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John |
FRASER |
--1823
FRASER, JOHN: born in Scotland and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. He came to America with the 42nd Highland Regiment, then to the Miramichi in 1787 when he received a crown grant on the Miramichi River. He married Mary Gillis / Gillice, daughter of Angus & Abigail Gillis before March 1792 in North Esk Parish, NB. He inherited Lot 10 at Sunny Corner from his father-in-law Angus Gillis in 1793. He held a number of parish offices between 1793 and 1814. |
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Thomas Baker |
MALTBY |
1792-1857
MALTBY, THOMAS BAKER: born 17 June 1792 in Scarborough, York, England, and died 2 February 1857 in Newcastle, NB. He married Margaret Kirton on 11 May 1816 in Monkwearmouth Church, Sunderland, England. She was born about 1790 in England and died 9 June 1868 in Newcastle, NB.
The family sailed from River Wear, Sunderland, England to Quebec in April 1817. They were shipwrecked and picked up by another vessel bound for the Miramichi. They settled in Newcastle. Thomas and Margaret are buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Bushville, Chatham Parish, NB.
Date of Arrival: 1817 from River Wear, Sunderland, England.
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William |
MARTIN |
1841-1919
MARTIN, WILLIAM: born about 1741 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 17 May 1814 in Red Bank, NB. He married Mary Ann Unknown in Scotland. She was born about 1729 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 9 June 1810 in Red Bank, NB. William was Red Bank’s first permanent European settler. By November 1773 he was settled, by William Davidson, on what later became Lot 14, Red Bank.
Because of the danger along the river during the American Revolutionary War, Davidson gathered most of the settlers on the Grant and took them to Maugerville on the St. John River, where they remained for six years until the war was over.
William Martin along with Angus Gillis and John Stewart remained on the Grant, as they were settled some distance from the mouth of the Miramichi. He later acquired several grants of crown land in and around Red Bank and the Meadows. In 1785 his name appears in the return of the survey done on the state of Davidson & Cort’s grant, at which time he had a household of four. William and Mary Ann are buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point.
Date of arrival: November 1773 from Scotland to the Miramichi.
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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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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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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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Patrick |
QUINN |
Patrick Quinn was born c1761 in Ireland and died at Little Black River, Northumberland County on August 10, 1838 at the age of 77. Patrick petitioned for land in 1829 and in 1830 received a grant of land, 200 Acres, at Little Black River, thirteen miles east of Chatham. On April 22, 1834, his barn, stable, and outbuildings were destroyed by fire. At the time, Quinn’s was the only place of accommodation for travelers between Chatham and Kouchibouguac, Kent County.
Date of Arrival: from Ireland in June 1825
Area of Residence: Little Black River, Northumberland County
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Married: Mary _____________
Born: c1771 in Ireland
Died: between 1851 and 1861
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Samuel |
MacKNIGHT |
Samuel MacKnight was born c1777 in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died August 27, 1845 in Napan. He married Elizabeth Halliday who was born October 1, 1761 in Scotland and died in Napan May 6, 1862, aged 100 years & 7 months. She was buried in St. Andrew’s Cemetery in Chatham, NB.
