Stephen Gordon

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• Reference Number: 6027
• Residence: 1852, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; near Niagara---see notes for age question
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Arrival: 1863
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, McKinley, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

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Stephen married Harriet Campbell on 29 Sep 1876 in Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA. Harriet (daughter of Horatio E Campbell and Sarah Lounsbury) was born on 31 Dec 1851 in Huron County, Michigan, USA; died on 13 Jul 1916 in Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA; was buried in Clare, Clare County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Leah Gordon was born on 23 Apr 1877 in Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA; died on 8 Sep 1941 in Clare, Clare, Michigan, USA.
2. Edna Sarah Gordon was born on 3 Jan 1879 in Michigan, USA; died on 19 Jun 1921 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.
3. James Nelson Gordon was born on 20 Apr 1881 in Caseville, Huron, Michigan, USA; died on 11 Nov 1940 in Lake Michigan, Michigan, USA.

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• Reference Number: 6592
• Birth: 1825, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; near Niagara
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Worth, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• _MILT: 2 Dec 1863, St Clair, Michigan, USA; Age: 38
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Occupation: May 1870; Occupation listed as blacksmith on daughter Louisa's birth record

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James Gordon served in the 1st regiment of the Michigan Mechanics and Engineers during the Civil War. Per his widows's pension application, he died 8 Feb 1871 at or near Elm Creek in Huron County, Michigan. Per the same pension application the couple were married by Wm. Willoughby on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Ontario.

James married Leah Furler on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Cornelius Furler and Mary Godfrey or Gallop) was born on 14 May 1831 in Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1903 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6559
• Residence: 1852, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
• Arrival: 1860
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, St Clair, Michigan, USA

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Death certificate shows parents are father/Furler mother/Godfrey.

I have found five documents with Leah's maiden name; two spell it Furlow (son Eli's marriage record, dau Louisa's first marriage record) and 3 spell it Furler (dau Louisa's second marriage, Leah's Death Certificate, dau Louisa's 3rd marriage). Canadian research seems to indicate the family name was actually Furler. A Civil War Widow's application filled out and signed by Leah Gordon, very clearly gives her maiden name as Furler. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rykbrown/furler.htm for information on the Furler family in Canada.

Leah may be a sister to Sarah Furler, daughter of Cornelius Furler and Mary Godfrey. Their ages are 4 years apart, they lived in the same general area and death certificates of each list Furler and Godfrey as parents. Other sources list Cornelius Furler being married to Mary Ann Gallop. Perhaps Gallop and Godfrey, due to spelling or transcription errors refer to the same person or perhaps Cornelius had multiple wives.

Sarah Furler married James Felker. Their son Walter married Mary Gordon, the daughter of James and Leah. In fact Walter and Mary are living next to James and Leah's son Stephen Gordon in the 1880 census. On the same census in the next household are James Felker and Sarah Furler. If Leah and Sarah are sisters, then that would mean that their children are in a first cousin marriage. Perhaps their relationship is something else.

Also of Interest; Judy G has an autosomal DNA match with a descendant of Sarah Furler with 1 segment of 29 cM's in common. If Leah and Sarah are sisters, this would be a relationship of 3rd cousin once removed. If, for example, Leah and Sarah were 1st cousins, this relationship would become 4th cousin once removed. Both of those relationships could be consistent with 29 cM's in common. In any case, I think that we can be certain the Leah and Sarah Furler are somehow related.

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• Birth: Pennsylvania, USA
• Name: Furler
• Reference Number: 6227
• Birth: 1794
• Residence: 1852, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 59
• Residence: 1861, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; Age: 67; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head

Cornelius married Mary Godfrey or Gallop. Mary was born in 1806 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: Pennsylvania, USA
• Reference Number: 5898
• Residence: 1852, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 59

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• Reference Number: 5682

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Copied from the Furler family website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rykbrown/furler.htm

