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Moses Westover was born March 24, 1744 in Sheffield, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), son of John Westover and Rachel Morton. He married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Capt John Holmes III and Elizabeth Rachel Fellows, and they had 11 children. He was registered as a United Empire Loyalist in 1775 but had to move to Caldwell's Manor in 1785, along with his wife and seven children (two had died young). They had two more children during their stay at Caldwell's Manor. Moses Westover received a land grant on September 1st, 1801 in Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Lower Canada, consisting of 1000 acres: Range 2, lot 10 and Range 7, lots 17,18,19 and 21. In 1802, he received a land grant in Sutton Township, consisting of 200 acres in Range 10, lot 16. He sold this piece of land in December 1825, eleven month before he died on November 23, 1826. He is buried in the Pettes-Aseltine Cemetery, in Sutton Junction.