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  1. 1.  REES (child of Charles Ephraim REES and Bridget D. KELCHER).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Ephraim REES was born in 1832 in Batavia, Genesee, NY (son of Jacob REES and Mary PELTON); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 4339
    • _UID: A9F36C39A9FF4861A424D5F4192237F489BE

    Notes:

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    Charles was a Masons member in Cook, IL 1873. Charles Ephraim Rees, Poli ce Magistrate came to Chicago in 1846 and worked at his trade of shoe mak er for a short time. Having saved some money he purchased an outfit and f ollowed the business of teaming from about 1849 to 1852. He purchased a fa rm on Wolf Lake, within what are now the corporate limits of Hyde Par k, in 1853. The last piece of this farm he sold in 1883, for village lo ts in Ainsworth. In 1871 Mr. Rees was appointed a Justice of the Peace f or Cook County, in the town of Hyde Park, to replace James Bennett. He w as elected his own successor in 1873, but he resigned in 1874, when he bec ame the successful candidate for Police Magistrate of Hyde Park. At the c lose of his term in 1878, he turned his attention to business pursuits. B ut in April, 1882, he was again elected Police Magistrate for the full te rm ending in 1886. In 1859 Mr. Rees married Sarah Bowles, who died in 186 4, leaving two children, In 1865 he married Bridget D. Kelcher, by wh om he has had seven children. Mr. Rees has been a Mason since 1873, a nd is a Democrat in Politics.

    Charles married Bridget D. KELCHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bridget D. KELCHER
    Children:
    1. REES
    2. REES
    3. REES
    4. 1. REES
    5. REES
    6. REES
    7. REES


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob REES

    Jacob married Mary PELTON. Mary (daughter of James B. PELTON and Sallie LAWERENCE) was born in 1795 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in 1865 in Buffalo, Erie, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary PELTON was born in 1795 in Grand Isle Co., VT (daughter of James B. PELTON and Sallie LAWERENCE); died in 1865 in Buffalo, Erie, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2230
    • _UID: 098A0085247B4B158A384D4FB41BB9787547

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Ephraim REES was born in 1832 in Batavia, Genesee, NY; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James B. PELTON was born in 1766 in Granville, Hampden, MA (son of Ephraim PELTON and Mary SPELLMAN); died in 1849 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1123
    • _UID: 67ACEC8700594244894AE54C8AE2439CB42A

    Notes:

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    He was a Stonemason/Bricklayer. He moved in 1788 to Ontario, Canada. Remo ved to Grand Isle, VT, previous to 1788, and thence, with his brother-in- law, Levi Lawrence, in 1806, to Canada, Chateaugay, QUE, and in or about 1 809 to Blenheim, Oxford, Canada West, now Ontario, where he lived, and the re died, in 1849. He learned first the stone mason's trade, and afterwar d, brickmaking, at New London, CT. The records of this family were destro yed in the War of 1812, or in the Canadian Rebellion.

    James married Sallie LAWERENCE in 1788 in Grand Isle Co., VT. Sallie was born about 1770; died on 18 Mar 1812 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Sallie LAWERENCE was born about 1770; died on 18 Mar 1812 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2225
    • _UID: B1BF786A590E46E1B284C7B0AB87EFA452A7

    Notes:

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    Sallie's fater is claimed to have been the Joseph Lawrence who, in Englan d, married Mary Townley, and whose descendants claim to be heirs to the im mense Townley estate, said to be in possession of the British government.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference Number:17425

    Children:
    1. Samuel PELTON was born in 1789 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in 1821 in Blenheim, Oxford, ON, Can.
    2. James Jr. PELTON was born on 21 Sep 1791 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 3 May 1851 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI.
    3. Stephen Lawrence PELTON was born on 17 Jan 1793 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 15 Nov 1883; was buried in Nov 1883.
    4. 5. Mary PELTON was born in 1795 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in 1865 in Buffalo, Erie, NY.
    5. Alson PELTON was born in 1798 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died in Mar 1873 in Oxford, ON, Can.
    6. Amanda PELTON was born in 1801 in Grand Isle Co., VT; and died.
    7. Ephraim T. PELTON was born in 1804 in Grand Isle Co., VT; died on 29 Aug 1860 in Buffalo, Erie, NY.
    8. Orpha PELTON was born on 30 Jan 1806 in Chateaugay Co., Que, Canada; and died.
    9. Enoch PELTON was born in 1808 in Chateaugay Co., Que, Canada; died in Mar 1813 in Oxford, ON, Can.