Information from Joseph Erner, The *rner Genealogy Project - Arner, Erner, Orner, Urner Families in America, kinfolks.info, and from David Botsford, HEIRS files.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 168-169:
Jacob Eede, one of the largest land owners and most extensive farmers in the township of Colchester South ... was born in Gosfield township, County of Essex, Oct. 3, 1841, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede.
George Eede was a native of Sussex, England, born Jan. 21, 1812, son of Richard and Frances (Harrington) Eede. When twenty-one years of age he came to Canada, locating in Colchester township, County Essex, Ont... His wife in her maidenhood was Miss Elizabeth Arner, daughter of Jacob Arner of Gosfield township, who belonged to one of the U. E. Loyalist families...
The Arner family, to which Mrs. George Eede belonged, was of German origin. Jacob Arner, her grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, of German parents... He married Barbara Arnold, who was born in Germany, but as a child was brought by her parents to America, her mother, however, dying on the voyage. Mr. Arner and his children made their home in Sandwich. To Jacob and Barbara Arner were born: ... Susan, who married John Whittle, of Gosfield...
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