Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
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Monday, November 11, 2019

WW I Howard and Fred Kipp

In memory
My uncles Howard and Fred Kipp served overseas in WW I. This picture shows them meeting overseas either in England, perhaps at Seaford, or somewhere in France. They both returned home.




Howard and Fred Kipp                                                                                         Howard Kipp

Friday, December 29, 2017

200 Ancestor Hints (Shaky Leaves at Ancestry)

Have a look at my Wife's post on her blog  English Research from Canada.

200 Ancestor Hints (Shaky Leaves at Ancestry)
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/12/200-ancestor-hints-shaky-leaves-at.html

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Dorcas Gallup/Gallop (Feb. 28, 1774-Bef 1851) one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Dorcas Gallup/Gallop, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Feb, 28, 1774 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia. Died Bef 1851, probably in New Brunswick, Canada.

She married Peter Allen, cir 1793, probably in York County, New Brunswick.
NOTE: Proof is required for this marriage. The Gallop surname for the wife of Peter Allen is still speculation but probably correct.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan (m Lorne Kipp)
 3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
 4. James C Allen (b Dec. 24, 1832) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick (m Hannah Catherine Parlee)
 5. Isaac Allen (b July 20, 1794) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick (m Rebecca Crouse)
*6. Dorcas [Gallup/Gallop]  (b Feb. 28, 1774) - Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia (m Peter Allen)
 7. Nathaniel Gallop (b June 4, 1734) - Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut (m Hannah _______)
 8. Nathaniel Gallop (b March 19, 1707) - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts (m Dorcas Collins)
 9. Benjamin Gallop (b Jan. 3, 1664) - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachsetts (m Hannah Sharp)
10. Nathaniel Gallop (b cir 1628) - Bridport, Dorset, England (m Margaret Eveley)
11. John Gallop (b 1592) - England (m Christabell Brushett)

Sources:

James C Allen (m Hannah Catherine Parlee July 17, 1856)
Born York Co., NB, Can.  Since he was listed on the 1851 Census for Middlesex Co., Canada West, he must have moved to Ontario from New Brunswick before or about 1851. 
After marriage they moved to Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co., near London, Ontario where 8 of their children were born. They then moved to Baysville, McLean Twp., Lot 3 Con. 7, Muskoka District in 1872. They were some of the earliest settlers in the area. Religion: Disciple of Christ.

Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  James Allen signed declarations dated Sept. 6, 1872 in the District of Muskoka, saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 8 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Sept. 26, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. Jas. Allen lot 2 conc 8 McLean Twp.

1851 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex 23. Dorchester North 220. P. 81. LAC mf C-11738.
1861 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex. Adelaide Twp. St. George Ward. p. 21. LAC mf C-1049.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. North Middlesex 8. Adelaide Twp A-2. P. 1.  LAC mf C-9902.
1881 Census of Canada. Ontario. Muskoka 131. Ridout & McLean  K. p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.
1891 Census of Canada. Ontario. Ontario North 100 (Muskoka). Twp. of  McLean (g). p. 20.   LAC mf T-6357.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. Muskoka District. Lot 3 Con 7 McLean. March 30, 1899. Lumberman. MS935_93. Reg. # 017280. New Brunswick. Disciple. Epileptic Fit.

Baysville Public Cemetery, Baysville, McLean Twp, Muskoka District. Apparently there was a wooden cross marker which had disintegrated by 1985. The tin name plaque for J. Allen is posted on a marquee in the cemetery. Plots for Jos. Allen N 45.14627  W -79.11439.

Isaac Allen (m Rebecca Crouse April 8, 1816)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946.
New Brunswick. Isaac Allen and Rebecca Crouse both of the Parish of Queensbury were married by License with ---- this 8th day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & Sixteen by me David McGibbon Justice Peace.
This Marriage was Solemnized bewtween us Isaac Allen and Rebeka Crouse In the presence of Ann McGibbon and Susan McGibbon. Rec'd & Regd 15 May 1816.

"New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," index and images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVBX-YRHV : accessed 11 March 2015), Isaac Allan and Rebecca Crowse, 09 Apr 1816; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 59, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,412.

Dorcas Gallup or Gallop (m Peter Allen Cir 1793)
NOTE: Proof is required for this marriage. The Gallop surname for the wife of Peter Allen is still speculation but probably correct.

Van Buskirk. A Legacy from New Amsterdam, by Irene English Shoemaker.  A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lauren Andriessen and Jannetje Jans married;  New Amsterdam 12 December 1658 in Two Volumes. Argentine, 1990.

New Brusnwick Provincial Archives:  Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and their Widows. Available as digital images on their web site:  http://www.gnb.ca/Archives/
Search under Peter and Dorcas Allen.

FHL mf C58421-1 (1761-1875) Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Nathaniel Gallop (m Hannah ___________ Cir 1759)
He was a Loyalist and was granted land in the township of Onslow, Nova Scotia. From the Sunbury County documents, St. John River, June 30, 1783, a survey of people living on the St. John River: "Nathaniel Gallop from Coveget, has a wife and 7 children, been on about 3 years, has a log house and about 8 or 10 acres of cleared land; claims by possession and purhcase of improvements." He leased on October 6, 1783, 100 acres, "being on the original lot #4 in Burton, on banks of River St. John, with all harbors with sufficient quantity of grounds for a commercial landing." In 1787, petitioned for land in York County and was granted lot #24, 80 acres east side of St. John River, at Burton. Pledged one pound annually at a meeting of the "Subscribers for the Support of the Preached Gospel" held at the meeting house in Sheffield the 18th day of December 1788.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Nova Scotia Census Returns 1767-1787.
Nathaniel Gallop, Men 1; Boys 3; Women 1; Girls 3. Protestant. From America. 1770. Nova Scotia Archives. RG 1 vol. 443, no. 26.

Nova Scotia Census Returns 1767-1787.
Nathaniel Gallop, Men 1; Boys 2; Women 1; Girls 1. Protestant. From America. 1774. Nova Scotia Archives. RG 1 vol. 443, no. 27.

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.(website)
Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics : Volume 93 Number 2945
Date September 11 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
St. John River, July 10th, 1783 - Return of Inhabitants of River St. John settled on lands commonly known as Burton:

Nathaniel GALLOP from Coveget, has a wife and 7 children, been on about 3 years. Has a log house and about 8 or 10 acres of cleared land. Claims by possession and purchase of improvements.

Nathaniel Gallop (m Dorcas Collins May 13 1731)
Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, by Darwin C Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck. The Gallup Family Association, Inc. 1966.

(Thwing Collection). Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822.

American Ancestors. Boston, MA: Births 1700-1800. V 24. p. 48. FHL Indexing Project #C50255-6. GS film # 14734.

American Ancestors. Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. p. 171. Married by Mr. Joshua Gee.  FHL Indexing Project I00899-3. GS Film # 818093.

Benjamin Gallop (m Hannah Sharp Nov. 1, 1694)
In 1689 as Lieut. Benjamen Gallop, he was involved in supression pirates in the area of Boston. Part owner of the Charles, a vessel of 100 tons mounting 8 guns, variously described as a sloop, sloop-of-war and a galley.
March 9, 1695/6 elected constable; March 14, 1698 elected Clerk of the Market; 1708 elected scavanger; July 25, 1715 "allowance to erect smith's shop on lower end of his new wharfe lying before his dwelling situated next to Fish St." in Boston; 1721 on Boston Committee; tax list of June 27, 1707, house, wharf, warehouse, 3 negroes and 5 rental properties.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, by Darwin C Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck. The Gallup Family Association, Inc. 1966.

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915. FHL Indexing Project I01922-5. GS Film # 592866.

Nathaniel Gallop (m Margaret Eveley\Eveleth\Eveleigh June 11, 1652)
He was a mariner at Boston, MA.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, by Darwin C Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck. The Gallup Family Association, Inc. 1966.

NEHGR Vol 134, pp. 299-309. Oct. 1980. The Eveleth Family of Colonial New England, by Jonathan B. Butcher.

The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, pp. 11-13. Jan. 1993. John Gallop/Gollop of Bridport, Dorsetshire, England and Boston, Massachusetts, by Gerald James Parsons.

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

John Gallop (m Christabell Brushett Jan. 19, 1617)
Gollop. Galloppe. Fisherman. Mariner. Coastal trader. He set sail for Boston, MA on March 20, 1630 on the ship Mary and John. Seventy-one days later, on May 30, 1630 they arrived in New England. He went to Dorchester, Mass. but did not remain there long and then removed to Boston.

His wife and children apparently did not come with him to New England (perhaps because she was with child. Governor John Winthrop finding John Gallop important to the colony wrote on July 4, 1632 to Rev. John White in Dorchester, England about this. She was persuaded to come as she and her children arrived on September 4, 1633 on the Griffin, after an eight week's crossing.  Also on that ship were with Rev. John Cotton, Rev. Thomas Hooker and Rev. Stone.

