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engaged as counsel on the Alaskan Boinidary Arbitration, Mr. Christo- 

 pher Eohinson, K.C. He is one of the few living grandchildren 

 of the pioneer legislators of Upper Canada. 



On the 12th of June, 1799, Messrs. Eogers and Jessup introduced 

 William Fairfield, Esq., as the duly elected member in snccession to Mr. 

 Eobinson according to the return of Poole England, Esq., returning 

 officer. Wm. Fairfield, sr., is entered on the U. E. L. list as a "pen- 

 sioner during the war.-'^ He was one of the pioneers of Ernestown. 

 He was married before coming to Upper Canada, and nine children ac- 

 companied the parents, four of the sons being old enough to be recorded 

 on the U. E. list in 1789. Three children were born in Upper Canada. 

 It was therefore a numerous family, six boys and six girls, all of whom 

 lived to be married. The descendants of William Fai-rfield, of Ernes- 

 town, are therefore a great host at the present day. In ISl-l, Lt.-Col. 

 John Collins Clark prepared a sketch of the pioneer families of Ernes- 

 town and from it I have obtained the following list of the children of 

 William and Abigail Fairfield: — 



Archibald, married Mary Howland (from England.) 



Mary, married, Ichabod Hawley. 



William, married Miss Billings. 



Benjamin, married Abigail Lockwood. 



Jonathan, married Charity Cryder, 



Stephen, married Maria Pruyn. 



John, married Elizabeth Clapp (of Fredericksburgh). 



Sabra, married William Wilcox (from Augusta). 



Abigail, married Henry Eipson. 



Clara, married Benjamin Brown (of Brownville, N. Y., brother 

 of Gen. Jacob Brown). 



Jennet, married, 1st, John Grashong; 2nd, Daniel Sheldon; 3rd, 

 Arthur Aylesworth (of Hallowell). 



Sarah, married Emmanuel Overfield. 

 William and Sabra Fairfield Wiloox had two children, John and 

 Clara, the latter of whom became the wife of Marshall Spring Bidwell, 

 the well -known representative of Lennox in later years. 



Prince Edward and Adolphustoivn. — One of the memorial tablets 

 on the walls of St. Albans, U. E. L. church, Adolphugtown, bears this 

 record : — 



" Col. Jais. Eogers, of King's Eangers, died in Fredericksburgh, 

 Sept., 1790, aged 63 years." 



The U. E. list bears these three entries: — 



" Col. James Eogers, Marysburgh and Sophiasburgh, major com- 

 mandant." 



