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Mary (Polly) Hall Sawyer (January 9th, 1787 to May 22nd, 1864). She was the daughter of Hannaniah Hall and Mary Osgood. Mary (Polly) was the wife of Peter Green Sawyer (May 8th, 1783 to July 2nd, 1867). Peter was the son of Josiah Esq. (1757 to March 10th, 1837) and Susanna Green (1757-1836). Josiah was the first pioneer to establish a homestead in the Township of Eaton raising his log cabin on the present site of Sawyerville. Mary and Peter are buried in Grovehill Cemetery. Jerome Sawyer (1834-1919) was the son of Mary (Polly ) Hall and Peter Green Sawyer. Margaret Cairns was Jerome's first wife, and Maria Osgood was his second. Jerome is buried in Eaton Cemetery.

Elsa Caswell was married to Howard Caswell on December 7th, 1929. Howard was the son of Charles Frederick Caswell and Wealthy D. Squire. Charles was the son of Denison Caswell and Ellen McClary. Denison was the son of Bingham Caswell and Nellie Chase.

Samuel Farnsworth (1751-1831) and Anna Wasson (1751-1842) came to Eaton Township in 1799 and settled on lot 14 in the 8th range. Thomas Farnsworth was one of their sons. Thomas married Mary Ann Sage French (d. March 12th, 1890 at age 68). John Avery Farnsworth was one of their sons. Orrin Cecil Farnsworth is the son of John Avery. Orrin was born on April 4th, 1858 and died on November 1st, 1939. He married Margaret Ruth Edwards (June 3rd, 1860 to March 27th, 1948) at St. Sylvester. John Farnsworth is the son of Orrin and Margaret. He was born on September 29th, 1897, and died on February 9th, 1971. He married Marcia Hazel Bina Swenson (b. May 13th, 1901) on February 27th, 1924.

The principle donor, Waymer Stanley Laberee (October 8th, 1907 to October 5th, 1983) graduated with a BA from Bishop's University in 1934. He then served in WWII in the RCASC, and later farmed in Bulwer, Quebec. He married Marion Edith Richardson (April 18th, 1913 to August 31st, 2006) on June 26th, 1935. They had six children: Edward Francis (1936-2003), Waymer Gordon (1939), Marion Joan (1940), David Avery (1944), Brian Rufus (1949), John William (1952). Waymer Stanley was the son of Avery Wakefield Laberee (1878-1956), farmer of Bulwer and Ada Victoria Shorten (1882-1972). They had three children: Kathleen Shorten Laberee, Waymer Stanley and Roberta Mary. Avery's father was Benjamin Rice Laberee (1834-1892) who was married to Mary Jane Wakefield (1840-1925). Benjamin was the son of Rufus Jr. (1805-1858) and Emma Rice (1809-1887). Rufus Jr. was the son of Rufus Laberee Esq. Rufus Laberee Esq., the son of Peter Laberee who came to the Township of Eaton in 1797 where he settled on lots 13 and 14 in the 5th range of that Township, which today (2010) is the present home of Laberee descendants, Dean Taylor and his brother Dennis Taylor in Birchton. Rufus Laberee (1764-1842) was married to Olive Farwell (1769-1814) and they came to the townships the following year with their five children. Five more of their children were born in the Township of Eaton. Henry James Laberee (1862-1943), and his wife Alice Hatton Thomas (1866-1943). Henry was the son of Henry Edwin Laberee and Mary Colburn French. Alice was the daughter of a prosperous farmer in Birchton. Henry conducted a clothier business at age 17. In 1887, he was established as a jeweller with C.C. Bailey. In 1893, Henry moved his family to Sawyerville, Quebec. He was Secretary-Treasurer of Sawyerville for 13 years. He was a jeweller and Mrs. Laberee, an optician. In 1908 he sold his business in Sawyerville and moved to Lennoxville where he became engaged as a jeweller and optician. They had two sons: Harold Thomas b. 1890, Carl Gordon (1896 - d. November 28th, 1918) and is buried in England.

