1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Quick Cornelius R., M, Married, 61, born Ont, origin: English, R. E., Farmer;
Abigail, F, Married, 57, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Gordon, M, 21, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Francis, M, 18, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 48-49:
The Quick family prominent for several generations in Canada, has had able representatives in the township of Colchester South, County of Essex, in the late Cornelius R. Quick, and now in his capable daughter, Mrs. Annie A. (Quick) Brush, widow of the late Arthur B. Brush.
The first of the family here was Alexander Quick, grandfather of Cornelius R., who was undoubtedly one of the large family of Quicks who were natives of Cornwall, England, though settled in the State of Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Being unwilling to take up arms against England, he was obliged to leave his home, and with his entire family he moved to Canada, and settled on Lot 8, of the Gore, in the township of Colchester, at a time when there were but one or two families anywhere in the region. In those days the Indians were trouble-some and the family were obliged to protect their log cabin by a stockade of logs, set endwise in the ground. Tradition says that three of the daughters and one son of Alexander Quick were carried away captive by the Indians, and only two of the daughters were regained even by the payment of a ransom, though the son, Joseph, was released. Mr. Quick was well advanced in life when he went to Canada, and only survived a few years after the change. His sons were: Joseph, father of Cornelius R; Cornelius, who moved to Mersea; Elijah, who settled in Colchester South, and lived there until 1879, when he removed to the State of Michigan, and there remained; John, who located in Trenton, Michigan; Alexander, who resided in the township of Colchester South; and David, who removed to Illinois in 1865.
Joseph Quick was born in Kentucky, about one mile from Cininnati, Ohio. He was the eldest of the family, and, with his sisters, was captured by the Indians. While two of his sisters were brought back, he was kept thirteen years before released through the agency of Col. Elliot, of Amherstburg. He followed his parents to Canada, and after his father's death he carried on the clearing of the farm and homestead, a tract of 200 acres in Lot 8, given his father by the government as a reward for his loyalty. His brother, Alexander, was a farmer and a blacksmith, and had a shop near the house, where he made axes, hoes - in fact, all the metal tools required by the pioneers. Joseph Quick died of typhoid fever, at a ripe old age, passing away Aug. 29, 1845, aged seventy-six. In Gosfield South, County of Essex, he married Susanna Munger. She bore her husband twelve children, all but one of whom were living at the time of their mother's death, Jan. 16, 1849. Mary, born May 21, 1811, was twice married, first to Stephen Brush and second to Philip Wright. John, born Dec. 18, 1813, died in this county. David, born Nov. 26, 1815, married Margaret Loop, and moved to Flint, Michigan, where both died. William F., born July 24, 1817, married Miss Angeline Pelon, and lived in Colchester North. Cornelius R. is mentioned below. Alexander, born Dec. 7, 1821, married Henrietta Lipps. Leonard, born May 25, 1825, died young. Sarah Ann, born Feb. 26, 1827, was the wife of Domineque Pelon, who was drowned in the Detroit river. Elizabeth, born Dec. 28, 1828, married first Joseph Kline, and second Thomas Nesbett, who resided at Flint, Michigan. Hannah, born Oct. 7, 1830, married Thomas Leslie. Philip, born Sept. 24, 1832, married Miss Amelia Pastorious, and at Harrow operates a hotel. Lucinda, born Aug. 31, 1834, is Mrs. Albert Lidwell.
Cornelius R. Quick was born on the homestead, Feb. 18, 1820, and in time came into possession of a part of the farm, which was divided between him and his brother Alexander. Later he disposed of his portion, and, instead bought 125 acres on the lake front, Lots 78 and 79, where he carried on farming very extensively and with much success, being a painstaking and energetic worker. Many, if not all, of the improvements were the results of his own efforts, and the property is now considered one of the very best along the lake front - a section noted for its exceptionally fine farms. Mr. Quick took a prominent part in public affairs, and served as reeve of the township for ten years, during which time he was also a member of the county council. His death occurred Dec. 30, 1896. Fraternally he was a fifth degree Mason.
Mr. Quick married Miss Abigail Wright, the daughter of Henry Wright. Henry Wright was the son of Henry, the original settler in Canada, and was born in Rutland, Pa. He was twice married, first to a Miss Hitchcook, by whom he had a daughter, Deborah, born March 1, 1803; and (second) Hannah Lipps. The children of the second marriage were: John, born March 11, 1809, who married (first) Miss Anna Bell, and (second) Mrs. Rebecca Wilson; Mary Ann, born Dec. 15, 1810 who married John Buchanan; Thomas H., June 19, 1815, who married Miss Euphemia Bell; Francis, March 7, 1818, who married Miss Jane Wilcox; Eliza, Feb. 15, 1821, who married Matthew Ferriss; Abigail, Aug. 25, 1823, who became Mrs. Cornelius R. Quick; and Amelia, Sept. 15, 1825, who never married.
Mrs. Cornelius R. Quick died about three years before her husband, Dec. 12, 1893. She was the mother of the following children: Annie Amelia, Gordon Wright (who moved to the Northwest some twenty years ago, where he has since been engaged in ranching, and who married Miss Carrie Noice), and Francis Gore (born April 18, 1862, who married Miss Matilda Rae, and was killed by the explosion of a boiler at William Craig's, June 25, 1890).
Annie Amelia Quick married Arthur B. Brush, and ten years after her marriage returned to live at home, as her husband then assumed charge of the old farm. She was left widow March 23, 1903, with one daughter, Cornelia, who lives at home with her mother, a most accomplished young lady.
The late Arthur B. Brush, born Dec. 2, 1850, was a descendant of the John Brush, who came to Canada about 1799, with a company of United Empire Loyalists, and who was followed a few years later, in 1806, by his brother Stephen, from whom many residents of Colchester and Malden townships are descended. John Brush, in the assignment of government land drew Lot 89, Concession 1, and resided there till the day of his death. He married Miss Betsy Wright, who bore him the following three sons: Charles; John, who married Miss Ann Grubb; and Thomas, who married Miss Lucinda Fox. There were also several daughters.
Charles Brush married Miss Anna Hartley, by whom he had two children: Arthur B.; and Ellen Melinda, born Sept. 29, 1852, the wife of Darius Wigle, of Kingsville.
Arthur B. Brush inherited his father's homestead, and by him it was willed to his beloved daughter, as will also be the old Quick home, which Mrs. Brush inherited from her father. Mr. Brush was an able business man, and a most honorable, upright gentleman, who had many friends. He belonged to the Odd Fellows and the Workmen, and was very popular in both organizations.
Mrs. Brush is a gracious woman, of marked business ability and artistic tastes. Her home is beautifully located on the lake, and its charm and order delight all who see it.
Cornelius R.
Quick
Annie Amelia Quick 1857-1919
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