During the years leading up to outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776 a spirit of independence was already growing in the New York colony, and the people of Ulster County were described as "patriotic, almost to a man". During the American Revolution, Kingston, as the state capital, became a key strategic point. An improvised state senate house was established in the home of the Ten Broeck family (a name which becomes significant below).
In the spring of 1777, during the Revolution, men from Shandaken and Shokan were induced by British recruiting officers to desert their homes and join a party headed for New York City to enlist in the King's army. Attractive promises were made to them that they would receive one hundred acres for each man and fifty acres for each child in his family.
Among those who joined up were Jacob and Cornelius Völler (a.k.a. Furlow or Furler) and their brothers-in-law, William Diets (a.k.a. Teets) and Hendricke Crispel. The whole party was captured near New Paltz and taken to Fort Montgomery for trial. The trial took place in April 1777 and most of them were condemned to be hanged for treason. Most of the men, including Jacob and Cornelius Furler, William Diets and Hendrick Crispel, were later pardoned on account of youth or other extenuating circumstances and released. Although it is recorded that the Shandaken men promptly joined the patriot forces, the Furlers appear to have remained with the British under the command of Captain Peter Ten Broeck in the company of Butler's Rangers.
A reference from Berthold Fernow's book, New York in the Revolution, p.225, cites: "New York Line, Fourth Company Privates: Furrlough, Corn., May 24 '77, 3 yrs, des'd [deserted] Apr 19 '78, MR."
In the fall of 1777 the British forces occupied Kingston and on October 16, 1777 they burned the town to the ground.
Captain Peter Ten Broeck of Butler's Rangers
At the outbreak of the American Revolution, John Butler was a successful farmer on the Mohawk River opposite Fort Hunter (now Fonda, NY). He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the colonial militia of New York and the appointment of Deputy Superintendent in the British Indian Department. In November 1775, John Butler was posted to Fort Niagara with instructions to maintain the neutrality of the Six Nations in accordance with British policy. By 1777 the British realized that rebel overtures to the Six Nations might succeed in winning them to the American side and thus they were recruited to fight for the British against the Americans. In August 1777, Butler gathered a large force of Indians at Oswego while Rebel forces gathered on the Mohawk River, and at the Battle at Oriskany Creek Butler successfully decimated the rebel army. Butler was then authorized to raise a Corps of Rangers to serve with the Indians on the frontiers. The Beating Order was issued 15 September 1777 and Butler's Rangers came into being. Recruiting began immediately and although slow, the Rangers were probably the most successful corps in the North in attracting recruits.
Among the Captains in Butler's Rangers was one Captain Peter Ten Broeck, and recorded among his company were Privates Jacob and Cornelius Furler (or Furlow). (See Roster of Butler's Rangers.) Privates in Butler's Rangers were paid 2 shillings, 6 pence per day.
Peter Ten Broeck had been a Captain in the New York Militia in the Mohawk Valley. He served as a Captain in the York Provincial Regiment during the Seven Year's War. At the outbreak of the American Revolution he was taken by the Americans at Shoemaker's Tavern along with Walter Butler (the son of Colonel John Butler) in September 1777. He eventually escaped and was subsequently commissioned in the Rangers on 4 May 1778. Walter Butler registered a complaint against Ten Broeck for his conduct while a prisoner and Ten Broeck's loyalty was called into question. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing by a Court Marshall in 1781 at Fort Niagara.
By late 1783 the men of Butler's Rangers were released from service and given their promised 100 acres each in the area of the Niagara Peninsula of southeastern Ontario. Among those who were decommissioned were Jacob and Cornelius Furler (Furlow), however they did not claim their land grants until 15 years later. In the meantime they returned to Ulster County in New York and settled on farms in Woodstock township. As the Niagara Peninsula was still largely uncleared land at that time, it may be that Jacob and Cornelius sent their families back to New York to live in a more settled location while Jacob and Cornelius travelled back and forth to establish their land claims, clear their land, and build houses in which to live. It is known that their wives' families (Crispell and Diets) remained in New York which would also explain the many later trips back and forth between Ontario and New York State.

Cornelius married Elizabeth Dietz about 1778 in Ulster, New York, USA. Elizabeth was born about 25 Jan 1756 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5577