Editing Prescott, Ontario (section)

===Fort Wellington===
{{Main|Fort Wellington}}

In 1810, Jessup and his son laid out a townsite within Augusta Township<ref name=crhp-barracks>{{cite web |url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=19826&pid=0 |website=[[Canadian Register of Historic Places]] |title=Prescott Barracks |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref> near Johnstown, which they named Prescott in honour of General [[Robert Prescott]], who had been governor-in-chief in [[The Canadas]] and had participated in British campaigns in the area, being the [[aide-de-camp]] tasked with delivering the news of the fall of Fort Lévis fifty years earlier.<ref name=edward-jessup-dcb>{{cite DCB |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jessup_edward_5E.html |title=JESSUP, EDWARD |first=R. Arthur |last=Bowler |volume=5}}</ref> Jessup began to take the first steps toward building a concentrated settlement by constructing a log [[school]]house along with a teacher's residence, which was built from stone.<ref name=crhp-barracks /> With the outbreak of the [[War of 1812]], American troops began using Ogdensburg and Fort Oswegatchie as a base to raid settlements in [[Upper Canada]]. Soon, the two Jessup home plots were expropriated by the British Army for use as barracks.<ref name=crhp-barracks /> The army also later constructed a purpose-built fort, which was named [[Fort Wellington]]. The fort served its intended purpose of impeding American use of the Saint Lawrence for military purposes and was never directly attacked. Following the end of the war, the fort was soon abandoned and began to deteriorate.

[[File:Battle of the Windmill.jpg|thumb|A woodcut depicting the [[Battle of the Windmill]]]]

During the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]], Fort Wellington was repaired and reactivated. It became the main supply base for government forces in the region, which made it a tempting military target. In 1838, a group of [[Hunter Patriots]] attempted to land at Prescott, hoping to use Fort Wellington as a beachhead for an invasion of Upper Canada. They were repelled by the town militia and fled downriver, then landed at the small hamlet of Newport, which afforded them a strong defensive position dominated by a large stone windmill. The [[Battle of the Windmill]] ensued, leading to the defeat of the Hunter Patriot group.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/windmill/decouvrir-discover |title=History of the Windmill |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |date=16 August 2020 |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>