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     John B. Martin was born in 1837 at U.S.A; Date 1838 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1841 & location US per 1861 Census. Date 1837 & location USA per 1851 Census.^1,2,3 He appeared on the census of 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1851 Census: see Alexander Martin.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1861 Census: see Alexander Martin.³ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1881 Census: see William Martin (brother.)²

     Charles W. Martin was born in 1843 at Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1840 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1841 & location Brighton Twp. per marriage register - Frances Goodman.^1,3,4,5 He appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 11 at 1851 Census: see Alexander Martin.¹ He lived on 18 October 1860 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Residence Brighton Twp. per marriage register - Frances Goodman.³ He married Frances "Fanny" Goodman, daughter of John Goodman and Charlotte Allen, on 18 October 1860 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Marriage Register: Groom: Charles W. Martin; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp; Parents: Alexander & Elizabeth Martin; Bride: Frances Goodman; Age: 19; Res.: Brighton Twp; Born: Sophiasburgh Twp; Parents: John & Charlotte Goodman; Date: Oct 18 1860; Place: Northumberland Co; MF: 1030061 (Ontario Marriage Registers, ancestry.ca.)³ Charles W. Martin appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1871 Census: Martin, Charles, 28, b. Ont., Irish, EM, mariner, married; Frances, 28, b. Ont., Eng., EM, married; Clinton H., 7, b. Ont., Irish, EM, son; Frank A., 5; Frederick Charles, 10/12 - June (1871 Census: Brighton Village, Northumberland East Co., dist. 55, sub-dist. D, pg. 55, line 18 - anccestry.ca)
Note: Willett Platt is below a few lines. Main St., Brighton.⁴ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Port Hope, Durham East Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1881 Census: Martin, Charles, 38, b. Ont., Irish, C. Pres., sailor, married; Fanny, 38, b. Ont., Eng., C. Pres., married; Clinton, 17, b. Ont., Eng., C. Pres; Frank, 15 (1881 Census: Port Hope Town, Durham East Co., dist. 127, sub-dist. b-3, pg. 48, line 15 - ancestry.ca.)⁶

     Clarinda Jane Martin was born on 10 January 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1852 per CemSearch. Date 1853 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1853 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1853 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1853 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1850 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1852 & location Brighton Twp. per marr. reg'n. - Wm. Fitzgerald.^{1,6,2,7,8,3,4} She appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 1 at 1851 Census: see Alexander Martin.¹ She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1861 Census: see Alexander Martin.⁷ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1871 Census: see Alexander Martin.⁶ As of circa 1872,her married name was McDonald.⁹ She married Grimmon McDonald, son of Thomas L. McDonald and Susan M. Hubbs, circa 1872 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of Potvin-German Family Tree on ancestry.ca, Feb 12 2022.⁹ Clarinda Jane Martin lived on 7 November 1874 at Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Will C694) show that the Will of Alexander Martin granted to his daughter, Clarinda J. McDonald "S part of said lot", Village Lot 22, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. and to his son William Martin, "All the residue of his real and personal estate etc.". ITS Date: Nov 7 1874. Reg'n. Date: Apr 13 1875. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 153 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020)
Note: The south part of lot 21 went to Clarinda, which means the part with the brick house which is one of two identical buildings.¹⁰ She lived on 13 April 1875 at Village Lot 21, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Will C694) show that the Will of Alexander Martin grants to his daughter Clarinda J. McDonald the "south part of said lot" and to his son, William Martin, "all the residue of his real and personal estate etc.", Village Lot 21, Prince Edward Street, East Side, Village of Brighton, Northumberland Co. to Alexander Martin. ITS Date: Nov 7 1874. Reg'n. Date: Apr 13 1875. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 143 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca, by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 21 2020)
Note: The south part of lot 21 went to Clarinda, which means the part with the brick house which is one of two identical buildings.¹⁰ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1881 Census: see Grimmon McDonald.³ She appeared on the census of 13 April 1891 at Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1891 Census: see Grimmon McDonald.⁴ She lived on 25 July 1900 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n. - William T. Fitzgerald.² As of 25 July 1900,her married name was Fitzgerald.² She married William Thomas Fitzgerald, son of John Fitzgerald and Sarah Elizabeth West, on 25 July 1900 at Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.##014158: Groom: William R. Fitzgerald; Age: 52; Res.: Picton; Born: England; Status: widower; Occ.: Gentleman; Parents: John Fitzgerald & Sarah West; Bride: Clarinda J. McDonald; Age: 48; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: widow; Parents: Alexander Martin & Eliza Brown; Wit.: William & Louise Cooper, Picton & Wellington; Date: July 25 1900; Place: Picton; Rel.: Episc. & Meth; Performed by: Rev. E. Loucks; Reg'd.: Jul 25 1900; Reg'r.: R. A. Norman (Ontario Marriage Registration, #014158-1900, ancestry.com.)¹¹ Clarinda Jane Martin lived on 23 August 1921 at Village Lot 21, Prince Edward St. East (59), Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 5695) show that Clarinda J. Fitzgerald sold "north part, as see deed", Village Lot 21, Prince Edward St. East, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to William W. Porte for $800. ITS Date: Aug 23 1921. Reg'n. Date: Dec 13 1921. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 007, pg. 144 of 310, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Oct 12 2020.)¹⁰ She died in 1937 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1937 per Memorial & CemSearch. (No Death Registration will come up for Clarinda!!)^8,5 She was buried in 1937 at Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Clara Jane; Martin; Wife of; Grimmon; McDonald; 1852-1937 (Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., image by Dan Buchanan, Jul 6 2009)
CemSearch: Name: Clara Jane McDonald; Maiden: Martin; Born: 1852; Died: 1937; Age: - ; ID: SALEM0644; Other names: McDonald, Grimmon ( -1896); Cemetery: Salem Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 21, Cramahe Twp., Village of Salem, Northumberland Co., Sec 2 Row 14 Plit 3; Note: Wife of Grimmon McDonald. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=SALEM0644%5E0.)^8,5

     Henry Martin was born on 17 December 1833 at U.S.A; Date Dec 17 1833 per Memorial & CemSearch - age 25y 2m 5d at death Feb 22 1859. Date 1832 & location USA per 1851 Census.^1,2 He appeared on the census of March 1852 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 19 at 1851 Census: see Alexander Martin.¹ He died on 22 February 1859 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West, at age 25; Date Feb 22 1859 per Memorial & CemSearch.² He was buried on 24 February 1859 at Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Memorial: (see Exhibit) In; Memory of; Henry; Died Feb. 22, 1853; Aged; 25Y'rs, 2 M. & 5 D; David; Died Sept. 15, 1853; Aged 9 Mo. & 15 D; William; Died Apr 8, 1847; Aged 2 Mo's; sons of; Alex & Eliza; Martin (Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., image by Dan Buchanan, Jul 6 2009)
CemSearch: Name: Henry Martin; Born: - ; Died: Feb 22 1859; Age: 25y 2m 5d; ID: SALEM0646: Other names: Martin, Alexander ( -1874), Martin, David ( -1853), Martin, William ( -1847); Cemetery: Salem Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 21, Cramahe Twp., Village of Salem, Northumberland Co., Sec 2 Row 15; Plot 3; Note: Son of Alexander & Eliza Martin. Siblings William & David Martin. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=SALEM0646%5E0.)^2,3

     Hobart Frank Martin was born on 27 May 1854 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date May 27 1855 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1854 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1854 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1855 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1855 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1854 & location Brighton per marr. reg'n. Date 1857 & location Brighton per 2nd marr. reg'n.^1,3,4,2,5,6 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1861 Census: see Alexander Martin.² He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1871 Census: see Alexander Martin.³ He lived on 23 March 1875 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n.¹ He married Hannah Lucretia Michael, daughter of Abraham Michael and Jane Harden, on 23 March 1875 at Cramahe Twp., Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#006423: Groom: Hobart Martin; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: ? ; Parents: Alexander & Eliza Martin; Bride: Lucretia Mikel; Age: 21; Res.: Brighton; Born: Prince Edward; Status: spinster; Parents: Abraham & Jane Mikel; Wit.: Henry G. MacDonald & Hannah Alexander, Brighton; Date: Mar 23 1875; Place: Colborne; Rel.: Pres. & M. Episc; Performed by: Peter Mashanew Duncan; Reg'r.: A. Van, Colborne (Ontario Marriage Registration, #006423-1875, ancestry.com.)⁷ Hobart Frank Martin appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1881 Census: Martin, Hobart, 27, b. Ont., Irish, Bapt., farm lab., married; Hannah L., 27, b. Ont., Ger., Bapt., married; Alice M., 5, b. Ont., Irish; Arthur B., 4; gordon 9/12 - July (1881 Census: Brighton Village, dist, 123, sub-dist. d, pg. 20, line 10 - ancestry.com.)⁴ He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 37 at 1891 Census: Martin, 37, b. Ont., p.b. Ireland & US, Pres., Switchman, married; Lucretia, 39, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Bapt., married; Maud, 15, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Bapt; Arthur, 14, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Pres; Gordon, 11 (1891 Census: Brighton Village, dist. 98, sub-dist. b, pg. 3, line 12 - ancestry.com.)⁵ He lived on 19 November 1895 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n. - Margaret L. Hoge.¹ He married Margaret Licetta Hoge, daughter of Abram Hoge and Sarah ?, on 19 November 1895 at Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Mmarriage Reg'n.#005205: Groom: Hobart Martin; Age: 38; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: widower; Occ.: lab; Parents: Alexander & Alice Martin; Bride: Margaret L. Hoge; Age: 37; Res.: Sidney Twp; Born: Rawdon Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: Abram? & Sarah Hoge; Wit.: Austin & Abigail Hoge; Date: Nov 19 1895; Place: Sidney; Rel.: Pres. & Meth; Performed by: Rev. ??? (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005205-1895, ancestry.com.)⁸ Hobart Frank Martin appeared on the census of April 1901 at Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 45 at 1901 Census: Martin, Hobart, 45, b. Ont. u. May 27 1855, Irish, Meth., lab., married; Licetta, 43, b. Ont. r. Oct 25 1857, Eng., Meth., married; Arthur, 23, b. Ont. u. Jul 7 1877, Irish, Meth., son, Printer, single; Gordon, 20, b. Ont. u. Jun 2 1880, Irish, Meth., son, farm helper, single (1901 Census: Trenton, dist. 72, sub-dist. c-6, pg. 1, line 37 - ancestry.com.)⁶

     Hannah Lucretia Michael was born on 25 October 1854 at Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date 1852 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1854 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1852 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1851 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1854 & location Prince Edward per marr. reg'n. Date Oct 25 1854 & location Ameliasburgh per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Nov 22 2019.^1,2,3,4,5,6 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 10 at 1861 Census: see Abraham Michael.⁵ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1871 Census: see Abraham Michael.⁴ As of 23 March 1875,her married name was Martin.¹ She lived on 23 March 1875 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Brighton per marr. reg'n.¹ She married Hobart Frank Martin, son of Alexander Martin and Eliza Ann Brown, on 23 March 1875 at Cramahe Twp., Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#006423: Groom: Hobart Martin; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: ? ; Parents: Alexander & Eliza Martin; Bride: Lucretia Mikel; Age: 21; Res.: Brighton; Born: Prince Edward; Status: spinster; Parents: Abraham & Jane Mikel; Wit.: Henry G. MacDonald & Hannah Alexander, Brighton; Date: Mar 23 1875; Place: Colborne; Rel.: Pres. & M. Episc; Performed by: Peter Mashanew Duncan; Reg'r.: A. Van, Colborne (Ontario Marriage Registration, #006423-1875, ancestry.com.)⁷ Hannah Lucretia Michael appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1881 Census: see Hobart Martin.² She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 39 at 1891 Census: see Hobart Martin.³ She died on 30 April 1895 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 40; Date Apr 30 1895 & location Brighton per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Nov 22 2019.⁶

     Abraham Michael was born in 1815 at Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date 1815 & location Prince Edward Co. per Death Reg'n. Date 1817 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1815 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1817 & location UC per 1861 Census. Location Ont. per Death Reg'n. of son Jutson Wade Michael. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Lucretia (Mikel) Martin. Date 1813 & location Prince Edward Co. per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He married Jane Harden before 1848 at Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date c. 1848 per 1861 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Lucretia (Mikel) Martin. Date c. 1844 per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^1,3,6 Abraham Michael appeared on the census of April 1861 at Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 44 at 1861 Census: Mikill, Abram, 44, b. UC, Adv., lab., married; Jane, 30, b. UC, Adv., married; W. R.(m), 14; H. C.(f), 10 (1861 Census: Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., pg. 8 of 605, line 18 - ancestry.ca.)⁶ He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1871 Census: Michael, Abram, 56, b. Ont., Ger., Adventist, farmer, married; Jane, 44, b. Ont., Ger., WM, married; William R., 22, b. Ont., Ger., WM, farmer, married; Mary, 19, b. Ont., Ger., Adventist, married; Hannah L., 19; Getson W., 9 (1871 Census: Brighton Village, East Northumberland Co., dist. 55, sub-dist. D, pg. 64, line 15 - ancestry.ca.)⁵ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 64 at 1881 Census: Michael, Abraham, 64, b. Ont., Ger., Bapt., farmer, married; Jane, 53, b. Ont., Irish, Bapt., married; Judson W., 19, b. Ont., Ger., Bapt., single; Harden, Edward, 13, b. Ont., Irish, Bapt. (1881 Census: Brighton Village, East Northumberland Co., dist. 123, sub-dist. d, pg. 12, line 9 - ancestry.ca.)⁴ He died on 6 October 1888 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#012596: Name: Abram Michael; Date: Oct 6 1888; Age: 73y; Occ.: farmer; Born: Prince Edward Co; Cause; dropsy, 3y; Phys.: Dr. Hawley; Inf.: J. W. Michael, Brighton Twp; Reg'd.: Nov 14 1888; Rel.: Bapt; Reg'r.: A. A. Becker, Brighton Twp. (Ontario Death Registration, #012596-1888, ancestry.ca) Date Oct 6 1888 & location Northumberland Co. per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^3,7 He was buried on 8 October 1888 at Woods Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Abraham; Michael; Died; Oct. 6, 1889; Aged; 73 Years (Woods Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., July 6 2009.)⁸

