Isaac (Demille) Demill UE (bef. 1754 - 1817)

Born before 27 Nov 1754 in New York Colony

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Died 29 Sep 1817 after age 62 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward, Upper Canada

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Biography

Isaac Demill was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Isaac was baptized on 27 Nov 1754. His parents were Isaac Demill and Margrita Stillwell.^[1] Birth date on "Family Record" sampler differs - 4 May 1755.^[2]

He married in Mary Dixon in 1780 who died 1846 (or 1847?), said to have been aged 79 at her death.

Isaac DeMille came to Upper Canada "from Vermont in 1792 and settled near the present Northport. He took up two hundred acres in that vicinity, and also obtained a grant of six hundred acres in the township of Reach."^[3]

On 28 August 1810, Isaac received a Crown grant of Lot 26, in the 1st Concession of Sophiasburgh, District of Prince Edward, Upper Canada, comprising some 338 acres. In his will he left the rear third, fronting on Water Street in the community of Fish Lake, to his son John (no. 20). Among other bequests, he made provision for a comfortable support for his “ajed” mother.

He died on 29 Sept. 1817 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, aged 62 years.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ p.198, Evans, Thomas Grier and Tobias Alexander Wright; Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, (1968). Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York : Baptisms, v. [2]. 1731-1800 / edited by Tobias Alexander Wright. Upper Saddle River N.J: Gregg Press. <https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/376283-redirection>
2. ↑ Demill, Sarah, Sampler, Family Record - Isaac Demill and Mary Dixon. Birth and death dates.
3. ↑ DeMille family, p.287-292, In: Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte: including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens (1904), Toronto: Rolph and Clark.<https://archive.org/details/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft>
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images; Millington, Lee (2020), Memorial page for Isaac DeMille, 4 May 1755–29 Sep 1817, (Find a Grave Memorial ID; 212434579) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212434579/isaac-demille> accessed 02 November 2022

• Ancestry.com, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Ancestry.com, Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; The Holland Society of New York, New York Records, Volume I, Book 33. Record for Isaac DeMilt. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6961&h=239465&indiv=try.

• Dobson, John Blythe (2003,2014), Ancestor Table for the Hon. Duff Roblin, Premier of Manitoba, (Miscellanea Manitobiana; no. 1) <https://johnblythedobson.org/Manitobiana/issues/001.cfm> accessed 02 November 2022

• DeMille, Isaac (UELAC ID; 2165), In: United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Loyalist Directory<https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2165> accessed 02 November 2022

• DeMille family, p.287-292, In: Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte: including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens (1904), Toronto: Rolph and Clark.<https://archive.org/details/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft>