Page 7,8. He [Ashman Carpenter] was born in 1725, married Mary Boyle of Maidenhead, N.J. and, being a Loyalist, emigrated to Canada [from New Jersey] after the war. He died in Queenston in 1786 and was buried there. Thereafter his wife, and her sons and daughters moved further west and settled in Saltfleet and Grimsby township.
It is said that Mrs. Carpenter resided with her son, Gershom, until her death in 1815. She is buried in St. Andrew's churchyard, Grimsby, and only a portion of the stone which marks her resting place, can be seen embedded in an immense tree which, it is recorded, was planted by her grave shortly after her death.
