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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 married 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 District 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 horseback, 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 Augusta, 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 Jackson; 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, conSisting 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, occupies 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 Concession. 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 Concession, where his grandson, William B., now resides. Abraham Cummings was an early settler, locating on Lot No. 17, in the 7th Concession. His grandson, 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.