Date of Arrival: arrived in Napan, N.B. from Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland with his wife and six children, in October 3, 1816
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Michael |
FITZGERALD |
–bef 1829
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL: born in Ireland and died before June 1829, most likely in North Esk Parish. He married Mary Gillis, daughter of Duffy Gillis, on 18 January 1814 in Northumberland Co. She was born about 1791 in North Esk and died after 1829. The family was Roman Catholic. They were living in Grand Digue, NB when their son James was born, but settled in North Esk shortly after. |
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Robert |
FORSYTHE |
--1819
FORSYTH, ROBERT: born most likely in PA, USA and died 1818-1819 in South Esk, NB. He married Jean/Jane Martin, daughter of William & Mary Martin in February 1788. She died after 17 February 1816 in South Esk. He received a crown grant of Lot 58, within the Micheau Survey between Newcastle and Bartibog in March 1788, but moved to South Esk in 1791 where he acquired Lot 2 from William Gordon in exchange for the down river lot. He held several parish offices over a period of more than twenty years. Robert and Jane are likely buried in The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point, Newcastle, NB. |
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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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John, SR |
DOWLING |
-1830
DOWLING, JOHN, SR: born in Ireland and died in 1830 in Nelson Parish, NB. He married Mary Bridget Delano in Ireland. She was born in 1792 and died 1851 in Nelson Parish, NB. John and Mary arrived in New Brunswick with at least two children, settling on Beaubear’s Island, Miramichi River, NB. |
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Jared |
TOZER |
1704-1850
TOZER, JARED: was born at Lyme, near the mouth of the Connecticut River on 4 April 1764. Between the ages of fifteen and nineteen, he served as a private solider in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. After his discharge in 1783, he married Sarah Eunice Ives, a daughter of Captain David Ives & Eunice Gillett, a New England Loyalist and found employment in Hartford Co. Connecticut.
Around 1788 he moved to Sunbury County, NB with his wife and two young children. About 1811 he moved to the Miramichi and was engaged in the lumbering industry. He and his wife played a key role in the founding of the first Miramichi Baptist church at South Esk in 1819. Jared died on 22 November 1850 at age eighty-six and his wife Eunice predeceased him in 1844. |
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William |
DRYSDALE |
1730-1798
DRYSDALE, WILLIAM: born about 1730, believed in Scotland, a cooper by trade moved to England where he was engaged in the British fisheries. He married a Mary, surname unknown and moved to Prince Edward Island, though this reference to Prince Edward Island may refer to his son William who married a woman from PEI. He moved to Nelson on the Miramichi sometime before 1775, as his son William was the first while English baby born in Nelson. He later settled on Lot 23 on the Newcastle side, later moving to Tracadie about 1793. He was buried in a small family cemetery on Lot #29.
“Legend” has it that his wife “Mary” was the daughter of the Prince of Wales. William was working in a position with the royalty and met up with the Princess while in their employ. The crown could not accept this and because of Mary’s rank, they could not dismiss her but sent Mary and William off to Prince Edward Island (in Britain’s new country). |
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William |
DAVIDSON |
1740-1790
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM: born John Godsman about 1740, died 17 June 1790, was born in the Parish of Bellie, near the Town of Fochabers, Banffshire, Scotland. He immigrated to British North America in 1765 to establish a salmon fishing industry in Nova Scotia. It was at this time he changed his name to Davidson assuming the name of his maternal grandfather.
On 31 October 1765, he received in association with John Cort, a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a grant of 100,000 acres, situated on the Miramichi River, from Gov. Wilmot of Nova Scotia. This grant was primarily for establishing a fishery, but also for colonization. The first fishing station was established at Elm Tree, about 12 miles above Beaubear’s Island on the South West Branch of the Miramichi in 1766. This commenced the first British settlement on the Miramichi.
At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, due to loss of markets, raids by enemy ships and unfriendliness of the Indians, Davidson and his fellow settlers moved inland to the Saint John River. In 1779 Davidson received a contract to supply white pine masts for the Royal Navy. Davidson and his “family” returned to the Miramichi in June 1783 where they had to rebuild everything and re-established the permanent settlement on the Miramichi. While in Maugerville, in 1778 he married Sarah Nevers, born Essex Co, MA, USA, and died after 22 August 1818 in Millerton, NO Co, NB.
On 28 April 1783 Davidson was elected to the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia as one of the members for Sunbury Co. At the first general election for the House of Assembly of the newly constituted Province of New Brunswick, on 17 November 1785, he was elected as one of the members for Northumberland County, and sat as a member until his death. |
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John, Rev. |
URQUHART |
1740-1814
URQUHART, REV. JOHN: born 1740 in Cromarty Parish, Ross-Shire, Black Isle, Scotland and died 1 September 1814 in Miramichi, NB. He married a lady by the name of Jane and had a daughter. He married 2nd Mary McIntyre in the United States.
