Person Page - 1634

Nathaniel Hawley^1,2,3

• Father*: Charles Hawley² b. 1822, d. 25 Jan 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Hannah Hicks² b. 1827, d. 6 May 1908

• Birth*: 1854; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1855 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1854 & location Ontario per 1861 Census.^2,3

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 7 at 1861 Census: see Charles Hawley²
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; age 16 at 1871 Census: see Charles Hawley³

Harriet Hawley¹

• Father*: Charles Hawley¹ b. 1822, d. 25 Jan 1909
• Mother*: Harriet Hannah Hicks¹ b. 1827, d. 6 May 1908

• Birth*: 1857; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see Charles Hawley¹
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1871 Census: see Charles Hawley²

Mary Masters^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1825; Upper Canada; Date 1825 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1828 & location UC per 1861 Census.^2,4
• Marriage*: 14 January 1844; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groomn: Joseph Hawley; Age: 23; Res.: Percy Twp.; Bride: Mary Masters; Age: 19; Res.: Percy Twp.; Date: Jan 14 1844 (Marriages performed by Rev. Webster at Hilton per page 160, The Tobey Book.)
  Death Reg'n. of son Charles Bradley Hawley shows Mary Masters as his mother. In 1851 Census Joseph and son Charles are shown without a mother/wife with his brother Charles. Status shows as M.
  Note: I am taking away the ?? first wife for now. If there is evidence of that somewhere, let's see.; Principal=Joseph Hawley^2,5,6

• Married Name: circa 1843; Hawley²
• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 33 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley²
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 46 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Hawley⁴

Pheobe Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters b. 1825

• Birth*: 1847; Ontario; Date 1847 & location UC per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹

George Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters¹ b. 1825

• Birth*: 1854; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1853 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1854 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2,3

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 7 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Hawley³
• Census: April 1891; Rawdon Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1891 Census: see Wilson Anderson (brother-in-law)²

William Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters¹ b. 1825

• Birth*: 1855; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1855 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 15 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Hawley²

Mary Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters¹ b. 1825

• Birth*: 1857; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1858 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1857 & location UC per 1861 Census.^1,2

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹
• Census: April 1871; Asphodel Twp., East Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 13 at 1871 Census: see Joseph Hawley²

Caroline Hawley¹

• Father*: Joseph Hawley¹ b. 1821
• Mother*: Mary Masters¹ b. 1825

• Birth*: 1860; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1860 per 1861 Census.¹

• Census*: April 1861; Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 1 at 1861 Census: see Joseph Hawley¹

Sarah Hicks¹

• Father*: Benjamin Hicks¹ b. 1794, d. 12 Jul 1876
• Mother*: Sarah Gerow¹ b. 10 Dec 1799, d. 17 May 1881

• Birth*: 1817; Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date 1819 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1817 & location Ontario per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep. 1, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1836; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1., 2005.; Principal=Joseph Pierre Rousseau¹

• Married Name: circa 1836; Rousseau¹
• Census*: April 1881; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1881 Census: see Joseph Rousseau²

Joseph Pierre Rousseau¹

• Birth*: 1814; Quebec; Date 1816 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1814 & location Quebec per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: circa 1836; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1., 2005.; Principal=Sarah Hicks¹

• Census*: April 1881; Dummer Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 65 at 1881 Census: Rusaw, Joseph, 65, b. Ont., French, CM, farmer, married; Sarah, 62, b. Ont., French, CM, married; Cornelia, 28, b. Ont., French, CM, Weaver, single; Joseph N., 16, farmer; Ephraim Jean, 12; Denlay E.(f), 8; Hicks, Sarah, 82, b. Ont., Ger., CM, widow (familysearch.org)²

Benjamin Hicks¹

• Father*: Edward Hicks b. c 1736, d. 1779
• Mother*: Levinah ? b. c 1738

• Birth*: 1759; Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1794; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.; Principal=Sarah ?
• Death*: 1835; Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹

Sarah ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1760; per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.¹
• Marriage*: before 1794; per GEDCOM of Joan Hicks, June 15, 2008. per GEDCOM of Joann Betschart, Sep 1, 2005.; Principal=Benjamin Hicks

• Married Name: before 1790; Hicks¹

Gilbert Purdy

• Father*: David Purdy¹ b. 1687, d. 1757
• Mother*: Courtney Ruttenber¹ b. 1692

• Birth*: 1721; New York, U.S.A.; "Westward, in Ernestown, is the Samuel D. Purdy house (4403 Bath Road). Samuel was a member of a prolific family which settled in the area after the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Gilbert Purdy, had been a guide in the British army. After Gilbert's death in 1788, several of his children and possibly his wife left their home in New Burgh, New York, and came to Upper Canada." (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19)
  Date 1721 & location NY per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1745; New York, U.S.A.; (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19); Principal=Mary Dorland
• Death*: 1778; U.S.A.; "Westward, in Ernestown, is the Samuel D. Purdy house (4403 Bath Road). Samuel was a member of a prolific family which settled in the area after the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Gilbert Purdy, had been a guide in the British army. After Gilbert's death in 1788, several of his children and possibly his wife left their home in New Burgh, New York, and came to Upper Canada." (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19)
  "Although likely born in New York lived at Black River (about 40 miles from Pittsbury PA). He along with his son David were Carpenters aboard a British Man-o-war during the American Revolution. He was killed in action in 1778 while travelling with General Howes British Army on its way to Philadelphia." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3

• Note*: between 1777 and 1784; New York, U.S.A.; " ... had been a guide in the British Army." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19²

Mary Dorland^1,2,3

• Birth*: 1724; from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19
  b. Sep 13 1724 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1745; New York, U.S.A.; (from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19); Principal=Gilbert Purdy
• Death*: 26 December 1812; Kingtson Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.³

• Married Name: circa 1745; Purdy

Samuel Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 25 March 1775; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Mar 25 1775 & location Newburgh, Orange Co., NY per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024. per “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 19. Date Mar 25 1775 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: circa 1805; Upper Canada; per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.ca, Nov 27 2024.; Principal=Anna McLaren³

Charles A. Booth¹

• Father*: Joshua Booth¹ b. 1759, d. 1813
• Mother*: Margaret Fraser¹ b. 25 Aug 1767, d. 5 Jul 1847

• Birth*: circa 1787; Ontario; from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 21¹

• Residence*: 1813; Ernestown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; "Benjamin had married Catherine Dorland in 1809 and by the time of his father's death had located at Mill Creek, now Odessa, and built mills of his own. He therefore deeded this property to his brother, Charles A. Booth, and it remained in the latters hands until 1873." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 21

Gilbert Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 1721, d. 1778
• Mother*: Mary Dorland¹ b. 1724, d. 26 Dec 1812

• Birth*: 9 January 1763; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date Jan 9 1763 & location Newburgh, Orange Co., NY per FindaGrave. "Gilbert Jr., born in 1763, married Lucy Laird of Kingston." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005. Date Jan 9 1763 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: before 1784; New York, U.S.A.; Principal=Ann Elizabeth Jennings²
• Death*: 5 January 1851; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; Date Jan 5 1851 & location Kingston per FindaGarve. Date Jan 5 1851 per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3
• Burial*: 7 January 1851; Heritage Cemetery at Cataraqui, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; FindaGrave: Name: Gilbert Purdy; Birth: 9 Jan 1763, Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA; Death: 5 Jan 1851 (aged 87), Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Heritage Cemetery at Cataraqui, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 178946277 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178946277/gilbert_purdy)³