He was made a Freeman April 1, 1634.  He was admitted to Boston church January 5, 1633/34. On September 1636 he was granted 12 acres of land upon Nixes Island. In 1637 he was granted 49 acres in the allotment at Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point. In June 1637 he was involved in the Pequot War. In 1640 and 1645 he on Boston plans near Gallop's Wharf.

His will was dated December 20, 1649 and proved February 9, 1649/50. He made his mark to his will.

He was a pioneer in the coastal trade between Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, Gollop. Second edition, Revised and Expanded. By The Gallup

Family Association, Inc. Brigham Young University, Family History and Genealogy Research Services, Provo, Utah. 1987.

Gallup Genealogy: Gallop, Galloup, Galloupe, Gallupe, by Darwin C Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck. The Gallup Family Association, Inc. 1966.

The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Vol. II. Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Study Project. NEHGS. Boston, MA. 1995.

New Englanders in the 1600s, by Martin E. Hollick. NEHGS. Bosotn. 2006.

Find My Past. England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Transcription.

The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, pp. 11-13. Jan. 1993. John Gallop/Gollop of Bridport, Dorsetshire, England and Boston, Massachusetts, by Gerald James Parsons.

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Sarah Burt (Jan 1771-Sept. 23, 1832) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers


Sarah Burt, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Jan. 1771 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Died Sept. 23, 1832 in Keswick, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

She married Philip Crouse, April 8, 1791 in Queensbury, New Brunswick.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b Nov. 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. James C Allen (b Dec. 24, 1832) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Hannah Catherine Parlee)
 5. Rebecca Crouse (b Jan. 4, 1794) - Keswick, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Isaac Allen)
*6. Sarah Burt (b Jan. 1771) - Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (m Philip Crouse)
 7. Benjamin Burt (b Dec. 29, 1741) - Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (m Rebecca ______)
 8. Seaborn Burt (b July 4, 1706) - At Sea (m Susannah Lobdell)
 9. Benjamin Burt (b Nov. 17, 1680) - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (m Sarah Belding\Belden)
10. David Burt (b Oct. 1629) - Harberton, Devonshire, England (m Mary Holton)
11. Deacon Henry Burt (b cir 1595) - Harberton, Devonshire, England (m Eulalia March)

Sources:

James C Allen (m Hannah Catherine Parlee July 17, 1856)
Born York Co., NB, Can.  Since he was listed on the 1851 Census for Middlesex Co., Canada West, he must have moved to Ontario from New Brunswick before or about 1851. 
After marriage they moved to Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co., near London, Ontario where 8 of their children were born. They then moved to Baysville, McLean Twp., Lot 3 Con. 7, Muskoka District in 1872. They were some of the earliest settlers in the area. Religion: Disciple of Christ.

Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  James Allen signed declarations dated Sept. 6, 1872 in the District of Muskoka, saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 8 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Sept. 26, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. Jas. Allen lot 2 conc 8 McLean Twp.

1851 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex 23. Dorchester North 220. P. 81. LAC mf C-11738.
1861 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex. Adelaide Twp. St. George Ward. p. 21. LAC mf C-1049.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. North Middlesex 8. Adelaide Twp A-2. P. 1.  LAC mf C-9902.
1881 Census of Canada. Ontario. Muskoka 131. Ridout & McLean  K. p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.
1891 Census of Canada. Ontario. Ontario North 100 (Muskoka). Twp. of  McLean (g). p. 20.   LAC mf T-6357.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. Muskoka District. Lot 3 Con 7 McLean. March 30, 1899. Lumberman. MS935_93. Reg. # 017280. New Brunswick. Disciple. Epileptic Fit.

Baysville Public Cemetery, Baysville, McLean Twp, Muskoka District. Apparently there was a wooden cross marker which had disintegrated by 1985. The tin name plaque for J. Allen is posted on a marquee in the cemetery. Plots for Jos. Allen N 45.14627  W -79.11439.

Rebecca Crouse (m Isaac Allen April 8, 1816)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

New Brunswick Archives Index to Marriage Bonds, 1816-1932:  Microfilm F-9089 Ref: 1816-04/04  archives.gnb.ca

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Middlesex Co., 1886, Reg. # 010986. Old age. Baptist.

1851 Canadian Census (Searched but could not find her on the 1851 Census.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Middlesex. North Dorchester. P. 50. LAC mf C-1049-1050.
1871 Canadian Census: Ontario. Middlesex East (009). Dorchester North (B) (2), p. 37. LAC mf C-9904.
1881 Canadian Census: Ontario , Muskoka (131), Ridout & McLean (K), p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.

Sarah Burt (m Philip Crouse April 8, 1791)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

The New Brunswick Royal Gazette, Oct. 7, 1823. P. 2. Death notice.

Benjamin Burt (m Rebecca ______ cir 1768)
Loyalist.
He fought in the April 27, 1777 raid on Danbury, CT under the command of Major General Tryon. After that Benjamin joined the Queen's Rangers. In April 1778 he along with his brother David joined the British Forces at New Haven, CT.  He was away fighting with the British for about 12 months. He returned to his family by June 1778, after being disabled by reason of health and discharged at Philadelphia. After this their property was confiscated and they were much persecuted by the rebels. They sought protection withing the British lines on Long Island. A June 9, 1783 petition for assistance, drafted at New York, explains the family plight. In the summer of 1783 they and other Loyalists congregated in New York City and eventually found passage to Nova Scotia on the ship The Three Sisters. Bt 1784 the province of New Brunswick was formed and the Burt family travelled by schooner up the St. John River where his land grant was located near Burton, New Brunswick (Lot 23). He died before the land grant was finalized and his widow Rebecca proceeded and received lot 25. Came from Ridgefield, Connecticut and settled in New Brunswick.

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf

Birth recorded as Dec 29, 174?, Ridgefield, CT, Vol. lr1, p. 247.

Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906. FHL Indexing Project 7450312.

Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Charlotte Ayers, Regina, Sask. E-Mail letter Aug. 2009.

Notes and Sources: Connecticut Loyalists Who Went to Canada. Olson, Virgina H. In Connecticut Ancestry, V. 17, No. 1, (Sept. 1974). Pp. 18-25; V. 17, No. 2, (Nov. 1974). Pp. 51-59.

United Empire Loyalists. Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario 1904. Alexander Fraser. Pgs. 300 & 301.

Seaborn Burt (Susanna Lobdell Cir 1738)
Seaborn was born at sea, on the return of his parents from captivity in Canada, whither they were carried by the French and Indians, after the destruction of Deerfield, Mass. on Feb 29, 1704.

On May 30, 1706, Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield left Quebec with over 40 Deerfield captives. The Burt family was part of a prisoner exchange and they arrived in Boston with John Sheldon on Aug. 2, 1706. Judge Sewall, sending a letter to Mr. Williams who was still a captive, said:  "It was a great Blessing to see Mr. Willard baptize Ebenezer Hinsdale and Seaborn Burt, two little Sons born on the passage."

Birth date recorded as 04 July 1706, at Ridgefield Township, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol. lr1, p. 199.

He sold his farm in Ridgefield to his brother Daniel and about 1756 left for parts unknown.

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Springfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   www.americanancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

De la Nouvelle Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France, L'historie des captifs anglo-americains au Canada entre 1675 et 1760, par Marcel Fournier, Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise, 1992.

Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec des origins a 1730, par Rene Jette, Montreal, 1983.

Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn., and his Descendants, compiled and published by Julia Harrison Lobdell, 1907  (www.americanancestors.org/).

Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906. FHL Indexing Project 7450312.

Captors and Captives: The French and Indian Raid on Deerfield, by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston: 2003.

Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906. (FamilySearch.org). Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT.

Benjamin Burt (m Sarah Belding\Belden Oct. 19, 1702)
Birtt. Benjamin, on his marriage to Sarah, settled at Deerfield, Mass.  He was a blacksmith. At the capture of Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704, he was, with his wife, "enceinte" with Christopher (who was born forty-five days after, carried, after a journey of twenty-five days, to Chambly, Canada, by the French and Indians.  Served in Queen Anne's War.

The expedition against Deerfield was formed in January 1704 at Montreal, Canada. It was under the command of Major Hertel de Rouville and the party consisted of 200 Frenchmen and 142 Indians. After a forced march through the wilderness the force attacked just before daybreak on Feb. 29th. The town was undefended and unsuspicious and the inhabitants were demoralized. Some fled, others were killed and many were taken captive (112).

"On April 25, 1704, by me Mtre Louis Anthoine Meriel, was baptized Christophe, son of Benjamin Bart, English by nation living with M. de la Jemerais and of Sara Belvin his wife, born the same day. The godfather was Pierre Dupuis, soldier and the godmother Marie Toupin who declared they could not sign," but Benjamin, the blacksmith, and Meriel did.
Benjamin and family were put under the protection of Christophe Dufrost sieur de la Jemmerais at Varennes, Quebec. Son Christopher was named in honour of him.

