| James EVERINGHAM U.E.L.* |
b.1755 or 1760 in Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ
died before 1797 at Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada
see death notes -(mouseover)-
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married:
Chloe DELL abt 1780
Chloe died before 1793 in Ontario
widowed, married next to:
Catherine LEMON b.1776
(m. 2 APRIL 1793) in CANADA |
parents:
UNKNOWN
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children:- William (b.9 Apr. 1781)
- Adoram (b.21 Mar. 1783)
- James (b.4 Aug 1785)
- Anna "Eliza" (b.5 Jan 1788)
- Charity (b.1794)
- Jacob (b.22 Feb 1795)
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siblings:
unknown
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fact sources and writings about this individual:
 *UEL "United Empire Loyalist"...
James came from New Jersey
He first appeared as a Private in Captain Joseph Barton's Battallion of
Jersey Volunteers. They fought on the side of the British in the
Revolutionary War. James drew Provisions at Niagara with his 3 sons and wife in 1786.
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In the 1700's Everingham's came to North America and lived in the New Jersey and New York area. One such person "James Everingham" was born about 1760 in New Jersey. James married Chole DELL in 1780 and had four children with her. Their son's were named William, Adoram, and James. Chloe, "the daughter of Basnett DELL (b.1720) and Hannah BURRIS (b.1724)" was born in 1759 in New Jersey.James fought in the Revolutionary war as a private in Captain Joseph Barton's Jersey volunteers. Two generations later, James’ grandson George (b.1815) named his 4th child Joseph Barton Everingham in memory of his grandfather and the man he fought for in the Revolutionary war. James and Chloe also had a daughter they named Anna. After migrating to Canada, James’ wife Chloe died sometime before 1793 in Ontario. At that time, the widowed James Everingham's oldest child was 12. April 2, 1793, James who was 33, married 17 year old Catherine LEMON in Canada. Catherine was only 4 years old when James married his first wife "Chloe". James and Catherine had two children; Charity, who married Adoram DELL in 1822, and Jacob (b.1795) who married Margaret DELL in 1817. Because of his service to England, James' widow Catherine Lemon - Everingham was granted 200 acres of land in Upper Canada, 1810 by King George III.
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