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Robert Land b. 10 April 1772 d. 21 November 1867

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Verzeichnis der Nachkommen

Sippe (bei der Geburt)	Land
Geschlecht	männlich
Gesamter Name (bei der Geburt)	Robert Land
Eltern ♂ w Robert Land [Land] b. 1736 d. Juli 1818 ♀ Phoebe Scott [Scott] b. 1733 d. September 1826
Reference numbers	GEDCOM::tdowling.ged::INDI @I13045@::Hailey C. Shannon

Ereignisse

10 April 1772 Geburt: New York

Titel : Col.

21 November 1867 Tod:

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When his father died in 1818 there was not much of Hamilton in existence, though the tract bounded by the Mountain and King Street, James and Wellington Streets, purchased by George Hamilton, had been laid out as a townsite in 1813 and given his name. The neighbours of the Lands were the Beasleys, Fergusons,Springers and the Aikmans.

Such were the meagre facilities of the period that when a pound of tea or a yard of calico was required the pioneer had to go to the larger settlements of Dundas, Ancaster or Stoney Creek. Other privations required strenuous effort. In the first year of his farming, Robert II cultivated an acre with a hoe and sowed it with wheat, after which he never again lacked food. There was a time when he had to carry a bushel of grain on his back all the way to a mill at Shipman's Corners on Twelve Mile Creek, near St. Catharines, have it ground, and then walk back with the flour; an oft-recorded pioneer experience.

Robert II married Hannah Horning, daughter of a German family that had come from Maryland and settled in Barton Township. They had three sons and five daughters.

In the War of 1812, Robert joined the Flank Company of the 5th Lincoln Militia as a lieutenant, and served under Captain Samuel Hatt. He was present at the occupation of Detroit, August 16, 1812, and took part in the battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814.

On the day before the battle of Stoney Creek, Col. Harvey of the 49th British Regiment, who was stationed on Burlington Heights, learned that a number of American troops had landed at the south end of Burlington Beach to reinforce those who were advancing on Stoney Creek. It is recorded that he sent for Lieut Land, who knew the area well, and asked him to take a party and so dispose his men as to hinder the enemy's movement. Robert performed that duty, and by this action prevented the junction of the landing force with those of the main column and so enabled Col. Harvey to repel the entire American force at the village. For his services in this war he received the Prince Regent's land grant. The assessment roll of 1822 shows that his original Loyalist grant had become augmented to 280 acres; that he possessed 13 cattle, and that his property was assessed at $290. As an officer of the Gore District Militia he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1830, and is sometimes called Col. Robert to distinguish him from Robert his father.

Up to 1823 the growing body of local Methodists had been worshipping in log schoolhouses and other hired buildings, and keenly felt the need of meeting-houses of their own. In that year the Government showed more tolerance to non-Anglican bodies by allowing them to own church property. A Hamilton group of Methodists centering around Richard Springer then purchased fromRobert Land II for five pounds a site near the northeast corner of King and Wellington Streets. He had bought this cheaply from a man who in turn had acquired it from an earlier owner for a yoke of oxen and a barrel of pork!

On it was built the first church edifice in Hamilton, the fore-runner of our First United Church. The ground was deeded "To the Trustees of the Methodist Eiscopal Church, June 11, 1823 containing by estimation one acre and three perches." The building was erected in 1824 and around it the pioneers wereburied. The only headstone left is that of Richard Springer, 1758-1829, which may be seen against the wall south of the Wellington Street entrance.

Marcus Smith's 1850 map of Hamilton designates the building as the "British Wesleyan Church", for the local body had cast off its American affiliation by that time.

The Land family belonged to the Church of England. As the first building of that denomination in the township was on the Mohawk Road up on the Mountain, later known as St. Peter's, Barton, and was not opened until 1819, they were much associated with the Methodists for worship.

The building which was the precursor of St. Thomas' Anglican Church was opened in 1857 on the northwest corner of Wilson and Emerald Streets, then far out in the fields. It had been Land property, and a Robert Land helped to finance this wood and stucco building, situated where now stands Emerald Street UnitedChurch. Its first incumbent was the Rev. Thomas Blackman, curate at Christ's Church; and its first rector's warden was a Robert Land, possibly a nephew of Robert II who was then 85. It served until the present stone Church of St. Thomas was opened on Main Street in 1870.

During the Rebellion of 1837, Col. Land, at the age of 65, was placed in command at Hamilton, where he discharged his onerous duties satisfactorily but at the expense of his health, which caused him to retire soon after from active life. He died in 1867 at the great age of 95, and was buried in the family vault bearing his name in Hamilton Cemetery.