Benjamin and Sarah probably worked as servants at the Sulpician Seminary and in the convent of the Congregation de Notre Dame in Montreal.

They were ransomed through the interventions of a son of Gov. Dudley of Massachusetts; sailed from Quebec and arrived in Boston, Aug. 1, 1706; during which voyage their second son was born and appropriately named.

Lieut. Sheldon, the commissioner sent from Deerfield to negotiate for the return of the captives, went to Quebec three times before he succeeded in ransoming the Burts, Rev. Mr. Williams and others.  The Gov. of Quebec, in order to place the prisoners beyond the reach of Lieut. Sheldon, removed them thirty miles down the river, but Lieut. Sheldon persisted, retaining the vessel at Quebec fifteen days, until June 30th certainly, as his letter to the Gov. of Massachusetts is dated June 29, 1706, in which he says, "I am in hopes of starting to-morrow."  This letter was brought by one of the captives that came by land to the Penobscot Bay, and the record at the Custom House in Boston is, that the vessel arrived Aug. 1, 1706.

Benjamin at first made Norwalk, Conn. his home.  May 12, 1712, he purchased land (lot 28) and soon settled permanently at Ridgefield, Conn.  The deed for the original proprietors of Ridgefield to Benjamin Burt of a 28th interest in the proprietorship of all land they then had or subsequently might acquire is recorded Nov. 28, 1712, in the Book of Records of Ridgefield.  He died aged 80 years as indicated on the headstone in the Titicus churchyard.

History of Ridgefield Connecticut. P. 26-7.
The proprietors foresaw the necessity of having a blacksmith in Ridgefield and set aside Lot No. 28 for his reservation. We find in the minutes of this town meeting definitely state that it was held in Ridgefield. This was in the year 1712, and this lot No. 28 was granted to Benjamin Burt. This lot was upon the exact site of the present Methodist Church, corner of Catoonah and Main Streets. The minutes of this meeting are as follows:
"At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Ridgefield at Ridgefield May the 6th A.D. 1712 The said proprietors by their Major vote Do Grant to Mr Benjamin Burt now resident of Norwalk, a certain Right of land reserved by them for a Blacksmith, which Right of land contains one twenty eighth part of all the purchased Land contained within the limits of their granted property or Township With also a priviledge to purchase with them a like proportion of the unpurchased lands that lyeth within ye granted Bounds of their Township (of the Native proprietors thereof) with all the Several Divisions already Layed out under said Right. To be to him, his heirs and assigns absolutely and as fully to have, Hold, use occupie possess injoy as full and free a manner, with the rest of the proprietors of said Granted Township. Provided he the said Benjamin Burt, pay to Joseph Keeler of said Town of Ridegfield ye sum of nine pounds in money according to the agreement now made with him. And with all convenient speed dwell as an inhabitant among them in order to carry on the trade of a Blacksmith among them, and forthwith Supply them with an able hand, to perform such Smith work for them, that they stand in need of untill he shall remove with his family among them, and be thereby able to preform such work for them himself, or by others under his care and Command, And it is to be understood that if the said Burt (shall at any time before the full Termination of four Years from May the Ninth 1712,) have a Mind to remove from them, he shall not give, grant, bargain sell Directly nor Indirectly make any Alienation of said Right of Land granted to him, but to such a person as shall be found capable to carry on the work of a Blacksmith among them. And further the said Burt doth hereby promise and Oblidge himself faithfully to use his utmost endeavor to settle a Blacksmith on said Right. If he shall incline to remove from them after his continuence among them ye term of Years above said. The above said ye original Draught of said act.
Test    Richard Olmsted Town Clerk
Recorded November 28, 1712.
Per me John Copp Recorder."

Relatives lost in border wars (10):
1)  Brother David, captured at Schenectady, February 1690 and never heard from again
2)  Brother John, killed in a scout in May 1707(9)
3)  Uncle Joseph Baker, killed October 29, 1675
4)  Uncle Thomas Holton, killed March 14, 1676
5)  Cousin William Brooks, killed October 27, 1675
6)  Cousin John Brooks, killed October 27, 1675
7)  Uncle Sergeant Samuel Wright, killed Sept. 2, 1676
8)  Cousin Nathaniel Brooks's wife, captured Feb. 29, 1704, slain on March to Canada
9)  A child, captured Feb. 29, 1704, never heard from again
10) A child, captured Feb. 29, 1704, never heard from again

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Sprignfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, Vol. 2, pp. 33-4 & 68-9, Emma Lewis Coleman. Southworth Press, Portland, ME: 1925.

De la Nouvelle Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France, L'historie des captifs anglo-americains au Canada entre 1675 et 1760, par Marcel Fournier, Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise, 1992.

Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec des origins a 1730, par Rene Jette, Montreal, 1983.

The FrancoGene or FichierOrigine website:  http://www.francogene.com/   or  http://www.fichierorigine.com

Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn., and his Descendants, compiled and published by Julia Harrison Lobdell, 1907

Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield, by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston: 2003.

The History of Ridgefield Connecticut, by George L. Rockwell.  Private printing. 1927.

Massachusetts Births and Chirtenings, 1639-1915. FHL Indexing Project C50257-2. GS film # 14766.

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910. FHL Indexing Project M50172-1. GS film # 0873741 IT 3. Marraige date given as Oct. 9, 1702.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934. (FamilySearch.org). Ridgefield, CT.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com - Titicus Cemetery, Old Settlers section, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Conn. Cemetery GPS Lat. N 41.29200 Long. W -73.50200.
Memorial Stone GPS Lat. N 41.29254   Long. W -73.50372.

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006. A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England, by James A Savage. 1860, Boston, Mass. P. 312-14.

Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. Ancestry.com.

David Burt (m Mary Holton Nov. 18, 1654)
David was one of the first settlers of Northampton, Mass., in 1654.  His homestead was on King Street.  The ceremony of his marriage to Mary Holton was the first ever performed in Northampton (History of Western Massachusetts, by Dr. Holland, Vol. 1, pg. 53.).  In 1656 he was chosen one of the measurers of land and held that office for many years.

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Sprignfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   www.newenglandancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.  Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

Burt Genealogical and Historical Notes, Beverly Brooks compiler. (Deerfield Library)

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001; Also on www.americanancestors.org.
BURT, David (1629-1690) & Mary HOLTON (ca 1626-1713), m/2 Joseph ROOT by 1692; 18 Nov 1655; Northampton Burt 35; Fallass 177; Sv. 1:312; Springfield Hist. 2:540; Cross Anc. 130; Cowles 1:50; Lyman 53; Alvord 27; Bissell Anc. 87; Reg. 86:219; Springfield Fam. (ms) 107; Stevens-Miller 363, 391; NYGBR 78:14; Warner-Harrington 96, 391; Hale (1952) 489; McCormick-Hamilton 171; Ackley-Bosworth 233

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1998. Marriage David Burt Nov. 18, 1654.

FamilySearch.org. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910. FHL indexing project M50054-9. GS film  # 186161.

FamilySearch.org. Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, 1663-1887 Northampton, MA.

Deacon Henry Burt (m Eulalia March(e) Dec. 28, 1619)
Henry and Ulalia were married in Exeter Diocese, Dean Prior, Devon or Cornwall, England, Dec. 28, 1619.

He probably emigrated about 1638 or 9. Ship unknown.
He was in Roxbury, Mass. in 1639 and removed to Springfield the following year.
Sept. 26, 1644, elected Selectman in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
April 14, 1648 took oath of Freemanship or Allegiance.
May 29, 1649, chosen as clark of the writts for Springfield.
Will dated April 30, 1662, Springfield, Mass. Inventory taken Sept. 11, 1662.

Terry, George Skelton, Genealogical Research in England, Burt - March, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 86, January 1932, p 77 - 84; April 1932, p 216-220; July 1932, p 247-252.)
"Henry Burt of Springfeild who departed this life Aprill 30th 1662, not leavinge any will under his owne hand for the disposing of his leigh, estate yet for that he did by words express his mind therein before Ensigne Thomas Cooper and Jonathan Burt who by a writing under their hands presented the Same unto this Corte: a coppy whereof hereafter follows, the Widdow Burt before the Corte consenting thereunto The Corte allowed the same to stand as the Last will and testament of the said Henry Burt.
We Thomas Cooper and Jonathan Burt doe testify, That after Henry Burt now deceast had disposed of part of his estate to his Son Nathaneell, the said Henry had Such expressions as these. vizt. that what estate he had then left should be at his wifes dispose as witness our hand This 29th of September 1662.
Thomas Cooper: Jonathan Burt
To the truth hereof in the mind of the said Henry Burt the said Ensigne Cooper & Jonathan Burt tooke their oath in the presence of the Corte"

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840    www.originsnetwork.com/
BURT, Henry (ca 1595-1662) & Eulalia MARCHE (-1690); 28 Dec 1619, lic 23 Dec; Roxbury/Springfield Burt 521; Booth (1910) 24; Springfield Fam. (ms) 107; Cross Anc. 329; Sv. 1:313; Botsford-Marble 234-6; Abell 11, 18; Bliss 37; Belden (1898) 223; Reg. 32:302, 72:142, 86:77, 218, 250; Ackley-Bosworth 231, 232; Holbrook Anc. (1942) 24; Cleveland Anc. Chart vi; Putnam's Mag. 1:157; Warner-Harrington 95, 434; Rathbone (1941) 12; Crary-Dunham 145; Stevens-Miller 361, 366; Hale (1952) 480, 487; Swift (1955) 127; McCormick-Hamilton 167

Findmypast: Parish Record Collection. Marriage Record. Source: Boyd's 1st Misc Series 1538-1775. Society of Genealogists.

