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Janet Crooks¹

• Father*: William Crooks¹ b. 18 Jul 1746, d. 20 Feb 1796
• Mother*: Margaret Ramsay¹ b. 23 Apr 1753, d. 2 Oct 1827

• Birth*: 2 June 1791; Greenock, Inverclude, Scotland; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1818; Upper Canada; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=John C. Secord¹
• Death*: 24 August 1843; Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Canada West; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1818; Secord¹

John C. Secord¹

• Birth*: 6 November 1786; Niagara District, Province of Quebec; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1818; Upper Canada; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Janet Crooks¹
• Death*: 10 March 1857; Wentworth Co., Canada West; per family tree of Mary Beth Wooten on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

William Crooks¹

• Father*: William Crooks¹ b. 18 Jul 1746, d. 20 Feb 1796
• Mother*: Margaret Ramsay¹ b. 23 Apr 1753, d. 2 Oct 1827

• Birth*: 6 August 1776; Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1809; Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Mary Butler¹
• Death*: 31 December 1836; Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Mary Butler¹

• Father*: Thomas Butler¹ b. 1755, d. 12 Dec 1812
• Mother*: Ann Ten Broeck¹ b. 5 Jul 1760, d. 15 Apr 1842

• Birth*: May 1781; Niagara District, Province of Quebec; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1809; Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=William Crooks¹
• Death*: 30 December 1851; Nelson Twp., St. Ann's, Halton Co., Canada West; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1809; Crooks¹

Thomas Butler¹

• Father*: Col. John Butler¹ b. 1728, d. 12 May 1796
• Mother*: Catherine Bradt¹ b. 1735, d. 29 May 1793

• Birth*: 1755; Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1776; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Ann Ten Broeck¹
• Death*: 12 December 1812; Niagara District, Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Ann Ten Broeck¹

• Birth*: 5 July 1760; Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1776; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Thomas Butler¹
• Death*: 15 April 1842; Niagara District, Canada West; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1776; Butler¹

Col. John Butler¹

• Father*: Walter Butler¹ b. 1683, d. 19 Mar 1760
• Mother*: Deborah Ely¹ b. 1697, d. 13 Mar 1760

