Malahide Township – 1828 Militia Rolls
The 155 men who were residents of Malahide Township in 1828 and enrolled in the 2nd Regiment Middlesex Militia are given in Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-1829, edited and with an introduction by , Bruce S. Elliott, Dan Walker and Fawne Stratford-Devai, published by the Ontario Genealogical Society in 1995. The Malahide Men are given on pages 146 to 149 in the following 4 Companies of the 2nd Regiment Middlesex Militia:
2nd Company, William Saxton Captain 4th Company, Abraham Backhouse, Captain 7th Company, Henry Backhouse Captain 8th Company, William Summers Captain.
In addition several of the Regiment’s officers were Malahide residents. They are also included in the list below. The men enrolled are between the ages of 19 and 39. In the case of Malahide Township, ages are given for all the men in the four Malahide companies. The men are listed in order of household by neighborhood which is helpful in establishing other relationships such as a brother or wife’s brother etc. Bruce C. Johnson Jr. has gathered from other sources their birthplace and name of wife or wives.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Wife / Wives |
| ABEL (ABELL) | Jabez | abt 1807 | Charlotte TYRRELL | |
| ADAMS | Calvin Winslow D. | abt 1806 | New York | Nancy Jane WIDNER |
| ADAMS | David | abt 1794 | Elizabeth HOFFMAN | |
| ADAMS | William | abt 1800 | New York | Eleanor, Mary DAVIS |
| BACKHOUSE | Abraham, Capt., 4th Co. | abt 1790 | England | Amelia ALWAY |
| BACKHOUSE | Henry Moore, Capt., 7th Co. | abt 1797 | Walsingham, Norfolk, Upper Canada | Hannah SMITH |
| BAKER | Samuel C. | 25 Mar 1797 | New Brunswick | Lydia MABEE |
| BEEMER | Abraham | 3 Mar 1800 | Norfolk, Upper Canada | Eleanor VANPETTEN
/ VanPATTER |
| BEEMER | John Wesley | 1802 | Upper Canada | Mary McKENNEY |
| BENNER | John | 19 Nov 1789 | New York | Dorothy HOUSE |
| BOUGHNER | Francis G. | abt 1809 | Upper Canada | Mary Jane BOWEN |
| BOUGHNER | Joseph | abt 1789 | Nancy MERRITT | |
| BOWEN | Cornelius | abt 1793 | Upper Canada | Belinda BROOKS |
| BRADLEY | Onisamus Gould | abt 12 Jun 1796 | Connecticut | Elizabeth |
| BROOKS | Benjamin | abt 1791 | Nancy Olive HARRIS | |
| BROOKS | John D. | abt 1809 | Lower Canada | Polly CORLESS |
| BROWN | Abraham | 1794 | USA | 2nd wife was Hannah WILSON |
| BROWN | Benj (May be Benajah) | 1791 | ||
| BROWN | Eli | 18 Feb 1796 | Upper Canada | Estella BROWN |
| BROWN | Hiram | abt 1799 | ||
| BROWN | John D. | abt 1793 | Ireland | |
| BROWN | Moses | 1798 | Upper Canada | Sarah TREADWELL |
| BROWN | Walter | 8 Apr 1791 | New York | Catherine LEARN, Jemima CARTER |
| BRUNDAGE | Reuben | abt 1797 | New Jersey | Sarah EDISON |
| CALL | Hiram | abt 1801 | ||
| CAREY | William | abt 1790 | ||
| CARTER | Nicholas | 1792 | Bertie Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Elizabeth WEAVER |
| CARTER | Silas | 7 Apr 1799 | Bertie Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Lois K. CHASE |
| CASCADDEN | Alexander Jr. | 16 Jun 1801 | Germantown, Bucks, Pennsylvania | Augustina and 2nd
Mary BRUNER |
| CASCADDEN | William Henry | 12 Apr 1809 | Willoughby Twp., Lincoln, Upper Canada | Christiana BENNER |
