Elva Sanghera (1934-2003), Don Secor and Maggie Parnall
History Research by Joan Hapeman Somers
PETER SECORD IIBorn 1765 Courtland Manor, Dutchess Co., New YorkDied 1844 Bloom Township, Morgan Co., Ohio SARAH MILLARDBorn C1770 Lincoln Co., OntarioDied C1833 Ontario The source of Peter's name ia 'Petros', a Greek name meaning 'Rock' The source of Sarah's name is an Hebrew expression meaning 'Princess'. dMarie Time Capsule Peter Secord II, migrated with his parents, Peter I & Abigail Secord to the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario, Canada in March 1777 from Westmoreland Twp. (ref: Westmoreland Tax Lists 1776-1780) Wyoming (Luzerne) Co., Pennsylvania. In Niagara, he married Sarah Millard, daughter of Isaiah & Buelah Millard of Lincoln County. Peter & Sarah were blessed with five children. Sarah C1789, married George Snively; an unnamed infant d1792, Anna 1796, married Alexander Logan, Matthew Stanfield; Peter S. 1794, married Phoebe, Cynthia Barnes; and Francis Parmelia 1802, married Hyman Lazarus, James Brannon. Peter purchased the north half lot #13, Concession 8 in Townsend from Benjamin Williams in May 1811, for 100 £. The land was registered in 1814. OTHER SECORD FAMILY HISTORY: Secord family members of Maj. John Butler's Company of Rangers (see below for a description of 'Butler's Rangers') Cpt. Walter Butler's Company, 25 Dec 1777 to 24 Oct 1778, inclusive: Lt. James Seacord/Secord; 304 days (Indian Dept.) Pvt. John Seacord/Secord, Sr.; 304 days Pvt. John Seacord/Secord, Jr.; 304 days Cpl. Solomon Seacord/Secord; 182 days Pvt. Stephen Seacord/Secord; 304 days Pvt. David Seacord/Secord; 304 days Sgt. Silas Seacord/Secord; 182 days Pvt. Peter Seacord/Secord; 304 days All were given extra pay if they were familiar with one or more Indian Languages. Amongst the Seacord/Secord family enlistees apparently only Peter was unfamiliar with an Indian Language. ref: add.Mss.21765 fol. 44-66 extracts July 2008 Butler's Rangers John Butler (1728-94), Indian agent and Loyalist officer in the American Revolution. Born in New London, Ct., Butler moved his family to New York's Mohawk Valley in 1742. In the French & Indian War, he became a captain and served at Crown Point, Fort Frontenac, and Fort Niagara. At the outbreak of the Revolution the British appointed him deputy Indian commissioner at Niagara. Commanding a sizable band of Iroquois in the Saratoga Campaign, he marched with Col. Barry St. Leger through the Mohawk Valley until he was repulsed (6 Aug 1777) at Oriskany. He then recruited (1778) the so-called Butler's Rangers from Loyalist émigrés at Niagara and with them joined a unit of the King's Royal Regiment of New York, under Col. Sir John Johnson, and a group of Senecas on an expedition that ended in a massacre by the Indians of settlers in the Wyoming Valley, Pa. In 1779 Butler's Rangers and a Mohawk band led by Chief Joseph Brant were defeated by Gen. John Sullivan & Gen. James Clinton in a battle at Newtown, near Elmira, N.Y. Butler, abetted by his son, Walter Butler and Col. Johnson, continued to harry the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys. After the war the British appointed him Indian commissioner at Niagara, Upper Canada, (now Niagara-on-the-Lake). They later pensioned him and presented him with a grant of Canadian land. Ref. 'Encyclopedia International' Grolier of Canada, Ltd. 1963 See also Lincoln-Welland Regimental Museum |
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