John Pember Hodgkinson

     John Pember Hodgkinson was born in 1799. He was baptized by Reverend Robert Addison, Sunday, 14 May 1815 at the 12 Mile Creek, Ontario, Canada. He petitioned for land on Tuesday, 9 October 1821 from Grantham Twp., Upper Canada. He was applying for 200 acres as the son of William Hodgkinson Empire Loyalist. Images of the petition can be found here. He and Belinda Loucks were married. He and Nancy McIntyre were married by Baptist Minister Joseph Merrill on Sunday, 18 November 1832 at Bayham, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. Thomas Keath and David Nickerson witnessed the marriage. He appeared as household head on the census of 1861 at Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. He is listed as: Hodkinson, John, farmer, born Canada West, Church of England, age 61, male, widowed, male family member, frame one stoey house. Alvira Hodgkinson, Pember Hodgkinson, William Hodgkinson, Edward Hodgkinson, John T. Martin, Zehide (?) Hodgkinson and Frederick Hodgkinson also appeared in the household.