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• Ebenezer Allan 1752-1813
  Having fought in the loyalist forces in the American Revolution, Allan came to Upper Canada in 1794 where he obtained 2,000 acres of land on the site of present-day Delaware. Disputes with authorities over land deals, however, led to disaffection and during the War of 1812 he supported the American invaders.

• Gideon Tiffany 1774-1854
  One of the earliest printers in Upper Canada, Tiffany, with his brother Silvester, founded the province's first independent newspaper at Niagara in 1799. When it failed, he moved to Delaware Township where he became a prominent landowner and office holder.