Samuel Lount

1791 - 1838  (46 years)

• Name	Samuel Lount
  Born	24 Sep 1791	Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6358
  Misfortune	Hung for 1837 Rebellion
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-68266
  Died	12 Apr 1838	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I68266	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gabriel Lount,   b. 1759, , England ,   d. 29 Sep 1827, , York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F17850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews Section C, Lot 19 Toronto Necropolis Following the suppression of Mackenzie's rebellious forces in a brief, almost comical skirmish near the present Yonge and Carleton intersection, many of the rebels attempted to leave the province to avoid capture. Two who were unable to escape were Peter Matthews and Samuel Lount. The government decided to make an example of them. Samuel Lount, September 24, 1791 \endash April 12, 1838, was a blacksmith, farmer, magistrate and member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of Upper Canada for Simcoe County from 1834 to 1836. He was an organiser of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, for which he was hanged. His execution made him a martyr to the Upper Canadian Reform Movement. Peter Matthews, 1789 - April 12, 1838 was a farmer and soldier who also participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, for which he, too, was hanged. The pair were tried and convicted of treason and, though petitions for clemency were addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor, Lount and Matthews were sentenced to death. Their public hangings on April 12, 1838 took place in the Court House Square near the King and Church Streets intersection, following which their lifeless bodies were interred in the old Potter's Field a few miles north of the city. Several years later with the imminent closing of Potter's Field, the pair were removed and re-interred in the Necropolis. In 1893, an elegant headstone was erected on the lot by appreciative citizens. On June 9, 1846, the two men were pardoned by Queen Victoria… the families did not receive the documents until 1848! Exactly 100 years after the monument was erected on the two men's grave, a bronze marker entitled "Patriots of 1837" was unveiled on the site. In attendance were a number of descendants of the Matthews and Lount families. Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews (no date) S Lount. Available at: https://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/en-CA/General-Information/Our-Monthly-Story/story-archives/toronto-necropolis/samuel-lount-and-peter-matthews.aspx#:~:text=Samuel%20Lount%2C%20September%2024%2C%201791,for%20which%20he%20was%20hanged. (Accessed: 27 January 2024).

  
  

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  Born - 24 Sep 1791 - Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 12 Apr 1838 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth