8. Samuel Grant
BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-MILITARY: ILLUSTRATED ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS VALLEY OF THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND THE PARK REGIONS, INCLUDING THE MOST FERTILE AND WIDELY KNOWN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA; 1725-1889; Chicago, Alden, Ogle & Co, 1889, copyright 1889 by Occidental Publ Co, Chicago; pp 776-779; (Rick Crume's file #G 037); NOTE: "[Jarvis] Grant is the son of William and Hannah (White) Grant... William Grant's father was also named William, and was a native of Ireland. He came to America early in the eighteenth century, settled in the United States, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War." Does this account correctly identify William Grant as Jarvis Grant's paternal grandfather? Or was he really Samuel Grant who came from near Dublin, Ireland in the 1770s? If they weren't the same person, were they related, maybe brothers?
RELATIONSHIP: Letter from Erwin L Grant, West Hanover, MA, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1770-1813; Letter dtd 4 May 1977; (Rick Crume's file #G 053); ; NOTE: Samuel Grant, a witness to the marriage of William Grant & Hannah White, 1813, Saint Mary's Parish, York Co, NB, came from Ireland, possibly the Dublin area, in the 1770s with two brothers. He fought for the British in the American Revolution & settled in York Co, NB in the 1780s. Were Samuel and William Grant related?
LAND: E Allison Grant, assisted by Erwin L Grant & Margaret Robertson, "A Grant Chronology"; 1766-1977; typed manuscript, Dec 1977; p 4; (Rick Crume's file #G 142, G 341); NOTE: Contains much information on Samuel Grant.
BIRTH: 1880 US Census, Hodgdon, Aroostook Co, ME; 1880; p 405B; dwelling 282, family 306; National Archives film 477 (Rick Crume's file #G 90); NOTE: This listing is for Benjamin Grant, a white male, aged 65, maimed or crippled, born in Canada, father born in Ireland, mother born in Rhode Island. So Samuel Grant was born in Ireland and his wife in Rhode Island.
SPOUSE: 1851 New Brunswick Census, Douglas, York Co, NB; 1851; ; p 161; (Rick Crume's file #G 091); NOTE: This listing is for Nancy (Nichols) Grant, born in Rhode Island. Was she the wife of Samuel Grant? Or possibly of William Grant?
SPOUSE: Letter from Ruth Winona Grant, Woodstock, NB, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1773-1886; Letter dtd 12 Apr 1992; p 3; ; Rick Crume's file #G 341; NOTE: Nancy Ann Nichols was a widow when she married Samuel Grant.
10. William White
RESIDENCES:
(1759- ) CT.
( - ) NY (Rick Crume's file #G 228).
( -1798- ) Queensbury Parish, York Co, NB.
( -1806- ) Keswick River, York Co, NB.
(abt 1830-1843) Hodgdon, Aroostook Co, ME; (Rick Crume's file #G 228).BIRTH-RESIDENCES-DEATH: ILLUSTRATED ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS
VALLEY OF THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND THE PARK REGIONS, INCLUDING THE MOST FERTILE AND WIDELY KNOWN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA; 1725-1889; Chicago, Alden, Ogle & Co, 1889, copyright 1889 by Occidental Publ Co, Chicago; pp 776-779; (Rick Crume's file #G 37); NOTE: "[Jarvis] Grant is the son of William and Hannah (White) Grant... Hannah (White) Grant ... was the daughter of William White, a native of Connecticut. In early life he settled in the State of Maine, where he lived until his death."BIRTH: Jean R Rentmeister, compiler of family group sheet for Thomas White family; 1761-1862; chart dtd 2 Jun 1983; ; (Rick Crume's file #G 227); NOTE: William White was born abt 1761 NY.