Joseph Meade (1843-1910) a émigré de l'Angleterre en 1880 pour s'établir avec sa famille dans la région de Coaticook. Il a épousé Lydia Timson avec qui il a eu 6 enfants, incluant Frank (1871-1943) - un gérant à l'usine Belding-Corticelli de 1922 à 1939 - et Sidney A. - un arpenteur et ingénieur. Sidney A. Meade (1882-1961) a d'abord épousé Pearl Johnson (1884-1918) en 1909 avec qui il a eu deux enfants : Sidney (né en 1911) et Cecil (né en 1916). Après la mort de Pearl, Sidney épouse Eva Jane Robinson en 1920. Sidney A. Meade sera admis dans l'Ordre des arpenteurs du Québec le 19 décembre 1908. Il est actif dans les régions de Coaticook et de Sherbrooke. Cecil Meade (1916-1998) est né à Coaticook le 24 décembre 1916. Après avoir étudié au Coaticook High School et à l'Université Bishop's, il travaille comme assistant-arpenteur avec son père, Sydney, pendant quelques années avant de commencer l'étude de la musique au Toronto Conservatory. Par la suite, il sert dans l'armée outremer pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale et retourne étudier la musique à l'Université McGill. Cela est suivit de quelques autres activités professionnelles. Il est récipiendaire d'un baccalauréat en musique de l'Université McGill en 1957 et passe une bonne partie de sa vie à travailler dans différents pays et sur différents projets musicaux.

The organization Rues principales Coaticook was established in Coaticook around 1992 with the mission to support the regional service network and to assure the commercial leadership in Coaticook’s downtown as part of a broader initiative to revitalise Coaticook’s commercial sector. Among the activities pursued and/or supported by Rues principales in the early years were special publicity campaigns (particularly for holidays). Their mission has evolved over time and presently is to offer training to merchants, to organize interactive activities, and joint promotions. It collaborates on the commercial diversification of Coaticook’s downtown by supporting developers and also takes an interest in projects that encourage development, sustainability, and vitality in a diversified commercial sector. In 2009, Rue principales Coaticook received its first 4 As certification from the Fondation Rues principales, which was renewed in 2012 at the same time as receiving a “silver” designation.

Edgar William Smith received a B.A. from Bishop's University in 1919. Edgar Nelson Smith also received a B.A. from Bishop's in 1955.

Herbert Scowen (1882-1969), né en Angleterre et marié en 1905 à Cordelia (Della) Scowen (1883-1973), fille de Samuel Keynes (?- ?) et d'Emma Keynes (?- ?). Herbert et Cordelia (Della) Scowen ont immigré au Canada en 1909. Herbert a participé à la Première Guerre mondiale. Leur fils, Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989), épouse Eulah Reed (1900-1993) en 1930 ; Roland Scowen (ca. 1908-1969), épouse Betty Scowen ([19 ?]- ?); et Marjorie (ca. 1915- ?), épouse Gordon ([19 ?]- ?).

Philip H. Scowen et Eulah A. Reed, mariés le 26 juillet 1930 à North Hatley, ont eu trois enfants : le fils Philip Reed (dit Reed) (marié à Mary Anne Winterer en septembre 1956), la fille Annis Lee (dite Lee) (mariée au Dr. Matthew Philip Campione le 7 janvier 1956 à North Hatley) et le fils Philip. Philip H. Scowen était directeur commercial de la succursale d'East Angus de la Brompton Pulp and Paper Co.

James Douglas (Jr.) and his family emigrated from Scotland to Canada East in 1850. They settled in the Township of East Farnham where he first rented and then purchased a farm. James Douglas (d.1883) married Janet Kirkpatrick (d.1881), which is how the Douglas and Kirkpatrick families are related. Their children were Robert, William James, George Carleton, Margaret, and Mary. Robert Douglas married Sara Louisa Loud. As a young man, George (known as Carleton) moved to California where he a successful businessman, becoming manager of the Pacific Lumber Company. While many descendants of James Douglas and Janet have left to live on the west coast, and in the northeastern United Sates, a number still remain in the townships.

The father of John Bridgette emigrated from North Ireland probably between 1825 and 1830, first settling in St. Giles and later moving to St. Sylvestre. His son, John W. Bridgette (1832-1917) married Maria Orr (1838-1922) and worked in the lumber trade as well as farming. They had eight children: Emily M., Albert E., Richard Edwin, Alma, Jennie, Georgia, William S., and Samuel J. Emily's grandson is Capt. Josiah Sawyer, founder of Sawyerville. William and Richard Edwin moved to New York, becoming successful businessmen, while Samuel was ordained at Mossisburg in July of 1903. Albert Edward married Arabella Todd, which is how the Bridgette's and Todd's are related. Their daughter Marjorie married Cedric S. Douglas, which is how all three families are related.

It is believed that the Pearson family immigrated from the British Isles at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. They settled in the Eastern Townships as one of the pioneering families in the region. They settled primarily in the area between Ste. Bridgide, Farnham and Waterloo. William Pearson and his wife Mary Jane Dunlop Pearson were the first to have children in Canada. Their children were: Susanna, William James and Etta Labinia.

The Todd family left the United States to settle in Eaton Township in the early 1800s. Alonzo Todd, son of Elisha and Sally (Willard) Todd. Together Alzono and his wife, Susan Luther, had five children: Eva Lucinda, Arabella, Ernest, Etta Fidelia, and Mary Jane. Arabella married Albert Bridgette, and that is how those two families are related.

Leslie Hall Jenks, son of Nathaniel Jenks and Lucy Thornton, was born in Barnston on 28 December 1849. He was a dentist in Coaticook and had a practice at the corner of Pleasant and Cutting Streets. Leslie married Nancy Cushing on 30 October 1879. Together they had four children: Charles Nathaniel (1882-1888), Cushing (1885-1885), Archibald Nathaniel (1889-1938) and Abbott Cushing (1893-1957). Leslie died 5 October 1910 and is buried at the Mount Forest Cemetery in Coaticook.

John Nathaniel Jenks, son of Nathaniel Jenks and Lucy Thornton, was born in Barnston on 18 July 1848. He studied at Darmouth College and eventually became the principal of the Barnston Academy and also worked as a border agent. He married Kate Cole on 23 September 1902. Together they had one child: John (a.k.a. Donald) Leslie Jenks (1909-1973). John died on 5 December 1937.

George Allsopp (1733-1805) was secretary to Sir Guy Carleton 1768-1775. For his service, he received the seigneuries of Jacques Cartier and d'Auteuil at Cap Santé, Quebec. He also received land grants in Farnham in the early 1800s which were to be divided between his 6 sons and youngest daughter. [Many of his sons were in the merchant navy]. His third son, Carleton Allsopp (1774-1839) was a merchant stationed in South America and later the Vice Consul of the Republic of Colombia in London. He married Donna Maria Concepcion D'Alfaro de Villahermosa (1775-1867). HIs eldest son, John Charles Allsopp (1817-1865), took part in the family business of managing their properties in both Cap Santé and Farnham. There he had dealings with the McCorkill family, mainly John and his son Robert McCorkill. John Charles eventually married into the McCorkill family. His wife Mary Jane McCorkill was Robert McCorkill's younger sister. Both siblings took over the management of the Allsopp-McCorkill estate and property in Farnham and Cap Santé for many decades in the mid to late 1800s. When John Charles Allsopp died in 1865, Robert McCorkill and Mary Jane Allsopp became the executors of the immense estate of the Allsopp-McCorkill family. There were some issues with the various estate claims from the Allsopp at Cap Santé. Having no children of their own, Mary Jane McCorkill took it upon herself to help raise her brother Robert's boys, the eldest being the Honorable Judge John Charles McCorkill. Upon Robert's death in 1874, there were again legal challenges to his estate and succession. However, Mary Jane MCorkill continued to manage the family business until her death in 1901. Valued over [?] in 1901, her estate and succession was handled by her nephew John Charles McCorkill and was settled in 1914.

