Person Page - 2833

     Jessie Amelia Fraser was born on 17 August 1864 at Montreal, Quebec; Date 1865 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Aug 17 1864 & location Que. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1864 & location Quebec per 1891 Census. Date Aug 17 1864 per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.^1,2,3,4 She married William Edgar Raney, son of Herman Raney and Jemima Cramer, on 29 December 1886 at Etobicoke Twp., York Co., Ontario; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹ As of 29 December 1886,her married name was Raney.¹ Jessie Amelia Fraser appeared on the census of April 1891 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; Age 26 at 1891 Census: see William E. Raney.² She appeared on the census of April 1901 at Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario; Age 36 at 1901 Census: see William E. Raney.³ She appeared on the census of 1921 at Ward 4, Toronto North, York Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1921 Census: see William Raney.⁴ She died on 11 June 1943 at age 78; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹

     Paul Hartley Raney was born on 25 December 1892 at Ontario; Date 1893 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date Dec 25 1892 per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Toronto Junction, York West Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1901 Census: see William E. Raney.² He died on 21 August 1917 at France at age 24; "England: 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Theatre: France. Victory Medal awarded posthumously (1922)." per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹

     Edgar Fraser Raney was born on 29 August 1888 at Saco, York Co., Maine, U.S.A; Date Aug 29 1888 & location US urba nper 1901 Census. Date 1889 & location US per 1891 Census. Date Aug 29 1888 & location Saco, York Co., Maine per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.^1,3,2 He appeared on the census of April 1891 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1891 Census: see William E. Raney.³ He appeared on the census of April 1901 at Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1901 Census: see William E. Raney.² He married Ada Blanche Isabel Davis on 22 December 1914 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹ Edgar Fraser Raney died on 1 August 1975 at Dunnville, Ontario, at age 86; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹

     Ada Blanche Isabel Davis was born on 20 September 1891 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹ As of 22 December 1914,her married name was Raney.¹ She married Edgar Fraser Raney, son of William Edgar Raney and Jessie Amelia Fraser, on 22 December 1914 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹ Ada Blanche Isabel Davis died on 21 December 1982 at Dunnville, Ontario, at age 91; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹

     Hugh Alan Raney was born on 30 September 1903 at Ontario; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹ He died on 2 February 1981 at Canada at age 77; per family tree of stijou on ancestry.com, Sep 24 2012.¹

     John Sherwood was born on 13 August 1709 at Statfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; Date Aug 13 1709 & location Stafield, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com) Oct 11 2012. Date Aug 13 1709 & location Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ He married Hannah Parruck on 26 April 1727 at Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; Date Apr 26 1727 & location Newotnw, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com) Oct 11 2012. Date Apr 26 1727 & location Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ John Sherwood died circa September 1783 at Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJOnes7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Hannah Parruck was born in December 1710 at Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJOnes7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ She married John Sherwood, son of Thomas Sherwood and Abigail Darling, on 26 April 1727 at Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; Date Apr 26 1727 & location Newotnw, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com) Oct 11 2012. Date Apr 26 1727 & location Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ As of 26 April 1727,her married name was Sherwood.¹

     Capt. Justus Sherwood was born on 7 March 1747 at Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; Date Mar 7 1747 & location Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com) Oct 11 2012. Date Mar 7 1747 & location Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ He married Sarah Bottum circa 1775 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ Capt. Justus Sherwood "At Sandhurst, a settlement which is situated a few miles above King's Town in the Lower Bay, below Adolphustown, Samuel Sherwood, brother of Captain Justus Sherwood of wartime Secret Service fame, has opened up his trading centre, since this past two years. His account book, to be kept over a long period of time, will contain most of the names of the prominent settlers of the entire Bay area. This store is to carry on many years of trade, dealing in every available type of provision, from Mohawk muggasins to fine fabrics, and all manner of services, from obtaining leather for shoes to the shodding of horses and oxen and the transportation of small machinery from Lachine, Quebec. Samuel Sherwood will pursue, in total, a remarkable twenty-five year career of dealing with other settlers in enterprises ranging from money-lending and the provision of farm animals for lease to teh personal services of tailoring suits of clothes and many other customings fo the day." from "Hans Waltimeyer" by Jane Bennett Goddard, U.E., pg. 249 & 250. circa 1778.² He died in 1798 at Three Rivers, Canada; Date 1798 & location Three Rivers, Ontario per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012. Date 1798 & location Canada per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Sarah Bottum was born circa 1754 at Vermont, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ As of circa 1775,her married name was Sherwood.¹ She married Capt. Justus Sherwood, son of John Sherwood and Hannah Parruck, circa 1775 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Diana Sherwood was born on 11 December 1776 at Canada; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ As of circa 1795,her married name was Smedes.¹ She married Samuel Smedes circa 1795 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ Diana Sherwood died on 11 February 1859 at Heweltown, New York, U.S.A., at age 82; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ She was buried on 14 February 1859 at Precott, Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Samuel Smedes was born on 5 March 1771; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ He married Diana Sherwood, daughter of Capt. Justus Sherwood and Sarah Bottum, circa 1795 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ Samuel Smedes died on 25 May 1838 at Augusta Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario, at age 67; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Sarah Sherwood was born on 13 February 1789 at Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ As of circa 1810,her married name was McCallum.¹ She married Andrew McCallum circa 1810; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Andrew McCallum was born circa 1785; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ He married Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Capt. Justus Sherwood and Sarah Bottum, circa 1810; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Harriett Sherwood was born circa 1791 at Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ As of circa 1812,her married name was Trask.¹ She married Banjamin Trask circa 1812; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Banjamin Trask was born circa 1787; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ He married Harriett Sherwood, daughter of Capt. Justus Sherwood and Sarah Bottum, circa 1812; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Sophia Sherwood was born in 1792 at Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ As of circa 1813,her married name was Jones.¹ She married Jonathan Jones circa 1813; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Jonathan Jones was born circa 1788; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ He married Sophia Sherwood, daughter of Capt. Justus Sherwood and Sarah Bottum, circa 1813; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Justus Sherwood Jones was born circa 1814; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Livius Peters Sherwood was born in 1794 at Elizabethtown Twp., Elizabethtown, Leeds Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ He married Charlotte Jones, daughter of Ephraim Jones and Charlotte Coursol, circa 1806 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Charlotte Jones was born on 16 March 1786 at Elizabethtown Twp., Elizabethtown, Leeds Co., Ontario; Date Mar 16 1786 & location Elizabethtown (later Brockville) per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012. Charlotte is a daughter of Ephraim Jones per bio of Leius Peters Sherwood, Dict of Cdn. BIOS.^1,2 As of circa 1806,her married name was Sherwood.¹ She married Livius Peters Sherwood, son of Capt. Justus Sherwood and Sarah Bottum, circa 1806 at Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹ Charlotte Jones died on 16 January 1875 at age 88; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Samuel Sherwood was born circa 1796 at Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     Elizabeth Sherwood was born circa 1798 at Augusta Twp., Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Ross (RJones7598@aol.com, Oct 11 2012.¹

