Born on a ship, orphaned at port, prisoner during French and Indian War, witnessed the battles of the Revolutionary War firsthand, and lived to be 111 years old.

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Sources:

Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, NY, August, 14, 1849

Loyalists: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/Pages/introduction.aspx

Seven Years War: https://www.history.com/articles/seven-years-war

Early North American Colonization: https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/ushistory1/chapter/134/