     Jane Harden was born in 1828 at Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date 1828 & location Prince Edward Co. per Death Reg'n. Locaiton Ont. per Death Reg'n. of son Jutson Wade Michael. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Lucretia (Mikel) Martin. Date 1828 & location Ont. per 1891 Census (father born England). Date 1828 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1827 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1831 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1826 & location Ont. per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^{1,2,4,3,5,6,7} She married Abraham Michael, son of Ernest Duncan Mikel and Hannah Chase, before 1848 at Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date c. 1848 per 1861 Census. per marriage reg'n. of daughter Lucretia (Mikel) Martin. Date c. 1844 per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^1,4,6 As of before 1848,her married name was Michael.¹ Jane Harden appeared on the census of April 1861 at Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 30 at 1861 Census: see Abraham Michael.⁶ She appeared on the census of April 1871 at Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1871 Census: see Abraham Michael.⁵ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Brighton, East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 53 at 1881 Cesus: see Abraham Michael.³ She appeared on the census of April 1891 at Brighton Twp., East Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 63 at 1891 Census: see Jutson Michael (son.)⁷ She died on 2 July 1898 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#009853: Name: Jane Michael; Date: July 2 1898; Age: 70y; Res.: Conc 2 Lot 8, Brighton Twp; Status: married; Occ.: farmer's wife; Born: Prince Edward Co; Cause: dropsy, 3m; Phys. & Inf.: C. M. Sanford; Rel.: Meth; Reg'd.: July 6 1898; Reg'r.: Darius Crouter (Ontario Death Registration, #009853-1898, ancestry.ca) Date July 2 1898 & location Brighton per family tree of lindacookie on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2019.^4,8

     William Thomas Fitzgerald was born on 6 September 1847 at Bristol, England; Date Sep 6 1847 & location England per Death Reg'n. Date 1848 & location England per marr. reg'n. Date Sep 6 1847 & location Bristol, England per family tree of Nancy Kemp on ancestry.ca, Dec 19 2022.^1,2,3 He married Eliza Jane Hinton on 28 September 1870 at St Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol, Gloucester, England; per family tree of Nancy Kemp on ancestry.ca, Dec 19 2022.² William Thomas Fitzgerald lived on 25 July 1900 at Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Residence Picton per marr. reg'n. - Clarinda J. (Martin) McDonald.¹ He married Clarinda Jane Martin, daughter of Alexander Martin and Eliza Ann Brown, on 25 July 1900 at Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.##014158: Groom: William R. Fitzgerald; Age: 52; Res.: Picton; Born: England; Status: widower; Occ.: Gentleman; Parents: John Fitzgerald & Sarah West; Bride: Clarinda J. McDonald; Age: 48; Res. & Born: Brighton; Status: widow; Parents: Alexander Martin & Eliza Brown; Wit.: William & Louise Cooper, Picton & Wellington; Date: July 25 1900; Place: Picton; Rel.: Episc. & Meth; Performed by: Rev. E. Loucks; Reg'd.: Jul 25 1900; Reg'r.: R. A. Norman (Ontario Marriage Registration, #014158-1900, ancestry.com.)⁴ William Thomas Fitzgerald died on 12 June 1910 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 62; Death Reg'n.#022091: Name: William Thomas Fitzgerald; Date: Jun 12 1910; Age: 63y 9m 6d; Born: England; Occ.: carriage painter; Status: married; Parents: John Fitzgerald & Sarah Elizabeth West, both born England; Phys.: Dr. Stinson; Inf.: W.E. Fitzgerald, Cobourg; Cause: liver cancer; Reg'd.: Jun 12 1910; Reg'r.: D.N. Minaker, Cobourg, Northumberland Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #022091-1910, ancestry.ca.)⁵

     John Fitzgerald was born in 1814; per marriage reg'n. of son William T. Fitzgerald. Date 1814 per family tree of Nancy Kemp on ancestry.ca, Dec 19 2022.^1,2 He married Sarah Elizabeth West before 1845; per marriage reg'n. of son William T. Fitzgerald.¹

     Sarah Elizabeth West was born circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of son William T. Fitzgerald.¹ She married John Fitzgerald before 1845; per marriage reg'n. of son William T. Fitzgerald.¹ As of before 1845,her married name was Fitzgerald.¹

     Willard Nelson Storms was born on 30 September 1893 at Dungannon, Ontario; per marriage reg'n. of Daniel McKenzie & Delma (Mounteney) Storms. Date Sep 30 1893 & location Dungannon per family tree of Mark or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 26 2018.^1,2 He married Delma Harmena Mountney, daughter of Charles Edward Mountney and Margaret Ann Way, on 10 June 1914 at Bancroft, Hastings Co., Ontario; per marriage reg'n. of Daniel McKenzie & Delma (Mounteney) Storms. Date Jun 10 1914 & location Bancroft per family tree of Mark or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 26 2018.^1,2 Willard Nelson Storms died on 28 April 1918 at age 24; per marriage reg'n. of Daniel McKenzie & Delma (Mounteney) Storms. Date Apr 28 1918 per family tree of Mark or Mary Ann Parkinson on ancestry.ca, May 26 2018.^1,2

     William H. Maybee was born circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of son Allen Edward Maybee.¹ He married Rachel McCaskell before 1870; per marriage reg'n. of son Allen Edward Maybee.¹

     Rachel McCaskell was born circa 1845; per marriage reg'n. of son Allen Edward Maybee.¹ She married William H. Maybee before 1870; per marriage reg'n. of son Allen Edward Maybee.¹ As of before 1870,her married name was Maybee.¹

     William Lyons was born circa 1800; per marriage reg'n. of son John Lyons.¹ He married Elizabeth Doughty before 1830; per marriage reg'n. of son John Lyons.¹

     Elizabeth Doughty was born circa 1800; per marriage reg'n. of son John Lyons.¹ She married William Lyons before 1830; per marriage reg'n. of son John Lyons.¹ As of before 1830,her married name was Lyons.¹

     Jared Lyons was born circa 1880 at Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his father John Lyons.¹

