(4) George Palmer and Phebe Draper marry

An older photo of Phebe Draper from Sarah Collinwood’s book, 
"Descendants of George Palmer and Phebe Draper", p. 10 c. 

Very shortly after he was honorably released*, George Jr. Palmer returned to Cramahe and in 1815 married his childhood neighbor, Phebe Draper, who was probably his childhood sweetheart.  While living in Crammie, they were blessed with a daughter Lovina and a son Asahel. 

They soon moved to the nearby town of Haldimand in the same County and while there had another son whom they named William George.

Phebe’s Uncle Thomas Draper lived 100 miles east of Cramahe, at Loughborough (Low’-bro) in Frontenac County. That area is described as a land with many lakes, lush foliage, and rich soil; a pleasant and beautiful place to live.  So, perhaps for that reason, Zemira’s parents and other relatives moved there.  And that’s where their last four children were born, Eliza, Lydia Elizabeth, Zemira and Rhoda.⁶ Looking at a map of Frontenac County, we see it is literally dotted with lakes.

So now George and Phebe Palmer and her Draper relatives lived on the same tract of land, or nearby, as they traded, bought or sold lots. They had the association of cousins, uncles, aunts, and grandparents with whom they could share experiences, and help each other with the work of clearing the new land, building homes, and supporting each other at all times.

*He had been serving in a British regiment during the War of 1812, the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencible Regiment. (See entry #5 on this blog.) 
6- 25 March 1823 Census, Loughborough Township, Frontenac Co., Midland District, Upper Canada. Palmers and Drapers were neighbors in Canada.