PARENTS: Letter from Jean R Rentmeister, Fond du Lac, WI, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1730-1844; Letter dtd 3 Aug 1994; p 2; (Rick Crume's file #G 477); NOTE: William was born abt 1759, about two years before his parents were md in 1761. Maybe he was the son of one of them by a previous marriage. Also, in his will Thomas left William 20 shillings, but left the land to his wife and, after her decease, to his son Thomas. As eldest son, you would expect William to have inherited the land.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL-RESIDENCES-CHILDREN: Elton Philip Kelley, GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH KELLEY OF WESTON, MAINE AND ALLIED FAMILIES; 1737-1872; 1987; pp 175-176; (Rick Crume's file #G 228, G 477); NOTE: This book contains several errors.
BIOGRAPHY: The Saint John Branch, N.B.G.S., GENERATIONS 10: A COLLECTION OF THE FIRST TEN ISSUES OF THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; 1736-1981; Saint John, N.B., 1989; p 13; Book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: Statement of accounts of lumber purchased for the use of royal refugees settling on the River St. John and its branches, includes William White, 28 Aug 1783. Is this William White (1759-1843)?
LAND: Letter from R Wallace Hale, Houlton, ME, to Elton P Kelley, Niantic, CT; 1779-1874; Letter dtd 4 Oct 1985; p 2; (Rick Crume's file #G 296); NOTE: The New York Volunteers (Loyalists in the Revolutionary War) were granted land in Queensbury parish, York Co, NB. When the actual land grant was made on 20 Feb 1787, William received lot #9.
LAND-SPOUSE: William White & wife Elizabeth of Queensbury, York Co, NB to Thomas White of St Mary, York Co, NB; 1798; RS98 York Co, NB Registry Office Records, Vol C; pp 113-114; (Rick Crume's file #G 490); NOTE: Dtd 10 Mar 1798. 200 acres in Saint Mary's Parish granted 30 June 1787 to the New York Volunteers as Number Ten.
LAND: Land petition of William White & Abraham Howe/House, dtd 23 Aug 1806; 1806; Petition made to the government of New Brunswick; ; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Reel F4171, #722 (Rick Crume's file #G 227, G 489); NOTE: William White and Abraham Howe/House of the Keswick River, York Co, NB, petition for better land one mile below the River De Shute where he plans to build a grist mill. William requests 1000 acres, including 500 acres for himself, 250 acres for William White Jr and 250 acres for Thomas White. Abraham Howe/House requests 300 acres each for himself and his sons Henry and Mathew, adjacent to the land applied for by William White. The petition was filed 1 Sep 1806 and approved by a council of 28 Feb 1807.
RESIDENCES: George Collins (ed), HISTORY OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE; -1826- ; ; Chapter on Hodgdon; (Rick Crume's file #G 56); NOTE: William White of Douglas, N.B. settled in Hodgdon, 1826. [Is this William White b. 1759 or his son?]
CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1843-1890; East Hodgdon, ME, Cemetery, by the Union Church in the White Settlement; ; Viewed bef 1977 by Erwin L Grant, West Hanover MA (Rick Crume's file #G 53, G 55, G 228, G 296); NOTE: "William White died March 8, 1843, age 84."
12. James Pennington
RESIDENCES:
( - ) Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
( - ) NY? or MA?
Rev. War { ( -1779- ) Easttown Gaol/Jail, Easttown Township, Chester Co, PA.
" " { ( -1780- ) Reading Gaol/Jail, Berks Co, PA.
" " { ( -1782- ) Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA.
( - ) Saint John, NB
(1783- ) Queensbury Parish, York Co, NB.
( -1800-1807/1808) Bear Island, Queensbury Parish, York Co, NB.BIOGRAPHY: James Pennington was a soldier in the Queen's Rangers which was organized in NY, CT and VA and arrived in NB in 1783. By 1800 James had settled at Bear Island, Queensbury Parish, York, NB where he owned & operated a grist mill.
BIOGRAPHY: Genealogical notes made by Sadie (Grant) Stevens (1891-1975), with information supplied in 1920 by Henry Pennington (1857-1936); 1775-1920; ; ; Rick Crume's file #G 041; NOTE: "James Pennington came to America in own ship from England, settled in Mass., built a mill at Bear Creek, N.B."
