http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/052acda4697277932727e4fca56f9c1d.pdf 697f41c9cb1242581c3fca68dcb27929 PDF Text Text 101 Ma.in Stree t East, Grimsby,, Ontario , J'anuacy 15, 1-97'2 â€¢ â€¢ Dear McDermï¿½tï¿½: I- was very much :imtere&ted mn y ou r Â· letter asking for information about Silas, Ca1rter and the Carter famf].y 01' Bert ie To wn.'s hti,p-.. Mr.. Sil.as- C a rter , the bufilLder o;f the windmill.,, was, His daught:erÂ·,,Re be c ca J"em!i.ma, married my gre a t.,,great: grandfa _:thenÂ·. Walter Br.own,, o:if Malahide TOwnship,in the Tal.bo-t settlement;, in She is bur:iied ElLgin County, aboutï¿½ 1-824-- and went; there t o ]ive... m the Dun b oyne C'emet:ery on the farmi where she sp-ent all her married ]lie.. She had six, chil..drenJ> Qï¿½ which the aildest, NicJioU..as: CarterÂ· Br.:o-wn,, was DJUI" MC!itherâ€¢S=' father. Heï¿½ was born in 1826. It is qu:iLte p01ssiblLe that you have more detailsÂ about this family than. I- have â€¢. -- As you; know, the early- L800ts- were - quen tly it wa$<Â· conse hard; mon'.ey was s:-ca:i:me,, and travel. diffialll'l.t::; Ih late r y-ears my MatherÂ· t r i ed toi easy for famli.l.ie-s to ]GDse touÂ·eb... I.earn tnO:lre about the Car.ter famILly in Bertie but was. no:t very successÂ fuiI... i will. ,. however.J! t.e]l.. ï¿½ollll1 what I know â€¢ Sil.a.s Car.ter ts fir.st wife was Jemima All ood. .f;.;"" They had ï¿½- chil.dren that I can. name,, but there may have been oï¿½thers- - Silas Carter', Ni.cho:il.a:s CarterÂ·, Jem1ma- Carter,, born ].800 (my g .. gran.dmothezr)l and Sal].y CaF.ter who never married. and lived' with her s i s t ï¿½ r- Â· Jemdima,: and :ii.s buT:iLed beï¿½:ILde _ heir. f\c:.b4'.:.cc_ 1.v-..:; c ),u tJ,, "'bï¿½> :r,, , r\c... ..... '1hr.t ...- tuh.v h .. ï¿½Â«. , i, f3-ertie.. ï¿½ J-.-evV ï¿½ '3 .Je.a,:J..i- t&O<::d f1Afi{p//fl'i 14-u/k-t/ My ac tu-a]_ informationÂ· a boutï¿½ Si]as :ils- veny sketchy, I have oneÂ· no reeo1rdÂ The sour_ces are all. secondary. f am afraid. re.s:ear-cï¿½rn.ï¿½7! tho111gh I be].ieve in some part oi' my uncl.e' s f amil:.y is th:e marriage recordï¿½ of Jemima and Wa l.t er Br.own .. - ï¿½ â€¢ his motheroâ€¢s Silas Ca:r:ter was the son of' Silas:;; He was bo-rn Ji.758,, in New Jersey, olf Â·ID'armingÂ name I do not know. Though tooJ yo:unig at 1.6 to enlist :iin GeneraL Washington's par.enta:ge.. army he served as a teamst.er, and acco-:rdtng tel' family story lived for three months ful the Generï¿½al' s home- dur.ing the revol.uiti.on.. At:. someÂ· uo:iint he me:t ï¿½emima Al lwoo d (sa:ild tei - be the d au ghter of a Loyalist) and they were married in 1.183: â€¢ . Sil.ag--t sole possessions were three ,fl.ors es- , whichwere sa ia ta) have eatech poi;scm and to have di>ï¿½d.. Silaï¿½ and Jemima:. cam:e to) Canada during or af ter ]78J, and se tt l ed on the Windm:ill] P'oint liamcf... If Jemdm.a- were indeed at' LOL..y al i s t stock and SilasÂ·t re'bel. convictions ]_ess stro1 ng than h:Ls- des ir e for free lana--, all thts coil'JLd haveÂ· been possjj_ble :iln the genera-cl. exodus that followed the War 0>f Independence. ,,;- â€¢ ' In, a statemen-a,dated l.89ï¿½,, Eva Rose of Ri.dgeway, a granddaughter of S ilas and J_emimaï¿½writes" that: when1the