) and his brother David Deamude were born in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to John Henry and Elizabeth (Moyer) Deamude/Demuth.

Henry Damude came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada before 1794. All who came to the province and were prepared to develop a farm were allowed a grant of 200 acres of land. Henry Damude located his grant in Lots 153 and 154 Thorold Township, Welland County. This was located along the north side of Hurricane Road east of Station Street in the northeast part of the present town of Fonthill. 

David, Deamude, a carpenter came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada in 1789 and settled in Bertie Township, Welland County. His sons John and David Deamud settled on farms along Lake Erie in Sherbrooke Township, Haldimand County.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Welland and Haldimand Counties, Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Climenhaga, Brown, Howell, Burkhoder, Miller, Bouk, Wilson, Carl, Zavitz, Carter, Klager, Webber, Lundy, Williams, McClellan, Jenter, Seburn, Haist, Dellenbach, Wright, Gordon, Lawrence, McCombs, Augustine, Dougher, McCallum, Ross, Fluhrer, Fry, Robinson and many more.

Darby, Jacob (c. 1760) married Phoebe Cope, a daughter of William Cope Sr.  He may have traveled with his father-in-law from New York to Fort Niagara in 1785, settling in Queenston, Niagara Township, Lincoln County. He was in the 1793 Cope party taking an interest in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County but afterwards settled in Beverly Township, Wentworth County.  Includes five generations of descendants in Wentworth, Brant and Hastings County, and in Michigan, Iowa. Descendant surnames included: Cornell, Bacon, Hopkins, Arnold, Mead, Burt, Teeple, Milne, O'Morrow, Hiller, Armstrong, Collins, Pye, Vanderlip, Batty, Mason, Sweazy, Vansickle

Darby, John (c. 1734-1805) was born in Ireland or England and served in the British forces during the French and Indian (Seven Years) War until 1763. Following the conflict, he lived in the American colonies. During the American Revolution, he “was a declared Loyalist.” His son George wrote in a Land Petition that his father was “a loyalist who during the course of the american war distinguished himself at every period thereof by his Loyalty” .Following the war John Darby came to the Niagara area of Canada with his son George about 1785.

John Darby settled on 136 acres of land in Lot 14 Concession 1 and the broken front on Lake Ontario in Grantham Township, Lincoln County. This was located in the northeast part of the present city of St. Catharines between Lakeshore Road in the south and Lake Ontario in the north, and east of Vine Street. Walker’s Creek and the Walker Creek trail are on the east side of the lot. Lake Breeze Park on Lake Ontario is in the north part of the lot His son George settled to the south on Lots 14 and 15 Concession 3.

Includes four generations in Ontario and Michigan. Descendant surnames mentioned: Read, Emmett, Stuart, Crooks, Jones, Everson, Walsh, Busch, Calcott, Youmans, Gadsby, Patterson, Freer, Goodale, Mcdowell, Valentine, Hill, Hilsle, White, Blakely, Lowes, Burr, Burtch, Casselman, Drath

Darling, John (1769-1825) was born near Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Joseph and Mary (Street) Darling. After his father’s passing in 1780 and his mother’s remarriage in 1786 to Jeremiah Olmsted, John Darling entered a period of legal wardship. 

In 1788 he settled in the Niagara peninsula of Upper Canada where he came under the influence of Benjamin Canby, an entrepreneur with numerous business activities. Darling boarded with Canby and his widowed sister Elizabeth Birdsall. In 1792, Canby erected a sawmill on Twelve Mile Creek in the Short Hills area at the top of the Niagara Escarpment in Thorold Township southwest of the town of Thorold. He married Elizabeth (Canby) Birdsall (1760-1841).

On 12 Feb 1813, John Darling purchased from Queenston merchants William Dickson and Thomas Clark 318 acres of land in Lots 109, 110, 134 and part of 111 Thorold Township. These were located along Holland and Hollow Roads south west of the town of Thorold and north of Fonthill. The village of St. Johns grew up on the Darling property during John Darling’s time and later became a ghost town.

The genealogy includes ancestry and five generations from coast to coast in North America Descendant surnames mentioned: Wilde, Graham, Welding, Smith, Freeman, Hussey, Teetzel, Ogden, Fiegenbaum, Albright, Cook, Martin, Markham, Crum.

Davis, Eli Marc (1816-1992) came to Norfolk County by1845 when he married Loretta Lefler. They settled in Walsingham Township near Silver Hill. John Muir Davis (c. 1820-) lived next to Eli Marc Davis for a time then married Abigail Wilcox and settled west of Walsingham Centre. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in North Dakota and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Augustine, Collings, Francis

Davis, Joel (1808-1899) and his wife Mary Jane lived at Walpole Township, Haldimand County, then in Vittoria, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Butler. His possible brother William Davis (c. 1807-) lived at Stamford Township, Welland County then in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County and finally in Ingersoll, Oxford County. Includes children and grandchildren in Oxford County.

Davis, Thadeus  (1738-1824) was born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Richard and Martha Davis. Thadeus Davis was on the muster rolls of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and served in the campaigns of 1756, 1757 and 1758 in the French and Indian Wars.

About the time of the Revolutionary War, Thadeus & his wife, Deborah (Hall) settled in Guilderland, located about ten miles northwest of Albany, New York near other kinfolk. Thadeus Davis joined the British Standard in 1781. After six weeks with Captain Hubbel’s company from Connecticut, he was taken prisoner and held until peace prevailed. He then settled in the town of Watervliet, Albany County about 5 miles north of Albany.

Thadeus Davis made a first visit to Upper Canada (Ontario) in July 1798. Later, in April 1801, Thaddeus Davis with his wife and some of their family left Watervliet and travelled to the Niagara area of Upper Canada (Ontario). On 16 Nov 1801, he filed an Upper Canada Land Petition to the Executive Council of the province requesting a grant of 200 acres of land in Markham Township, York County.

During the first decade of the 1800’s, Thadeus Davis settled on land in Willoughby Township, Welland County between Niagara Falls and Fort Erie. On 22 Feb 1808 he filed an Upper Canada Land Petition requesting his name be added to the United Empire Loyalists List, a record of all who served in the British cause during the American Revolution and who settled afterwards in Upper Canada.

Descendant surnames mentioned: Ostrander, Relyea, Lee, Van Volkenburg, Van Patten, Teeple, Van Patter, Bingham, Barber, McKenney, Sissons, McDuffee, Conover, Kies, Goeway, Gordon, Fitch, Conger, Wands, Beamer Kellogg, Dibbell and many more.

Davis, Thomas (1764-1822) and his wife Deborah Hall came from Orange County, North Carolina to Barton Township, Wentworth County, Upper Canada in 1790 and lived for a time in Woodhouse Township where some of his children settled. He was joined by his mother Jane (widow of Robert Davis) and brothers John Davis (1759-1827) and Robert Davis (1765-1848), both of whom settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County in the north part of the town of Simcoe.  Includes three generations of descendants In Wentworth, Norfolk and Haldimand Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Stewart, Rousseaux, Burkholder, Nevills, Pew, Prier, Forsythe, Kirkendal, Irving, Procter, Ryckman, Dixon, Piper, Cornell, Madden, O'Callaghan, Radigan, Booker. William Davis (1734-), uncle of Thomas Davis, with his wife Hannah Phillips during colonial times lived in North Carolina. During the American Revolution, William Davis supported the British cause. In 1792 he brought his family to Chippawa, Stamford Township, Lincoln County then settled in Barton Township, Wentworth County in the village of Mount Albion. Includes three generations of descendants in Wentworth and Halton Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Ghent, Gage, Chisholm, Freeman, Stevens, Campbell, Buck, Teeter, Burt, Clement, Lutz, Rice, Wilson, Olmstead, Westney, Cheseldine, Swift, Smith

Dawson. Includes several unrelated families with this surname. Thomas Dawson (1806-1873) came from England by 1842 when he married Catharine Newkirk and settled in Walsingham Township then in Houghton Townships, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. John Dawson (c. 1809-) came from Ireland before 1859 and married Abigail Baker then settled in Houghton Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Oxford County. William Dawson (1827-1906) and Robert Dawson came from Aberdeen, Scotland and married respectively Agnes and Sarah Cowan. William settled in Charlotteville Township. Robert settled in Burford Township, Brant County. Includes children and grandchildren for each. William Dawson (c. 1807-) came from England by 1838 when he married Rebecca Anne Green. They settled in Windham Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Oxford Counties. Descendant surnames: Adair, Millen

Dean, John (1754-1827) married in New Germantown, Oldwick, Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey on 29 Mar 1781 Anna Margaret Flach/Flock (1752-1830). The couple settled in Fox Hill, Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey then brought their family to Upper Canada about 1801 and settled on Lot 26 Concession 6, Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County. This was located along Sixteen Road between Patterson and Shurie Roads west of the village of St. Anns. Twenty Mile Creek runs through the property.The genealogy includes six generations of descendants in southern Ontario and western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Warton, Smith, Haller, McKenzie, Soules, Stone, Truscott, Davey, Ross, Davis, Spackman, Alvord, Pettigrew, Squires, Best, Williams, Tefft, Collins, Glines, Gardner, Lamb, Ballentine, Green, Strothers, Burleigh, Turner, Hickson, Lamarsh, Derbyshire, Wigfield, Bennett, Loss, Curtis, Stoner, Saylor, Berry, Derbyshire, Ronson, Carter, Camp, Gleeson, Jones, Schureman, Cummings, Hall, Binns, Eddy, Comfort, High, Johnson, Moyer, Lounsbury, Barnhart, Eastcott, Heximer, Van Riper, Parsell, Hansel, Fitch, Overholt, Fisher, Lombard, Spiece, Warden, Wadley, McDowell, Pogel, Kennedy, Haycock, Brady, MacEwan, Lambert, Winger, Johnston, Zimmerman, Grant, Thompson, Nie, Bandy, Black, Peardon, Himebauch, Beck, Climenhage, Brown, Cook, Nash, Arundel, Kilpatrick, Fairlee/Fawlie, Hopkins, Belrose, Hatt, Scouten, Gray, Souder, Anger, Deterling, Crosby, Winger, Bowman, Gregg, Holmes, Barnes, Birdsell, Cosby, Henry, Rice, Myerscough, Hainer, Guy, Hanna, Purcell

Dean, Perez (1772-) and his wife Keziah Stafford moved from New York to Clinton Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada in 1799.  Four of their sons settled in Norfolk County: Silas (1791) and Horace (1799-1866) in Middleton Township; Miel (1809-1887) and Stafford (1811) in Townsend Township.  Includes four generations of descent in Norfolk, Brant, Grey and Oxford Counties. Descendant surnames included: Burley, Elliott, Hunter, Wickham. John A. Dean (c. 1799-) and his wife Sarah Blake lived in Connecticut and Batavia, New York, then came  to Windham and finally Townsend Township, Norfolk County.  Includes three generations of descentin Norfolk County, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Hicks.  Philemon Dean (c. 1794-) moved from Massachusetts to Townsend Township, Norfolk County.  Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Wentworth Counties. Descendant surnames included: Soda, Ammerman

Dease, John, son of Richard and Anne (Johnson) Dease, was born in Lisseny, Cavan County Ireland in 1744 and train as a physician and surgeon in Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France. Dr. Dease arrived in New York City in September 1771, a young unmarried man of twenty-seven years. He lived with his uncle Sir William Johnson the Superintendant of Indian Affairs in Johnson Hall, Johnstown, New York. Dr. Dease was promoted to the position of Deputy Superintendant of Indian Affairs. At the outbreak of the American Revolution he took charge of the King’s Stores in Lachine, Quebec and married Jane French (c. 1754-1802). Dr. Dease was then stationed in Fort Niagara. In 1786 he was promoted to the position of Superintendant of the Western Indian Nations at Fort Michilimackinac then retired to Montreal, Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1796. He died in Montreal on 16 Jan 1801. The couple had the following sons:

Richard William Dease (1780-1825) who married Sarah (Holmes) McDonnell and lived in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario serving as the Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the London District Court.

John Warren Dease (1783-1830) who married Genevieve (Jenny) Benoit/Beignott and was a chief trader and fort commander with the Hudson’s Bay Company in Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and the Columbia River District of present Washington state.

Francis Michael Dease (1786-1864) who was single all his life. He was a chief trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Red River Settlement of Manitoba.

