James Bates Lovekin

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Died:
Clarke Township

James married Ellen Romley Finley on 27 Jan 1870. Ellen was born in Aug 1838 in Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, USA; died on 25 Nov 1870 in Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Henry Lovekin was born on 15 Apr 1870; died on 25 Nov 1870.

Notes:

Richard was an orchard farmer. He was the first white child born in Clarke Township, Ontario. He served as a member of the Township Council 1861-1866. He spent the last 15 years of his life in retirement.

From "The Townships of Darlington and Clarke" by John Squair:

Richard Atwood Lovekin was the first white child born in Clarke Township. Intelligent, with opinions about the world and the people in it. Well informed regarding Upper Canadian history. had much knowledge of Robert Gourlay and William Lyon MacKenzie whom he admired. Had great knowledge of fruit and had rare varieties of apples and pears, he planned his orchard very well.

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Birth:
Clarke Township

Died:
Clarke Township

Richard married Mary Munro on 3 Aug 1835 in , Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Daniel Munro and Hannah) was born on 28 Aug 1809 in Mallorytown, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Dec 1892 in Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary was one of the first teachers in Clarke Township and taught in a school located at Trickey's Corners until about 1834. She received a land grant on 27 Jul 1837.

She lived on Pioneer Farm (Lovekin farm) until her granddaughter Annie Eliza died on 14 Nov 1887 and then lived with friends in Newcastle.

George Wight applied for the administration of Mary Munro Lovekin's estate. He stated that his daughters, Jane burrell Wight, Alice Victoria Georgina Wight and mary Eliza Ann Wight, infants under the age of 21, are the next of kin.

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Birth:
Yonge Township

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Married:
Clarke Township

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Richard married Theodosia Bates. Theodosia was born about 1783; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

Daniel made a petition for land as a United Empire Loyalist. In it he stated that he was the son of Catherine Leech, widow, and that he had attained the age of 21 years, so he was born in or before 1787.

An old family note records "born 1774" in the notes column, but we don't know to whom this refers. It also has the note, Mrs. Mallory, widow, 4 sons 1 daughter. Hannah, later Page, was possibly the widow, Mrs. Mallory, who may have married again after Mallory's death. Her son, James Page stated that he was the half brother of Henry Munro.

Daniel died between 1808 and 1810 as he is listed on the 1808 census of Yonge Township, Leeds County, Ontario, but on the 1810 census, his wife Hannah Munroe is listed.

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Daniel married Hannah before 1802. Hannah was born about 1781; died on 19 Feb 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is believed to have married three times. Early family notes have a "Mrs. Mallory, widow" listed in the remarks after Daniel Munro. Her tombstone, "Hannah Page" was "erected by her affectionate son, Henry Munro, Esq." In another note, her son, James Page, is noted as the half-brother of Henry Munro. Eleanor Munro Garvin (1854-1952), daughter of Henry Munro, in a letter in 1937, says that she remembers Pete Mallory and James Page in connection with her grandmother and the family. In, "History of Leeds and Grenville from 1749 to 1879", on p. 112 listing the Mallory family, is noted a son, Peter Mallory (no wife named), with sons William (deceased) and Peter, living in Oshawa (1879).

By 1837, Hannah was the witness for her Munro sons' land grants and was granted her own land in Markham Township.

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Buried:
Bethel Cemetery

Notes:

(See UPDATED NOTE below, with corrections, Oct 2019)
He died during the Revolutionary War. His son, Daniel, served in the 77th Regiment under Col. Montgomery. A list of officers of the 77th includes George Munro, which could possibly be this person's name.

He could also be named Duncan, who according to family records, owned considerable land in Washington, D.C. where the White House now stands. This property was confiscated during the Revolutionary War. His widow later sued for recovery of property that was taken from her husband.

"Catherine Leech, petitioner, sweareth that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government." Misc./158,Vol 306.

Catherine Leech of Yonge, Ontario, Canada is found in W.B. Reid's Book of Loyalists. A 1790 petition says she was from Augusta, New York. She moved to Lower Canada in 1782-3 and then to Upper Canada in 1785 and settled in the Township of Yonge.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes

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UPDATED NOTE OCT. 2019 (By B.J. Steele, via email from Jo Ann Munro Tuskin)

Married 30 Oct 1776, Fair Haven Church, Fairfield, Stamford Darien, CT to Katherine Reed, both of Norwalk in the records, as found in "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-Conn. Unconnected Monroes, p. 600
The 77th Regiment was disbanded in 1763, therefore none of his sons could have served in that Regiment.
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Samuel Reid Munro states, "That your petitioner is the son of Catherine Leech, deceased, formerly widow of John Munro also deceased."
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catherine "Kitty" Munro states "that in the Fall of 1782 ... Mrs Catherine Leech and children ... were waiting at Crown Point (NY) for a boat to take them across Lake Champlain to St. John's in the Lower Province" (this is St Jean sur Richeleau, in Quebec)
The Upper Canada Land Petition of Catharine Leech, written in 1789 in Augusta, Upper Canada (now Ontario) states: "that she had considerable property taken from her in the colonies and her husband was murdered by the rebels on account of his attachment to the British Government."
Therefore, it would seem that John Munro died before 1782 during the Revolutionary War. There is a persistent family story that he was in one of the Highland Regiments that served in North American during the "French and Indian War", but the exact regiment has not been ascertained as yet. There is also evidence that the family had lived in either Kingsbury or Whitehall, Washington County, New York, and Catherine and the children escaped from there north into the British territory of Lower Canada, now Quebec, and then finally settled in Mallorytown, Ontario.
Ref: Clan Munro files-- Davidson, William
Schneider, Norma
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford-- Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files-- Tuskin, Jo Ann Munro, Jo Ann Munro Tuskin, The Munros of Mallorytown (and Beyond!) - compiled by Jo Ann Munro Tuskin
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Family ID F1858

Birth:
Estimate: John's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his wife, Katherine.

Died:
John died before 1782.

John married Catherine (Katherine) Reid (Reed) on 30 Oct 1766 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Catherine (daughter of Samuel Reid and Sarah Kellogg) was born in 1749 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died before 1836 in , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following is from "The Munros of Mallorytown (and Beyond!)" - compiled by Jo Ann Munro Tuskin - Apr 2008:

Catherine Leech sent a petition from Augusta Townshiip in Aug 1789: "That your Petitioner had considerable property taken from her in the Colonies, & her husband was murdered by the rebels, on account of his attachment to the British Government. That your petitioner is Desirous of becoming an Inhabitant in this district. She therefore prays the Home board will be pleased to Grant her two Hundred acres of land, as a compensation for her Losses and Sufferings." As a result, she was "admitted for two hundred acres". (NA RG 1, L 3, Upper Canada Land Petitions, vol 306, 'L' Bundle, Miscellaneous, No. 158, microfilm C-2138)

C2490
I the subscriber do certify that in the Fall of 1782 - was sent by General Haldimand, then Commander and Chief of the Province of Quebec etc etc etc - as a ??? to take a number of prisoners, men, women - to East Bay at the south end of Lake Champlain in the State of New York - and when he arrived there found three families waiting for an oppontunity to get to Saint Johns in the Lower Provinces - and after Landing the prisoners sent those boats back to Crown Point to the shiping - and the families waiting (Viz) - Mrs. Spooner and Children, John Atkins, wife and children and Mrs. Catherine Leech and Children - and do certify that Mrs. Catharine Proctor is Daughter to the said Mrs. Leech. Given under my hand in Yonge this 17th Jan'y 1808. Thomas Smyth J.P.

We have assumed that Catharine Leech, widow, was the Katharine Reid who married John Munro in Norwalk, Connecticut, 30 Oct 1766, for two reasons: an old, hand-written family notebook has the name Kathryne Reid' beside Daniel's name; and the name Reid has been passed down in her son Samuel's line as well as in her grandson Timothy's line and a note from a cousin says that he (Timothy) wanted the name Reid given to his grandson as 'it was his grandmother's name'.
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Katherine's daughter, Freelove, is the only child at law and heiress of Thomas Golden. He settled before 1796. In the original documents, the last 3 girls are listed as "illegitimate".

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer - Research in Branford, Connecticut
for Mrs. Elise Wildman Hammer - undated

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Notes:

Married:
"Fair Haven Church, Stamford, Darien, CT"