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     George Philip Clement was born on 16 May 1828 at Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ He died on 11 July 1838 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada, at age 10; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Martha Clement was born on 2 July 1815 at Augusta Twp., Dundas Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ She died on 20 July 1896 at Bridgewater, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 81; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Elizabeth Clement was born on 11 February 1806; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ She died on 2 May 1869 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 63; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Phoebe Sawyer Clement was born on 3 August 1808 at Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A; Date Aug 3 1808 per Memorial. Date Aug 3 1808 & location Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA per FindaGrave. Date 1809 & location US per 1861 Census. Date 1807 & location USA per 1851 Census. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^1,2,3,4,5 As of circa 1835,her married name was Flint.¹ She married Billa Flint Jr., son of Billa Flint Sr. and Phoebe Wells, circa 1835 at Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ Phoebe Sawyer Clement appeared on the census of 1851 at Bellevile, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 44 at 1851 Census: see Billa Flint.² She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 52 at 1861 Census: see Billa Flint.⁵ She died on 24 May 1886 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 77; Dat eMay 24 1886 per Memorial. Date May 24 1886 & location Belleville per FindaGrave. Date May 23 1886 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^1,3,4 She was buried on 26 May 1886 at Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Billa Flint; Born February 9, 1805; Died June 15, 1894; Also His Wife; Phoebe Clement; Born August 3, 1808; Died May 24, 1886 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 10 2022)
FindaGrave: Name: Phoebe Clement Flint; BIRTH: 3 Aug 1808, Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; DEATH: 24 May 1886 (aged 77), Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: O-9-2; MEMORIAL ID: 73737926 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73737926/phoebe-flint.)^3,4

     Billa Flint Jr. was born on 9 February 1805 at Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co., Upper Canada; Date Feb 9, 1808 per Memorial. Date Feb 9 1805 & location Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds & Grenville Co. per FindaGrave. Date 1805 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date ?1803? & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Feb 9 1805 & location Brockville, Ont. per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.
"Billa Flint was born on February 9, 1805, to a heavy drinking, ill-tempered, Brockville merchant father and a deeply religious mother." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg 12.^1,3,4,5,6,2 He "Billa Flint Jr. was only ten years old when he, like his cousins Nathan Jones and Rufus Holden, became a clerk in his father's general store.18 The constant need for an extra pair of hands in the store, around the farm or in the woods, coupled with a shortage of schools in the area, left little time or opportunity for Billa Flint Jr. or boys or girls his age to acquire a formal education." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 15. in 1815 at Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada.² He "By 1818, Flint and his son had established a thriving trade with the distant Bay of Quinte settlement of Belleville. Flint Jr. recalled the fact that "the steamers regularly called at my father's wharf in Brockville for freight and passengers and also for the Captain to sell us flour and eggs, which for years he brought from Belleville for exchange for cash or sometimes for salt in the barrel."2 This trade between Brockville and Belleville would continue until the younger Flint permanently established himself in Belleville eleven years later." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 20.
Note: The date Billa Flint Jr. came to Belleville to run the store on Front St. is inferred in a previous note saying it was eleven years after 1818, so 1829. in 1818 at Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada.² He "By 1818, Flint and his son had established a thriving trade with the distant Bay of Quinte settlement of Belleville. Flint Jr. recalled the fact that "the steamers regularly called at my father's wharf in Brockville for freight and passengers and also for the Captain to sell us flour and eggs, which for years he brought from Belleville for exchange for cash or sometimes for salt in the barrel." This trade between Brockville and Belleville would continue until the younger Flint permanently established himself in Belleville eleven years later." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 21.
Note: The date Billa Flint Jr. came to Belleville to run the store on Front St. is inferred in a previous note saying it was eleven years after 1818, so 1829. in 1829 at Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He "Before setting up his shop, Flint made it his business to "get as good a knowledge of the people as possible," and before long, he had won the custom of many of Belleville's citizens despite being a newcomer to the community. He had lured many of his competitors' customers into his store by undercutting their prices by half and by offering to exchange tea, sugar and indigo for butter and eggs. Although smaller than his competitors’ stores, Flint's first store provided him with the capital he needed to construct a larger brick building on Front Street and to purchase, on speculation, two hundred acres in Northumberland's Alnwick Township. By 1832, Flint, with some financial assistance from his father, coupled with the profits from the sale of his Northumberland property, purchased the western extension of Belleville's Bridge Street. Although the property was adjacent to a large marsh and located some distance from Belleville's business centre on the east side of the river, Flint nevertheless envisioned mills, warehouses and wharves on his newly acquired waterfront real estate. The property was strategically located on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Moira River and the four metre deep channel that would one day bear Flint's name meant large steamships could access his property." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 22. in 1832 at Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He married Phoebe Sawyer Clement, daughter of Philip Clement and Elizabeth Bancroft, circa 1835 at Upper Canada; per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ Billa Flint Jr. "Sidewalks were constructed with flagstones removed from the nearby Moira River, shortly after Flint's appointment to president in 1836. The village's first stone sidewalks greatly improved pedestrian travel on Front Street from Dundas Street to the upper bridge and although they were long overdue, these and other improvements were of personal benefit to Flint as they made it easier for customers to access his Front Street store." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 23. in 1836 at Front St., Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He "Flint's Enterprise Steam Saw and Planing Mill was the crown jewel in his commercial empire. Established in 1837, the Flint Steam Saw and Planing Mill was operated by Flint, his brother-in-law Ezra William Holton and local businessman Horace Yeomans. The lumber mill was initially outfitted with "one mulley saw and two small circulars" and it offered "sawn lumber ranging in size from twelve metre long joists to one metre long lathes." In time Flint equipped the mill with over a hundred saws powered by a modern turbine engine imported from Austria-Hungary11 and he boasted "custom sawing and planing done cheaply and timber bills cut to order."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 30 & 31. in 1837 at Saw Mill, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He lived on 20 July 1838 at Village Lot 41, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S 6975) show that Simeon Kellogg sold "1/4 acres, supposed to be part of this lot", of Village Lot 41, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to Billa Flint Jr. ITS Date: Jul 20 1838. Reg'n. Date: May 2 1843. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 230 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6, 2023)
Note: Simeon Kellogg owned village lots 41 and 42 on the south side of the Main Street of Brighton for a time, had the hotel on the corner. He left Brighton in the 1840s. Here we see Billa Flint Jr., a primary mover-and-shaker in Bellveill, making an investement for a store-front spot on Main Street in Brighton in 1838. He would hold it until 1857 when it was sold to James Stanley who built a commercial block.⁷ He and John James Bleecker were adopted in 1843 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Flint spent his entire life amassing great wealth and promoting the virtues of a sound education and a Christian upbringing for children. Ironically, he and his wife had no natural offspring to enjoy their wealth or their religious convictions. As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.² Billa Flint Jr. appeared on the census of 1851 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age ?48? at 1851 Census: Flint, Billa, ?48?, b. Cda., WM, L. Merchant, married; P.S.(f), 44, b. US, WM, married; Bleeker, John, 14, b. Cda., WM; Bull?, Susan, 18, b. Ireland, WM (1851 Census: Belleville, Hastings Co., pg. 70 of 92, line 42 - ancestry.ca.)