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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 171' lir. Michael, of Waimate, Timaru, Can- terbury, New Zealand, J. P., m. and has is3ue. IV. Paul. I. Frances. II. Elizabeth. III. Ada, m. Charles Baker Stoney, Esq., M.D., and has issue. Arms used — Vert, a horse arg., caparisoned or, on a chief of the second three spur-rovoels gii. Crest — A. horse^s head coaped arg., bridled or. Motto — Semper paratus. Residences — Merevale, near Christchurch ; and Coldstream, Ashburton co., Canterbury, New Zealand. dPrmcl) of fresco tt antr Coronto. TMRENCH, FREDERICK JOHN, Esq. of Prescotfc, co. Grenville, and of Jj Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Canada, barrister-at-law, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada (returned in 1879, and re-elected in 1883 and 1886), h. at Burritts Rapids, co. Grenville, Ontario, 18th January, 1847 ; educated at Ottawa ; called to the Bar, May, 1870 ; m. at Stratford, Ontario, 28th April, 1875, Alma Lucia, daughter of John Gordon, Esq., formerly of Aberdeen, Scotland, aad has issue, I. Frederick Henry, 6. 18th February, 1876. II. Guy Carleton, h. 13th October, 1878. in. George Grenville, h. 28th December, 1880. ILmEflgE. Jeremiah Fbench, Esq. (the great grand- father of the above), or his immediate ancestor, is said to have come from the neigh- bourhood of Manchester, co. Lancaster. There is some account of him given in Munson's Early History of Manchester, Vermont, U.S.A., in 1764, to which point he came from New York State, and the public records at Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, contain much information about him. On the breaking out of the Revolution he, with a few others at Manchester, refused to assist the rebels, and joined the British A.rmy in Canada, serving as an officer under Burgoyne. In consequence of his loyalty to the British Crown his lands at Manchester were con- fiscated, and his wife and children driven from their home and land across the border. In 1792 he was a member of the first Canadian Parliament, and his name appears in the original records of the Parliament, which are in England. During the visit of the Duke of Kent (father of Queen Victoria), in the early part of this century, he was entertained at the residence of Jeremiah Fi-ench, and it was during the festivities on this occasion that the latter's daughter, a young girl, was accidentally shot by her own father, when the gentlemen, including the duke, were at target practice. He »»., and had, amongst other issue, a son, Benjamin Feench, Esq., who m. Miss Wood (whose sister m. the Bishop of Toronto), and had issue, Benjamin, m. Sophia, daughter of Colonel Henry Burritt, M.P. He is still living. John Steachan, of whom presently. Ann, d. unm. Maria, m. James Forsythe, Esq. Mary, m. Mr. McGillis. Fanny, m. Sutherland Colquhoun, Esq. Eliza, m. Caleb Knight, Esq. She is stiU. living. John Steachan French, Esq. of Burritts Rapids, b. at Cornwall, Ontario, 1st March, 1812 ; m. 1st June, 1836, Marianne Chesley, of Cornwall, who was b. 16th September, 1811, and d. 17th September, 1867. He d. 10th January, 1858, leaving, amongst other issue, the present Feedeeick John Feench, Esq. Arms zised — Sa., a bend or, between ttvo dolphins embowed arg. Crest — A crescent per pale arg. and or, between the horns a fleur-de-lis counterchanged. Motto — Malo mori qiiam fcedari. Residences — Prescott, co. Grrenville ; Os- goode Hall, Toronto, Canada.