William Terry (1798 – ??) was an innkeeper and political figure in

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. He was born at Newark (

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) in 1798, the son of Parshall Terry who was a member of the

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. He lived in Thorold Township, where he operated an inn. He served in the local militia during the

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. He represented the 1st and 2nd ridings of

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in the

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. Terry's name last appears in 1830 and likely left

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where many of the Terry family had left.

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