52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

Ancestor #46

John Winegard (1801-1858)

John Winegard was born in March 1801 in Albany County, New York and died in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada on September 3, 1858. He was baptized on 10 October 1801ⁱ in the Dutch Reformed Church in Coxsackie, Greene, New York. He is the son of Nicholas and Mary (Fraser) Winegard. He married on 16 August 1824 in New York Anna Maria Barkley who was born in Albany County on 18 December 1808 and died in Oxford County, Ontario on 6 May 1865.

The Winegards were descended from an old Dutch family. Originally the name was spelled Wyngaart or Wyngaard in the early New York records. In the early 1800’s the family began using the Anglicized version of this name and records after 1800 are usually found under Winegard.

John and Anna Maria lived in New York for about the first 20 years of their marriage. John was a carpenter by trade as was his brother Peter and his son Abraham. They had 6, possibly 7 children, born in New York. In 1830 they were enumerated in Westerlo, Albany Countyⁱⁱ – 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-39, 1 female under 5, 1 female 20-29. The female under 5 was Margaret, the older male and female were Maria and John but the male under 5 has not been identified. There is a 7 year span between Margaret’s birth and the next child, Charity, so it is highly likely they had another child who died young.

When John’s father died in 1838; his mother had been dead for about 20 years. His brothers were moving away from the Albany County area of New York and his wife’s parents were living in Mountain. So sometime after the birth of daughter Mary J. in 1841, the family moved to Mountain.

They are enumerated in the 1851 censusⁱⁱⁱ of Upper Canada living in Mountain. The family consisted of John, Mariah, Charity, Abraham, Amy, Polly, Mary J., Matthias and Isaac J. Daughter Margaret had married in 1846.

John purchased 6 acres of land^iv from Edmond Doran and his wife Mary, for £25, on 19 October 1855, known as part of the east half of the west half of lot 16 in the 3^rd concession in Mountain. On 15 February 1856 he mortgaged these 6 acres to Henry Merkley^v for £63, 4 shillings, sixpence for 3 years. He died before the term of the mortgage was reached and I have been unsuccessful in determining if the mortgage was satisfied or the land reverted to Henry Merkley. I think it probably reverted to Merkley because I find no more Winegard entries in the Mountain Deed Books.

With the death of John, the family dispersed. His wife remarried and moved to Oxford County, Ontario. His daughters married within a few years of his death and all ended up living in the United States – Margaret went to Kansas, Amy and Mary J. to Iowa, Charity to North Dakota and Polly across the river to Oswegatchie, New York. Abraham followed his sisters to Iowa and moved from there to Nebraska. Matthias moved in the opposite direction to Boston, Massachusetts and died of a fever as a young man. I have been unable to determine what happened to Isaac Jacob.

Children of John and Anna Maria (Barkley) Winegard:

i. Margaret Winegard. b. 24 Aug 1825 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, d. 16 Dec 1901 in Castle, McPherson, Kansas, m. 2 Feb 1846 John Barkley, b. 5 May 1828 in Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, d. 24 Nov 1884 in Castle.

ii. Charity Winegard. b. Mar 1833 in Sharon, d. 1909 in St. Thomas, Pembina, North Dakota, m. 1854 in Mountain as his second wife, Reuben Elijah Van Camp, b. 7 May 1826 in Mountain, d. 17 Apr 1888 in St. Thomas.

iii. Abraham Winegard. b. 27 Dec 1834 in Sharon, d. 1 Apr 1905 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, m. 1) 2 Feb 1858 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario Lovina Mills, b. 19 May 1844 in Mountain, d. 31 May 1873 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa and 2) Lucy Ella Green on 7 Feb 1882 in Dunlap, Harrison, Iowa, b. 7 Jun 1858 in Griswoldville, Middlesex, Connecticut and d. 27 Oct 1932 in Omaha.

iv. Amy Emma Winegard, b. 13 Aug 1837 in New York, d. 26 Aug 1910 in Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, m. 2 Apr 1857 in Mountain, Samuel McFarland, born 10 Mar 1827 in County Tyrone, Ireland and d. 16 Jul 1909 in Odebolt.

v. Polly Winegard, b. Jan 1839 in New York and d. 13 Aug 1900 in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, m. 1864 in New York, Charles Lennox, b. Mar 1839 in Canada and d. 24 Jan 1918 in Oswegatchie.

vi. Mary J. Winegard, b. 16 Apr 1841 in New York, d. 16 Jun 1912 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, m. 3 Jan 1862 in Kemptville, Isaac Andrew Jackson, b. 7 May 1836 in Mountain and d. 1 Nov 1917 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa.

vii. Matthias Winegard, b. 1845 in Mountain, d. 20 Dec 1872 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

viii, Isaac Jacob Winegard, b. 1848 in Mountain.

i “U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1660-1926”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Aug 2014) entry for John Wyngaert, citing Holland Society of New York, Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey, Coxsackie, Book 10, p. 239.

ii 1830 US census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Westerlo, p. 484 (written), line 2, John Winegard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Dec 2016), citing National Archives and Record Administration microfilm M19, roll 84.

iii 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Dundas County, Canada West, schedule A, Mountain, district 5, sub-district 36, p. 17, line 24, John Winegard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Dec 2016), citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm, roll C_11717.

iv “Ontario, Dundas, Registrar of Deeds, 1847-1901”, deed from Edmond Doran to John Winegard, Mountain Township, Book A, p. 419, memorial 442, dated 19 Oct 1855, FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, microfilm 201,635.

v “Ontario, Dundas, Registrar of Deeds, 1847-1901”, mortgage John Winegard to Henry Merkley, Mountain Township Book B, p. 372, memorial 885, dated 15 Feb 1856, microfilm 201,635.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

Ancestor # 45

Catherine Brouse (1808-1872)

Catherine Brouse, was born in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario in 1808. She was the youngest child of Peter and Anna Katherina (Carman) Brouse. She died in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario on 8 Oct 1872. She married Elijah Van Camp in Matilda on 18 January 1824. Elijah was born in 1806 in Mountain and died there on 12 October 1870.

Catherine was mentioned in her father’s will dated 27 July 1809ⁱ. She and her three sisters were to share £100. When her father died, Catherine was just 1 year old. Her mother married John Van Camp about 1815. John is her husband Elijah’s father; so, Catherine and Elijah were well acquainted before their marriage.

She was enumerated in the 1851 censusⁱⁱ with her husband and 8 of their 11 children. She can also be found with Elijah in the 1861 censusⁱⁱⁱ. In 1871^iv she is widowed and living with her son Oberlin and granddaughter Phoebe Van Camp.

Catherine was the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist and was entitled to 200 acres of crown land when she reached the age of 21 or married. On 22 January 1828 she filed her petition^v at the same time her husband Elijah did. She stated that she was the daughter of Peter Brouse, a United Empire Loyalist and had never received land from the crown.

On the death of her husband, Catherine received all his personal property and household items^vi. She also received the dwelling house they lived in and the land they were farming for her use and benefit as long as she lived. Then the land was to be given to son Michael with a monetary gift to youngest son, Oberlin.

I have found 3 autosomal DNA matches where Elijah Van Camp and Catherine Brouse have been identified as the most recent common ancestors (MRCA). Two of these were through Ancestry DNA and one through Family Tree DNA. All three matches descend through different children of this couple – daughter Harriet and sons John and Oberlin. I also have several matches where the MRCA is Elijah’s parents or grandparents. It is always nice to have confirmation that you actually do descend from this family.

Children of Elijah and Catherine (Brouse) Van Camp, all born in Mountain:

