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He was a native of Canada of Quaker extraction. By reason of his religious tendencies, or from some other cause, he refused to bear arms in the British service in the War of 1812, and was imprisoned for a time as an American sympathizer. After regaining his liberty he came to Michigan, though at what time is unknown. He is first mentioned as a justice of the peace in 1831, and was subsequently supervisor of the then township of Huron, and of Van Buren after it was set off from Huron. He was county surveyor in 1837-41, and associate judge in the last named year.
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Birth date unknown; year estimated based on refusal to fught in 1812.