Caroline M. Massecar / Masecar

Notes:

Buried:
Burial:
Woodland Cemetery
Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 90574155


Died:
Name: Carrie Hagans
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Sep 1931
Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 70
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1861
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Father's Name: Alfred J Masecar
Mother's Name: Jane Hatch
GS Film number: 001973027
Digital Folder Number: 005240279
Image Number: 01435

"Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFQN-DH6 : accessed 17 Mar 2014), Alfred J Masecar in entry for Carrie Hagans, 28 Sep 1931; citing Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States; 01435; FHL microfilm 001973027.

Caroline married Daniel Allen Hagans Abt 1886. Daniel (son of Daniel Hagans and Elizabeth Hippard) was born 23 Dec 1861, Mansfield, Ohio; died 28 Apr 1919, Asheville, Buncombe, South Carolina, United States; was buried , Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Vera Hagans was born Abt 1894, Michigan.

Other Events:

• Misc: 1852, Portland, Maine; At age 13 he entered a literary college where he remained for two years.
• Misc: Apr 1854, Ontario, Canada; Worked in the office of James Moon Salmon, M.D. where he remained for two years.
• Residence: 1860, Bayham Township, Ontario, Canada
• Misc: 1864, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Graduated with Honors Medical School: Victoria University Medical Department, Coburg, 1864, (G) [Victoria College was originally founded as the Upper Canada Academy by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1831, a church committee decided to locate the academy on four acres (1.6 hectares) of land in Cobourg, Ontario, east of Toronto, because of its central location in a large town and access by land and water. -- Wikipedia]
• Residence: 1867, Oxford, Ontario, Canada; Name: A J Massecar Residence Year: 1867 Residence Place: Oxford; Norfolk, Ontario Occupation: physician Oxford and Norfolk Directory and Gazetteer, 1867
• Residence: 1876, Springford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1879, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
• Misc: 1885, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States; Elected as a member of the Board of Education for three years.
• Misc: 1886, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States; Elected and represented the third ward of Monroe City as Alderman for two years.

Notes:

Web: Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012

Name: Alfred J. Masecar
Birth Year: abt 1840
Death Date: 15 Sep 1900
Publication Date: 20 Sep 1900
Publication Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA
Publication Title: Monroe Record
Death Age: 60
Spouse Name: Mary Masecar

http://www.co.monroe.mi.us/egov/searchobituaries.aspx#



Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
about Alfred J. Massacar

Name: Alfred J. Massacar
Death Date:31 Dec 1929
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Monroe, MI
Licenses: MI, 1900
Practice Dates Places: Monroe, MI
Medical School: Victoria University Medical Department, Coburg, 1864, (G)
Comment Death Date:




Buried:
Burial:
Woodland Cemetery
Monroe
Monroe County
Michigan, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 90574312

Alfred married Mary Jane Hatch 16 Mar 1860, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Lawrence Johnson Hatch and Margaret Irwin) was born 1843, Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Apr 1876, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Name: Mary Jane Mascsar
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Apr 1876
Event Place: Oxford, Ontario
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Sunior, Norfolk Co.
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Ontario, Canada
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: yr 1876 cn 10714
GS Film number: 1846476
Digital Folder Number: 4173140
Image Number: 366

"Ontario Deaths,1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6MJ-93Y : accessed 18 Mar 2014), Mary Jane Mascsar, 12 Apr 1876; citing Oxford, Ontario, yr 1876 cn 10714, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1846476.

Notes:

Married:
Name: Mary J. Hatch
Birth Place: Simcoe, Ontario
Residence: Bayham Township
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Father Name: Lawrence Johnson Hatch
Spouse Name: Alfred J. Mesicar
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse Birth Year: abt 1841
Spouse Birth Place: Townsend Township
Spouse Residence: Bayham Township
Spouse Father Name: Nicholas Mesicar
Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1860
Marriage Location: Charlotteville Township
Marriage County or District: Norfolk

Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248_11; Reel: 11.