| CLAYTON | Peter | 5 Nov 1807 | New Jersey | Margaret McKINNEY, Julia |
| CLUNAS | John | abt 1790 | Scotland | Catherine McLACHLIN |
| CRANE | Isaac | 15 Jul 1805 | Bertie Twp., UC | Sarah E. HERRICK |
| CRANE | Jacob | 3 Jun 1799 | Bertie Twp. | Mary Ann WINTER |
| CRANE | James | 22 Apr 1801 | Bertie Twp., UC | Lois PARTLOW |
| DAVIS | Daniel | abt 1792 | New York | Elizabeth LODER |
| DAVIS | Simeon | abt 1789 | New York | Margaret WILLSON |
| DAVIS | William Hempstead | Jan 1806 | New York | Hannah CRANE |
| DICKHOUT | John | 1796 | Pennsylvania | Sarah CLARK |
| ENSIGN | James | abt 1793 | Maria BROWN | |
| ESSELTINE | Jacob | abt 1806 | Lower Canada | Sarah GRIFFIN |
| FERGUSON | Sewell | abt 1809 | Orille COLE | |
| GILLETT | Mansfield Caleb | abt 1806 | Upper Canada | Louisa COLE |
| GRAHAM | Daniel | abt 1803 | ||
| GRIFFIN | Edward | abt 1808 | New Brunswick | Charlotte TIDD, Catherine |
| HAINES | Alexander | abt 1802 | Nova Scotia | Frances WILLIS |
| HAINES | Benjamin | 11 Mar 1805 | Susannah EDISON | |
| HAINES | John | Apr 1807 | Nova Scotia | Sarah |
| HANKINSON | Thomas Hartshorn | 6 Jun 1796 | Nova Scotia | Clarine HAINES |
| HARPER | Samuel | 6 May 1797 | New York | Almira HOY
Electa BROWN |
| HARRIS | George | abt 1795 | ?, Elizabeth TENNANT | |
| HARRIS | Henry | abt 1807 | Gerusha SPORBACK | |
| HARRIS | Samuel | abt 1792 | USA | Olivia |
| HARRIS | Silas | abt 1803 | Elizabeth JOHNSON, Elizabeth SNYDER | |
| HARRIS | Squire | abt 1806 | Nova Scotia | Elizabeth Jane VANAMBURGH |
| HARVEY | Joseph | abt 1806 | Ireland | Susan Celeste TEEPLE |
| HODGKINSON | John Pember | abt 1800 | Upper Canada | Belinda LOUCKS, Nancy MCINTYRE |
| HODGKINSON | Thomas | abt 1796 | Upper Canada | Rebecca NICKERSON, Mary NICKERSON |
| HUNT | David | abt 1797 | Permilia HODGKINS | |
| HUNT | Isaac | abt 1802 | Upper Canada | Amy BAKER |
| JEWEL (JEWELL) | Jacob | abt 1809 | Jane | |
| JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) | Joseph | 24 May 1808 | Ireland | Barbara KILMER |
| KEITH | Thomas | abt 1798/1807 | Louisa | |
| KENNEDY | John R. (Ensign, commission 19 July 1826) | 7 Aug 1791 | New Brunswick | Mary CASCADDEN |
| KENNEDY | Reuben Judd (Qtr Master, Com. 14 July 1826) | 1 Dec 1789 | Upper Canada | Susannah CASCADDEN |
| KENT | Luke | abt 1802 | Jane Moore BACKHOUSE | |
| KILMER | George | 18 Feb 1800 | New York | Elizabeth HUNT |
| KILMER | Henry | 15 Feb 1795 | New York | Mary DENNIS |
| KILMER | John | abt 1807 | Upper Canada | Deborah BEARSS |
| KILMER | Philip | 6 Jul 1791 | New York | Martha BEARSS |
| LAMB | Reuben | 1797 | Ann HUFFMAN | |
| LAUR | George | abt 1793 | Upper Canada | Jane MARSH |
| LAUR | John | abt 1795 | Upper Canada | Eliza LEARN |
| LAUR | Peter | 1790 | Upper Canada | Rosannah KILMER |
| LEARN | Asa H. | abt 1795 | Bertie Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Mary, Margaret |
| LEWIS | Asahel Bradley | abt 1804 | New York | Alma HOPKINS |
| LOUCKS | John | abt 1805 | Susan THOMSON | |
| MALCOMB | John | abt 1804 | ||
| MATTHEWS | Abraham | abt 1798 | Catherine TRUMAN | |
| MATTHEWS | Peter | abt 1801 | Upper Canada | Margaret |
| McCARTER / McCARTHY | Charles | abt 1794 | ||
