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Moses Estey
Born 12 May 1755 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Richard Estey II and Hannah (Hazen) Estey
Brother of Ruth Estey, Israel Estey, Richard Estey, Amos Estey, Hannah (Estey) Wasson, Jesse Estey, Rhoda Esty and Abigail (Estey) Hartley
Husband of Sarah (Howland) Estey — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Moses Esty Jr., Richard Estey, Samuel Estey, Stephen B. Estey, Olive Brown (Estey) Pond, Mary (Estey) Weaver, Sarah (Estey) Pond and Naomi (Estey) Pond
Died 29 May 1840 in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswickmap
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Moses Estey
Born 12 May 1755 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Richard Estey II and Hannah (Hazen) Estey
Brother of Ruth Estey, Israel Estey, Richard Estey, Amos Estey, Hannah (Estey) Wasson, Jesse Estey, Rhoda Esty and Abigail (Estey) Hartley
Husband of Sarah (Howland) Estey — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Moses Esty Jr., Richard Estey, Samuel Estey, Stephen B. Estey, Olive Brown (Estey) Pond, Mary (Estey) Weaver, Sarah (Estey) Pond and Naomi (Estey) Pond
Died 29 May 1840 in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswickmap
Biography
Moses Estey was born 12 May 1755, Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts to parents Richard and Hannah Estey. [1] [2]
Moses' wife Sarah Howland was born 9 Jun 1754 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine. Her parents were Joseph Howland and Elizabeth Mitchell. Sarah died in 1786 Durham Bridge, York, New Brunswick, Canada. She was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland.
Excerpts from the the Studholm Report -1783' to George H. Studholm: Moses Estey has a wife and 4 children, been on about 7 years. Has a log house and about 14 acres of cleared land." Same source continues: "Moses Estey favors the rebels and has not above half the cleared land reported."
Moses sold his Upper Gagetown land on 26 Jun 1800 when they probably moved to St. Mary's parish, Nashwaak. Wife Sarah Estey (of Waterborough, Queens Co Baptist church) was baptized 28 Sep 1801 and had moved to Nashwaak by 28 July 1804.
The following indenture proves the marriage of Moses and Sarah: "Sudbury Co. New Brunswick Indenture 6 Nov 1797 Elizabeth Howland and Moses Estey vs. Simeon Porter" [Sunbury Co Registry Office, Provincial Archive Fredericton NB; (Reel No. F5544, Book D (No. 6), Page 236-9, Regd No. 492).
1797 "This Indenture made the sixth day of November in the thirty eighth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the third of Great Britain and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven Between Elizabeth Howland widow and relict of Joseph Howland late of Burton in the County of Sunbury and Province of New Brunswick deceased, Ichabod Howland of Burton aforesaid son of the said deceased and Martha his wife and Moses Estey of Gage Town in Queens County and Province aforesaid and Sarah his Wife Daughter of the said deceased of the one Part and Simeon Porter of Burton of the other Part Whereas the said Joseph Howland in his lifetime did by an instrument under his name and seal bearing date the third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five for the consideration of the fulfillment of certain conditions contained in a Bond given by the said Simeon Porter to the said Joseph Howland to secure to the said Joseph and his Wife a support during their natural lives, give grant bargain fill and convey to the said Simeon Porter and his heirs and ??? forever a certain Lot or Tract of Land lying in Burton."
