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``Musellms ewich uses, Teal:hing back info time teaehirlg the stories off the BRANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD 0F DIRECTORS past and breaching the tirMLe between President -Mrs. Ruth Lefler Past president -M. Ed pancoe past and present." July 1995, The Beaver MQgEiriqc First vice president -M. Robert Debcer Treasurer -M. Dan ciona Assistant Treasurer -M. Jim selmes Secretary -M. Briar wood e, as members and oupporten Warden County of Brunt - hdr. Louis Campbell of the Bmn:t Historical Society, have been involved in much 8oul goarching in the lace months DRECTORS focusing upon just the8e thoucht8. With the continued gro"th of our valuable Mr. John Bonfield Mr. George Beaver M. Ralph cock Brunt County couection, the internatioml Mrs. Angela Fifes Dr. Hank Hedges Mr. John Johnson Scope of the Harri8on M. Scheck Couec- Mrs. Gloria Neamtu hdr. Ken shachan Ms. ire Westaway tion and our community involvement, we Mr. Tony oiszotvy hdr. Wayne King realize the value and incredible potential thzLt we have within our County. BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM BOARD 0F GOVERNORS Thank you for your reapon8e and oupport in our recent telephone campaign Councillor County of Brunt - M. Steve Comisky (Chairman) to infomi the local politicians of our ritu- Councillor County of Brant - M. Bob Taylor ation. It was most 8ucce88ful. Word of mouth is our best marketing tool. Please Councillor County of Brant - hdr. Art Mackenzie continue to dircus8 the present and futtire Warden County of Brunt - M. Louis Campbell needs of the Society and the Museuni & Aiehive8 among your friends, associates Mrs. Margaret Chandler Ms. Ruth Stedman M. Edwh Eason and politicians at all levele of govern- ment. We need community, volunteer, CURATOR and monetny support. Cia behalf of the Historical Society, Ms. Susan Twit I would like to congratulate the City of Brarit County Museum & Archives, 57 Charlotte St. , Ont. N3T 2W6 Brantford, The Ben Homestead Commit- tee and Staff for the tremendous job in restoring the Ben Homestead. It is one of Brunt County'8 valuable heritage re- Mrs. Peter Jones, The First Chatelaine 8ource8. Of Echo VIIla, 743 Colborne St. East, The Society'8 regiilar monthly meet- ingr on the third Wednesday of each Brantford, Ontario by Angeia Files month, except July and AugiLst, at 8 p.in. have been most oucces8fin and won at- The house, "Echo Villa", was built by banosay. Rev. Peter Jones was born on tended. Plea8o join us . the Rev. Peter Jones a{chloeqaquonchy) January I, 1802 at Burlington Heights. Enjoy your summer and I am locking who lived here from 1851 until his He was converted to in forward to Seeing all of you in the fall. death tn 1856. He was the son Of the 1823andbegantopreachintheGrand noted land surveyor Ailgustus Jones R;iver area. In 1826, he moved to the and his Mississouga Wife Tuhbenah- Mississouga Settlement on the Credit Ruth Lefler neequay, doughier Of Chiof Wah- (Conthued on page 5)

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ii`i;i.: `'`'i;rm :;.:i:i!esgivfa±:i£!Eii±.§.*;!!::§!E . !*iii!i!i!iii! !i!iiiii!!ii!i! ;!iE :,,I.*:i:i:::: i!! !ii Fas.!&iti.at€ffiihaiENiasRE:REi.ias!:inutFord !';:.:..:':..;:;:; trts` ::i!::i:i:i!i::: .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. c` Slave Name lctw,hunted us down. Only ir. CancLda, IIis slave name was Charles Stokes on this contirienJ, were we protected The Underground Railway Route Of and asked why he did not retain the from the Slave traders' blood hounds, name said: "Oh! you mus drop yo' slave and having landed on this free happy name, else dey'u git yo' suah". ® soil, tasted what freedom is. We intend Slaves Henry Maxfield And Rev. Walter to show our gratitude by remaining d) Age Ouestlon Loyal to the Queen Of Great Britain, andteaching our children to be Maxfield says he is 91 years of age, Hawkins, Brantford, Part V by Angela Files the same. We wlu never o`^Ie although he does not lock iL and hopes allegiance to arty Alnerican Church, to get a pension to vchich he is undoubt- hedecidedtomakeadesperatebreckfor but rerrlain Canadiar. and British'' . freedom. edly entitled. Iris memory of people and events is very dear and a pension at this Supedutendent Hawichs has had an "I cue, away on de