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Family of John Weese and Mary Rees compiled by John A. Brebner for the Friends of Sandbanks 26th October, 2020 Generation One 1. John W. Weese #105976, b. in Herkimer County, New York State. ** Verify children of each wife... ** Historical Atlas of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, 1878; H. Belden & Co., Toronto. "William F. Weese, now living on Lot 89, 1st concession of Ameliasburg, is a grandson - and one of a very large number of descendants - of John W. Weese, who came into the country and settled, first in Adolphustown, with a family of one daughter and three sons, viz., John, Francis, and Henry, the latter of whom was the father of the subject of this sketch. "Old Mr. Weese was of German extraction, his ancestors being among the Knickerbockers who first gave Manhattan a "local habitation and a name". He appears to have been a man past middle age at the time of his settlement in Canada, as his eldest son John had already served two terms in the Royal American contingent of the British army during the revolutionary war; and he himself was a captain in the secret service of the King's army. Captain Hogle, a cousin of his, and an officer of the British regulars, was killed at Bunker Hill, and buried by the Hon. Col. Wilkins' father, a personal friend, then an officer of the same regiment. Some of the Hogles afterwards fled to Canada to avoid persecution at the hands of the victorious Continentals, and the name is now a familiar one along the mainland shore of the Bay of Quinte. "It will be surmised from the above record that Herkimer County, New York, was too hot a place for the Weeses after the American got the upper hand. They saved their lives only by abandoning valuable possessions, and taking a hurried departure to Canada. The old man and family came to Adolphustown a little before the close of the war; and on the 26th of November of the same years (1783), crossed the Bay, and located and settled upon the lot where his grandson William F. Weese, now lives, being without doubt, the first actual settler in what is now Prince Edward County. "His son John went at the same time - or very shortly thereafter, directly across the Bay, and settled on the main land, in the township of Sidney; and it is claimed by those acquainted by the facts, that he was the first actual settler in the present county of Hastings. He removed some years subsequently to the site of the present village of Stirling, in Hastings County, and became the first settler in the limits of the township of Rawdon. "Old Mr. Weese, his son Henry, and grandson William F. have lived from the first settlement, to the present time, or till the date of their several deaths, on the same farm located in 1783. "William F. Weese has been engaged extensively, and with varying success, in commercial pursuits, and in the lumber trade, but farming is now his chief occupation. He owns and works 550 acres of land, a large portion of which is of a very superior description. "The military and patriotic spirit proverbial in the descendants of the original Loyalists, was not wanting in Mr. Weese. When the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted in Captain Flagler's company of the "Queen's Own", and stood guard at York when Lount and Matthews were hung. When discharged by expiration of rime, he again enlisted in Lt.- Col. (then Captain) Wilkins' Horse, and was engaged in despatch bearing, and similar service, till the disbandment of the forces, on the establishment of peace. 1 "Though considerably beyond three score years, Mr. Weese is still a strong, hearty, active man, and of a long-lived race - nearly all of the name having lived to an exceptionally great age. "He has served in various public capacities, having been Councillor or Deputy Reeve of his native township for eleven consecutive years. He has also held a number of official appointments in the militia, and has been thrice appointed to the Commission of the Peace, a position for which he has thus far declined to qualify." He married (1) Mary Rees #141512, 07/11 July 1769 in New York State,1 b. in New York State,1 d. after 1815 in Ernestown Township, Ontario,1 buried in Ernestown Township.1 Children: 2. i. Susannah Weese #141513 b. 05 January 1770. 3. ii. John Weese #141532 b. 13 September 1773. 4. iii. Ann Jerany Weese #141534 b. 1774. 5. iv. Helena Weese #141536 b. 15 January 1776. 6. v. William Weese #141537 b. 05 December 1779. 7. vi. Peter Weese #118200. 8. vii. Nancy Weese #141540 b. 12 February 1789. 9. viii. Elizabeth Weese #141538. 10. ix. David Weese #141515 b. 23 August 1781. 11. x. Mary Weese #141542. He married (2) Juliana (unidentified) #105977. Juliana: . Children: 12. xi. Francis Weese #106042. 