1. Reuben Elijah⁸ Van Camp, b. 7 May 1826, d. 17 Apr 1888 in St. Thomas, Pembina, North Dakota. He married (1) on 24 Aug 1845, Nancy Mill, b. 6 Mar 1827 in Mountain and d. there 1 Sep 1853 and (2) in 1854 Charity Winegard, b. Mar 1833 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York and d. in 1909 in St. Thomas.
2. George W. Van Camp, b. 28 Jul 1828 and d. 9 Apr 1863.
3. Harriet Eliza Van Camp, b. 10 Sep 1830 and d. 19 Apr 1914, m. in 1848 James Charles Clarke, b. 1 May 1820 in Scotland and d. 24 Jul 1901 in Mountain.
4. Phoebe Van Camp, b. 28 Sep 1832, d. 30 May 1923 in Iroquois, Dundas, Ontario, m. in 1849 John Botfield, b. 1821 in England, d. before 1871 in Iroquois.
5. Murray Van Camp, b. about 1834. Nothing else is known about him.
6. John Van Camp, b. 6 Aug 1836, d. 14 May 1915 in St. Thomas. He married (1) on 12 Oct 1859, Philena Froom, b. 1837 in South Gower, Grenville, Ontario and d. in 1866 in Mountain and (2) on 20 Mar 1867, Mary Smith, b. 12 Mar 1843 in Montague, Lanark, Ontario, d. 9 Jun 1913 in St. Thomas.
7. Frederick Van Camp, b. 1839, m. Mary Campbell. Nothing else is known about him.
8. Albert Van Camp, b. 5 May 1840, d. 9 Apr 1902 in North Amherst, Cuyahoga, Ohio, m. on 31 Oct 1865 Isabella MacDonald, b. 6 Feb 1838 in Brock, Victoria, Ontario, d. 1921 in Cleveland.
9. Mary Elizabeth Van Camp, b. 23 Jun 1842, d. 7 Aug 1871 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, m. on 25 Dec 1861 Joshua Hutchins Huntington, b. 1841 and d. 1915.
10. Michael Van Camp, b. 27 Jul 1845, d. 21 Mar 1906 in St. Thomas, m. 15 Nov 1887 in St. Thomas, Christina Hurd, b. 28 Jan 1868 and d. 25 Jan 1946.
11. Catherine Van Camp, b. 23 Sep 1847, d. 1 Dec 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, m. in 1865 Horace L. Willson, b. Sep 1841 in New York.
12. Oberlin Van Camp, b. 13 Jan 1850, d. 18 Oct 1928 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, m. 7 Sep 1871 Adelaide May Henderson, b. Dec 1852 in Iowa and d. 6 Feb 1928 in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska.

i Dundas, Ontario, Registrar of Deeds, 1801-1900; Book A, p. 123, Memorial #409, recorded 6 Jul 1810, will of Peter Brouse, Item 4, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 13 Jun 2017, FHL film 1,903,032.

ii 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Dundas County, Canada West, Dundas County, Ontario district 5, sub-district 36, p. 5, Elijah Van Camp; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Mar 2017), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C_11717.

iii 1861 Census of Canada, Dundas County, Ontario, Mountain, p. 13, Elijah Van Camp; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2017), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C_1014.

iv 1871 Census of Canada, Dundas County, Ontario, Mountain, district 71, sub-district E-1, p. 57, dwelling 191, family 191, Catherine Van Camp, digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2017), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C-10006.

v Land Petitions of Upper Canada, vol 516, bundle V15 (1828), petition 5, roll C-2948, Catherine Van Camp; database and images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 7 Sep 2018).

vi Dundas, Ontario Deed Books 1847-1901, vol F, p. 237, Memorial #2463, Elijah Van Camp Will; Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, accessed 17 Jun 2017, film #201,637.

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Ancestor #44

Elijah Van Camp (1806-1870)

Elijah Van Camp was born about 1806 in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada and died in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada on 12 October 1870ⁱ. He is the son of John and Mary (Frees) Van Camp. He married on 18 Jan 1824 in Matilda Catherine Brouseⁱⁱ who was born in 1808 in Matilda and died 8 October 1872 in Mountain.

Like most of his neighbors, Elijah was a farmer. He is enumerated in both the 1851 and 1861 census in Mountain. In the 1851 censusⁱⁱⁱ he appears with his wife Catherine and 8 of his 12 children (George 24, John 15, Frederick 13, Albert 11, Mary 9, Michael 5, Catherine 4, and Oberlin 2). In 1861^iv only 4 of his children are still at home. He took an interest in local politics and in 1853 served as reeve for Mountain Township^v. This term was used in Canada to denote the president of the town council.

Elijah was the son of a United Empire Loyalist and was entitled to 200 acres of crown land when he reached the age of 21. On 22 January 1828 Elijah filed his petition for land^vi. He stated that he was the son of John Van Camp, a UE Loyalist, that he was upwards of 21 years of age and had never received land from the crown. His petition was approved.