BIOGRAPHY: Letter from James L. Pennington (1869-abt 1960), Bridgewater, ME, to Helen (Crume) Generes (1920-1983), Redding, CA; 1850-1960; letter dtd 22 Mar 1960; ; Rick Crume's file #G 042; NOTE: "My grandfather the Rev William Pennington['s] father [James Pennington] "came from England. He Married a Miss Price from Boston."
BIOGRAPHY: Sarah (Pennington) Uhler, "Pennington Personalities: James Pennington, Minnesota Pioneer": 1779-1975; Nov 1956, reprinted in PENNINGTON PEDIGREES, vol. 3 (1971), no. 1; NOTE: Sarah (Pennington) Uhler (1887-1959) was a granddaughter of James Pennington (1799-1888); Rick Crume's file #P 038, C 040; NOTE: "John Pennington came to St. John, New Brunswick from Liverpool, England in 1779. His family were in the pottery and china business in England." Should this be James, rather than John, Pennington? Or, was there a John Pennington, born about 1758, who was the father of James Pennington? This according to a chart, probably prepared by Lillian (Pennington) Beebe, daughter of James Pennington (1835-1895). Rick Crume's file #P 39, P 71.
MILITARY: British Military & Naval Records; 1778-1779; "C" Series (RG8); vol 1865 pp 32, 60, 90, vol 1863 p 73, vol 1864 pp 10, 23; Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Roll #C-4217; NOTE: Murray's Company 1: James Pennington taken prisoner 20 Jul 1778; Muster rolls of Capt James Kerr's Company, Queens Rangers: James Pennington on roll of 25 Apr - 24 Jun 1779, deserted 11 Jul 1779; Vol 1864 p 10, James Pennington, #2, Corporal, E[ngland]; Muster Roll of Capt. John Whitlock's Company, Queens Rangers, 25 Jun - 24 Aug 1778 shows James Pennington, #2, Corporal, E[ngland]; Rick Crume's file #P 080, P 084.
MILITARY: Jonas Howe, "A Sergeant of the Queen's Rangers"; 1780; NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE, Saint John, NB, Vol III, No. 2 (Aug 1899); pp. 87-93; Rick Crume's file #P 064; NOTE: This article includes a letter dated 27 Jul 1780 from Reading (PA) Gaol to Lt. Matheson, Quartermaster, Queen's Rangers, NY, signed by Morris Haycock, Sergeant, Queen's Rangers, Capt. Dunlop's company: "Sir: I take this opportunity of informing you by Col. Van Heimel that I with Jerry Ownings, John Stephens and James Pennington are here Prisoners of War greatly distressed for want of Necessaries and as here are a number of Hessians who are to be supply'd with Cloathing &c., we beg that such things as you may think suitable may be sent along with theirs for to be Prisoners is distressing and to be without Cloaths or money makes it still worse so we hope you will use your best endeavors to supply us with a little of both." Sgt. Haycock was born 24 Dec 1756, Long Island, NY. The group with Sgt. Haycock was taken prisoner early in the summer of 1780 and released (exchanged) in Dec 1780, to rejoin their regiment, only to be taken prisoner again at the fall of Yorktown to Gen. Washington in Oct 1781.
MILITARY: British Military & Naval Records; 1781-1782; "C" Series (RG8); vol 1865 pp 11, 36, 55; Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Roll #C-4218; NOTE: Muster Rolls of Capt. John Whitlock's Company, the Queens Rangers, Lancaster, PA, 23 Apr 1782; James Pennington, #2, Corporal, taken prisoner 19 Oct 1781; Prisoners of war from 25 Apr to 24 Jun 1782 & from 21 Jun to 24 Aug 1782: #2, Corporal, James Pennington; Rick Crume's file # P 080, P 084.
LAND-MILITARY: Esther Clark Wright, THE LOYALISTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK; 1785; 1985, Sentinel Printing, Yarmouth, NS; p 318; Rick Crume's file # P 038; NOTE: "James Pennington, Queens Rangers, received a grant of land in Saint John, then known as Parrtown P695, before coming to York County."
