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"William Lindsay"
was the father of the late William Burns
Lindsay, for years Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, and
of our venerable fellow citizen Errol Boyd Lindsay Esq., Notary Public,
now more than four score years of age; he seems to have taken his surname
from Capt. Errol Boyd, in 1798 commander of the well remembered Quebec and
Montreal trader, the "Eureta."
"William Smith" one of the
last among the signers of the memorial,
the brother of Henrietta Smith wife of Chief Justice Sewell, was the Hon.
William Smith, Clerk of the Legislative Council and who in 1815 published
his HISTORY OF CANADA in two
volumes, a standard work: he was a descendant of the Hon. William Smith, a
noted U. E. Loyalist, who wrote the
history of the State of New York and landed at Quebec,
23rd October, 1786. As a reward for his
loyalty he was made Chief Justice of Lower Canada, 1st September 1785; he
died at Quebec, 6th December 1793. H. R. H. Prince Edward, followed his
remains to the grave.
The names of six signers of the
MEMORIAL TO THE KING, appear on
the list of the jury impanelled to try, in 1797 before Chief Justice
Osgood, David. McLane for high treason, viz: John Blackwood, John
Crawford, David Munro, John Mure, James Irvine, James Orkney. George Pyke
was the Council named ex officio, together with
M. Franklin, to defend the misguided
Yankee.
The Jury stood thus:
John
Blackwood, James Irvine, John Crawford, James
Orkney, John Painter, James Watson
Goddard, David Monro, Henry Cull,
John Mure, Robert Morrogh, John
Jones, George Symes.
The early records
of the St. Andrew’s Society, founded. here in
1835 and kindly submitted for our inspection
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