underground rail- time of life would be acceptable. eventful Ire, but no more so than the He has been a powerful man and way, on de Abolition line, dat's wat we Eves of other ddegates to the present called de Qucher carriages. Dey seril us proudly declnes that he was never oven confoence. He was born in 1812 near come by "a vthite man nor cumed in from one to de next, dat wavi." Washington D,C., and was the human Brantford. Cue man, who attacked hin chattel and property of a hdrs. James ``When I reached Rochester, I got on with a scythe and gave him a terrible Robinson, a widow who treated her bov'd de ole "Chiof Justice" , and took gashontheshoulderwasbrouchtbefore Chief police MaSstrate Weyms and sent shafty.® passage to Toronto.® Captain Rollires he Underground Rrtyr took a notion to me bekase I was a to penitentiary for a long pchod of time. 1. Henry h4arfeld. EI sfave He died before his trm was finished." a) Soid For Nine Hundred was a name given to a secoct The Undeliground Railway Route of pow'ful black man, and I worked fior Do]lams In Gold amngement for hdyqg Ex Slave Henry Maxfield of Brantford is himf tor two seasons on de boat." At the death of hds. Robinson, her slaves escape from the Southern Sfatee belated in the April 27, 1888 edition, page 2. Rev. Walter Hawlmns. Ex son sold Hawldns for rime hundred prior to and during the American Ciul 8, "Brantford Wectdy Expositor" as fo1- Slave -TheJulyll,1890,page7editionof dollars in gold to a slave dealer named War. This system conveyed the slaves` lous: from one hiding phce to another until : "The Brantford Weddy Expositdr" ..`..`'..:qunI.I-!I they reached Carmda or other places of Her/Iz.y Mourfield told the story Of his intention of going to Buffilo and enlist- related some of Rev. Walter Hawkins' safety.O It flourished between about capture in Africa by slave traders ing with the thion army. He said a experierLces iwhen he was aslave: I,;;:.,,,,,:,,+#.ife[:,,,q;thnd;'I,i''ii'l-:: 1820 and 1865 and enabled an esti- sevenomine years ago to the raporter. man namedTuttle went over with mated 50,000 to loo,000 slaves to reach When Madield was twehe years old, he him, but he enlistedwrithouthis aid. A fo`r years ago, Rev. Walter Hawldns freedom. landed at Baltirrure, and was sold into Jim M€Curtis went to enlist also but was pastor of the British Methodist Epis- Throughout the territory extending sleverytoaplanterinirarylar.d.® he flundnd the test. copal Church in Brantford. Presently, he from the Ohio River to Canada, there is a delegate to the BME Conference were many slave symp3thizus who hid now in session in Toronto. in converse, Over forty years of his life was apent in The Battle ofpetersthm Vlrdin (1864- shves duing the dry time and conveyed tionwitha reporter, he alluded to the Mar)dand under three masters. Being rs them on one of the numerous under- attempts of the African Methodist Epis- sold a third rfue and Eke many others, Henry was sent from Buffilo to ground railway routes at richL From Tbronto, Henry Maxfield Pennsylvania where he joined the 127 copal Church in the thited States to went to Thombury and there he was told Black Vohmteers, a nginent of I,loo cally the Canadian church over to the to come to Brantford or London edoured men. He foucht in a number of States and said: EiH ``. _. .`. c !5``'F-` `i.~ `.-` 3*fE:FF§3Effi- whhae he could find plenty of his desperate engagements including the .-.-. _`T. ` .``.I _ -' -`.`_-'` -`B!±-.`i_!`2.-`± pepeople.® He came here in the year Battle of Peteribung. Here his left foot This effc]rt to drive us back to the P*¥#rsEL .~. ` .. 'E'E&-. ` ` .,* '- 1859 and went to work for Daniel and leg were badly tom by a fragment touches us in a ve;ry tetr m`u'".`# House, a famer who Eved clout four from a sheEL® He v`ras frolly dis- der apot. It Becks lo turn our loyalty miles east of Brantford. ctrarped at David's. from theBritish flag.Many Of our ministers arid members were born tn I A: w tJ u, i_EJ.. al The American Civil War b) The Bounty slavery and escaped to Canada after \}]_ f]_ r]_±±. `_I I. '.E]. .n.I. ELffih --- terrible hardships and were tracked by a.s€a:ca;aeaa®i :I==...I v~±-.--a He received six hundred dollus - '-fsi- -.