13. xii. William (Henry?) Weese #85989. 14. xiii. Catherine Weese #105978. 15. xiv. Jerany Weese #177405. Generation Two 2 2. Susannah Weese #141513, b. 05 January 1770 in New York State?, d. after 1838. She married Freeman Burleigh #141514.1 3. John Weese #141532, b. 13 September 1773 in New York State?.1 . He married Jane Campbell #141533.1 4. Ann Jerany Weese #141534, b. 1774 in New York State?.1 . She married John Rogers #141535, 17 January 1797 in Murray?,2 b.2 (son of William Rogers #141517 [Private, Loyal Rangers] and Mary Williams #141518). John: Lived in Murray Township. 5. Helena Weese #141536, b. 15 January 1776 in New York State?,1 d. in childhood.1 . 6. William Weese #141537, b. 05 December 1779 in New York State?.1 . He married Mary Barnhart #177406.2 7. Peter Weese #118200. He married Laura Bonter #118201.2 Laura: Surname appears in some genealogies as "BONTA"... Children: 16. i. Charity Weese #88344 b. c 1818. 8. Nancy Weese #141540, b. 12 February 1789 in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1 . She married Joseph Rogers #141541,2 b.2 (son of William Rogers #141517 [Private, Loyal Rangers] and Mary Williams #141518). Joseph: Is this the same man that married Nancy's sister Elizabeth? Lived in Murray Township. 9. Elizabeth Weese #141538. She married Joseph Rogers #141539.1 10. David Weese #141515, b. 23 August 1781 in New York State,1 d. 01 July 1854 in Centreville?,1 buried in Centreville Cemetery, Lennox and Addington, Ontario.1 . Settled in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington; United Empire Loyalist. Lived at Lot 11, Con. 7, Ernestown Township. 3 He married Catherine Rogers #141516, 16 July 1793 in Bath, Ontario,2 b. 1778 in Pitts Town?, New York State,1 (daughter of William Rogers #141517 [Private, Loyal Rangers] and Mary Williams #141518), d. 16 August 1851 in Centreville, Ontario,1 buried in Centreville Cemetery.1 Children: 17. i. Annie Weese #141519. 18. ii. David R. Weese #141520. 19. iii. Peter Weese #141521. 20. iv. Francis Weese #141522. 21. v. Ira Weese #141523. 22. vi. Ezra Weese #141524. 23. vii. Nancy Weese #141525. 24. viii. Susannah Weese #141526. 25. ix. John Weese #141527. 26. x. Margaret Weese #141529. 27. xi. Hannah Weese #141530. 28. xii. Samuel Weese #141531 b. c. 1806. 29. xiii. Mary Weese #106109 b. c. 1785. 11. Mary Weese #141542, d. c. 1808 in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1 . She married Elijah B. Huff #141543.1 Elijah: Name also appears as "HOUGH", but has been standardized to the "HUFF" spelling within these genealogies. 12. Francis Weese #106042, b. in Ameliasburgh?.3 . 13. William (Henry?) Weese #85989. He married Mary (unidentified) #85990. Children: 30. i. William Francis Weese #85988 b. c 1838. 14. Catherine Weese #105978, d.2. 4 She married David Sager #105979. David: David and Catherine were the first couple to be "officially" married in Ameliasburgh Township. 15. Jerany Weese #177405. Generation Three 16. Charity Weese #88344, b. c 1818,4 d. 1884.4 . She married William Whitney #88343, 31 October 1832 in Prince Edward?,4 b. c 1802,4 (son of William Whitney #118198 and Lydia Parliament #118199), d. 09 August 1880 in Prince Edward County, Ontario.4 William: Much of the information about this family came from documentation at the Marilyn Adams Genealogy Research Centre (MAGRC) in Ameliasburgh, compiled by C. Loral R. WANAMAKER, Bellville, 1982. The family settled in Prince Edward County from new York and Vermont about 1839. Children: 31. i. Daniel Whitney #94705 b. 1833. 32. ii. Henry Lambert Whitney #88342 b. c 1834-39. 33. iii. John Whitney #91117 b. c 1836. 34. iv. Samuel Whitney #118204 b. 1840 - 1851. 35. v. Olive Whitney #118205 b. c. August 1842. 36. vi. Lydia Louisa Whitney #87724 b. c 1843? 37. vii. Margaret Whitney #118207 b. c. 1844. 38. viii. David Whitney #118208 b. c 1845. 39. ix. Victoria Whitney #118209 b. c 1846. 40. x. Paul Lambert Whitney #85474 b. c 1851. 41. xi. Flora Josephine Whitney #118210 b. c 1859. 17. Annie Weese #141519, b. in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1,2 . She married James Williams #184977.2 James: Lived in Camden Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario. 5 18. David R. Weese #141520, b. in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1 . Settled in Camden Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario. 19. Peter Weese #141521, b. in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1 . Lived in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario 20. Francis Weese #141522, b. in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1 . 21. Ira Weese #141523, b. in Lennox and Addington County?, Ontario.1,2 . (Twin to Ezra) 22. Ezra Weese #141524, b.