Other Events:

• Census: 1871, Ontario, Canada; Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871 about Nicholas Massecar Name: Nicholas Massecar Age: 65 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806 Gender: Male Birth Place: Ontario Residence District: Norfolk South Residence Location: Charlotteville Ethnic Origin: German Religion: Free Will Baptist / Free Christian Division: 3 Microfilm Roll: C-9908 Page: 50 Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household.

Notes:

Ancestry.com record -
Nicholas Massecar
Birth 25 Oct 1805 in Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Death 2 Feb 1873 in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

Shows death record but too small to read.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/50282105/person/20291374645

Died:
Death certificate states paralyzed for five years.

Nicholas married Gertrude Yerks 23 May 1829. Gertrude was born 5 Oct 1800; died 26 Dec 1854; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Waterford, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Lawrence married Margaret Irwin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Chapter 94
Sketch XCIV



Died With Their Boots On?The Messacar Family


The words ?died with their boots on,? is a well-known figurative expression applied to those who cling to life tenaciously, persevering in their worldly undertakings until, over-come by an accumulation of infirmities, they drop dead in their tracks. In this sense, to die with one?s boots on is to stubbornly resist the ills that flesh is heir to, pursuing life?s purposes with the plodding patience of the cart-horse that falls in the traces while pulling at his load.

But the expression is applied to the subjects of this sketch in a literal sense. The two pioneer heads of the Messacar[1] family, of Townsend, died with their boots on. One was found in the woods where the limb of a tree had fallen upon him, and the other was found in the woods with a plank in his arms where he had fallen dead while engaged in repairing a bridge. High water had floated some of the planks off the stringers of the bridge and the old pioneer was engaged in the work of replacing them. Not returning when expected a search was made, which resulted in the finding of his dead body. He had picked up one of the stray planks and was in the act of carrying it to the bridge when he fell dead. He was lying in the mud, with his arms tightly clasped about the plank.

This was Abraham Messacar, who settled on the Nanticoke Creek, near the present Rockford Post-office.

The Messacars came from New Jersey with the Slaghts.[2] Abraham Messacar married Sarah, daughter of the original Job Slaght, in New Jersey. He had two children?Abraham and Job?when the family came to Canada. They were quite young at the time, and while en route the pack horse on which they rode took fright at the sudden appearance of an Indian in paint and feathers, and threw off both children. It was a great experience for the youngsters, and they never forgot it. Mr. Messacar built and operated one of Townsend?s pioneer sawmills. The white pine timber in the vicinity of the mill was as good in quality as any in the county, and during the old pioneer?s time nothing but prime, clear logs taken from a virgin forest was sawed into lumber at this mill.

Abraham Messacar had seven sons?Abraham, Job, Henry, Nicholas, John, Caleb and William; and two daughters?Mary and Elizabeth.[3]

Abraham, eldest son of Abraham, was born in New Jersey. He married Margaret Beal, settled at Rockford, and succeeded his father in the milling business. He had three sons?Eli C., Horace G., and Rolph; and ten daughters?Hannah, Sarah, Mary Jane, Hortense, Martha Ann, Harriet, Ellen, Celia, Margaret E. and Ruth H.

Job, second son of Abraham, was born in New Jersey. He was married three times. By his first wife, Hannah Yerks, he had five sons?Abraham, James, Aaron, George and Edwin; and six daughters?Eliza, Sarah, Arvilla, Maria, Lorinda and Mary. By his second wife, Elizabeth Landon, he had one son, Enoch. By his third wife, Esther Ann Bowlby, he had five sons?Alfred, Louis, David, Adam and John A.; and two daughters?Frances and Lucy. Job Messacar had nineteen children and his brother thirteen, making thirty-two in all. A father and son in the Parney family had thirty-nine children, and in these four Townsend families were seventy-one children, all Parneys and Messacars. Job settled at Rockford, or Nanticoke Falls, as it was called by our grandfathers.[4]