     Captain James R. Richardson Sr. was born on 14 October 1758 at Near Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England; Date Oct 14 1758 & location Horncastle Dist., Lincolnshire, England per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018. Date 1759 & location Near Horcastle, Lincolnshire, England per GEDCOM of Christina Straub, Aug 2 2010. per Tobey Book.^1,3,4 He "For three years during the American revolution, James Richardson was a naval quartermaster in the West Indies." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) between 1777 and 1780 at West Indies.⁵ He "Note: There were two possible sets of parents living in Lincolnshire, Eng. at the time of James' birth: James and Elizabeth Richardson from near Grimsby, and Francis and Jane Richardson from near Boston. A James Richardson was Christened Oct. 14. 1759 at Grimsby Parish. (See LDS/IGI files, Lincolnshire, pages 29841-42-43.) The primary source for information regarding James Richardson is the DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY, Vol. VI, pgs. 638-9.From the "Christian Guardian", Toronto: "He was a native of Lincolnshire, England and was bred to the sea. Served in the Royal Navy during the American Revelution, was ship wrecked on board the Rammillies in the memorable gale of 1782. He came to the Lakes of Canada in 1785, and had command of the first merchant vessel that ever navigated Lake Ontario, called the Lady Dorchester, owned by the Northwest Company." per GEDCOM of Christina Straub, Aug 2 2010. in 1782.³ He "In 1785 he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario, where he served for the next few years." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in 1782 at Kingston, Province of Quebec.⁵ He "In 1782 his ship, the Ramillies, sailing to England in Commander Thomas Graves*’s squadron, sustained heavy damage in a gale and had to be destroyed. Taken aboard a merchant vessel, he was subsequently captured by an American frigate and imprisoned in France.." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in 1782 at France.⁵ He lived in 1785 at Lake Ontario, Province of Quebec; "The first merchant vessel that ever navigated Lake Ontario according to an article in The Christian Guardian of September 26, 1832, was the Lady Dorchester by the Northwest Company. This journey took place in 1785. The Commander was James Richardson, Sr., a native of Lincolnshire, England. He died on September 20, 1832 at his residence at Presqu'ile. His son, James Richardson, Jr., was the editor of The Christian Guardian." pg. 61 & 62, Gunshot and Gleanings of the Historic Carrying Place, Bay of Quinte, published by 7th/Town Ameliasburgh Historical Society, 1987.
" .. He came to the Lakes of Canada in 1785, and had command of the first merchant vessel that ever navigated Lake Ontario, called the Lady Dochester, owned by the Northwest Company." per GEDCOM of Christina Straub, Aug 2 2010.³ He "After the regulations prohibiting private vessels on the lower lakes were revoked in 1787, Richard Cartwright hired Richardson to superintend construction of, and later to command, the Lady Dorchester. The joint enterprise of Cartwright, Robert Hamilton, and Todd, McGill and Company of Montreal, she was launched in 1789 and thenceforth carried furs and supplies between Kingston and Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), principally for the North West Company. Richardson appears to have taken up residence in Kingston when work began on the Lady Dorchester. He remained captain of the vessel until 1793." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in 1787 at Kingston, Province of Quebec.⁵ He married Sarah Ashmore in 1787 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1789 per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018. Sarah Ashmore wife of James Richardson per Tobey Book. Date 1787 & location Kingston per family tree of GeraldGray87 on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.^1,4 Captain James R. Richardson Sr. lived in 1793 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "For three years during the American revolution, James Richardson was a naval quartermaster in the West Indies. In 1782 his ship, the Ramillies, sailing to England in Commander Thomas Graves*’s squadron, sustained heavy damage in a gale and had to be destroyed. Taken aboard a merchant vessel, he was subsequently captured by an American frigate and imprisoned in France. In 1785 he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario, where he served for the next few years. After the regulations prohibiting private vessels on the lower lakes were revoked in 1787, Richard Cartwright* hired Richardson to superintend construction of, and later to command, the Lady Dorchester. The joint enterprise of Cartwright, Robert Hamilton*, and Todd, McGill and Company of Montreal, she was launched in 1789 and thenceforth carried furs and supplies between Kingston and Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), principally for the North West Company. Richardson appears to have taken up residence in Kingston when work began on the Lady Dorchester. He remained captain of the vessel until 1793." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.⁵ He "That same year Richardson and a number of partners, including the firms of Crooks and Company and Auldjo and Maitland, agreed to challenge the monopoly on Lake Ontario of Richardson’s former employers. Cartwright, though he respected Richardson’s qualities as a seaman, claimed that the captain “has made himself so universally abnoxious that I shall not be very sorry to get rid of him.” While Cartwright did his best to impede construction of the rival vessel, Richardson went to Montreal during the winter of 1794 to make what Cartwright called “insidious Attempts” to get a piece of the NWC’s business. Although he was unsuccessful, he and his partners nevertheless launched the Kingston Packet in 1795. Subsequently, Richardson took advantage of his status as part-owner of the Packet and as an ex-officer of the Provincial Marine to launch a succession of petitions for land, most of which were granted. The land he obtained included sites on the Kingston waterfront, in York (Toronto), and in Newcastle (Presqu’ile Point)." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in December 1794 at Montreal, Province of Quebec.⁵ He "That same year Richardson and a number of partners, including the firms of Crooks and Company and Auldjo and Maitland, agreed to challenge the monopoly on Lake Ontario of Richardson’s former employers. Cartwright, though he respected Richardson’s qualities as a seaman, claimed that the captain “has made himself so universally abnoxious that I shall not be very sorry to get rid of him.” While Cartwright did his best to impede construction of the rival vessel, Richardson went to Montreal during the winter of 1794 to make what Cartwright called “insidious Attempts” to get a piece of the NWC’s business. Although he was unsuccessful, he and his partners nevertheless launched the Kingston Packet in 1795. Subsequently, Richardson took advantage of his status as part-owner of the Packet and as an ex-officer of the Provincial Marine to launch a succession of petitions for land, most of which were granted. The land he obtained included sites on the Kingston waterfront, in York (Toronto), and in Newcastle (Presqu’ile Point)." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html in 1795 at Presqu'ile Point, Newcastle District, Upper Canada.⁵ He "Richardson had been a generous benefactor and controversial churchwarden of the Church of England congregation in Kingston. When, in 1795, he proposed the rather radical step of abolishing pew rentals, the Reverend John Stuart* was incensed, describing Richardson as a “little blustering Sea Captain” and “a turbulent ambitious man . . . willing to try his Power & Influence.” Turbulent and ambitious Richardson certainly was, with a mean streak for good measure. Twice he was found guilty of assault by the Midland District assizes. Yet Cartwright, a year after being “rid of him,” described his replacements as “destitute in a great measure of that Energy, or perhaps Violence of Temper, which enabled [Richardson] to get the Duty better done by the People under him.” From the introduction of private enterprise on the lower lakes to the first years of steam, these qualities made Richardson one of the most successful, though certainly not loved, captains on Lake Ontario." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in 1795 at Church of England, Kingston, Midland District, Upper Canada.⁵ He lived on 17 June 1797 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Original Settlers of Cramahe: Name: Captain James Richardson; Location: Lot 1, Concession 1 (Original Settlers of Cramahe; "Taken from the original records of Asa Danforth and Aaron Greeley June 17, 1797 and Sept 1, 1797", Contributed by Linda Herman - herman@erols.com - added here by Dan Buchanan, March 24 2013.
Note: Assuming this applies to the same James Richardson recorded in The Tobey Book to have settled at Conc 1, Lot 1, Cramahe in 1809. The Crown Grant for this land was recorded in the Land Registry Records Feb 14 1809. He lived on 1 February 1798 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Your letter dated at Quebec 21st December I received the 20th ulto. As well as a copy of a letter written by Mr. James Richardson, Master of the Kingston Packet, bearing date 7th December ? , With respect to Mr. Richardson's letter, I have to observe that in engaging the Governor Simcoe, I considered at the time that we had no alternative, Mr. Richardson's vessel was in so bad a state that she had damaged a great part of her cargoe the last trip she made to Niagara. She was mainly ? iged? at the time and Mr. Richardson himself confined to his house, if not to his bed, indisposition, then circumstances I presume prevented him from making any offer at the time as our necessity was sufficiently notorious, and I can only look upon his letter as intended to create misunderstanding to which this gentleman is notoriously inclined. The ? said the owner of the Governor Simcoe is high it is then, but in justice to them I must observe that they offered to carry a freight at the ? rate, provided we would insure the vessel, and pay the extra allowance they were obliged to make to the master and seamen and I thought we were doing the best for the good of the service." Archives of Canada, Series C, Vol. 723, Page 144. He "After the wreck of the Packet, probably in 1801, Richardson’s career temporarily took a new tack. By the early 1800s he was importing goods from the United States and appears to have begun operating as a merchant and miller. His failure at these trades prompted a reconciliation with Cartwright in 1807, and the captain assumed command of Cartwright’s sloop Elizabeth. Later he took charge of the larger Governor Simcoe, owned by many of the men originally associated with the Lady Dorchester." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in 1801 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁵ He lived on 24 January 1802 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "1802… Russel, James S. of James & Lucy Russel(l); Sp. Thomas Paxton, James Richardson, Jennette Paxton; Jany 24th." from the Parish Register for the Anglican Church in Kingston.
Note: Here is a clear example that Capt. Thomas Paxton and Capt. James Richardson were very much in the same community, associates on the lake and friends of the family. However, contrary to some stories, James Richardson was not involved at all in the Speedy story. He "After the wreck of the Packet, probably in 1801, Richardson’s career temporarily took a new tack. By the early 1800s he was importing goods from the United States and appears to have begun operating as a merchant and miller. His failure at these trades prompted a reconciliation with Cartwright in 1807, and the captain assumed command of Cartwright’s sloop Elizabeth. Later he took charge of the larger Governor Simcoe, owned by many of the men originally associated with the Lady Dorchester." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html in 1807 at Kingston, Upper Canada.⁵ He lived in 1807 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "Around its shores the Simpsons and Richardsons, first settlers in the area, took up residence and the old Freeman house at Dusty Bend, recently razed, was considered to be the oldest in the district. Erected by the Richardson family in 1807 it was several years older than the historic Barnum House at Grafton, now occupied by the Northumberland Historical Society as a museum. It was used by the Canadian troops during the War of 1812-14 and American prisoners were lodged in the basement cell overnight during their journey from York to Kingston. Remains of the cell were in evidence, but the structure itself was considerably renovated since its erection 152 years ago. From its type of construction it was probably erected by ship's carpenters, possibly Royal Navy men stationed at nearby Presqu'ile Point, then known as Newcastle and the original capital of the district. It was used as a barracks by officers of the First Irish Regiment in 1812, and here they formed the first Orange Lodge in Upper Canada." from page 25 of the Brighton Centennial 1859-1959.⁶ He lived in 1809 at Land where Brighton would be, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The Tobey Book, pg. 47, shows "We have now recorded eight families whose land was officially registered. They are" Obediah Simpson, 1796; Jeremiah Scripture 1808; James Richardson, 1809; Henry Nix, 1811; Josiah Proctor, 1814; John Singleton, 1815; T. D. Sandford, 1817; and James Lyons, 1817. Undoubtedly there were a few who were squatters living on land marked by themselves and not by a surveyor. Therefore these people are not mentioned in the Ontario Registry."
Note: An example of "squatters" would be Alexander Chisholm who built mills on the creek where Spring Valley is now. He came in expecting to get the Crown Reserve granted to him but his wife Nancy and step-son John Singleton did not own the land until the 1820's.¹ He lived on 14 February 1809 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Patent) show that the Patent from the Crown for "all 200 acres", Lot 1, Conc 1, Cramahe Township, Northumberland Co. was granted to James Richardson. ITS Date: Feb 14 1809.(Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 01, Pg. 004 of 307, OnLand.ca)
Note: This was the land from Raglan St. in the south, up to Main Street at the north, then called the Danforth Road. It's east side was the border between Murray and Cramahe Townships, which would later be Cedar and Prince Edward Streets. On the west was a lot line that later became Centre Street. This is NOT where Captain James Richardson built his home, store and wharf, that was in the Broken Front, Lot 1, at the shore of Presqu'ile Bay. Today the location is 115 Harbour Street. Many records say concession 1, but it is called BF in the land records. There is also a record for the Lot 1, BF patent, under Broken Front. (Dan Buchanan, Apr 8 2025.)⁷ He lived on 14 February 1809 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 79, shows "The ownership of Lot 1, Concession changed as reported by the County Registry Office: February 14, 1809, a Crown grant to James Richardson of 200 acres; May 24, 1817 James Richardson Sr. sold to James Richardson Jr. part of the southern section; June 6, 1817, James Richardson, Jr., sold to James and Sarah Lyons, the southern section; June 19, 1821 James and Sarah Lyons sold back to James Richardson, Sr., the same part"
Note: This refers to the earliest transactions pertaining to the land south of Main St., west of Prince Edward St. to the bay and east to Centre Street. The border between Murray and Cramahe was Prince Edward and Cedar St. to the bay. James Lyons was married to Sarah Ann Richardson.¹ He lived on 14 February 1809 at Conc BF Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Patent) show that the Patent from the Crown for "all 100 acres", Lot 1, Concession BF, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. was granted to James Richardson. ITS Date: Feb 14 1809.(Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., BF or C, pg. 005 of 355, OnLand.ca)
Note: James Richardson built his house and wharf in lot 1, Broken Front, on the shore of Presqu'ile Bay. The land of Concession 1, Lot 1, north of there, was used for revenue, selling small lots to settlers. He believed that a town would grow up around his home and the wharf, but people gravitated more to the Danforth Road and in 1831, Brighton Village was created along the York Road. (Dan Buchanan, Apr 8 2025.)⁷ He married Mary Louisa McDonnell, daughter of John McDonnell and Phoebe ?, on 14 August 1809 at Old St. George Church, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Marriage of James Richardson Sr. and Mary Louisa McDonnell in Kingston Aug 14 1809 per GEDCOM of Harry Kane, Aug 2 2010.³ Captain James R. Richardson Sr. "The only argument raised in defence of the Provincial Marine came from the pen of James Richardson, second lieutenant on the Moira. He had joined that service in 1809 at the age of eighteen, following in the footsteps of his father, James Richardson senior, an old Royal Navy man who had emigrated to Upper Canada and worked as the master of several merchantmen on Lake Ontario. The younger Richardson was promoted to lieutenant during the spring of 1812 as part of the effort to bolster the number of officers. He appears to have been the sole member of the Marine who sailed with Hugh Earl, witnessed the events of 1812 on the lake and left a memoir of his war days. Regarding the July attack on Sackets and the duel with the Julia, Richardson recorded nothing but, stung by the criticisms directed at the Provincial Marine during and after the war, he wrote:
Our little squadron, though not very much celebrated for exploits in the way of fighting, managed, however, to keep open the communication between the Eastern and Western Divisions of the Army . ... The importance of such services in the then uninhabited state of the country, and the lack of land conveyance owing to the badness of the roads must be obvious. Though the Marine played a useful role as a transport service, its superior firepower was wasted, and its mismanagement robbed the British of early opportunities to gain control of Lake Ontario. The cost of that mismanagement became obvious during the autumn of 1812 when the Americans sent a competent and ambitious naval officer to the northern frontier to gain the naval initiative." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 37. in July 1812 at Sackets Harbor, New York, U.S.A..⁸ He "It was at the helm of the Simcoe that Richardson served in the early stages of the War of 1812. On the eve of the battle of Queenston Heights on 13 Oct. 1812 he delivered a shipment of gunpowder to Niagara and afterwards returned to York with prisoners and the news of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock’s death. Scarcely a month later, the Simcoe ran past the American fleet into Kingston. Though skilfully piloted, she had been struck by American shot and virtually sank at the wharf. When, in the spring of 1813, the Simcoe was absorbed into Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo’s fleet, Richardson signed on as a master. He was discharged that fall." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html on 13 October 1812 at The Simcoe, Niagara to York, Upper Canada. He "Pursuit of the Governor Simcoe, 11 November 1812. The Quebec Mercury noted that Chauncey's vessels fired more than fifty shots at the Simcoe, one of which holed the schooner, causing it to sink. It was also said that Captain Richardson had stove in his vessel's bottom by running over a shoal at the mouth of Kingston Harbour.
(Watercolour, courtesy of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Sackets Harbor State Historic Site)" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 53.
Note: This is definitely James Richardson Sr., not Jr. Malcomson's book makes the difference in service for the two more clear to me than any other information I have seen before. Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 11 November 1812 at Lake Ontario near Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "When morning dawned, the lake was in a turmoil. Chauncey wanted to renew his attack on the British corvette, but fearing the turn in the weather, he ordered his schooners to follow him out to open water. Against a rising wind out of the west, the American squadron beat its way onto the lake, where around 10:00 a.m., 11 November, they spotted the schooner Governor Simcoe heading for Kingston. Another pursuit began, with some American shots striking home. James Richardson, senior, father of the young Provincial Marine lieutenant aboard the Earl of Moira, captained the Simcoe. He knew those waters well and evaded his pursuers by running his vessel so close to shore that the Simcoe scraped over a shoal and sank shortly after tying up to a wharf." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 53.
Note: This is definitely James Richardson Sr., not Jr. Malcomson's book makes the difference in service for the two more clear to me than any other information I have seen before. Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 11 November 1812 at Lake Ontario near Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "Prevost had assured the Marine officers that they would "be suitably provided for without dimunition of their salaries," but that failed to soothe their wounded pride. As Barclay noted, they seemed "to feel the loss of their commands more sensibly than was expected" and virtually all quit the service. Only three officers agreed to remain in the squadron, Surgeon Grant Powell and Lieutenants James Richardson and George Smith, while Master and Commander Hugh Earl leaned toward accepting a position as supervisor of the naval arsenal and Lieutenant Oliver Grace obtained permission to resign his commission for health reasons. Edward Platt indicated his eagerness to remain as master attendant in the dockyard, and James Richardson, Sr., master of the Governor Simcoe, volunteered to join the squadron. These men Barclay recommended highly to Sir George, but as for less cooperative officers like Lieutenants William Fish, Francis Gauvreau and Theophilus Sampson, he believed that they deserved little in the way of compensation, given their refusal to help their King and country in a time of need.
" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 113.
Note: This was the big change of the Royal Navy taking command over the Provinial Marine. Only a few of the men of the Provincial Marine were moved into the British Navy, including James Richardson Jr. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 28 April 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "Seventy members of the Provincial Marine remained in the squadron to supplement the Royal Navy draft. Yeo met with Lieutenants Richardson and Smith and asked if they would serve as pilots since their ranks did not equate to Royal Navy ranks, to which both men agreed." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 122. on 16 May 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "Pilot (formerly Lieutenant) James Richardson overheard one of the senior army officers mutter as he climbed aboard the flagship, "Oh, if he would but give me my own regiment, I would yet land again, and take the place." "We gained a surprise and threw it away to allow the enemy to gain time," wrote Le Couteur. "The murmurs against Sir George were deep, not loud." "This disgraceful affair;' observed Midshipman Wingfield, " ... caused a coolness between the Governor and Commodore, and at length broke out into an open rupture."" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 140. on 20 May 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "The failure to destroy the General Pike during the attack on Sackets Harbor had nagged Yeo for a month. He knew the Pike would give Chauncey a significant advantage and was determined to have another go at it. On the afternoon of 30thJune, 1813 a raiding force quietly assembled at the squadron's anchorage near Nine Mile Point on Simcoe Island. It comprised Yeo's seamen and soldiers from the 1st and 100th Foot and Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, numbering in all close to 700. Leaving skeleton crews behind to handle the ships, they departed in a flotilla of boats at 5:00 p.m. intending to arrive at Sackets Harbour before dawn, where they would do as much damage as possible, cut out some of the vessels and return to Kingston. Unfortunately, they left too late, for the flotilla was unable to cover the thirty-five-mile distance by sunrise even though the lake was calm. Perhaps embarrassed that he and the other local pilots had not recommended an earlier departure to the commodore, James Richardson placed the blame for the slow passage on "the sluggishness of the gunboats, propelled by oars.m7 With dawn breaking and the American masts in sight eight or nine miles away, there could be no thought of attack or of an immediate return to Kingston for fear of being spotted on the lake by one of Chauncey's patrols and destroyed." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 151. on 30 June 1813 at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co., New York, U.S.A..⁸ He "RICHARDSON, LYONS & Co. Respectfully beg to acquaint their friends and the public, that they have just received a large assortment of Hardware; glass ware and clockery; lookikng glasses and picture; Iron and Steel; Nails, Window Glass & Putty; Gentlemen's, Ladies and Children's Hats and Bonnetts; English Soap and Candles. And have on the way from Montreal a large assortment of Ladies and Gentlemens' Books, Shoes and Slippers; Ladies Vails, Silk Shawls, Ribbons and Flowers. With a variety of all sorts of Dry Goods. Also, all kinds of Groceries. The above goods will be sold at the lowest prices for cash or approved credit, to approved creditors. Kingston, August 22, 1815. 11 7w" from Digital Kingston, Kingston Gazette, Vol. V., Not. 12, Tuesday, August 29, 1815. (https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/kfpl/KFPL000096899p0003f.pdf) on 22 August 1815 at Richardson & Lyons Co., Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "NOTICE: The Subscriber takes this opportunity of acquainting his friends and the public that he is closing his business in this place, and therefore requests all those that have any demands against him to send in their accounts for payment; and all those indebted to him to make payment of their accounts before the 20th day of June next. He had on hand a large stock of Dry Goods, Glass & Crockery Ware, Which he will sell on the most reasonable terms for cash. James Richardson, Sen. Kingston, 15th May, 1816. 50w3" from Digital Kingston, Kingston Gazette, Vol. V, No. 50, Saturday, May 18, 1816, page 3. (https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/kfpl/KFPL000096938p0001f.pdf) on 15 May 1816 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He Capt. Richardson set June 20 1816 as the date by which accounts should be payed, suggesting that this is when he finally closed his business in Kingston. See ad in Kingston Gazette, May 15 1816. on 20 June 1816 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "After his discharge Richardson quickly reestablished himself as a Kingston merchant, setting up a partnership with his son-in-law, James Lyons. Before he closed his Kingston business affairs in 1818 Richardson had run this shop on his own and in partnership with his son Robert. At some point in the immediate post-war years he moved from Kingston to the neighbourhood of Presqu’ile Point. There he began to develop the property he had accumulated 20 years earlier. By July 1816 he was advertising for sale a wharf and large store at his waterfront site in Cramahe Township. His son James* was collector of customs at Presqu’ile (he went on to become a Methodist bishop), and James Lyons became the local mha in 1824." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in July 1816 at Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.⁵ He lived in July 1816 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "After his discharge Richardson quickly reestablished himself as a Kingston merchant, setting up a partnership with his son-in-law, James Lyons. Before he closed his Kingston business affairs in 1818 Richardson had run this shop on his own and in partnership with his son Robert. At some point in the immediate post-war years he moved from Kingston to the neighbourhood of Presqu’ile Point. There he began to develop the property he had accumulated 20 years earlier. By July 1816 he was advertising for sale a wharf and large store at his waterfront site in Cramahe Township. His son James* was collector of customs at Presqu’ile (he went on to become a Methodist bishop), and James Lyons became the local man in 1824." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html. He lived on 18 July 1816 at BF Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; “Cramahe Twp., Presque Ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada18 July 1816; "NEW STORE; The Subscriber takes this opportunity of acquainting his friends and the public that he has set up a STORE in the township of Cramahe, near the Presque Ile Bay, where he proposes to keep consistently on hand, a general assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, Iron and Steel; With a General assortment of Hardware, Glass & Crockery WARE. All of which he will sell, wholesale, and retail on the most reasonable terms. He has also built a Wharf, and a large store, for receiving and Forwarding Goods to any part of the District of New-Castle, and to receive and forward any kind of Produce to any part of Lake Ontario. Those who may please to send Goods or Produce to his care may depend on the greatest care and attention being paid to them, and on the most reasonable terms. All kinds of produce will be taken for payment, either for Goods or Storage, Cash will not be refused, but no credit given; James Richardson, Sen; Presque Ile.” this passed to me via email by Susan Brose, Apr 7 2025, original source not determined, but probably Kingston or York newspaper.
Note: The proper location is Broken Front, Lot 1, Cramahe Twp. James Richardson built his house and a wharf on the north shore of Presqu'ile Bay in1807 to the west of Freemans Point (Gosport today) and east of the marshes where Presqu'ile Point joins to the mainland. Today, the location would be 115 Harbour Street, just east of the 90 degree bend in Harbour Street, south of the marina. (Dan Buchanan, Apr 78 2025.)¹⁰ He lived on 18 July 1816 at Cramahe Twp., Presque Ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "NEW STORE; The Subscriber takes this opportunity of acquainting his friends and the public that he has set up a STORE in the township of Cramahe, near the Presque Ile Bay, where he proposes to keep consistently on hand, a general assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, Iron and Steel; With a General assortment of HARDWARE, Glass & Crockery WARE. All of which he will sell, wholesale, and retail on the most reasonable terms. He has also built a Whart, and a large Store, for receiving and Forwarding Goods to any part of the District of New-Castle, and to receive and forward any kind of Produce to any part of Lake Ontario. Those who may please to send Goods or Produce to his care may depend on the greatest care and attention being paid to them, and on the most reasonable terms. All kinds of produce will be taken for payment, either for Goods or Storage, Cash will not be refused, but no credit given; James Richardson, Sen; Presque Ile. 18th July, 1816 7w6" from Digital Kingston, Kingston Gazette, Vol. VI, No., 8, Saturday, July 27, 1816, page 4. (https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/kfpl/KFPL000096948p0004f.pdf.)⁹ He The Tobey Book, pg. 49 shows "James Richardson settled in 1809 and was until his death a real estate agent. He never sold all of a lot but divided his land into parts. He was a great believer, along with John Singleton in the advantages of land on the bay front. In 1817 he sold a section of his home lot to his son, Reverend James Richardson." in 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.¹ He Note: .... "On Monday evening last, Charles Short, merchant and Miss Julia Bissinette, niece of J. Richardson, Sr., merchant, of this town (Rev. Mr. Stuart)" from Kingston Gazette, Saturday Jan 18 1817 - per "Descendants of Charles Short, Esq.", sent to me via email by Eleanore Dilello, Sep 16 2008. in January 1817 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.¹⁰ He lived on 20 March 1817 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Land for Sale; Lot No. 38, in the third Concession of the township of Pittsburg. For particulars apply to the subscriber, at his house or store, in this town; James Richardson, Sen; Kingston, March 20, 1817. 42w6" from the Kinston Gazette, Apr 5 1917, page 1 - Digital Kingston.⁹ He "Land for Sale. Lot No. 38, in the third Concession of the township of Pittsburgh. For particulars apply to the subscriber, at his house or store in this town. James Richardson, Sen., Kingston, March 20, 1917. 42w6" from Digital Kingston, Kingston Gazette, Vil. VI, Not. 43, Saturday, March 29, 1817 (https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/kfpl/KFPL000096982p0003f.pdf) on 29 March 1817 at Conc 3 Lot 38, Pittsburgh Twp., Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He lived on 24 May 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 79, shows "The ownership of Lot 1, Concession changed as reported by the County Registry Office: February 14, 1809, a Crown grant to James Richardson of 200 acres; May 24, 1817 James Richardson Sr. sold to James Richardson Jr. part of the southern section; June 6, 1817, James Richardson, Jr., sold to James and Sarah Lyons, the southern section; June 19, 1821 James and Sarah Lyons sold back to James Richardson, Sr., the same part"
Note: This refers to the earliest transactions pertaining to the land south of Main St., west of Prince Edward St. to the bay and east to Centre Street. The border between Murray and Cramahe was Prince Edward and Cedar St. to the bay. James Lyons was married to Sarah Ann Richardson.¹ He lived on 24 May 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 537) show that James Richardson, Sr., sold part of Lot 1, Conc 1 to James Richardson, Jr., ITS Date: May 24, 1817 - Jun 6 1817 (Ontario Land Registry Records, GSU197810, Abstract Index Books, Brighton Twp., June 17 2013)
Note: Also seen under Brighton Village, Book 03, pg. 080 of 203, South Side of Harbour St., (originally BF, Lot 1), copied from OnLand by Dan, Nov 30 2020.)⁷ He lived on 25 May 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 538) show that James Richardson sold part of Lot 1, Conc 1 to James Lyons & Sarah A. Lyons, ITS Date May 25 1817 (Ontario Land Registry Records, GSU197810, Abstract Index Books, Brighton Twp., June 17 2013)
Note: James Lyons married Sarah Ann Richardson, daughter of James Richardson, Sr.⁷ He lived on 22 November 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The subscriber begs leave to acquaint his firends and the public that he has made a large improvement on Lot No. 1, in the first concession of the township of Cramahe, being well situated on the Presqu'isle Bay, for any kind of business, as vessels of 60 tons burthen can go up to a wharf now built. He hopes to see a village there in a short time, and has laid out some acres of land in Town Lots, which he offers for sale on reasonable terms. James Richardson, Sr., Cramahe, 22nd Nov. 1817. 26m3" from Digital Kingston, Kingston Gazette, Vol. VII, No. 36, Tuesday, February 3, 1818, (https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/kfpl/KFPL000097000p0003f.pdf)
Note: At that time they called it lot 1 in the first concession, but it is recorded in land records as the Broken Front, lot 1. Concession 1, also owned by CApt. Richardson, was north of here, with the border the current Raglan St. (Dan Buchanan, Apr 8 2025.)⁹ He lived on 30 December 1817 at Cramahe Twp., Presque Ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The subscriber begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public that he has made a large improvement on Lot No. 1, in the first concession of the township of Cramahe, being well situated on the Presqe Ile Bay, for any kind of business, as vessels of 60 tons burthen can go up to a wharf now built. He hopes to see a village there in a short time, and has laid out some? acres of land in Town Lots, which he offers for sale on reasonable terms. James Richardson, Sen., Cramahe, 22nd Nov. 1817. 26m3" ad in Kingston Gazette, page 3, from Digital Kingston.⁹ He appeared on the census of 1818 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1818: James Richardson; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16; 1 male over 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He "Almost immediately after the Frontenac was launched a second steamboat was commenced. The material which had been collected while building the Frontenac had not all been used, and went far in the construction of the "Queen Charlotte,'' which was destined to be the pioneer steamer upon the Bay Quinte and River St. Lawrence, in its upper waters. She was built by shares of £50 each. Johns and Finkle had nine shaves. She was built, (Gilderslieve being the principal shipwright) launched, and commenced running in the early part of 1818. The engine was furnished by Brothers Wards of Montreal, being made at their foundry. She was not long launched before she was ready to run. She made trip" twice a week from Wilkins' wharf, at the Carrying Place, to Prescott. She was commanded a few of the first trips by an old veteran captain named Richardson, who lived then near Picton, and afterward to the close of the season, by a young man named Mosier." from History of the Settlement of Upper Canada by William Canniff, page 604. in April 1818 at Bath, Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada.¹² He "But before retiring to the life of country squire, Richardson once again took up command of a vessel. On 9 May 1818, less than a year after the Frontenac (the first Canadian-built steamboat on the Great Lakes) began running on Lake Ontario [see James McKenzie], the Charlotte took to the waters of the upper St Lawrence and the Bay of Quinte. For her first few voyages Richardson was at the helm. He did not complete the first season, however, perhaps because of a debilitating stroke he is known to have suffered about this time." source: (Walter Lewis, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (d. 1832),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 27, 2025, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html.) in May 1818 at Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.⁵ He "But before retiring to the life of country squire, Richardson once again took up command of a vessel. On 9 May 1818, less than a year after the Frontenac (the first Canadian-built steamboat on the Great Lakes) began running on Lake Ontario [see James McKenzie], the Charlotte took to the waters of the upper St Lawrence and the Bay of Quinte. For her first few voyages Richardson was at the helm. He did not complete the first season, however, perhaps because of a debilitating stroke he is known to have suffered about this time." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - James Richardson, Sr. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1832_6E.html on 9 May 1818 at The Charlotte, Bay of Quinte, Upper Canada.⁵ He appeared on the census of 1819 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1819: James Richardson, Sr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 2 males under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He appeared on the census of 1820 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1820: James Richardson, Sr; 2 males over 16; 2 females over 16; 1 hired man (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He appeared on the census of 1821 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1821: James Richardson, Sr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 1 male under 16; 1 female servant under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He ""That the reserve broken front C of Lot No. 34 in the Township of Murray would make a number of excellent farms and the wild state of the place afforded a shelter to a gang of Pirates last war, from which they could come forth and capture and capture and annoy our boats as they passed by." Petition to Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland, Signed Cramahe, 20 March, 1821 by D. McG. Rogers, Jas. Richardson, Jr., James Richardson, Sr. Collector of Customs, T. Ward, J. A. Keeler,
James Lyons, H. Ruttan, Jon. Peters, B. Young, taken from The Tobey Book, page 79. on 20 March 1821 at Presqu'ile Point, Newcastle, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.¹ He lived on 19 June 1821 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 79, shows "The ownership of Lot 1, Concession changed as reported by the County Registry Office: February 14, 1809, a Crown grant to James Richardson of 200 acres; May 24, 1817 James Richardson Sr. sold to James Richardson Jr. part of the southern section; June 6, 1817, James Richardson, Jr., sold to James and Sarah Lyons, the southern section; June 19, 1821 James and Sarah Lyons sold back to James Richardson, Sr., the same part"
Note: This refers to the earliest transactions pertaining to the land south of Main St., west of Prince Edward St. to the bay and east to Centre Street. The border between Murray and Cramahe was Prince Edward and Cedar St. to the bay. James Lyons was married to Sarah Ann Richardson.¹ He appeared on the census of 1822 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1822: James Richardson; 2 males over 16; 2 females over 16; 1 female servant under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He appeared on the census of 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823: James Richardson; 2 males over 16; 2 females over 16; 1 female under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹¹ He "District of Newcastle; Personally appeared before me, James Richardson, Junior, one of his Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the peace in and for said district. James Richardson, Senior of Cramahe, in said district, mariner, and being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that some time in the fall of the year 1815, he was called upon by the board of claims then sitting in Kingston to give his opinion respecting the nature of a vessel which was burned at the Presqu isle Point belonging to George Gibson, Senior, and that his opinion then was and now is that the said vessel was worth at the time she was destroyed four hundred and fifty pounds Halifax Currency, and this opinion he submitted to the board at that time. That this deponent has built and navigated vessels on the Lake for a number of years and therefore is acquainted with the experience attending the same. All which this deponent testified to the best of his knowledge and belief. James Richardson, Senior. Sworn before me at Cramahe this 7th day of July, 1823. James Richardson, Junior." Library and Archives Canada, Department of Finance, Upper Canada War of 1812 Losses Claim, RG 19 E 5 (a) Vol. 3742 File 3, page 350 of 1223. on 7 May 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada.¹³ He appeared on the census of 1825 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1825: James Richardson; 1 male under 16; 1 female under 16; 2 males over 16; 2 females over 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.) (Would this be Sr. or Jr.?)¹¹ He lived on 7 January 1825 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 6396) show that James Richardson Sr. sold the north west quarter of lot 1 conc 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Josiah Proctor. ITS Date: Jan 7 1825. Reg'n. Date: Jul 14 1841. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Village of Brighton, Book 004, pg. 180 of 399, Village Lot 34, South Main St., (Conc 01, Lot 01, Brighton Twp.), page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 7 2023.)⁷ He lived on 10 February 1827 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2883) show that James Richardson Sr. sold "1 acre in the north east part", lot 1 conc 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to James Richardson Jr. ITS Date: Feb 10 1827. Reg'n. Date: Mar 8 1833. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 01, Pg. 004 of 307, Onland.ca.)⁷ He lived on 30 December 1830 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2105) show that James Richardson sold part of lot 1 conc 1, Cramahe Twp. to James Lyons. ITS Date: Dec 30 1830. Reg'n. Date: Dec 31 1830. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 002, Pg. 157 of 210, Village Lot 11, Division St. East Side, page copied from Onland.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 23 2023.)⁷ He lived on 30 December 1830 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2105) show that James Richardson sold part of lot 1 conc 1, Cramahe Twp. to James Lyons. ITS Date: Dec 30 1830. Reg'n. Date: Dec 31 1830. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 002, Pg. 157 of 210, Village Lot 11, Division St. East Side, page copied from Onland.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 23 2023.)⁷ He lived on 30 December 1830 at Village Lot 42, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2105) show that James Richardson sold "supposed to be part of this lot", of Village Lot 42, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to James Lyons. ITS Date: Dec 30 1830. Reg'n. Date: Jan 123 1831. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 237 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6, 2023)
Note: Brighton Village was created and named on Apr 2 1831; this transaction includes Village Lot 42, corner of Main and Prince Edward, originally part of Lot 1, Concession 1, Cramahe Township.⁷ He left a will on 6 October 1831 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (Will 2752) show that the Will of James Richardson granted "50 acres of the east part", Conc 1, Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Mary L. Richardson. ITS Date: Oct 6 1831. Reg'n. Date: Oct 9 1832. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 01, pg. 004 of 307, OnLand.ca.)⁷ He died on 20 September 1832 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, at age 73; "The first merchant vessel that ever navigated Lake Ontario according to an article in The Christian Guardian of September 26, 1832, was the Lady Dorchester by the Northwest Company. This journey took place in 1785. The Commander was James Richardson, Sr., a native of Lincolnshire, England. He died on September 20, 1832 at his residence at Presqu'ile. His son, James Richardson, Jr., was the editor of The Christian Guardian." pg. 61 & 62, Gunshot and Gleanings of the Historic Carrying Place, Bay of Quinte, published by 7th/Town Ameliasburgh Historical Society, 1987.
The Tobey Book, pg. 83 shows "James Richardson, Sr. died in 1831 and was the original owner of all of Lot 1, Concession 1. He lived near the bay and was one of the petitioners in 1821 for the removal of the town of Newcastle to Gosport."
Note: Date Sep 20 1832 & location Presqu'Ile per GEDCOM of Harry Kane, Aug 2 2010.
Date Sep 20 1832 & location Ont. per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018.^1,3,4 He was buried on 22 September 1832 at Covell Grove Pioneer Cemetery, Gosport, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Memorial: (See Exhibit) James R. Richardson; Mary Louisa Richardson (Memorial Wall at Govell Grove Cemetery, Gosport, May 23 2011.)²

