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I descend from Ellen Waddel, who married John Dalton. Here's what I have:
1. WILLIAM1 WADDELL was born Abt. 1750 in Prob. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married ELLEN THOMPSON April 17, 1772 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. She was born Abt. 1750 in Prob. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Notes for WILLIAM WADDELL:
According to "The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-1821," by Carol Bennett, Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, c1991., p. 40; "George Waddell was born in Glasgow, a son of William Waddell and Ellen Thompson."
There is a record in Ancestry.com indicating that William and Ellen Thompson Waddell of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland are the parents of George Waddell; and grandparents of Ellen Waddell b. 1810. William Wassell and Ellen Thompson were married April 17, 1772 in Glasgow. They either waited a long time for kids (1788), or more likely there are more kids or a missing generation!
Waddell Surname History and Origin, "Surnames of Scotland," Black, George F. (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1993); Waddel. Waddell. Waddle, Weddel. Weddell. Weddle Woddell. Weddal. Veddel. Weddale. Wooddell.Wydall from Wedale. The old name of the parish of Stow in Midlothian. Scotland. The earliest known bearer of the name is Adam de Wedale, "an outlaw of the King of Scots land", who appears in 1204. (Bain, Vol. I, page 342).
"New Dictionary of American Family Names," by Elsdon C. Smith, Harper & Row Publishers, page 534; Waddell, Waddil, Waddle, Waddles (Scot.. Eng.): Dweller in the valley where woad grew; one who came from the parish of Waddel (valley where woad grows) (now the parish is named Stow: located in Midlothian. Scotland), in Midlothian; one who came from W^adley (Wada's wood or meadow), in Berkshire. Three meanings have been found for Wada: [1] Wada or Wad may be a pet form of Waldtheof, which means variously - power, serf. foreign, thief f\ew Dictionary of American Family Names). [2] Wada or Wad could also be a variant of woad. which was a plant that produced a vibrant indigo blue dye which was popular during the Middle Ages (New Dictionary of American Family Names, Surnames of Scotland, and A Dictionary of Surnames}. Lastly, a reference was found that mentioned Wada was the name of a legendary sea-giant (A Dictionary of Surnames}.
"A Dictionary of Surnames," by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges; Waddell (Scots): Habitation name from Wedale (now Stow) near Edinburgh. The Waddell surname arrived as a way to identify a man who hailed from Wedale. The origins of this place name are uncertain. The second element is evidently Old English "dael" or Old Norse "dair" valley (see dale). The first element might conceivably be the Old English "wedd" to pledge, security or its Old Norse cognitive "ved" (although this is not found elsewhere as a place name element). In Scotland the stress normally falls on the first syllable of the surname, but elsewhere the name is often accented on the second syllable to avoid association with the vocabulary word "waddle". Variations: Waddel, Waddle, Weddel, Woddell, Weddle.
The Waddell family , according to one theory, came originally from Normandy and were known as de Wedel. They were landowners in Sussex prior to 1666 and then moved north to Otterburn on the border. There is a woolen mill in Otterburn which was owned by a Robert Waddell. Some members apparently moved North and they are recorded at Wedale (Stowe) in the 13th century. From Stowe another move was made to the Whitburn district of West Lothian where they are recorded over a long number of years, and all in farming.
Children of WILLIAM WADDELL and ELLEN THOMPSON are:
i. ELLEN2 WADDELL, b. Abt. 1788, Scotland; m. ROBERT FLEMING, Bef. 1814, Scotland; b. 1788, Ireland, Of Bridgeton, Barony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Notes for ELLEN WADDELL:
Ellen WADDELL was born 1788 in Scotland, a daughter of William WADDELL and Ellen THOMPSON. She came to Canada in 1820 at age 32 (born 1788) aboard the "Commerce" with her husband Robert Fleming and three two??] children. Lanark Society Settler, Bridgeton Canadian Emigration Society. ("The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-1821," by Carol Bennett, Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, c1991, p. 66).
Marriage 1 Robert FLEMING b: 1788 in Ireland. Occupation: Weaver
Children
Ellen FLEMING b: ABT. 1814 in Scotland
James FLEMING b: ABT. 1819 in Scotland
Mary (Margaret) FLEMING b: 1821 Lanark
Agnes FLEMING b: ABT. 1826 Lanark
Robert FLEMING b: 1829 in Lanark Twp
Lilly FLEMING b: ABT. 1832 Lanark
Emigration:
Residence: Settled on October 3, 1820 on Lot 13 East Conc 1, Lanark Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario. Her brother, George Waddell, settled on the adjoining lot 13 W on October 25, 1820.
