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THE HAMILTON NEWSLETTER

VOLUME 4              DEC. 2002               NUMBER 1

Website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/gordon.hamilton
Email address: gordon.hamilton@sympatico.ca

TO THE DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW HAMILTON AND LILLIAN DAY

GENERAL:
My mother's sharp eye noticed that I had placed the last reunion in Dundas instead of Durham.
I apologize for this error but, at least, I was in the right province. To further clarify, this Durham (the town) is in the Owen Sound area. There is another Durham ( the county) in which the city of Whitby is located.

SOLDIER JIM:
    Soldier 'Jim' was really James Ramsay Hamilton. He was the son of William Hamilton and Jean Ramsay. William was the eldest son of Andrew Hamilton and Lillian Day.   William never came to Canada and it seems that there was a falling out between William and his father. This pique was apparently over religion and was mentioned in Williams letter to his father (Andrew) shortly after his brother John's death.
    James Ramsay Hamilton was born in Scotland on 13 Oct 1817. He had a good education and during his lifetime was a poet, a soldier, a school teacher, a farmer and a township clerk (where he used his self-taught shorthand). He too had a disagreement with his father which caused him join the British army ( 18 June 1839) and was posted to India. He fought in the battle of Chillanwala and received a medal for his action. The medal has a date of 1849. There is a story that, as his seven year term was closing, he was hoping to end the rift with his father and return home. Unfortunately, just before the letter arrived which would have welcomed him home, he re enlisted for another seven years, so spent 14 years in the army ( actually 14 years and 67 days) and when he arrived home in 1853 his father was dead.
    He came to Canada in 1854 and at first lived with his aunt, Catherine (Taylor) Hamilton, who was the widow of his father's brother, John Hamilton. He taught school at Glasgow Station for a time before settling on the shores of Fraser Lake in Carlow Township. He married Christina McDiarmid and they adopted one child, Christina Jane Hamilton who was the daughter of [1] Margaret Hamilton [2] John Hamilton (Catherine Taylor) [3] Andrew Hamilton (Lillian Day).
    There is also a story that he was conducting a raffle in Carlow when a former student he had once whipped for bad behavior, challenged him to a fist fight. James, now on in years, declined but offered to get his military sword and dual with it. Apparently cooler heads prevailed and no blood was spilled.
    From the establisment of the United Townships of Carlow and Mayo until his death on 14 January 1878, he was the township clerk and the records of many of the transactions he was involved in can be seen at the archives.
    His poems were hand bound by him into a small volume and included the titles: The Drum; Lines Written on Reaching the Shore of America; The Hen-Pecked Husband; The Election; Christina; Panegyrick on the Late Colonel Mountain, Aide de Camp to the Queen; and, The Crimean Chimes.
His poem "Lines Written on Reaching the Shore of America" follows.

Lines Written on Reaching the Shore of America

                            Welcome land of the brave and the free
                            I see thy shore rise from the sea
                            I feel as though in thee I'd dwell
                            As freedom doth my bosom swell

                            A stranger doth thee now behold
                            Thy pleasant plains and sons so bold
                            Who fought to gain thy freedom's right
                            And show'd the world that right was might

                            All hail thy shores of freedom sweet
                            All nations doth thy banner greet
                            It waves all o'er the world wide
                            And dances on the silvery tide

                            Best was he who first unfurled
                            And spread it forth all o'er the world
                            It was your brave pure, minded son
                            I mean the immortal Washington.

FROOD:
We are connected to the Frood family by a couple of marriages. John and Catherine (Taylor) Hamilton's daughter, Janet, married a Daniel Frood. Also Robert Day and Margaret (Brown) Hamilton's grandson, Andrew Robertson, married a Barbara Frood. Then there was a Thomas Frood who married John Forrest's sister, Barbara. This John Forrest was the father-in-law of David Hamilton (my great-grandfather). Recently Jack Earwalker contacted me and supplied an extensive genealogy for this Frood family (his wife is descended from Thomas Frood and Barbara Forrest). My thanks, Jack, for this genealogy. I have included the first three generations in this issue.

Descendants of John Frood

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN[2] FROOD (THOMAS[1]) was born February 15, 1781 in Bridgemuir farm, Lochmaben Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He married AGNES MCMIN May 06, 1806 in Lochmaben, Dumfries, daughter of WILLIAM MCMIN and MARY MARCHBANK.

