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The United Empire Loyalists’
Association of Canada
50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4
Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506
Email: [email protected]
CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
BRANCH: VANCOUVER
Applicant
Title
Date
Name in full.
Rebecca Berney Frances Gerrard FRASER
2011
Maiden Name
Phone
Address
Postal
Code
E-Mail address
Place of Birth
Date
Married at
Date
Husband/Wife
Full Name
Place of Birth
Son or
Dau of
Date
Place of Burial
Date
Children
(Names in Full
and Birth Dates)
Loyalist Ancestor Information
Loyalist
Ancestor
Military Service
(Rank & Regt.
If known)
Where Settled
(date &
Location)
Elisha JONES - Justice of the Peace and Colonel of Militia in Weston, MA
Consultant to Thomas Gage, commander-in-chief of British forces, North America
Organized Loyalist regiments with Timothy Ruggles
Died Feb 1776 during early stages of the War
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Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor
2.
Loyalist Ancestor
Elisha JONES - Justice of the Peace and Colonel of Militia in Weston, MA
Military Service
(rank & regt if known)
Where Settled
(date & Location)
strenuous opponent of the revolution, served with GAGE and organized Loyalist regiments
with Timothy RUGGLES
Father
Private
Mother
Father
Private
JONES, Jonas
Born
(year)
Married
(year)
Died
(year)
Parents
Grand
3.
Parents
4.
1st Great
Grand
Parents
5.
2nd Great
Grand
Parents
6.
3rd Great
Grand
Parents
th
7.
Died Feb 1776 during early stages of the War
4 Great
Grand
Parents
8.
5th Great
Grand
Parents
9.
6th Great
Grand
Parents
10.
7h Great
Grand
Parents
11.
8th Great
Grand
Parents
12.
9th Great
Grand
Parents
13.
10h Great
Grand
Parents
1859
1905
1887
Mother
Father
BERNEY, Annie
JONES, David Ford
1861
1818
1927
1887
1857
Mother
Father
ROEBUCK, Rebecca Ogden
JONES, Jonas (Honourable, Judge)
1839
1791
1910
1848
1817
Mother
Father
FORD, Mary Elizabeth
JONES, Ephraim - LOYALIST
1797
1750
Mother
Father
COURSOL, Charlotte
JONES, Elisha (Colonel) - LOYALIST
1755
1709
Mother
Father
ALLEN, Mary
1714
1868
1812
1779
1805
1775
1733
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
1751
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Son of
Place of
Birth
Married at
Gananoque, ON
Date
Winnipeg, MB
Date
JONES, David Ford
ROEBUCK, Rebecca Ogden
Born: 20 Sep 1858
Baptized: 19 Dec 1858
01 Jan 1887
Residence
Cowley, AB (formerly NWT)
Occupation
Rancher
Place of
Burial
Mother
Anglican Church cemetery, Pincher Creek,
AB
BERNEY, Annie
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
28 Oct 1905
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Toronto, ON
Date
10 Dec 1861
cremated; ashes scattered at
Clearwater Ranch, Cowley, AB
Death Date
& Place
05 Apr 1927
1st Great Grandparents
Father
JONES, David Ford
Place of
Birth
Married at
Residence
Place of
Burial
Mother
Occupation
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Grandchildren
3.
3
Grandparents
Father
JONES, Jonas
Son of
BERNEY, Thomas
JONES, Jonas
FORD, Mary Elizabeth
22 Aug 1818
Gananoque, ON
Date
04 Aug 1796
Gananoque, ON
Date
Occupation
Death Date &
Place
Daughter of
20 Feb 1887
Gananoque, ON
Date
1839
Brockville, ON
ROEBUCK, Rebecca Ogden
Dunscombe & Beckwith;
H. Jones & Co; MP South Leeds;
Ensign, Queen‟s Rangers
ROEBUCK, William
OGDEN, Susan Wallace
Brockville, ON
Death Date & 09 Nov 1910
Place
Jonas (30 Sep 1859- 28 Oct 1905) & Annie BERNEY (10 Dec 1861-05 Apr 1927);
Susan Wallace & Ludlow OGDEN; Gertrude Harrison & Francis Ludlow
OGDEN; Rebecca Ogden & Ernest HOWARD; William (b: 1869; died young);
David Ford (08 Feb 1870-26 Dec 1933) & Agnes E. JOHNSTON; Zippie (b: 1872;
died young); Newbold Coursolles (b: 14 Nov 1877) & Zippie Millicent JONES.
Children of Susan Wallace & Alfred (b. 25 Jan 1886)
Ludlow OGDEN
Children of Gertrude Harrison
& Francis Ludlow OGDEN
John Doughty; Clement Moore; Margaret van
Courtland;
Children of Rebecca Ogden &
Helen Roebuck; Ernest Ford; Ruth.
Ernest HOWARD
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Son of
Place of Birth
Married at
Residence
Gananoque, Augusta Twp., ON
York (Toronto), ON
1782: East Hoosack, MA
Augusta, ON; Brockville, ON; Toronto,
ON
Date
Date
Occupation
Place of
Burial
Mother
St James Cathedral (Anglican)
Cemetery, Toronto, ON
FORD, Mary Elizabeth
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
Place of Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Morristown, NY
Toronto, ON
Grandchildren
5.
2nd Great Grandparents
JONES, Jonas
Father
JONES, Ephraim
COURSOL, Charlotte
19 May 1791
10 Aug 1817
Lt Cavalry War 1812; MP
Leeds; Judge, District
Court, Bathurst and
Johnstown Districts.
30 Jul 1848
FORD, David Abraham *
COOKE, Annastasia
06 May 1797
23 Aug 1868
Date
Death Date
& Place
David Ford m. Rebecca Ogden ROEBUCK; Margaret Ann m. John STRACHAN,
son of Rev. John STRACHAN (1st Bishop of Toronto); Emily Augusta m Rev. John
McCAUL; John Beverley Robinson (b: Nov 1822) died infancy; Edward Coursolles
m. Margaret Innes GORDON; Mary Elizabeth m Charles Wright
YOUNGHUSBAND (General); Beverly (b: 29 Oct 1826; d: Sep 1827); Francis
‘Frank’ m Sophia WARREN; Jones Ap „Jonas’ m Marion BROWN; William (b: 14
Nov 1831; d: 19 Jan 1837); Clarkson m. Zippie Simpson ROEBUCK; Chilion m
Eliza Maria HERVEY; William (b: 13 Oct 1838); Charles m. Mary J. ROSS.
Children of David Ford &
Susan Wallace & Ludlow OGDEN; Gertrude Harrison &
Rebecca Ogden ROEBUCK
Frank Ludlow OGDEN; Rebecca Ogden & Ernest
HOWARD; William; David Ford; Zippie; Newbold
Coursolles.
George G; Agnes & Edward FFOLKES; Mary Elizabeth
Children of Margaret Anne &
John STRACHAN
Children of Emily Augusta &
George Lefroy & Katherine May WEBSTER; John
Rev. John McCAUL
Alexander; Charles Coursolles & Frances GREENWOOD;
Mary Edith & Thomas Moore BENSON; Emily Augusta &
Alan MacDOUGALL; Helen; Margaret Annie & Maurice
HUTTON and; a son who died young.
Children of Edward Coursolles
James Gordon (b. 9 Jul 1852); Edward C. (b. 22 Jul 1854);
& Margaret Innes GORDON
Albert Edward (b. 1860); Mary Louisa & Gamble
GEDDES.
Children of Mary Elizabeth &
Charles E.S.; Mary Morris & Capt. O‟MALLEY; Frank C.
Charles Wright
& Florence PURVIS.
YOUNGHUSBAND
Children of Francis & Sophia
Mary Elizabeth & Mowat McGILL; Rebecca; Clara &
WARREN
William INCE
Children of Jonas ap Jones &
Maria Elizabeth & Maj Harold ETESON; George Herbert
Marion BROWN
& Louisa Frances MURRAY; Constance Maude; Melville;
Percy Leonard.
5
Children of Clarkson &
Zipporah Simpson ROEBUCK
Children of Chilion & Eliza
Maria HERVEY
Children of Charles & Mary J.
ROSS
*
David Ogden R. & Maria Emily MORRIS & Annie Isobel
Barr PLUMB; William Wallace & Marjorie Frederica
CAMPBELL; Charlotte Coursolles; Thomas Harrison;
Josephine; Margaret C.; Gladys N.; Millicent; Mary
Elizabeth & John Alexander BEALL.
Efa & Arthur HEWARD; Elsie (b. 4 Jul 1865); Ford & Jessie
BROOKS; Frank Percey; Irene & Dr. R.E. WEBSTER.
Ethel Coursolles (b. 11 Jan 1875); Lillian Mary Coursolles
(b. 13 Dec 1875); Hilda Coursolles (b. 4 Apr 1877); Charles
Edward (Lt, RN) b. 20 Mar 1882; Margaret Gwendolin
Coursolles (b. 16 Dec 1887); Emily Beatrice Coursolles (b.
15 Apr 1893).
Lineage from David Abraham FORD to Edward III, King of England
Ford, David Abraham
Ford, John
Ford, Jacob
Ford, John
Ford, James
Ford, Andrew
Lovell, Robert
Lovell, John
Lovell, John
Lovell, William
Lovell, Francis
Fitzhugh, Henry
Neville, Richard
Neville, Ralph
Plantagenet, John "of Gault"
Plantagenet, Edward III
Cooke, Annastasia
Raynor, Martha
Baldwin, Hannah
Freeman, Elizabeth
Dingley, Sarah (??)
Lovell, Ellinor
Silvester, Elizabeth
Lovewife, Elinor
Thorne, Anne
Millium, Jan
Fitzhugh, Anne
Neville, Alice
Montagu, Alice
Beaufort, Joan
de Roet, Katherine
de Hainault, Philippe
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Father
JONES, Ephraim
Son of
Place of Birth
Married at
Weston, Massachusetts
Chapel of Ursaline Sisters, (now Christ
Church), old Montreal, PQ
1781: East Hoosack, Berkshire Co., MA;
1792: Augusta, (then Johnstown District);
1796: Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake),
Leeds and Grenville
Blue Church Burying Ground, Lot 15,
Conc 1, Augusta Twp., Grenville Co., ON
Date
Date
Residence
Place of
Burial
Mother
1st: COURSOL / COURSOLLES, Charlotte
2nd: BECK, Margaret Sherburne (no issue)
Occupation
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
1786: JP; Mbr Land
Board Grenville & Leeds;
Mbr of the 1st Legislature
of Upper Canada, 1792-96
24 Jan 1812
COURSOLLES, Michel
GUYON-DION, Marie-Joseph
Vercheres, Quebec
1745
Date
Blue Church Burying Ground, Lot 15,
26 Sep 1805
Death Date
Conc 1, Augusta Twp., Grenville Co., ON & Place
Charles m 1st: Mary STUART dau of Rev. John STUART m 2nd: Florella SMITH;
William m. Amelia MacDONELL; Sophia m. John STUART son of Loyalist Rev. John
STUART (a missionary to the Mohawk Indians and friend of Sir William JOHNSON
(their daughter Mary STUART m. Sir Allan Napier MacNAB of Dundurn Castle,
Hamilton, Ontario). Charlotte m. Livius Peters SHERWOOD; Lucy m. Elnathan
HUBELL; Alpheus m. Frances JONES & Mary Little DICKINSON; Eliza m. Henry
John BOULTON; Daniel (b: 16 Dec 1797, died 1798).
Children of Charles & Mary
Stuart (11 Apr 1808-1839) & Maria DONNELLY; Okill (bap
STUART
24 Jun 1810 d: 15 Jan 1845); Ormond (b: 7 Nov 1811-Feb
1882) & Eliza JESSUP
None noted
Children of William m. Amelia
MacDONELL
Children of Sophia m. John
John & Elizabeth Van Rensellaer POWELL; Charlotte Jones
STUART.
(7 May 1806-6 Sep 1806); Andrew & Mary Jean HAMILTON;
Sophia & David Archibald MacNAB; William Jones; Henry
Boulton; James; Eliza (1823-1829); Mary Elizabeth & Sir
Allan Napier MacNAB (the g-g grandparents of Camilla Shand,
Duchess of Cornwall)
Children of Charlotte m. Livius
Henry & Mary Graham SMITH; Samuel & Emily
Peters SHERWOOD
RICHARDSON; George & Marion KEEGAN; Edward &
Isabella Penlope TURNER; Charlotte & John ELMSLEY;
Amelia & George KING; Helen & John CRAWFORD
Children of Lucy m. Elnathan
Ephriam Jones; Charlotte & Mr FOOTE; Nancy & Mr.
HUBELL
WELTON; Caroline Amelia.
Children of Alpheus m. Mary
Albert; Allan; Charles J.; Eliza F.; Fanny A.; Louisa D.;
Little DICKENSON
Lucy M.; Mary; Sophia D.; William A.; Charlotte
(no known children by 1st wife)
Coursolles & Albert WHITNEY
Children of Eliza m. Henry John
Clara Louisa & John CAYLEY; George D’Arcy & Juliana
BOULTON
Mary RIDOUT;
Place of Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Grandchildren
6.
3rd Great Grandparents
JONES, Elisha
ALLEN, Mary
17 Apr 1750
24 Mar 1779
7
th
4 Great Grandparents
Father
JONES, Elisha - Loyalist
Son of
Place of Birth
Married at
Residence
Watertown, West Precinct, Massachusetts
Weston, Middlesex Co., MA
Weston, Massachusetts
Date
Date
Occupation
Burial Place
Mother
Trinity Church Burying Ground, Boston, MA
ALLEN, Mary
Date of Death
Daughter of
Place of Birth
Of Weston, Massachusetts
Date
Children
and spouses
if known
Grandchildren
7.
JONES, Josiah
BARNES, Abigail
17 Nov 1709
24 Jan 1733
Justice of the Peace; see
JONES, Ephraim for details
of his Loyalist services
Feb 1776
ALLEN, Nathaniel
ALLEN, Lydia
17 Nov 1709
Nathan m. Mary SEVERNS; Elisha m. Mehitable UPHAM; Israel m. Alithea TODD; Daniel m.
Martha SMITH; Elias m. Elizabeth BALDWIN; Josiah; Silas (b: 07 Nov 1746, died young);
Ephraim m. Charlotte COURSOL; Simeon m. Sally WILLIAMS; Stephen m. Sarah
GOLDSBURY; Jonas; Philemon; Charles; Mary (11 Jul 1748-2 Aug 1830) m. 1st 22 Oct 1772
Asa DUNBAR m. 2nd 23 Jun 1798, Capt. Jonas MINOT; Matthew.
Children of Nathan
Sarah & W.R.E. BOYD & John SHAW; Pamelia ‘Anna’ (b: 23 May
& Mary SEVERNS
1763) & Jacob FOSTER; Nahum (b: 6 Aug 1757-d: Mar 1793); Susannah
& Moses GOODWIN; Theodore (b: 1 Mar 1760); Louisa (b: 6 May
1761); Abijah (b: :22 Apr 1765); Nathan (b: 7 Jan 1767); Daniel (b:
1769); Eunice (16 Jan 1770-02 Jul 1862) & Samuel Baron McKAY;
Elisha (b: 1771); Susan (b: 1771); Mary (b: 1773).
Children of Elisha &
Elisha (20 Feb 1761-24 Mar 1840) & Catherine WINDERS; Cereno
Mehitable UPHAM
Upham (27 Jul 1767-17 Jun 1851) & Margaret Ann STERNS & Ann
HUSTON; Alpheus (23 Jul 1765-13 Apr 1793); Mehitable & John VAN
ZANDT; Arseneth & Samuel MARSH; Eunice & Judge SNODGRASS;
Robert.
Children of Israel
Marshall & Sophia DEWEY; Israel & Philena FOOTE; Daniel (1780& Alithea TODD
Nov 1807); Charles (1782-Oct 1808) & Jane SWAN; Henry Todd (14
Aug 1787-14 Aug 1823); Elizabeth & Peter STARR; Cynthia & Amasa
JONES Jr.; Juliana.
Children of Daniel
& Martha SMITH
Children of Elias &
Jonas (of Cobourg, ON); Elias & Margaret HARRIS; Elisha (1771-29 Feb
Elizabeth BALDWIN
1832); Josiah; Stephen; Mary; Harriet; Electa & Walter KING
Children of Simeon
Louisa (b. 3 Jun 1788, Prince William, NS) m James Thorpe HANFORD;
& Sally WILLIAMS
Richard Williams (Dec 1792-29 Nov 1873) m. Cynthia JONES, his
cousin; Lydia (16 Dec 1797- 26 May 1865) m. Alpheus JONES; Thomas
(b. 04 Oct 1789) m. Jane CAVERHILL & Isabella CARRUTHERS;
Elizabeth (b. 18 Sep 1791); Anna (b. 04 May 1794-Oct 1871) m. William
DAVIDSON; Mary (b. 06 May 1796); Charlotte (b. 16 Sep 1800-17 Oct
1816); Margarette (b. 10 Aug 1802).
Children of Stephen
Guy Carleton & Frances Mehitable JONES & Jane BONSALL; George
& Sarah GOLDSBURY
Goldsbury; Cynthia & Richard Williams JONES, her cousin); Abigail
(bap. 29 Dec 1793); Celinda (bap. 29 Dec 1793); Sophia & Alexander
Dixon HOYT; Charles & Eleanor LESLIE; Mary Marcy (bap. 5 Feb
1805).
Children of Mary
Polly (b: 24 Nov 1772); William (b: 28 Sep 1776); Charles Jones (b: 24
& Asa DUNBAR
Feb 1780); Sophia (19 Jul 1781-06 Jul 1868); Louisa (b: 11 May 1785);
Cynthia (22 May 1787-12 Mar 1872) & John THOREAU (parents of
Henry David THOREAU;
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PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT
1. Applicant
Privacy
Proof
2. Parent
Privacy
JONES, Annie Berney, the DAUGHTER of Jonas JONES
Proof
3. Grandparent
Proof
4. 1st Great
Grandparent
Proof
5. 2nd Great
Grandparent
Proof
6. 3rd Great
Grandparent
Proof
7. 4th Great
Grandparent
Proof
2a. Certificate of Baptism
2b. newspaper (marriage) announcement
2c. marriage certificate of parents
JONES, Jonas, the SON of David Ford JONES
3.
baptismal record, church archives
JONES, David Ford, the SON of Jonas JONES
4a. family bible, front page
4b. family bible, marriage record
4c. family bible, children‟s birth records
JONES, Jonas, the SON of Ephraim JONES
5a.
Last Will and Testament of Father (3 pages); "Will of Prominent Men in Public
Affairs" publication of Ontario Historical Society; original will held in National
Archives, Canada.
5b. parents marriage record; Montreal (Christ Church) Registry, 1779
5c. Canadian Dictionary of Biography (3 pages)
JONES, Ephraim, the SON of Colonel Elisha JONES
6a.
12 Oct 1784, Return of Disbanded Troops and Loyalists; 12 Oct 1784, settled in
Township No. 7; Early Ontario Settlers: A Source Book by Crowder, Norman K,
Baltimore, MD, 1993.
6b. 1785: Settlers at Twp. No. 7, Muster Roll 10; Early Ontario Settlers: A Source
Book by Crowder, Norman K, Baltimore, MD, 1993.
6c. Compensation Claim, Second Report of the Bureau of Archives, Province of
Ontario; by FRASER, Alexander, 1904, King's Printer, Toronto, ON.
6d. transcription of family correspondence; copy of original found in the Solomon
Jones fonds, Fonds 521, 1787-1843, 1926; Archives of Ontario.
6e. 09 Dec 1791: recommendation by Land Board Committee for 1,300 acre land
grant; Report of the Department Public Records and Archives, Ontario, 1928.
Colonel Elisha JONES - Loyalist
7a.
7b.
7c.
Compensation Claim (by sons) for Military Service; Second Report of the Bureau
of Archives, Province of Ontario; by FRASER, Alexander, 1904, Toronto, ON.
Compensation Claim, 2nd Report Bureau of Archives, Ontario (Memorial
presented to Lords Commrs. of HMS Treasury, presented 1791, accompanied with
copies of Certificates from Genl. Gage, Lord Percy, Gen. Burgoyne, Sir W. How,
Govr. Wentworth, Genl. Ruggles, Col. Small, to the Loyality & services of Col.
Jones & of his Family & their sufferings.
Compensation Claim by son; “Loyalist Settlements, 1783-1789, New Evidence of
Canadian Loyalist Claims” transcribed by Antliff, W. Bruce, Ministry of
Citzenship & Culture, Ontario.