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THE WEIRS IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

The WEIRs listed below arrived in Northumberland County, Ontario from Ireland between about 1829 and 1837. Census and church records indicate that they were Protestant Irish. My assumption is that they were all related, but more research is required to be certain. The notes following the table below outline the connections I have found so far. If you are descended from any of these lines, please contact me. I have lots of information to share. Maybe we can untangle this mystery together.

NAME

SPOUSE

CHILDREN

LAND

NOTES

Lancelot

(c.1796-April 1871)

Margaret

(c.1790-Dec. 1882)

William

(1826-1903)

Mary (1828-1914)

Robert (1830-1905)

Ann Jane (c.1834-1900)

Block D, Lot 5 Town of Cobourg, - land purchased 1848

Cobourg census for 1851 missing; Lancelot and Margaret found in 1861 living with William at Hamilton Twp, Concession 3, Lot 3. Land purchased in 1840; in 1871 back in Cobourg; settlement of Margaret's estate names heirs Robert and Mary Ann WEIR, Ann Jane DAWE, Hugh and Mary Ann LINTON, William and Sophia WEIR; William WEIR and family moved to the Dakota Territory c. 1882

James

(c.1798-1865)

Martha

Hamilton Township Concession 2, Lot 11, purchased 1829

Deceased 1867; intestate; administration papers offer no additional details; no info on family post 1861 census and letters of administration filed in 1867.

John

(c.1809-1888)

1) Rachel LEETCH or LEEDS (both appear on church record) - deceased 1873

2) Jane MICKLEBOROUGH

Alnwick Twp, purchased south ½ Concession 2, Lot 20 from Canada Company in 1837 (OA MS 729, reel 2 #3339)

Rachel WEIR deceased 1873; John marries Jane MICKLEBOROUGH (widow) 1873; Gives parents' names on registration as William and Mary WEIR; John deceased 1888 - leaves estate to William WILEY, wife and children and nephew Willliam WEIR of Cobourg; Although supported by naming patterns of their children, the assumption that William WILEY's wife Sarah was daughter of Rachel and John can not be confirmed at present. Marriages of their children claim mother's maiden name was CLARKE. If nephew William is son of Lancelot & Margaret, then John and Lancelot were brothers

Mary

(1811-1855)

Alexander LINTON Sr

(1811-1865)

Mary

Alexander

John

Hugh

Thomas

George

Edward

Alnwick Township

One son (Alexander) married Mary WEIR (1828-1914), daughter of Margaret and Lancelot. After Alexander's death in 1866, Mary married his younger brother Hugh. Mary died in 1914 in Cobourg's House of Refuge.

Robert

(c.1808 -Jan 8, 1875)

Elizabeth HALL

(c. 1811- Oct 8, 1868)

James

William

Ann Jane

Edward

Thomas

Armine

Eliza Jr

Hamilton Twp, Concession 2, Lot 8; Also purchased N ½ Lot 21, Concession 1, Alnwick Twp from Canada Company, Oct 1837 (OA MS 729 reel 2 #3340) and Alnwick Twp Concession 4, Lot 22 - purchased 1860 (Canada Company )

Robert WEIR married Elizabeth HALL in Cobourg in 1835. Witnesses were James and Thomas WEIR

2 sons, Thomas and Richard moved to Michigan. Thomas appears on the 1870 Michigan census; in 1880 Michigan census, Richard is living with the family; Thomas is married and he and his wife have 2 daughters

Edward

(c.1814-Aug 3, 1900)

Elizabeth LINTON

(- 1898)

James

Mary Ann

William

Edward

Margaret

Martha

Eliza

Hamilton Township

Concession 2, Lot 9

Edward and Elizabeth buried in Baltimore United Church cemetery

Thomas

(c.1811-14 Aug. 1876)

Ann Burkille


(c.1820 - 20 May 1887)

Mary A

Harriet

William H

Eliza

George C

Elizabeth

Purchased N ½ Lot 20, Concession 2, Alnwick Twp from Canada Company 1837. Claimed had been a resident since 1824 (OA MS 729, reel 2 #3232).

In the 1871 census the family is in Usborne township, Huron County, concession 1, lot 11 (NA C 9929, district 25, div C2, page 31, line 12). In the 1881 census, Ann is shown as a widow, living in Exeter village (NA C13272, Huron South C1, page 3, line 16) The Alnwick property is owned by George and John BURKILLE on 1871 census. Interesting to note that Thomas' first two children's godparents were Robert and Agnes BURKILL; Thomas Weir, Plaintiff made a legal claim in 1872 against a number of WEIRs, their spouses and children regarding the sale of property owned by James Weir at the time of his death, i.e. S ½ lot 11, 2nd concession, Hamilton Township, Northumberland County. What legal right did Thomas have to this property? Would he have had to have been related to James in order to make such a claim?

Elizabeth

(c. 1807- ?)

1) Mr. FLEMING

2) William LINTON

Mary Ann FLEMING

Elizabeth LINTON

Concession 2, Lot 9 Hamilton Township

What Links these WEIRs together?

(Could they all be siblings and therefore children of Mary and William WEIR?)

John WEIR

Lancelot WEIR

Edward WEIR

Robert WEIR

Thomas WEIR

James WEIR

Elizabeth FLEMING (nee WEIR)

Mary WEIR



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