Re: Mary Ann Flint - East Whitby, Ontario
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Re: Mary Ann Flint - East Whitby, Ontario
Janis McCahill 4/26/06
Hi Janis!
I've been going through the information you've sent and adding names to my tree.In all the information about Mary Ann and Augustus's son Augustus, it mentions that was from a family of 8 children, but when I check I can only find 7 names.Do you have the 8th name at all?
In the names of the children that I had, I'm sure that the "Keith" is son Augustus (and that my aunt or whomever got the information was given Keith by mistake)."Maggie" is likely Matilda, and "Olivia" is probably one of the others.
Now I'm going to give you the information that I was given.My maiden name is Smith, and the Smiths came about rather later in the family tree, after the Flint family married with the Jackson's.I'm going to copy out the introduction that accompaines my aunt's book.I will follow that with the Flint pages of the book.Please bear in mind that the book was given to me in the 1960's or 70's so it's been around awhile!Here goes:
This is the result of an interesting search for our forebears, that we may give to out children an idea of the kind of people who 'begat' us, and as many of their names as we could find.
The families appear to have come to Canada in the early 1800's the three Flint brothers from Yorkshire, England, and the Jacksons from Ireland, sailing from Sligo.They seem to have been fairly well-to-do, having money to purchase farms here and having such possessions as sterling-silver teasets and teaspoons, fine china and good furniture.Books and Bibles, the Church, love of home and family were fundamentals.Keeping the Sabbath was a way of life and so were education and an interest in the community.The early settlers faced many trials and hardships but they kept the high aims and ambitions which they brought with them.
(Janis, me here.I don't know where any of these items are now.I'd love to see it all though.I also don't know if these are things from the Jackson family or the Flints, but I think it might be the Jacksons.Back to the book...)
The chief instigator of this work is Rosa Millidge, whose memory, diary and letters contributed many names and details, and who wrote many more letters and encouraged the rest of us. Gladys Jackson and Alma Jackson Pegg looked up old wills, deeds and records at Registry Offices, searched cemeteries and Historical Atlases, and also wrote letters.Doreen Smith did the stencilling and memeographing.
(Janis - my Aunt Doreen (Dad's sister) is living in Kingston.My dad is there too.)
The families in which we were interested are those of three brothers:William, John and Richard Flint of Yorkshire, England, and of John Jackson of Ireland, whose paths crossed when William Flint's daughter Harriet was married to John Jackson's son Edward.It was known that John Jackson had a daughter Ann, and there was a dim reference to a son who went West.An aritcle in the Family Herald late in 1932 or early in 1933 told of three brothers, William, John and George Jackson, who had sailed from Sligo, Ireland, about the early 1800's.So far we have not been able to contact their families.Alice McLure has met a Keith Jackson in Vancouver whose grandfather was William, and he has "the Jackson eyes".John Jackson died at Columbus, Ontario, but was buried in Salem cemetery (Ontario).Finding his grave led to the discovery of three more of his children.On James' tombstone were these words:
Reader in health and strength
Death may be near thee
Let my removal warn thee to prepare
(Janis - I haven't a clue what the "Jackson eyes" are or who the people mentioned are (except the three brothers).There's quite a bit of Jackson info coming up.I'd thought I'd skip it for you but I guess I'll include it too.)
From Registry Office, Whitby:
Agreement to purchase lot 6, rear con. 7, Pickering Twp.Aug. 19, 1834, by John Jackson, witnessed by James Jackson and Mary Jackson - deed signed Oct. 9, 1843.
Farm sold to John Disney in 1861 and John Jackson moved to Columbus.Maria and Ann Jackson took over mortgage from Disney on Nov. 28, 1861, witnessed by George Jackson (unknown).
Discharged on Oct. 27, 1870, witnessed by Edward Jackson.
In 1854, a title deed for land for the "Jackson's Congregation Meeting House" was signed, the land being part of the north-west corner of the farm of John Jackson.The congregation had been formed for some time, since as early as 1845, the names of the trustees, Geo. Day, John Weir, John Wass, Edward Jackson, David Bowes and Edward Bowes, appeared on the Conference reports from Markham and Oshawa Wesleyan Circuits.In 1863 Pickering Circuit was formed with ten points, namely Duffin's Creek (later Pickering village), Brougham, Mount Pleasant, Greenwood, Claremont, Glen Sherrard (now Glen Major), Jackson's, Salem, Kinsale and Audley.Soon Jackson's became the prominent congregation of the district, particularly after the union of the four branches of Methodism.In 1873 a larger church was to be built on the north side of the 7th, and permission from the Conference was received by the trustees, Geo. Day, John Wass, Edw. Jackson, Edw. Bowes, John Jones, Joseph Jones and Richard Wilson Sr.Following his marriage in 1850, Edward Jackson had resided in Greenword but apparently still attended the old church.Since the family had all left the area, the new church was called Mount Zion.In the volumes by John Carroll of early Methodist history, Case and Contemporaries, IV:153, the Committee of Privileges included the name of Edward Jackson."This is the first time that the last loved name appeared in the public doings of the body with which is was to remain connected till the last Conference(1872), since which, he has triumphantly passed away to his reward in heaven."
(Flint stuff coming!)
In Dr. T.E. Kaiser's book, Historic Sketches of Oshawa, there is a list of settlers in the area under the date 1834.This included the name of William Flint on lot 21, conc. 3, Whitby Twp.The Historial Atlas of 1877 shows that Williams' son, George Flint, owned lot 18 rear of conc. 6, lot 18 conc. 7 and part of north half and also about 45 acres a mile east - a total of over 300 acres.An R. Flint also lived on 45 acres on conc. 6 about lot 17, although this may have been John's, as a map of Pickering Twp. in 1877 shows R. Flint on lot 3, conc. 7.Part of George Flint's property was a wedding present from his father.He sold out in 1881 and 1887, moving to Toronto and later to Montreal.As often happens, a mother tells of her own family and our information on John and Richard Flint's families has come from granddaughters and great-granddaughters, some of it copied from Family Bibles.We are sorry that there are some gaps.
(Wish I knew where those Family Bibles ended up!)
In this account, Roman numerals are used to indicate the generation, and Arabic numerals, seniority within the family.
(There, that's the end of the introduction, and I'm going to have to stop here for now.There are 6 pages of Flints coming up and I'll start working on them soon.I hope you find the above stuff interesting, and that something there helps in your own research of those Laphams!Stay tuned! ~~~~~~~ Leslie)
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Janis McCahill 5/17/06