Edward Stooks (abt. 1746)

Born about 1746 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York Colony

Husband of Annatje (Schauer) Stooks — married 5 Apr 1781 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Quebec, British North America

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Upper Canada

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Biography

Edward was born about 1746. Edward Stooks ...

Note: Edward is still alive in 1802 at the time of his son Richard's Upper Canada Land Petition, as he gives an affidavit for him.

Sources

1746 Christening New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962. Book Number 974.734 M2 K2Z

• Name: Edward Stooks
  • Son of: Richard Stooks and Mary Scheef
  • Christened: 1746 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York, British Colonial America

The History and Master Roll of The King's Royal Regiment of New York Brigadier General Ernest A. Cruikshank and Gavin K. Watt,--Revised Edition, Global Heritage Press Inc., Campbellville, Ontario, 2006, page 262.

• From 1781 to 1783, Private Edward Stooks (Stoocks) served in Munro’s Company of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York. He had enlisted on Feb. 1, 1880. He was born in 1744 in the American colonies. In 1784, he was recorded in Niagara with a wife, two daughters, and two sons. He was approved for settlement in Matilda Township on north shore of the St. Lawrence River.

1781 Marriage

Name: Elzeard Stocks

Spouse: Anna Sepes

Marriage: April 5, 1781

Marriage Location: Trois-Rivières, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution: Protestant

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

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1784 Residence

Name: Edward Stooks

Event: Living

Year: 1784

Place: Matilda Township, Dundas County, Ontario

Source: Norman K. Crowder, Early Ontario Settlers, A Source Book, : Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.

Volume/Page: 52

Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured.

Source Information: Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

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1797 Upper Canada Land Petitions

Microfilm Reel #C-2807 - #216 -

• Edward Stooks, 4 June 1797
• Petitions states "he has resided under the British government since 1778 and served in Sir John Johnson's regiment during the American War. That he took up 200 acres in the Eastern district which he lived on for some time but from a dispute with Allan Patterson, for the said lot, he has been disposed and remains now to be determined on by a court of law. Now without means to support his family, having no means to purchase a farm, asks for 200 acres in this district."

Microfilm Reel #C-2814 - Upper Canada Land Petitions, National Archives of Canada.

• Edward Stooks
• "discharged from Captain Monroe's Company, First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of New York, at the Peace of 1783. At that time, he had in Canada a wife and 8 children. Soon after discharge he had lands in Matilda with wife and 7 children. Lived for 20 years Lot 48 Westside Township of Vaughn. Improved 65 acres. Now very advanced in years and by misfortune reduced to low circumstances and asks for a lot on Yonge Street."
• - 200 acres of land granted in 1798 on Yonge St.