The Lloyd Connection

Generation 1

John Lloyd Lloyd was born in 1783 in Shropshire, England and died February 1, 1862 St. Vincent Township, Grey Co., ON Canada, he is buried at Duxbury Cemetery in St. Vincent Township.  Immigrated to Canada in 1832.

AND

Johanna (Joanna) Harding was born in 1795 in Devon, England and died after 1861 in St. Vincent Township, Grey Co., ON Canada.  In 1817 she married John Lloyd Sr. in England (it was his second marriage).

Their Children:

• Charles Lloyd born in 1818 in Devonshire, England, died September 6, 1885 in Dummer Township, Peterborough, Co. ON.

• Edward Lloyd born in 1820 in Devonshire England, died July 14, 1890 in Strathcona, AB.  He married Carlina Parker born March 14, 1825 in New York, USA, on December 6, 1842 in Murrary Township, Northumberland Co. ON.

1851 Northumberland Co, CAN Census
Edward Lloyd & Family

1861 Grey Co., CAN Census
Edward Lloyd & Family

1871 Grey Co., CAN Census
Edward Lloyd & Family

1901 Alberta CAN Census
Carlina Lloyd

            Their children:

Ø    Elizabeth Jane Lloyd born 1844 Murray Township, Northumberland Co., died November 8, 1917 Burley, Cassia, ID, USA, & married Andrew Watt on April 10, 1860 In Meaford, Grey Co. ON

Ø    Emily Lloyd 1845 Murray Township, Northumberland Co., married Samuel Mullen August 9, 1862 in Grey Co. ON & resided in Cincinnati OH & Covington KY, USA

Ø    William Hartley Lloyd born 1847 Murray Township, Northumberland Co. ON

Ø    Edward Bounter Smith Lloyd born 1850, St. Vincent Township, Grey Co. ON, died May 28, 1941 in Brush Prairie, WA, USA

Ø    Edward Smith Lloyd born 1851 in Belleville, ON died 1890

Ø    Samuel Allan Lloyd born January 21, 1855 in ON

Ø    George Hartley Lloyd born September 10, 1861 in Meaford, Grey Co. ON

Ø    Albert Kingsley Lloyd born January 24, 1864 in ON, died August 3, 1946 in Vancouver, BC

Ø    Adelbert Lloyd born September 10, 1866 in ON.

Plaque on Lakeview Cemetery Chapel

• John Lloyd born in 1827 in Devonshire England, and died March 25, 1893 in St. Vincent Township, Grey Co. ON, and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford ON.  He married Margaret Conmee born in Canada.  In 1857 they farmed in Minnesota Territory, and in 1881 they were back in St. Vincent Township ON where he is described as a shoemaker.  An 1885 census shows them farming in the Dakota Territory.  In 1892 John and Margaret Lloyd returned to Meaford ON.

Their children: 

Ø    Ellen Lloyd born September 30, 1854, died February 11, 1934 in Meaford ON, married William Jamieson September 21, 1874.

Ø    Agnes Anne (Farrar) Lloyd born May 31, 1856 in Meaford ON, died November 12, 1934 in Lockport, NY USA, married Charles Farrar April 4, 1877 in Meaford, ON.

Ø    Marshall Burns Lloyd born March 10,1858 in St. Paul MN & died August 10, 1927 Menomninee, MI – see article below.

Ø    Alfred Sydney Lloyd born 1860 in Meaford ON, died November 20, 1891 in Thunder Bay, Port Arthur, ON, married Sophia Johnston August 13, 1885 in Meaford, ON.

Ø    Cyrus Sing Lloyd born October 14, 1862 in Meaford ON, died February 21, 1933 in Santa Ana, CA.

Ø    Margaretta Ephesia (Gifford) Lloyd born 1876 in Meaford ON, died 1955 in Meaford ON.

• Elizabeth Lloyd born in 1831 in Devonshire, England.  She married Richard Ford born 1830 on September 28, 1851 in Meaford, ON.  It appears she died before 1861 as Richard Ford is married to Amelia Taylor on December 3, 1861 in Meaford, ON

            Richard & Elizabeth’s children:

Ø    John Harris Ford born October 22, 1852 in Meaford, Grey Co. ON, died April 16, 1926 in Chilliwack, BC., & married Martha Bowes.

Ø    Edward Benjamin Ford born Oct 3, 1853 in St. Vincent Township, Gey Co. ON died in 1928, & married Elizabeth Doherty July 10, 1878.

Ø    Abigail Ann Ford born November 21, 1855 in ON, & married Thomas Tricker June 11, 1884 in Meaford, Grey Co. ON.

Ø    Samuel Ford born December 1859

Nancy Lloyd DC

• Nancy Avocal Lloyd born September 10, 1834 in Murray Township, Northumberland Co., ON Canada West and died February 1, 1911 in Meaford, Grey Co. ON.  She married Benjamin Ford.

            Their children:

Ø    Herman Ford born September 25, 1855 in ON, died October 18, 1901 Meaford, Grey Co. ON

Ø    Samuel Harding Ford born November 10, 1864, died January 22, 1932 Meaford, Grey Co. ON

The Toronto Star Weekly. July 8, 1920.

THE "WHEEL RIGS" MAN

Life story of Marshall B. Lloyd of Menominee, Michigan.

Marshall Burns Lloyd

Just over forty years ago he was dragging a boy's wagon full of soap behind him and peddling its contents at Toronto back doors. Today he is owner of a million-dollar manufacturing plant and has sold his foreign patent rights in numerous inventions for three or four times that amount.

Reared on an Ontario farm near Meaford, young Lloyd left school at an early age to assist his father in a shingle mill.

Here he introduced his first "invention" in the shape of eaves troughs for houses and barns. These he made from cedar poles split, and with the centres removed. The family moved into Meaford and Marshall B. set up in business as a fish salesman, spearing his stock in trade in the Georgian Bay and selling it from a wheelbarrow in a house to house canvass. A job as delivery boy in the ideal store followed and on the transfer of the business to Toronto the young inventor turned his hands to the making of an improved clothes hamper.

A flattering offer from his old Meaford employer of "$8.00 per month, board and room," brought the boy to Toronto where he became an employee in the John L. Milkie store at 424 Younge Street, on the corner of Buchanan immediately south of College. Mr. Milkie who had a dash of nomadic blood himself, again removed his store, this time to Port Arthur leaving his Meaford assistant behind in the city. It was a time when jobs were scarce and it prompted the discarded apprentice to force the hand of Fortune.

With his last money he bought a stock of soap. Borrowing a small boy's wagon he set out to conquer his world.

"I guess the women felt sorry for me because I was so small" said Mr. Lloyd to an interviewer recently.

"They bought enough soap to last them a long, long while. I kept at the game until I thought I had sold enough to keep all Toronto clean until the millenium.

Having no fixed ambition to become a soap baron the young peddler next turned his attention to cheap jewelry. With one of his soap boxes for a platform and armed with a tray of glittering near gems and trinkets he startled Younge street with his eloquence.

"Well, sir, it was a great business" declared Mr. Lloyd, and his tone seemed to indicate that nothing in his subsequent amazingly successful career has given him quite the same up-and-down-the spine joyous feelings that he experienced when he awoke the down-town echoes forty years ago, "yelling like blue murder"-to quote his own phrase and selling broaches and earrings like hot waffles.

"I saved one of my old soap boxes because I was so small that I had to stand on something in order to be heard" he explained.

"I'll never forget that first day in the jewelry business. My small figure voice fighting the stage fright and queer antics soon attracted a crowd.

Before saying a word I pulled out my handkerchief and performed a few simple tricks. I promised to do the greatest trick ever known after I had sold a few pieces of jewelry, but we all forgot about the famous trick long before I was through selling. I had a special line of alleged poetry for my goods and one phrase that I recall was: "If you present this to your Isabella she will never leave you for another fella!"

When business in the city showed signs of slackening, the young merchant bought a horse and buggy and carried the good work into the country districts. Other lines of merchandise were gradually added and the widening itinerary finally landed the peddler at Port Arthur. Here be became mail carrier with a train of dogs and a sleigh of mail. Then he traded his watch for a railroad ticket to Winnipeg. Arriving there without funds he served as a waiter in a hotel. Acting on a tip concerning a piece of ground he secured an option on the plot, which he sold at a profit of $150. With this money he opened a real estate office and when he decided to pull out of Winnipeg he took with him $15,000.

Lloyd's next essay was a United States farmer. From that he passed to insurance. One day he stood watching two men fill and weigh grain sacks. He decided that one man was enough for such a job and he accordingly invented a scale and bag holder that cut the cost of labor in two.

Renting a blacksmith shop, he started to manufacture his new invention but hardly was he under way before a disastrous fire cleaned him out. Without funds he accepted a position as a shoe salesman.

Lloyd Manufacturing Company

The invention of a wire weaving machine for making door and table mats brought him half interest in the C.O. White Manufacturing Co. of Minneapolis, a concern making baby carriages. A later invention to make bedsprings and mattresses was so successful that he was able to buy out his partner and change the name of the firm to the Lloyd Manufacturing Co. The sale of his patent rights in foreign countries put the concern on a sound basis.

Other successful inventions followed and fifteen years ago the Lloyd plant was removed to Menominee, Michigan where it is now located. It was here that Mr. Lloyd brought out a new process, a machinery for making steel tubing. The Steel Corporation at Pittsburgh turned down the invention as "crazy" but later paid the inventor many thousand of dollars for using his method.

Lloyd Carriages

Mr. Lloyd's most famous discovery is a loom to weave wicker baby carriages, an invention for which he refused $1,000,000 and for the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and British rights of which he received $1,500,000.

The new Lloyd loom can weave a baby carriage in any desired shape or contour in fifteen minutes. Previously, it took a hand weaver an entire day to perform the same work.

Lloyd Loom Chair
http://www.lloydloomonline.com

Now one loom does the work of thirty weavers. The output of the plant has been increased by 600 percent and the number of employees only 25 per cent. The floor space of the plant has not been added to but a great new factory has been erected for the weaving of wicker furniture.

I was too busy in those days to take in very lasting impressions of my physical surroundings. I can recall but little detail of Toronto as I knew it then. The town was a good one and live for its size. I doubt very much if I should be able to recognize your fine city of today, with the Toronto of my boyhood struggles. I always found the people very generous. This was particularly true of the women who, instead of haggling with me about the price of my soap, paid me most liberally.

Mr. Lloyd has been Mayor of Menominee, Michigan for two terms. He invented so many improvements into political government that he was known as "Efficiency" Lloyd, a name that has stuck and by which he is generally known.

* http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/lloyd/text/jljrobit.htm

Generation 2

Charles Lloyd born in 1818 in Devonshire, England and died September 6, 1885 in Dummer Township, Peterborough, Co. ON.  The 1861 Canada Census shows Charles and family living in Asphodel Township, Peterborough Co. and he working as a shoemaker.  Later, the 1871 census shows Charles working as a farmer in Belmont Methuen Township.

AND

Elizabeth Betsey McColl (misspelled as Macore) the daughter of Hugh McColl and Elizabeth Dakeman, was born between 1822 & 1824 in Canada West, and died before 1885 in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co. ON.  Charles and Betsey married on October 26, 1843 in Asphodel Township, Peterborough Co.[1]

* Hugh McColl (Generation 1) was born in 1793 in Renfrewshire Scotland and his parent’s were Hugh McColl & Jane Carmichael.

