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Colter family (St. Mary's)

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  • Branch begins before 1840

Alexander Colter came to New Brunswick in 1819 with the Johnston family from County Leitrim, Ireland. He had 4 sons: George Johnson (1840-1915), born in Douglas, York County; Newton Ramsey (1844-1917), born in Sheffield, Sunbury County; Thomas Henry (1849-1923), also born in Sheffield; and James (c.1836-1917). George Colter was educated in local public schools, and later moved to St. Marys, New Brunswick, where he settled into business. He also sat on York County Municipal Council, as councilor for his parish and warden of the county. He married Celia Slipp and they had at least 2 sons, Ashley (b. 1888) and George Leonard.

In June 1878 he was elected to the House of Assembly, sitting for 8 years as a Conservative. He was a member of the Executive Council and served as Commissioner of Public Works from 1882-1883. His brother Newton was a medical doctor, who studied in London and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. By 1871 he had moved to Woodstock and married Eliza Jane Hatt. They had four daughters: Annie, Marion, Eleanor and Jennie. Newton was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Carleton County from 1891 to 1896. On July of 1897 Newton was appointed the Post Office Inspector for New Brunswick.

Sources:

MC1156 Graves Papers

"Madam Keswick" / Sylvia Sharpe

Colwall family (Saint John)

  • Family
  • Branch begins 1889

Allison Montrose Colwell, fire department captain, insurance and real estate agent, was born in February 1889 at Grand Lake, New Brunswick. He was the son of Charles Melvin Colwell and Lounica Chanla Burns and had two brothers, Walter M. and J. Milton. Allison Colwell married (1) Eunice Mary Trecartin on 12 June 1912 and (2) Jessie ?. He had two children, Archibald K., and Mrs. C.P. Edgett. Archibald was married to Jean and moved to New York prior to 1963.

Allison Colwell joined the Saint John Fire Department in 1922 and was made a captain in 1928. He retired from the fire department in 1949 and then became an insurance and real estate agent for British General Insurance Company. Allison M. Colwell was a member of the Angler's Association, Fish and Game Protective Association, the Knights of Pythias, and the Masons. He died 21 May 1963.

Coy family (Descendants of Amasa Sr.)

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  • Branch begins in 1725

Merchant, banker, and Planter or pre-Loyalist, Amasa Coy, the son of Edward Coy [McCoy] (1725-1795) and Amy Titus (1733-1808), was born 31 July 1757 in Pomfret, Connecticut. In 1763, Edward and Amy Coy and their children, Sarah (1756-1829, m. Sylvanus Plummer), Amasa (1757-1838), Asa (1759-1784), and Lavinia / Lavine / Lavina (b. 1761, m. Gershom Bonnell), arrived in Maugerville, Sunbury County, Nova Scotia, which, in 1784, would become Sunbury County, New Brunswick. The family later moved to Gage Township and expanded to include at least 7 more children: Hannah (b. 1763, m. Cromwell), John (1766-1814, m. Amy Ann Parent), Edward (1768-1849, m. Jannet A. Murray), Mary (1771-1859, m. 1st Morris, 2nd Bradley), David (1773-1866), Anna (b. ca. 1777), and Rev. Benjamin (1778-1865, m. Sarah Cottle). Edward Coy sympathized with the American colonists during the American Revolution and served with Jonathan Eddy when he attacked Fort Cumberland in 1776.

Edward and Amy Coy's daughter, Mary Coy Bradley, became well-known for her religious beliefs. She married first, David Morris (b. 1766) on 15 February 1793 in Coytown, located near Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick. This marriage produced one child that died in infancy. Following David Morris' death, in 1817, she married Leverit Bradley (b. 1766), on 30 June 1819, also at Coytown.

Mary Coy Bradley was caught-up in the religious fervour of the Great Awakening. Born a Presbyterian and having an association with both the Congregationalists and the New Light Baptists, she converted to the Wesleyan Methodist faith in 1803. Although denied opportunities to speak about her faith in public forums, in later life, she expressed her beliefs in her memoirs entitled, "Narrative of the Life and Christian Experience of Mrs. Mary Bradley, of Saint John, New Brunswick", which was published in Boston in 1849. Mary Coy Bradley lived most of her adult life in Saint John. She died there, on 12 March 1859, aged 87 years.

