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From Pioneer Sketches Of Long Point Settlement by E. A. Owen:
SKETCH XXV - THE EARL OF MAR, AND THE MARRS AND LEMONS OF NORFOLK
Page 145
.....Lawrence, eldest son of David, came to the new settlement in advance of his father. He came in about 1800, accompanied by his wife and his little brother David, who had not yet entered his teens. Lawrence was twenty seven. His wife Rachel was the daughter of Colonel Butler, an officer in the British Army, who lost his life in the conquest of Canada. Lawrence Marr made a wise choice of a home on the hill known as "Marr Hill," being the fine, substantial home, at present, of A. W. Smith. He was twice married. By his first wife he had three sons - David, Robert and Joseph; and two daughters - Mary and Nancy. By his second wife, Naomi Strawbridge, he had four sons - Richard, Benjamin, Graham and Joseph. His son Joseph by his first marriage had died young, and this accounts for the second Joseph. He also had five daughters by his second wife - Elizabeth, Rachel, Catherine, Mary Ann and Maria.
Robert, the second son built a saw mill on Black Creek, and met with marked success financially.....
Lawrence arrived in Woodhouse in 1803 and on Aug 30th that year purchased 200 acres in Lot 1, Conc 3, Woodhouse Twp., from Richard Cockrell. This Marr homestead was located between the Lynn Valley Road and St. John's Anglican Church Road along the east side of present Highway 24 south of the town of Simcoe. The St. John's Anglican Church is at the southwest corner of the property.
On the 1805 census of Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario are:
Lawrence Marr, Rachel Marr, David, Mary, Nancy and Robert,
On the 1852 Census of Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario are:
Richard Marr, Lumber Manufacturer, Born Canada, Church of England, Married, Aged 39, Male
Malisa Marr, Born United States, Church of England, Married, Aged 33, Female
Lawrence Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 16, Male
William H. Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 14, Male
Elizabeth A. Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 12, Female
Laura Jane Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 10, Female
James G. Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 8, Male
Isabella Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 4, Female
Peter Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 2, Male
Anthony Cannon, Laborer, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 19, Male
George Dixon, Sawyer, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 24, Male
Joseph Marr, Lumber Manufacturer, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 21, Male
Naoma Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Widowed, Aged 58, Female
Lawrence Marr, Born United States, Church of England, Aged 79, Male
Maryann Marr, Born Canada, Church of England, Single, Aged 24, Female
1 Death during the year 1851 (Actually 1852 before Census was taken), Aged 79 Years, Cause of Death Influenza
Frame House, 1 Storey, 1 Family Occupying, 1 Saw Mill
Mr. Richard Marr and Mr. Joseph Marr own a Saw Mill in partnership and manufactors about 400,000 feet of Lumber per year and employs about 5
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Rainham Builders
1773 - 1852 (78 years)