In 1810 he was granted land at the Meadows on the NorthWest Miramichi. He was the first resident Presbyterian clergyman on the Miramichi. From 1800-1814 he had a charge of this congregation and Moorefield's.
Rev John drowned in a canoe accident on the Miramichi River and is buried at Moorefield Cemetery. A monument was erected in later years by some of his descendants.
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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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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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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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Jeremiah |
TRAVIS |
1768 - 1841
TRAVIS, JEREMIAH: was born 22 October 1768 in Tomahawk, Westchester Co, NY, USA and died 23 November 1841 in Little South West Miramichi, Northumberland Co, Can. He married Huldah Whitney, daughter of Ebenezer Whitney and Huldah Mooers, on 10 November 1792 in North Esk, NB. She was born 7 July 1777 in Maugerville, Sunbury Co, NB and died 1857 in -Little South West Miramichi, No Co, NB. In 1796 Jeremiah purchased Lot 5 at Whitney from William Davidson and established his home there. He was a millwright and farmer.
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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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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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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. 2 |
John |
ROGERS |
1770 - after 1819
ROGERS, JOHN: born 9 August 1770 in Simsbury, CT, USA and died after 1819. He married Susannah Walsh, daughter of James Welch and Ann Martin, before 1805 in No Co. She was born about 1786 in Red Bank area and died after 1851. John was a lumberman, surveyor of lumber and held numerous parish offices.
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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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John |
ALLISON |
178 - after 1839
ALLISON, JOHN: was born circa 1780 in County Londonderry, Ireland. Died aft 1839 in Boom Road, NB. He was Presbyterian by faith. He was a farmer and lumberman. He married Eleanor u/k. She was born 1772. Died aft 1861. John purchased Lot F & G at Boom Road, where he resided and raised a farmer. |
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Moses |
AUSTIN |
1780 - ?
AUSTIN, MOSES: born between 1780-1800 in Massachusetts, USA.
In August of 1813, Moses, as a memorialist, petitioned for a lot of 200 acres of upland, joining to a tract of land memorialed for a Mill Tract by Benjamin Stymiest, at the Tabusintac River in the Parish of Alnwick, North’ld Co, NB.
Moses married Eleanor Robinson sometime between August 4, 1813 and September 1, 1821, possibly in Alnwick Parish. Eleanor was born between 1790 and 1800 in New Brunswick.
Moses sold the tract of land, situate lying and being on Portage Brook, known as Lot #2, to Benjamin Stymiest on September 1, 1821. By August 21, 1850 Moses and Eleanor were living in the Williams College Grant division of Aroostook Co, ME, USA.
They both died sometime after July 1, 1860 in Littleton, Aroostook, ME, USA, and are buried in what is now known as the Henderson Cemetery on the Foxcroft Road in Littleton, ME. |
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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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William |
JOHNSTONE |
1780-1867
JOHN’s (T) ON (E), WILLIAM: born about 1795 in Robinson, Maine and died in March 1869 at Renous. Upon coming to N.B. he married Elizabeth Newman, daughter of David and granddaughter of John Newman, a Loyalist who had served at Lot 8 along the Renous River. In the 1861 Census for Northumberland County William is described as a farmer and a lumberman. The family was Presbyterian.
