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tide of travel to the St. Lawrenee increased. Among
and the Centennial Hall.
Among the causes, which in a marked degree have
contributed towards making the scenery of the St.
Lawrence known, none deservedly holds a more
prominent place than the beautiful stereoscopic
views of Mr. A. C. McIntyre, a well-known Canadian
artist.
CHAPTER XxX.
BioGRAPHICAL— SKETCH BY JOHN KILBORN, OF
NEWBORO’, AND OTHER RESIDENTS.
THOMAS KILBORN, the progenitor of all the Kilborns
in America, emigrated with his family from Cam¬
bridge, England, in the year 1635, and settled in the
County of Litchfield, Colony of Connecticut. They
multiplied and spread to all parts of the then
Colony of Great Britain, United States, and Canada.
Benjamin Kilborn, my grandfather, was born at
Litchfield, in the Colony of Connecticut, and
remained there during the Revolutionary War:
but, retaining his love for British rule, he emigrated
with his family to Canada, in the year 1780, and
settled.on the bank of the St. Lawrance, in Eliza¬
bethtown, where he lived, and died in the year 1805,
being between 80 and go years of age. My father,
David Kilborn, his third son, settled near him,
about two miles below the present town of Brock¬
ville; married Hannah White, daughter of Joseph
White, a U. E. Loyalist, who, at the breaking out
of the Revolution, espoused the cause of his King,
and, with his eldest son, Joseph, a young man, left
his family, a large farm and property in the Colony
of New: Hampshire, where he resided, and joined
the Royal standard. He did much and hard duty
with the English forces, until the close of the
Revolution, when he returned to his former home,
and, collecting what had not been destroyed or
confiscated of his large property, at once left with
his family for a new home in the wilderness of
Canada. He settled, as before mentioned, on the
first lot of Elizabethtown, adjoining Augusta, on
the St. Lawrence. He died at the age of 9s, about
the year 1820, In his early life, he was a lieutenant
in a Provincial Regiment, raised in the Colony of
New Hampshire, to join the British army under Sir
Guy Carleton, in his expedition and conquest of
Canada, from the French, in the year 1759. The
army marched through the then almost wilderness
from Albany to Detroit, after capturing which, fol¬
lowed the lines and posts east, comprising Niagara
and Oswego. The latter fort, my grandfather,
Benjamin Kilborn, was placed in charge and com¬
mand of, with a force of thirty men, while General |
Carleton, pursued the French on down the St.
Lawrence, taking Carleton Island, Oswegatchie,
(now Ogdensburg), and Coteau-due-Lac forts, when
the conquest of Canada was completed by the
I am the third son of David Kilborn, born 27th
of June, 1794; remained at home, working on
when I was placed in the store, at Brockville, of the
late Roderick Easton, Esq., the father of George
Easton, Esq., the present Collector of Customs of
the Port of Brockville, whose grandfather, the late
Joseph Easton, of the Township of Wolford. was
also with Sir Guy Carleton, in his expedition in
the conquest of Canada from the French.
In June, 1812, the United States declared war
against Great Britain and her dependencies, and I,
with other young men, volunteered to serve in the
first flank company of the County of Leeds, under
Captain John Stuart, late Sheriff of the Johnstown
District, for six months’ service, and I happened to
be the first man placed on sentry, by Lieutenant
William Morris (late Hon. William Morris), to guard
the Kingston road, near the bridge at the west end
of Brockville. I continued on duty with the com¬
pany, being drilled daily by Lieutenant Morris, then
the most competent officer available for that duty,
until September, when an attempt was made to
capture Ogdensburg, it having a strong fort, and a
considerable force of riflemen, by whom we were
daily annoyed. The expedition was under Colonel
Lethbridge, of the British army, commanding our
garrison at Prescott. Assistance from the Brock¬
ville men was asked for, and, with about forty
others, I volunteered, and marched to Prescott
during the night, under Captain Reuben Sherwood
and Lieutenant William Morris. Boats, etc., were
procured, and early in the morning, led by Colonel
Lethbridge, with part of a company of regulars, the
attack was made. The boat I was in was com¬
manded by Lieutenant Morris. After getting near
their batteries (which they plied continually) and in
front of the town, we failed to. make a landing, and
returned to Prescott, with a loss, in our boat, of one
killed (Mott, a cousin of Henry Mott, of Delta), and
eight wounded.
No: other attempt was made on Ogdensburg that
year. I continued my duty in the company as
sergeant, was sent to Johnstown on duty in the
autumn, and lodged in the old Court House until
February, 1813, when another attack was to be made
on Ogdensburg, by crossing on the ice, Captain
Jonas Jones (late Chief-Justice Jones) having com¬
mand of the company, This attempt proved suc¬