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PRE-1825 MARRIAGE (speculated to have been before 1825 Census)

Levi married Hannah before or during 1828 in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Quebec

Source: Mormon Search Web Site.

. . .  After looking at your website I was interested to know if you have Levi Grimshaw or Ira Lamb in your data base.   Levi was b. abt 1790 and shows up in Robert Stellars book as building a road with Carlton Town in the Russel town area in the 1820's.  My ggggrandfather, Clark Town was living in the area at the time.  He died before 1825, however, near Russel town and I am trying to find where he is buried.  Levi married his daughter Hanna. . . .

. . .   I descend from Clark Town and Phebe Lattin through their son Clark Town, Jr. born in Quebec 1818.  Hannah was a sister.  She was born about 1808.  Carlton was the oldest born 1804  and his sister Keziah b. 1806 were baptised in Dunham at the Methodist Church.  She married Nathaniel Thurstin.  Carlton shows up with Levi in the book "Hemmingsford Two Hundred Years by McKenzie, on the South half lot 169 between 1820 and 1830.  They later show up in St. Lawrence Co., NY around 1836. Clark Town, Senior died before 1825 near Russel Town as Phebe, his wife, shows up in the 1825 census as Pheba Town with 8 children.  She later marries a Shephard/Shepard and have one more child and move to St. Lawrence Co.  I am trying to find where Clark Town is buried and if there might be any record of his death.  I would be happy to share any information and you can certainly give my name and address to other Grimshaw researchers. Lamb's show up in St. Lawrence Co. about the same time, living near the Town's, and Grimshaw's and I thought there might be a connection. Other Town children were: Richard, John, Maryette and Phoebe.  . . .

"Now came an unbroken stretch of forest, 3 miles long, for, until 1820, there was not a clearance in or near the site of the village of Chrysostom.  As the track turned southwards to the flats, three Canadian families were met, Sylvia, who came in 1815, Richard, and Percheron.  On the north side of the English river were Levi Grimshaw , who came, accompanied by Petty, from England in 1812."

Source: The History of Huntindgon and the Seigniories of Beauharnois and Chateauguay from their first settlement to the year 1838 and revised to the 1900's, Robert Sellar, The Huntingdon Gleaner Inc., 150th Anniversay Edition, June 1975, Page 517 of 634, Page Title: A Shaking Quaker.
Researcher: C. G. Lamb, 24 FE 2006.   Note:  I speculate that Levi came from New England not England.

 ~ 1833's PETITIION

    "The following is a verbatim extract from petition No. 33: 'That a by road shall commence at the Province Line, and at the south west and south east corner of the lots of land Nos. 29 and 30 on the first Range of the Township of Hemingford and thence running on the divisional line between the two said lots of Nos. 29 and 30 until it arrives at the South west and South east corner of the two lots of land Nos. 80 and 81.  Thence continuing north on the division line between the said two lots of land Nos. 80 and 81 in the 2nd Range of the said Township of Hemingford until it arrives a few rods north of the limekiln of Samuel Brisbin.  From thence the road shall diverge from the said divisional line in such manner as to run in the fourth Range of the said Township of Hemingford.  From thence the road shall run north on the divisional line between the said lots of land No. 168 and 169 until it crosses Allen's creek on a bridge now built over the said stream of water and thence continuing north on the same divisional line a few rods in the woods north of the improvements made by Levy Grimshaw, the proprietor of the south half of the lot No. 169.  From thence bearing in a westerly direction from the last named divisional line in such manner as to pass on a dry ridge which runs between two pieces of low land covered with black ash timber.   Thence entering the enclosure of Carlton Town by a line of newly blazed trees, it shall continue in as direct a line as the nature of the ground will admit in such manner as to pass in front of the present dwelling house of the said Calrton Town.  Thence ia as direct a line as conveniently may be to a pair of bars through which the road as heretofore run in a direct line to a pair of bars through which the road as now traveled has passed into the inclosure of Thomas Stafford in the third Range for the last three years past.  From thence the road running in a direction a little east of north into the present inclosures of the said Thomas Stafford shall pass on a gravelly ridge - around the east side of some low land which is overflowed with water in the spring of the year, and thence bearing in a north westerly direction shall run to an old cross way in front of the dwelling house of Dorus Stafford.  Thence rising the hill (forth of the said old crossway the road shall intersect the divisional line between the lots of land Nos. 126 and 127 the 3rd Range west of Dorus Stafford's garden.) From thence the said road shall run north on the said divisional line between the said lots, Nos. 127 and 126 until it arrives at the south east corner of the lots of land, Nos.168 and 169 in the 4th Range of the Township of Hemingford, heretofore traveled has passed into the fields now owned by Thomas Hall Woolrich, Esq., thence running north on the divisional line between the lots of land Nos. 205 and 206 in the 5th Range of the said Township of Hemingford until it arrives at Allen's creek over which stream a lawfully constructed bridge shall be built and from the bridge the road shall still continue to run on the divisional line last mentioned until it arrives at the north-west and north-east corners of the said lots of land Nos. 205 and 206 on the west side of the dwelling place of John Costelow where it will communicate with the Russeltown road running thence to the Village of Laprairie.'"

