Princeton in Oxford County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Colonel Thomas Hornor 1767-1834

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 19, 2023

1. Colonel Thomas Hornor 1767-1834 Marker

Inscription.
Born in New Jersey, Hornor first came to Upper Canada in 1793 and visited the unsettled township of Blenheim. Disposing of his holdings in the United States. He emigrated to Blenheim in 1795. That year he completed (on lot 15, concession I) the first sawmill, and in 1802 the first grist-mill, in what is now Oxford County. In 1800 he was appointed a justice of the peace for the London District and registrar for Oxford and Middlesex Counties. He served as an officer in the 1st Regiment Oxford Militia and became its colonel in 1822. Elected to the provincial legislature as Oxford's first member, Hornor represented this riding, 1820-31 and 1832-34.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.

Location. 43° 9.755′ N, 80° 32.286′ W.

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Marker is in Princeton, Ontario, in Oxford County. It is on Oxford Highway 2 1.1 kilometers west of Main Street South, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Princeton ON N0J 1V0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wolverton Hall (approx. 10.6 kilometers away); The Founding of Burford (approx. 10.7 kilometers away); “The Old Stage Road” (approx. 10.7 kilometers away); Perley School Bell (approx. 12.3 kilometers away); Alexander Graham Bell (approx. 13 kilometers away); The Grand River (approx. 13.2 kilometers away); “King” Capron 1796-1872 (approx. 13.2 kilometers away); Hiram Capron (approx. 13.3

Colonel Thomas Hornor 1767-1834 Marker, facing west image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 19, 2023

2. Colonel Thomas Hornor 1767-1834 Marker, facing west

kilometers away).

Also see . . . Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Hornor, Thomas.

Raised in a prosperous family of New Jersey Quakers, Thomas Hornor received a good education at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University – as befitted the nephew of one of its founders. During the summer of 1794 he and his cousin Thomas Watson Jr brought 20 settlers to Watsons (later Blenheim) Township in Upper Canada, a township grant made by the government the previous summer to Thomas Watson Sr and his associates. Having selected a mill site near the front of the township, Hornor brought from Albany, N.Y., in May 1795 the necessary men and materials to construct a sawmill.

(Submitted on August 22, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Princeton Cemetery, burial place of Col. Thomas Horner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 19, 2023

3. Princeton Cemetery, burial place of Col. Thomas Horner

Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.