Windmuller-Heynen Family Tree

Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" was born in 1717 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. He was christened on 21 Feb 1725/26 in St George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY. He was buried in Dec 1800 in Karsdale Anglican Church, Nova Scotia. He died on 11 Dec 1800 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He was a Merchant in Nova Scotia. His last 2 children are the offspring of wife 2.
Merged General Note: Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #102

Mar 1997; following notes by descendant Richard Thorne;
Stephen Thorne was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War as were many of his family and was certainly typical of most Long Island familes at this time. He was a Captain in the British Army and after the war he refused to give his loyalty to the new American Government. In 1783 after the Peace Treat ws signed he left Long Island with his children, his servants and his house(!) He resettled in Granville, Nova Scotia and was given compensation by the British Government for remaining loyal. (Edward, his son,. however, did not get any compensation; his claim was disallowed.) Stephen was one of the founders of the Anglican Church established at Karsdale.
The foundation of the original house can be found on the property which remains in the hands of the desendants of his second wife.

Edward Thorne, Stephen's son, settled on land called Thorne's Cove which is just west of Karsdale. Richard, another of Stephen's sons, settled in Digby; son Philip settled in eastern Annapolis County; son James stayed with Stephen.

Sources by Richard & Lois Walsh Thorne:
NYGHS record 1889, 1962
Sands Family Register
Wilmot Census, 1806 1838
Rivington, New York Paper 1773-1783
"American Loyalists" by Lorezo Sabine
"American Loyalist Claims" by P.W. Coldman
Loyalists & Land Settlement in NS; PANS

He was married to Sybil Sands (daughter of Edward Sands and Mary Cornell) on 27 Jul 1746 in St George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY. Sybil Sands was born on 13 Sep 1727 in Sand's Point, Long Island, NY. She died on 1 Mar 1759 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" and Sybil Sands had the following children:

child+272 i. Edward Thorne.
child+273 ii. Stephen Thorne.
child274 iii. Joseph Thorne was born about 1752 in Flushing, Long Island, NY. He was baptized on 29 Jul 1756. He died unknown. Unmarried and was a physician.
child+275 iv. Philip Thorne.
child+276 v. Richard Thorne.
child277 vi. Sybil Thorne was born in 1762 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. She died on 3 Apr 1807 in Granville, Nova Scotia. She was buried in Karsdale Cemetery, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

He was married to Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje (daughter of Jacobus Lefferts and Jane) after 1759. Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje was born on 21 Jun 1729. She died on 13 Mar 1795 in Granville, Nova Scotia. Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" and Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje had the following children:

child+278 i. James Thorne.

STEPHEN THORNE, THE LOYALIST, AND HIS
DESCENDANTS.

By The Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton.

So far as I know no Loyalist family has ever before been completely traced in the pages of the Record, or indeed has ever had its full genealogy published. I have the more satisfaction, therefore, in giving here an extended record of the descendants of the Loyalist, Stephen Thome.

Joseph Thorne3, b. 22, 7, 1682 (Joseph* and Mary Bowne, William'}, moved from Flushing, L. I., to Cow Neck, afterwards Manhasset, in the town of Hempstead. He m. Catherine Smith, a widow, and made his will August i, 1751. The will was recorded in 1752, and he is called Joseph Thorne, Esquire. In it he mentions his wife, all his children, his grandson Joseph, son of his daughter Catherine and her husband, Joseph Cornell, and his granddaughter, Catherine, daughter of his deceased son, Richard. His son Stephen gets all his lands, buildings, orchards, etc., and is to pay all legacies. His negro wench, Hagar, he leaves to his daughter Margaret, "if she wants her." His executors are Caleb Cornell, his son-in-law, and his "trusty friend," Richard Thorne' of Great Neck (Richard3, William2), father of Major Richard Thomes, who fought on the Whig side in the Revolution. Witnesses were Samuel Latham, Henry Sands, and Benjamin Smith.

Children.

^margaret", [baptised in St. George's Parish, Hempstead, 21 Feby., ^stephen', j 1725.*

*This is among the earliest existing records of the parish. " Capt." Joseph Thorne \vas a warden and vestryman of the parish from 1718 to 1727 ; Richard Thorne, irom 1749 to 1757 ; William Thorne, from 1765 to 1767.