Henry, third son of Abraham, was twice married. By his first wife he had three sons?Warren, John and William; and three daughters?Mary, Martha and Melinda. By his second wife he had two daughters. He settled in Michigan.[5]

Nicholas, fourth son of Abraham, married Sarah Wymer, by whom he had one son. Subsequently he married Getty Yerks, by whom he had four sons?Hiram, Eli, Louis and Alford.[6]

John, fifth son of Abraham, married Lutitia Esmond, of Norwich, and settled just north of Waterford. By this marriage he had one daughter. Subsequently he married Eliza Gilbert, by whom he had two sons?Gilbert and Allen; and one daughter, Susanna.[7]

Caleb, sixth son of Abraham, was twice married. He settled in Townsend and had two daughters by his first wife; and one son, John and one daughter, Rosey, by his second wife.[8]

William, seventh and youngest son of Abraham, married Phoebe Lawrence, and settled in Townsend. He had one son, Charles; and four daughters?Jane, Ann, Augusta and Anice.

Mary and Elizabeth, daughters of the original Abraham, married, respectively, _____ Murphy and Dr. Pomeroy.[9]

John Messacar, pioneer head of the other branch of the family, settled north of Waterford. As before stated, he was accidently killed in the woods by a branch of a tree falling upon him. He had five sons?Henry, John, William, Abraham and Matthew; and two daughters?Mary and Sarah.[10]

Henry, eldest son of John, married Anna Chambers, and settled on the homestead. He had one son, Levi; and three daughters?Euphemia, Nancy and Hannah.

John, second son of John, married Sarah Clouse, and settled south of Waterford. He had four sons?Louis, John, Aaron and Abraham; and three daughters?Elizabeth, Amanda and Mary Jane.[11]

William, third son of John, married Anna Slaght, and settled in Burford, where he raised a family.

Abraham, fourth son of John, married Martha Walker, and settled near Waterford. He had four sons?Walker, Eli, Alexander and Levi; and three daughters Mary, Sarah and Euphemia.[12]

Matthew, fifth son of John, married Mary Clouse, and settled in Oakland, where he raised a family. John Messacar, late of Houghton, was a son of Matthew.[13]







[1] The first generation who came to Norfolk County signed their surname ?Masecar?. Subsequent generations adopted variant spellings, including ?Messacar? and ?Messecar?.


[2] Owen?s statement that the Slaght and Masecar families came from New Jersey together is disputable. On May 14, 1796, Abraham Masecar filed a petition to the Executive Council of Upper Canada stating that he came into the province ?about nine months ago? which would make his arrival about July or August 1795 (Upper Canada Land Petition ?M? Bundle 2, Doc. No. 157). Job Slaght sold his 220 acre farm at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey on May 2, 1796. On October 5, 1796, he stated that he ?lately removed to the Province? (Upper Canada Land Petition ?S? Bundle 2, Doc. No. 79).


[3] Abraham, who spelled his surname ?Massecar?, married first to Hannah Scovill, a daughter of Dr. Champion Scovill. She died in May 1825 and was buried in Rockford United Church Cemetery in Townsend Twp. She and Abraham had an only child Scovill Massecar who died thirteen days after birth in 1825 and was buried in Boston Baptist Church Cemetery.


[4] Job who spelled his surname ?Massecar? lived on Lot 3, Concession 7, Townsend Township east of Round Plains. The daughter named by Owen as ?Lorinda? was actually Clorinda in the 1852 Census and her marriage record to Isaac Losee on March 3, 1857, recorded in the Talbot District Marriage Register.


[5] Henry who spelled his surname ?Messecar? settled in Michigan then moved to Cedar, Lake County, Indiana. In addition to those mentioned, he had an oldest son by his first wife, Arthur. By his second wife he had four daughters: Catherine born c. 1847, Sarah born c. 1850, Eliza born c. 1852 and Emeyea born c. 1855, recorded with him in the censuses.


