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Angus |
GILLIS |
bef 1774-1792
Members of The Miramichi Branch Genealogy Society are researching and compiling information about Angus Gillis and each of the other First Families in our List. This information will be entered into our "data files" and will be made available when completed. |
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Aaron |
HOVEY |
c 1862-1839
HOVEY, AARON: born Topsfield, MA and baptised on 14 March 1762, the only son on Stephen and Abigail (Hood) Hovey. He arrived on the St. John River aboard the schooner “Eunice” on 26 April 1767.
He married Dorothy Price around 1782 and was listed in the Studholm Report of 1783 as “claiming a lot in consequence of a lease to his father-in-law Edmund Price from Wm. Spry Esq., dated 12 July 1770 for 200 acres of land.”
Aaron filed land petitions in NB around 1785 and in 1811 settled in Ludlow Parish. He was a weaver by trade and hotelkeeper. In “Over the Portage” by William R. MacKinnon, Jr., Aaron Hovey is listed as one of the original 59 settlers to Ludlow.
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Abner A. |
ADAMS |
Abner A. Adams was born January 18, 1864 in Smyma Mills, Aroostook, Maine. He died April 19, 1924 in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.
Area of residence:
Occupation:
Religion:
Married: Hannah Johnston Robertson on October 29, 1888 in Chatham, N.B.
Born: April 4, 1865 Tabusintac, N.B.
Died: May 18, 1919 in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.
Father: Duncan Robertson
Mother: Louisa Hierlihy
Date of Arrival:
Religion:
Note: Proof is needed to show that this was a First Family. They married in 1888 but were in Campbellton the following year.
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Abraham |
Clarake |
Abraham Clarke was born in 1811 and died in 1889. He was the son of John Clarke and Sarah Vanderbeck. He married Hannah Astle on January 2, 1839. She was born c1816 and died June 18, 1885 in St. Stephen, N.B. She was the daughter of Daniel Astle and Jane Parker.
Date of Arrival:
Area of Residence: Nelson
Occupation: farmer & lumberman
Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
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Alexander |
ADAMS |
ADAMS, ALEXANDER: was christened on 4 February 1784 in Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died in Matapedia, PQ on 12 July 1845. He married Catherine Henderson on 1 August 1818 in Newcastle, NB. She was born 1798 on the Miramichi and died 19 July 1864 in Matapedia, PQ. The family moved to Matapedia, PQ circa 1838. |
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Alexander |
DONNELLY |
1791-1843
DONNELLY, ALEXANDER: born in 1791 in Antrium, Ireland. Alexander and his wife Sarah Bruce, who was born in 1799 in Ireland, came to Blackville, Northumberland Co, NB with their three small children.
In 1823 Alexander petitioned for a land grant for two lots in Blackville. There he became a farmer. Alexander died in July 1843 in Blackville. |
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Alexander |
McLEAN |
MCLEAN, ALEXANDER: born u/k, died after 1835. He married Elspeth Stuart/Stewart on 22 July 1801 in Northumberland County, NB. She is believed to be the daughter of John Stuart & Elizabeth Brown. The family lived on residential property at Cassilis, and Alexander also acquired land at Wildcat Brook, in association with Roderick McDonald and Donald Ross. Alexander and William have been included in this family on the basis of circumstantial evidence only. A baptism for Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Alexander and Elspeth was found St. Thomas RC Church, Red Bank, NB.
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Alexander |
ALLISON |
Alexander Allison was born c1830 in Ireland. He died on October 5, 1871 in North Esk. He, along with William Leach, was killed while working at the Goodfellow Stone Quarry at Shillelagh Cove at South Esk.
Date of Arrival: before 1870
Area of Residence: Boom Road, N B.
Occupation: quarryman
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Mary Jane Fraser on May 18, 1870.
Born: 1838 at North Esk
Died: 1879
Father: Andrew Fraser
Mother: Alice Elspeth McKinnon. She was the widow of Asa Mutch (1832-1869) of Whitney.
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Alexander |
FRASER, Jr. |
Alexander Fraser, Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fraser, was born in Scotland c1788. The family had immigrated in 1804 to Nova Scotia. On June 22, 1822 in Chatham Head, N.B. he married Catherine Fraser (maiden name Fraser) who was born in Invernesshire, Scotland. Katherine died in 1842 at the age of 39. Alexander died December 24, 1866.
Date of Arrival: from Edinburgh, Scotland, c1812, via Nova Scotia
Area of Residence: Chatham & Newcastle
Occupation: merchant, Justice of the Peace & mill owner
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Alexander |
JESSIMAN |
Alexander Jessiman (Jessamine) was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1807 and died at Douglastown, Northumberland County on February 19, 1889. Alexander was a wheelwright. Alexander and Elizabeth were both buried in St. James & St. John’s United Church Cemetery, Newcastle.
Date of Arrival: Alexander, from Scotland c1832; Elizabeth, from Scotland c1830
Area of Residence: Douglastown
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Elizabeth Anderson on October 8, 1835
Born: August 1818 in Scotland
Died: September 29, 1906
Father:
Mother:
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Alexander |
MacDONALD |
Alexander MacDonald was born in 1765 in New York, U.S.A. He was the son of Alexander MacDonald and Susan Meyer. He fought in the American Revolution with the British and came to N.B. with the 42nd Highlanders and was documented as a Loyalist. He landed in Saint John in 1783 and received a grant on the Nashwaak River in 1787, as had many other Highlanders. In 1793 he received a grant in Northumberland County. He died in 1833 in Northumberland County.
Date of Arrival: 1793 in Northumberland County
Area of Residence:
Married: Annie Brown in 1793 in Newcastle
Born: 1777 Chatham Head, Nelson, Chatham Parish
Died: 1832
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Alexander |
MacDONALD |
Alexander MacDonald was born in Assynt, Sutherlandshire, Scotland in 1775 and he died October 31, 1843. His wife, Grace MacAskill was born in 1781 and died February 23, 1874. They left Scotland and arrived in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1803. They came to settle in Black River, New Brunswick. They had nine children. Alexander and Grace were buried in St. Stephen’s Community Cemetery, Black River.
Date of Arrival: September 1803
Area of Residence: Black River, N.B.
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Marriage: Grace MacAskill
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Alexander |
MacDONALD |
Alexander MacDonald was born c1762 in Ardnamurchen, Argyllshire, Scotland and died on 11 Dec 1834 in Lower Newcastle. In November 1783 Alexander MacDonald, a Private in the 76th Regiment of Foot, was demobilized at Shelburne, N.S., having fought in the U.S. War of Independence. After arriving in Northumberland County in 1784, he acquired extensive land holdings on both sides of the Miramichi River.
Date of Arrival: 1784 Miramichi with Angus McInnis
Area of Residence: Loggieville, Bay du Vin/Hexham, & Lower Newcastle Occupation: Lt. Col. in Northumberland County Militia; farmer & fisherman
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Grace MacLean c1790
Born: c1772 Isle of Eigg, Invernessshire, Scotland
Died: December 31, 1834 Lower Newcastle, Northumberland County
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Alexander |
MUTCH |
Alexander Mutch was born in 1799 in Mermaid, P.E.I., the son of Alexander Mutch and Elizabeth Crowell. On July 27, 1827 he married Mary Cromwell, the daughter of Asa Cromwell and Charlotte Tozer. Mary and Alexander lived in Whitney. After Mary died in February 1840 (at the age of 30 after giving birth to their eleventh child), Alexander gave up most of the children for adoption and devoted his time to preaching in the Baptist church. In 1845 he moved to southern N.B. where he married Mrs. Elizabeth Scribner of Hampton on December 3, 1845. Alexander died at Fairfield on May 31, 1875 and was buried in Rothesay Cemetery.
Date of Arrival: August 1823 from Prince Edward Island
Area of Residence: Whitneyville, Northumberland County
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Angus |
FISHER |
Angus Fisher was born c1788 in Prince Edward Island. Angus died prior to 1871 in South Esk
Date of Arrival: from Prince Edward Island before 1819
Area of Residence: South Esk Parish, Northumberland County
Occupation: farmer & fisherman
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Elizabeth Forsyth
Born: c1793
Died: c1858
Father: Robert Forsyth
Mother: Jane Martin
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Angus |
RAMSAY |
Angus Ramsay was born November 13, 1811 and died in Chatham on March 5, 1886 at the home of his son-in-law, Shepherd Frost. On March 21, 1835 in Chatham he married Jane Young Taylor, daughter of John Taylor of Newcastle. Jane was born March 25, 1814 and died on March 30, 1879 in Moncton. Her grandparents were Presbyterian minister Rev. John Urquhart and his wife Ann of Newcastle. They were Presbyterian.
Date of Arrival: from PEI in August 1830.
Area of Residence: Newcastle
Occupation: labourer & farmer
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Angus |
SINCLAIR |
Angus Sinclair was born 1789 in Sutherlandshire, Scotland to Kenneth and Christina Sinclair. They had applied for and, in 1812, received land grants of Lots 3, 4, and 5 on the northwest side of Little Branch River, Northumberland County. Angus was a farmer. He died May 17, 1853.
Date of Arrival: August 1803 from Sutherlandshire, Scotland
Area of Residence: Little Branch River, Glenelg Parish
Married: Mary __________, widow of Hugh MacLean, c1815
Born: c1784
Died: January 18, 1860, aged 76, in Black River
Date of Arrival: August 1802 from Scotland
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Vol. 2 |
Anthony |
ROGERS |
1768 - after 1845
ROGERS, ANTHONY, II: born 14 April 1768 in Simsbury, CT, USA and died after 1845 in North Esk, NB. He married Lydia Ledden, daughter of William Ledden, on 13 November 1797 in No Co. She was born about 1779 and died after 1851.
Anthony held many parish offices throughout his lifetime and was involved with agriculture and lumbering in the Meadows area and was an avid hunter. He spoke Micmac and was the only non-native to be engaged as a Micmac interpreter by the Court of Quarter Sessions. He helped build the first schoolhouse at the Meadows.
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Anthony |
SHANNON |
Anthony Shannon was born March 18, 1872 in Belledune, N.B. He died December 13, 1952 and was buried in Malcolm Cemetery, St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson, N. B. He was the son of Thomas Shannon and Jane Elizabeth Dempsey.
Date of Arrival: from Belledune, Gloucester County, N.B. before 1894.
Area of Residence: Derby Parish
Occupation: labourer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Rachel Sweeney on October 6, 1894 in Newcastle, N.B.
Born: May 18, 1870 in Upper Nelson
Died: August 14, 1939; buried Malcolm Cemetery, Nelson
Father: Peter Sweeney of Chelmsford
Mother: Jane McInnis
Religion: Church of England
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Archibald |
CAMERON |
Archibald Cameron was born 1769 in Argyllshire, Scotland. He immigrated to Black River in 1804 with his wife, four eldest children, his brother Charles, and a cousin. Archibald, Mary, and Archibald Jr. received a 400 acre grant on the north side of Black River, Lots 16 and 17 where they farmed. Archibald died March 15, 1861 at age 92.
Date of Arrival: 1804
Area of Residence: Black River, New Brunswick
Occupation: farmer
Religion:
Married: Mary McKeller; Born: Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland in 1769
Died: October 27, 1854, aged 84
Father:
Mother:
Entry into Canada: August 1804 with their four eldest children
Religion:
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Benjamin |
APPLEBY |
1770-1851
APPLEBY, BENJAMIN: born about 1770 believed in the USA and died in 1851 at the home of his daughter, Mrs Mary Vye at Wilson’s Point. He married Jane Rogers, widow of George Hubbard, about 1801 in No Co, NB. It is believed she was born along the South West Miramichi and died 1823 in North Esk Parish.
Benjamin was a son of one of the Loyalist Applebys, five of who settled on Lake Washademoak, Queens Co, NB in 1785. In July of 1801 he purchased Lot 19 at South Esk, in 1808 he received a grant of Lot 4 in Strathadam, but lived on an adjacent lot during most of his years in North Esk. Benjamin and Jane had five children of their own as well as raising the children from Jane’s first marriage. |
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Vol. 2 |
Benjamin Christoffel |
STYMIEST |
Date of Arrival: 6 November 1783 from Staten Island, NY, to Saint John, NB. By May 1784 he was settled on the William Davidson Track and moved to the Bay du Vin area before 1785.
STYMIEST, BENJAMIN CHRISTOFFEL, II: was born before 3 May 1731 in Gravesend, Long Island, NY, USA and died after September 1823 in Bay du Vin, NB, Can. Of Dutch origins, he and his family had fled to Staten Island from Hempstead, where they had been settled. He was one of two Stymiest Loyalist brothers who came to Canada.
He married Abigail Rachel Fardon on 15 May 1757 in the Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, NJ, USA. She was the daughter of Frederik and Rachel Fardon. Abigail was born before 17 April 1733 in Bergen, NJ, USA and died about 1819 in Bay du Vin, NB. Benjamin and Abigail and their family of five unmarried children, all above the age of 10 years moved to Bay du Vin area and began the settlement there.
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Bridget |
ENGLISH |
1782-1868
ENGLISH, BRIDGET: was married to George English. George is believed to have died in Ireland before Bridget came to Canada with her three sons and a daughter. Four other daughters had previously emigrated here in 1836. Bridget was born about 1782 in Ireland and died 11 December 1868 in Nelson, NB. The family was Roman Catholic. Bridget’s tombstone was located at Malcolm Cemetery, St Patrick’s Church, Nelson, which was erected by her son Michael. |
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Catherine |
RYAN |
c1796 - 1861
RYAN, CATHERINE: born circa 1796 in Ireland and married there to Richard Power. They had one daughter before sailing for the Miramichi River area of New Brunswick. There they had two sons before Richard died. Catherine remarried Michael Fitzgerald on 10 September 1827 in Nelson, NB. He was born 1785. Catherine and Michael and their family moved to Campbellton in 1833, following the shore of the Baie Chaleur, which was used by many pioneers from the Miramichi to the North Shore. Michael died in Campbellton sometime before 1851 as Catherine in the 1851 census was listed as a widow, age 55, and a boarding house tenant with her three Fitzgerald sons. Catherine died in 1861.
Catherine & Richard Power:
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Catherine |
MacNAUGHTON |
Catherine (Stewart) MacNaughton was the widow of John MacNaughton who died before 1817 in Perthshire, Scotland. Catherine, born 1756, is thought to have come to join her sons Donald and Malcolm who had come out in 1817. She died July 10, 1830 and was buried in St Stephen’s Community Cemetery, Black River. She was Presbyterian.
Date of Arrival: from Perthshire, Scotland in October 1817
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Charles |
CRAMMOND |
c 1788-
CRAMMOND, CHARLES: born about 1788 in Aberdeen Scotland and died between 1861 and 1881 most likely in Newcastle, NB. He married Elspeth Ross in Scotland. She was born about 1896 in Scotland and died after 1881 most likely in Newcastle, NB. Charles and Elspeth moved from Scotland with their four children. In 1835 Charles built a house for his family on farmland along what is now called Old King George Highway, Nordin, NB. This home is still occupied today by 4th and 5th generation Crammonds. As well as farming, Charles was a gunsmith and also a violin maker, registered with the “British Violin Makers”. |
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Charles |
MORRIS |
MORRIS, CHARLES: born 1822, died before 1901, the son of Charles and Frances (Jarvis) Morris, Sr. arrived on the Miramichi with his twin brother, William Morris (1822-1901) and older brother John (1811 – u/k). Charles married Sarah Gunn on 10 November 1845 at St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham, NB, by Rev. Samuel Bacon. The daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Parsons) Gunn, Sarah was born in 1825 and died 3 April 1918, in Chatham, NB. Charles and Sarah were living in Chatham with their two youngest daughters in 1881. In 1901 Sarah was a widow, and living with her son in law David Carruthers and family in Fredericton.
