Ebenezer Perry was a merchant and Canadian political figure. He was a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member of the Senate of Canada from 1871 until his death and at the age of 83, the oldest person ever summoned to the Senate. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/Senate/SenAgeApp.asp?lang=E&Hist=Y

He was born in Ernestown (later Bath), Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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 in 1788. His father Robert Perry was a United Empire Loyalist from Vermont

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 who had served with the Queen's Rangers

The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)

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 and Edward Jessup

Edward Jessup

Edward Jessup was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1735 and moved with his family to Dutchess County, New York in 1744. In 1759, he served with Jeffery Amherst in the Lake Champlain region...

's Loyal Rangers during the American Revolution

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. The family settled in Township No. 2, later Ernestown. Ebenezer served in the militia during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 and moved to Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

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 in 1815. He built a grist mill there, later known as Pratt's Mill or just "The Mill", and still preserved as a heritage building. He built the regency styled Woodlawn in 1835, which is located at 420 Division Street. The building survives and today is a successful hotel and restaurant known as The Woodlawn Inn. www.woodlawninn.com. Mr. Perry played a central role in numerous town projects. One of the major investors in the Cobourg harbour Commission, Mr. Perry was also a contributor to the stock company which designed and operated a town steamboat and a director of the Cobourg Railway Company. While living at The Woodlawn, Mr. Perry actively lobbied for the incorporation of the Town of Cobourg and served as the first president of the town’s board of police. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

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, serving from 1855 until Confederation

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He died in Cobourg in 1876.

His brother Peter

Peter Perry

Peter Perry was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Ernestown, Ontario in 1792, the son of Robert Perry and Jemima Gary Washburn. His father was a United Empire Loyalist from Vermont who had served with the Queen's Rangers and Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers during the...

 was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

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 and of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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. His son Charles served in the House of Commons.