The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4 Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506 Email: uela@becon.org 1 CERTIFICATE APPLICATION BRANCH: VANCOUVER BRANCH ADDRESS: Applicant Title Name in full. COSBY, Phyllis Marie February 2011 Maiden Name Phone (905) 714-7212 Address Postal Code E-Mail address Married at Husband/Wife Full Name (Names in Full and s) Privacy Son or Dau of Loyalist Ancestor Information Loyalist Ancestor Rebecca HAINES (JOHNSON, FIELD) Military Service (Rank & Regt. If known) Where Settled (date & Location) On the old UE List as Mrs. Rebecca FIELD for(merly) Mrs. JOHNSTON) 1786: Joined her husband George FIELD of Butler s Rangers at Fort Niagara where she was followed by friends, relatives and children from her former marriage to JOHNSON all of whom settled near each other in the Clinton, Gainsborough area of Niagara.
Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor Loyalist Ancestor Rebecca HAINES (JOHNSON, FIELD) 2 Military Service (rank & regt ) Where Settled (date & Location) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 1 st Great 2 nd Great 3 rd Great 4 th Great 5 th Great 6 th Great 7 h Great 8 th Great 9 th Great 10 h Great On the old UE List as Mrs. Rebecca FIELD for(merly) Mrs. JOHNSTON) 1786: Joined her husband George FIELD of Butler s Rangers at Fort Niagara where she was followed by friends, relatives and children from her former marriage to JOHNSON all of whom settled near each other in the Clinton, Gainsborough area of Niagara. COSBY, Harcourt Mowat TAYLOR, Gladys Ida COSBY, Charles Emery COMFORT, Martha COMFORT, Leander MOOTE, Rhoda COMFORT, Jacob SNYDER, Abigail COMFORT, Robert BOOK, Anna Lisabeth (dau of John Loyalist) COMFORT, John Born (year) 1881 1907 1854 1854 1827 1832 1802 1805 1767 1775 JOHNSON, Nancy Ann 1746 JOHNSON, Jeremiah (Surgeon) c 1725 HAINES, Rebecca (on Old UE LIST) c 1725 Married (year) 1925 1876 1850 c 1764 Died (year) 1930 1997 1931 1918 1899 1894 1846 1879 1848 1827 c 1790 1825 1756 1797
3 2. COSBY, Harcourt Mowat Son of COSBY, Charles Emery COMFORT, Martha Gainsborough Township, ON 11 April 1881 Married Manse, Baptist Church, Wainfleet, ON 12 Nov 1925 at Residence Pelham, ON farmer, auctioneer Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St Catharines, ON 08 January 1930 TAYLOR, Gladys Ida Daughter of TAYLOR, Alfred Henry AUSTIN, Ida Margaret factory worker (General Motors) and spouses Nuneaton, Leicestershire, England 01 July 1907 St. Catharines, ON Privacy 02 Nov 1997 St Catharines, ON parents 3. COSBY, Charles Emery Son of COSBY, Henry Nelson SMITH, Caroline S. Pelham Union, Pelham Township, Welland 21 Oct 1854 County, ON Married Clinton Township, ON 08 Nov 1876 at Residence Pelham Union, Pelham Township, Welland farmer, post master County, ON Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, ON 30 Jun 1931 COMFORT, Martha Daughter of COMFORT, Leander MOOTE, Rhoda and spouses South Grimsby, (West) Lincoln County, ON 08 Nov 1854 Lane Cemetery, St. Ann's, Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., ON Harcourt Mowat (1881-1930) m. Gladys Ida TAYLOR (1907-1997); Henry Leander (1883-1962) m. Effie Lucas LOVE (1893-1980); Edith Edna (1895-1924) m. Norman Chester MOOTE (1878-1947). 15 Jan 1918