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Charles |
LUKE |
Charles Luke was born in Clackmannan, Scotland on October 5, 1777, son of William Luke* and Christian Meffen. In 1851 Charles was a widower living with his son James and family. Charles died March 8, 1853 and was buried in St. John’s Presbyterian Cemetery, Chatham.
Date of Arrival: from Scotland in 1816
Area of Residence: Newcastle
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Ann Dawson on June 17, 1802
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Charles |
VYE |
Charles Vye was born c1761 in Poole, Dorsetshire, England and died August 15, 1843 in Nelson. He married c1785 Hannah Peely/Pelley in Trinity, Newfoundland. She was born c1765 in Poole, Dorsetshire and died on April 28, 1828 in N.B. Charles and Hannah were buried at St Paul’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Bushville. Alternative spellings of Vye are Voy and Voye.
Date of Arrival: Trinity, Newfoundland c1785 and Miramichi before 1796.
Area of Residence: Nelson Parish
Occupation: master ship builder
Religion: Church of England
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Charles Maxwell |
GREEN |
Charles Maxwell Green was born June 1810 in Londonderry, Ireland. He came to N.B. in 1820 and settled in Nelson Hollow, N.B. He married Sarah Robinson on March 13,
1838. She was born in 1817 in Grenagh, County Cork, Ireland and came to N.B. when she was 19 years of age.
Date of Arrival: Maxwell, 1820; Sarah, 1835
Area of Residence: Nelson Hollow, N.B. and for a time, Fredericton.
Occupation: sawyer
Religion: Church of Scotland
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Cornelius |
DONOVAN |
c1793-
DONOVAN, CORNELIUS: born c 1793. Arriving in Canada he first settled at Pokemouche, Gloucester Co, NB and moved to Renous in 1834. On 30 June 1820 he married Johanna Barrett (1798-1875) on Prince Edward Island.
According to the 1861 Census, Cornelius and Johanna were farming with 26 acres of cultivated land and 80 acres of unimproved land at Renous. Mr. & Mrs. Donovan are buried in the St. Bridget’s RC Cemetery, next to the church. |
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Cornelius |
CROWE |
Cornelius Crowe arrived from Ireland with his parents about 1836. He was born April 10, 1826 and died March 26, 1904. He resided in Sevogle, Northumberland County.
Date of Arrival: c1836
Area of Residence: Sevogle
Occupation: lumberman, farmer, general merchant
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Ann Dolan (Dooling/Doolin) on August 4, 1863.
Born: April 22, c1830
Died: December 14, 1908
Father: Charles Dolan
Mother: Mary McCormick
Entry into Canada: 1825 (parents)
Religion: Roman Catholic |
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Cyrus |
BRAY |
Cyrus Bray was born on July 25, 1807 in Minot, Maine, the son of Daniel Bray and Elizabeth Haskell. He came to Canada in the 1830s with his brother Daniel to work at a mill. Here, he met and became engaged to Amy Whitney. Amy died suddenly of pneumonia. On June 19, 1836 he married Amy’s sister, Charlotte Whitney, at North Esk. He died after 1859 in Houlton, Maine.
Arrival in Canada: c1830
Area of Residence: Whitney & Maine
Occupation: mill worker
Religion:
Married: Charlotte Whitney
Born: April 16, 1816, Whitney, N.B.
Died: 1888, Houlton, Maine
Father: Ebenezer Whitney
Mother: Charlotte Parker
Religion: Baptist |
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Daniel |
ESTEY |
--bef 1826
ESTY / ESTEY, DANIEL: was born in Massachusetts, USA and died between 1819 and 1826 in Northumberland County, NB, Can. He married Louisa Crowe in No Co, NB. She was born about 1771 in NB, Can and died between 1861 and 1871 in No Co. Daniel, along with George Hubbard in June 1791 petitioned for land. In it they state they were “natives of the American states” who had been residing on the Miramichi for 2 years and were employed in the masting industry. By 1819 Daniel owned Lots 12 and 13 at South Esk. There they raised their family. |
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Daniel |
CARROLL |
Daniel Carroll was born c1783 in Tipperary, Ireland and died before 1881 in N.B. He married Anna O’Neal (born c1793), probably before they arrived in Canada in 1814. Daniel and Anna farmed in Blackville. Anna, also called “Nancy”, died before 1871 and Daniel, before 1881. They were Roman Catholic. Only three children have been located for Daniel and Anna.
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Daniel |
DUNN |
Daniel Dunn was born 1754 in his native Ireland and immigrated to the ‘American States’. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and arrived in New Brunswick in 1785 from Westchester, New York. He became a constable in 1789 and, later, overseer of fisheries in 1795. He gave an acre to build a school in his community. Reports indicate that the family had eight children, but the source cites that the four listed below are definitely this family, and the four others cannot be proved. Daniel died in 1823.
Date of Arrival: 1785 in N.B.
Area of Residence: Red Bank
Occupation: farmer, constable, overseer of fisheries.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Barbara Rogers
Born: c1755
Died: Before 1812
Date of Arrival: 1785 in N.B.
Religion:
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David |
DINAN (DYNAN) |
1806-
DINAN (DYNAN), DAVID: born about 1806 in Ireland. He married Bridget Donnelly on 10 August 1835 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1809 in Ireland. David and his family were the only “Dinan” family in Northumberland County in the 1851 and 1861 census. David was listed as a shoemaker; the family was Roman Catholic. |
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Vol. 2 |
David |
GOODFELLOW |
–1825
GOODFELLOW, DAVID: believed born in Scotland and died 1825 after contracting a severe cold, a result of standing in the river to avoid the flames of the Miramichi Fire. He married Janet McCurrie in March 1786 in Halifax, NS. Believed she was born in Scotland and perished in the 1825 Miramichi Fire, along with her daughter and five grandchildren. The family was living in Point aux Carr at the time. It is believed that David is buried in St. James & St. John’s United Cemetery, Newcastle, as a tombstone was located there for his wife, Janet. |
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David |
McKAY |
MCKAY, DAVID: was born 11 May 1809 in Balnabruach, Scotland and died in Newcastle, NB. He married a Miss Huntingdon in the Parish of Tarbet, Scotland.
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David |
PETRIE |
PETRIE, DAVID: born 4 May 1839 in St. Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland and died 12 October 1919 in Northumberland County, NB. He married Mary Ann Smallwood, possibly in PEI, Can. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smallwood, Mary Ann was born 3 September 1842 in PEI and died 9 April 1922 in Northumberland County. David and Mary Ann are buried in Maple Glen United Cemetery, Maple Glen, NB.
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David |
KRYGSVELD |
David Krygsveld was born July 21, 1941 in New Westminster, BC, the son of William Krygsveld and Violet Waltraud Svensson. He married (1) Mary Dineen on September 3, 1966 and had three children. David and Mary were divorced before Mary died in February 1989.
David married (2) Marlyn (Walsh) Hennigar on September 16, 1989. Marlyn was the daughter of Florence McLean of Chelmsford and Bernard Walsh of Campbellton. Bernard died when Marlyn was only a year old and Florence remarried Leo Thibodeau of Newcastle.
