Secord, David (Major)
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- Title
- Secord, David (Major)
- Description
- en-CA Aug 10 (or 2), 1759 - Aug 9, 1844; buried in St. Davids; 1st wife: Jessie Millard; 2nd wife: Catharine Smith; 3rd wife: Mary (Polly) Page (w. Dunn); father of Sarah (m. Cummings) - by first wife Jessie -, David, James, Solomon, Stephen, George, John, Robert, Philip, Phoebe - all 9 by 2nd wife Catharine -, Riall F., Elijah, Mary D. (m. Woodruff) and Elizabeth (m. Armstrong) - last 4 by 3rd wife Polly -; son of Madelaine (nee Badeau) and James Secord; brother of Solomon, Stephen, John, James, Peter, Keziah, Magdalen (m. Cartwright), Esther and Mary (m. Lawrence); 1777 Rangers in Indian Dept., St. Davids; 1778 Capt. Walter Butler's Co. of Butler's Rangers; Sergt. in Butler's Rangers at Wyoming; Major in Militia; commanded 2nd Regiment of Lincoln Militia during war of 1812; surveyor, farmer, miller; built 1st mill in 1786; 1789 was granted a lot in Niagara Twp and later one of 600 acres; 8 yrs M.P.; village of St. Davids was named after him;
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=301370
- page
- 52, 73, 172, 174, 183, 184, 187, 194, 196, 199, 200, 201, 203, 464, 465
- Item sets
- References Database