Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau ia ki te taone o Spencertown, New York i te tau 1782 ki ngā mātua o Mollie Robbins Ketchum rāua ko Jesse Ketchum Matua. Whai muri i te matenga o tona whaea, ka kawea ia ki tetahi whare whakatipu; ko tana papa whakatipu he kaihanga kiri. I oma ia i te kainga i te tau 1799 ka uru atu ki tona tuakana a Seneca (1780-1850), e mahi ana i te tuawhenua ki te raki o York (York Mills, inaianei tetahi waahanga o Toronto) i runga o Kanata. I te timatanga o te Pakanga o 1812, i hokona e ia he whare kiripuaki mai i tetahi manene hou mai i te United States i whakatau ki te hoki ki reira i muri i te whakapae o te pakanga. I uru atu a Ketchum ki te ope taua o te rohe, engari i ruarua tana pono i muri i te wa i mau ai a York ki nga Amerikana. Whai muri i te pakanga, i awhina ia ki te putea i te hanganga o nga piriti i runga i te awa o Don, a, i uru atu hoki ki te hanganga o te kura tuatahi i York. I mohiotia a Ketchum mo tana tino hiahia ki nga kura, he kounga i riro mai ai i a ia te taitara aroha, "Papa Ketchum". I whakaako ia i te kura Rātapu i te hahi Metorika, i āwhina ia ki te whakatū i taua rohe. I whakahe ia ki te mana motuhake o nga rahui tohunga na te hahi o Anglican, a i mohiotia ko ia te hoariri o te Family Compact. I te tau 1828, i pootihia ia hei tohu mo York i te Paremata 10 o Upper Canada; i pootihia ano ia i te tau 1830 engari kaore i rere ano i te tau 1834. Ahakoa i tautoko ia i a William Lyon Mackenzie i te huihuinga, kaore ia i uru ki te Upper Canada Rebellion
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