William Alexander Weir

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George married Margaret Emily Hamilton on 16 Feb 1887 in Singhampton, Grey, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of William Hamilton and Sarah Taylor) was born on 27 Jan 1869 in Ospry, Grey, Ontario, Canada; died in Sep 1961 in Collingwood, Nottawasaga, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Trinity United Church, Collingwood, Notttawasauga, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Sarah Taylor on 26 Feb 1868 in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Moses Taylor and Elizabeth Gosnell) was born on 31 Dec 1844 in Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Canada; died on 19 Oct 1919 in Singhampton, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1788, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Alt. Christening: 9 Apr 1788, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Location: 1821, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; settlement allocation on West Lot 12, Con 11,

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(Research):Clarendon, Quebec

Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario.

Its settlements include Clarendon, North Clarendon, Charteris, Lawn, Murrell, Radford, Sand Bay, Starks Corners, and Yarm. The town of Shawville is surrounded by, but not part of, Clarendon.[4]

Largely cleared of forests, Clarendon is a predominantly agricultural municipality, with an elevation of 167 meters (548 ft) above sea level. The only notable lake is Green Lake, which is surrounded by cottages.

?b?History of shawville and Clarendon Township?/b?
The township was first surveyed in 1792 and appears on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795.[4] Settlement did not occur until 1825 when James Prendergast, a retired British Army Officer, was commissioned by the government to lead this task. From that year until 1827, free land was granted, resulting in a wave of settlers, starting with 15 settlers near the township's centre (now Shawville). But Prendergast, originally from religiously-divided Ireland, stipulated that settlers only be Protestants in order to avoid similar religious strife. As a result, Clarendon (and Shawville) is known as the heartland of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in western Quebec.[5]

Between 1827 and 1835, Prendergast was responsible for establishing the first four schools and bringing in its teachers. He also built a water-driven sawmill and grist mill at his home along the Ottawa River.[5]

In 1833, the Township of Clarendon was officially established. It was named after Clarendon Park, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England (where Henry II had convened peers and bishops to formulate the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164). In 1837, the post office opened.[6]
From then on and into the 1840s, when the timber industry started to prosper, a second wave of settlement occurred, doubling the population of Clarendon between 1840 and 1850.[5]

In 1855, the Township Municipality of Clarendon was created. This style was reformed to Municipality of Clarendon on October 11, 2003.

Birth:
HAMILTON
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER HAMILTON/MARY EDGAR FR184 (FR184)
M
29/12/1787
588/
20 4
Dalrymple

William Hamilton
in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
ource Citation
Place: Quebec, Canada; Year: 1821; Page Number: 23

Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.

Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Name:?tab?William Hamilton
Age:?tab?34
Birth Year:?tab?abt 1787
Arrival year:?tab?1821
Arrival Place:?tab?Quebec, Canada
Primary Immigrant:?tab?Hamilton, William
Source Publication Code:?tab?6106.61
Annotation:?tab?This record was recorded without a source code.
Source Bibliography:?tab?Source unknown.
Household Members:?tab?
Name?tab?Relation
William Hamilton?tab?

Christened:
HAMILTON
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER HAMILTON/MARY EDGAR FR184 (FR184)
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29/12/1787
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Dalrymple

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

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Record Transcription:
Chelsea Pensioners Discharge Documents 1760-1887
First name(s) William
Last name Hamilton
Birth year 1788
Birth town Glasgow
Birth county Lanarkshire
Birth country Scotland
Service number -
Regiment Highland Light Infantry - 71St & 74Th Foot
Attestation year 1807
Attestation date ? ? 1807
Attestation corps Highland Light Infantry - 71st & 74th Foot
Discharge date ? ? 1811
Discharge corps Highland Light Infantry - 71st & 74th Foot
Document type Discharge
Archive
The National Archives
Series Wo 121 - Chelsea: Pensioners' Discharge Documents 1760-1887
Reference WO 121
Box 0115
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland

From ancestry record
Name: William Hamilton
Discharge Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1788
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lemark
Discharge Date: 13 Aug 1811
Regiment: 1st Bn 71st Regiment of Foot
Rank: Private

William married Margaret Duncan about 1829. Margaret (daughter of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford) was born on 19 Apr 1804 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Apr 1804 in Low Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 20 Jul 1864 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1806, Scotland; as reported on 1851 Canada East Census

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Research information provided by Nancy Dale Conroy as draft material from upcoming book.

WILLIAM HAMILTON (1788-1854)
Some family trees on ancestry suggest he arrived in Clarendon about 1821. In the second
Prendergast report, he has settled on Lot 15, Range 7 and has cleared 5 acres and part of the
road. This confirms to some extent that he was in the area at least a few years before the land
was allocated by Prendergast. As of 1833, he appears to have acquired another piece of land,
lot 14, Range 7. This is confirmed by the 1842 census as by then he has 300 acres of land.
From a couple of thin files at the Archives, the Gravelle notes suggest that he was born in 1787,
not 1788. It also says he comes from Glasgow and is a carpenter. Gravelle also says he is an
ex-soldier. In the 1842 Census, William is also identified as a carpenter, with a wife and six
children. They are Agnes, 1829, John, 1831, William 1835, Robert 1837, George 1838, James
1841. It appears that his next child, Jessie is born in 1845. The 1842 census also lists a Jennet
Hamilton, age 87, who is from Scotland; perhaps she is his mother.
While he and his wife are from Scotland, the children were all born in Canada. His wife is
Margaret Duncan (1804-1864) and she is from Paisley, Scotland. The Gravelle file suggests
she was born on April 17, 1806. As of the 1842 census he is farming on a 300 acre property.
He is growing lots of crops and also has considerable livestock, especially sheep. The family
worships with the Church of Scotland. In 1845 he has a daughter, Janet (Jessie) who marries
Samuel Horner on 28 June 1866. These are the parents of my grandmother, Janet (Jessie)
Horner. She marries Samuel Sherwood Dale in 1907. (Gravelle files say that the births of the
Hamiltons can be found in the Anglican baptism records.)
He may have left Scotland 19 May 1821 from Greenock, (Glasgow), Scotland, having been
sponsored by The Glasgow Trongate Society and sailing on the ship "David of London", (Capt
Gemmell, 364 settlers). The book, The Lanark Society Settlers, has a William Hamilton listed.
NOTE: There is a John Hamilton with a wife and either 4 or 6 children renting 30 acres of land
as of 1842. He says he has been in the country for 13 years and he and his wife come from
Ireland, with the children born in Canada. Presumably he arrived in the second wave of settlers;
it is not clear if he knew William Hamilton given that one came from Scotland and the other from
Ireland.

(Research):Margaret was oldest child of Agnes and Robert.

Birth:
SurnameDUNCAN
ForenameMARGARET
Parents/ Other DetailsROBERT DUNCAN/AGNES GIFFORD FR65 (FR65)
GenderF
Date20/04/1804
Parish Number573/3
Ref40 104
ParishPaisley Burgh or Low

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Moses married Elizabeth Gosnell. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1819 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland; died on 9 Aug 1897 in Singhampton, Clearview, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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