Descendants of William & Elizabeth TOLTON


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1. William TOLTON, son of Thomas TOLTON and Elizabeth (__?__), was born in 1772 in Brackley, , Oxfordshire, England and died in 1858 in Guelph Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 86.

William and Elizabeth came to Canada with their family in 1830 and settled first in Guelph Twp, where he purchased 200 acres, lots 9, 10 and 11, con. 5, Eramosa Township, Wellngton County, Upper Canada, and paid $4 per acre for the same. He was a tailor by trade, and followed it for some years in connection with farming. He was a man of strong personality and successful; a member of the Church of England, and in politics a Conservative. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906

William married Elizabeth WHITTEN on September 1, 1803 in Leicester, , Leicestershire, England.1 Elizabeth was born in 1772 in , , , England and died in 1852 in Guelph Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 80.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Thomas TOLTON was born in 1806 in , , , England2 and died in 1856 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 50.

+ 3 F    ii. Elizabeth TOLTON was born in 1807 in , , , England.

+ 4 M    iii. William TOLTON was born in 1813 in Pilling, , Lancashire, England3 and died on May 21, 1901 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada3 aged 88.

+ 5 M    iv. Henry TOLTON was born in 1815 in , , , England2 and died on March 22, 19014 aged 86.

+ 6 M    v. John TOLTON was born in 1817 in , , , England and died on November 18, 1872 in , , Ontario, Canada aged 55.

+ 7 M    vi. George TOLTON was born on October 7, 1820 in , , , England and died on December 16, 1905 in Guelph, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada aged 85.

+ 8 M    vii. Joshua TOLTON was born in 1825 in , , , England, died on January 2, 1873 in Owen Sound, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada aged 48, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

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