- Thomas Francis & Hannah Kelly Gravemarker (1 KB)
Thomas Francis Kelly's (My G-G-Grandfather) Gravemarker - Found in Burritt's Rapids, Ontario, Canada & Located at Christ Church Anglican Cemetery.According to "Who's Where A Guide To The Cemeteries of Rideau Township" edited by Jim Kennedy and produced by the Rideau Heritage Board of Publication, Township of Rideau, in 1980, Thomas KELLY [My Great-Great-grandfather & the father of my Great-grandfather, James KELLY] is listed as being buried in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery which is located in Burritts Rapids, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario with his wife Hannah BROWN KELLY. The transcriptions on the gravemarker read..."Thomas KELLY...Died...28, April, 1891 at age 90 years, and Hannah KELLY...Died 15, March,(THE YEAR IS BLANK?)at age 78 years!" Why the year of death for Hannah is not on the gravemarker {It is smooth; as if it was never chiseled}is a mystery to me.Thomas KELLY's place of birth on the Ontario Census of 1871 was listed as Ireland. He would have been born about 1800, somewhere in Ireland.According to the 1861; 1871; & 1881 Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County Census, Thomas and Hannah KELLY had the following 15 children:1.James KELLY...My Great Grandfather & their eldest son; Born in Burritts Rapids on 09, Sept., 1838.2.Susana KELLY...Born about 1841 in Upper Canada.3.Mary KELLY...Born about 1842 in Upper Canada.4.Sarah KELLY...Born about 1843 in Upper Canada.5.Elizabeth KELLY...Born about 1845 in Upper Canada.6.Naomi KELLY...Born about 1847 in Upper Canada.7.Kezeth KELLY...Born about 1848 in Upper Canada.8.Maria KELLY...Born about 1851 in Upper Canada..."On 22, March, 1851; Certificate # 004644...of Kemptville {year/75..remarks..}..Age 21. (Residence -) Born in ONT, married John ROSE. Parents: Thomas & Hannah Brown Kelly (Rel.-METH) WIT: IAS ROSE, MERRICKVILLE Parents: THOMAS & HANNAH (Rel -METH) WIT: WM & CATHERINE ROSE."12.Martha KELLY...Born about 1857 in Upper Canada..."On 09, January, 1873; Certificate # 007325..of KEMPTVILLE {year/73..remarks}..Age 20 (Residence-) Born in Wolford T, married Edmund FULCHER. Parents: Thomas & Hannah KELLY (Rel -)Wit: Wm Brown & Maria Kelly."13.William KELLY...Born about 1859 in Upper Canada.14.Thomas KELLY...Born about 1859 or 1861 in Upper Canada.15.Albert KELLY...Born about 1863 or 1866 in Ontario.I have been unable to find any of the aforementioned childrens gravesites or descendants.The eldest son of these 15 children born between 1838 and about 1866 [A 28 year period of time]was my Great-grandfather; James KELLY. He married Rebecca TOMPKINS [Daughter of Nathan TOMPKINS-Veteran of the War of 1812-who was the son of Israel TOMPKINS-A well-known United Empire Loyalist]. James KELLY and Rebecca TOMPKINS KELLY were the parents of my Grandfather; Nathan Tompkins KELLY who was born 24, August, 1867 in Blenheim, Harwich Township, Kent County, Ontario. Nathan Tompkins KELLY (At about age 14);James & Rebecca TOMPKINS KELLY immigrated to the United States in 1879 and eventually resided in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, where my father, Luther James KELLY [First Generation Born American] was born in 1907.I recently acquired a copy of Thomas Francis KELLY's Death Record from the L. D. S. Family History Center as follows: Deaths (V. E-G) 1891: Family History Library US/CAN Film # 1853538.Under Schedule C. -- Deaths; County of Peterborough; Division of Belmont; I discovered the following:*Name and Surname of Deceased...Thomas Francis Kelly*When Died...28, April, 1891*Sex - Male or Female...Male*Age...92*Rank or Profession...Farmer{A stamped # 013178appears on this line}*Where Born...Ireland*Certified Cause of Death andDuration of Illness...Inflamation of prostateglands & old age. 3 days.*Name of Physician, if any...W. H. Jeffs M. D.*Signature Description andResidence of Informant...John W. Grew (or Grue)*When Registered...30, June, 1891*Religious Denomination ofDeceased... E.