Notes for ROBERT FLEMING:
Robert FLEMING was born 1788 in Ireland. Occupation: Weaver. He came to Canada aboard the "Commerce," N. Cloverdale, Master in 1820, leaving with 402 passengers from Greenock, Scotland June 21, 1820, and arriving Quebec August 5, 1820. He was in the Bridgeton Canadian Emigration Society. The passenger manifest lists Chas. Fleming, who may be the head-of-household and possibly Robert's father.
Robert and his wife Ellen Waddell Fleming and children settled October 3, 1820 on Lot 13 East Conc 1, Lanark Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario. His brother-in-law George Waddell who arrived shortly after on the "Brock" settled next door on October 25, 1820 at Lot 13 West. ("The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-1821," by Carol Bennett, Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, c1991, p. 66).
Note: Robert Fleming was five feet seven inches tall and fair haired. Accompanied by his wife, Ellen Waddell, age 32 (born 1788) and three [two?] children.
Marriage 1 Ellen WADDELL b: 1788 in Scotland
Children
Ellen FLEMING b: ABT. 1814 in Scotland
James FLEMING b: ABT. 1819
Mary (Margaret) FLEMING b: 1821 in 2nd conc of Lanark, Lanark Co, Ont
Agnes FLEMING b: ABT. 1826
Robert FLEMING b: 1829 in Lanark Twp
Lilly FLEMING b: ABT. 1832
Other Fleming families settling in Lanark County:
FLEMING, Charles, settled at Dalhousie 3 8W September 18, 1820
FLEMING, James, settled at Lanark 2 19W August 10, 1821
FLEMING, William, settled at Ramsay 3 21W July 24, 1821
According to "The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-1821," by Carol Bennett, Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, c1991, p. 66, a Helen Fleming married John McLellan in 1835 and Margaret Fleming married Samuel McFarlane in 1845. These likely are the daughters of Robert Fleming. A James Fleming is listed in the 1851 census with his wife Mary.
2. ii. GEORGE WADDELL, b. Abt. 1782, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. August 30, 1872.
3. iii. MISC. WADDELL, b. Aft. 1800.
Generation No. 2
2. GEORGE2 WADDELL (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1782 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and died August 30, 1872. He married MARGARET ANDERSON February 04, 1803 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM ANDERSON and ELIZABETH WILSON. She was born Abt. 1780 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Notes for GEORGE WADDELL:
George Waddell was born about 1782 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and married Margaret Anderson before 1807. He was employed as a weaver, either working at home on a rented loom, or in a city weaving mill. After peace broke out following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the demise of the war industry brought on an economic depression. Weavers were particularly hard hit, as uniforms and blankets were no longer in demand, and purchases of civilian clothing could be deferred. Wages of weavers plummeting by almost 80 percent. In the spring of 1820, many of the unemployed workers in Lanark and Renfrew began to form emigration societies, in order to petition the government to allow them to emigrate to Upper Canada.
George Waddell and his family were among the lucky ones who drew lots to emigrate, and they departed in 1820 with the Ambercrombie Street- Trans Atlantic Bridgeton Society. They were assisted in their passage by money raised in London, as they were too impoverished to pay their own fares. They were not allowed to take furniture; only pots and pans, bedclothes, personal clothing, and books were allowed.
The Waddell family left Greenock, Scotland on July 9, 1820 aboard the "Brock," carrying 176 passengers. Dougal Cowan was master, and the Brock arrived in Quebec six weeks later on August 20, 1820 (Note: the Brock is sometimes listed as Broke or Brooke). They were then taken by steamship from Quebec to Montreal, and thence to Lachine (just east of Montreal). From there, they proceeded for five days to Prescott on a flotilla of bateaux, or flat-bottomed boats, each carrying three families. Next was a five day trip by wagon for 74 miles from Prescott to Lanark, over a rough road cleared through the forest. They were plagued by mosquitos and other insects, and often only contaminated water was available. Understandably, many settlers did not survive the journey.
Arriving in Lanark, settlers drew slips of paper from a hat which determined the 100 acre parcel they would receive. They then hired guides to take them through the wilderness to their homestead. On October 25, the Wadells settled in Lot 13W, Con. 1, Lanark Twp., Lanark County, Ontario, Canada ("1820-1822 Settlers Lanark County" lists "George Waddle," Lanark Township, Con 1 Lot 13W, 25 October 1820).
George's sister Ellen Waddell Fleming and her husband Robert Fleming and children lived next door on Lot 13E. ("The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-1821," by Carol Bennett, Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, c1991, p. 40). Sailing with the Fleming family on the "Commerce" in 1820 were William Anderson, Robert Anderson, and James Anderson- possible relatives of Margaret Anderson Waddell.
The Ambercrombie Street- Trans Atlantic Bridgeton Society consisted of 8 men, 6 women, and 31 children. James Horn was the initial leader, but George Waddell and John Gunn succeeded him in that role. There were 25 familes altogether on the Brock: Johnston, McLaren, McCallum, McNeil, Orr, Turnbull, Whitelaw, Baird, Gunn, Hannah, McLachlan, McClean, Urquart, Geo. Waddell, Blain, Boss, Campbell, Moulton, Morris, Codd, Flinn, Fair, Lawrin, Lamont, and McLeland. The Brock carried a total of 176 passengers, not all of whom were in the Lanark Societies.
"A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation," by Donald White, Ontario Gen. Society, Toronto, 1986 lists children:
1. Elisabeth b. 1803, 2. Helen [Ellen] 1806, 3. Jean died infant 1806, 4. William 1808, 5. Matilda Mary b 1810, died young, 6. Matilda 1812, 7. John 1814, 8. Margaret 1816, 9. George 1819. I have used the birthdate 1810 for Ellen based on other information.
George evidently was still in Lanark Township in 1834, although some of the Waddell family moved to Plympton Township, Lambton County, Ontario (near Detroit, Michigan). The 1834 inspection report on George Waddell, Sr. states: "15 good acres, the rest rocks. Hopes to join his two sons in Plympton soon." He is listed in Lanark in the 1842 census. George Waddell died August 30, 1872 at age 90. I do not, however, find him listed in the 1871 Ontario census.
Lanark County is inland from Leeds County, which is across the St. Lawrence River from St. Lawrence County, New York. I'm not sure how George's daughter Ellen and John Dalton were able to get together in Ogdenburg, New York, given the distance. There was a Henry Waddell living in Madrid Twp., St. Lawrence County, NY in 1820, near Ogdenburg. Ellen may have lived with him while her father was clearing a farm in Lanark.
At the close of the War of 1812 in 1814 and the Napoleonic wars in 1815, the British government was faced with two major problems- industrial depressions and unemployment at home, and an uneasy peace with the Americans abroad. Upper Canada was still vulnerable to invasion and it was thought the interior should be settled as a second line of defense against further hostilities.
An emigration scheme was put into action to settle the great wilderness north and west of the Rideau River that flows into the Ottawa. The British Government, in 1812, originally designated all of Lanark County, Ontario as a potential landing point for European immigrant settlers. From Scotland came soldiers and their families in 1815 to found the Perth military settlement.
In 1815 a proclamation was issued in England to any person in Great Britain who might be desirous of settling in Canada. As an inducement, they were to get free provisions during the voyage and also after their arrival, until such time as the land could be made to support them. The land was to be given free to each male immigrant over twenty-one, and they were also provided with ten pounds
sterling as loan. Each family was to receive an adze, a handsaw, drawing-knife, a shell-augur, two gimlets, doorlock and hinges, scythe and snath, reaping-hook, two hoes, hay-fork, skillet, camp kettle, and a blanket for each of its members. Then to each group of four to twelve families there was given a grindstone, a cross-cut and a whip-saw.
With the establishment of Perth as a military town, Lanark Township, Dalhousie Township and North Sherbrooke Township were opened for even greater settlement in 1820. From the outset, Lanark Village was designated to be the chief local administrative base for Northern Lanark. The earliest settlers tended to be Scottish citizens who came from impoverished conditions in Scotland, who left the overpopulated areas of Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
In 1820, approximately 400 families arrived in Lanark Village, bringing with them skills in cotton weaving, carpentry, blacksmith and shoemaking. It is noteworth that these were city-dwellers, often not prepared for the rigors of rural living as would be the case with pioneering settlers whose families had generations of experience in making a living in the wilderness. Tools such as axes, hoes, etc. were typically heavy and of poor quality, and draft animals such as oxen were few and beyond the financial reach of these settlers.
The first settlement was by Scotsmen from Glasgow and Paisley who formed themselves into colonization groups before leaving Scotland. The ship "Commerce" left Greenock, Scotland in June 1820 with the Bridgeton Canadian Emigration Society. On this ship were George's sister Ellen Waddell and her husband Robert Fleming and their children. The Lesmahago society (which is a district in Scotland) followed, with thirty-three families or about three hundred immigrants. These sailed from Greenock, Scotland in the ship "Prompt" July 4, 1820, and arrived at Quebec two months later. Their journey continued as they made their way up the St. Lawrence River from Quebec on huge flat-bottomed boats to Brockville or Prescott, then overland on a rough road to Perth; from there, mostly on foot through dense forests to the site where a sign on a tree read "This is Lanark".
Five days after the departure of the Prompt, on July 9, 1820, another vessel, the "Brock" [Brooke, Broke], bore away from the same port. On board were the twenty-five Transatlantic Society families, including that of George Waddell. The passengers of the Brock were not able to pay for their own fare, and money had been raised for their passage. The Brock arrived in Quebec some days ahead of the Prompt, and the Transatlantic society found themselves in Lanark County at about the same time as the Lesmahago society, and were actually the first to settle.
Several families were displeased with the appearance of Lanark County and went across the American border. The remainder went on, "backing" in all their supplies. Or, if the article did not suit their back, they carried it on their head; for instance carrying a grindstone all the way from Perth on their head.
Arriving at the frontier, they met James Breden on lot 5, concession 2, Lanark Township, living in a wigwam - the only white man seen since leaving Drummond. Of the settlers who did arrive in the village, all males over 21 years of age were each granted a 100 acre parcel of land; they drew their location by lot, taking from a hat a slip of paper with a number of a certain lot on it. The lots were divided up using the traditional grid system - a grid which is still evident in the current land use pattern and property boundaries.
George Waddell received his grant of land in Lanark Township, Con 1 Lot 13W, on 25 October 1820. Since it was already late in the season, he must have worked very diligently to get a shelter built before snowfall! Living in tents made of bark and branches or rude log shanties, the women and children had to wait in Lanark Village while the men followed the survey crew's vague slash mark on trees along the concession lines or "walked the blazes" to their drawn lots. With the few tools dispensed by the government supply depot, the settlers began to build rough shelters and to clear small patches of land using grub hoes to dig holes in the ground among the stumps. Potatoes, oats, and grass for meadows were planted. As the trees were felled, the hardwood was burned and the ashes were collected to make potash, which at that time was the only product that could be exchanged for cash.
The men returned for their families and they settled on their land. The huge trees daunted many but gradually, with neighbors helping neighbors, the land was cleared and schools, churches, and mills sprang up. One of the settlers in the first few years killed eighty-two wolves and sixty-eight bears, as beasts of prey were plentiful at that time. The first rough trails became tracks and eventually the roads of the township.
Early industrial activity typically included grist mills, flour mills, pork-packing and tanning establishments - these were soon followed by an introduction of maple syrup operations, lumbering, saw mills, furniture activities and fishing. A flourishing timber industry began to create markets for farm produce. Though all the settlers took up land, many worked entire winters in the lumber camps; others were able to carry on in their former trades. The town of Lanark was serviced by weavers, coopers, tanners, millers, carpenters and carriage makers. In time, the village became a thriving community, with churches, schools and many successful businesses.
More About GEORGE WADDELL:
Occupation: Bef. 1820, Weaver in Glasgow
Notes for MARGARET ANDERSON:
"Scottish Settlers to Bathurst Area," J.R. Ernst Miller, 1987, lists Margaret Anderson b. 1780....2 years older than her husband George Waddell. It also shows a Beatrice Anderson b. 1777 in Lanarkshire who came to the Bathurst area in Canada in 1820 with her husband Archibald Nairn. It seems reasonable that Margaret & Beatrice were sisters. Records at Family Search do not show the parents of Margaret....but they do show the parents of Beatrice as William Anderson & Elizabeth Wilson. I have entered them as parents of Margaret, until I have better information.
Sailing on the "Commerce" in 1820 with the Robert and Ellen Waddell Fleming family were William Anderson, Robert Anderson, and James Anderson- possible relatives of Margaret Anderson Waddell.
Children of GEORGE WADDELL and MARGARET ANDERSON are:
i. ELISABETH3 WADDELL, b. 1803, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
ii. JEAN WADDELL, b. 1806, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. 1806, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
4. iii. WILLIAM WADDELL, b. April 12, 1808, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. January 14, 1883, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
5. iv. ELLEN WADDELL, b. 1810, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. January 13, 1876, Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
v. MATILDA MARY WADDELL, b. 1810, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. Bet. 1810 - 1820, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
6. vi. MATILDA WADDELL, b. February 24, 1812, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
vii. JOHN WADDELL, b. Abt. 1814, Scotland.
viii. MARGARET WADDELL, b. Abt. 1816, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; m. JAMES BROOK; b. Abt. 1807.
ix. GEORGE WADDELL, b. Abt. 1819.
3. MISC.2 WADDELL (WILLIAM1) was born Aft. 1800.
Notes for MISC. WADDELL:
In the 1871 census for Ontario there are 65 Waddell/Waddle families, including:
Lanark North:
John Waddell 1827 Scots
James Waddell 1796 Scots
Lanark South:
James Waddell 1811 from Ireland
Perth "Courier" 12 Feb 1886 Death Notice:
At Perth, Tuesday, 9th February, Mr James Waddell, aged 83 years. Late residence Drummond St. to Elmwood Cem. settled on well-known Waddell farm in North Elmsley. Native of North Ireland. Both he and Mrs Waddell were called away not many months apart. Member St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth. Leaves 2 daughters, both living Perth, and 4 sons - John A, Edwin and William of Brooklyn, NY and James A., banker, Key West, Florida.
Lambton:
John Waddle 1822 Scots
James Waddle 1824 from England. Still there in 1881.
Not all families are Scots. None are a match for George's children. James b. 1796 living in Lanark North in 1871 could be a brother.
Children of MISC. WADDELL are:
i. HENRY3 WADDELL, b. Bet. 1770 - 1780, Scotland, Of Madrid Twp., St. Lawrence County, NY; d. Bef. 1850, Madrid Twp., St. Lawrence County, NY; m. UNKNOWN, Prob. Scotland; b. Bet. 1780 - 1790, Prob Scotland.
Notes for HENRY WADDELL:
Henry Waddell is in Madrid Twp., St. Lawrence County, NY in 1820. There are two men in the household, one 26-45 and one over 45; 3 girls 0-10, 1 girl 16-26, and one woman 26-45. My guess that this is Henry and wife, both between 26 and 45 years of age (born 1775 to 1785) and his father 45+ born before 1775. Henry was not there in 1810 or before.
There are also seven foreigners not naturalized and and two people engaged in agriculture listed in other columns. The official enumeration day of the 1820 census was 7 August 1820. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The count was due within six months, but the due date was extended by law to allow completion within thirteen months.
Madrid Twp. is the same township in which Ellen Waddell lived in 1830, after she married John Dalton about 1827. Henry may be a relative, and she may have visited him in Madrid where she met her husband, Joh Dalton. Or, she could actually be a daughter of Henry Waddell. Interestingly, Ellen named two sons John Henry Dalton and Henry James Dalton, and Henry persists in the Dalton family in following generations.
In 1830, Henry (spelled Waddle this time) is still in Madrid Twp.: 2 boys under 5, 1 man 50-60; 2 girls 5-10, 1 girl 10-15, 2 girls 15-20, 1 20-30, and a woman 40-50. The man would be born 1770 to 1780 and the woman 1780 to 1790.
Still hangin' in there in 1840: 1 boy 10-15, 1 man 60-70; 1 girl 5-10, 2 girls 15-20, 1 woman 20-30, and one woman 40-50. The man would be born 1770-1780 and the woman 1780-1790. He's not there in 1850, perhaps he has died.
ii. JOHN WADDELL, SR., b. 1795, Airdie, Scotland; d. December 22, 1893, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario.
Notes for JOHN WADDELL, SR.:
Came to Canada in 1831 (Perth Courier).
iii. JAMES WADDELL, b. 1796, Of Pakenham, Ontario circa 1820; d. December 15, 1893, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario.
iv. WALTER WADDELL, b. Bet. 1800 - 1810, Of Delavan County, Wisconsin.
Notes for WALTER WADDELL:
Walter Waddell may have arrived in Delavan County, Wisconsin about 1840. Perhaps a relative of Ellen?? I don't find him in the 1840 or 1850 census, though (Waddell, Waddle, Soundex).
7. v. JAMES WADDELL, b. 1803, North Ireland, Of N. Elmsley, Lanark N., Ontario; d. February 09, 1886, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.
vi. GEORGE WADDELL, b. Bef. 1800, Of Pakenham, Ontario circa 1820.
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