Richard Barlow of Canada
Richard Barlow of Canada
The following information is primarily obtained from a collection of papers by Samuel Atherton, a descendent of this Barlow line. This collection is located in the Hackley Public Library, 316 West Webster Street, Muskegon, Michigan. The information from this collection is supplemented and/or corroborated by information from other sources, which are indicated by notations in brackets.
Richard Barlow, a native of Yorkshire, England, came to Canada in 1758 with the English troops under General James Wolfe. He was wounded at the taking of Quebec and recuperated in a military hospital in New Brunswick. He was subsequently discharged and was granted a tract of land on the Oromocto River below Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Richard Barlow married Abigail 'Nabby' Phillips. She was of United Empire Loyalist stock and they had two children, probably born at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
1. George Barlow was born around 1765. He went to sea and never returned.
2. William Barlow was born 1767 at Maugerville, Sudbury Co., New Brunswick. He died on 05 May 1847, on his farm at Binbrook, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, and was buried in the Barlow Cemetery, a private family cemetery on his property at Binbrook.
William Barlow married Mary Bedell. She was born on 07 Feb 1776, to a United Empire Loyalist family which had come from Staten Island, New York. She died on 12 Oct 1854, and was buried in the Barlow Cemetery at Binbrook.
William and Mary Barlow had nine children, all born in New Brunswick:
3. James Barlow was born in 1803 near Fredericton, New Brunswick, and was a son of William and Mary 'Bedell' Barlow. He settled in county Wentworth, Ontario, in 1827 and moved to Walpole township, near Hagersville, Springvale, in 1842. He was the first white settler in that community and slept under his wagon until he could erect a house. He died in 1890 probably at his home near Springvale and was buried there.
James Barlow married Susan Turtelot. She was born in Maine and died about 1866.
They had four children:
4. Richard Barlow was born in 1811near Fredericton, New Brunswick, and was a son of William and Mary 'Bedell' Barlow. e was a farmer and was recorded in county Wentworth in the 1827 and 1875 directories. He was recorded at Binbrook, Ontario, in the 1871 census. He died on April 10, 1902, at Binbrook and was buried there in the Baptist Cemetery.
Richard Barlow married Rebecca McCrimmon on September 17, 1837. She was born in 1817 and was a daughter of John (1786-1877) and Ann 'Grooms' McCrimmon, who were married in 1817. John McCrimmon was a son of Donald Daniel McCrimmon (1745-1831), a Loyalist, and Elizabeth 'Klein' McCrimmon (1747-1789) Rebecca 'McCrimmon' Barlow died on January 03, 1905, at Binbrook and was buried there in the Baptist Cemetery.
They had five children:
5. Stephen Barlow was born on August 02, 1815, near Fredericton, New Brunswick, and was a son of William and Mary 'Bedell' Barlow. He died on November 11, 1862, at Binbrook, Ontario, during a typhoid epidemic and was buried in the Barlow Cemetery at Binbrook.
Stephen Barlow married first Obedience Cook on October 06, 1839, at Binbrook, Ontario. She was born on May 11, 1820, and was a daughter of James and Sarah 'Waldron' Cook. She died on October 26, 1858, at Binbrook and was buried there in the Barlow Cemetery.
They had eleven children:
Stephen Barlow married second Eliza Robbins, a widow, on December 25, 1860.
6. William Barlow was born on March 31, 1817, near Fredericton, New Brunswick, and was a son of William and Mary 'Bedell' Barlow. He settled at Binbrook, Ontario, on 100 acres that was given to him by his father. He was recorded in county Wentworth in 1832, 1850 and 1860. He died on August 17, 1864, at Binbrook and was buried there in the Baptist Cemetery.
William Barlow married first Hannah McCrimmon. She was a sister of Rebecca, his brother Richard's wife, and a daughter of John and Ann 'Grooms' McCrimmon. [The Tweedsmuir History by Richard Barlow says that he married first Hannah Jackson.] She died on July 4, 1841, at Binbrook.
Their children were:
William Barlow married second Emaline Currie of Glanford, Ontario, on November 18, 1845. They were married by the Rev. Joseph Clutton in the Baptist Church at Dundas, Ontario, and the ceremony was witnessed by Richard and Stephen Barlow. She was born on September 13, 1820, and was recorded at Binbrook in the 1871 census. She died on August 05, 1900, at Hamilton, Ontario.
Their children were:
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