Dease, Peter Warren (1788-1863) who married Elizabeth Chouinard and was a chief trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company on the McKenzie River in the Northwest Territories. He explored and mapped the Arctic coastline of Canada. 

Christopher Johnson Dease (1789-1846) who was single all his life. He lived in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Charles Johnson Watts Dease (1797-c. 1868) who married Louise Demontigny and was a clerk with the Hudson’s Bay Company in Fort Good Hope on the McKenzie River in the Northwest Territories.

Includes ancestry, biographies, pictures and five generations of descendants in Ontario, Quebec and western Canada and in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Mather, Whitesell, Mills, Brown, Fluelling, Bissett, Thompson, Mantle, Manery, Ashton, Williams, McLarty, Taylor, McCracken, Pierson, Fisher, Handy, Barks, Gage, Wilkins, Hanaway, Fitzsimmons, Jeeves, White, Griggs, Weatherhead, Flanagan, Jesmore, Aldrich, McCarney, Gordon, Roscoe, Boman, McMillan, Lodan, Gladu, Beauchemin, Carriere, Hogue, Turcotte, Jobin, Bruce, Eccles, Bréland, Tetrault, Labrge, Parisien, Charette, La Certe, Dubois, Allard, Goulet, Courchene, Lecompte, Dumas, Gaudry, Girardin, LaRocque, Dumas, Sayers, Jackson, Rickards, Lane, Porteous, Isbister, Morin, Bird, Holt, Hardisty, Dwyer, Sanderson, Brian, Delorme, Lariviere, Berube, Brodeur, Mathilde, Charette, Courtois dit Logan, Catellier, Coulombe, Vermette, Aubertin, Genthon, Champagne, McArthur, Charlebois, Bell, Peers, McKenzie, Finlayson, Clarke, Boyd, Robert, McKay, Sinclair, Lyons, Fidler, Pemberton, Ricardo, Blanchard, Bain, Boyd, Thornton, Graham, Comber, Perry, Gibson, Mayo, Holmes, Mason, Norval, Terry, Laroque, MacLeod, Sauve, Laderoute, Ranger, Lidstone, Martel, Parisien, Taylor, Runnells

Decow, Abner (c. 1743-1826), son of Jacob Decow above, and his wife Elizabeth Flummerfelt lived in New Jersey then came to Upper Canada in 1788 or 1790 settling first in Thorold Township, Welland County.  They then settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County by 1800.  Includes biographies of Abner’s parents and grandparents and four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Haldimand Counties, and in Michigan and Iowa and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Anguish, Chrisman, Berlin, Dougherty, Ullman, Finch, Blighton, Whitside, Wilkinson, Smith, Langell, Trine Reaves, Carpenter, Hoffman, Fleming, Balch, Stimson, Bell, Edmonds, Ross, Richardson, Cuthbertson, Otis, Fairfield, Gammage, Ashby

Decow/Decew, Jacob (1710-) and his wife Jane Duncan during colonial times lived in Sussex County, New Jersey. Jacob came to Upper Canada in 1790 and settled in Thorold Township, Welland County south of St. Catharines. This follows the descendant located in Decewsville, Haldimand County. Includes four generations of descendants in Haldimand and Oxford Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Young, Hagar, Warner, Dyer, Stephenson, McClennan, Brown, McDiarmid, Garden, Hansell, Townsend, King, Wiederick, Stirtzinger, Orth, Fawell, Pugsley

Dedrick, Lucas (1760-1808) of Palatine German background, he was born to Johannes and Annatje (DeWitt) Dedrick and baptized in the Katsbaan Reformed Church in Ulster County, New York on 12 Feb 1760. His great-grandfather Johannes Wilhelm Dieterich (1660-) immigrated with his family from Segendorf north of Neuwied, Germany (pictured below) in the 1709 Palatine Migration to New York. Historian Henry Z. Jones wrote: “Hans Willem Tietruy (sic), his wife and five ch. were on Capt. John Encrist's ship 3 Jul 1709 in Holland.” They continued to New York City and settled in the West Camp on the Hudson River established to manufacture pitch for the British Navy. 

