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autocratic will undoubtedly interfered with the natural development 

 of his children's careers. 



The Lampman Family 



About the middle of the 18th' century three brothers, John, 

 Caspar, and Frederick Lampman left their native town Hanover, 

 Germany, and emigrated with their families to the American colonies- 

 coming by way of Holland. The Empire of Germany did not exist 

 at that time. The Duchy of Hanover belonged to the King of England 

 (George H) and it was not until the accession of Queen Victoria 

 (1837) that the Duchy was severed from the English crown. In 1866, 

 about one hundred years after the Lampmans left Hanover, the 

 Dutchy was incorporated with Prussia. Thus the Lampmans in 

 leaving Hanover and coming to America simply transferred them- 

 selves from one portion of English territory to another, without change 

 of allegiance to the English Crown. 



John, who is thought to have been the eldest, settled in Renn- 

 selaerville, and Caspar in Columbia County, New York. The men 

 of these two families remained in the United States 'after the Revolu- 

 tion, excepting two or three of their sons who, either during or im- 

 mediately after the war, settled in Lower Canada near Lake Cham- 

 plain and in northern Vermont. Michael, Stephen, and Henry 

 Lampman are recorded as having settled at Swanton, Vermont, in 

 1787. The records show that other sons of John and Caspar Lamp- 

 man settled in the eastern part of the Province of Quebec, but the 

 majority of these two families seem to have sided with the Americans 

 in the revolution and their numerous descendants are to be found 

 in various parts of the United States. 



The youngest of these three brothers, Frederick Lampman, the 

 ancestor of Archibald Lampman, was about thirty years old when 

 he arrived in New York in 1750 with his wife Katharine and one or 

 two children. He settled in New Jersey not far from New York and 

 there he lived for thirty-four years. In 1784 when about sixty-five 

 years old he came to Canada and being a U.E. Loyalist was granted 

 400 acres by the Crown at Stamford, Lincoln County, District of 

 Niagara. Frederick Lampman and all his sons and sons-in-law were 

 strong loyalists. There was no hesitation on their part in siding with 

 the King's adherents. With the exception of a few horses and cattle 

 and some personal effects, which he was able to bring into Canada, 

 all his property was seized by the Americans and he entered the 

 country almost destitute. His family consisted of seven sons and 



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