[6] Nicholas Masecar was born on October 25, 1805 making him younger than his brothers John and Caleb. Nicholas and his first wife Sarah had a son Andrew, born in 1828 and died in 1840, buried in Oakland Cemetery, Brant County. The youngest son of the second marriage was Alfred.


[7] John Masecar?s daughter of the first marriage was Lettisia Marie. By his second wife, John has a daughter Rosannah recorded with him in the 1852 Census. Owen might be confusing her with his stated Susannah.


[8] Caleb, who spelled his surname ?Massecar,? married first to Mary A. Brooks, who was recorded with him in the 1852 Census of Townsend Twp. The daughters listed with them were Lucy, born c. 1842 and Sarah E., born c. 1844. Caleb married second on June 14, 1870, Eleanor Clouse. He had a son born to this marriage, named Joseph Henry whom Owen named as John.


[9] Mary Masecar married Arthur Murphy. Elizabeth Masecar married Dr. Rufus Pomeroy on June 6, 1816. This information was contained in a letter from Elizabeth to her brother-in-law Arthur Murphy.


[10] John Masecar?s son Matthew was born on March 7, 1792 making him older than his brothers John, William and Abraham.


[11] John Messecar had additional children who died young and were buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Waterford: Elias, born in 1829, died on September 12, 1832; Sarah Jane, born on April 25, 1835, died on December 1, 1861, Wesley, born in 1841, died on April 8, 1845, and Horace, born in 1843, died on March 25, 1845.


[12] Abraham who spelled his surname ?Messecar? had another son Lewis, born c. 1844 and a daughter Margaret, born c. 1844 living with him in the 1852 Census of Townsend Twp.


[13] Matthew who spelled his surname ?Messecar? married first to Mary Clouse who died in 1832. He then remarried to Lydia McCombs and had a second family. Lydia died on 31 Mar 1843 and Matthew married a third time to Hannah (Richards) Doughance. All were buried in Oakland Cemetery, Brant County. The John Messecar of Houghton Twp. was a grandson of Matthew and son of Hiram Messecar.

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Abraham married Sarah Slaght New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

SKETCH XXVIII.

THE SONS OF OLD HENDRICK SLACHT


https://sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers/owen-chapter-28

Hendrick Slacht was a German plantation owner in the colony of New Jersey.[1] His plantation embraced 625 acres, and was located in the township of New Town, Sussex County. The old title deed for this tract of land is dated June 21st, 1750, and the grantees name is written in the form given in the caption of this sketch. Hendrick Slacht raised a large family on his New Jersey plantation, and his descendants, today, have become a mighty host, scattered all over the American continent. Three of his descendants?Job, John, and Richard?pioneered their way into the new Province of Upper Canada during the first ten years of its existence; and from the very beginning of Norfolk's history the Slaght family has been an important factor in the growth and development of the country. Two of these brothers, Job and John, were Townsend pioneers, and the third, Richard, settled in the adjoining township of Oakland, Brant County.[2]

An old title deed, bearing date Oct. 6th, 1775, shows that Hendrick Slacht conveyed to Joab Slacht 170 acres of the Slacht plantation in consideration of £60 Proclamation money of New Jersey. There is every reason to believe that this Joab Slacht was a son of Hendrick Slacht, and the original Job Slaght, of Norfolk. In 1796, Job Slaght came to Niagara with his family, and in the following year the settlement in Townsend was effected. A sketch of this branch of the family is given elsewhere under the head, ?The Old Pulpit Veteran of Waterford.?

From another old title deed we learn that one, William Stirling, of Breckenbridge, conveyed to Richard Slacht a tract of land lying at Hardytown, adjoining the Slacht plantation. This old deed bears date Sept. 17th, 1774, and it appears quite self-evident that this Richard Slacht was also a son of old Hendrick, and the Richard Slaght who settled in Oakland. The daughters who married into the Cunningham family were of the Richard Slaght branch of the family.[3]

John Slaght, the old Townsend pioneer, married Elizabeth Clouse in New Jersey. An old title deed, bearing date Sept. 4th, 1800, shows that he obtained from Government his title to Lot 10, 5th concession of Townsend, upon which he settled with his family the following spring. The old deed still bears the massive pendant seal which forms such an object of curiosity to the young people of to-day.[4] This old pioneer,[5] who settled in the woods of old Townsend before this old, dying century had seen its first harvest time, is the grand ancestor of a numerous posterity, no inconsiderable portion of which is incorporated in Norfolk's present population. It is said that John Slaght was a machinist, and spent a good share of his time in the study of perpetual motion. He built the first saw-mill at ?Boston Corners,? and some of the best white pine logs in the virgin forest of Norfolk were sawn into lumber at this pioneer mill. The old Court journal shows that on June 11th, 1806, John Slaght was appointed constable of Townsend.

In the old New Jersey title deeds and family business papers we find the names of Peter, Philip and James, who are mentioned as sons of Henry Slaght, and there is no evidence showing that this Henry, who died in about 1783, was not the original Hendrick Slacht who made the purchase of 625 acres in 1750. The old papers also reveal the names of two sons-in-law, namely, Timothy Skinner and Jesse Sutton. Two of the daughters of this original Slaght family married into the Robinson and Chambers families,[6] and settled in Norfolk at an early date. The family of Hendrick Slacht, no doubt, was a large one.

John Slaght[7] had seven sons?William, Henry, Philip, George, Joseph, Job and John; and four daughters?Mary, Elizabeth, Anna and Sarah.

William Slaght, eldest son of John, married Elizabeth Parney, and settled on the homestead.[8] He had five sons?Oliver, Ezra, Abraham, Freeman and David; and one daughter?Amanda.

Henry Slaght, second son of John, married Harriet Hazleton; settled first in Nissouri, afterwards in Norfolk, and finally, in 1839, moved to Michigan. He had six sons?Alpheus, Thadeus, Henry, Levi, Chauncey and Eber; and nine daughters?Mary, Harriet, Sarah, Miriam, Charlotte, Louisa, Anne, Zilpah and Cora.

Philip Slaght, third son of John, was born in the pioneer Townsend home in 1804, and when twenty years old married Eliza Murray and settled, finally, near Bealton. He was industrious and economical, and succeeded in acquiring several tracts of land, upon which he comfortably settled his sons. He had eight sons, five of whom grew up?Ira, Aaron, Hiram, Eli and Elias. There were two daughters?Julia Ann and Mary Jane. Elias occupies the old homestead. Philip Slaght died in 1878, having reached his 74th year.[9]

George Slaght, fourth son of John, died single.

Joseph Slaght, fifth son of John, married Palmyra Murray, and settled in Townsend. He had three sons, Louis Gilbert and Albert; and one daughter, Mary Ann.

Job Slaght, sixth son of John married Lavinia Shaw and settled near Simcoe. He had two sons.

John Slaght, seventh son of John, settled in Norfolk, and had one son, Robert.

Mary Slaght, eldest daughter of John, married Philip Austin of Woodhouse. Her children are enumerated in the Austin genealogy.

Elizabeth Slaght, second daughter of John, married Aaron Barber, of Townsend. Her family is included in the Barber genealogy.

Sarah Slaght, daughter of John, married Solomon Austin. This pioneer mother has handed down the story of her first experiences as a pioneer housekeeper. Her experiences were shared, no doubt, by all her fellow pioneers to a greater or less extent. The trouble is, the particular facts in each case as related in the oft-repeated tales of our grandmothers, were not noted down while they were with us, and, unfortunately, we have forgotten them. After Sarah Slaght became a wife she worked out and earned a sufficient quantity of feathers to make two pillows. She grew a piece of flax the first season, and broke, hetcheled, spun and wove it into cloth for pillow cases and two bed-sheets. She started housekeeping with the indispensable cow, of course, and she had six bowls in which to raise the cream. Her cram crock was an old tea-kettle, and when she made butter she borrowed the churn of an accommodating neighbor. Girls, this is not an isolated case of shiftlessness, it was the way our pioneer grandmothers began the work of home-building in pioneer times. It was the ?rough hewing? in the work of preparing the timbers that formed the frame-work of what, in due time, became a prosperous, comfortable and contented Norfolk home. Mrs. Austin?s children, and those of her sister Mary, who married Philip Austin, are enumerated in the Austin genealogy.

