Lydia Warriner1

F, b. 15 July 1773
     Lydia Warriner was born on 15 July 1773 at Wibraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 28 December 1799,her married name was Dean.1 She married Noah Dean, son of Joel Dean and Hannah Weston, on 28 December 1799 at Wilbraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Noah Dean b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Mary Warren Dean1

F, b. circa 1801
FatherNoah Dean1 b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
MotherLydia Warriner1 b. 15 Jul 1773
     Mary Warren Dean was born circa 1801 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of before 1817,her married name was Hatch.1 She married Chester Hatch before 1817 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Chester Hatch b. 27 Dec 1794, d. 20 Nov 1883

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Chester Hatch1

M, b. 27 December 1794, d. 20 November 1883
     Chester Hatch was born on 27 December 1794 at Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He married Mary Warren Dean, daughter of Noah Dean and Lydia Warriner, before 1817 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Chester Hatch died on 20 November 1883 at Frontenac Co., Ontario, at age 88; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Mary Warren Dean b. c 1801

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Malinda Dean1

F, b. 20 October 1805, d. 24 June 1833
FatherNoah Dean1 b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
MotherLydia Warriner1 b. 15 Jul 1773
     Malinda Dean was born on 20 October 1805 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She died on 24 June 1833 at Hamilton Twp., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, at age 27; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Noah Thompson Dean1

M, b. 7 August 1806
FatherNoah Dean1 b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
MotherLydia Warriner1 b. 15 Jul 1773
     Noah Thompson Dean was born on 7 August 1806 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Chauncey K. Dean1

M, b. 1812
FatherNoah Dean1 b. 1770, d. Jun 1853
MotherLydia Warriner1 b. 15 Jul 1773
     Chauncey K. Dean was born in 1812 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Benjamin W. Dean1

M, b. 1777, d. 12 November 1833
FatherJoel Dean1 b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
MotherHannah Weston1 b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828
     Benjamin W. Dean was born in 1777 at Ashford, Windham Co., Connectcut, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He married Bestey Parker on 14 October 1802 at Wilibraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Benjamin W. Dean appeared on the census of 1810 at Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; 1810 Census: Benjamin Deane; Males - Under 10: 1 ; Males - 45 and over: 1 ; Females - 45 and over: 1 ; Number of Household Members Under 16: 1; Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 3 (1810 Census: Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Mass., pg 7 of 14, ancestry.ca.)2 He died on 12 November 1833 at Hamilton Twp., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Bestey Parker b. c 1786

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S21] US Census, online unknown url.

Bestey Parker1

F, b. circa 1786
     Bestey Parker was born circa 1786 at Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 14 October 1802,her married name was Dean.1 She married Benjamin W. Dean, son of Joel Dean and Hannah Weston, on 14 October 1802 at Wilibraham, Windham Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Benjamin W. Dean b. 1777, d. 12 Nov 1833

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Eli Dean1

M, b. August 1778, d. 1802
FatherJoel Dean1 b. 1731, d. 30 Jun 1815
MotherHannah Weston1 b. 27 Jun 1738, d. 12 May 1828
     Eli Dean was born in August 1778 at Wilbraham, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A..1 He married Mary Livingston on 11 October 1801 at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Eli Dean died in 1802 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.1

Family

Mary Livingston b. 1780

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Mary Livingston1

F, b. 1780
     Mary Livingston was born in 1780 at U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 11 October 1801,her married name was Dean.1 She married Eli Dean, son of Joel Dean and Hannah Weston, on 11 October 1801 at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of petrdean67 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Eli Dean b. Aug 1778, d. 1802