*Signature of Registrar...Porter PrestonAccording to the 1891 Census of Belmont Township, Peterborough County, Ontario on April 16, 1891 [12 days before Thomas Francis KELLY died] the Census Taker wrote the following:"FULCHER, Martha, age 34, widow, born in Ontario, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ontario, Methodist.FULCHER, Frederick, age 14, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.FULCHER, Francis, age 12, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.FULCHER, Lillie, age 9, daughter, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Metodist.FULCHER, Herbert, age 5, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.FULCHER, Henery J., Looks like he's two months old, son, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist.KELLEY, Thomas, age 92, widow, father, born in Ireland, father and mother born in Ireland, Church of England.GREW, Wesley, age 27, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist, Blacksmith.GREW, Emma, age 17, wife, born in Ontario, father born in England, mother born in Ontario, Methodist.GREW, Earnest, age 1, son, born in Ontario, father and mother born in Ontario, Methodist."Thomas, Martha, Frederick, Francis, and Lillie could all read and write. Also, if Martha was a widow, but had a newborn baby, Edmund FULCHER, her husband, may have died within the previous year. Perhaps John W. GREW is John Wesley GREW; the Informant on Thomas KELLY's Death Record.And perhaps Emma GREW was the eldest daughter of Martha KELLY FULCHER. It is obvious that Thomas Francis KELLY was living with his twelfth born child, Martha KELLY FULCHER whenever he died in Belmont Township. - Phoebe A. Carney Miller (24 KB)
Phoebe Carney Miller(Born 14, May, 1823 in Kent County, Delaware to Thomas Carney and Sarah Hughes Carney) is my Great Great Grandmotherand the mother of my Great Grandmother, ElizabethMiller. Phoebe A. Carney (AKA Libby)was a descendant of the Tri-Isolate Native American Delaware Nanticoke Moor community in Kent County Delaware and died on 14, March, 1911 in Edmore, Montcalm County, Michigan at the age of 87 years and 10 months old. - Alexander Tompkins' Family (1 KB)
The older gentleman (upper left), with a beard and an X over his head, is Alexander TOMPKINS. Alexander was the brother of my grandfather's (Nathan Tompkins KELLY's) mother (Rebecca Tompkins KELLY).Standing to the right of Alexander is one of his son-in-laws, Justus (Jess) MUNN.Standing to the right of Justus MUNN is Alexander TOMPKINS son, Williams TOMPKINS.Seated, in front of Alexander TOMPKINS, is his son, John Wesley TOMPKINS.To John TOMPKINS right is their dog (which appears to be a Labrador or Irish Setter).Seated, to the dogs right, is Alexander TOMPKINS son, Charles TOMPKINS.This picture was taken sometime in the late Nineteenth Century, in Kent County, HarwichTownship, Ontario, Canada. Alexander TOMPKINS of the Township of Harwich in the County of Kent petitioned to administer the estate and effects of Nathan TOMPKINS (My G-G-Grandfather), his father.It mentions the surviving children as George, Alexander and James, his sons, and Sarah Mc Neil, Elizabeth Young, Clarenda Roland, Mary Gales, and Rebecca Kelly (My G-Grandmother-Nathan Tompkins KELLY's mother). (Provinical Archives, Toronto, Canada, Film #281-408, Wills 1878-1880).I recently acquired the following, in a letter from EthelTOMPKINS of 147 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, datedAugust 15th, 1934. It is addressed to the Deputy Minister of Public Records & Archives, Parliament Buildings, Toronto,Ontario. Ethel TOMPKINS writes:"Dear Sir:For purely personal reasons, I am anxious toobtain what information I can of the persons whose names,with all the data I can gather, I have listed on the enclosed page. I am not concerned as much about their Loyalist connection, though that is important, as I am about the regiments they were attached to, Crown Lands, births or deaths and where buried.Yours very truly,Miss Ethel Tompkins"Ethel TOMPKINS attached the following information to thisletter:"Israel and Rebecca (Brown) Tompkins were of English extraction and natives of New York until after the Revoltionary War when they settled in Canada, in Lanark County, Ontario, where they were well known as United Empire Loyalists. Israel Tompkins served in the British Army and was captured at one time while carrying dispatches.Obadiah Tompkins son of the above, was born near Prscott, Grenville County in 1790. He served in the engineering department of the Government for three years during the war of 1812. He, with his wife and family, settled in HarwichTownship, County of Kent, in or about the year 1842.The above information is taken from a book listed in the Chatham Public Library as 'The Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent'. Published 1904.