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Elizabeth
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| Från s släktsida John Stockwell 1793-1880 |
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That Elizabeth is John and Polly's daughter is pure speculation. The CBR article below hints at other children who were deceased.
The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 14, Western District 1786-1856, Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton:
Marriages by Rev'd Charles Stewart, Baptist Minister, Gosfield (p. 50-52):
Jacob Tufflemire, to Elizabeth Stockwell, both of Mersea. 2 Feb. 1841, by banns. Rev. Stewart. Wit. John Stewart and Edmund Robson.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 443-444:
Peter Fox...comes of pioneer stock, and was born in Gosfield township, Essex, March 23, 1833, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (McLean) Fox...
Mr. Fox was married to Jane Stockwell, who was born in Malden township, Essex, Jan. 20, 1835, daughter of John and Eliza (Harris) Stockwell...
John and Eliza (Harris) Stockwell, parents of Mrs. Fox, were, respectively, of Dutch and English ancestry, but both were born in the United States, and brought to Canada as children. John Stockwell was first located in Malden township, but he subsequently removed to Gosfield, where he spent his remaining years, following the occupation of farmer. As a soldier he participated in the War of 1812 and in the Rebellion on 1837-38. Mr. Stockwell was twice married. He wedded (first) Polly Botsford, and of this union there is yet living one daughter, Eliza. By his union with Eliza Harris were born children... Both father and mother died and are buried in Gosfield, honored by all who knew them.
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