| McCAUSLAND | Andrew | abt 1795 | Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland | Catherine BAXTER, Margaret |
| McCAUSLAND | James | abt 1798 | Ireland | Maria WARD |
| McCREDIE | James | abt 1796 | Hannah WILLSON | |
| McINTIRE | John | abt 1809 | Hannah EDISON | |
| McINTOSH | William | 20 April 1795 | Scotland | Ellen MURRAY |
| McKENNEY | Andrew | 18 Mar 1798 | New York | never married |
| McKENNEY
/McKINNEY |
“Canute” [believe this may be Frederick Clute McKenney] | 17 Jun 1806 | Catherine CLUTE | |
| McKENNEY | Daniel | 12 Jan 1790 | Catherine HUTCHINSON | |
| McKENNEY | Hamilton A. | abt 1807 | New York | Celia C. ALWAY |
| McKENNEY | Henry B. | abt 1809 | Eusebia NASH | |
| McKENNEY | Jacob | 24 Aug 1802 | Mary McCALL | |
| McKENNEY | John | 18 Dec 1796 | Charlestown, Montgomery, New York | Elizabeth |
| McKENNEY | Matthew | 28 April 1800 | Upper Canada | Phoebe BRADY |
| McKENNEY | Nicholas | 16 April 1790 | New York | never married |
| McKENNEY | Peter | 31 Mar 1788 | Rhoda TICKNER and Betsey BATES | |
| McKENNEY | Richard C. | 22 Aug 1797 | Elizabeth HUTCHINSON | |
| McLAUGHLIN | Donald | abt 1791 | Argyleshire, Scotland | Margaret STUART |
| McLAUGHLIN | James A. | abt 1797 | Argyleshire, Scotland | Elizabeth STUART |
| McMASTER | William | abt 1790 | New York | |
| MILLARD | Mathias Bouchner, Sr. | abt 1798 | Townsend Twp., Norfolk, Upper Canada | Dorothy SCHOFFE |
| MILLER | Gilbert | abt 1797 | New York | Wilmot VANPATTEN
(VANPATTER) |
| MILLER | Jacob | 24 Feb 1794 | New York | Jane SCHOOLEY |
| MILLER | John Conrad | 7 Jun 1798 | New York | Letitia SCHOOLEY |
| MOORE | Francis Stephenson | 6 Dec 1807 | Pelham Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Elizabeth B. CASCADDEN |
| MOORE | James | abt 1808 | Pelham Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Sarah KINSEY |
| NICHOL | John | abt 1790 | ||
| NICKERSON | David Varien | 14 Dec 1807 | Hamilton Twp., Northumberland, Upper Canada | Jane McKENNEY |
| NICKERSON | Enos | abt 1799 | Hamilton Twp., Northumberland, Upper Canada | Ann WESTOVER |
| NICKERSON | Levi | abt 1793 | Palatine, Montgomery, New York | Harriet MILLER, Sarah GOFF |
| NORTHRUP | Jacob | abt 1791 | New York | Abigail SAXTON |
| NORTHRUP | William | 24 Jan 1791 | Nova Scotia | |
| OSTRANDER | Isaac | abt 1791 | Lincoln, Upper Canada | Sarah WILLSON |
| PARTLOW | Orange | 1 May 1809 | Argyle, Lower Canada | Susannah JOHNSTON |
| PENNINGTON | Miles | bp 13 Mar 1791 | England | |
| PENNINGTON | Thomas | abt 1796 | England | Laura DEWEY |
| PHELPS | Elijah | 14 May 1798 | Charleston, New York | Asenath VAN VELZER |
| PHELPS | Othneil | 7 Apr 1794 | Charleston, New York | Sarah WEAVER |
| PONTINE | William | abt 1790 | Denmark | Eva BARR |
| POUND | Elijah | 7 Mar 1789 | New Jersey | Adelia WARD |
| POUND | John | 27 Apr 1791 | Bertie Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Athelia WARD |
| PRICHARD | Raphael | abt 1803 | Nova Scotia | Margaret |
| PRICHARD | Silas | abt 1803 | Lower Canada | Phoebe VANVELZER |
| SAXTON | Elijah | 4 May 1807 | Nova Scotia | Margaret HAINES |
| SAXTON | William, Capt., 2nd Co. | 25 Apr 1789 | Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia | Margaret EDISON |
