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Id no Volume First Name Last Name Brief summary
00000156 Vol. 2 William YOUNG c. 1814 - between 1881/1891
YOUNG, WILLIAM: born circa 1814 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and died sometime between 1881 and the 1891 Census in South Esk. He married Nancy “Ann” Barry before 1849 in Ireland. She was born circa 1824 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland and died 21 December 1882 in Newcastle. Ann was a sister to James Barry. There is a tombstone for Ann in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle, NB.

William, Ann, Michael and William, Jr. are listed in the Irish Famine Migration to NB 1845-1852, as coming from Cork to South Esk in 1852. In the 1871 South Esk Census, William was listed as a farmer. They made their home near the South Esk-Derby parish line. The family was Roman Catholic.
00000282 Vol. 1 (revised) James WRIGHT James Wright, born c1806, was descended from an English family in Northern Ireland. The 1851 census indicates that he was Irish. He settled in Newcastle and on July 20, 1836 married Johanna Henneghan. He held positions such as tailor, mechanic, stage driver and livery stable labourer. He died June 7, 1878 at age 72. Johanna was last in the census of 1861. The Saint John Globe, May 15, 1867 reported the discovery of the body of Mrs. James Wright of Newcastle, who had been missing for some time.

Date of Arrival: from Northern Ireland in July 1826.

Area of Residence: Newcastle
Religion: Church of England
00000155 Vol. 2 John WILSON WILSON, JOHN: born in Scotland, date unknown and died between 1834-1851 in McNamee. There was a John Wilson, a native of Scotland, who died in this area on 20 March 1843, age 68. Little is known about John’s 1st wife other than she is mentioned when their 1st child was born in 1802. She died before 1822. After her death he married Agnes Ross, daughter of Mr & Mrs Donald Ross of Nashwaak, a widow of Sgt. James MacNabb of the 42nd Highland Regiment. The Wilson’s are buried on the original burial lot near their homestead, which is now levelled and used for farmland.
00000281 Vol. 1 (revised) Mungo WILSON Mungo Wilson was born in Dumfries, Scotland on December 12, 1782. He emigrated with his second wife and his family and settled in Napan, Northumberland County, N. B. He died in August 1866 and was buried in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chatham. He married (1) Miss Moffatt in Scotland and (2) Mary Irving in Scotland before emigrating. Mary was born on January 13, 1798 and died on February 12, 1878.

Date of Arrival: from Dumfries, Scotland c1820.
00000280 Vol. 1 (revised) John Bailey WILLISTON John Bailey Williston was born August 23, 1757 in Springfield, Massachusetts, died July 9, 1835 at Bay du Vin and was possibly buried at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Bushville, N.B. He was the son of Margaret Williston who married Abner Bailey on May 9, 1765. John emigrated from the U.S. with the Spring Fleet of Loyalists, arriving in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1784 and moving to Canterbury, York County with members of the King’s American Regiment.

Date of Arrival: c1787 Bay du Vin

Area of Residence: Bay du Vin
Religion: Church of England
Married: Phoebe Stymiest on March 13, 1788
Born: April 28, 1770 Gravestein, N.Y.
Father: Benjamin Stymiest
Mother: Abigail Fardon
00000279 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
00000154 Vol. 2 John WHALEN c1795
WHALEN, JOHN: born in Ireland c 1795. He married Ann Carroll at Nelson, NB on 19 July 1829. She was also a native of Ireland who had arrived in NB in 1828. John is buried in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Howard and Ann is buried at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Stillwater, MN, next to her son Patrick.
00000153 Vol. 2 James WELCH c1758 - 1812
WELCH, JAMES: born about 1758 in Ireland died 9 December 1812 in Red Bank, NB, according to the Bartibog RC Church Records. Another record shows he died 27 December 1812 and was buried 24 July 1913. He married Ann Marie Martin, daughter of William and Mary Martin, about 1784 in Northumberland Co, NB. She was born circa 1765 in Scotland and died after 1831. By July 1784 James was settled on the North West on Lot 15 at Red Bank. During the period from 1789 to 1812 James held many parish offices, including that of town clerk, overseer of fisheries, surveyor of lumber and grand juror.
00000278 Vol. 1 (revised) Jubal WATLING, Sr. Jubal Watling, Sr. was born in Suffolk, England c1790 and died before 1851. On November 10, 1814 he married Susan/Susannah Leach, born in 1792 and died c1827 in Suffolk. At the time of the marriage, Jubal was “of Brockdish, Norfolk”. When Susan died, Jubal was left a widower with six children. Jubal left P.E.I. for N.B. and brought five children with him. The sixth moved away, possibly to the U.S. Jubal was thought to have remarried in P.E.I. to “Louisa”.

