Person:Champion Scovell (1)

Janice Felvey, Janet Haase

Champion resided in Ontario, Canada. "Being shipwrecked on Lake Erie and cast ashore at Long Point Island, he settled there, or perhaps in the Province of Ontario."

A doctor and property owner in the Long Point area, he arrived there about 1803. Champion founded of a Baptist Church. He is named as Samuel's father in the 1820 petition for land by Samuel.

March 13th, 1805, John McCall was brought into court by William Hutchinson, Esq., charged with "high crime and misdemeanors." The prisoner asked Hutchinson what he wanted with him, and Hutchinson replied: "To find bail for the Peace and good behavior, and for your appearance at the next Assizes."

The prisoner asked: "Will you take land or horses or money or dogs for security? I have two good dogs." Hutchinson replied: "No, none but personal security will do." Benijah Mallory entered the court room at this juncture, and Hutchinson turned to him and threatened to send him to jail, and demanded bail for his good behaviour. Mr. Mallory refused to give it. He said he had done nothing and plead privilege as being a member of Parliament. Then McCall, the prisoner, spoke out and said:

"Speak up, Captain Mallory, you are a gentleman. You are the only gentleman in the house."

To this Hutchinson replied: "If you open your mouth again I will order you to be put in the stocks."

McCall then gaped his mouth wide open and said, "I shall want some more whiskey." Hutchinson then ordered the prisoner to be put in the stocks.

Alexander Hutchinson was on duty as Under Sheriff, and he took the prisoner out of the court-room; and when they passed outside a number of McCall's friends rescued him. The under Sheriff afterwards swore that the men who rescued the prisoner were Philip Fonger, Joseph Millar, Peter Coombs, Robert Monroe and others. These parties were forthwith arraigned for "aiding and abetting in the rescue of John McCall." They entered into recognizances for their proper appearance.

Peter Coombs, one of the rescuers of John McCall, was indicted for petit larceny at the December term of that year. He was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and asked to be tried "by God and his country." The trial jury was made up as follows: "Abraham Beemer, foreman; Gabriel Culver, Isaac Petitt, William Walker, Francis Glover, William McCool, Champion Scovel, John Muckle, jun., John Dudbridge and Isaac Fairchild."

From http://www.kwic.com/~longpointbio/folio/chap4/chpt4.htm

The Long Point Region was within a tract of land purchased May 22, 1784, by the British Crown from the Mississauga Indians (Big Creek Valley Conservation Authority, 1963). Irregular settlement occurred from 1789 to 1794, with systematic settlement beginning after townships were surveyed in the late 1790's and early 1800's. As part of these pioneering activities, the United Empire Loyalists established what they called "the Long Point Settlement" between 1791 and 1794 (Big Creek Valley Conservation Authority, 1963). Initially, economic activities of the Long Point settlers were based primarily on agriculture and lumber.