     Sarah Ashmore was born in 1751 at King's Norton, Warwickshire, England; Date 1751 per Memorial - age 58y at death May 9 1809. Date c. 1751 & location Warwickshire, England per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018. Date 1751 & location England per family tree of apriljb2 on ancestry.com, Jul 2 2013. Date 1751 & location King's Norton, Warwickshire, England per family tree of GeraldGray87 on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.
per Tobey Book.^1,3,4 As of 1771,her married name was Bryant.² She married Lieut. Patrick Bryant in 1771 at King's Norton, Warwickshire, England; Date 1774 & location King's Norton, Warwickshire, England and "Ships skpper in the Provincial Marines and sailed Lake Ontario" per family tree of GeraldGray87 on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.
"Sarah Ashmore married Patrick Bryant, and some of the Bryant descendants later came to Brighton." per email from Gerry Gray, March 5 2011. per GEDCOM of Christina Straub, Aug 2 2010.^2,5,3 Sarah Ashmore immigrated in 1772 to Fort Schlosser, New York, U.S.A; Date 1772 & location Fort Schlosser, NY per family tree of Marylfp on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.³ She lived circa 1775 at Fort Niagara, Niagara Dist., Province of Quebec; "During the war of the American Revolution my mother married an officer of the Provincial Marine, named Bryant, and resided on the west side of the Niagara River, then all wilderness except a few acres of Indian camping ground and a square of barracks called "Navy Hall". I have heard her say that for some time she was the only white woman residing there. Here she would be for days and nights, along with her two small children surrounded by Indians who held their midnight revels and war dances around poles covered by suspended human scalps obtained during their occasional scouting." from "Incidents in the Early History of the Settlements in the Vicinity of Lake Ontario" by Rev. James Richardson, publshed by The Women’s Canadian Historical Society, downloaded Dec 14 2024.⁶ She lived circa 1780 at Fort George, Niagara Dist., Province of Quebec; "The traditions of the old French and Indian wars were fresh, affording much comment and remark in my boyhood. My mother, who coming from England when a girl between the close of the French and Indian war and the breaking out of the American Revolution and living at Fort Tucker was quite familiar with the legends of that day and would occasionally entertain us children with details of Indian warfare in both the French and subsequently the Revolutionary Wars. . . . My mother having married her first husband, an officer of the Marine on the Lakes named Bryant, had her quarters during the whole of the Revolutionary war on the west side of the Niagara in barracks built for the navy on the margin of the river, adjacent to the old Fort George. Here for sometime she lived, the only white woman on what is now the Canada side, surrounded by thousands of Indians. . . . Her perilous situation may be imagined, her husband away with the ships and she solitary with her babes, yet she escaped unhurt and survived the war, but suffered widowhood with two children, her husband being the victim of disease contracted by exposure and hardship in his service on the Lake. Towards the close of the war some of the retired military with their families took up their residence on the west side of the river and became intimate friends of my mother, one of whom, Mr. Lyon's wife, became her bosom friend, and on the reduction of the forces, her husband Bryant and said Mr. Lyon took up land on a creek tributary to the Chippawa—known now as "Lyon's Creek in the township of Crowland. FROM A LECTURE BY REV. JAMES RICHARDSON, D.D." from "Incidents in the Early History of the Settlements in the Vicinity of Lake Ontario" by Rev. James Richardson, publshed by The Women’s Canadian Historical Society, downloaded Dec 14 2024.⁶ She lived circa 1783 at Lyons Creek, Crowland, Niagara Dist., Province of Quebec; "Towards the close of the war some of the retired military with their families took up their residence on the west side of the river and became intimate friends of my mother, one of whom, Mr. Lyon's wife, became her bosom friend, and on the reduction of the forces, her husband Bryant and said Mr. Lyon took up land on a creek tributary to the Chippawa—known now as "Lyon's Creek in the township of Crowland. FROM A LECTURE BY REV. JAMES RICHARDSON, D.D." from "Incidents in the Early History of the Settlements in the Vicinity of Lake Ontario" by Rev. James Richardson, publshed by The Women’s Canadian Historical Society, downloaded Dec 14 2024. She married Captain James R. Richardson Sr., son of James Richardson and Elizabeth ?, in 1787 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1789 per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018. Sarah Ashmore wife of James Richardson per Tobey Book. Date 1787 & location Kingston per family tree of GeraldGray87 on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.^1,3 As of 1787,her married name was Richardson.¹ Sarah Ashmore died on 9 May 1809 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date May 9 1809 per Memorial. Date 1809 & location Kingston per family tree of apriljb2 on ancestry.com, Jul 2 2013. per GEDCOM of Harry Kane, Aug 2 2010. Date c. 13 May 1809 & location Kingston, Ont. per family tree of James Pollock on ancestry.ca, Oct 4 2018.
Note: James Richardson remarried Aug 14 1809.^2,3,4 She was buried on 11 May 1809 at St. Paul's Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Erected; By; Rev. James Richardson; of Toronto; In Memory of; His Mother; Sarah Richardson; Who Died; May 9 1809; Aged 58 Yrs; Also His Son; John Dennis; Who died at Point Frederick; Jan 30, 1817; Aged 23 days (St. Pauls Churchyard, Kingston, downloaded from FindaGrave)
FindaGrave: Name: Sarah Ashmore Richardson; BIRTH: 1751; DEATH: 9 May 1809 (aged 57–58)
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 174025603 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174025603)
"Special directions. She is buried under the church. There is a marker with the name Sarah Richardson placed there by son Rev. James Richardson. The marker is well preserved because it is protected from the elements under the church." per family tree of GeraldGray87 on ancestry.ca, July 18 2020.^3,7,4

