Peter Fitzpatrick

1752 - 1812

• Name	Peter Fitzpatrick  [1]
  Anecdote	(between 25 and 31 August 1786)  [2]
  	Listed under Vituling List for Township No. 2 (Cornwell): PatK FitsPatrick, one man, one woman, two boys 10 and over, two girls 10 and over, two boys under ten. Rations per day - 7, Rations per week - 49
  Birth	1752	County Meath, Ireland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Peter Fitzpatrick was a loyalist born in Ireland in 1752. He was a Corporal and early in the war he was a spy, he had five children, three boys and two girls. He was 5'5' tall and came from Tryon County. New York. Loyalist records list him as 'of Cornwall'
  Anecdote	Catherine had fifty acres of land given to her on the Mohawk by Colonel Guy Johnson. Catherine had been his servant. At the start of the Revolution they had cleared and put fourteen acres into production; had built a small house; and had two cows, a horse, and four pigs
  Immigration	1766	New York Colony   [6]
  Military Service	Between 1777 and 1780  [7, 8]
  	was a private in the Third (Mohawk) Regiment of the Tryon County Militia || At the same time he was working as a spy for the British
  Anecdote	1780	Yamaska, Quebec, Canada   [9, 10]
  	Following Sir John Johnson's spring raids in 1780, Patrick Fitzpatrick, with his neighbors Magra [McGraw], Bogardus and three others followed Sir John's troops to Yamaska, where they were listed under 'men lately come in from Tryon County, and now at Yamaska, desirous of joining the King's Royal Regiment of New York'
  Anecdote	2 Feb 1781  [5, 8]
  	Peter, loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution, enlisted as a Corporal on 24 February, 1781, with his friend, Dennis McGraw, in the Second Battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York under Sir John Johnson. During the war they were detached from regular army duties to work for the secret service. Peter and Dennis were caught and were condemned to death as spies. Peter was in the Albany Jail under a sentence of hanging from 1781 until Peace was declared in September 1783, when he was released. He was discharged from the Second Battalion with the disbanding of his unit on 24 June 1784. Sir John Johnson confirmed his service
  Anecdote	1784  [11]
  	Listed in 1784 under Return of Disbanded Troops and Loyalist Settlers in Township No. 2 (Cornwell): Patrick Fitzpatrick, one man, one woman, one boy 10 and over, one girl 10 and over, two boys under ten, one girl under ten. Note says "Woman on the land, one girl at Coteau du lac"
  Anecdote	1785  [12]
  	In 1785 Patrick Fitzpatrick was on Muster Roll # 5, Settlers at Township No. 2 below Cataraqui (Cornwall)
  Memo	12 Jan 1785  [5]
  	appeared before the Board of Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of Their Loyalty
  Anecdote	1786
  	A note in The Old United Empire Loyalists, 1885, has this footnote. 'This man deserted from the Royal Yorkers in 1786'
  Land	15 Dec 1789	Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	petitioned the Governor. 'The Petition of Peter Fitzpatrick late Soldier in the Kings Royal Regt New York. Humbly Sheweth that your Petitoner has Drawn but One Hundred acres of Land Therefor prays that your excellency will be pleased to grant him the quantity allowed to others in the Predicament ' [this was possibly denied - see petition of 1 April 1790]
  Anecdote	22 Dec 1789  [14]
  	The Petition of Patt Fitz Pattrick Filed 22nd Decr 1789; J. L. Anderson Clk; No 17 53
  Land	1 Apr 1790	Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	again petitioned the Governor. 'The Petition of Peter Fitz Patrick Late A Soldier in Royl Yorkers: Humbly Sheweth That your petitioner has been A Corporal in Said Corps, has never Drawn his full Bounty of Land that was Allwoed Others of the Same predicament, therefore prays that your Excellency will be pleased to Grant him the Quantity of Land that is Alowed others of the same Station. ' [No warrant was discovered]
  Anecdote	8 Apr 1790  [14, 15]
  	Patrick Fitzepatrk; Petition; 5th April 90; Dated 8th April 1790; J.L. Anderson Clerk; No 15 53A
  Anecdote	12 Jan 1793  [16]
  	To His Excellency John Graves Simcoe Esquire Lieut Governor Commander in Chief of Upper Canada etc etc etc The Petition of Patrick Fitzpatrick Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner has resided some years in lower Canada and two years past in this all which time behaved as a good and faithfull subject And is desirous to settle on Land. Prays your Excellency will grant him about Lotts No 16 or 18 Second Township second Concession on the North side Rivier a la Tranche and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever Pray Patrick Fitzpatrick; Detroit 12th January 1793 ; 592 P O FitzPatrick 53 B
  Memo	Between 11 Oct and 1 Nov 1796	Eastern District, Ontario, Canada   [17]
  	appeared in court || Peter Fitzpatrick was apportioned parcel 655 and William Fitzpatrick 656 on File One, Page 21 of UE Roll - Eastern District 1797 [This William does not appear to be Peter's son, as his son swore in 1800 that he had not received any land, while his father had admitted this 100 acres in his petition of 1790]
