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     John Bray was born circa 1835 at England; Location England per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary (Jordan, Bray) Hearns.¹ He married Ellen Nichols before 1860; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary (Jordan, Bray) Hearns.¹

     Ellen Nichols was born circa 1835; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary (Jordan, Bray) Hearns.¹ She married John Bray before 1860; per marriage reg'n. of daughter Mary (Jordan, Bray) Hearns.¹ As of before 1860,her married name was Bray.¹

     Harriet Amanda Hearns was born on 15 July 1894 at Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#011953: Name: Harriet Amanda Hearns; Date: Jul 15 1894; Parents: James H. Hearns & Tabitha Simmons; Inf.: Jas. H. Hearns, farmer, Tyendinaga; Reg'd.: Nov 10 1894; Phys.: J. Newton (Ontario Birth Registration, #011953-1894, ancestry.com.)² She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Richmond Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1901 Census: see James H. Hearns.³

     Sarah Eliza Hearnes was born on 6 February 1845 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Canda West; Date Feb 6 1845 & location Fredericksburgh Twp. per Death Reg'n. Date 1845 & location Ont. per 1931 Census. Date ? & location Ont. per 1901 Census. Date 1846 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1846 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1846 & location CW per 1861 Census. Date 1852 & location Hamburgh per marriage reg'n. - James Wilson Dafoe. Date 1858 per family tree of James Randolph Anderson on ancestry.ca, Oct 22 2025. Date 1845 & location Fredericksburgh Twp. per GEDCOM of Paul Enge, Jan 1 2009.^{1,3,4,5,2,6,7,8,9} She appeared on the census of 1852 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1851 Census: see Thomas Hearns (uncle??)¹⁰ She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Canada West; Age 15 at 1861 Census: see George Hearns.⁴ As of before 1866,her married name was Schrimshaw.³ She married William Schrimshaw before 1866 at Canada West; per 1871 Census.³ Sarah Eliza Hearnes appeared on the census of April 1871 at Richmond Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1871 Census: see George Hearns (father.)³ She lived on 12 June 1878 at Richmond Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Residence Richmond per marriage reg'n. - James Wilson Dafoe.² As of 12 June 1878,her married name was Dafoe.⁶ She married James Wilson Dafoe, son of Daniel Frederick Dafoe and Mary Hester McFadden, on 12 June 1878 at Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#005747: Groom: James Wilson Dafoe; Age: 22; Res.: Mill Point; Born: Adolphustown; Status: bachelor; Occ.: lab; Parents: David Dafoe & Mary M. McFadden; Bride: Eliza Scrimshaw; Age: 26; Res.: Richmond Twp; Born: Hamburgh; Status: widow; Parents: Philip Harn & Amanda Pruyn; Wit.: James H. & Tabitha Hearns; Date: Jun 12 1878; Place: Napanee; Rel.: MC of Cda; Performed by: Rev. A. B. Chambers; Reg'r.: P. Embury, Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005747-1878, ancestry.ca)
Date Aug 26 1878 & location Selby per family tree of DonValShoopman on ancestry.ca, Oct 22 2025.⁶ Sarah Eliza Hearnes appeared on the census of 21 April 1891 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 45 at 1891 Census: see James Dafoe.⁵ She appeared on the census of 13 April 1901 at Tyendinaga Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 53 at 1901 Census: see James W. Dafoe.⁹ She appeared on the census of 1931 at Deseronto, Hastings South Co., Ontario; Age 86 at 1931 Census: see James W. Dafoe.⁸ She died on 5 April 1936 at Pearl St., Deseronto, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 91; Death Reg'n.#018319: Name: Sarah E. Dafoe; Date: Apr 5 1936; Age: 91y; Res.: Pearl St., Deseronto, 15y; Born: Fredericksbugh Twp., Feb 6 1845; Nat.: Scot; Status: married; Spouse: James Wilson Dafoe; Parents: George Hearnes & Amanda Ham, both b. Ont; Inf.: G.A. Dafoe Deseronto, son; Burial: Napanee, Apr 7 1936; Und.: E.J. Gardner, Deseronto; Cause: hypostatice pneumonia, chronci bronchitis, chronic nephritis; Phys.: H.A. Boyce, Deseronto; Reg'd.: Apr 7 1936; Reg'r.: Mary C. Maher, Deseronto, Hastings Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #018319-1936, ancestry.ca)

Date 1936 per family tree of James Randolph Anderson on ancestry.ca, Oct 22 2025.^6,11 She was buried on 7 April 1936 at Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Date Apr 7 1936 & location Napanee per Death Reg'n.⁷

     Thomas J. Hearns was born in 1848 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Date 1849 & location CW per 1861 Census. Date 1848 & location Fredericksburgh Twp. per GEDCOM of Paul Enge, Jan 1 2009.^1,2 He appeared on the census of 1852 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 3 at 1851 Census: see Thomas Hearns (uncle of their father George??)³ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Fredericksburgh Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1861 Census: see George Hearns.²

     Jonas Canniff was born in 1727 at Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York, U.S.A; per IGI Record.¹ He was christened on 24 June 1727 at Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York, U.S.A; per IGI Record.¹ He married Marietie Tietsoort before 1768 at U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.² Jonas Canniff died on 28 August 1808 at Rombout, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per IGI Record.¹