During the American Revolution, Lucas was loyal to the British cause and served six years at Fort Niagara in Butler's Rangers under Colonel John Butler, latterly as a Corporal. A Butler’s Ranger in uniform is pictured at right. Corporal Lucas Dedrick, single, aged 22y 6m, was listed in the 1783 Census of Niagara. Afterwards, he returned to the United States, married Lucretia Parsin and had several children before venturing to Upper Canada in 1793. With the permission of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, Dedrick set out along the north shore of Lake Erie for the Long Point Settlement where only a handful of pioneers had started to clear land and erect log cabins.

Under date of 22 Jun 1793, Surveyor General William Chewitt wrote of the Dedrick settlement party travelling on Lake Erie: “From 11 A.M. The wind blew a heavy gale from the S.W. and I am afraid the two Batteaux with a number of people who went off to Long Point will be in a disagreeable situation. The principal person is one Lucas Dederick, who says he has permission from His Excellency to settle there".

He located his government grant on Lot 15 in the front concession of Walsingham Township at the mouth of what became known as Dedrick’s Creek on Long Point Bay a short distance west of the present village of Port Rowan. His son John Dedrick and grandson also John Dedrick continued on the homestead and developed a thriving farm.

The genealogy includes ancestry in Germany and New York and five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Countryman, Brandow, Welch/Walsh, Davis, Cattle, Smith, Lanning, Eagar, Ward, McKinlay, Crossett, Thomas, Backhouse, Millard, Holmes, Gates, White, McAlpine, Curtis, Rutherford, Nelson and many more.

Dell, Basnet (c. 1720-1808) was born in Burlington, Burington County, New Jersey c. 1720. He married Hannah Burris, born in Morris County, New Jersey c. 1724. During colonial times, Basnet Dell and his family lived in Sussex County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution, Basnet Dell remained loyal to the Crown. His sons Adoram and Henry Dell joined the New Jersey Volunteers stationed on Staten Island, New York in 1777 and Adoram died in the service a year later.

Basnet Dell brought his wife and three youngest children to Upper Canada in 1788. His older children each came separately with their wives and children. Basnet Dell was given a crown grant of 200 acres of land in Lots 1 and 2 in the Broken Front Concession of Crowland Township. This was located on the south side of Chippewa Creek (now known as the Welland River) running south along Montrose Road to Grassy Brook Road. The E. S. Fox plant now takes up much of this location.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Welland and Norfolk Counties and elsewhere in Ontario, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Everingham, Green, Frank, Nunamaker, Hendrick, Read, Vincent, Weston, Steinhoff, Schuyler, Willson/Wilson, Kelley, Beemer, Lawrence, Fulkerson, Munce, Cole, Bradford, O’Boyle, Johnson, Clayton, Swigert, McFarlane, Cunningham, Dochstader, Elton, White, Neidrauer, Burns, Wilkins and many more.

Deming-- Albert Deming (c. 1789-) came to Upper Canada from United States by c. 1826 when he married Esther Amelia Misner. Albert operated an inn south of the town of Simcoe in Woodhouse Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Warren Deming (1801-1882) came from Connecticut by 1830 and was a gunsmith in Waterford, Townsend Township, Norfolk County. He later settled in Iowa. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and Iowa. Descendant surnames included: Tusing, Dennis

Dench, John (1805-1886) emigrated about 1835 from London, England to Port Rowan, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County where he was a tailor. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Ross, Christmas

Dennis Family. This ancestral family genealogy is in four parts all included in one order.

Dennis, Joseph (1741-1816) in Part 1, son of John and Keziah (Ball) Dennis, was born in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Joseph and his wife Deborah Webster (1743-1800) lived in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Joseph’s family belonged to the Society of Friends (Quaker) faith. Joseph and Deborah Dennis came to Upper Canada (Ontario) in July 1788 and settled on a Crown Grant of two hundred acres of land in Lot 14, Concession 1, Humberstone Township. This was located on Lake Erie at Whiteman’s Point along the east side present Cedar Bay Road south of Highway 3 and east of the City of Port Colborne. 

Dennis, Ezekiel (1742 - 1819) in Part 2, son of John and Keziah (Ball) Dennis and brother of Joseph above made a first visit to Upper Canada (Ontario) and settled on two hundred acres of land in Lots 12 and 13 Concession 9 Clinton Township then returned to Pennsylvania and brought his wife Ann Heacock (1751-1813) and nine children to Upper Canada in 1788. The farm ran along both sides of present Dutch Lane and northward from Spring Creek Road a short distance west of the hamlet of Tintern. Twenty Mile Creek ran through the south part of the lots.

Dennis, Ezekiel (c. 1715 -  ) in Part 3, son of Joseph Dennis and uncle of Joseph and Ezekiel Dennis above, was born in New Jersey and in 1737 went with his father Joseph Dennis (1697-1770) and brother John Dennis (1719-1797) to pioneer in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Ezekiel returned with his father to Pennsylvania then in 1786 moved with his wife and ten children to Upper Canada settling on two hundred and fifty acres of this in the front part of Lots 33 and 34 in the Broken Front Concession of Bertie Township, Welland County. This is a promontory on Lake Erie known as Point Abino about a mile west of the village of Crystal Beach.

Dennis, Joseph (c. 1775 - 1807) in Part 4, a millwright whose relationship to the above is unknown settled on and made an improvement on Lot 1, Concession 6, Townsend Township, Norfolk County. He then settled on a Crown lease in the west half of Lot 9, Concession 1, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County near Port Dover.

Includes ancestry in colonial New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The genealogy follows five generations of descendants in Lincoln, Welland, Haldimand and Norfolk Counties in Ontario, in Western Canada and the northern United States.

Descendant surnames include Hawes, Watt, Corson, Sturk, Loop, Bond, Johnson, McMaster, Gerhard, Smith, White, Watts, Johnson, Brown, Fick, Harper, Bell, Kreiger, Bannister, Whitting, Lones, Ladd, Lovelace, Chittle, Roof, Morehouse, Kemp, Linser, Renner, Neff, Shisler, Johnston, Bird, Waterman, Ramage, Clark, Kilbreath, Duford, Nash, McLachlan, Hawley, Wright, Smithson, Nichol, Curtis, Hyde, Hall, Olman, Garrow, Leffler, Carpenter, Kingsbury, Sanford, Williamson, Harper, Peterson, Firby, Bearss, Whitehead, Awde, Zielinsky, Jacobs, Steinbach, Dew, Woodhouse, Herrington, McKellar, Taylor, Conkey, Gleason, West, Rose, Haslip, Shipman, Church, Seibert, Keillor, Stauth, Green, Thompson, Howey, Moore, Schooley, Miller, Leader, Cowper, Young, Tanner, Brett, Reynolds, Cloherty, Cragg, Donnelly, Swayze, Ditzler, Corcoran, Heiney, Poet, Gillmouth, Sanderson, McMungle, Beattie, Goss, Ayres, Dutton, Sivyer, Cornish, Jenkins, Quance, Lucas, Hart, Grant, French, Varcoe, Trumbull, Fairfield, Bailey, Misner, Gibson, Randall, Burgess, Austin, Hitchcock, Gibson, Brown, Dunn, Silverthorn, Sourwine, Rae, Misener, Burke, McCombs, Seaman, Wright, Moore, Game, Dutcher, Kratz, Rockefeller, Girling, Potts, Hyatt, Stein, Knight, Scarff, Chase, Fiebelkorn, Swick, McCrae, McIntosh, Lambert, Freeman, Henderson, Swarts, McClelland, Groh, Forsyth, McKune, Lauderbaugh/Lowderbaugh, Sarter, Edmonds, Rawlins, McGinnis, Bacher, Walbridge, Hill, Rossiter, Watkins, Buffum, Carpenter, Deter, Arends, Zeek, Purdy, Phillips, Maxwell, Barker, Steele, Cook, Aston, Steed, Weaver, Cookson, Procter, Browne, Webb, Jones, Schwarzentraub, Nine, Vinton, Roberts, Fehrman, Schollerman, Hensley, Galland, Richardson, McCollum

Dennis, Adam (c. 1748-1807) married Sophia Sarah Story and came from New Jersey to Upper Canada in 1787 and settled on a crown grant of 200 acres in Lots 105 and 106 and 100 acres in Lot 129 Thorold Township, Welland County.  The first two were located between the south side of Seburn Road and north side of Holland Road, the east side of Cataract Road and the west side of Merritville Highway. A hamlet named Centerville later grew up in the southwest corner of Lot 106. Lot 129 adjoined the south side of Lot 106.and runs along the east side of Cataract Road between Holland Road and the north side of Barron Road. The town of Fonthill is located to the southwest.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Long, Sartz, Doan, Morgan, Cooley, Riggs, Saltsman, Connor, Vore, Johnston, Rosser, Woolley, Holcombe, Dusenberry, Martin, Moody, Cleland, Parker, Eagle, Tubbs, Warner, Dermo, Barney, Bell, Wills, Hill, Allen and many more.