Car.tersÂ· She ar.r:lived in Canada,, Buffalo) was only a ]o)g hut trading cent-er-. says that f or years Sias took his grfst. d o wn the ]ake aiild river to Chipp-ewa by canoe and thence by tra::f.l. to the mil1 at:: the Fa]lJS- .. after the "Hun ï¿½ ny s-ummenÂ·" heÂ· detÂ·ermined to bud.l.d a mil1 e fiï¿½Y t c ï¿½fl ï¿½ lR\ï¿½ â€¢ �â€¢ The generally accepted dataÂ· is 1832, al.though my f amily regard thisÂ da t.e as erroneol!llS' and bele i ve that the m!l.]1 was-: bu:fi1-t before the war of 1B:lL2, because of family ].egend' about the mvasion 01f the Amer:iicanï¿½s and the 219ldiers- stealing grain if'om ifue hopp-ï¿½â€¢ Eva. Rose goes on to say- that trthere was p-lenty of limestone and a kiln was buï¿½1t to burn the iimeï¿½ for the wal]s of t he mf]l. One run oÂ·f burr stones- was made' fr:-om1 broken' boul..derS' found on the far.mi... The secon:d r un o)f burrS' was brought on the ice fromi Bmffalo â€¢. Eaelh.1 abstac]e was in turn slm'rmounted and the au t umn winds: of li832' tlm'n,edl the hwge canvas covered swif ts of Silas- Carter ts md.]JL...... Settle!r$ came wit h grists fr om sixty miles away and for forty years. the milJL w as patronized by the whol-e countrys:ii.de."' . That: Sil.as Carteï¿½Â· died. Gm June 233, ll.Â§597: is documented'. r was told by an old Mr., Hawl:ey,, who ].:ll.ved acrossth-e: rnad f r_o!-Y-- Mn,;:r. \ ,_ {) Blake]y 's',, that Silas and his fami]y we re buried in th e ï¿½-\ &:.:Â·"'-'fy Cemetery- â€¢ . When l went there, I f ound enolillgh of the familL_y st .: ones- to substantfate this,.aI.tho ug_h Sil.asÂ·' s stoneÂ· w&s: gone. At the moment; I cannot rec al.I. the name o)f the cemetery ,, but it :is in the mid"dle of an woods:,, a no:ad or two east of the pvint.,. perhaï¿½ two miJLes. from Ann Blakely ts antÂ·i.qll'e sttav... It may be .he cemetery that you SJ>eak oÂ·ff'.,. .. . . . Ini Mrs. Blakely' s sÂ·ttoi:r you rlll find copies of al.I. the: pjLctures oif the m:LJiJ. that I have. I ti.ave no pictures of Sil.as- or Jem:funa ; I regret to say â€¢. If you have the :c.ames of any of Si.JLas-fi des-cendants in the Fort; Erfe area,, I would be glad to have them'.. I have always felt that This there i;qhou].d be some permanent. memor:i!al.. to Silas- near_Â· the Pojjnt.. I have reason to be]ieve would be easy to o,bta..:im were .here any ]ocal. :ilnterest: and some definite documentation .. Should youÂ· have gathered other information than I have given r you here, 1 hop-ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ .tha t jjt wfilJL be p-ossjjble for me to share i1t. could come to For t Erie any time to copy material .. Thank you so much for writing. Sincerely youirs:,, SILAS CARTER married Margaret Buck Jan. information - 4, 1840. from Reid's Loyalists in Ont. �l_/L./J'Jlr'AJ ï¿½ ,,, ï¿½ - _; ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½,__._ ï¿½6-- ï¿½-I I 5,l: .. /).--, . , Â·; Â· -, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Silas Carter Description An account of the resource Listed here is a letter to Louis McDermott from Margaret Gibson. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Historical Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 15, 1972 1970s Fort Erie Louis Mcdermott Collection