William John SCYTHES c.1807 (sometimes referred to as John Sythes) and his wife Jane MEREDITH c.1810 (father Thomas MEREDITH) emigrated in 1847 from "The Oaks", Ballyfin, near Mountmellick, Parish of Clonenagh and Cloneagheen, Queen's County /Laois/Leix to Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada with their seven children. Other related families who emigrated to Canada were Jane's sisters Hester MEREDITH and her husband John BANTING, Sarah MEREDITH and Benjamin BANTING, Susanna MEREDITH and James CLARKE, Maria MEREDITH and William CARTER, and other branches of a widely-spread family tree … FIFE, GOODWIN, HIPWELL, PARKER. The children of William SCYTHES and Jane MEREDITH were: 1. John SCYTHES, schoolteacher died unmarried 2. Thomas SCYTHES married Eliza Ann MCLEAN 3. Susannah SCYTHES married Thomas CLARK 4. Sarah SCYTHES married Robert FIFE 5. George SCYTHES 1841-1921 married Sarah Ann BOAKE 1843-1925 (Linda's g grandparents) 6. Esther (Hettie) SCYTHES married 1.Lewis ALLEN 2.George BLACKSTOCK 7. William died on board ship in 1847

Following up on Linda Sherlock's roll call, I am searching for the CLARKE line of MEREDITH descendants. Susanna MEREDITH and James CLARKE travelled from "Queens County near Maryborough, " probably in 1853 and settled first in Garafraxa Tp, moving to Peel Tp in 1865, both in Wellington County, Ontario (then known as Canada West). James father was Thomas Clarke, Susannah's father was Thomas Meredith (Linda's and my common ancestor). The following are the first two generations of this family: 1. James CLARKE (b.Abt 1827-Ireland;d.22 Oct 1889-Peel Twp,Wellington County,Ontario) sp: Susanna MEREDITH (b.15 Oct 1824-Queen's County,Ireland;m.6 Mar 1848;d.5 Mar 1905-Peel Twp,Wellington County,Ontario) 2. Thomas CLARKE (b.Abt 1848-Ireland) sp: Susannah SCYTHES 2. Edward CLARKE (b.Abt 1850-Ireland) 2. Elizabeth Jane CLARKE (b.19 May 1852-Maryborough,Queen's County,Ireland;d.24 Nov 1874-Luther Twp,WC,Ontario) sp: Edward CULL (b.Abt 1847-Guelph,Ontario;m.Abt 1871) 2. Susannah Esther CLARKE (b.23 Jul 1854-Ontario;d.20 Feb 1950-Saskatoon,Saskatchewan) sp: Samuel Andrew SMALL (b.24 Sep 1857-Ontario;m.1 Jan 1878;d.19 Mar 1898-Ontario) 2. James CLARKE (b.Abt 1855-Ontario) sp: Barbara Jane Lawson SMALL (b.1861-Garafraxa Twp,Wellington County,Canada West;m.16 Nov 1881) 2. William Charles CLARKE (b.Abt 1857-Ontario;d.Bef 1960-Toronto) sp: Jane THOMSON (b.Abt 1858-Ontario;m.26 Jul 1881;d.Abt 1943-Toronto,Ontario) 2. Jeremiah M. CLARKE (b.4 Mar 1859-Ontario;d.1944) sp: Harriet BOYS (b.7 Jun 1860-Ontario;m.Bef Apr 1901;d.1951) 2. Fletchard CLARKE (twin, b.1860-Wellington County,Ontario;d.Bef 1871-Wellington County,Ontario) 2. Wessley CLARKE (twin, b.1860-Wellington County,Ontario;d.Bef 1871-Wellington County,Ontario) 2. Herbert W. CLARKE (b.1 Jul 1862-Ontario;d.1932) sp: Bethea BLYTH (b.5 Nov 1868-Ontario;m.Abt 1892;d.1931) Sharon M. Haggerty London, Ontario Canada Full Data Base: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sharonmh Home Page (with links to Clarke and Reynolds pages): http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sharonmh Haggerty Family from County Cork (includes Tanner of Ontario, and Boyd, Forbes and Webb of Mercer County, PA): http://www.execulink.com/~haggerty/Family 19th Century Irish documents from Kilmeen parish: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~datatree/wolfs14.htm Listowner: CAN-CHALEUR-BAY-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com A list focussing on the ancestors and descendants of the Protestant Irish Settlers in the Bay Chaleur area, early to mid 1800s. To subscribe, please send a message saying only "subscribe" to: CAN-CHALEUR-BAY-IRISH-L-request@rootsweb.com