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M William McCormick

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Por parte de Alexander McCormick 1728-1803

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The Loyalists in Ontario - Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada, William D. Reid, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, N.J., 1973, p.188:
McCORMICK, Alexander of Colchester.
William of Colchester, m. Mary Cornwall. OC 30 June 1819.
Elizabeth. OC 30 June 1819.
Mary, m. John Farriss of Colchester. OC 21 Feb 1821.
Matthew of Colchester. OC 21 Feb 1821.
Alexander of Colchester. OC 21 Feb 1821.
John of Colchester. OC 21 Feb 1821.
Ann, m. --- Stockwell of Colchester. OC 21 Feb 1821.

The Loyalists in Ontario - Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada, William D. Reid, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, N.J., 1973, p.74:
CORNWALL, John m. Mary.
Mary, b. 1792; m. William McCormick of Colchester (Pelee Island). O.C. 5 March 1810.
Joshua.
Wheeler.
John.

1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 23:
Mary McCormick, Farmer, born Canada, C of England, 60, F, Widow;
Lucinda, born Canada, C of England, 35, F, Single;
Ann McCormick, born Canada, C of England, 25, F, Single;
Mary McCormick, born Canada, C of England, 23, F, Single;
Thos McCormick, born Canada, C of England, 32, M, Single;
Peregrine, born Canada, C of England, 21, M, Single;
Arthur, born Canada, C of England, 19, M, Single;
Marg't Comers, born Canada, C of England, 12, F, not a member of the family, Single;
framed house, 1 story, 1 family.

Headstones North Bay Cemetery, Pelee Island, Essex Co., ON, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
In memory of William McCormick Esq. who died February the 18th 1840 aged 56 years.

In memory of Mary second daughter of William & Mary McCormick died July 23, 1881 aged 24 years.

The William McCormick Papers, H.E.I.R.S files
Sketch of William McCormick:
The year 1809 was important, for on January 29th (15) William was united in marriage to Mary Cornwall, only daughter of John Cornwall, a U.E. Loyalist, (16) and Mary Benedict Cornwall. ...
Mary Cornwall was the first child born of United Empire Loyalists parents in the Western District, (17) on the 22nd of July, 1792. (18) She bore him twelve children, and survived him over fifty years, until her death on February 10, 1891. Her children were Alexander, John, David, William, Robert, Thomas C., Lucinda, Charles W., Mary, Sarah Ann, Peregrine, and Arthur Montgomery. To many of her greatgrandchildren, she was known as "Gramma-on-the-Island."
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Besides his military duties, William McCormick was busy during these years, - managed a farm, raised a family, ran a store, sold real estate, acted as the first postmaster of Colchester, having the first postoffice in an outbuilding in his yard. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace for the Western District, - and was appointed a customs officer for the Port of Colchester. From the year 1812 to 1824, he was a member of the sixth, seventh, and eighth parliaments, going overland on horseback to York, now Toronto, where Parliament met. On February 19, 1814, he was noted as "absent, prisoner with the enemy." (26)
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...William McCormick...on September 1, 1823, purchased the whole of Pelee Island for five hundred dollars. (30) Thus William became the first and only white owner of the whole of Pelee Island.
Finally, eleven years later, William left Colchester and in the summer of 1834, (31) moved across the water to Pelee Island. There, upon the "Point" at the "North End", were two cedar log houses, connected by a frame apartment built between, which formed the family residence. (32) Here, William and Mary and their eleven children still living, together with William's mother Elizabeth Turner, then aged seventy-five, and his sister, "Aunt Betsy," - fifteen in all, made up the family group...

Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex Co., p. 308-313:
Arthur Montgomery McCormick, postmaster and merchant on Pelee Island, is entitled to be classed among the prominent residents of that island for more than one reason. He is the only living child of the late William McCormick, the founder of the family on the Island...
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After the marriage of Alexander McCormick to Elizabeth Turner they soon began to make preparation to return to the Indian Settlement in the Maumee country from which he had lately come; ...
On May 30th, 1784, a child was born to them, whom they named William. The veil of the future of this child has been opened to us, and we know his future career; but at that time the most sanguine optimist could not have predicted that a child born in such unfavorable circumstances would become a prominent man in his sphere - a member of the Canadian Parliament, and the first white owner of Point au Pelee Island.
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William McCormick was a mere child when brought by his parents to Canada, and nothing is known of his educational advantages...He had elevating environments in the society of the Loyalists, who had settled in the neighbourhood, and on Jan. 29, 1809, married a member of one of these families, Mary Cornwall, who was born in the County of Essex, July 22, 1792. They settled on the old homestead farm, the original acreage of which had been increased by purchase, finding a congenial company among their own people, and among the officials and army officers of the military station at Fort Malden, whose families lived there also...
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Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were the parents of thirteen children, two of whom died young, the other eleven with his aged mother and maiden sister, Betsy, moving to Pelee Island with him. We have the following record of his family: A daughter, born Dec 12, 1809, died in infancy; Alexander, born March 18, 1811, died Aug. 24, 1854, in Amherstburg, leaving a widow and two children. John, born May 26, 1813, died Feb. 25, 1856; his wife had died two years before, thus leaving five children to be cared for by the grandmother. David, born July 27, 1815, died June 6, 1888; he was a captain, and as he never married, made the old homestead his quarters when not sailing. William, born April 3, 1817, died Nov. 1, 1887. Robert, born March 7, 1819, died Feb. 2, 1823. Thomas C., born Feb. 11, 1821, died June 12, 1886; he never married and lived on the old homestead with his mother and two sisters. Lucinda L. was born Sept. 22, 1822, and never married. Charles W., born Jan. 21, 1826, died Dec. 18, 1844. Mary, born March 8, 1828, died July 23, 1861. Sarah Ann, born Sept. 18, 1829, died June 5, 1897, unmarried. Peregrine, born Feb. 22, 1831, died Feb. 4, 1902. Arthur M., born April 3, 1834, in Colchester township, is mentioned below.
...Many were the experiences of the McCormicks during the early years of their residence on the Island, and in the rebellion of 1837-38 they gathered up their families and crossed to the mainland on the ice, not returning permanently until the summer of 1839. But the disaster so affected William McCormick, that his health began to decline, and he passed away Feb. 18, 1840, aged fifty-six years. His wife survived him many years, dying on Pelee Island in 1891, at a very advanced age.
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Mrs. McCormick and her family deserve especial mention. She was the daughter of John Cornwall, a native of Wales, who came to the Colonies in 1772. He was very loyal to King George, and came from Conneticut to western Canada about the time of the revolution, settling in Sandwich in 1777. His wife and son were left in Conneticut, and it was twenty years before they joined him in Canada, the son by that time a grown man. John Cornwall became prominent and influential in Essex, and was the first representative of that county in the Canadian Parliament.
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Arthur Montgomery McCormick was but a few months old when the family settled on Pelee Island. Only six years old when his father died, he was reared under the fostering care of a loving mother, who gave him a Christian rearing...

Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex Co., p. 141-144:
Capt. Eugene W. McCormick. The McCormick family of Pelee Island, Ont., trace their descent through Alexander McCormick, the first American ancestor...
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William McCormick was at the most not more than ten years old when his father brought him to Canada...Doubtless he was much indebted to the United Empire Loyalists around him, who formed the nucleus of an unusually good society for the time and place, a society to which the young man had access and where he met his wife, Miss Mary Cornwall.
On Jan. 29, 1809, at the age of twenty-five, William McCormick was married, and his wife, then seventeen years old, was the daughter of John Cornwall, who left Connecticut after the Revolution. The young couple settled on the old homestead farm alreadly enlarged by purchase of adjoining land. In the course of time they found themselves surrounded by a large family, thirteen children having been born to them, as follows: Alexander, in 1811; John, 1813; David, 1815; William, 1817; Thomas, 1821; Lucinda, 1822; Charles, 1826; Mary, 1828; Sarah Ann, 1829; Peregrine, 1831; Arthur M., 1834; and two others not named. Mr. McCormick's aged mother and a maiden sister also formed a part of the household.
...His first official position was that of postmaster for Colchester, the first postoffice being established in an outbuilding in his yard. Later he was appointed magistrate for that district, in which capacity it was his duty, as well as to meet the usual magisterial duties, to perform the marriage ceremony for such as could not wait for the quarterly visit of the minister. The two principal towns of that locality were Sandwich and Malden, in both of which Mr. McCormick was well known, and he received the nomination for member of the Canadian Parliament for the County of Essex, a nomination ratified by election.
The first official record of Point au Pelee Island is that of a deed or lease made by the sachems of the island in May, 1788, conveying all their right to the island to one Thomas McKee, an Indian half-breed and a chief in some of the tribes...
As far as we know, William McCormick's attention was first drawn to the island in 1815, after it had come into the possession of Alexander McKee's only son, heir of Col. Thomas McKee. In that year Mr. McCormick leased the island from McKee, for what use we are not informed, but it must have had great attractions for him and inspired him with a faith in its future, for in eight years he bought McKee's whole interest for $500. He did not, however, remove to the island permanently till 1834, by which time some tenants had been sent over, a few spaces cleared and houses built, the shipping of timber from the island begun, and the lighthouse erected. The north end of the island was selected for the homestead, and two cedar houses built, connected by a frame apartment built between; the house was only a few yards from the bluff and faced the beautiful bay, while almost in front was a good location for a dock, which was soon added.
In March, 1838, during the Rebellion of 1837, the rebel mob invaded Pelee Island, but were defeated and put to rout by the regular troops, who were told of the attempt to be made and guided to the island over the ice by two of William McCormick's sons, William and David. The family left the place at the time and remained away till the summer of 1839. The disaster seemed to have a depressing effect upon the father, his health began to decline, and he died Feb. 18, 1840, at the age of fifty.
Mary (Cornwall) McCormick, the wife of William, was in many respects a remarkable woman. As her husband's business kept him away from home often, much of the responsibility of bringing up her large family fell upon her, and the circumstances and surroundings were most difficult, especially so after her husband's death. But her splendid constitution physically, her active mind with a retentive memory and her cheerful disposition, enabled here to prove equal to her task, her executive ability being particularly marked. She lived a widow for more than half of a century, seeing many changes on the island where she made her home so many years, and where her influence for good upon all about grew even greater as time passes. She died in 1891, nearly ninety-nine years old.
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Alexander McCormick 1728-1803   Elizabeth Turner 1758-1838
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William McCormick 1784-1840