Her brother, Amasa Coy, was well-known for his political and religious activities. Like his father, he served with Jonathan Eddy during the Fort Cumberland attack of 1776. Amasa Coy married twice, first, in 1797, to Elizabeth Holly / Holley (b. ca. 1761-1808), and they had 3 children, namely, Asa Coy (1799-1874); Sarah P. Coy (b. ca. 1802, Thomas B. Smith) and Rebecca Bunnell Coy (b. ca. 1803-1844, Simpson). His second marriage to Mary Spafford Barker Smith (ca. 1776-1863), about 1808, produced two sons, Dr. Amasa P. Coy (ca. 1815-1837) and John S. Coy (ca. 1812-1870).

Amasa Coy, Sr. associated with the local Congregational church and was involved in moving the meeting house at Maugerville to Sheffield in 1789. He was also involved with an Allinite group, followers of New Light evangelist Henry Alline, at Waterborough and Gagetown. About 1797 he moved from Gagetown to Queensbury Parish, York County, where he helped organize the Calvinist Baptist church at Prince William in 1800.

A few years later, in 1808, Amasa Coy moved to Fredericton, where he lived for many years in a brick house, located at the corner of Queen and Regent streets. He established a store on Queen Street, which, in 1825, operated as Stewart & Coy, merchants. Amasa Coy was also involved with the founding of the Fredericton Baptist Church in 1814, and he served as a Deacon from that year until 1830. By the time of his death, the church had opened a Baptist seminary in Fredericton with the Rev. Frederick William Miles in charge.

Amasa Coy and his son, Asa, were two of the founders of the Central Bank of New Brunswick, which was organized in 1834. Amasa Coy was named the first president of the Bank of Fredericton in 1836. In some of Amasa Coy's business dealings, he worked in partnership with his son, Asa, and with his son-in-law, Thomas B. Smith. Amasa Coy died on 18 July 1838 and was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Fredericton.

Amasa Coy's daughters married well. Sarah P. Coy (b. ca. 1802) married Thomas B. Smith (ca. 1803-1840), a Methodist, about 2 August 1824, and they had a least 4 children -- Amasa Coy Smith (also known as Amasa McCoy), Thomas B. Smith (b. ca. 1824-1880), Rebecca Louisa Smith (d. 1841), and Elizabeth Smith (m. Charles H. M. Black). Sarah P. Smith and her children, were living in Fredericton in 1855.

Rebecca Bunnell Coy married John Simpson (1799-1863), merchant, Queen's Printer, and publisher of the "Royal Gazette," on 23 February 1825, at Fredericton. They had 9 children -- John Wesley Simpson (1826-1827), Sarah Louisa (1830-1834), John Duncan (1840-1841), Mary Elizabeth (m. Rev. John Lathern), Emma Colebrook. (m. Rev. T. Neales), Joseph G., Kate (m. Oliver Jones), Isabella Browning (1833-1864, m. William J. N. Hanington), and Catherine Garden. Rebecca B. Simpson died in April 1844, aged 40 years. In January of the following year, John Simpson married Alicia Wallace. He died at Fredericton on 21 February 1863.

Amasa Coy's sons also made their home in the Fredericton area. Amasa P. Coy became a medical doctor and surgeon, studying first in New York, between 1831 and 1832, under Alex N. Stevens, M.D. and, between 1833 and 1834, at Glasgow University and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1836, he sold his office and drug store, on Regent Street, to Dr. Henry Hartt. Dr. Amasa P. Coy died, prematurely, at Fredericton, on 30 March 1837, aged 23.

His elder brother, John S. Coy, married Catherine Palmer Trueman (b. 1807-22 February 1882), the daughter of Nancy Palmer and John Trueman, of Mount Watley, Westmorland County, on 21 June 1836. They had at least 5 children, namely, Mary A. (b. ca. 1837-d. 6 February 1883), Milcah M. (b ca. 1841- 27 December 1884), Sarah Louise (d. 1846), Milley (d. 1883), and Catherine (b. ca. 1843-15 June 1908). Three of the daughters, Mary, Catherine (Cassie), and Milley attended the Wesleyan Academy, in Sackville, probably in the 1850s, and all three were adherents of the Methodist faith. In 1852, John S. Coy's mother, Mary S. Coy, was living with the family.

John S. Coy had a varied business career. He was recorded working as a clerk with the Central Bank in Fredericton in 1861. He was also a a director of the Central Fire Insurance Co., a tax assessor in Fredericton (1843), and a director of a gas company. John S. Coy died suddenly on 1 August 1870, at Fredericton.