Date of Arrival: P.E.I. from Suffolk, England in June 1830

Area of Residence: Black River, Glenelg Parish, Northumberland County, N.B.
00000277 Vol. 1 (revised) James WALLS James Walls was born in the Orkney Isles, Scotland on March 10, 1765, the son of John Walls, square wright, and Isobel Stronch. He died January 9, 1852 at the age of 86 and was buried in St. Andrew’s United Church Cemetery, Blackville. The name Walls has also been used as an alternate spelling of Wells.

Date of Arrival: from Scotland in 1794 (1851 census)

Area of Residence: Nelson Parish
Occupation: cooper
Married: Charlotte Brown on October 25, 1787
Born:
Died: before 1851
Father: William Brown
Mother:
Religion: Presbyterian
00000276 Vol. 1 (revised) 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
00000152 Vol. 2 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.
00000151 Vol. 2 Richard VERIKER c1825
VERIKER, RICHARD: born in Ireland about 1825. It is believed he was brought to this country by his uncle, Rev. Richard Veriker. He married Mary Ann Kelly of Chatham, daughter of Patrick and Ann (Cavinaugh) Kelly (both from Ireland), on 9 June 1859. The marriage was performed by Richard’s uncle, Rev. Richard Veriker. They resided n Nowlan Settlement where they raised a family of 6 children.
00000150 Vol. 2 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.
00000149 Vol. 2 Joseph TWEEDIE TWEEDIE, JOSEPH, III: was born in Ireland and married Margaret Thompson there. There is no proof at present that Joseph and Margaret came to New Brunswick but at least four of their children were settled at Williamstown by the early 1820’s.

00000148 Vol. 2 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.
00000275 Vol. 1 (revised) John TRAVERS, Sr. John Travers, Sr. was born c1766 in County Cavan, Ireland. At the age of 88, he died in Douglasfield and was buried on February 26, 1854 in St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Bushville, Nelson Parish. Although his wife’s name is unknown, a Mary Travers*, aged 62, was buried at St. Paul’s on September 5, 1843. In 1851 John, an eighty-year-old widower, was living with his son David and his family. The family surname was recorded several different ways, including Traves, Travers, Traverse, Travis, and today’s spelling of Trevors.

Date of Arrival: from Ireland in 1822 with his wife and six children.

Area of Residence: Douglasfield, Northumberland County
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Church of England/Anglican
Married: possibly Mary _________
00000046 Vol. 2 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.
00000147 Vol. 2 John TOUCHIE/TUSHIE TOUCHIE/TUSHIE, JOHN: was (possibly) born in the United States but of Portuguese origins. He died between 1797 and 1807 in Northumberland County, NB. The name of his wife is not known but she was a Micmac Indian woman. She died before 1807 in NO Co. John “Tushea” occupied Lot 52 at Chatham Head, which was occupied by his son between 1811-1825. John was a river pilot on the Miramichi from 1775 and into the 1790’s.
00000274 Vol. 1 (revised) Peter SWEENEY Peter Sweeney was born c1837 in Quebec and died before November 1893. He married c1867 Jane McInnis, born May 1, 1850 to John McInnis* and Maria Clark of Nelson Parish, Northumberland County. Peter and Jane were living in Nelson Parish in 1881. In 1891 they were living in Newcastle where Peter was a sawmill labourer. Peter was Roman Catholic, whereas Jane and the children, who were all born in Nelson Parish, were Presbyterian. After Peter’s death Jane married Thomas Dempsey, a widower from Belledune. In 1901 Jane and Thomas were living in Newcastle, along with the four youngest Sweeney children and one Dempsey child, Ethan.

Date of Arrival: from Quebec before 1869

Area of Residence: Nelson Parish
00000146 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.
00000145 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.
00000273 Vol. 1 (revised) John Michael SULLIVAN John Michael Sullivan was born 1786 in County Cork, Ireland and died in 1856 in Grey Rapids, N.B. He married Barbara Ann Peters in Nova Scotia. John and Barbara arrived in Blackville, N.B. in 1836. John was a farmer and a lumberman. Barbara was a seamstress. In the 1861 Northumberland County census, Barbara was identified as Roman Catholic. Barbara was born in Holland in 1799 and died in 1885.