----------------------------------------------------------Phillip Toll a British soldier who served in the Revolutionary War of 1776William Toll son of the above, who came from the Detroit Headquarters and settled in Raleigh Township, County of Kent.I quote the following from 'The Kent Historical Society Papers and Addresses, Vol. 5."This year (1817) brought the names of D'Clute, Toll Lytle etc. to the Settlement.""In 1840 Wm. Sterling, a resident of the River, entered into the minute book a census of Talbot Road, with Raleigh, Tilbury, Romney along this road indcluded. This census has heads of families both male and female, boys and girls over and under the age of fifteen years of age, and hired help. The following is the census.....Phillip Toll...etc."There is no mention here of William Toll, son of Phillip Toll who had settled in Raleigh after the war of 1812. I do not think the address I quoted from gave a complete list of the census taken. By family reckoning it is supposed that Phillip Toll must have been at least 60 years of age at the time of the Talbot Settlement."The following response was sent to Ethel TOMPKINS by the Deputy Minister of Public Records and Archives office:"August 22nd., 1934Dear Miss Tompkins,We herewith enclose all the material which Mr. Reid, of this department, was able to discover regarding the Toll and Tompkins families.We trust that this material will be of some Value to you.Yours very truly,(Initials JJT)FOR DEPUTY MINISTER.Miss Ethel Tompkins,147 Church Street,Toronto."The following information was attached to this letter:"TOMPKINSEvidence on the claim of Israel Tompkins, late of Saratoga, before the Commissioners investigating the Loyalist Claims will be found on page 1108, 1904 Report of this Department. A copy may be consulted at the Archives or at the Toronto Reference Library, College and St. GeorgeStreets.The lands granted to Israel Tompkins, prior to 1790, were lot 2, concession 9, township of Augusta, which he soldto William Wells on April 4rth., 1816, and the west half of lot 10, concession 3, in the same township. His wife, Rebecca, received lot 6, Front concession, township of Escott (now Yonge), under a land Board Certificate dated April 1st., 1794, as the daughter of an U. E. Loyalist.The following has been taken from a "List of Inhabitants of the Townships of the Rideau, dated April 20th., 1806":township of WolfordNames/AgeIsrael Tompkins 47George " 21Obediah " 16Jessey " 14Nathan " 11Samuel " 6Rebekah(F)" 38Phebe(F) " 3The following has been taken from another list dated May 28th., 1817:townhsip of WolfordNames/AgeIsrael Tompkins 60Samuel " 17Phebe(F) " 14Elisha " 8Israel Jr." 6Nancy(F) " 51Obadiah " 27Nancy(F) " 19township of MarlboroughNames/AgeJesse Tompkins 25Sylvia(F) " 22Minerva(F)" 1The following were granted 200 acres of land each as children of Israel Tompkins, an United Empire Loyalist:George, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order-in-Council dated February 29th., 1808, located lot11, concession 8, township of South Gower. The west half of lot 19, concession 9, township of Belmont, was located to him as a private in Captain Daniel Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812". He died January 4th. 1813. By Claim No. 255, ReportK 2, July, 1840, Heir and Devisee Commission, Adam Henry Meyers and Elijah W. Meyers, of the township of Murray, were allowed the patent for this half lot as "assignee of George D. Tompkins, eldest son and heir at law of George Tompkins, deceased."Obadiah, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order-in-Council dated April 28th., 1812, located the northerly part of lot 19 and the broken lot 21, concession 6, township of Lansdown. Under an Order-in-Council dated March 1st., 1832, Nancy, wife of Obadiah Tompkins, of the township of Montague, xxx located lot 20, concession 9, township of Marlborough, as a daughter of Joseph Knapp, of the township of Montague, and United Empire Loyalist. The north half of Lot 5, concession 9, township of St. Vincent, was located to him for his services as a private in Captain Danile Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812". The patent for this half lot issued in 1839 to James Story, of the township of St. Vincent, as "assignee of Obadiah Tompkins."Nathan, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order in Council dated November 5th., 1818, located lot 23, E. S. Communication Road, township of Harwick. For his services as a private in Captain Daniel Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, between July 2nd., 1812, and January 2nd., 1813, he received the east half of lot 5, concession 10, township of Moore.Elisha, of the township of Wolford, under an Order-in-Council dated February 21st., 1832, located the north half of lot 11, concession 4, township of North Gower, and the east half of lot 12, concession 6, township of Marlborough.Samuel, of the township of