|
a.
|
Note: Taken from a letter written in Danville Illinois, April 10, 1941 by Zula Callahan to Mrs. Frank Nason of Washington D.C.
Brazillia was a farmer. He settled in what was known as Black River country in the Royal Grant. Indian story of how Royal Grant its name etc. and many family incidents of Barnes and Doty families near Delaware and Wardsville, Justice Wilcox and Brazilla selling whiskey and their Indian troubles. Now he moved back to Yarmouth to his old home and there he raised his family and never left his place till they were all married and he was too old to work. Then he sold the farm and bought town property in St. Thomas, moved into town and the death of his second wife he sold his town property, put his money in the bank and went back to Mosa and lived until his death with Uncle William.
Buried on 79 Highway in a small roadside cemetery east of Wardsville.
*****************************************
https://sites.google.com/site/grantsafamily/
Barzillia Samson (1771-1854)
Barzillia Samson (1771-1854) was born in Massachusetts in about 1771. Barzillia and brothers Israel and Seth are listed in the 1810 Federal Census for the town of Salina, Onondaga County, New York.
In 1812, Barzillia Samson had signed an oath of allegiance to Thomas Talbot in Upper Canada (now Ontario). Thomas Talbot was an aide-de-camp to Governor John Graves Simcoe from 1791 to 1794 (see Wayne Paddon, 1976, The Story of the Talbot Settlement 1803-1840. A Frontier History of South Western Ontario ). Thomas Talbot received his land patent on 7 May, 1804. In 1814, received 200 acres on the Talbot Road in the Township of Yarmouth ( Upper Canada Land Petitions Volume 458: 263). The 1842 Census, Yarmouth Township, Middlesex County, lists Barzillia Samson as living on concession 8, lot 11, in Yarmouth.
Barzillia Samson married Persis Witt (1776 - 1838), daughter of John and Elizabeth Witt, and the children are Willard (1793 - 1876), Sarah, Bella, William, Harriet, Aesah, and Mary Ann
The obituary for Persis (Witt) Samson appeared in The Christian Guardian on 18 June, 1838. Barzillia Samson’s second wife, Lydia (Knox) Samson, obituary appeared in the 26 September, 1852 issue of The Christian Guardian. Barzillia Samson died August 24, 1854, and is buried in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. The obituary for Barzillia Samson appeared in The Christian Guardian on 13 September, 1854.
From Find A Grave.com:
Son of Ezekiel and Sarah Fance/Faunce Sampson.
The Ontario Canadian Norfolk Militia, with which Willard Samson served, was originally formed from the Long Point area in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1796 and played a major role in the War of 1812. Willard Samson is listed on the Muster Roll of the Norfolk Militia from February to March, 1815.
He was a farmer.
As the story has been passed down, his first
wife was Persis Witt (ca1776-Apr.3,1838 in
Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County, Ontario.)
They had several children, the first few born
in the US. The family settled in Yarmouth
Township in Elgin County, likely before the
War of 1812. Whether fact or fiction, it is
said that he never left his Yarmouth farm
until all the children had left and married
and he was too old to work the land. He sold
the farm and bought town property in St.
Thomas. By this time, now a widower, he had
remarried to Lydia Knox (ca1783 Devon,
England-July 1850) a widow with two children,
her husband having died suddenly. After her
death,he sold his town property, put his
money in the bank and went to Mosa township
and lived until his death with his son,
William Samson, on his Mosa Twp. farm.
Children (not all are proven) (1) Bella - died in childhood
(2) Willard (Nov.4,1796-Sept.10,1876)
(3) Sarah
(4) Aesah Mariah (ca1798-ca1840) married
James Doying (1797-1886) on Jan.25, 1830
in St.Thomas. He died in Michigan.
(5) Harriet (ca1800-ca1870 ) married Abel
Bigsby on Mar.30,1828.
(6) William C. (1803-1881)
married Henrietta Lockwood.
(7) Horatio Nelson (May 1,1815-May 19,1902)
married Elizabeth Wilton (1813-1883).
(8) Matilda Persis (1817-May 15,1897)
married first James Blackwell on July 12,1838
and second George Laird on June 6,1854.
(9) George (Oct.29,1821-Jan.29,1905)
married Janet Ferguson.
|