- . - i`. '1861-1865' the slavecatchers' blood hounds® M. Danict House was in synpathy bounty money and an additional four We remember, with feelings Of intense hhandred dolhrs at the time of his dis- with the eleven Southern slave-holding loyalty to Great Britain, that Canada Ami\mericansfates.Ih/henMaxfidd'stwo charge. After he came here, this money offered us freedom and aLqham while months of work for Mr. House were wasstalenfromunderhispfllow.® the United States governmerit, aided by finished, Maxfield announced his Hadleywhowasgoingtotakehinsouth Endnotes: 4.ThomJombuqLatowntwenty-seven to work in the plantations. Hadley sold 1. Railway terms used by the under- miles cast of Owen Sound, Grey hin to a planter, but he was never ddiv- ground railway system were as follous: County, Ontario. Ex-slaves worked on ered. The dry before he would have 1) Conductors were persons vwho led bohoatsandshipstravellingthrou8houtthe Mrs. Peter Jones, The First Chatelaine gone to Louisiana, Mr. Hawkins ran the slaves on the safe routes. Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. away with a determination to reach the 2) Epeicht or Pac!Lsegg§ referred to slaves 5. Battle of petersburg` was a ten month Of Echo Villa, 743 Colborne St. East, free country that he had heard of in the being transported on the freedom trfun. siege before the capitulation on April 3, North.® Where the country was, and 3) Ljpg§ were the safe routes taken by 1865, which was the sunender of the how to get to it he had no idea. He was the slaves and conductors. Army of Northern Virrinia by Robert E. Brantford, Ontario by Angela Files hunted by slave trackers and their dogs. 4) Presidents of the Raliirav were Lewi Lee to Uhion General Ulysses Sinpson He spent days and weeks living on Coffin and Robert Purvis. REIfL (Conthued from page 1) caring was en.pha- tl his death in 1882, Chndes worked for the beries. 6. Bg±±gfy. during the American Civil sized."® hland Revenue Dept., Ontario. 5) Stations were safe havens, attics, River,andwaselectedochiofofthatband The few free coloured people he bans, churches, haystacks, houses, etc. War, such lnge bounties of land and in 1829. AI. eloquent preacher, Rev. Peter AI a relirious grthedrtg Eliza met and met dared not aid him for there was a for keeping slaves on their route to money were paid that many recmits 2. John Frederick Jones. born 1841 Jones corwerted many Indians throughout later fen in love with thegentle, fine of one thousand dollars and inpris- freedom. deserted after receivirLg the bounty in diedMarch18,1876.®Hemarriedanlrich Canada, and translated the Gospels and unassuming Rev. Peter Jones. onment inposed on any and anyone 2. Baltimore, largest city in Maryland, orfu to recruit agin American Colleen. in 1862, John went to mow)I kymr.a into the Oyib\^Ia language. In Canada the ealy maried Ire black or white, who even gave a run- and one of the principal seaports of 7. Nape£, many names of slaves and British Columbia, became a sign and orna- After he was ordc[ined in 1833, he made of Eliza Jones in Camda was spent away slave a drink of water. Uhited States. Slaves were shipped to free blacks were of chssical sort Scipio mental painter in Chicago (187® and re- several succesrful journeys to England to principally at the Port Credit Reserve, turned to Brantford in 1875-1876. At Lam- Duling those frightful weeks, Mr. this port. and Caesar, Pompey or Cato - some- and the Muncey Reserve on the raisefurldsforlndLarlmisBiow.® beth Cottage, 101 Brant Ave., Brantford Hawkins became so nervous that even 3. Rochester. `the Emancipafron Thaln times given in jest by a master who Thames fiver where her husband Sat. March 18, 1876, John Frederick Jones, the mere drop of a leaf startled him into had a core of ardent supporters in named his slaves in the same manner he worked as a missionny. thinhing that the bloodhounds were in Rochester, the last major stop in north micht name a pat cat or dog. Free blactrs Second son of the late Rev. Peter Jonce died. close pursuit. A description of hin was eastern New York. Frederick Doualass, frequently threw off their slave names She greq[tly assisted him in the estch- 3. Dr. Peter Edmond Jones. born sent all over Pennsylvania and New Susan 8. Anthony and others provided and adopted free names, producing a lishment Of two industrial schods for October 30, 1843, died June 30, 1909. He York, and a reward was offered for him. clothing, food, money and shelter for the flood of Geonge Washingtons, Thomas Indians - orle at Ahnevich and one was a graduate of Queen' s Medical School Twice, the slave trackers had him and escaped slaves". Blackson, Charles L., Jerfersons, Abraham Lincoln, etc. at Muncey tcrwn. The lrfuncey School "The Uhderground Raihoad" First Per- and a noted chess player. He ov`med the twice he escaped from them. Eventtrally Blackson, Charles L., "Black Geneal- is stiH in operation with an atten- langestcollectionoflndianrelicsandcurios he reached Canada and his shackles son Narratives of Escapes to Freedom in ogy" Prineeton-IIall Inc., Englewood danceofsirtychiLdren."® in the province vthich he donated to the dropped off. There was no man in the the North", Prentice Hal Press, N.Y., Cliff; New Jersey,1977, page 4. At Echo Vfla, on September 22, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. country more gmteful than Rev. Hawking. 1987, pages 248-249. 8. Bloodhound. breed of dog, "It was throuch his eflbrts that the chins 1856, sunounded by his family and the oldest known of the type that hunts friends, Rev. Peter Jones died of con- of the Chippewa Indians against the Do- by scent alone. Tireless in pursuit of sumption. nrfu were adnrfu "a pEiEE lsiAND wiNE viNEyARDs lire. pOsTERs quarry, either animal or human, it can follow a scent over dry land where no 4. GeorE!e DunloD Jones. born June ln our attractive gift shops, located in the Brant County Museum & tracks are visible and, after swimming n the first visit of Rev. Peter The Children Of Rev. Peter 30, 1847 died Sunday July 15,1893. ® Archives and Eaten Market Square, we have colourful reproduction across a river, pick up the sent on the far JonestoEndandinl831,he Jones and EIlza Fle]d Ch April 30, 1882, his wife Minnie Grace posters advertising the Pelee Island Wine & Vineyards of the last bank. It has been knorRTi to fonow met his future wife, Eliza They had nine childrqu five died in Evens detivered a son who was the first half of the nineteenth century. human trail for more than 100 miles. Field. She was the dauch:ter of Charles infancyandfoursonslivedintheirred The posters are for sale at $20.00 each and would be an 9. Washincton. situated firmly in the Field and his first ivife Elizabeth. grrandehfld for hdrs. Peter Jones. George bhick home "Echo VIlh". All mem- wwasemployedasapaiuterwiththeBrant- interesting conversation piece for ysur Recreation room! South and sunounded by slave states, Challes was a wealthy candle and soap ln the Branfford Weekly Expositor, December 11,1885, the bbersofthefamily,inchrdingAugustus ford Carriage .Company and lived on Washingtonwasapandox,Thecityhad manufacturer and merchant in Lambeth, ad Of the company read as follows: Jones, are buried in Cheenwoood Eger6on St., Brantford. He was a member human slavery as a thriving local London, Eridand. Peter and Eliza were married on September 8, 1833 in New Cfuetery, Branffiul of Brant Avenue Methodist Church. They Pelee Island Vineyards, Lake Erie, was established by a company institution and slave pens and auction +ultlmedrfudren. Of American southerners in 1866, due to the mildness Of the blocks were within the sight of the York Cfty. Who was this Enalish woman Eliza I. Charles . climate Of Pelee. The sole agent Of this well-known wine Of the firm White House and Capitol. At the same 5. Arthur Field Jones. born July Field, the first chatehine of Echo VIla born April 1839, died June 1882, age is Messrs. J.S. Hamilton & Company, Of Brantfor]d -Offices 119-121 time, a strong free black community 1849, died September 22,1850 at the age of who won the heart of handsome Rev. 43 years 2 months.® He maried Dalhousie Strect, Branfford. provided protection for runaway slaves 14months.® The Dry and Sweat Catawba are leading brands but their beforethey crossed VIHjnia or Mary- Peter Jones? Hanrmh Ellis who died May 1903. Eliza Field (1804-1890) attended There were no children. Charles A Caret, S1. Emillion, Isabella, St. Augustine are the finest wine. St. land. nrid.,page l51. In 1858, Eliza Jones remarried. Her fashiorLable Peckham Boarding School Jones served in the American amy Augustine is a sacramental wine. Wine prices are as foIICNIs: 10.Louisiana` in May 1862, New second husband, John Carey was a wid- where she studied subjects such as land- during the American Civil War 1865. 5 Gal Lots $ 1.60 Orleans was occupied by Union troops. ower, and teacher from Muncey torn. "By He wchred for a newspaper in 10 Gal Lots $1.50 The new military government in 1864 scape pchthg and whting. the mid 1860's either Eliza separated from Sacramento, California, andd 20 Gal Lots $1`40 emancipated slaves but the State John Carey or he died, for she was living Like her I;Other she was a sincere retumedtoBrantfordin1870,vchenen Barrels of about 40 Imperial Gallons each $1.30 government lerislated against the freed alone."® Echo Villa was Sold and she built Christian and tou8ht Sunday sol.oo! in he marred Hanmh Ellis, grand man in 1866. a cottage at 101 Brant Ave. vwhich is to-day the surrey Chapel `^here a social druchterofLoyalistcaptalnEllis.Un- the offce of the AlzheinelJs Society. The fouowing obituary appeared in the Brantford Weekly Expositor on August 22, 1890: lnglo-saxon runes by Ruth Lefler

She was a woman Of superior education and great literary attainmer[ts having fiend in Scotland written several parnphiets. Her "Lif;e Of who knows my Joseph Brunt" , which was published in the Montreal Witness several years ago, interest in history was awarded first prize. She was a bent me the information devout and earriest Christiai'I and a faithful member Of the Methodist About iinglo-Saxon runes. Church. Her filial relations with her id you know that the 'Anglo-SaxonsP brought their first husband were ch^]ays Of the Anglo-Saxon runes happiest character. About eLghi yeap's ago Mrs. Carey town writing system with ours. Peter Jones) became totally blind, them when they invaded the I F R h X -P but notwithstanding her blindness, she, British Isles? The letters, by means Of procurring a writing board th 0 r . c 'g w used at the bltrrd institute, conttruned her called rm#es, can be found correspondence with her large circle Of en graved on stone friends a)'id acquctintarlces. Even though monuments, weapons and rY the sad affliction Of losing her eyesight came upon her, none heard her armour. This system is PZ corriplain but she accepted everything i called the /«jfao7ic named with the saying: "Thy Win Be Done".® after the first few letters. The F,P Endnotes: word "write" comes from the aae I. These are the words contained on the Old English verb wr#are historical plaque on the left side of the front hwn of Echo VIlh. which meant to scratch 2. Smith, Donald 8., "Sacred Feathers", `The Rev. Peter Jones And The runes into bark. mssiss&uga Indians", tiniversity of Toronto Press, 1987. 3. Obituary of hds. alcter Jones) Carey, (A Speuer's Companion, Brantford Weekly Expositor, Aug. 22, 1890' page 8. published by Brown & 4. Tombstone of Charles Augustus Broqu Cunbria, 1988) Jones, Greenwood Cemetery. S. Tombstone of John Frederick Jones, Greenwood Cemetery. 6. Obituary of in. Peter Jones, Brantford Weckly Expositor, July I,1909, Column tlitzvM, i`T~ !y{rr~ivi tvt.H 7' page 7. 7. Obituary of Geonge Dunlop Jones, Brantford Weekly Expositor, July 21, 1893. 8. Tombstone of Arthur Field Jones, Mtv^peArB" iz\mnM` Cheenwood Cenettry. 9. Obituary of hds. Q'eter Jones) Carey, Brantford Weckly Expositor, Aug. 22, 1890' page 8. Ruth Lefler 10. Ibid. Publications List & Gift Shop Items Brant Historical Society Publications

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Renewing Members & New Members Membership Benefits

• M. &hds. D. Cross, Brantford ABrant ltistorical Society membersliii] ofltrs: • Susanmew, BIantford • M. Cliff Jones, St. Geonge free admission to the Brunt County Museum & • M. &hds. Gaskin, Brantford archives • M. Robert G. Gillin, I+ondon free use of the Archives • M. &hds. KenEmott, Brantford montldy bulletins • hds. Carol watsorL Brantford quarterly historical newsletters discounts on Heritage Bus Tours • C.F.J. Whebell, I+ondon 1 0% discount on aft shop purchases over • hds. CHoria Neamtu, Waterford $10.00 • Dr. Catherine swan, Brantford Memberships due Tax Deductible !

hdividual S15.00 Fanrty $20.00 Patron $25.00 Benefactor Sloo.00 Coporation $250.00 Additional Donation Total Amount Enclosed NARE: ADDRESS: CITYfl?ROVINCEA?OS TAI CODE : TELEPHONE: Please make cheque payable to: Brant ffistorica] Society hhail or brine to: Brant County Museum & Archives, 57 Charlotte St., Brantford, Ont. N3T 2W6