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Springfield, Mass., 1893.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972. (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Peter Allen (cir 1761-cir 1840) one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Peter Allen, one of my 3 x great grandfathers was born cir 1761 in New York. Died cir 1840, New Brunswick, Canada.

He married Dorcas [Gallup/Gallop], cir 1793, probably in York County, New Brunswick.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b Nov. 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. James C Allen (b Dec. 24, 1832) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick (m Hannah Catherine Parlee)
 5. Isaac Allen (b July 20, 1794) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick (m Rebecca Crouse)
*6. Peter Allen (b cir 1761) - New York (m Dorcus [Gallup/Gallop])
 7. John (Jan) Allen (b Jan. 1727) - Hackensack, Bergen Co., New York (m Rachel Van Buskirk)
 8. John Allen (b March 1709) - New York, New York (m Martie Ackerman)
 9. Jan (John) Allen [Ellin] (b Feb. 19, 1682) - Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut (m Johanna Anna Haldron)
10. Gideon Allen (b cir 1635) - Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachuesetts (m Sarah Prudden)
11. George Allen (b Cir 1585) - England (m Katherine Starke)

Sources:

James C Allen (m Hannah Catherine Parlee July 17, 1856)
Born York Co., NB, Can.  Since he was listed on the 1851 Census for Middlesex Co., Canada West, he must have moved to Ontario from New Brunswick before or about 1851. 
After marriage they moved to Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co., near London, Ontario where 8 of their children were born.
They then moved to Baysville, McLean Twp., Lot 3 Con. 7, Muskoka District in 1872. They were some of the earliest settlers in the area. Religion: Disciple of Christ.

Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  James Allen signed declarations dated Sept. 6, 1872 in the

District of Muskoka, saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 8 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Sept. 26, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. Jas. Allen lot 2 conc 8 McLean Twp.

1851 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex 23. Dorchester North 220. P. 81. LAC mf C-11738.
1861 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex. Adelaide Twp. St. George Ward. p. 21. LAC mf C-1049.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. North Middlesex 8. Adelaide Twp A-2. P. 1.  LAC mf C-9902.
1881 Census of Canada. Ontario. Muskoka 131. Ridout & McLean  K. p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.
1891 Census of Canada. Ontario. Ontario North 100 (Muskoka). Twp. of  McLean (g). p. 20.   LAC mf T-6357.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. Muskoka District. Lot 3 Con 7 McLean. March 30, 1899. Lumberman. MS935_93. Reg. # 017280. New Brunswick. Disciple. Epileptic Fit.

Baysville Public Cemetery, Baysville, McLean Twp, Muskoka District. Apparently there was a wooden cross marker which had disintegrated by 1985. The tin name plaque for J. Allen is posted on a marquee in the cemetery. Plots for Jos. Allen N 45.14627  W -79.11439, next to the front fence to the right of the cemetery gate.

Isaac Allen (m Rebecca Crouse April 8, 1816)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946.
New Brunswick. Isaac Allen and Rebecca Crouse both of the Parish of Queensbury were married by License with ---- this 8th day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & Sixteen by me David McGibbon Justice Peace.
This Marriage was Solemnized between us Isaac Allen and Rebeka Crouse In the presence of Ann McGibbon and Susan McGibbon. Rec'd & Regd 15 May 1816.

"New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," index and images, FamilySearch

(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVBX-YRHV : accessed 11 March 2015), Isaac Allan and Rebecca Crowse, 09 Apr 1816; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 59, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,412.

Peter Allen (m Dorcas Gallup/Gallop cir 1793)
Loyalist
New Brunswick Petition:
To the Honorable the Speaker and to the Honorable the Members of the House of Assembly
The Petition of Peter Allen of the Parish of Douglas in the County of York.
Humbly Sheweth
That he was a Private Soldier in the 4th Battn of the New Jersey Volunteers Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Buskirk, that he served in the said Regt seven years, was wounded in an engagement at a place called "Burnt Meadows" on Staten Island.
That he came to the Province of New Brunswick in 1783, lost his discharge in a house that was consummed by fire, that he never received any land from the Crown, he is now in the Seventy-sixth year of his age, in very indigent circumstances, and unable to labour as he was want to do.
That he humbly prays your Honorable House to take his case into consideration and after your accustomed liberality allow him such relief in the  province  as your Honoarable House may deem much.
And as in duty bound will pray.
Douglas 5th Janry 1838    Peter Allen (his mark)

His petition was accepted.
He and his wife appear on several relief lists:
Peter Allen June 1839  aged 79
Dorcas Allen June 1842 aged 69
Peter Allen Jan 1840  recd 10 pounds
Peter Allen Jan 1841  recd 10 pounds
Dorcas Allen Jan 1844 recd 10 pounds

Settled at Burton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Van Buskirk. A Legacy from New Amsterdam, by Irene English Shoemaker.  A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lauren

Andriessen and Jannetje Jans married;  New Amsterdam 12 December 1658 in Two Volumes. Argentine, 1990.

New Brunswick Provincial Archives:  Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and their Widows.
Available as digital images on their web site:  http://archives.gnb.ca
Search under Peter and Dorcas Allen.

RS686 : Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name    ALLEN, Peter
Volume    B
Page    249
Grant number    135
Place    Burton Parish
County    Sunbury
Date    21/01/1788
Accompanying plan    No
Acres    270
Microfilm    F16302
Comments    --

Other names on this grant: (7)
ALLEN, John        368  acres
ALLEN, Lawrence        216  acres
ALLEN, Thomas        216  acres
BREWER, Agnes (widow)        234  acres
BREWER, Ralph        368  acres
DAY, Peter        0  acres
FRIE, William *       165  acres

John (Jan) Allen (m Rachel Van Buskirk Oct. 26, 1749)
Loyalist
He was a Loyalist and settled in New Brunswick, Canada, following the Revolution.  His four sons served with the British, three of them in the New Jersey Volunteers.

Van Buskirk. A Legacy from New Amsterdam, by Irene English Shoemaker.  A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lauren Andriessen and Jannetje Jans married;  New Amsterdam 12 December 1658 in Two Volumes. Argentine, 1990.

Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Page 18; 22.

Genealogy of the Ackerman Family, compiled by Kathlyne Knickerbacker Viele, revised and typed by Ellen H. Smith, 1922.

John Allen [Ellen or Ellin] (m Martie Ackerman March 21, 1725)
Genealogy of the Ackerman Family, compiled by Kathlyne Knickerbacker Viele, revised and typed by Ellen H. Smith, 1922.

Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol II.
Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York.
New York, 1901. Reprinted 1968.
P. 337 1709 30 Mar Jan Ellin & Annetje Haldron parents, Jan child, witnesses Jan Haldron, Abraham Brajor, Cornelia Haldron. Minister Gualterus du Bois.

A Genealogical Dictionary of New Jersey, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 18, p. 22. [Allen]

Honeyman, A. Van Doren (editor). Archives of the State of New Jersey. First Series Vol. XXXII Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey., Vol III of Calendar of New Jersey Wills and Administrations, etc.,

1751-1760. Published: Somerville, NJ, The Unionist Gazette Association, Printers, 1924.
Abstract of will: 1754, May 6. Alling, John, of Newwark. Int. Martha, widow, administratrix. Lib. F, p. 230.

Jan (John) Allen [Ellen or Ellin] (m Johanna Anna Haldron June 28, 1705)
Admitted Freemen in New York on May 27, 1702. Feltmaker.

Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed

Dutch Church, New York. New York. (Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Marriages from 11 December, 1639 to 16 August, 1801. Edited, with an Introduction by Samuel S. Purple. M.D.). 1890.
Marriages in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York. 1639-1801. P. 103
1705 den 18 Juny  Johan Ellin, j.m. Van Milfort, met Anna Haldrin, j.d. Van N. Haarlem; den 28 do.

New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 12, Jan. 1881. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. P. 43.

