Jonathan Dean was the 5th child born to David and Phebe (Borland) Dean. He would have been about 3 years old when his family moved west to Canandaigua, New York in the Fall of 1799 where he lived for the next decade.
In New York, he was an apprentice to the Buffalo Woolen Manufacturing Company in Buffalo and served During the War of 1812 in Capt. Samples' Co.
Following the war Jonathan moved to Canada with his brother David S. Dean. In Ontario Jonathan married Elizabeth Munro. They were married in Nelson on October 4, 1818. Jonathan was a member of Masonic Union Lodge No. 24 in Dundas, Ontario and in 1825 they was living in Clarke Twp., Durham Co. in the Newcastle area of Ontario.
Jonathan moved his family back to New York in the late 1820's and was enumerated on the 1830 U.S. Federal census in Aurora, Erie County, New York
He moved to Michigan about 1836/37 with the families of McDerby and Davis, settling first in Wayne County with Jonathan's brothers, Luther, William & Gabriel.
"In June, 1837, he came west on a prospecting tour with his oldest son, Willam B. Dean, and bought 160 acres of wild land near the NE corner of Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI. Returning at once for his family, they crossed Detroit River on their way to Michigan, Jul 3, 1837; the family remained through the summer near Plymouth (were Jonathan's brothers had settled). Mr. Dean came on at once to build a shanty and make an opening in the forest, and the rest of the family arrived on Christmas day, 1837..."
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In New York, he was an apprentice to the Buffalo Woolen Manufacturing Company in Buffalo and served During the War of 1812 in Capt. Samples' Co.
Following the war Jonathan moved to Canada with his brother David S. Dean. In Ontario Jonathan married Elizabeth Munro. They were married in Nelson on October 4, 1818. Jonathan was a member of Masonic Union Lodge No. 24 in Dundas, Ontario and in 1825 they was living in Clarke Twp., Durham Co. in the Newcastle area of Ontario.
Jonathan moved his family back to New York in the late 1820's and was enumerated on the 1830 U.S. Federal census in Aurora, Erie County, New York
He moved to Michigan about 1836/37 with the families of McDerby and Davis, settling first in Wayne County with Jonathan's brothers, Luther, William & Gabriel.
"In June, 1837, he came west on a prospecting tour with his oldest son, Willam B. Dean, and bought 160 acres of wild land near the NE corner of Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI. Returning at once for his family, they crossed Detroit River on their way to Michigan, Jul 3, 1837; the family remained through the summer near Plymouth (were Jonathan's brothers had settled). Mr. Dean came on at once to build a shanty and make an opening in the forest, and the rest of the family arrived on Christmas day, 1837..."
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Jonathan Dean was the 5th child born to David and Phebe (Borland) Dean. He would have been about 3 years old when his family moved west to Canandaigua, New York in the Fall of 1799 where he lived for the next decade.
In New York, he was an apprentice to the Buffalo Woolen Manufacturing Company in Buffalo and served During the War of 1812 in Capt. Samples' Co.
Following the war Jonathan moved to Canada with his brother David S. Dean. In Ontario Jonathan married Elizabeth Munro. They were married in Nelson on October 4, 1818. Jonathan was a member of Masonic Union Lodge No. 24 in Dundas, Ontario and in 1825 they was living in Clarke Twp., Durham Co. in the Newcastle area of Ontario.
Jonathan moved his family back to New York in the late 1820's and was enumerated on the 1830 U.S. Federal census in Aurora, Erie County, New York
He moved to Michigan about 1836/37 with the families of McDerby and Davis, settling first in Wayne County with Jonathan's brothers, Luther, William & Gabriel.
"In June, 1837, he came west on a prospecting tour with his oldest son, Willam B. Dean, and bought 160 acres of wild land near the NE corner of Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI. Returning at once for his family, they crossed Detroit River on their way to Michigan, Jul 3, 1837; the family remained through the summer near Plymouth (were Jonathan's brothers had settled). Mr. Dean came on at once to build a shanty and make an opening in the forest, and the rest of the family arrived on Christmas day, 1837..."
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In New York, he was an apprentice to the Buffalo Woolen Manufacturing Company in Buffalo and served During the War of 1812 in Capt. Samples' Co.
Following the war Jonathan moved to Canada with his brother David S. Dean. In Ontario Jonathan married Elizabeth Munro. They were married in Nelson on October 4, 1818. Jonathan was a member of Masonic Union Lodge No. 24 in Dundas, Ontario and in 1825 they was living in Clarke Twp., Durham Co. in the Newcastle area of Ontario.
Jonathan moved his family back to New York in the late 1820's and was enumerated on the 1830 U.S. Federal census in Aurora, Erie County, New York
He moved to Michigan about 1836/37 with the families of McDerby and Davis, settling first in Wayne County with Jonathan's brothers, Luther, William & Gabriel.
"In June, 1837, he came west on a prospecting tour with his oldest son, Willam B. Dean, and bought 160 acres of wild land near the NE corner of Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI. Returning at once for his family, they crossed Detroit River on their way to Michigan, Jul 3, 1837; the family remained through the summer near Plymouth (were Jonathan's brothers had settled). Mr. Dean came on at once to build a shanty and make an opening in the forest, and the rest of the family arrived on Christmas day, 1837..."
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JONATHAN DEAN
BORN
MARCH 1, 1796
DIED
JUNE 23, 1890
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