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5 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 Elizabethtown, 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 ) 4k, sua: Sytech ste tags ay A FPL: AC. She 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 Farmersville. Dr. Chamberlain is a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. He 10I has always taken an active interest in politics, serving for several years as the President of the South Leeds Reform Association. His family consists 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 Legislature, and also the House of Commons. Purchasing extensive timber limits from the Ontario Government 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 ministers. 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.