Web site of Richard Deprel on his unconnected Holdron families:  http://www.duprel.com/ucholdren.html

Revised History of Harlem (City of New York) its Origin and Early Annals. James Riker. 1904. P. 558.

Genealogical Dictionary of New Jersey. Charles C Gardner. P. 21-22.

New Harlem Register, by Henry P Toler. 1903.

Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 18, p. 21. [Allen]

Gideon Allen (m Sarah Prudden by 1671)
Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. P. 5. Allen, Gideon & Sarah Brudden, dau. of Peter; m by 1671 [GM 1:29].

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre 1870 - Barbour Collection. Milford Vital Records.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Memorial # 74685564.

George Allen (m Katherine Starke perhaps Nov. 5, 1624)
Sailed from Weymouth, England in Rev. Joseph Hull's company and arrived in Boston, MA May 6, 1635 and settled in Weymouth, MA in 1636. They later removed to Sandwich in 1638. Freeman of Plymouth Colony March 5, 1638/9. Will undated, proved June 7, 1649. Inventory taken September 22, 1648.

The Great Migration Immigrants to New England, 1634-35. Vol.1, A-B. PP. 27-35.
Sketch for George Allen.

Immigrant Ancestors. A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus. GPC. Baltimore. 1986.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Martha Chapman (1797-1852) - a 3X Great grandmother

Martha Chapman, a 3 x great grandmother was born 1797, at Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England. Died January 11, 1852, East Gwillimbury, York County, Canada West.

She married William Abbs, November 21, 1816 at Aylmerton, Norfolk, England.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. William Henry Link (b July 19, 1850) - Newmarket, York Co., Canada West
5. Mary Ann Abbs (b Sept. 29, 1819) - Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
6. Martha Chapman (b 1797) - Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England
7. John Chapman (b1761) - Tunstead, Norfolk, England
8. James Chapman - Probably Norfolk, England


Sources:
Mary Ann Abbs (m John Link)
Norfolk, England. Aylmerton Baptisms. 1813-1903. Year 1819. P. 9.

Christian Church Cemetery, Falkland, Ontario:  N 43.17889  W -80.44018.

Buried in the Christian Church Cemetery Falkland, Ontario (no stone).


Martha Chapman (m William Abbs)
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JM5S-7L8 : accessed 15 February 2015), John Chapman in entry for Martha Chapman, 28 May 1797; citing WOOD DALLING,NORFOLK,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 894,725.

NORFOLK-L Archives: Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
William ABBS of this parish, single man & Martha CHAPMAN of this parish, single woman married by banns and with consent of parents Nov 21, 1816. William signed. Martha X. Wit: Thomas ABBS, Sarah COOPER.

Parish Register 1816 Aylmerton, Norfolk, England (LDS)

Martha Abbs on p. 80 of census died of dropsey age 65. William widowed. The death must have occurred shortly after the census enumerator had been to see them.

Census of Canada 1851. York County, East Gwillimbury.

East Anglian Ancestors.  http://www.eastanglianancestors.co.uk/fam4842.html
Contact Details: Jacqui Beard, Cheltenham 2012. Email: jacqui@beard333.fslife.co.uk

Selby Burying Ground, East Gwillimbury, Ontario. GPS N 44.11320 W-79.44444.


John Chapman (m Ellen or Helen Eggleton)
England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNNT-R6B : accessed 15 February 2015), John Chapman, 04 Feb 1761, Christening; citing Tunstead, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,596,387. Son of James Chapman and Sarah Tinker

England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12874-127910-30?cc=1416598 : accessed 15 February 2015), Tunstead > Baptisms, Marriages, Burials > 1678-1767 > image 48 of 63; Record Office, Norwich. Image of register.

England Marriages, 1538–1973, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2PF-6BH : accessed 15 February 2015), John Chapman and Ellen Eggleton, 20 Oct 1788; citing Wood Dalling,Norfolk,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 894,725.
John Chapman married Ellen Eggleton 20 Oct 1788 at Wood Dalling, Norfolk. I07384-1, GS 1596458, Reference ID Item 103, p 35.


James Chapman (m Sarah Tinker)
England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12874-127950-22?cc=1416598 : accessed 15 February 2015), Tunstead > Banns > 1754-1812 > image 2 of 31; Record Office, Norwich. Banns of marriage published at Tunstead Paris July 7, 21 and 28 1754 by J Downs Curate.

England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12874-126545-43?cc=1416598 : accessed 15 February 2015), Tunstead > Marriages > 1754-1812 > image 5 of 47; Record Office, Norwich. July 30, 1754.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

William Abbs (1793-Pos. 1881) - a 3 x great Grandfather

William Abbs (b May 22, 1793), oa 3 x great grandfathers was born May 22, 1793, at Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England. Died possibly Dec. 10, 1881, Ontario, Canada.

He married Martha Chapman, November 21, 1816 at Aylmerton, Norfolk, England.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. William Henry Link (b July 19, 1850) - Newmarket, York Co., Canada West
5. Mary Ann Abbs (b Sept. 29, 1819) - Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
6. William Abbs (b May 22, 1793) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
7. Francis Abbs (b 1764) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
8. John Abbs (b Aug. 17, 1743) - Runton, Erpingham, Norfolk, England
9. Richard Abbs (b Nov. 6, 1708) - Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
10. William Abbs (b Bef 1680) - Norfolk, England

Sources:
Mary Ann Abbs (m John Link)
Norfolk, England. Aylmerton Baptisms. 1813-1903. Year 1819. P. 9.

Christian Church Cemetery, Falkland, Ontario:  N 43.17889  W -80.44018.

Buried in the Christian Church Cemetery Falkland, Ontario (no stone).


William Abbs (m Martha Chapman)
Emigrated to Canada about 1838 settling in East Gwillimbury, York County, Upper Canada.
Death possibly: Dec. 10, 1881.

Parish Register 1793 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) FHL 1526137 IT 13-21.

NORFOLK-L Archives: Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
William ABBS of this parish, single man & Martha CHAPMAN of this parish, single woman married by banns and with consent of parents Nov 21, 1816. William signed. Martha X. Wit: Thomas ABBS, Sarah COOPER.

Parish Register 1816 Aylmerton, Norfolk, England (LDS)

Martha Abbs on p. 80 of census died of dropsey age 65. William widowed. The death must have occurred shortly after the census enumerator had been to see them.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869. MS 248_18. Haldimand Co. Register 131. P. 267/8. William and Eliza July 19, 1860. Marriage Ceremony conducted by Rev. Thomas Hanna, Wesleyan Methodist, Holland Landing Circuit, North York. Witnessed by James Abbs and Peter Mills both of Queensville

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871. York County, East Gwillimbury.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869. MS 248_18. FHL microfilm 1030055-1030068. Jane Nov. 30, 1863.

East Anglian Ancestors.  http://www.eastanglianancestors.co.uk/fam4842.html
Contact Details: Jacqui Beard, Cheltenham 2012. Email: jacqui@beard333.fslife.co.uk


Francis Abbs (m Susannah Pegg)
Parish Register - 1764 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Baptism July 8, 1764. FHL 1526137.

Parish Register - 1786 Banns, Sheringham, Norfolk, England (LDS). Banns were read 3 times between Francis Abbs of Runton and Susanna Pegg of Sheringham.

Parish Register - 1786 Sheringham, Norfolk England (LDS) Marriage (witness Henry Pegg)

Parish Register - 1839 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Burial

http://www.norfolksources.norfolk.gov.uk/DserveNS/dserve.exe
Will of Francis Abbs. Dated November 26, 1830. Runton, Norfolk, England. Probate/GS#0166974/39171. Proved at Norwich, July 3,1841. No. 157. P. 337/8.


John Abbs (m Mary Pank)
Parish Register - 1743 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Baptism. FHL 1526137.

Parish Register - 1773 Runton, Norfolk, England (LDS) Marriage By Licence. Sam'l Johnson Curate.
FHL mf C16306-1 (FHL 1526137)

Will of John Abbs. Dated August 1823. Proved August 1824. Transcript summary.


Richard Abbs (m Mary)
Norwich Consistory. Wills, 1703-1857.  Will Richard Abbs March 2, 1784; proven at Cromer, Norfolk on July 11, 1791; No. 142; P. 265.


William Abbs (m Susannah Feazer)
Need sources for this!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Mercy Ryder (1807-1898) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Mercy Ryder , one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born March 15, 1807 at Dutchess County, New York. Died January 10, 1898 at Harley, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario Canada

She married Nelson Niles Rathbun November 14, 1831 at Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West
5. Horace Rathbun (b April 15, 1834) - Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada
6. Mercy Ryder (b March 15, 1807) - Dutchess County, New York
7. Gideon Ryder (b cir 1775) - Dutchess County, New York
8. Jonathan Ryder (b January 23, 1733) - Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
9. William Ryder (b 1705) - Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
10. William Ryder (b June 18m 1684) - Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
11. Samuel Ryder (b November 23, 1630) - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
12. Samuel Ryder (b June 1601) - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Sources:
Mercy Ryder (m Nelson Niles Rathbun)
Canadian Census 1881, 1891.

Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson.

Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Mercy Rathbun, Burford, #2105, 1898.

Probate: February 1898, Ontario Surrogate Court, Brantford, Ontario

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_86. Burford. Brant Co. Jan. 10, 1898. Reg. # 001540.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Harley Cemetery, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario. Memorial # 49975747. GPS N 43.06950 W -80.47502.

Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06901 W-80.47526.


Gideon Ryder (m Ruth Conger)
There is a Gideon Rider on the 1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman.

A Gideon Ryder took the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown on November 16, 1830, Burford, Oxford, Upper Canada.  This means he had been in the Province at least seven years.

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898.

Rootsweb WorldConnect:   Ginny Meachum   Ginny39FL@aol.com

Naturalization Returns 1828-1850, RG5; Library and Archives Canada, mf C-15692 and C-15693.

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit.

1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm M32. Reel 22; Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC.; P. 272.

1800 Ancestry.com. New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804.
New York (State), Comptroller's Office. Tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates, 1799–1804, Series B0950 (26 reels). Microfilm. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
Gideon Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York. House mill & farm.

1810 Census of the United States. New York. Delaware. Middletown. Roll M252_26. P. 385.
"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH23-7CJ : accessed 4 February 2015), Gideon and Jonathan Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York; citing p. 385, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 181,380.

1820 US Census of New York. Dutchess. Beekman. Roll M33_71. P. 20.
"United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLJ-R6G : accessed 4 February 2015), Gideon Rider, Beekman, Dutchess, New York; citing p. 20, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 193,726.

Census of Canada 1851.

Tombstone Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.


Jonathan Ryder (m Zipha Kirby)
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC3Q-PZ2 : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider in entry for

Jonathan Rider, 25 Jan 1743; citing , DARTMOUTH, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:174420S; FHL microfilm 903,382.

Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 357. Dartmouth. Birth.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 733. Dartmouth. Intentions to marry. Sept. 28, 1765.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 319. Dartmouth. Marriage. Zilpha Kirby and Jonathan Rider both of Dartmouth Oct. 14, 1765.

"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHNT-JBQ : accessed 4 February 2015), Jonathan Rider and Zilpha Kerby, 14 Oct 1765; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 903,382. FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.

"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH23-7CJ : accessed 4 February 2015), Jonathan Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York; citing p. 385, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 181,380.

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit.


William Ryder (m Abigail Kirby)
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHCG-9QY : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider and Abigail Kirby, 17 Sep 1733; citing reference 22; FHL microfilm 574,885.

1790 Census of the United States. Massachusetts. Bristol. Dartmouth. Roll M637_4. P. 196.
William Rider. Wiliam Rider Jr. Samuel Rider and Benjamin Rider.

Spent his early days in Rhode Island. Will dated March 13, 1789; probated Feb 12, 1796.


William Ryder (m Hannah Barker)
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F457-RN5 : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider, 18 Jun 1684; citing Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, p20; FHL microfilm 416,334.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Will dated April 7, 1714; probated Sept. 23, 1715. Plymouth Co., Mass.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

The American Genealogist, 53:147-151, William Rider of Plymouth: A R.I. Progenitor, by Richard G. Rider


Samuel Ryder (m Lydia Tilden)
Came to Plymouth in 1660. Cooper. The will of Samuel Rider of Plymouth, yeoman, dated 7 April 1714, proved 23 Sept. 1715, names son William; wife Lydia; daus. Hannah, Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail; sons John, Samuel and Benjamin and dau. Mercy "I have done competently for them in my lifetime"; son Joseph "he went when young to his uncle"; son Josiah.

Came to America (Mass) in 1639. Marriage FHL film # 0899100.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 1509. Taunton. Marriage. Records copied from the Old Proprietors Records of Taunton, October 1869. Last digit of year missing.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 107(205). Plymouth. Death.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

Rider Family, by Homer W Brainard. Family Folder. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartfor, CT.

New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Vol IX. No. 4. Oct. 1855. Plymouth Colony Records P. 316.

Marriage Samuel Rider and Lydia Tilde. June 14, 1680. Taunton,Massachusetts.

New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Torry, Clarence A. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Compiled by Lee D. van Antwerp; Edited by Ruth Wilder Sherman, Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993.

Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Mayflower Births and Deaths. Vol. 1 and 2. Roser, Susan E. GPC. Baltimore. 1992. P. 440. Warren.

Tombstone: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts


Samuel Ryder (m Anne Gamlett)
Arrived in New England in 1639. He is first mentioned in the colonial records January 7, 1638/9 among those proposed to take up their freedom in Yarmouth, Mass. Jury duty in Yarmouth June 17, 1641. He was able to bear arms in August 1643. June 6, 1649 a surveor of highways at Yarmouth. April 6, 1653 at Plymouth a deputy from Yarmouth considering a danger of war between England and Holland. June 9, 1653 appointed lieutenant of the military company at Yarmouth. October 3, 1654 ordered to appear before the Court to answer for affronting the constable. March 6, 1654/5 he was put out of his office and ordered to bear arms as a common soldier. June 3, 1656 he is mentioned as as surveyor of highways at Yarmouth. Oath of fidelity taken in 1657.  Jnue 3, 1657 he was on a grand jury. June 1, 1658 he was restored to his office of lieutenant. Octobe 2, 1658 he was a member of the council of war. June 1, 1663 he is mentioned as constable of Yarmouth. June 5, 1666 as surveyor of highways.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

FamilySearch.org. Baptism of Samuel Rydar, July 19, 1601. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. Indexing batch number: P01522-1.

FindMyPast. Marriage of Samuel Ryder & Anne Gamlett Oct. 12, 1628. Northampton All Saints.
Northamptonshire, England. Northampton Family History Society.

The American Genealogist, V43, P. 120. Baptism of Samuel Rydar.
The American Genealogist, V43, P. 119. Marriage of Samuel Ryder and Anne Gamlett.

Northamptonshire Marriages Transcription. Northamptonshire Family History Society. FindMyPast.
Samuel Ryder and Anne Gamlett. Oct. 12, 1628. Northampton All Saints. Northamptonshire, England.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Nelson Niles Rathbun (1805-1880) - one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Nelson Niles Rathbun, one of 3 x great grandfathers was born June 19, 1805 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Died July 7, 1880, Harley, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada.

In 1814 came to Upper Canada with his parents. In 1831 they moved to Burford Twp. Upper Canada and bought 100A of lot 11 concession 7 near Harley, Ontario. On the 1871 Census of Burford Twp. he is listed as Independent Methodist Episcopal.

He married Mercy Ryder November 14, 1831 at Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West
5. Horace Rathbun (b April 15, 1834) - Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada
6. Nelson Niles Rathbun (b June 19, 1805) - Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
7. William Rathbun ( b March 7, 1776) - Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
8. Deacon Daniel Rathbun (b February 27, 1731) - Stonington, New London, Co., Connecticut
9. Rev. Joshua Rathbun (b February 9, 1696) - New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island
10. John Rathbun Jr (b 1655) - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massahcusetts
11. John Rathbun (b March 1630) - Prescott, Lancashire, England

Sources:
Horace Rathbun (m Eliza Jane Hotrum)
Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.

House on the Burford Twp. townline lot 12 between the 5th and 6th: GPS N 43.11070  W -80.50050
Torn down between 2000 and 2010 to make way for a Ginsing farm. I have photos of the house.

Obituary: October 21, 1909, Brantford (Ontario) Weekly Expositor, Page 4 Col. 2

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735


Nelson Niles Rathbun (m Mercy Ryder)
Biography # 1: October 1988, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 8 # 4 Page 60

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1880, Reg. # 001308.

Probate: 1881, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario Probate in Brant # 1390

Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Nelson Niles Rathbun, Burford, #719, 1880.

Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06899 W-80.47526


William Rathbun (m Irene Niles)
As a young man he moved to Union, Pennsylvania and purchased his claim of Jesse Losey.  He built a home before 1812.  He married there in 1799. About 1811, he sold his home to Ambrose Millard who was the husband of his niece, Mary Gordon. He was a farmer.  He returned to Saratoga County, New York.  About 1814, he moved to Canada.  He spent the last 20 years of his life in bed due to a stroke.

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883
Biography # 1: January 1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania
Canadian Census 1851 Canada West


Deacon Daniel Rathbun (m Sarah Higby)
He served in the French and Indian War in a company commanded by his brother-in-law, Uriah Stephens, in Col. Ebenezer Marsh's Regiment. Daniel move in the early 1760s to Berkshire Co., Mass., where he operated one of the first fulling mills in Great Barrington, Mass. He was moderator of the town meeting there in March 1766. He later lived in nearby Richmond. He was deacon in the Baptist Church and was occassionally called upon to preach. He had a brief stay with the Shakers. After three years he left this religious sect and published an account of his disillusionment with it. About 1804, he and his wife moved to Milton, in Saratoga Co., N.Y., to live with their son Valentine.

