Daniel McAfee

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VETERAN Daniel McAfee Flank Company 5th Regiment Lincoln Militia AUGUST 29, 2016 VANESSA WARNER Daniel McAfee was born 4 Aug 1791 in New York State, the son of Lieut. Dudley McAfee. By 1812 he had crossed the Niagara River and was living in the Niagara Peninsula. He served as a Sergeant, serving under Captain Samuel Hatt’s Flank Company, 5th Regiment Lincoln Militia, from 1812 to 1814. Daniel was at the taking of Detroit and at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He was taken prisoner by the Americans while conveying prisoners down the lake to Toronto and confined at Greenbush, near Albany, digging himself out and escaping. He was discharged at Queenston. His service is well-documented in 1812 Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7. In 1876, when the Dominion of Canada presented the veterans of the War of 1812 with an annuity, Daniel is 84 years old and applied for this annuity from Galt in Waterloo County.

In Bertie Twp., Lincoln County, on 7 Jan 1824 he married Elizabeth Hughson, born in King’s County, New Brunswick in 1791. Elizabeth was the daughter of UE Loyalist Nathaniel Hughson and his wife, Rebecca Kate Land. They had four children:

Cassandra, b1818, d1900, m James McMillan Rebecca, b1821, d1893, m Joseph Hall Samuel Dudley b1822, d1828 in Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County, bur. Seminary Cemetery Robert Land Hughson, b1826 in Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County, d1871, m Sophronia Elizabeth died at the age of 40 on 24 May 1831 and was laid to rest with her son at Seminary. Daniel remarried in 15 Jan 1833, Rebecca Jane Jones, b1805. Daniel and Rebecca had three children:

Daniel Archibald, 1833, Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County Angus George, b1834, Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County, m Sarah Minor Melissa Ann, b1838, Yarmouth Twp., Elgin County Rebecca died at the age of 35 on 21 Oct 1840 and was laid to rest in Seminary Cemetery. Daniel died of old age, at the age of 87 years on 20 July 1878 in St. Thomas and was buried with his wives and son in Seminary.

Veteran Summary Daniel McAfee Sergeant, Flank Company 5th Regiment Lincoln Militia Place of Birth , New York State, United States Place of Death St Thomas,, Ontario, CAN Died on: 20 JUL 1878 Reason: Location of Grave Seminary Cemetery, 6150 Centennial Road, NE corner, Centennial Road and Sparta Line Yarmouth Twp., Municipality of Central Elgin, ON, CAN Latitude: 42.704052N Longitude: -81.148256

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Birth: 4 Aug 1791, New York Died: 20 July -1878 Buried: Yarmouth Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada in Sons and Daughters Daniel is listed as Daniel Mcfee of Bertie m. Elizabeth Hughson OC Jan. 1824 Capt. in war of 1812. Listed in the 1877 Atlas of Elgin County, "Daniel McAfee Veteran of Detroit and Queenston war of 1812 was still alive age 84 and living in St. Thomas." Public Archives of Canada 395 Welllington St. Ottawa, Canada: See 1972 Searches of references to McAfee Family in Family History Albums: 1. At Southwold Township on 14 August 1826, Daniel McAfee, son of Dudley McAfee, late of the townshipof Barton in the Gore District, submitted a petition for land. Petition granted, 200 acres on lot 32 north on Talbot Road East in Southwold Township, 5 October 1827. He was in Bertie Twp. in 1843, where he first, unsuccessfully, tried to get land for his services in the war of 1812. In 1849 from there, he wrote a letter to the Governor General (letter now in the Laws Museum). He states he was living on 5 acres of land that belonged to his wife's family. (In 1850 his wife, (third wife?) Veronica, died and is buried in the McAfee cemetery. (Note: I'm not sure that Veronica was his wife, KM) See the Hamilton Public Library Special Collection "The Land Papers", Sept 1956. Angus McAfee , p.1309, and Daniel McAfee p. 1139-1140. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In Fort Erie (Welland county) there is a McAfee Cemetery across from the Methodist Church. Settled in Canada. Fought for the crown, and loved the British Monarchy. Had 6 (7?) children. His first wife was Elizabeth Hughson, a Canadian. Secondwife, Rebecca Jones. See letter in files written 1849. Daniel had a son Daniel Archibald, by second wife, Rebecca, who married Mary Bowker and had 8 children. Daniel Archibald was the brother of Angus George, the first Fish Lake Valley settler. Spouse: Elizabeth HUGHSON Birth: 4 April 1791, Yarmouth, Canada Death: Yarmouth, Canada Birth: April 1791 Father: NathanielHUGHSON (1755-1837) Mother: Rebecca Kate LAND (1764-1853) Children: Cassandra (1817-) Sara Rebecca (1820-) Samuel Dudley (1822-) Robert Land Hughson (1826-1871) 1.1 Cassandra McAFEE Spouse: James McMillian Children: 6 children 1.2 Sara Rebecca McAFEE Birth: 1820 Spouse: Joseph HALL Children: 7 children 1.3 Samuel Dudley McAFEE Birth: 1822 1.4 Robert Land Hughson McAFEE Birth: 1 Mar 1826, Dist. of London, Yarmouth, twp Upper Canada Death: 12 Mar 1871, Freeport, Illinois Spouse: Sophronia Eleanor McAFEE Birth: 19 April 1828, Bertie Twp, Ontario, Can Death: 4 Dec 1887, Fish Lake Valley, Nevada Father: Samuel McAFEE (1793-1870) Mother: Sophia HOOVER (1796-) Marr: 21 Aug 1849, Freeport, Ill. Children: Louden Land (1850-1923) Duncan Daniel (1852-1 857) Elizabeth Sophronia "Lizzy" (1854-1930) Camilla Catherine (1856-1935) Emma Melissa (1858-1913) Harold Dudley (1859-1860) Frederick Duncan (1861-1943 ) Robert Daniel (1864-) Grace Rebecca (1867-1914) Carrie Maybel (1868-1869) May Sophronia (1871-1944) Capt. Hatt's Co. War 1812. St. Thomas ON 1877 In 1824, bought 2 acres Lot 10 Con 9 Yarmouth Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario. In 1840 bought 4 adjoining acres Returned to Bertie Twp. 1842, St. Thomas 1877