Thomas Whitehead (abt. 1763 - 1846)

Born about 11 Dec 1763 in Beekman, Dutchess, New York

Died 11 Jan 1846 at about age 82 in Burford, Oxford, Canada West

Biography

Rev. Thomas Whitehead was a prominent Methodist minister in Upper Canada. He emigrated from New Brunswick with his wife Ann and three sons, George W., Willard M. and Thomas C. shortly before the War of 1812. He was the first president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. He died in 1846 in Burford Township, Canada West (Ontario)^[1] and was buried at the Burford Pioneer Cemetery.^[2]

Birth

Date: 11 Dec1763

Place: Beekman (in 1834) Twp., Dutchess County, New York

Note: though some sources say 16 Sep 1764, recorded at BrinkerhoffvillePresbyterian Church, Fishkill Twp., Dutchess County, New York^[3][4]

Residence

Date: from early 1777 until 1782

Place: Saratoga, New York^[5]

Date: Bet 1783 and 1788

Place: Huntington, Long Island, New York^[6]

Date: for a few years

Place: abroad

Note: as a Methodist missionary^[7]

Date: for several years

Place: New York

Note: performing religions services^[8]

Date: 26 MAY 1834

Place: Burford Twp., Oxford County, Ontario

Note: when he applied for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service^[9]

Event

Type: Milit-Beg

Date: summer 1778

Note: when he served in Philip Rogers' Company, Col. Palmer's Regiment, for oneweek scouting in the vicinity of Saratoga Springs^[10][11]

Type: Milit-Beg

Date: Aug 1779

Place: Saratoga, New York

Note: reentered as part of a draft of eight the same Company, marched to Palmertown, engaged building a block house and discharged after one month^[12]

Type: Milit-Beg

Date: 1780

Place: Saratoga, New York

Note: served as a private in Capt. Woodworth's Company, Col. Palmer's Regiment,for three weeks on account of and Indian and Tory alarm^[13]

Type: Milit-Beg

Date: Apr 1781

Place: Saratoga, New York

Note: volunteered as a private in Capt. James Gray's Company, under Major John McKinston, for nine months, quartered at Saratoga Barracks and Fort Stanwix, scouting the northern lines, Skeensborough, Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Fort George, Ticonderoga, Jessups patent and Seedaga, and being accidentally wounded in the left sholder about two miles below Fort Edward 17 Aug 1781^[14]

Type: Application

Date: 26 May 1834

Note: for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service^[15]

Immigration

Date: Abt 1791

Place: Ontario^[16][17]

Sources

1. ↑ Muir, R.C. The Early Political and Military History of Burford. 1913, p. 88
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #134378973
3. ↑ Source: #S10505 Page: 3:1205-1206, Whitehead
4. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
5. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
6. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
7. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
8. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
9. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
10. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
11. ↑ Source: #S10505 Page: 3:1205–1206, Whitehead
12. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
13. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
14. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
15. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246
16. ↑ Source: #S10505 Page: 3:1205-1206, Whitehead
17. ↑ Source: #S10638 Page: New York, Thomas Whitehead application, S.15246

• Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910)
• Source: S10638 Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Url:online http://www.footnote.com, Series: M804, Format: 2670 microfilmreels Abbreviation: Rev. War Pension & Bounty-Land App. Files (M804) Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.

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