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     James Lawrence Flindall was born on 4 December 1769 at Lambeth, London, England; " ... then, finally! one that lived. At seven o'clock, on the morning of the 4th of December, 1769, Ann gave birth to their first son, James Lawrence. He was named after both his father and his mother and, within the first two weeks of his life, he was quickly christened, just in case." "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7 & 8.¹

     Ann Flindall was born on 25 September 1763 at Lambeth, London, England; "On the 25th of September, of the year following the wedding, their first, a girl, was born. She was given the name Ann, after her mother." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7 & 8.¹ She died on 10 May 1764 at Lambeth, London, England; "On the 10th of May, 1764, at less than a year old, baby Ann died and left her parents childless again. Smallpox had quickly found the Flindall household, and it wasn't in any rush to vacate the premises. The next few years were filled with nothing but grief for James and Ann Flindall." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.

     Mary Flindall was born in 1765 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹ She died in 1767 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹

     Martha Flindall was born in 1766 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹ She died in 1767 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹

     Mary Ann Flindall was born in 1768 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹ She died in 1769 at Lambeth, London, England; "The following brief outline requires little imagination to accurately understand the trials that the couple endured through the next five years: Mary born 1765 died of smallpox 1767; Martha born 1766 - died of smallpox 1767; Mary Ann born 1768 died of smallpox 1769... " from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 7.¹

     John Flindall died in 1772 at Lambeth, London, England; "During the next five years there was more tragedy: John born 1772 - died 1772; William Lawrence born 1773 - died 1774." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 8.¹ He was born in 1772 at Lambeth, London, England; "During the next five years there was more tragedy: John born 1772 - died 1772; William Lawrence born 1773 - died 1774." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 8.¹

     William Lawrence Flindall was born in 1773 at Lambeth, London, England; "During the next five years there was more tragedy: John born 1772 - died 1772; William Lawrence born 1773 - died 1774." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 8.¹ He died in 1774 at Lambeth, London, England; "During the next five years there was more tragedy: John born 1772 - died 1772; William Lawrence born 1773 - died 1774." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 8.¹

     William Flindall died in 1776 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹ He was born in 1776 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹

     Jasper Lawrence Flindall was born in 1780 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹ He died in 1781 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹

     William Flindall was born in 1783 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹ He died circa 1785 at Lambeth, London, England; "In the eight years following the birth of their youngest, James and Ann would try, and subsequently fail to increase their family, three more times: William born 1776 would die the same year; Jasper Lawrence born 1780 - would die in 1781; and another William Lawrence born 1783 - would also die young (exact date unknown)." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 10.¹

     Ann Paulina Flindall was born on 24 August 1801 at Lambeth, London, England; "The first two arrived in fairly rapid succession for J.M. and Susannah. Susannah Seneca, (named after her mother, and the author, Seneca a first century philosopher), was born on the 21st day of December, 1799; eight months, (and a bit), after the wedding. And the next one; Ann Paulina, named after J.M.'s mother, and Paulina, the wife of Seneca, came one year and nine months later, on the 24th of August 1801." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 33 & 34.¹ She was christened circa September 1801 at St. Mary's Anglican Church, Lambeth, London, England; "Ann Paulina, was christened at St. Mary's; tragically though, she was also buried from it. In November, 1802, she became sick during teething, and death was the result. The interment-was in a private burial ground on Lambeth High Street. (This cemetery is now a recreational field, and it's no longer possible to identify any burial sites.)" from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 36 & 37.¹ She died in November 1802 at Lambeth, London, England, at age 1; "Ann Paulina, was christened at St. Mary's; tragically though, she was also buried from it. In November, 1802, she became sick during teething, and death was the result. The interment-was in a private burial ground on Lambeth High Street. (This cemetery is now a recreational field, and it's no longer possible to identify any burial sites.)" from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 36 & 37.¹

