Daniel Burritt, Jr. was born in Arlington, Vermont, USA on 22 March 1772. He was one of 12 children, and the second youngest son, of Daniel Burritt, Sr. (1735-1827) and Sarah Collins (1733-1815) of Connecticut, later Vermont, and finally Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. His father and elder brothers were United Empire Loyalist veterans of the American Revolution. Following the war, Daniel Jr. settled in Upper Canada with his parents and most of his siblings.
Circa 1797, he married Electa Landon (1778/9-1857), daughter of Samuel Landon (a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution) and Sarah Sprague. He and Electa had five children: George Landon Burritt (born 1798) married Sarah Adams, Urania Burritt (born circa 1801/1802) married William P. Loucks, Daniel Hamlet Burritt (1806/7-1887) married Esther/Hester Young, Walter Horatio Burritt (1806/7-1886) married Maria Harriet Schofield, and Minerva Burritt (circa 1818-1887) married William Elijah Bottum.
In February 1812, Daniel Burritt, Jr. was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. The same month, his elder brothers Stephen and Adoniram were commissioned captains and his youngest brother Major was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1813, Stephen was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the regiment.
The 2nd Grenville engaged the enemy at Prescott (4 October 1812), Salmon River (23 November 1812), Ogdensburg (22 February 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 November 1813).
During the War of 1812, his primary responsibility was leading a flank company. In the period spanning the crucial engagement at Chrysler's Farm, he led a company composed of men from the 1st Regiment of Dundas Militia and the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. Members of this company included his nephews Lieutenant Stephen Collins, Ensign Truman Hurd, and Sergeant Adoniram Young. Other members of this company included Sergeants Silvanus Stratton, William Jackson, John Patten/Patton, Edward McCrea/McRae, Drummer John Bullis, and Privates Thomas Chester, John Read, William Merrick, Daniel Harris, Daniel Bullis, Francis Hamblin/Hamlin, John Baynes/Baines, Thomas Hicks, Thomas Merrick, Jonathan W. Fisher, Hugh McCragen/McCragan, John Van Allen, John Sellick, Charles Peters, Frederick Wood, Abraham Milat, John Milat, John Snider, James Curry, George H. Shaver, James Shaver, Nicholas Ault, Jacob Garlack, David Bouk, Frederick Bouk, Frederick Baker, Nicholas Baker, Conrad Kintner/Kimere, Jacob Malvin, Adam Needle, Henry Harry Van Allen, Peter Loucks, John Hickey, John Casleman, Amos Knapp, Henry McNeal/McNeil, and William Knapp.
As the 2nd Grenville's senior captain, for a time held the rank of temporary major and also commanded the artillery at Fort Wellington.
A well-known anecdote of the war concerns his time as commander of Fort Wellington's artillery. When an American cannonball fired from Ogdensburg, New York crashed into the officers' mess, he famously had it reloaded and fired back across the Saint Lawrence River to the American forces. Fortunately, the occupants of the mess escaped injury, and when the cannonball was fired back to Ogdensburg, it only hit the town's clock tower. The American soldiers saved the cannonball, and after the war presented it to Daniel Jr. as a token of reconciliation and goodwill. Now, two hundred years later, the cannonball is on display at the Bytown Museum, a civic museum in the city of Ottawa located near Parliament Hill at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, as a tribute to the young officer.
After the war, he succeeded his brother Stephen as lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd Grenville and by 1827 was given the honourary position of Colonel of the Regiment. During his time as Colonel of the Regiment, many of his relatives were among the officers including his brother Captain Major Burritt, his nephews Major Henry Burritt, Captain Edmund Burritt, Ensign Marcus Burritt, Captain Ziba Marcus Phillips Jr., and Captain Stephen Collins, his brother-in-law Captain Rueben Landon, and his own sons Ensign Daniel Hamlet Burritt (who today is sometimes erroneously confused with his more famous father) and Ensign George Landon Burritt.
Colonel Daniel Burritt, Jr. donated the land in Burritt's Rapids upon which Christ Church was built (completed in 1832) and donated the land for the church's cemetery. He and Electa had at least 35 grandchildren and, today, just like his brothers Adoniram, Stephen, and Major's descendants, his descendants too may be found on each side of the Canadian-American border.
