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  2. John Graves Simcoe - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 ... His parents had four children, but he was the only one to live past childhood; Percy drowned in 1764 ...

  3. Elizabeth Simcoe - Wikipedia

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    A 1793 watercolour painting by Simcoe of York Harbour before settlement. York would become the city of Toronto. On 30 December 1782, Elizabeth married John Graves Simcoe, Admiral Graves's godson. Between the years 1784 and 1804, they had eleven children, among them Francis Simcoe, after whom they named Castle Frank. Nine survived to adulthood ...

  4. Wolford Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Simcoe's wife, Elizabeth Simcoe and some of their children (Rev Henry Addington Simcoe is buried in Cornwall, England and Katherine b. 1793 died in Upper Canada and buried in Toronto) are also buried at the site, which is maintained by local people on behalf of the John Graves Simcoe Memorial Foundation.

  5. Talk:John Graves Simcoe - Wikipedia

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    Simcoe's other children and descendants included: son Lieutenant Francis Gwillim Simcoe (born 1801), died 1812 in Trinidad Breach at Badajoz, Spain; Daughter Eliza Simcoe (born 1784-died 1865) son Reverend Henry Addington Simcoe (1800–1868) married Emily Simcoe - second wife; grandson John K. Simcoe, R.N and son of Henry Addington Simcoe

  6. Act Against Slavery - Wikipedia

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    John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of the colony, had been a supporter of abolition before coming to Upper Canada; as a British Member of Parliament, he had described slavery as an offence against Christianity. [2] [3] By 1792 the slave population in Upper Canada was not large. However, when compared with the number of free settlers, the ...

  7. Raynham Hall Museum - Wikipedia

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    Following the British victory at the Battle of Long Island in the autumn of 1776, the Townsend home became the headquarters for officers of the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist military unit led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe. [8] Townsend and his family were forced to make room for Simcoe and his fellow officers.

  8. Penheale Manor - Wikipedia

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    There were alterations in the 18th century. The Rev. Henry Addington Simcoe, son of John Graves Simcoe, purchased the estate in 1830 and was curate of Egloskerry. He married twice and had eleven children, and wrote and published many books from his own printing press at Penheale.

  9. Egloskerry - Wikipedia

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    The Rev. Henry Addington Simcoe, son of John Graves Simcoe, purchased the estate in 1830 and was curate of Egloskerry from 1822 to 1846. He was married twice and had eleven children. Simcoe wrote and published many books from his own printing press at Penheale.

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