Separated by deed while he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Volunteers at Niagara. They agreed to live apart for life; he undertook not to seek her company and to pay her £50 a year for the first two years and £66 a year thereafter while in the King's service, and to pay any debts she incurred. After his death in 1842 Frederica and his second wife Clarissa each claimed the widow's pension; Frederica was supported by former Royal Canadian Volunteers officers and Clarissa by two Canadian Fencibles officers. The outcome is unclear, but Frederica was recorded as his widow at her death in 1847. Frederica had a home in the Kingston area. No children of this marriage are known.