p.237 "aforesaid and nearly opposite to the Church in Magerville being the farm which he said Joseph Howland had occupied for about thirty years then left propt. together with all buildings privileges appurtenances profits and commodities whatsoever thereto belonging--and whereas since the decease of the said Joseph the said Elizabeth his widow became much dissatisfied with the support she received from the said Simeon and was in consequence thereof removed in the Month of December last to the house of the said Moses Estey who has supported her until this time--and whereas disputes have arisen between the said Elizabeth and the said Simeon respecting the said support provided by her against the said Simeon upon the said Bond for the settlement whereof and to secure himself in his title to the said Lot of Land and premises the said Simeon hath agreed to pay the said Moses the Sum of twenty five pounds to indemnify him for the expense he has been heretofore put to and will be to the second day of April next for the support of the said Elizabeth and also the Costs of the before mentioned Suit and hath further agreed to pay the said Moses annually the Sum of ten pounds during the life of the said Elizabeth for her support. And the said Moses hath thereupon consented and agreed by and with the approbation and consent of the said Elizabeth vivier? to support her the said Elizabeth during the remainder of her Life. Now therefore this indenture Witnesseth? that for and in Consideration of the said Sum of money so agreed"
p.238 "as aforesaid and secured? to be paid to the said Moses Estey by the said Simeon Porter and the agreement so entered into by the said Elizabeth Howland, Ichabod Howland and Martha his wife and Moses Estey and Sarah his wife have remise?, released and quitclaimed and do by these presents fully freely and absolutely remise? release and forever quitclaim unto the said Simeon Porter his heirs and assigns all the right and title which they or any or either of them jointly or severally now have of what nature or kind soever of in and to the same by reason of the Spate? which the said Joseph Howland had heretofore in the said premises or by reason or means of any break heretofore made by the said Simeon in the performance of the conditions of the said Bond. And the said Elizabeth, Ichabod and Moses do hereby for themselves and each of them for herself or himself and their and cash and every of their Heirs Executors and Administrators remise release and forever quitclaim unto the said Simeon Porter his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns"
p.239 "all actions and action and causes of actions suits and controversies whatever which either or any of us now have or hereafter may or might have against the said Simeon Porter his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns for or by reason or means of the said Bond or otherwise dooreselboo? respecting the premises. In witness thereof the said Elizabeth, Ichabod, Martha, Moses and Sarah have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year find above written-- Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Elizabeth (her X mark) Howland by Sarah Howland and Moses Estey and wife-- Moses Estey" by Sarah (her X mark) Estey.
"Isaac Chase, Thos Witmore and by Ichabod Howland and wife in presence of New Brunswick Sunbury. Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven personally came and appeared before me Niel Camp Sgn? one of his majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Sudbury aforesaid Moses Estey and Sarah his wife and acknowledged that they signed sealed and delivered the above written Instrument as their act and deed for the uses and purposes in the same mentioned and the said Sarah having been examined by me separate and apart from her said husband she declared that the executed the ??? ??? and when truly without and without any par? threat or compulsion from him Niel Camp, J.P."
The eight children of Moses and Sarah Estey were: [3]
Moses Estey b. 21 Apr 1774, Burton, Sunbury, N.B.; d. 31 May 1837 in Whiting, Washington, Maine, USA [4] ; m. 16 Jan 1803 Grandlake, New Brunswick, Elizabeth Hall (b. 27 Feb 1785, Gagetown, Queens, N.B. who d. 4 Jun 1863, Whiting, Washington, ME, USA. Moses and Elizabeth had 13 children b. 1803-1833; He was a carpenter and was recorded in the 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Eastport, Washington, ME.
Richard Estey b. abt 1775, N.B.; m. Mary Stewart, York county, N.B. [5] ; d. Sep 1805
Samuel Estey b. 1782, N.B. [6] ; m. Mary Hafford (b. 5 Sep 1800, N.B.; d. 11 Mar 1865, N.B.; Samuel and Mary had eight children born 1811-1835; he was made executor in his father's Will.
Stephen Estey b. 12 Jun 1786, St Marys Parish, York, N.B. [7] ; d. 28 Apr 1858, Durham Bridge, York, N.B.; m. 20 Nov 1814, Elizabeth Pond (b. 14 Jul 1788, St Marys, York, N.B. she d. Aft 1861, Nashwaak, York, N.B.) Elizabeth's parents were John Pond (1762–1853) and Eva Cain (1768–1853). Stephen & Elizabeth had eight children b. 1815-1828.
Sarah Estey b. abt 1788 in Oromocto, Sunbury, N.B.; d. 1822 in Ludlow, Northumberland, N.B.; m. Abel Pond (b, 1791 in St Marys N.B. who d. 1871, Ludlow, Northumberland, N.B. Abel's parents were John E Pond (1763 – 1853) and Mary Eva Cain (1768 – 1853). He was William and John Pond's brother. Abel Pond was a lumberman and served in the military (War of 1812 'Capt'; constable). 1871 Census residency in Ludlow, Northumberland, N.B. Sarah and Abel Pond had four children b. 1812-1822. After Sarah died, Abel married 1823, Susanna Hovey (b. 1793, Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick and who d. Ludlow, Northumberland, N.B. they had four children.