     Marietie Tietsoort was born on 1 June 1725 at Phillipsburgh, Westchester Co., New York, U.S.A..¹ As of before 1768,her married name was Canniff.¹ She married Jonas Canniff, son of Jeremiah Canniff and Annatie Derevier, before 1768 at U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Abraham Canniff was born on 12 August 1770 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married ? Badgley circa 1804 at U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Abraham Canniff immigrated after 1806 to Upper Canada; "Abraham came to Upper Canada after 1806." per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Catherine Badgley, daughter of Samuel D. Badgley and Mary Polly Lawrence, circa 1810 at Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of arnoldw1 on ancestry.ca, May 25 2021.² Abraham Canniff married Sarah "Sally" Furman in 1815 at Hopewell Jct., Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Abraham Canniff died on 18 July 1842 at Hastings co., Canada West, at age 71; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009. per family tree of thebuggy1 on ancestry.ca, Sep 2 2018.^1,2

     Sarah "Sally" Furman was born circa 1770; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of after 1804,her married name was Robinson.¹ She married Samuel Robinson after 1804; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of 1815,her married name was Canniff.¹ Sarah "Sally" Furman married Abraham Canniff, son of Jonas Canniff and Marietie Tietsoort, in 1815 at Hopewell Jct., Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Samuel Robinson was born on 15 December 1761; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Elizabeth Halsey on 11 November 1794 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Samuel Robinson married Sarah "Sally" Furman after 1804; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Samuel Robinson died on 18 May 1809 at age 47; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Samuel W. Robinson was born circa 1806; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Elizabeth Halsey was born on 15 January 1771; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of 11 November 1794,her married name was Robinson.¹ She married Samuel Robinson on 11 November 1794 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Elizabeth Halsey died on 18 October 1804 at age 33; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Anson Hayden Canniff was born circa 1810; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He lived circa 1854 at Dodge Co., Wisconsin, U.S.A; "Anson and his sister Anna settled in Dodge Co., Wisconsin c 1854." per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Anna Canniff was born circa 1810; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Jonas Canniff was born in 1797 at U.S.A; Date 1797 & location USA per 1851 Census. Date 1797 & location USA per family tree of Robert Badgley on ancestry.ca, Nov 6 2020. per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.^1,2,3 He married Lavina Badgley, daughter of Lawrence Badgley and Hannah Deyo, in 1825 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Robert Badgley on ancestry.ca, Nov 6 2020.² Jonas Canniff appeared on the census of 1851 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 54 at 1851 Census: Canniff, Jonas, 54, b. USA, Univ., lab., married; Lavina, 52, b. USA, Meth., married; Lawrence, 25, b. Cda., Meth., lab., single; Phebe? M.(f), 20?, b. Cda., Meth; Levina, 12, b. USA, Meth. (1851 Census: Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., pg. 130 of 194, line 27 - ancestry.ca.)³

     Abraham A. Canniff was born on 14 April 1805 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Nancy Dulmage, daughter of Jacob Dulmage, circa 1825 at Upper Canada; Date c 1825 & location Ont. - 2nd marriage for Nancy Dulmage -both to Canniff men - Abraham A. and John McBride. - per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Abraham A. Canniff married Elizabeth Guy in 1868 at Hastings Co., Ontario; "John was living in a 1 1/2 storey log home in Cannifton at the time of the 1861 Census. He died in 1864, and his widow subsequently married his brother Abraham." per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Abraham A. Canniff died in May 1890 at Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 85; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Jacob Dulmage Canniff was born on 14 August 1827 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Samuel Robinson Canniff was born on 14 May 1829 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He died in 1869 at Burlingame, Kansas, U.S.A; "Samuel moved to Burlingame, Kansas, where he farmed. In 1869 he was apparently stricken down suddenly, and his father came from Cannifton in the spring of 1870 to look after the property. Abraham returned to Kansas in 1873 to sell the property." per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Abraham B. Canniff was born on 15 March 1831 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He died on 18 March 1831 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Eva C. Canniff was born on 22 April 1832 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ She died on 26 April 1832 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Ellen May Canniff was born on 30 May 1834 at Marysburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of 7 September 1859,her married name was James.¹ She married Charles James on 7 September 1859 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Ellen May Canniff died on 20 December 1873 at age 39; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Charles James was born on 18 May 1827 at Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Ellen May Canniff, daughter of Abraham A. Canniff and Nancy Dulmage, on 7 September 1859 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Charles James died on 12 December 1887 at age 60; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Stephen Wesley Canniff was born on 22 April 1839 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Mary Parks, daughter of James William Parks and Elizabeth Dorland, on 2 July 1872 at Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Mary Parks was born circa 1849 at Richmond Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of 2 July 1872,her married name was Canniff.¹ She married Stephen Wesley Canniff, son of Abraham A. Canniff and Nancy Dulmage, on 2 July 1872 at Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     James William Parks was born circa 1825; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Elizabeth Dorland before 1845; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Elizabeth Dorland was born circa 1825; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ She married James William Parks before 1845; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of before 1845,her married name was Parks.¹

     Matilda Canniff was born on 9 October 1836 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     ? Badgley was born circa 1770; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of circa 1804,her married name was Canniff.¹ She married Abraham Canniff, son of Jonas Canniff and Marietie Tietsoort, circa 1804 at U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ ? Badgley died before 1814 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     John Weeks Canniff was born in 1809 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ He married Elizabeth Guy in 1842 at Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ John Weeks Canniff died in 1864 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹

     Elizabeth Guy was born in 1822 at England; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ As of 1842,her married name was Canniff.¹ She married John Weeks Canniff, son of Abraham Canniff and ? Badgley, in 1842 at Hastings Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹ Elizabeth Guy married Abraham A. Canniff, son of Abraham Canniff and ? Badgley, in 1868 at Hastings Co., Ontario; "John was living in a 1 1/2 storey log home in Cannifton at the time of the 1861 Census. He died in 1864, and his widow subsequently married his brother Abraham." per GEDCOM of Eric Johnson, Jan 1 2009.¹