Askin, John, 1739-1815
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Askin, John, 1739-1815
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Early Detroit, Michigan, merchant.
Born in Strabane, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1739, John Askin came to America during the French & Indian War, serving in the British Army at Ticonderoga in 1758. He came to the Northwest Territory during Pontiac's war. In 1796 he declared his wish to remain a British subject and left Detroit in 1802. He settled in Windsor, Canada, and died there in 1815. He was buried at Assumption, Sandwich, Ontario.
Askin became a fur trader, merchant and loyalist of Albany, New York, Mackinac, Detroit and Windsor.
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Fur trade
Fur traders
Fur traders
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Detroit (Mich.)
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Northwest, Old
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