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John and Jane Dennis and their daughter Sophia on Lot 20, Concession 1, Walpole during the War of 1812, living on land belonging to Captain William Francis who was murdered in October of 1814, gave the following deposition:
District Of London Personally appeared before us George C Salmon Esquire and Thomas Bowlby Esquire two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the London District and Province of Upper Canada John Dennis, Jane Dennis and Sophia Dennis, who being duly Sworn, make Oath and say that they are now living on a Farm which belonged to the late Captain William Francis and have lived on the same since the month of April last, that during that period they have frequently heard of a gang of Robbers called Dixon's Party. That sometime about the middle of the month of October last, three men came to this house at about ten o'clock in the night, Armed, and asked if Captain Francis was there; that one of the Deponents Jane Dennis told him to go to his house and look (meaning a new building formerly occupied by the said Captain Francis) that in the mean time Captain Francis, who was in bed when they first came to the house, got up and walked over the floor, by which means these Deponents suppose they discovered him, that one of the party called to him & asked if he was there, that Captain Francis answered he was, and asked what they wanted with him, that they replied that they wanted to kill him, that Captain Francis requested of them not to take his life, and that he would go with them if they would only spare his life, that they heard the report of a gun out of the door and heard something fall on the floor above stairs where Captain Francis was. That one of the party took a stick of wood which was on fire and went upstairs, and when he came down heard him tell the rest of the party that Captain Francis was dead, and with his hands shewed on his head where he had been shot, that they left the corpse in the house that they refused to allow these Deponents to take the body out of the house or bury him. That they said it was lucky for Thomas Francis that he was not there or he should have met the same fate and that there were several people in the Province that should meet the same fate also, and that the Deponents verily believed that the party consisted of John Dixon, Henry Dockstader but they cannot tell, neither do they know who the third person was.
Sworn before Us this 3d Decemr 1814
Signed George C Salmon J.P. Thos Bowlby
Signed John Dennis
Signed John Dennis Jane Dennis x - her mark Sophia Dennis x - her mark
A True Copy by Thomas Talbot
From National Archives, 77 Nepean Street, Suite 201, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 5Z2
Series G8 Reel #C-3231 Volume 686 pp 259-262
On the 1840 Census of Clermont, Monroe, Ohio is:
John Dennis
1 Male 15 to 20, 1 Male 80 to 90
1 Female 10 to 15, 1 Female 50 to 60
Pensioners for Revolotionary or Military Services Included in the Foregoing John Dennis, Aged 80
On the 1850 Census of Monroe, Perry, Ohio are:
John Dennis, Aged 55, Male, Farmer, Born Upper Canada
Christianna Dennis, Aged 55, Female, Born Pennsylvania
Henry I. Dennis, Aged 29, Male, Farmer, Born New York
Benjamin C. Dennis, Aged 23, Male, Farmer, Born Ohio
George G. Dennis, Aged 21, Male, Farmer, Born Ohio
John A. Dennis, Aged 14, Male, Born Ohio
John Dennis, Aged 82, Male, Farmer, Born New Jersey
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1768 - 1855 (87 years)