³ He "As a result, Flint was forced to look elsewhere for the timber he needed to feed his growing commercial interests on the Bay of Quinte. Flint traveled even further north along the Moira River and its main tributary, the Skootamatta. Here, Flint was drawn by the loud sound of water as it raced over a set of rapids and made its way through a narrow, rock-lined gorge near the present day site of Actinolite. Having carefully inspected the area on both sides of the river, Flint was convinced he had discovered an ideal location for a mill site and company town. ... Flint discovered, however, that parts of the townships of Elzevir and Grimsthorpe were often barely accessible as many of their creeks and streams had been dammed by beavers. These dams caused massive flooding and they also caused the fresh water ponds to stagnate and yellow. Sales of land in the area naturally suffered as a consequence and as a result, Flint's acquisition of thousands of hectares of land at this site was accomplished with relative ease in 1852." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 34 & 35. in 1852 at Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West.² He lived on 5 March 1857 at Village Lot 41, Main St. South, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Land Registry Records (B&S A144) show that Billa Flint Jr. & wife sold "the same", of Village Lot 41, Brighton Village, Northumberland Co. to James Stanley. ITS Date: Mar 5 1857. Reg'n. Date: Apr 3 1857. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 004, pg. 230 of 399, page copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Buchanan, Apr 6, 2023.)⁷ He "Bridgewater, Flint's base of operations in centre Hastings, was officially surveyed as a village in 1858 by John Emerson. Bridgewater possessed the largest flour mill in Hastings County, a saw mill, a foundry, a chair and cabinet factory, an axe and edge tool and tin manufactory, a tannery, a woolen factory and a saddlery. Other local businessmen such as William Garrett, Oliver Frost, J.W. Robinson, John Bragg, George Wolfe, William Spencer and J.W. Turner operated small commercial enterprises in the village as well, but Flint exercised almost complete control over everyday life in the community.'" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 43. in 1858 at Kaladar Twp., Bridgewater, Hastings Co., Canada West.² He "In 1859, Billa Flint's second company town, Flinton, named in honour of its founder and principal landowner, came into being with the completion of a village survey by Public Land Surveyor John Emerson. The new village contained ninety-eight village lots and seven streets." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 41. in 1859 at Kaladar Twp., Finton, Hastings Co., Canada West.² He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 56 at 1861 Census: Flint, Billa, 56, b. UC, WM, Merchant, married; Phebe S., 52, b. US, WM, married; John J., 23, b. UC, WM, single (1861 Census: Town of Belleville, Hastings Co., pg. 490 of 983, line 27 - ancestry.ca)
Note: Billa Flint is also shown, with incomplete info: (1861 Census: Town of Belleville, Hastings Co., pg 369 of 983, line 20, ancestry.ca.)⁴ He "Flint dumped sawdust and other milling refuse into the Bay for decades, yet he was content to use the public purse to dredge the harbour of thousands of metres of his waste. Flint and other councillors knew full well that a navigable harbour was critical to the development of Belleville.
In an effort to improve shipping on the Bay and to offset the tremendous cost of keeping their important harbour clean, a special meeting of council was convened in June 1869 during which a series of controversial, but necessary, measures received unanimous approval. Ranging in nature from the placement of "six buoys in the channel" to the imposition of harbour dues "so that revenue may be derived to cover the expense of dredging the harbour," these measures were designed to address the years of neglect and abuse that Flint and others had inflicted on this vital waterway.7
The introduction of harbour dues was controversial to say the least. Competition was stiff and harbour dues had a negative impact on both the cost of conducting business and on the amount of harbour
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The M oira River
business Belleville could generate. The proposal nonetheless received the overwhelming support of council. The harbour was a critical component of their transportation infrastructure and they had to act quickly to arrest the growing problem of its clogged channels. The harbour dues imposed varied in price from twenty-five cents for schooners and barges under seventy-five tons, to fifty cents for steamers over seventy-five tons, to seventy-five cents for schooners, and barges over one hundred tons for each time of calling. The imposition of the dues meant increased transportation costs for Flints—costs that he could hardly afford.8 In an effort to keep his lumber mill operating at full capacity, Flint had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying property, acquiring timber rights, building roads, setting up his company towns and paying labour." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 28 & 29. in June 1869 at Harbour, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He "Flint's highly efficient milling operation on the Moira River and the Bay of Quinte contributed significantly to the growing problem of Great Lakes pollution. The almost daily discharge of vast quantities of sawdust, bark, branches and mercury into the once healthy Bay of Quinte did untold damage to fish stocks by destroying both food supply and natural habitat.
