[TAMES] FIRST LEGISLATORS OF UPPER CANADA 105 
Joshua Booth’s death was tragic. Though a soldier and a 
fighter, the sight of blood overcame him. During an engagement 
he was thrown into a state of catalepsy, and died on October 31st, 
1813, from loss of blood; or, as some assert, he was by mistake buried 
alive in the hurry of the affray. He was survived by his widow and 
ten children. 
In 1796 Joshua Booth was succeeded as representative by Chris- 
topher Robinson, who died November 2nd, 1798. William Fairfield, 
of Bath, was chosen in June, 1800, to complete the unexpired 
term (two sessions). The latter was the grandfather of the wife of 
Marshall Spring Bidwell. 
Lenox, Hastings and Northumberland.—The county of Lenox 
(this is the original spelling) included the present townships of North 
Fredericksburg, South Fredericksburg, Adolphustown and Richmond, 
Hastings included all the townships in the present county, together with 
all the land lying north as far as the Ottawa, and the small islands 
in the bay and river Trent lying nearest to it. Northumberland in- 
cluded the townships in the present county as far north as the Mississaga 
Indian lands. The settlers in 1792, were located principally in the 
townships on the bay. The proclamation provided that these three 
counties, with Adolphustown excepted, should together elect one mem- 
ber. The man chosen was Lieutenant Hazleton Spencer. He was the 
eldest son of Benjamin Spencer, and was born at East Grenville, Rhode 
Island, on 29th August, 1757. About ten years later the family moved 
toa grant of land on the Winooskie River, Vermont. The father was 
elected a member of the Provisional Assembly or Congress to decide the 
course of the State in connection with the revolutionary troubles. He 
stood out for British rule, and, consequently, had to flee. He joined 
Burgoyne’s Army, was present at the battle of Bennington, and died 
shortly after at Ticonderoga. Hazleton Spencer, the son, joined the 
King’s Royal Regiment of New York, and was at one time a prisoner 
with the rebels. He was made lieutenant in the 2nd battalion and 
on the disbanding of the regiment settled on a tract of land in Fredericks- 
burg, on the bay shore near Conway. 
He was married to Miss Margaret Richards. There were born six 
sons and three daughters, the baptisms of which appear in the Langhorn 
Registers, published by the Ontario Historical Society (Papers and 
Records, Volume I, 1899). 
The late Rev. Canon Spencer, through whom this information was 
procured, was the son of Dr. Benjamin Conger Spencer, the eldest son 
of Lieut. Hazelton Spencer. 
When the second Battalion of the R. C. Volunteers of Foot was 
raised by Colonel John Macdonell, Hazelton Spencer was appointed 
