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Alexander TOTTEN Hastings

Male 1880 - 1940  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alexander TOTTEN Hastings was born on 11 Dec 1880 in Innisfil, Ontario (son of Thomas Hastings and Isabella Totten); died in 1940 in Barrie, Ontario.

    Alexander married Mabel Malcomson on 17 Jan 1906 in Churchill, Ontario. Mabel (daughter of William Malcomson and Sarah Christie) was born in 1881 in Churchill, Innisfil Twp., Ontario; died on 9 May 1950 in Barrie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. DeLisle G. Hastings was born in 1907; died in 1991.
    2. Olive Lorene Hastings was born in 1908 in Innisfil; died on 13 Feb 1996 in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
    3. Living Hastings

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Hastings was born on 30 Mar 1848 in Tecumseth, Ontario (son of Thomas Hastings and Sarah Jane Selby); died on 3 Apr 1922 in Barrie, Ontario.

    Thomas married Isabella Totten on 7 Nov 1877 in Tottenham, Ontario. Isabella (daughter of Alexander Totten and Isabella Willoughby) was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Tottenham, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1924 in Barrie, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabella Totten was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Tottenham, Canada (daughter of Alexander Totten and Isabella Willoughby); died on 9 Aug 1924 in Barrie, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Found at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/simcoe77.htm on feb 4, 2006

    010017-77 - Thomas HASTINGS, 28, farmer, Tecumseth, Innisfil, s/o Thomas & Sarah Jane HASTINGS, married Isabella TOTTEN, 27, Tecumseth, Tottenham, d/o Alex & Isabella TOTTEN, witn: A.W. HASTINGS, Bloomfield & Mary TOTTEN of Tecumseth. Nov 7, 1877 at Tottenham

    Children:
    1. Sarah IDA Allatin Hastings was born on 3 Oct 1878 in Innisfil, Ontario; died in in Vancouver.
    2. 1. Alexander TOTTEN Hastings was born on 11 Dec 1880 in Innisfil, Ontario; died in 1940 in Barrie, Ontario.
    3. Thomas HAROLD Hastings was born on 5 Nov 1882 in Innisfil, Ontario; died about 1970.
    4. Percival H. C. Hastings was born on 3 Jun 1888 in Innisfil, Ontario; died about 1950 in Delta, B.C..
    5. Hartley Campbell Hastings was born on 3 Jun 1888 in conflicting info.
    6. Marshall Wilkinson Hastings was born on 12 Nov 1889 in need to verify individual.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Hastings was born in 1826 in near Belfast, Ireland (son of James H. Hasty / Hastings and Ginnett Hasty / Hastings); died on 14 Jun 1853 in L 18, C 11, Tecumseth Township, north of Bondhead, Simcoe County, Canada.

    Thomas married Sarah Jane Selby on 10 Apr 1845 in Simcoe County, Ontario. Sarah (daughter of Col. Thomas Selby and Sarah Llewellyn Phillips) was born on 25 Aug 1822 in Queensville, Ontario; died on 27 Feb 1894 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Jane Selby was born on 25 Aug 1822 in Queensville, Ontario (daughter of Col. Thomas Selby and Sarah Llewellyn Phillips); died on 27 Feb 1894 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Census 1871 Innisfil, South Simcoe, Ontario

    Hastings, Sarah age 48 b. Ontario, Church of England, Irish descent, farmer
    Hastings, James age 23 b. Ontario, Church of England, Irish descent, farmer
    Hastings, Thomas age 22 b. Ontario, W. Methodist, Irish descent, farmer
    Hastings, Jennett age 20 b. Ontario, W. Methodist, Irish descent
    Hastings, William age 19 b. Ontario, W. Methodist, Irish descent, farmer
    Hastings, John age 17 b. Ontario, Church of England, Irish descent, farmer

    Notes:

    Married:
    http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/simcoe42.htm

    Thomas HASLIE (s/b Hastings?) of Tecumseth & Sarah Jane SELBY of East Gwillimbury, on April 10, 1845, by license, wtn: George WATSON & William SELBY, by William FRASER.

    Children:
    1. James Hastings was born on 23 Feb 1847 in Tecumseth, Ontario; died on 7 Jul 1930 in Midland, Ontario; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Midland, Ontario.
    2. 2. Thomas Hastings was born on 30 Mar 1848 in Tecumseth, Ontario; died on 3 Apr 1922 in Barrie, Ontario.
    3. Janet Hastings was born on 10 Apr 1850 in Tecumseth, Ontario; died on 12 Nov 1940.
    4. Adam Albert William Hastings was born on 29 Jun 1851 in Bond Head, Simcoe County, Ontario; died in Jul 1920.
    5. John Hastings was born on 1 Mar 1853 in Tecumseth, Ontario.

  3. 6.  Alexander Totten was born in 1817 in Ireland.

    Notes:

    Taken from "The History of Simcoe County" by Andrew Hunter
    Found at http://www.waynecook.com/hunter.shtml#chapt.3

    TECUMSETH

    John Totten secured a patent for thesouth-west quarter of lot, con. 2, in 1825. Alexander Totten, a member of this man's family, started a store on lot 6, con. 3, in 1835 or 1836 (before the Rebellion). They were natives of the County Armagh, Ireland. In 1840, Alex. to wife, Isabella, daughter of John Willoughby, of Newton Robinson, and this couple lived here more than fifty years. Beside them a village grew up, and when a post office was opended here in 1858, the name Tottenham was given to it out of compliment to the pioneer of the locality.

    Alexander married Isabella Willoughby on 14 Jun 1840 in Toronto, York County, Ontario. Isabella (daughter of John Willoughby) was born in 1821 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isabella Willoughby was born in 1821 in Ireland (daughter of John Willoughby).
    Children:
    1. Matilda Totten was born in 1845.
    2. 3. Isabella Totten was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Tottenham, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1924 in Barrie, Ontario.
    3. Margaret J. Totten was born in 1851.
    4. James Totten was born in 1854.
    5. Mary Totten was born in 1856 in Tecumseth, Ontario; died in Jun 1881.
    6. Alexander Totten was born in 1858.
    7. Maria Totten was born in 1861.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James H. Hasty / Hastings was born in 1783 in Parish of Donnaghedy (Cavancreagh Townland) Tyron County, Ireland; died on 1 Feb 1856 in Whitchurch Township, York County, Ontario.

    Notes:

    James Hasty/Hastings
    Born 1783 Parish of Donnaghedy (Cavancreagh Townland) Tyron County, Ireland.
    Died 1 Feb 1856 Whitchurch Township, York County, Upper Canada.
    Married 1822 Ginet Hasty, his cousin, daughter of Adam Hasty, born 1784 Parish of Donnaghedy (Cavancreagh Townland) Tyron County, Ireland.
    Died 1863 Whitchurch Township, York County, Upper Canada.

    James married Ginnett Hasty / Hastings in 1822 in Ireland. Ginnett was born in 1794 in Parish of Donnaghedy (Cavancreagh Townland) Tyron County, Ireland; died in 1863 in Whitchurch Township, York County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ginnett Hasty / Hastings was born in 1794 in Parish of Donnaghedy (Cavancreagh Townland) Tyron County, Ireland; died in 1863 in Whitchurch Township, York County, Ontario.

    Notes:

    From the research of Earl Hastings

    On May 16, 1806, at the age of 23, on the Island of Jersey, James Hasty enlisted in His Majesty's Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, Second Battalion. He was, no doubt, the forced volunteer from Donnaghedy Parish as at this time each parish was expected - even forced - to provide a volunteer to reinforce the King's Army. The regiment was stationed on the Island of Jersey to repel a threatened invasion of England by Napoleon Bonaparte. He served as a private 14 years, 169 days, and was discharged at Cork, October 31, 1820. His pensionable service amounted to 19 years, 123 days, the result of 4 years, 319 days service in the West Indies. He received a medical discharge after repeated attacks of haemoptosis. It is alleged he consumed considerable vinegar to create the blood ailment. He was granted a pension of one shilling per day.

    He was 37 years of age on discharge, 5 ft., 9 inches in height, with black hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion. His previous occupation was recorded as a labourer.

    In about 1822 he married his cousin Ginet Hasty, daughter of Adam Hasty. They settled on an English farming estate near Belfast. There were 500 soldiers and ex-soldiers on the estate. It was here that his family – Sarah, Thomas, Mary Anne and Adam – were born.

    It is alleged he was fined three pounds in 1831 on an assault charge by the English landlord due to an incident in which his dog either barked at or bit the landlord. He refused to pay the fine, vacated the estate and emigrated with his wife and four children to British North America landing in York (Toronto) June 28, 1831.

    His brothers Thomas and Robert had preceded him, both settling in Whitchurch Township, York County, Upper Canada. Thomas with his wife Sarah Mitchell and six children arrived in November 1818 and their descendants remained in Whitchurch Township for five generations. Robert arrived with wife and three children in 1819. He subsequently moved and settled in Chinguacousy Township, York County and later moved to Mara Township, Simcoe County.

    On July 5, 1831, James Hasty forwarded sundry documents relative to his pension to Captain Ailey, military secretary at Quebec: “soliciting you to lay them before his lordship, the commander of the forces, to obtain his authority for the payment of my pension at York, Upper Canada”.
    On July 6, 1831 he petitioned for land as a discharged soldier. The document is signed by James Hasty with “his mark”. No land grant was issued.

    The first land purchased by James Heasty is dated October 1, 1831 covering the west-half of Lot 12, Concession 6, Whitchurch Township, York County, from the Canada Company in consideration of 62 pounds 10 shillings. Payments continued for five years with interest, and by 1836 he had paid a total of 64 pounds 6 shillings 2 pence. A deed dated October 7, 1836 was issued to James Heasty by the Canada Company.

    James Hastings Sr. was appointed a fence viewer pursuant to By-Law No. 1 passed February 14, 1850 by the township council. This is the first time the name Hastings appears in place of Hasty or Heasty. The “Sr.” distinguished him from his nephew James, son of his brother Thomas, who resided in the same township and whom he later named an executor of his last will and testament. After 1850 the name Hastings remains constant.

    A transfer is registered September 27, 1851 from James Hastings “called” in deed dated October 7, 1836 James Heasty to Adam Hastings in consideration of 100 pounds covering the south half of the west half of Lot 12, Concession 6, Whitchurch Township, containing 50 acres.

    A further transfer is registered in 1854 from James Hastings “described” in deed dated October 7, 1836 as James Heasty, to Adam Hastings in consideration of 100 pounds of the north half of the west half of Lot 12 Concession 6 Whitchurch Township, containing 50 acres. On the same date a mortgage is granted by Adam Hastings to James Hastings securing the payment of 100 pounds with no interest on the 4th day of March in each and every year thereafter during the natural life of James Hastings.

    James Hastings died at Whitchurch Township, York County, Upper Canada February 1, 1856. His total estate amounted to 4 horses, 7 cows, 15 sheep, a wagon, stove, clock, dish cabinet, table and bureau, two bedsteads and a loom; all valued at 88 pounds, plus a note in the amount of 100 pounds (probably Adam’s in payment for land). In any event he bequeathed Adam the farm in consideration of his paying fifty pounds to each of my two daughters, Sarah Davison and Mary Ann Heasting (sic). To his son Thomas he bequeathed but five shillings as Thomas had earned his father’s displeasure by not accepting his responsibilities on the farm. To his beloved wife he bequeathed all of my loose property in the house and out in the country on my farm as long as she lives, but my son, Adam, is to have one cow and a team of horses.

    James Hastings by his will made certain his son Adam would be beholden and responsible to his mother until her death in that he owned the land and she the stock and implements. A situation that would prove difficult for Adam on his marriage in 1860 to Alice McDowell who at the age of 17 years had to share the home with the mother.

    His wife, Ginet Hastings died in 1863 in Whitchurch Township, York County, Upper Canada. They are both buried in unmarked graves in Melville Presbyterian Cemetery (now Melville United Church Cemetery) on Concession 5, Whitchurch Township, York County, Ontario.

    The names Hasty, Hastie, Heasty, Heastings are all used at various times prior to 1850. In Ireland the name Hasty is used in all records to about 1850 when the name Hastings appears. The Hastings name has been in use since that time.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Hastings was born in 1824 in near Belfast, Ireland; died in 1892 in Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario.
    2. 4. Thomas Hastings was born in 1826 in near Belfast, Ireland; died on 14 Jun 1853 in L 18, C 11, Tecumseth Township, north of Bondhead, Simcoe County, Canada.
    3. Adam Hastings was born on 17 Nov 1827 in near Belfast, Ireland; died on 9 May 1910 in Rouleau, Saskatchewan.
    4. Mary Anne Hastings was born on 17 Nov 1827 in near Belfast, Ireland; died on 2 Nov 1897 in Dundalk, Ontario.

  3. 10.  Col. Thomas Selby was born on 1 Feb 1779 in Queen's County, Ireland (son of John William Selby); died on 3 Mar 1837 in Sharon, Ontario.

    Thomas married Sarah Llewellyn Phillips. Sarah died on 9 Sep 1859 in Sharon, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah Llewellyn Phillips died on 9 Sep 1859 in Sharon, Ontario.
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Jane Selby was born on 25 Aug 1822 in Queensville, Ontario; died on 27 Feb 1894 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario.

  5. 14.  John Willoughby
    Children:
    1. 7. Isabella Willoughby was born in 1821 in Ireland.




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