Date of Arrival: from Western Canada about 1984.
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Vol. 2 |
David Felix |
CREAMER |
1801-
CREAMER, DAVID FELIX: born circa 1801 believed in Kilkenny, Ireland. He married Mary Lee, born circa 1806, Ireland, in 1824 in Ireland. She did not arrive in Canada until 1831. David was a farmer. |
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Dennis |
HARRIGAN |
c1780-1860
HARRIGAN, DENNIS was born about 1780 in County Cork, Ireland, and died before 1861 probably in Williamstown, NB. Dennis married about 1808 in Ireland to Catherine Driscoll born 1782 in Ireland, and died about 1864 probably in Williamstown, NB. They arrived in New Brunswick with eight children about 1831. The last child, Dennis Jr., was born in Williamstown a year after their arrival. They had 10 children. Dennis, William, Cornelius and John Harrigan among others are all named in a land petition dated December 31, 1838, regarding water diversion in the Williamstown Settlement.
Dennis Sr. is not found in the 1861 census and is thought to have died prior to this. His wife Catherine is found living in her son Patrick’s home in the 1861 census of North Esk. No record of burial is found for Dennis or Catherine. In a land petition dated in 1865 it appears both Dennis and Catherine are deceased.
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Vol. 2 |
Donald |
MATTHEWS |
c1795-1879
MATTHEWS, DONALD: born about 1795 in PEI, Canada and died July 1879 in most likely Matthews Settlement, on the Little South West Miramichi, NB. He married Hannah Tozer, daughter of Jared Tozer and Sarah Ives, about 1819 in North Esk. She was born about 1802 in Maugerville, Sunbury Co, NB and died after 1871 most likely in Matthews Settlement. They lived in Strathadam between 1819 and 1839 then settled on the Little SouthWest and this was the beginning of Matthews Settlement. The family was Baptist. |
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Donald |
McKAY |
MCKAY, DONALD, ESQ: born c 1786, Nashwaak River, York Co, NB, the 2nd son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders, and Barbara McCloud. He married Zilpha Rogers, daughter of Edward Rogers and Jane Whitney on 9 August 1815 in North Esk, NB. She was born 29 October 1797 in North Esk and died on 19 December 1891, Eureka, CA, at the age of 94 years, some 30 years after Donald’s death on 18 February 1861 in North Esk. Donald is buried in St. James UC Cemetery, Newcastle, and Zilpha is buried in Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Eureka, CA.
Donald settled on the property down river, next to his brother George in 1810. This property had formerly been part of the Eel Ground Indian Reserve. A number of documents exist concerning the ownership of it, the earliest of which, is a deed dated 1813 from Andrew Julian, “King of the Micmac’s” to Donald McKay. The property was a valuable one to a lumberman, because the logs could be boomed in the large sheltered cove at the front of it, the cove known in the late 18th century as Caul’s Cove, and throughout the 19th century as McKay’s Cove.
Donald prospered in the lumber business and also became a prominent public figure in North Esk. As well as filling numerous minor offices, he occupied the following positions at various times form 1812 onward; Trustee of Schools, Overseer of the Poor, Talisman and Grand Juror of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Surveyor of Lumber, Boom Master, and Justice of the Peace. He was the longest serving Boom Master and Justice of the Peace before 1850 and for quite a number of years the only North Esk Justice of the Peace. He was also one of the Northwesters to own the schooner “Huldah”, which he and his brother Robert launched in 1829.
McKay’s unique standing in the Northwest community was signified by the fact that he was sometimes referred to as Squire McKay. He was an officer in the Militia from an early date and was promoted to the rank of Captain in the 2nd Battalion of Northumberland Militia in 1825. He still held this rank in 1850. He was Director of the Northumberland Agricultural Society in 1851 and a Director of the Highland Society in 1953.
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Donald |
ROSS |
1751-1831
ROSS, DONALD: born 1751, died 1831. Our first reference to Donald Ross, Yeoman of Miramichi, is in 1799 when he purchased Lot #79 for 50 pounds from James Fraser of Halifax. The purchase included the fishing rights on the river running across the said lot (Black River). Donald married Catherine Campbell (1784 - ) in 1799.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Donald |
CAMERON |
Donald Cameron was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia on 1826. He was the son of “Red” Jim Cameron (1799-1863). He came to Black River, N.B. with his father and four brothers. He died September 27, 1889.
Area of Residence: Black River, Northumberland County
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Jane Elizabeth Jardine on October 16, 1856; Born: February 10, 1836 Napan, N.B.
Died: 26 April 1912
Father: John Jardine
Mother: Elizabeth “Betsy” Dickson |
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Dudley |
PERLEY |
Dudley Perley was born March 20, 1779 in Maugerville, Sunbury County, the son of Asa Perley and Hannah Pickard. He died in Chatham January 21, 1860. Dudley was buried with members of his family in St. John’s Presbyterian and St. Luke’s Methodist Cemetery, Chatham.
Date of Arrival: 1804 in Northumberland County
Area of Residence: Rock Heads, Chatham Parish
Occupation: farmer, blacksmith, Justice of the Peace, Captain in the militia, roads
supervisor and Presbyterian Church Elder
Married: Anne Gilliss c1808
Born: April 11, 1788 Halifax, N.S.
Died: December 1869
Father: Alexander Gilliss
Mother: Ellen Bremner
Religion: Presbyterian
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Duffy |
GILLIS |
c 1748-May 1824
GILLIS / GILLICE, DUFFY: born about 1749 and died May 1824 most likely on his property in Red Bank, NB. The name of his wife is unknown. He farmed adjacent to his Uncle Angus until 1786 and for a short time farmed a piece of land on the Red Bank Reserve, with the consent of the natives. In 1797 he purchased Lot 13 at Red Bank from the estate of William Davidson, later acquiring other properties, thus building up a considerable estate. His three children were the heirs to his estate. He may be buried in Malcolm Cemetery, Nelson. |
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Dugald |
McPHEE |
MCPHEE, DUGALD: born about 1792 in PEI and died after 1861. He married Mary Sutherland, daughter of George Sutherland and Ann Stewart, on 25 January 1820 in Northumberland County. She was born about 1799 and died after 1861. The family owned residential property in 1822 but this was sold in 1824 when they moved to Nova Scotia. They remained there until 1859, when they returned to live for a time at Red Bank, before moving away again in 1871. Dugald was a lumberman and parish surveyor of lumber in the early 1820’s.
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Duncan |
MacTAVISH |
c1830-1883
MACTAVISH, DUNCAN: born circa 1830 in Scotland and died 9 May 1883 in North Esk Boom, NB. Parents unknown. He was a lodger in the household of Donald McTavish and wife Jane Matheson in the 1851 Census. He married Nancy McColm, daughter of James McColm and Sarah White, in North Esk Boom, NB. She was born 21 November 1834 in North Esk Boom and died 18 March 1923 in North Esk Boom. Duncan was a farmer in the North Esk Boom area. They are buried at St. Philip’s United Cemetery, Whitney.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Duncan |
McRAW/McGRAW |
Duncan McRae was born in Tarbat Parish, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, probably between 1760-1765; christened on January 20, 1770; likely parents Andrew McRaw (1744-1824) and Ann Ross (b. 1752) m 1768 in Scotland. He served as a Private in the 42nd Highland Regiment, “The Black Watch”, during the American Revolution and was garrisoned in New York and New Jersey. He was one of many to land at Halifax to build a new life. He was discharged on September 8, 1783 at Paulus Hook, NJ and went to Parr Town (Saint John, N.B.) and then to the Nashwaak River, where he received a grant. He followed other Scottish war veterans and in 1787 received title to Lot 7 where Pine Grove Cemetery in Loggieville stands. In 1804 he purchased Lot 13 from Alexander MacDonald for the sum of fifty pounds. In 1810 he received a land grant of 214 acres at Tabusintac (Grant No. 568). He died in October 1820, aged 55 to 60. To date, no connection with Neil McGraw of Black River has been discovered.
Date of Arrival: 1783 Saint John; 1787 Loggieville
Area of Residence: Loggieville
Occupation: farmer
Married: Jane (more probably Blake, or possibly Campbell) c1800-1802 *
Born: c1780 to Charlotte Taylor (1755-1841) and Capt. John Blake (1755-1785)**
Died: April 30, 1869; buried St. John’s Presbyterian and St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Ebenezer |
WHITNEY |
Ebenezer Whitney was born c1745 in Sheffield, Sunbury County, N.B., possibly the son of Deacon Samuel Whitney and Lydia Spooner of New Meadows, Brunswick Maine. On January 17, 1769 at Sheffield he married Huldah Mooers, daughter of Peter Mooers and Mary Howe. She was born June 24, 1751 in Rowley, Massachusetts and died July 6, 1815 in North Esk. Ebenezer died August 15, 1810 and was buried at Wilson’s Point on the Miramichi River. Ebenezer and Huldah had a family of twelve on Lot 5 from the Davidson estate in Whitney (later Whitneyville) where they were among the first settlers in the area.
Date of Arrival: c1786 from Maugerville, Sunbury County
Area of Residence: Whitney, North Esk, Northumberland County
Occupation: lumberman, farmer & prominent businessman
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Vol. 2 |
Edward |
SHEASGREEN |
c1803-
SHEASGREEN, EDWARD: was born c. 1803 in County Donegal, Ireland. The first record of his presence on the Miramichi is that of his marriage to Ann Collier on January 10, 1830, in St. Patrick's Church, Nelson, NB. Ann was born in Dublin c. 1810 and emigrated from Ireland with her parents, who settled in Williamstown, NB for a while before moving on to the Fosterville area on the NB/Maine border in York Co. Edward was not enumerated in the 1881 census, but Ann was. No record of the death or burial of either of them has been found. . Edward and Ann raised 15 children in South Esk, NB, on the lower half of Lot 7 purchased in 1831 with funds borrowed, it is said, from Thomas Cunard.
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Ellen |
SAUNTRY |
1809-1897
SAUNTRY, ELLEN was born December 1, 1809, in the city of Cork, Ireland, and died 1897 in Stillwater, MN. She is buried in Bayport Cemetery, Stillwater, MN. Her parents were Dennis Harrigan and Catherine Driscoll (see first family on Dennis Harrigan). Ellen married William Sauntry in February 1828, in Goleen Parish, County Cork, Ireland. Ellen and William had eight known children all born in Goleen parish. Her husband William died about 1848 in Ireland. Ellen’s parents and siblings left Ireland about 1831 and moved to Williamstown, NB.
Perhaps the burden of being a widow with small children in Ireland during these famine years was what encouraged her to move to New Brunswick where her parents and siblings were still living. Ellen and her eight children arrived in New Brunswick about 1854. In the 1861 census Ellen is living in North Esk parish with Dennis, Michael, Ann, Helen (Ellen) and Catherine. In the 1871 and 1881 census Ellen is living with her son Michael and his family in North Esk parish. Sometime after 1881 she moved to Stillwater to live with her daughter Jane Mackey.
Note: Authors King and Hamilton (see sources) only found evidence of 7 children but since then reference to an eighth child has been discovered.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Elmer Alton |
GLENDENNING |
Elmer Alton Glendenning was born in 1875 in Canobie, New Brunswick, the son of Walter Glendenning and Elizabeth Peters. After marriage to Grace, they moved many times to find work and returned to Little Branch, Northumberland County where they set up the post office in their home. In 1919 they settled down in Little Branch, and Elmer engaged in mixed farming. He was active in the Black River Community Hall, the establishment of the Agricultural Society, and he established the Northumberland Creamery. He was a member of the Masonic, Orange, and Oddfellow Lodges.
Areas of Residence: Portland, Maine; Parksville, Tennessee; Little Branch, N.B.; North Haven, Connecticut; Hampton, Virginia; Mussel Shoals, Alabama; New Hampshire; Wisconsin; and Texas.
Occupation: farmer, postmaster, construction
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Jane Elizabeth Jardine Watling on October 18, 1910 in Northumberland Co.
Born: February 28, 1890
Died: March 25, 1964
Father: Jubal Watling, III
Mother: Grace MacAskill MacDonald
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 1 |
George |
BRYENTON |
1816-1907
BRYENTON, GEORGE: born 13 March 1816 in Bungay, England and died 2 October 1907 in Bryenton, NB, Can. He married Mary McIntosh on 10 May 1838 in Northumberland County. She was born 10 October 1821 in Scotland and died 6 February 1903, most likely in Bryenton, NB.
The family must have spent the next 10 years in Prince Edward Island because the first five children consistently state they were born in PEI on various census records. The family does not appear in Northumberland County until the 1861 census where George is listed as a farmer in Derby Parish.
The next two children state they were born in Derby Parish, then another child in PEI, and the last five born again in Derby Parish. Was George a fisherman? Or was he farming over there, before he finally settled in Derby Parish in the area that is now known as Bryenton? George and Mary are buried in Derby United Cemetery, Millerton, NB. |
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Vol. 2 |
George |
HARE |
c1801-after 1868
HARE, GEORGE: born circa 1801, an Irish Presbyterian, was one of 5 early Miramichi residents of that surname. A resident farmer at Whitney in the 1830’s, he moved his family to Halcomb by 1842.
He married Jane Stoops on 26 June 1824 in North Esk Parish by Rev. Samuel Bacon. His wife, having died in 1851, George was living with unrelated individuals on his Halcomb farm in 1861, but by 1868 he was receiving assistance from the Overseer of the Poor. |
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Vol. 2 |
George |
HUBBARD |
1768-1800
HUBBARD, GEORGE: born about 1768 in the USA and died 1800 at Strathadam, NB, at the age of 32 years. He married Jane Rogers on 10 October 1793 in Northumberland Co. It is believed she was born on the Southwest Miramichi and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. George was in the “masting business” with Daniel Estey in June 1791. He petitioned for land at Strathadam on 12 March 1792, which he claimed to have occupied for the last 4 years. He is buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point. Jane remarried Benjamin Appleby.
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George |
HUBBARD |
1768-1800
HUBBARD, GEORGE: born about 1768 in the USA and died 1800 at Strathadam, NB, at the age of 32 years. He married Jane Rogers on 10 October 1793 in Northumberland Co. It is believed she was born on the Southwest Miramichi and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. George was in the “masting business” with Daniel Estey in June 1791. He petitioned for land at Strathadam on 12 March 1792, which he claimed to have occupied for the last 4 years. He is buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point. Jane remarried Benjamin Appleby.
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George |
McKAY |
MCKAY, GEORGE: born 13 February 1809 in Scotland and died 19 November 1892 in South Nelson, NB. He married Margaret R. Robertson, daughter of Patrick Robertson and Margaret Crighton, on 18 August 1833 in Scotland. She was born 3 August 1809 in Scotland and died 18 October 1887 in South Nelson, NB. George was a carpenter on Beaubear’s Island in his early years on the river. (See First Families Vol. 1, Pg. 115.) George and Margaret are buried in St. James United Cemetery, Nelson, NB.
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George |
PEABODY |
PEABODY, GEORGE: born 1778 in Maugerville, NB and died December 1852. He married Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Stephen Sherwood, Sr., in Northumberland County. Sarah was a member of the North Esk Baptist Church, although she resided on the South West Miramichi in 1823.
