Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

Sarah HARRISON

Female Abt 1835 - 1867  (27 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah HARRISON was born about 1835 in Ontario, Canada (daughter of Robert HARRISON and Mary WARD); died between 1862 and 1867 in Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1851, Lot 17, Concession 1, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; 1851/2 population census of Reach Twp does not survive, but father Robert Harrison is on Concession 1, Lot 17, in 1851/2 agricultural census of Reach Twp
    • Residence: 29 Aug 1859, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; birth of daughter Susanna - Vol 2 (FHL #1759293) pg 390 Victoria Co. Ops Twp. Susannah Butson Henry Sarah Ops Ops 1859-08-29 1862-11-10 Ops Hardie, Rev, D. *** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-b_163.htm
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township (Victoria County), Ontario, Canada; age 26, married 1852, Wesleyan Methodist - Henry and Sarah and daughters Mary Jane, Emily, Susan

    Notes:

    Birth:
    probably near Kingston -- Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Sarah married Henry BUTSON in 1852 in Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Solomon BUTSON and Jane Joan Jenny KEAM) was born on 24 Mar 1831 in Bedelva, St Blazey, Cornwall, UK; died on 9 Aug 1892 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    1861 census explicitly shows them married in 1852. Since Henry was single in the 1851/2 census, then their marriage must have been in the latter part of 1852

    Children:
    1. Mary Jane BUTSON was born between 1853 and 1854 in Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Aug 1899 in Leeds, Benson, North Dakota, USA; was buried after 16 Aug 1899 in Leeds Township, Benson, North Dakota, USA.
    2. Emma Emily BUTSON was born in 1854 in Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Aug 1897 in 1272 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Aug 1897 in Chicago City, Cook, Illinois.
    3. Susan Susannah BUTSON was born on 29 Aug 1859 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Oct 1951 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 24 Oct 1951 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Sarah BUTSON was born on 2 Jul 1861 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Jan 1954; was buried after 10 Jan 1954 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert HARRISON was born about 1801 in Ireland (son of -mother of Robert Harrison of Ops -); died on 18 Nov 1865 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Possessions: 9 May 1828, Lot 41, Concession 6, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; Robert Harrison pays 50 pounds to David Fraser for 50 acres of land; James Ward witnesses the deed and the Memorial in the register
    • Possessions: 2 Feb 1836, Lot 41, Concession 6, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; Sells South 1/4 of Lot 41 to John Livingston == https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H6-83SV-J?i=24&cat=484736
    • Possessions: 1 Dec 1851, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Samuel Fowler and wife - via Deed B. S. - to Robert Harrison sells 100 acres of West Half of Lot 26 of Concession 10 of Ops Township - Instrument # 4777
    • Residence: 1852, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Census (1852 Reach Population Census is lost) - Concession 1, Lot 17 - 50 acres
    • Possessions: 18 Oct 1856, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; The Crown - via Patent - to Robert Harrison: 100 acres of East Half of Lot 26 of Concession 10 of Ops Township
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Census - Robert Harrison on west part of Concession 10 Lot 26, Richard Nugent on BR [Broken Front?] of Concession 11 Lot 26 -- S 1/2 of 10-26 is James Blackwell
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, born Ireland, married in 1828, religion U P (United Presbyterian), resident of Ops Twp, age 60, married, 1 female child attending school, 1-story log house being built with 1 family living in it
    • Letter in Post Office: 7 Dec 1865, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada; List of Letters Remaining in the Lindsay Post Office, 7th Dec., 1865 == Lindsay "The Canadian Post" 15 Dec 1865 p 3 col 7 == http://vitacollections.ca/kl-digitalarchive/3203962/page/3?q=harrison&docid=OOI.3203962

    Robert married Mary WARD in 1828 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James WARD and Sarah LAKE) was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died between 1866 and 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary WARD was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James WARD and Sarah LAKE); died between 1866 and 1868.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1851, Lot 17, Concession 1, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; The Reach Township personal census does not survive, but the agricultural census shows her husband on Concession 1, Lot 17.
    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; age 60 - death date 28 May 1857 is from Dave Kuhn, who thinks it was from her grave stone in Pine Grove Cemetery -- however she appears in the 1861 census - was it perhaps 1867??? - I did not find her at Pine Grove
    • Newspaper: 8 Dec 1865, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; her appeal to newspapers in US to publish so her son James somewhere in US learns of death of his father in Ops Township == Lindsay "The Canadian Post" 8 Dec 1865 p 2 col 7 == http://vitacollections.ca/kl-digitalarchive/3203961/page/2?n=

    Notes:

    Birth:
    maiden name Ward on death rec of daur Mary Jane Harrison Lamb -- HER PARENTS SURMISED FROM DNA MATCHES ONLY -- NO DOCUMENTS -- Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Notes:

    Married:
    date 1828 explicitly stated as year of their marriage in 1861 census; location Canada presumed from birth in Canada of 1829 daughter

