Eleazar Harding Hastings

1807 - 1882  (75 years)

• Name	Eleazar Harding Hastings  [1]
  Birth	1807	Turin, Lewis County, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Crosby Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  FamilySearch ID	LHD8-RKL
  Name	Elizur Hastings
  _UID	16464F0D6FBA4036BA0CB7827783D26D8F7B
  Death	1882	Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	"Eleazer was born in upper New York where his parents had settled for a short time. He was the son of George Washington Hastings and Margaret (Gay) Hastings, both of his parents were children of Revolutionary War Patriots. When Eleazer was 11 years old his family moved to Canada and settled in a new and wild land, being the first settlers west of Newboro, cutting the first log down in 1812. In 1830 Eleazer built the first Baptist church, a wood frame building in their small town of Westport. Eleazer married in 1830 Ann Deacon, the daughter of another early settler who came from Kilkenny, Ireland. They had but one child, John L. Hastings. In 1829, Eleazer built his home on the 7th concession at the extreme western extremity of the town of Westport. His lovely 2 story brick home is still standing (2010) Ann Died in 1879 and Eleazer married Elinor Susanna (Ellis) Adams who died in 1895." [Doneva Shepard?] His 1880 marriage to Eleanor Ellis records his place of birth as St. Lawrence Co., NY
  Burial	1895	Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I43362	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F20107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F20108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor L. Susannah Ellis,   b. 13 Jul 1812, Ninfield, Wealden District, East Sussex, Sussex, England d. 19 Apr 1895, Rideau Lakes Twp (North Crosby), Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1880	Crosby Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F14637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1807 - Turin, Lewis County, New York, United States Marriage - 13 Dec 1880 - Crosby Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1881 - Crosby Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Death - 1882 - Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Burial - 1895 - Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Mar 2024), entry for Eleanor Susanna Ellis, person ID LD5S-XN4. (Reliability: 3). [S317] Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa., Canada, 1881 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 14 Aug 2021), Eleaser Hastings household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Crosby North, Leeds South, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 1; Family No: 1. (Reliability: 3).