Charles was born in Northumberland, NH on July 4th, 1835. He died on August 21st, 1907. Charles married Janet Parker in West Stewartstown, NH in 1885. Janet Parker was born in Cannan, VT on October 8th, 1853, and died on March 1st, 1925. They are both buried in Eaton Cemetery. Charles came to Scotstown from Gillhall, NH in 1884, moving to Eaton Corner in 1888. Charles served in the American Civil War, from 1861-1865. He contracted yellow fever and left the army with a pension of $5.00 a month for life. Charles was a qualified accountant. His wife took an active part in the community. Their children were: Ina Laura (1886 to May 12th, 1957 in Sherbrooke), Eva Janet (July 11th, 1888 to 1967), Beatrice Emma (Bessie) (January 31st, 1890 in Eaton to May 30th, 1968 at the Wales Home in Richmond). Eva married Dr. Robert H. MacRae on September 2nd, 1914. Beatrice married Oscar Honore Seveigny on October 18th, 1911.

George Rafael Picard (1808 - Oct. 25, 1892) was married to Emma Sawyer (Jan. 15, 1817 - Jan. 18, 1858). Emma was George's first wife. Emma was the daughter of Mary (Polly) Hall Sawyer and Peter G. Sawyer. George Picard came from France. He was a tanner in Eaton, right on the corner at the Lower Road. George was said to be a dapper gentleman when dressed in his Prince Albert coat and tall silk hat. He was a Catholic, as well as fluent in both languages. George is said to have made the first wagon in this area. He used leather for springs. All of George and Emma's children were baptized in the Catholic Church in Cookshire. Both George and Emma are buried in Eaton Cemetery. Matilda French was George's second wife.

Ezekiel Elliott Bowen was a blacksmith and farmer. He was born in Compton on June 19th, 1842. Ezekiel lived in Ascot, Moe's River, and Island Brook. Ezekiel married Susan (daughter of Lyndolph Caswell of Johnville) at Huntingville on March 26th, 1863. Ezekiel held the office of school commissioner, and financial secretary of the I.O.F.. Ezekiel and Susan had three children. Their first son was Maurice W. (b. May 4th, 1871) who married Jennie I. Chandler of Bartlett, NH on January 1st, 1896. Their second son was Henry L. (b. July 2nd, 1872). Henry married Lizzie M. Tracey of Bartlett, NH on May 22nd, 1895. Their daughter was Inez E. B. (b. June 17th, 1876). Ezekiel’s brother Anthony Frederick Bowen was a farmer. He was born in Ascot on June 14th, 1847. He moved to his farm in Learned Plain in 1878. Before farming he was a teacher and a photographer. He held various municipal offices including office of secretary of the Patrons of Industry of Compton County in 1895. He was married in Newport on December 31st, 1867 to Marion (daughter of Silas Harvey). They had five children: Archibald R. (b. June 10th, 1874), Ernest I.S. (b. October 20th, 1881), Beatrice M. (b. November 24th, 1869), Viviane A. (b. March 10th, 1871), Mehitable E. (b. July 11th, 1877). Beatrice married H. C. Bailey on June 18th, 1890. Ezekiel and Anthony's father, Israel Bowen died at Island Brook on December 18th, 1887, aged 77 years. Their mother, Mehitable Elliott was born in Lennoxville on August 30th, 1802, and died at Island Brook in September 1889.

Reverend Thomas Shaw Chapman was born in Melbourne, Quebec on January 10th, 1824. He was ordained a priest in Quebec City in 1849. He arrived in Dudswell Township on January 1st, 1849 as an itinerant missionary. He undertook the building of St. Paul's Anglican church in Marbleton in 1850, it being the oldest church in all of Dudswell Township. He married his cousin Jane Green Early at St. George's Church, Lennoxville on June 2nd, 1851. They had five children between 1853 and 1866. Rev. Chapman involved himself in the school system and founded the Marbleton Model School in 1870 under the auspices of the Church Society. Rev. Chapman proposed a plan of construction linking a railway system from Lime Ridge to the Quebec Central Railway, which the engineers eventually used and as a result he was assigned the directorship of the company. His wife Jane died in 1886. They are both buried in the Marbleton Anglican Cemetery.