Date of Arrival: 1836 from Nova Scotia

Area of Residence: Blackville
00000144 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.
00000272 Vol. 1 (revised) James STURGEON James Sturgeon was born in 1796 in Pictou, Nova Scotia to Robert Sturgeon and Jannet Layton. His parents had arrived there from Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland in 1792.

Date of Arrival: from Pictou, N.S. in 1829

Area of Residence: Newcastle & Blackville
Occupation: farmer
Married: Catherine Walker in Pictou, N.S.
Born: c1798
Died: between 1871 and 1881
00000143 Vol. 2 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.
00000142 Vol. 2 John/George STEEL(E) STEEL (E), JOHN/GEORGE: was born between 1805-1807 in Scotland. Nothing is known about his first wife. He married second Grace Gray on 31 Jan 1842 (the 1851 census shows her as Giselle).
00000141 Vol. 2 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.
00000270 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
00000271 Vol. 1 (revised) Peter SINCLAIR Peter Sinclair was born 1812 in Caithnesshire, Scotland to Andrew and Jane Sinclair.

Date of Arrival: 1830; his parents, 1840

Area of Residence: Sinclair Island, at Whitneyville, Northumberland County
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Married: (1) Huldah Jane Curtis on December 5, 1839 at St. James Presbyterian
Church, Newcastle
Born: April 3, 1817 in Whitney
Died: in the 1840’s
Father: William Curtis
Mother: Susannah Travis of North Esk
Married: (2) Maria Copp on July 20, 1847 in Northumberland County
Born: April 16, 1821 in Roborough, Devonshire, England
Died: April 14, 1904 in Whitney, N.B.
Father: Henry Copp
Mother: Elizabeth Page of Trout Brook
They were buried at St. Stephen’s United Church Cemetery, formerly Red Bank Presbyterian.
00000140 Vol. 2 George SIMPSON SIMPSON, GEORGE: he married Flora Ellen McLean.
00000139 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.
00000269 Vol. 1 (revised) James SHIRLEY James Shirley was born at Bellnouf House, Parish of Moth Hill, Kilkenny, Ireland on December 21, 1784 and died August 26, 1872. He settled in Weldford Parish, Kent County in the early 1800’s and obtained a land grant c1825. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Beersville, Kent County. When James first settled in the area, Kent County was part of Northumberland County.

Date of Arrival: c1825

Area of Residence: Beersville, Weldford Parish, Kent County
Married: c1820 Nancy Beery (Berry?) Dollaway
Born: December 6, 1799 Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died: May 25, 1878 and buried in Beersville Cemetery
Religion: Presbyterian
00000268 Vol. 1 (revised) Stephen SHERWOOD Stephen Sherwood was born (date unknown) in the United States, probably in Westchester County, N.Y. or Fairfield, Connecticut. He was married and had most of his family in the U.S. His wife’s name and those of his parents are unknown. The family settled on the S.W. Miramichi where he bought a lot from William Davidson. On July 16, 1784 Stephen received a grant and settled in Derby Parish. D.G. Bell listed Stephen Sherwood as a farmer from Dutchess County, N.Y. His family included two adult females, two children over 10, and three children under 10 when they landed in Saint John, N.B. in June 1783. They had travelled with a company of other Loyalists on the ship ‘Littledale’. Stephen died in Derby Parish in 1823.

Date of Arrival: June 1783 in Saint John and September 1784 in Northumberland Co.

Area of Residence: Derby Parish
00000047 Vol. 2 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.
00000138 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.
00000267 Vol. 1 (revised) 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
00000137 Vol. 2 John SHADDICK c1783-1853
JOHN: born about 1783 in Devonshire, England and died 17 October 1853 in Trout Brook, NB. He married Mary Dame Hill in England. She was born about 1787 in Devonshire, England and died 5 April 1874 in Trout Brook. John created a valuable farm during the 1830’s and 1840’s in English Settlement (now Trout Brook), and served in various parish positions during his lifetime.
00000136 Vol. 2 John SCOTT c1762-1842
SCOTT, JOHN: born about 1762 in Duffes, Morayshire, Scotland and died 6 June 1842 in Scott’s Settlement, South Esk, NB. He married Jane Unknown in Scotland. She was born about 1766 in Scotland and died 18 August 1860 in Scott’s Settlement. It was this family that settled on the North West and gave their name to Scott’s Settlement. John is buried in St. James & St. John Cemetery, Newcastle.
00000266 Vol. 1 (revised) William SCOTT William Scott was born in Scotland in 1812, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, all of whom immigrated to the middle district of Newcastle in what was called Rosebank, now Nordin. He purchased three pieces of Lot # 12, and in the 1838 to 1840 period, built a home and workshop there. He was variously called a block master, mast maker, pump maker and in the 1870’s, a cabinetmaker. A letter dated September 2, 1991 states that the Scott home still stands and was lately owned and occupied by the local artist, Richard Howe.

Date of Arrival: from Greenock, Scotland in May 1822.

Religion: Presbyterian
Married: Mary Creighton on November 11, 1836.
Born: c1815
Died: September 12, 1890
Date of Arrival: 1836
00000135 Vol. 2 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.
00000265 Vol. 1 (revised) Joseph SAUNDERS Joseph Saunders was born August 29, 1765 in Rowley, Massachusetts. Joseph was the son of William Saunders and Ann Lowell. He was a mason, prominent land owner, farmer, lumberman, millman, businessman, militia officer, JP, and MP. He died in 1825 at the age of 65 in Kirkwood, Nelson Parish, Northumberland County, N.B. Joseph was buried in Saunders Cemetery, Chelmsford with his wives, Margaret and Mary.

Date of Arrival: from Rowley, Massachusetts to Maugerville to Miramichi c1789.

Area of Residence: Maugerville & North Esk Parish
Married: (1) Margaret Anderson in 1792
Born: 1774
Died: 1809, aged 33
Father: James Anderson
Religion:
Married: (2) Miss Davidson
Married: (3) Mary Hannah Willis on April 29, 1817
Born: c1887
Died: Buried on August 2, 1822, aged 35
00000134 Vol. 2 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:
00000132 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.
00000133 Vol. 2 John RUSSELL c1797-1884
RUSSELL, JOHN: born about 1797 in Clydebank, Scotland and died 9 May 1884 in Whitney, NB, Can. He married Margaret Hutchison before 1820 in Scotland. She was born about 1796 in Speymouth, Morayshire, Scotland and died 1879 in Whitney, NB. They had four children when they settled on a farm in Whitney. The family was Presbyterian.
00000131 Vol. 1 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.
00000130 Vol. 2 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.
00000128 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.
00000129 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.
00000264 Vol. 1 (revised) 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

00000263 Vol. 1 (revised) 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
00000127 Vol. 2 William QUAYLE c1717-after 1851
QUAYLE, WILLIAM: a retired British soldier, legally discharged from Her Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Militia in Ireland, having served during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was born about 1771 in Ireland and died after 1851, most likely in Williamstown, NB.

He married Christina Barlow in Ireland. She died before 1851 most likely in Williamstown, NB. William and Christina and their six children arrived in New Brunswick aboard the lumber ship “Maria of Harrington”.

William petitioned for land at Williamstown near the allotments granted Robert Tweedie. In 1851 he was a widower, living with his son Robert and working as a shoemaker.
00000125 Vol. 2 Thomas Walter PRICE `749-1817
PRICE, THOMAS “WALTER”: born 1749 in Llanarthyerey Parish, Wales and died 1817 in New Brunswick. He married Mary Woods, a cousin, on 24 September 1772 in Wales. She was born 1754 in Laughame, Wales. Rev. Walter Price was a minister with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, coming from Devonshire England to St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada in 1784.

While he was at the St. John’s Church in St. Johns, NF he arranged for a silver patten and chalice to be provided from England. This silver was on display at the Newfoundland Arts Centre in 1997 and now is most probably at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, which was built on the site of that church.

In 1790 Rev. Price moved his family to New Brunswick, settling near Durham Bridge, Parish of St. Mary’s, near Fredericton. He petitioned for land in Ludlow in 1805 as his sons had already moved there, and he was a member of the Legislature of New Brunswick. Walter died of Typhoid Fever in 1817. It is believed he is buried in Nashwaak or St. Mary’s, York Co, NB.
00000126 Vol. 2 William Redman PRICE c1796-c1866
PRICE, WILLIAM REDMAN: was born in Bedeque, Prince Co, Prince Edward Island about 1796, the third child and second son of Richard & Anastasia (Cody) Price. He married Phebe Stang at Bedeque, PE on 31 July 1820. The marriage was performed by Major Hooper, JP, with brother George Price and brother in law James Walsh as witnesses. Phebe was born about 1800 at Bedeque, PE, the daughter of Jesse & Sarah (Wright) Strang. She died in 1881 at Price Settlement near Tabusintac, NB.

