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Lewis House3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

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Lewis House was born 16 July 1788 in Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, although in research it is also noted that he may have been born in the Mohawk Valley, New York State.  He was the son of George House and Maria Polly Mabie.  George House served with his brother, Harmonus House in Captain Walter Butler’s Company, Butler’s Rangers. 

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John Edsall
3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

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John Edsall was born February 13, 1787 in Bertie Twp., the son of James Edsall and his wife, Julia.   He was of Scottish descent.

John married Catherine Plato (b. 1792 in Bertie Twp.), daughter of Peter James Plato and Gertrude Catherina Bowen c. 1813.  They had seven children:  Peter (born 1814), William, John Alexander, Charlotte Emeline, Jane, Lyman and Milan.

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Conrad Jansen3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

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In older records, there is much confusion between the surnames Johnson, Johnston and Jansen.
Conrad Jansen was the son of Jehoiakim Jansen; grandson of Coenraad Jansen, UE and Mary his wife.  Conrad was born in Bertie Twp. in 1796 likely a few hundred yards from his resting place.  Following the deaths of his grandfather and father, he inherited the lands just west of the Zion Cemetery.

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Charles Hibbard3rd Regiment Lincoln Militia

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Charles Hibbard was born c1777 in Pennsylvania, USA.     Some records researched have shown his parents as Charles Hibbard and Lucy Emerson, this fact however cannot be substantiated with source documents.     He married Elizabeth Buck UE on 15 May 1805, in Fort Erie, Ontario. (Source: The Ontario Register, 1780s to 1870s )

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Jacob Hoffman Jr.
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Jacob Hoffman Jr. (Huffman) was born in Bertie Twp. in 1790, the first son of Jacob Hoffman (Huffman) UE (Private in Col. Edward Jessop’s Corp.) and Anna Ransier, DUE (daughter of Andres Ransier, Private Butler’s Rangers and his wife Agnes).  He grew up on his father’s farm on the north side of Bertie Road, straddling Ridge Road North, known as Lots 3, Conc 9, 10 and 11th of Bertie.  Jacob applied for Lord Dorchester’s Bounty when he attained the age of 21 years, in 1811, however the Order-In-Council was not issued until 1833.

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