| SCEALEY | Anthony | abt 1794 | Argyle, Shelbourne, Nova Scotia | Eleanor SAXTON |
| SCHOOLEY | Asa B. | abt 1800 | Catherine | |
| SMITH | Elijah R. (believe this Elisha Reves) | abt 1800 | Christina BRADT | |
| SMITH | Solomon | abt 1798 | Upper Canada | Lydia CRANDALL |
| SMITH | Xenophen | abt 1802 | New York | Huldah |
| SOVEREIGN | John | abt 1797 | Wife died in 1839 | |
| SOVEREIGN | Morris | abt 1794 | USA | Hannah WOOD |
| STILWELL | Robert | abt 1804 | Catherine TROYER | |
| SUMMERS | William, Capt., 8th Co. | 4 Nov 1778 | Margaret, Adeline MOORE | |
| SUMMERS | John Rowan (Lieut. commission 23 Jan. 1824) | 11 Feb 1787 | USA | Susan Ann HARPER |
| SUMMERS | James (Lieut., com. 17 July 1826) | 23 Oct 1791 | Upper Canada | Mary TREADWELL |
| SWAN | Allanson | abt 1800 | ||
| TEEPLE | Oliver Mabee | 16 May 1803 | Charlotteville, Norfolk, Upper Canada | Jerusha PARTLOW, Eleanor MCKENNEY |
| THOMAS | Benjamin | abt 1801 | USA | Hannah, Mary |
| THOMAS | Jesse | abt 1806 | USA | Margaret STROMBERLY |
| THURSTIN | Francis | abt 1798 | New Hampshire | Harriet TYRRELL |
| TISDALE | Henry | abt 1797 | New Brunswick | Phoebe TEEPLE dau. of Peter |
| TOZER | Charles Gustavo Adolphus | 1798 | England | Phoebe TEEPLE dau. of George |
| TREADWELL | Daniel | abt 1803 | Sarah WILLIS | |
| TREADWELL | Tryon | 5 May 1792 | Charleston, Montgomery, New York | Mary SMITH, Christiana (BRADT) (HUTCHINSON) SMITH |
| TYRRELL
given as (TURREL) |
George | abt 1796 | Upper Canada | Catherine CLARK |
| VANVELZER | John | 1808 | Nova Scotia | Ann KOYLE, Mary Jane SAXTON |
| VANPATTEN
(VANPATTER) |
William B. (or is this actually Aaron G.? Brother-in-law Joseph HARVEY is next to him) | abt 1803 (or 8 May 1805) | (Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York) | (Elizabeth HARVEY) |
| VANPATTER | Cornelius | 14 Apr 1803 | Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York | |
| VANPATTER
(VANPATTEN) |
John | 13 Nov 1790 | Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York | Esther DAVIS, Hannah DAVIS |
| VANPATTER | Simon | 20 Aug 1795 | Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York | Eleanor McDUFFIE |
| WARD | Calvin | abt 1809 | ||
| WARD | Thomas | abt 1807 | ||
| WARD | Walter | abt 1805 | Vermont | Sarah |
| WATT | Alexander | abt 1808 | Rachel ARNOLD | |
| WESTOVER | Amasa | 9 Sep 1807 | Sutton, Lower Canada | Cynthia Jewell SINCLAIR |
| WESTOVER | Erastus | abt 1799 | Lower Canada | Mary Ann JEWELL |
| WESTOVER | Horace | 1805 | Lower Canada | Catherine DENNIS |
| WESTOVER | Samuel | 22 May 1798 | Quebec | Phoebe JONES, Margaret KILMER |
| WESTOVER | Samuel H. | 24 Apr 1798 | Upper Canada | Esther |
| WESTOVER | William | abt 1803 | ||
| WHITESELL | Daniel | 19 Dec 1800 | Pelham Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Elizabeth FELKER |
| WHITESELL | David | 26 May 1792 | Pelham Twp., Welland, Upper Canada | Margaret LONDON |
| WILCOX | John
(name given as Johnson in book) |
abt 1808 | Maria CASWELL | |
| WOOLLEY | Daniel | 24 Oct 1790 | Walsingham, Norfolk, Upper Canada | Margaret |
| WRONG | Gilbert (Lieut. commission 22 Jan 1824 | abt 11 July 1792 | Ann BRIDGEMAN |