 Although Jones took no part in the raising of his children by Tuhbenahneequay , he did take an active interest in their welfare . In 1805 , he secured a pair of two @-@ square @-@ mile plots of land near the mouth of the Credit River for his two sons from the local Mississauga Indians , but the government of Upper Canada would not recognise the title . In 1816 , Jones feared that the Mississauga band his sons John and Peter lived with would fall apart , in the aftermath of the War of 1812 , the famine of 1816 's harvest and the influx of settlers to the area in recent years . Jones travelled to find the boys , and brought them to his farm in Stoney Creek . He arranged for the boys to be schooled in Stoney Creek , as neither spoke much English . After nine months , Jones felt that Peter 's command of English was sufficient , and took him out of school to teach him the farming craft . The next year , Jones and his family relocated to land along the Grand River , and Jones brought his son Peter with them . Peter lived with his father for seven years there . 
