SECOND GENERATION

2. William D Gordon was born in 1826. He died on 6 Oct 1898. He was buried in Clifton Quebec. William Gordon, Shoemaker in the Gore of Chatham, Bachelor and Eliza Hamilton of the same place, Spinster, were after due proclamation of bans, joined in marriage this seventeenth OD August one thousand eight hundred and fifty two by me Thomas Henry Minister signing parties William Gordon and Elisa Hamelten witnefses Henery Peatt, James Moore. This from the records of the Presbyterian Church in Lachute Quebec 1852 on the back of folio 20 in the Quebec National archives microfilm #128.53 with all spelling and punctuation quirks of the original church record.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s - 1900s, Date of Import: May 1, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.118.1.32385.12]

Individual: Gordon, William
Event: Living
Year: 1861
Place: Argenteuil

Province of record source: Québec
County of record source: Argenteuil

Source: Cadastres abrégés des Seigneuries du District de Montréal (Vol 1) No 1, Argenteuil.
Publication place: Québec
Publication year: 1863

Volume/Page(s): 14

Please note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occurred.

It would appear that William and Elizabeth followed her family when James and his sons moved to Compton County in 1865.
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The following is an excerpt from the book "History of Compton County" by L.S.Channell in 1896 page 35:
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The following are the name of some of the families who settled in the county coming from Argentuil, in addition to those mentioned: Alexander Johnson, who lived several years near Sawyerville, and left some years ago for the west; the late James Hamilton
with his wife and their sons , John, Matthew, Joseph, and William, and three or four daughters; William Gordon and wife; William Hammond and wife; Edward Parker with several sons and daughters;
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William Gordon's wife is Elizabeth, James Hamilton's' Eldest Daughter's, and William Hammond is related to James Hamilton's wife Mary Hammond but not sure if sister or not. In this same book is a bio on Matthew which lists his fathers residence as Randborough. See short bio from this book under Matthew Hamilton. Note the absence of any mention of the young James here. There is a discrepancy in the way James is referenced as the late James in this excerpt and yet is referred to as living in Matthews bio from the same book.

He was married to Nancy Elizabeth Hamilton (daughter of James Hamilton and Mary Hammond) on 17 Aug 1852 in Presbyterian Church Lachute Quebec. In addition to their marriage which I found in Archives of Ontario (Original book Record group 80-27-1 Vol 19 on microfilm MS 248 reel #3. Utah microfilm is GS 1030053
The book Marriages of Upper Canada/Canada West 1816 - 1853. by Don Walker and Robet W Calder), I found the following entries in the Census of 1842, 1851, 1861, 1881.

1842 National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Census for County of Deux Montagne, Township of Gore of Wentworth page 1228 line 11 on Microfilm C728 and C729.

James Hamilton 7 people, 2 born in Ireland, 5 born in Canada resident for 18 years.
3 children under 5 years 1 female; 1 female over 5 years of age; two school age; religion Canadian Wesleyan Methodists; . 100 acres, 3 improved, squatter, log cabin of one story and contains 1 family.
produce 60 bushels of oats, 150 bushels of potatoes, 5 neat cattle, 1 horse, 8 sheep, 4 hogs, 10 yards of fulled cloth, 2 yards of flannel cloth, 7 pounds of wool.

1851 National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Census for county of Deux Montagne, Township of Gore of Chatham page 12 on Microfilm C1145 - C1147.

name occupation birth religion age next birthday mar/sngle
James Hamilton farmer Ireland Wes Methodist 45 Aug 11 m
Mary " " 40 March 15 m
Eliza Canada " 18 Mar 17 s
John labourer " " 16 Feb 8 s
Mary J " " 14 Jan 12 s
Joseph " " 12 Jun 7 s school
William " " 10 May 7 s school
Matthew " " 8 Jan 7 s school
Margaret " " 6 Dec 18 s school
Sarah Ann " " 4 Jan 16 s
James " " 1 Dec 17 s

produce for farm Range 3 Lot 1 - 200 acres, 60 acres cultivated, 30 with crops, 30 in pasture, 140 wooded. 1 acre of wheat - 13 bushels, 1 acre of barley 7 bushels, 2 acres of potatoes 100 bushels, 20 tons of hay, 20 ponds of wool, 40 pounds of maple sugar, 18 yards of fulled cloth, 40 yards of flannel cloth, 9 milch cows, 5 Calves or heifers, 4 horses, 13 sheep, 5 pigs, 600 pounds of butter, 300 pounds of beef, and 700 pounds of pork.

remarks from the Census taker about the region - as to the nature of the soil it is generally good and well watered by living springs but the surface of the land for the most part is covered with rocks and boulders so as a plough can never be used to any extent which causes the Argentuil Agricultural Census to be so small.

