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First Generation
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1. BENJAMIN TETT. Born on 14 Feb 1798 in HINTON, ST. GEORGE, SOMERSET, ENGLAND.
BENJAMIN died in NEWBORO, ONTARIO, CANADA, on 15 May 1878; he was 80.
BENJAMIN TETT IS REMEMBERED AS PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY
PIONEERING SETTLERS IN THE NEWBORO-PERTH AREA OF EASTERN ONTARIO, CANADA. HE WAS
A MERCHANT WITH A SUCCESSFUL STORE IN NEWBORO. HE ALSO SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE,
LAND AGENT, TIMBER AGENT, SCHOOLMASTER, CORONER, POSTMASTER AND POLITICIAN AT
VARIOUS TIMES DURING HIS CAREER. HE ENGAGED IN NUMEROUS BUSINESS VENTURES SUCH
AS MINING, MILLING, AND FORWARDING. HE FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHAFFEY
BROTHERS IN SEVERAL OF THESE VENTURES.
IN THE LATE 1960’S TETT’S DESCENDANTS BEQUEATHED HIS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND
ACCOUNT BOOKS TO THE ARCHIVES OF QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON, ONTARIO.
HISTORICAL RESEARCHERS, BIOGRAPHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE ALL MADE GOOD USE OF THIS
MATERIAL WHICH PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES OF THE
TIME. THIS COMPILER HAD ACCESS TO SEVERAL STUDENT THESES, BIOGRAPHIES AND
NUMEROUS NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS IN THE COLORFUL LIFE OF THIS INNOVATIVE
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TETT ARRIVED IN PERTH IN 1821 FROM HINTON-ST.-GEORGE IN SOMERSET, ENGLAND. ONE OF
HIS EARLY POSITIONS WAS AS CLERK FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL OF THE RIDEAU CANAL
LOCKS, INCLUDING CHAFFEY’S LOCK WHERE HIS COUSIN FROM ENGLAND, MARY ANN POOLE,
HAD RECENTLY MARRIED THE MILL OWNER SAMUEL CHAFFEY.3 TETT LATER MARRIED MARY
ANN’S YOUNGER SISTER JULYANNA AND MOVED WITH HER TO NEWBORO WHERE HIS STORE
WAS BECOMING ESTABLISHED. BY 1840, HE OPERATED WAREHOUSES, TWO STORES, SAWMILLS,
AND HAD AN IMPOSING HOME, ALL TESTIMONY TO HIS PROSPERITY. BENJAMIN AND JULYANNA
(POOLE TETT) BECAME CONNECTED AGAIN TO THE CHAFFEY FAMILY BY MARRIAGE WHEN
THEIR DAUGHTER MARY ANN MARRIED JOHN CHAFFEY (b. 1820).
On 30 Oct 1833 when BENJAMIN was 35, he married JULYANNA POOLE, daughter of SIMON JOSEPH POOLE
(1767-1825) & ANN NIESS (1771-1855), in KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. Born on 30 Nov 1807 in
CHILLINGTON, SOMERSET. JULYANNA died in NEWBORO, ONTARIO, CANADA, on 25 Jan 1903; she was
95.
DAUGHTER OF SIMON JOSEPH POOLE AND ANN NIESS POOLE. THE SIBLINGS WE HAVE
RECORDED FOR HER ARE: JOSEPH(1800-1872); THOMAS(1802-1880); EDWARD HENRY(ABT 1803-);
MARY ANN (11/12/1805-10/17/1888); LETITA(1806-1896), MARRIED THOMAS MYERS(1798-1870);
JANE(1809-1890), MARRIED WILLIAM HUTCHINGS TETT(1802-1884); JOHN NEISS(1813-1905);
SAMUEL(1814-1902), MARRIED MARY ANN ROWSWELL(1815-1884).
MARY ANN POOLE MARRIED SAMUEL CHAFFEY AND HER DESCENDANTS ARE LISTED IN THE
MAIN BODY OF THIS WORK.
They had the following children:
2 i. MARY ANN (1834-1863)
3 ii. HONOR (1837-1921)
4 iii. JOHN POOLE (1839-1928)
5 iv. ELIZABETH (1840-1907)
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