Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-10-15
BRooKVILLE, Canada West,
Sept. 20, 1916.

the great Family Picnic of Buels and Marsh
es, in which notice Of the ancestors OF their
families are given. Thinking it might not be
! uninteresting to the Buels of Litchfeld TO learn
something OF branch which is settled in Can
ada, propose giving from memcry haSty and
briei sketch of them. The common ancestor
of those in this country was Timothy Tuell.
He was formerly of Hebron, Connecticut, but
where born, or of what branch of the family,
cannot say. From thence he emigrated to the
neighborhood of Fort Ann or Fort Miller, on
the Hudson River, where he was at the COM
mencement of the Revolutionary War, and
held the miliiarank Of Major Being unwil-
ling to take up arms on either side, he was
looked upon as nimical to the cause espoused
by the colonists and was much harrassed by
them This operated on the feelings of his
eldest son William, (my father,) then young,
and he espoused the cause of the mother coun-
try, came to Canada, and afterwards assisted
his father and the younger branches of the
lamilyto join him. Timothy Buell., the head
ofthe family in this Province, was for time
pensoner and also held some situation in the
Quarter Master department in the British For
ces At the close of the war, after residing
couple OF years at Jachins in Lower Canada. he
emigrated with many others 10 the Township
of Etizabethtown in Upper Canada, where he
obtained Lands from the Government, ard died
few years after, aged about So. His wife was
Mary Peters, sister CT the Rtv Samuel Peters,
who some years since collected ard published
memoir oflhe Peters family. Timothy Du-
ell was the father OF William BUELL., Timothy
Bcnslee, Jonathan and Samuel, sons-also
Mary, Hannah and Sahina, daughters,
William Buell., as before mentioned, came
into Canada early after the commencement of
the Revolutionary War, and attained situation
as Ensign in the army, and was afterwar d.
promoted to a Ljeutenarcy, in Which situation
lie served about year, and was engaged with
most Of the movements ccn!tctcd with the
war, ard was acting as assistant Quarter Mas
ter in EnIg"yne'S army which surrendered at
saratoga. At the close Of the wal he was al
lowed hait-pa!, and after d 81 OF residence in
Lower Canada, came to this lrcvince, where
ne i''a'eo the 'Aho' "hIeh h"" FORM U'c CEN
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vile. lie long held the situation Of Just &c
o. the Peace, and fer four years rel resented the
county in which. he resjd, in the Provincial
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tc'r OF Militia Y! tAe daughters, the eldest,
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Phoebe three sons, two OF them barrlst,ts aud
one STUDENT, AID two daughter. Martha died
leaving no children.
TIMOTHY second son OF Timothy Buell., LIFT
this province shortly after his father came to
! Upper Canada, and settled in the town Of
Greenfield, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but
OF them know nothing. Bensltc, third son,
Ii ed and died in this neighborhood lie had
by his first wife (Phorbe Mum of Conn, c;iCn)
son Tim thy, since dead, leaving two or
three children; by thesecond wife, Iris Sher
wood, William, Thomas, Sens!ee, and Samuel,
! sons and hVe dAuSh'ers' OF whom two emily
are now living. NIIIam' the eldest son by
the last Wne' some thirty years since went TO
inc state OF New York. ana mas been extensive
~ engaged IN canal contracts, ana IS now near