The Haskin, Haskins etc surname!

I am trying to connect the various Haskins families in Upper Canada during the 1700-1800's; and to discover the origins of those loyalist families that moved up into Canada through the Northern States. I would welcome any amendments or additions to the information that I have tried to gather together.

There seems to be a lot of good information sharing through various email lists and surname bulletin boards - but no co-ordinated efforts seem to be made to gather and organize the information that is discussed. You see different individuals asking about the same families at different times. I would like to see some sort of compilation of available information. This is my own weak effect at attempting to do so with the resources that I have at hand.

• There has been no proof discovered yet as to the origins of the 2 main Haskins families who arrived in Upper Canada during the late 1700's as a result of the Americian Revolution; some have been recognized as United Empire Loyalists (UEL) [they remained loyal to the British Crown, unlike their colonial brethern and were welcomed into the still British colony of Canada].
• Some researchers assume there may be some connection between these 2 main 'Canadian' Haskins families. They arrived during the same time period and there is a slight similarity in naming patterns (both have son Nicholas and daughter Tabitha).
• Other researchers are of the opinion that Abial/Abiel Haskins was descended from the William
• Abial Haskins (spouse, Judah Carey) was a United Empire Loyalist who claimed land in Augusta Township, Leeds County, Ontario (a 1785 -1787 survey shows lot 13 Con 4; lots 13, 23 and 27 Conc 6; Lot 16 Conc 8.) Abial and his son, Nicholas, were listed as part of a Loyalist Ranger group that recruited primarily in the states of New York, Vermont and Connecticut.
• Joseph Haskins (spouse, Elizabeth ?). His father Nicholas was entitled, according to the 1785 -1787 survey, to Lot 31, Conc 7 and Lot 3, Conc 8, Augusta Twp, Leeds County. Joseph lived on lot 25 Conc A Wolford Twp, with 24 acres cleared on 29 Jul 1797, and received his patent for the lot on 17 May 1802. (This is the family from which my mother is descended.)

A brief time line pertaining to Upper/Lower Canada;

1775-1783 The American Revolution began when American colonies (a.k.a. USA) declared independence from Britain

1776 United Empire Loyalists start retreating to Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia from the northeastern USA

1783 Western Québec welcomes Loyalists

1783 Influx of Loyalist refugees and British soldiers into Upper and Lower Canada and Nova Scotia.

1783 (3 Sep 1783) Treaty of Paris -- the formal end of the British-US conflict (American Revolution) which sets a border running through the Great lakes and connecting rivers

1784 Mass migration of Loyalists starts with 6,000 Americans & 1,000 Iroquois led by Joseph Brant. Total reaches 10,000 by end of decade

1791 (10 Jun 1791) Constitutional Act (also known as the Canada Act) divides Québec into Upper & Lower Canada, which establishes English Law and land tenure in Upper Canada. Upper Canada (now Ontario) was all land lying west of the Ottawa River, while Lower Canada (now Québec) was all land lying east

1812 (18 Jun 1812) USA declares war on Britain

1814 (24 Dec 1814) Treaty of Ghent ends The War of 1812

1841 (10 Feb 1841) The Act of Union, Upper and Lower Canada are united as the Province of Canada. Lower Canada is renamed Canada East (Québec) and Upper Canada is renamed Canada West (Ontario)

1861 (1861-1865) The American Civil War

1866 Fenian Raids into Canada from the USA

1872 Dominion Land Act opens the prairies for settlement

Ontario was originally:

• part of the 'colony' of Quebec until 1791
• Upper Canada from 10 Jun 1791 - 10 Feb 1841
• Canada West from 10 Feb 1841 - 1 Jul 1867
• Ontario - 01 Jul 1867

• addresses within brackets such as <Sudbury,Ont> indicate that the individual was 'of' that location, actual place of birth or origin unknown; also did the same in 'place of death' with last known location.
• estimated dates of birth - I estimated everyone married at age 20 and usually children as born the year of marriage (regardless as number of children) - I'm just inputting an approximate date rather than have hundreds of individuals with an 'unknown' listing. spouses have been input with an estimated dob the same as their partner.
• estimated dates - I have used 'est' for my own estimations. 'abt' is generally information from elsewhere.
• 'estimated' marriage dates - I input 'bef' and the year of birth of the first child
• 'estimated' death dates - if more than one spouse - I input 'bef' the date of the next marriage

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