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The Forty is an area of the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario first settled by Europeans in earnest during the late 18th century. A large portion of these were Loyalists who found themselves unwelcome in the new republic to the south, including Jonathan Woolverton (grandson of the Immigrant Charles) and his family. The area was later renamed Grimsby.
Jonathan Woolverton (grandson of the Jonathan mentioned above) was a medical doctor in the Niagara area during the 1800's. He kept a detailed diary about his practice and life (including his family), parts of which have been excerpted.
Silas Newton Wolverton had a colourful life with varied experiences as a military veteran, doctor and founder of one of the largest investment houses in Canada. The biography below was written by his son, Alfred.
Middlesex County, ON and London, ON were both named after the English originals, along with the Thames River. This part of Southern Ontario was home to different branches of the Woolverton and Wolverton families for many years.
Based on the work of Frances Woolverton Winsler, the publication below by Charles Evans Wolverton traces the history of the Wolverton family in West Virginia through the family of Daniel Woolverton.
Family historian Ralph Woolverton wrote the autobiographical sketch below in 1994. We all hope more is forthcoming.
Collections of early Ontario records including the Woolverton family
Treated in more depth on the Kallikak Story page, Dr. Henry Goddard based his theory that mental deficiency was hereditary on a case study of the members of a branch of the Wolverton family. He later recanted some of his work but not before it became the basis for the disproved theory of eugenics.
Similar to the Loyalist migration of part of the family to Ontario, part of the family of Thomas Woolverton moved to New Brunswick. The history of this branch of the family is documented in the following collections:
One of the earliest published genealogical records of the Woolverton family, Emma Ten Broeck Runk's work concentrates on the descendants of Charles Woolverton, eldest son of the first Charles.
Wolvertons Unlimited was a bi-monthly newsletter written, edited and manually printed by Glenn Gohr, focusing on the descendants of Andrew Woolverton, grandson of the first Charles through his son Joel. The newsletter was published from 1993 - 1998. All of the digital issues we have been able to find are linked below.