    Children:
    1. Harriet HARRISON was born about 1829 in Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1895 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Jane HARRISON was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Nov 1910 in Lot 13 Concession 5 Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 4 Nov 1910 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amarilla HARRISON was born on 15 Jan 1833 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Feb 1919 in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 21 Feb 1919 in Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 1. Sarah HARRISON was born about 1835 in Ontario, Canada; died between 1862 and 1867 in Ontario, Canada.
    5. James HARRISON was born on 22 Nov 1838 in Camden, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1925 in Lonely Lake, Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada.
    6. Caroline HARRISON was born about 1847 in Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  -mother of Robert Harrison of Ops -
    Children:
    1. 2. Robert HARRISON was born about 1801 in Ireland; died on 18 Nov 1865 in Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 6.  James WARD was born about 1770 in Vermont, USA (son of - possible father of James & Samuel - WARD); died before 1861 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 9 Aug 1811, Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; residence of James and Sarah Ward at sale of land in Ernestown Township == Addington County Land Records, Book F, p 64, #1179, registered 4 Jun 1831
    • Witness: 9 May 1828, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; witness to deed and Memorial for sale by David Fraser to Robert Harrison of 50 acres of lot 40 of concession 6
    • Residence: 1852, Addington, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; age 82, Farmer, born Vermont, religion: Episcopal Methodist, married - in 1 story stone house with 1 family - James & Sarah with son Willam & his wife Nancy visiting from their residence in Frontenac

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1851/2 census shows him born Vermont - son James' 29 Apr 1899 Michigan death record shows his birthplace as Canada and his wife's birthplace as "Pen" (she was actually born in New York)

    Died:
    He does not appear in the 1861 census.

    James married Sarah LAKE about 1799 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Christopher LAKE and Susannah Susan COUSINS) was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Sarah LAKESarah LAKE was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA (daughter of Christopher LAKE and Susannah Susan COUSINS); died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Loyalist Land Petition: 31 May 1802, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; petition for 200 acres, as daughter of Christopher Lake U. E. and wife of James Ward == http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2651&sqn=945&tt=1282&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1
    • Residence: 9 Aug 1811, Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; residence of James and Sarah Ward at sale of land in Ernestown Township == Addington County Land Records, Book F, p 64, #1179, registered 4 Jun 1831
    • Residence: 1852, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; age 70, born "York State", religion: Episcopal Methodist, married - in 1 story stone house with 1 family - James & Sarah with son Willam & his wife Nancy visiting from their residence in Frontenac

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-18a DNA; Lake-20a DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Notes:

    Married:
    some trees have the marriage 13 Jul 1802 with no source, but that is actually the date of reading of her 31 May 1802 land petition, in which she said she was the wife of James Ward

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary WARD was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died between 1866 and 1868.
    2. William WARD was born about 1802 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Apr 1880 in Clarendon, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christopher WARD was born in Apr 1809 in Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Jun 1873 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Norton WARD was born in Sep 1814 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1864 in Petersburg, Fauquier, Virginia, USA.
    5. Charles WARD was born in 1815 in Ernestown Ontario.
    6. James W WARD was born on 22 Mar 1822 in Ernestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1899 in Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  - possible father of James & Samuel - WARD was born about 1740.
    Children:
    1. 6. James WARD was born about 1770 in Vermont, USA; died before 1861 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Samuel WARD was born about 1808.

  2. 14.  Christopher LAKE was born on 6 Apr 1755 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA (son of John LAKE and Margaret SNIDER); died on 6 Apr 1820 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Christopher Lake
    • Baptism: 18 May 1755, Six Mile Run, Somerset, New Jersey, USA
    • Loyalist: 16 Apr 1778, Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA; p 96 minutes Albany Co. Bd of Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiricies for Cambridge district "... Christopher Lake brought bef Board on suspicion of having been with the Enemy...permitted to return to usual place of abode ... L100 bail
    • Residence: 1790, Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA; 1790 Census: 1 male over 15, 2 males under 16, 3 females
    • Residence: 1797, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
    • UEL Land Petition: 8 Nov 1797, Ontario, Canada; "for self, wife, and three children, viz: John, Sarah, and Aaron." He was recommended for 300 acres which would correspond with 200 acres for himself as a Loyalist and 50 additional "family land" acres for wife and three children named.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    obit (7 Apr 1820) says age 65 the day he died (6 Apr 1820) so that 6 Apr was apparently his birthdate - Lake-18a DNA; Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Baptism:
    see also Annette Truesdell tree http://person.ancestry.com/tree/4422242/person/-1605680919/facts

    Died:
    At Loughborough, on the morning of the 6th instant, Mr. Christopher Lake, an old settler - - and age 65 years the day he died. == Kingston Chronicle, 7 Apr 1820, p 3, col 4 == http://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/97122/page/3

    Christopher married Susannah Susan COUSINS about 1778. Susannah was born about 1760 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Susannah Susan COUSINS was born about 1760 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth LAKE was born about 1779 in White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died in 1839.
    2. Mary - Peggy - Milly - LAKE was born on 21 Jan 1780 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York; died on 28 Mar 1859 in Storrington Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John LAKE was born about 1782 in Little White Creek, Charlotte, New York, United States; died in 1829 in Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 7. Sarah LAKE was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Aaron LAKE was born on 3 Feb 1788 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States; died on 28 Nov 1863 in Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Henrietta LAKE was born about 1791 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; died in 1824 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Hannah LAKE was born about 1792 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died in 1808.
    8. Ada LAKE was born about 1794 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States.