Their Children:

Hugh & Mary Lloyd

• Elizabeth Lloyd born about 1844 in Seymour Township, Northumberland Co., ON CAN, and married Benjamin Hayes (born about 1846) on October 10, 1864 in Peterborough Co., ON CAN.

• Hugh P. Lloyd born about 1848 in Canada West, and married Mary E. Parker (born about 1854) on December 7, 1871 in Hastings Co. ON.

John Lloyd

• John Lloyd (blacksmith / farmer) was born September 14, 1852 in Asphodel Township, Peterborough Co. ON, died December 8 1922 in Dummer Township Peterborough Co. & is buried in Warsaw, ON.

• Edward Lloyd was born on August 21, 1854 in Meaford, Grey Co., ON, Canada West.

* Vol 19-Pg 59 Hugh P. LOYD, 22, yeoman, Ontario, Belmont, s/o Charles & Elizabeth, married Mary E. PARKER, 17, Ontario, Belmont, d/o Thomas & Catherine, witn: Forbes E. GODFREY & Sarah ELLIOTT no residences given on Dec. 7, 1871 at Hastings[2]

Generation 3

Edward Lloyd was born August 21, 1854 and he died in Peterborough Co. ON, December 19, 1914.  Edward is the son of Charles Lloyd and Betsy McColl, and he married Margaret Little on November 18, 1880 in Peterborough Co.  The 1891 Ontario Census shows Edward married with three sons, living in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co. ON.

AND

Margaret Little born September 17, 1852 in Dummer Township ON was the daughter of William Henry Little and Elizabeth Singleton Little. 

* 9515-81 Edward LLOYD, 21, farmer, Meaford, Dummer, s/o Charles LLOYD & Betsy MACORE, married Margaret LITTLE, 23, Dummer, same, d/o William Henry LITTLE & Elizabeth SINGLETON, witn: Alexander KIDD & Lucy WHITE both of Dummer on Nov. 18, 1880 at Dummer

Their Children:

John James Lloyd BC

John Henry Lloyd MC

Donald Theodore Lloyd BC

• John James / Henry Lloyd born October 13, 1881, died December 11, 1954 and is buried in St. Marks Cemetery Warsaw ON.  He married Linda Eva May Doughty (1893-1982) on October 17, 1911 in Peterborough Co. ON.  Buried with them are four infant children including: Rufus Lloyd February 13,1920 to March 27, 1920, Frank Lloyd March 10, 1922 to June 6, 1922, Vera Lloyd April 23, 1923 to May 5, 1923 and Verna Lloyd April 23, 1923 to May 13, 1923.  Their surviving children:  Donald Theodore Lloyd August 23, 1913 to ?(note Donald Theodore Lloyd - son of Gordon Lloyd), Barbara (Lloyd) Clark April 7, 1926 to October 13, 1999.

• Percival (Percy) Ira H Lloyd born March 1, 1883, he married Eva Grace Hamley Alford on May 7, 1914.  Their children:  female Lloyd June 18, 1922 to June 19, 1922, and Marvin Lloyd January 6, 1929 to January 21, 1929.  Their surviving children:  Dorcas Lloyd,  Harold Alford Lloyd June 28, 1920 to August 17, 2002, Shirley Lloyd, & Rhoda Lloyd.

• Robert Hamilton Lloyd born July 20, 1885, he married Cora Jane (Barr) Bullock born 1879, (her third marriage) on August 10, 1915.  Their Children:  Doris Marie Lloyd May 28, 1919 to October 25, 2006.

• Gordon Theodore Lloyd, of Dummer Township, born October 2,1891 and died in 1960.

Generation 4

Gordon Theodore Lloyd, October 2, 1891 – 1960 (farmer) of Dummer Township, Peterborough, Co. ON was the son of Edward Lloyd & Margaret Little who married Ethel Matthews on September 8, 1910 in Lakefield, ON.

AND

Ethel Edith Matthews, September 21, 1893 – 1974 of Dummer Township, Peterborough Co. ON is the daughter of James Matthews and Margaret Leason of Dummer Township, ON.

* 18398-10 Gordon T. LLOYD (Generation 3), 19, farmer, of Dummer Township, Peterborough Co., ON, s/o Edward LLOYD (Generation 2) (farmer) & Margaret LITTLE, married Ethel E. MATHEWS, 17, also of Dummer Township, d/o James MATHEWS (Generation 2) (farmer) & Margaret LEASON, witnesses: Walter MATHEWS & Mabel E. COOPER both of Halls Glen on Sept. 8, 1910 at Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON.[3]

James Mathews is the son of Bill Mathews (born 1846 in Scotland, died November 19, 1930, Peterborough Co.) & Elizabeth Little

Their Children:

• Violet May Lloyd born March 22, 1911, died December 9, 1919, and is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Dummer Township.

• Donald Theodore Lloyd born August 13, 1913 in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co. ON, and died June 26, 1972 in Toronto, ON.

• Della Marie Lloyd born November 1, 1915 in Peterborough Co., died April 21, 2002, and is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Dummer Township.  She married Harold Steward Van Luven (1915-1988) on June 6, 1941.  Their children:  Harold, Marie, Gordon, Leslie, Kathy Duncan & Lloyd.

• Earl Edward Wellington Lloyd born April 23, 1917 in Peterborough Co. ON, died December 31, 2004 in Peterborough, and is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Dummer Township.  His children with his first wife Pearl Tedford:  Neil Lloyd, Evelyn Preston, & Ruth Lloyd.  His children with his second wife Dorothy Harrison:  Catherine Gendron, Robert Lloyd, & Susan MacDonald.  Additional natural children:  Leslie Brady-Dalliday.

• Anson Angus Lloyd born November 10, 1920 in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co., and died April 5, 1921 of Spina Bifida.  He is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Dummer Township.