Children of JOHN FROOD and AGNES MCMIN are:
2. i. HUGH[3] FROOD, b. 1805; d. July 10, 1872, Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario.
3. ii. THOMAS FROOD, b. June 13, 1806, Bridgemuir, Lochmaben, Dumfries; d. October 26, 1889,
        McNab township, Renfrew Co.,ONT.
4. iii. WILLIAM FROOD, b. July 26, 1810, Cocketfield in Torthorwald Parish, Dumphries; d.
        May 12, 1866, Kirkstyle, Parish of Ruthwell, Dumphries.
5. iv. JOHN FROOD, b. January 25, 1812, Cocketfield, Torthorwald Parish, Dumphries..
    v. SAMUEL FROOD, b. May 19, 1808, Lochmaben, Dumfries.

Generation No. 2

2. HUGH[3] FROOD (JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1805, and died July 10, 1872 in Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario. He married BARBARA WATT, daughter of WILLIAM WATT and MARGARET MCDONALD.

Children of HUGH FROOD and BARBARA WATT are:
6. i. ANDREW[4] FROOD, b. Bet. 1835 - 1836, Horton, Bristol, Ontario; d. July 20, 1892.
7. ii. DONALD FROOD, b. March 16, 1840.
8. iii. WILLIAM FROOD, b. December 31, 1837; d. April 26, 1908, Roy Pierce, WA, USA.
9. iv. JOHN FROOD, b. 1842; d. May 17, 1914, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario.
10. v. MARGARET FROOD, b. December 31, 1843; d. April 07, 1888, Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario.
     vi. JANET FROOD, b. 1847.
     vii. MARY JANE FROOD, b. August 1853; d. April 23, 1894, Renfrew, Ontario; m ROBERT
            DAY HAMILTON FRASER.
    viii. AMELIA FROOD, b. Abt. 1836.

3. THOMAS[3] FROOD (JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born June 13, 1806 in Bridgemuir, Lochmaben, Dumfries, and died October 26, 1889 in McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT. He married (1) BARBARA FORREST Abt. 1830 in Montreal, QUE, daughter of JOHN FORREST and MARRION GILCHRIST. He married (2) JANE LAURIE October 26, 1868 in Renfrew county, daughter of WILLIAM LAURIE and AGNES BAILIE.

Children of THOMAS FROOD and BARBARA FORREST are:
11. i. ANDREW FORREST[4] FROOD, b. 1830, McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT;
        d. Barwick, ONT.
12. ii. MARION FROOD, b. 1832, McNab township, Renfrew Co.,ONT; d. Abt. 1924.
13. iii. THOMAS FROOD, b. 1836, Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario; d. 1916.
14. iv. JANET FROOD, b. 1838, McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT.
15. v. JOHN FORREST FROOD, b. 1841, McNab township, Renfrew Co. ,ONT; d. May 26, 1926.
16. vi. ALEXANDER MANN FROOD, b. 1842.
17. vii. ISABELLA FROOD, b. Bet. 1843 - 1844, McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT;
            d. February 15, 1887.
18. viii. SAMUEL FROOD, b. 1846.
19. ix. JANE DEANS FROOD, b. 1848.
20. x. BARBARA ANNE 'ANNIE' FROOD, b. 1850; d. November 29, 1907, Pamona, Calif., USA.
     xi. JOHN FROOD, b. 1834, McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT; d. 1834, McNab township,
            Renfrew Co., ONT.

Children of THOMAS FROOD and JANE LAURIE are:
21. xii. ALEXANDER[4] FROOD, b. 1865.
xiii. HELEN LAURIE FROOD, b. May 28, 1869, McNab township.

4. WILLIAM[3] FROOD (JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born July 26, 1810 in Cocketfield in Torthorwald Parish, Dumphries, and died May 12, 1866 in Kirkstyle ,Parish of Ruthwell, Dumphries. He married AITKMAN PATTERSON August 1831 in Mousewald, Dumfries.

Children of WILLIAM FROOD and AITKMAN PATTERSON are:
     i. HELEN[4] FROOD, b. June 03, 1836, Ruthwell, Dumfries.
22. ii. JOHN FROOD, b. October 28, 1840, Kirkstyle farm, Dumfries, Scotland; d. February 25, 1905,
        Queenberry Terrace, Cummertree, Scotland.
     iii. CHARLES PATTERSON FROOD, b. July 19, 1845, Ruthwell, Dumfries.
     iv. JOHN FROOD, b. November 27, 1831, Mousewald, Dumfries.