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled by Dorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.

Biography # 1: April 1982, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 2 # 2 Page 28

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Stonington. Daniel Rathbun. Gives birth date as Feb. 16, 1730/1. Vol. 3, Page 66.

US Federal Census 1790, 1800

Will: Saratoga County, New York Probate Book 6 Page 73

Tombstone: Deacon Daniel Rathbun, Rock City Cemetery, New York.

Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Rock City Falls Cemetery, Rock City, New York.
Cemetery GPS N 43.04964 W -73.91849. Tombstone GPS N 43.04943 W -73.91841.


Joshua Rathbun (m Mary Wightman)
Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Joshua Rathbun Feb. 19, 1696. 1-114.
Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912.

Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114

Estate Settlement: June 16, 1785, Stonington Town Records, Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled byDorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.


John Rathbun Jr (m Anna Dodge)
Biography # 1: April 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 2 Page 28

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Will: New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 2 Page 68-69. Will was dated May 8, 1720 and probated on March 9, 1722/23.

He died on Block Island.


John Rathbun (the Block Island settler) (m Margaret Acres)
John was baptized in the Anglican church in England.  He may have been a Quaker in Newport as his son's birth is registered in Quaker records there. He was a slave owner as he left a slave to his son, Thomas, at his death.

Baptism: March 08, 1629/30, Prescott Parish, County Lanscashire, England

Biography # 1: Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1686   Page 194-5
Biography # 2: July 1951, Some Notes on Block Islanders of the Seventeenth Century  by G. Andrew Moriarty in The New England Historical Genealogical Register Page 162-181 and 249-271
Biography # 3: 1980, "Saltbound, A Block Island Winter" by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Biography # 4: January 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian  "John Rathbone of Block Island: Founder of Our Family in America" Vol. 1 # 1 Page 4

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006.

A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, by Royal R. Hinman, Hartford, CT: 1852.

Will: February 12, 1701/02, New  Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 1 Page 285

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Island Cemetery, New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island. Memorial # 5836352. Rhode Island Historical Society.

Tombstone and Settler's Rock, Block Island, Rhode Island.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Margaret Ann Darby (1765-1856) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Margaret Ann Darby, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Dec. 23, 1765 at Kiskatemesy, Greene County, New York. Died April 10, 1856, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Canada West.

She married Johannes Schram, probably by 1785, at Loonenburg, Greene County, New York.
Her ancestors settled at Scotch Plains, New Jersey about 1684.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sep 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada
5. Elizabeth Schram (b Aug 9, 1791) - Grantham Twp., Niagara, Province of Quebec
6. Margaret Ann Darby (b Dec. 23, 1765) - Kistatemesy, Greene County, New York
7. Ephraim Darby (b Mar. 6, 1733) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
8. William Darby (b 1693) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
9. William Darby (b Feb. 28, 1646) - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
10. John Derby (b 1610) - Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England

Sources:
Margaret Ann Darby (m Johannes Schram)

Ephraim Darby (m Rachel Pettit)
americanancestors.org  Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners. Fold3.

americanancestors.org  New York: Albany County Deeds, 1630-1894.
Grantor Ephraim Darby; Grantee Peter Hogeboom; Date Sept. 21, 1793; Recorded April 16, 1794 Book 13 Pg 415; Note Lot 51. 50 acres, township of Freehold, Albany County.

americanancestors.org  1790 Census Freehold, Albany, New York. Ephraim Derby.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0007.html
Enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, 2nd Establishment, New Jersey Troops, and on Feb. 17, 1777 was promoted to Quartermaster. On Nov 12, 1777, he is listed as a Lieut and Quartermaster in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line and as a Lieut in the 1st Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line; he retired Sept. 1, 1782. He was a Captain by brevet, and also a Captain in the New Jersey Militia. On Jan. 2, 1770, along with Hezekiah Dunn, Jr., he was the administrator of the estate of Hezekiah Dun (Jun 21, 1716 - Dec 1769). On May 5, 1791, with his son, Samuel and one Solomon Tice, he petitioned for 603 1/2 acres in Cairo Twp., Greene County, New York, where he is believed to have spent the last years of his life.


William Darby 1693 (m Mary)
http://visitscotchplains.com/history.html
In 1684/85 Scotch Plains was settled by Scottish immigrants who landed at Perth Amboy under the leadership of George Scot.

In the 1720's, William Darby, a Baptist, gave part of his property to build a meetinghouse and a cemetery. On this property a Baptist church was dedicated in 1747. In the 1760's he also gave land for the first school, an academy standing next to the church on Park Avenue (then called Darby Road).

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0006.html
Before 1730 he lived in Essex County, New Jersey and in July, 1744 was a petitioner of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in Union County. On October 14, 1747, he was named the first Ruling Elder and acting Deacon in the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains, which he has help to found on August 5, 1747.

February 9, 1774: THE WILL OF WILLIAM DARBY, of Borough of Elizabeth Essex County, yeoman.
"To the heir-in-law of my son, Samuel Darby, deceased, 20 shillings. Son, William, the plantation where he lives. Son, John, the plantation where he lives. Son, William, what land I have lying between the land I sold to Melvin Parse, and my son John's land. Sons, William and John, all my right to certain land and meadow, not now in my possession, within the bounds of Elizabethtown, if they can get the same. My Executors are to sell the plantation where I live, viz., what land I bought of Rev. Benjamin Miller and Abraham Clark (NOTE: Perhaps the Abraham Clark (1726-1794) of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence): also part of a piece of mountain land, which I bought of William Line, viz., that part of it which lies to the south of the road that runs through it; also my Falls Mill and land belonging to it; also what mountain land I have between that I sold to John Shotwell and my Falls Mill lot. Son, Ephraim, 20 shillings. Grandson,  Elias Darby, son of my son, Elias, deceased, the land between what land I sold to Melvin Parse, and that I have to son Elias by deed; also my mountain land to the south of that I sold to John Shotwell; but if he die under 21, then to his brother an sister, Ephraim and Mary Darby. My son Elia's widow is to have use of what I have given her children till they come of age. Grandson, Samuel Darby, son of my son, Samuel, deceased, 5 shillings. Daughter, Mary Conger, 20 shillings. Daughter, Margaret Casterline, 20 shillings. Rest of my estate to sons, William and John. Executors -- sons, William and John. Witnesses -- Abner Hamton, Sarah Hamton, William Coles. Proved March 8, 1775."
Lib. L, p. 353.

The following came from: Encyclopedia of American Biography, NY 1923, v. 13, p. 74.
Deacon William Darby was a member of the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains
in 1747, the date of its organization.


William Darby 1646 (m Elizabeth Jane Hawkins)
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0005.html
About 1684, he settled in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, perhaps coming with a group of English settlers. On April 16, 1688, he was deeded 44 acres of land at Elizabethtown by Agatha White, a widow; this land deeded to her about two weeks prior by Richard Beech. On July 21, 1690, William Darby deeded this land to Richard Mattuke of Elizabethtown, in exchange for 40 acres on the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek., this land acquired by Mattuke by purchase from Mary Hatfield, widow of Mattias Hatfield. On May 27, 1696, Andrew White deeded to William Darby, 60 acres of ground consisting of 3 parcels; and on March 27, 1701, William and wife mortgaged to John Blanchard, trader, 66 acres in 2 parcels. Between 1688 and 1701, William removed to Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He was among the 230 men who signed the Remonstrance of the Inhabits of East Jersey (a petition against the Acts of the Lords Proprietors), which was executed probably before 1700.

The following information came from a book called: "Clark in Elizabeth Town in New Jersey" by Elmer Sayre Clark:
"William Darby was of a group of English settlers from Elizabeth and vicinity. William married Elizabeth Hawkins and lived for a number of years at Elizabeth, New Jersey, prior to removing to Scotch Plains New Jersey. In 1687 he bought 44 acres of land at Elizabeth from Agatha White, widow, and in 1701 he sold this land to John Blanchard.


John Derby (m Alice Chipman)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0004.html
John Darby appears to be the family member where the name was changed from Derby to Darby, and appears to have come over to America sometime between 1640 and 1642. John would have traveled with Alice (wife), Mary (child), John (child), Anne (child) and Abraham (child). First child born in America was Sarah in 1642. Last child born in England was Abraham in 1640.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Foote Family Reunion

The previous week we attended a Foote family reunion in South Burlington, Vermont. Nathaniel Foote was my first Foote Ancestor in America. He was born in England and emigrated to the Americas in the 1630s. He is my 9th Great-Grandfather. I am descended from his son Nathaniel who had a daughter Elizabeth who married Daniel Belding.