Olivia (Olive) Estey b. abt. 1794 in St Marys Parish, York, N.B.; m. 6 Sep 1817 St Mary's Parish, York, N.B., William Pond [8] who was b. 1793, St Mary's Parish, York Co., N.B. son of John E Pond and Mary Eva Cain, brother to Abel and John; "Olive, w/o William Pond, profession of religion, d. 29 Jun 1858, at Nashwaak, York county, N.B., age 65 yrs, she leaves husband, 9 children, 50 grand and g.grandchildren" [9]
Mary Estey, b. abt 1796; m. John Weaver 16 Apr 1815, York county, N.B. [10] he d. 19 Dec 1871, age 87 yrs, at Andover, Victoria county, NB his wife preceded him.
Naomi Estey b. 1800, Upper Gagetown, Queens, N.B.; d. Nov 1866; m. John Pond (b. 27 Dec 1797 - d. 1891) [11]
Recorded by John C. Hatt Estey Family of New Brunswick:
In June, 1783, after the American Revolution was over, the Government of Nova Scotia sent representatives from Halifax to the St. John River Valley with orders to make a survey on land occupation and to determine which settlers had assisted the rebel cause. In the report to Halifax it stated that Moses Estey was one of those disloyal to the Crown during the conflict, the consequence of which forced him to remove his family from the land they occupied at Buton.
Two Memorials forwarded by Moses Estey to the New Brunswick Government give an accurate account of his life and the desperate time he had in caring for his ever increasing family between the years 1785 and 1809. The first Memorial, written to Thomas Carleton, the first Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Brunswick, reads as follows:
"That in May, 1785 he was turned off his land by Samuel Deney Street, Esq., who had got a grant of the same from Governor Parr, and shortly after he was dis posed of his land he was taken with a fit of sickness, which brought him very low. But after a long and tedious struggle he recovered to his former health. Which he was no sooner blessed with but the Doctor who attended him in his sickness sought after what little payment he was to receive from Mr. Street for his improvements to satisfy the demands. Which took all or vary nigh all he had to receive. By which means your Memorialist is become very poor and needy and obliged to make every shift and turn that he lawfully can for the maintenance of his family (which consist of a wife and five children). Your Excellency's petitioner understands that Colonel Spry's lands is reverted to the Crown. Therefore Your Excellency's memorialist most humbly prays that Your Excellency would give him the lot."
Moses Estey's petition was successful in his attempt to obtain a Crown Grant. In the year 1788 he received a grant of of Lot Number Seventy Two, situated on the southern bank of the St.John River at Upper Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick.
On 1 May 1800 Moses Estey of St. Mary, York county, New Brunswick bought from James French, Esq. & Solome French his wife, for L150. lawful money received about 550 acres of land situate on the Nashwaak in St. Mary, York county bounded on the lower side by land owned and occupied by James French and on the upper side by Lot No.10 owned by William French...Signed, 1 Dec 1800. [12]
Moses Estey's second memorial, written to the President in-Council, and dated at Fredericton, N.B., on April 27, 1809, informs us that his lands at Upper Gagetown had been sold and the Estey family were now residing on property bordering on the Nashwaak River in the Parish of St. Marys, York County, N.B.. Records from the Queens County Registry Office show that Moses and Sarah Estey had conveyed Lot No. 72, at Upper Gagetown, containing an area of 180 acres, more or less, to David Curey, ( or Currey), on June 26, 1800. His petition, requesting a grant of land in the rear of the property purchased at Nashwaak reads as follows:
"That your Memorialist has a family consisting of a wife and nine children, three of them sons, and a grandson who lives with him."
" That he has never received any land from Government excepting a lot of sixty rods front in Gagetown which was given to him in lieu of improvements which he made in Burton on a grant which had been promised to him but were afterwards included in the grant to Mr. Street."