     Japser Faustus Flindall was born in 1805 at Lambeth, London, England; "It wasn't until mid 1805 that they decided to have another, and it was March of the year following before it was born. Once again, it was a boy. They named him Jasper Faustus, after J.M.'s deceased brother, Jasper, and also after a Dr. Faustus, who had impressed John M. with his work in the art of printing." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 38.¹ He died on 23 May 1808 at Lower Marsh, Lambeth, London, England; "Two-year-old Jasper had been sick and, by the time Stephen arrived, his chances weren't looking very good. The result, of course, was that John and Susannah had to pretty much ignore the newborn in order to give their best attention to his brother; sadly, though, their best just wasn't good enough! On the Monday following Stephen's birth, Jasper Faustus Flindall died. He was buried in the private ground on Lambeth High Street, not far from the grave of his sister, and Stephen's birth did little to offset his death in the minds of his parents." from "J. M. Flindall: The Uncommon Man", written and published by Ronald Donald and Linda Flindall of Cobourg, Ontario, 1988, pg. 52 & 53.¹

     John McCutcheon was born circa 1765; "McGILL, PETER (known until 29 March 1821 as Peter McCutcheon), merchant, bank and company director, justice of the peace, and politician; b. August 1789 and baptized 1 September in Creebridge, Scotland, son of John McCutcheon and his second wife, Mary McGill" (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)¹ He married Mary McGill, daughter of ? McGill and ? ?, circa 1783; McGILL, PETER (known until 29 March 1821 as Peter McCutcheon), merchant, bank and company director, justice of the peace, and politician; b. August 1789 and baptized 1 September in Creebridge, Scotland, son of John McCutcheon and his second wife, Mary McGill"
(Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)¹

     Mary McGill was born circa 1765; McGILL, PETER (known until 29 March 1821 as Peter McCutcheon), merchant, bank and company director, justice of the peace, and politician; b. August 1789 and baptized 1 September in Creebridge, Scotland, son of John McCutcheon and his second wife, Mary McGill"
(Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)¹ She married John McCutcheon circa 1783; McGILL, PETER (known until 29 March 1821 as Peter McCutcheon), merchant, bank and company director, justice of the peace, and politician; b. August 1789 and baptized 1 September in Creebridge, Scotland, son of John McCutcheon and his second wife, Mary McGill"
(Robert Sweeny, "McGILL, PETER (Peter McCutcheon)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_peter_8E.html.)¹ As of circa 1783,her married name was McCutcheon.¹

     ? McGill was born circa 1730.¹ He married ? ? circa 1750.¹

     ? ? was born circa 1730.¹ She married ? McGill circa 1750.¹ As of circa 1750,her married name was McGill.¹

     John McGill was born in March 1752 at Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; "McGILL, JOHN, army officer, office holder, and politician; b. March 1752 in Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; m. Catherine Crookshank; no surviving issue; d. 31 Dec. 1834 in Toronto, Upper Canada." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He lived in 1774 at Virginia; "John McGill emigrated to Virginia in 1773. When the American revolution began he joined the short-lived Loyal Virginians as a lieutenant, then late in 1777 transferred to the Queen's Rangers, in which corps he served as adjutant and was taken prisoner along with his commander, John Graves Simcoe*. He was promoted captain before the surrender at Yorktown, Va." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He married Catherine Crookshank circa 1780; "McGILL, JOHN, army officer, office holder, and politician; b. March 1752 in Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; m. Catherine Crookshank; no surviving issue; d. 31 Dec. 1834 in Toronto, Upper Canada." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ John McGill lived in September 1794 at Newark, Upper Canada; "After the war he settled in Parrtown (Saint John, N.B.), although he was perhaps at Quebec in 1788-89 as assistant to the commissary general. One of the first two captains proposed by Simcoe for the second Queen's Rangers in Upper Canada, he preferred the administrative post of military commissary. Setting out in February 1792 with Æneas Shaw* by the Témiscouata route to join Simcoe at Quebec, he accidentally injured his leg so badly that he periodically thereafter found it painful to walk or ride. He saw no regimental service in Upper Canada; when the Rangers mustered at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) against an anticipated American invasion in September 1794, his duty was to escort Simcoe's family to safety at Quebec."¹ He lived on 2 March 1796 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "On 2 March 1796 McGill was appointed to the Executive Council along with the surveyor general, David William Smith*. Simcoe had begun recommending him more than two years earlier and in 1795 gave the pressing reason that there were too few councillors: "the sickness of a Single Member stops the whole Business of the Province." Since the receiver general, Peter Russell, was already a member, the effect was to put the heads of the three main executive departments together on the council for the first time, just when its business was rapidly increasing. McGill had to wait until 8 Oct. 1808 to become a regular salaried member, because the civil establishment allowed only five; but well before that he had risen above the status of Simcoe's most efficient protégé. Sensible, assiduous, and apparently indifferent to the animosities among his colleagues, he was by the end of 1801 a regular member of the council's standing committee." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He "Also, I know there is a handwritten document in the Parliamentary Library. It was deciphered by someone else to read: "York, 5th May 1796. "Received of John McGill, Esquire, commissary of stores, etc., for his Majesty's forces in Upper Canada, for public service ordered by his Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe, at York. One hundred and forty-three pounds spikes, fifty pounds pitch, thirty-five pounds oakum, eight pounds 20d nails, one grapnail, five inch tarred rope, ninety-eight pounds, thirty pounds bar iron for bolts, having expended the same in building and fitting out a strong boat for the purpose of transporting stone for the Government House. "I have signed three receipts of same tenor and date.
"GEORGE GIBSON (following is an endorsement for the same on the same date). I wonder if this it my great-grandpa George..." this is from an email sent to me by Deborah Gibson, a fellow researcher into the Gibson/Selleck families, Feb 19 2019. on 5 May 1796 at York, York Co., Upper Canada. He lived on 10 June 1797 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "He remained until his death on the Legislative Council, to which he had been appointed on 10 June 1797. He had been one of its officials, the master in chancery, since 22 May 1793 and did not relinquish that office until some time in 1803. He was a less regular attender on this council, at first perhaps because being agent for purchases often took him away from York." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He lived on 1 July 1801 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "On 1 July 1801 McGill exchanged the agency for a more sedentary but equally onerous post, the inspector generalship of public accounts. The office, which became the ministry of finance in 1859, was a new one, created at Hunter's instigation because the province had no effective system of audit. Russell, the only auditor general ever commissioned for Upper Canada (10 Aug. 1794), had never developed the office. McGill's new post replaced it. Having set up a provincial system of audit and presided over it for nearly 12 years, McGill changed offices again. In his last administrative appointment, he took over the receiver generalship on an acting commission (5 Oct. 1813 to 2 Dec. 1819). He was succeeded, this time only briefly, by his brother-in-law George Crookshank. Beginning as the provinces chief purchasing agent, he ended as its chief financial officer." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He lived on 27 April 1805 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Eventually, on 27 April 1805, he was appointed the last lieutenant of the county of York, remaining so until his death, but reforms accompanying a new militia act of 1808 virtually ended the military duties of that office." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He lived on 13 August 1818 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "A new lieutenant governor, Peter Hunter*, had set up the committee to conduct business during his frequent absences, but even when in York he did not himself regularly attend the council. The committee therefore bore the brunt of routine business and of enforcing Hunter's measures for administrative reform. Although Chief Justice Henry Allcock* was no doubt its dominating personality, McGill seems to have been its work-horse, one of the "few Scotch instruments" on whom (according to Robert Thorpe*'s accusation) Hunter relied too much. With Allcock's departure in September 1804, the arrival of an able attorney general, Thomas SCOTT, in the following April, and Hunter's death four months later, the working style of the council changed. McGill remained a faithful attender for some years, but his influence and then his health declined. He resigned on 13 Aug. 1818." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He "In the rewards anticipated by Upper Canadian officials, however, salary did not count for much. Land granting fees (to which McGill had access only when he became acting receiver general) might be of consequence. Social prestige and land were the main objects to which officials looked. McGill did not move in the highest society of York officialdom. No lieutenant governor after Simcoe, for example, is reported to have dined at his house. McGill lived among the "gentry" north of the town, but he visited with his wife's relations the Crookshanks and Macaulays or with other Scots such as the Beikies, none of them officials of his own rank and some of them merchants. His Presbyterianism seems to have been no disadvantage, although John Strachan* complained of it: it did not prevent him from joining Anglicans on a committee to sponsor a church at York. Nor did he dissent from the toryism of his fellow officials. The only public questions on which he recorded a strongly independent view were the size of a government grant for district grammar schools, on which he suggested spending up to £7,000 more than anyone else on the Executive Council, and a conflict of interest which he saw in borrowing by York magistrates under the Market Square Act. The skills he exercised on behalf of government were essentially those of a merchant and accountant, skills undervalued by officers with aristocratic pretensions. He continued to be known as "Commissary McGill" long after his seat on both councils entitled him to the prefix "Honourable." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1) circa 1820 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.¹ He "Yet McGill prospered in Upper Canada. As a half-pay captain he was entitled to 3,000 acres of land and as an executive councillor to 5,000 more. Before he had taken up the second allowance the rule was changed, on 1 July 1799, to give councillors 6,000 acres "including former grants." His actual grants fell between the old and the new rules, at 7,509 acres. He can hardly be said to have abused the system, but he was adept at getting the most out of it. He obtained land in good locations, he exchanged bad lands for good, and he knew when to sell. He had 850 acres in York Township, including the 100-acre park lot where he usually lived. It was far enough from the town to be a refuge for the family when the Americans occupied York in 1813, but urban growth made it worth £12,000 when it was finally sold in 1855. Its value had been reckoned at £150 in 1799. He also had 400 acres in Scarborough, 1,000 in Whitby, 1,259 in Clarke (which he got in exchange for 1,000 acres in West Flamborough), and 3,000 in Oxford North townships. Except for the Oxford and some of the York lands, he had sold it all by 1831, mostly after 1817 and in lots of 200 acres." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1) circa 1831 at York, York Co., Upper Canada.¹ He left a will on 8 November 1834 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "He did not limit his financial skills to government service. He acted as agent to collect the fees of absent officials. In a province with no banking system, credit was arranged by personal notes, which were usually discounted on acceptance and were discounted less if presented or endorsed by someone known to be of substance. McGill was used enough to giving credit on this system to doubt the need for the Bank of Upper Canada in 1821. He nevertheless subscribed to its founding, "more than was perhaps prudent," he thought. His suspicions of the new credit system were confirmed when the bank refused a note he had endorsed in 1831. By then he was winding up his affairs. If he had not been "very ricth" in 1819, as his employee James Laidlaw thought, his will, dated 8 Nov. 1834, disposed of a considerable fortune in lands and investments. With no living children and his wife dead since 1819, he left his estate to Peter McCutcheon, his nephew, a Montreal merchant who had just become president of the Bank of Montreal. He made it a condition that McCutcheon assume the surname McGill." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ He died on 31 December 1834 at Toronto, York Co., Upper Canada, at age 82; "McGILL, JOHN, army officer, office holder, and politician; b. March 1752 in Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; m. Catherine Crookshank; no surviving issue; d. 31 Dec. 1834 in Toronto, Upper Canada." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹

     Catherine Crookshank was born circa 1755; "McGILL, JOHN, army officer, office holder, and politician; b. March 1752 in Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; m. Catherine Crookshank; no surviving issue; d. 31 Dec. 1834 in Toronto, Upper Canada." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ As of circa 1780,her married name was McGill.¹ She married John McGill, son of ? McGill and ? ?, circa 1780; "McGILL, JOHN, army officer, office holder, and politician; b. March 1752 in Auckland, Wigton, Scotland; m. Catherine Crookshank; no surviving issue; d. 31 Dec. 1834 in Toronto, Upper Canada." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹ Catherine Crookshank died in 1819 at York, York Co., Upper Canada; "With no living children and his wife dead since 1819, he left his estate to Peter McCutcheon, his nephew, a Montreal merchant who had just become president of the Bank of Montreal. He made it a condition that McCutcheon assume the surname McGill." S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹

     John Shuter Davenport McGill was born on 9 June 1834 at Montreal, Quebec; "Lest it be thought that this defence of Calvinist orthodoxy by McGill was evidence of a narrow-minded approach to religious matters, it should be stressed that Sarah, who was a member of the Church of England, brought up their sons, John Shuter Davenport and Sydenham Clitherow, as Anglicans... " S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1)
Date Jun 9 1834 & location Montreal per family tree of DonnaGeePugh on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹

     Sydenham Clitherow McGill was born circa 1840 at Montreal, Quebec; "Lest it be thought that this defence of Calvinist orthodoxy by McGill was evidence of a narrow-minded approach to religious matters, it should be stressed that Sarah, who was a member of the Church of England, brought up their sons, John Shuter Davenport and Sydenham Clitherow, as Anglicans... " S. R. MEALING, (https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgill_john_6E.html?print=1.)¹