Charles Jackson Cushing, le fils de Manda T. Cushing et de Patsy Eliza Abbott, est né à Barnston le 1er février 1850. Il a été éduqué à la Barnston Academy. Durant sa vie, Charles J. Cushing occupe des poste de maire, de commissaire d'école et de juge de paix. Il épouse Amelia Carr le 17 juin 1885. Après la mort d'Amelia Carr en juin 1915, il épouse Emily A. Hadlock en octobre de la même année. Parmi les nièces et neveux de Charles J. Cushing, on retrouve Abbott Jenks et Emily Cushing Sheldon. Heber Cushing Peters, le fils d'Alexander Peters et de Sarah Elizabeth Cushing Haselton, est un autre membre de la famille. Charles J. Cushing passe sa vie dans le maison familiale et meurt le 19 avril 1931.

David Lefebvre (1888-1955), fils de François-Xavier Lefebvre et de Léocadie Lapointe, épouse Adélina Lebel (1893-1987), fille de Paul Lebel et de Geneviève Bouchard, le 27 septembre 1910 à St-Herménégilde. Ensemble, ils ont eu deux enfants : Normand (épouse Germaine Labbé en juin 1936) et Francella (épouse Florian Ménard en octobre 1940). En 1919, David Lefebvre part un service de pompe funèbre, de même qu'un service de taxi et d'ambulance, à Coaticook. Il offre ces services jusqu'à sa mort en 1955. Plus tard, Fernand Riendeau devient directeur de Frais funéraires. Florian Ménard a aussi travaillé pour le service de pompe funèbre de Lefebvre en tant qu'ambulancier et embaumeur.

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Edward Mason, son of James Mason and Mary Armstrong, was born in Rawdon in 1829. He married Mary Ellen Copping in Rawdon in 1861. Together they had ten children: James Charles (b. 1862), Mary Ellen (be. 1864), Eliza Jane (b. 1865), George William (b. 1867), Annie Mariah (b. 1869), Sarah Alice (b. 1873), Charlotte Edith (b. 1877), Edward Armstrong (b. 1878), Thomas Albert (b. 1880), and Ethel Maude (b. 1882). Annie Mariah Mason married John Richard Copping. Mary Ellen Mason married Richard F. Boyce. Sarah Alice Mason married John Alex. Copping.

Joseph Amos McLoughlin, né le 24 décembre 1822, a été directeur d’école et inspecteur d’école dans les régions de Missisquoi, Brome et Shefford pendant plus de 40 ans du milieu à la fin des années 1800. McLoughlin fut nommé inspecteur d’école en 1870, prenant la place du premier inspecteur, Rotus Parmelee. Voyager à travers le pays d’école en école pendant les mois d’hiver n’était pas une vie facile et il a continué aussi longtemps qu’il était physiquement capable. En octobre 1888, il demanda un congé de maladie et, le 17 décembre 1888, il mourut de consomption chez lui à Sweetsburgh, à l’âge de 66 ans seulement.
Avec sa première femme, Jane Antoinette Hewitt, qu’il a épousé le 7 janvier 1859, ils ont eu deux fils, dont un seul survit, Joseph Wilson McLoughlin. La seconde épouse de Joseph A. McLoughlin, Charlotte Elizabeth Willard, née le 18 avril 1844, est la petite-fille de Samuel Willard, le chef des premiers associés dans la colonisation du canton de Stukely. Elle est également une descendante de la famille Knowlton, car sa mère était Merab Anne Knowlton de South Stukely. Le couple a uni sa destinée le 8 mai 1873 et ensemble, ils ont eu quatre fils (William, John, George, Samuel) et quatre filles (Antoinette, Mary, Sarah, Merab) dont deux sont décédés en bas âge. La plupart des enfants McLoughlin-Willard sont devenus des citoyens talentueux qui ont fait la promotion de la valeur d’une bonne éducation. Charlotte Willard est décédée en février 1912.