     Bishop James Richardson Jr. was born on 29 January 1791 at Kingston Twp., Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date Jan 29 1791 & location Kingston per FindaGrave. Date 1791 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1791 & location Kingston per 1861 Census. Date Jan 29 1791 & location Kingston per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010. per Tobey Book.^1,2,4,5,3 He "My mother having married her first husband, an officer of the Marine on the Lakes named Bryant, had her quarters during the whole of the Revolutionary war on the west side of the Niagara in barracks built for the navy on the margin of the river, adjacent to the old Fort George. Here for sometime she lived, the only white woman on what is now the Canada side, surrounded by thousands of Indians. . . . Her perilous situation may be imagined, her husband away with the ships and she solitary with her babes, yet she escaped unhurt and survived the war, but suffered widowhood with two children, her husband being the victim of disease contracted by exposure and hardship in his service on the Lake. Towards the close of the war some of the retired military with their families took up their residence on the west side of the river and became intimate friends of my mother, one of whom, Mr. Lyon's wife, became her bosom friend, and on the reduction of the forces, her husband Bryant and said Mr. Lyon took up land on a creek tributary to the Chippawa—known now as "Lyon's Creek in the township of Crowland. FROM A LECTURE BY REV. JAMES RICHARDSON, D.D." from "Incidents in the Early History of the Settlements in the Vicinity of Lake Ontario" by Rev. James Richardson, publshed by The Women’s Canadian Historical Society, downloaded Dec 14 2024. circa 1792 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁶ He lived in 1807 at Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Bay, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "Around its shores the Simpsons and Richardsons, first settlers in the area, took up residence and the old Freeman house at Dusty Bend, recently razed, was considered to be the oldest in the district. Erected by the Richardson family in 1807 it was several years older than the historic Barnum House at Grafton, now occupied by the Northumberland Historical Society as a museum. It was used by the Canadian troops during the War of 1812-14 and American prisoners were lodged in the basement cell overnight during their journey from York to Kingston. Remains of the cell were in evidence, but the structure itself was considerably renovated since its erection 152 years ago. From its type of construction it was probably erected by ship's carpenters, possibly Royal Navy men stationed at nearby Presqu'ile Point, then known as Newcastle and the original capital of the district. It was used as a barracks by officers of the First Irish Regiment in 1812, and here they formed the first Orange Lodge in Upper Canada." from page 25 of the Brighton Centennial 1859-1959.⁷ He " .. and in 1809 entered the Provincial Marine, receiving a lieutenant’s commission in 1812." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html?print=1 in 1809 at Upper Canada.⁸ He "The opinion of at least one individual on the quarterdeck of the Provincial Marine was different. Lieutenant James Richardson, a member of the service from 1809, observed in his memoirs: Our little squadron, though not very much celebrated for exploits in the way of fighting, managed, however, to keep open the communications between the Eastern and Western Divisions of the Army...The importance of such services in the then uninhabited state of the country, and the lack of land conveyance owing to the badness of the roads must be obvious.'" from "Not Very Much Celebrated:" The Evolution and Nature of the Provincial Marine, 1755-1813
Robert Malcomson, found in The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du nord, XI, No. 1 (January 2001), 25-37. in 1809 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada. He "The younger Richardson was promoted to lieutenant during the spring of 1812 as part of the effort to bolster the number of officers. He appears to have been the sole member of the Marine who sailed with Hugh Earl, witnessed the events of 1812 on the lake and left a memoir of his war days" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 37.
Note: Malcomson provides the best information about the service of both James Richardson Sr. and James Richardson Jr. In this text, Jr. is commenting on his experiences in 1812 with the Privincial Marine as Second Lieutenant on the Moira. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024)" in March 1812 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "The only argument raised in defence of the Provincial Marine came from the pen of James Richardson, second lieutenant on the Moira. He had joined that service in 1809 at the age of eighteen, following in the footsteps of his father, James Richardson senior, an old Royal Navy man who had emigrated to Upper Canada and worked as the master of several merchantmen on Lake Ontario. The younger Richardson was promoted to lieutenant during the spring of 1812 as part of the effort to bolster the number of officers. He appears to have been the sole member of the Marine who sailed with Hugh Earl, witnessed the events of 1812 on the lake and left a memoir of his war days. Regarding the July attack on packets and the duel with the Julia, Richardson recorded nothing, but, stung by the criticisms directed at the Provincial Marine during and after the war, he wrote:
Our little squadron, though not very much celebrated for exploits in the way of fighting, managed, however, to keep open the communication between the Eastern and Western Divisions of the Army . ... The importance of such services in the then uninhabited state of the country, and the lack of land conveyance owing to the badness of the roads must be obvious." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 37. in March 1812 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "The Moira was lying off the Garrison at York when the Simcoe transport came in sight filled with prisoners taken on Queenston Heights, and bringing the first intelligence of the death of General Brock. We have heard the Rev. Dr. Richardson, who at the time was Sailing Master of the Moira, under Captain Sampson, describe the scene. - The approaching schooner was recognized at a distance as the Simcoe: it was a vessel owned and commanded, at the moment, by Dr. Richardson's father, Captain James Richardson. Mr. Richardson accordingly speedily put off in a boat from the Moira, to learn the news. He was first startled at the crowned appearance of the Simcoe's deck, and at the unwonted guise of his father, who came to the gangway conspicuously girt with a sword. "A great battle had been fought", he was told, "on Queenston Heights. The enemy had been beaten. The Simcoe was full of prisoners of war, to be transferred instanter to the Moira for conveyance to Kingston. General Brock was killed!" Elated with the first portion of the news, Dr. Richardson spoke of the thrill if dismay which followed the closing announcement as something indescribable and never to be forgotten." from Toronto of Old, XXX, The Harbour - Its Marine, 1800 - 14, pg. 535 (291 of 206 in PDF) on 14 October 1812 at York, York Co., Upper Canada. He married Rebecca Dennis, daughter of John Dennis and Martha Brown, on 13 January 1813 at Kingston Twp., Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Richardson, Lieut. James; Married to Rebecca Dennis by Rev. G. O. Stuart in Kingston; Appearing in the Kingston Gazette, Feb 6, 1813, pg. 3, col 3, (no scan of this page available) - Digital Kingston. Date Jan 13 1813 & location Kingston per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^2,10 Bishop James Richardson Jr. "Prevost had assured the Marine officers that they would "be suitably provided for without dimunition of their salaries," but that failed to soothe their wounded pride. As Barclay noted, they seemed "to feel the loss of their commands more sensibly than was expected" and virtually all quit the service. Only three officers agreed to remain in the squadron, Surgeon Grant Powell and Lieutenants James Richardson and George Smith, while Master and Commander Hugh Earl leaned toward accepting a position as supervisor of the naval arsenal and Lieutenant Oliver Grace obtained permission to resign his commission for health reasons. Edward Platt indicated his eagerness to remain as master attendant in the dockyard, and James Richardson, Sr., master of the Governor Simcoe, volunteered to join the squadron. These men Barclay recommended highly to Sir George, but as for less cooperative officers like Lieutenants William Fish, Francis Gauvreau and Theophilus Sampson, he believed that they deserved little in the way of compensation, given their refusal to help their King and country in a time of need.
" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 113.
Note: This was the big change of the Royal Navy taking command over the Provinial Marine. Only a few of the men of the Provincial Marine were moved into the British Navy, including James Richardson Jr. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 28 April 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "After reaching Montreal, where he met Prevost, Yeo split his men into three divisions for the journey by land and water to Kingston. The third division, supervised by Commander England, had the task of conducting two heavy gunboats up the rapids that interrupted the river at several places between Montreal and Prescott. Yeo and Prevost went ahead with the first group, arriving at Prescott around 15 May; from there they travelled in a flotilla of ships' boats and bateaux, escorted by the gunboat Black Snake, under the command of Provincial Marine Lieutenant Richardson, and sailed into Kingston Harbour the next day." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 122.
Note: This was the big change of the Royal Navy taking command over the Provinial Marine. Only a few of the men of the Provincial Marine were moved into the British Navy, including James Richardson Jr. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 16 May 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "Seventy members of the Provincial Marine remained in the squadron to supplement the Royal Navy draft. Yeo met with Lieutenants Richardson and Smith and asked if they would serve as pilots since their ranks did not equate to Royal Navy ranks, to which both men agreed." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 122.
Note: This was the big change of the Royal Navy taking command over the Provinial Marine. Only a few of the men of the Provincial Marine were moved into the British Navy, including James Richardson Jr. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 17 May 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁹ He "Pilot (formerly Lieutenant) James Richardson overheard one of the senior army officers mutter as he climbed aboard the flagship, "Oh, if he would but give me my own regiment, I would yet land again, and take the place." "We gained a surprise and threw it away to allow the enemy to gain time," wrote Le Couteur. "The murmurs against Sir George were deep, not loud." "This disgraceful affair;' observed Midshipman Wingfield, " ... caused a coolness between the Governor and Commodore, and at length broke out into an open rupture." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 140. on 28 May 1813 at Sackets Harbour, New York, U.S.A..⁹ He "Richardson recalled: "We laid the boats broadside to the beach of a small bend in the shore, we cut saplings and bushes, and placed them in the water outside the boats, by means of which we were tolerably well screened." The main body of the force moved back into the forest to await the day's end, but when a muster was called two men, a sergeant and a private of the 100th Foot, did not answer. Search parties fanned out to intercept the missing men but found no one, and Yeo turned to Richardson for advice: "Our Commodore ... , much exercised in mind. . . conversed with me as having more knowledge of these parts, relative to the practicability of their finding their way to some inhabitants and thus giving the alarm." The depth of the forest and its remote location from towns gave the British hope that the deserters would be unable to warn the Americans of their presence. In the evening, though, Yeo's lookouts saw an enemy schooner anchor a mile down the shore from them and send in a boat. It returned with haste and the schooner quickly departed, its sails all set, firing its gun repeatedly as if to pass a warning that intruders were near." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 152. on 1 July 1813 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..⁹ He "No nocturnal raid came so Chauncey set sail at first light on 2 July 1813. He searched the lake, which was shrouded in mist, sending his gunboats to peruse every inlet in Chaumont Bay and along the shores of Point Peninsula, but the British were gone, except for several more deserters (among them two Royal Navy seamen) who came out of the woods to surrender themselves.33 Yeo had long since fled, deciding the night before that the mission had been betrayed. His squadron dropped down to meet the flotilla about 5:00 a.m. in the morning and then spent the rest of the day picking its way slowly through the fog back to Kingston. Yeo never submitted an official report on this failed cutting-out expedition, although he discussed it with Prevost, who was still at Kingston. Yeo's tendency toward reticence had already begun to show itself; since arriving in Canada, he had composed only five reports to the Admiralty and none to Admiral Warren. During that same period his counterpart at Sackets had sent no fewer than thirty-nine despatches to Secretary Jones. The failure of his scheme left the British commodore in a foul humour. "We all felt it sorely:' remembered Richardson, "but Commodore Yeo could hardly restrain himself." Yeo's sour disposition did not improve when he reached his squadron because it was soon brought to his attention that two officers left in charge of vessels had become drunk and behaved in an ungentlemanly manner during the flotilla's absence. They were Lieutenant Robert Gibbs (aboard the Wolfe) and Lieutenant George Inglis (in the George), two of the officers Admiral Warren had detached with Robert Barclay, who had complained about them to Yeo. After a quick investigation, Yeo ordered Gibbs to Halifax under arrest, where, since Yeo had not been given authority to hold courts martial, Gibbs would have to be tried. Inglis was saved from a similar fate by the intervention of Commander Francis Spilsbury, but he remained in the squadron under a cloud until being sent to join Barclay on Lake Erie late in August." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 153. on 2 July 1813 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..⁹ He "Master Richardson, while trying to put out one of the fires soon realized that one of the American cannonballs had quickly tore away his left arm, he later had an amputation at the shoulder joint. Crew members took him below. The British surgeon was able to save his life." from TRIPOD, War of 1812 - 1814, Raid on Fort Oswego. on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A.. He "It was in May of the following year (1814), that Mr. Richardson, while Acting Master on board the Montreal (previously Wolfe), lost his left arm in Sir James Yeo's expedition against Oswego. The place was carried by storm. After describing the mode of attack and the gallantry of the men, Sir James Yeo in his official despatch thus speaks in particular of the Montreal: "Captain Popham, of the Montreal, " he says, " anchored his ship in a most gallant style; sustaining the whole fire until we gained the shore. She was set on fire three times by red-hot shot, and much cut up in her hull, masts and rigging. Captain Popham, "he the proceeds to say, " received a severe wound in his right hand; and speaks in high terms, of Mr. Richardson, the Master, who from a severe wound in the left arm, was obliged to undergo amputation at the shoulder joint. The grievous mutilation thus suffered did not cause Mr. Richardson to retire from active service. Immediately on his recovery he was, at his own desire, appointed to a post of professional duty in the fleet. In October, when the great hundred-gun ship, theSt. Lawrence, was launched at Kingston, he was taken by Sir James Yeo on board that vessel, his familiarity with the coasts of the Lake rendering his services in the capacity of Acting Pilot of great value.
In the record of disbursements made by the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada in 1815, we have the sum of One Hundred Pounds allotted on the 22nd of April to "Mr. James Richardson, of the Midland District," with the following note appended: "This gentleman was first in the Provincial Navy, and behaved well: he then became Principal Pilot of the Royal Fleet, and by his modesty and uncommon good conduct gained the esteem of all of the officers of the Navy. He lost his arm at the taking of Oswego, and as he was not a commissioned officer, there was no allowance for his wounds. The Society, informed of this and in consideration of his services, requested his acceptance of L100." By a curious transition, instances of which are now and then afforded in the history of individuals in every profession, Mr. Richardson became in after years an eminent minister in the Methodist Society; and at the age of 82 was known and honoured far and wide throughout Upper Canada as the indefatigable bishop or chief superintendent of that section of the Methodist body which is distinguished by the prefix Episcopal." from Toronto of Old, XXX, The Harbour - Its Marine, 1800 - 14, pg. 535 (242 of 206 in PDF) on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A.. He "His early career was with the navy, where he served with distinction in the War of 1812, losing his left arm at the Battle of Oswego." per Findagrave.
"James Richardson, who became a leading Methodist and a staunch Canadian, was born, appropriately, in the year of John Wesley’s death and of Upper Canada’s formation. He was educated in the Kingston schools, and in 1809 entered the Provincial Marine, receiving a lieutenant’s commission in 1812. He served with distinction during the War of 1812–14, losing his left arm in 1814 at the battle of Oswego. In 1813 he had married Rebecca, daughter of John Dennis, a York (Toronto) loyalist; two children survived him." from Dictionary of Canadian Biographies, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html?print=1
"While the two British frigates (HMS Prince Regent and Princess Charlotte) engaged the fort, the guns of six sloops and brigs swept the woods and landing beaches.[12] The British landed at about two o'clock. Almost all the troops landed in deep water and their ammunition was soaked and made useless. Nevertheless, they fixed their bayonets and advanced under heavy fire. While the company of the Glengarry Light Infantry cleared woods to the left of the main attack and the sailors advanced on the village, the main body of the troops made a frontal attack against the fort. American foot soldiers drawn up on the glacis fell back into the fort.[10] As the attackers reached the top of the glacis, the defenders abandoned the fort and fled." Battle of Oswego - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Oswego_(1814) on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..^8,3 He "The ferocity of the naval bombardment chased the American militia away to safety, but Mitchell's two meagre batteries kept up a steady fire while he held his infantry in safety behind the thick walls of the fort. Under Captain Stephen Popham's watchful eye, the Niagara crept within close range of the fort, "not much beyond musket shot," claimed Lieutenant Rufus McIntire of the Third Artillery.31 This was due to the skill of its pilot, lately promoted to master in the Royal Navy, James Richardson. "Not without some degree of diffidence did I perform the task;' he admitted, "for not since I was a lad had I been there, and then only in small vessels, with very light draught of water."" Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 270. on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..⁹ He "Nominal List of Officers and Seamen of His Majesty's Squadron killed and wounded at Oswego on the 6th May 1814: .... Charlotte ... James Richardson, Master, wounded, left arm amputated at the shoulder joint ... Sqt. L. Lawrie, Sect." British Military and Naval Records, Series C., Volume 683, No. 114, (pg. 449 of 1574, found in the Library and Archives of Canada web site by Dan, Oct 21 2022. on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..¹¹ He "The Niagara anchored their ship and pounded the Americans with their broadside of nine 32-pdr. carronades and single 24- and 18-pdr. guns. Using a shot oven to heat their shot until they were nearly red hot, Mitchell's gunners returned the British fire in kind, if not in weight of metal, and succeeded in setting fire to the Niagara three times. Popham burned his hand seriously while helping to extinguish one blaze, while Master Richardson gave up more than his hand. In reaching out to pick up something, he suddenly realized that one of the enemy shot had "made so free with me as to carry off my left arm just below my shoulder, which rendered amputation at the shoulder joint necessary."33 Crew members carried him below, where the surgeon quickly performed the operation, saving Richardson's life." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 270. on 6 May 1814 at Oswego, New York, U.S.A..⁹ He "Return of Killed and Wounded in Action at Oswego 6th May 1814. Killed: 3; Wounded: 11; Officers Wounded: Captain ? - Dangerously; Captain Popham, ? Lieut.
Griffin, Severely; Mr. Richardson. Arm amputated. Signed J. Laurie, Secy." from British Military Records, C 683, No. 116, page 451 of 1574, Library and Archives Canada web site. on 7 May 1814 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.¹² He "Charlotte: ... James Richardson, Master, left arm amputated at the shoulder joint. Signed S. Lawrie, Secy., Certified Copy, ? Stayner, ? " from "Nominal List of Officers and Seamen of His Majesty's Squadron Killed and Wounded at Oswego on the 6th May 1814", British Military Records, C 683, No. 114, page 449 of 1574, Library and Archives Canada web site. on 7 May 1814 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada. He "Yeo described "the Forts and Town of Oswego" as "the most formidable I have seen in Upper Canada." He praised Lieutenant Colonel James Malcolm of the marines, O'Conor, Popham and other naval officers and lamented the wounds suffered by Mulcaster and Richardson." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 275. on 7 May 1814 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.^12,9 He "I now come to remark on the extraordinary rise in the water in the Lake during late years. As near as I can estimate it has been, on an average, about five feet higher since 1815, than at any time previous in the recollection of the oldest navigator of the Lake. Several years experience and pilotage on Lake Ontario enables me to speak thus. When that large ship the "St. Lawrence" with 23 feet draught, was fitted out, I, having Just recovered from the loss of my arm, waited on Commodore Yeo, and reported myself ready for service, he pleasantly remarked: "What, try them again?" I replied, "If my services were required". He exclaimed, "That is noble", and then proposed that, instead of joining my own ship, the "Wolfe," he would prefer taking me in the "St. Lawrence" to aid in piloting her, inasmuch as her draught of water so far exceeded any-former vessel on the lake and it would, therefore, require the more caution and matured knowledge of the channel to conduct her safely. He remarked that my severe wound and consequent debility for some time yet precluded the discharge of my regular active duties in my own ship, but if I gave my services to the "St. Lawrence" as he proposed, he would continue my substitute in the "Wolfe" during the remainder of the season, and that at the close of navigation, I would be at liberty to recruit my strength during the winter. This afforded me an opportunity of acquiring a more thorough knowledge of the depth of water by sounding and exploring unfrequented channels, and I therefore speak from mature experience, relative to the rise aforementioned." from page 13 of 22 of "Incidents in the Early History of the Settlements in the Vicinity of Lake Ontario, by Lieut. James Richardson. in August 1814 at HMS St. Lawrence, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.⁶ He "The grievous mutilation thus suffered did not cause Mr. Richardson to retire from active service. Immediately on his recovery he was, at his own desire, appointed to a post of professional duty in the fleet. In October, when the great hundred-gun ship, the St. Lawrence, was launched at Kingston, he was taken by Sir James Yeo on board that vessel, his familiarity with the coasts and of the Lake rendering his services in the capacity of Acting Pilot of great value." from Toronto of Old, XXX, The Harbour - Its Marine, 1800 - 14, pg. 535 (242 of 306 in PDF) in October 1814 at HMS St. Lawrence, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada. He "In the record of disbursements made by the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada in 1815, we have the sum of One Hundred Pounds allotted on the 22nd of April to "Mr. James Richardson, of the Midland District," with the following note appended: "This gentleman was first in the Provincial Navy, and behaved well: he then became Principal Pilot of the Royal Fleet, and by his modesty and uncommon good conduct gained the esteem of all of the officers of the Navy. He lost his arm at the taking of Oswego and as he was not a commissioned officer, there was no allowance for his wounds. The Society, informed of this and in consideration of his sevices, requested his acceptance of 100 pounds." from Toronto of Old, XXX, The Harbour - Its Marine, 1800 - 14, pg. 536. on 22 April 1815 at Midland Dist., Upper Canada. He Thomas Chillington was the Master of HMS St. Lawrence starting in August 1815 when he and the ship went on a surveying excursion around Lake Ontario. (I have seen no evidence that suggests that Lt. James Richardson was on the ship at this time, but only August to November of 1814.)
Here are the surveys that resuted, including the one at Presqu'ile Point:
Plan of Burlington Bay on Lake Ontario with soundings etc. By T. Chillingsworth, Master of H.M. Ship St. Lawrence. 1815. [cartographic material]
(https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=4132110&app=fonandcol&ecopy=)
Sketch of Duffin's Creek on Lake Ontario by T. Chillingsworth - 1815. [cartographic material]
(https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=4128748&app=fonandcol&ecopy=)
Sketch of the 18 and 20 Mile Creeks on Lake Ontario by T. Chillingsworth. [cartographic material]
(https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=4131914&ecopy=)
Plan of Nicholas and Egg Islands and the adjacent Coast on Lake Ontario with Soundings shoals etc. by T. Chillingsworth Master of H.M. Ship St. Lawrence 1815. [cartographic material]
(https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=4132041&ecopy=)
Plan of the Coast from Missisaga to Four Mile Creek by T. Chillingsworth Master R.N. 1815. [cartographic material]
(https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=4133385&ecopy=e011198207-v8) between August 1815 and November 1815 at HMS St. Lawrence on Lake Ontario, Upper Canada. He lived in 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 49 shows "James Richardson settled in 1809 and was until his death a real estate agent. He never sold all of a lot but divided his land into parts. He was a great believer, along with John Singleton in the advantages of land on the bay front. In 1817 he sold a section of his home lot to his son, Reverend James Richardson."¹ He lived on 24 May 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 537) show that James Richardson, Sr., sold part of Lot 1, Conc 1 to James Richardson, Jr., ITS Date: May 24, 1817 - Jun 6 1817 (Ontario Land Registry Records, GSU197810, Abstract Index Books, Brighton Twp., June 17 2013.)¹³ He lived on 24 May 1817 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 79, shows "The ownership of Lot 1, Concession changed as reported by the County Registry Office: February 14, 1809, a Crown grant to James Richardson of 200 acres; May 24, 1817 James Richardson Sr. sold to James Richardson Jr. part of the souther section; June 6, 1817, James Richardson, Jr., sold to James and Sarah Lyons, the southern section; June 19, 1821 James and Sarah Lyons sold back to James Richardson, Sr., the same part"
Note: This refers to the earliest transactions pertaining to the land south of Main St., west of Prince Edward St. to the bay and east to Centre Street. The border between Murray and Cramahe was Prince Edward and Cedar St. to the bay. James Lyons was married to Sarah Ann Richardson.¹ He "A veteran and an Anglican, Richardson was appointed after the war as a magistrate and collector of customs at Presqu’ile. He might well have remained there, an honoured citizen and a useful functionary, but along with many others he was swept up in the post-war resurgence of Upper Canadian Methodism. He was converted at a quarterly meeting held in Haldimand Township in 1818: “God shone into my heart and I saw light in his light, ‘My chains fell off, my heart was free.’” He concluded at once: “This people shall be my people, and their God my God,” a conviction from which he never wavered throughout his life, and one which led him quickly into a new and difficult career." G. S. French, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography,
vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html. in 1818 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "From this office dated 14 September 1797. I also respectfully lay before your Excellency a plan showing the related situation of the said town in respect to the broken lots 33 & 34 in Concession C in Murray to which the ?? pray it may be removed. These broken lots, forming a peninsula, were especially reserved by your Excellency's order in council of the 26 August 1818 on the petition of James Richardson, Junior." from an image of an original Petition, page 79 of The Tobey Book, note by the Surveyor General, Thomas Ridout, of the context for the petition, in 1821, for moving the town of Newcastle over to the peninsula on the north side of the Bay. on 26 August 1818 at Conc C Lot 33 & 34, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.¹ He appeared on the census of 1819 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1819: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 1 female under 16 (Newcastle District Census and Assessment Records, Cramahe Twp.)¹⁴ He lived on 23 August 1819 at Conc 2 Lot 15, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 907) show that George Shaw sold 200 acres acres of lot 15, conc 2, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to James Richardson Jn. ITS Date: Aug 23 1819. Reg'n. Date: Mar 4 1822. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Cramahe Twp., Book 003, pg. 047 of 259, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Sep 28 2021.)¹³ He appeared on the census of 1820 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1820: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females under 16. He appeared on the census of 1821 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1821: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 2 females under 16; 1 male servant under 16. He was "Collector of Customs" per petition to gov't to move Newcastle to Gosport. on 20 March 1821 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.¹ He The Tobey Book, pg. 76 shows "The town of Newcastle, shorn of its court house, gaol and other buildings fell into neglect. On March 20, 1821, Jas. Richardson Jr., Dr. McGregor Rogers, James Lyons and others petitioned His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario saying that the town of Newcastle was "so difficult of access that it will be a long time before it will become settled as a town and the few persons who did settle there have moved away". They recommended starting a new town on Concession C, Lot 24, which is now Gosport." on 20 March 1821 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.¹ He lived on 19 June 1821 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 79, shows "The ownership of Lot 1, Concession changed as reported by the County Registry Office: February 14, 1809, a Crown grant to James Richardson of 200 acres; May 24, 1817 James Richardson Sr. sold to James Richardson Jr. part of the souther section; June 6, 1817, James Richardson, Jr., sold to James and Sarah Lyons, the southern section; June 19, 1821 James and Sarah Lyons sold back to James Richardson, Sr., the same part"
Note: This refers to the earliest transactions pertaining to the land south of Main St., west of Prince Edward St. to the bay and east to Centre Street. The border between Murray and Cramahe was Prince Edward and Cedar St. to the bay. James Lyons was married to Sarah Ann Richardson.¹ He lived on 19 June 1821 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 563) show that J. Lyons & Sarah A. Lyons sold part of Conc 1, Lot 1 to James Richardson, Jr. ITS Date June 19 1821 (Ontario Land Registry Records, GSU197810, Abstract Index Books, Brighton Twp., June 17 2013.)¹³ He appeared on the census of 1822 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1822: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 3 females under 16; 1 male servant under 16. He "The Methodist leaders, always alert to recruit men of character and education for lay and ministerial office, pressed Richardson to become a local preacher in the conference year of 1822–23 and in 1825 he was taken on trial for the itinerant ministry." G. S. French, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html. in 1822 at Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He appeared on the census of 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 3 females under 16; 1 male servant over 16; 1 male servant under 16. He appeared on the census of 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823: James Richardson, Jr; 1 male over 16; 2 females over 16; 3 females under 16; 1 male servant over 16; 1 male servant under 16. He "District of Newcastle; Personally appeared before me, James Richardson, Junior, one of his Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the peace in and for said district. James Richardson, Senior of Cramahe, in said district, mariner, and being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that some time in the fall of the year 1815, he was called upon by the board of claims then sitting in Kingston to give his opinion respecting the nature of a vessel which was burned at the Presqu isle Point belonging to George Gibson, Senior, and that his opinion then was and now is that the said vessel was worth at the time she was destroyed four hundred and fifty pounds Halifax Currency, and this opinion he submitted to the board at that time. That this deponent has built and navigated vessels on the Lake for a number of years and therefore is acquainted with the experience attending the same. All which this deponent testified to the best of his knowledge and belief. James Richardson, Senior. Sworn before me at Cramahe this 7th day of July, 1823. James Richardson, Junior." Library and Archives Canada, Department of Finance, Upper Canada War of 1812 Losses Claim, RG 19 E 5 (a) Vol. 3742 File 3, page 350 of 1223. on 7 May 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada.¹⁵ He lived in 1824 at Cramahe Twp., Presqu'ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "‘At Presqu’ Isle a large log house, excellent class, with James Lyons, Esq., M.P.P., for leader, and James Richardson, a very useful local preacher. Round the head of the Bay to the Trent, over to Mr. Young’s - father of the Rev. William - preaching to a few settlers at Cold Creek; lonely ride to Percy Mills, small congregation; entertained by Rev. S. Waldron; through the woods to the front, preaching in the house of Joshua Webster; Sunday —Haldimand and Grafton." from "The First Century of Methodism in Canada", Vol. I, Chapter XI, 1824-1825, A Canada Conference Organized, pg. 159 (173 of 920), ancestry.ca.¹⁶ He " ... in 1825 he was taken on trial for the itinerant ministry. Without hesitation he gave up his appointments and his comfortable life to minister in company with Egerton Ryerson* to his first circuit, that of Yonge Street and York (Toronto), stretching from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe." (G. S. French, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1825 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He lived circa June 1825 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; " ... from 1825 worked the Yonge Street and York (Toronto) Circuit with Egerton Ryerson." per Findagrave.³ He lived on 10 February 1827 at BF Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2384) show that James Richardson Jr. granted "1/5 acre", Lot 1, Broken Front, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to James Richardson Sn. ITS Date: Feb 10 1827. Reg'n. Date: Mar 5 1835. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., BF or C, pg. 005 of 355, OnLand.ca.)¹³ He lived on 16 July 1828 at Conc 2 Lot 15, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 2638) show that James Richardson Jn. sold 50 acres in the north west quarter of lot 15, conc 2, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Jacob Chatterson. ITS Date: Jul 16 1828. Reg'n. Date: Jun 25 1832. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Cramahe Twp., Book 003, pg. 047 of 259, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Sep 28 2021.)¹³ He " From 1832-3 he was editor of the "Christian Guardian ... " per Findagrave. in 1832 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.³ He "Richardson became the editor of the Methodists’ Christian Guardian for 1832–33, but declined re-election as editor in 1834. He continued to hold other important offices in the conference between 1833 and his resignation from the conference in 1836, and he was a member of the committee which drafted plans for and initiated the building of the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria University)." (G. S. French, “RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1832 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "The first merchant vessel that ever navigated Lake Ontario according to an article in The Christian Guardian of September 26, 1832, was the Lady Dorchester by the Northwest Company. This journey took place in 1785. The Commander was James Richardson, Sr., a native of Lincolnshire, England. He died on September 20, 1832 at his residence at Presqu'ile. His son, James Richardson, Jr., was the editor of The Christian Guardian." pg. 61 & 62, Gunshot and Gleanings of the Historic Carrying Place, Bay of Quinte, published by 7th/Town Ameliasburgh Historical Society, 1987. on 26 September 1832 at York, York Co., Upper Canada. He lived in 1833 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; The Tobey Book, pg. 83? shows "In 1833 there were two land transactions involving Lot 1 Concession 1, the land between Prince Edward and Centre Streets and south of Main Street. James Richardson Jr. bought one acre in the eastern section and John F. Sherman bought from Josiah Proctor one acre in the north-western section. Mr. Richardson apprently lived on the lakeshore south of Colborne. Playter in his History of Methodism spoke of James Richardson as a lay preacher. It was this James Richardson who sold five parcels of land during the years 1824 to 1830. In March 1833, A. Marsh sold 1/2 an acre, part of Lot 35 Concession B to Marie Richardson."¹ He lived in 1833 at Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada; Upper Canada Commercial Directory, York: James Richardson, Minister (Canadian Genealogy Index - ancestry.com.) He lived circa 1835 at King & Bay, Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada; "South of Boyd's building was a large square rough-cast house, with six or seven steps leading up to the platform, and old fashioned front door, with skylights, and circular window. This was the house of the Rev. Jas. Richardson, for many years editor of the Christian Guardian, and father of Dr. James Richardson, surgeon and brother of the late Mrs. John Roaf, and aos of Mrs. Brett, who now resides on Bloor Street." from Landmarks of Toronto, Vol 1, pg. 241 - under the section "The Telegram Corner" the buildings that have stood at the corner of King and Bay.
"North of this again (Mail building) was the old house of Bishop richardson, who formerly lived on Bay street, south of King, but who came to reside in this part of the city, somewhere between 1835 and 1840." from Landmarks of Toronto, Vol 1, pg. 441.¹⁷ He "His determination to put integrity above denominational unity produced increasingly strained relations between him and such senior colleagues as JOHN and Egerton Ryerson and Ephraim Evans*. Hence by 1836 he no longer felt at home in the conference and decided to leave quietly. He was already so alienated by 1835 that he refused to contribute to the funds of the Upper Canada Academy.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1835 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "In the year following his resignation Richardson apparently considered a career in American Methodism and to that end he held a temporary pastorate in Auburn,
N.Y. Upon his return to Upper Canada he became a minister in the newly constituted Methodist Episcopal Church (the earlier church of this name having become the
Wesleyan Methodist Church), the haven of those who for various reasons refused to accept the 1833 union.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1836 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "Again I saw them kneeling while Bishop Richardson who attended Lount., and another clergyman who attended Matthews, prayed." from LandMarks of Toronto, Vol 1, pg. 86 on 12 April 1838 at Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada.¹⁷ He lived on 17 July 1838 at Conc 2 Lot 15, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S B78) show that James Richardson sold 150 acres of lot 15, conc 2, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Joseph Beatiys. ITS Date: Jul 17 1838. Reg'n. Date: Mar 30 1853. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Cramahe Twp., Book 003, pg. 047 of 259, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Sep 28 2021.)¹³ He lived circa 1840 at 55 Bay Street, Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada; "Richardson, Rev. James (Episcopal Methodist), 55 Bay street." Landmarks of Toronto, Vol. 3, pg. 246. He "From 1840 to 1852, however, he was chiefly employed as agent of the Upper Canada Bible Society.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) between 1840 and 1852 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He lived on 1 June 1843 at BF Lot 1, South East of Harbour St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S 7353) show that Rev. James Richardson & wife sold property on the Broken Front of Conc 1, Cramahe Twp. to Martha Bryant. ITS Date: Jun 1 1843. Reg'n. Date: Jul 29 1844. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Ontario Archives, GSU197810, Abstract Index Books for Brighton Township, June 17 2013; Also seen under Brighton Village, Book 03, pg. 080 of 203, South Side of Harbour St., (originally BF, Lot 1), copied from OnLand by Dan, Nov 30 2020.)¹³ He "It was not until 1858 that he was ordained a bishop to assist his aged friend, Bishop Philander Smith*. Despite growing infirmity he retained this office until his death; one of his last acts was to ordain Albert Carman as
his assistant and eventual successor.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1858 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He appeared on the census of 1861 at St. Joseph Street, North Side, St. Johns Ward, Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Age 70 at 1861 Census: Richardson, Jas., 70, b. Kingston, Canada, E.Meth., Minister, widower - 3 members of family (1861 Census: Toronto, St. Johns Ward, Dist. 6, St. Joseph St., North Side - pg. 2264 of 9549, line 1 - ancestry.com.)⁴ He "Bishop Richardson presided over an important branch of Canadian Methodism at a significant point in its evolution, and thus helped to determine the shape of such influence as Methodism had on the broader growth of his country. In 1867 the Methodist Episcopal Church was the second largest Methodist body, but it was essentially confined to Ontario. It was if anything more evangelical than the larger Wesleyan denomination, strongly anti-liturgical, and possibly less sophisticated generally. It continued to oppose state support for religious enterprises and in
particular separate schools. Despite its episcopal polity, the line between Methodist Episcopal laymen and clergy was drawn as imprecisely as in the earlier days of
Methodism. Above all, the Episcopal Methodists considered themselves the Canadian Methodists as indeed they were in background and outlook in so far as Ontario was concerned.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1867 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He appeared on the census of April 1871 at St. Patricks Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 80 at 1871 Census: Richardson, Jas., 80, b. Ont., Eng., Episc. Meth., Bishop M. E. Church, widower (1871 Census: Toronto, St. Patricks Ward, Dist. 46, sub-dist. D-1, pg. 25, line 8 - ancestry.com.)⁵ He "In the followng year "Canada" was the subject of a discourse by Bishop Richardson in the Presbyterian Church." The Tobey Book, page 439, Chapter XXIX 1872, Brighton Public Library.
Also on page 449 "Regular lectures continued to be held. ^Canada in 1873' was the subject of a talk by Bishop Richardson, D.D. in the Presbyterian Church." in 1873 at Presbyterian Church, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario.¹ He "Richardson’s principal contribution was to maintain the distinctive features of Methodist Episcopal organization and teaching, and at the same time to encourage those in his church whose interest was the constructive dissemination of their views rather than destructive opposition to the dominant Wesleyan Conference. Thus, by 1875, the two churches were growing together, as was symbolized by the holding of a memorial service for the bishop in the Wesleyans’ Metropolitan Church in Toronto. Bishop Carman, whose orientation was akin to his predecessor’s, would bring about formal union in 1884 and in so doing would infuse the new Methodist Church with many of the values cherished by his brethren.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) in 1875 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "In his church and in the community, James Richardson was held in high esteem as a humble, kindly, and saintly individual whose life was “manly and devoid of display.” He
impressed on his countrymen that distinctive mixture of religious, moral, and patriotic values cherished by so many native Canadian Methodists. Neither a great scholar nor a
great preacher, he had nonetheless the gift of “plain yet forcible and majestic speech.” He detested “sham everywhere” and “could not for a moment bear it in religion.” To Carman, “If James Richardson was a man of God, he was also a man for the world,” an “advocate and defender of the rights of man.” “Liberty of conscience and liberty of worship were cardinal doctrines of his religious and political faith,” as was concern for the moral character of society. Hence he promoted the work of the Bible Society, and vigorously supported the Temperance Reformation Society. As president of the York Pioneer Society he helped to arouse interest in the historical development of that Upper Canada whose life was almost coterminous with his own.“ (RICHARDSON, JAMES (1791-1875),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2018,
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richardson_james_1791_1875_10E.html.) before 9 March 1875 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.⁸ He "Among the British, one of the longest lived was also among the few who served from the beginning to the end of the war. This was James Richardson who gave up the nautical life shortly after the peace to become a Methodist minister. Through a life of toil and devotion to his beliefs, Richardson became a revered bishop who ended his days in Toronto in 1875." Lords of the Lake: The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812 - 1814, Robert Maclomson, page 324.
Note: After reading the information in Malcomson's book Lords of the Lake, I finally had the absolute, definitive proof that the James Richardson who lost his arm at Oswego was Jr. and not Sr. He was so young to be Master of Yeo's ship, but his training came early, on board with his father, sailing across Lake Ontario endless times, gaining knowledge as he went. This is a very special individual. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 13 2024) on 9 March 1875 at York Twp., Clover Hill, York Co., Ontario.⁹ He died on 9 March 1875 at York Twp., Clover Hill, York Co., Ontario, at age 84; Date Date Mar 9 1875 & location Clover Hill, (St. Joseph St.), York Twp., York Co., Ont. per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.² He was buried on 12 March 1875 at Toronto Necropolis, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) James Richardson D. D; Bishop M. E. Church in Canada; Born at Kingston, Upper Canada Jan. 29, 1791; Died at Toronto March 9th 1875; Also His Beloved Wife; Rebecca Dennis; Born at Alexandria West Virginia Feb. 17, 1793; Died at Toronto March 29th 1858 (Toronto Necropolis, image from family tree of reillyjp on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2018)
Findagrave: Name: Rev. James Richardson; Birth: 29 Jan 1791; Death: 9 Mar 1875, age 84; Burial: Toronto Necropolis Cemetery and Crematorium, Toronto; ID: 16365687; Note: Naval officer turned Methodist minister and first Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada, Richardson was born in Kingston in 1791, son of Captain James Richardson and Sarah Ashmore. His early career was with the navy, where he served with distinction in the War of 1812, losing his left arm at the Battle of Oswego. He became a preacher in 1822-3 and from 1825 worked the Yonge Street and York (Toronto) Circuit with Egerton Ryerson. From 1832-3 he was editor of the "Christian Guardian" and briefly considered a career in the American Methodist church, spending some time in Auburn, NY. He provided spiritual support for Peter Matthews and Samuel Lount on their walk to the scaffold after the Upper Canada Rebellion; Richardson was an agent for the Upper Canada Bible Society, strong supporter of the Temperance Reformation Society and president of the York Pioneer Society promoting interest in the early development of Upper Canada, so much of which had happened during his lifetime; In 1813 he had married Rebecca Dennis, daughter of John Dennis, a United Empire Loyalist and ship builder in Kingston and York. Rebecca died at their home at Clover Hill (St Joseph Street), Toronto 29 March 1858, and is buried with him at the Toronto Necropolis. Richardson continued to live at Clover Hill until his death there in 1875. James and Rebecca Richardson were survived by two children, Dr James Henry Richardson, who first proposed the maple leaf as the symbol for Canada, and Margaret Isabella, wife of John Roaf, a Toronto barrister; Monumental Inscription reads: James RICHARDSON D.D; Bishop M.E. Church in Canada; Born at Kingston Upper Canada Jan 29th 1791; Died at Toronto March 9th 1875; Also his beloved wife
Rebecca DENNIS; Born at Alexandria West Virginia Feb. 17th 1792; Died at Toronto March 29th 1858.
Virtute Acquiritur Honos; RICHARDSON; Also mentioned on this memorial are: Dr James Henry RICHARDSON (1823-1910), his wife Mary Mathieson SKIRVING (1825-1907) and two of their sons who died in infancy; Martha Annie ALLEN (died 1861 aged 24), wife of David L. HUNTINGTON and granddaughter of James and Rebecca (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16365687)
per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010. Mount Pleasant Cemetery per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines (its_sonia@outlook.com) Feb 7 2017.^2,3,18

