William Hatch

GEDCOM Note

<p>(Research):Kith</p><p><p>N Kin, The Story of Oro</p></p><p><p>text:</p></p><p><p>In the early 1830</p></p><p><p>s William Hatchand his family emigrated from England and se ttled on part of Lot 14, Concession7. Here he is reported t o have had the first apple orchard in Oro, grown from seed s he had brought with him from England. How long the famil y remained on thisfarm we do not know, but in our earlies t Assessment Rolls of 1851 we find that he owned E 1/2 20-7 , where the Township Offices are now located. On the cree k north of now No. 11 Highway, he built a dam and a saw mil l which he appears to have operated for some time along wit h his sons Henry and Richard, who were 31 and30 years old r espectively in 1858, when their father was 81 years old. J ust how long this mill continued to operate is not certai n but by the early 1870</p><p><p>s Henry had moved to Barrie and Richard was still living i n Oro on part of E 1/2 21-6, on a one-acre lot. A Martha H atch, who later married a Mr. Dougal from barriecould hav e been his daughter. Through the operatiuon of their saw m ill, this family helped to develop this area of Oro.</p><p><p>On an 1871 Land Ownership map,Henry is shown as th e owner of E 1/2 20-7, Richard as owner of W 1/2 20-7 and E 1/2 21-6 (land rented to Edward Bell).</p><p><p>It is said that the first orchard in Oro grew from apple se eds which William Hatch, a native of England, broughtwith h im in 1832, and planted on Lot 14, Conc. 7.</p><p><p> --</p></p><p><p>The Story of Oro</p></p><p><p>2nd. ed</p></p><p><p>n., page 45.</p></p><p><p>William Hatch, a native of England, settled on lot 14, con . 7, a mile from Steele post office of later times, in 1832 , which lot was afterward owned by Joseph Harrison. Mr. Hat ch brough a bag of sovereigns from England with him when h e came, and found it useful in helping him through the pion eerdays. His sons, Henry and Richard Hatch, carpenters, liv ed first near Guthrie, and Henry afterward had a woodturnin g business in the county town (Barrie). The first orchard i n Oro grew from apple seeds which Mr. Hatch, Sr., brought f rom England and planted on the farm just mentioned.</p><p><p>--</p></p><p><p>A History of Simcoe County</p></p><p><p>by: Andrew HunterIn Andrew Hunter</p></p><p><p>s</p></p><p><p>History of Simcoe County</p></p><p><p>, I could only find one Hatch landowner prior to 1837, heb eing William Hatch who arrived from England about 1830. Wi lliam Hatch was a close neighbour of the Humberston Hall fa mily in Oro. In</p><p><p>Kith</p></p><p><p>N Kin: The Story of Oro</p></p><p><p>edited by Joanna McEwan, it gives the following information :</p><p><p>In the early 1830</p></p><p><p>s William Hatch and his family emigrated from England and s ettled on part of Lot 14, Concession 7. ... How long the f amily remained on this farm we do not know, but in our earl iest Assessment Rolls of 1851 we find that he owned the E 1 /2 20-7, where the Township Offices are now located.</p><p><p>On the creek north of now No. 11 Highway, he built a dam an d a saw mill which he appears to have operated for some tim e along with his sons, Henry and Richard, who were 31 and 3 0 years old respectively in 1858, when their father was 8 1 years old. Just how long this mill continued to operat e is not certain but by the early 1870</p><p><p>s Henry had moved to Barrie and Richard was still living i n Oro on part of E 1/2 21-6, on a one-acre lot. ... Throug h the operation of their saw mill, this family helped to de velop this area of Oro.</p><p><p>By my estimate, William was born in 1777, and coul d have sired childrenas early as 1795, so I think that Henr y and Richard (born circa 1827 and 1828) were probably hi s youngest sons. There could well have been numerous addit ionalchildren probably mostly born earlier (besides William , Jr. b:~1810, James b:~1819, and George b:~1823). I believ e there were probably at least a couple of daughters, altho ugh I</p><p><p>ve so far notfound any records of them. Since the famil y didn</p><p><p>t leave England until 1831 or 1832, it is possible that som e children remained there.It is known that at leas t one of his sons (George) was born in Dorsetshire, and i t is probable that William also was born in Dorset, or per hapsWiltshire or Hampshire. Almost certainly, he was bor n in the south of England, in the vicinity of Salisbury Pla in.@HI5594@Hello , I just did a fresh look at my co py of the British Isles Vital Indexvolume 2 I purchase d at Familysearch.org. In birth and christening in Dorset<b r>I left the first name blank and keyed Hatch with parent s names William &Sara no last names.And Wouldn</p><p><p>t you know itHanna Hatch Chr Jun 16 1806 Dorcheste r , Dorset , EnglandJames Hatch Chr Sept 18 1808 Gillin gham , Dorset , EnglandThomas Hatch Chr Dec 24 1809 Gil lingham, Dorset, EnglandAnne Hatch Chr Nov 17 1811 Gill ingham, Dorset , EnglandWilliam Hatch Chr Sept 13 181 3 Gillingham,Dorset , EnglandWilliam Hatch Chr May 11 1 820 Gillingham , Dorset , EnglandGeorge Hatch Chr Oct 2 2 1822 Gillingham, Dorset , EnglandHenry Hatch Chr De c 25 1826 Gillingham, Dorset , EnglandRichard Hatch Ch r Sept 7 1828 Gillingham, Dorset,EnglandAmelia Hatch Ch r Feb 9 1831 Gillingham , Dorset , EnglandParentsWillia m Hatch and SaraI know the christening dates don</p><p><p>t match the dates wehave but the order ofthe children i s correct and the dates are all within ayear! When I change dthe region to ALL I didn</p><p><p>t get any matches that had to same names or evenclose t o these years.</p><p>BURI: PLACE UnitedChurch Oro Cemetery</p>