Brockville, Ontario was called Elizabethtown. The area was first settled by English speakers in 1785, when Americans who had remained loyal to the crown fled to Canada after the American Revolution.
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Leeds County, Ontario, Canada was first surveyed in 1792 in preparation for the United Empire Loyalists settlers. In 1850, Leeds County merged with Grenville to create the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
Ephraim Lee was born about 1755 in Columbia County, New York.
He married Jerusha Palmer.
Ephraim and Jerusha's children probably included:
Samuel Lee (1778, married Anna Booth),
Gardiner Lee (1779, married Mary Bigelow),
Ephraim Lee (1780, married Sarah Hinshaw),
Palmer Lee (1782),
Phebe Lee (1785, married Simon Mott),
Hannah Lee (1789),
Amy Lee (1794),
Lydia Lee (1796),
James Lee (1798, married Elizabeth McVeigh),
Rosannah Lee (1800), and
Lorra Lee (1803).
In 1810, Gardiner sold land to Alanson Botsford. The indenture was dated June 10, 1810. The land was in the front half of lot # 33 in the fifth concession of Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Ontario. The sale was witnessed by Samuel Lee of Yonge Township and Asahel Frye, Jr.
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.
The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.
Palmer Lee was born about 1782. He was the son of Ephraim Lee and Sarah Hinshaw.
He married Clarinda Nelson.
Milo Lee (1805), Nelson Lee (1807),
Philander Lee (1816), and
Phileamon Lee (1820).