• Birth*: 1728; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1752; Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Catherine Bradt¹
• Death*: 12 May 1796; Newark, Niagara District, Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Note: August 1777; Battle of Oriskany Creek, Fort Stanwix, New York, U.S.A; "Butler's Rangers. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, John Butler was a successful farmer on the Mohawk River opposite Fort Hunter (now Fonda, NY). He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the colonial militia of New York and the appointment of Deputy Superintendent in the British Indian Department.
  In June of 1775, Colonel Guy Johnson moved the headquarters of the Indian Department to Montreal. John Butler followed him, and in November was posted to Fort Niagara with instructions to maintain the neutrality of the Six Nations in accordance with British policy. In this, he had some success.
  By 1777 the British realized that rebel overtures to the Indians might win over the Six Nations, and sent instructions to Sir Guy Carleton, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Quebec, to engage the Indians in an expedition led by Lieutenant Colonel Barry St Leger which was part of a grand strategy to secure the colony of New York. St Leger was to command the right wing of an invasion of Upper New York, entering the colony at Oswego and moving down the Mohawk to Albany where he was expected to meet a larger army commanded by General John Burgoyne. This combined army would then make contact with an army moving north from New York City.
  Butler gathered a large force of Indians at Oswego in August of 1777 to operate in conjunction with St Leger. Unfortunately, St Leger was unable to capture Fort Stanwix, and bogged down in an unsuccessful siege. Rebel forces gathered on the Mohawk River, and mounted a relief column numbering over 600 men. Sir John Johnson was detailed to attack the column supported by the Indians under Butler. The Battle at Oriskany Creek was surprisingly successful and decimated the rebel army. However, the Indians became disenchanted at the lack of progress in the siege and slowly drifted away, forcing St Leger to abandon the expedition.
  Butler's success with the Indians during the campaign led Sir Guy Carleton to authorize him to raise a Corps of Rangers to serve with the Indians on the frontiers. The Beating Order was issued 15 September 1777. The Corps was variously referred to as: "A Corps of Rangers commanded by Colonel Butler," "Lieutenant Colonel Butler's Rangers," "Butler's Corps of Rangers," and "Butler's Rangers," the latter being the most common designation. Butler wrote the Commander-in-Chief asking that the Corps be given a formal designation, but nothing seems to have come of the request.
  Recruiting began immediately and although slow, the Rangers were probably the most successful corps in the north in attracting recruits. By mid December the first company was mustered complete.
  Butler moved into the Indian country in the spring of 1778. He held numerous conferences with the Indians and dispatched small expeditions against rebel fortifications. By late June he had mustered a sizeable force of 200 Rangers and 300 Indians and moved against Wyoming (now Wilkes Barre, Pa). Small forts in the Wyoming Valley quickly surrendered, but a major rebel force held out in Forty Fort. Feigning retreat, Butler lured the enemy out of the fort, and after a fierce battle the rebels were completely defeated.
  Butler once again moved his Rangers back into the Indian country where they conducted devastating raids against the rebel frontier.
  On 10 November, tramping through newly fallen snow, Butler's son, Captain Walter Butler, led a punishing raid into Cherry Valley. The rebel soldiers at the outpost took refuge in the fort, leaving the civilians to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, the Indians discovered rebel soldiers who had previously surrendered and given their parole. Incensed, they cut a swath through the village, killing men, women and children. This outrage has left a stain on the history of the corps.
  In 1779 the rebels mounted a major offence against Niagara, cutting through the Indian country and destroying almost every village they entered. At Newtown, on the Chemung River, Butler attempted to defeat and turn back the rebels, but artillery destroyed the confidence of the Indians and his defensive position was soon threatened by flanking forces. Butler ordered a retreat and the Rangers did not engage the rebels again until an ambuscade at the head of Lake Conesus. The trap was prematurely sprung, and Butler was forced to withdraw. Fortunately for Niagara, Sullivan had overextended his supply line, and within days of reaching Niagara he was forced to turn back.
  The Rangers conducted a number of expeditions against the rebel frontier throughout the spring and summer of 1780. In the fall, Sir John Johnson was ordered to mount a major thrust into the Mohawk Valley by way of Oswego, and the Rangers were ordered to join him. As a raid, it was extremely successful, and Washington reported to Congress that the destruction would "likely to be attended with the most alarming consequences."
  The war began to shift westwards, and one company of Rangers was dispatched to Detroit, and began operations against the Ohio frontier.
  After a summer of company-sized raids in 1781, Major John Ross was ordered to mount another expedition against the Mohawk. Again, as a raid, it proved successful, but Captain Walter Butler was killed in action while commanding the rear guard at West Canada Creek.
  Captain William Caldwell's re-enforced company was in action at Lower and Upper Sandusky in June 1782 and won a significant victory over rebel forces. In August, Caldwell's company was again in action at the Blue Licks in Kentucky where the Rangers and Indians were again successful. At the same time, Captain Andrew Bradt's company raided Wheeling, West Virginia, and put the settlement to the torch. This was the last action fought by the Rangers during the Revolution.
  Nine companies were paid off and reduced to nil strength at Niagara on 24 June 1784, but Caldwell's company did not arrive from Detroit until 16 July. It was paid off and reduced to nil strength on that date.
  Copied with permission from Alan D. Woolley's "Butler's Rangers" website (see below)." copied from (https://uelac.ca/military-units/butlers-rangers/)
  Note: This is from the British point of view, so very different language and emphasis compared to the American accounts. Take your pick. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 5 2024)²
• Note*: circa 1780; New York, U.S.A.; "John Butler (later Lieutenant Colonel) was in command of over five hundred rangers, many of whom came from the Mohawk Valley, stationed at Fort Niagara in Lower Canada (present day Province of Ontario). Among the family names represented in the Corps of Rangers were Frey, Hare, Ten Broeck, Bradt, Herkimer, Wemple, Young, Petry, Vrooman, Bowen, Baumann, Countryman, Froelich, House, Putnam, Nellis, and Van Alstine. Butler's Rangers worked closely with the Indian Department and Joseph Brant during the war. (Walter Butler, son of Lt. Col. John Butler, served in the rangers and rose to the rank of Captain. He had grown up in Butlersbury and went to Moor's Indian Charity School which Joseph Brant had previously attended. Captain Walter Butler was killed on October 30, 1781 in a skirmish at West Canada Creek in Tryon County.)" from "Compedium of Early Mohawk Valley Families, Introduction, pg. xviii, (pg 18 of 602), link found in the family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Catherine Bradt¹

