Oliver Landon (1753 - 1820)

Born 12 Mar 1753 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Aner (Watkins) Landon — married 2 May 1776 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

Husband of Lois (Beech) Landon — married 13 Sep 1801 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1820 at age 66 in Lansdowne, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Oliver was born in 1753.^[1] He passed away in 1820. An extensive biography accompanies this entry [1].

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906,"

1797 Census Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds

Oliver Landen

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Joseph Landen

Benjamin Landen

Oliver Landen Jr

William Landen

Luther Landen

John Landen

Samuel Landen

Ontario GenWeb Census Project

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1807 Upper Canada Land Petition Film C-2125, Vol 285A, Bundle L8, Petition 24 (image 1055/1081)

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Book History of Leeds and Grenville Chapter XXXV

Leeds and Landsdowne Front

The settlement of the Township of Leeds is intimately connected with that of Gannanoque, the village being the centre from which the new settlers proceeded to carve out homes in the forest.

One of the first settlers was Oliver Landon, a United Empire Loyalist, from Litchfield, Connecticut. From an account book which has been preserved, it is clear that Mr. Landon had settled in the Township as early as 1787.

The following account of the Landon family is taken from the book above mentioned:

"On March 10th, 1776, Oliver Landon is 21 years of age. On August 25th, 1775, Aner Watkins is 21 years of age. Oliver Landon married Aner Watkins May 2nd 1776. Children:

1. Joseph, born April 9, 1777;
2. Benjamin, born November 13, 1778;
3. Oliver, Jr, born March 5th, 1780;
4. William Henry, born August 6th, 1782;
5. Erastus, born October 7th, 1784;
6. Luther, born June 9th 1787;
7. Daniel John, born December 6th, 1792;
8. Jessie born February 22nd, 1796; and
9. Simcoe, born August 30th, 1799.

Oliver's wife, Aner, died March 18th, 1800. On the 13th of September 1801, Mr Landon married Mrs. Lois Loomis. Lois was the daughter of John Beech; she was born at Goshen, Connecticut, May 27th, 1761." Oliver Landon, Sr., died January 29th, 1820. Mrs Lois Landon, died July 20th, 1825. Child:

1. Lois Landon, (by second wife), born Mary 22nd, 1803.

The following note appears in the book:

"Arrived at Lansdowne November 5th, after twenty-one days' travel with a wagon and span of horses, it being the first wagon that ever passed through the one hundred mile woods to Upper Canada.

Land Patents granted to Oliver Landon - Con 1, Lot S 1-2 11, Feb 19th, 1807; Joseph Landon - Con 2, Lot 12, in 1804; James Landon - Con 4 Lot 6, March 1st, 1803

Book: History of Leeds and Grenville, by Thad W. H. Leavitt, Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, Ontario, 1980. p. 139

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1820 Death

Oliver Landon

BIRTH 12 Mar 1753, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

DEATH 29 Jan 1820, Lansdowne, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, : Ontario, Canada

BURIAL Lansdowne Cemetery

Ebenezer, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada

MEMORIAL ID 53350829

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