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descendants also of Jesse Pawling, the elder brother of Benjamin, 
still living in the Niagara Peninsula. 
According to the Niagara records, Colonel Benjamin Pawling, of 
Twelve Mile Creek, was buried on 16th December, 1818, by Rev. Mr. 
Addison of St. Andrews Church, Niagara. 
Samuel Street was elected in 1796, as a member of the second 
Legislature, and I am inclined to place him as the representative of 
2nd Lincoln. 
The Third Riding of Lincoln was given one member. This riding 
consisted of the following townships which now form part of Welland 
County :—Stamford, Thorold and Pelham. Isaac Swayzie was a mem- 
ber for one of the Lincolns, and I am disposed to place him in the 
3rd, in which he lived. If not member for the 3rd, he must have been 
member for the 4th. Strange to say I have found the greatest diffi- 
culty in placing the members who represented the ridings adjacent to 
Newark, and in obtaining personal notes as to them. In Lord 
Dorchester’s list, Isaac Swayzie is entered as “ Pilot to the New York 
Army.” He is referred to by some as a noted scout, and this whets our 
desire to know something of his interesting early career. He lived 
in Thorold township and held a position as a Magistrate of the Home 
District. He had a son, Richard Swayzie, who was born at Elizabeth, 
New Jersey, in 1775, whose daughter married a Mr. Church. In Vol. 
I., page 616, of Mr. John Ross Robertson’s “ History of Freemasonry 
in Canada,” I find this reference :— 
‘ Brother Isaac Swazie and Brother Parshall Terry had the monopoly of 
contracts for the supply of the fort at York. Brother Swazie was originally 
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a member of Lodge No. 7, New Jersey, and was initiated in 1776, receiving his 
B.A. and F.C. in the United States, and affiliating as an F.C., was raised to 
the sublime degree of a M.M. in 1801 in Lodge No. 2 at Niagara.” 
One other item may be credited to him, and that is that the old 
well-known apple, Swayzie Pomme Gris, was originated on his farm. 
He was not a member of the second Legislature, but sat in succeeding 
Houses as follows :— 
3rd Parliament, 1801 to 1804, for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lincoln, along 
with Ralfe Clench. 
4th Parliament, 1805 to 1808, for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lincoln. 
6th Parliament, 1813 to 1816, for 4th Lincoln. 
The old Niagara church records published in Vol. III. of the 
“ Paper and Records of the Ontario Historical Society,” contain some 
Swayzie items. There are baptisms of the children of Isaac and 
Eleanor Swayzie, one of whom, Wm. Dickson Swayzie, was married 
on 3rd of March, 1830, to Mary Durham. Mrs. Mary Durham Swayzie 