Thomas Little (1841-1925), marié à Annis Jane Thwaites (1844-1911), ont 3 fils et 4 filles : Taylor Little (vers 1868-?); Thomas Little (vers 1869-?); Bertha A. Little (vers 1874-1903); Ruth Little (1875-1967), mariée en 1899 à J. B. Reed (1874-1949); Rosamond Little (1877-?); Edith M. Little (vers 1880-?), mariée à C. P. Young (?-?); et Ray Little (1886-?).

Benjamin Worcester Prime (1805-1844) et son frère Thomas Merrell Prime (1800-1844) se sont installés dans le canton de Dunham vers 1820 [?]. Les deux familles sont déménagés à Brome, où Benjamin était cordonnier et Merrell a acheté une ferme, plus tard connue sous le nom de la ferme Lyman au sud-est de Brome, près de Bolton Ouest, sur le vieux chemin de Magog [Stagecoach]. À cet endroit, il a construit un hôtel, mieux connue sous le nom Taverne Prime. Le Dr Thomas Merrell Prime [Jr] (1836-1913) est né à Dunham et a étudié la médecine aux États-Unis. Ayant acheté la pratique du Dr Charles Cotton, il a vécu à Brome jusqu'en 1874, puis est déménagé à Knowlton.

Le premier Vachon à s'établir à Garthby est Félix Vachon (1817-1910), un charpentier de Beauport, au Québec. Il épouse Luce Carreau le 4 juin 1839. Ils s'installent dans le quartier St-Roch de la ville de Québec. Félix Vachon et sa famille perdent leur maison et leurs biens dans les grands incendies qui détruisent les deux tiers de la ville de Québec en 1845.

Dans les années qui suivent, afin de répondre aux besoins des milliers de citoyens qui ont tout perdu dans les incendies, le gouvernement décide d'ouvrir de nouvelles terres à la colonisation, notamment dans le canton de Wolfe. Félix Vachon s'installe sur un lot dans le canton de Wolfe, en compagnie de Joseph Lacroix, un marin de Québec, François-Xavier L'Heureux, François-Xavier Larrivée et François-Xavier Mercier, tous de Québec. Il s'installe le 5 août 1848 sur le lot 42, rang 1 au nord du canton de Garthby.

Les quatre premiers enfants de Félix et Luce - Luce (1840), Rose-Célerise (1844), Marie-Philomène (1846) et Marie-Célestine (1848) - sont nés à Québec ; Noël-Félix (1851) et Pierre (1853) sont nés à Garthby. Dans les années 1880, Félix Vachon s'installe dans le village de Garthby.

Pierre Vachon est cultivateur. Il épouse Agnès Gosselin à Wotton le 7 janvier 1878. Le 25 janvier 1883, Pierre Vachon se voit octroyer le lot numéro 10 du rang B d'une superficie de 90 acres. Lui aussi s'installera éventuellement dans le village de Garthby. Pierre et Agnès ont eu douze enfants : huit garçons et quatre filles. Henri est leur avant-dernier enfant.

Henri Vachon est né à Garthby, près de Disraeli, le 28 octobre 1893. Il fait ses études à l'école du rang.
Il est agriculteur, secrétaire et agent de la beurrerie locale. Il est devenu président de l'Union catholique des agriculteurs en 1930. Il est également membre des Chevaliers de Colomb et du Club de la Renaissance. En 1938, il devient conseiller municipal du village de Garthby. Il a également été marguillier de la paroisse Saint-Charles-Borromée-de-Garthby de 1946 à 1949. Il a battu le candidat de l'Action libérale nationale dans Wolfe en 1935 et a été élu député de l'Union nationale dans la même circonscription en 1936. Il occupe ensuite le poste de whip adjoint de ce parti politique de 1936 à 1939, année où il est défait. Il est réélu en 1944 et 1948, mais de nouveau battu en 1952. Il est élu à nouveau en 1956 et occupe le poste de whip de l'Union nationale de 1945 à 1952 et de 1956 à 1960. Il ne se représente pas en 1960.

Henri Vachon a épousé Marie-Anne Grégoire à Garthby le 30 octobre 1916. Ils ont eu quatre enfants : Madeleine, Gertrude, Daniel et Renaud. Henri est décédé à Loretteville, le 12 juillet 1970, à l'âge de 76 ans et 9 mois. Il a été inhumé au cimetière de Garthby le 15 juillet 1970.