• Maxwell E. Lloyd born January 14, 1922 in Peterborough ON, died February 6, 1997 in Peterborough ON, and is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery In Dummer Township.  He married Mary A. Payne (1922) on December 5, 1942.  Their children:  Margaret, Mervin & Warren.

• Mazie Viola Lloyd born March 22, 1924 in Peterborough Co. ON, died November 28, 2006, and is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Dummer Township.  She married Archie R. Hawthorne (1921-1999).  Their children:  Joan, Ronald & Linda.

• Jean Lenora Lloyd born August 23, 1929 in Peterborough Co. ON, died September 15, 1991, and is buried in Lakefield Cemetery in Smith Township, ON.  Her children with her first husband Jim Grieder:  Sharon, Bill, & Brenda.  She later married Roy Currins Parkin.

Generation 5

Donald Theodore Lloyd (car salesman) born August 13, 1913 in Dummer Township, Peterborough, Co., ON was the son of Gordon Theodore Lloyd & Ethel Matthews.  Donald T. H. Lloyd died on June 26, 1972 in Toronto, ON.

AND

Muriel Irene Harvey (farmer & cook) of Young’s Point, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON born on March 5, 1912 married Donald Theodore Harold Lloyd.

Their Children:

• Eleanor Beulah Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born on April 21, 1935, married Walter David Best of Peterborough city on April 15, 1954.
• Douglas Theodore Harold Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born October 7, 1936 married Diane Storey.  Douglas died February 14, 2010.  Their children:  Heather, Debbie, Doug Jr., Susan, and Tracy.
• Lois Lorena Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born March 1938 married Frank Takacs of Toronto.  Their children:  Frank and Terri.
• Clifford Raymond Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born January 31, 1940, married Magaret-Anne Randall.  Their children:  Julie and Toby.
• David Harvey Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born March 16, 1943, married Diane DeLarge (family was from Carleton Place, ON) in Lakefield, ON.  Their children:  Karla, Lisa, and Gina.
• Robert Lloyd buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough ON

Donald’s Second Marriage after 1944:

Donald Theodore Harold Lloyd married Florence and resided in Toronto, ON.  They had one daughter together named Noreen Lloyd.

Generation 6

Eleanor Beulah Lloyd (homemaker) of Young’s Point, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON born on April 21, 1935, married Walter David Best (CGE welder & pastor) of Peterborough, ON, born on November 29, 1933 in Peterborough ON on April 15, 1954. 

AND

Walter David Best is the son of David Best born March 22, 1909 (originally of Glasgow Scotland) and Alice Best (Winterbottom) born November 17, 1912 (originally of Oldham, England) of Peterborough, ON.

Their Children:

• Christine Muriel Best born March 1, 1955 in Peterborough, ON married Raymond Foster of Peterborough in July 1982 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.
• Stephen Walter Best born May 3, 1957 in Peterborough, ON married Cynthia Anne Jay of Peterborough, ON on October 11, 1980 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.

Generation 7

Stephen Walter Best, BA (Trent University) born May 3, 1957 married his childhood sweetheart from Edminson Heights Bible Chapel (Peterborough, ON) Cynthia (Cindy) Anne Jay of Otonabee Township, Peterborough Co., ON on October 11, 1980. 

AND

Cindy Anne Jay, Registered Nurse (Fleming College), born on April 16, 1957 in Peterborough, ON is the daughter of Fredrick Henry Jay (born February 6, 1934 and died September 14, 2005) of Peterborough, ON and Mary Sybil Hunter (birth - Kennedy) (born March 12, 1934) of Peterborough, ON.

Their Children:

• Nathanael Stephen Best (Trent University & Fleming College) born December 24, 1982 in Peterborough, ON married Patricia (Patty) Joy Freeman (Trent University) of Elmira, ON, on August 4, 2007 in Peterborough, ON.
• Joshua David Best (OCAD) born October 24, 1984 in Peterborough, ON married April Dawn White (York University) of Grand Rapids, MI on May 5, 2005 in Grand Rapids, MI.
• Lucas Walter Best (Fleming College) born November 26, 1986 in Peterborough, ON.
• Jameson Ern Best (Seneca-York College) born August 5, 1988 in Peterborough, ON.

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[1] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/peter.htm

[2] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/peter71.htm

[3] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onpeterb/vital-stats/marriage-records.htm

Northey Photos

James Northey & 

his daughter Estella Northey, 1908

Robert Northey 

(son of James Northey & Mary Ann Reed)

 & his wife Lena Payne

Pearl (Northey) Little 

(daughter of James Northey & Mary Ann Reed)

 & her husband Henry Little

Isabella (Northey) Harvey

(daughter of James Northey & Mary Ann Reed)

& her husband Bernal Harvey

Margaret Moore, Lilly Rosborough, Isabella Harvey, 

Robert Northey, Pearl Little, Estella, Mertle Brown 

(Northey Sisters & Brothers)

Isabella (Northey) Harvey & Muriel Irene Harvey

Isabella (Northey) Harvey

Harvey Homestead (Young's Pt., ON)

Bernal Harvey & his wife Isabella Northey

The Choate - Harvey Connection (USA-CAN)

Generation 5

Captain Jacob Choate born October 11, 1746, in Chebacca, MA, and died July 1, 1828, in Glanford Twp. Wentworth Co., ON.

AND

Hannah Burnham born November 1, 1745, in Chebacca, MA, and died in 1813, in Glanford Twp. Wentworth Co., ON.  They married November 10, 1768 in Ipswich, MA.

“Mr. Choate, when a small boy, five years old, performed a feat of horsemanship by riding horseback from "the Island" to the head of the creek and back again alone, a distance of at least a mile and a half, the road always being partly under water.  This showed the mettle of the lad.

