Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Philip AINSWORTH

Male 1772 - 1850  (77 years)


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  • Name Philip AINSWORTH  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1771  [3
    • Since he died in 1854 aged 83, his birth year was calculated as circa 1771.
    Birth 1772  Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Page 6. Author: Philip Ainsworth, 2002
    Page 6. Author: Philip Ainsworth, 2002
    Article "Pioneer Philip Ainsworth" in The Ainsworth Chronicler, Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 2002, page 6.
    Page 7. Author: Philip Ainsworth, 2002.
    Page 7. Author: Philip Ainsworth, 2002.
    Article "Pioneer Philip Ainsworth" in The Ainsworth Chronicler, Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 2002, page 7.
    Family 1772  Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • "Philip was the fourteenth and last child born to Daniel Ainsworth. Daniel was married twice. Philip was the fourth child borne by his father's second wife, Elizabeth Corbin, of Worchester, Massachusetts."
    Name 1772  Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • "He was named after his grandfather, Philip Corbin."
    Birth 3 Sep 1772  Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1780  Albany, Albany County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    from Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut 
    • "Philip's father, Daniel, suffered financial losses in the period after the Revolution had ended. This led Daniel and his remaining young family to migrate westward to the wilds of New York state along the Hudson River valley." The family settled for a time near Albany, New York. Philip spend his remaining youthful years in that area.
    Census 1800  Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • He was enumerated on the 1800 USA census - reel 25 of Microfilm series M32, page 4
    Moved Abt 1800  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    from Albany area 
    • "About 1800 Philip and Mary moved to a more remote and undeveloped area of New York State that was still considered Indian Territory, in the neighbourhood of Watertown, Jefferson County."
    Occupation Abt 1805  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    farmer 
    Emigration 1815  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    to Prince Edward County 
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 104
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 104
    Family Abt 1815  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • After his wife, Mary, died, he met and married a widow, Joanna Whitney Burr. Since Joanna had a family as well, they had a combined family of children, and also had children together.
    Land Abt 1815  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    of 400 acres on Christian Street 
    Occupation Aft 1815  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    • "The clearing of four hundred acres left a large amount of wood ash; he decided at once to use it (along with what he could purchase from neighbouring pioneers) in the establishing of potash works in the township. This industry he combined with farming, and raised large quanitities of grain".
    Travel Abt 1820  Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • "During this period Philip had the opportunity to visit Canada and came back very enthused by what he saw, particularly in Prince Edward County."
    Emigration 1823  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Philip J. Ainsworth says that "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, page 104, states that he emigrated to Canada in 1815, but his citizenship in Canada came in 1830 and states that he had been in Canada 7 years at that time, making his arrival in 1823 more likely."
    Death
    • Book "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte" said that he died in 1854.
    Moved 1823  Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    with his family 
    • "During this period Philip had the opportunity to visit Canada and came back very enthused by what he saw, particularly in Prince Edward County. He decided to move his family to Upper Canada and they made the move in 1823."
    Residence Abt 1823  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • [This location is today near highway 62 and Oram Road, south of Christian Street.]
    Occupation Abt 1824  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    maker of potash 
    • "Philip developed a business of making potash from the ashes of trees burned during the clearing of land for farming. Potash was in great demand in the major cities and in England for the making of soap and lye."
    Residence Abt 1826  Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    for a short time 
    • "However, he soon discovered that Isaac Williams had made a prior claim of this particular property." [This land is on what is now Victoria Road.]
    Residence Abt 1829  Brighton, Northumberland County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7
    • "He continued in Sophiasburgh, until after the marriage of his son Henry, when he removed to Brighton".
    Naturalization 1830  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence Abt 1830  Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • "By 1830 Philip had dexided to make a more permanet location and signed a formal lease on 100 acres of Clergy Reserve land in Hillier Township." [Today this location is found on the Town Line Road just north of the hamlet of Allisonville.] "This site became the location of the first Ainsworth homestead in Prince Edward County. It remained in the family for nearly one hundred years and is still used as a home today."
    Moved Abt 1840  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    from Hillier Township, Prince Edward County 
    • "By this time their eldest survving son, Cornelius, had started his own farm in Hillier Township (on what is now Burr Road) and the second surviving son, Henry, had taken over the homestead near Allisonville. Philip and Joanna's son, Eli, was soon to take over the farm they purchased in Cramahe."
    Residence 1841  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    • Census of 1841: The family inclueded 2 males over 16 (likely Philip and son Eli), 2 females over 16 (likely 2nd wife, Joanna, and Philip's daughter, Annie - not married), and 1 male under 16 - "this is a mystery as Philip & Joanna did not have any children born in 1825 or later. Possibly Annie had a child out of wedlock (she was 16 in 1832). Eli did not marry until 1847 when he was 29."
    Residence 1848  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    on lot 13, concession 1 
    • Census 1848: The family included 1 male 60 or over (Philip), 1 female 45 or over (Joanna), 1 female above 5 and under 14, 2 single males between 18 and 20. [Who were the younger people?] One person was born in Canada, and 4 people were born in the United States.
    Death 1850  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1850  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    lot 16, concession 4 
    Death 22 Apr 1850  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Death 1854  [15
    Family New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • "He married a Miss Cronk, by whom he had the major part of his family, before he left the United States for Canada, the younger daughter marrying the Rev. Daniel Jenkins and settling in West Shelby, Orleans County."
    Family history
    • The book "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte" says that "Ainsworth is a very old English name, not undistiguished in literature. Two brothers of the Ainsworth family settled in New York State, probably in the eighteenth century, and from one of these, Philip, the pioneer of the Ainsworth family in Prince Edward County, is descended."
    Politics Brighton, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • He was a Reformer.
    Name Philip Ainsworth 
    Reference Number 244.0 
    Religion Brighton, Northumberland County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    a Christian Disciple 
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    • Mary Cronkite married Philip Ainsworth where? when? Try Rensselear County first
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    • He was born on September 3, 1772, likely in Woodstock, Connecticut.
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    • Philip would have been about 18 and may have been with his father, Daniel Ainsworth.
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    • Philip would have been about 28 and married to Dolly, possibly with 1 child. Was he near his father, Daniel Ainsworth, or in Jefferson County?
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    • Philip would have been about 38 and married to Dolly, possibly with 6 or 7 children. He was likely in Jefferson County.
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    • Philip would have been about 48. He would have either been a widower or married to 2nd wife, Joanna. Would some children be with him? He was likely in Jefferson County.
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    • C-11739 or C-11740 for Murray Township. Philip was in Cramahe Township, Northumberland County. Didn't he die in 1850?
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    • Who are "Parker and Bowen"?
      Who owns the "Eli Ainsworth Bible"?
      Do you have photos or digital images of the "Eli Ainsworth Bible"?
      Where would I find the "Connecticut militia payroll" (1778)?
      How many pages does the "Burr Scrapbook" at the P. E. Historical Society have? Do you have a copy?
      Is Hannah Ainsworth, daughter of Philip Ainsworth & Mary Cronkite, the same as Fanny Ainsworth, in PLBQ page 106?
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    • Philip was in Cramahe Township, Northumberland County.
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    • Philip was in Cramahe Township, Northumberland County.
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    • Upper Canada Naturalizations Vol. 18 no 3 page 112. See A00685. Check at AFHS library
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    • Philip AINSWORTH died April 22, 1850 [Prince Edward or Northumberland?]
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    • Philip AINSWORTH died April 22, 1850 [Prince Edward or Northumberland?]
    _UID E31A0E3F7C9943078119657C577545F52AA8 
    Person ID I5883  Everyone
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2018 