Anna Slaght, daughter of John, married George Woodley, and settled in Townsend. She had six sons?John, Aaron, Martin, George, Philip and Abram; and six daughters?Mary Ann, Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Amanda and Nancy.
The Woodley family has been identified with the old families of Long Point country almost from the beginning of the settlement, and the remainder of this sketch will be devoted to a brief genealogical review of the family.
It is said that three Woodley brothers?George, Tice and Levi?emigrated from Germany to the New World about the middle of last century, and that George and Tice settled in the colony of New Jersey, and Levi wandered away and was never heard of. When the war of the Revolution broke out, George espoused the British cause and Tice the American. Each fought all through the war, and when it terminated, George married the daughter of Col. John Wagers, an Irish officer, and went to St. John, N.B., where he lived four years. He came to Upper Canada at an early date, and was one of the pioneers of the Stony Creek settlement. Before the close of the century he came up to the new township of Oakland, and settled on what has long since been known as "The McKey Farm." He was twice married. By his first wife he had three sons?Matthias, John and George; and two daughters?Mary and Hannah. By his second wife, Elizabeth Bowman, he had one son, David, and four daughters?Elizabeth, Eliza, Margaret and Abigail. The old pioneer died in 1827, having reached a ripe old age.

Matthias Woodley, eldest son of George, married into the Malcolm family, and settled in Oakland, where he raised a family of seven children.
John and George were twins. They were born, in 1795, at Stony Creek. The former served as a volunteer in the war of 1812, and subsequently married Mercy Johnston, and settled, finally, at Boston, where he raised a family of seven children. George, as stated before, married Anna, daughter of John Slaght, and settled east of Waterford, where he raised a family of eleven children.
David Woodley, youngest son of the old pioneer, married Frances Ann Jackson, of Toronto, and settled at Boston. He had a family of eight children, seven of whom grew up. Only one of this family resides in Norfolk, and that is Mrs. Jacob B. Johnson, of Boston. One son, Jonathan H., is a noted Baptist preacher, stationed at present near Tacoma, in the State of Washington.

The old pioneer?s daughters married into leading families, and his descendants, to-day, are not only numerous and widely scattered, but they have preserved in a marked degree the many excellent social qualities transmitted to them by their worthy old ancestors.








[1]The Slaght family had an ancient history in Holland. The first to come to America about 1654 was Cornelius Barentse Sleght, son of Barent Corneliszoon and Jacquemune Sleght. Cornelius was born in the old family locale of Woerden, Holland c. 1616 and died at Kingston, Ulster Co., New York on 16 Sep 1690. Source: Rev. Lawrence Slaght, ?Cornelius Barentse Slecht and Some of His Descendants?.


[2]There is a lot of confusion as to fathers and their sons in this sketch. Several family researchers have attempted to sort this out as has R. Robert Mutrie. More research is needed. The following is how it appears to date. Richard Slaght, born in 1728 was the oldest son of Hendrick Slaght and came to Upper Canada in advanced years. He lived with his son Philip on Lot 12, Concession 1, Oakland Twp., Brant Co. His much younger brother John Slaght, born in 1741 remained in New Jersey and did not come to Canada as stated by Owen. The John Slaght to whom Owen refers might have been a son or nephew of John (1741). The third brother Job Slaght, born in 1745 married Elizabeth Johnson and settled on Lot 10, Concession 5, Townsend Township.