William died at Tabusintac, NB at the age of 70. They are buried in Stymiest Cemetery, Tabusintac. The Price family settled on the south side of the Tabusintac River in the rear of the Indian Reserve, about five miles west of Tabusintac Village. They moved to Tabusintac prior to 1844.
00000262 Vol. 1 (revised) John POWER John Power was born c1766 in Ireland. He bought land in Derby by 1804 and died 1824 in Derby, NB. He married (1) Mary (McCarthy?) who died before 1820, and (2) on July 31, 1820 Margaret Lawler, born in 1793 in Ireland. She was the daughter of James Lallor/Lawler and Elizabeth Whelan. On November 18, 1827 Margaret married a second time to Thomas Power (c1784-1871).

Date of Arrival: from Dublin, Ireland before 1804.
00000261 Vol. 1 (revised) Thomas PORTER Thomas Porter was born in Ireland in 1811 and died in December 1874 in Blackville. A farmer, he married Margaret Sarah Dean on October 26, 1835 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Blackville, N.B. Margaret was born c1811 in Ireland and died November 9, 1889.

Date of Arrival: Thomas came from Ireland in April 1825; Margaret arrived in 1824.

Area of Residence: Blackville Parish, Northumberland County
00000124 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.
00000123 Vol. 2 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.
00000260 Vol. 1 (revised) 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
00000122 Vol. 2 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.
00000121 Vol. 2 Samuel PAYNE PAYNE, SAMUEL: was born about 1800 in Ireland and died after 1871 at Red Bank, NB. He married Sarah Ealey on 25 October 1827 in Newcastle. She was born about 1801 in Ireland and died possibly at Red Bank, NB.

By 1847 Samuel and Sarah were living on Lot 25 South, the property being given to him by the Indians in 1838. These acres were part of the site of “Indian Gardens” which had been under cultivation before William Davidson’s arrival in the 1770’s. Samuel held minor Parish offices over the years.
00000259 Vol. 1 (revised) William PARKS William Parks was born c1802 in Glendermot Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland and came to Northumberland County with his mother, Nancy. William died September 20, 1853 in Red Bank.

Date of Arrival: 1819 from Londonderry, Ireland

Area of Residence: Red Bank
Occupation: businessman, government agent, surveyor & bookkeeper
Married: Jane (Jennie) Cowden November 11, 1823 Chatham
Born: August 1806 in Kirk Maiden by Drummore, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Died: November 20, 1890 in Red Bank
Father: John Cowden
Mother: Martha Gibson
Date of Arrival: 1813 with parents
Religion: Church of Scotland (Presbyterian)
00000120 Vol. 2 John PALLEN PALLEN, JOHN: was born in 1912 in London, England, the son of William Pallen and Elizabeth Skym. He arrived on the Miramichi with his father’s family (a brother and four sisters) in 1820. He returned to England about 1832 to study medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1835 and joining the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 1835 he came to Bathurst, NB where his parents were living. After two years, in 1837, he relocated to Chatham.

He practised medicine in Chatham for 60 years, until his death in 1895. He also established a drug store, which was located in the “Flat Iron Building” at the corner of Water St and George St. It is reported that he held his office and surgery there. He also owned the “Pallen Stone Building” on George St. After his death, his son Herbert ran a drug store there. John is buried in St. John’s Cemetery, Chatham, NB.

John married Emily Harris, the “eldest daughter of J. Harris, late of Dorchester, England”. She was born about 1824 and died 6 August 1866 at the age of 42 years.
00000118 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.
00000119 Vol. 2 Jeremiah O'SHEA O’SHEA, JEREMIAH, I: was born about 1803 in County Cork, Ireland and died 9 November 1886 in North Esk, NB. He married Catherine O’Sullivan, before 1830 in Ireland. She was born about 1810 in County Cork, Ireland and died 4 May 1894 in North Esk, NB. Jeremiah was a farmer and a shingle maker. The family settled at Trout Brook. Jeremiah and Catherine are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000117 Vol. 2 James Francis O'DONNELL O’DONNELL, JAMES FRANCIS: born c 1794 Ireland and immigrated to NB in 1823. Ellen (Eleanor) Reilly, born c 1805, emigrated in 1826. Their marriage was performed 14 March 1828 by Father Dollard, of the South Nelson mission with a dispensation of banns. James Francis O'Donnell had settled at Barnaby River, petitioned for 120 acres of land on 10 February 1832, and finalized the sale on 14 April 1840 for $115.00.

They lived at the homestead in Barnaby River throughout their entire lives. James Francis died between 1861-1871. Ellen passed away between 1881-1891; both are probably buried at Malcolm Cemetery, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson-Miramichi, although no records have been located.
00000115 Vol. 2 Michael O'BRIEN O’BRIEN, MICHAEL: born 1813 in Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland and died 1907 in Stillwater, MN, US. He married Mary Casey on 7 April 1842 in Northumberland County, NB. The daughter of James Casey and Margaret Tobin, she was born 1816 (possibly) in PEI, Can. and died 8 December 1882 in Stillwater, MN, USA. Michael was on the ship “Hannah” (or Harriet) which sank off PEI.

In the 1830’s and 1840’s Michael owned substantial property at Halcomb and there the family lived until about 1848 when they moved to Maine, USA. In 1853 there were living in Stillwater, MN, USA. Michael and Mary are buried in Stillwater, MN.
00000116 Vol. 2 Patrick O'BRIEN O’BRIEN, PATRICK: born before 1816 in Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland and died after 1849. He married Bridget Dorrington on 7 July 1845 in Northumberland County. The daughter of Michael Dorrington and Catherine Grady, she was born about 1816 and died after 1845. Patrick came from Ireland on the ship “Hannah” (or Harriet) which sank off Prince Edward Island. Patrick and his brother Michael eventually made their way to NB and settled on the Little South West Miramichi at Halcomb.
00000258 Vol. 1 (revised) John NOLAN/NEWMAN John Nolan/Nowlan was born October 1, 1826 in Prince Edward Island and died June 1904 in Sunny Corner. About 1850 he met Mary Jane Payne, daughter of Samuel Payne and Sarah Ealey, and had one son. Mary Jane was born c1831 in the U.S.A. and died 1919 in Bryenton, Northumberland County. John and Mary Jane never married.

Date of Arrival: before 1850 from P.E.I.

Area of Residence: Sunny Corner, Northumberland County
Married: Mary Matchett on June 29, 1851 in Red Bank
Born: July 28, 1830 (1901 census gives July 2, 1828)
Father: William Matchett
Mother: Mary Fraser
Died: October 1, 1913 Sunny Corner
Religion: Church of England
00000257 Vol. 1 (revised) John H. NEWMAN John H. Newman was born in England c1734 and died on July 2, 1797. He was buried at Wilson’s Point Cemetery, at the Enclosure. He served in 2nd New Jersey Volunteers and came to Saint John, N.B. in the fall of 1783. He received a Crown Land grant in 1783 at Kingsclear. On October 18, 1887, he bought Lot 22 on SW Miramichi from William Davidson. His occupation was a farmer. He married Hannah Montgomery, born c1749 and died on December 21, 1807. She was buried at Wilson’s Point.

Date of Arrival: 1783 from England on “Duke of Richmond”
00000256 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
00000114 Vol. 2 James MURRAY MURRAY, JAMES: born 1803 in Ireland and died 11 January 1891 in Chaplin Island Road, Newcastle, NB. He married Catherine Farrell, daughter of Edward Farrell and Catherine Cline, on 18 November 1840 in St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born 10 March 1823 in Ireland and died 23 March 1906 in Chaplin Island Road, Newcastle, NB. Catherine arrived in Canada with her parents in 1826. James and Catherine are buried in St. Mary’s (Old) Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle, NB.
00000255 Vol. 1 (revised) Thomas King MURRAY Thomas King Murray was born in Scotland 1805 and died July 18, 1873. Thomas married Margaret Miller in Scotland, where she was born in 1803 to David Miller
and Margaret Haddon. She died in Douglastown on April 17, 1865.