Madeleine Vachon a épousé Gaspard Lemay à Garthby le 17 juin 1944. Gaspard est le fils aîné de Noël Lemay. Paul Lemay, le donateur des photos de la famille Vachon, est le fils de Madeleine et de Gaspard.

Arthur-Osmore Norton, fils de Arunah Norton et Fannie Huntoon, est né à Barnston en 1845. Sa famille s’installe à Coaticook quelques années plus tard. Il épouse Helen M. Richardson en 1870 avec qui il a deux enfants : Harry Arunah (1872) et Mary Helen (1876). À 30 ans, A.O. Norton se lance dans le commerce de détail et ouvre une bijouterie à Coaticook, puis à Boston, sous le nom de Norton Borthers & Butters. À la fin des années 1880, il ouvre une manufacture de crics fabriqués spécialement à l’usage des chemins de fer. Dès 1891, il ouvre une succursale à Boston, ce qui fait de lui le plus gros fabricant de crics au monde. En 1906, l’entreprise est officiellement incorporée et porte le nom de A.O. Norton Inc. Harry A. Norton suit les traces de son père et s’intègre à l’entreprise familiale. Harry A. et Mary Helen n’ont pas de descendants. Mary H. Norton décède en 1967 en tant que dernière descendante de la famille Norton.
Outre leur réussite industrielle, les membres de cette prestigieuse famille sont aussi des philanthropes. Que ce soit par des dons ou des legs, plusieurs institutions et organismes de la région ont profité de leur générosité. Toutes ces contributions, qui débordent largement des frontières de Coaticook, font des Norton une famille marquante dans l’histoire sociale et artistique de la région.

The family of Levi Baldwin immigrated to Canada from Connecticut, USA, in 1799. They settled in Barnston Township where he was a farmer. Levi Baldwin (d. 1843) was first married to Experience Goff (d. 1815) and, second, to Abigail Mills (d. 1830). The children by his first marriage were: Huldah, Lotes, Richard, Deborah and Patience. The children by his second marriage were: Elizabeth, John Percival and Huldah. John Percival Baldwin married Jeanette Baker and they settled near the outlet of Lake Lyster. He became a very successful businessman, having established a sawmill on the Lake. John's youngest son was Willis Keith (W. K.) Baldwin, who married Lill Ferrin from Holland, Vermont. In his lifetime, W. K. was well-regarded and successful in business as wells as politics. While many of the descendants of W. K. and Lill have left, a number still remain in Baldwin's Mills and in the Townships.

The family of Hezikiah May (1775-1857) immigrated to Canada from Vermont, USA, in 1806. The settled in Stanstead Township where he was a farmer. Hezikiah was married to Sarah (Sally) Hayes (1784-1871) and they had eleven children together: Electa, Sylvester, Hannah, Willard, Lyman, Lorenzo, Ruby, Louisa, James, Mary Ann and Maria. Sylvester May moved from Stanstead Township to Barnston Township, near Lake Lyster. Sylvester's oldest son, Darius, also a farmer, married Emma Stevens. One of their daughters, Ruth, married Harold Baldwin, which is how the Baldwins and Mays are related.
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Charles Warren (1834 - November 14th, 1911) arrived with his parents, Reverend John Warren and Eliza Gaskin in Compton in 1836. Twenty years later he took up residence in Brookbury where he was a successful farmer, a councillor, clerk of the Advent Church Society. Charles married Lydia Rowell (August 30th, 1834 to December 9th, 1914, in New York state) in 1856. Lydia was the daughter of Kendrick Rowell and Sarah Hawes of Hatley. Charles and Lydia adopted a child, Abbie A. Willard who married Nehemiah Batley.

Robert Batley (May 5th, 1806 to January 20th, 1891) came from Kenning Hall, Norfolk, England to Brookbury. Robert married Ann Warren Batley, she was his second wife. Ann was also born in England. Ann died on September 6th, 1895 aged 78 years.