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Stephen, Henry, Abel, Jr., David, Ann, Phoebe,
Hannah, Catherine and Lucy. Ann married George
Gardiner; Phoebe became the wife of Ira Lewis ;
Catherine married Samuel Pennock.
Richard had the following children :—James,
Nancy, Hannah, Billy, Catherine and Richard, Jr.
John had the following children :—Abel, John, Jr.,
William, Norman Melinda, Stephen.
Stephen and Henry died childless.
Abel, Jr., had five daughters.
David had five children.
JOHN KETCHUM.
The subject of this memoir, a U. E. Loyalist from
Connecticut, came to Canada in 1800, first settling
on Lot No. 32, in the 9th Concession of Elizabeth¬
town, where he drew land from the government.
He afterwards removed to Bastard, where he died.
His family consisted of the following children : John,
Zata, Nathaniel, Triphene, Rachel,and Sarah. Zata
married Captain Levingstone; Triphene married
George Delong, father of Jesse Delong, at one time
member of Parliament for South Leeds ; Rachel
married Elijah Judd, father of Homes and Amos
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as" bor in 1788. . He came
to Canada in 1798. He married Charlotte Towsley,
by whom he had the following children: Harriet,
married Oliver O. Stowell ; Joseph, Abigail, Stephen,
Hiram, John, and Elizabeth. Mr. Ketchum owned
at one time a very large tract of land in Leeds ; he
died in 1868.
THE OLDS FAMILY.
Moses Olds, a U. E. Loyalist, left Vermont, with
his family, at the close of the Revolution, and settled
in Elizabethtown, on the site of the present Village
of Greenbush. During the hungry summer the
family suffered great privations, the children in a
great measure subsisting on ground nuts. Mr. Olds
proceeded forty miles to secure a peck of corn,
afterwards procuring one bushel of wheat, the price
being $8. The descendants of Mr. Olds yet retain
citizens of Leeds.
ASHEL A. CHAMBERLAIN, M. D.
Dr. Chamberlain was born in Peacham, Vermont,
February 12th, 1810. He was brought to Canada
before the War of 1812, and settled in Bastard. At
the age of 16, he entered the Militia, serving in all
the grades up to major. After studying medicine,
the Doctor practiced his profession in that township
until the year 1858, when he removed to Farmers¬
ville. Dr. Chamberlain is a Licentiate of the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. He
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has always taken an active interest in politics,
serving for several years as the President of the
South Leeds Reform Association. His family con¬
sists of two children: A daughter, wife of John C.
Miller, M. P. P., and a son, Dr. T. F. Chamberlain,
Reeve for 1878 of Morrisburg.
T. F. CHAMBERLAIN, M. D.
Among the professional men born in Leeds
County, and deserving of recognition for his
success, is T. F. Chamberlain, only son of Dr.
Chamberlain, of Farmersville. He was born July
óth, 1838, and graduated at Oueens College in 1862.
On the 3rd of July, of the same year, he married
Annetta, daughter of Arza Parish, Esq., removing
to Morrisburg, where he immediately entered upon
a lucrative practice. In 1866, he became a member
of the C. P.S., Ontario. For many years he has
been a leading member of the Masonic Ordet,
having been elected District Deputy Master for the
St. Lawrence Division. In company with W. G.
Parish, of Farmersville, he established the first
cheese factories in Dundas... Upon several occasions
he has been tendered the Liberal nomination for the
County of Dundas for member of the Local Legis¬
lature, and also the House of Commons. Purchasing
extensive timber limits from the Ontario Govern¬
ment in 1872, he realized from their sale a handsome
competence.
JOHN BARNES.
John Barnes emigrated from the United States to
Canada in 1798, settling in Bastard in 1799. His
house was a home for the itinerant Methodist min¬
isters. Among the early missionaries who enjoyed
hospitality at the hands of Mr. Barnes, were Isaiah
Puffu, Andrew Prindle, Franklin Metcalfe, Healey,
Madden, Keeler, Hallock, and many others. Mr.
Barnes commenced holding meetings himself, the
result being a great revival. The first class meeting
was held in the middle of the town.
Mr. Barnes became a local preacher.
in 1830.
Eventually
He died
THE KOYL FAMILY.
Ephraim Koyl was born July rst, 1749; he came
to Canada, and settled on Irish Creek, near a place
called Koyl’s Bridge, Township of Kitley. He died
in 1838, his wife dying in 1810.
Ephraim Koyl, Jr., was born November oth, 178r1,
in Manchester, Vermont, coming to Canada with
his father. He married Betsey Lillie in July, 180s,
settling on Lot No. 21, in the 3rd Concession of
Kitley. In 1815, he sold his first farm, and removed
to the vicinity of Lake Loyada, but in 1827 returned
to his first location. He died October 25th, 1864.