Source:  MacKenzie, B. M. (1999). HEMMINGFORD Two Hundred Years of Hope and Challenge 1799 - 1999. St. Lambert, Quebec: Payette & Simmons Inc., Pages 57 &58.
Researcher:  G. Bushaw, 13 MA 2006.

  1875 DEATH

Died. Grimshaw. In Canton, July 27, Levi Grimshaw, in the eighty fifth year of his age. [07/27/1875]

Source:  The Goveneur Herald, St. Lawrence County, On-Line Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nystlawr/herald/hrldtxt1.htm
Reseracher:  C. G. Lamb, 24 FE 2006.

1880 CENSUS, USA (1 JE 1880)
LINE #	NAME		RACE	SEX	AGE	REL	MAR STAT	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
	GIVEN	SURNAME							SUBJECT	FATHER	MOTHER
-	3a	3b	4	5	6	8	9-11	13	24	25	26
1	Levi	Grimshaw	-	M	37	Self	M	Farming	NY	NH	VT
2	Meria	"	-	F	38	Wife	M	Keeping House	NY	NY	NY
3	William	"	-	M	12	Son	S	At School	NY	NY	NY
4	Leon	"	-	M	1	Son	S	-	NY	NY	NY
5	Hannah	"	-	F	70	Mother	W	No Occupation	NY	Unknown	Unknown
Source: Mormon Family History Web-site, Census Place - Canton, St., Lawrence Co., New York, Family History Library Film - 1254925, NA Film Number - T9-0925,  Page Number - 158D. Researcher: C. G. Lamb,  13 MA 2006.

COMENTARY:  It must be noted that the Levy [born between 1766 and 1785 with his apparent wife born before 1780] in the 1825 census may not be the same Levi in the 1860 & 1870 census.  However, data in censuses have been found to be inaccurate many times.  I have no other place to put these Grimshaw Families separately, so in hopes someone out there may enlighten me with more accurate details, I have put them both on this same page.  The apparently older Levy Grimshaw may be father, uncle or unrelated to the younger Levi Grimshaw.

If the two Levi/ys are one in the same, it is possible that Hannah was his second wife.

CHILDREN

1880 CENSUS, USA (1 JE 1880)
LINE #	NAME		RACE	SEX	AGE	REL	MAR STAT	OCCUPATION	BIRTHPLACE
	GIVEN	SURNAME							SUBJECT	FATHER	MOTHER
-	3a	3b	4	5	6	8	9-11	13	24	25	26
1	Silas	Grimshaw	-	M	48	Self	M	-	NY	-	-
2	Arville	Blackmer	-	F	38	Wife	M	-	NY	-	-
3	Adeline	Grimshaw	-	F	16	Dau	S	-	NY	-	-
4	Edward D.	"	-	M	20	Son	S	-	NY	-	-
5	Nellie	"	-	F	6	Dau	S	-	NY	-	-
Source: Mormon Family History Web-site, Census Place - Canton, St. Lawrence Co., New York, Family History Library Film - 1254925, NA Film Number - T9-0925,  Page Number - 158D. Researcher: C. G. Lamb,  13 MA 2006.

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