• Birth*: 1735; Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1752; Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Col. John Butler¹
• Death*: 29 May 1793; Newark, Niagara District, Upper Canada; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1752; Butler¹

Walter Butler¹

• Birth*: 1683; Ireland; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: 26 July 1713; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Mary Harris¹
• Marriage*: 19 November 1717; New London Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Deborah Ely¹
• Death*: 19 March 1760; Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Deborah Ely¹

• Birth*: 1697; Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: 19 November 1717; New London Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Walter Butler¹
• Death*: 13 March 1760; Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: 19 November 1717; Butler¹

Mary Harris¹

• Father*: Thomas Harris¹ b. c 1658, d. 9 Jun 1691
• Mother*: Mary Wetherell¹ b. 7 Oct 1668, d. 22 Aug 1711

• Birth*: 4 November 1690; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: 26 July 1713; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Walter Butler¹
• Death*: 4 March 1725; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: 26 July 1713; Butler¹

Thomas Harris¹

• Birth*: circa 1658; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1688; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Mary Wetherell¹
• Death*: 9 June 1691; Barbados; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Mary Wetherell¹

• Birth*: 7 October 1668; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1688; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.; Principal=Thomas Harris¹
• Death*: 22 August 1711; New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1688; Harris¹

Walter Butler¹

• Father*: Col. John Butler¹ b. 1728, d. 12 May 1796
• Mother*: Catherine Bradt¹ b. 1735, d. 29 May 1793

• Birth*: 1752; Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹
• Death*: 30 October 1781; West Canada Creek, Tyron Co., New York, U.S.A.; "After a summer of company-sized raids in 1781, Major John Ross was ordered to mount another expedition against the Mohawk. Again, as a raid, it proved successful, but Captain Walter Butler was killed in action while commanding the rear guard at West Canada Creek."
  from "Butler's Rangers" by Alan D. Woolley, copied from (https://uelac.ca/military-units/butlers-rangers/)
  "Major Ross had retired to Johnstown and here on the next day ( October 25) Colonel Willett forced an engagement, causing the enemy to retreat. On the
  evening of the twenty-eighth, having been· reinforced
  by a band of Oneidas and the militia, which included
  a detachment21 from Schenectady under Captain
  Jellis Fonda, Colonel Willett started in pursuit of the raiders, subsequently attacking a detail of them on the West Canada Creek, killing several, among whom was Walter Butler, and leaving the rest "to the compassion of a starving wilderness.' The news of the death of Butler was received in Schenectady with great rejoicing. The Whigs illuminated their houses and the Tories under threat of being mobbed were forced to do likewise." from page 120 of "History of Schenectady", Chapter XIX, The Raids of 1781, link found in the family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024. (https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/20693/images/dvm_LocHist006769-00068-0?pId=128)
  Note: Clearly, this is from the point of view of the local patriot community, so the language is not surprising. It is used here as one of very few references to the death of Walter Butler, son of John Butler of Butler's Rangers. (Dan Buchanan, Dec 5 2024)
  Date Oct 30 1781 & location West Canada Creek, New York per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.^1,2

• Note: July 1778; North Shore of Lake Ontario, Province of Quebec; "In March 1779, Captain Walter Butler, of the Niagara-based corps of rangers commanded by and named for his father, John Butler, travelled from Niagara to Montreal in a small boat that hugged the north shore of Lake Ontario. In a report he presented to Haldimand the following month, Butler described the rich resources of the shoreline, noting where a sawmill might prosper, where the salmon ran in greatest numbers and the ducks fed, where hayfields awaited cultivation and harbours
  awaited ships." page 174 of "The Loyalists: Revolution, Exite, Settlement, Christopher Moore, 1984.
  Note: A letter from Haldimand to John Butler dated April 8, 1779, refers to "his expedition last summer", which means July1778. Walter Butler told Hadliamand about his trip in March 1779 when he went to Quebec from Niagara on business of the Corp of Rangers. This timing seems more likely. I wonder if there are other records to corroborate this? (Dan Buchanan, Dec 6 2024)^3,4
• Note: 10 November 1778; Cherry Valley, New York, U.S.A.; "On 10 November, tramping through newly fallen snow, Butler's son, Captain Walter Butler, led a punishing raid into Cherry Valley. The rebel soldiers at the outpost took refuge in the fort, leaving the civilians to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, the Indians discovered rebel soldiers who had previously surrendered and given their parole. Incensed, they cut a swath through the village, killing men, women and children. This outrage has left a stain on the history of the corps." from "Butler's Rangers" by Alan D. Woolley, copied from (https://uelac.ca/military-units/butlers-rangers/)²
• Note*: circa 1780; New York, U.S.A.; "John Butler (later Lieutenant Colonel) was in command of over five hundred rangers, many of whom came from the Mohawk Valley, stationed at Fort Niagara in Lower Canada (present day Province of Ontario). Among the family names represented in the Corps of Rangers were Frey, Hare, Ten Broeck, Bradt, Herkimer, Wemple, Young, Petry, Vrooman, Bowen, Baumann, Countryman, Froelich, House, Putnam, Nellis, and Van Alstine. Butler's Rangers worked closely with the Indian Department and Joseph Brant during the war. (Walter Butler, son of Lt. Col. John Butler, served in the rangers and rose to the rank of Captain. He had grown up in Butlersbury and went to Moor's Indian Charity School which Joseph Brant had previously attended. Captain Walter Butler was killed on October 30, 1781 in a skirmish at West Canada Creek in Tryon County.)" from "Compedium of Early Mohawk Valley Families, Introduction, pg. xviii, (pg 18 of 602), link found in the family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.¹