     Henry Nix was born circa 1773 at U.S.A; In 1811 there is a Henry Nix on land where Brighton would be - per Tobey Book. Where does this Henry Nix belong???¹ He lived in 1811 at Land where Brighton would be, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "The Tobey Book, pg. 47, shows "We have now recorded eight families whose land was offically registered. They are" Obediah Simpson, 1796; Jeremiah Scripture 1808; James Richardson, 1809; Henry Nix, 1811; Josiah Proctor, 1814; John Singleton, 1815; T. D. Sandford, 1817; and James Lyons, 1817. Undoubtedly there were a few who were squatters living on land marked by themselves and not by a surveyor. Therefore these people are not mentioned in the Ontario Registry."
Note: An example of "squatters" would be Alexander Chisholm who built mills on the creek where Spring Valley is now. He came in expecting to get the Crown Reserve granted to him but his wife Nancy and step-son John Singleton did not own the land until the 1820's.¹ He lived on 19 June 1833 at W 1/2 Conc 1 Lot 1, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (661 B&S) show that Josiah D. Wellington sold property to Henry Nix, described as "11 acres, 1 rood, pt. W 1/2" in Conc 1, Lot 1", ITS Date June 19 1833.
Note: The othe rHenry Nix is 13 years old in 1833, so this likely belongs with this other Henry Nix - but not clear of his connections.² He lived on 22 October 1844 at Conc 1 Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B&S 7690) show that Henry Nix sold "11 acres, 1 rood, more or less, west 1/2", part of conc 1, Lot 1, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co. to Hiram Buckley. ITS Date Oct 22 1844. Reg'n. Date: Jul 11 1845. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Twp., Conc 01, pg. 005 of 307, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Nov 29 2020.)²