    Father Daniel AINSWORTH,   b. 21 Oct 1724, Woodstock, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810, Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth CORBIN,   b. 8 Jan 1731, Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1803, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1765  Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Marriage 7 Jan 1766  Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Marriage 7 Jan 1766  Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • Was she "Mrs. Elizabeth Corbin"?
    Married 7 Jan 1766  Massachusetts, British Colonies in America Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    Elizabeth Corbin of Dudley, Massachusetts 
    Willard Ainsworth (b 1830) family history written in 1905.
    Willard Ainsworth (b 1830) family history written in 1905.
    book "Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York" by R.A. Oakes. Pages 583-586 (images 637-640). Digital copy through FamilySearch, December 12, 2018.
    Family ID F2364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary CRONK,   b. 15 Jun 1783, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1811, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1799  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 103
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 103
    Philip Cronk married a Miss Cronk.
    Marriage United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • The book "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte" says that he "married a Miss Cronk".
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth AINSWORTH,   b. 1800, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Philip AINSWORTH,   b. 1803   d. 1826, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     3. Cornelius AINSWORTH,   b. 28 Aug 1807, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1879, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Henry AINSWORTH,   b. 1809, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1892, Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     5. Hannah AINSWORTH,   b. Abt 1810   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Mary AINSWORTH,   b. 1 Jun 1811, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1878, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. Eli AINSWORTH,   b. 1813, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Fanny AINSWORTH   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1889  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2017 