LAND: Land petition of Isaac Attwood; 1785; PANB RS108 land petitions; York County, film #F1024; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #P 459, 468); NOTE: James Pennington is one of the signers.
LAND: Land petition of Zenas Lincoln; 1802; PANB RS108 land petitions; York County, film #F1042; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #P 459, 469); NOTE: "James Pennington took administration on the personal estate of James Traynor."
LAND: Petitions by James Pennington to the Governor of New Brunswick for lots of land in Queensbury Parish, York, NB as compensation for James' service in the Queen's Rangers; 1803; York Co., N.B. petitions #208 & 696; both dated 12 May 1803; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton, Rick Crume's file #C 040, P 018, P 038.
CHILD: Obituary of Mary Pennington, NEW BRUNSWICK COURIER; Saint John, N.B.; 1864; ; Sat, 1 Oct 1864; New Brunswick Museum, Saint John; NOTE: "Died at Penobsquis [Kings Co., NB], on 4th ultimo, of consumption, Mary, wife of John Pennington of Liverpool, England, age 63."; Was John Pennington of Liverpool a son of James Pennington (1758-1808)? Rick Crume's file #P 013, P 086.
RELATIONSHIP: ; 1758-1800; PENNINGTON PEDIGREES, fourth quarter, 1976; p 8; ; NOTE: Article on a Charles Pennington of PA. Was a Baptist minister & had a twin brother, Edmund. Both born about 1758. Edmund and his father were Loyalists. Rick Crume's file #P 047.
RELATIONSHIP: Letter from Mrs. Helen Humble, St. Catharines Ontario, to Vacil Kalinoff, Stillwater, MN; 1752-1832; Letter dtd 4 Dec 1979; ; Rick Crume's file #P 077, P 104; NOTE: A George Pennington was a Lieut. in the 44th Regiment (British) in the Revolutionary War and was in Canada in 1755. Could he have been the father of James Pennington and of an Elizabeth "Alice" Pennington (b. 1752 England; d. 1832 New Carlisle, Quebec) who married Robert Flowers in 1775? Alice and Robert's son, James Flowers, may have lived in NB.
PROBATE: York Co., N.B. probates; 1794-1826; vol 1; pp 77-78; FHL film 0,851,192; Rick Crume's file #G 362, P 463.
PROBATE: R Wallace Hale, EARLY NEW BRUNSWICK PROBATE RECORDS 1785-1815; 1785-1835; Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1989; p 351; Book in poss of Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; NOTE: James Pennington. No residence cited, York Co. Intestate. Administration granted 19 Feb 1808 to Mary Pennington, widow. Fellow bondsmen John Price and Jacob D Blaicher, all of York County.
BURIAL: Letter from Murray S Thomson, Saint John, NB, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1808; Letter dtd 19 Oct 1988; ; Rick Crume's file #P 146, P 153.
13. Mary Price
RESIDENCES:
(abt 1772-abt 1780) Gagetown, Queens Co, NB.
(abt 1780- ) west bank of St. John River between Evandale & Oak Point
in an area of Kings Co, NB called "The Mistake."
( -1788- ) below Hampstead, Queens Co, NB.
(1793- ) New Canaan, Queens Co, NB.
( -1799-1804- ) Bear Island, Queensbury Parish, York Co, NB.
( -1859) Westmorland County Co, NB.NAME: Nicknamed Polly.
LAND: Index of York County, NB Deeds; 1786-1839; Mary Pennington to Andrew Carney; p 4, record D; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton; Or, is this her daughter-in-law Mary Ann (Gallop) Pennington?; Rick Crume's file #P 038.
LAND: Index of York County, NB Deeds; 1786-1839; Andrew Carney to Mary Pennington; p 69, record I; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton; Or, is this her daughter-in-law Mary Ann (Gallop) Pennington?; Rick Crume's file #P 038.
