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A labourer born in the parish of Sutton near Montreal, he enlisted at Trois Rivieres on 15 April, 1814 for 3 years. Described as having a fair complexion, dark eyes and brown hair, Benjamin was one of the smaller men in the regiment. Standing at 4'11", he was only 11 years old when he volunteer...

Apparently his house is still standing in NOTL: Located at 165 Queen Street is the former home of Colonel Daniel MacDougal, the MacDougal-Harrison House c1820. The former lieutenant in Butler's Rangers, Ralfe Clench, bought the property in 1811 and sold most of it to another former Ranger lieutenant...

Nice work Pud!

Kingston Ontario - Isaac Brock 1769-1812 appointed to command British forces in Upper Canada.

Amherstburg Ontario - William Henry Harrison's 4,500 US troops land near Fort Malden to move against Proctor up the Thames; beginning of American military rule in western Ontario for the remainder of the War of 1812.

Kingston Ontario - First issue of The Kingston Gazette; now the Whig-Standard.

1 - 1st couple cross and face 2nd couple: all honour (bow and curtsy) new partners:1st woman & 2nd man; 1st man & 2nd woman 2- 1st couple back to back with new partners 3 - 1st couple circle both hands with new parters 4 - 1st couple circle both hands with each other back to place 5 - 1st co...

1 - 1st man faces 2nd woman, steps right (to the side, NOT forward) and slowly bows, steps left (to the side, NOT forward) and slowly bows 2 - 1st man and 2nd woman take hands, circle once and back to place 3 - 1st woman faces 2nd man, steps right (to the side, NOT forward) and slowly curtsies, step...

1 - 1st couple moves down through the inside of the set (through the middle) and around the 2nd couple and go back into place 2 - 2nd couple moves up through the inside of the set (through the middle) and around the 1st couple and go back into place 3 - 2nd woman and 1st man cross (switch places) 4 ...

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13 January 2008

Updated the Forums to the latest version.

With the summer nearing an end I thought I would take the time to tell you about a lecture series being hosted by the Lundy's Lane Historical Museum and the Niagara Historical Museum. The Niagara 1812 Lecture Series is the first in what is hoped to be many co-operative lectures leading up to the Wa...

Found some more information on the city of Fort Covington, New York on Wikipedia.

Also, some local history here.

Lots of the records indicated whether the soldier reenlisted, or left the army with a status of "Service expired", "Died", "Deserted" etc... This one unfortunately was incomplete. Given his young age at enlistment, it's possible that he may have been one of the last liv...