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Elizabeth, born December 7th, 1792; married
Samuel Brown; children: Asahel; Stephen, who
married Mary McLean.
Captain Asahel Wright, born May 27th, 1794;
married Eleanor Carpenter for his first wife, and
Elizabeth Hurd for his second wife. Children:
Isaiah, Cyrus, Catherine, Amos, Sarah Ann, Louisa,
Daniel, Asahel and Eleanor (twins).
Michael Wright, born January Ist, 1796; had five
children : Eliza, married James Thompson ; Mary,
married Artemus Bissell; James, married Lucinda
Field first,and second Elizabeth F. Wright ; Asahel,
married Frances Louisa Cole; and Henry. Michael
Wright died in Augusta, April 11th, 1869.
Captain Amos Wright, born December 23rd, 1797,
married Minerva Wing, January r2th, 1820. Child¬
ren : William, married Sarah Earl; Elizabeth Ann ;
Sarah ; Harriet, married William Bottum ; Catherine,
married Charles McNish; Mary, married Solomon
Manhard ; and George Albert. Captain Amos died
in Augusta in 1875, aged 78 years.
Catherine Wright, born December 6th, 1800, mar¬
William Wood.
Mark Wright, born November 2oth, 1802 ; married
Mary McNish. His first wife died about 1838, when
he married Amy Holden, August 7th, 1839. Mark
Wright is the only living child of Captain Asahel
of the fifth generation, from Lieutenant Abel
Wright.
Isaiah Wright, who occupies the homestead of his
grandfather, married, June 22nd, 1846, Eliza Keays,
of Ottawa, who was born September 21st, 1823.
The residence was erected in 1812. Mr. Wright
for Augusta, and is a Justice of the Peace. His
family consists of Florence Amelia, Emily Helen,
Isabella Louisa, and one son.
Cyrus Wright, born August rst, 1820; married
Amanda Manhard. Children: Asahel, Simeon,
Stewart, Sanford Hurd, and Daniel Carpenter.
THE RORISON FAMILY.
The Rorison family is of Scotch descent. Basil
Dunbar Rorison was a captain in the Queen's
brother was a captain in the Grenadier Company
of the 37th Regiment ; one brother a lieutenant in
the British Navy ; the other brother being a writer¬
at-law in Edinburgh, Scotland. Basil Dunbar
Rorison left his regiment at Lachine at the close
of the Revolutionary War, and proceeded to Leeds
County, settling a short distance below Brockville,
where he married a daughter of Joseph White, Esq.
His second wife was Mary Ompstead, widow
of Joseph White, Jr. Captain Rorison's wife bore
the first female white child born in the Counties,
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it seeing the light of day on Lot No. 4, rst Conces¬
sion of Elizabethtown. The first male child was
James Sherwood,son of Thomas Sherwood.
Captain Rorison had two children by his first,
and six by his second wife. The latter were Jane.
Robert, Patty, Basil, Agnes, and Hugh.
In 1812, Robert joined the army, serving at
Brockville, Prescott, and Kingston, joining his half¬
brother James, who was doing duty at the latter
place. In 1839, Robert removed to North Crosby,
purchasing the mills from the Manhards, and also
those erected by Sheldon Stoddard. Engaging in
the lumber business extensively, he met with serious
reverses.
James and Basil both settled in the vicinity of
Westport. The former has for some years resided
with A. H. Merrill, Brockville, Basil remaining on
his farm at the Upper Mills, Westport.
THE FRASER FAMILY.
Captain Thomas Fraser, a U. E. Loyalist, was
Sheriff at one time of the District of Johnstown,
and also a member of Parliament. He at one time
owned the ground upon which the Parliament
Buildings at Ottawa stand. Colonel R. D. Fraser,
son of Captain Fraser, was a member of Parliament
for Leeds for several terms, and held important
commands of troops at the battles of Crysler’s
Farm, Ogdensburgh, and the Windmill. He was
decorated with the medal for Crysler’s Farm.
Captain T. W. Fraser, son of Colonel R. D. Fraser,
was a captain in Her Majesty’s 56th Regiment, and
exchanged to the 2nd West India Regiment. Some
vears since he retired from the service.
Dr. A. H. Fraser, youngest son of R. D. Fraser,
was Staff Surgeon to General Guyon during the first
campaign of Kars. Subsequently he was appointed
Staff Surgeon to General Beatson, and served with
that officer in the Crimea during the bombardment
of Sebastopol. From that point he was ordered to
the Dardanelles where he was Chief Surgeon of
the British Osmanly Cavalry until the war closed.
He was honorably mentioned in the despatches,
and presented by the Sultan, Abdul Midjid, through
Sir Fenwick Williams, with the Order of the Mid¬
jedie and medal for Kars, with clasp. Returning to
Canada in 1856, the Doctor entered the American
army as surgeon, and served three years. He now
res:des in Brockville.
MICHAEL KELLY.
Michael Kelly, Justice of the Peace, died at Mer¬
native of Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, and a
brother of the late Bishop of Londonderry. Emigrat¬
ing to Canada in 1827, he settled at Merrickville. He