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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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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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John |
CLEARWATER |
1790-bef 1871
CLEARWATER (CLOWATER), JOHN: born 5 November 1790 in York County, believed to be the son of the Loyalist Frederick Clearwater of New York. Census records state he was a farmer and a wheelwright. He died between 1861 and 1871. He married Nancy Young on 19 February 1812 at St. Mary’s. She was born 12 November 1795 and died after 1881 at Ludlow. |
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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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William |
CHAPLIN |
1791-1858
CHAPLIN, WILLIAM: born 15 September 1791 in Bridgton, ME, USA and died 13 August 1858 in Cassilis, NB, Can. He was one of three sons of John Chaplin and Margaret Chaplin who ended up marrying local Miramichi girls and settling along the river. He came to NB with his parents and stayed when they returned to Maine. He states he entered NB in June 1810 on the 1851 census.
He purchased Lot R at Cassilis from Donald Ross in 1815. According to an entry in a Family Bible, William married Helen Walsh in 1810 in No Co. The daughter of James Walsh and Ann Martin, she was born about 1787 in the Red Bank area and died 1 October 1878 in Cassilis, NB. William became very active in the community and was a prosperous farmer and lumberman. Helen is buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB. No headstone has been found for William. |
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William |
FITZGERALD |
1791-1873
FITZGERALD, WILLIAM: born about 1791 in the Parish of Schull, County Cork Ireland and died 15 August 1873 in Oshkosh, WI, USA. He married Ann Harrigan, daughter of John Harrigan / Horgan, in Ireland. She was born about 1792 in County Cork, Ireland and died in 1880 in Oshkosh, WI, USA. William and Ann came to the Williamstown, NB area in 1830 with eight of their children. They moved to Oshkosh, WI with a number of their children and relatives in 1857. They had at least ten children, though only two are listed below. |
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William |
ASHTON |
1793-1870
ASHTON, WILLIAM: was born in 1793 in Devonshire, England. He settled at English Settlement (Trout Brook) following a stop at Newcastle. He married Mary Braund on 30 October 1837. She was born in 1792 and lived until the 1860’s. William died 25 February 1870. It has been recorded that they had six children that were baptised at the Bible Christian Church in England but we have only found evidence that William lived to adulthood. The Ashtons acquired property in English Settlement and later claimed Lot 6 at Big Hole Tract at Curventon. |
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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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John |
GILKS |
1794-1878
GILKS, JOHN: Married Agnes Nancy Moore, daughter of David & Hannah Moore, in the Parish of Blissfield on 2 April 1839, by Justice of Peace, Squire Robert Doak. John & Nancy settled in Blissfield. There he saw the need for a school and built the 1st school, calling it “Upper New Salem” after a name in England. He taught the students until he found a professional teacher. |
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Paul |
LYONS |
1794-after 1874
LYONS, PAUL: born circa 1794 in Ireland, died after 1874 in NB, Can. He married Margaret Ryan in Ireland.
Date of Arrival: 1828 from Ireland
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James |
McCOLM |
1795-1854
MCCOLM, JAMES: was born about 1795 in Ireland and died 1854 in North Esk Boom, NB. He married Sarah White on 8 October 1833 in Northumberland County. She was born about 1816 in Ireland and died after 1881 in North Esk Boom.
The surnames “McColm” and “McCullam” were used interchangeably to apply to James and his family. James tried his hand at lumbering, was a hog reeve in 1839, a ferryman in 1836 and in the 1840’s an innkeeper. The family lived in North Esk Boom, NB.
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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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William |
GRAHAM |
1796-
GRAHAM, WILLIAM: born about 1796 in Ireland and died after 1861 in Williamstown, NB. He married Jane McLean on 10 August 1828, daughter of John McLean and Isabelle Tweedie, in Northumberland County, NB.
She was born about 1807 in Ireland and died 27 December 1857 in Williamstown, NB. Between 1815 and 1821 William served in the Enniskillin Dragoons in Ireland. After coming to NB he settled in Williamstown and there they raised their family. |
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John |
EMMERSON |
1796-1856
EMMERSON, JOHN: born 1796 in Charlottetown, Queens Co, PEI and died 6 February 1856 in Cannon City, Rice Co, MN, USA. He married Mariah Ives Tozer, daughter of Jared Tozer and Sarah Ives, around 1823 in North Esk. She was born 4 August 1808 in Maugerville, Sunbury Co, NB and died 5 June 1889 in Grove Lake, Pope Co, MN, USA.