The accumulation of sawdust, mud and refuse made portions of Belleville's harbour almost impassable for large steamers. A description of the port of Belleville contained in Atkin’s 1871 Pocket Compass clearly highlights the impact that Flint's milling operation had on this beautiful bay. "The water in the channel is about 10 feet, except at the two outer buoys, which only give 9 feet. In many parts of the channel there is from 12 to 15 feet of water. The bottom is composed of sawdust."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 28. in 1871 at Harbour, Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada.² He died on 15 June 1894 at Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, at age 89; Date June 15 1886 per Memorial. Date Jun 15 1894 & locaiton Ottawa per FindaGrave. Date Jun 15 1894 & location Ottawa per family tree of PIXIEDUST1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^1,5,6 He was buried on 18 June 1894 at Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Billa Flint; Born February 9, 1805; Died June 15, 1894; Also His Wife; Phoebe Clement; Born August 3, 1808; Died May 24, 1886 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 10 2022)
FindaGrave: Name: Billa Flint; BIRTH: 9 Feb 1805, Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 15 Jun 1894 (aged 89), Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; PLOT: Plot O; MEMORIAL ID: 61878214; Note: illa Flint (February 9, 1805-June 15, 1894) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1894. He was born in Elizabethtown (later Brockville) in Upper Canada and dropped out of school after six weeks to work for his father as a clerk. In 1829, unhappy with the sale of liquor at his father's hotel, he moved to Belleville and set up his own business there. In the same year, he also founded a temperance society there. In 1836, he was appointed magistrate and also became president of the Board of Police. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1847 for Hastings and, in 1854, for Hastings South. In 1863, he was elected to the Legislative Council for Trent division and served until Confederation when he was appointed to the Senate. In 1866, he served as mayor of Belleville. He served over 20 years on the council for Hastings County and was warden for the county in 1873. His business had expanded from the sale of goods into the harvesting and sale of timber and the operation of warehouses and wharfs for storing and transporting goods. He also established towns along the Skootamatta River, with mills and factories, at Troy (later Actinolite) and Flint's Mills (now Flinton). He purchased mills at York Mills, later named Bancroft after his wife's maiden name. He also helped promote steamships on Lake Ontario and railway links in the region. Although forceful and opinionated, he also donated land for schools and churches. He died at Ottawa in 1894, while serving as member of the Senate. Flint wrote a series of articles about the early days of Belleville which were published in the newspapers of the time. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61878214/billa-flint?_gl=1*hs1asy*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDE2NDkwMC4xODEuMS4xNjYwMTcyNDA4LjA.)^5,6

     Billa Flint Sr. was born on 3 November 1774 at Tolland Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; "Flint's father, Billa Flint Sr., born November 3, 1774, was a native of Tolland, Connecticut. He was the second youngest of six siblings born to millwright Nathan Flint and his first wife Mercy Holton." From "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 12.
Date Nov 3 1774 & location Tolland, Conn. per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.^1,2 He lived circa 1797 at Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Billa Flint Sr. and his older sister, Lois Flint Soper, and her family, completed the final leg of their father's journey to the British North America's Loyalist settlements. However, unlike many of the earlier Loyalists that had settled on the much sought after concessions along the St. Lawrence River, Billa Flint Sr. purchased land near Elizabethtown in the township to the north of Brockville." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 12 & 13.