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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Edie
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-09T15:40:52Z
dc.date.available2011-09-09T15:40:52Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/3395
dc.descriptionWilliam Van Every, son of McGregory and Mary Wilcox (Jaycocks) Van Every, was born in New York state in 1765. During the Revolutionary War he joined Butler’s Rangers and served under Captain John McDonnell. He was granted three lots of land in the Township of Niagara, with additional lands granted at later dates. William married Elizabeth, daughter of George Young. Elizabeth was the widow of Col. Frederick Dochstader and mother of Catherine Dochstader, b. 1781. William Van Every died in 1832, his wife Elizabeth in 1851. Both are buried in the Warner Cemetery, in present day Niagara Falls. The children of William Van Every and Elizabeth Young were Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Peter, William, Rebecca, Samuel and Joseph. Source: Mary Blackadar Piersol, The Records of the Van Every Family, Toronto : Best Printing, 1947. And, Patricia M. Orr, Historic Woodend, sponsored by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, 1980?en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fonds contains indentures, deeds, crown patents and other correspondence related to the life of William Van Every a former Butler's Ranger.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;RG 138
dc.subjectVan Every familyen_US
dc.subjectMcKinlay familyen_US
dc.subjectGreat Britain. Army. Butler's Rangersen_US
dc.subjectStamford (Ont. : Township) -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectStamford (Ont. : Township) -- Genealogyen_US
dc.subjectVan Every, William 1765-1832en_US
dc.titleWilliam Van Every fonds, 1784, 1804-1806, 1815-1816, 1828, 1832, n.d.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-07T02:48:47Z


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