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John Keeler, Greenbush ; Mary married William
Pennock, son of Philomon ; Hannah married H.
Herrick; Olive married Joseph McNish; Julia
married Smith Coleman. Philomon, the elder,
raised the following children :—Chapman, Elizabeth,
William, Mary, Samuel, Philomon Jr., John and
George, the latter being a child by the second wife,
who was a Gardiner of Yonge, sister of George
Gardiner. Mr. Gardiner’s wife was a Morey,
Samuel Morey having arrived in Upper Canada
about the same time that the Pennock’s did, also
coming from the same part of Vermont. Reuben
Morey married Abigail Pennock, a daughter of Alvah
Pennock, John marrying a daughter of the Rev.
David Breakenridge. Chapman Pennock married
Irena Deming, and removed to South Crosby in
1811, settled on Lot 14, in the znd Concession, where
he died in 1871, aged 84 years. His family con¬
sisted of eleven sons and two daughters, all of
whom are living. At the time of Chapman’s death
he had fifty grand children and twenty great grand
children ; Chapman’s wife died in 1862.
Aaron Pennock served in 1812; asa veteran re¬
ceived a pension from the Dominion Government.
He died at the ripe age of ninety-four years. One of
his children is the wife of Ephraim Lee of Yonge.
William Pennock, who married Mary, daughter of
Oliver, was a man of more than average ability, and
occupied a prominent position for many years in the
County of Grenville. He had no children, but
William died
at the age of seventy-eight ; his wife, still living, is
adopted Charles, a son of Chapman.
considerably over eighty. Samuel Pennock married
Catherine Coleman, sister of the late Richard Cole¬
man. During his early life Samuel taught school,
Ormond Jones, Esq., Registrar of Leeds, being one
Settling in Brockville, Samuel became
known as a staunch Liberal, and as such met with
persecution, removed to New York State, visited
England and finally settled at Consecon, dying at
the age of seventy-two. When the BRockKVILLE
RECORDER was established, Philomon Jr.,
of his pupils.
who
married a daughter of Thomas McIlmoyle, canvassed
for subscribers for the paper, going east as far as
Cornwall. Samuel's son William married a daughter
of the Rev. Wyatt Chamberlain ; he now resides in
Ottawa, where he has long held a leading position.
Eleanor (a sister), married Tyrus Hurd, Professor
of Natural Sciences at Knox College, Galesburg,
Illinois. Sarah (a sister), married John Leggo,
Superintendent of the Dominion of Canada Plum¬
John (brother), went to
California and the Sandwich Islands, now of Ottawa.
. bago Company, Ottawa.
Elizabeth married W. H. Walker, a leading Barrister
of Ottawa. Philomon is now deceased.
Philomon (second) acted for thirty-two years as
Township Clerk of Augusta, was a Justice of the
Peace, and acted as Recording Steward of the W.
M. Church, Augusta Circuit, for eighteen years.
At one time, he was strongly urged by the Liberals
of Grenville to contest that constituency, but at the
nomination retired in favor of Samuel Norton, who
was elected. He afterwards entered the Civil Ser¬
vice, serving in the Post Office Department, in which
service he died. He was an ardent Liberal, and at
the time of his death held the rank of major.
Chapman and William Pennock served in the
War of 1812, while Philomon, being a boy, acted
as teamster in conveying government stores. Philo¬
mon and Alvah drew land as U. E. Loyalists, but
none of the children, though clearly entitled to do
so. The grant was made and registered in the
public records, but in consequence of a malicious
Statement made by an enemy, a pen was drawn
through the names. Subsequently, Sir Allan
McNab, as well as Sir Francis Hincks, acknow¬
ledged the injustice which had been done, but
thought it unwise to open the question, fearing
many applications which might embarrass the
administration.
Oliver Pennock was one of the first settlers in
South Crosby; his remains were among the first
interrea tn the Elgin Cemetery. Aaron Pennock
served in the War of 1812; he died at the residence
of his son-in-law, Ephraim Lee, near Lyn, aged 94
years.
Philomon Pennock, of Elgin, has furnished the
following anecdotes :—
At one time, Chapman Pennock and a relative,
Henry Herrick, were passing through the woods,
when they came upon two young bears ; Pennock
ran after them, and soon had them upatree. At
this juncture, the old bear made her appearance.
Herrick took to his heels, but Pennock faced his
antagonist, which at once rose on his hind legs
and attempted to embrace him. Taking his hat
off, he struck the bear in the face, at the same time
shouting and backing up, not forgetting to dodge
the blows from the bear’s paws ; Herrick, who had
reached a place of safety, at the same time shout¬
ing, “ Run, Chapman, run!” The bear, becoming
frightened, decamped, just as Pennock fell back¬
wards over some brush. Herrick ran to the house,
brought a gun, and the cubs were shot.
At one time, a noted hunter by the name of Elisha
Beach resided in South Crosby. Beach frequently
wore pants made of deerskin. Upon a certain
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