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Silas Fife¹

• Birth*: 4 October 1743; Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 15 August 1772; U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Abigail Houghton¹
• Death*: 23 May 1836; New Hampshire, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹

Abigail Houghton¹

• Father*: Benjamin Houghton¹ b. 1716, d. 1764
• Mother*: Mary Ball¹ b. c 1718, d. 1764

• Birth*: 1 November 1751; Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 15 August 1772; U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Silas Fife¹
• Death*: 25 March 1823; Troy, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹

• Married Name: 15 August 1772; Fife¹

Benjamin Houghton^1,2

• Father*: Joseph Houghton² b. 26 Feb 1678, d. Nov 1718
• Mother*: Isabel Houghton² b. 6 Jun 1687

• Birth*: 1716; Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.²
• Marriage*: circa 1728; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Mary Ball²
• Death*: 1764; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.²

Mary Ball¹

• Birth*: circa 1718; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1728; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Benjamin Houghton¹
• Death*: 1764; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹

• Married Name: circa 1728; Houghton¹

Joseph Houghton¹

• Birth*: 26 February 1678; Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1715; Lancaster, Worccester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Isabel Houghton¹
• Death*: November 1718; Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.¹

Isabel Houghton¹

• Birth*: 6 June 1687; Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1715; Lancaster, Worccester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of HowardFife48 on ancestry.ca, Dec 7 2019.; Principal=Joseph Houghton¹

Emma Holt^1,2

• Birth*: circa 1866²
• Marriage*: 19 July 1905; New Westminster, British Columbia; BC Marriage Index: Groom: Allan Wilmot Speirs; Bride: Emma Holt; Date: Jul 19 1905; Place: New Westminster; Reg'n.# 1905-09-119414; BCA: B11382; GSU: 1983975 (BC Marriage Index, ancestry.ca); Principal=Allen Wilmot Speirs²

• Married Name: 19 July 1905; Speirs²

Christina Coyle¹

• Birth*: circa 1907; per marriage Index.¹
• Marriage*: 6 October 1933; Vancourver, British Columbia; BC Marriage Index: Groom: George Gardiner Fife; Bride: Christ6ina Coyle; Date: Oct 6 1933; Place: Vancourver; Reg'n.# 1933-09-410617; BCA: B13766; GSU: 213985 (BC Marriage Index, ancestry.ca); Principal=George Gardiner Fife¹

• Married Name: 6 October 1933; Fife¹

Lucretia Amanda Burke^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Thomas Burke² b. 1804, d. c 1875
• Mother*: Sarah Kells² b. 1803, d. 17 Sep 1859

• Birth*: 9 July 1843; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1843 & location Ont. per FindaGrave. Date 1843 & location Ont. per 1916 Western Census. Date 1844 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date Jul 9 1846 & locaiton Cobourg per family tree of trwatson on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 9 August 1867; St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario; per family tree of trwatson on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=Rev. Joseph William Holmes³
• Death*: 16 November 1929; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; per family tree of trwatson on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.³
• Burial*: 18 November 1929; Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; FindaGrave: Name: Amanda Lucretia Burke Holmes; Birth: 1843, Ontario, Canada; Death: 16 Nov 1929 (aged 85–86); Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Plot: 2-L003-E1/2SC1/4; Memorial ID: 98547310 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98547310/amanda-lucretia-holmes)⁵

• Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 17 at 1861 Census: see Thomas Burke²
• Married Name: 9 August 1867; Holmes³
• Census: 1921; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Age 73 at 1916 Western Census: see Rev. Joseph Holmes⁴

Asa Hall¹

• Father*: Asa Hall¹ b. c 1780
• Mother*: Sarah ?¹ b. c 1780

• Birth*: 1810; Quebec; Date 1810 & location Quebec per marr. reg'n. - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.¹
• Marriage*: 29 December 1887; Waterdown, Wentworth Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#013123: Groom: Asa Hall; Age: 77; Res.: Acton, Ont.; Born: Quebec, Cda.; Status: widower; Occ.: Gentleman; Parents: Asa & Sarah Hall; Bride: Mary Jane Wright; Age: 65; Res.: Binbrook, Ont.; Born: Cobourg; Status: widow; Parents: Thomas & Sarah Burk?; Wit.: Mary & M. R. Cookman, Waterdown; Date: Dec 29 1887; Place: Waterdown; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. C. Cookman (Ontario Marriage Registration, #013123-1887, ancestry.ca); Principal=Mary Jane Burke²

• Residence*: 29 December 1887; Acton, Ontario; Residence Acton, Ont. per marr. reg'n. - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.¹

Asa Hall¹

• Birth*: circa 1780; per marriage reg'n. of son Asa Hall - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1805; per marriage reg'n. of son Asa Hall - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.; Principal=Sarah ?¹

Sarah ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1780; per marriage reg'n. of son Asa Hall - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1805; per marriage reg'n. of son Asa Hall - Mary Jane (Burke) Wright.; Principal=Asa Hall¹

• Married Name: circa 1805; Hall¹

Sarah "Dorothy" Knowles^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: William Knowles² b. c 1759, d. 18 May 1825
• Mother*: Mary ?² b. c 1761, d. 27 Jan 1842

• Birth*: 15 February 1788; Warren Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; Date Feb 15 1788 & location Warren Co., NJ per NJ Christening Index. Date 1797 & location Cda. per 1861 Census. Date 1796 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date Feb 15 1788 & location Scarborough per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.^2,4,3,5
• Christening: 19 March 1788; Saint James Formerly Straw Lutheran Church, Greenwich, Warren Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; New Jersey Birth and Christening Records: Name: Sarah Knowles; Birth Date: Feb 15 1788; Christening Date: Mar 19 1788; Christening Place: Saint James Formerly Straw Lutheran Church, Greenwich, Warren Co., New Jersey (New Jersey Birth and Christening Index, MF 982040, ancestry.ca.³
• Marriage*: 11 December 1809; Scarborough Twp., York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=David Francis Burk²
• Death*: 27 October 1846; Bowmanville, Durhan Co., Canada West²

• Residence*: 1803; Scarborough Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "WILLIAM KNOWLES, an English-born blacksmith, came with his Dutch wife and seven children from a home in New Jersey, in 1803, to a roofless log shanty begun by Joseph Ketchum, the first owner of the land in
  Scarborough's southeastern corner near the present Port Union. There he built the first smithy, made nails, cleared fields and grew flax, which his wife retted, spun and wove into cloth for the family. He planted out apple trees,
  each named for the child who dug out the pine stump." from History of Scarborough, Edited by Robert R. Bonis, Published by Scarborough Public Library, 1968, pg 49.
• Married Name: 11 December 1809; Burk²
• Census*: 1851; Markham Twp., York Co., Canada West; Age 55 at 1851 Census: see David Burk⁴
• Census: April 1861; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Canada West; Age 64 at 1861 Census: see David F. Burk⁵

William Knowles¹

• Birth*: circa 1759; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1785; U.S.A.; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=Mary ?¹
• Death*: 18 May 1825; Scarborough Twp., York Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹

• Residence*: 1803; Scarborough Twp., York Co., Upper Canada; "WILLIAM KNOWLES, an English-born blacksmith, came with his Dutch wife and seven children from a home in New Jersey, in 1803, to a roofless log shanty begun by Joseph Ketchum, the first owner of the land in
  Scarborough's southeastern corner near the present Port Union. There he built the first smithy, made nails, cleared fields and grew flax, which his wife retted, spun and wove into cloth for the family. He planted out apple trees,
  each named for the child who dug out the pine stump." from History of Scarborough, Edited by Robert R. Bonis, Published by Scarborough Public Library, 1968, pg 49.