LAND: Index of York County, NB Deeds; 1786-1839; Mary Pennington to Edmond Hovey; p 485, record P; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton; Or, is this her daughter-in-law Mary Ann (Gallop) Pennington?; Rick Crume's file #P 038.
LAND: Index of York County, NB Deeds; 1786-1839; Mary Pennington to William Pennington; p 330, record Q; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton; Rick Crume's file #P 038.
CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1772-1859; Boundary Creek Cemetery, Westmorland Co., NB; ; Viewed 6 May 1993 by Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; Her gravestone is inscribed, "Mary widow of the late James Pennington DIED Dec 7th 1859 In her 87th Yr."; Rick Crume's file #P 146, P 427.
COURT: Index to petitions found in the New Brunswick House of Assembly; 1786-1832; New Brunswick Genealogical Society, GENERATIONS, #15, Mar 1983; p 32; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G408); NOTE: Mary Pennington, 1825, S33-P17, document no longer exists.
14. Samuel Gallop
RESIDENCES:
(-1816-1827-) Prince William, York Co, NB; (Rick Crume's file #G 352, Price
book p 181).RESIDENCES-DEATH-SIBLINGS: Gallupe-Farley answer to a query, BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT; 1780-1905; dtd 3 Jan 1935; #346; MN Hist Soc, St Paul (Rick Crume's file #G 502, G 510); NOTE: Samuel settled at Wicklow, Carleton Co, NB, and died there.
CHILDREN-LAND: The Gallup Family Assoc, GALLUP GENEALOGY; 1590-1987; 2nd ed, revised & expanded, Provo, UT, Brigham Young Univ Family History and Genealogy Research Services, 1987; pp 56-57; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: Information pertaining to Samuel is mistakenly applied to his nephew Samuel (b. abt 1794): "D. before 1859. Of Prince William, N.B. 1816 when he purchased lot #103, originally granted to Corps of Guides and Pioneers in Queensbury, with buildings; sold in 1833 when he is called of Wicklow (York County deeds)."
CENSUS: 1851 Canada Census, Wicklow Parish, Carleton Co, NB; 1851; ; p 13; ; (Rick Crume's file# P 077); NOTE: Are these the widow and children of Samuel Gallop?
Gallop, Mary 61 parent NB
George 40 son NB Farmer
Alfred 24 son NB
Jeptha 21
Hopkins, Eunice 20 dau.LAND: Letter from Julian W Philbrick, Natick, MA, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1827-1870; Letter dtd 7 Jul 1992; ; (Rick Crume's file #G 352); NOTE: In 1859 and 1860 Shadrack H, William H and Jeptha Smith Gallop were all living on parts of the undivided estate of the late Samuel Gallop of Wicklow, according to deeds registered in those years.
15. Mary Hubbell
CENSUS: 1851 Canada Census, Wicklow Parish, Carleton Co, NB; 1851; ; p 13; ; (Rick Crume's file# P 077); NOTE: Is this the Mary who married Samuel Gallop and who was the mother of Mary Ann (Gallop) Pennington (1809-1878)?
Gallop, Mary 61 parent NB
George 40 son NB Farmer
Alfred 24 son NB
Jeptha 21
Hopkins, Eunice 20 dau.DEATH: Gallup family group record prepared by Nancy Cunningham, Calgary, Alberta; 1760-1855; dtd 1989; ; (Rick Crume's file #G 277); NOTE: Says that Samuel Gallop's widow Mary died 22 Mar 1855 Wicklow, Carleton Co, NB. One of the sources listed is Daniel F Johnson's NEW BRUNSWICK VITAL STATISTICS FROM NEWSPAPERS, but Rick Crume did not find the reference to Mary's death in Johnson's series.
CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1800-1855; Cemetery at Florenceville, Carleton Co, NB; ; Viewed 1989 by Wallace H Gallop, Hartland, NB (Rick Crume's file #G 295); NOTE: "Mary, 1800-1855, Widow of Samuel Gallop." Should the year of birth be 1790 instead of 1800?