Nicholas LAZIER

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• Reference Number: 480.311*
• Residence: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• _UID: 5B3869497FB7462A8979A42CAC52E39432BD
• Land: Abt 1805, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Military: 1812, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; Prince Edward Militia

Notes:

Family:
He was the fourth in order of age in his family.

Land:
"Nicholas located on one hundred and fifty-five acres between Northport and Demorestville, and opposite Big Island."

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

Family/Spouse: Catherine COCKBURN. Catherine (daughter of COCKBURN and Christina COLE) was born in 1785; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard LAZIER was born in 1805 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; died on 29 Jun 1871 in Ontario, Canada.
2. Nicholas LAZIER was born in 1807; and died.
3. William LAZIER was born in 1809; and died.
4. Christina LAZIER was born in 1812; and died.
5. Sarah LAZIER was born in 1813; died about 1813.
6. Charity LAZIER was born in 1815; and died.
7. James LAZIER was born in 1817; and died.
8. Abraham LAZIER was born in 1819; and died.
9. John N. LAZIER was born in 1823; and died.

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• Name: Nicholas Lazier
• Religion: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; a Presbyterian
• _UID: 732D108C87814B73B95213A09628E560C339
• Birth: Abt 1738, United States
• Birth: 1739, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States
• Emigration: 1791, New York, United States; to Canada
• Family: 1791, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Land: Abt 1791, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; lot 18 west of Green Point
• Residence: 1791, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Immigration: 6 Nov 1791, Canada
• Witness: 29 Jan 1807, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; Nicholas Lazier, Esquire, witnessed the signature and information about Tina Curlett (Christina Trumpour) on her petition for a land grant
• Funeral: Abt 1814, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Politics: Abt 1814, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Family:
"The Lazier family was of Dutch extraction; their ancestors having come from Holland, near the French border, at a very early time in the history of the Western Continent, and settled above Manhattan Island on the Hudson River."

Family:
He was the eldest child.

Birth:
Since he emigrated to Canada in 1791 at the age of 53 years, his birth year was calculated as circa 1738.

Family:
He immigrated with his wife and 8 children.

Land:
"The old homestead where he first settled in Sophiasburgh was beautifully situated on the eastern one hundred and twenty acres of lot 18 west of Green Point. It stood on a knoll that looked across the sylvan girt bay of Quinte. a little way to its rear a greist mill was erected beside a creek which flowed froma small lake enclosed by his land; and close by, not much farther along the shore, the sad demands of later years placed a lonely burial ground, where the Laziers and other pioneers of the Sophiasburgh Bay Front have since been laid to their rest, beneath the land of their adoption and within sound of their Bay."

Politics:
"At the time, he was the only Magistrate anywhere near."

Funeral:
"I remember attending old Esqr. Lazier's funeral. I was then but nine years old. They had singing at the funeral, and I thought it Heavenly music."

Nicholas married Mary CONKLIN about 1771 in United States. Mary was born about 1751; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EC554C58E0554A0B99DECDA8CF0A9D0EDF5B
• Birth: Abt 1751, United States
• Birth: 1752

Notes:

Birth:
Since she was 13 years younger than her husband, and he was born (calculated) circa 1738, her birth year was calculated as circa 1751.

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Marriage:
Since he married twenty years before he immigrated in 1791, his marriage year was calculated as circa 1771.

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• Immigration: United States; "during the time the persecutions were being inflicted on the Huguenots"
• Name: Jacobus R. Lozier
• Residence: Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States
• _UID: 0C81011E10544ABBA677B69CD9E577EAA362
• Birth: 5 Oct 1707
• Birth: 1708, France

Notes:

Family:
There may have been children other than Nicholas Jacobus Lazier.

Immigration:
This was according to "memoranda transcribed from the old Lazier family bible".

Birth:
[This might be his baptism date.]

Birth:
This was according to "memoranda transcribed from the old Lazier family bible".

Jacobus married Maria DURIE on 26 Oct 1732. Maria (daughter of Peter DEMOREST and Mrs. Judith DEMOREST) was born on 21 Apr 1717; died about 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Lazier
• _UID: 18B606F0FC7043EABB4F68FD74CB2689BA8E
• Birth: Abt 1716
• Birth: Abt 1716
• Death: 1804, United States

Notes:

Birth:
Since she died at the age of 88 years, and she died circa 1804 (calculated), her birth year was calculated as circa 1716.

Death:
Since she died 12 years after her husband died, and he died in 1792, her death date was calculated as circa 1804.

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• Name: Nicholas Lozier
• _UID: 4C781E8A1FF84E19BEF6ABE4B208F3633DC0
• Land: 29 Sep 1697, Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States; 80 acres
• Will: 1761, United States; proved

Nicholas married Trintje SL?T on 10 Apr 1691 in New York, United States. Trintje and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: BFA832BD8BC44E058047F232E71D46C4F120

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• Name: Peter Durie
• _UID: 03A6371E87614D708F9B5CB8C6F9EC34C067

Peter married Mrs. Judith DEMOREST. Judith and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5FC38952E0F6475CA8B33589F5C0031C635F