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His family consisted of twelve children. In 1817,
he joined the Friends, dying inthat faith. His wife
died November 16th, 1869. Mr. Koyl was for many
years a member of the Court of Request, and during
his life was held in the highest respect in the munici¬
pality in which he resided.
THE REV. WYATT CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr. Chamberlain was the son of Wyatt Chamber¬
lain, of Unadillo, New York, well known in early
days as an Apostle of Methodism. During his
youth, he was only priviledged to attend school a
few days, but, through the exercise of an unwavering
determination, qualified himself for the duties of a
Methodist preacher, entering upon the work at the
age of twenty-eight, on the Bridgewater Circuit
(1814.) In 1815, he was stationed on the Lycoming
Circuit, and, at the ensuing Conference, took
Deacon’s Orders, but in 1817-18, we find that he
had been transferred to Canada, as he was then
laboring on the Hallowel Circuit, his younger
brother, the Rev. Israel Chamberlain, being stationed
at Belleville. In 1818-19, he was sent to the Augusta
Circuit, at that time extending from the Bay of
Quinte to Edwardsburg. In 1821-2, we find him
again upon the Augusta Circuit, the year 1820
having been passed in the State of New York ; the
Methodist Churches in Canada at that time being
under the United States Conference. His colleague
in 1823-4, was the Rev. David Breakenridge, Jr., and
about this time arose the dispute occasioned by the
action of Elder Ryan, who, smarting from the taunt
of disloyalty, which had frequently been levelled at
the Methodist Church by the Tory party in Canada,
and partly from an overwening ambition, attempted
to sever the Canadian branch of the church from
the parent stem.
Chamberlain urging that the step should be taken
in a constitutional way, and according to the Canons
of the Church. Ryan assembled the preachers of
the District together at Elizabethtown, Mr. James
Richardson acting as Secretary. Resolutions were
framed condemning the action of the General Con¬
ference ; these resolutions were to be laid before the
Quarterly Meetings, and, if they were adopted by
the Bay of Quinte Circuit and all east of it, they
were to become law, and Canada was to be free from
the control of the General Conference. The action
of the General Conference frustrated the designs of
Elder Ryan and Breakenridge, by assembling a Con¬
ferencein Canada. In proceeding to this Conference,
held at Fifty Mile Creek, in 1825, W. Case Cham¬
berlain, F. Metcalf, Ezra Healey, P. Smith and
D. Greene, were in company on horse back, when it
while riding along the road; the opinion of those
present was that Chamberlain’s sermon was both
powerful and logical. In 1828, Wyatt Chamberlain
Was superannuated in consequence of an ailment,
which produced a constant tendency to fall asleep.
Settling in the Township of Kitley, he married
Catherine, daughter of the Rev. William Hallock,
familiarly known as Father Hallock, of Elizabeth¬
Combining farming with the mercantile busi¬
ness, he planted the germ of Chamberlain’s Corners
(Toledo.) His first store was a small logcabin. He
built the first frame house erected in that neighbor¬
hood ; the building is still standing. His house was
the abode of plenty and famed far and wide for its
hospitality. He was the first Post Master in that
locality, and was appointed Justice of the Peace.
town.
Mr. Chamber¬
lain died after a brief illness from brain fever.
to Dr. Chamberlain, of Farmersville.
JOHN McLEAN.
The subject of this sketch was born at Harpers¬
field, New York, October 9th, 1775. His father was
a silk weaver, who emigrated from Paisley, Scotland,
in 1774, following the Rev. John Witherspoon, D. D.,
to America. During the first years of the Revolu¬
tion, they were robbed and plundered, and compelled
to wander from house to house. In 1778, they culti¬
vated a farm at Baleston Springs, but were again
driven forth, and compelled to make nine removals
in one year. After the close of the war, they came
to Canada, passing the spot where Brockville stands
—at that time an unbroken forest. Finding that
their boats were leaking badly, they landed, put up
a log cabin, and made a small clearing, where the
old homestead now stands. One of the sons con¬
structed a very good theodolite, though he had
had never seen one. In the absence of a minister,
the consolations of religion were sought by assem¬
from a book. In 1812, Mr. McLean was appointed
under fire at the battle of Crysler’s Farm, and at
the capture of Ogdensburg. In compensation for
his services, the Government awarded him a large
tract of land, promoting him also to a captaincy.
In 1838, Sir George Arthur assigned him a major’s
commission.
near Brockville, July 17th, 1863, in the 87th year of
his age.
NEAL LEMON.
Neal Lemon, who had served in Burgoyne’s army,
came to Canada with his wife, Jemimah Butler, in
the year 1784, settling in the Ist Concessson of
Elizabethtown, now the part occupied by the East
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