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édi ba dá azét ő ps "A PP SERT Wo; a 8. 8 wo ee 7 Ét ofa —— a" _ a | pi ü ik zi he 7 i. Brockville Cemetéry is at present located, he remained on his new farm six years, marrying in January, 1830, Catherine, daughter of George Gardiner. He then removed to Yonge, Lot No. 7, in the znd Concession, and in course of time secured I,70o acres of land. His family consisted of nine children. His eldest son, John Purvis, married Mary Smith, by whom he had ten children, viz.: Thomas, William, Lovinia, Jane, Henry, George, Frederick, . John, Jr., Peter Edmund, and Mary. John Purvis was a volunteer in the War of 1812, and for twenty years Collector and Assessor for the Township, also serving as Town Clerk and Superintendent of Schools. He died in 1853, at the age of 66. The second son of Peter was Thomas; married children: Peter, John, Thomas, George, James, Catherine, David, and — Thomas was a major and a volunteer in 1812. eighty-first year of his age. The Rev. William Smart preached his funeral sermon, it being the last service held in Yonge by the veteran Presbyterian minister. George Purvis, third son of Peter, married Lydia Comstock, by whom he had the following children : Lovinia, Catherine, Alice, Phoebe, Lydia, Jennette, Peter, Jane, George, and Sarah. George was a and received a pension before hisdeath. His sword is in the possession of his son, who resides on the homestead. Peter is a Justice of the Peace. The fourth son of Peter was William, who married Lois Gideon, by whom he had one child, Mary. His second wife was Jane Percival, by whom he had the following children: Catherine, Elizabeth, Walter, Ann, Peter, James, Susan, Nancy, Jane,and Zacheus. Mr. Purvis is at present an honored citizen of Escott. Peter, Jr., the fifth son of Peter, the elder, was born February 2oth, 1798 ; married Kesiah Pennock, by whom he had the following children: Peter, Jr., Catharine, Abel, Sarah, James, Arthur, Nancy, Moriah, and Kesiah. At one time he was awakened in the night by a rapping at his door ; opening it, he was confronted by five or six armed men, who demanded his money or his life. Seizing his father’s sword, he thrust it into one of the robbers, who fell but was carried off by his comrades. Report says that from that night a person in the neighborhood always traveled with a cane. James, the sixth son, married Ann Brennan ;: his family consisted of three daughters : Eliza, Nancy and Isabella. James died in 1852 ; Jane married the Rev. John Dickey ; Catherine married the late Dr. Booth, of Unionville ; Nancy married Nelson Shipman. The descendants of Peter Purvis, the elder, number two hundred and eighty. At one time he and his family used to walk ten miles every Sunday to attend divine service at Brockville. -Mr. Purvis was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and upon one occasion, when an attempt was made to introduce instrumental music in the church, in the form of a bass viol, the old gentleman stalked into the gallery, seized the bow from a man named Richards (a relative of the present Chief Justice), and broke it across his knee, at the same time remarking, “ We'll have nae fiddles in the house 0" God.” He died March 27th, 1836, aged eighty-three years. THE GARVEY FAMILY. William Garvey was born in Ireland, where he received an excellent education; removing to Canada in 1820, he resided in Kingston and Picton, finally settling near Brockville in the Reed settlement, where he taught school. Among his pupils was the Hon. John Simpson. Mr. Garvey married Amelia Morey, and entered the mercantile business at Maitland, where he died in 1864. Forseveralterms he was Warden of the Counties, defeating Ogle R. Gowan. He served asa Justice of the Peace, and was justly respected as one of the leading citizens of Central Canada. His family consisted of five sons and two daughters : William, Charles, Joseph, a Doctor in Ottawa, Samuel, James. Harriet married J. J. Gemmil, Barrister, Ottawa; Sarah married George H. McHenry, Toronto. William Garvey, jr., was born in 1827 ; married Adeline Eliza, daughter of A. B. Pardee, of Nortk Augusta. He removed to Morrisburg in 1857, where he became a leading produce buyer, being known in Eastern Canada as the “ Butter King.” His family consists of the following children :— Charles Mills, Barrister, and partner of the Hon. T. B. Pardee; Samuel Elliott, of Montreal; William Havelock, Student at Law; A. Albert Edward, Gordon McKenzie, Jane Amelia and Fred and Emma (twins.) AARON B. PARDEE. The late A. B. Pardee emigrated from Vergennes, Vermont, walking all the way from that State to Canada. His mother was a sister of the original Bellamy’s, who founded North Augusta. Mr. Pardee was alocal preacher in the M. E. Church, and was distinguished as the most eloquent and greatest champion of the temperance cause in Leeds and Grenville. Few if any gentleman in Grenville had a greater weight of character ; his honesty, integrity and firmness of principle making him, in the words of the poet, " The noblest work of God.” His
