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• Collingwood
• Wolseley (Lord)
• Nelson
• Parker, Hyde (Sir)
• Dobson

  servant to Sir Isaac Brock;
• Brock, John

  died age 48; husband of Elizabeth de Lisle; father of 10 sons and 4 daughters including Col. John Brock, Sir Isaac Brock, Lieut. Ferdinand Brock, William, Savery and Irving; midshipman in navy;
• Brock, Elizabeth (nee de Lisle)

  wife of John Brock; mother of 10 sons and 4 daughters including Col. John Brock, Sir Isaac Brock, Lieut. Ferdinand Brock, William, Savery and Irving;
• Tupper, John G.

  perished at sea;
• Tupper (Col.)

  slain in action in the Chilean service;
• Tupper, E.W. (Lieut.)

  killed in action in Greece;
• Tupper, Charles

  died drowning; nephew of Sir Isaac Brock; midshipman;
• Brock, Ferdinand (Lieut.)

  killed at Baton Rouge; son of Elizabeth de Lisle and John Brock; brother to 9 brothers and 4 sisters including Sir Isaac Brock, Col. John Brock, William, Savery and Irving; 60th Regiment;
• Brock, John (Col.)

  killed in duel at Cape of Good Hope; eldest son of Elizabeth de Lisle and John Brock; brother to 9 brothers and 4 sisters including Sir Isaac Brock, Lieut. Ferdinand Brock, William, Savery and Irving; 81st Regiment;
• Brock family
• Hannay
• Kingsford
• Christie

  historian;
• Edgar (Lady)
• Read, D.B.
• Tupper, F.B.

  nephew of Sir Isaac Brock;
• Carnochan, Janet
• Brock, Isaac (General, Sir)

  b. Oct 6,1769 (St. Peter's Port, Guernsay); d. Oct 13,1812 (died in battle at Queenston); 8th son of Elizabeth de Lisle and John Brock; brother to 9 brothers and 4 sisters including Col. John Brock, Lieut. Ferdinand Brock, William, Savery and Irving; at age 15 yrs purchased commission as Ensign in 8th Regiment; 1791 Capt. In 49th Regiment; by purchase became Major; age 28 yrs became Lieut.-Col.; 1802 came to Canada; Knight commander of the most honourable order of the Bath; Provisional Lt.-Governor and Major-General commanding the forces of Upper Canada;
• Greene, Mary (nee Hunter)

  died Oct 23,1905; wife of Joseph F. Greene (m. ca. 1901); daughter of Neil Hunter; teacher; member of Niagara Historical Society;
• Kirby, William

  b. Oct 13, 1817 (Yorkshire, England); d. Jun 23,1906 (Niagara); husband of Elizabeth Magdalene Whitmore; father of John; 1832 left England for America; 1839 came to Canada; 1853 editor and proprietor of the Niagara Mail; Collector of Customs; patron of Niagara Historical Society; poet and writer;
• Marquis de Manilles

  father of 1st wife of Count de Puisaye;
• Count de Puisaye, Joseph (Lieut.-Gen.)

  born 1755; died 1827 (Blythe House near Hammersmith, England); 1788 married 1st wife (daughter of Marquis de Manilles); at age 18 yrs joined army;
• Ingersoll

  member of Congress; leader of the war party;
• Mann (Dr.)

  American army surgeon;
• Hobart, Henry (Lieut.)

  grandson of General Dearborn; killed in action;
• Stewart (Lieut.)

  Royal Newfoundland Regiment; killed in battle;
• Winter (Capt.)

  Royal Newfoundland Regiment; killed in battle;
• Kerr (Lieut.)
• Roxborough (Capt.)
• McLean (Ensign)

  Glengarry Light Infantry; killed in battle;
• Liddle (Capt.)

  Glengarry Light Infantry; killed in battle;
• Nicholson (Ensign)
• Lloyd (Lieut.)
• McMahon (Lieut.)
• Nicholson (Lieut.)
• Cotton (Major)
• Drummie (Lieut.)
• Tsigotea

  Mohawk; killed in battle;
• Claus, Joseph

  Mohawk; killed in battle;
• Cameron, William (Private)

  killed in battle;
• Grass, George (Private)

  killed in battle;
• Wright, Charles (Private)

  killed in battle;
• Warren, John (Major)
• Bisshopp (Lieut.-Col.)
• DeCew
• Winchester
• Swayzy
• Secord
• Armstrong (Lieut.)
• Henry, Dominick

  married; lighthouse keeper at Mississauga Point; discharged soldier of Royal Artillery;
• Dickson, William
• Charleton (Lieut.)
• Nichol (Lieut.-Col.)

  Quartermaster General of Militia;
• Stockton
• Hindman (Capt.)

  US Artillery;
• Biddle, Nicholas
• Mills
• Milliken
• McFeely, George (Col.)
• Towson

  artillery;
• McClure

  rifle volunteers;
• Eustis

  artillery battalion;
• Scott, Winfield (Lieut.-Col.)
• Forsyth

  battalion of riflemen;
• Burn (Col.)
• Chew, William Johnson (Lieut.)
• Norton, John (Capt.)

  Glengarry Light Infantry;
• Tompkins
• Chauncey (Commodore)
• Armstrong, R.S. (Maj.-Gen.)

  Secretary of War;
• Ormond

  49th Regiment;
• Holcroft, William (Major)
• Bishop, Cecil (Lieut.-Col.)
• Porter, Moses (Col.)

  professional soldier;
• Swartwout (Quartermaster General)
• Winder (General)
• Boyd (General)

  infantry brigade;
• Chandler (General)
• Washington (General)
• Sullivan

  campaign against Six Nations;
• Arnold

  expedition against Quebec at Saratoga;
• Harvey, John (Lieut.-Col)

  Deputy Adjutant General;
• Runchey (Capt.)

  negro company;
• Merritt
• Vincent, John (Brig.-Gen.)
• Dearborn, Henry (Maj.-General)

  grandfather of Lieut. Henry Hobart;
• Graham (Col.)
• Lewis, Morgan (Maj.-Gen.)

  Chief Justice and Governor of NY State;
• Powell (Chief Justice)
• Prevost, George (Sir)
• Macfarlane (Sergt.-Maj.)

  non-commissioned officer;
• Balmer, Jacob (Sergeant)
• May, John (Lieut.)
• Lottridge, John (Capt.)
• Butler, Johnson (Lieut.-Col.)
• Sheaffe (Major-Gen.)