George Washington Post (1779 - abt. 1828)

Born 26 Aug 1779 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Anna (Knowles) Post — married about 1805 in Upper Canada

Descendants

Died about 22 Sep 1828 at about age 49 in Pickering, Upper Canada

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Private George Post served in the War of 1812
Service started: 11 25, 1812
Unit(s): 3rd Regiment of York Militia, Canada;Captain Thomas Hamilton’s Company.
Service ended: 08 24 , 1813

Biography

George was born in 1779 to Jordan Post and Abigail Loomis. ^[1] He married Elizabeth Knowles. George died in 1828. ^{[2] [3]}

He appears (as "George Post") in an 1805 census of Scarborough Township, Upper Canada.^[4]

"George Washington Post, his [Jordan's] brother, settled in Pickering very early in the history of the Township. He is first listed as an elected assessor in the township records of the Town Meeting of March 6, 1815. He subsequently held many other important township offices. George Post died in 1837, leaving a family of five sons and two daughters. The sons were Asa, John, Hiram, George and Jordan. The latter, building the Post manor on Kingston Road. The Post family home was located two miles east of Pickering Village at Lot 4, Con. II, and was for many years a staging station, or Inn, and the scene of many lively and interesting times. With the advent of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856, staging became obsolete and the legends of Post's stopping place passed into history. The tavern was afflicted with cholera in 1832." ^[5]

On Nov. 24, 1801, George W. Post, a yeoman of York, made a land petition. He had been in Upper Canada for 4 years. He was recommended for 200 acres in Markham or on Yonge St. ^[6]

During the War of 1812, George served as a private in the 3rd York Militia. From Nov. 25 to Dec. 24, 1812, George W. Post served in Captain Thomas Hamilton’s Company. ^[7] From Apr. 25 to Aug. 24, 1813, George Post was on duty at Scarborough with a cavalry company as a courier on the road to Kingston. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F746-KFV
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130520587
3. ↑ Note that William McKay's history suggests that George died in 1837.
4. ↑ J. Ross Robertson, Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto, A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old Town of York From 1792 Until 1833 and of Toronto From 1834 to 1898, Toronto, 1898. Page 310.
5. ↑ The Pickering Story, William A. McKay, 1961
6. ↑ Collections Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1, Microfilm c-2489, pages 1164-1166
7. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10384, pages 482-484
8. ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10384, pages 887-888, 900, 924, & 1019

See also:

• Toronto and Region Conservation. Carruthers Creek, State of the Watershed Report. June 2002, p. 15 [1]
• The English Browns of Markham and Uxbridge Townships 1800-1985, Rev. Victor Gordon Brown and Lettitia Mae Brown, 1985
• The War of 1812 Militia Payroll Documents

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Katharine E for creating WikiTree profile Post-494 through the import of jordan post.ged on Mar 27, 2013.