Amasa P. and John S. Coy's half brother, Asa Coy, married Mary Ann Ring (1805-1884) on 29 March 1825, and they had no fewer than 9 children, namely, Asa Holly (1827-1871), Caroline / Carrie Ring (1829-1911, Waterhouse), Sarah Elizabeth (1831-1893, Phair), Marianne (1832-1901, Watts), Frances Rebecca (1835-1836), Fanny Rebecca (1836-1848), Harriet Amelia (b. ca. 1837-1848), Amasa Simpson (1845-1846), and George Frederick Miles (1844-1907).

Like his father, Asa Coy was an adherent of the Baptist faith. He served as a Deacon of the Fredericton Baptist Church from 1830-1874. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance as well, and he travelled to several cities in North America to attend meetings and conferences. Asa Coy's activities in the Baptist Church and the Sons of Temperance brought him into contact with a number of prominent men, including Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, William B. Kinnear, the Hon. William Henry Steeves, the Rev. I. E. Bill, the Rev. George Seely, and the Hon. A. McL. Seely. These men corresponded with Asa Coy, and some of their letters are represented here.

Asa Coy was employed in several different capacities. In addition to his work in the store and Central Bank of New Brunswick, he held the post of commissioner of the Fredericton almshouse from 1848 to 1850. He served as Commissioner of Crown Debts and as a magistrate for York County, resigning both posts in April 1854, when he moved to Saint John after suffering financial difficulties. In 1855, Asa Coy returned to Fredericton and was employed as clerk or secretary to the Board of Works, headed by his friend, the Hon. W. H. Steeves. He continued at that post for about 20 years. For a time, he worked alongside his brother-in-law, John Simpson, the Queen's Printer, and was in charge of collecting accounts.

For much of his working life, Asa Coy made his home in Fredericton, but from the spring of 1854 until about May of 1855, he lived in Saint John. When he returned to Fredericton, his wife, Mary Ann Coy, remained in the Port City until the summer of 1858. During those years, Mary Ann Coy took in boarders to make ends meet. Mary Ann Coy also spent time away from home visiting with family. The months Asa and Mary Ann Coy spent apart is reflected in this fonds by the numerous letters she wrote to him. Asa Coy died at Fredericton on 1 February 1874; Mary Ann Coy survived him, passing away at Beechmont, Fredericton, on 6 November 1884.

Asa and Mary Ann Coy had a close relationship with their children. Sarah Elizabeth Coy married John Henry Phair (ca. 1824-1896) on 6 March 1850. J. H. Phair was a barrister and solicitor who practiced law in Fredericton. He also held the office of city clerk and, in the 1870s, served as clerk assistant of the Legislative Council. For about 12 years, he was fishery commissioner. The Phairs, who were members of the Church of England, had 3 children, Harry Ring (1865-1941), m. Jessie Tennant), Fannie A. E. (b. 1871, m. H. Percy Lee), and Edwin Earnest (1851-1929), m. Junetta Estey). Edwin E. Phair, attended the Wesleyan Academy, in Sackville, in the 1860s. Mary Ann Coy was living with the Phairs, in Carleton Ward, Fredericton, in 1881.

Marianne Coy married Edwin / Edward Davidson Watts (b. ca. 1830), of Saint John, on 12 November 1861, and they had a daughter Minnie R. (m. Walter G. Lewis). Marianne Coy Watts died in Boston in 1901.

Caroline (Carrie / Carry) Ring Coy taught school briefly in Saint John immediately prior to her marriage. She married Levi H. Waterhouse (1809-1879) on 23 December 1856, at Saint John, and they made their home there. The Waterhouses had at least 3 children, namely, William Henry Waterhouse (b. ca.1857-1861), Sarah E. Phair (d. 1869), and Minnie Coy (Clark). Carrie R. Waterhouse died on 17 April 1911.

Sarah, Mary Ann, and Caroline's brother, A. Holly Coy married Mary Elizabeth Foster, the daughter of Stephen K. Foster, of Saint John, in October 1851. They had a daughter, Mary Louise W. (m. W. L. Harding). By the mid to late 1850s, Holly and Mary Coy had separated, and they were still living apart in the early 1860s. While a young man, Holly Coy was employed as a druggist in Fredericton. From 1855 to 1856, he was living and working in the Boston area (Chelsea), but, by March 1857, he had returned to New Brunswick and was working in Saint John. Eventually, he returned to Fredericton where he was employed as a clerk for the Board of Works. A. Holly Coy died at Fredericton on 17 September 1871, aged 44.

Holly Coy's younger brother, George Frederick Miles Coy, attended Horton Academy, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. In 1866, G. Frederick M. Coy was one of a company of volunteers that left Fredericton for St. Andrews to guard against Fenian attacks. G. Frederick M. Coy married Emily J. Waterhouse, the daughter of Levi H. Waterhouse, on 7 July 1875, at Saint John, and they had, at least, two children, namely, May / Mae (b. ca. 1876-1895) and Hazel E. (b. 1879). G. Fred M. Coy was employed in the provincial secretary's office, for a time, and later as a clerk in the office of the Board of Works. He died in Fredericton on 10 September 1907, aged 63 years.

Amasa Coy, Sr., and his children, particularly, Asa Coy, Dr. Amasa P. Coy, and John S. Coy, and their families are represented in this fonds.

Sources: This sketch draws heavily on the entry for "Amasa Coy," by D. M. Young, in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography on-line. Other sources include familysearch.org; The Old Burying Ground Fredericton, New Brunswick Vol. I by Isabel Louise Hill; Daniel F. Johnson's Vital Statistics from New Brunswick newspapers on-line; MC239; Massachusetts Archives on-line database; RS141 Vital Statistics from Government Records; and New Brunswick Census, 1861, 1881, 1901, and 1911.

Craig Family

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  • 1749-

The Craig family of St. Andrews, New Brunswick are descendants of David Craig and Mary Steele, loyalists who settled in Chamcook, New Brunswick. David Craig was born near Edinburgh in Scotland on October 1749, while Mary Steele was born on May 1758. David Craig was a weaver by trade but was also attached to the 74th Argyle Highlanders, a Scotch regiment which was tasked with defending the Penobscot River area during the American Revolutionary War. The 74th Argyle Highlanders fought alongside the British against American Revolutionaries at Fort George in Castine during July 1779. Mary was with David Craig in Castine during this time, and together they had two children who were born in Castine: Jannet Craig, born December 1779, and David Craig, born May 1782.

After the Revolutionary War ended it was decided that the boundary between British North America and the United States would be the St. Croix River instead of the Penobscot. Loyalists settled along the Penobscot were forced to move elsewhere, David Craig and his family among them. They moved to St. Andrews in 1784, and David Craig and other members of the 74th Argyle Highlanders were granted land along the east side of the Digdeguash River as well. David Craig lived with his family near the Digdeguash until 1799 when he sold his Digdeguash lots and purchased land in Chamcook, likely to be closer to St. Andrews. During this time David and Mary Craig had six more children, which included Elizabeth Craig, born September 1784, James Craig, born September 1791, John Craig, born September 1791, Mary Craig, born May 1794, Martha Craig, born December 1797, and Allen Craig, born November 1805. David and Mary Craig spent their last years living with one of their daughters, Mary Craig, in St. Andrews. Both are buried in the Old Burying Ground of Greenock Church, St. Andrews.

Crane family (Sackville)

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  • Branch begins in 1785

William Crane, born in Horton, Nova Scotia, 1785, settled in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he was a merchant. His cousin Charles F. Allison joined him in 1816, and eventually became Crane's partner in a family firm which exported local agricultural produce and imported other commodities. In 1824 Crane was elected to the House of Assembly and served as Speaker to the Provincial Assembly until his death in 1853. He was married twice: first to Susannah D. Roach in 1813 to whom was born a daughter Ruth; second to Eliza Wood in 1838.

Crookshank family

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  • Branch begins 1766

Andrew Crookshank (1766-1815) and his brother Robert William (1770-1861) were the sons of George Crookshank (1732-1797), a native of the Orkney Islands who left the United States at the end of the American Revolution and became a merchant in Saint John, New Brunswick. Both brothers were born in New Jersey, where Andrew remained. He was a partner of the commercial firm Crookshank and Walker, West India Merchants, later changed to Crookshank & Johnston. He married Elizabeth Irons (ca. 1760-1847) of New Jersey. Their son Robert Crookshank married Hannah Otty. Their daughter was Elizabeth Irons Crookshank.