  Reference Number	4542
  Death	Between Aug and Sep 1812	Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 18]
  Burial	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Red Lot 16, 7th Street, Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada   [18, 19]
  Person ID	I4515	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Patrick Fitzpatrick,   b. 1727, Smithstown, County Meath, Ireland d. Abt 1780, County Meath, Ireland (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanor,   b. 1727   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1751	Kileen Parish, County Meath, Ireland   [4, 18]
  Family ID	F3774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Warner,   b. 1752, Schoharie, Albany (now Schoharie) County, New York d. 12 Apr 1834, Cornwall Township, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1770	Tryon County, New York   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick,   b. 1771, Guy Park, Albany County, New York d. Aft 1839, Curran, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada (Age > 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Peter Fitzpatrick, Jr,   b. Between 1774 and 1775, Lot 6, Kayadaros, Tryon County, New York d. 21 Sep 1802, Hotel Dieu, Quebec, Canada (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Eleanor Fitzpatrick,   b. Between 1774 and Aug 1776, Tryon County, New York d. 11 Oct 1842, Cornwall Township, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Cornelia Fitzpatrick,   b. 27 Apr 1777, Tryon County, New York d. Bef 1783 (Age < 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. William Fitzpatrick,   b. Abt 1778, Kayadaros Patent, Tryon County, New York d. 31 Oct 1854, Tyotown, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Frances Fitzpatrick,   b. 1788   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Hugh Fitzpatrick,   b. Abt 1789, Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada d. (AUG 1812 OR Sep 1812), York (now Toronto), Ontario, Canada  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Richard Fitzpatrick,   c. 29 Mar 1795, Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada d. Between 1832 and 1840, Salmon River, Dundee County, Lower Canada (now Quebec), Canada (Age ~ 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S28] Information from Doug Lince given to Belva Perry of the Maybee Society in 1967. Family Info: Maybee/Rufus/Lince/Fitzgerald. [S137] Early Ontario Settlers; A Source Book; Compiler: Crowder, Norman K, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1993;), p 148. [S32] Loyalist Lineages of Canada, (Name: Generation Press, Toronto, 1984;). [S141] Alan H. Fitzpatrick, Descendants of Patrick Fitzpatrick, Sr; Compile Date: 30 Jan 2003; Compiler Address: robins0379@rogers.com, 483 Brenwood Hill Road, Benwood, West Virginia. [S136] Frasier, Alexander, United Empire Loyalists, Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of their Loyalty; Original Date: 1905, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1994;), page 1076, claim 1017. [S34] Frasier, Alexander, United Empire Loyalists, Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of their Loyalty; Original Date: 1905, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1994;), page 1076, claim 1017. [S82] Penrose, Maryly B, Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1990;), p1003. [S140] George D. Mitchell, Our Kindred Spirits; Chapter Title: Chapter 4, Loney Links, (Name: self published, 1107-77 Cartier St., Ottawa;). [S33] Dee Rice, Fitzpatrick; Recipient: John MayBee; Author E-Mail: mazda36@gate.net, From Canadian Archives-haldimand Papers, Series B., Vol. 158, Pp. 357-358. [S140] George D. Mitchell, Our Kindred Spirits; Chapter Title: Chapter 4, Loney Links, (Name: self published, 1107-77 Cartier St., Ottawa;), page 44,. [S137] Early Ontario Settlers; A Source Book; Compiler: Crowder, Norman K, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1993;), p 43. [S137] Early Ontario Settlers; A Source Book; Compiler: Crowder, Norman K, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1993;). [S35] Robb email from Ruth and Paul Robins forwarded by Dee Rice; Date: September 18, 2000 12:39 AM, Upper Canada Land Petitions 'F' Bundle Misc RG 1 # 53. [S35] Robb email from Ruth and Paul Robins forwarded by Dee Rice; Date: September 18, 2000 12:39 AM. [S33] Dee Rice, Fitzpatrick; Recipient: John MayBee; Author E-Mail: mazda36@gate.net, sent image of Flyleaf. [S35] Robb email from Ruth and Paul Robins forwarded by Dee Rice; Date: September 18, 2000 12:39 AM, Upper Canada Land Petitions "F" Bundle Misc RG 1 # 53. [S138] Early Ontario Settlers, 1796-1803; Compiler: Fitzgerald, E. Keith, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1993;). [S33] Dee Rice, Fitzpatrick; Recipient: John MayBee; Author E-Mail: mazda36@gate.net. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 228956160.