Children of "Capt" George Wilton and Harriet Maxwell
George and Harriet emmigrated from Ireland and after 7 weeks landed at Pointe Levis, opposite the city of Quebec on 22nd June 1830 enroute to Inverness, Megantic County where he had a grant of 500 acres of land
George and Harriet had 4 sons and 3 daughters :--
a)
Henry Maxwell Wilton
Henry
was christened in Kilmore Cathedral, Co Cavan on 26th
January 1808. He was educated in Dublin and on moving to Canada
he became a school-teacher before settling on a portion of the grant given
to his father He apparently was an avid reader and retained a wonderful
memory until his death in 1883, aged 76 yrs. He never married and left
his place to Albert one of his nephews
b)
John Wilton
John
was born in 1810 and along with his other brothers and sisters no record
of his baptism exists in either Kilmore Parish records or Ballymachugh
Parish records which I personally find rather strange.
He married Ann Leith and had 7 sons and 3daughters:-
1)
Maxwell Wilton, born 5/10/1837 in
Inverness and died 11/7/1925 in High Bluff, Manitoba. He married a}Eliz
Donnelly and then b}Morriah Barron
2)
William Wilton, born 10/6/1839 in
Inverness and died?. He married Mary Blakely.
3) Jemima Wilton, born 29/11/1840
in Inverness and died 5/4/1915. She married a}John Cooper and then b}Adam
Hunt
4)
George Wilton, born 17/2//1843 in
Inverness and died 23/3/1921 in Meskanaw, Sas. He married Mary Ann York
5)
Henrietta Wilton, born 24/11/1844
in Inverness and died?
6)
Albert John Wilton, born 7/3/1846 in
Inverness and died Alma,Peel City,Ontario between 1851-61
7)
Henry (Harry) Wilton,born 13/9/1848
and died?. He married Jean Barron
8)
John Wilton, born 30/7/1852 inWellington
County, Ontario and died 9/8/1920 in Morris, Manitoba. He married a}Mgt
Munson, b}Eliz Munson, c}Fanny Bumstead. John as far as I am aware was
the post-master in Morris.
9)
Albert Wilton, born 13/10/1856 in
Alma, Peel County and died in 1926 in Glenboro, Manitoba. He married Jemima
(Mamie) Ann Hunt.
8)
Ann Wilton born 1858- ?. Born in Alma,
Peel County, Ontario
John, then age 20 settled on a portion of his fathers grant
and in 1847 he sold out to his brother Thomas and moved to Guelph,Ontario.
After 10years he relocated to Elora,Wellington County,Ontario where he
lived many years.In 1878,aged 61yrs, John sold out again and moved with
his family to High Bluff, Manitoba where he homesteaded
A grant of homestead was issued to John in 1878 for SE 29-12-5
John died in 1900 aged 90
I quote from an excerpt from "The Tread of the Pioneers"-written and edited by J.H.Metcalfe and published in 1932
"Any record of memoirs of the district adjacent to Portage
la Praire would be singularly incomplete did it omit the name and story
of John Wilton.
Born in Ireland,he came to Manitoba from Quebec in 1871 and settled
north east of High Bluff. There he raised his family,farmed with more
than average success,entered into the activities of the district,served
as Councillor in the first joint Municipal organisation embracing town
and rural area in 1879 and was subsequently first Reeve of the Rural Municipality
of Portage la Prairie
Far away days!And yet John Wilton was of the type of
cultured gentleman who can visualise the future and I have no doubt he
saw what the future would mean to Portage la Prairie and the Portage plains.
Scholarly,cultured,well read and adaptable his memory is cherished
among the pleasant and happy experiences of the older people.He lived
to see marvellous developements,left a large family who are still carrying
on the work to which he put his hand;made a very valuable and noteworthy
contribution to the united organisations of the territory and was influential
in moulding and developing municipal governing machinery and politics.
In politics an uncompromising Conservative, only casting one Liberal vote
in a long useful life and on that occassion he voted for A. T.Smith's
father who was a life long friend"
c)
Sophia Wilton
Born
in 1813,Sophia never married and lived with
her brother on the old homestead Her life and character was above reproach
.Her self sacrifice and devotion to those she loved and those that needed
her always remained bright in the memory of those that knew her. She died
in 1888.
d)
Thomas Wilton
Born in 6/3/1816. He bought the farm from
his brother John and settled on it. He married Charlotte Leith and raised
a large family of 4 boys and 10 girls ( I wouldn't fancy paying for the
wedding receptions!!) Most of his family went to the United States and
married there . He lived all his life in Rectory Hill and died age 78
yrs.
1)
Maria Wilton, born 14/1/1841 in Inverness
and died ?
2) Albert Wilton,
born11/11/1842 in Inverness and died ? He
married a}Elizabeth Leith b}Marie Currie c}Phoebe McTaggart
3)
Harriet Wilton,born 2/8/1844 in Inverness
and died 6/1 1894. She married William Hasket.
4)
Jane Wilton, born 1/4/1846 and died
?.
5)
George Wilton,born 20/3/1848 in Inverness
and died ?. He married a Miss Sibley
6)
Charlotte Wilton ,born 4/7/1850 in
Inverness and died ?
7)
Emily Wilton, born 11/5/1852 in Inverness.
She married Thomas McClean
8)
Jemma Wilton, born 22/7/1854 in Inverness
and died?
9) Henry MELVIN Wilton, born 4/7/1856
in Inverness and died 1/4/1899 in Glenboro. He married Dinah Jane Currie
I have often wondered about the derivation
of the name MELVIN. Where I live here in Co Fermanagh in Ireland
approx 20 miles away is a lake where I spend a considerable amount of
free time fishing for trout and salmon. It is in Co Leitrim which is adjacent
to Co Cavan the ancestral home. It's name is Lough MELVIN---Is
there some far off connection???
10) Francis E. Wilton, born 25/4/1858
in Inverness She married William Leigier.
11)
Elizabeth Julia Wilton, born 13/2/1860
and died ?.
12) Eva Janet Wilton, born January 1862
in Inverness and died 22/6/1850. She married John Coe Towle.
13)
Letitia Wilton, born 17/1/1864 in Inverness
and died ?
14)William Wickes Wilton, born 24/12 /1866
and died 19/4/1869 in Inverness.
e)
Anne Wilton
Anne
was born in 1820 and died
in 1883. She never married and spent all her life
in the old homestad.
The above are all recorded in the 1821 census return for the townland
of Crover, parish of Ballymachugh ,Co Cavan ,Ireland (see
website "Capt George Wilton
and Roger of Huntley)
f)
George E. Wilton
George
was born in 1825 and married Francis
E. Wilton who was described as a daughter of another branch of
the family, She indeed was from another branch of the family-- she was
a daughter of Roger Wilton of Huntley and her grandfather was William
Wilton brother to both Capt George and John Wilton
of the Flatt ,my g,g,g,grandfather.
George Wilton married his 2nd cousin Frances Wilton
This family is fully documented under Roger Wilton
of Huntley
g) Harriet Wilton
Harriet,
born ? 10/8/1822 and died 21/2/1901 was
described as the ambitious member of the family and left home quite young.
She afterwarda married an American, Anthony Patterson before settling
in Detroit, Michigan They had a family of 5 boys and 3 girls.
Anthony is described in the above transcript as being American:
--He wasn't he may well have been from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh No one
knew anything about Harriet until I received an e-mail from Sue S. who
lives in Detroit.Sue is a direcr descendant oh Harriet.
There is also the little incident of George's relationiship with Mary Brady-- George son of George Wilton and Mary Brady, christened in Kilmore Cathederal on 4/9/1804-- a bastard!!! I wonder what Harriet Maxwell thought of this.