Martin Switzer

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"Martin Switzer married Mary Maurice in 22 Feb 1803, Queens County Ireland, and came to America in 1804, landing at the Province of Maine where he lived four years. He then moved to the City of New York where he lived for a term of years. The English government offering one hundred ___ to a permanant settler for thirty dollars to cover surveying. Martin, on the ninth of January 1820, started with part of his family to make a new home in the woods near Streetsville, where they built a log cabin, the rest of the family coming later. The children were JonhWesley, James Maurice, Martin Julian Carter, Joseph, Annabelle, Salina and Maria. Of these only one was born in Ireland (Annabelle). The rest were American Born."
: "John Beatty came with his two brothers from Ireland to New York city to escape the ill will existing in the old country against the society formed by John Wesley. Beatty wished to settle under the British flag and joined with other Irish immigrants in negotiating for land in Upper Canada.
: On May 18, 1819, he led a caravan of 27 wagons from New York City toUpper Canada and they settled in Toronto Township." Additionally there is an interesting anecdote in this file describing how John Beatty had the weary travelers stop to pray on their knees by a river during the course of their journey.
: Henry Pearson is listed on the petition as a native of Ireland, bachelor, yeoman. This petition also appears in a historical book about Streetsville written by Mary E. Manning called "Street: the man, the family, the village" - published by the Streetsville Historical Society. Pgs. 36, 37 & 38. "
: "ther names of settlers on the petition are: Joseph Carter (wife, 2 children), John Beatty (wife, 6 children), James Beattie (wife, 3 children), David Beatty (note John, James and David were brothers despite differently spelled surnames), William Whalley (yeoman, wife, 3 children), John Armstrong (yeoman), John Wallace (carpenter), John Neelands (yeoman, wife, 2 children), Andrew Neelands (yeoman), Andrew Scott (yeoman), Robert Anderson (yeoman), William Todd Sr. (yeoman, wife, several children not yet left Ireland), William Todd Jr. (surgeon, wife 1 child), Alexander Duncan (a native of Scotland, tailor, wife, 2 children), Robert Nesbit (yeoman, wife, 3 children), William Maxwell (native of England, cabinet maker, wife 4 children), John Thompson of York (carpenter, wife, 1 child), John Rutledge of York (yeoman, wife), John Cowin of York (mason), *****Martin Switzer of York (yeoman, wife, 6 children)**** and Robert Moore of York (yeoman). All were originally Irishexcept as noted. For more information see Henry Pearson's family file"

: Facts about this person:
: Fact 1 1804 came to America
: Fact 2 lived in New York
: Fact 3 ? Yeoman; ? part of the Beatty group
: Father: John Switzer Of New PARK b: 1743 in France
: Mother: Ann RYAN b: WFT Est. 1724-1746
: Marriage 1 Mary MAURICE b: 1779
: * Married: WFT Est. 1795-1826

Birth

: Birth Date: 09 JAN 1778
:: Place: Tipperary, Ireland
: Birth Date: 1768
:: Place: Kilcooly, Ireland

Emigration

: Emigration: Beatty's caravan
:: Date: 1819
:: Place: Canada

Immigration

: Immigration Date: 1838
:: Place: Kane County, Illinois, USA
: Immigration: Came over on the ship "Atlantic"
:: Date: 19 JUN 1804
:: Place: Dublin to Boston

Marriage

: Husband: Martin Switzer
: Wife: Mary Maurice
: Child: Annabelle Switzer
: Child: Salina Switzer
: Child: Maria Switzer
: Child: John Wesley Switzer
: Child: James Maurice Switzer
: Child: Martin Julian Switzer
: Child: Martin Julian Carter Switzer
: Child: Joseph M. Switzer
: Child: Samuel Switzer
: Marriage Date: 03 FEB 1803 Laoighis, Ireland

Death

: Death Date: 26 FEB 1852
:: Place: St. Charles, Kane Co., Illinois

Death

: Death: buried Foley Cemetery, St Charles
:: Date: 1852
:: Place: Kane County, Illinois, USA
:: Death Date: 1816
:: Place: Hornby, Ontario, Canada

Sources

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9443230/martin-switzer
• Public Member Trees Ancestry.com

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