Adoniram Young

1784 - 1845  (61 years)

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Joseph Young

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Esther Burritt,   b. 8 May 1765
Married	Bef 1789
Children	1. Adoniram Young,   b. 1784

Esther Burritt

1765 - 1835  (70 years)

Birth	8 May 1765
Died	30 Jun 1835
Father	Daniel Burritt, Sr. UE,   b. 22 May 1735, Newtown,Fairfield,Connecticut,United States
Mother	Sarah Collins,   b. 1 May 1733
Married	8 Feb 1756	New Milford,Litchfield,Connecticut,United States
Family 1	Joseph Young
Married	Bef 1789
Children	1. Adoniram Young,   b. 1784
Family 2	Ichabod Benedict,   b. 1759-1760
Married	1789

• Name	Adoniram Young  [1]
  Birth	1784  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1812	,,,Upper Canada   [1]
  	War of 1812
  	Private and later a Sergeant in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia participated in four engagements: at Prescott (4 Oct 1812), Salmon River (23 Nov 1812), Ogdensburg (22 Feb 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 Nov 1813).
  Death	1845  [1]
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  Person ID	I24643	Rgstrong Family genes.
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Joseph Young   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Esther Burritt,   b. 8 May 1765   d. 30 Jun 1835 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1789
  Family ID	F8759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S957] UELAC, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada., (http://www.uelac.org/ : 22 Oct 2004), 17 Dec 2013, accessed 17 Dec 2013), Submitted by Michael W. Broad, "Making the Loyalists: Loyalists and the War of 1812", Sons of Daniel Burritt, Sr. (Reliability: 3). Sons of Daniel Burritt Sr. Daniel Burritt, Sr. (1735-1827) was a Loyalist from Arlington, Vermont who, with his two eldest sons Adoniram and Stephen, fought alongside General John Burgoyne's forces at the Battle of Saratoga. In 1792 Daniel, with his wife Sarah Collins (1733-1815) and their children (except for two married daughters who remained in Vermont) moved to Grenville County, Ontario where Adoniram and Stephen, had already settled among the Loyalist community. Daniel and Sarah were the parents of four sons who served in the Upper Canadian Militia during the War of 1812. Adoniram, Stephen, Daniel Jr., and Major (his actual forename) were all officers in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. Grandchildren of Daniel Burritt, Sr. who served in the war (all in the same regiment) included Calvin Burritt (private), Adoniram Young (private, later sergeant), Ziba M. Phillips Jr. (sergeant, later ensign, and post-war captain), Henry Burritt (lieutenant, and post-war lieutenant colonel), and Edmund Burritt (ensign, and post-war lieutenant colonel). Additionally, three of his sons-in-law served during the war. Thomas McIlmoyle, husband of Nancy Burritt (born ca. 1777), served as a private in the 1st Regiment of Grenville Militia. Captain Jehiel Hurd (1760-1829), husband of Lois Burritt (1756-1849), and Captain Asahel Hurd (1768-1839), husband of Sarah "Sally" Burritt (1768-1803), were sons of Loyalist Phineas Hurd and they too served in the 2nd Grenville with the four Burritt brothers. In total, twelve members of Daniel Burritt, Sr.'s family participated in the War of 1812: four sons, five grandsons, and three sons-in-law. The 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia participated in four engagements: at Prescott (4 Oct 1812), Salmon River (23 Nov 1812), Ogdensburg (22 Feb 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 Nov 1813). All members of the family survived the war. Daniel's sons received their commissions in February 1812. Adoniram, Stephen, and Daniel Jr. were commissioned captains, and his youngest son Major was commissioned a lieutenant. Captain Adoniram Burritt (1758-1856), a United Empire Loyalist in his own right, is missing from many of the wartime regimental pay lists, although his name does appear on the muster rolls at the very beginning of the war and toward the end of the war. While the reason for his absences is unclear, it may explain why Major (his youngest brother by a difference of seventeen years) had command of a company even though he held a lieutenant's commission rather than that of a captain (the typical rank of a company commander). Adoniram retained his commission despite his absence from pay lists at various periods during the war, which may have accounted for the delay in his brother's promotion to captain until a vacancy arose after the war. A large number of the officers in the 2nd Grenville during the war were Burritt relatives by either blood or marriage. One might speculate that Adoniram (who was fifty-seven by the final year of the war) may not have been asked to resign his commission due to family ties with many of the regiment's officers and due to respect for his status as a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution. Adoniram was married to Sarah Read (1778-1829, daughter of Loyalist Moses Read, Sr.), and they had ten children. Stephen Burritt (1759-1844), also a United Empire Loyalist in his own right, was commissioned a captain and quickly promoted to major. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 5 July 1812 and was appointed commanding officer of the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. For a time, he had charge of the garrison at Fort Wellington. The regimental muster rolls and pay lists that he signed, often with notations, provide an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians. His time as commanding officer included the crucial battle at Crysler's farm. He was married to Martha Stevens (1771/2-1830, daughter of Loyalist Roger Stevens), and they had six children. He founded the village of Burritt's Rapids prior to the war, and eventually many of his family members relocated to the vicinity. After the war, Stephen continued to serve his community as a justice of the peace, and even had the pleasure of presiding over the marriages of several of the younger members of the large, extended Burritt family. Captain Daniel Burritt, Jr. (1772-1859), a Loyalist by descent, led a flank company. As the most senior captain, in 1813 he held the rank of acting major. At one point, Daniel Jr. commanded the artillery at Fort Wellington. When an American cannonball thundered into the officers' mess, he famously had it reloaded and fired back across the Saint Lawrence River to the American forces at Ogdensburg, New York. Fortunately, the occupants of the mess escaped injury when the iron ball crashed through, and when fired back to Ogdensburg it only hit the town's clock tower. The Americans saved the cannonball, and after the war presented it to Daniel Jr. as a token of goodwill. Unfortunately, the significance of this gesture of reconciliation and friendship has not received enough attention by historians. Daniel Jr. was married to Electa Landon (1778/9-1857, daughter of Loyalist Samuel Landon), and they had at least five children. Post-war, he succeeded Stephen as lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd Grenville and by 1827 was given the honourary position of Colonel of the Regiment. Daniel Jr. donated the land in Burritt's Rapids upon which Christ Church was built, and also donated the land for the church's cemetery. Today, he is sometimes erroneously identified as "Daniel Hamlet Burritt," who was actually one of his sons and just a child at the time of the war. Lieutenant Major Burritt (1775-1863), like his brother Daniel Jr. a Loyalist by descent, was a company commander, a position usually filled by a captain but, as there was not a vacancy for a new captain in the regiment, he led the company as a lieutenant and acting captain. Members of his company included his nephews Edmund Burritt (1793-1880), Calvin Burritt (born 1795), and Adoniram Young (1784-1845). Major was married to Mary Towsley (1773/4-1844), and they had eight children. Post-war Major was promoted to captain, and in 1830 he was promoted to major –  which may have resulted in some mirth in the regiment when his rank and his forename became identical. He became a respected farmer, often appearing in documents as "Major Burritt, Esq.," and lived in Augusta Township for about forty-eight years before moving to Burritt's Rapids. Today, descendants of Daniel Burritt, Sr.'s family who fought in the War of 1812 may be found on both sides of the Canadian-American border, and this a testament to the friendship between the neighboring countries which should be celebrated as much as the war that once divided them is now being commemorated. —  Submitted by Michael William Broad (http://www.uelac.org/Making-Loyalists/Selective-lists-of-loyalists/War-of-1812-Loyalists.php#BurrittDanielSons)