     John Sherwood was born on 8 July 1787 at Sandhurst, Western Dist., Province of Quebec; Date Jul 8 1787 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Rachel Sherwood was born in 1779; Date 1779 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ As of circa June 1797,her married name was Harris.² She married Joseph Harris, son of Myndert Harris and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Yeomans, circa June 1797 at Port Hope, Durham Co., Upper Canada; "Before July 10 1797 & location Port Hope" per family tree of Bill Smith on ancestry.ca, Aug 20 2022.² Rachel Sherwood lived on 18 February 1817 at Rice Lake, Upper Canada; "HARRIS, WIDOW (at the Rice Lake Trading Post); The ‘widow Harris’, referred to by such early settlers as Charles Fotherrgill, was probably Rachel Sherwood Harris, daughter of Major Sherwood, U.E.. of Belleville, and widow of Joseph Harris, eldest son of Myndert Harris Sr. of Smith's Creek. When the Harrises' family friend, Jacob Herkimer, left his trading post at Rice Lake in 1801, it was taken over by Joseph and Rachel Harris. Charles Fothergill made the following entry for Friday, 18 February 1817, in his journal: Set out on Horseback to find my way to Rice Lake. . . . After entering upon the lake, is 6 miles further to the log house where the widow Harris resides to trade with the Indians and which is situated in a neck of land [which became an island after the lake level was raised following the building of the Trent Canal] on the N. east side of the moouth of the [Otonabee] river which flows into the lake. . . . Sickness, poverty and death in this place lately gave all affliction in their power to the family now there —the recital has been affecting. . . . John Halbert, her assistant and a black man of the name of Tom who has lived all his life among the Indians, did all in their power to make me confortable. Rachel Harris and her family later moved to Crowe River in the Marrmora area where they continued to trade with the natives. A son, Charles, became a Hudson’s Bay Company factor at Lake Nipissing. The land grant of Rachel Sherwood Harris, as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, was located at lot 35, concession 5, of Hamilton Township, although she never occupied the property. The children of Joseph and Rachel were: 1. Mary m. Stephen Curtis 2 - Peter Thum, 3. John m. Mary Case, 4. Peter, 5. Charles d. 1835. 6. Alien Collingwood, 8. Charlotte. Rachel Harris later married a Mr Healey." page 236 "Gores Landing & Rice Lake Plains" posted to ancestry by Bill Smith Aug 2021.² As of circa 1818,her married name was Healey.² She married Alrah Healey circa 1818 at Upper Canada; "HARRIS, WIDOW (at the Rice Lake Trading Post); The ‘widow Harris’, referred to by such early settlers as Charles Fotherrgill, was probably Rachel Sherwood Harris, daughter of Major Sherwood, U.E.. of Belleville, and widow of Joseph Harris, eldest son of Myndert Harris Sr. of Smith's Creek. When the Harrises' family friend, Jacob Herkimer, left his trading post at Rice Lake in 1801, it was taken over by Joseph and Rachel Harris. Charles Fothergill made the following entry for Friday, 18 February 1817, in his journal: Set out on Horseback to find my way to Rice Lake. . . . After entering upon the lake, is 6 miles further to the log house where the widow Harris resides to trade with the Indians and which is situated in a neck of land [which became an island after the lake level was raised following the building of the Trent Canal] on the N. east side of the moouth of the [Otonabee] river which flows into the lake. . . . Sickness, poverty and death in this place lately gave all affliction in their power to the family now there —the recital has been affecting. . . . John Halbert, her assistant and a black man of the name of Tom who has lived all his life among the Indians, did all in their power to make me confortable. Rachel Harris and her family later moved to Crowe River in the Marrmora area where they continued to trade with the natives. A son, Charles, became a Hudson’s Bay Company factor at Lake Nipissing. The land grant of Rachel Sherwood Harris, as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, was located at lot 35, concession 5, of Hamilton Township, although she never occupied the property. The children of Joseph and Rachel were: 1. Mary m. Stephen Curtis 2 - Peter Thum, 3. John m. Mary Case, 4. Peter, 5. Charles d. 1835. 6. Alien Collingwood, 8. Charlotte. Rachel Harris later married a Mr Healey." page 236 "Gores Landing & Rice Lake Plains" posted to ancestry by Bill Smith Aug 2021.² Rachel Sherwood appeared on the census of 1818 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; 1818 Census: Rachel Harris; 1 male over 16; 2 women; 4 males under 16; 1 girls (Newcastle Dist. Census, Hope Twp., https://www.alivingpast.ca/census.htm)
Note: First time seeing Rachel - likely Joseph's wife, as he is known to had died c. 1817. Did Rachel live back near Joseph's family in Hope Twp. or on Rice Lake? Maybe some of both for a while?³ She died in 1848; Date 1848 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Thomas Sherwood was born on 22 November 1676; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ He married Abigail Darling on 10 January 1708 at Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Abigail Darling was born circa 1676; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ She married Thomas Sherwood on 10 January 1708 at Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ As of 10 January 1708,her married name was Sherwood.¹

