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- ! <http://www.sfredheritage.on.ca/TspPioneers.htm>The Township PioneersInvestigations Continued by Thos. W. Casey from ?The Kingston Whig?, July 1, 1899Reminiscences of John Collins Clark Written Fifty-Five YearsAgo - the Purdys, Herchimers and Other Neighboring Settlers - Sketch of the Writer - Tracing Their Descendants.The PurdysThe Purdy family located in the last lot in Ernesttown adjoining Kingston and some of the descendents became residents of the latter. It may be as well, therefore,to give Mr. Clark?s reminiscences of them. He writes:?David Purdy located the last lot (No. 42) on the front of Secondtown, east side. He married Miss Abigail Ostrum, whose connections settled in the township ofSidney, not far from Belleville. He had a large family most of whom are still living (in 1844). Two of his youngest sons, Samuel and Joseph, reside on the old farm. The old man is dead, but his widow still survives.?Gilbert, the oldest son of the Purdy family, married Miss AsenithGoldsmith, of Hallowell, who left him. Ruliff, another son, married a widow Gilbert, of Sidney, where he resides, and has become a prominent andwealthy man. David was accidentally shot and killed when a boy by his cousin, John Everett. Samuel married Eliza, a daughter of Samuel Lockwood, and Joseph married Minerva, her sister. John and Jacob married daughters of Jacob Fretts, of Fredericksburgh. Elizabeth married a Mr. Woodward; he died and she married again. Mary married John Abbott; he died and she married William Ellerbeck. Old Mrs. Purdy, mother of these children, has from her youth been troubled at times with aberration of mindand several of the children have been similarly affected.David Purdy?sbrothers, Micajah, Gilbert andSamuel,settled in the township of Kingston. they had large families. Samuel moved to some distant place. Gilbert is still living, he was twice married, and Micajah, who died lately,was married five times, and was the father of twenty-three children, nineofwhom, and his last wife are living. His two first wives were sisters by the name of Sands, of Newburgh, New York state, the third was aMiss Ann Detlor, of Fredericksburgh, the fourth a Miss Embury (niece of the third) and the fifth MissMithebelHolmes, also of Newburgh, N.Y.!<http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?abigail,ostrum::purdy::414.html>Re: GILBERT PURDY b1788 OntarioPosted by: Sam PurdyDate: March 12, 1999 at 09:13:35In Reply to: GILBERT PURDY b1788 OntarioI have some information regarding Gilbert Purdy, in a manuscript compiled byJohn Masten of California approximately 40 years ago. The following information has been largely obtained from Mr. Masten's work.According tothis source, which is somewhat disorganized,the Gilbert Purdy of whomyou seek information was the eldest son of David Purdy, a United Empire Loyalist who settled near Kingston. This David Purdy married Abigail Ostrum and had 7sons and 2 daughters. David Purdy's father wasalso named Gilbert Purdy, and he raised his family of 8 on a farm near Newburgh on the Hudson River in New York state. He joined the British army in 1775 and died on his way to Philadelphia. Thefarm was confiscated by the revolutionaries, and the family arranged to leave for Canada. Abigail Purdy, wife of David Purdy, died January 4, 1852 at the age of 90 years, 2 months and 19 days. We are uncertain of the dates of David Purdy's birth, marriage and death.Gilbert Purdy is supposed to have drawn his land in 1810at age 21. He is believed to have married Hannah Gould about 1817. Prior to this, he was married to a woman named Asenath Goldsmith, of Hallowell Township, on May 1, 1816. This marriage apparently did not last long. The childrenof Gilbert Purdy andHannah Gould are believed to have been James, Richard, Hannah, Roxie, Eleanor and Ira. Mr. Masten's manuscript mentions a Mrs.A. C. Metcalfe of 73 Sherwood Avenue, Toronto 12.Mrs. Metcalfe is said to be a grandaugher of IraWesley Purdy,a son ofGilbert Purdy.H. Pearson Gundy, Chief Librarian of Queen's University at Kingston, wrote a short bulletin called "GilbertPurdy, Pioneer Jack-of-All Trades". As well, his account book, kept intermittentlyfrom 1808 to 1837, is inthe Douglas Library at Queen's University. Thebook is a small octavo of 178 pages. There is also known to be a book called Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte which writes up the descendents of Gilbert Purdy, however I have never seen the book and do not know the nameofitsauthor.I have only smatterings of other information regarding Gilbert Purdy, however I do have a wealth of geneological information regarding his brothers and their descendents, particularly his brother John Purdy (married Anna Fretz) who was my grgrgrandfather. My grgrandfather was Samuel Lester Purdy, whom I am named after, my grandfatherwas Walter Palmer Purdy and my father is William Walter Purdy. Please respond if this is any help. I also encourage any otherinterested partiesto contact me.
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