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Maria Noble¹

• Birth*: 1730; Wake, North Carolina, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1744; Wake Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=John "Henry" Thomas Beasley¹
• Death*: 1790; Chatham, North Carolina, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 1744; Beasley¹

Richard Beasley¹

• Father*: John "Henry" Thomas Beasley¹ b. 7 Jun 1724, d. 19 Jan 1795
• Mother*: Maria Noble¹ b. 1730, d. 1790

• Birth*: 21 July 1761; Albany, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1792; Head-of-the-Lake, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "BEASLEY, RICHARD, office holder, fur trader, businessman, JP, politician, militia officer, and farmer; b. 21 July 1761 in the colony of New York, son of Henry Beasley and Maria Noble; m. 1791 Henrietta Springer, and they had three sons and five daughters; d. 16 Feb. 1842 in Hamilton, Upper Canada." Robert L. Fraser, “BEASLEY, RICHARD,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html
  Date 1792 & location Head-of-the-Lake per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Henrietta Springer^1,2
• Death*: 16 February 1842; Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "Unable to pay off the mortgage or maintain the interest payments, he sold his Burlington Heights property in 1832 to Allan Napier MacNab*. Two years later, when MacNab began building Dundurn, Beasley was still scrambling to pay his remaining debt to Blackwood. In 1842 he owned one house and two lots in Hamilton, and acted as the local agent for several firms." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html
  Date Feb 16 1842 & location Hamilton per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Note*: 1777; Fort Niagara, New York; "Richard Beasley may have been captured by rebels on
  14 Sept. 1777 during the American revolution. According
  to a 1795 petition, he arrived in the province of Quebec in
  1777 and served two years as “Acting Commissary,”presumably at Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.)." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Note: 1781; Fort Niagara, New York; "There in 1781 he witnessed a co-partnership between John Askin* and the firm of Robert Hamilton* and Richard Cartwright*, Beasley’s cousin." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html
  Note: Richard Beasley's father, Henry, had a sister named Joanne who married Richard Cartwright, the father of the Richard Cartwright who became the wealthy and powerful merchant of Kingston.²
• Note: 1783; Toronto, Quebec; "In 1783 he formed a partnership with Peter Smith* in the Indian trade and they built trading houses at Toronto and Pemitescutiang (Port Hope)." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Residence*: 1788; Barton Twp., Head-of-the-Lake, Wentworth Co., Quebec; 'Five years later they petitioned for land at both places, but the government preferred other sites. Beasley subsequently took up land in Barton Township at the head of Lake Ontario." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Residence: 1792; Barton Twp., Burlington Heights, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "Patrick Campbell* visited him there in 1792 and recorded that he “keeps a shop . . . and trades much with the Indians in peltry.” That same year the deputy surveyor general of the
  new province of Upper Canada, David William Smith, noted that Beasley and James Wilson had a sawmill and grist-mill in Ancaster Township on a creek emptying into Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour)." .... and ..... 'In the early 1790s Beasley settled on the southeast end of Burlington Heights (then in Barton Township but now in Hamilton), where he built a house, stable, and barn. In spite of his improvements, the ownership of the land was disputed by another local family, the Lottridges. Situated between Burlington Bay and the marsh to the west,
  Coote’s Paradise, the property gave its occupant control of trans-shipping there." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Residence: 11 June 1796; Barton Twp., Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "When on 11 June 1796 Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe* and his wife were in the vicinity, they set out in a boat for Beasley’s. A commanding location with a beautiful view, the site was described by Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe [Gwillim] as “more fitt for the reception of Inhabitants than any part of the Province I have seen.” Beasley used the opportunity of the visit to press his claim to the land upon the lieutenant governor,
  who was willing to support it if Beasley built a wharf and a storehouse." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Residence: 1798; Barton Twp., Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "Probably more than anyone then resident at the Head of the Lake, Beasley was in a position to reap the advantages of its growth. Aside from his enterprises, he had been appointed a magistrate in 1796, the same year he was elected to the House of Assembly for Durham, York, and 1st Lincoln. An officer of the Lincoln militia, in 1798 he was given command of the Company of the Burlington Circle in the York militia. His early political career was ordinary: in 1798 he voted for Christopher Robinson*’s bill allowing immigrants to bring slaves into the province and the following year he sided with the majority in defeating a bill allowing Methodist ministers to perform marriages." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Note: 1800; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "In 1800 Robert Hamilton won a judgement against him for debt. To meet various obligations, he put up for sale his “valuable and pleasant property” in Barton, which included 976 acres (150 cultivated), his house, stables, a wharf, a storehouse, and
  timber. He managed, however, to hold on to this property and sold land in block 2 to Pennsylvania Mennonites [see Samuel D. Betzner*] without apprising them of the mortgage. It was several years before the tangled business was settled." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Note: 26 May 1802; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "Beasley’s world was collapsing on all fronts. He had recklessly abandoned milling for land speculation, only to flounder in the mire of block 2. Commercial leadership at the Head of the Lake passed to Richard Hatt* while political dominance was assumed by Willson. Beasley’s life, however, was far from hard. Although he now “depended on the product” of his farm to support his family and servants, his estate included an attractive brick neoclassical style cottage, built before the War of 1812 and described in 1833 as “very roomy, being 50´ x 40´, with two wings 20´ square, and a frame kitchen 18´ x 30 ´ .” The farm had an orchard of some 200 apple trees, “a number of Choice fruit trees and a nursery of Young Apple trees,” and, by the 1830s, it also included an extensive peach orchard, “said to be the best in the province.” It was a suitable estate for the
  lieutenant-colonel of the West Riding Militia of York (commissioned on 26 May 1802)." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²
• Note: September 1815; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "The war and its aftermath further undercut Beasley’s prestige. In the wake of the Americans’ offensive along the Niagara peninsula in the spring of 1813 and the defeat that fall of Major-General Henry Procter* in the west of the province, retreating British forces and their Indian allies congregated at the depot on Burlington Heights near Beasley’s farm. From June 1813 until September 1815 his home and buildings were occupied by troops, his farm encumbered with batteries and trenches, his orchards and fields rendered “useless,” his garden destroyed, his fences burnt, his timber cut, his grain confiscated, and several of his buildings ruined. Damages exceeded £3,000;
  commissioners later awarded him over £1,300." Robert L. Fraser, "BEASLEY, RICHARD," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html²