5. JOHN[3] FROOD (JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born January 25, 1812 in Cocketfield, Torthorwald Parish, Dumphries.. He married HELEN MCKENDERICK January 01, 1836 in Dalton, Dumfries, Scotland.

Children of JOHN FROOD and HELEN MCKENDERICK are:
     i. JOHN[4] FROOD, b. November 01, 1836, Dalton , Dumfries.
     ii. ISABEL FROOD, b. April 17, 1839, Dalton, Dumfries.
     iii. JAMSIE FROOD, b. June 17, 1846, Dalton, Dumfries.
     iv. AGNES FROOD, b. November 23, 1841, Dalton, Dumfries.

Generation No. 3

6. ANDREW[4] FROOD (HUGH[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born Bet. 1835 - 1836 in Horton, Bristol, Ontario, and died July 20, 1892. He married CHRISTIANA CAMERON November 26, 1858 in renfrew county, daughter of PETER CAMERON and SOPHIA MARKSON.

Children of ANDREW FROOD and CHRISTIANA CAMERON are:
23. i. SOPHIA ELIZABETH[5] FROOD, b. Bet. 1858 - 1859, Renfrew, Ontario.
     ii. WILLIAM H. FROOD, b. 1860, Kingston,Ontario; d. June 26, 1915, Kingston, ONT.;
            m. HARRIET MCINTYRE, April 16, 1902, the mance, Renfrew, ONT..
     iii. BARBARA WATT FROOD, b. 1863, Renfrew, Ontario; m. DAVID CADIEUX,
            May 25, 1885, Renfrew county.
24. iv. PETER J. FROOD, b. September 13, 1865, Renfrew, Ontario.
     v. MARGARET'MAGGIE' FROOD, b. 1868, Renfrew, Ontario.
     vi. DANIEL'DONALD' FROOD, b. Bet. 1870 - 1871, Renfrew, Ontario.
    vii. ANDREW FROOD, b. August 31, 1872, Renfrew, Ontario; d. October 1873, Renfrew, Ontario.
     viii. COLIN FROOD, b. September 10, 1872, Renfrew, Ontario; d. December 23, 1873,
            Renfrew, Ontario.

7. DONALD[4] FROOD (HUGH[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born March 16, 1840. He married (1) JANET HAMILTON. He married (2) ISABELLA FROOD June 15, 1863 in Renfrew county, daughter of THOMAS FROOD and BARBARA FORREST.

Children of DONALD FROOD and ISABELLA FROOD are:
25. i. BARBARA R.[5] FROOD, b. 1864.
ii. ISABELLE JANE 'BELLA' FROOD, b. 1868; m. JOHN A. GORTON, October 14, 1902,
Renfrew, ONT..
26. iii. JANET D. FROOD, b. 1866.
27. iv. HUGH FROOD, b. 1869.
28. v. DONALD LEWIS FROOD, b. October 06, 1876, Horton, Ontario.
29. vi. NOBLE ALEXANDER FROOD, b. December 01, 1879, Horton, Ontario.

8. WILLIAM[4] FROOD (HUGH[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born December 31, 1837, and died April 26, 1908 in Roy Pierce, WA, USA. He married ELLEN WALLACE September 30, 1864 in Renfrew county, daughter of JOHN WALLACE and AGNES FRASER.

Children of WILLIAM FROOD and ELLEN WALLACE are:
     i. AGNES[5] FROOD, b. 1868; d. October 25, 1916.
     ii. JOHN FROOD, b. 1866; d. June 22, 1877, Bagot Twp.
    iii. BARBARA FROOD, b. 1865.
     iv. ELIZABETH FROOD, b. September 1870.
     v. HUGH B. FROOD, b. December 30, 1872; d. 1941, Renfrew, Ontario; m.
            ELIZABETH BYERS.
     vi. MARY FROOD, b. 1880; d. November 21, 1886, Bagot township, ONT.
30. vii. HELEN 'ELLA' WALLACE FROOD, b. November 20, 1882, Bagot township, ONT;
            d. December 11, 1911, Victoria Hospital, Renfrew, ONT..
     viii. MARIOM B. FROOD, b. February 07, 1885.

9. JOHN[4] FROOD (HUGH[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1842, and died May 17, 1914 in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario. He married JANE WARK 1869 in Renfrew, Ontario.