² He lived circa 1801 at Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "Shortly after the turn of the century, Flint Sr. established one of Elizabethtown's first stores on the route between Prescott and Kingston. The store was situated eleven kilometers from the present day site of Brockville on the heavily wooded "front route." Although it was north of the busy St. Lawrence River, the front route did offer the Flint family several advantages. Due to its distance from the St. Lawrence River, the most important advantage was the fact that Flint and the other handful of settlers that lived there were safe from ambush by American troops prior to and during the War of 1812." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 13.² He married Phoebe Wells in 1802; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ Billa Flint Sr. "Flint's store, like many of Upper Canada's general stores, was critical to the survival of the pioneer community. Flint Sr.'s store served as a post office, a place of apprenticeship, an institution of learning, and a message centre for news about the war and other significant events in the colony. Billa Flint Jr. recalled that as a child he used to "hear all about the war as stories [were] passed [along at] my father's store... The teams and troops all stopped at a house close to my father's [store] so I had a grand opportunity to hear news from the officers and men."
The Flint family had lived in British North America for only a few years when war broke out between the United States and Britain in 1812. The younger Flint's allegiance to his father's adopted homeland was evident during the conflict as he proudly boasted about the successes of the troops defending British North America against the American invaders. "During the War of 1812 and '15 they had ten or twelve times more population than Canada, yet we beat them 35 times in 56 battles. They won 20 and one was a draw game."" from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 13. between 1812 and 1814 at Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada.² He lived in 1815 at Elizabethtown Twp., Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "The growth of the settlement around Flint Sr.'s store and the steady stream of military custom during the War of 1812 provided him with the resources he needed to purchase land along the St. Lawrence River and to relocate his wife, Phoebe Wells, and their three children to the growing settlement of Brockville. When peace between the two warring nations had finally been attained, Flint Sr. was confident the time was right to expand his mercantile business and to branch off into new ventures from his more strategic location in Brockville." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 14.² He lived in 1815 at Elizabethtown Twp., Brockville, Leeds Co., Upper Canada; "The heightened level of ill-will that existed within Brockville was exacerbated by the arrival in 1815 of the spirited, the unruly and the unbending Billa Flint Sr. Flint Sr. re-established his general store in the commercial district of Brockville and like his son a generation later, he went on to become one of Upper Canada's most successful and most controversial businessman." from "BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County" by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 15.² He died on 27 June 1852 at Brockville, Leeds & Grenville Co., Canada West, at age 77; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Phoebe Wells was born circa 1778 at Tolland Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ She married Billa Flint Sr., son of Nathan Flint, in 1802; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ As of 1802,her married name was Flint.¹

     Phebe Flint was born circa 1807 at Upper Canada; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ As of circa 1830,her married name was Rowley.¹ She married Dudley Rowley circa 1830; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Dudley Rowley was born circa 1800; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹ He married Phebe Flint, daughter of Billa Flint Sr. and Phoebe Wells, circa 1830; per family tree of buttonk1 on ancestry.ca, Aug 10 2022.¹

     Eliza Haskins was born circa 1812 at Dublin, Ireland; "His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.¹ As of circa 1835,her married name was Bleecker.¹ She married Tobias Bleecker, son of John Richard Bleecker and Maria Walden "Mary" Meyers, circa 1835 at Upper Canada; "Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.¹ Eliza Haskins died circa 1839 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; "As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.¹

     John James Bleecker was born on 29 December 1838 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date Dec 29 1838 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1838 & location UC per 1861 Census.
