Nicholas Jacobus LAZIER

1738 - Abt 1814  (76 years)

• Name	Nicholas Jacobus LAZIER  [1]
  Birth	1738	Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1738	United States   [1]
  	Since he emigrated to Canada in 1791 at the age of 53 years, his birth year was calculated as circa 1738.
  Birth	1739	Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States   [3]
  Emigration	1791	New York, United States   [1, 2]
  	to Canada
  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.
  Family	1791	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	He immigrated with his wife and 8 children.
  Land	Abt 1791	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [4]
  	lot 18 west of Green Point
  	"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."
  Residence	1791	Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [2]
  Immigration	6 Nov 1791	Canada   [3]
  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   [5]
  	"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."
  Politics	Abt 1814	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [5]
  	"At the time, he was the only Magistrate anywhere near."
  Name	Nicholas Lazier  [6]
  Religion	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [7]
  	a Presbyterian
  _UID	732D108C87814B73B95213A09628E560C339
  Death	Abt 1814	Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I4740	Everyone
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Jacobus LAZIER,   b. 1707, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States d. 1792, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Maria DURIE,   b. 21 Apr 1717   d. Abt 1804 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1732  [3]
  Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary CONKLIN,   b. Abt 1751   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1771	United States   [1, 3]
  Marriage	Abt 1771	United States   [1]
  	Since he married twenty years before he immigrated in 1791, his marriage year was calculated as circa 1771.
  Children	1. Maria LAZIER,   b. Abt 1773   d. 1874, Adolphustown Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 101 years)   2. James LAZIER,   b. 17 Aug 1776, Old Tappan, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States d. 19 Apr 1851 (Age 74 years)   3. Lewis LAZIER,   b. 1779   d. 1813 (Age 34 years)   4. Nicholas LAZIER,   b. 1781   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mehetable LAZIER   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Peter LAZIER,   b. 1786   d. Yes, date unknown   7. John LAZIER   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Abraham LAZIER   d. Yes, date unknown   9. William LAZIER   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 978 (Reliability: 2). [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 5, A00679. (Reliability: 4). [S930] Flint, Richard Arless and Mary McGillivray, A00828, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. November 21, 1977.), 21 Oct 2007, A00828. (Reliability: 2). [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 978 and 979 (Reliability: 2). [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 2, A00679. (Reliability: 4). [S674] Curlett, Christina (Trumpour), A00587, 9 May 2005, photocopy page 2, A00587. (Reliability: 4). [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 979 (Reliability: 2).