Information from Gary Silverstein, New England Families 2, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 248-249:
Collins Handy, Sr., Morpeth, Ont. In 1704 a family by the name of Moss
emigrated from England and settled on the seashore in the state of
Connecticut. They were descendants from the Baltic Mariners or Sea Kings who
entered Britain at the time of William the Conquerer. One Theopolus Moss was
born from this Puritan Family April 13, 1718. Years after he married Miss Ruth
Ramsey, and raised a large family. On Nov. 25, 1740, was born one Ebenezer
who, in 1762, married Miss Esther Preston, and they raised a family of seven.
One of the daughters, named Lois, married one Henry Handy, Nov. 7, 1785. From this marriage the subject of our sketch was born, being one of a family of
five sons and two daughters. Ebenezer, the eldest, married Sarah A. Baldwin.
Mahitabel married Thomas Ransom, of Wisconsin. Hale married Miss Laura Wood, a
Wisconsin lady. Louise married John Nichols, of York State. Sedgwick married
Eleanor Clements, of York State. John remained a bachelor. Collins was third
in the family.
Collins Handy was born at Wellingport, Connecticut,
April 7, 1811. In 1816 the family moved to Salisbury, Herkimer county, New
York. The eldest brother, Ebenezer, learned the carpenter's and joiner's
trade, and in 1831 came to Canada by way of Buffalo and Port Stanley. He
assisted in building the Hamilton and Warren mills at Kettle Creek. In 1831 he
was joined by our subject, Collins, who worked with his brother "Eb" for two
years, and after the completion of the mill they went to Palmyra and built the
first frame house in the township of Orford... They then built the "Baldwin Hotel," at Clearville, owned and occupied by Capt. David Baldwin. Mr. Handy married Mr. Baldwin's daughter, Rebecca, on April 22, 1833...
Louisa
Handy
Ebenezer (Eb) Moss Handy 1803-
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