Wolford, under an Order-in-Council dated January 24th., 1833, located the north halves of lots 9 and 10, concession 7, township of Mara. The patent issued to Hugh Cross Young, of the township of Vaughan, as "assignee of Stanous Daniels, the assignee of Samuel Tompkins."Asa, of the township of Augusta. Order-in-Council dated October 28th., 1835. Unable to discover any location of land.Jesse, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau. Order-in-Council dated June 23rd., 1836. Unable to discover any location of land. For his services as a private in a Flank Company of the Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812", he received the east half of lot 12, concession 4, township of Marlborough.August 22nd., 1934. W. D. REID.TOLLOn August 17th., 1820, a petition from a number of inhabitants of the township of Harwich, among them being Philip Toll, was read before the Land Committee of the Executive Council of Upper Canada praying that "they have been deprived of the lots on which they were located by Colonel Talbot and praying relief." the Council ordered grants of 300 acres "each free of all fees out of one of the townships behind Harwich as a full remuneration for their improvements and lots in Harwich." The land located to Philip Toll was lot 11, concession 14, and the east half of lot 12, concession 13, township of Dawn. A copy of the above-mentioned petition may be obtained from the Deputy Minister, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.Under an Order-in-Council dated January 10th., 1848, Henry Toll, of the townhship of Raleigh, received a grant of lot 150, Talbot Road West, township of Raleigh, as a settler under Colonel Thomas Talbot.August 22nd., 1934. W. D. REID."The above citation is from the Ontario Government RecordSeries RG 17-21; Archives of Ontario genealogical and biographical research files.Does anyone know who Ethel TOMPKINS of Toronto, writing in 1934, was? NOTE: W. D. Reid, the famous author of "The Loyalists In Ontario; The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada" responded to her inquiry. He was working at the Ontario Archives in 1934. - Phoebe A. Carney Miller & Enoch Miller-Before 1893 (100 KB)
Phoebe A. Carney Miller and Enoch Miller were my Maternal G-G-Grandparents.They were the parents of my Maternal Great Grandmother, Elizabeth MillerParrish.On the 1850 Delaware Federal Census they were listed as "Mulatto."On the 1870 Delaware Federal Census theywere listed as "Free Persons of Color."After migrating to the wilderness of Michigan, they werelisted on the 1880; 1890; 1900; and all census' thereafter as "White."By moving from Little Creek Hundred Delaware [A tri-isolate {Tri-Racial} Delware Moor Community] to Michigan they had successfully assimilated into white society. - Nathan & Rebecca Tompkins Gravemarker (15 KB)
This gravemarker of Nathan and Rebecca TOMPKINS [My G-G-Grandparents on my Grandfather's (NathanTompkins Kelly's) maternal side.They are RebeccaTompkins Kelly's (Nathan Tompkins KELLY's mother and wife of his father, James KELLY's)parents.Nathan TOMPKINS was the son of my Loyalist ancestor, Israel TOMPKINS,(My G-G-G Grandfather). Private Israel TOMPKINSfought, as a colonist, born in the New York colony, with the British as a member of Kings Loyal Americans, Kings Rangers, Rogers Rangers and Jessup's Loyal Rangers and served the Royal Standard for five (5)years and five (5) months in service to "The Crown" during the American Revolution and was honorably discharged 17, Jan., 1783 at Riviere des Chen.This gravemarker is located in Lot # 346, Evergreen Cemetery,Blenheim, Harwich Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.Nathan TOMPKINS, as a son of Israel TOMPKINS, an United Empire Loyalist, was granted 200 acres of land.Nathan TOMPKINS, of the Township of Rideaux, under an Order-in-Council, dated November 5, 1818. located lot 23, E. S. Communication Road, Township of Harwich.For his services as a private in Daniel Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, between July 2nd, 1812 and January 2nd., 1813, he received the east half of Lot 5, Concession 10, Township of Moore.In a book mentioning the Veteran's of 1812:"Nathan TOMPKINS - Am 79; was in Captain Burritt's Companyas a private; Colonel Fraser commanded; enlisted at Rideau in 1812; was at the taking of Ogdensburg and several skirmishes; was not wounded; have no medal or papers; was discharged at Prescott in 1813."My War of 1812 ancestor, Nathan TOMPKINS (My G-G-Grandfather) was born in 1796 and died 2, May, 1879.
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