"Born in December 1838, John James was the second son and one of six children fathered by Tobias Bleecker. John James Bleecker was a direct descendent on his father's side of a United Empire Loyalist family. His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.^1,4,5,6,8,7 He and Billa Flint Jr. were adopted in 1843 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; "Flint spent his entire life amassing great wealth and promoting the virtues of a sound education and a Christian upbringing for children. Ironically, he and his wife had no natural offspring to enjoy their wealth or their religious convictions. As devout Methodists, Flint felt he and his wife had much to offer a child and in 1843, the couple adopted four year old John James Bleecker, on the death of the boy's mother, Eliza Haskins." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.¹ On 1843 his name was legally changed to John James Bleecker Flint John James Bleecker was adppted by Billa Flint in 1843.¹ John James Bleecker was educated between 1855 and 1862 at Upper Canada; "Flint and his wife sent their adopted son, J.J.B. Flint, to Cobourg's prestigious Victoria College following his graduation from Belleville High School. Opened as a Methodist Academy in 1836, the college was officially chartered in 1841 with Egerton Ryerson serving as its first principal. After successfully graduating from Victoria College, J.J.B. Flint commenced a five year study of the law under the supervision of two of Belleville's most respected lawyers and successful businessmen—Lewis Wallbridge and his brother, Thomas Campbell Wallbridge." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 133.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 23 at 1861 Census: see Billa Flint.⁷ He was "J.J.B. Flint was called to the bar in October 1862 and he was appointed a Police Magistrate for the town of Belleville in 1864, a position he would hold for twenty years. Two years later, he formed a successful legal partnership with Belleville City Clerk, Alexander Robertson. J.J.B. Flint was later appointed a Magistrate for the County of Hastings. He was the president of the Belleville Bar Association, Chairman of the Hastings County Reform Society and like his adoptive father, rose to the rank of Superintendent of the Bridge Street Sabbath School. J.J.B. Flint also served as a Belleville town councillor from 1868 until 1872 when he too was elected to the community's highest office—Mayor of Belleville. An active participant in several of his father's real estate and business transactions, J.J.B. Flint married Eliza Holton in September 1866. Eliza was the daughter of Billa Flint's cousin, brother-in-law and business partner—Ezra William Holton." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, 134. in 1862 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West. He married Eliza Jane Holton, daughter of Ezra William Holton and Lucy Clement, circa 1865 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.³ John James Bleecker appeared on the census of April 1871 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1871 Census: Flint, B.J. John, 32, b. Ont., Ger., WM, Barrister, married; J. Eliza, 30, b. Ont., Eng., WM, married; ?Calleese?, Ann, 38, b. Ireland, Irish, RC, servant, single; Gearing, Frederick, 15, b. England, Eng., WM, law student, single (1871 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 60, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 79, line 1 - ancestry.ca.)⁶ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1881 Census: Flint, John J.B., 42, b. Ont., Eng., CM, Lawyer, married; Eliza J., 41, b. Ont., Eng., CM, married; Williams, Nora, 32, b. Ireland, Irish, Catholic, servant, single; Holton, Lucy, 71, b. Ont., Eng., CM, widow (1881 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 121, sub-dist. a-3, pg. 31, line 1 - ancestry.ca.)⁵ He appeared on the census of 19 April 1891 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 51 at 1891 Census: Flint, John J.B., 51, b. Ont., p.b. Ot. & Ireland, Meth., Police Magistrat, married; Eliza J., 49, b. Ont., p.b. US, Meth., married (1891 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 75m sub-dist. A-3, pg. 35, line 6 - ancestry.ca.)⁴ He appeared on the census of 7 April 1901 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 62 at 1901 Census: Flint, John J.B., 62, b. Ont. u. Dec 29 1838, Eng., Meth., Barrister, married; Eliza J., 60, b. Ont. u. May 1 1840, Eng., Meth., married; Douglas, Margaret, 32, b. Ont. r. Dec 9 1868, Scot., Meth., servant, single; Yeoman, Florence H., 49, b. Ont. u. Jan 2 1852, Scot., Meth., lodger, widow (1901 Census: Belleville, Hastings West Co., dist. 72, sub-dist. A-3, pg. 7, line 5 - ancestry.ca.)⁸ He died on 20 August 1929 at Ontario at age 90; Date Aug 20 1929 per FindaGrave & CemSearch.^3,2 He was buried on 22 August 1929 at Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: John J B Flint; BIRTH: unknown; DEATH: 20 Aug 1929; BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806748 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806748/john-j_b-flint?_gl=1*1jmvsne*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MDI1MjAwNC4xODIuMS4xNjYwMjU4MzQ3LjA.)
CemSearch: Name: John J. B. Flint; Born: - ; Died: Aug 20 1929; Age: -- ; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Husband of Eliza Jane Holton, Sibling of Sarah and George. Info from Cem records. Not on Stone ? (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E7.)^3,2

     Eliza Jane Holton was born on 1 May 1840 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; Date 1840 per Memorial & FindaGrave & CemSearch. Date May 1 1840 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1842 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1840 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1841 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^{1,2,7,3,4,5,6} As of circa 1865,her married name was Bleecker.¹ She married John James Bleecker, son of Tobias Bleecker and Eliza Haskins, circa 1865 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Wife of John J. B. Flint per CemSearch.¹ Eliza Jane Holton appeared on the census of April 1871 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1871 Census: see John J.B. Flint.⁵ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1881 Census: see John J.B. Flint.⁴ She appeared on the census of 19 April 1891 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 49 at 1891 Census: see John J.B. Flint.³ She appeared on the census of 7 April 1901 at Belleville, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 60 at 1901 Census: see John J.B. Flint.⁶ She died on 3 June 1912 at Ontario at age 72; Date 1912 per Memorial. Date May 30 1912 per FindaGrave. Date Jun 3 1912 per CemSearch.^1,2,7 She was buried on 5 June 1912 at Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Eliza Jane Holton; Wife of; John J.B. Flint; 1840 - 1921 (Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, image from FindaGrave, Aug 11 2022)
Note: This is on same stone, just below, Philip Clement.
FindaGrave: Name: Eliza Jane Holton Flint; BIRTH: 1840; DEATH: 30 May 1912 (aged 71–72); BURIAL: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 211806806 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211806806/eliza-jane-flint)
CemSearch: Name: Eliza Jane Holton; Born: 1840; Died: Jun 3 1912; Age: 72y; ID: HASY060902; Other names: Flint, Billa (1805-1894), Flint, Phoebe [Clement] (1808-1886); Cemetery: Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Sec O Row 9 Plot 2; Note: Wife of John J. B. Flint.