"That finding the lot in Gagetown above mentioned too small to support his family, he sold it and purchased a lot of one hundred and fifty rods front on the Nashwack, where he now resides. That your Memorialist's youngest son is now twenty years of age and he and the second son still reside with your Memorialist. "
"Your Memorialist therefor in behalf of himself and his sons and grandson pray that an allotment of one thousand five hundred acres may be made to them of the land lying in the rear of his own farm and in rear of the Glebe Lot adjoining him, on the east side of the Nashwack, whereon your Memorialist will without delay perform the conditions required by the King's Instructions."
The recommendation accompanying Moses Estey's memorial, signed by Arch McLean, and dated April 25th, 1809, informs us that Moses Estey had been an inhabitant at the Nashwaak River settlement for nine or ten years. This date coincides with the date of the sale of the Gagetown property.
A study of the Palmer family of Grand Lake had a notation, dated July 28th, 1804, making reference to members of the Baptist Church at Waterbury, Queens County, N.B.. It reads: "Brother John Coy and his wife, Sister Dolly Hovey and Sister SARAH ESTEY, members of this church, hath moved from us to live and reside at Nashwaak. " It also records that Sarah, wife of Moses Estey, was baptized on September 28, 1801.
On September 30th, 1815, Samuel Estey, one of the sons of Moses Estey, petitioned the New Brunswick Government for the same parcel of land. He did not received a grant of the land, however, in later years, descendants of the Estey family were granted wood lots in the rear of the original Nashwaak River grants.
Moses Estey died in May, 1840, and his Last Will and Testament, dated June 22, 1838, was registered in the York County Probate Court on June 2, 1840:
"I give and bequeath to SARAH, my dearly beloved wife, all and singular my real and personal estate - during the lifetime of Sarah, my dearly beloved wife, and at my decease my wife, Sarah, shall have half of the increase of whatever stock may be found that I possess for the sole use and behoof, and all the aforesaid lands, tenements, houses, outhouses, household goods, furniture and stock, - etc - to the said SARAH my dearly beloved wife, during her lifetime. And also at the death of my wife, Sarah, I give unto my well beloved son, SAMUEL ESTEY, forty roods or rods front of the real estate on the east side of the River Nashwack, commencing at Samuel Estey's lower line, or south and on his line running forty rods. I also give and bequeath to my well beloved son, STEPHEN ESTEY, all the remaining part of the real estate of lands on the east side of the River Nashwack. I also give and bequeath to my grandson, CHARLES POND, son of my daughter, NOMAI, thirty three and one half rods or roods of my land on the west side of the River Nashwack for the use, benefit and behoof of his mother, Nomai Pond, during her lifetime. I also give to my grandson, ISRAEL HAZEN POND, son of my daughter, OLIVE POND, thirty three rods or roods of my land on the west side of the River Nashwack. I also likewise constitute, make and ordain Samuel Estey and John VanHorne executors of this my Last Will and Testament."
The community in which the Estey family settled, about 1800, was mostly wild forested lands with fertile low land along the river given the name " Nashwaak". After the first covered bridge was constructed across the Nashwaak the area on the East side of the river became known as " Durham Bridge ", and the community on the West side of Nashwaak River was named Nashwaak Village. When Crown lands to the rear of the original Nashwaak Grants were opened up for settlement, two of the surveyed settlements were named "Upper Durham" and "Lower Durham ". A large number of the descendants of Moses Estey obtained grants of lands in these communities, or purchased lots from the original grantees or other land owners. Many family members still reside in the Durham Settlement.
New Brunswick did not become a part of Canada until 1867.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch image record at (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-GX1
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Rowley, Births; pg.76. Image record reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ "Richard Estey II from Miner Descent" https://minerdescent.com/2010/05/18/richard-estey/
↑ Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012 Reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT. USA. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Reprinted [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ 1871 Census of Canada; St Marys, York, New Brunswick; Roll: C-10383; Page: 7; Family No: 23. Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ 1861 Census of Canada; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: M-556; Reprinted Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick; New Brunswick, Canada. Reprinted online Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017, Lehi, UT, USA. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ Obituary; St. John, St. John county, New Brunswick; Newspaper, 'The Religious Intelligencer' 15 Oct 1858; transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives; Vol. 20; No. 728.
↑ New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950; pg.44. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick; New Brunswick, Canada. Reprinted [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922; Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 46. Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed 26 May 2020.
↑ "Canada, New Brunswick County Registry Books, 1780-1930: York; Deed book, 1797-1806, Vol. 002" No. 684; James French Esq. & Wife (Solome) to Moses Estey. Reprinted (online db) FamilySearch.org. (image reader page 140/465). Accessed 23 Aug 2021. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QPW-43H?i=139&wc=M698-DPD%3A13843801%2C13841702%2C14105201&cc=1392378
1783 Studholm Report: transcribed by George H. Hayward. NBGenWeb: Census1873. Covers the state of land grants in New Brunswick in 1783. Also covers rebels, etc.. The people who prepared the original report were: Ebenezer Foster, Fyler Dibblee, James White, Gervis Say. Available in the public domain at: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_Census_1783Studholm_Report.htm
Raymond, Rev. W.O., LL.D. "Glimpses of the Past. History of the River St. John A.D. 1604-1784" pub. 1905, St. John, N.B. https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofpasth00raymuoft/page/n4/mode/1up?q=River+St.+John
See Also
"Biography of Isaac Hobbs Estey of Trescott and Whiting, Washington, Maine (1825-1904)" p.10. Pub. 2004 by Ann Joy Estey Fife. Reprinted FamilySearch.org. Accessed 10 May 2021.https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/297303-biography-of-isaac-hobbs-estey-of-whiting-and-trescott-maine-1825-1904-including-his-estey-ancestry?viewer=1&offset=0#page=15&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
Hatt, John C. "The Estey Family" pg. 142-143
Acknowledgements
Profile created through the import of Family Line.ged on 01 March 2011.
Contributions by direct descendant Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV73-F5Q : accessed 1 January 2022), entry for Moses Estey, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
Hannah Estey formerly Hazen
Born 7 Jan 1728 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Israel Hazen and Hannah (Chaplin) Hazen
Sister of Peggy Hazen, Hepzibah Hazen, Israel Hazen, Jacob Hazen, Israel Hazen, Margaret (Hazen) Jewett and Amos Hazen
Wife of Richard Estey II — married 7 Feb 1750 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Ruth Estey, Israel Estey, Moses Estey, Richard Estey, Amos Estey, Hannah (Estey) Wasson, Jesse Estey, Rhoda Esty and Abigail (Estey) Hartley
Died 28 Sep 1817 in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswickmap
Biography
Birth
Hannah Hazen was baptized January 7, 1727/8, in Boxford, Massachusetts to father Israel Hazen. [1]
Marriage and Children
Hannah Hazzen married Richard Estey (Sr.) on February 7, 1750/51 at Rowley, Essex county, Mass. [2] They had nine children spanning 16 years with residence change from Rowley, Essex, Massachsuetts to the St. James River settlement, Maugerville, New Brunswick by 1765.
Ruth, b. 1 Mar 1751 (1 May 1751) [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Israel, 9 Aug 1753, [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Moses, 12 May 1755. [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Richard, 14 Mar 1757. [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Amos, 26 Aug 1759. [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Hannah, 13 Jun 1761. [Mass. VR's, Rowley Births, pg.76.]
Jesse. 17 Nov 1763
Rhoda, 25 Nov 1765, prob. Maugerville
Abigail, 26 Aug 1767, prob. Maugerville
Residence: St. John's River, Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick
Native American presence:
the Maliseets (Milicete) (Mal-i-see-jik), village of Medoctec on St. John's river possibly offshoot of the Wabenaki (Abenski) nation from Kennebec to Penobscot and to the St. John.
the Micmacs, considered a strong warrior tribe with many alliances to the French over these years.
Alongside some of the Richard Estey family men, the name of Hannah (Hazen) Estey's 2nd cousin William Hazen is found in town documents and in the Congregational Church ledgers.[3]
Spouse Richard Estey, Jr., was one of the original Maugerville town grantees along with his father Richard Estey, (Sr.), and his father's two brothers John and Zebulon Estey. [Glimpses, pg.159.] They were earlier known as the St. Jame's river settlement.