     Nicholas Bates was born on 23 February 1843 at Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date Feb 23 1843 & location Prince Edward Co. per Death Reg'n. Date 1844 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1843 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1843 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1848 & location Prince Edward per marr. reg'n. - Chatherine Fraser. per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He appeared on the census of 1851 at Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1851 Census: see Christie Bates.⁴ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Aameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Age 18 at 1861 Census: see Christy Bates.⁵ He lived on 16 March 1870 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Murray per marr. reg'n. - Catherine Fraser.³ He married Catherine Fraser on 16 March 1870 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Nicholas Bates; Age: 22; Res.: Murray; Born: Prince Edward; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Christopher & ? Bates; Bride: Catherine Fraser; Age: 20; Res.: Murra; Born: Haldimand Twp; Status; spinster; Parents: - - ; Wit.: - - ; Date: Mar 16 1870; Place: - ; Rel.: Pres; Performed by: Peter Duncan, Murray Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration) Date Mar 16 1870 & location Murray per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,3 Nicholas Bates appeared on the census of April 1871 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 27 at 1871 Census: see Christie Bates.⁶ He lived in 1888 at Conc 7 Lot 3, Murray Twp., Frankford, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Bates, Nicholas, Frankford, f, Conc 7, Lot 3" Canada, City and Area Directories, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., 1888, pg. 137 of 225 - ancestry.ca.⁷ He married Mary Eliza Potter, daughter of Almond Potter and Mary Sherwood, circa 1893 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹ Nicholas Bates died on 23 December 1926 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 83; Death Reg'n.#025135: Name: Nicholas Bates; Date: Dec 23 1926; Age: 83y 10m; Res.: Murray Twp., 13y; Born: Pr. Edward Co., Feb 23 1843; Status: married; Occ.: retied farmer; Nat.: Dutch; Parents: Christie Bates, b. USA & Katie Fraser, b. Northumberland Co; Cause: senility, 2 yrs; Phys.: Dr. J. R. Simmons, Frankford; Inf.: James Bates, Frankford, son; Burial: Stockdale, Dec 26 1926; Und.: F. A. Windover, Frankford; Reg'd.: Dec 27 1926; Reg'r.: E. M. Wessles, Wooler (Ontario Death Registration, #025135-1926, ancestry.ca)(Name of mother looks to be his first wife, not his mother.) Date Dec 23 1926 & location Murray Twp. per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,8 He was buried on 26 December 1926 at Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per Death Reg'n.²

     Catherine Fraser was born in 1851 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1850 & location Haldimannd Twp. per marr. reg'n. Date 1851 per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,3,2 She lived on 16 March 1870 at Murray Twp., Northumberand Co., Ontario; Residence Murray per marr. reg'n.³ As of 16 March 1870,her married name was Bates.¹ She married Nicholas Bates, son of Christopher "Christie" Bates and Nancy Carter, on 16 March 1870 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Nicholas Bates; Age: 22; Res.: Murray; Born: Prince Edward; Status; bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Christopher & ? Bates; Bride: Catherine Fraser; Age: 20; Res.: Murra; Born: Haldimand Twp; Status; spinster; Parents: - - ; Wit.: - - ; Date: Mar 16 1870; Place: - ; Rel.: Pres; Performed by: Peter Duncan, Murray Twp. (Ontario Marriage Registration) Date Mar 16 1870 & location Murray per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.^1,3 Catherine Fraser appeared on the census of April 1871 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1871 Census: see Christie Bates (father-in-law.)² She died on 4 September 1889 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per GEDCOM of Roelof (rjb054@gmail.com) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Jerusha Sherwood was born on 1 March 1750; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹ As of circa 1771,her married name was Bunnell.¹ She married Isaac Bunnell, son of Gershom Bunnell and Margaret Johnston, circa 1771 at Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹

     Isaac Bunnell was born on 29 August 1743 at Redding, Connecticut, U.S.A; Date Aug 29 1743 & location Redding, CT per GEDCOM of Ruth R. Butcher, Apr 3 2017. Date JUl 21 1745 per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹ He married Jerusha Sherwood, daughter of John Sherwood and Hannah Parruck, circa 1771 at Connecticut, U.S.A; per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹ Isaac Bunnell died on 14 June 1791 at Collina, Kings Co., New Brunswick, at age 47; Date Jun 14 1791 & location Collina, Kings Co., New Brunswick per GEDCOM of Ruth R. Butcher, Apr 3 2017. per GEDCOM of Glenn (gbaird1@bell.net) Oct 12 2012.¹