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Vol. 2 |
George |
RUSSELL |
c1760 - 1840
RUSSELL, GEORGE: born about 1760 in Ballinlough, Ireland and died 12 May 1840 in most likely Newcastle, NB. He married Nancy Rae in Ireland. She was born about 1770 in Ireland and died 24 May 1857 in most likely Newcastle, NB. George and Nancy are buried in St. James United Cemetery, Newcastle. |
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Vol. 2 |
George |
SIMPSON |
SIMPSON, GEORGE: he married Flora Ellen McLean.
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Vol. 2 |
George |
SUTHERLAND |
SUTHERLAND, GEORGE: was disbanded from the 42nd Highland Regiment in the early 1780’s and was granted land on the Nashwaak, but by 1787 he was on the Miramichi. He was granted a lot at Point aux Carr in 1790. By 1795 he was on the North West Miramichi and in 1796 he occupied two lots at Barr’s Point (Whitney). By May 1804 he took possession of a lot at Cassilis and in 1810 he obtained Lot H at Boom Road. He married Ann Stewart, daughter of John Stewart.
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Vol. 2 |
George |
SUTTON |
1756 - after 1814
SUTTON, GEORGE: was born in 1756 and died after 1814. He married Elizabeth Murphy who was also born c 1765 in NF. George settled in Nelson Parish and is listed as a ploughman. George stated on an 1812 petition that he was a native of Ireland. George and Elizabeth raised their family in Nelson Parish but most of the children married and moved elsewhere.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
George |
DICK |
George Dick, son of William Dick and Grace Hay, was born in Polmont, Sterlingshire, Scotland in December 1745. He died in 1814. He married (1) Margaret Brown on August 14, 1787. She was born in 1763 in Polmont, Scotland and died in 1796. He married (2) Janet Inglis on January 28, 1797 in Scotland.
Date of Arrival: arrived from Scotland c1826
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
George |
FLETT |
George Flett was born October 22, 1780 in Orkney, Scotland to James Flett and Katherine Cursater and died December 13, 1867. He married Susannah Godfrey on November 9, 1815 at St. James Presbyterian Church, Nelson, N.B. She was the daughter of Richard Godfrey and Sarah Jane Lavender.
Date of Arrival: from Orkney, Scotland in 1815
Area of Residence: Nelson
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
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George |
FOWLIE |
George Fowlie was born in Scotland on September 15, 1793. He was a carpenter, millwright and farmer, securing a grant at “Little Branch”, Black River, Northumberland Co., N.B. where he built a gristmill and a sawmill operated by water power. He died on December 2, 1843 and was buried in St. Stephen’s Cemetery, Black River.
Date of Arrival: from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1816
Area of Residence: Black River
Occupation: carpenter, millwright and farmer
Religion:
Married: Jean (Jane) MacKnight on August 13, 1828
Born: 1809 in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Died: October 14, 1898 in Black River
Father: Samuel MacKnight*
Mother: Elizabeth Halliday
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
George |
KERR |
George Kerr was born March 4, 1805 in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire Parish, Scotland and died on February 4, 1872 in Aitken, South Carolina, U.S.A. He was the son of William Kerr and Isabella Little who arrived from Scotland in 1816 and settled with their six children in Napan. George worked in Newcastle and was the attorney for Joseph Cunard and Co. He then moved to Chatham and worked as a lawyer and inherited his former father-in law’s* sawmill business at Rosebank. He also was elected MLA for his constituency. He retired due to poor health in 1870 and died in 1872 while wintering in South Carolina.
Date of Arrival: 1816
Area of Residence: Chatham, N.B.
Occupation: lawyer, businessman and MLA
Religion: Church of Scotland (Presbyterian)
Married: (1) Eliza Ann Abrams on May 23, 1834.
Born: c1816; died January 29, 1845, aged 29
Married: (2) Agnes Swayne on April 18, 1850
Born: c1809 in Dysart, Scotland.
Died: April 18, 1888, aged 79, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of Arrival: 1849
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George |
McKAY |
George McKay was born on February 13, 1809, the son of George and Isabel McKay.
After marrying Margaret Robertson in 1833, he lived on Beaubear’s Island for a few years and was employed as a carpenter before moving to Nelson. In 1851 in Nelson they had eight children. Another child was added in 1854. After Margaret’s death in 1887, he took up residence with his daughter, where he remained until he died on November 19, 1892, aged 84 years. George and Margaret were buried at St James United Cemetery, Nelson.
Date of Arrival: from Scotland in 1836 (1851 census gives 1837)
Area of Residence: Beaubear’s Island & Nelson Parish
Married: Margaret Robertson on August 18, 1833
Born: August 3, 1809 in Scotland
Died: October 18, 1887 South Nelson
Father: Patrick Robertson
Mother: Margaret Creighton
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 2 |
George Clay |
MCCONNELL |
MCCONNELL, GEORGE CLAY: was born on the 12th of May 1801 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland Co., England, the son of Thomas McConnell and Margaret Clay. He was baptised at All Saints Church 5 July 1801, at the same city in England. In various census records George was listed with different occupations: Engineer of steamboat, miner, labourer and lighthouse keeper.
George died of a heart attack 29 Oct. 1876 at Miscou Point Lighthouse, 20 years from the time he started. He was 75 years of age. The Saint John newspaper “Daily News,” 3 Nov. 1876 issue stated he was found by the roadside. No record of his internment is known.
He had married Ludiwina Dempster, daughter of Walter Dempster and Janet Lorimer in Duntocher, England/Scotland. She was baptised 1 September 1805 at Thornhill, Scotland. She passed away 6 February 1870, age 65, according to the Union Advocate of Chatham, NB. When and why George and Ludivina decided to immigrate to North America and particularly to Nova Scotia is not known.
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Vol. 2 |
George W. |
GODDARD |
1829-1919
GODDARD, GEORGE: born 1 March 1829 in Grimsby, England and died 20 November 1919 in Fort Langley, BC, (the 1901 census indicates his birthday 4 March 1829). He married 1st Hannah May Jennings in England. She was born about 1831 in England and died around 17 October 1871, when an inquest was held on the body of Hannah Goddard, before Coroner Benson in Northumberland Co.; 2nd Janet Edgar, daughter of Unknown Edgar and Margaret Edgar on 8 June 1874 in Red Bank, NB. She was born 17 February 1826 in Scotland and died 17 May 1909 in Langley, BC.
George was a blacksmith and it is believed the Goddard Blacksmith Shop was located by the Daniel McAllister property in Strathadam. George moved his family to British Columbia sometime before 1881 as the family was listed in the 1881 BC census, living in New Westminster and George was farming. George and Janet are buried in Fort Langley Cemetery, Langley, BC
George and Hannah |
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Gregor |
McKINNON |
MCKINNON, GREGOR: born most likely in the USA, as it is noted that he was a former Sergeant in the North Carolina Volunteers who moved from Keswick to the Glenelg Parish in Northumberland County, NB. There he married Jane Sharp, widow of William Sharp, who was a Veteran of the Queen’s Rangers in the Revolutionary War. Jane outlived her second husband and was granted a pension as a widow of a former soldier of the Revolution.
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Vol. 2 |
Hector |
McLEAN |
MCLEAN, HECTOR: Hector was a son of Hector McLean Sr., born 1821 in PEI, his parents having emigrated in 1808 from the Isle of Mull, Scotland. His mother was Mary McGrath b. 1829 in Chatham. Hector & Mary married in Bathurst in 1852, and lived in Dalhousie for about 20 years. Hector was born in Dalhousie on December 14, 1859 and died February 13, 1941 in Newcastle. He married Ellen Barry, daughter of James Barry & Julia Dennis on August 10, 1882, at St Mary's Catholic Church, Newcastle. Hector & Ellen lived in Bridgetown, near Newcastle.
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Vol. 2 |
Henry |
LAWLOR |
1814-1906
LAWLOR, HENRY: was born 17 April 1814 in Longford Co, Ireland and died in 1906 in Newcastle, NB. He married Anne Farrell, daughter of James Farrell and Mary Mara, on 7 October 1847 in St. Patrick’s Church, Nelson, NB. She was born in July 1824 in Bartibog, NB and died before 1891 in Newcastle, NB. Both Henry and Mary are buried in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle, NB. They were living in the Red Bank area with two children in 1851 but they moved to Newcastle before 1861.
Date of Arrival: 1827 from Ireland
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Vol. 2 |
Henry |
McCAFFERTY |
c1800-bef 1861
MCCAFFERTY, HENRY: born about 1800 in Ireland and died between 1853 and 1861 most likely in Glenelg Parish, No Co, NB. He married Mary Elizabeth Holland on 25 April 1833 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1813 in Ireland and died between 1861 and 1871. Henry’s family was the only McCafferty family enumerated in Northumberland County in the 1851 and 1861 census returns.
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Vol. 2 |
Henry |
OLDFIELD |
OLDFIELD, HENRY: born about 1800 in Ireland and died 25 December 1879, Sevogle, NB area. He married Anne Lacey 16 June 1830 by Father Wm. Dollard, the missionary priest at Nelson, NB. Anne was born about 1805 and died 30 November 1871 in Sevogle area. Henry settled on the Indian Reserve at Sevogle Meadows and became a prosperous farmer, cultivating two islands and a point of land at the mouth of the Big Sevogle River. Henry and Anne are buried at St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Henry |
COPP |
Henry Copp was born on October 31, 1785, one of four brothers who emigrated from England and settled on the west side of the North West at the Meadows and Trout Brook. These brothers were among ten children born to John and Susannah Copp of Devonshire, England and baptized in the Anglican Parish Church at Roborough by Torrington, near Bideford. Henry Copp stated in a land petition dated March 2, 1822 that he came to the Miramichi two and one half years previously. He obtained 200 Acres of land five miles above the entrance to Big Sevogle River, known for many tears as Copp’s Settlement, now Trout Brook. He died April 23, 1877 in Copp’s Settlement, North Esk Parish.
Date of Arrival: 1823
Occupation: farmer and lumberman
Religion: Church of England
Married: Elizabeth Page on August 2, 1810 Morchard Bishop Parish, Devonshire,
England
Born: 1780
Died: November 12, 1872
Father: John Page
Mother: Mary
Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
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Vol. 2 |
Herbert Edward |
PHAIR/FAIR |
1864-1946
PHAIR/FAIR, HERBERT EDWARD: was born 31 January 1864 in England and died 3 December 1946. He married Rebecca Hosford before 1883 in Northumberland County. The daughter of Jonathan Hosford and Mary Copp, she was born 31 December 1856 in Trout Brook, NB and died in 1955. They farmed in the Sevogle area. Herbert and Rebecca are buried in Wesley United (Methodist) Cemetery, Trout Brook, NB.
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Vol. 2 |
Hiram |
FISH |
1815-1853
FISH, HIRAM: was born 1815 in the United States and died 1853 in Newcastle, NB. He married Mary Ann Maltby on 28 October 1836 in Newcastle, NB. The daughter of Thomas Maltby and Margaret Kirton, she was born 25 March 1817 in Sunderland, England and died 13 February 1890 in Newcastle, NB. Hiram was a farmer and courier. Mary Ann and Hiram are buried in St. James & St. Johns United Cemetery, Newcastle.
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Vol. 2 |
Hugh |
McKAY |
MCKAY, HUGH, born c 1788, St. Mary’s Parish, York Co, NB, the 3rd son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders and Barbara McCloud. He married Elizabeth Beckwith, daughter of Ichabod Beckwith and Susannah Whitney, about 1810 in NB. Hugh was not especially successful in business or significantly involved in local affairs. He died 18 February 1840 in Newcastle, NB in his mid 50’s.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Hugh |
MacDOUGALL |
Hugh MacDougall was born on May 12, 1761 in Weem Parish, Perthshire, Scotland. He married Jane MacDiarmid who was born March 1782 in Perthshire, Scotland. They came to Northumberland County in 1817 with four of their children and settled on Lot 8 on the north side of Black River. Hugh was a teacher. When he died October 31, 1827 (aged 67) in Black River, he left Jane a widow with five children. She died July 11, 1863 and was buried with her husband in St. Stephen’s Community Cemetery, Black River.
Date of Arrival: 1817
Area of Residence: Black River, Glenelg Parish
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Hugh |
MacLEAN |
Hugh MacLean was born in Scotland and died in Black River c1810. He was the son of John and Catherine MacLean. John MacLean and his wife Catherine and their three sons Hugh, George and John came to the Miramichi in 1791 from the Isle of Mull, Scotland. They must have been great friends with Alexander MacDonald (Bartibog) as they bought a piece of land undivided. John MacLean built a house on the west side of the Victoria Bridge Road and Alexander MacDonald lived on the east side. Hugh MacLean married Mary________ who died about 1820. They were buried in Bartibog Cemetery.
Date of Arrival: arrived from the Isle of Mull, Scotland in 1791
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Isaac |
McLEOD |
Isaac McLeod was born February 2, 1806 in Scotland, the son of William McLeod and Jane McDonald who left Ceann-na-Coill, Farr Parish, Sutherlandshire, Scotland for Nova Scotia in the early 1800’s. Isaac and his brother John migrated to the Miramichi before finally moving to New Zealand in the 1860’s where he died September 13, 1879 in Helensville. They were Presbyterian.
Date of Arrival: May 1823 from Nova Scotia
Area of Residence: Glenelg Parish
Occupation: farmer
Married: Janet Bremner on February 6, 1834
Born: 1815
Died: March 15, 1882 in New Zealand
Father: Philip Bremner
Mother: Sophia Trider
Religion: Presbyterian
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Vol. 2 |
Jacob |
SILLIKER |
c1818 - after 1867
SILLIKER, JACOB: was born about 1818 in PEI and died after 1867 in Virginia, USA. He came across Northumberland Straight when young man and in June 1840 purchased the lease rights to Lot 3, South of the Little South West Indian Reserve, Red Bank, NB.
He married 1st Eunice Matthews on 30 December 1840 in North Esk. The daughter of Donald Matthews and Hannah Tozer, she was born about 1820 in Strathadam and died 10 June 1848 on Lot 3, Red Bank. He married 2nd Louisa Donaldson, a teacher from the Renous River settlement, on 16 August 1852 in No Co. She died before 1861 on Lot 3, Red Bank. Jacob and Eunice had three children.
Sometime before 1871 Jacob moved to Virginia, USA, leaving his three grown children behind. He remarried a 3rd time there, had three more children and also built and operated his own gristmill.
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Vol. 1 (revised) |
Jacob |
MULLIN |
Jacob Mullin was born c1803 and died October 18, 1887. He was born in Washademoak Lake, Queens County, N.B., the son of John & Elizabeth Mullin. He was a farmer. In 1825, Jacob married Rebecca Anna Drost (1804-1881), the daughter of Peter & Mary Drost. According to the 1851 Kings County Census, Jacob and his son John were living with their families in Studholm Parish. Jacob and “Ann” were living in Northumberland County by 1871, and they were recorded as Baptist. Ann gave her origins as Dutch.
Date of Arrival: from Queens County, N.B. in 1865 to Red Bank.
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Vol. 2 |
James |
ANDERSON |
before 1811 - before 1851
He was born in Scotland per family records. It is believed he died not long after the Miramichi fire, sometime between 1830 and 1851. He married Ruth Burden, daughter of Thomas Burden, the Loyalist and Ruth Earle before 1811, very likely in New Brunswick. Ruth was born about 1791 in Prince William, York Co, NB and died after 1871 likely in Carleton Co, NB. It seems likely that James was associated with the lumber industry. From the story of his daughter, Hannah, we learn that Ruth and some members of their family eventually moved to Maine where they could carry on in the lumber woods, after the depression in this business on the Miramichi at that time. They eventually moved back to Carleton Co, NB. By 1851 Ruth was a widow and living in Williamstown, Carleton Co, with family members. |
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James |
BARRY |
1838-1908
BARRY, JAMES; was born October 15, 1838 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and died 10 February 1908 in North West Bridge, NB. He married 1st Julia Dennis, daughter of James Dennis and Ellen Dennis on 27 April 1858 in St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born about 1841 in Point Pleasant, NB and died 13 November 1880 in Point Pleasant, NB.
James married 2nd Johanna Hayden, daughter of Patrick Hayden and Catherine Sullivan, sometime after 1880. She was born 16 May 1846 in Inkerman, NB and died 10 January 1924 in North West Bridge, NB.
James had a sister Ann who married William Young and who lived nearby. James and both his wives are buried in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle.
Date of Arrival: immigrated to Canada on August 21, 1854 from Ireland when 18 years old. |
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James |
BUCKLEY |
1768-bef 1851
BUCKLEY, JAMES: born 1768 in County Cork, Ireland and died before 1851 in Bay du Vin, NB. He married Abigail Cadagen who was born in 1773 in County Cork, Ireland and died between 1851 and 1861 in Bay du Vin, NB. James and Abigail arrived in New Brunswick with their eight children. |
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Vol. 1 |
James |
CLARK |
1803-1875
CLARK, JAMES: born 9 January 1803 in Edmonton Parish, Middlesex Co, England and died in 1875 in Six Mile Brook-The Portage, York Co, NB. He married Jane Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston on 9 February 1833 in Ludlow Parish, Northumberland Co. She was born 8 March 1815 in Antwerp, Holland and died 1894 in Six Mile Brook-The Portage, York Co, NB. James worked for Bill Richards & Co in Boiestown, NB, likely as a bookkeeper. The family lived by the Taxis River near Boiestown and later near the “Old Coach Road” (The Portage). James and Jane are buried in Boiestown Old Cemetery. |
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James |
COPP |
1794-1855
COPP, JAMES: baptised 23 March 1794 in the Anglican Church at Roborough by Torrington, near Bidford, England, and died 6 June 1855 likely in the Newcastle, NB area. He married Mary Unknown in England. She likely died in Newcastle. James taught school at Copp’s Settlement (Trout Brook) in 1834 and 1835, then the family moved to Newcastle. |
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Vol. 1 |
James |
DAVIDSON |
1763-1824
DAVIDSON, JAMES: was born in Banffshire, Scotland in 1763 and died 22 March 1824 in Oak Point, NB. He was the son of Alexander Davidson and Helen Robinson, who were married on 25 November 1757 in Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland. James married Annabella MacDonald on 14 November 1791. She was born 1764 and died 1804. Annabelle was the sister of Alexander MacDonald who built and lived in the stone house at Bartibogue, known today as the MacDonald Farm.
After Annabelle’s death, James married Gertrude Savoy about 1810 in Bartibogue, NB. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amon Savoy. Gertrude, as a widow, age 58, was living with John and Anne Burchill in 1851. In 1788 William Davidson wrote a letter to Jonathan Odell, the Provincial Secretary, highly recommending Amon Savoy, whom he had known for twenty years. He said Savoy was one of the first settlers in this place, industrious and deserving, a good subject and a good member of society. |
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James |
DENNIS |
c1789-1894
DENNIS, JAMES; was born circa 1789 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland and died 27 February 1894 in Point Pleasant (North West Bridge), NB, at the advanced age of 105. His obituary stated he was an obliging neighbour and “He was in every sense of the word, a whole hearted Irishman”. He married Ellen u/k in Ireland. She was born circa 1793 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and died 12 December 1899 in Point Pleasant, NB. Both James and Ellen are buried at St. Mary’s RC Cemetery, Newcastle. |
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James |
ENGLISH |
1816-
ENGLISH, JAMES: born 1816 in Port Laoise, Ireland, and son of George and Bridget English. He came to this country in 1844 with his mother and other members of his family. James met Ellen Lucy and had one daughter.
He married Bridget Foley, daughter of Peter Foley and Elanor Kaine (both born in Ireland), on 11 August 1847 in Nelson, NB. Bridget was born 10 September 1826 in Nelson, NB. The family was Roman Catholic. James and Bridget had 10 children.
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Vol. 1 |
James |
ENGLISH |
1816-
ENGLISH, JAMES: born 1816 in Port Laoise, Ireland, and son of George and Bridget English. He came to this country in 1844 with his mother and other members of his family. James met Ellen Lucy and had one daughter.
He married Bridget Foley, daughter of Peter Foley and Elanor Kaine (both born in Ireland), on 11 August 1847 in Nelson, NB. Bridget was born 10 September 1826 in Nelson, NB. The family was Roman Catholic. James and Bridget had 10 children.
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Vol. 2 |
James |
GUNN |
c 1835-1889
GUNN, JAMES: a Loyalist member of the 42nd Highlanders to Saint John in 1783, drawing Parrtown Lot P 1456 and then his regimental allotment on the Nashwaak River. Like many regimental members, he was dissatisfied with his land grant and went “over the Portage” for better land. He married Emma/Amy Stymiest, the daughter of Benjamin Christoffel Stymiest II and Abigail Rachel Fardon on 3 June 1876 at Newcastle.
James died in 1836. Emma was born 1779 and died 1849. There is another record of her being born circa 1760, but this would put her too old to be having children when her last child was born in 1821. The 1779 birth date seems more probable.
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Vol. 2 |
James |
HUTCHISON |
1790-1882
HUTCHISON, JAMES: was born about 1790 in Scotland died 4 December 1882, NorthWest Millstream area, Northumberland County, NB. He married Judith Murphy in Northumberland Co. She was born about 1802 in King’s Co, Ireland and died 14 September 1866, Northwest Millstream area, NB. James became a lumber operator on the North West in 1824, in 1825 shared the position of Boom Master with Donald McKay, established a store and a ferry service which operated between his property in South Esk to Gillan’s Landing opposite.
In 1827 from his shipbuilding yard, he and James Gillan launched the brig “Ellen McGregor”. He became the 1st postmaster at North Esk Boom, a position he held for nearly 30 years, until his death. James and Judith are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
Date of Arrival: 1818 from Scotland.
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James |
JOHNSTON |
1780-1867
JOHNSTON, JAMES: born 10 July 1780 in Hoddom Parish, Dumfrieshire, Scotland and died 14 December 1867 in NB, Can. He married Mary Bell on 6 November 1802 in Annon, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Joseph Bell and Mary Johnston and was christened 15 July 1778 in Annon, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and died 29 April 1851 in NB, Can.
The family resided on a farm on the west side of the NorthWest Miramichi at Johnston’s Bridge. James and Mary are buried in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
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Vol. 2 |
James |
KEATING |
1795-after 1861
KEATING, JAMES: born about 1795 in Ireland and died after 1861, likely Newcastle, NB. He married Mary u/k in Ireland. She was born about 1801 in Ireland and died after 1861. The family emigrated from Ireland with at least one child. James and Mary were enumerated in Newcastle Parish in 1851 and 1861. James was listed as a farmer in 1851, but was sick and infirm in the 1861 census.
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