Elijah wrote his will on 8 Jun 1870^vii. He left all his personal and household items and his dwelling place to his beloved wife, Catherine. He also gave her the West half of the East half of Lot 8 in the 3^rd Concession of Mountain Township for her use during her lifetime. He left this land to his son, Michael and $400 to his son Oberlin. Michael was to pay Oberlin in 4 equal installments. If he failed to do so, then the land would revert to Oberlin. Because Elijah had only real property in only 1 location, his estate did not have to be probated. Instead his will was entered into the land records to show the transfer of the property.

Children of Elijah and Catherine (Brouse) Van Camp, all born in Mountain:

1. Reuben Elijah⁸ Van Camp, b. 7 May 1826, d. 17 Apr 1888 in St. Thomas, Pembina, North Dakota. He married (1) on 24 Aug 1845, Nancy Mill, b. 6 Mar 1827 in Mountain and d. there 1 Sep 1853 and (2) in 1854 Charity Winegard, b. Mar 1833 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York and d. in 1909 in St. Thomas.
2. George W. Van Camp, b. 28 Jul 1828 and d. 9 Apr 1863.
3. Harriet Eliza Van Camp, b. 10 Sep 1830 and d. 19 Apr 1914, m. in 1848 James Charles Clarke, b. 1 May 1820 in Scotland and d. 24 Jul 1901 in Mountain.
4. Phoebe Van Camp, b. 28 Sep 1832, d. 30 May 1923 in Iroquois, Dundas, Ontario, m. in 1849 John Botfield, b. 1821 in England, d. before 1871 in Iroquois.
5. Murray Van Camp, b. about 1834. Nothing else is known about him.
6. John Van Camp, b. 6 Aug 1836, d. 14 May 1915 in St. Thomas. He married (1) on 12 Oct 1859, Philena Froom, b. 1837 in South Gower, Grenville, Ontario and d. in 1866 in Mountain and (2) on 20 Mar 1867, Mary Smith, b. 12 Mar 1843 in Montague, Lanark, Ontario, d. 9 Jun 1913 in St. Thomas.
7. Frederick Van Camp, b. 1839, m. Mary Campbell. Nothing else is known about him.
8. Albert Van Camp, b. 5 May 1840, d. 9 Apr 1902 in North Amherst, Cuyahoga, Ohio, m. on 31 Oct 1865 Isabella MacDonald, b. 6 Feb 1838 in Brock, Victoria, Ontario, d. 1921 in Cleveland.
9. Mary Elizabeth Van Camp, b. 23 Jun 1842, d. 7 Aug 1871 in Kemptville, Grenville, Ontario, m. on 25 Dec 1861 Joshua Hutchins Huntington, b. 1841 and d. 1915.
10. Michael Van Camp, b. 27 Jul 1845, d. 21 Mar 1906 in St. Thomas, m. 15 Nov 1887 in St. Thomas, Christina Hurd, b. 28 Jan 1868 and d. 25 Jan 1946.
11. Catherine Van Camp, b. 23 Sep 1847, d. 1 Dec 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, m. in 1865 Horace L. Willson, b. Sep 1841 in New York.
12. Oberlin Van Camp, b. 13 Jan 1850, d. 18 Oct 1928 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, m. 7 Sep 1871 Adelaide May Henderson, b. Dec 1852 in Iowa and d. 6 Feb 1928 in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska.

i 1871 Census of Canada, Dundas County, Ontario, Mortality schedule, Mountain, district 71, sub-district, e-1, p. 1, Elijah Van Camp; database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Sep 2018), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C-10006.

ii Reid, William D., The Loyalists in Ontario, The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada, (Lambertville, New Jersey: 1973) reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. p. 35.

iii 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Dundas County, Canada West, Dundas County, Ontario district 5, sub-district 36, p. 5, Elijah Van Camp; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Mar 2017), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C_11717.

iv 1861 Census of Canada, Dundas County, Ontario, Mountain, p. 13, Elijah Van Camp; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2017), citing Library and Archives Canada, roll C_1014.

v Carter, J. Smythe, The Story of Dundas, being a history of the county of Dundas from 1794-1904, (Iroquois, Ontario: St. Lawrence News Publishing House, 1905), p. 328.

vi Land Petitions of Upper Canada, vol 516, bundle V15 (1828), petition 8, roll C-2948, Elijah Van Camp; database and images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 7 Sep 2018).

vii Dundas, Ontario Deed Books 1847-1901, vol F, p. 237, Memorial #2463, Elijah Van Camp Will; Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, accessed 17 Jun 2017, film #201,637.