Search Terms: YATES (1) Database: History of the Settlement of Upper Canada Combined Matches: 1 History of the Settlement of Upper Canada, With Special Reference to the Bay of QuintÉ. TO JOHN WALTER MYERS, ESQ.: page 115 “He commanded at Niagara during the building of Fort George, and in 1802 he again retired on half-pay, the Royal Canadian Regiments having been most injudiciously reduced during the continuance of the ephemeral peace of Amiens. While at Fort George he married Miss Yates, a lady from the States, whose amiable and obliging manners gained the esteem of all who had the honor of her acquaintance. By this lady, in whom the Colonel enjoyed all that has to be wished in a companion and friend, he has a son, a promising boy, who, it is to be hoped, will inherit the virtues of his father. The Colonel's active benevolence was known to all, and experienced by many of his friends. View full context Bright Star