Cem records gave death Mo/Day. Called her Elisabeth (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=HASY06O902%5E6)
Note: This record is confused and incorrect in terms of surnames. Billa Flint is correct, but his wife, Eliza Jane, should be shown as Eliza Jane Flint, Maiden Name: Holton. The others should show the surname Clement and not Flint. (Dan Buchanan, Aug 11 2022.)^1,7,2

     Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker was born on 5 February 1847 at Hastings Co., Canada West; Date Feb 5 1849 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1850 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1848 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1848 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - George W. Meyers.^1,2,3,4,5,6 She appeared on the census of 1851 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker.¹ She lived on 8 July 1869 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'm. - George W. Meyers.² As of 8 July 1869,her married name was Meyers.² She married George Walden Meyers, son of Bleeker W. Meyers and Hannah Webb, on 8 July 1869 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp; Born: Cda; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp; Born: Cda; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca.)² Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker appeared on the census of April 1871 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 23 at 1871 Census: see George Meyers.³ She appeared on the census of April 1881 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1881 Census: see George Meyers.⁶ She appeared on the census of 8 May 1891 at St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1891 Census: see George Meyers.⁴ She appeared on the census of 1901 at Ward 4, Toronto, Toronto East, Ontario; Age 52 at 1901 Census: see George Meyers.⁵ She lived on 8 February 1926 at 66 Keele St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of her husband George Walden Meyers.⁷

     Catherine Matilda Bleecker was born on 1 October 1849 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Oct 1 1849 & location Thurlow Twp. per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.^1,2 She appeared on the census of 1851 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleecker.¹ She lived on 8 July 1869 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of George W. Meyers & Mary Elizageth Bleecker.³ As of circa 1870,her married name was Farley.² She married Alfred Adolphus Farley, son of James Jay Farley and Maria D. Werden, circa 1870 at Ontario; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.²

     Isabella Marianne ? was born in 1805; Date 1805 per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ As of circa 1823,her married name was Bleecker.¹ She married Tobias Bleecker, son of John Richard Bleecker and Maria Walden "Mary" Meyers, circa 1823 at Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ Isabella Marianne ? died on 22 April 1832 at Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     William Bleecker was born on 10 May 1824 at Upper Canada; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ He died on 20 August 1910 at Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 86; per family tree of MarkASnider1982 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     George Walden Meyers was born on 23 April 1845 at Thurlow Twp., Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Date Apr 23 1845 & location Belleville per Death Reg'n. Date Apr 23 1846 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1847 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1847 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1846 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1845 & location Cda. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.^1,2,4,5,6,7 He lived on 8 July 1869 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Thurlow Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹ He married Mary Elizabeth "Bessy" Bleecker, daughter of Tobias Bleecker and Eliza Danford, on 8 July 1869 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#(497): Groom: Geo. W. Meyers; Age: 24; Res.: Thurlow Twp; Born: Cda; Status: bachelor; Occ.: yeoman; Parents: Bleeker & Hannah Meyers; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Bleecker; Age: 21; Res.: Thurlow Twp; Born: Cda; Status: spinster; Parents: Tobias & Eliza Bleecker; Wit.: Jacob Ashley, Belleville & Matilda C.M. Bleecker, Thurlow Twp; Date: Jul 8 1869; Place: Thurlow Twp; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Septimus Jones, by License, Hastings Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.ca.)¹ George Walden Meyers appeared on the census of April 1871 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 25 at 1871 Census: Meyers, George, 25, b. Ont., Ger., CE, machinist, married; Mary E., 23?, b. Ont., Ger., CE, married; ?Cluad?(f), 1 (1871 Census: Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., dist. 61, sub-dist. a-1, pg. 20, line 4 - ancestry.ca.)² He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1881 Census: Meyers, George, 34, b. Ont., Ger., CE, engineer, married; Mary E., 31, b. Ont., Scot., CE, married; Bertram, 10, b. Ont., Ger., CE, son; John B., 3; George F., 11 months (1881 Census: Thurlow Twp., Hastings East Co., dist. ?123, sub-dist. ?, pg. 16 of 102, line 14 - ancestry.ca)