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Rev. John Stuart1

M, b. 24 February 1740, d. 15 August 1811
     Rev. John Stuart was born on 24 February 1740 at Paxton, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He married Jane Okill on 12 October 1775 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Rev. John Stuart lived on 19 October 1781 at St. Johns, Quebec; Per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, John Stuart http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_john_1740_41_1811_5E.html.2 He "On July 2nd. of this year, the Reverend John Stuart has set out on a journey around Lake Ontario to visit the new settlements on the St. Lawrence, Bay de Quinte and Fort Niagara, arriving on June 18th. at that westerly point. Large numbers of families have proceeded westward from Montreal, and Stuart is warmly received by all, especially those Mohawks in the Grand River settlement, they being in deed his old parishioners." page 217 of Hans Waltimeyer. on 2 July 1784 at Montreal, Province of Quebec.3 He lived in August 1785 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "Both going and coming he ministered to loyalist settlers and, as prospects of obtaining a parish in Quebec were poor, he decided to move to Cataraqui, where he hoped to become rector and to obtain the chaplaincy of the garrison. In August 1785 Stuart and his family arrived at Cataraqui, his permanent home until his death in 1811." Per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, John Stuart http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_john_1740_41_1811_5E.html.2 He "One person who was particularly affected by the disaster was George Okill Stuart. On 10 November 1804 his father wrote to another Stuart son, James: 'George is again able to perform his public Duty; although he has sustained an irreparable Loss in the Death of J. Cochran, such a Friend as cannot be replaced. George feels severely on the melancholy Occasion, not only for him but for Gray, Herkimer, &c. &c. &c.' The following month John Stuart again mentioned the Speedy's loss in a letter to James, this time noting its effect not only on George but also on himself and on the larger society: 'The melancholy accident you allude to has spread a Gloom over York and Kingston that is not yet dissipated. The Particulars I need not Detail. I never felt such an Interest in the Fate of Strangers - their Loss will long be remembered and lamented. George suffered severely in the premature Fate of Justice Cochrane, a true Friend - the Friend of his early Youth.'" Speedy Justice, page 106. on 10 November 1804 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.4 He died on 15 August 1811 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada, at age 71; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Jane Okill b. 3 Jul 1747
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  3. [S109] U.E. Jane Bennett Goddard, Hans Waltimeyer.
  4. [S157] Brendan O'Brien, Speedy Justice.

Jane Okill1

F, b. 3 July 1747
     Jane Okill was born on 3 July 1747 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She married Rev. John Stuart on 12 October 1775 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 12 October 1775,her married name was Stuart.1