• Immigration*: 1797; Canada; Immigration to Canada 1797 per family tree of dgwhyte on ancestry.com, Sep 27 2016.⁴
• Residence*: circa 1802; 911 Purdy's Mill Road, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Near the eastern gates of Cataraqui cemetery, at 911 Purdy’s Mill road, is a limestone schoolhouse (now a land surveyor’s office) which was one of the first such buildings in the area. The address recalls a mill at the end of the road which was operated by the descendants of Gilbert Purdy, Jr., one of Michael grass’s party of Loyalists. The family settled along the Bath road and in Cataraqui, where they owned the small mill houses near the schoolhouse and co-operated in a brick business owned by Johnson Day." pg. 75 of "Homesteads", by Margaret McBurney & Mary Byers, 1979¹
• Residence: 1850; Waterloo, Frontenac Co., Ontario; "Shares were sold to raise the capital needed to purchase 70 acres of land in Waterloo Village (now known as Cataraqui Village)" http://www.cataraquicemetery.ca/history-genealogy/history-of-cataraqui-cemetery/

Samuel David Purdy^1,2,3

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy² b. 9 Jan 1763, d. 5 Jan 1851
• Mother*: Ann Elizabeth Jennings b. 1767, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 14 May 1794; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; Date 1794 & location NY & this Samuel Purdy is a son of Gilbert Purdy and Ann Elizabeth Jennings per FindaGrave. Date 1794 & location US per 1851 Census. "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,4,5,6
• Marriage*: after 1815; Upper Canada; "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Pamela Ferris²
• Death*: 12 May 1859; Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Date May 12 1859 & location Belleville per FindaGrave.⁴
• Burial*: 14 May 1859; Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; FindaGrave: Name: Samuel Purdy; Birth: 1794, New York, USA; Death: 12 May 1859 (aged 64–65), Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada;
  Memorial ID: 178943698; Note: Inscription: (Buried stone) Samuel PURDY/ died/ May 12, 1859./ Aged/ 63 yrs. 7 mons/ Pamelia FERRIS/ wife of/ Sam PURDY/ died Jany 28, 1868/ aged 68 yrs 3 mos / Dearst parents you have left us/ here your loss we deeply feel:/ But tis God who hath bereft us,/ He can all our sorrows heal/; Peter C. Newman, author of Hostages to Fortune, The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada, (Simon & Schuster) writes, "Canada required a hardy stamina. Samuel D. Purdy, the son of a Loyalist, started the first stagecoach service between Kingston and York in January 1817. . . The long journey, which took at least four or five days over rough mud roads, was a miserable experience. In the winter, passengers had to contend with bitterly cold weather; in the summer, they were at the mercy of mosquitoes and blackflies." (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178943698/samuel_purdy)⁴

• Note: 1816; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "The builder's uncle, also named Samuel, started the first stage line in the area. It went from Kingston to Bath in 1816 and the next year was extended to York. The fare was $18." from “Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto”, by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 20⁷
• Note: 1816; Kingston to Bath Stage, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Samuel Purdy was a farmer, his home called Sandville was on the 3rd concession of Kingston Township, about 4 miles from Kingston, Ontario. In 1816 he drove the first stage from Kingston to Ernestown (Bath). He started the first regular stage coach between Kingsotn and York (Toronto) on January 4, 1817 carrying passengers and small parcels. This stage is mentioned in the book "History of Scarboro" as the first stage coach in Canada, travelling from Kingston to York carrying passengers and mail for the United Empire Loyalists who moved to York." from "Russell Purdy's Story, a page found on ancestry.ca, linked to the family tree of dgwhyte, copied Jun 12 2025.³
• Note*: 12 July 1816; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "PUBLIC NOTICE - The subscriber has commenced running a Stage Waggon From Kingston to Ernest Town village, daily, to leave B. Olcott's tavern, at Kingston, every morning, at six o'clock, and return the same evening. To commence on Monday, the first day of July. Every accomodation will be afforded to passengers and baggage. SAMUEL PURDY. Kingston, July 12 1816." Sept 7 1816 - Kingston Gazette.⁸
• Note: January 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "From the commencement of this year, the Kingston Road has been completed to its western end at York, although still only stage-sleighs will be able to operate upon it during the winter, and summer service is as yet not inaugurated. The stage from Kingston to York run by Samuel Purdy is now in operation and has contracted with Major Spaulding in Haldimand (Grafton) to use his large red brick home as a Half-way House stopping place. There, fresh horses will be kept, and the house will afford a warm and welcome halt to the traveller for many years. The fare is fourteen dollars. From two to four days is needed for the journey. The stage runs once a week during the winter months." Hans Waltimeyer, page 444.⁹
• Note: 4 November 1817; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Mail Stage: The subscriber wishes to inform the Public that he intends running a Stage from Kingston, on Monday the 4th of August for York, and will after that start from York at Kingston every Monday. The subscriber hopes by his faithful attention to this undertaking to merit a share of the public favour. The Stage from Kingston to Belleville will be 4 dollars, from Kingston to Hamilton or Smith's Creek, 8 dollars, and from Kingston to York, 12 dollars. Samuel Purdy. Kingston July 26, 1817. 9tf" Kingston Gazette, November 4, 1817, page 1
  (https://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/96997/page/1)⁸
• Census*: 1851; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Canada West; Age 57 at 1851 Census: Purdy, Samuel, 57, b. US, WM, farmer, married; Pamela, 53, b. CW, WM, married; Mary, 22, b. CW, WM, single; John, 18; William, 10 (1851 Census: Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., pg. 89 of 195, line 49 - ancestry.ca)⁵

