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John Askin
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John Askin
Birth and early life:
John Askin was born on 1739 in Ireland. He came to the British Army to America in 1758
John Askin
He was a fur trader who lived in Detroit and
later Upper Canada.
John Askin
Other Contributions
Role in Revolutionary War
Askin was involved with the Cuyahoga Purchase and operated a fur trading post. He moved to Detroit and engaged extensively in trade and the purchase of real estate.
He was a a British Loyalist. He volunteered in the British army at the first attempt to take Ticonderoga by the British.
Askin died at his home in Strabane, Canada, in 1818, and was buried at Sandwich.
During Pontiac's War, when Pontiac was besieging Detroit in 1763, the garrison at Detroit was in need of supplies. Askin accompanied a body of troops and eluded the Indians and delivered supplies.