David Hesp 1831-1903
All facts found on Ancestry, plus information from Murray Hesp -thanks!
1831. David Hesp is born to John Hesp and his wife Elizabeth Ezard / Farnaby on 11/9/1831, baptised on 18/9/1831 , Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire - Ancestry family trees
1841C. David Hesp, 9, is living Lutton East, Weaverthorpe, Driffield Union, Yorkshire, with parents John & Elizabeth Hesp and siblings Robert & Maria. John is an agricultural labourer . All born Yorkshire
| John | Hesp | Male | 50 | 1791 | Yorkshire, England | |
| Elizabeth | Hesp | Female | 53 | 1788 | Yorkshire, England | |
| Robert | Hesp | Male | 19 | 1822 | Yorkshire, England | |
| Maria | Hesp | Female | 12 | 1829 | Yorkshire, England | |
| David | Hesp | Male | 9 | 1832 | Yorkshire, England |
1845. David Hesp emigrates to Ontario - this from 1901CC . He may have had an uncle William Hesp ~1795, who had already emigrated
1851CC. Unable to find David Hesp
1855. David Hesp marries Elizabeth Fry in York County, Ontario - Ancestry family trees- seemingly not in Ancestry records. In King Township, no date - Murray
1857. Henry Hesp was born 11/9/1857 to David & Elizabeth . Other children were Maria 1858, Charles 1860, John 1864, Mary 1865, Louise Ann 1869, Sarah 1870, Thomas Franklin 1874 & William David 1878. - Murray
1861CC. David Hesp appears with 150 acres in King, York, Ontario in an Agricultural census. .He is also down as a Wesleyan Methodist, farmer, b. England, with wife Elizabeth, b. Upper Canada, children Henry 5, Maria 3 & Charles 1, and Jane Fry 14, Elizabeth's sister , living King Township, York County, Ontario, near Nobleton. I only find this by searching for Jane Fry!- Ancestry
1871CC Index only. David Hesp, 34, farmer, primitive methodist, is living Cardwell, Albion, Ontario.
1871. This fact appears contradictory! In Passenger and Immigration Lists Index David Hesp, born ~1834, appears arriving in Ontario , Canada - but no original to back this up !But maybe he went back to England
1874. David Hesp is in a Directory in Peel, Ontario
1881CC. David Hesp, 48, farmer, Methodist, is living Albion, Cardwell, Ontario, with Elizabeth 46, and children Henry 25, Maria 22, Charles 20, John 18, Mary 16, Louisie 12, Sarah 10 & Thomas 5 . David was born in England, his wife in Ontario
1891CC. David Hesp, 57, farmer, Methodist, born England, Elizabeth 53, born Ontario, Sarah 20, & Thomas 15, are living Albion, Cardwell, Ontario. Living next door to them are Henry Hesp, 35, farmer, widowed, with son Forest 3.
1901CC. David Hesp, 69,, farmer, Methodist, born 4/9/1831, arrived Canada 1845, Elizabeth 63, born 10/3/1838 Ontario but of English descent, & Thomas 25, are living Albion, Cardwell, Ontario.
1903. David Hesp, farmer, born England , 72 thus born ~ 1831, dies on 26/2/1903 in Albion/ Peel, Ontario of Cystitis & Meningitis - Ancestry. Buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bolton, Ontario - Murray. About 18 months earlier he had been injured in a ploughing accident and had been in poor health since then
Much more information on the land he farmed from 1875 onwards is to be found in Murray's Hesp Story