The family lived in Whitney for over 30 years, where John occupied various parish offices and was a Deacon of the North Esk Baptist Church. The family moved to Minnesota in 1855. |
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John |
GRATTAN |
1798-1873
Born about 1799 in Ireland. He married Briget Moran. |
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Robert |
ALFORD |
1798-?
ALFORD, ROBERT: born about 1798 in England and died after 1833. He married Abigail Fraser, daughter of John Fraser and Mary Gillis, on 24 December 1823 in Northumberland County. She was born in Sunny Corner, NB and died after 1833. Abigail had acquired a portion of her father’s Lot 10 at Sunny Corner and this is where they lived until 1833, when the family name disappears from North Esk records. It appears the family may have moved up into Quebec..
Date of Arrival: 1814 from England to New Brunswick. |
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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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Vol. 1 |
Walter |
BELL |
1802-1854
BELL, WALTER: was born 25 December 1802 in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, son of John and Janet Bell, and died 7 November 1854 in the Burnt Church area and is buried in the First Burnt Church Cemetery. He came to New Brunswick as a boy with his mother and stepfather, William Drummond and they settled at Drummond’s Pool in New Jersey, Northumberland Co, NB. He made his living as a carpenter. He built the window frames for the Catholic Church in Neguac out of wood, held together by wooden pegs. He married Marjory Loggie, daughter of Alexander Loggie and Helen Murray, on 3 February 1831. She was born 16 June 1801 in New Jersey, NB, and died 2 May 1884. |
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James Thompson |
SHERRARD |
1802-1872
SHERRARD, JAMES THOMPSON: was born in August 1802 in County Londonderry, Ireland and died 26 May 1872 in Strathadam, NB. He married Rebecca Shannon on 5 January 1832 in North Esk Parish. She was born 27 September 1803 in County Londonderry, Ireland and died 23 May 1901 in Strathadam, NB. James originally came over to the new country to choose timber for ship builders in Belfast, Ireland. |
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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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John |
JONES |
1804-1866
JONES, JOHN: born circa 1804 in Camborne-Reduth, Cornwall, England. He married Elizabeth Rowe in England. She was born circa 1812 in Camborne, Cornwall, England. When John was 34 yr. old, he and his wife immigrated to Canada. They were headed for Prince Edward Island, but after a long voyage, they arrived at Chatham, NB, where their next four children were born. Shortly afterwards the family moved up to a brook flowing into the Nor’West Miramichi, which then took the name of Jones’ Brook. There he built a gristmill to serve the community, and raised their family. When John, Sr. died his sons James and John, Jr. took over the business, James managing the gristmill and John a sawmill near by. Both mills were run by waterpower from the Brook.
A popular Miramichi folk song, “The Jones Boys” was written about the family and their saw mill business. Lord Beaverbrook, when he gave the quarter-hour chimes to the University of New Brunswick in the late 1940’s, arranged for them to play the tune of “The Jones Boys” that he learned as a child when growing up in Newcastle. When a section of the Intercolonial Railway was built across the Jones property about 1870, the name of the locality became Jones’ Crossing. John died 11 July 1866 in Jones’ Crossing, NB and his wife Elizabeth died 20 July 1864 in Newcastle, NB.
Date of Arrival: 1840 from Cambourne, Cornwall, England.
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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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Nathaniel |
BUCK |
1808-1894
BUCK, NATHANIEL: born about 17 May 1807 Buckfield, Oxford Co, ME USA, died 30 January 1894. He was the son of Nathaniel Buck Sr. and Sarah Seabury. He married Elizabeth Quayle, daughter of William Quayle and Christina Barlow, on 11 August 1831 in Northumberland Co, NB. She was born in County Leitrem, Ireland and died after 1847. Nathaniel served as Overseer of Highways in the 1840’s in the South Esk district. The family lived in Williamstown area where the children attended school until at least 1847.