Bio credit: http://www.gravesideproject.ca/en/searchdetails.php?id=76
Circa 1797, he married Electa Landon (1778/9-1857), daughter of Samuel Landon (a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution) and Sarah Sprague. He and Electa had five children: George Landon Burritt (born 1798) married Sarah Adams, Urania Burritt (born circa 1801/1802) married William P. Loucks, Daniel Hamlet Burritt (1806/7-1887) married Esther/Hester Young, Walter Horatio Burritt (1806/7-1886) married Maria Harriet Schofield, and Minerva Burritt (circa 1818-1887) married William Elijah Bottum.
In February 1812, Daniel Burritt, Jr. was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. The same month, his elder brothers Stephen and Adoniram were commissioned captains and his youngest brother Major was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1813, Stephen was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the regiment.
The 2nd Grenville engaged the enemy at Prescott (4 October 1812), Salmon River (23 November 1812), Ogdensburg (22 February 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 November 1813).
During the War of 1812, his primary responsibility was leading a flank company. In the period spanning the crucial engagement at Chrysler's Farm, he led a company composed of men from the 1st Regiment of Dundas Militia and the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. Members of this company included his nephews Lieutenant Stephen Collins, Ensign Truman Hurd, and Sergeant Adoniram Young. Other members of this company included Sergeants Silvanus Stratton, William Jackson, John Patten/Patton, Edward McCrea/McRae, Drummer John Bullis, and Privates Thomas Chester, John Read, William Merrick, Daniel Harris, Daniel Bullis, Francis Hamblin/Hamlin, John Baynes/Baines, Thomas Hicks, Thomas Merrick, Jonathan W. Fisher, Hugh McCragen/McCragan, John Van Allen, John Sellick, Charles Peters, Frederick Wood, Abraham Milat, John Milat, John Snider, James Curry, George H. Shaver, James Shaver, Nicholas Ault, Jacob Garlack, David Bouk, Frederick Bouk, Frederick Baker, Nicholas Baker, Conrad Kintner/Kimere, Jacob Malvin, Adam Needle, Henry Harry Van Allen, Peter Loucks, John Hickey, John Casleman, Amos Knapp, Henry McNeal/McNeil, and William Knapp.
As the 2nd Grenville's senior captain, for a time held the rank of temporary major and also commanded the artillery at Fort Wellington.
A well-known anecdote of the war concerns his time as commander of Fort Wellington's artillery. When an American cannonball fired from Ogdensburg, New York crashed into the officers' mess, he famously had it reloaded and fired back across the Saint Lawrence River to the American forces. Fortunately, the occupants of the mess escaped injury, and when the cannonball was fired back to Ogdensburg, it only hit the town's clock tower. The American soldiers saved the cannonball, and after the war presented it to Daniel Jr. as a token of reconciliation and goodwill. Now, two hundred years later, the cannonball is on display at the Bytown Museum, a civic museum in the city of Ottawa located near Parliament Hill at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, as a tribute to the young officer.
After the war, he succeeded his brother Stephen as lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd Grenville and by 1827 was given the honourary position of Colonel of the Regiment. During his time as Colonel of the Regiment, many of his relatives were among the officers including his brother Captain Major Burritt, his nephews Major Henry Burritt, Captain Edmund Burritt, Ensign Marcus Burritt, Captain Ziba Marcus Phillips Jr., and Captain Stephen Collins, his brother-in-law Captain Rueben Landon, and his own sons Ensign Daniel Hamlet Burritt (who today is sometimes erroneously confused with his more famous father) and Ensign George Landon Burritt.
Colonel Daniel Burritt, Jr. donated the land in Burritt's Rapids upon which Christ Church was built (completed in 1832) and donated the land for the church's cemetery. He and Electa had at least 35 grandchildren and, today, just like his brothers Adoniram, Stephen, and Major's descendants, his descendants too may be found on each side of the Canadian-American border.
