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Calvin and Samuel Throop came to Canada a
short time previous to the declaration of war ih
1812. Calvin settled on Lot No. 20, in the 6th
Concession of Augusta. His sons were Samuel,
Calvin, Jr., and Joseph. Calvin, Jr., married Miss
Bishop, and removed to Illinois. Samuel married
Marilla, daughter of the late William Earl. Samuel
has three sons : Sawyer, who married Miss Larry ;
Rufus, married Miss Briggs; and Jesse, who mar¬
ried Miss Burks, sister of Richard Burks.
John Rose emigrated from Scotland when a boy,
and settled in the United States. He removed to
Canada previous to the year 1800. Being a U. E.
Loyalist, he drew, as a reward for his services,
200 acres Of land in ths 5th Concession of Matilda.
He married Miss Munroe, sister of John and William
Munroe, and was blessed with a family of eleven
children. Mr. Rose was intimately connected with
the early citizens of Grenville, in consequence of
his staunch defence of Methodism at a date when
to be a Methodst was to be debarred from all
chance of preferment. Upon one occasion he was
selected by the Methodists of the Johnstown Dis¬
trict to proceed to Toronto and lay a petition before
the Executive Council, asking that the right to
perform the marriage ceremony be conferred upon
Methodist ministers. The trip was made on horse¬
back, but the delegate met with a curt refusal.
Timothy Hodge came to Canada at a very early
date. His son, Timothy, Jr., is yet a resident of Au¬
gusta, and in the 92nd year ofhis age. The family
consisted of the following children: Timothy, Jr.,
Milesy, Seneca, Henry, William, Anna, Cynthia,
Polly, Harriet, Catherine, and Piney. Timothy
married Miss Glassford ; Seneca married Jane Jack¬
son; Henry married Sally Whitney. The family
originally settled on Lot No. 5, in the 3rd Concession,
moving into the woods with a yoke of oxen borrowed
from Mr. Moshier. The homestead is now held by
Timothy’s grandson, William.
John Lawrence settled on Lot No. 18, in the 3rd
Concession, about the year1800. His children were
John, Rebecca, and Betsey.
Dr. Adonijah Bass resided at Bunker Hill, where
the celebrated battle was fought. His family, con¬
Sisting of two sons and one daughter, witnessed the
engagement. They were all staunch Loyalists, and
one son, Joseph, made his way to Augusta, and
having examined the country, returned to his native
place, and with his mother and the rest of the
family, started for Canada. They had disposed of
their farm for stock, which was driven the entire
distance by the boys. They settled on the 4th and
5th Concessions. A grandson, James Bass, occu¬
pies the homestead. John Bass married Hannah
Lakins ; Joseph Bass married Sally Lakins. Joseph
was for many years a settler on Windmill Point.
The family of John consisted of Moses, Joseph,
Samuel, Jonathan, David, James, William, Justus,
Elizabeth, Lydia, Polly, and Hannah. Joseph, SF...
had one son and two daughters. Adonijah married
Jane Nettelton. During the first years that the
Bass family were in Canada, the boys proceeded on
foot each winter to Bunker Hill, and returned with
stock taken in exchange for property which they
had sold.
Daniel Young was one of the first settlers in the
lownship, locating on Lot No. 15, in the 3rd Con¬
cession. His children were: Hiram, Ephraim, John,
Daniel, William, Joseph, Polly, Sally, Margaret, and
Patty.
James Pearson came to Canada about the year
1808, and located on the point about one mile below
the present Village of Maitland. He afterwards
removed to the Rideau. His son Albert settled on
Lot 27. He left two sons, Albert, Jr., and Henry.
Andrew Perrin settled on Lot No. 14, in the 3rd
Concession. His children were Oren, Eben, Mark,
William, Andrew, Patty, and Polly.
William Martin settled on Lot No. 12, in the 4th
Mr. Martin came to Canada at the
close of the Revolutionary War. In making the
journey to Canada through the woods, he and his
companions lost their way, and wandered for nearly
three weeks in the forest. Provisions becoming
scarce, they were compelled to kill a cow which
they were driving. Not having any salt, they found
it difficult to eat the meat, but the hide was eagerly
devoured and relished. James, son of William,
shortly after their settlement in Augusta, built a
jumper, on which he placed a fat pig and twenty
pounds of butter, and with this produce proceeded
all the way to Montreal, that being the nearest
market.
Concession.
William Bishop came to Canada in 1793. His
son James settled on Lot No, 23, in the sth Con¬
cession, where his grandson, William B., now
resides.
Abraham Cummings was an early settler, locating
on Lot No. 17, in the 7th Concession. His grand¬
son, Aaron, now resides on the homestead.
Richard Baxter, an early settler, had four sons,
David, Hiram, Joel, and John. Mr. Baxter settled
on Lot No. 36, in the 6th Concession, having removed
his family from the State of Vermont on an Ox
sleigh. The homestead is held by a descendant,
William Baxter.