20. Leonard Slipp
1"Citation", Daily Advertiser, New York, N.Y., issues 2011-2013, July 30 (pg. 3), Aug. 1 (pg. 2)and Aug. 2 (pg. 3).
Early American Newspapers, Series I 1690-1876. Published by Readex, a division of NewsBank, inc. Accessed through NewEnglandAncestors.org, 22 Mar. 2008.
"John Leonard Schloepp, and John Maar both natives of M[ark]t. Taschendorf, a borough in the Franconian circle of the German empire, appertaining to the Bailiwik Obersteinbach, of the Baron Kunsberg, having set out for America in the year 1766. -- The former, viz. Schloepp has long ago given notice to his parents by a letter of the 16th June 1774, of his being employed as Cooper in a potash-fabric at New-York; but since that time no intelligence has been got neither of him nor of Maar. Now, as the abovementioned Schloepp has still to get two hundred florins, Frankish, the value of his paternal hereditary portion; and John Maar, forty florins Rhenish, for a sold piece of field; both of them or their lawful heirs, are hereby, in consequence of an issued seigneurial command, edietiter and peremptorily cited, namely, the former to give to this here Bailiwick, within the space of a year, consequently till to the the end of February 1792, Certificates of their being in life, and of their abodes, and no less for to strengthen their good proofs, to mention who have been their parents and relations, and who of them have still been alive, before their setting out for America; but the latter, to legitimate themselves duly and sufficiently, within the fixed term, else they may expect that the mentioned 200 florins fr. and forty florins rh. will be delivered to their next relations in this country, without interest against caution. But, in case Schloepp and Maar, should be no more in life, nor have left any lawful heirs, we are hereby to require decently those courts of justice, or common councils, which can give us certified intelligence about them, that they may be pleased to impart it to this here Bailwick upon acquittance of the expenses, and to deliver it to the Post-Office of New-York.
Obersteinbach the 28th February 1791. Bailiwik of the Barons Kunsberg therself."2Gail Bonsall Pipes, Loyalists All, Saint John, New Brunswick: New Brunswick Branch, United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada, 1985, pages 131-132.
See message of 1 Sept. 2009 from Lynn Godwin.3A. Gregg Finley, The Loyalists: A catalogue featuring selected pieces of Loyalist history from the collections of The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B.: The New Brunswick Museum, 1975.
Selection of Loyalist Silver: Candle snuffer brought to New Brunswick by the German, Loyalist, Leonard Slipp, who settled at Queens Co. Dimension: 6 1/2" long."
Rick Crume's file P 556, 561.
"These pewter candlesticks were brought to New Brunswick from New York by the German Loyalist Leonard Slipp who settled in Queens Co. Dimension: 9" high.
The book has pictures of Leonard Slipp's pewter candlesticks and silver candle snuffer.4Family Histories Collection, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, PANB MC1/Gaunce.
Message of 2 Dec. 2009 from Marke Slipp: "I guess until the ship's manifests are discovered somewhere, it's speculation as to which one Leonhard, Elizabeth & family were on.".
See message of 22 Nov. 2009 from Glen Bain.
" Leonard Slipp was born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1746. His mother died and his father married again; not getting along any too well with his step-mother, he walked to the sea coast with the intentions of emigrating to America. On his way to the sea shore he got pepper in his wooden shoes, thus verifying his step-mothers's wish that he should get enough pepper some day.
He signed articles with a sea captain to serve three years, on the condition that at the end of that time the captain should land him in New York, and the captain being about to depart on a long voyage, he allowed Slipp to have his indenture transferred to a potash maker in New York, with whom he worked out the remaining six months. While there he was noted for great strength of body, could do what only two others out of a hundred men could do, i.e. place three barrels of potash one on top of the other (1767). Leonard Slipp started a tavern in 1769, and made a large amount of money in a short time.
In 1772 Leonard Slipp married Miss Catherine Ryson. Two daughters: Katherine (Mrs Elisha Clark) and Lanah (Mrs. Abraham Good) and perhaps John was born here.
At the time of the American Revolution, Slipp remained loyal to the Mother Country, and was driven out, losing his property, and came to New Brunswick on the ship Spencer."
The United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada has a list of Loyalist ships at http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Ships/Loyalist-Ships.php. It says:
Ship: Spencer. Departed: New York. 1783, Aug. 4. Landed: New Brunswick. Date: 1783, Aug. 14. Passengers: 87. Notes: Evacuation of NY.
Ship: Spencer. Departed: New York. Date: 1783, Apr. 27. Landed: New Brunswick. Date: 1783, June 10-12. Passengers: 139. Notes Evacuation of NY.5Hocker Edward W., Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory..., Typescript, p. 200, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL film 21,591 item 17.
Rick Crume's file P 1021.
"Philadelphische Correspondenz. September 9, 1791.
Inquiry for Johann Leonhard Schloepp and Johann Maar, from Mt. [Markt] Taschendorf, in Frankischen Kreis [district] of Germany (Franconia), belonging to Reichsfreyherr [Baron] von Kuenstberg Amt [parish?] Obersteinbach, who left there in 1766 for America. Shloepp wrote his parents, June 16, 1774, from the potash factory in New York, where he was employed as a cooper."6British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783 ("the Carleton Papers"), microfilms M-362 (page 7736) and M-368 (page 10093), National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Rick Crume's file P 821 and P 865.
Leonard Slip of New York was a juror for coroner's reports dated 14 Apr. and 20 May 1783.7D. G. Bell, Early Loyalist Saint John: The Origin of New Brunswick Politics 1783-1786, Fredericton, N.B.: New Ireland Press, 1983, page 239.
"page 172
Alphabetized List of Refugee Loyalist Households: 1783-84
Abstracted below are data from ship passenger lists relative to the Refugee Loyalist migration from New York to the River St. John in 1783 and from victualling lists for the Refugees from their arrival at various dates in 1783 to the early summer of 1784. All but one of such lists are hitherto unknown. They are to be found in the Public Record Office, London, generally in WO60/33 pts 1&2 (company musters at New York and Passenger lists on board ship) and T1/609 (victualling lists at Saint John and in the lower St. John Valley).".
"page 239
Head of household: Slipp, Leonard. Unit: 33 (the unit with which she sailed: 33, a Militia Company led by Peter Grim, which was part of the August fleet, having left New York around August 4 with the fastest ships arriving in Saint John about 10 days later). Family, May 1784: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 0 children ten and over, 2 children under ten, 0 servants."8Land grant to Leonard Slip and others, dated 6 Oct. 1785, Volume: NS-2, Page: 36, Grant number: 50. Microfilm: Provincial Archives of NB film F16300., Harriet Irving Library, Loyalist Collection, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
For land in Oromocto, Sunbury County, Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick).9R. Wallace Hale, Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835, Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., pages 410-411.
In 2008, £1609 0s 0d from 1833 is worth
"SLIP, Leonard Senior Parish of Hampstead, Queens Co. Will dated 27 March 1833, proved 2 November 1833. My five sons, John SLIP, George SLIP, William SLIP, Leonard SLIP and James SLIP, each 180 pounds. My four daughters, Magdalen GOOD, Elizabeth MUSGROVE, Mary PARLMER and Hannah [CURRY or CARNY], each 100 pounds. The children of my daughter Catherine CLARK, deceased, 100 pounds. Granddaughter Jane MUSGROVE 20 pounds. My four grandsons, Leonard SLIP son of John SLIP, Leonard SLIP son of William SLIP, James Leonard SLIP son of James SLIP and Leonard PARLMER son of Mary PARLMER, each 10 pounds. The children of my son James SLIP 40 pounds to be divided among them: Frances SLIP 10 pounds; Elizabeth SLIP 10 pounds; Samuel [Rich] SLIP 10 pounds; Susanna SLIP 5 pounds; Thomas William SLIP 5 pounds. Sons John, George and William SLIP executors. Witnesses: Francis JONES, William VanWART, William REED. Inventory, dated 20 January 1834, valued at 1,609 pounds by William REED and James SLIP Jr., consisted entirely of cash, book debts and notes."
On Sept. 5, 2009, Measuring Worth <http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/> says:
£130,449.70 using the retail price index.
£1,329,253.39 using average earnings. XE.com Conversion www.xe.com <http://www.xe.com> says that £130,449.70 is now worth $232,348.23 in Canadian dollars and $213,506.29 in U.S. dollars.
1Farrell, Charles, "Records of the German Reformed Church of New York City", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No.2 (Apr. 1997), p. 120.
"March 4th, 1774. The following persons were admitted as members of our Congregation. Viz: Godtlieb Müller, Christian Bluhm, Jacob Boshart, Elizabeth Reisner, Anna Christina Debusen."
23. Mary Ann Peters
1Kathleen A. Peters, Peters Family Histories, http://www.petersfamilies.ca/.
Web site, visited on 26 Dec. 2008.
24. Henry Jones
1Bowser, Les. Message to Rick Crume, dated 22 Jan. 2003.
"Henry Jones d. Jan 20, 1840, as per his tombstone in the Salisbury Pioneer Cemetery.".2Rick Crume, transcriber, Pioneer Cemetery, Salisbury, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, 6 May 1993.
"In Memory of Henry Jones, Died Jan. 20, 1810 [should be 1840], Aged 82 [?] years."
Rick Crume's file P 426.3Bowser, Les. Message to Rick Crume, dated 22 Jan. 2003.
4Rick Crume, transcriber, Pioneer Cemetery, Salisbury, Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
30. Andrew Sherwood
1Anieri, John E. and Sharon Pledge, "Notes on Conflicting Information about Andrew Sherwood and Martha Curry", Generations:The Journal of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Winter, 2003, pp. 39-41.
The identity of Andrew Sherwood's parents is uncertain.2D. G. Bell, Early Loyalist Saint John: The Origin of New Brunswick Politics 1783-1786, Fredericton, N.B.: New Ireland Press, 1983, page 238.
"page 172
Alphabetized List of Refugee Loyalist Households: 1783-84
Abstracted below are data from ship passenger lists relative to the Refugee Loyalist migration from New York to the River St. John in 1783 and from victualling lists for the Refugees from their arrival at various dates in 1783 to the early summer of 1784. All but one of such lists are hitherto unknown. They are to be found in the Public Record Office, London, generally in WO60/33 pts 1&2 (company musters at New York and Passenger lists on board ship) and T1/609 (victualling lists at Saint John and in the lower St. John Valley).".
"Head of household: Sherwood, Andrew. Unit: 54 (the unit with which he sailed). Ship: Sally. Family on ship, in May 1784 and in June 1784 (all identical): 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 6 children ten and over, 3 children under ten, 0 servants."