     Rebecca Dennis was born on 17 February 1793 at Alexandria, Alexandria Co., West Virginia, U.S.A; Date Feb 17 1793 per Memorial. Date Feb 17 1792 & location Alexandria, West Virginia per Findagrave. per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,2,3,4 As of 13 January 1813,her married name was Richardson.¹ She married Bishop James Richardson Jr., son of Captain James R. Richardson Sr. and Sarah Ashmore, on 13 January 1813 at Kingston Twp., Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Richardson, Lieut. James; Married to Rebecca Dennis by Rev. G. O. Stuart in Kingston; Appearing in the Kingston Gazette, Feb 6, 1813, pg. 3, col 3, (no scan of this page available) - Digital Kingston. Date Jan 13 1813 & location Kingston per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,5 Rebecca Dennis “Mr. Dennis made a will but owing to the property not being sufficiently described, it was necessary to have a petition deed between the heirs of John Dennis, whereby the property on the south-west corner of King and Bay streets, became the property of Rebecca Richards, the wife of the late Bishop Richardson, and daughter of the late John Dennis. Through her it became the property of the late Mrs. M. I. Roaf, and is now owned by William Roaf. Mr. Dennis, in his life-time, conveyed 40 ft. on the west side of Bay street, commencing 57ft. 9 inches south of King street, to one McPhail, who erected a chapel on said property, which stood there for many years. The property subsequently passed into the hands of Mr. Dickson, who erected the present building. The National club building came from Mr. Dennis to Martha Bryant, who sold it to the late Bishop Richardson, and this also became the property of the late Mrs. Roaf. The property on the south side of King street west, as far as Stovel’s building, belong to Messrs. William and James R. Roaf. The land on which Stovel’s building stands belongs to Dr. Richardson, and the land on which the block of buildings to the west of Stovel’s building stands, belongs to Thomas Johnston, whose mother was a daughter of the late John Dennis. The property from the south-west corner of King and Bay street to the south line of the National Club is owned by Wm. Roaf." from Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 1, Page 239. circa 1835 at King and Bay Streets, Toronto, York Co., Ontario.⁶ She died on 29 March 1858 at York Twp., Clover Hill, York Co., Canada West, at age 65; Date Mar 29 1858 per Memorial. "Rebecca died at their home at Clover Hill (St Joseph Street), Toronto 29 March 1858, and is buried with him at the Toronto Necropolis." per Findagrave. per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,2,3,4 She was buried on 31 March 1858 at Necropolis, Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Memorial: (See Exhibit) James Richardson D. D; Bishop M. E. Church in Canada; Born at Kingston, Upper Canada Jan. 29, 1791; Died at Toronto March 9th 1875; Also His Beloved Wife; Rebecca Dennis; Born at Alexandria West Virginia Feb. 17, 1793; Died at Toronto March 29th 1858 (Toronto Necropolis, image from family tree of reillyjp on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2018)
"Monumental Inscription reads: James RICHARDSON D.D; Bishop M.E. Church in Canada; Born at Kingston Upper Canada Jan 29th 1791; Died at Toronto March 9th 1875; Also his beloved wife; Rebecca DENNIS; Born at Alexandria West Virginia Feb. 17th 1792; Died at Toronto March 29th 1858; Virtute Acquiritur Honos; RICHARDSON" per Findagrave for her husband, Rev. James Richardson.^2,3,4