Between 1833-1837, Nathaniel and Elizabeth were living at Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine as their three oldest children were born there. |
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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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Thomas |
HINES |
1810-1885
HINES, THOMAS: was born about 1810 in Ireland and died 25 April 1884 in Boom Road, NB. He married Margaret McCarthy in Ireland. She was born about 1819 in Ireland and died 16 October 1887 in Boom Road, NB. Thomas, Margaret and son John arrived from Ireland and settled on a farm at Boom Road. Thomas and Margaret are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
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Joseph |
AMOS |
1811-1905
AMOS, JOSEPH: born 31 October 1811 in Isle of Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland and died 6 December 1905 at Lower Derby, NB.
He married Catherine McNeill, daughter of Alexander McNeill and Margaret McPhee, on 1 March 1838 in Lot 65, Queens Co, PEI. She was born 1 February 1813 or 1814 at West River, Lot 65, PEI and died 2 January 1892 in Lower Derby, NB. Joseph was a farmer in the Lower Derby area.
Date of Arrival: 1819 from Scotland to Prince Edward Island, then 1863 to Miramichi. |
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John Thomas |
DONALDSON |
1812-1857
DONALDSON, JOHN THOMAS: was born 25 September 1812 in Halifax, NS and died 29 March 1857 in Blissfield, NB. He married Susannah Bamford, widow of John Mooers, Jr. on 21 November 1849 in Blissfield, NB. The daughter of John Bamford and Susan Munro, she was born 28 September 1825 in Blissfield and died 4 December 1872 in Blissfield. John was a farmer and lumberman. |
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Jonathan |
HOSFORD |
1814-1900
HOSFORD, JONATHAN: born about 1814 in Brandon Parish, County Cork, Ireland and died 11 February 1900 in Trout Brook, NB. He married Mary Copp, widow of Samuel Peabody, on 29 March 1848 in Northumberland County, NB. Daughter of Henry Copp and Elizabeth Page, she was born 4 November 1816 in Devonshire, England and died 11 February 1900 in Trout Brook, NB.
Jonathan was granted land at Williamstown, NB in 1839 but moved to Trout Brook after his marriage. There he was a successful farmer raising five stepchildren as well as six of his and Mary’s. Mary is buried in Wesley United (Methodist) Cemetery in Trout Brook with her 1st husband. No headstone has been found for Jonathan.
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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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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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Robert Walter |
AMOS |
1815-1900
He married Catherine McNeill, daughter of Alexander McNeill and Margaret McPhee, on 1 March 1838 in Lot 65, Queens Co, PEI. She was born 1 February 1813 or 1814 at West River, Lot 65, PEI and died 2 January 1892 in Lower Derby, NB. Joseph was a farmer in the Lower Derby area.
Date of Arrival: 1819 from Scotland to Prince Edward Island, then 1863 to Miramichi. |
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Thomas |
STEPHENSON |
1815-1903
STEPHENSON, THOMAS: born 1815 to Thomas & Elizabeth Traill (Fea) Stephenson of Stremness, Orkneys, Scotland. He died in 1903. Thomas became a shipwright and was taught this trade by Joseph Russell. On 2 January 1840 he married Mary Ann MacDonald, daughter of Stewart and Margaret MacDonald. She was born 1823 and had come to the Miramichi with her parents in 1833 from Ireland. She died 2 December 1850. He married a second time to Annie Gibbs MacDonald, widow of James MacDonald, on 1 April 1858, by Rev. William Stewart. Annie died in 1880.
