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River, and, after a long and perilous journey, | Land Company, Toronto. We learned from Ira
arrived at Oswego. The emigrants sailed down | Lewis, Sr., that the first house built in Farmersville
the lake and river, until they reached a place | was a log tavern. which was kept by aman named
owned by Captain Grant, and now known as St. | Dickson.
Lawrence Park. This was in the year 1793. The
family finally settled just above the old toll-gate at a EAE Rise Bore © HLMEKEES
the west end of Brockville. John McCrady, the Eri Hayes, Sr., was born in Connecticut, December
father of A. G. McCrady, settled on the main road | 6th, 1780, his parents being Ashael and Anna Hayes.
from Brockville to Lyn, David J. located above Lyn, | 12 1796, Eri removed to Canada, and in 1805 he
while Anthony occupied the homestead. John, | S¢ttled on Lot No. 32, in the 6th Concession of Eliza¬
146 HISTORY OF LEEDS AND GRENVILLE.
David, and Anthony served in the War of 1812. bethtown ; he afterwards purchased thirty-five acres
| at the place known as Hayes’ Corners (Glen Buell.)
COLEMAN LEWIS, Mr. Hayes married Anne, daughter of David Derby¬
AND | shire. In 1807, the parents of Mr. Hayes came to
Tue Lewis FAMILY. Elizabethtown, locating on Lot No. 30, in the 5th
Concession. Eri died in 1839, his wife surviving
until 1860. His family consisted of the following
children: Eri, Jr, born January 24th, 1808, married
Betsey, daughter of Benoni Wiltse ; Carmi, born in
1810, married Mary, daughter of Neil Palmer; he
died at Grand Rapids in 1876 ; Daniel, born in 1811,
married Deborah, daughter of Daniel Wing ; Ira,
born in 1815, died in 1844; Chauncy, born in 1816,
married a daughter of William Knowles.
At an early age, Ira Lewis ran away from home,
his parents residing in Connecticut. At the time of
his departure, the boy was without money, and had
no settled idea as to his destination. When he set |
out on his travels, he found a horse shoe, which
he sold for twelve and a half cents. This sum he
invested in a boy’s lottery, and fortunately drew
the highest prize, $1. With this mine of wealth,
he journeyed to Ogdensburg, New York, a distance
of 200 miles. After remaining in Ogdensburg a
few years, he proceeded to Brockville, and from
there to Lyn, where he opened a shoe shop (having
learned the trade in Ogdensburg.) While a resident
of Lyn, he married Phcebe Coleman. Not being
contented with the village, he removed to Brock- |
Joseph Hayes was born May roth, 1818; he re¬
sides on the homestead. In 1839, he married Thank¬
ful, daughter of Gardiner Lee, by whom he has had
five children. Mrs. Hayes dying in 1850, Mr. Hayes
married for his second wife, Emily, daughter of the
late Rosewell Rowley, of Elizabethtown. Mr. Hayes’
s : family consisted of the following children: Ervin
ville, but soon returned again to Lyn, where he > 5 st og?
resided until 1824. During the year 1824, he
purchased land at the point where the present
village of Addison is located, removed to that
place, and for many years carried on a shoe shop,
farm andinn. During the War of 1812, he entered
who died in Michigan in 1874, leaving a widow and
two children; Eri, Jr., born in 1844, married Louisa,
daughter of John Cummings, of Elizabethtown ;
William, born in 1846, resides in Michigan ; Charles,
born in 1848, married a daughter of James Cum¬
mings, of Lansdowne; Emeline, born in 1850,
the British service, and subsequently received a
a 4 7 married Solomon Rowley, of Elizabethtown.
pension for his patriotic conduct.
Eri Hayes, Sr., had the following daughters :
Mr. Lewis’ eldest son, Wellington, married Cor- ¬
epee a : Eee eke cee y i Sarah married Albert Blanchard; Orilla resides in
delia Wilson. Coleman married Melinda Taplin ;
he is one of the most successful merchants in re
the County of Leeds, having conductei the mer- WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS, M. P.
cantile business at Phillipsville, and also at Addison, William Fitzsimmons was born in tlie County of
where he resides, carrying on a general store and a | Donegal, Ireland, and came to Canada when a child,
large farm. Two of his sons are also engaged in | with his parents, in 1823. His father, who served in
commercial pursuits: Levi S., at Newboro’, and | the 9th Light Dragoons in Spain and Portugal dur¬
Charles H., at Brockville. Mr. Lewis’ residence is | ing the Peninsular War, was severely wounded in
an elegant brick structure, a view of which is given | one of the engagements, and retired from the British
in this work. Sarah Lewis married Mr. Adams, of | army, after fourteen years and six months’ active
Oxford. Ira, Jr., married Julia Dwight, a grand- | service, with an konorable discharge, and a pension
daughter of President Dwight of Yale College, | which he drew up to the time of his death. Emi¬
Ira being a graduate of that University and a | grating to Canada in the year above mentioned, he
barrister. He practices his prcfcssion at Goderich, | settled in Perth, County of Lanark, where he lived
Ontario, William H. married Angelina Gates; | for twenty-seven years. In 1851, he removed to
Mary Louisa, married Alfred Nelscr, of the Canada ! Brockville, living with his son William (the subject