John Peters (1762 - abt. 1818)

Born 26 Apr 1762 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

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Died about 1818 at about age 55 in Cataraqui, Kingston Township, Frontenac, Upper Canada

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Biography

Ensign John Peters served with Queen's Loyal Rangers during the American Revolution.

John Peters was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Lt.Col. John Peters served in the Canadian Militia in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): 1st Regiment Northumberland Militia
Service ended:

John was born in 1762. He was the son of Lt. Col. John Peters and Ann Barnett. During the Revolutionary War in 1777 he joined his father's Loyalist regiment, the Queen's Loyal Rangers as an Ensign, and served during Burgoyne's ill-fated campaign. Returned to Quebec after the surrender at Saratoga, he was assigned to the Loyal Rangers, under Col. Jessop, which was created from the remnants of the King's Loyal Americans and the Queen's Loyal Rangers. Following the war he settled in Ontario. He was Lt. Col. of the 1st Regiment Northumberland Militia during the War of 1812.

Research Notes

According to "Peters of New England : a genealogy, and family history", the couple had 6 children (no dates listed):

• Mary Ann Barnet
• John
• Margaret McGregore Rogers [an ancestry tree lists "Baptism records of Rev. John Langhorn" as a source, along with an 1846 death date]
• David McGregore Rogers
• James Samuel Rogers
• Ann Barnet

4 of these are supported by "Orders in Council" claims listed in "The Loyalists in Ontario, Addenda", page 367:

• Mary Ann Barnet, OC 9 Dec 1815
• John of Cramahe, OC 20 May 1817
• David McGregor Rogers of Haldimand, OC 21 Sept 1837 [very likely to be David Peters].
• Ann B. of Cramahe, OC 3 Mar 1836 [according to some online trees, this is the same individual as Mary Ann Barnet, just filing under another name].

Mary Ann Barnet probably married a John Coffan and resided in Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario in 1851, 1861, 1871 per marriage records ^[1].

A transcription of Reverend John Langhorn's church records has some likely baptisms for children: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/langhorn.htm. It lists dates for a Mary Ann, John and Margaret R Peters.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-8LN8 : 17 March 2018), Mary Ann Peters in entry for Andrew M Coffan and Eliza Ann Reddick, 27 May 1858; citing Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,061.

• John Peters, in Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Ensign John Peters, Jun., in Return of the Corps of Queens Loyal Rangers commanded by Lieut. Colonel John Peters, Quebec 14th December 1780: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~qceastwn/archives/QueensLoyalRangers.html
• Lt Col. John Peters, First Regiment Northumberland Militia, War of 1812: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~saylormowbray/militarynorthofficers1813.html
• Lt Col. John Peters, First Regiment Northumberland Militia, commissioned 20th June 1810: https://www.cobourgmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Militia_6Panel_proof.pdf

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