Children of JOHN FROOD and JANE WARK are:
     i. BARBARA JANE'JENNIE'[5] FROOD, b. November 26, 1870, Horton, Ontario;
            m. JOHN FERGUSON, March 31, 1897, Renfrew, Ontario.
     ii. SARAH M. FROOD, b. November 13, 1872, Renfrew, Ontario; d. 1873.
     iii. MARIA FROOD, b. February 18, 1875, Renfrew, Ontario.
    iv. CAROLINE FROOD, b. February 18, 1875.
    v. HUGH FROOD, b. 1876, Renfrew, Ontario; d. 1925.
    vi. WILLIAM'WILLIE' FROOD, b. 1878, Renfrew, Ontario; d. November 26, 1892,
            Horton, Renfrew, Ontario.

10. MARGARET[4] FROOD (HUGH[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born December 31, 1843, and died April 07, 1888 in Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario. She married ALFRED BROMLEY.

Child of MARGARET FROOD and ALFRED BROMLEY is:
31. i. JESSIE BELLE[5] BROMLEY, b. November 25, 1887, Admaston, Renfrew, ONT;
d. February 17, 1961, Admaston, Renfrew, ONT.

11. ANDREW FORREST[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1830 in McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT, and died in Barwick, ONT. He married ISABELLA FORREST December 31, 1858 in Renfrew county, daughter of JOHN FORREST and MARY STEWART.

Children of ANDREW FROOD and ISABELLA FORREST are:
32. i. THOMAS HUGH[5] FROOD, b. 1861, Renfrew, Ontario; d. Abt. 1926, VA,USA.
     ii. MARY STEWART FROOD, b. 1862, Renfrew, Ontario; d. Abt. 1900, Glencoe, ND, USA;
                m. JOHN ATKINS BUMP, Abt. 1890.
33. iii. JOHN ALEXANDER FROOD, b. January 20, 1863, Renfrew, Ontario; d. December 02,
                1955, Piney, MB, CAN.
34. iv. BARBARA GRACE FROOD, b. September 08, 1867, Renfrew, Ontario.
35. v. MARION ISABEL'MABEL' FROOD, b. 1872, Renfrew, Ontario; d. Abt. 1909, VA,USA.
     vi. DONALD GEORGE FROOD, b. June 09, 1878, Admaston, Ontario; d. Abt. 1961,
                Glencoe, ND, USA.
    vii. WILLIAM ANDREW FROOD, b. July 12, 1873, Renfrew, Ontario; d. Abt. 1943,
                Barwick, ONT, CAN.
     viii. SAMUEL JAMES FROOD, b. September 25, 1875, Admaston, Ontario.
36. ix. MARGARET AGNES FROOD, b. July 31, 1880, Renfrew, Ontario; d. Abt. 1968,
                Glencoe, ND, USA.

12. MARION[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1832 in McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT, and died Abt. 1924. She married DONALD FERGUSON Abt. 1850.

Children of MARION FROOD and DONALD FERGUSON are:
37. i. ANNIE[5] FERGUSON.
38. ii. BARBARA FERGUSON.
39. iii. DUNCAN FERGUSON.
     iv. ELIZA FERGUSON, m. JAMES MCMILLAN.
    v. JENNIE FERGUSON, m. (1) DONALD MCMILLAN; m. (2) ROBERT MCADAM.
     vi. THOMAS FERGUSON, m. HARRIET GIBBONS.
     vii. DONALD FERGUSON, m. MARGARET GIBBON.
     viii. ROBERT FERGUSON, m. JENNIE MCEWEN.
     ix. JAMES FERGUSON.
    x. WILLIAM FERGUSON, m. MINNIE BARR.

13. THOMAS[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1836 in Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario, and died 1916. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) UNKNOWN.

Children of THOMAS FROOD and UNKNOWN are:
i. EDITH[5] FROOD.
ii. VICTORIA FROOD.

14. JANET[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1838 in McNab township, Renfrew Co.,ONT. She married JOHN HUTSON.

Children of JANET FROOD and JOHN HUTSON are:
     i. JAMES[5] HUTSON.
     ii. THOMAS HUTSON.
     iii. WILLIAM HUTSON.
     iv. WALTER HUTSON.
     v. SAMUEL HUTSON.
     vi. DONALD HUTSON.

15. JOHN FORREST[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1841 in McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT, and died May 26, 1926. He married MARION WALLACE March 14, 1862 in Renfrew county, daughter of JOHN WALLACE and AGNES FRASER.