Jacobus Peck¹

• Birth*: 21 May 1738; Harrington, Schraalenburgh, Bergen Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of Dale Jones on ancestry.ca, Dec 6 2024.¹
• Marriage*: 1758; Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of Dale Jones on ancestry.ca, Dec 6 2024.; Principal=Wilemptie Bogert¹
• Death*: 30 May 1803; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Dale Jones on ancestry.ca, Dec 6 2024.¹

Wilemptie Bogert¹

• Birth*: 15 April 1739; Shraalenburgh, Bergen Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.¹
• Marriage*: 1758; Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.; per family tree of Dale Jones on ancestry.ca, Dec 6 2024.; Principal=Jacobus Peck¹
• Death*: 30 May 1804; Sophiasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada¹

• Married Name: 1758; Peck¹

Susan Leroy¹

• Birth*: circa 1793¹
• Marriage*: 5 June 1838; Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Marriage Register: Groom: John Covert; Res.: Picton; Bride: Susan ? Laroy; Date: Jun 5 1838; Witnesses: George & Henrietta King; Performed by: REv. John C. ?Davidson?; Denomination: Welseyan Methodist; How: by license; Side: Recorded July 21 1838, D. C. Sanfield, C.P. Prince Edward Co. (Ontario Marriage Registers, 1838, Prince Edward Co., page 22 (pg. 2 of 11), ancestry.ca)
  Note: The Witnesses are George and Henrietta King who lived at Northport and would move to Codrington. Theory has it that George King changed his name from Leroy to King when he came to Upper Canada from the Syracuse area in the 1820s. Any connection with Leroy has not been made, but there are hints, like them being a witness for the marriage of a Susan Leroy (more likely than Laroy) who may well be a relative from before the name change. (Can Buchanan, Dec 14 2024); Principal=John Covert¹

• Married Name: 5 June 1838; Covert¹

Catharine Weese¹

• Father*: Hendrick "Henry" Weese¹ b. Aug 1775, d. 19 Feb 1853
• Mother*: Pheobe Babcock¹ b. 27 Oct 1779, d. 1 Oct 1852

• Birth*: 18 August 1798; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; Date Aug 18 1798 & location Ameliasburgh Twp. & dau. of Henry Weese & Phoeve Babcock per family tree of NickPost1 on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1820; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Lorraine Husdon on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.; Principal=John Covert¹
• Death*: 12 March 1865; Ameliasburgh Twp., Prince Edward Co., Canada West; Date Mar 12 1865 & location Ameliasburgh Twp. per family tree of Lorraine Husdon on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024. per family tree of NickPost1 on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1820; Covert¹

John Scriver¹

• Birth*: 18 August 1793; Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1823; Upper Canada; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.; Principal=Margaret "Peggy" Sherman¹
• Death*: 19 October 1834; Picton, Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹

Margaret "Peggy" Sherman¹

• Birth*: circa 1800; Upper Canada; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1823; Upper Canada; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.; Principal=John Scriver¹
• Death*: after 1852; per family tree of Hailey Poirier on ancestry.ca, Dec 14 2024.¹

• Married Name: circa 1823; Scriver¹