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John Dunmead married Mary Ross January 01, 1815 in Grimsby; service performed by Robert Nelles, Justice of the Peace for the District of Niagara and Province of Upper Canada.
War Service:
(1) Muster Roll of Captain Abram Nelles, Flank Company, July 24th to August 24th, 1812 shows Private John Dunmeeds - Lake Lodge Papers
(2) Muster Roll of Captain Henry Nelles Company of 4th Regiment, Lincoln Militia, July 4th to 24th, 1814 shows Private John Dunmede.
Received land in Erin Township, Received land in Middleton Township in 1821 for his service during the War of 1812. He would have been only 10 years old in 1797 when his father filed his Upper Canada Land Petition, so too young to petition as a Loyalist.
Taken from Grimsby Historical Society:
Noted for having seen General Isaac Brock shot off his horse.
Noted for having been on duty at the scaffold at Burlington Heights July 20th, 1814, when the eight convicted of Treason at the Bloody Assizes of Ancaster were hanged.
Worked at - Mason, bricklayer and plasterer. Stonemason on 1842 Census, Bricklayer on 1852 Census
On the 1852 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are:
John Dunmead, Bricklayer, Born United States, Religion None, Married, Aged 66, Male
Mary Dunmead, Born Canada, Methodist Wesleyan, Married, Aged 54, Female
On the 1861 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario are:
John Dunmead, Labourer, Born United States, Wesleyan Methodist, Aged 79, Male, Married
Mary Dunmead, Born United States, Wesleyan Methodist, Aged 69, Female, Married
Frame House, 1 Storey, 1 Family Occupying
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Rainham Builders
1787 - 1875 (88 years)