Robert William Crookshank (1770-1861) lived on Queen Square in Saint John and was chiefly known for his financial activities. He was president of the Friendly Fire Club from 1854-1857; director of the Saint John Marine Insurance Company, of the New Brunswick Milling company, and of the Saint John Water Company; a commissioner of the Marine Hospital; a member of the Saint John District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; and for many years a justice of the peace. He was senior partner of the firm Crookshank and Walker in 1836. He married Jane Mackenzie (ca. 1792-1846). Their children were: Andrew G.; Robert William; Hector; John Colville; Frederick George; Jane (ca. 1824-1841); Catherine Rachel (1827-1911); Isabella (1828-1898).

Robert William Crookshank (1822-1897), son of Robert William Crookshank, Sr., married his first cousin, Elizabeth Irons Crookshank (1825-1897) in 1848. Robert was the assistant receiver general for the province of New Brunswick, and manager of the Dominion Savings Bank of Saint John. From 1867 to 1873 he was collector of inland revenue for the port of Saint John.

Allan Otty Crookshank (1853-1907), son of Robert William and Elizabeth Irons Crookshank, married Marion Sneed Thomson in 1878. Their children were William Blair Crookshank (b. 1880); Allan Robertson Crookshank (April, 1883-1965), and Harold Otty Crookshank (August 1888-1967).

Source:
Canadian Biographical Dictionary, 1881

Crows family (Zealand)

  • Family
  • ca. 1815 - ca. 2011

Samuel Crouse, the son of Rachel Jones (b. ca. 1820) and James Crouse (b. 1815), was born on 24 May 1857 in New Brunswick probably at or near Zealand, York County. His grandfather, Philip Crouse, was a Loyalist, who was born in Zeeland Province, Holland in 1761. About 1765 Philip Crouse moved to what became the United States of America, settling first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later at Gaston, North Carolina. At the end of the American Revolutionary War, he came with his family to what is now New Brunswick, making a home at Upper Stoneridge, Douglas Parish, York County. His son James Crouse had no fewer than 9 children, namely, Benedict, Elizabeth, Anson, Dean, Comfort, Huldy, Rebecca, Emma E., and Samuel.

James Crouse's son, Samuel Crouse, married Phoebe Ann Burtt (1866-1962) on 13 October 1887. Samuel and Phoebe Crouse made their home in Douglas Parish, York County. They had no fewer than 7 children: Stella Stewart (b. 1891), Eva Sarah (b. 1892), Myles Hayward (b. 1895), Ellsworth Burtus (b. 1897), James (b. 1900), Marilda (b. 1904), and Greta (b. 1909). Samuel Crouse worked as a section foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Zealand. He died on 2 September 1942 and was buried in St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Zealand.

Samuel and Phoebe Crouse's sons, Myles Hayward and Ellsworth Burtus, served overseas during the First World War. Ellsworth Crouse was conscripted into the army in February 1918. He sailed for England the same year and served with the 26th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Ellsworth Crouse died from his wounds, at Boulogne, France, on 2 October 1918, aged 21, and was buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

M. Hayward Crouse was conscripted in July 1918, going first to Camp Sussex and then to Halifax. He contracted mumps and was hospitalized there in the Military Hospital. Hayward Crouse was sent to North Wales, but he returned home prior to mid-1919. On 1 June 1921, Hayward Crouse married Ruby W. Morehouse, the daughter of Albert and Mamie Morehouse, of Burtt's Corner. They had five children: Mona (1921-2012, m. Eldon Bird), Hugh, LeBaron (aka Bud, ca. 1926-2011), Carol, and Minot. Like his father, Hayward Crouse worked as a section foreman for the CPR in Zealand. He died on 27 February 1957 and was buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Zealand.

Cushing family (Saint John)

  • Family
  • Branch begins 1802

Theophilus Cushing (1802-1882) was a member of the Legislature of Maine and a strong advocate of the temperance and anti-slavery movements. He married Lucinda Lapham (d. 4 August 1884). Their children were: Theophilus, Lucinda, George Byron, Brenda, William C. (d. 11 Jan. 1940) and Charles. With his brother, Andre, Theophilus founded a lumber business called Andre Cushing & Co. in 1851 or 1852 They built a mill in Saint John, New Brunswick, at Union Point and exported lumber, white pine, and spruce to Maine. They were also ship brokers and commission merchants. Products included laths, pickets, cedar shingles, staves, boxes and shooks.