    Family 2 Joanna WHITNEY,   b. Abt 1789   d. 1874 (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1815  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Frances AINSWORTH,   b. 1816, Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Anna AINSWORTH,   b. 1816, Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sylvia AINSWORTH   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Eli AINSWORTH,   b. 23 Mar 1818, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1898, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F1934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Sep 1772 - Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - from Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut - Abt 1780 - Albany, Albany County, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 103
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 103
    Philip Cronk married a Miss Cronk.
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 104
    Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte page 104

  • Sources 
    1. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, Page 106 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S779] Ainsworth, Philip J., A00687, (Picton, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 4 Oct 2005, No source given., A00687. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, Page 104 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S1286] Ainsworth, Philip, Family Researcher. Ainsworth. Philip Ainsworth, Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 2002, pages 6 & 7. Article "Pioneer Philip Ainsworth: from Connecticut, to New York, Ontario and Beyond: 1772 to 1850". (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, Source given as: Eli Ainsworth Family Bible, A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S778] A00686, 4 Oct 2005, A00686. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1286] Ainsworth, Philip, Family Researcher. Ainsworth. Philip Ainsworth, The Ainsworth Chronicler. Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 2002, pages 6 & 7. Article "Pioneer Philip Ainsworth: from Connecticut, to New York, Ontario and Beyond: 1772 to 1850". (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, no source given, A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 104 (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S777] McKenzie, Donald A., A00685, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1979), 4 Oct 2005, page 112, A00685. (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, Source given as: 1841 Cramahe Township census, A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, Source given as: Canada Census 1841., A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, Source given as: 1848 Cramahe Township census, A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S776] Ainsworth, Philip, A00684, (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. September 23, 2005), 1 Oct 2005, Source given as: 1850 Canada West census - Cramahe Township, A00684. (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S1302] Family Researcher. Ainsworth. Lorna (Flint) Laughton, Ainsworth family notes researched in 1980s. (Reliability: 3).

    16. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, Pages 103 and 104 (Reliability: 2).

    17. [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), page 103 (Reliability: 3).

    18. [S1302] Family Researcher. Ainsworth. Lorna (Flint) Laughton, Ainsworth family notes researched in 1980s. (Reliability: 2).

    19. [S1302] Family Researcher. Ainsworth. Lorna (Flint) Laughton, Ainsworth and related families: notes researched 1980s-2017. IGI International Genealogy Index. (Reliability: 2).

    20. [S1303] United States. Family Histories and Local Histories., Willard Ainsworth family in book "Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York". 1905. Volume 1 pages 583-586 (images 637-340). Page 584. (Reliability: 3).



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