1861, Census of the County of Argentuil, the township of Gore, District 1 page 12 on microfilm C 1261

name occupation birth religion age next birthday mar/sngle
James Hamilton farmer Ireland Wes Methodist 45 Aug 11 m
Mary " " 40 March 15 m
Mary J L. C. " 22 Jan 12 s
William labourer " " 18 May 7 s
Matthew " " 16 Jan 7 s
Margaret " " 14 Dec 18 s school
Sarah Ann " " 12 Jan 16 s school
James " " 11 dec 17 s school
Thomas " " 8 s school
Isabella " " 6 s school

1881, Census of County of Compton, township of Newport, village of Randboro
National Archives of Canada on microfilm C-13199, District 54, sub dist. U1 and U2

James Hamilton 73 farmer Ireland Wes. Methodist.
Mary 69

In these census reports we have found three children we did not known about before - William, Thomas and James Jr. In several of the obituaries there is mention that there were 13 children. We are able so far to identify 12. There is no mention of Thomas or James Jr 1 and 2 after the move to Compton County in 1865. The thirteenth child we have not been able to identify. We found a christening record at St. Andrew's in 1862 for a James Hamilton born to James and Mary of North Gore. We believe this to indicate that James Junior the first died between the census of 1861 and the birth of this child and so the child bears the name of the recently departed child. The mother was over 50 at the time of this birth and it would seem the child did not survive to make the trip to Compton in 1865.

Today the town of Lakefield located on the shores of Lake Dawson just off of highway 329 is the location of the administrative office of the township. Range three is located on the map we received of the township as running east to west parallel with the southern boundary of the township two miles north of the boundary. Lot is located on the extreme west boundary of the township in an area that is called Lake Grace. Lot 1 is a 1000 feet wide and a mile long running between what are known today as the Braemer Road to the south and the Shrewsbury Road to the North and west of the Gore Ouest Road. Today this is a summer cottage area with many homes located just north of the lake in a small sub division. The southwest corner of lot 1 is located at approximately 45, 46, 00 N and 74, 19, 00 W. The area is rolling hills and rock with lots of bush/trees. It would not be considered farm land today. It is very beautiful spot on the shores of Lac Grace. He certainly had a good water source and the lake had plenty of trout for the taking. There are many lakes in this region. There is another lake at the North end of the this lot 1 called Lac Sugarloaf.

In October 10, 2000 I visited the area and looked in the protestant cemetery at Mille Isles, on Highway 329 just south of the junction to Milles Isles Road on the West side and Hammond Road on the East side. This is just North of the road to Mille Isles called Mille Isles Ouest (west). The cemetery at the Anglican Church in Lakefield Quebec, and the cemetery on the Shrewsbury Road at the corner with the Gore Ouest Road.

I have not visited the cemetery at St Andrew's Church in Lachute located on the west bank of the river south of the highway 148, or the protestant cemetery of Lachute located on highway 158 to the east of the town.

Notes from Colin MacCallum; Descended from Mary Jane Hamilton and Joseph Parker said that the home John occupied on Parker Hill belonged to his Father James before he died and was know in the district when he was growing up as the Hamilton farm. John owned the farm and sold it to Archie Jones, Colin MacCallum's father Charles McCallum and his wife Lottie (Parker) purchased the property in 1919 and lost it through foreclosure in 1934. Nancy Elizabeth Hamilton was born on 15 Mar 1833 in Gore Township, District 17, Quebec. She died on 13 Mar 1920 in Colebrook NH. She was buried in Clifton Quebec. Elizabeth wed William Gordon in 1852. She was the eldest child of James and Mary. She was note in the census of 1851 as being born in Canada.
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Grandma Carr indicated that she had 12 children. They moved to Compton County with her fathers family about 1865. William D Gordon and Nancy Elizabeth Hamilton had the following children:

3 i. Elizabeth Gordon was born on 1 Jun 1853 in Lakeside, Gore Township, Argentuil County Quebec. She died on 31 Mar 1855 in Gore, Quebec.
4 ii. James Gordon was born on 29 Apr 1855. He died on 15 Jul 1877 in California by drowning. He was buried in Clifton Quebec.
+5 iii. John Gordon.
+6 iv. George A Gordon.
7 v. William Thomas Gordon was born on 22 Aug 1861 in Lakeside, Gore Township, Argentuil County Quebec. He died on 9 Mar 1901 in Clifton Quebec. He was buried in Clifton Quebec.
8 vi. Mary Elizabeth Gordon was born on 7 Jul 1863 in Lakeside, Gore Township, Argentuil County Quebec. She died on 15 Apr 1897 in Clifton Quebec. She was buried in Clifton Quebec.
9 vii. Archibald B Gordon was born on 26 Jun 1865 in Lakeside, Gore Township, Argentuil County Quebec. He died on 11 Jan 1889 in Clifton Quebec. He was buried in Clifton Quebec.
+10 viii. Joseph Gordon.
11 ix. Matthew Gordon was born on 3 Apr 1870 in Clifton Quebec. He died on 9 Apr 1931.
+12 x. Margaret Jane Gordon.
+13 xi. Hannah Isabella Gordon.
+14 xii. Henry Judson Gordon.
15 xiii. Wesley Edgar Gordon was born on 20 Oct 1876. He died on 16 Mar 1949 in Boston Ma.