Timothy Porter (1764 - 1815)

Born 5 Feb 1764 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Nancy (Simons) Porter — married 11 Mar 1788 in Sidney Township, Hastings, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 1815 at about age 50 in Upper Canada

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Biography

Timothy was born in 1764. He is the son of Hezekiah Porter and Sarah Carver.^[1]

The Timothy Porter born to Hezekiah and Sarah Carver Porter is the same person as the Timothy Porter, a United Empire Loyalist that migrated to Upper Canada (present day Ontario) after the Revolution and married Nancy Simmons.

Three pieces of evidence support this conclusion:

(1) Timothy’s given age in the 1806 census (when he was the town clerk presumably responsible for taking the census).

(2) The unusual name of his daughter Rumah, who was already certainly named for his sister Rumah Porter Baker.

(3) The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn reports that Hezekiah and Sarah's son Timothy "born April 18, 1762, removed to Canada."^[2]

UE Loyalist

On 24 Feb 1794, Timothy Porter “soldier in the late Loyal Rangers” filed a claim for a land grant in Ameliasburg Township, Upper Canada at Adophustown, Upper Canada on the basis of his United Empire Loyalist Service.^[3]

The following daughters of Timothy and Nancy filed petitions claiming land as daughters of Timothy Porter, a UE Loyalist:

• Christina Porter, wife of Peter Livingston (1836)^[4]
• Ruma Porter (1835)^[5]
• Sarah Porter, wife of Richard Parcels (1835)^[6]
• Elizabeth Porter, wife of Armstrong Rogers (1838)^[7]

Marriage

Timothy was married to Nancy Simmons on 11 Mar 1788 at Sydney, Upper Canada by Rev. John Langhorn (witnesses: Henry Finkle, Tobias Walden Meyers, Lucretia Blaker).^[8]

Census records

The 1803 Census of Murray Township, Upper Canada^[9] records the following members of the household of Timothy and Anna Porter:

• Timothy Porter, age 36
• Nancy, age 33
• Anna, age 9
• Rumah, age 3
• Catherine, age 2

The 1806 Census of Murray Township^[10] records the following members of the household:

• Timothy Porter, age 43
• Miss, age 41
• Anna, age 13
• Sarah, age 8
• Rheumah age 5
• Christian?, age 3 [female]

Land and estate records

In 1800, Timothy was a signatory to a request to survey an area of land in Ameliasburgh Township.^[11]

In 1801, Thomas Cohoon, who was childless and elderly, transferred his property (including Concession A, Lot 7 in Murray Township, Upper Canada) to Timothy on condition that Timothy care for him in his old age.^[12]

There are no known probate records for Timothy.

On 12 Jul 1825, the First Heirs & Devisees Commission of Upper Canada awarded “Sarah Parcels, Wife of Richard Parcels”, “Ruma Porter”, “Christina Livingston, Wife of Peter Livingston” and “Elizabeth Porter” each a share of Timothy’s farm in Murray Township “as Heiresses at Law of their Father, Timothy Porter, deceased”.^[13]

Land transactions involving daughters

Timothy’s daughters entered a number of transactions with respect to Timothy’s farm in Murray Township:

• 9 Jul 1828

• • Richard Parcels and his wife Sarah,
  • Peter Livingston and his wife Christine,
  • Armstrong Rogers and his wife Elizabeth
  • Ruma Porter, spinster^[14]

• 20 Oct 1836

• • Richard Parcels and his wife Sarah^[15]

• 29 Mar 1848

• • William Rogers and Rhummey “wife of the said William Rogers and daughter of the late Timothy Porter”
  • Armstrong Rogers and Elizabeth “wife of Armstrong Rogers and daughter of the said Timothy Porter”^[16]

• 19 Sep 1873

• • Ruma Rogers wife of William Rogers
  • Elizabeth Rogers wife of Armstrong Rogers
  • Christina Ann Livingston wife of Peter Livingston^[17]

Mayflower Lines (Alden/Mullins and Brown)

Alden: Timothy^[18]>>Sarah Carver>>Elizabeth Snow>>Elizabeth>>Joseph>>John Alden and Priscilla Mullins