There were additional brothers and sisters in the old Hendrick Slaght family, recorded in several unpublished manuscripts. A son, James Slaght and his wife Hope Howey came to Upper Canada and settled at Stamford Twp., Welland Co., as did his sister Patience who married Timothy Skinner. Another brother, Henry was said to have settled in New Brunswick. Those siblings who remained in New Jersey besides John Slaght mentioned above, were Cornelis, Peter, Philip, and an unnamed sister of theirs who married Jesse Sutton.


[3]These daughters were children of Phillip Slaght, son of Richard.


[4] Owen seems to have misread the name on the title deed. This should be John?s father Job who was given a survey document and fiat for Lot 10, Concession 5, Townsend Township on August 13, 1800, copies of which are in the Townsend Township Papers, Archives of Ontario, Doc. No. 599, 601. Job registered his deed on 4 Sep 1800, recorded in the Abstracts of Deeds Register of Townsend Township. On February 3, 1807, he sold this lot to his son John Slaght. That John, born in New Jersey on January 15, 1783 married Elizabeth Clouse and is erroneously listed on page 422 of Owen?s book as having married into the Malcolm family and settled near Scotland. John son of Job lived out his life in Townsend Twp.


[5] From this point forward reference is made to a ?cousin? John Slaght, born in 1763 and who married Mary (surname unknown). Owen erroneously confuses him with Hendrick Slaght?s son John who was born in 1741 and then further confuses him with Job Slaght?s son John who was born in 1783 and married Elizabeth Clouse. ?Cousin John,? the old pioneer?s relationship to Job Slaght has not been established. He might have been a son of Richard Slaght or one of the brothers who remained in New Jersey. According to the Abstracts of Deeds Register, on January 9, 1815, ?cousin? John Slaght purchased from John Roof one acre of land in Lot 12, Concession 3, Townsend Township and then on January 16, 1816, he purchased 1.2 acres from Champion Scovell. Both of these lots are on the northwest corner of the village of Boston. The constabulary position mentioned later in this paragraph might be referring to either John Slaght.


[6] Owen has confused granddaughters of Hendrick Slaght as being his daughters. Sarah Slaght, a daughter of Hendrick?s son Richard married William Robinson. Hendrick?s son James Slaght of Stamford Township, Wellland County, Upper Canada had three daughters who married three Chambers brothers. Mary Slaght married William Chambers, Ann Slaght married Joseph Chambers, and Sarah Slaght married Isaac Chambers

[7] This refers to ?cousin? John Slaght. A copy of the register from his family bible is at the Norfolk Historical Society Archives in Simcoe and shows the following for this family: John Slaght born 21 February 21, 1763; Mary wife of John Slaght born October 1, 1768; married January 18, 1787; Elizabeth Slaght daughter of John Slaght born August 27, 1782; Job Slaght son of John Slaght, born July 23, 1787; Sarah Slaght born July 9, 1790; John Slaght son of John Slaght born September 15, 1791; Mary Slaght daughter of J. Slaght born November 8, 1795; William Slaght son of John Slaght born November 6, 1797; Henry Slaght son of John Slaght born July 9, 1799; George Slaght son of John Slaght born January 6, 1803; Philip & Anne Slaght son and daughter of John Slaght born March 29, 1804; Joseph Slaght son of John Slaght born July 17, 1806; Miriam Slaght daughter of John Slaght born on March 17, 1810. It will be noted that Owen has this family out of order.





[8] Before John Slaght purchased the town lots at Boston village, he purchased on December 10, 1806, 120 acres in the south part of Lot 7, Concession 4 and 60 acres in the south half of Lot 8, Concession 4, Townsend Township, recorded in the Abstracts of Deeds Register. He later sold this land to his son William and that is the homestead to which Owen refers. William was recorded there in the 1852 Agricultural Census.


[9] Philip Slaght (son of John) farmed three-quarters of Lot 20, Concession 3, Townsend Township near the village of Bealton, recorded in the 1852 Agricultural Census. The personal census shows an additional son Sylvester.