The Bury Family by J. M. Warwick, Lambton Settlers Series Volume 2, More Early Days Along the St. Clair, published by the Lambton Branch of the OGS (These articles were originally published in 1948-1949 as part of the Lambton Centennial Series in the Sarnia Observer):
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For the story of his [John Colbrook Bury's] life we are indebted to still another of his sons, Edward Bury of Morpeth... Edward was the first white child born in Orford township and wrote his journal in 1884...
Edward Bury's journal begins thus: "John Colbrook Bury was born in London, England at No. 52 Cheapside, on March 6th, 1764, A.D. at 4 a.m. He died at Clearville, Kent County, Ontario on March 6th, 1850 A.D. at 4 a.m...
The journal also recounts John Bury's early education in English schools and his apprenticeship as a young man to a London architect. During this apprenticeship, the master architect was engaged in the building of a residence in Old Kilbride Parish in County Wicklow, Ireland, on the estate of George Sherwood...[He was] drawn to the attention of the owner's daughter, Dorothy Sherwood, whom he promptly married.
In Old Kilbride, John and Dorothy became the parents of four children: Martha, born 23 May, 1789; Isabella, born 5 May, 1790; Elizabeth, born 29 April, 1792; and William (later William Bury of Sombra) born 27 June, 1793.
John C. Bury's First Wife by M. Teskey U.E., Lambton Settlers Series Volume 2, More Early Days Along the St. Clair, published by the Lambton Branch of the OGS (These articles were originally published in 1948-1949 as part of the Lambton
Centennial Series in the Sarnia Observer):
Documentary evidence in John Colbrook Bury's own hand is still in existence, showing which part of the New World was the first home of himself...This 123-year-old and yellowed document states that a fifth child, Anne, was born at New York City on April 21. 1795.
...John Bury sent his wife and young family on what was intended to be a reunion with the Sherwoods...On the long trip back to Ireland by sailing vessel Dorothy Sherwood Bury developed what the ship's doctor diagnosed as "quick consumption." She lived out the voyage however, but died among her own fold in giving birth to her daughter, Lydia, who first saw the light of day on June 18, 1796. Many a long year was to elapse before John saw any of his brood again, and one of them, Lydia, he never saw in his life.
...From Dorothy Sherwood Bury's youngest daughter Lydia springs the Manifold line - a great host of Lampmans, Ridleys, Hamils and Cummings of Kent County, Windsor and Detroit. [Note: The Bury Bulletin, 1952, states Elizabeth Bury married Hoaxhead Manifold]
The Bury Bulletin, 1952, pg. 30,31:
...The King's Messenger who brought the news of the outbreak of hostilies which brought the survey to a halt at Morpeth, was named Shippee. This Shippee became the ancestor of a considerable number of Bury's by the future marriage of Joseph Lampman to John Bury's grand-daughter Dorothy Manifold; the marriage of Mary Ann Lampman to Bury's grandson, John Bury of Sombra; and the still later marriage of another Shippee descendant, Hattie Smith to Sherwood Wade of Morpeth. Joseph and Mary Ann Lampman were children of Frederick Lampman, U. E. of Palmyra and his wife Lydia Shippee.
Lydia
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William Bury 1793-1873
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