Thomas D. APPLEBY

1778 - 1865  (87 years)

• Name	Thomas D. APPLEBY  [1, 2]
  Birth	1778	Dutchess County, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Abt 1797	Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	"They left their old home in Dutchess County and came to Canada, as did the Laziers, to enjoy freedom of political opinion."
  Family	Dutchess County, New York, United States   [1]
  	was of "English extraction"
  Moved	Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	from Sophiaburgh to
  	"He was one of the first settlers of the Township."
  Moved	Abt 1797	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	from Kingston
  Politics	Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	"He was a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of the Court of Requests, and Boundary Line Commissioner",
  Immigration	1797	Kingston, Frontenac County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	with a party of emigrants
  Occupation	Abt 1798	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	farmer
  Residence	Abt 1808	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	on lot 4 west of Green Point
  	Later he sold this lot to his brother-in-law, Richard Solmes.
  Residence	Abt 1810	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	on another lot, known as the Tommy Gyles [?] farm, east of Green Point, on the high shore road to Picton, along the Long Reach
  	[This may have been Hallowell Township]. "He did not like this farm. He said that he could not raise any kind of grain on it but buckwheat. He had a chance to sell to a Mr. Lynch, just from the old Old Country. He sold and went to Kingston where he bough of Pat Smith No.5 west of Green Point."
  Residence	Abt 1812	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	lot 5 west of Green Point from Pat Smith
  	"He built a house and barn and set trees for a noble orchard."
  Residence	Abt 1814	Richmond Township, Lennox and Addington County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	"R. [Richard] Solmes [his brother-in-law], owning No. 4, took a great notion for No. 5 [lot in Sophiasburgh] and persuaded my Father to sell; which was much against my Mother's will. He then went to live in the Township of Richmond, and bought a farm that is now called the "Patten Farm", adjoining the farm of Esquire Bowen. It was a nice place and he lived there until his family grew to be taken notice of; but there were so many yellow hookers, as they were called, he said he never would bring up his family to marry among them."
  Residence	Abt 1818	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	He rented lot 5 in Sophiasburgh Township. He had previously owned this farm but had sold it to his brother-in-law, Richard Solmes.
  Residence	Abt 1822	Demorestville, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  	He built a new house and painted it red.
  Residence	Abt 1827	Belleville, Hastings County, Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  _UID	3CE20122670842E1B95B882C5CC86B88B2E6
  Death	1865	Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Canada West, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I7448	Everyone
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Stephen APPLEBY   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Meribeth SOLMES   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1797	Upper Canada, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Anna APPLEBY,   b. 24 Jul 1805, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada d. 1903 (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F2339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2005

  
  

• Sources

  [S771] Lazier, Mrs. Anna B. (Appleby), A00679, 6 Sep 2005, manuscript page 1, A00679. (Reliability: 4). [S1138] No editor named., Canada. Ontario. Quinte. Family History. PLBQ, (Toronto, Ontario. 1904.), 12 Jun 2005, page 985 (Reliability: 2).