Descendants of Charles Woolverton



Jonathan Woolverton and Mary (Polly) Brewer


Husband Jonathan Woolverton 1 

           Born: 7 Jul 1754 - Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ
       Baptized: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1831 - Grimsby, Lincoln County, ON
         Buried:  - St. Andrew's Anglican Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada
FamilySearch ID: LTFM-5BR


         Father: Dennis Woolverton {FSID: LRBJ-1MC, FGID: 27168083} 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Pettit {FSID: M6S8-KNN, FGID: 27180157} 1


       Marriage: 25 Jan 1806

   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Barcroft {FSID: K2FR-5DL} 1 - 31 May 1775

   Other Spouse: Alice Beam - 19 Oct 1813

Wife Mary (Polly) Brewer 

            AKA: Polly Brewer, Mary Davis
           Born: 3 Oct 1766 - Readington, Hunterdon County, NJ
       Baptized: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1813 - Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, ON
         Buried:

Children
1 F Sara Woolverton 

            AKA: Sarah Davis
           Born: 12 May 1778
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Israel Wilcox
           Marr: 31 Mar 1805

2 M Elias Woolverton 

            AKA: Elias Davis
           Born: 2 Aug 1786
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 






3  F  Phoebe Woolverton





            AKA: Phebe Davis
           Born: 13 Apr 1792
       Baptized: 
           Died: 19 Nov 1834 - ON
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Gabriel Hopkins
           Marr: 8 Jun 1808









General Notes: Husband - Jonathan Woolverton



FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF33
DEAT: RIN MH:IF34
BURI: RIN MH:IF191

From Annals of the Forty No. 9:

"Jonathan, born in Kingwood, New Jersey, 7 July, 1754 and married
Mary Barcroft, 31 May, 1775. In 1786 Jonathan was an Ensign in
the 3rd Company militia in New Jersey. An entry in the book dated
23 June, 1788, states that he was a member of Unity Masonic Lodge
No. 7 F .A.M. Also in that year he was a Justice of the Peace in Hunterdon
County serving in that capacity until 1794.

In 1798 Jonathan, hearing good reports about Canada from his
several cousins of the Pettit, Moore and Bell families decided to see
the land for himself. He rode horseback and stopped on his way to
visit his nephew, Nathaniel Woolverton, who had settled near Albany,
N.Y. From stories told by members of this branch of the family we
learn a little about Jonathan’s appearance and character:—

“He was riding a fine black horse,” one of them wrote, “and
looked very much like General George Washington. At this time (1798)
he owned a great deal of land and kept two or three slaves. He was a
large man, very easy going, too much so for his own good when it
came to loaning money.”

Finding the settlement of The Forty very much to his liking
Jonathan purchased the farm of John Smith — Lot 16, Cones. I and
II, extending from the lake to the hill. One acount of the purchase
states that Jonathan paid John Smith £40 N.Y. Currency and the said
Smith gave five natural apple trees to bind the bargain. Another item
claims that one spotted cow figured in the transaction. It is likely that
both are true and the cow was thrown in for good measure.

<sketch illustration titled Jonathan Woolverton's House, Grimsby>
The Jonathan Woolverton residence. It was built about 1800 on Lot 16,
Cone. II, Grimsby township.

Then Jonathan returned to New Jersey for his wife and children.
It has been stated that he brought the first wagon into Lincoln
County -— a truck wagon, and when the wheels were worn out, others
about six inches wide were sawn out of button—woodlogs and served
for many years. Besides wagon and boats Jonathan brought with him
a prize thoroughbred horse, as the following bill advertises:—

'The full-blooded horse

YOUNG SHAKESPEAR

Will cover the ensuing season (1802) at the Forty Mile Creek in
Grimsby, at the moderate price of six bushels of wheat for each mare
proving with foal, if no rfoa! no pay will be demanded excepting the
mare be parted with before the first of January next, at which time all
payments are made at either of the mills at The Forty.

Young Shakespeare is a beautiful bay with a small blaze has
one white foot, is fifteen hands and a half in height four years old this
spring; was bred by Judge Bennet in New Jersey, who certified his pedigree.
He was got by old black Shakespeare, the ‘noted running horse,
his dam by Morick Ball, who was owned by Mr. John Hart of Pennsylvania
where: he covered at 5 this season, his granddam by, Bully Rock,
and the stock is much approved by the best breeders in -Pennsylvania and New York.

(Signed) Jonathan Woolverton.'

Jonathan Woolverton could not be termed a Loyalist settler but
he soon became one of the prominent citizens of the community. In
1799 he was made Senior warden of the newly founded Masonic Lodge.
In 1800 his name is on the subscription list for the building of the plank
church to replace the log-cabin church and in the same year he served
on the Grimsby township council as poundkeeper and in 1801 as the
assessor.

Mary, wife of Jonathan, died 26 February, 1804, in her fifty
third year and two years later 25 January, 1806, Jonathan married Mary
Davis, widow. She died 10 February, 1813, in the forty seventh year
of her life. Jonathan married as his third wife, Alice, widow of William
Kitchen, 19 October, 1813. Jonathan died in 1831, buried in St.
Andrew’s churchyard.

Children of Jonathan and Mary (Barcroft) Woolverton as recorded
in his Bible:—

Hannah, b. 12 September, 1776, m. at Grimsby 28 January, 1801
to C01. Jonathan Potter of Pottersville, N.Y.
Elizabeth, b. 25 December, 1778, m. at Grimsby 29 June, 1803,
to Daniel Palmer. (For history see Palmer.)
Orpah, b. 25 July, 1781, m. at Grimsby to Pearce Moore, 28
September, 1803. (For history see Moore.)
Mahlon, b. 18 September, 1783, d. 7 October, 1785.
Twins, a boy and girl unnamed, b. 28 August, 1785, died a few
days later.
Mary, b. 18 October, 1786, d. 16 September, 1788.
Martha, b. 29 September, 1788, d. 4 February, 1789.
Dennis, b. 1 January, 1790."

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/d/Sharon-L-Madsen-CA/BOOK-0001/0005-0003.html#CHILD12

from David Macdonald, citing a speech by Linus Woolverton:

"Jonathan Woolverton came to Canada before 1798. He was a mason and made Master of the Lodge at Grimsby in 1800. Hearing from his uncle, Judge Pettit, who came to Canada about 1783, of hte favorable soil and climate of the Niagara peninsula, Jonathan came out on horseback to view the land and was so well pleased that he sold his farm in New Jersey and purchased 225 acres adjoining Judge Pettit's from Little John Smith, paying 325 pounds and later acquiring another 200 acres on the mountain along the forty Mile Creek. He moved his family there in 1798, then consisting of his wife, Mary Barcroft who is buried in St. Andrews' burial ground, son Dennis, then about eight years old, and three daughters: Hannah, Elizabeth, and Orpha. In January 1801, Col. Jonathan Potter of New Jersey married Hannah and took her back to New Jersey. In June 1803 Daniel Palmer of Grimsby was married to Elizabeth, and in September 1803, Pearce Moore married Orpha. The trip from New Jersey was tedious. He brought his family by boat to Albany, at which place his nephew Nathaniel had settled; then there was a 15-mile portage to Schenectady; thence by the Mohawk River to Rome; thence by canal two miles to Wood Creek; thence to Oneida Lake, thence by Oswego River to Oswegie [sic]; thence along Lake Ontario to Grimsby, then known simply as 'The Forty'. He moved with his wife and four children into a log house that Little John Smith had built. In 1810, Jonathan's only son, Dennis, married Catharine Nixon, daughter of Allen Nixon, a UEL from New Jersey, whose land was on the Mountain. He was about 18 when he married and about 21 during the War of 1812-13. He farmed about 4500 acres, and about 1834 was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada."

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1262.html


Research Notes: Husband - Jonathan Woolverton



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General Notes: Wife - Mary (Polly) Brewer



FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF15064
DEAT: RIN MH:IF31605

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from David Macdonald: widow of ? Davis

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Notes: Marriage



FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF4428

Date from Annals of the Forty No. 9

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from David Macdonald





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