Family

Rev. John Stuart b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

George Okill Stuart1

M, b. 29 June 1776, d. 5 October 1862
FatherRev. John Stuart1 b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
MotherJane Okill1 b. 3 Jul 1747
     George Okill Stuart was born on 29 June 1776 at Fort Hunter, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A; "STUART, GEORGE OKILL, Church of England clergyman; b. 29 June 1776 at Fort Hunter (near Amsterdam, N.Y.), eldest of the eight children of the Reverend John Stuart and Jane Okill; d. 5 Oct. 1862 at Kingston, Canada West." A. J. Anderson, “STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
Date Jun 29 1776 & location Fort Hunter NY per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1,2 He lived in 1781 at Montreal, Quebec; "George Okill Stuart’s family came to Canada as loyalists in 1781 and settled in Montreal. His education probably began in his father’s school." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1785 at Kingston, Quebec; "John Stuart moved to Kingston as a missionary in 1785 and established another school, where George’s education continued for a few years." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1789 at Schenechtady, New York, U.S.A; "George entered Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1789 or 1790... " A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1791 at Windsor, Nova Scotia; " ... then attended King’s College at Windsor, N.S. Bishop Charles Inglis*, founder of the college in 1789, regarded Stuart as a diligent student. For financial reasons Stuart’s stay at King’s College was brief... " A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1794 at Quebec, Quebec; " ... and he left in 1794 to become an usher in a Quebec City grammar school." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1795 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In 1795 he returned to Kingston where he opened a school in August of that year." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1798 at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A; "His desire for further education had been sharpened and in 1798 he went to Harvard College, which granted him an AB in 1801." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived on 7 June 1800 at Quebec, Quebec; "Stuart actually left Harvard in 1800 to be ordained deacon by the bishop of Quebec, Jacob Mountain*, on 7 June, and he was ordained priest on 22 Aug. 1801." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He lived in 1801 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "His first appointment was to York (Toronto) in 1801 as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He also represented his father as chaplain to the Legislative
Council before being appointed to that office in his own right." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He married Lucy Brooks on 2 October 1803 at Boston, Suffolkk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
Date Oct 2 1803 & location Boston per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1,2 George Okill Stuart lived on 7 October 1804 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "There is no contemporary account of the sailing of the Speedy on that Sunday afternoon so long ago. It was not mentioned in Ely Playter's diary or the Upper Canada Gazette. All that we have are the memories, recorded many years after the event, of Thomas Paxton Jr, John Baker, and the Reverend George Okill Stuart. In a letter written to Chief Justice Sir John Beverley Robinson in 1860, Stuart, who was a close friend of Thomas Cochran and was well acquainted with others on board, recalled the departure of the Speedy. 'I am reminded,' he said, of 'her running aground on leaving the harbour of York. The occurrence delayed her departure, nearly two hours.'1 Stuart's letter is the only source in which this incident is mentioned." Speedy Justice, pg. 96.3 He lived in 1807 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "In 1807 he began holding services in a new frame church at York which was finally completed in 1809. Already acquainted with the problem of establishing schools with little government assistance, Stuart had opened a school at York; when it became the Home District Grammar School in 1807 he was its first master and received a small salary from the government. Stuart was an exponent of Joseph Lancaster’s school system, in which monitors – older scholars – were employed in the instruction of younger pupils. In this system the number of pupils was limited only by the ability and desire of the applicants, and the method of instruction resulted in inexpensive schooling." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He "At the south east corner then of King and George streets, where now is a brick hotel, formerly stood a wooden dwelling, At its east side was a small low stone addition. Dr. G. Okill Stuart lived in the dwelling and June 1, 1807, opened in the little stone structure the Home District School, the first school of a public character in York." Landmarks of Toronto, Vol. 1, page 24. on 1 June 1807 at King & George St., York, York Co., Upper Canada.4 He lived in 1812 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; "In 1812 Stuart left York, to succeed his father as incumbent at Kingston. He was himself succeeded as incumbent at York and master of the grammar school by John STRACHAN, who had hoped at first to take over at Kingston instead. When Stuart was appointed to Kingston he also became bishop’s official in Upper Canada, and thus could act on the bishop’s behalf and, when requested, as his legal representative." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.2 He "The story of (Col. James) FitzGibbon's marriage has been told so often as a romantic incident of a soldier's life by those who heard it at second or third hand from his fellow-soldiers, that it is difficult to ascertain in the correct details of time and distance with sufficient accuracy to put the story into print. I can find no record of it among his papers, yet my readers will readily recognize that a man of FitzGibbon's character would be of all men the most unlikely to tell it on paper, although by a friendly fireside it might be frequently alluded to among those who were his companions in arms at the front. FitzGibbon was certainly with his regiment during the whole campaign, with the exception of the few days for which, to the astonishment of his colonel, he asked leave, asking without giving any reason for such an apparently unreasonable request. It is
safe, perhaps, to say that no other officer but FitzGibbon would have had such a request granted. His reputation as a capable officer and for great personal bravery stood his friend. His word that the need of leave was important to