1 st Great parents 4. COMFORT, Leander Son of COMFORT, Jacob SNIDER, Abigail Clinton Township 8 May 1827 Married at Clinton Township 1 Jan 1850 Residence 4 21 Aug 1899 Clinton Township MOOTE, Rhoda Daughter of MOOTE, MOOTE, Annie (widow, living with daughter 1881) Clinton Township 20 Sep 1832 Lane Cemetery, St Ann s, ON 7 Jan 1894 Jacob (East part of Lot 10, Conc 10, Clinton Twp) m Margaret Smart YOUNG (Issue: 1); Martha m Charles Emery COSBY (Issue: 3); Norman m. Mary Elizabeth LANE (Issue: 1 adopted son); Ephraim (b. 1859); Amanda J. m. Samuel TRAVER (Issue 7); Harriet; Calvin (west part Lot 10, Con 10). 2 nd Great parents 5. COMFORT, Jacob Son of COMFORT, Robert BOOK, Ann Elizabeth 30 Jun 1802 Married at Residence East part of Lot 10, Conc 10, Clinton Twp., Lane Cemetery, Section B, Row 20, #7, St 10 Feb 1846 Ann's, Gainsborough Township, ON. SNIDER, Abigail Daughter of SNIDER (SNYDER, SCHNEIDER), Johannes DILS, Christiana Gainsborough Township, Lincoln Co., ON 29 Mar 1805, Lane Cemetery, St. Ann s, Gainsborough Township, ON Gainsborough Twp 5 Nov 1879 Gainsborough Twp Ephraim m 1 st Mary COLLINS m. 2 nd Margaret SIMMERMAN; Leander m. Rhoda MOOTE; Calvin m. 1 st : Matilda LINDABERRY m. 2nd: Alice TAYLOR; Ithamer m Susanna MOOTE; Drusilla m John ROMP; Asenatha m Peter JOHNSON; Levi m. 1 st : Diannah LANE m. 2 nd : Mrs. Rhoda SHARPE; Lydia Ann m. Jonathan ZIMMERMAN.
3 rd Great parents 5 6. COMFORT, Robert Sr. Son of COMFORT, John JOHNSON, Nancy Ann New Mulberry or New Marlborough, NY 20 Feb 1767 Married at St Catharines, ON 30 Jul 1794 Residence Removed to Canada as a child with his parents; 700 acres in Gainsborough, Clinton, Caistor and Pelham Townships m 1 st : BOOK, Ann Elizabeth m 2 nd : MARTIN, Jane Daughter of Business man 25 Dec 1848 BOOK, John ZIMMERMAN, Anna 10 Feb 1775 Lane Methodist Episcopal Church, Lot 12, Con 6, Gainsborough, ON 10 Jul 1827 Charity m. Samuel P. LAMPMAN; John Book m. Elizabeth MINGLE; Benjamin; Nancy m. Anthony SLINGERLAND; George; Jacob m. Abigail SNYDER; Samuel m. Mary Ann SNYDER; Anna m. Absolom TRAVIS; Robert Jr. m. Jane ZIMMERMAN. 4 th Great parents 7. COMFORT, John Son of COMFORT, Robert Jr. BETTS, Elizabeth Married at Abt 1764 Residence 1787: at Niagara 1795: Lot 13, Conc 1 Niagara Before July 1796 (died before his land was issued to him) JOHNSON, Nancy Anne Daughter of JOHNSON, Jeremiah (Surgeon in the French War); HAINES, Rebecca and spouses Staten Island, New York 1746; twin of Jeremiah James JOHNSON (m. Phoebe BROWN) Rebecca Elizabeth m. Joseph LANE; Robert Sr. m. 1 st Anna Elizabeth BOOK & 2 nd Jane MARTIN; John m Hannah KATOR; Mary m. 1 st : Loyalist Thomas DECKER m. 2 nd : Loyalist Jacob SERVOS; Elizabeth m. Loyalist Caspar SPRINGSTEEN of Butler s Rangers.