Henrietta Springer¹

• Father*: David Springer¹ b. 1738, d. 12 Aug 1777
• Mother*: Margaret Bennoit Oliver¹ b. 9 Jul 1735, d. 30 Oct 1820

• Birth*: 10 May 1775; Albany, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1792; Head-of-the-Lake, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "BEASLEY, RICHARD, office holder, fur trader, businessman, JP, politician, militia officer, and farmer; b. 21 July 1761 in the colony of New York, son of Henry Beasley and Maria Noble; m. 1791 Henrietta Springer, and they had three sons and five daughters; d. 16 Feb. 1842 in Hamilton, Upper Canada." Robert L. Fraser, “BEASLEY, RICHARD,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beasley_richard_7E.html
  Date 1792 & location Head-of-the-Lake per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Richard Beasley^1,2
• Death*: 29 July 1845; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 1792; Beasley¹

David Springer¹

• Birth*: 1738; Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 26 October 1754; First Dutch Reform Church, Albany, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Margaret Bennoit Oliver¹
• Death*: 12 August 1777; Stilwater, Saratoga Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Margaret Bennoit Oliver¹

• Birth*: 9 July 1735; Albany, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 26 October 1754; First Dutch Reform Church, Albany, Albany Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=David Springer¹
• Death*: 30 October 1820; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Nelson Denton on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 26 October 1754; Springer¹

Elizabeth Brooke¹

• Birth*: 1805; Upper Canada; Date 1805 & location Ont. per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019. per BIO of Allan Napier MacNab.^1,2
• Marriage*: 16 May 1821; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Even his marriage in 1821 to Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of a British soldier, failed to have a settling influence. Not until his wife’s sudden death while giving birth to their second child in January 1825 did MacNab begin to exercise some discipline over his life. He was called to the bar in 1826." Peter Baskerville, "MacNAB, Sir ALLAN NAPIER," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed February 8, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macnab_allan_napier_9E.html.
  Date May 16 1821 per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Allan Napier MacNab^1,2
• Death*: January 1825; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per BIO of Allan Napier MacNab.¹
• Death: 5 November 1826; Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.²

• Married Name: 16 May 1821; MacNab¹

Allan MacNab¹

• Birth*: 1758; England; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 31 May 1792; Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Anne Napier¹
• Death*: 6 June 1830; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Anne Napier¹

• Birth*: August 1772; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 31 May 1792; Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Allan MacNab¹
• Death*: 7 August 1828; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 31 May 1792; MacNab¹

Robert MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan MacNab¹ b. 1758, d. 6 Jun 1830
• Mother*: Anne Napier¹ b. Aug 1772, d. 7 Aug 1828

• Birth*: 1794; Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 1812; Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

David Archibald MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan MacNab¹ b. 1758, d. 6 Jun 1830
• Mother*: Anne Napier¹ b. Aug 1772, d. 7 Aug 1828

• Birth*: 1816; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 29 February 1840; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Hannah Mary MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan MacNab¹ b. 1758, d. 6 Jun 1830
• Mother*: Anne Napier¹ b. Aug 1772, d. 7 Aug 1828

• Birth*: 1802; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 18 June 1883; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Lucy Louisa MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan MacNab¹ b. 1758, d. 6 Jun 1830
• Mother*: Anne Napier¹ b. Aug 1772, d. 7 Aug 1828

• Birth*: 1806; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1825; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=? Hatt¹
• Death*: 26 August 1888; Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: circa 1825; Hatt¹

? Hatt¹

• Birth*: 1800; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1825; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Lucy Louisa MacNab¹

Donald MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan MacNab¹ b. 1758, d. 6 Jun 1830
• Mother*: Anne Napier¹ b. Aug 1772, d. 7 Aug 1828

• Birth*: 12 August 1791; Islay Island, Argyll, Scotland; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1817; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Mary McKillop¹
• Death*: 4 November 1833; Oban, Argyll, Scotland; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Mary McKillop¹

• Birth*: 1796; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1817; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Donald MacNab¹

• Married Name: circa 1817; MacNab¹

Anne Jane MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan Napier MacNab¹ b. 19 Feb 1798, d. 8 Aug 1862
• Mother*: Elizabeth Brooke¹ b. 1805, d. Jan 1825

• Birth*: 1822; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1842; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=John Salisbury Davenport¹
• Death*: 26 January 1878; 27 Westmoreland Rd., Bayswater; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: circa 1842; Davenport¹

John Salisbury Davenport¹

• Birth*: 1820; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1842; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.; Principal=Anne Jane MacNab¹

Robert Allen MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan Napier MacNab¹ b. 19 Feb 1798, d. 8 Aug 1862
• Mother*: Elizabeth Brooke¹ b. 1805, d. Jan 1825

• Birth*: 28 January 1823; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 25 April 1834; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Elizabeth Brooke MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan Napier MacNab¹ b. 19 Feb 1798, d. 8 Aug 1862
• Mother*: Elizabeth Brooke¹ b. 1805, d. Jan 1825

• Birth*: 12 June 1826; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Death*: 12 March 1827; York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

Sophia Mary MacNab¹

• Father*: Allan Napier MacNab¹ b. 19 Feb 1798, d. 8 Aug 1862
• Mother*: Mary Elizabeth Stuart¹ b. 30 Mar 1812, d. 8 May 1846

• Birth*: 5 July 1832; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 15 November 1855; Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Canada West; "15 November 1855 marks the best point of departure. The wedding of Lord Bury, a young English aristocrat, to Sophia MacNab, daughter of the Canadian prime minister, Sir Allan Napier MacNab, attracted wide media interest. The New York Times described their marriage as "the most prominent event of recent date in Canada."" from the article "Lord Bury and the First Nations: A year in the Canadas", by Donald B. Smith, included in (page 49) Roots of Entanglement, Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations, UTP 2018. Date Nov 15 1855 per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.
  In the same article, on page 56 "On 15 November 1855, Sophia married William Coutts Keppel, Lord Bury, heir to the earldom of Albemarle. The world traveller had arrived in Canada in mid-June 1854. As a member of an aristocratic family that owned a vast estate in Norfolk, England, he belonged to the patrician power elite of England.36 A contemporary engraving of the viscount in his mid-20s shows a good-looking, self-assured young man.'; Principal=Lord Bury William Coutts Keppel¹
• Death*: 5 April 1917; Had, Jammu and Kashmir, India; per family tree of Doreenweber227 on ancestry.ca, Feb 8 2019.¹

• Note*: December 1854; Quebec, Canada East; "In December, Bury replaced his friend Oliphant in office of the Indian Department at the Hotel Union on the Place d'Armes.57 The fact that the viscount wrote and conversed comfortably in French was a definite advantage.58 Few Anglophones in government had fluent French; Prime Minister MacNab and Attorney General Macdonald did not speak it.59 Although it might seem absurdly young by our standards today, Viscount Bury at the tender age of twenty-three assumed administrative control over approximately 15,000 First Nations people in the Canadas." from the article "Lord Bury and the First Nations: A year in the Canadas", by Donald B. Smith, included in (page 61) Roots of Entanglement, Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations, UTP 2018.
• Married Name: 15 November 1855; Keppel¹