He went to sea in early life, and when 21was known as Captain Choate.  About the time of his marriage, he took charge of a vessel, and soon became its owner.  He was for a few years very successful in the East Indian trade; and one fine Sunday morning, in full view of his father's house, where were his wife and two little children waiting his return from a sea voyage, his ship, with a large cargo of rum, sugar, molasses, and rice, all his own, was becalmed and went to the bottom, he and his crew barely escaping in their small boat.  The vessel was old and unsafe, and he had intended this as his last voyage, having planned to convert his cargo and ship into land and become a farmer; but on arrival home, he found himself even with the world and ready to begin again.  He engaged in tanning and shoemaking and was prospered, so that soon he made some investments in land in Boscawen, N.H.

About the time of the collapse of the Continental money, he was visited by a man on horseback who wished to purchase his place, which he then sold; and on completion of title and receipt of the money, the purchaser informed him that the bills were worthless on the sea-coast, and advised him to mount his horse and do as he had done, hasten to some place where the money was current.  He went subsequently to Enfield, N.H., visited Canada in 1796, and on his return sold out to a Boston wholesale merchant by the name of Oliver Holden for $15,000, to be paid in goods for the Canada trade.  He went down for his goods, found Holden bankrupt and in jail, got one thousand dollars worth of codfish, and went in 1797 to Canada.  He located in Glanford, nine miles from the city of Hamilton, with his four sons, Thomas, Jacob, Nathan, and James.  Nathan died in 1813.  The others left a goodly number of descendants, many of whom are living today in Canada and in the United States.

In the War of the Revolution, Mr. Choate seems to have joined an expedition to Rhode Island, Aug. 9 to Aug 27, 1778.  He was a private in Col. Moses Kelly's Regiment and Capt. Joshua Bagley's Company.

Mr. Choate was a man of great physical power.  He was six feet and three inches tall, and weighed two hundred and fifty pounds.  It is narrated that on one occasion he went overboard to help raise a mast, and stayed in the water two hours on a cold March day.

Once his ship was filling with water, the men pumped until all were exhausted and every one lay down but himself; and he threw the boat over alone which it took four men to handle, then threw the whole crew into the boat, jumped in himself just as the vessel went down, and brought them all safely to land.

He purchased fifteen hundred acres of land in Enfield, N.H., became involved, lost everything; even his horse was attached, and placed under a keeper.  Mr. Choate threw the keeper down the scuttle, took the horse, and rode off.

Having some trouble in Chebacco he escaped to Boscawen, N.H.  Three men went after him but returned as they went, he refusing to go back alive.

Jacob Choate signed a petition dated June 3, 1779, for the town to have its old name of Enfield, instead of Kelhan, which was granted.

Jacob Choate emigrated to Canada with his family in 1798.  He started from his home in N.H. in the depth of winter, and before their arrival in Canada passed through a series of difficulties and dangers scarcely understood and appreciated in these days of quick and luxurious locomotion.

They journeyed with ox-teams and sleighs, and came west through the northern part of New York State, until they reached the Niagara River.  Above the falls the stream was found to be frozen over, but it being late in the day on arriving there, Mr. Choate concluded to wait until morning before crossing.  At daybreak what was their dismay to find the ice on which they depended for a safe and easy passage of the river had disappeared during the night.  But the head of the family did not despair.  Having a little knowledge of the sailor's art, he determined to attempt the ford by means of an old flat-bottomed boat moored to the bank a short distance up the river.

He first cut a long pole and lashed it firmly across the craft, letting the ends of the pole extend over the sides of the boat.  This done, he drove an ox-team into the river, one on each side, up to the pole end, which he fastened to the heads of the oxen, and by making them swim the river, the boat was thus propelled, the whole arriving in safety on the Canadian shore.”

Possibly from, "The Choates in America" by E.O. Jameson.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10338002/person/-656122668/story/d724dd68-2387-4ed1-b94a-97a8c4d6b8ab?src=search

Their Children:

Thomas CHOATE
St. Pauls Glanford Anglican Cemetery
Wentworth (Hamilton) Co. ONborn, Jan 28, 1778
died in Glanford, Mar 7. 1859
after 61 yrs in Canada
[birth year listed as 1773 in family tree]

• Susanna Choate born in 1769 in Ipswich Township, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, USA, died 1859 in Providence, NH.  She married Benjamin Fifield.
• Hannah Choate born in 1772 in Ipswich Township, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, USA.  She married Jonathan Farnham.
• Thomas Choate born January 23, 1773 in Ipswich Township, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, USA, died March 7, 1859 in Glanford, ON.  He married Anna McCarter on July 10, 1808.  See below
• James Choate born about 1776 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA, died March 28, 1832 in Dorchester ON
• Jacob Choate II born January 28, 1777, in Enfield, Grafton County, NH, died November 9, 1840, Port Hope, ON.
• Nathan Choate born in 1778 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
• Rachael Choate born 1779 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
• Elizabeth Choate born December 28, 1780 in Dunbarton, Merrimack Co., NH USA and died June 27, 1863 in Cobourg, ON CAN.  She married Zaccheus Burnham (son of Asa and Elizabeth Burnham) on February 1, 1801 in Cobourg, ON.  Asa Burnham was brother to Hannah (Burnham) Choate.  See below
• Dolly Choate born in 1782 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA

“Early in the spring of 1798, Thomas Choate and his three brothers, Jacob, James, and Nathan Choate, with two cousins of the name of Burnham started for Canada, taking with them a yoke of oxen, which were driven singly because the Indian foot-path was narrow. These oxen were loaded on their backs with tools, provisions for the journey, etc.

On reaching the Mohawk River they undertook to replenish their stock of food for the rest of the way. On going into a house they found the people all sick and as it proved with the small-pox. Having thus been exposed they concluded to stay where they were until it was all over. To hasten the matter they hired a shanty and inoculated themselves with the small-pox virus. Having recovered, and smoked their clothing, they went on their way. And on arriving at the location they at once went to work to carve out homes for themselves. Taking advantage of the free grant of one hundred acres of land secured to' each actual settler, they added to this as rapidly as possible by purchase.

My uncles, Jacob, James, and Nathan Choate, did not remain long near where my father settled. But my uncle Jacob Choate, settled near where the town of Port Hope now is, on the north shore of Lake Ontario. My uncles. James and Nathan Choate. went to the westward some sixty miles, near where the city of London now is.

My grandfather, Jacob Choate, came into this country in 1800. He came through on horseback, there being no roads over which a wagon could pass.  He spent a part of his time with my uncles.  James and Nathan Choate in the county of Oxford, but died in 1828, at my father's house.”  

Son of Thomas Choate

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/e-o-ephraim-orcutt-jameson/the-choates-in-america-1643-1896-ema/page-24-the-choates-in-america-1643-1896-ema.shtml

Generation 6

Jacob Choate born January 28, 1777 in Enfield, NH USA died November 29, 1840, Port Hope, ON.

AND

Frances (Fanny) Marshall Burnham born September 27, 1780 in Dunbarton, NH, died September 7, 1865 in Port Hope, ON.  They married January 26, 1800 in Enfield, NH and are both buried in Port Hope Union Cemetery,

“Mr. Choate was born in Enfield NH.  When about twenty-one years old he emigrated with his three brothers to Canada, and located at first near the site of the city of Hamilton, Ontario.  Later he removed to a place near Cobourg, and in 1812 settled in Port Hope, Ontario, where he engaged in hotel business.

Becoming tired of hotel-keeping he purchased a large tract of timber land in that district, which he improved besides building a large saw-mill. He lived on this property until his death in 1842, having during his lifetime passed the greater portion of it among those eventful scenes with which the early history of the Province is connected."

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Cobourg ON 1840

CHOATE ST., COBOURG - After Jacob Choate, who operated the hotel at the corner of Walton and John Streets in 1817 and had then bought 400 acres just north of the village for which he was to pay $1400 within five years. The Choates took an active part in the affairs of the district for many years.


Their children:

• Fanny Choate born November 3,1800 in Glanford, ON and died February 6, 1883 in Warsaw ON.  She married Patrick Maguire May 4, 1828 and they mostly resided in Cavan, ON.

• Jacob Choate born December 25, 1802 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., ON and died September 27, 1831, buried in Port Hope Union Cemetery.  He married Margaret Bunker in 1825.

• Nathan Choate born March 9,1805 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., ON, and died July 10, 1891 at Belmont Farm in Port Hope ON and is buried at Belmont Cemetery in Port Hope ON.  He married Charlotte Bedford - 1827, Millicent Boyce - 1814, Martha Mann - 1840, & Mary Ann Lukey - 1848.

• Aaron Choate born November 4, 1806 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., ON and died September 22, 1877 in Perrytown, ON.  He married Mary Smith November 19, 1841.

• Thomas Choate born April 3, 1809 in Cobourg, ON and died January 26, 1900, Warsaw, ON.  Married Mary Wright, Eliza Wright, & Hannah Grover.

Anna Maria
Choate-Bates

• Anna Maria Choate born July 2, 1820 in Port Hope, ON and died November 27, 1895, Warsaw, ON.

Jacob Choate & his son Thomas, & Adam Scott

Above Taken From:  History of the County of Peterborough Ontario, Chapter II History of the town of Peterborough, p. 249 – 250.

Thomas Choate, son of Jacob Choate and Fanny Marshall Burnham, was born April 3, 1809 near Cobourg, Upper Canada. His parents had emigrated to Glanbord from Enfield, New Hampshire in 1798, along with members of the Burnham family who were cousins of the Choates. In approximately 1801, they moved to Hamilton Township, north of Cobourg, where Thomas was born, and by 1812, the family had moved to Port Hope, Upper Canada. Thomas learned the trade of millright at Warsaw, New York, and also studied music at Batavia, New York. In 1830, Thomas married Mary Wright, daughter of Richard Wright and Ann Stuart of Skiberne, County Cork, Ireland. Thomas and Mary had five children: Thomas George, Anna Eliza, Mary Jane, Richard Marshall, and Jacob Stuart. In 1834-35, Thomas was sent to Dummer Township by his uncle, the Honourable Zaccheus Burnham, to complete the construction of a saw and grist mill, which had already been started for Burnham by Thomas Hartwell. By 1836, the mill was in operation and Thomas moved his family to what was then known as Dummer Mills and built a general store. In 1842, Thomas successfully acquired the contract for a post office, and since a post office, required a village name, Thomas chose the name Warsaw. In 1839, Thomas' first wife died and he married her sister, Eliza Wright. They had two children, Harriet Burnham and Mary, before Eliza died in 1845. In 1846, Thomas married Hanah Grover, daughter of Jonah Grover and Lucia Baldwin, of Norwood, Upper Canada. Thomas and Hannah had three children: Celestia Charlotte, James Grover, and Arthur Francis. Thomas' eldest son, Thomas George, when he was old enough, took over running the mills for Zaccheus Burnham. Thomas George later established his own chair manufacturing shop on Quarry Lake. Thomas senior's main interest remained in the running of his store and post office, and with his duties as a Justice of the Peace. Thomas also established and conducted a singing school and choir which was under his tutelage for 60 years. Both he and his son, Thomas George became involved in the local temperence society and in local politics. Thomas retired from running the store in 1889, at the age of 80, and his youngest son, Arthur Francis, took over the business as manager and post master. In 1897, Arthur established a second store, Choate Supply Store, at McCraken's Landing, Stony Lake. Thomas died in 1900, at the age of 90. The Warsaw store was sold in 1927, and Arthur Francis died in 1931. The Choate Supply Store remained in business, and was managed by Arthur's wife Vida. When she died, the store was then managed by their daughter Bessie. The Choate Supply Store was sold out of the family in 1949. Arthur and Vida Elora Smith, also had a son, Richard (Dick), who was born in Warsaw in 1880. Dick was to become a journalist, artist and musician. Dick began his career with the Peterborough Examiner in 1905 and in his early days, worked for the Montreal Herald, the Buffalo Courier and some newspapers in Calgary and Vancouver. In 1908, Dick married Mary (May) Dawson Donnell, daughter of Elizabeth Ambrose and James Rea Donnell. Dick also worked in the United States for some time, and at one point in his career was a member of the Congressional Press Gallery in Washington, D.C. He later became the editor of the Toronto Daily News, editor of the Toronto Sunday World, and an editorial writer for the Toronto Globe. It is unknown when he died.

http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/86-027.htm

Port Hope Union Cemetery

Generation 7

Anna Maria Choate born July 2, 1820 in Port Hope, ON and died November 27, 1895 in Warsaw, ON.

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Edward Bates born July 1, 1816 in Hartford, Devon, England son of Richard and Frances / Fanny (Bridham) Bates, and died June 26, 1876 in Port Hope, ON at the residence of his brother-in-law Nathan Choate.  They married May 30, 1842 and resided in Port Hope, Cardiff, and Warsaw ON.

Their Children:

• Edward Richard Bates born April 23, 1843 in Hope Township ON, died from a train accident August 5, 1893 in Buena Vista CA, and married Sophia Chapman August 15, 1867.
• Jacob Choate Bates born December 12, 1845 in Port Hope, ON and married Katie Harrington on April 15, 1882, died January 15, 1915 in Burleigh Township, ON (lockmaster in Burleigh Falls, ON with Charles Fuller).
• Frances Elizabeth Bates born November 3, 1846 in Hope Township, Durham Co ON.

Edward Bates & Anna Maria
 Choate-Bates, & daughter
Anna Maria Bates-Harvey

• Anna Maria Bates born on April 8, 1848 in Hope Township, ON, Canada, died April 13, 1900 in Toronto ON. 
• Sarah Hannah Burnham Bates born January 15, 1850, died August 21, 1880 in Peterborough, ON.  She married John Sanderson on April 6, 1876.
• Mary Victoria Bates born April 1, 1852 in Belmont, Port Hope, ON.  She married Jabez Gander on July 1, 1874 in Peterborough, ON.
• Charlotte Augusta Bates born April 11, 1854 in Cavan, Peterborough Co., ON, died August 12, 1874(?).  She married John Sanderson on October 8, 1873.
• William Bridham Bates born April 8, 1856 in Cavan, Peterborough Co., ON, died January 10, 1924 in Glenwood Springs, CO.

• Nathan Choate Bates born March 17, 1858 in Cavan, Peterborough Co., ON, died June 7, 1933 in Haliburton, ON.  Canada census 1891 shows Nathan residing in Cardiff & Haliburton ON, and married Sarah A C Martin (born about 1867, parents Arthur Martin and Sarah Ann Martin) with stepsons Arthur Edward born August 25, 1887 and Francis Johnston born August 23, 1889.
• Arthur C Bates born about 1859 and died (?), married Sarah A C Martin (born about 1867, parents Arthur Martin & Sarah Johnston) on July 14, 1886 in Kinmount, ON.

1861 Census - Bates

Mary Victoria Bates (MC)

Charlotte Augusta Bates (MC)

Jacob Choate Bates Death

Arthur C Bates (MC)

Generation 8

Ann Maria Bates born on April 8, 1848 in Port Hope, ON, died of paralysis / pneumonia on April 13, 1900 in Toronto, ON.  Her parents were Anna Maria Choate and Edward Bates.

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Joseph Charles Harvey was born on 13 Apr 1845 in Southampton, England. He died on January 19, 1920 in Lakefield, Peterborough, ON Canada.  He was buried January 21, 1920 in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township, Peterborough, ON Canada.  Joseph Charles (farmer) married Anna Maria Bates on December 29, 1865 in Dummer Township, ON, Canada.

*Joseph Charles HARVEY, 20, England, Dummer s/o Joseph and A???? E. HARVEY married Ann M. BATES, Canada, Dummer d/o Edward and Ann BATES, witness – Levi PAYNE and Sarah BATES, both of Dummer, December 29, 1865

see:  http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/peter65.htm (Pg 56, Return No. 118, Bible Christian).

Their Children (Joseph Charles & Ann Maria Bates):

• Violet Matilda Harvey[6] was born in October 9. 1866 & died June 29, 1940, married Allen Homer Church on September 11, 1889 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  Both are buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township ON.
• Francis Joseph Harvey was born February 14, 1868 in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada. He died on March 21, 1883 (Typhoid Fever) in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Edith Maria Harvey was born in December 9, 1869 in Dummer Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  She died on October 30, 1881 (Diphtheria) in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Esca Charles Harvey was born on January 6, 1871 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on February 6, 1888 (Acute inflammation of lungs) in Apsley, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Edward Neville Harvey was born on September 4, 1872 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on April 4, 1883 (Typhoid Fever) in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Samuel Harvey was born July 10, 1874 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON and died July 11, 1874.
• William Henry Harvey was born in October 30, 1875 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on October 25 (JC Harvey Bible) or 28 (D/C), 1881 (Diphtheria) in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Eric Vaughan Harvey was born on September 17, 1877 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on November 2, 1881 (Diphtheria) in Burleigh      Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Geoffrey Septimus Harvey (born in October 4, 1879 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada, died June 24, 1960) married Etta Elizabeth Sarah Coons (born May 8, 1883 in Dummer Township, ON, died December 30, 1948) daughter of Allan Coons and Isabella Little.
• Ernest Harold Harvey was born on November 1, 1881 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on October 7, 1958 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON. He was buried on October 8, 1958 in Lakefield Cemetery in Smith Township.  Ernest married Helena (Lena) Laura Bullock on July 8, 1902 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  Helena (Lena) Laura Bullock was born on August 18, 1879 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  She died on October 22, 1952 in Lakefield, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada, and was buried on October 24, 1952 in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township.
• Vivian Francis Harvey was born in March 21, 1884 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  He died on February 20, 1973 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada, and was buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township.  Vivian married Margaret Nichols (born 1884 - died 1962) (the daughter of William Nichols and Sarah Braden) on March 11, 1908 in Douro Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.
• Bernal Vincent Harvey was born on October 26, 1886 in Burleigh Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  Bernal married Isabella Northey daughter of James Northey and Mary Ann Reed, and granddaughter of William Northey and Anne Perkin.
• Eric Joseph Charles Harvey was born August 12 (B/Cert) or 14 (J.C. Harvey Bible), 1890 in Burleigh Falls, Peterborough Co., ON and died December 6, 1950.  He moved to Alberta and married Millie (Amelia) Benson on December 23, 1914.  

Joseph’s Second Marriage:

Joseph Charles Harvey later married Mary Ann Nichols on March 6, 1901 in Peterborough, ON, Canada.  Mary Ann Nichols was born on November 27, 1866 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON Canada.  She died on February 18, 1951 and was buried on February 20, 1951 in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township.

Their Children (Joseph Charles & Mary Ann Nichols):

·      William Charles Harvey was born on August 7, 1903 Peterborough, ON, Canada married Ada Haun on July 21, 1928 and he died on April 8, 1973 in Lakewood Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Generation 9

Bernal Vincent Harvey was born in October 26, 1886 in Smith Township ON, Canada and died May 18, 1956. Bernal married Isabella (Bella) Elizabeth Northey on March 23, 1910 in Lakefield, ON Canada.

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Isabella (Bella) Elizabeth Northey daughter of James Northey and Mary Ann Reid was born on October 8, 1885 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON, Canada.  She died on July 26, 1952 in Smith Township. She was buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township.

Their Children:

·      Muriel Irene Harvey was born on March 5, 1912 in Peterborough Co. ON.  She died on February 2, 1997 and was buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Smith Township. 

·      Earl Raymond Harvey born June 13, 1915 in Peterborough Co., ON married Alice Johnson (Apsley, ON).

Generation 10

Muriel Irene Harvey (farmer & cook) of Young’s Point, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON born on March 5, 1912 married Donald Theodore Harold Lloyd.

AND

Donald Theodore Harold Lloyd (car salesman) born August 13, 1913 in Dummer Township, Peterborough, Co., ON was the son of Gordon Theodore Lloyd 1891-1960 & Ethel Matthews.  Donald T. H. Lloyd died on June 26, 1972 in Toronto, ON.

Their Children:

·      Eleanor Beulah Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born on April 21, 1935, married Walter David Best of Peterborough city on April 15, 1954.

·      Douglas Theodore Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born October 6, 1936 married Diane Storey.  Douglas died February 14, 2010.

·      Lois Lorena Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born March 1938 married Frank Takacs of Toronto.

·      Clifford Raymond Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born January 31, 1940, married Magaret-Anne Randall.

·      David Harvey Lloyd of Young’s Point, ON born March 16, 1943, married Diane DeLarge (family was from Carleton Place, ON) in Lakefield, ON

Donald’s Second Marriage after 1944:

Donald Theodore Harold Lloyd married Florence (?) and resided in Toronto, ON. 

Their Children:

• Noreen Lloyd of Toronto, ON

Generation 11

Eleanor Beulah Lloyd (homemaker) of Young’s Point, Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON born on April 21, 1935, married Walter David Best (CGE welder & pastor) of Peterborough, ON, born on November 29, 1933 in Peterborough ON on April 15, 1954. 

AND

Walter David Best is the son of David Best born March 22, 1909 (originally of Glasgow Scotland) and Alice Best (Winterbottom) born November 17, 1912 (originally of Oldham, England) of Peterborough, ON.

Their Children:

·      Christine Muriel Best born March 1, 1955 in Peterborough, ON married Raymond George Foster (born October 13, 1949) of Peterborough on July 17, 1982 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.  They have two Children Jared Raymond Foster born May 19, 1987 and Anna Eleanor Foster born November 28, 1990.

·      Stephen Walter Best born May 3, 1957 in Peterborough, ON married Cynthia Anne Jay of Peterborough, ON on October 11, 1980 in Smith Township, Peterborough Co., ON.

Generation 12

Stephen Walter Best, BA (Trent University) born May 3, 1957 married his childhood sweetheart from Edminson Heights Bible Chapel (Peterborough, ON) Cynthia (Cindy) Anne Jay of Otonabee Township, Peterborough Co., ON on October 11, 1980. 

AND

Cindy Anne Jay, Registered Nurse (Fleming College), born on April 16, 1957 in Peterborough, ON is the daughter of Fredrick Henry Jay (born February 6, 1934 and died September 14, 2005) of Peterborough, ON and Mary Sybil Hunter (birth - Kennedy) (born March 12, 1934) of Peterborough, ON.

Their Children:

·      Nathanael Stephen Best (Trent University & Fleming College) born December 24, 1982 in Peterborough, ON married Patricia (Patty) Joy Freeman (Trent University) of Elmira, ON, on August 4, 2007 in Peterborough, ON.

·      Joshua David Best (Ontario College of Art & Design University) born October 24, 1984 in Peterborough, ON married April Dawn White (York University) of Grand Rapids, MI on May 5, 2005 in Grand Rapids, MI.

·      Lucas Walter Best (Fleming College) born November 26, 1986 in Peterborough, ON.

·      Jameson Ern Best (Seneca-York College) born August 5, 1988 in Peterborough, ON