Note: Page is impossible to read - used the text version.⁷ He appeared on the census of 8 May 1891 at St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 44 at 1891 Census: Meyers, George, 44, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, Machinist, married; Mary E., 43, b. Ont., p.b. Ont. & England, CE, married; Claret, 21, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, son; John B., 13; Frederick, 10; May 5; Belch, Lillie, 22, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., CE, gen. servant, single; McDowell, Eliza, 60, b. England, p.b. England, lodger, widow (1891 Census: St. Stephens Ward, Toronto, York Co., dist. 119, sub-dist. B, pg. 107, line 1 - ancestry.ca.)⁵ He appeared on the census of 1901 at Ward 4, Toronto, Toronto West, Ontario; Age 54 at 1901 Census: Meyers, George, 54, b. Ont. r. Apr 23 1846, Ger., Pres., machinist ?GTR?, married; Mary, 52, b. Ont. r. Feb 5 1849, Scot., Pres., married; Frederick, 20, b. Ont. r. May 27 1880, Ger., Pres., engraver, son, single; May, 14, b. Ont. r. May 8 1886, dau. (1901 Census: Toronto East, Ward 4, dist. 118, sub-dist. b-2, pg. 3, line 45 - ancestry.ca.)⁶ He died on 5 February 1926 at 66 Keele St., Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 80; Death Reg'n.#001672: Name: George E. W. Meyers; Date: Feb 5 1926; Age: 80y 4m; Place: 66 Keele St., Toronto, 6y; Born: Belleville, Apr 23 1845; Nat.: British; Status: widower; Occ.: retired machinist; Parents: Bleecker Meyers, b. Belleville & Hannah Webb, b. England; Phys.: - ; Inf.: Mary E. Meyers, 55 Keele St., wife; Burial: Mt. Pleasant, Feb 8 1926; Und.: Fred B. Myers, 2431 Yonge St., Toronto; Cause: accidental fall down stairs, concussion of brain, 1 day; Phys.: N.R. Patterson, 8 Oakwood Rd., TO; Reg'd.: Feb 8 1926, Toronto, York Co. (Ontario Death Registration, #001672-1926, ancestry.ca.)⁸ He was buried on 8 February 1926 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Feb 8 1926 & location Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto per Death Reg'n.⁴

     Bleeker W. Meyers was born in 1807 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker. Date 1807 & location Hastings Co. per family tree of psnam on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2024.^1,3 He married Hannah Webb circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹ Bleeker W. Meyers died in 1849 at Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of psnam on ancestry.ca, Oct 5 2024.³

     Hannah Webb was born circa 1810; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹ She married Bleeker W. Meyers, son of Jacob Walden Meyers and Jane Christine McKenzie, circa 1840; per marriage reg'n. of son George W. Meyers & Mary Elizabeth Bleecker.¹ As of circa 1840,her married name was Meyers.¹

     Eliza Danford was born in 1830 at Upper Canada; Date 1829 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1830 & location Ont. per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.^1,2 As of circa 1847,her married name was Bleecker.¹ She married Tobias Bleecker, son of John Richard Bleecker and Maria Walden "Mary" Meyers, circa 1847 at Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ Eliza Danford appeared on the census of 1851 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1851 Census: see Tobias Bleeker.² She died on 11 July 1917 at Noble, U.S.A; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Jane Bleecker was born in November 1829 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ As of circa 1852,her married name was Burrell.¹ She married Ellis Burrell circa 1852 at Canada West; per family tree of jnobes0621 on ancestry.ca, Mar 31 2023.¹ Jane Bleecker died on 23 February 1918 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 88; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Sarah Bleecker was born on 24 May 1831 at Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ She died on 24 September 1888 at age 57; per family tree of rhetherington129 on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     George Clement Holton was born on 28 July 1842 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ He married Augusta Ann Ross on 23 November 1870 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ George Clement Holton died on 6 November 1878 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, at age 36; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Augusta Ann Ross was born circa 1849 at Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ As of 23 November 1870,her married name was Holton.¹ She married George Clement Holton, son of Ezra William Holton and Lucy Clement, on 23 November 1870 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Ezra William Holton was born on 15 December 1872 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ He married Edna Dean Symington on 13 September 1906 at Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ Ezra William Holton died on 29 June 1941 at Sarnia General Hospital, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, at age 68; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Edna Dean Symington was born in September 1878 at Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ As of 13 September 1906,her married name was Holton.¹ She married Ezra William Holton, son of George Clement Holton and Augusta Ann Ross, on 13 September 1906 at Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Ezra William Holton was born on 26 March 1785 at Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ He married Anner Phillips on 24 November 1807 at Brandon, Vermont, U.S.A; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ Ezra William Holton died on 12 August 1824 at Sheffield's Corner, Upper Canada, at age 39; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     Anner Phillips was born circa 1790 at U.S.A; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ She married Ezra William Holton on 24 November 1807 at Brandon, Vermont, U.S.A; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹ As of 24 November 1807,her married name was Holton.¹ Anner Phillips died on 12 July 1858 at Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne Twp., Soperton, Leeds Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     William Ezra Holton was born in 1846 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Canada West; per family tree of amandamandybrock on ancestry.ca, Aug 11 2022.¹

     James Haskins was born circa 1765; "His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.¹ He married ? ? circa 1810 at Ireland; "His mother, Eliza Haskins, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her grandfather on her mother's side possessed a large estate in Ireland, but he later became financially insolvent. His son, Dr. James Haskins, and daughter, Eliza, came to Canada and settled in Belleville where John James was born." BILLA FLINT, King of Hastings County by Armand P. La Barge, Kirby Books, 2015, pg. 133.¹