Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Henry EDWARDS[1]

Male 1789 ? - 17 Jul 1848 ?


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  • Name Henry EDWARDS  [2
    Born 1789 ?  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 54B4B3A7E9574BEC8768B526670C53E64F4C 
    Died 17 Jul 1848 ? 
    Person ID I1272  Ernest Benjamin Gillis
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2018 

    Father EDWARDS,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth MUNSON,   b. Co. Sligo (?), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward EDWARDS,   b. Feb 1831,   d. 10 Dec 1844  (Age ~ 13 years)
     2. Charles Henry EDWARDS,   b. 4 Mar 1831, Brock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1907, Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesse County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Elizabeth EDWARDS,   b. 10 Aug 1832, Brock Twp, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1870  (Age 37 years)
     4. Sarah Ann EDWARDS,   b. <1863>, Brock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jane Elizabeth SPROUL,   b. Dec 1839, Brock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesse County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1852  Brock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Per history written by Dr. Edward Jardine:

      When England and the United States of America engaged each other in the War of 1812, two young brothers named Henry and George Edwards of Manchester, England joined the British army and came with it to Canada to serve in that war. At its close, in lieu of pay, each of them received from the government one hundred acres of land near the present site of the City of Cannington, Ontario province.

      About this time an immigrant by the name of Masterson from Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland came to Canada and entered one hundred acres close to the homes of the Edwards boys. He built a house, cleared some land and sent for his wife and two children.

      Mrs. Masterson's maiden name was Elizabeth Munn. Learning of her husband's success in the new country she bade farewell to her home and friends and set sail for Canada, probably not later than 1815.

      When she arrived in that wilderness of trees and wild beasts and the still more savage Indians, she found her husband had been killed. It seemed he had been in the woods whe a storm came with rain, thunder, and lightening and that he had taken shelter under a tree. The tree was struck by lightening and a large limb tore off, falling on Mr. Masterson. It was impossible to tell whether he was killed by the blow from the limb or whether the lightening had killed him.

      Mrs. Masterson went pluckity to work on the farm her husband had left her, and later became acquainted with and married Henry Edwards. Three children were born to them: Henry, the oldest; Sarah Ann, second; and Elizabeth third. Elizabeth was my mother (writes Edward William Jardine).

      Grave marker in All Saints Cemetery:
      In Memory of
      Henry Edwards
      Who died
      July 17, 1848
      AGE 59 years

      This would make Henry born around 1789; in his 20s during the war of 1812.

      In Memory of
      EDWARD
      Son of
      Henry & Elizabeth
      EDWARDS
      Who departed this life Dec. 10, 1844
      AGE 13 yrs & 10 mo

      The friends that pass by the lonesome grave
      And with a sigh move slow along
      While gazeing on the spears of grass
      With which my grave is overgrown

      This would make Edward born around Feb of 1831 - likely the son "killed by the kick of a mule".
      (His siblings would have been Sarah, born about 1830; Henry, born 3/1831 (maybe a twin??); Elizabeth, born 8/1832.)
    • (Research):The transcription records of "All Saints" cemetery on the 11 concession of Brock contain reference to a Henry EDWARDS who was born about 1789 and died 17 July 1848. I have no evidence to support to which EDWARDS family this Henry belonged but the dates appear to align with this family history.

      I have not sorted out all of my EDWARDS Clan, quite a few settled in Brock Township. From Wales originally. gggrandfather married Elizabeth Edwards daughter of Edward Edwards - I have this line back to 1700's. The Edwards Family were very much into Horses, breeding & racing. I Know that Henry's sister Sarah and george Horne have 4 children buried at the Manilla Cemetery ( Manilla is situated in both Brock Township, (old Ontario county ) now Durham Region & Mariposa Township, ( old Victoria County) now City of the Kawartha Lakes) If you would like the transcript please let me know. I will look and see what else I can find. Shirley

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.

    2. [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].