Brown:^[19] Timothy>>Sarah Carver>>Elizabeth>>Benjamin Snow>>Rebecca>>Peter Brown

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906 database FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F746-8J2 : 3 December 2014)Timothy Porter 05 Feb 1764 citing; FHL microfilm unknown
2. ↑ Andrews, Henry Porter, The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Vol I (Saratoga Springs, GW Ball, Book and Job Printer, 1893) at p 142.
3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Land Petition of Timothy Porter (Ameliasburgh, 1794), Vol 418, Bundle P Misc 1775-1795, Petition 140, RG 1 L3, Film C-2737 (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2591&sqn=985&tt=1110&PHPSESSID=tclr0tjgkss61n9u7ubrc0qhc8kam4kjqcf2ta4r0b6utq07thn1).
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Land Petition of Christina Porter Livingston (Murray, 1836) Vol 294, Bundle L19, Petition 42, RG 1 L3, Film C-2130 (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2511&sqn=968&tt=1083&PHPSESSID=tclr0tjgkss61n9u7ubrc0qhc8kam4kjqcf2ta4r0b6utq07thn1).
5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Land Petition of Ruma Porter (Murray, 1835), Vol 410, Bundle P21, Petition 64, RG 1 L3, Film C-2732 (online: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2586&sqn=1081&tt=1209&PHPSESSID=tclr0tjgkss61n9u7ubrc0qhc8kam4kjqcf2ta4r0b6utq07thn1).
6. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Land Petition of Sarah Parcels (Murray, 1835), Vol 408A, Bundle P19, No 45, RG 1 L3, Film C-2731A (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2585&sqn=1242&tt=1309&PHPSESSID=hslrj66vsrn61n6u3uijoo5hn6oq9at91co3ce2362lhcihccjm1).
7. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Petition of Elizabeth Porter Rogers (Murray, 1838), Vol 436, Bundle R21, Petition 79, RG 1 L3, Film C-2748 (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2602&sqn=169&tt=1164&PHPSESSID=tclr0tjgkss61n9u7ubrc0qhc8kam4kjqcf2ta4r0b6utq07thn1).
8. ↑ Parish Registers of Rev. John Landhorn in Ontario Historical Society: Papers and Records, Vol 1 (Toronto: Ontario Historical Society, 1899) at pp 14-70 (online at: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/langhorn.htm#:~:text=He%20was%20never%20married.,return%20to%20his%20native%20land.).
9. ↑ Archives of Ontario, 1803 Census, Murray Township, Municipal Records, MS16, reel 7.
10. ↑ Archives of Ontario 1806 Census, Murray Township, Municipal Records, MS16, reel 7
11. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Timothy Porter Timothy & others (Ameliasburgh, 1800), Vol 399, Bundle P Misc. 1797-1836, Petition 39, RG 1 L3, Film C-2488 (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2580&sqn=913&tt=1327&PHPSESSID=tclr0tjgkss61n9u7ubrc0qhc8kam4kjqcf2ta4r0b6utq07thn1).
12. ↑ Archives of Ontario, Second Heir and Devisee Commission, Case files (40-64 to -128) 1808-1810, File 40-97 (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTB-Q9GG-B?i=279&cat=219880).
13. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Heir and Devisee Commission, Vol. 103-104, RG 1 L5, H-1153 (online at: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1153/244).
14. ↑ Land records of Northumberland County, 1800-1954, Murray Township (v. 1, 1802-1823) 1802-1823, Instrument 2251 (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-F722-4?cat=486191).
15. ↑ Land records of Northumberland County, 1800-1954, Murray Township (v. 2-3) 1832-1847, Instrument 4990 (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTY-CQ4K-G?i=214&cat=486191).
16. ↑ Land records of Northumberland County, 1800-1954, Murray Township (v. B) 1853-1861 at Instrument 577 (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTY-QSCN-N?i=328&cat=486191).
17. ↑ Land records of Northumberland County, 1800-1954, Murray Township (v. G) 1873-1875, Instrument 509 (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTY-ZQD3-Q?i=67&cat=486191).
18. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880, Vol 16, Part 3 (John Alden) at p 218.
19. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880, Vol 7 (Peter Brown) at p 244).