Below is a series of biographies of people whose names appear on the tiles at St. Alban. Select one from the list or scroll down to browse.

MERRITT, Thomas: 1759 - 1842

Thomas Merritt was the son of Thomas Merritt and Amy Purdy. Thomas senior died in 1821 in St. John's New Brunswick. Thomas junior married Mary Hamilton in 1799. Some of their children married into the Ingersoll family of New Brunswick.

Tile ordered and paid for by Geoff. Wright, Belleville, ON, Jan. 1889

SILLS, John Conrad: 1738 - 1817

Johannes Conrad Sell (as he was christened) was known as Conrad Sills. He was born in Rothenbergen, Hesse, Germany in 1738. He came with his family to North America in 1763 and the family name - at the hands of various civil servants and officiating clergymen became, Sill, then Sills, thus assimilating to a name, probably English that had been in North America from the 1600s.

Conrad married and settled eventually in Pennsylvania where he farmed on the Susquehanna River until 1777 when, swept up by the American Revolution. He joined Butler's Rangers, in which he served until 1780. Somewhere in this time he lost his wife, for he and only his daughter Margaret and three sons, Lawrence, John and George show up in a refugee camp in Quebec near Three Rivers.

In his petition for compensation for his losses in the war, he states that he sent his three sons as soon as they were old enough, into Sir John Johnson's regiment, i.e., the Kings Royal Regiment of New York. The petition was submitted July 23, 1782. George was about nine, John about 11, and Lawrence about 13.

Conrad later showed up working as a carter in Montreal, where George recalled having lived. In July 1784, along with other members of the disbanded King's Royal Regiment of New York, the Sills men, and their sister Margaret arrived to settle in Fredericksburgh, where the boys drew Lot 1, Concession 1, Fredericksburg Additional.

Conrad shortly thereafter made a trip to Niagara where Butler's Rangers had settled, whether to check on his prospects there or to look for his wife Margaret we do not know, but he returned and settled in Fredericksburg where his sons later transferred the original homestead to him, while they acquired further land elsewhere.

Lawrence settled in Loughborough Township, north of Kingston. John died in 1800. George remained in Fredericksburgh.

Conrad remarried and raised a large family, all of whom, of course, drew 200 acres as the children of a U.E. Loyalist.

George became a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. (See tile # 7)

Conrad Sills died in 1817, age 79 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by M.B. Ingersoll, Regina, Assa. NWT, Aug. 1888
INGERSOLL, Joel: d 1810

Joel died April 1, 1810, age 45 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by John Fitchett, S. Fredericksburg, ON, Oct. 1888
FITCETT, James: 1766 - 1859

James was born Nov. 4, 1766. James arrived in Upper Canada in 1780 and settled in the Township of Fredericksburgh. He served in the Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1783 as a private in Sir John Johnson's 2nd battalion.

He married Elizabeth Young ( b Aug. 29, 1776, d Dec. 3, 1854) and the marriage was performed by the Rev. John Langhorn. On May 12th, 1797 Elizabeth petitioned for land as the daughter of a Young, U.E. She was granted 200 acres on July 8, 1797. James and Elizabeth had 14 children. The 1851 census of Fredeicksburgh shows that James and Elizabeth were both born in New York State and were members of the Church of England. James died Feb. 2, 1859, age 92 years, and was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sandhurst.

Tile ordered and paid for by Ab. Loyst, Fredericksburg, ON, Jan. 1889
LOYST, Henry: 1763 - 1836

Born 1763, Henry was born Johan Heinrich Loyst. Henry served in the Loyalist Army for 2 ½ years from age 19. About 1790 he married Annatje Peterson in New York City. Ann was born Nov. 1, 1773, daughter of Abraham Peterson and Mary Magalena Van Ordin.

On Dec. 31, 1798 a deed to land on the south shore of Hay Bay (in South Freder icksburgh township) was given to Henry and his brother Andrew. In 1802 Andrew and his wife Elizabeth (married Aug. 7, 1791) sold their share of the land to Henry.

Henry and Ann had 9 children. Both died in North Fredericksburgh, Ann on June 8, 1845. Henry died Aug. 16, 1836, aged 72 years. (Information from Loyalist Lineages of Canada, page 392.) The Loyst cemetery is on the 3rd Concession in South Fredericksburgh.

Tile ordered and paid for by Lucretia Gilersleeve, UEL, Kingston, ON, March 1889
FINKLE, Henry: circa 1759 - 1808
and his wife
BLEAKER, Lucretia: d 1850

Henry, born circa 1759, was the 6th child of George and Elizabeth (nee Henn) Finckel. Dr. H.C. Burleigh (whose papers are in the Queen's university archives) notes that Cpl. Henry Finckle served in Captain Wehr's company from Aug. 27 to Oct. 24, 1777. (Henry's older brother George (b circa 1748) served in Capt. Jessup's company at the same time. Henry Finkle died Jan. 6, 1808, age 49.

Henry married Lucretia Bleecker (Blacker) on May 15, 1788. They had 8 children. Lucretia died March 23, 1850 at her residence on King Street in Kingston, ON, age 82 years. (Information in the above paragraph from the Finkle family bible)

In January 1983 Ann Rowe of Tweed wrote about the Finkle family and notes that Lucretia's maiden name was Bleecker Henerson. She says that Henry was the 6th child of George and Elizabeth Finckel.

Dr. Burleigh notes that Henry was their 3rd son and that he joined Jessup's King's Rangers under Gen. Burgoyne in 1777 age 17. He escaped to Canada after the capitulation at Saratoga. He was a corporal at the end of the campaign. He settled in Ernestown after living in Finkle's Point (Bath) where he built the first tavern west of Kingston.

Tile ordered and paid for by Geoff. Wright of Belleville, ON, Jan. 1889
SILLS, Rev. George: d 1860

(Info: from his Obituary by James Gardiner of Napanee, ON, April 27, 1860)

Born in Pennsylvania: arrived Montreal 1780. Enlisted with Captain Gummersall in 1783; discharged same year. Drew land as a UEL.

1793 married Margaret Bell (1778-1851). She joined Methodist Episcopal Church. George became a Christian in June 1798. Awarded license to preach May 11, 1805. License renewed in Kingston, ON, August 9, 1806. He was probably the first person elected and ordained a local deacon by the ME Church in Canada - parchment dated Kingston, August 22, 1830.

1840 he was elected and ordained an Elder in the Church of God by the late Bishop Reynolds. Margaret & George's youngest son was George. They had a daughter Flora Helen (b Sep. 2, 1810, d July 17, 1832) who married Joseph Johnson. George died in 1860, age 94 years.

George is buried with his wife and other family members in the southeast corner of St. Paul's churchyard, Fredericksburg.

Tile ordered and paid for by A. Spencer, Kingston, ON, July 1888
SPENCER, Col. Hazelton: 1757 - 1813

Hazelton was born Aug. 29 1757 and died Feb. 6, 1813.

Hazelton Spencer is described in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography as army officer, office holder, politician, judge and militia officer. He was born in East Greenwich R.I., son of Benjamin Spencer and Mercy Potter; m about 1787 Margaret Richards, daughter of John Richards, loyalist, and they had six sons and three daughters. He died in Fredericksburgh (North and South Fredericksburg ) township, Upper Canada.

In 1777 Hazelton and his father Benjamin joined the British forces commanded by John Burgoyne. Benjamin died enroute to Canada and the family's 300 acres in Vermont were confiscated. Hazelton served as a volunteer in Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regimen of New York until 1781 and was then commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd battalion. In March 1781 he was on a list of loyalists quartered at St. John's (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu), Que. and was described as "a Hatter".

In 1783 he was stationed at Cataraqui (Kingston, ON) where on June 25, 1784 he went on half pay and thereafter took up land in Fredericksburgh Township.

From 1794 until his death in 1813 Spencer was colonel of the 1st Lennox Militia.

Spencer acquired a good deal of land (at one time his total landholdings were at least 5,000 acres).

Spencer was regarded as a man of ability and stature in early Upper Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace for the Mecklenburg District in 1790. In 1792 Spencer was elected to the House of Assembly for the riding of Lennox, Hastings and Northumberland. In 1794 Governor John Graves Simcoe named him Lieutenant of Lennox County. His primary duty involved appointing and overseeing magistrates and militia officers. In 1800 he received his first commission of the peace for the Midland District. The magistry of the Midland District met in both an administrative and a legal capacity in the Court of Quarter Sessions, which alternated its location between Adolphustown and Kingston. In 1806 he was appointed a commissioner to administer the oath to officers on half pay and military allowances.

On line Information from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Early Canada Historical narratives.

RAYMOND, Elizabeth: 1810 - 1883

Elizabeth was the wife of Giles Membery. She was born Dec. 2, 1810 and died Aug. 29, 1883, age 72 years.

MEMBERY, Giles: 1808 - 1896

Giles was born on April 3, 1808 in Dorset, England. He died on June10, 1896 in St. Alban's, Herefordshire, England. He married Elizabeth Raymond, born December 2, 1810, died August 29, 1888. They had 7 children. Their 5th child was Amelia Elizabeth, born in 1853, who married David Wright Allison (1821-1906). Amelia died in 1940 and was buried in the Allison mausoleum on the Bayshore Road in Adolphustown.

MEMBERY, Elizabeth Jane: 1842 - 1889

Daughter of Philip Dorland, wife of Frederick Miles Membery.

Elizabeth was born Oct. 30, 1842 and died May 21, 1889

TRUMPOUR, Charlotte: 1823 - 1905

Wife of Philip Dorland, granddaughter of John Dorland

Charlotte, born June 30, 1823 was the wife of Philip Dorland and granddaughter of John Dorland. The Trumpours were descended from Johann Niclaus Trombauer (born 1676 in Germany) and Magdalena Stier. They moved to New York State in the early 1700's.

Charlotte died Aug. 20, 1905.

The Trumpour Cemetery is on Staples Lane in Adolphustown.

There is a Dorland web page

Further information Excerpts from Former Days and Quaker Ways" by Arthur Garratt Dorland originally published by the Picton Gazetteer (in 1965) and Mika Studio (2nd Edition) in 1972. Copy in L&A County Library, Napanee. Ref. 71.3587

TURNER, Elsie Etta: 1868 - 1905

Elsie Etta was the daughter of Philip and Charlotte Dorland, and wife of Hugh Turner. Elsie Etta married Thomas Hugh Turner in a904. He was from Simcoe County, Ontario.

DORLAND, Philip: 1817 - 1870
Philip was born Mar. 27, 1817 and died Nov. 25, 1870

Grandson of Capt. Thomas Dorland, son of Peter Van Alstine Dorland (1792 - 1860)

"In the Beginning" page 144, notes Philip Dorland was Rector's Warden, 1867-1869 - Rev. Robert Harding

HAGERMAN, Nicholas: 1761 - 1819

The Hagerman's were of German ancestry and the pioneer appears to have arrived in Canada at the time of the Conquest of Quebec. The family settled on 2000 acres of land in Dutchess County, on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York. Described as from Albany, Nicholas was under suspicion by the Commission for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies and went over to the British in 1778. Hagerman signed with Captain Alexander White's company of Associated Loyalists. However, Nicholas settled with his servant in Adolphustown under Van Alstine.

Nicholas was born Dec. 10, 1761 and died Mar. 19, 1819.

He is listed in the 1800 Adolphustown census as the head of a household of 11 persons, 2 adult males, 2 adult females, 5 male children and 2 female children.

ROBINSON, Christopher: circa 1763 - 1798

Christopher was the oldest son of Peter Robinson and Sarah Lister. The Robinsons were originally from Yorkshire (England) but Christopher and his brother Peter were born in Virginia. Their father died when they were still infants and their father's brothers looked them after. The young Peter died at an early age.

In 1781 Christopher ran away from school (William & Mary College) with his cousin Robert to join the Loyalist Forces. They made their way to New York, and Christopher was commissioned ensign in the Queen's Rangers, the regiment commanded by Col. John Graves Simcoe, later Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada.

At the end of the Revolutionary war, Christopher's regiment was disbanded in New Brunswick on Oct. 18, 1783. Christopher met Esther, daughter of Loyalist clergyman, the Rev. John Sayre. They married before Christopher was 21. They eventually arrived in Kingston where he was called to the bar. When Col. John Graves Simcoe arrived in Upper Canada in 1792 he appointed Christopher Deputy Surveyor General of the Woods and Reserves in Upper Canada.

In 1798 Christopher and his family moved to York (Toronto) and he began building a house. They had 6 children. However, he died 3 weeks later, on Nov. 2, 1798, just before his 35th birthday.

Information from "Three Centuries of Robinsons" by Julia Jarvis (1967)

LIPPINCOTT, Capt. Richard: d 1826

Richard was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He married Elsie Borden in 1770. Their daughter, Esther Borden Lippincott later lived in Weston, ON. Richard died May 14, 1826, age 81 years.

CHALMERS, Capt. James: 1825 - 1895

and his wife

NIXON, Margaret: 1838 - 1909

James was the eldest son of Peter Chalmers (1st Sept. 1785 - 3rd Oct. 1872). Peter was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and came to Adolphustown in 1848. James was born in Ireland in 1825. He married Margaret Nixon (1838- 1909) and they had 6 sons and 3 daughters.

Peter's other children were:

ELIZA b 1828 in Ireland; married Thomas Hart;

WILLIAM, b 1830 in Ireland, d 1896 in Adolphustown; married Martha Pringle; PETER, b Dec. 28, 1831 in Ireland, d Feb 6, 1894; married Jane Russell (1839-1922) THOMAS, b 1833 in Ireland, d Nov. 19, 1866; unmarried

CHALMERS, William: 1830 - 1896

See # 18.

William and Martha had 10 children. Their 8th child was GEORGE FREDERICK, b Jan. 29, 1886 d April 9, 1968. He married Sara Dorothea Roberts, b August 12, 1894, d Mar. 30, 1979 (daughter of Canon Roberts of St. Albans). They had 3 children: MARY, JAMES and JOHN.

DRURY, Margaret C: 1823 - 1892

Margaret was born Jan. 9, 1823 and died Oct. 29, 1892. She married Charles Drury. They were both born in Ireland.

HART, Eliza E: 1826 - 1892

Eliza was born Dec. 24, 1826 and died July 22, 1892

Eliza is buried in the Adolphustown United Church cemetery.

CHALMERS, Peter: 1831 - 1894

Peter was born Dec. 28, 1831 and died Feb. 6, 1894

CHALMERS Thomas: 1833 - 1866

Thomas was born in 1833 and died Nov. 19, 1866

DORLAND, John J.: 1852 - 1906

John was the son of Philip and Charlotte Dorland.

"In the Beginning" page 21, notes John Dorland was confirmed in 1868 (From Church Register)

HAM, Ira: 1818 - 1881

Ira was born in 1881. He was the son of John Ham (1785-1843) and Esther Bradshaw (baptized 1792, died 1861) who married in 1808. Ira was their 6th child of 13. He married Almeda Haight (born 1837 in South Fredericksburgh). They had 9 children.

The marriage of John Ham of Ernestown and Esther Bradshaw of Fredericksburgh took place on April 10th 1898 and is recorded in the Rev. Robert McDowall's marriage register. Ira died on July 14, 1881, age 63 years.

Note. There is a lot of information on the Hams at the LCC

POWELL, Grant M. D.: 1779 - 1838

Grant was the son of William Powell (tile #25) and Anne Murray. He married Elizabeth Staats Bleeker and they had 10 children.

POWELL, William Drummer: 1755 - 1844

Father of Grant (tile # 24). He and his wife had 8 children, one of whom (a sister of #24) married into the Jarvis family (see tiles # 49 - 54).

Tile ordered and paid for by Mrs. Pull, Adolphustown, ON, Dec. 1888

MAYBEE, Capt. Abraham: 1748 - 1832

Abraham was born January 24, 1748 and died June 17, 1832, age 84

Son of Peter Mabie and Jannetje Hogencamp. His first wife was Gerritye Hogencamp. She and their family joined him in New York where he was serving with the Loyalist forces. She died before 1781. He then married Ann Ackerman and they left Tappen, New York State in the Evacuation of 1783 and settled in Adolphustown. He petitioned for land in 1794 having resided on Lot 21, Con. 1. in Adolphustown since 1784. In October 1818 he was granted land in

PETER: b 1779

ROBERT MCDOWALL: b 1782 (or 3).

Abraham Maybee died in Adolphustown in 1832 and was buried at St. Paul's cemetery, Fredericksburg.

Tile ordered and paid for by Robert Z. Rogers, Grafton, ON, Aug. 1888

ROGERS, Col. James: d 1790

Order stipulated dedication to read: "In Memory of Col. James ROGERS of King's Rangers, Died at Fredericksburg Sept. 1790, aged 63 years"

The Ro(d)gers were French Huguenots who first arrived in New York State in the 1600's. During the Revolutionary War, Col. James Rogers served 5 years as commandant of a Corps known as the King's Rangers, which formed part of the garrison of St. Jean, Quebec. He died at Fredericksburg, ON, Sept. 1790, age 63 years.

An historical plaque was unveiled at St. Paul's Church, Sandhurst, on Sunday June 16, 1963 by Capt. J.A.C. Rogers of Picton, a descendant of Col. James Rogers. This was one of a series of plaques erected throughout the province by the Dept. of Travel and Publicity, acting on th., advice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.

This was the date of St. Alban's annual UEL service with the Rector Rev. J. Findlater.

Tile ordered and paid for by Canon Mulock, Montreal, Quebec, Sept. 1888

CRAWFORD Col. William: of the Royal Rangers died in 3rd town, Aug. 1839

William Crawford's obituary printed in the Kingston Chronicle & Gazeette, Aug. 31, 1839 reads as follows:

On the 30th instant, at his residence in Fredericksburgh, William Crawford, Esq. aged 75 years. This gentleman served during the Revolutionary war as a Lieutenant in His Majesty's service, and since the last war with the United States has been in command of the 1st Lennox Militia. Every person acquainted with him will regret the loss, although from his years, to be expected of an exemplary Magistrate, a loyal subject, a kind and hospitable friend, and an honest man.

Tile ordered and paid for by S.W. Trumpour & Thos. Trumpour, Adolphustown, ON, June 1889

TRUMPOUR, Capt. Paul: 1757 - 1813

Paul was the 4th son of Johannes Trumboor (1719-1785) and Christina Fiero. He was baptized in Katsbaan, New York State on May 31, 1757.

He came to Adolphustown via New Brunswick, and was entitled to 2000? acres of land. He served in the war of 1812 as a Captain of Militia, both at Kingston, under the Hon. Richard Cartwright and as commander of Trumpour's Dragoons, a troop of the 1st regiment of Lennox Militia. He married Deborah Emery on August 9, 1780. They had 2 sons and 6 daughters. Their second son Joseph (1785-1850) and his wife Lydia Dorland (1792-1868) are buried in the Trumpour cemetery. Paul Trumpour died in Jan. 1813, age 65 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by C. Haight, Toronto, ON, July 1888

HAIGHT, Daniel: 1764 - 1830

The Haights were descended from Simon Hoyt who came to Massachusetts from Upway, Dorchester, England. Daniel was the 8th child (youngest) of Joseph and Margaret Haight (Hoit, Hoyt). He was born in Duchess County, New York State, and died in Adolphustown age 66 years, 7 months, 5 days. "A man whose sound sense, meekness and probity, had procured for him the respect of all his neighbours and acquaintances. He was a member of the Society of Friends." (Quote from The Canadian Genealogist, Vol. 1, # 4, 1979).

Daniel's second wife was Mary, daughter of John & Elizabeth Dorland. She was born in Duchess County, March 23, 1772. Their first child Mary was born in Duchess County, May 6, 1790. Eight more children were born between 1793 and 1809.

Daniel was a staunch member of Nine Partner's Quarterly Meeting of Friends, and refused to join the Republican Army. He suffered much during the war. After the war he moved to Canada with relatives and friends, including his father-in-law John Dorland, and his brothers, Philip and Thomas Dorland.

Daniel opened a general store in Adolphustown and his son John D. was born there on November 23, 1791. In 1792 he bought a 200 acre farm on Lot 14, Concession 2 about 3 miles NE of Adolphustown and built a comfortable colonial house there. He died Aug. 19, 1830, age 66 years.

Daniel Haight is listed in the 1800 Adolphustown census as head of a household of 10 persons, 2 adult males, 2 adult females, 4 male children and 2 female children.

Tile ordered and paid for by F.A. Corkindale, Dec. 1889

VAN ALSTINE, Major: 1747 - 1811

The Van Alstein brothers emigrated from the Netherlands around 1640. Peter married Alida Van Alen on 24 September1769 at Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York State. They had 5 children between 1770 and 1779. From a family history written by Mildred E. Sussell, his 5th great grand-daughter, the children were: Alexander (baptized 1770), Alida (baptized 1772), and Cornelius (baptised 1774). The 2 youngest sons died in infancy.

(The above paragraph is taken from Mildred's history, which is on file at the LCC)

In 1776, Peter was jailed for supporting the British Government. In 1777 he was forced to leave his home. He joined General Burgoyne's regular British Army just before the defeat of the British at the battle of Saratoga . His home was confiscated and Van Alstine and his family were forced to flee the country. Van Alstine was the leader of a small group of Associated Loyalist that landed in Adolphustown in 1784.

In 1796 he received a grant of 500 acres of land alongside the Lake-on the-Mountain, including the land beneath the cliff. He began construction of a mill beside the lake. Peter was an M.L.A. from 1793 - 96, and then a J.P.

When he died, in 1811, age 64, his property included a gristmill at Glenora, a ferry service, land and a farm at Adolphustown.

His daughter Alida married George W. Meyers of Belleville. His son Alexander died soon after his father. His son Cornelius ran Glenora Mill.

Dr. H.C. Burleigh's papers (Queen's University) notes that Peter's title of Major appears to have been honorary. Peter lived on the Bay Shore on the front, east of Philip and Thomas Dorland.

Tile ordered and paid for by ?, 1888

CASEY, Willet: 1766 - 1848

Willet was born February 14, 1766 and died March 10, 1848, age 86 years. Willet and his brother William both settled in Adolphustown, but Willett retained his Quaker Faith. He did not fight for the British during the war, so did not qualify as a UEL. Mary, Samuel, William and Willett were the children of Samuel Casey (1724-1773) and Martha who married circa 1753.

Willett married Jane Niles (born 1763 in New York State) in 1782. Mrs. Willet Casey was twenty when in 1795 she came to Adolphuston to join her husband. They had 5 children. The invention of the daguerreotype made if possible to get a picture of Jane when she was 92 . As far as is known it is the only face recorded of any of the early settlers. (See Adolphustown 1784 - 1984, by Katharine J. Lamont, page 10). Jane died aged 93 years.

Willet Casey is mentioned in an account of the early history of the area in a description of the Scarce Year, which began in the spring of 1787. -Willet Casey in Fourth Town grew a field of grain on the leeward side of a hill but as soon as the wheat heads were barely ripe hungry settlers came from miles around and "cut it thick as stumps" (as recounted by Willet's daughter Patty)*. In the Adolphustown, town council minutes of 1792, Willet Casey is recorded as Pound master.

Willet Casey is listed in the 1800 Adolphustown census as the head of a household of 11 persons - 3 males, 3 females, 3 male children and 2 female children. The total recorded population of the settlement was 524.

Willet Casey, his wife and a daughter have headstones on the Memorial wall in the UE.L. cemetery in Adolphustown Park,

* The County, by Richard and Janet Lunn, page 65.

Tile ordered and paid for by A. Ruttan, Napanee, ON, July 1888

Tile order stipulated dedication to read: "Sacred to RUTTAN, Capt. William. Died here Oct 1843 aged 84 yrs. RIP VDK"

William was the brother of Associated Loyalist Captain Peter Ruttan (see tile # 34).

Born at New Rochelle, New York, we do not know where he settled before coming to Canada. He had a wife and child with him at the refugee camp in Sorel, only a wife at Adolphustown. He remarried in 1788.

Tile ordered and paid for by Elisha Rattan, Adolphustown, Oct. 1888

RATTAN (RUTTAN) Capt. Peter: 1748 - 1828

The Ruttan family had its origins in Rochelle, France as Huguenots and settled around 1734 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.

Peter Ruttan was born in New Rochelle but eventually took up a farm at Franklin, in the Ramapo region, Bergan County, New Jersey. He joined the British Army of General Howe in 1776 and brought fifty men into the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Brigadier General Cortlandt Skinner. Ruttan was arrested by Skinner for disobedience of orders and resigned his commission but was not put on trial. Subsequently, Peter Ruttan raised forty men for the Huguenot Colonel Bayard and the King's Orange Rangers. Aged 34 at the Declaration of Independence, Rutttan may have been best known for "patronizing the Indian Chief" and other intelligence activities. Ruttan had accompanied Joseph Brant on a particular mission and in token of his esteem, named his son Joseph Brant Ruttan. He organized his company of Associated Loyalists under Michael Grass but took all of his settlers over to Van Alstine's Adolphustown.

Peter Rattan died Jan. 1, 1828, age 80 years.

*Information from The Associated Loyalists of Kingston and Adolphustown by Larry Turner.

Tile ordered and paid for by Dorothea Allen and J.J. Watson, Adophustown, ON, March 1889

ALLEN, Capt. Joseph: 1742 - 1815

Tile order stipulated dedication to read: "In Memory of ALLEN, Capt. Joseph: d here Oct. 21, 1815, age 73 years N. Jersey UEL".

Born in New Jersey in 1742, Joseph settled in Dover Township in Monmouth, New Jersey. He owned extensive property, including mills and farms, and supplied flour, beef etc. to British troops in New York prior to the American Revolution. During the war he was appointed an officer in the British army and was taken prisoner in 1780. However, he escaped, and joined first, a Marine regiment, and later Thomas Ward's regiment in New Jersey. He may also have served in the King's Royal Regiment of New York. He raised a company of Loyalists and commanded them at Bergen Neck from 1781 - 1783 until joining the United Empire Loyalists emigrating to Canada. (Ref. Voyage of a Different Kind by Larry Turner.) He arrived in Sorel, Quebec in 1783 and reached Adolphustown with Major Peter Van Alstine in 1784. He eventually owned 800 acres in Adolphustown and 3500 acres in Prince Edward County and built several mills.

He married GERTRUDE GOUND (1739 - Feb. 3 1824) and they had 6 children: ELIZABETH, 1786 - 1812: JOHN, 1770 - 1848: JONATHAN, 1772 - 1846: URSULA, 1775 - 1795: RACHEL, 1777 - 1838: JAMES, 1785 - 1823.

He made his will on June 29, 1815 and it can be seen in the Waupoos Museum. Joseph, a Quaker, died on October 21, 1815, and was buried near his Waupoos mill in Prince Edward County. (Ref. Allen Family tree et al, LCC, Adolphustown.)

*Larry Turner notes that Joseph's daughter URSULA, married Peter Van Alstine's eldest son ALEXANDER in June 1797

Tile ordered and paid for by Wm. Caniff, July 1888

CANIFF, James: 1765 - 1851

JAMES was born on August 19th 1765 in Bedford County, (Westchester, New York, to JEREMIAH CANIFF and his wife ANNATIE de REVIER (they were married at the Dutch Church in Tarrytown, New York). Eventually they arrived in Upper Canada as United Empire Loyalists in 1783 along with James' brother JOHN (born Jan. 23rd 1757 - died Feb. 21, 1843). Ref: research by Mildred and Lorel Wannamaker, 1974, to be found in Belleville Corby Library*.

JAMES married ELIZABETH McBride (1770 - 1837) and they had 10 children: JONAS b Dec. 28, 1789: JOHN, b Nov. 18, 1791: MARGARET, b May 5, 179: SARAH, b April 27, 1797: NANCY, b July 15, 1799: MARY, b Feb. 9, 1802, LETTY, b Sept. 9, 1804: CLEO, b Feb. 25, 1806: ELIZABETH, b Sept. 6, 1810: ABRAHAM, b Sept. 5, 1813.

JAMES and ELIZABETH lived on the 3rd Concession in Adolphustown before moving to Thurlow. By 1812 JAMES had built a flour mill in an area later named CANNIFTON Village. After ELIZABETH'S death, JAMES married JANE, b 1775.

James died on Apr.2, 1851, age 86. He was buried in ST. Paul's/ St. Alban's Anglican cemetery in Adolphustown. Midway between the site of the former hall and the east fence there is an incline towards the road and a path down. A grey-white stone slab marked his grave, but it is no longer standing upright. Writing almost illegible in 1991.

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JONAS, James & Elizabeth's eldest son, became a medical doctor of some renown, and Toronto's first Health Officer. He was a founding member of the Historical Society of Upper Canada in 1869.

Daughter MARY (1802 - 1856) married RICKETSON HAIGHT (1797 - 1840) on June 7, 1820. Their eldest son JAMES was a chemist in Picton, and author of COUNTRY LIFE IN CANADA in 1885.

Members of the Haight family still live locally. James Canniff is listed in the 1800

Adolphustown census as the head of a household of 7 persons, 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 2 male children and 3 female children.

Tile ordered and paid for by G.A. Anderson, Deseronto, ON, Aug. 1889

ANDERSON, Col. Samuel: 1739 - 1856

ANDERSON, Capt. G: 1779 - 1875

Tile order stipulated dedication to read: "In Memory of ANDERSON, Col. Samuel. Born 1739 Died 1836 and his son Capt. G. Anderson born 1779, died 1875 UEL Heroes".

Tile ordered and paid for by Jane Hartshorne, Halifax, N.S., Oct. 1888

HARTSHORNE, Lawrence: d 1822

Lawrence died Mar. 9, 1822

Tile ordered and paid for by Cynthia Fuller, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 1889

FULLER, Thomas R.: b 1790 - d 1814

Thomas Richard Fuller was the son of Richard Fuller and Jane Roe. Thomas married Mary England. Their son, Thomas Brock Fuller (1810 - 1884) married

Cynthia Street (1818 - 1892).

Tile ordered and paid for by Charles Bethune, Port Hope, Aug. 1888

BATHUNE, Rev. John: d 1815

Tile order stipulated dedication to read: "To the Reverend BATHUNE, John, Chaplain to the Glengarry Highlanders; died at Williamstown UC. Sept 23, 1815, age 65 years. UEL RIP"

Tile ordered and paid for by M. Chadwick, Toronto, ON, July 1888

INGLIS, Rt. Rev. Charles: d 1816,

Charles died in 1816, age 82 years

Tile ordered and paid for by N.B. Stuart, Quebec, Oct. 1888

STUART, Rev. John: 1730 - 1811

Tile ordered and paid for by Charlotte Macauley, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 1888

MACAULEY, Robert: d 1800

Capt. Robert Macaulay immigrated to New York in 1764. Came to Upper Canada as an UEL and by 1781 was an established merchant in Kingston. On 13th February 1791 he married Ann Kirby (1770 - 1850) at Crown point. (Ann died in Kingston January 20, 1850). They had 3 children: John (1792-1857): William (1794 - March 2, 1874): Robert (1796 - Feb. 7, 1823).

Robert Junior practiced law in Montreal until his death.

When Capt. Macaulay died in 1800, his 6 year old son William, inherited 500 acres of land near the settlement of Hallowell Bay. William was educated in Cornwall under the Rev. John Strachan, and studied theology at Queen's College, Oxford. While he was at Oxford, 2 villages were developing in the area now known as Picton Bay. The first was Hallowell, initially settled in 1797: the second evolved on land owned by Macaulay. William named this village (1816) Picton, after Gen. Sir Thomas Picton. William was ordained priest in 1819 and appointed Missionary to the Coburg area. This area included Prince Edward County. With the establishment here of the Church of England, a church was begun in 1825, financed by Macualay and built on his land. In 1827 he was appointed the first resident Rector. The building was consecrated as St. Mary Madalene Church in 1830. Robert Macaulay died in Oct. 1800, age 56 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by George Kirkpatrick, Kingston, July 1888

FISHER, Alexander: 1756 - 1830

Born April 3, 1756, died June 5, 1830, age 74

Alexander was the eldest son of John and Mary Fisher (Mary Campbell) who emigrated from Killen in Perthshire, Scotland to settle in New York Stat. Bein Loyalists, they left New York and made their way to Montreal and later to Upper Canada.

Alexander's second wife was Henrietta McDonnell whom he married on 15 March 1802. Henrietta was the daughter of Allan McDonell, U.E. of Kingston. They had 5 daughters. Alexander was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1788 and first Judge of the Midland District in 1794. He died in Adolphustown in 1830.

Tile ordered and paid for by Ven. Arch. Bedford Jones, LB, Napanee, ON, Mar. 1889

CARTWRIGHT, Hon. Richard: 1759 - 1815

Richard Cartwright was born in 1759 in Albany, New York. During the American Revolutionary War he was Secretary to Col. Butler of the Queen's Rangers. About 1780 he settled in Upper Canada - Niagara, Kingston and Prince Edward County. He entered into partnership with Robert Hamilton and became one of the foremost merchants of the province. In 1788 he was appointed Judge of the court of Common Pleas for the district of Meckdenburgh. In 1792 he became a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. During the war of 1812 he was Commandant of the Midland District.

He married MAGDALEN SECORD, sister-in-law of Laura Secord, in Niagara in 1780. Their first born JAMES, was baptized in St. George's Cathedral, Kingston on January 9, 1785.

He died in Montreal on 27th July 1815.

*Information from: The Wallace Dictionary of Canadian Biography 1926

About 1795 Cartwright built a stone cottage on Huff's Island (Prince Edward County) A deed dated 1853 was signed by Harriet Cartwright, wife of Richard.

*Information from: Old Homes of Prince Edward County by Patricia C. Calnan

"He was without question one of Upper Canada's bright ornaments... a very gifted linguist, fluently bilingual, a truly remarkable person and an unusually exceptional entrepreneur.

*Quote from: George Rawlyk, head of Queen's University History Dept. on Richard Cartwright.

Tile ordered and paid for by John C. Kirby, Toronto, ON, 1889

WHITMIRE, John: d 1853

John died on Oct. 16, 1853, age 81 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by his grandson Salter M. Jarvis, Sept. 1888

JARVIS, Lt. Col. Steph. B: 1756 - 1840

Information on the order form reads: Lt. Col. Stephen Jarvis, U.E. Loyalist. Born at Danbury, Conn., Nov. 6, 1756. Died at Toronto, U.C., 12 April 1840. Served in the Revolutionary War 1780 - 1793 as Lieut. In HM 17th Light Dragoons. Settled in New Brunswick in 1784.

Removed to York, U.C. 1809. Adjutant General of Militia during War of 1812. Registrar of the Home District.

Tile ordered and paid for by E.G. Kirby, Lethbridge, Alberta, Dec. 1888

SERVOS, Capt. Daniel: d 1803

Daniel Servos died Mar. 26, 1803, age 65 years. Captain Daniel Servos may have been from the Iroquois, Brockville area. An alternative spelling of Servos is Serviss

Tile ordered and paid for by his son Salter M. Jarvis, Sept. 1888.

JARVIS, Lieut. Col. C.S.: 1797 - 1878

Tile ordered and paid for by Caroline Jarvis, Toronto, ON, Oct. 1888

JARVIS, Capt Frederick: d 1887

Frederick died April 16, 1887, age 69 years.

Tile ordered and paid for by A.J. Meredith, August 1889

JARVIS, W. Botsford: 1799 - 1864

William was the third son of Stephen Jarvis. William Botsford Jarvis married Mary Boyles Powell in 1826. He was appointed Sherrif of the Home District in 1827 and died in July 1864 at the age of 65 years.

JARVIS, William: 1756 - 1817

William was born on 11 Sept. 1756 in Hamford, Connecticut, son of Samuel Jarvis and Martha Seymour. He was the 8th of 11 children, and the 5th son. He married Hannah Peters on December 12, 1785. (She was the daughter of the Rev. Samuel Peters). William was appointed Secretary & Registrar of Records in March 1792 by John Graves Simcoe (the 1st Lt. Gov. for Upper Canada). He was the first Provincial Grand Master of Masons. He died at York on August 13, 1817, and was buried at St. James Cathedral cemetery.

JARVIS, Samuel Peter: 1792 - 1857

Samuel was the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1812 - 14. Samuel was a Colonel in the 2nd Regiment, West York and served at Detroit, Queenstown, Stoney Creek, and Lundy's Lane.

JARVIS, William Munson: 1793 - 1867

William was High Sheriff Gore District between 1812 -14. He served in the militia during the War of 1812 at Queenstown and Stoney Creek.

PETERS, Samuel D.D.: 1735 - 1824

Reverend Peters was born in 1735 in Connecticut, the third child of John Peters and Mary (Marks) Peters. He graduated from Yale University and in 1759 was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He served at Hebron, Connecticut until 1774 when his Loyalist sympathies forced him to withdraw to England. Simcoe recommended him for the bishopric of Upper Canada without success. In 1895 he returned to the United States. He was married three times; to Hannah Dean: Abigail Gilbert: Mary Birdseye. There were two children as a result of these marriages, Hannah Owen Peters (Mrs. William Jarvis) and William Birdseye Peters.

BYGOTT, Thomas W.: 1838 - 1903

and his wife,

BOGERT, Kate M.: 1840 - 1909

Thomas was born in 1838 and emigrated from England in 1858. He married Catherine M. Bogart in 1864. Catherine was the daughter of John and Phoebe (Campbell) Bogart. Thomas purchased land from the Trumpours on the third concession of Adolphustown. Thomas and Catherine had two children, Louisa Campbell Bygott born May 9, 1866 and Frank Bogart Bygott born October 12, 1878. Thomas died in 1903 and is buried in St. Alban's cemetery.

JOHNSON, Helen R: 1856 - 1905

Born December 13, 1856, Helen Catherine Ross McCuaige was the daughter of Thomas Dorland Trumpour and Almira Mallory. Helen married Jesse S. Johnson and they had two children; Thomas Johnson and James Roy Johnson. Helen died on November 5, 1905 and is buried in St. Alban's cemetery.

TRUMPOUR, Thomas D: 1824 - 1904

and his wife

MALLORY, Almira: 1828 - 1906

Thomas was born on May 3, 1824. He married Almiora Mallory in 1855 and they had five children: James Ricketson, born July 26, 1855: Helen Catherine Ross, born December 13, 1856; Lydia Edith, born October 2, 1860; Luke Paul, born October 3, 1863; Thomas Nelson, born July 16, 1867. Thomas died February 12, 1904.

TRUMPOUR, Samuel Dorland: 1823 - 1903

Samuel married May Loasee and they had three children: Joanna Lazell, born April 23, 1872; Herbert Samuel, born September 1, 1874; Harry Ralph, born September 20, 1879. Herbert is buried in St. Alban's cemetery.

Samuels family was originally of Dutch extraction and lived in New York State until after the revolutionary war. They came to Canada among the pioneer United Empire Loyalists. Samuel was born in Adolphustown. He was a lifelong supporter of the Conservative party and went to school with Sir John A. MacDonald. He worshipped in the old Quaker meeting house on the shores of Hay Bay, but on the breaking up of the Quakers as a distinct sect, Samuel transferred his loyalty to the Church of England. He amassed considerable property and served in the Fenian Raids of 1866. Samuel was among the surviving veterans and received a medal of recognition for his service. He died on November 1, 1903.

MACNAB, Dr. James: 1730 - 1780

James was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a Loyalist army surgeon and died at the refugee camp at Machiche, Quebec in 1780, age 50 years. Dr. McNabb's son, James McNabb was a member of the Legislature representing Hastings.

PATTON, Andrew: 1771 - 1838

Andrew was born in Fifeshire, Scotland. He was a Major in the 45th Regiment and served in Holland, Egypt and Spain. He came to Canada in 1816 and in 1821 he became Barrack Master at Fort Wellington in Prescott. From 1829 - 1836 he was Barrack Master at Fort York. He married Elizabeth Simpson of Derby, England. He died in Toronto on August 15, 1838 in his 68th year.

WALLBRIDGE, Elijah: 1752 - 1842

Elijah was born on January 9, 1752, in Crum Elbo, Duchess County, New York to Zebulon Wallbridge and Sarah Forbes. He was the youngest of four children. He married Hannah Margaret Holloway and they had nine children. Following Hannah's death .he married Catherine Kelly and they had one child. Elijah was given a 999 year lease on 1200 acres on Massassauga Point, the Bay of Quinte and in 1802 amassed 2000 acres in Ameliasburgh, which he divided into five farms for his children. Elijah died on October 3, 1842.

PARISH, Dr. Henry Griggs: 1781 - 1856

Dr. Parish was born June 18, 1781. He came from York, England with his parents who moved to Shelbourne, Nova Scotia in 1783. He moved to Yarmouth Nova Scotia and became one of the earliest physicians. Dr. Parish died on April 1, 1856. His daughter Ellen married the Honourable Stanley Brown who was a member of the Executive Council (appointed in 1843) and Receiver General of Nova Scotia from 1857 - 1860.

HAGERMAN, Ann: 1805 - 1888

Ann was born in 1805. Her maiden name is unknown. She married Joseph W. Hagerman on July 27, 1827. Joseph died in 1833, in his 28th year. Joseph was one of the first settlers and is buried in the old UEL burying grounds along with his two sons, Daniel and Joseph. Ann remained his widow for 55 years and died on August 3, 1888 in Kingston at the age of 82 years. The steamer 'Maude' was chartered and brought the entire equipage - hearse, horse, etc. from Kingston to her place of internment with her husband at Adolphustown.