Mary Polly Casey (Oct. 14, 1771-Sept. 7, 1848) one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Mary Polly Casey [orphan], one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Oct. 14, 1771 in Dublin, Ireland. Died Sept. 7, 1848 in Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

She married Isaac Parlee July 5, 1789 in Sussex Vale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
 3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
 4. Hannah Catherine Parlee (b July 31, 1841) - Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m James C Allen)
 5. John Casey Parlee (b March 4, 1816) - Millstream, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Margaret Folkins)
*6. Mary Polly Casey (b Oct. 14, 1771) - Dublin, Ireland (m Isaac Parlee)

Sources:

Hannah Catherine Parlee (m James C Allen July 17, 1856)
At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872, where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert, Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughter died, she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown. No known gravestone.

Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.

The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to the  Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise Folkins, 1994.

1851 Canadian Census. New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51.  LAC mf C-995.
1901 Canadian Census: Ontario. 97 North Ontario. McLean Twp. G-1. p. 10. LAC mf T-6486
1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia East 11. p. 22. LAC mf T-18358.
1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan. Assiniboia 207. Sub-Dist. 16. p. 1. LAC mf  20450.
1921 Census of Canada. Ontario. Victoria 135. Snowdon Twp 38. P. 6. Folder 93.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_427. Timiskaming District. Ingram Twp. June 24,  1931. Reg. # 032905. Age 89. B New Brunswick. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.

John Casey Parlee (m Margaret Folkins Aug. 1, 1839)
Moved to Burford Twp. concession 9 lot 13, Brant Co., Ontario in 1852.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  John C  Parlee signed declarations dated Dec 16, 1872 at Burford Township, Brant Co., saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 7 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Dec 19, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. J.C. Parlee lot 2 conc 7 McLean Twp.

Gamblin Family. Genealogy of Maritime Canada. http://www.gamblinfamily.org/parlee.html

1851  Canadian Census.  New Brunswick. Kings Co. (2). Parish of Studholm (40). p. 51.  LAC mf C-995.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Brant Co. (113). Burford Twp. (3). p. 93. LAC mf C-1009.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. Brant South 15. Brantford West. 02 c. P. 3. LAC mf C-9914.

In 1874 he was in McLean Twp, Muskoka and witnessed the death of his son.

1881 Canadian Census. Ontario. Muskoka (131). Ridout & McLean (K). p. 15. LAC mf C-13243.

Buried Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Ontario.

Mary Polly Casey (m Isaac Parlee July 5, 1789)
Mary was apparently an orphan brought up in the home of George Leonard.
Later in life she was welcomed into homes as a midwife or wherever there was illness.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Old Fenwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. FAG Memorial # 129847437.