him, that he would return before any decisive battle was fought and his presence required, was sufficient. Permission was given, and the soldier set off to meet
his bride. Despatches were sent to the Commander-in-Chief at Kingston on the 8th of August, and again on the 10th. Whether FitzGibbon was the bearer of either we have no means of ascertaining, but he certainly found some means of sending a private despatch by one or either of them to the girl he was engaged to marry. He bade her meet him in Adolphustown, then an
important little town on the road between Kingston and York. Landing at the Carrying-place, he rode sixty miles
to the church door. On Sunday, the 14th of August,
he was married to Mary Haley, by the Rev. George O'Kill Stewart, the Church of England minister at Kingston, by license, in the presence of Gavin H. Hamilton and R. MacKay. The knot tied, the soldier said farewell to his wife
on the church steps, and rode back to keep his word
to his colonel." from "Veteran of 1812" by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon, pg. to 125 - 127. on 14 August 1814 at Adolphustown, Lennox & Addington Co., Upper Canada. He married Ann Ellice Robinson on 25 August 1816 at Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, U.S.A; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
Date Aug 25 1816 & location Portland, Maine per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1,2 George Okill Stuart "In 1821 he became archdeacon of York; when the archdeaconry was divided in 1827 he was named archdeacon of Kingston and Strachan was made archdeacon of York. Stuart continued as archdeacon of Kingston after the diocese of Toronto was created in 1839. King’s College, Windsor, conferred on him an honorary DCL in 1827." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html. in 1821 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada.2 He "George Stuart's own letter of 1860, written more than fifty years after the event, noted that 'when this sad News reached York, a gloom overspread the Village, which lasted a length of Time and the remembrance of the Melancholy fate of the Passengers, Captain & Seamen, will not be forgotten by the surviving friends and Contemporaries of the Sufferers.'2* At the time he penned these words, Stuart was eighty-four years old, but his memory of his boyhood at school in Nova Scotia with Thomas Cochran was sharp and clear, as was his memory of other people who lost their lives on the Speedy. To him, the victims of the disaster were not just names; many of them were his friends, real people who had suffered a dreadful fate. We who have come to know these people through old records can feel the same sense of loss." Speedy Justice, page 107
Notes: George Okill Stuart (1776-1862) was a clergyman in Kingston, 84 in 1860, two years from death. George Okill Stuart (1807-1884) was a lawyer in Quebec, 55 in 1860, not married.
John Beverly Robinson (1791-1863) in 1860 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West. He "Letter, Rev. G. O. Stuart, Kingston, to Sir J. B. Robinson, giving an account of Thomas Cochran, later a Judge in Upper Canada, and his death when the Schooner "Speedy" was lost near Presqu'ile. December 22, 1860" ... "Kingston, December 22, 1860
Your note of the 11th Dec. brings to my recollection the events of by-gone years, associated with the remembrance of my departed contemporaries or friends, among the number of whom, I had the happiness of numbering the late Mr. Justice Cochran of lamented memory and of whom I shall give you a brief memoir. Thomas Cochran was the elder son of his father, The Honorable Thomas Cochran, Member of Council at Halifax, NS and born in that city. He was a student, at the Academy in Windsor, NY, under the instruction & tuition of the Rev. Dr. William Cochran of Trinity College, Dublin, from the latter, Ends of 1791 to 1794, and one of the class that consisted of Thomas Cochran, John Inglis, James Stuart, Thomas B. Rowland, Hugh McMonagle and myself. In the following year, Mr. Cochran completed his Academural Education; and undetermined what profession to choose, and follows inclined to enter the Army, but not resolutely bent to do so. In the interim, he paid a visit to Quebec and spent a short time in the Society of that City. He returned to Halifax after an intercourse with Attorney General Sewall, in that City, who disapproved and deprecated this idea of his entering the Army, and upon subsequent consideration, he abandoned the resolution he had formed of a military lofe, and went to England. He entered upon the Study of Law at Lincoln's Inn, completed his terms and was admitted to the Bar - attended the Assizes on the Chester Circuit in England and soon after, appointed Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island, in the year 1802 and this office he filled to the year 1804 and gave promise of ability and usefulness in his profession. In October of that Year, the loss of the Schooner Speedy by shipwreck announced to the inhabitants of the Village of York the Death of my lamented friend and his fellow passengers, Solicitor General Gray, Counsellor Angus McDonnell, Esq. - Ruggles Esq. and Mr. Jacob Herchmer with their Captain and seamen of this ill-fated vessel. When this sad news reached York, a gloom overspread the village, which lasted a length of time and this remembrance of the melancholy fate of the passengers, Captain or Seamen will not be forgotten by the surviving friends and contemporaries of the sufferers. Shall I recount the incidents that preceded the fate of the destine vessel, and of the estimable men who perished in the raging story of the 4th October. I am then reminded of the stranding of the Speedy on her running aground, on leaving the harbour of York. The occurrence delayed her departure nearly two hours - her nearness, within a mile & one half to Presque Isle harbour at the close of the afternoon of this eventful stormy night, when our friends lost their lives - of the inability of the Sheriff to procure a boat where-in the passengers would have landed in an hour or little more, on a calm lake, preceding the raging storm that arose and drove the vessel from the shore, onto the lake and it was swallowed up amidst the raging waves. With respectful regards to Lady Robinson and kind regards to Yours, I am, Dear Sir John, Your sincere & devoted friend, G. O. Stuart" (Archives of Ontario, MS 4, Reel 6, sequenced by date - 1860, no page numbers, copied July 9 2019 - Dan Buchanan) on 22 December 1860 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West.5 He died on 5 October 1862 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West, at age 86; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family 1

Lucy Brooks b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
Children

Family 2

Ann Ellice Robinson b. 1785, d. 28 Nov 1856

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  3. [S157] Brendan O'Brien, Speedy Justice.
  4. [S147] Unknown location, Landmarks of Toronto; unknown film.
  5. [S142] Ontario Archives, online unknown url.

Lucy Brooks1

F, b. 10 June 1775, d. 10 December 1813
     Lucy Brooks was born on 10 June 1775 at Medford, Middlesex Co., Massacusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 2 October 1803,her married name was Stuart.1 She married George Okill Stuart, son of Rev. John Stuart and Jane Okill, on 2 October 1803 at Boston, Suffolkk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
Date Oct 2 1803 & location Boston per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1,2 Lucy Brooks died on 10 December 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada, at age 38; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

George Okill Stuart b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.

John Brooks Stuart1

M, b. 8 November 1805, d. 25 November 1805
FatherGeorge Okill Stuart1 b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
MotherLucy Brooks1 b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
     John Brooks Stuart was born on 8 November 1805 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died on 25 November 1805 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

George Okill Stuart Jr.1

M, b. 12 October 1807, d. 5 March 1884
FatherGeorge Okill Stuart1 b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
MotherLucy Brooks1 b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
     George Okill Stuart Jr. was born on 12 October 1807 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He married Margaret Black Stacy on 1 May 1833 at Quebec, Montreal; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 George Okill Stuart Jr. died on 5 March 1884 at Quebec, Quebec, at age 76; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Margaret Black Stacy b. c 1810, d. 1 Jul 1893

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Margaret Black Stacy1

F, b. circa 1810, d. 1 July 1893
     Margaret Black Stacy was born circa 1810; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 1 May 1833,her married name was Stuart.1 She married George Okill Stuart Jr., son of George Okill Stuart and Lucy Brooks, on 1 May 1833 at Quebec, Montreal; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Margaret Black Stacy died on 1 July 1893 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

George Okill Stuart Jr. b. 12 Oct 1807, d. 5 Mar 1884

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

John Brooks Stuart1

M, b. 10 June 1809, d. 11 June 1834
FatherGeorge Okill Stuart1 b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
MotherLucy Brooks1 b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
     John Brooks Stuart was born on 10 June 1809 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died on 11 June 1834 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada, at age 25; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Lucy Jane Stuart1

F, b. 1812, d. 1812
FatherGeorge Okill Stuart1 b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
MotherLucy Brooks1 b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
     Lucy Jane Stuart died in 1812 at Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She was born in 1812 at Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Lucy Ann Brooks Stuart1

F, b. 1813, d. 5 March 1814
FatherGeorge Okill Stuart1 b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862
MotherLucy Brooks1 b. 10 Jun 1775, d. 10 Dec 1813
     Lucy Ann Brooks Stuart was born in 1813 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She died on 5 March 1814 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Ann Ellice Robinson1

F, b. 1785, d. 28 November 1856
     Ann Ellice Robinson was born in 1785 at Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 25 August 1816,her married name was Stuart.1 She married George Okill Stuart, son of Rev. John Stuart and Jane Okill, on 25 August 1816 at Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, U.S.A; "In 1803 he had married Lucy Brooks, only daughter of John Brooks of Bedford, Mass., later governor of Massachusetts, and they had two boys and two girls. Only the eldest son, also George Okill Stuart*, lived to maturity; he became mayor of Quebec City and judge in the Vice-Admiralty Court there. Lucy died in 1813 and Stuart remarried in 1816 Ann Ellice Robison (or Robinson) of Portland, Maine, who died in 1856. There were no children by this marriage." A. J. Anderson, "STUART, GEORGE OKILL (1776-1862)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 9, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/stuart_george_okill_1776_1862_9E.html.
Date Aug 25 1816 & location Portland, Maine per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1,2 Ann Ellice Robinson died on 28 November 1856 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

George Okill Stuart b. 29 Jun 1776, d. 5 Oct 1862

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.

