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ee a oe ee for era 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 Montreal he received the mail, which had been accumulating 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 undertaking. | The family of William Clow, who settled at Cole’s ! 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., married the grand daughter of Adam Cole, Sr., and resides 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 Lieutenant-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 standing 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, 7 Ig with his wife and three sons, built a boat at ites Schenectady, New York, proceeded up the Mohawk | ae + i og ih, ig "ar . : i ] a u 7 © ‘geil i § I 7 ey \ 5 Ao iy a 7 owe = rus _ 7 ~ Ő rm 2S ji a ii Fi 1 ; te & ba aa tr = 7 5 üt fi aid ” 1 k VAa 4 ! ő g i 7 RT I li a i té ; _ ik a ~*~ 1 ré ' ti fs Í >. 3 i i ] va a Fait
