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at Albany, had settled with his family in the upper part of the state 

 near Fort Edward on the Hudson. This was Jessup's recruiting ground. 

 The Ephraim Jones family came to Canada via jMassachusetts. Solomon 

 and no less than six brothers appear to have enlisted in the Loyalists 

 Corps. Two were killed, one went to Nova Scotia, and four, John, 

 Solomon, David and Daniel, came to Upper Canada. The story of 

 Jane McCrae, who wa.'? shot near Fort Edward, comes in as part of the 

 history of tbis Jones family, for Solomon's brother, David, was her 

 intended husband. Sir Daniel Jones, the first native of Upper Canada 

 to be knighted, was a son of Daniel, the brother of Dr. Solomon Jones. 

 It seems somewhat strange that the member elected for the riding of 

 which Kingston must have formed an im'portant part should have been 

 chosen from the extreme eastern section; but the fact of Solomon 

 Jones being a medical doctor with an extensive practice along the river 

 may be an explanation. 



Lennox, Hastings and NorfJiumhcrland. — After the Bourgoyne 

 failure, the 2nd Battalion of the King's Eoyal Regiment of New York 

 M'as formed. Sir John Johnson was It.-col. commandant of the regi- 

 ment. James Gray, father of Robert Isaac Dey Gray (see Stormont) 

 was major of the 1st Battalion, and Robert Leake, major of the 2nd. 

 Some of the other ofhcers might be mentioned. In the 1st Battalion : 

 Captains, John Munro, Richard Duncan, Hugh Macdonell, Jacob Far- 

 rand, Samuel Anderson, Hugh Munro. In the 2nd Battalion : Captains, 

 George Singleton and William Crawford; lieutenants, Jeremiah 

 French and Hazleton Spencer; and ensign, Timothy Thompson. The 

 1st Battalion was settled on the St. Lawrence ; the 2nid on the Bay of 

 Quinte. The officers named above will all be recognized as leading 

 citizens of the two districts. Hugh Macdonell, Jeremiah French and 

 Hazleton Spencer were elected members of the first legislature. Richard 

 Duncan and Samuel Anderson were appointed among the first judges. 

 John Munro was a legislative councillor. Ensign Timothy Thompson 

 succeeded Hazleton Spencer as the member for Lennox, Hastings and 

 Northumberland in the second legislature. On the list in the Canadian 

 Archives he is returned as having been born in America, served three 

 years, and oocupation before the war " private gentleman." 



The following sketch of Timothy Thompson was prepared for the 

 author of this paper by the late Mr. Thomas W. Casey, of Napanee. In 

 this sketch he is stated to have married the widow of William Fraser, 

 This William Eraser had been adujtant in the l&t Battalion of the 

 King's Royal Regiment of N.Y., was born in Scotland and served ten 

 years, seven of which were in the Sith Regiment. 



So far as I have yet ascertained, Timothy Thompson, a retired 

 officer, under pension allowance, came to South Fredericksburgh at an 