James Stuart1

M, b. 2 March 1780, d. 14 July 1853
FatherRev. John Stuart1 b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
MotherJane Okill1 b. 3 Jul 1747
     James Stuart was born on 2 March 1780 at Fort Hunter, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He "One person who was particularly affected by the disaster was George Okill Stuart. On 10 November 1804 his father wrote to another Stuart son, James: 'George is again able to perform his public Duty; although he has sustained an irreparable Loss in the Death of J. Cochran, such a Friend as cannot be replaced. George feels severely on the melancholy Occasion, not only for him but for Gray, Herkimer, &c. &c. &c.'22 The following month John Stuart again mentioned the Speedy's loss in a letter to James, this time noting its effect not only on George but also on himself and on the larger society: 'The melancholy accident you allude to has spread a Gloom over York and Kingston that is not yet dissipated. The Particulars I need not Detail. I never felt such an Interest in the Fate of Strangers - their Loss will long be remembered and lamented. George suffered severely in the premature Fate of Justice Cochrane, a true Friend - the Friend of his early Youth.'" Speedy Justice, page 106. on 10 November 1804 at Montreal, Quebec.2 He married Elizabeth Robertson on 14 March 1818 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 James Stuart died on 14 July 1853 at Quebec, Quebec, at age 73; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

Elizabeth Robertson b. 31 Jan 1795, d. 23 Aug 1849
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S157] Brendan O'Brien, Speedy Justice.

Elizabeth Robertson1

F, b. 31 January 1795, d. 23 August 1849
     Elizabeth Robertson was born on 31 January 1795 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 As of 14 March 1818,her married name was Stuart.1 She married James Stuart, son of Rev. John Stuart and Jane Okill, on 14 March 1818 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 Elizabeth Robertson died on 23 August 1849 at Quebec, Quebec, at age 54; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Family

James Stuart b. 2 Mar 1780, d. 14 Jul 1853
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Mary Catherine Stuart1

F, b. 1824, d. 2 March 1901
FatherJames Stuart1 b. 2 Mar 1780, d. 14 Jul 1853
MotherElizabeth Robertson1 b. 31 Jan 1795, d. 23 Aug 1849
     Mary Catherine Stuart was born in 1824 at Upper Canada; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She died on 2 March 1901; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Charles James Stuart1

M, b. 1824, d. 25 February 1901
FatherJames Stuart1 b. 2 Mar 1780, d. 14 Jul 1853
MotherElizabeth Robertson1 b. 31 Jan 1795, d. 23 Aug 1849
     Charles James Stuart was born in 1824 at Quebec, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died on 25 February 1901 at London, England; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Edward Andrew Stuart1

M, b. 20 December 1832, d. August 1903
FatherJames Stuart1 b. 2 Mar 1780, d. 14 Jul 1853
MotherElizabeth Robertson1 b. 31 Jan 1795, d. 23 Aug 1849
     Edward Andrew Stuart was born on 20 December 1832 at Quebec, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died in August 1903 at age 70; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

James Stuart1

M, b. 22 October 1837, d. 23 June 1915
FatherJames Stuart1 b. 2 Mar 1780, d. 14 Jul 1853
MotherElizabeth Robertson1 b. 31 Jan 1795, d. 23 Aug 1849
     James Stuart was born on 22 October 1837 at Quebec, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died on 23 June 1915 at Burghfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A., at age 77; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Jane Stuart1

F, b. 17 October 1781, d. 15 March 1815
FatherRev. John Stuart1 b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
MotherJane Okill1 b. 3 Jul 1747
     Jane Stuart was born on 17 October 1781 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She died on 15 March 1815 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada, at age 33; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Charles Stuart1

M, b. 31 March 1782, d. 26 December 1816
FatherRev. John Stuart1 b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
MotherJane Okill1 b. 3 Jul 1747
     Charles Stuart was born on 31 March 1782 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 He died on 26 December 1816 at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Upper Canada, at age 34; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Mary Stuart1

F, b. 5 September 1783, d. 24 September 1783
FatherRev. John Stuart1 b. 24 Feb 1740, d. 15 Aug 1811
MotherJane Okill1 b. 3 Jul 1747
     Mary Stuart was born on 5 September 1783 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1 She died on 24 September 1783 at Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of Eckert1732 on ancestry.ca, Jan 8 2019.1

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.