Children of JOHN FROOD and MARION WALLACE are:
40. i. AGNES ELIZABETH[5] FROOD, b. December 16, 1863; d. December 29, 1944.
41. ii. THOMAS FROOD, b. 1865; d. 1934.
42. iii. BARBARA FROOD, b. 1867; d. 1947.
43. iv. MARGARET JANE 'JENNIE' FROOD, b. February 21, 1871, Admaston, Ontario.
44. v. JESSIE BELL FROOD, b. 1874.
vi. HERBERT JOHN FROOD, b. February 18, 1881.

16. ALEXANDER MANN[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1842. He married SARAH MILLIGAN.

Children of ALEXANDER FROOD and SARAH MILLIGAN are:
     i. WILLIAM JOHN[5] FROOD.
    ii. SARAH FROOD, m. EMIL BERNHARDT.
     iii. EDITH EVELINE FROOD, m. ROBERT GOODWIN SCOTT.

17. ISABELLA[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born Bet. 1843 - 1844 in McNab township, Renfrew Co., ONT, and died February 15, 1887. She married DONALD FROOD June 15, 1863 in Renfrew county, son of HUGH FROOD and BARBARA WATT.

Children of ISABELLA FROOD and DONALD FROOD are:
25. i. BARBARA R.[5] FROOD, b. 1864.
ii. ISABELLE JANE 'BELLA' FROOD, b. 1868; m. JOHN A. GORTON, October 14,
1902, Renfrew, ONT..
26. iii. JANET D. FROOD, b. 1866.
27. iv. HUGH FROOD, b. 1869.
28. v. DONALD LEWIS FROOD, b. October 06, 1876, Horton, Ontario.
29. vi. NOBLE ALEXANDER FROOD, b. December 01, 1879, Horton, Ontario.

18. SAMUEL[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1846. He married MARGARET CRAM.

Children of SAMUEL FROOD and MARGARET CRAM are:
45. i. WILLIAM THOMAS[5] FROOD, b. January 20, 1875.
46. ii. BARBARA FROOD, b. 1876.
47. iii. ALEXANDER J. FROOD, b. April 16, 1882.
iv. MARGARET ELIZABETH FROOD, b. April 11, 1878, Horton township , Ontario;
d. March 06, 1896, Renfrew, Ontario.

19. JANE DEANS[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1848. She married GEORGE BOX August 03, 1861 in Renfrew, Ontario.

Children of JANE FROOD and GEORGE BOX are:
48. i. ALEXANDER[5] BOX.
49. ii. JESSIE BOX.
50. iii. GEORGE STACY BOX.

20. BARBARA ANNE 'ANNIE'[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1850, and died November 29, 1907 in Pamona, Calif., USA. She married 'HUD' HORACE HULL.

Child of BARBARA FROOD and 'HUD' HULL is:
51. i. FANNY BELL[5] HULL.

21. ALEXANDER[4] FROOD (THOMAS[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born 1865. He married ELIZABETH.

Child of ALEXANDER FROOD and ELIZABETH is:
i. ROY[5] FROOD, b. 1889.

22. JOHN[4] FROOD (WILLIAM[3], JOHN[2], THOMAS[1]) was born October 28, 1840 in Kirkstyle farm, Dumfries, Scotland, and died February 25, 1905 in Queenberry Terrace, Cummertree, Scotland. He married GRACE GRAHAM March 22, 1871 in Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland.

Children of JOHN FROOD and GRACE GRAHAM are:
52. i. CHARLES[5] FROOD, b. August 13, 1872; d. December 04, 1915.
     ii. HELEN AITKMAN FROOD, b. April 10, 1874; d. November 19, 1959,
                Beechmount Bolton, Scotland.
     iii. THOMAS GRAHAM FROOD, b. 1876; d. January 14, 1882, Nether Lochaewoods, Scotland.
53. iv. MARGARET KENNEDY FROOD, b. January 29, 1878; d. December 11, 1967,
                Rochdale, Scotland.
     v. JOHN FROOD, b. November 21, 1882; d. Abt. 1950; m. LILLY GATEWOOD, Abt. 1913.
54. vi. WILLIAM GRAHAM FROOD, b. November 27, 1884; d. May 02, 1922, Basford,
                Stoke on Trent.
55. vii. DAVID GRAHAM FROOD, b. June 24, 1887; d. July 06, 1960.
     viii. MARY ANNE FROOD, b. October 18, 1889; d. January 22, 1909, Queenberry
                Terrace, Cummertree, Scotland.