George W. Hawk

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-291128
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

George — Martha Hillis. Martha was born 1836; died 1916; was buried , Harley Cemetery, Burford Township, Brant Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: story
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68262
• Occupation: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Non-Professor
• Occupation: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer & Miller
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

Notes:

The Hawke family were amongst the earliest settlers in this southeast corner of the township. Benjamin Hawke, the head of the family, came to Yonge Street from Pennsylvania about the year 1811, his wife being a sister of Samuel Lount, who was executed after the Rebellion. During the war of 1812-15, Mr. Hawke was the contractor for hauling the cannons and supplies passing through Holland Landing, and across the portage from the Head of Kempenfeldt Bay to the Nottawasaga River. His sons, along with himself, settled in King and Tecumseth townships in the twenties, when the parts around Lloydtown and Schomberg were opening for settlement. He was one of the canidates to represent the County of Simcoe at the election for the Assembly in 1834, but was not successful. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1843. He was lame, and in his day had a full share of the rugged experiences of frontier and pioneer life. Periphen Hawke, was taken prisoner during the Rebellion disturbances of 1837, and, after five months' imprisonment, was pardoned, according to the list of persons arrested appearing in Lindsay's Life of W.L. Mackenzie. And it is said that Gabriel Hawke, of Tecumseth, was also taken prisoner during the Rebellion, although his name does not appear in that list. Gabriel was a large, powerful man, and well-known in the early days of the Township of Tecumseth. Some part of the Hawke family moved to the Township of Wellesley, County of Waterloo, where the village of Hawkesville is named after them.

In about 1846 Benjamin Hawk Sr., his wife Mary (Lount) Hawk, and the families of their five sons and four daughters moved from Simcoe County to unsettled land in Wellesley Township, Waterloo County. The area was known as the "Queen's Bush." The community where they settled became Hawkesville. These Hawk families included Benjamin Jr. and Mary (Dean) Hawk and John and Martha (Dean) Hawk. John Hawk built the first gristmill in the vicinity of Hawkesville, and his brother Percifer Hawk built the first sawmill. There are numerous instances where verifiable members of this family, in some cases even the same person, spelled their name Hawk or Hawke. On at least one early map the town was named Hawksville

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Hawksville Woollen Mills.

The good reputation of these mills is so well and widely known that words. of praise from the CHRONICLE would seem superfluous to many of those who have patronized them for so many years. But a description of the industries of Hawksville would be decidedly incomplete without some reference to so important an industry. The mills were established by the late John Hawke about forty years ago. Some thirty years ago the establishment was purchased by the late Robert McCulloch, who operated it until near the time of his death in 1896. A year or so afterwards it became the property of his son, Hugh, who now operates it.. These mills have always had an excellent reputation in the way of doing honest work, and have for their patrons many of the leading farmers of Woolwich and Wellesley townships While they manufacture all kinds of blankets and yarns, they make tweeds, etc., for which none but the very best material is used. The line of fine tweeds on the shelves of the salesroom, for superior quality of texture and late style, are not inferior to the best in some of our leading wholesale establishments. The prices are also not by any means excessive. The stock of yarns, hosory and gentlemen's underwear is also large and complete as to size and style. A specialty is made in custom work, such as carding, spinning, weaving, etc. One of the admirable features of this establishment is that nothing in the line of shoddy work is kept on the shelves to palm off on unsuspecting customers. Hands of practical experience are always employed and patrons can count on getting the best value for their money. The highest price in cash or trade is paid for wool. In fact the proprietor is prepared to take all that comes in and pay a higher price in trade than is often obtained elsewhere.

Hugh McCulloch was born in Galt, in 1861. He worked under the instructions of his father for about twenty-two years, but mostly in the flour milling business. He was married in the forepart of 1898, to Miss Lovina, daughter of Mr. Lemuel Powell, a prominent farmer of Peel township, Wellington county. They live in an elegant home a short distance east of the village, in addition to which they own a farm of eighty acres. The father, the late Robert McCulloch, was a man widely known, and one of integrity and honest business principles. The son is evidently following in his footsteps by striving to keep up the enviable reputation of the establishment over which he now has control, a reputation so justly earned by the father. The latter died in 1896, aged fifty eight-years. Hugh is a quiet, unassuming young man and is averse to anything that savors of vain flattery, and what praise has been extended him through the course of this article has not been written through a desire on his part. But he is no doubt prepared to substantiate anything said in praise of his goods and work.

