Horace E. A. DOXSEE

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A. married Alma VAN DUSEN Alma (daughter of Roswell VAN DUSEN and Phoebe GREELEY) was born in 1839 in Upper Canada, Canada; died on 25 Dec 1904; was buried about 27 Dec 1904 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Alma Vandusen
• _UID: 627899A4C1DA4D379968F3FAC34E535DE562
• Birth: Abt 1839, Upper Canada, Canada
• Birth: 22 Jun 1839; according to her gravestone inscription
• Residence: 9 Sep 1861, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada
• Death: 25 Dec 1904; according to her gravestone inscription
• Burial: Abt 27 Dec 1904, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; in section P row 4 plot 9 of Belleville Cemetery

Notes:

Birth:
Since she was age 22 when she married on September 9, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1839.

Burial:
Her husband was also buried in the plot, as well as their son, William Morley Doxsee, and their daughter, Phoebe Alma Vandusen Doxsee.

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• Reference Number: 241.3
• Residence: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• _UID: AD6FB654E39E4CBC8C4C94E972011199218A
• Birth: Abt 1786, New York, United States
• Military: 1812, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; Prince Edward Militia
• Residence: Abt 1832, Upper Canada, Canada
• Marriage witness: 19 Feb 1840, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; to the marriage of Calvin Parliament of Ameliasburgh and Jane Wood of Sophiasburgh

Notes:

Birth:
Since Sylvanus died aged 79 in 1865, his birth year was calculated as circa 1786.

Military:
He was a private in Captain John Stinson's Troop of Horse. He served 6 months in 1812.

Marriage witness:
The other witness was William Wood Senior. The minister was Rev. James Rogers, Presbyterian minister in Connection with the Church of Scotland.

Sylvanus married Elizabeth SHORTT. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam SHORTT and Miss ODELL) was born about 1789 in New Jersey, United States; died in 1854 in Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Doxsee
• Reference Number: 241.3*
• _UID: E1B8C11B0DDF4CB18E8BF04BF716A192F26D
• Birth: Abt 1789

Notes:

Birth:
Since she died in 1854 aged 65, her birth year was calculated as circa 1789.

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• Name: Roswell Vandusen
• _UID: 879471CB23734682B1CD27D4803FC2B766A5
• Residence: 20 Jan 1834, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1839, Upper Canada, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1844, Canada West, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
His daughter, Harriet Melvina Van Dusen, was born on this date.

Roswell married Phoebe GREELEY. Phoebe and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Phoebe Vandusen
• _UID: 7C00B41814E641469DFEE4C87FC78A664687

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• Reference Number: 482.0
• _TODO: Open
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• _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]

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• Reference Number: 483.0
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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.

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• Emigration: Germany; "while still a young man" to America
• Immigration: New York, United States; from Germany
• Name: Adam Kurtz
• Occupation: Germany; as an apprendiced weaver
• Occupation: New Jersey, United States; weaving
• _UID: C9214FD4DAE14BECAB2DED9DFE0C3BC36939
• Moved: Abt 1783
• Name: Abt 1784, Upper Canada, Canada
• Immigration: Abt 1800, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; from New Jersey
• Residence: 24 Aug 1835, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1839, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Military:
He was a Prussian soldier. "Disliking both his master and his trade [weaving], Kurtz ran away to Hanover, where he found agents recruiting soldiers to fight for King George III in his War with the American Colonies. He enlisted, and so found his way to the Western World."

Immigration:
He arrived "after an eighteen weeks' passage."

Occupation:
"After serving three years, weaving cotton, linen and wool, he became a full-fledged journeyman, qualified to earn his living, which he did, travelling from place to place as the exigencies of his vocation demanded."

Occupation:
"There he lived and wove for fifteen years, and acquired a reputation for industry and integrity."

Moved:
"Peace having been declared he was given the option of returning to Europe or of taking up land in Canada. He chose the latter and located on the High Shore, where he acquired three hundred acres."

Name:
"With the very natural inclination to appear more British, he had his name translated into "Shortt".

Immigration:
"Being in sympathy with a British connection for the colonies, and averse from trusting himself and his means to an untried republic, he left New Jersey about the year 1800 with his wife - he had married a Miss Odell - and four children, came to Prince Edward County."

Residence:
His son, Adam John Shortt, was born around this time.

Adam married Miss ODELL about 1785 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. Miss and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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