Mary ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1761; Germany; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1785; U.S.A.; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=William Knowles¹
• Death*: 27 January 1842; Canada West; per family tree of rosmith818 on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: circa 1785; Knowles¹

Francis Burk¹

• Birth*: 1725; Ireland; Date 1725 & location Ireland per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1753; Monmouth Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=Eunice Marsh¹
• Death*: 1768; New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹

John Burk¹

• Father*: Francis Burk b. 1725, d. 1768
• Mother*: Eunice Marsh¹ b. 1720, d. 1769

• Birth*: 1754; Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1778; U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=Sarah Williams¹
• Death*: 1826; Wellsburg, Brooke Co., West Virginia, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹

• Residence*: 1783; Genesee Co., New York, U.S.A.; "I will try to give you a history of Father's [John Burk] general exodus from the time he left Orange Co. New York, till he landed in Canada on the Beach, about a mile above Barber's Creek. Father's first move was from Orange Co. New York to Northumberland Co. on the west branch of the Susquehanna. He moved in April 1783. My father moved to Genesse Co. New York." https://www.jhowell.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I550&tree=1
• Residence: 1786; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "In 1786, John received a land grant of 600 acres in Bowmanville,Ontario,Canada." https://www.jhowell.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I550&tree=1
• Residence: April 1794; BF Lot 13, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "They came to Canada in Spring of 1794 settling on lot 13 con. 1 broken bront of Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada. Refer to Josiah's letter and the map following for details." https://www.jhowell.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I550&tree=1
• Residence: 1816; Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; "From a Burke Family History: (I received this doccument from my grandmother, Maxine Rivette Kruse, daughter of Daisy Burke Rivette)
  John and his brother James Burk recieved their land grant from the British crown in 1798. James came to Canada in 1796. Their brother Luke recieved his land in 1803. John sold his land and returned to the United States in 1816. Luke sold his land in 1808." https://www.jhowell.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I550&tree=1

Sarah Williams¹

• Birth*: 1762; Orange Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1778; U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=John Burk¹

• Married Name: 1778; Burk¹

Eunice Marsh¹

• Birth*: 1720; Monmouth Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 1753; Monmouth Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.; Principal=Francis Burk¹
• Death*: 1769; U.S.A.; per family tree of SimonWandJudithG on ancestry.ca, Dec 8 2019.¹

• Married Name: 1753; Burk¹

Rebecca Mary Winch^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: Richard Winch⁴ b. 4 Mar 1808, d. 21 Mar 1883
• Mother*: Sarah Scaman⁶ b. 1809, d. 19 Dec 1866

• Birth*: 17 July 1838; Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Upper Canada; Date 1838 & location Peterborough per FindaGrave. Date Jul 17 1838 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1838 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1837 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^2,7,4,5
• Marriage*: circa 1867; Ontario; per 1871 Census.; Principal=William Burke²
• Death*: 8 March 1905; University Ave., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#020204: Name: Mrs. Rebecca Mary Burke; Date: Mar 8 1905; Age: 67; Place: Cobourg; Status: widow; Born: Peterborough; Cause: diabetes; Phys. & Inf.: J. A. Ivey; Rel.: RC; Reg'd.: Mar 8 1905; Reg;r.: D. H. Minaker, Cobourg (Ontario Death Registration, #020204-1905, ancestry.ca)⁸
• Burial*: 10 March 1905; Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Rebecca Burke; Maiden: Winch; Born: 1838; Died: Mar 7 1905; ID: LITTLKL04; Other names: ... too many ... ; Cemetery: Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, sec L row 2 (https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/6978/r29-13a/8304?backurl=https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/15316879/person/252136572243/facts/citation/802187692516/edit/record)
  FindaGrave: Name: Rebecca Winch Burke; Birth: 1838, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; Death: 7 Mar 1905 (aged 66-67), Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; Burial: Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 146445181 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146445181)^7,6

• Married Name: circa 1867; Burke²
• Census*: April 1871; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 34 at 1871 Census: see William Burke²
• Census: April 1881; Cobourg, West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 43 at 1881 Census: see Richard Winch (father)⁴
• Census: 1 April 1901; Cobourg, West Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 63 at 1901 Census: Burke, Rebecca, 63, b. Ont. u. Jul 17 1838, Eng., Meth., widow; William, 34, b. Ont. u. Oct 19 1867, Eng., Meth., son, lab., single; Richard, 32, b. Ont. u. May 12 1869, Eng., Meth., lab., son, single (1901 Census: Town of Cobourg, West Northumberland Co., dist. 96, sub-dist. B-5, pg. 1, line 40 - ancestry.ca)⁵