Waterloo County Chronicle 23 Jun 1898, p. 8

John — Martha Dean. Martha (daughter of George W. Dean) was born 7 Aug 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 12 Dec 1876, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Martha Hawke
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68267
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Non-Professor
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136320143
• Interesting: military, pioneer, story
• Military: War of 1812 - contractor for hauling the cannons and supplies passing through Holland Landing
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68263
• Occupation: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Quaker
• Occupation: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 8 Con 11
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Quaker

Notes:

It is worthy of notice that the first distinct influx of settlers into this township, came in or about the year 1825, and most of those settled in this southeast quarter of the township. Among the names of settlers entering or taking up lands before this period, not already mentioned, we find that of John Connor (1822) who took up lot 19, con. I, and that of William Walker, (1821) on lot 15, con. I.

The Hawke family were amongst the earliest settlers in this south- east corner of the township. Benjamin Hawke, the head of the family, came to Yonge Street from Pennsylvania about the year 1811, his wife being a sister of Samuel Lount, who was executed after the Rebellion. During the war of 1812-15, Mr. Hawke was the contractor for hauling the cannons and supplies passing through Holland Landing, and across the portage from the Head of Kempenfeldt Bay to the Nottawasaga River. His sons, along with himself, settled in King and Tecumseth Townships in the twenties, when the parts around Lloydtown and Schomberg were opening for settlement. He was one of the candidates to represent the County of Simcoe at the election for the Assembly in 1834, but was not successful. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1843. He was lame, and in his day had a full share of the rugged experiences of frontier and pioneer life. Periphen Hawke was taken prisoner during the Rebellion disturbances of 1837, and, after five months' imprisonment, was pardoned, according to the list of persons arrested appearing in Lindsay's Life of W. L. Mackenzie. And it is said that Gabriel Hawke, of Tecumseth, was also taken prisoner during the Rebellion, although his name does not appear in that list. Gabriel was a large, powerful man, and well-known in the early days of the Township of Tecumseth. Some part of the Hawke family moved to the Township of Wellesley, County of Waterloo, where the village of Hawkesville is named after them.

History of Simcoe County, Andrew F. Hunter 1909

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There are at least 2 children not mentioned as daughters of Benjamin Hawke and Mary Lount. They are: Ann Dunham Hawke who married John PETCH and later Philip CHAMBERS. Ann Chambers died in Caledon Twp. on October 14, 1887. Corrine Hawke married Dennis ROGERS. She died in South Norwich Twp. on June 6, 1874.

Benjamin — Mary "Polly" Lount. Mary (daughter of Gabriel Lount) was born 16 Mar 1787, , , Delaware; died 9 Mar 1876, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: , Georgia
• Birth: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Birth: , Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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• Name: Mary "Polly" Hawke
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68264
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Quaker
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Quaker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68270

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George W.'s two sons by his first wife, Henry H. and George, married Newton sisters and settled in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County as early as 1833. They lived there most of the remainder of their lives
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In 1834 Samuel Lount was elected to represent Simcoe County in the Legislature of Upper Canada (Ontario). He was an uncle of John Hawk who in about 1832 married George W. Dean's eldest daughter, Martha. In the 1830's, political storm clouds were gathering over the corrupt administration of Upper Canada by the "Family Compact," a collection of officials who favored family and friends in dispensing land and appointing government officials. The leader of the opposition to the "Family Compact" was William Lyon Mackenzie, and he was joined by others including Samuel Lount. In 1837 many of the leading reformers, including Mackenzie and Lount, lost their seats in Parliament, and their cause became an armed rebellion. After the uprising was put down, some of its leaders including Mackenzie escaped to the United States, but two of the leaders were caught and later hanged. One of these was Samuel Lount. The reforms over which the rebellion was fought were enacted into law on February 10, 1841.

In about 1846 Benjamin Hawk Sr., his wife Mary (Lount) Hawk, and the families of their five sons and four daughters moved from Simcoe County to unsettled land in Wellesley Township, Waterloo County. The area was known as the "Queen's Bush." The community where they settled became Hawkesville. These Hawk families included Benjamin Jr. and Mary (Dean) Hawk and John and Martha (Dean) Hawk. John Hawk built the first gristmill in the vicinity of Hawkesville, and his brother Percifer Hawk built the first sawmill. There are numerous instances where verifiable members of this family, in some cases even the same person, spelled their name Hawk or Hawke. On at least one early map the town was named Hawksville. Except where quoting sources, I have chosen to spell the name Hawk.

Accompanying the Hawk families were a number of other families, including George W. Dean, his wife and their sons John, Alfred and Walter. Land records indicate George Dean, Sr. claimed Lot 4, Con. 15 (Eastern Section) Wellesley Township in 1847. This is the land devised in George W.'s will when he died in 1856. These land records also show a Henry H. Dean claimed part of Lot 8, Con. 11 (ES) Wellesley Township in 1847 and a George Dean claimed the east half of Lot 13, Con. 14 (Western Section) in 1850. I think these were George W.'s sons claiming land in Wellesley Township, but not remaining there for any length of time.

