Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa mutaundi reSpencertown, New York muna 1782 kuvabereki Mollie Robbins Ketchum naJesse Ketchum Mukuru. Pashure pokunge amai vake vafa, akaendeswa kumusha wokurera; baba vake vokurera vaiva mucheki. Akatiza pamba muna 1799 uye akabatana nomukoma wake Seneca (1780-1850), uyo akanga achirima kuchamhembe kweYork (York Mills, zvino chikamu cheToronto) muUpper Canada. Pakutanga kweHondo ya1812, akatenga nzvimbo yokugadzira matehwe kubva kune mumwe akanga achangobva kutamira kuUnited States uyo akanga asarudza kudzokera ikoko pashure pokunge hondo yaziviswa. Ketchum akabatana nemasoja omunzvimbo yacho, asi kuvimbika kwake kwakapokanidzwa pashure pokunge York yabatwa kwenguva pfupi navaAmerica. Pashure pehondo, akabatsira kubhadhara mari yokuvakazve mabhiriji pamusoro peRwizi rwaDon uye akabatsirawo kuvaka chikoro chokutanga chevanhu vose muYork. Ketchum aizivikanwa nokuda kwefariro yake huru uye inoshanda muzvikoro, vara rakamuwanira zita rorudo, "Baba Ketchum". Aidzidzisa chikoro cheSvondo pachechi yeMethodist, iyo akabatsira kutanga munharaunda yacho. Akapikisa kudzora kwechechi yeAnglican chete pamusoro pezvipo zvevafundisi uye aizivikanwa somushori weFamily Compact. Muna 1828, akasarudzwa kuti amiririre York muParamende yechi10 yeUpper Canada; akasarudzwazve muna 1830 asi haana kumhanya zvakare muna 1834. Kunyange zvazvo akanga atsigira William Lyon Mackenzie musangano, haana kutora rutivi mu
Kumukira kweUpper Canada.