George Byron Cushing (1831- 888), Theophilus' son, moved to Saint John, in 1853 and became a member of the Andre Cushing & Co. in 1857. When the business was destroyed by fire 10 April 1875, George Cushing had a new, modern mill rebuilt immediately. Andre Cushing & Co. employed about 225 men. Lumber from the Cushing Company was shipped to the United States, West Indies, South America, and the Canary Islands. George Cushing also founded the Cushing Sulphite Fibre Company using waste from the lumber mill to produce paper and other products. That operation employed about 250 men.

George Byron was succeeded his son George Scammel Cushing in 1888. George S. Cushing retained his American citizenship. He married Christine Jane Dunlop of Saint John in February 1892 and they had one daughter, Eileen Christine.

Eileen Christine Cushing (1893-1991) completed her education in public and private schools and attended a special course at Columbia University in New York. She was active as a volunteer in city hospitals and the YMCA Hospitality Centre for servicemen during the First World War and in the diet kitchen during the 1918 flu epidemic. Eileen Cushing was involved in many local organizations: the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), Red Cross, Riverside Golf Club, Union Club, the Women's Press Club, of which she was president and the Canadian Club where she was historian. Ms. Cushing was a member of the St. Andrews and St. David's Church, belonged to a number of church groups, was a life member of the United Church Women and was on the editorial committee of St. Andrew's Church.

Eileen Cushing was a journalist for the "Telegraph Journal" and the "Evening-Times Globe", Saint John's two daily newspapers. She was in charge of the library there, wrote book reviews and contributed articles for publication in the papers.

Ms. Cushing was also employed at the New Brunswick Museum from 1951 to 1962 when she retired, as an assistant in the in the archives section of Canadian History Department. She also contributed articles to the New Brunswick Historical Society publication and other magazines and journals. Eileen Cushing also took part in broadcasts on Saint John and other subjects while at the Museum. After Ms. Cushing's retirement, she did genealogical and historical research for patrons from out-of-town.

Dalton family (Saint John)

  • Family
  • Branch begins in the 18th century

Benjamin Dalton and John Dalton (d. before 1802) were the sons of Samuel Dalton who was living in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1802. John had left two sons: John Jr. (b. ca.1786) an apprentice to an edgetool maker and James (b. ca. 1792). Their mother was alive in 1802.

Benjamin had been discharged from the "HMS Magnificient" in 1790. He was on the list of parish officers for Portland ( later part of Saint John) for 1801 and 1802 and was liable for work on the highways in Portland in 1802. Benjamin Dalton and Samuel Dalton both appeared on the list of people assessed for the support of the poor in Portland in 1811. Samuel Dalton's name also appeared on the voters' list of 1827.

Other members of Dalton family include H. Dalton who worked in a cabinet making firm at Dorchester Lower Mills in Massachusetts; Maria Robinson, Margaret and Nancy; and John Dalton (ca. 1800-1872), a carpenter. Robert (d.1905), probably his nephew, was a boatbuilder and married to Maggie. Their son, Arthur, drowned in 1889 while swimming at Hantsport, Nova Scotia.

Darling family (Darling's Island)

  • Family
  • Branch begins in 1730

Benjamin Darling (1730-1810) came to New Brunswick some time prior to the American Revolution to trade with the Indians who were settled on what became Darlings' Island (Hampton), New Brunswick. He purchased the island from the Indians and built a log house, but never settled there nor remained in the winter months.

Benjamin's eldest son, Henry (b. 1760), appears to have spent time in New Brunswick, as his first wife died there. He and his second wife Hannah Doolittle had one child, Olive (1799-1874). Another of Benjamin's sons, also named Benjamin (b. 1769), was a Loyalist who went directly to Darling's Island when he left the United States in 1783 and took up residence in the house his father had built. His descendants, Benjamin and Frances, were living in Hammond River between 1869 and 1885.

Olive Doolittle Darling married Ziba Hayden of Killingworth, Connecticut, in 1818 and they had 12 children. By 1885, only 5 were living. The children were: Henry, who suffered from inflammatory arthritis and died around 1885; Mary Holloway, widow; Minerva, a teacher; Celestia and Phebe, both unmarried; Helen Francis (Mrs. Edgar), a teacher; Jennie, married George Chamberlain and died around 1885; Esther, Seth, and Anna died, each leaving a child behind; Alpheus was unmarried and had also died, as well as a child who died in infancy.

Sources:
Wood-Holt, B., Early Marriage Records of New Brunswick

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