Charles Depew UE (abt. 1762 - 1825)

Born about 1762 in Somerset, Pennsylvania

Husband of Magdalene (Showers) Depew — married 17 Aug 1795 in Welland, Upper Canada now Fort Erie, Welland County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 20 May 1825 at about age 63 in Barton, Wentworth, Upper Canada

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Biography

Charles Depew UE served during the French and Indian War.

Charles Depew UE served for Canada in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): 5th Regiment of Lincoln Militia
Service ended:

Wife Name : Magdalene Shower (b. 1765, USA) m. 17 Aug 1785 at Fort Erie, Upper Canada; d. 18 Dec 1839 in Barton Twp., Upper Canada (Ontario).

John Depew was a Sgt. in Butler's Rangers and in the first conflict and a Capt. in the 2nd. He served under Sir William Pepperell during the French and Indian War.

After the War, John and Mary were granted land by the government at the head of Burlington Bay, which is now the city of Hamilton, Ontario.

A second purchase of land by the British Crown from the Mississauga Indians on the west side of the Niagara River was completed in 1784, but the choice lots were awarded to officers and men of standing. However, beyond this tract of land lay land which a settler might occupy under squatter's rights, with the expectation that the land would eventually be awarded by crown patent.

"It was to discover such a site that George Stuart and his young brother-in-law, Charles Depue (later Captain Charles Depew, Sr.), set out from Niagara. Paddling along the north shore of Lake Ontario the two portaged their canoe across the southern Carrying Place on Burlington Beach, where a natural channel curving into the beach strip cut the portage by two-thirds, and entering Lake Geneva coasted slowly along its reedy shoreline until they found a satisfactory homesite. Within a deep entrance, later Stipe's Inlet, they landed, and as the land was not yet surveyed, laid claim to it by driving in a flattened stake bearing Depew's name. Then paddling westward up the bay, past the Big Bog and two sizable inlets, they staked George Stuart's claim, later the Grant farm, lying east and west of Sherman Avenue. A year later in 1786, John Depew and his grown family moved to the lakehead. George Stuart and Charles Depew remained at Niagara a further year, possibly because of a new infant born to each family."^[1]

The remains from the old Stipes-Depew and Stewart (Stuart)-Depew family cemeteries were reinterred in the Sunken Gardens section of the Hamilton Cemetery in the 1930s.^[2]

On July 14, 1795, Charles Depew made a land petition as a Loyalist. He had located on 200 acres and now wished to locate on the remainder of the land due him. He had a wife, the daughter of a Loyalist, and five children. The petition was granted. ^[3]

On July 15, 1795, Charles Depue made a land petition as a resident of Barton Twp. In 1791, he purchased 500 acres of Lot 5, Con. 1, 2, and 3 and Lot 4, Con. 4, Barton Twp. from his father, Lieut. John Depew, late of the Indian Department. Charles, his wife, and five children had lived on that land since its purchase. He also provided support to his father. John now wished to force Charles off the land so that John could sell it to someone else. Charles requested that his name be put on the deeds and on the survey plan. ^[4]

"For the more soberly inclined, as early as 1798 Methodist Episcopalians began to hold regular services in the community under leadership of Richard Springer, brother-in-law of Richard Beasley, who became the founder of Methodism in this part of Canada. Included in the founding class were Sarah Springer, wife of Richard; John and Hannah Aikman; John and Sarah Springer; Peter and Florence Ferguson; Heziah Lockwood; Charles and John Depew; Robert Jones; George Stewart, Sr., and Jr., and Ann Stewart; Caleb Forsyth; and Nathaniel Hughson."^[5]

On February 16, 1801, Charles Depeu made a land petition as a yeoman of Barton Twp. As the son and heir of Mary Depeu he wished to have the deed to her lands transferred to his name. The petition was recommended. ^[6]

In 1803 Charles Depoe registered a patent on Lot 21, Con. 9 Binbrook Twp. ^[7]

In 1805 a Charles Depew was on Lot 3, Con. 1 and BF, Barton Twp. which had been William Depew’s in 1791. ^[8]

During the War of 1812, Charles Depew served as a captain in the 5th Lincoln Militia. He completed a Return for fuel used from October 18 to 28 and December 6 to 15, 1812. ^[9]

Charles commanded a company from March 22 to June 24, 1813. ^[10]

Charles commanded a company from June 5 to 7 and July 20 to 31, 1813. ^[11]

Charles was stationed at Burlington Heights with his company from September 17 to October 24, 1813. ^[12]

Charles commanded a company from October 25 to November 6, 1813. ^[13]

Charles served June 19 to July 24, 1814. ^[14]

Charles completed a Return for fuel used from September 25 to November 24, 1813 and October 18 to November 9, 1814. ^[15]

On September 12, 1815, Charles Depew Sr. made a war loss claim for losses to British troops and native allies from 1813 to 1814. His losses included 1200 feet of boards taken at Stoney Creek to make huts, 2 sheep, a hog, 2 bee hives, a barrel of cider, 20 bushels of corn, and 30 bushels of potatoes. Edward Turner of Barton Township and Freeman Green of Saltfleet Township certified the claim. ^[16]

The 1816 Barton Twp. Assessment recorded a Charles Depew in a family of ten people. ^[17]

Name

Name: Charles /Depew/

Given Name: Charles

Surname: Depew

Source: #S230

Sources

1. ↑ Marjorie Freeman Campbell, A Mountain and a City, The Story of Hamilton (Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1966);pp. 7-9.
2. ↑ Marjorie Freeman Campbell, A Mountain and a City, The Story of Hamilton (Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1966);p. 300.
3. ↑ Collections Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), Microfilm C-1742, pages 755-757
4. ↑ Collections Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), Microfilm C-1742, pages 747-750
5. ↑ Marjorie Freeman Campbell, A Mountain and a City, The Story of Hamilton (Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1966);p. 55.
6. ↑ Collections Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), Microfilm C-1743, pages 795-796
7. ↑ W.L. Griffin, History & Heritage of Binbrook, by Binbrook Historical Society, Ontario, 1979
8. ↑ Mabel Burkholder & T. Roy Woodhouse, Wentworth Bygones, Crown Patentees of Barton, Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, Walsh Printing Service, Hamilton, 1958, my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/barton.htm, accessed Jan. 10, 2012
9. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, page 841
10. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, page 1115 & t-10387, page 442
11. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 1040-1041 & 1120-1121
12. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 1040-1041 & 1119-1121
13. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 1135-1136
14. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 915-919 & 1167-1171
15. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, page 844
16. ↑ Collections Canada, The War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, Microfilm t-1127, Pages 1110-1117
17. ↑ Ontario Archives, Microfilm MS700, Reel 1

You show Charles Depew as William Charles, and I wonder where this information originated? To my knowledge, his first name was not William, and I base this on the fact that he had a brother, William, also the son of John Depew, Sr., who died in a house fire in about 1796. It seems doubtful to me that John would have named two sons William.

Here is the text of the document that talks about William.

To His Honor Peter Russell Esquire administering the government of upper Canada &c &c &c In Council

The Petition of Charles Depew of the Township of Barton

Humbly shew

That your Petitioner is Heir and administrator of his late Brother William Depew deceased – that his said Brother had received Land Board Certificates for 300 acres of Land & which were located and his home inserted on the Plan of the Township of Barton – that those certificates were unfortunately consumed in his House by Fire – and that your Petitioner having applied to His Majestys attorney General of this Province to issue a Fiat for the said Land, on the annexed deposition – was directed to represent the same to your Honor in Council – Your Petitioner therefore prays your Honor would be pleased to renew the said order for 300 acres, in favor [of] your Petitioner as in Duty bound he will ever pray ____

Barton Charles Depew

[Docketed] Charles Depew No 59 No 63 Recd 7th March ‘97

Read March1 7 – ‘97

Recommd that a Deed issue to the Petr as heir of his late Brother Wm for No 3 in the front, No 3 in the first concession & No 3 Second Concession of the Town- ship of Barton, but this order not to preclude any other person claiming to be heir of Wm Depew to apply

Entered Confirmed Gave [illegible] 17 May to [illegible] Wilson 12 July

National Archives of Canada, RG 1, L-3, Volume 150, “D” Bundle, folios 59-59a, Reel C1742.

Transcribed by Nancy Shaw Cole, 2013.

Source: #S54

Page: Ancestry Family Trees

Source S230

Abbreviation: New York Genealogical Records, 1675-1920

Title: New York Genealogical Records, 1675-1920

Author: Ancestry.com

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  Charles Depew was a United Empire Loyalist.
  UEL Status:Proven
  Date: Undated