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Cole felled the first tree cut by a white man in that
part of Elizabethtown.
During the season of 1784, the settlement was
increased by the arrival of William, Clow, another
U. E. Loyalist. To the west, the nearest neighbors
were settled at Kingston ; to the east, at Johnstown,
on Lot No.1, Elizabethtown, the same year. Mr.
Cole, a few years after his arrival, erected a saw mill
on the subsequent site of Yonge Mills. He also
built a frame house a short distance from his
original log shanty, keeping tavern in the new
building for eighteen years.
general headquarters for the soldiers in that section
during the War of 1812-15. The building is yet
Standing, and is at present occupied by Peter
McLaren.
Mr. Cole’s family, in 1812, consisted of his wife
and the following children: Sarah, born January
16th, 1785; Rachael, born September 3oth, 1786;
Peter, born March 8th, 1788 ; Lois, born June 8th,
1789; Titus, born August Irth, 1790; John, born
November 30th, 1791 ; Jonathan, born October 28th,
1793; George, born February rith, 1795 ; Isaac, born
March roth, 1796; Jacob, born April roth, 1798:
Eleanor, born November 26th, 1799; Irene, born
April 3rd, 1801 ; Adam, born September 26th, 1802 ;
Nancy, born December 29th, 1803; Abel, born
December 14th, 1805; Thankful, born March end,
In addition to the above, four children died
in infancy, making the number of children born to
Mr. Cole twenty. Adam Cole died August 3rd,
1832, aged 72 years. His wife survived him until
1840, dying in the 74th year of her age.
Five of the sons served in the War of 1812, Peter,
the oldest, holding the rank of captain, and being
present at the capture of Ogdensburg. But one son
Survives in 1879, viz., Abel Cole, of Brockville, father
of W. H. Cole, M. P. P. for Brockville Riding. It is
related of Peter Cole, that about the year 1810, he
walked from Cole’s Ferry to Kingston, where he
received the mail from Toronto, and carried it on
his back to Montreal, through the woods. At Mon¬
treal he received the mail, which had been accumu¬
lating one month (weight 60 lbs.), proceeded with
his burden to Kingston, and returned to Cole’s
Ferry, making the round trip, a distance of 430
miles, in fourteen days. The tramp was made in
the month of March, when walking was very
difficult in the forest. Mr. Cole was paid by the
government of the day $15 for his arduous under¬
taking. |
The family of William Clow, who settled at Cole’s
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1785 ; Sophia, born October 1st, 1786; Peter, born
February izth, 1788; William Jr., born July 24th,
25th, 1794 ; Henry, born March rst, 1796; Ann, born
January 11th, 1798; Jane, born August 6th, 1799 ;
Duncan, born December 17th, 1801; Robert, born
December 5th, 1803; Sarah, born July 5th, 1806 ;
David, born November rath, 1808.
When Mr. Clow and his wife landed at Cole's
Ferry in 1784, their property consisted of an axe,a
log canoe and two iron kettles. In the following
spring Mr. Clow tapped some maple trees, stored
the sap in the canoe and boiled it down in the iron
pots. At the expiration of two years, Mr. Clow and
Mr. Cole jointly purchased a cow in Montreal. Mr.
William Clow, grandson of William Clow, Sr., mar¬
ried the grand daughter of Adam Cole, Sr., and re¬
sides in a house standing on the site of the original
log cabin built by Adam Cole, Sr.
Witmot H. Cots, M. P. P.
Mr. Cole is the son of Abel Cole and the grandson
of Adam Cole. Hewasborn at Brockville, February
16th, 1834, where he received his education. He
married Jane Adelaide, youngest daughter of the
late Abraham Phillips, of New York. Taking a deep
interest in the defence of Canada, he joined the
volunteer militia force in 1855, and is now a Lieut¬
enant-Colonel, commanding the 41st Battalion,
Brockville. For many years a member of Brock
Lodge, I. O. O. F., he was in 1875, elected Grand
High Priest of the Grand Encampment. In 1874, he
was returned by Brockville Riding as a member of
the Legislative Assembly for Ontario.
Abel Fulford, Adam Cole’s father-in-law, was
proceeding to join Burgoyne’s army, when the
intelligence reached him that Burgoyne had been
compelled to surrender. Mr. Fulford at once
departed for Canada, where he was joined by his
family. He took up land near Cole’s Ferry, the
farm being at present occupied by his grandson,
Levius. Mr. Fulford’s family consisted of Jonathan,
Abel, Luke, Isaac, and Titus. A barn is yet stand¬
ing on the farm of Levius Fulford which is said to
have been erected in 1787. It was probably one of
the first frame buildings put up in Leeds Countv.
The shingles, which were three feet in length,
When the shingles
were removed, the following inscription, written
remained in use until 1876.
barn was built in 1787.”
THE McCRADYS.,
At the close of the Revolution, David McCrady,
Ferry soon after the arrival of Mr. Cole, consisted of
i the followlng children: Rebecca, born May tath,
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