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Member #441 Query

Charlie Lemmex, 3082 Northview Crescent, Burlington ON L7M 1B1

We are researching LEMMEX, LEMAX, LUMAX, LUMIX and the Gaelic spelling LUMMOCKS from Counties Wexford & Kerry that settled in Beckwith Township, Lanark County in 1819. A branch of the family also emigrated from County Cavan in the later 1700's and settled in the Windsor, Vermont area.
My ancestors immigrated as part of the Wexford Irish arriving on the "Maria", 29th June 1819 and were settled by the Perth Military Settlement 20th Aug. 1819 on NE13 and SW13 Concession 13 Beckwith Township. The records indicate John LEMMEX Sr. (wife and 4 children) and his son John LEMMEX Jr. settled on the land but did not receive formal patents until 30 years later. Glenn Lockwood, in his book "Beckwith: Irish and Scottish Identities in a Canadian Community", refers to the family as LUMMOX. As you can imagine our name suffers from many spelling derivations ranging from Lemax to Lumox etc. Joseph Elly, when compiling a list of immigrants at Ross, County Wexford, Ireland has the family listed as LUMMOCKS in 1817.
John LEMMEX Sr.'s family was as follows: his wife and children, Thomas, Henry, Catherine, Elizabeth, William and John Jr. Thomas received a grant on the 14th March 1833 SW half lot 6, concession 8, Beckwith Twp. John Jr. sold his property to brother Thomas and purchased lot 28 concession 3, Montague Twp. on 24th Jan 1834.
William moved to Ramsay Twp. 14th April 1825 and settled on the East half lot 2, concession 8. He then moved to Kitley Twp. (5th concession - Kinch St.) March 5th 1843. That branch of the family continue to spell the name LEMAX.
Catherine married Henry HAWKINS and raised a family in the Franktown area. Some of that family are buried in the Franktown Public Cemetery. I should note that Henry HAWKINS and other members of that Irish family also came out on the "Maria" at the same time and settled on the 12th concession. As the early LEMMEX family were members of the Church of England, I have been able to trace some of the baptismal records from the Anglican Diocese in Ottawa.
My main interest is finding more information on the original family. I cannot find any burial records for John Sr. or his wife (name unknown). Although the family is listed as part of the Wexford Irish, I do not know if they were born in that country. A brief sketch from the Lemax family suggests that William was born in the County of Kerry. If anyone can shed light on my family and assist me in my research, I would be most grateful.