Title

Beasley, Richard

Description

en-CA b. Jul 21,1761 (Hudson Valley, NY); d. Feb 16, 1842 (buried at Christ Church, Hamilton); husband of Henrietta Springer (m. 1791); father of Henry, David Clement, Margaret Stegman, Mary Sarah Hammill, Hannah VanEvery, Keziah Ford, Richard George, Catharine Priscilla Ferrie and George; 1777 entered Canada at Niagara; nephew of Richard Cartwright; assistant Commissary or storekeeper at Niagara; merchant and fur trader; settled in Burlington Bay; partnership with James Wilson; built grist and saw mills in Ancaster; U.E.L. of Ancaster and Barton townships; 1795 and 1796 appointed Justice of the Peace and Magistrate; 1791-1804 member of Upper Canada Legislature; Speaker of Legislature; 1809 appointed Colonel, commanding 2nd Regiment of York Militia; one of founders of Christ Church on James Street North in Hamilton; U.E.L. of Glanford Township (1800);

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=415505

page

vi,10,11,13,38,51,52,53,54,55,155,192,

Bibliographic Citation

10169441

Loyalist ancestors : some families of the Hamilton area / by Hamilton Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada.