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= Fa má zá er . . Oye: CET rae LÉNYÉT "ad i Te das A ob Wha dy, tk be Taxes imposed by Municipality, $1,363. Taxes imposed by Counties, $2,337. Expenditure for roads and bridges, $639. THE WEIR FAMILY. | John K. Weir, born July 2oth, 1840, married August “th, 1867, Julia, daughter of S. Starr Easton, of Wolford, by whom he had three children, Easton Miller, Bruce Spencer and John Fairbairn. J. K. Wier has resided in Wolford about thirteen years. Always a prominent Liberal, he contested North Leeds for the House of Commons in January, 1874, but was un- | successful, though polling a very strong vote, par- | ticularly in the portion of the riding where best | known. George Ralph married Jane, daughter of Harry Shaver, Esq. ; resides in Edwardsburg. Elizabeth married the Rev. James Mitchell, of Mitchell. | Georgiana married William Hastings, of Park Hill. | Maggie married H. B. Merrick, of Peterboro’. Mary married W. W. Hicks, of Mitchell. Brooks married M. McShane Duff, Spencerville. Jane married Joseph Stitt, Spencerville. George married Helen, daughter of Henry Easton, Esq. The following is the summary of the Assessment of Wolford for 1877 :— Number of persons assessed, 531. Number of acres assessed, 46,315. Number of acres cleared, 20,905. Value of real property, $363,365. Value of taxable income, $400. Value of personal properity, $37,325. Amount of real and personal property, $400.690. Taxes imposed by Municipality, $916. Taxes imposed by Counties, $1,583. COLONEL STEPHEN HURD ; AND EARLY INCIDENTS. Among the surviving pioneers of the Rideau, is Colonel Stephen Hurd, a resident of Burritt’s Rapids. Colonel Hurd is the son of Ashael Hurd, who settled on Lot No. 21, ist Concession of Marlborough, coming to Canada in 1793. Asiael Hurd was a U. E. Loyalist and originally a resident of Arlington, Vermont. Tyrus Hurd, grandfather of Colonel Stephen Hurd, was killed in the revolutionary war, while fighting for King and Crown. In 1793, there was no sign of a village where Burritt’s Rapids now stands. Terrence Smith built the first mill at the Rapids. Among the first settlers were: John S. French, who settled on the island ; Stephen Lane, Joel and Samuel Smades. | The first church erected in Marlborough was built at the Rapids, about 1831 (Church of England.) The first school house was put up in 1822, on the farm of George L. Burritt. When Mr. Hurd, the elder, settled in Marlborough, the nearest point at which wheat could be ground was Jones’ Mills, above Brockville. At one time Mr. Hurd was absent from home for fourteen days in going to and returning from mill. The second church was built by the Methodists about twenty-three years since. A. Hurd had the following family : Truman, dead ; Esther married Josiah Simons; Elias, dead ; Jehiel married a daughter of David Kilborn, she being a sister of Colonel John Kilborn ; Eli married Sarah Nichols, daughter of Jonathan Nichols; Stephen married Lucretia, daughter of Major Burritt. Children by second wife: Lois married Charles Soles, of Matilda ; Ashael married Laura Chipman ; Isaac Nelson. Stephen Hurd was born March 17th, 1802. His family of three children are all dead. Stephen parand hearty old gentleman of 77 years. The first permanent settlers of Burritt’s Rapids were the Burritt brothers—Colonel Stephen Burritt, Colonel Edmund, and Colonel Henry Burritt. The latter laid out Burritt’s Rapids, on Lot No. 5, in the 1st Concession of Oxford. Colonel Daniel located on the north side of the Rideau, Lot No. 25, in the 1st Concession of Marlborough. The Burritts were known as staunch defenders of the British flag. Jemimah Ward, great-grandmother of Hamlet Burritt, was upon one occasion during the Revolutionary War, set to watch for the approach of Mallory’s gang (a band of rebels who plundered Loyalist families in the vicinity of Arlington), as Mallory approached, Jemimah blew a horn: the result was that Dr. Adams shot Mallory dead. Her action in authorities, the heroine was compelled to fly for protection to Burgoyne’s camp. Dr. Adams was also the great-grandfather of Hamlet Burritt, who now resides at the Rapids. The Hurds were originally from Arlington. Jehiel settled in Augusta, where he died ; Ashael first settled in Augusta, but removed to the Rideau in 1793 ; Andrew settled in Augusta; Jabesh also settled in the same township. A man by the name of Losse, a Methodist preacher, settled about half a mile below the Rapids, in Marlborough. The first resident clergyman of the Rapids was the Rev. William Patton, afterwards Arch-Deacon Patton. oar - |