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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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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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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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Johnson |
BERNARD |
1819-1897
Date of Arrival: before 1839 from Prince Edward Island
BERNARD, JOHNSON: born about 1819 in PEI and died 22 March 1897, age 80 in Chatham. He married Amelia Coughlan 21 November 1839 in Northumberland Co, NB. She was born about 1822 in PEI and died after 1881. Johnson was a ship’s carpenter. The family lived in Chatham and had at least nine children per the Anglican Church records, though only three have been listed below. |
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Michael |
ENGLISH |
1824-
ENGLISH, MICHAEL (MICK): born about 1824 in Port Laoise, Ireland and came to Canada with his mother and other members of the family in 1944. He was the son of George and Bridget English. The family was Roman Catholic. He met Ellen Murphy and they had a son. They did not marry.
He married Catherine Murphy, daughter of Mark Murphy and Mary Synnott, on 22 November 1859 at St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born February 1835 in Nelson and died 13 April 1909. Michael died 16 October 1908.
There is a headstone in Malcolm Cemetery, Nelson, for Michael, age 84, and Catherine, age 73. Catherine also raised another son born to Michael, who arrived shortly after they were married.
Date of Arrival: 1844 from Ireland |
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Thomas |
HILL |
1824-after 1891
HILL, THOMAS: born about 1824 in Ireland and died after 1891 in South Esk, NB. He married Abigail Goodfellow, daughter of John Goodfellow and Mary Williston, on 25 January 1849 by Rev. William Henderson, Presbyterian minister. She was born about 1827 in South Esk and died 4 July 1895 in South Esk. He farmed in South Esk Parish, neighbours to the Goodfellow’s.
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James |
VICKERS |
1826-1907
VICKERS, JAMES: born 12 December 1826 in Queens County (now Laois) Ireland, and died 1 October 1907 in Blackville, NB. He married Mary Powers on 22 October 1855 in No Co. She was born 27 August 1836 in Renous River, No Co, and died 5 September 1917 in Blackville, NB. James and Mary are buried in St. Raphael’s RC Cemetery, Blackville, NB.
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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
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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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Stephen |
DUTHIE |
1840-1910
DUTHIE, Stephen “Etienne” the son of Andre “Andrew” & Ann (Kelly) Duthie was born January 1, 1840 in Quebec and died March 26, 1910 in McKinleyville, N.B. He was a grandson of the first English family to settle in New Richmond area.
Stephen married Bridget Walsh, the daughter of John & Mary (O’Brien) Walsh on June 18, 1872. Their attendants were Edward Murphy and Ellen Walsh. Bridget was born in June 1845 and passed away on October 16, 1885. After her death, he married Catherine Delaney on June 6,1887. She was born in 1845 and died February 6, 1916. The Duthies farmed, operated the Duthie Hotel (around 1876) and the local Post Office (1909-1911). They are interred at St Edward’s Catholic Cemetery, Chelmsford. |
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James Stephen |
MANDERVILLE |
1841-1919
MANDERVILLE, JAMES STEPHEN: born 24 March 1841 in Campbellton, Restigouche Co, NB and died 24 September 1919 in Bryenton, NB. He married Mary Warren on 10 August 1863 in No Co. She was born 21 January 1842 in Blackville, NB and died 9 April 1922 in Bryenton, NB. From the 1891 Blackville Census he states both his parents were born in Ireland. He was a lumberman. Both James and Mary are buried at St. Peter’s Anglican Cemetery, Millerton, NB.
Date of Arrival: sometime before 1863 from Campbellton, NB.
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Joseph |
GOGGIN |
1842-1900
GOGGIN, JOSEPH REID: born circa 1842 in Kings Co, NB and died 24 April 1900 in Chatham, NB. He was christened on 10 September 1873 in the Anglican Church, Chatham, NB. He was the son of Robert D. Goggin and Ann Green. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Searle daughter of Michael Searle and Prudence Parken, on 16 June 1864 in St. Mary’s Church, Chatham. She was born 26 January 1847 in Chatham and died 14 August 1922 in Chatham. Both Joseph and Mary are buried in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Chatham, NB. |
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William R. |
FORD |
1842-1930
FORD, WILLIAM R: born 11 November 1842 in Bathurst, NB, died 11 October 1930 in Whitney, NB. He married Mary Jane Goodfellow, daughter of John Goodfellow and Alice Goodfellow, on 16 December 1884 in Whitney, NB. She was born 4 December 1859 in South Esk, and died 24 May 1946 in Whitney, NB. William was a farmer. William is buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank and Mary Jane is buried St. Philip’s United Cemetery, Whitney. |
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Raphael |
ARSENEAU |
1845-?