We had a great time, helped along by the warm welcome from other Foote family members. As a group we toured the Shelburne Museum just south of Burlington. It was a bit rainy that day but the museum is fabulous. It is basically a collection of collections. The other group event was a dinner on the showboat Ethan Allen III while cruising on Lake Champlain.

We had a free afternoon and with the help of our GPS we visited the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, Shelburne Vineyard, Lake Champlain Chocolate Factory. We found a few minutes to shop at the University Mall.

On the way to Burlington we travelled through the Lake Champlain Islands and visited St. Anne's Shrine on Isle La Motte. This is said to be the earliest settled place in Vermont. A statue to Champlain is located there.

Friday, June 7, 2013

Will of Robert Foote, Yeoman, England - 1608/9

Transcribers: Edward and Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/113/164
Testator: Robert Foote, Yeoman
Place: Shalford, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 27 Jan 1608/09 , probated 15 Feb 1608/09
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament] Roberti
[Margin]: Foote

1    In the name of God Amen The Seaven and twentith
2    day of January A Thousand Six hundred and eight I Robert Foote of
3    Shalford in the county of Essex yoman being sick in body and commending my
4    soule to the mercy of god in Christe doe hereby dispose ordayne and make this
5    my present last will and Testament revoking all former wills in manner
6    and forme following That is to say: Item I gyve and bequeath to the poore
7    inhabiting within the parish of Shalford Twenty shillings of lawfull money
8    to be distributed amongst them within one moneth after my death at the
9    discretion of the churchwardens and the Overseers for the poore. Item I
10    further give and bequeath to the poore inhabiting within the parish of Wethers
11    field Twenty shillings of like money to be payd and distributed amongst them
12    in manner as is before expressed for the parish of Shalford Item I give and
13    bequeath unto my welbeloved wife Joan Foote during her natural life all such
14    yearely rent as to me is reserved out of my lease of certain Tenements which
15    I hould for divers yeares yet enduring by the grant of S[i]r Robert Chester knight
16    and lyeing and being in the Towne of Royston The yearely rent whereof to me
17    reserved is at this present eight poundes And she to receive the same yearely
18    from the Te[ne]ments in such manner as by their Leases they stand charged to pay
19    the same Item further I give and bequeath unto my sayd wife one yearely
20    Annuitie of fower poundes of lawfull money to be payd unto her during her natural
21    life by my Sonne Robert Foote Twenty shillings every quarter the first payment
22    to begyne at the first usuall quarter that shall happen after my decease Item
23    I gyve and bequeath to my sonne James Foote fiftie pounds of lawfull money of
24    England To be payd unto him by my Executor hereunder named within one moneth
25    after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Danyell Foote forty
26    pounds of lawfull money of England To be payd unto him by my Executor when
27    he shall accomplish the age of fower and Twenty yeares Item I give and
28    bequeath unto my Sonne Nathaniell Foote forty pounds of lawfull money of
29    England to be payd unto him by my Executor when he shall accomplish his age
30    of fower and Twenty yeares Item I give and bequeath to Frauncis Foote
31    my Sonne fortie pounds of lawfull money of England To be payd unto him by
32    my Executor when he shall accomplish his full age of fower and Twenty yeares
33    Item I give and bequeath unto Josua Foote my Sonne Forty poundes of like money
34    money To be payd unto him by my Executor when he shall accomplish his age of
35    fower and Twenty yeares Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth
36    Foote Forty pounds of lawfull money of England To be payd unto her by my
37    Executor at the day of her marriage or when she shall accomplish the age of thirty
38    yeares which of them shall first happen And it is my will and mynde that my
39    Executor shall allow and pay unto her yearely forty shillings of lawfull money
40    untill such tyme as she shall receive the sayd Legacy into her owne possession To be
41    payd unto her every half yeare Provyded always and it is my will and mynde
42    that yf any of my six children before named shall happen to depart this life before
43    such tyme as they shall accomplish their severall ages or day of maryage before
44    expressed That then the legacy or legacies so to them (so departed) before bequea
45    thed shalbe equally and proportionably devided to and amongst all my children
46    which ar that tyme I shall have lyving part and part like Item I give and
47    bequeath unto Joseph Foote my sonne All that my lease and terme of yeares
48    which I have in a certain hopground called Plomley which I hould by lease from
49    Mr Josyas
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50    Mr Josyas Clarke and [missing] his wife for certayne yeares yet enduring and to
51    come Together with all my Stock of hop poles being upon the same to inioy the same as
52    his owne proper goodes And further I gyve unto him Two hundred and a half of my
53    other hop poles which I have at home Item I gyve and bequeath unto my welbeloved
54    wife out of my moveable goodes and houshould stuff such part and portion as hereafter
55    is particularly recited That is to say Item my best bedsteed my best fetherbedd and
56    bolster two of my best pillows the best blanket and covering and fower payre of my
57    best sheetes with two of my best pillow beeres Two Table clothes and a dozen of
58    napkins Two Towells my best presse cupboard in the parlor with my best table but
59    one One forme and three stooles Six greate Cushions Item three pewter platters
60    three pewter dishes fower pewter saucers fower pewter porringers and one pewter
61    salt Item two sylver spoones and six brasse spoones Item my best chest Item further
62    I gyve and bequeath unto my sayd wife To be delivered unto her by my Executors fower
63    loades of wood yearely for so long tyme as she shall inhabit in my dwelling house To be
64    delivered her out of my stock of wood in my yard and from of the ground belonging to my
65    tenement or dwelling house and there to be expended and not elswhere Item I give
66    and bequeath to Elizabeth Ormes my mayd servant Twenty shillings of lawfull
67    money To be payd unto her within two moneths after my decease Item I give and
68    bequeath to [missing] Tibbet the wife of William Tibbet five shillings in recompence
69    of her paynes she hath taken with me Item I give and bequeath unto Mr Richard
70    Rogers preacher of God hys word Twenty shillings of lawfull money to be payd by
71    my Executor within two moneths after my death Item I give to the wife of
72    George Elsing three shillings and fower pence Item I give and bequeath to Thomas
73    Cott eleven shillings which somme he oweth unto me Item I give and bequeathe
74    unto Robert Foote my sonne and unto his heires and Assignes for ever All that my
75    free Tenement or mansion house wherein I now inhabite with thapurten[an]ces together
76    with all the land belonging to the same and as the same is now in my occupation with
77    all my stock of hop poles being upon any of the hopgrounds of the premises as well
78    newe poles as ould Provyded always and nevertheless upon this condition That
79    yf he the sayd Robert Footes his heyres Executors and Administrators doe not
80    according to the confidence and trust that I have reposed in him performe pay
81    and discharge all such legacies payments and bequests as I have geven and
82    bequeathed in this my last will and Testament either to my wife or children
83    or to any other Then my will and mynde is that such (being either my wife or
84    any of my children as shall not be answered and payd such legacy or legacies as I
85    have hereby bequeathed unto them) shall enter upon the premises with the
86    hop grounds and this stock upon the same until such tyme as they and every of them
87    shalbe satisfied their legacy or the acrerages of any such shalbe unpaid The
88    residue of all my moveable goodes and Chattles whatsoever my debt payd and
89    my legacies performed and my body decently brought unto the earth I doe give
90    and bequeath to and amongst all my children aswell unto them before named as unto
91    any other of my children that shalbe lyving at the tyme of the giving of the
92    Accompt concerning this my will to be payd to them part and portion alike That
93    is to say To such of my children as hereinbefore I have given legacies unto at
94    such tyme and dayes as is before expressed and sett downe And for the rest of
95    my children to be payd within six monethes after my decease And yf it happen
96    my daughter Mary Hewes to be departed Then her part to be payd to her
97    children. And for the Execution of this my last Will and Testament I doe
98    ordayne nominate and appoint my welbeloved sonne Robert Foote to be my sole
99    Executor And I doe desire my welbeloved brother John Foote of London grocer
100    and my sonne in law John Hewes of Royston to be Supervisors and Assistants
101    to my Executor concerning this my Testament In witness whereof I the sayd
102    Robert Foote
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103    Robert Foote thelder have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare
104    herein first written, and in the presence of those whose names be hereunto subscribed
105    By me Robert Foote Sealed and delivered in the presence of William Tibbed
106    and of me Edward Raymond The marke of William Tibbett
107    Probatum fuit suprascriptum Testamentum coram venerabili viro
108    magistro Thomas Edwardes legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis viri domino
109    Johanne Benet militis legum etiam doctoris curie Prerogativae Cantuariensis
110    magistro custodis sive commissarij legitime constituti decimo quinto die
111    mensis Februarij Anno domini inxta cursum et computationem ecclesie Anglicane
112    Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octavo juramento Roberti Foote filij dicti defuncti
113    et Executoris in dicto Testamento nominate cui commissa fuit administratio
114    bonorum jurium et creditorium dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand
115    eadem Ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurat