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.
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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.
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.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Belden Family of Wethersfield, Connecticut and the Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield.
Sources of Information on the Belden Family of Wethersfield, Connecticut and the Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield. [Baildon Family]
The American Genealogist (TAG)
TAG Vol. 45, No. 3, July 1969. PP. 135-138. English Origin of the Beldens of Wethersfield, by Donald E. Poste.
TAG Vol. 76, No. 1, January 2001. PP. 20-28. The English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, by Paul C. Reed and John C.B. Sharp.
TAG Vol. 76, No. 2, April 2001. PP. 122-128. The English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, by Paul C. Reed and John C.B. Sharp.
TAG Vol. 77, No. 4. October 2002. P. 313. Corrections to TAG. As per previous reference.
Baildon and the Baildons; a history of a Yorkshire manor and family, by W. Paley Baildon. [London] Privately printed for the author, by the St. Catherine Press [1913]-. Vol. I, II, and III [New York Public Library; Allen County Public Library]
The Registers of the Parish Church of Kippax, Co. York, 1539-1812, edited by George Denison Lumb, Privately Printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 1901. [FHL British film 496807] P. 30, Richard Baldon sonne of Frauncis Baldon the xxvjth of May bapt, 1591.
The American Genealogist (TAG)
TAG Vol. 45, No. 3, July 1969. PP. 135-138. English Origin of the Beldens of Wethersfield, by Donald E. Poste.
TAG Vol. 76, No. 1, January 2001. PP. 20-28. The English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, by Paul C. Reed and John C.B. Sharp.
TAG Vol. 76, No. 2, April 2001. PP. 122-128. The English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, by Paul C. Reed and John C.B. Sharp.
TAG Vol. 77, No. 4. October 2002. P. 313. Corrections to TAG. As per previous reference.
Baildon and the Baildons; a history of a Yorkshire manor and family, by W. Paley Baildon. [London] Privately printed for the author, by the St. Catherine Press [1913]-. Vol. I, II, and III [New York Public Library; Allen County Public Library]
The Registers of the Parish Church of Kippax, Co. York, 1539-1812, edited by George Denison Lumb, Privately Printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 1901. [FHL British film 496807] P. 30, Richard Baldon sonne of Frauncis Baldon the xxvjth of May bapt, 1591.
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.
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.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Reunion 2013
RRRIFA July 15
to 18
This
reunion is held every two years and because of my illness in 2011, I was unable
to attend the reunion in Washington, DC in 2011. Previous to that we had attended reunions in
Utica, New York, Warwick, Rhode Island and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
I
wanted to attend this reunion in Newport, Rhode Island, because it gave me
another opportunity to visit Block Island, where the Rathbun family settled about
1654. The original settler was John Rathbun (1639-1702), who married Margaret Acres (1633-aft 1716).
I am descended from his son John
Rathbun Jr. (1655-bef 1723),
who married Anna Dodge. My Rathbun descent then goes down through 6
generations to my great grandmother Mercy
Ann Rathbun (July 13,
1856-April 26, 1930), who
married William Henry Link (July 19, 1850-Feb. 26, 1899).
It
is a long drive to Rhode Island so we headed off on the Sunday heading for a
hotel at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, just above Hartford. We have stayed here several times and it is a reasonable
and nice hotel. There is also a Cracker
Barrel next door and an Italian Restaurant across the road, so food is nearby.
The
next day we needed to be in Newport Rhode Island by late afternoon. Along the way we did some cemetery shunpiking,
which I will talk about in another blog post. This involved cemeteries in the Old Lyme area
at the mouth of the Connecticut River. We
also spent some time locating a monument to Nathaniel Foote in Wethersfield, CT.
Nathaniel was a founder of Wethersfield.
The funny part is that we had no
specific directions to find it and everyone we asked didn’t know anything about
it. However, a caretaker in the Old
Cemetery, talked to us and looked at the picture we had and suggested it might
be located on the Green. He pointed in
the direction of the Green and we found the monument there.
We
also visited Windsor, CT to see the village green and locate the Windsor
Historical Society which I will have to visit some day. Two of my ancestors were founding families of
Windsor. They were Thomas Dibble and
Joseph Loomis. There are two large
monuments on the village green. The
first monument is to Major John Mason a founder of Windsor. The second monument is for the passengers of
the Mary and John who migrated to Windsor about 1635. It is said that Thomas Dibble and Joseph
Loomis were on the ship, but it would seem there are differing views on this.
We
arrived at Newport around 4 p.m., after crossing the Jamestown Bridge to Jamestown
and then the Claiborne Pell Bridge to Newport. After settling into our room we dropped by the
Family Hospitality room to check in, get our name tags and say hello. In the evening there was a welcome buffet in
the dining room of the hotel. Lots of
food and this is when we started meeting my relatives.
After
dinner, the group held their formal reunion meeting which included presenting
awards and recognition certificates to family who contributed to the
association. Previously, I had been
asked to join the family association board. I agreed to this after some thought and the
nomination was accepted at the meeting. They wanted to make it an international
association.
Tuesday
had been set aside for a trolley tour of Newport, but we decided to tour around
on our own. I had visited Newport 20 or
so years ago on business and did not really see much of the city except for one
of the mansions where we had a formal dinner. So with the help of our GPS and local maps we
took off for the first beach area where we found a parking spot. We then walked part of the famous Cliff walk,
which passes behind many of the mansions. We went all the way to one of the more famous
mansion, The Breakers. We then headed
back to our car and went for a walk on the first beach. It was very sandy, and we waded along the
beach. There was lots of reddish seaweed being washed ashore. We found out later that there were little
crawly creatures being washed in as well. Nice walk with lots of sun. We then got back in the car and drove along
the coast to see the second and third beaches. There is lots of sand in this area and I can
see why many people take their vacation there.
Having
had lots of sun we decided to go back downtown and visit the harbour area for
lunch. On our way we drove around the Ocean
Drive and then past more of the mansions. After finding parking, we wandered around for
a while looking for a restaurant and finally decided on the Aquidneck Lobster
Company. The entrance was a bit dumpy
but the restaurant area was on the end of the pier, so we had a good look at
the boats and the harbour. We both had
Lobster salad rolls for lunch with a salad and French fries. This was a tasty and filling meal. We then went for ice cream shakes at Ben and
Jerrys.
By
the time we were done with lunch (Dinner), it was time to head back to the
hotel for my first board meeting. The meeting went well. I volunteered to setup a Facebook page for the
Association.
In
the evening we visited the Hospitality room where we displayed my ancestral fan
chart for all of my fathers and mothers families and chatted with family
members.
Wednesday
was the big day with the activities mapped out for a fast ferry ride from
Newport harbour to Block Island. The
ferry had a top speed of about 25 knots, so the trip took about an hour. We arrived around 10 a.m. and then boarded a
bus which took us to Settler’s Rock located on Sandy Point. The plaque lists the first settlers of Block
Island. After that we had a brief tour
of other areas of the island and then made a stop at Island Cemetery. This is where the Rathbun family association
had erected a monument to the family. Everyone had a good look around and a wreath
was left at the site. We also found the
monument erected for Tristrum Dodge the father of Anna Dodge.
I
think everyone was a bit tired after the trip and the sun and we then headed
back to the Old Harbour where we had lunch on the porch of the National Hotel. A welcome meal, with a daiquiri helped quench
the thirst. We had a long chat with
members of the family.
We
then had several hours to look around while waiting for the return ferry to
Newport. So we looked around the shops,
had some gelato ice cream, walked a bit and spent an hour or so at the Block
Island Historical Society, some of it sitting on the porch in the shade. Keep in mind this trip took place during the
week long heat wave the covered most of New England and the north east of the
US and into Ontario. Everyone was ready
for the ferry back to Newport. The ride
was pleasant and the passenger cabins were air conditioned.
Thursday
was a free day for the reunion so we decided to leave in the morning and head
toward Ridgefield, Connecticut to do some more Cemetery shunpiking. After that we headed back to Windsor Locks to
our hotel. We had arranged to meet an
acquaintance for supper. She does
proofreading for the Journal I edit for the Ottawa Branch OGS and lives in
Connecticut. We had a pleasant meal at
the Italian restaurant across from the hotel and then returned to the hotel
lobby to chat for a bit longer. A very
pleasant evening!Friday was a day to do some family research. We spent the morning at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists in East Hartford. We looked at their ancestor files, some vertical files and a few books. The real treasure trove, however, was the Connecticut Historical Society which we visited in the afternoon. Their collection of family books was very good. We would need several days to look at them. The interesting part was their collection of vertical files. To see them you had to provide the family name and someone would then go into their stacks and pick out the packages associated with the surnames. These were very thick packages. We took a number of photos of pages to review later.
We
had decided that Saturday would be a fun day. We were still at Windsor Locks, Connecticut. We headed south again towards Long Island
Sound to a place called Essex, Connecticut.
Here you will find the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat. We arrived in time to obtain tickets for the
11 a.m. departure. We bought tickets for
the open car as it was so hot. Also
taking place that day was the Circus train and Big Top show.
After
we boarded, the train crew went through their departure routine and we headed
off with bells dining and whistle blasting. It was nice to hear the steam whistle again. We did have a steam train ride in Lancaster, PA
in May. We went about 12 miles along the
tracks and then backed up to an area where we took the Becky Thatcher for a
ride on the Connecticut River. It is a
simulated Mississippi style riverboat. We
probably traveled about another 12 miles upriver and turned around at the East
Haddam swing bridge. Along the way we
had glimpses of Gillette Castle, and a wild life area. This ride was interesting as many of my early New
England ancestors would have traveled this river by boat.
We
spent some time in the gift shop and then stayed to watch the next train leave.
We learned along the way that the steam
engine they use for the trips was constructed in China! Oh well!
That
completed our week away from home, so we headed back to our hotel to pack and
head off for home on Sunday.
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