Pamela Ferris^1,2,3,4,5

• Birth*: October 1799; Upper Canada; Date Oct 1799 & location Ont. per FindaGrave. Date 1798 & location CW per 1861 Census. Date 1798 & location CW per 1851 Census. "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: after 1815; Upper Canada; "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.; Principal=Samuel David Purdy²
• Death*: 28 January 1868; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Pamelia Ferris Purdy; Birth: Oct 1799
  Ontario, Canada; Death: 28 Jan 1868 (aged 68), Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 178945854; Inscription: (Buried stone) Samuel PURDY/ died/ May 12, 1859./ Aged/ 63 yrs. 7 mons/ Pamelia FERRIS/ wife of/ Sam PURDY/ died Jany 28, 1868/ aged 68 yrs 3 mos / Dearst parents you have left us/ here your loss we deeply feel:/ But tis God who hath bereft us,/ He can all our sorrows heal/ (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178945854/pamelia_purdy)³

• Married Name: after 1815; Purdy²
• Census*: 1851; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Canada West; Age 53 at 1851 Census: see Samuel Purdy⁴
• Census: April 1861; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Canada West; Age 63 at 1861 Census: Purdy, Permilia, 63, b. CW, WM, widow; Mary, 26, b. CW, WM, single; William, 18, b. CW, WM, lab., single; John F., 24, b. CW, WM, farmer, married; Victoria, 23, b. CW, WM, married; Robert, 23, b. CW, WM, farmer, married; Margaret, 20, b. CW, WM, married; Norton O., 3; McCoy, Elisha, 28, b. CW, PM, carenter, single (1861 Census: Kingsotn Twp., Frontenac Co., pg. 2306 of 2871, line 30 - ancestry.ca)⁵

Jesse Purdy¹

• Father*: Gilbert Purdy¹ b. 9 Jan 1763, d. 5 Jan 1851
• Mother*: Ann Elizabeth Jennings b. 1767, d. 8 Oct 1844

• Birth*: 14 May 1794; Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; "Baptised Jesse Purdy, son of Gilbert and Elizabeth, Born May 15, 1794." New Jersey, US Methodist Church Records, pg. 15 of 74, ancestry.ca.
  "They had 11 children, including twins Samuel and Jesse, born in 1794. Samuel married Pamela Ferris, born 1798." per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, Sep 5, 2005.^1,2
• Marriage*: 26 April 1817; Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.; Principal=Sally Mariah Card¹
• Death*: 22 October 1881; Kingston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Richard Lander, May 11 2013.¹