Depew, John (1728-1799) in colonial times farmed on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he served as a Lieutenant in the Indian Department at Fort Niagara. Following the war, John and Mary Depew settled in Barton Township, Wentworth County. The genealogy follows their son Charles Depew (1762-1825) who served during the American Revolution in Butler's, Rangers then married Magdalene Showers and settled in Barton Township. Their sons John C. Depew (c.1785-1856) and William Depew (1793-1843) lived in Barton Township, Wentworth County then settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Essex Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Osborn, Shaw, Owen, Orser, Cohoe, McCombs, Miller, Lambert, Pettit

Derrickson, James (c. 1760-1824) and his wife Edywyck Davis traveled in the Davis party from Orange County, North Carolina in 1794 and settled first in Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County then in Windham Township, Norfolk County north of Simcoe in 1801.  Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Matthews, Thompson, Laing, Brown, Green, Mason, Eichenberg

Dettrick/Dittrick, Jacob (1755-1828) was born in the Mohawk River Valley, Albany County, New York on 16 Sep 1755. In a land petition of 2 Apr 1797, Jacob signed his name “Dettrick” but early clerks and scribes sometimes spelled the surname “Tederick”. During the last half of the 1800’s, later generations adopted the spelling “Dittrick”.

During the American Revolution, Jacob Dettrick went to Fort Niagara, a British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. In 1777, he was a corporal in the Indian Department. He then joined Butler’s Rangers and campaigned with them along the Mohawk River and the Susquehanna River in New York and Pennsylvania.

Following the peace, Jacob Dittrick received a crown grant of Lot 15 Concession 7 and Lots 14, 15, 16 and 17 Concession 8 Grantham Township, Lincoln County in the present City of St. Catharines.  Lot 15 Concession 7 is along the west side of present Highway 406 and is now parkland on the east side of the Old Glen Ridge neighborhood. The concession 8 lots were located on the south side of the former running south to Glen Morris Drive. From Highway 406 in the east, the substantial block of land ran west to the west side of Glen Ridge Avenue and Twelve Mile Creek. Jacob Dettrick made his home along the east bank of the creek.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Hainer, Clendenning, Smith, Camp, Martin, Richmond, Burtch, James, Shumway, Clutterbuck, Thornton, Uhl, Gordis, Sabine, Cavers, Horton, Nelson, Beard, Newman, McCarty, Sheffer, Teeple, Smyerge and many more.

Dewitt, James (1764-) and his wife Catharine Edwards came from Greene County, New York to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County settling near Port Royal before 1805. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and Michigan. Descendant surnames included; Chapman, Logan, VanSlyck

Diamond, Marcus (c.1795-) and his first wife lived in New York then came to Canada by 1821. Marcus and his second wife Rebecca Johnson (c. 1808-1850) lived in Lot 4 Concession 3, Blenheim Township, Oxford County north of the hamlet of Canning on the Grand River and northwest of the present town of Paris. Marcus was survived by his third wife Hannah Mudge (c. 1808-)The sons of Marcus and Elisabeth Diamond lived in Oxford County, Ontario and in Rolling Plains, Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The children of Marcus and his second wife Rebecca lived in Lincoln, Wentworth, Haldimand and Oxford Counties and in the Muskoka District of Ontario. Descendants lived in Oxford, Lincoln, Wentworth Counties and Muskoka District, Ontario and in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and elsewhere Descendant surnames include: Liddard, Lane, Ott, Davis, Vangieson, French, Shuttleworth, Miller, Preston, Dashwood, Whaley, Boon, Johnson, McDonald, Cameron, Yost, Rinker, White, Nichols, Bohrer/Boyer, Porter, Pressnal, Baldorf, Juckett, Harrington, Tonkin, McLaughlin, Hoskin, Weaver, Martin