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About 1801 Daniel McQueen built a dam and a mill near a ford across the River Lynn, and the site became known as Dover Mills or Dover, after the English port of Dover.
Around 1808, Robert Nichol (1774-1824) moved to Port Dover from the Niagara area and bought a mill originally built about 1801 by Daniel McQueen. Within a short time, he had a sawmill, distillery, large barn, residence for workmen, coopery and storage building for flour, a huge stable and a large house. By 1812 he was probably the wealthiest man in Norfolk County. That spring he was elected MLA for the county. But 1812 was no ordinary year. The U.S. and Britain were at war and Upper Canada was in danger of invasion. At the personal request of Major-General Isaac Brock, Robert Nichol became Quartermaster-General of Militia. On May 14, 1814 the Americans burned Dover Mills, including the mill, brewery, distillery and buildings of Robert Nichol. Nichol suffered £6700 worth of damages in the process, which represented an enormous loss at the time and from which he never recovered. On the night of May 3, 1824, while returning to his home from Niagara he died during a late season snowstorm when his horse and wagon fell over a precipice in the village of Queenston.
Daniel McQueen b 1764 m Phoebe Peer, Alexander McQueen b 1802 m Sarah Millard, Edward McQueen b 1831 m Catharine Carter, Hugh McQueen b 1863 m Lydia Porritt, Lydney McQueen b 1899 m Wilma Brazier, Phobe Peer McQueen, and 4th Great Grandmother, I think.
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Rainham Builders
1764 - 1854 (90 years)