An American Family History

The June Family of Leeds County, Ontario

The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.

Peter June was born about 1760 in Dutchess County, New York.

Levi June (1787, married Susanna Percival),
Hannah June (1790, married Archibald Ladd),
Peter Hodge June (1796), and
John Fairchild June (1799, married Esther McDonald).

Peter June purchased Lot 24 in the 5th concession of the township of Escott, consisting of 200 acres, from John Arkenbach, who had received it two years prior as a crown grant.

Peter was assessed in Yonge Township in 1805.

According to Douglas McCalla in Consumption Stories: Customer Purchases of Alcohol at an Upper Canadian Country Store in 1808-1809 and 1828-1829, Levi June, purchased 57 quarts of rum, spirits, and brandy, worth in total over 107 shillings in 1808-9 .

Levi June deserted from the 1812 Leeds County militia.

The Battle of the Windmill was in November, 1838. Loyalists defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriots, led by Nils von Schoultz, who were attempting to overthrow British rule. The battle was at a windmill two miles east of Prescott.

Windmill

Dutchess County, New York patriots forced colonists loyal to the British government to flee north into what became Ontario.

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