Date of Arrival: from Perthshire, Scotland in August 1824.*

Area of Residence: Alnwick Parish. Thomas received a land grant of 100 Acres on
March 17, 1856.
Occupation: labourer and millman
Religion: Presbyterian
00000110 Vol. 2 John MURPHY MURPHY, JOHN; was born about 1789 in Ireland. Records indicate that he and his brother Patrick immigrated together about 1818, and for 15 years lived as bachelor farmers on the west side of the North West Miramichi near Johnston’s Bridge in Sunny Corner. On February 15, 1833, John married Mary Quigley. Patrick continued to share the household after John’s marriage and, in fact, to head it for several years following John's death on November 18, 1857. Mary was born c 1808 in Ireland. She outlived John by almost 40 years, until February 29, 1896.
00000111 Vol. 2 Luke MURPHY MURPHY, LUKE: born 22 June 1798, Wexford Co, Ireland, died 19 July 1895 Eagle Point, Chippewa, WI, USA. He married Elizabeth Fraser on 27 July 1840 in Neguac, Northumberland Co, NB. She was born in 1808 in NB, Can, and died 12 January 1895 at Eagle Point, Chippewa, WI.
00000112 Vol. 2 Marcus MURPHY MURPHY, MARCUS: Marcus (Mark) was born in Ireland about 1801. He made the voyage to Canada as a young man. He married Mary Synnott on 24 January 1830. The marriage was performed by Father Dollard and witnessed by James Murphy and Margaret Deake. Mary was also born in Ireland about 1810 and came to this country in 1826. Among Nowlan Settlement’s earliest settlers, they established a farm and raised their family there.
00000113 Vol. 2 Martin MURPHY MURPHY, MARTIN M: born circa 1808 in Tipperary, Ireland, died after 1871. He married 1st Mary u/k in Ireland, born circa 1810 in Ireland, believed to have died enroute to Canada, 2nd Catherine Kennedy circa 1836 in St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born circa 1817 in either Ireland or Newfoundland, came to New Brunswick around 1836, and died after 1871. Martin was a farmer & a labourer. They were Roman Catholic.
00000109 Vol. 2 John MURDOCK MURDOCH, JOHN: born in 1735, died 11 January 1797, aged 62 years. He married Janet Malcom. She was born in 1742 and died 9 September 1827, aged 60 years.
00000253 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.
00000254 Vol. 1 (revised) Thomas MULLIN Thomas Mullin was born c1793 and died after 1881 in Cassilis, Northumberland County. He was possibly the son of John and Elizabeth Mullin, Loyalists who settled in Kings County, N.B. after the American Revolution. They were Church of England and later Presbyterian.

Date of Arrival: before May 1817 from Belisle Bay, Kings County

Area of Residence: Cassilis
Occupation: farmer & lumberman
Married: Anne Fraser on April 14, 1818
Born: c1794
Father: John Fraser
Mother: Mary Gilliss
Died: June 4, 1858
00000108 Vol. 2 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.
00000252 Vol. 1 (revised) James MILLS James Mills was born in Banff, Scotland on June 11, 1762, the son of Peter Mills and Isabel Burgess/Bergess. He arrived in Halifax N.S. in 1798. After marrying there, he and his bride, Mary Weston, made their way to Northumberland County to settle in Hardwicke Parish. They were Church of England.

Date of Arrival: c1800 via Halifax from Scotland

Area of Residence: Hardwicke Parish, Northumberland County
Married: Mary Weston on September 8, 1799 in Halifax
Born: September 8, 1777 in Halifax, N.S.
Died: October 30, 1827 Hardwicke Parish
00000107 Vol. 2 John MENZIES MENZIES, JOHN: born 15 June 1797 in James Town, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfrieshire, Scotland and died 27 April 1864 in North Esk, NB. He married Mary Ann Forsyth on 19 May 1831 in St. James Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, NB. She was the daughter of Robert Forsyth and Jean/Jane Martin. She was born about 1812 in New Brunswick and died 12 January 1884 in North Esk, NB. After their marriage they settled in South Esk and remained there until 1836, when he purchased a lot from John Kenny in Whitney and the family moved. The name is still prevalent in the area today. There is a headstone for John in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000106 Vol. 2 Michael MEAGHER/MAHER/MAHAR MEAGHER/MAHER/MAHAR, MICHAEL: born circa 1786 in Ireland, entered the colony with his wife Mary Kennedy, and family of at least four. He was listed in the 1851 Census as a Roman Catholic, and a School Master. He had farm property at Barnaby River but also lived in Chatham, probably later in life. According to their headstone in St. Michael’s RC Cemetery, Old Section, Chatham, Michael died 2 October 1868, age 82, and his wife Mary Kennedy died 17 July 1892, age 88. Many of his children, in the early 1900’s, moved to Bangor and/or Brewer, ME, USA.
00000105 Vol. 2 Travis McTAVISH MCTAVISH, TAVIS: born about 1785 in Inverness-shire, Scotland and died 25 April 1860 in No Co. He married Ann McDonald 1 July 1817 in No Co. She was born about 1788 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died 1882 in No Co. They made their home in South Esk Parish. They are both buried in St. James & St. John UC Cemetery, Newcastle.
00000251 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
00000104 Vol. 2 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.
00000250 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
00000101 Vol. 2 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.
00000102 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.
00000103 Vol. 2 William Allen McLEAN MCLEAN, WILLIAM ALLEN: was born 1819 in Guysborough, NS and died 20 October 1899 in Whitney, NB. He married Margaret Sloane on 23 December 1852 in North Esk, NB. She was born 1837 in Nova Scotia and died 19 October 1892 in Whitney, NB.

According to family tradition William’s ancestor (possibly grandfather was a retired sea captain known as Sea Wolf who came to Pictou, NS from the Firth of Mull. After marrying, William and Margaret settled in Allison’s Settlement, North Esk Parish, and there they raised their family. They are buried in St. Philip’s UC Cemetery in Whitney.
00000249 Vol. 1 (revised) Thomas McLEAN Thomas McLean was born in 1810 in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died in Napan March 31, 1897. He was the son of John McLean and Elizabeth Aitchison, Scottish immigrants. He was Presbyterian.

Date of Arrival: 1822

Area of Residence: Napan, Chatham Parish
Occupation: farmer
Married: Margaret Isabella McGrath on February 1, 1843 in Chatham
Born: c1826 in Northumberland County to Irish parents
Died: August 29, 1899
00000100 Vol. 2 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.
00000099 Vol. 2 John McKENZIE McKENZIE, JOHN; was born c.1783 somewhere in Scotland. There is no evidence that he was related to any of the other McKenzie families that settled on the Miramichi in the early to mid 19th century. He married Ellen McCullum /McCullam c. 1812 in Newcastle. She was almost certainly the daughter of Henry McCullum, whose Lot #2 in Newcastle, stretching from the present day Morrisey Bridge back beyond the railway tracks, encompassed much of what was once known as the Town of Newcastle.

John himself acquired Lot # 5 in Newcastle and lived on it for the remainder of his life, but because he became involved in numerous land, mortgage and remortgage transactions, at which he proved quite unsuccessful, his ownership of the lot had, by the time his life ended, been pared down to a few acres from the original 150. He died sometime after August 1859.

By profession, he was a “cooper”, a barrel maker, a profession common at the time when most commodities were shipped in barrels. His wife, Ellen, born c.1796 in Newcastle, had died c.1831 in Newcastle.

John and Ellen had 5 or more children. There is documentary proof of the parentage of 3 of them (Ellen, Thomas and Hannah). There is more than enough circumstantial evidence to demonstrate with virtual certainty that Anne & William were their children as well, even though no vital records have been found the sixth child. Elizabeth, can only be labelled as a possible daughter of John & Ellen McKenzie.
00000098 Vol. 2 Michael McKENDRICK MCKENDRICK, MICHAEL: born about 1796 in PEI and died 15 December 1870 most likely in the Red Bank area. He married 1st Louisa Estey on 2 November 1820 in No Co, NB. The daughter of Daniel Estey and Louisa Crowe, she was born in South Esk Parish and died about 1846. He married 2nd Mary White on 13 December 1848 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1803 in County Down, Ireland and died 5 February 1874 in Red Bank Area. Michael was very active in the community, holding a number of parish offices.

He was a successful lumberman and during the 1840’s he acquired most of the assets of the former lumber business of John Cuppage at Red Bank. He was Red Bank’s first postmaster, serving in that position from 5 January 1854 until 1870 when he died. It is believed he is buried in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB as there are records of him calling for tenders in July 1853, to finish the gallery of the new Presbyterian Church that was being built in Red Bank. All the children listed below are children of Michael and Louisa.

Submitted by: Loran & Barb McKay
00000093 Vol. 2 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.
00000094 Vol. 2 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.
00000095 Vol. 2 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.
00000096 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.
00000097 Vol. 2 Robert McKAY MCKAY, ROBERT: born 1791, Nashwaak, York Co, NB, the 4th son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders, and Barbara (McCloud). He married Eleanor (Alice) Parrett on 14 June 1820, Strathadam, NB. She was born c 1796, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, died 30 August 1882 at the age of 91, Strathadam.

He preceded his wife, dying between 1865 and 1869 in Strathadam. Robert raised his family at Strathadam on the farm. He was a Constable in 1812 and Surveyor of Lumber for a number of terms in the 1820’s 30’s and 40’s, otherwise he was not a public figure.
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