James Dick

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• Location: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 9 Lot 13
• Immigration: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society

Notes:

Some descendants of this family went to Westmeath Township in Renfrew County and to Hastings County. Some went to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Immigration:
This was the lot assigned to James and Janet but James drowned on the way to Lanark County. His son John was eighteen at the time and although the minimum age for receiving land was nineteen he was permitted to take on the lot that would have gone to his father. Neighbours helped the young people to get established and it was left to the older girls to care for the house and younger siblings.

Died:
While they were camped at Lachine, en route for Lanark, the father, James Dick, was drowned. A letter has survived which was written young John Dick to his uncle, John Dick, a merchant of Bathgate, Scotland.
Dear Uncle:
I have the painful task to perform of informing you of the death of our dear father and that our mother and us are all proceeding forward to Upper Canada. My father, next day after we arrived at Lachine, went into the St. Lawrence o bath himself and going into the river at a part where there was a shelf in the shore, not knowing the nature of the river, went over it t once and sank and no one could save him. A farmer, looking to his cattle some distance from the spot, alone was a witness to the fatal accident, but by the time he came forward he was drowned. The accident happened on the 29th of June at half-past eleven o'clock forenoon.
Our mother as well as the whole family was in a terrible state at first, in that state which is easier felt than described, but now she seems more resigned to the will of God and the disposition of His Providence. All are reconciled to go to our destination, all believing that our kind father not only risked his life but lost it in the view of putting the family in a better situation than he could place them and leave them in Bathgate. And now he is gone to the place appointed for all living, before seeing this end accomplished, we think it is our duty to do our utmost exertion to bring into effect what he so ardently wished."
?i?letter shared by Ron R. Thompson.?/i?

James married Jenet "Jane" Brown on 23 Apr 1799 in Bathgate, (near Linlithgow), West Lothian, Scotland. Jenet (daughter of Brown) was born on 17 Jan 1776 in Scotland; died about Jul 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Dick was born on 11 Feb 1800 in Scotland; died about 1865.
2. Jenet Dick was born on 3 Dec 1801 in Scotland; and died.
3. John Dick was born on 25 Sep 1803 in Bathgate, (near Linlithgow), West Lothian, Scotland; and died.
4. James Dick was born on 20 Sep 1805 in Scotland; and died.
5. Jane Dick was born on 24 Jan 1807 in Scotland; and died.
6. Agnes Dick was born on 14 Oct 1809 in Scotland; and died.
7. Elizabeth Dick was born on 14 Oct 1809 in Bathgate, (near Linlithgow), West Lothian, Scotland; died on 6 May 1892 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
8. William Dick was born on 31 Jan 1812 in Scotland; and died.
9. Robert Dick was born on 12 Jan 1814 in Scotland; and died.
10. Catherine Dick was born on 6 Feb 1816 in Scotland; and died.
11. Alexander Dick was born on 15 Jul 1818 in Scotland; and died.

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John married Janet. Janet was born about 1842; died on 11 Dec 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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