ARSENEAU, RAPHAEL: was born 7 February 1845 in New Brunswick, the son of Moise Arseneau and Cecile Caissy. He was living in St-Paul, Kent Co in 1878, but spent 56 years of his life in Rogersville, Northumberland Co.
On 7 January 1870 in Ste-Marie de Kent he married Genevieve Girouard, born 15 October 1847. They had eight children. |
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Leonard Albert Andrew |
SMALLWOOD |
1846 - after 1901
SMALLWOOD, LEONARD ALBERT ALDREW: born 15 August 1846 in Prince Edward Island and died after 1901. He married 1st Susan Unknown, born about 1841 in NB, died between 1881 and 1883; 2nd Margaret B. Patterson on 19 April 1883 in Northumberland County, NB. She was born 19 January 1860, and died 23 August 1943, most likely Protectionville (Maple Glen), NB area.
Leonard, Susan and 4 year-old Ernest were living in North Esk Parish in 1881, where Leonard was listed as a farmer. Leonard and his 2nd family, as well as Ernest, were living and farming in Protectionville in 1901. There is a headstone for Margaret in Maple Glen United Cemetery.
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Jerome |
ROY |
1847 - 1925
ROY, JEROME: born 15 August 1847 in Green Point, Gloucester Co, NB, the son of John Roy and Mary LeBlanc. He died in Newcastle 16 December 1925. He married Nancy Annie Sherrard, daughter of James Sherrard and Rebecca Shannon, on 21 March 1878 in Newcastle. She was born 4 June 1849 in Strathadam, died 2 February 1937 in Newcastle.
Jerome is buried in St. Mary’s RC Cemetery, Newcastle, and Nancy in the Miramichi Cemetery. They lived the rest of their married life in Newcastle, where they raised 7 children.
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Joseph |
BREAU |
1848 - ?
BREAU, JOSEPH: born 1848, son of Edouard Breau and Marie Mazerolle. He married Lucille LaTuilippe, born New Brunswick, died 19 September 1896. |
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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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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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Justus |
ADAMS |
ADAMS, JUSTUS: Justus, when purchasing land at Strathadam in 1831, stated he was a native of New Brunswick. Parents have not been determined at this time. He married Mary McKay, oldest daughter of Robert McKay and E. Alice Parrett on 20 August 1840 in NO Co. She was born 13 May 1822 in North Esk and died 14 July 1902 in North Esk. Justus died 8 April 1883 in North Esk. Justus was a farmer and lumberman, a successful member of the Strathadam community where they raised their 10 children. |
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Justus |
ADAMS |
ADAMS, JUSTUS: Justus, when purchasing land at Strathadam in 1831, stated he was a native of New Brunswick. Parents have not been determined at this time. He married Mary McKay, oldest daughter of Robert McKay and E. Alice Parrett on 20 August 1840 in NO Co. She was born 13 May 1822 in North Esk and died 14 July 1902 in North Esk. Justus died 8 April 1883 in North Esk. Justus was a farmer and lumberman, a successful member of the Strathadam community where they raised their 10 children. |
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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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Patrick |
DESMOND |
c 1781-
DESMOND, PATRICK: was born about 1781 in Ireland and died in Nelson Parish, Northumberland Co, NB.
He was married in Ireland and had at least one daughter there. His daughter Catherine accompanied him to Canada. |