     Sophia Soper was born on 28 April 1803 at Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of LindaSusanSmith on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ As of 9 March 1833,her married name was Smith.¹ She married Elias Peter Smith, son of John David Smith and Susan Hawkins, on 9 March 1833 at Port Hope, Durham Co., Upper Canada.¹ Sophia Soper died on 1 October 1885 at Durham Co., Ontario, at age 82; per family tree of LindaSusanSmith on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹

     Seth Soper was born in 1767 at Danby, Rutlans Co., Vermont, U.S.A; Date 1767 & location Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024. per family tree of LindaSusanSmith on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ He married Hannah Harris, daughter of Myndert Harris and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Yeomans, circa 1802 at Upper Canada; per family tree of LindaSusanSmith on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ Seth Soper died in 1803 at Upper Canada; Date 1803 & location Canada per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024. per family tree of LindaSusanSmith on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹

     Pelatiah Soper was born on 14 June 1737 at Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ He married Deborah Briggs circa 1757 at U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ Pelatiah Soper died before 1790 at Brandon, Rutland Co., Vermont, U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹

     Deborah Briggs was born on 7 June 1739 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ As of circa 1757,her married name was Soper.¹ She married Pelatiah Soper, son of Peletiah Soper and Martha Soper, circa 1757 at U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹ Deborah Briggs died in 1769 at Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont, U.S.A; per family tree of Eva Light Goeken on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.¹

     ? ? was born circa 1736.¹ As of circa 1756,her married name was Smith.¹ She married Capt. Elias Smith circa 1756 at New York, U.S.A..¹ ? ? died circa 1763.¹

     John Shuter was born circa 1745; "Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.¹ He married Elizabeth ? circa 1773; "Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.¹ John Shuter died circa 1784 at Montreal, Provicne of Quebec; "We are trying to bridge the gap between say 1650's and 1782-1784 when John Snr died in Canada, leaving his two sons and wife Elizabeth who remarried. John moved back to England around 1815-1817 and became very connected to your parish." per FindaGrave for son JOhn Shuter.¹

     Elizabeth ? was born circa 1745; "Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.¹ She married John Shuter circa 1773; "Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.¹ As of circa 1773,her married name was Shuter.¹

     Joseph Shuter was born circa 1783 at England; "Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.
Date c. 1783 per family tree of cathyrem on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.^1,2 He married Mary Ann Barnes on 13 March 1816 at Manchester, Lancashire, England; Date Mar 13 1816 & location Manchester, Lancashire, England per family tree of cathyrem on ancestry.ca, Nov 1 2024.^1,2 Joseph Shuter lived in 1818 at Montreal, Lower Canada; "The end of the War of 1812-1814 brought changes in the lives of many of its veterans. Captain George Lyon of the 99th/100th Regiment decided not to return to his native Scotland. Instead, in 1818, he came to the Richmond Settlement in the wilds of Upper Canada. Meanwhile, two militia officers, Joseph Shuter and Robert Charles Wilkins, both from respected Canadian families, became partners in the Montreal "China" trade. During the 1820's Shuter and Wilkins were the exclusive suppliers of various types of ceramic dishes and glassware to the store established by Lyon." George Lyon & the Montreal 'China' Merchants
BY MSCOTT POSTED ON AUGUST 21, 2014.
(http://www.richmondheritage.ca/index.php/george-lyon-the-montreal-china-merchants/.) He "Shuter & Wilkins of Montreal became the supplier of crockery for the Lyon's store. Collard says that Shuter & Wilkins "carried on one of the largest and most successful China-selling ventures in the colonies". Their stock was imported from various Staffordshire factories, carried by sailing ships to Quebec City or Montreal, and repacked for the Upper Canadian market. During winter months, goods could be moved by sledge but in summer the transportation route along the Ottawa River required a combination of boats, wagons and at times panniers on horses." George Lyon & the Montreal 'China' Merchants
BY MSCOTT POSTED ON AUGUST 21, 2014.
(http://www.richmondheritage.ca/index.php/george-lyon-the-montreal-china-merchants/) circa 1825 at Montreal, Lower Canada. He appeared on the census of 29 July 1842 at Montreal, Canada East; 1842 Census: Name: Joseph Shuter; Prop; Merchant, 10 people (1842 Canada East Census: City of Montreal, Queen's Ward, pg. 425 of 583, ancestry.ca.) He "The Bank of Montreal carried on its business in the building erected by Mr. Tully until a few years ago when it was torn down to make way for the present magnificent structure. In the corner stone of the first building at Yonge and Fiont streets was inserted a brass plate, now preserved at the bank. This is the inscription on it: "This first stone is laid by Benjamin Thome, Esq., President, on the 14th day of August, A.D. 1845. Directors in Montreal: The Honourable P. McGill, President ; the Honourable Joseph Masson, Vice-President ; T. B. Anderson, William Lunn, James Logan, William Molson, Joseph Shuter, John Torrance, John Fry, John Redpatb, John Molson, Harrison Stephens, John Brooke, Esquires. Benjamin Holmes, Esq., assistant cashier, Toronto Branch ; Benjamin Thorne, Esq., president; John Crawford, Esq., director: William Wilson, Esq., cashier; architect, Kivas Tully ; John Ritchey, builder." Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 1, Chapter CXXVI Bank of Montreal, page 391. on 14 August 1845 at King Street, Toronto, York Co., Canada West.³ He died on 17 March 1864 at Montreal, Quebec; "Joseph Shuter, Esq., a residence of Montreal, died on the seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, aged eighty one years, and was buried on the nineteenth day of the same month, by me, J.P. Mite Apr? Jr. (Quebec, Canada Vital Church Records, Montreal, Anglican Christ Church Cathedral, Actes, 1864, pg. 4 of 20, ancestry.ca)
"Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter." per FindaGrave Note for Joseph Shuter Jr.^1,4 He was buried on 19 March 1864 at Mont Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Montreal, Quebec; FindaGrave: Name: Joseph Shuter; Birth: unknown; Death: 17 Mar 1864; Burial: Cimetière Mont-Royal Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Memorial ID: 108948484 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108948484/joseph-shuter?_gl=1*1tu46th*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3MzAyOTU3MTEuYzA1MTA0MzUwMDk5MWZhNDY5ZDY2MzE3MzcxMjdkMjc.*_gcl_au*NzUyNzk1MzgzLjE3Mjk5ODA4MjY.*_ga*NTYwMjIyMjkyLjE2NzQ5Mzg5MDg.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*ZTNlNjgyYjgtNGE3Ny00MzJkLTlkMTYtZWI1ZjEwOTM5ZDQ4LjEzNzkuMS4xNzMwNTA5NDc1LjMwLjAuMA..*_ga_QPQNV9XG1B*ZTNlNjgyYjgtNGE3Ny00MzJkLTlkMTYtZWI1ZjEwOTM5ZDQ4LjkxMC4xLjE3MzA1MDk0NzUuMC4wLjA.)
FindaGrave: Name: Joseph Shuter; Birth: unknown; Death: 17 Mar 1864; Burial: St. Paul's Churchyard, Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England; Memorial ID: 231630393; Note: Their father Joseph Shuter died on Mar 17/1864, his body was exhumed from Montreal and he was buried with his brother John & Sarah Shuter (nee Smith) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Barnes). We don't know where he was born. Their parents were John (Snr) & Elizabeth Shuter. I am trying to find information on Elizabeth's maiden name so I can trace their wedding and hence their origins. There are too many John Shuters and I can't seem to narrow it down. But we traced the family crest which we have to the Salisbury area in 1609 as their ancestor John Shuter applied for the crest in Winterbourne Gunner. He became a barrister and is buried in the Temple Church in London with his wife and one or two children. We are trying to bridge the gap between say 1650's and 1782-1784 when John Snr died in Canada, leaving his two sons and wife Elizabeth who remarried. John moved back to England around 1815-1817 and became very connected to your parish.
Inscription: Also in memory of Joseph Shuter Esq of Montreal Canada Who died at Montreal March 17th 1884 Aged 33 years Interred here Oct 5 1884. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231630393/joseph_shuter)
Note: Joseph Shuter died in 1864 in Montreal and was buried there at that time. His body was exhumed and moved to England where it was buried with the family members. (Dan Buchanan, Nov 1 2024.)¹