1765 Maugerville township land grant embracing the parishes of Maugerville and Sheffield including Oromocto island were grant(ed) the Rights or Shares fixed at 500 acres but surveyor-general of Nova Scotia Hon. Charles Morris intended the grantees should have 1,000 acres each in compensation for other factors. [4]
Some differences between what was promised and what was received: "By grant terms the township consisted of 200 shares but only 64 shares were actually included in the grant of 1765. Due to some effects of the obnoxious Stamp Act the Crown Land Office at Halifax was besieged with people pressing for their grants in order to save the stamp duties...the Maugerville settlers accepted the shares allotted regardless of prior greater promises because they (settlers) had been near losing the whole if the British government decided instead to reserve the Maugerville lands for the disbanded regulars of the army. " [Glimpses, pg.158.] Pressures for economic performance By the terms of the grant all persons who "failed to settle with proper stock and materials for improvements before last day of Nov 1767 will forfeit all land claims allotted them. [Glimpses, p.158.]
31 Oct 1765 Maugerville town and Sunbury county formed, St. John's River, New Brunswick. [Collections, pg. .] Nearly all the original settlers in the township of Maugerville were from Massachusetts, the majority being from Essex county. The Burpee's were from Rowley, the Perleys from Boxford, The Esteys from Newburyport, other families from Havehill, Ipswich, Gloucester, Salem, Wenham These settlers were almost exclusively Puritan stock and members of the Congregationalist churches of New England. [Glimpses, pg.105.]
1766 Population: On 16 Dec 1766 a census was submitted to the gov't of Nova Scotia by Lieut. Governor Francklin showing that there were then living at Maugerville 77 men, 46 women, 72 boys and 66 girls, a total of 261 souls..." A grist and saw-mill had been built and two sloops were owned by the settlers...The settlement was visited 1767 by the surveyor general of Nova Scotia and included in his correspondence that year. [Glimpses, pg. 159-160.]
1775-1776 The American Revolution and some of it's affects involve the Estey family at Maugerville, New Brunswick settlement see profile Ruth (Fiske) Estey who is the mother-in-law of Hannah (Hazen) Estey.
1784 Arrival of the Loyalists at Maugerville. [Glimpses, pg. ]
1785 Maugervillle, New Brunswick residence for Richard and Hannah Estey is recorded in a county probate ledger. [5]
Death
She died on September 28, 1817,[6] in Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada, having lived a long life of 89 years. [7]
Side Notes
Maugerville & St. Jame's River Settlers: 1768 Disbanded soldiers settlement: "Opposite to Oromocto River, upon the northerly side of the river St. John's is the English settlement of disbanded soldiers from New England, consisting of about eighty families who have made great improvements and are like to make an established Settlement there." The quality of the farming efforts are also noticed in a communication between the Nova Scotia general surveyor and the Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia. [25 Jan 1768 Letter from Hon. Charles Morris, surveyor general of Nova Scotia to Lieut. Governor Franklin; Glimpses, pg.160.]
See soldiers of Lt.-Col. Van Buskirk's battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers who were of Dutch descent. See Lodewick Fisher who came from New Jersey. Came with Samuel Tilley from Long Island, N.Y.
Sources
↑ Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1700-1850; Boxted Births; pg. 46. Topsfield Historical Society; Topsfield, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018, Lehi, UT, USA. Accessed 7 Apr 2020.
↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850; Images reprinted by Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782. Reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005, Lehi, UT, USA. Accessed 7 Apr 2020.
↑ Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society; pub. 1894; pg.65. E-book available in the public domain at: https://www.archive.org/details/collectionsofnew113newb/page/65/mode/1up/search/Estey?q=18th+c+New+brunswick+history
↑ "Glimpses of the Past: History of the St. John River, 1604-1784" Pg. 158. Pub.1905, St. John, N.B. Source hereafter referred to as "Glimpses". E-book available in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofpasth00raymuoft/page/31/mode/1up/search/estey?q=Glimpses+of+our+past%3A+history+of+the+river+St.+John
↑ R. Wallace Hale, Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835, Heritage Books Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 1989. Reprinted as "Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600-1900s; pg.78. Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Reprinted online db Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005, Lehi, UT, USA. Accessed 7 Apr 2020.
↑ John C. Hatt's A genealogical study of the Estey family of New Brunswick
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130965109
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick: John C. Hatt's A genealogical study of the Estey family of New Brunswick |
