Benjamin DOXSEE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Benjamin H. Doxsee
• Residence: Campbellford, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada
• _UID: B671D9808D044218AF73E183DEA79CE5F78D

Family/Spouse: Sarah H. A. POST. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John W. DOXSEE and died.
2. Sarah E. DOXSEE and died.
3. Sophronia A. DOXSEE and died.
4. Jessie H. DOXSEE and died.
5. Jay W. DOXSEE and died.
6. George W. DOXSEE and died.
7. Edith DOXSEE and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Archelaus Doxsee
• Reference Number: 241.2
• Residence: Reach Township, Hastings County, Canada West, Canada
• Residence: Whitby, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
• _UID: 82CE6C6B5C3E4235A524063BE2023B89EAF0
• Petition for land: 13 Jan 1810, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; as a lease of Lot 43 concession 2 west of Green Point of Sophiasburgh Township
• Residence: 13 Jan 1810, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Land lease: 21 Feb 1811, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; Concession two produced West of Green Point, lot 43

Notes:

Petition for land:
His security for the payment of the yearly rent was William Wood of Sophiasburgh.

Land lease:
His petition was approved "in council" of the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. It was signed by John Small.

Archelaus married Elizabeth WAY. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel B. WAY and Jemima MOSHER) was born in 1789 in United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 241.2*
• _UID: 4E77DB4AECE54D92AE1721ADB1C2B5FD5249

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 482.0
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 2E4F65F3951843EC83C692FE58ABB0387529
• Language: Abt 1790, Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States
• Emigration: 1800, Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States
• Family: Abt 1800, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Immigration: 1800, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: Abt 1800, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

_TODO:
Archelaus DOXSEE died sometime after 1820 in Prince Edward County. See MS 887 reel 1027. Ordered microfilm 851851 for Frontenac Probate books - one part is probate books 1814-1858, other part is index 1858-1943.

_TODO:
Dale Jones emailed me c. 2010 re Doxsee family.

Language:
"Archelaus Doxsee came from Long Island, where his parents, who were English, had their home on the Sound, near Brooklyn. The English, living so much among the New Hollanders and intermarrying with them, both languages were in common use; and the Doxsees were almost as conversant in the Dutch tongue as they were with their own."

Emigration:
Archelaus brought his family from Long Island to Canada in 1800. "He journeyed north by way of the Mohawk River Valley, striking the St. Lawrence River a little above Clayton."

Family:
"The daughters of the pioneer, Archelaus Doxsee, were the mothers and grandmothers of some of the most handsome women in Prince Edward, a county which is said to be inhabited by the men with the good looking sisters".

Immigration:
Archelaus brought his family to Canada in 1800. "He did not stop any time at Adolphustown, but crossed over the Bay at once and located at Green Point on the farm adjoining Cole's Wharf. Green, or Grassy Point, was settled earlier than the land that lay to its west and extended immediately towards Northport, and among its early settlers were the Doxsee, Row, Shortt, and Carman families."

Occupation:
"It was the pioneer Doxsee who was said to have built the first wagon in the county. As he was skilled in the trade of a wheelwright, he was well fitted for the task. The wagon was a curious structure and crudely primitive. With the exception of the tires, there was no iron employed in its construction - the body, shafts and nuts were made of wood. But it was a welcome means of transport in open weather. In winter, its need was not felt, as jumpers of sleighs proved better substitutes. These sleighs, placed on hardwood runners curved upwards in front, were drawn by yokes of oxen. Heavily laden, they slid over the roots, stumps and boulders with the utmost unconcern. A breakdown was only an incident of the trip; it made no serious hindrance to the progress of the journey; for the early pioneer, like the modern motorist, always carried his kit of tools. If his sleigh could not be mended, the materials to make a new one were always at hand."

Archelaus married Martha RAYNERNew York, United States. Martha was born in United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 483.0
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 2C2EC6541BC04E21BEB97465765B034F3131

Notes:

_TODO:
Martha (Rayner) DOXSEE died sometime after 1820 in Prince Edward County. See MS 887 reel 1087.

Notes:

Marriage:
The book ?i?Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte?/i? says that they were married around 1781.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; at age 78
• Religion: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; a Presbyterian
• Residence: Northport, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• _UID: 4A306ADDB63846A6BFA026DCD9648808C927
• Birth: 2 Dec 1762, Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America; Fishkill
• Emigration: 1800, United States; to Canada
• Moved: 25 Mar 1801, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; from Northport to a 200 acre lot on concession 3
• Residence: Abt 1808, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Death: 13 Aug 1840, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Character:
"He was of a quiet, honest and rather pious temperment, conservative in his principles and politics, but always supporting movements which he believed would advance the welfare of his township, county or county. To those who knew him, his integrity was proverbial, and it was a common saying that it would be safer to trust Daniel B. Way than many banks then in existence."

Death:
"Daniel B. Way, the pioneer ... died on the old homestead."

Religion:
"In church matters the Ways have always taken an active part, the Pioneer himslf being a Presbyterian and possessed of all the old-time Puritanic virtues associated with that denomination."

Residence:
His son, William Way, was born around this time.

Daniel married Jemima MOSHER on 1 Aug 1808 in Northport, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. Jemima was born on 13 Feb 1761 in Dutchess County, New York, British Colonies in America; died in 1805 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: F616B67EB4D1465DAFC3105A374916F4CE36
• Birth: 1761, United States

Notes:

Death:
[can not have died in 1805 since she married in 1808 and had children later]