The 1851/52 census was the earliest Canadian census to list the names and ages of all the members of each household. It records many of the people listed in the previous two paragraphs at or near Hawkesville, Wellesley Township. In that census, George W. Dean, his wife Jane, their two youngest sons Alfred and Walter, their son John and his wife Margaret and a Jane Newton were enumerated in a one-story log house. The census enumerator wrote "granddau" beside the name of Jane Newton even though the census form did not require such information. My research indicates she was actually a grandniece of George W., not a granddaughter. In that census, George W. gave his religion as "No Church" while the remainder of the family were "Wesleyan Methodist."

George W. Dean died 21 November 1856 at the age of 70 years. He was buried in the Hawkesville Cemetery. In his will he bequeathed 62 acres of land consisting of the east part of Lot 4, Con. 15 (Eastern Section), Wellesley Township and the buildings on it to his son, John Dean, and he bequeathed 50 acres consisting of the west part of that lot to his son, Walter Dean. The James Sim who witnessed the will was "a minister of the Baptist Denomination" and a community leader in Hawkesville. He later performed marriages involving at least two Hawk children and the Jane Newton mentioned above. <sup>1

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Record of the Will of George Dean recorded December 1856

Typed from a microfilm of the original court record by L. A. Dean, 26 October 1996

Probate of The Will of George Dean, late of the Township of Wellesley, Yeoman, deceased, granted the 5th day of December, 1856, by William Uillen [?], Esquire, Judge, on the Petition of Jane Dean, the sole Executrix named in said Will, and which Will is in the words following, namely:

The Last Will and Testament of George Dean, in the Township of Wellesley, County of Waterloo, and Province of Canada, by the Grace of God, Amen. I George Dean Considering the uncertainty of this Natural life and, Being of Sound Mind and Memory (blessed be Almighty God for the Same) do Make and publish this My last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (That is to Say) First I give and bequeath unto My beloved Wife Jane Dean all My personal Property Constituting My entire Farm Stocking Consisting in goods and Chattles viz: My entire farm Stocking On Lot No. 4 -15 Con (E.S) in the Township of Wellesley with the exception and reservation of One New Waggon One Span of Horses and harness and One Cow and Calf. I also will and bequeath fifty five Dollars in Money to be paid to her Annually for the term of her Natural life by My Eldest Son John Dean out of My real Estate. -

Item. I further Will and bequeath unto My Eldest Son John Dean the rest of My personal property Consisting of One New Waggon One Span of Horses and harness and One Cow and Calf. I also give and devise to My Son John Dean his heirs and assigns that part of My real Estate Lot No. 4 - 15 Con. (E.S.) in the Township of Wellesley Consisting of the East part of the Said Lot Containing Sixty two Acres of land with all the buildings and tenements thereon. Reservation that from Said part of My Estate he John Dean Shall Pay to My wife Jane Dean the Sum of fifty five Dollars in Money Annually for the term of her Natural life: -

Item - I further give and devise unto My Youngest Son Walter Dean of my real Estate all the remainder of Lot No. 4 - 15 Con (E.S.) of Wellesley Consisting of the West part of Said Lot Containing fifty Acres of Land with the exception of One Hundred Dollars of its value in Money which I reserve to be paid by Walter Dean to My Son Alfred Dean.

Item - I further Will and bequeath to My Son Alfred Dean One hundred Dollars in Money, to be Paid to him by Walter Dean Consisting of the Sum which I reserved of that part of My Real Estate bequeathed to My Son Walter Dean.

Item - I further will and bequeath to Henry H. Dean to Martha Dean to Mary Dean and George Dean of My first Marriage Five Shillings Currency each. And of the Second to Eliza Dean to Sarah Ann Dean to James Dean William Dean and to Levi Dean five Shillings Currency each. And lastly I hereby appoint My beloved wife Jane Dean to be the Sole Executrix of this My last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set My hand and Seal this Fifth day of April in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eighty hundred and fifty Six. [5 April 1856]

[Sd] George Dean [seal]

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English immigrant Gabriel Lount (1759\endash 1827), arrived in Philadelphia in 1773 as an indentured servant, served in the Pennsylvania Militia 1777\endash 1778, then moved to Cape May, New Jersey, about 1782.

The Lounts and the extended Hughes family emigrated from Cape May to Catawissa, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, about 1790, then to Whitchurch Township in Upper Canada in 1811. Gabriel Lount and his sons Samuel, Gabriel and George became surveyors and extensive land-owners in Upper Canada. Gabriel Lount served as a Member of Parliament from Upper Canada

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