5th Great parents 6 8. JOHNSON, Jeremiah Son of JOHNSON, Nathaniel GILES, Mehitable C 1720 Married at Residence New York Surgeon, British Army HAINES, Rebecca Loyalist Daughter of Staten Island, NY 1725 02 Jan 1798: St Mark s Anglican Cemetery, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario C 1749 to 1756 New York (of smallpox) Dec 1797 Rebecca s children by 1 st marriage to Dr. Jeremiah JOHNSON: JOHNSON, Nancy Anne (twin) m 1st John COMFORT m 2 nd Allan McDONALD; JOHNSON, Jeremiah Jr. (twin) m Phoebe BROWN; JOHNSON, Henry m 1 st Mary MORGAN and 2 nd Naomi CORWIN. Rebecca s children by 2 nd marriage to George FIELD (Butler s Rangers): FIELD(S), Daniel FIELD(S), Mary m Isaac DOLSEN; FIELD(S), Hannah m Matthew DOLSEN; FIELD(S), Gilbert m Eleanor MORDEN; FIELD(S), Nathan m Amy SLAGHT; FIELD(S), Thomas PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT 1. Applicant COSBY, Phyllis Marie, the daughter of Harcourt Mowat COSBY Proof 2. Parent COSBY, Harcourt Mowat, son of Martha COMFORT Proof 2A: 1911 Census (shows son with parents); 2B: Marriage Certificate of parents that provides mother's maiden name. 3. COMFORT, Martha, daughter of Leander COMFORT parent Proof 3: Marriage Certificate (provides father's name). 4. 1 st Great parent Proof COMFORT, Leander, son of Jacob COMFORT (and Abigail SNIDER) 4A: Census showing Abigail COMFORT, widow with children (Ephraim, Levi, Calvin, Druscilla, Ann, Leander and Jacob). 4B: both parents named on brother (Levi's) 3rd marriage.
7 5. 2 nd Great COMFORT, Jacob, son of Robert COMFORT parent Proof 5: tombstone of Jacob Comfort which reads, in memory of Jacob. son of Robert and Ann Comfort Lane Cemetery, Section B, Row 20, #7, St Ann's, Ontario. 6. 3 rd Great COMFORT, Robert, son of Nancy Anne JOHNSON (and John COMFORT) parent Proof 6A: Petition for his father's land names his father as John COMFORT; Grants of Crown Lands, Etc., in Upper Canada 1796-1797; from Original Official Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of Upper Canada; in the years 1796-1797, Council Chamber at Newark; Petitions read 14th July 1796; 19th Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario, by Alexander Fraser, Toronto, ON 1931. 6B: Surveyor s Letter of 17 Sep 1803 states Robert COMFORT is Allan McDONALD s stepson indicating Allan McDONALD s wife was previously married to COMFORT; copy of letter obtained from the family of Maurice COMFORT; from original (most likely) in Public Archives Canada, Toronto. ON. 6C: Petition of wife of Allan McDONALD provides a Christian name of Ann, also states name of her mother s late husband George FIELDS indicating FIELD was not her father, states her father was a surgeon in the French Indian War (but does not provide his name); Upper Canada Land Petitions, Gainsborough, 1797, Vol. 331; Bundle M ; Petition 144, Microfilm C-2194; RG1, L3; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON. 6D: Entry on old UE list provides the surname of Mrs. Rebecca FIELD s former husband as JOHNSTON ; Folio 58, "Old Executive List. 6E: Narrative which states Robert COMFORT is the grandson of Rebecca FIELD and provides names of her children by former husband Jeremiah JOHNSON which includes Robert's mother Nancy COMFORT now married to Allan McDONALD; thus establishing a maiden name for Robert COMFORT s mother as Nancy "Anne" JOHNSON ; from the publication, "Uncle Abram, A Very Singular Moote" by Elinor MAWSON. 6F: References to Robert s mother - that her maiden name was JOHNSON, her first husband was COMFORT and final husband McDANIEL / McDONALD. From a journal kept from 1889-1892 by Bunker SHARPE of stories told him by his mother Eunice JOHNSON SHARP, transcribed by Niagara OGS and published under the name Says ; Smithville Historical Society (Smithville Train Station), Smithville, ON. 7. 4 th Great JOHNSON, Nancy Anne, daughter of Rebecca HAINES (JOHNSON, FIELD/S) parent Proof 7: listed as Mrs. Ann McDonald descendant of Mrs. Rebecca FIELD, for(merly) Mrs. JOHNSTON ; Folio 58, "Old Executive List ; RG1, L7, Volume 52A; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON 8. 5 th Great Rebecca HAINES (JOHNSON, FIELD) on Old UE List parent Proof 8A: entry on Old UE list as Mrs. FIELD for(merly) Mrs. JOHNSTON refers to Rebecca by her married surnames; Folio 58, "Old Executive List ; RG1, L7, Volume 52A; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON 8B: Rebecca JOHNSON (nee HAINES) from John Comfort of New Marlborough, New York and Niagara Township, Ontario, by Maurice E. Comfort and Lesley J. Pergau, Page 1-1.