Bio credit: http://www.gravesideproject.ca/en/searchdetails.php?id=76
Daniel Burritt, Jr. was born in Arlington, Vermont, USA on 22 March 1772. He was one of 12 children, and the second youngest son, of Daniel Burritt, Sr. (1735-1827) and Sarah Collins (1733-1815) of Connecticut, later Vermont, and finally Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. His father and elder brothers were United Empire Loyalist veterans of the American Revolution. Following the war, Daniel Jr. settled in Upper Canada with his parents and most of his siblings.
Circa 1797, he married Electa Landon (1778/9-1857), daughter of Samuel Landon (a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution) and Sarah Sprague. He and Electa had five children: George Landon Burritt (born 1798) married Sarah Adams, Urania Burritt (born circa 1801/1802) married William P. Loucks, Daniel Hamlet Burritt (1806/7-1887) married Esther/Hester Young, Walter Horatio Burritt (1806/7-1886) married Maria Harriet Schofield, and Minerva Burritt (circa 1818-1887) married William Elijah Bottum.
In February 1812, Daniel Burritt, Jr. was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. The same month, his elder brothers Stephen and Adoniram were commissioned captains and his youngest brother Major was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1813, Stephen was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the regiment.
The 2nd Grenville engaged the enemy at Prescott (4 October 1812), Salmon River (23 November 1812), Ogdensburg (22 February 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 November 1813).
During the War of 1812, his primary responsibility was leading a flank company. In the period spanning the crucial engagement at Chrysler's Farm, he led a company composed of men from the 1st Regiment of Dundas Militia and the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. Members of this company included his nephews Lieutenant Stephen Collins, Ensign Truman Hurd, and Sergeant Adoniram Young. Other members of this company included Sergeants Silvanus Stratton, William Jackson, John Patten/Patton, Edward McCrea/McRae, Drummer John Bullis, and Privates Thomas Chester, John Read, William Merrick, Daniel Harris, Daniel Bullis, Francis Hamblin/Hamlin, John Baynes/Baines, Thomas Hicks, Thomas Merrick, Jonathan W. Fisher, Hugh McCragen/McCragan, John Van Allen, John Sellick, Charles Peters, Frederick Wood, Abraham Milat, John Milat, John Snider, James Curry, George H. Shaver, James Shaver, Nicholas Ault, Jacob Garlack, David Bouk, Frederick Bouk, Frederick Baker, Nicholas Baker, Conrad Kintner/Kimere, Jacob Malvin, Adam Needle, Henry Harry Van Allen, Peter Loucks, John Hickey, John Casleman, Amos Knapp, Henry McNeal/McNeil, and William Knapp.
As the 2nd Grenville's senior captain, for a time held the rank of temporary major and also commanded the artillery at Fort Wellington.
A well-known anecdote of the war concerns his time as commander of Fort Wellington's artillery. When an American cannonball fired from Ogdensburg, New York crashed into the officers' mess, he famously had it reloaded and fired back across the Saint Lawrence River to the American forces. Fortunately, the occupants of the mess escaped injury, and when the cannonball was fired back to Ogdensburg, it only hit the town's clock tower. The American soldiers saved the cannonball, and after the war presented it to Daniel Jr. as a token of reconciliation and goodwill. Now, two hundred years later, the cannonball is on display at the Bytown Museum, a civic museum in the city of Ottawa located near Parliament Hill at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, as a tribute to the young officer.
After the war, he succeeded his brother Stephen as lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd Grenville and by 1827 was given the honourary position of Colonel of the Regiment. During his time as Colonel of the Regiment, many of his relatives were among the officers including his brother Captain Major Burritt, his nephews Major Henry Burritt, Captain Edmund Burritt, Ensign Marcus Burritt, Captain Ziba Marcus Phillips Jr., and Captain Stephen Collins, his brother-in-law Captain Rueben Landon, and his own sons Ensign Daniel Hamlet Burritt (who today is sometimes erroneously confused with his more famous father) and Ensign George Landon Burritt.
Colonel Daniel Burritt, Jr. donated the land in Burritt's Rapids upon which Christ Church was built (completed in 1832) and donated the land for the church's cemetery. He and Electa had at least 35 grandchildren and, today, just like his brothers Adoniram, Stephen, and Major's descendants, his descendants too may be found on each side of the Canadian-American border.
Bio credit: http://www.gravesideproject.ca/en/searchdetails.php?id=76
Circa 1797, he married Electa Landon (1778/9-1857), daughter of Samuel Landon (a Loyalist veteran of the Revolution) and Sarah Sprague. He and Electa had five children: George Landon Burritt (born 1798) married Sarah Adams, Urania Burritt (born circa 1801/1802) married William P. Loucks, Daniel Hamlet Burritt (1806/7-1887) married Esther/Hester Young, Walter Horatio Burritt (1806/7-1886) married Maria Harriet Schofield, and Minerva Burritt (circa 1818-1887) married William Elijah Bottum.
In February 1812, Daniel Burritt, Jr. was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. The same month, his elder brothers Stephen and Adoniram were commissioned captains and his youngest brother Major was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1813, Stephen was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the regiment.
The 2nd Grenville engaged the enemy at Prescott (4 October 1812), Salmon River (23 November 1812), Ogdensburg (22 February 1813), and the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 November 1813).
During the War of 1812, his primary responsibility was leading a flank company. In the period spanning the crucial engagement at Chrysler's Farm, he led a company composed of men from the 1st Regiment of Dundas Militia and the 2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia. Members of this company included his nephews Lieutenant Stephen Collins, Ensign Truman Hurd, and Sergeant Adoniram Young. Other members of this company included Sergeants Silvanus Stratton, William Jackson, John Patten/Patton, Edward McCrea/McRae, Drummer John Bullis, and Privates Thomas Chester, John Read, William Merrick, Daniel Harris, Daniel Bullis, Francis Hamblin/Hamlin, John Baynes/Baines, Thomas Hicks, Thomas Merrick, Jonathan W. Fisher, Hugh McCragen/McCragan, John Van Allen, John Sellick, Charles Peters, Frederick Wood, Abraham Milat, John Milat, John Snider, James Curry, George H. Shaver, James Shaver, Nicholas Ault, Jacob Garlack, David Bouk, Frederick Bouk, Frederick Baker, Nicholas Baker, Conrad Kintner/Kimere, Jacob Malvin, Adam Needle, Henry Harry Van Allen, Peter Loucks, John Hickey, John Casleman, Amos Knapp, Henry McNeal/McNeil, and William Knapp.
As the 2nd Grenville's senior captain, for a time held the rank of temporary major and also commanded the artillery at Fort Wellington.
A well-known anecdote of the war concerns his time as commander of Fort Wellington's artillery. When an American cannonball fired from Ogdensburg, New York crashed into the officers' mess, he famously had it reloaded and fired back across the Saint Lawrence River to the American forces. Fortunately, the occupants of the mess escaped injury, and when the cannonball was fired back to Ogdensburg, it only hit the town's clock tower. The American soldiers saved the cannonball, and after the war presented it to Daniel Jr. as a token of reconciliation and goodwill. Now, two hundred years later, the cannonball is on display at the Bytown Museum, a civic museum in the city of Ottawa located near Parliament Hill at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, as a tribute to the young officer.
After the war, he succeeded his brother Stephen as lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd Grenville and by 1827 was given the honourary position of Colonel of the Regiment. During his time as Colonel of the Regiment, many of his relatives were among the officers including his brother Captain Major Burritt, his nephews Major Henry Burritt, Captain Edmund Burritt, Ensign Marcus Burritt, Captain Ziba Marcus Phillips Jr., and Captain Stephen Collins, his brother-in-law Captain Rueben Landon, and his own sons Ensign Daniel Hamlet Burritt (who today is sometimes erroneously confused with his more famous father) and Ensign George Landon Burritt.
Colonel Daniel Burritt, Jr. donated the land in Burritt's Rapids upon which Christ Church was built (completed in 1832) and donated the land for the church's cemetery. He and Electa had at least 35 grandchildren and, today, just like his brothers Adoniram, Stephen, and Major's descendants, his descendants too may be found on each side of the Canadian-American border.
Bio credit: http://www.gravesideproject.ca/en/searchdetails.php?id=76
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