Hawley, Jeptha

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  • Hawley commanded fifty men in General Burgoynes ill fated expedition into New York state by way of Lake Champlain. Hawley wa paid as a lieutenant in Captain Adams Rangers 1777 – 1780. Captain Hawley was overseer of the refugees at Machiche, where sixteen of Loyalist Township’s original settler families were living until June 1784. This was his role when families departed Machiche and started their trip up river to the township where they would receive grants of land.
  • This house, built c. 1784 by United Empire Loyalist Jeptha Hawley, has provincial and national significance and has been marked with a provincial plaque since 1959 as one of the oldest houses in Ontario.
  • Architecturally, this frame, one-story settlershouse with a stone wing is the oldest continuously occupied residence in Ontario. Historically, Jeptha Hawley has significant associations with the start of settlement in this township. As a Loyalist, he served with the British as early as 1776.
  • After settlement, Hawley’s house was used as the place for Church of England worship. By the fall of 1787, the stone wing of the house was rented to Rev. John Langhorn until 181 3. Langhorn was the Quinte region`s first resident Anglican clergyman and missionary.

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