     Dr. James Henry Richardson was born on 16 October 1823 at Cramahe Twp., Presqu'Ile Point, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1823 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1824 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date Oct 16 1823 & location Presqu'Ile per Death Reg'n. per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,4,5,2 He married Mary Matheson Skirving on 20 August 1850 at Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Ontario Marriage Registery: Groom: James Henry Richardson; Bride: Mary M. Skiving?; Wit.: Thomas Ewart & John Roaf, Jr; Date: Aug 20 1850 (Marrige Registers of Ontario - ancestry.com) per Death Reg'n. of James Henry Richardson.^4,6 Dr. James Henry Richardson appeared on the census of April 1871 at B Ward of St. Andrew, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 47 at 1871 Census: Richardson, James H., 47, b. Ont., Eng., Congregationalist, Physician, married; Mary M., 46, b. Scotland, Cong., Scot., married; Robert D., 16, b. Ont., Eng., son; Mary Is'a, 12; Jane E., 11; William A., 9; Charles S., 6; Martha A., 4; George R., 2; McQuinland, Isabella, 21, b. Ont., Irish, RC, servant, single; Moore, Maria, 21, b. Quebec, Eng., CE, servant, single; McQuire, John, 17, b. Ont.., irish, RC, servant; McClure, Francis A., 26, b. Ont., Scot., Pres., Governess, single (1871 Census: West Toronto, B Ward of St. Andrew, dist. 46, sub-dist. B-1, pg. 5, line 11 - ancestry.ca.)² He appeared on the census of April 1881 at St. John's Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 58 at 1881 Census: Richardson, Jas. H., 58, b. Ont., Eng., Congr., Physician, married; Mary M., 56, b. Scotland, Scot., Congr., married; Mary Isabel, 22, b. Ont., Eng., Congr., single; Jane E., 21; Wm. Angus, 19, student; Charles, 16; Martha Ann, 14; George Hy, 12 (1881 Census: Toronto, St. John's Ward, dist. 134, sub-dist. D-3, pg. 50, #236 - familysearch.org.)⁵ He died on 16 January 1910 at 36 St. Joseph St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 86; Death Reg'n.#001260: Name: James Henry Richardson; Date: Jan 16 1910; Age: 86y 3m; Res.: 36 St. Joseph St., Toronto; Born: Oct 16 1923, Presqu'Ile, Ont; Status: widower; Occ.: Physician; Parents: James Richardson & Rebecca Dennis, both born Kingston; Phys.: J. T. Fotheringham, 20 Wellesley St; Cert. by: G. H. Richardson, 36 St. Joseph St; Reg'd.: Jan 17 1910 (Ontario Death Registration, #001260-1910, ancesrtry.com) per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,7 He was buried on 18 January 1910 at Toronto Necropolis, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; "Also mentioned on this memorial are: Dr James Henry RICHARDSON (1823-1910), his wife Mary Mathieson SKIRVING (1825-1907) and two of their sons who died in infancy" per Findagrave for Rev. James richardson. Date Jan 18 1910 per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.^1,8

     Mary Matheson Skirving was born on 25 March 1825 at Scotland; Date 1825 & location Scotland per 1881 Census. Date 1825 & location Scotland per 1871 Census. Date Mar 25 1825 & location Scotland per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010. per Death Reg'n. of James Henry Richardson. per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.^1,5,3 As of 20 August 1850,her married name was Richardson.¹ She married Dr. James Henry Richardson, son of Bishop James Richardson Jr. and Rebecca Dennis, on 20 August 1850 at Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Ontario Marriage Registery: Groom: James Henry Richardson; Bride: Mary M. Skiving?; Wit.: Thomas Ewart & John Roaf, Jr; Date: Aug 20 1850 (Marrige Registers of Ontario - ancestry.com) per Death Reg'n. of James Henry Richardson.^1,6 Mary Matheson Skirving appeared on the census of April 1871 at B Ward of St. Andrew, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 46 at 1871 Census: see Dr. James H. Richardson.³ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at St. John's Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1881 Census: see James Henry Richardson.⁵ She died on 14 March 1907 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 81; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.² She was buried on 17 March 1907 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.²

     George Hy Richardson was born in 1869 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. per Death Reg'n. of James Henry Richardson.^1,2,3,4 He appeared on the census of April 1871 at B Ward of St. Andrew, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1871 Census: see Dr. James H. Richardson.³ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at St. John's Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1881 Census: see James Henry Richardson.² He lived on 17 January 1910 at 36 St. Joseph St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. if his father (assuming) James Henry Richardson.¹

     Robert Richardson was born on 29 December 1825 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; Date Dec 1825 per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010. Date c. 1814 & location Toronto per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010. Date Dec 29 1825 per family tree of jefftowers23 on ancestry.ca, Oct 4, 2018.^1,2 He died on 29 June 1830 at Grantham Twp., St. Catharines, Lincoln Co., Ontario, at age 4; per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010.¹

     Margaret Isabella Richardson was born in 1831 at Kingston Twp., Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; Date 1831 & location Kingston per GEDCOM of Dallas, Aug 2 2010. per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.¹ As of circa 1849,her married name was Roaf.¹ She married John Hamilton Roaf circa 1849 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.¹ Margaret Isabella Richardson “Mr. Dennis made a will but owing to the property not being sufficiently described, it was necessary to have a petition deed between the heirs of John Dennis, whereby the property on the south-west corner of King and Bay streets, became the property of Rebecca Richards, the wife of the late Bishop Richardson, and daughter of the late John Dennis. Through her it became the property of the late Mrs. M. I. Roaf, and is now owned by William Roaf. Mr. Dennis, in his life-time, conveyed 40 ft. on the west side of Bay street, commencing 57ft. 9 inches south of King street, to one McPhail, who erected a chapel on said property, which stood there for many years. The property subsequently passed into the hands of Mr. Dickson, who erected the present building. The National club building came from Mr. Dennis to Martha Bryant, who sold it to the late Bishop Richardson, and this also became the property of the late Mrs. Roaf. The property on the south side of King street west, as far as Stovel’s building, belong to Messrs. William and James R. Roaf. The land on which Stovel’s building stands belongs to Dr. Richardson, and the land on which the block of buildings to the west of Stovel’s building stands, belongs to Thomas Johnston, whose mother was a daughter of the late John Dennis. The property from the south-west corner of King and Bay street to the south line of the National Club is owned by Wm. Roaf." from Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 1, Page 239. circa 1855 at King and Bay Streets, Toronto, York Co., Ontario.² She died on 8 November 1883 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010. per family tree of jefftowers23 on ancestry.ca, Oct 4, 2018.^1,3

     John Hamilton Roaf was born circa 1828 at England; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.¹ He married Margaret Isabella Richardson, daughter of Bishop James Richardson Jr. and Rebecca Dennis, circa 1849 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.¹ John Hamilton Roaf died on 29 August 1870 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Sonia Glines, Aug 2 2010.¹