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Notes for Elizabeth Connor RICHARDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From Pioneer Life in the Bay of Quinte: "Elizabeth Richards was only 15 when she was married to John Bleecker (jr) at Bath (Ernestown). Directly after the ceremony they started in a canoe for Trenton. Camping overnight on Captain John's Island they reached home the following day. Three months later the young bride had occasion to go to Bath to visit her parents. She went alone and on horseback, fording every stream between Trenton and Bath, with the exception of the Trent and the Moira over which she was ferried. She followed the Bay and found her way through long stretches of tangled forest."123 From The Hennessys of The Bay of Quinte by Peter Hennessy: "Elizabeth Ritchie, Anna Bleecker's mother, has been described as a brave, resourceful and strong woman (see book Hans Waltimeyer by Jane Bennett-Goddard). Though there are records pertaining to John R. Bleecker Jr. and Elizabeth in the archives of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Belleville, there is no record of Anna's birth or baptism. Not unusual."52 From Hans Waltimeyer: "After her marriage to John R. Bleecker, son of Squire Bleecker, Elizabeth Ritchie, upon the occasion of returning home for a visit, has completed the entire journey upon horseback alone, fording streams, and travelling through the forest on her own, a great feat for a woman. She returns to Port Trent quite safely, but she is intrepid, as are most pioneer women of her day and the perils of travel hold no fear for her. Her husband has had occasion to travel to York this year, as his name will be recorded on a document there. (NB - this info is found in the book The Settlement of Upper Canada by Canniff and refers to Elizabeth Ritchie's journey to Bath.)"124 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NAME: Her last name is also given as RITCHIE.125 126 BAPTISM: Elizabeth's date of baptism is also given as Feb 1796.105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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