Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens

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626 (9) Georgina Purdy, m. H. Wilson. (10) Isabella Purdy, m. IIenry Rees; set. Cataraqui. Issue: (a) Eva (m. Percy Ward), (b) Lulu, (c) I-Iarry, and (d) Josephine. (11) Erastus Purdy, d. y. (12) Rosina Purdy, m. John Valentine; set. Toronto. Issue: (a) JoIhn, and (b) Florence. THE PROCTOR FAMILY. The Proctor family and the history of Brighton and Presqu' Isle are so interwoven and inseparably connected, that to write an account of one apart from the other were a task well nigh impos- sible. The family is of English origin and migrated to America in the seventeenth century, during the exodus of the Puritans; the Proctors being of that religious sentiment. They first settled in Massachusetts, but afterwards drifted to Vermont, where many descendants of the first pioneer of the family are still to be found, many of whom are among the prominent citizens of their respective communities. The first of the American branch of the family to come to Canada was Josiah Proctor, who from the fact of being a United Empire Loyalist, was no doubt actuated by British sym- pathies and political tendencies to emigrate to an English-ruled province. Shortly after the opening of the century just closed, Josiah Proctor, with his wife and family, crossed over from their native state of Vermont, to the Bay district. Some years prior to starting for Canada, the Pioneer had married Susannah Chamberlain of Vermont, and at the time of departure had a family of four children. The eldest, Sarah, already married to a man whose surname was Russell, elected to remain behind, and at the present time many of her direct descendants are settled in Richmond, Vermont. The remaining three of Josiah Proctor's children accompanied their parents to Canada, namely: Rebecca, who also was married and came with her husband, Smalley Spafford; Isaac Chamberlain Proctor, the next in order of birth; and Johiah, who was the youngest of the family. The first winter after their arrival in Upper Canada, was spent in the township of Cramahe, and Josiah Proctor, the pioneer, felled the first tree on the present site of the village of Colborne,


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