Thomas*, m. in 1738'Mary Dodge, and had nine children, of whom Thomas5 m. (i) Abigail, daughter of Henry and Martha Cornell Sands, (2) Sarah Onderdonk.

Catherine*.

Richard', m. 10 June, 1738, Mary Hyatt, and had at least one child, Catherine. Of these daughters, Margaret was perhaps never married. Catherine was m. to Caleb Cornell, and had children : Richardson, Stephen, Caleb, Catherine, Aspinwall, the latter m. (i) Jane Mitchell, (2) Priscilla Mitchell. This family is among the richest and most important of the Thome families of that period. Thomas Thorne4 left t\v slaves.

FOURTH AND FIFTH GENERATION'S.

Stephen', b. 1717, bap. in St. George's Parish, Hempstead, 21 Feb'y., 1725 (Joseph3, Joseph3, William'), m. (i) in Hempstead, 27 July, 1746, Sybil Sands4, (Edward', John3 and Sybil Ray, James'). She was second cousin once removed to Comfort Sands5, b. 26 Feb'y., 1748 (John4, John3, John3, James'), d. 22 Sept., 1834, a rich merchant of New York, very prominent during the War of the Revolution, a member of the Provincial Congress, who began his career as a clerk in Stephen Thome's office. Sybil Sands had a sister Deborah, who was second wife of Edward Molt, and died Sept. i, 1762, aged 26. Their mother was Mary Cornell. b. Sept. 3, 1727. Sybil d. at Cow Neck, March i, 1759, "aged 32," and is buried in the Sands' burying-ground at Cow Neck. It is possible that Stephen Thorne did business in New York City, as well as in Long Island, but of this I am not sure. In a memorial to Sir Guy Carleton, signed by over six hundred persons some time before the evacuation of New York, appear the names of four Thornes—Stephen, William, Joseph and Melancthon.*

These memorialists state that having been deprived of very valuable landed estates and considerable personal property without the lines, and being also obliged to abandon their possessions in this city on account of their loyalty to their sovereign, and attachment to the British Constitution, and seeing no prospect of their being reinstated, " they have determined to remove with their families and settle in His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia on the terms which they understood were held out equally to all His Majesty's subjects." Undoubtedly many, perhaps all of these persons went to Nova Scolia in 1783. Joseph, William, and, I believe, Melancthon Thorne became granteesf of Parr Town, now St. John, New Brunswick ; Stephen Thorne settled in Granville, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, not far from the historic fort and the ancient town, known in French times as Port Royal. A description of his lands will no doubt be found in the Annapolis records.

Children by first Marriage.

Edward5, b. 10 August, 1747, bap. 29 July, 1756.
Stephen5, born 1750, bap. 29 July, 1756.
Joseph5, bap. 29 July, 1756.

•Sabine says that twenty-lhree'Thornes of Queen's Co., N. V., acknowledged allegiance to Britain, in October, 1776.

f I think these men must all have returned to New York, for I have never been able to find any trace of their descendants in New Brunswick.

Philip5, bap. 3 March, 1759.
Richard, bap. 3 March, 1759.

Stephen*, m. (2) Jannetie (or Jane) Lefferts Rapalje, b. 21 or 25 June, 1729, widow of Jeronemous (or Jeronimus) Rapalje, who a. 13 March, 1754. Shed. 13 March, 1795, in Granville.

Children by second Marriage.

Sybil', b. 1762, d. 3 April, 1807, unmarried. A tombstone in Lower Granville churchyard.

Jamess, b. 2 July, 1767, bap. 2 August, 1767.

Janes, ? b. 28 Dec., 1767, "d. unmarried."

For the fact of fane's' existence I am indebted solely to the Rapalje Genealogy. Her father's will mentions his daughter Sybil, but not Jane. and since her birth is said to have been in the same year as her brother James', I do not believe there was a Jane. Stephen Thome died December u, 1800, in his 84th year, and was buried in-the Lower Granville churchyard. His wife, Jane, died January 5, 1805, in her 76th year, and is buried beside her husband.

Captain Thome, as he was called, with two others, were mainly instrumental, about 1791, in building the Parish Church at Lower Granville, in whose churchyard he and his family are buried. This quaint little wooden church, but slightly altered since it was first built, is still in use. I am not aware that services have ever been suspended there since the beginning. Mr. Thorne '•' maintained his vigor to old age."

FIFTH AND SIXTH GENERATIONS.

Family of Edward*, son of Stephen*.

Edward' (Stephen4, Joseph3, Joseph3, William'), b. 10 August, 1747, bap. 29 July, 1756, licensed to marry, 15 April, 1773, Jannetie (jane or Jean) Rapalje, who was b. 29 December, 1753, daughter of Jeronimus and Jane Rapalje. The marriage is recorded in St. George's Parish, Hempstead. They went to Granville, Nova Scotia, in 1783. Jeronimus Rapalje, a brother of Jannetie (Rapalje) Thorne, is buried in the Lower Granville churchyard. He died 13 March, 1795, 'n the 44th year of his age.

Edward Thorne was elected a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the township of Granville, in the year 1799, and served until 1806. ' He died 9 December, 1820, in the 73d year of his age. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard. His wife, Jane, died 2Oth August, 1828. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard.

Children.

Stephen6, b. 2 July, 1774.
'Edward6, b. 18 April, 1781.
Jane6, b. 14 July, 1786.

Stephen" (Edward5, Stephen4), b. 2 July, 1774, d. unmarried, 25 May, 1828, in New York City. He early returned to New York, where he became a prominent merchant. His partner in business was his friend Adam Tredwell. Mr. Thome's will was made Sept. 12, 1827, and proved Sept. 16, 1830, He wills his share in his late father's estate to his mother during her lifetime, "that she may have the income of it." After her death it is to go to his brother Edward Thome, and his sister Jane, wife of Timothy Ruggles, "both of Granville, in Nova Scotia, to be equally divided between them, and to their heirs." etc., etc. He gives to his sister Jane the sum of $25,000, and to his brother Edward a like sum. He gives to the children: Stephen, William K., and Sally Hatfield, of his deceased Uncle Stephen, each, $1,500. He remembers also the children of his late Uncle James of Granville, the eldest child of his partner Adam Tredwell, and the eldest child that shall be living of his friend LefFert Lefferts, Esquire, of Kings County, N. Y. Adam Tredwell and Leffert Lefferts were his executors.

Edward* (Edward5, Stephen'), b. 18 April, 1781, m. 2 January,

1809, Catherine Bogart, who was b. 1790. d. 12 February, 1860. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard. Edward died 8 May, 1837, aged 57 years, and is buried beside his wife. His children were :

Stephen Rapalje1, b. 5 May, 1810, d. at St. John, N. B., 13 June, 1836, m. 28 June, 1832, Maria Sands. He left one child, Elizabeth Sands8 (b. 13 January, 1834), who was m. to G. Sidney Smith, of St. John, N. B., barrister, and is still living.

Abraham BogarC, b. 29 Nov., i8iz, d. 1876, circa m. Eliza Ann Dickson (nee Sands), who died 31 January, 1850. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard ; m. (2) Elizabeth Shaw Kennedy. Children : Richard8 (who married and left two children, Jane, E.', and one other), Martha, Edith8, who m. Edward Lefferts? (James Townsend6, James5, Stephen4), and has two children living—James Townsend and Hilda A.—and John Kennedy'.

Janf, b. at Granville, N. S., 14 July, 1786, m. at Granville, 3 May,

1810, to Timothy Ruggles, b. in Massachusetts. 7 March, 1776, a grandson of General Timothy Ruggles; went to Nova Scotia in 1795, was elected to House of Assernb.y tor Township of Granville in 1818, and served until his death, 21 February, 1831. Their children were:

(a) Jane Rapalje7, b. 22 July, 1812, m. to Abel Sands of St. John, N.B., merchant.

(b) Harriet7, b. 16 Aug., iSi.;, m. a Mr. Bartlett of Halifax, N. S., by whom she had one child, Elizabeth J., who married (i) William Hazen, of Loyalist descent, of St. John, N. B, civil engineer, (2) William J. Starr, of Halifax, N. S. Died at St. John, N. B.

(c) Armanilla7, b. 17 January, 1816, died 23 Oct., 1831, at St. John, N. B.

(d) Timothy Dwight7, b. 20 Dec., 1818, m. 12 July, 1842, Havilah Jane Thorne7 (Stephen Sneden6, James5, Stephen4). Mr. Ruggles resides at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, and is a leading lawyer and banker of Annapolis County.

Children.

Timothy DuiighP, Stephen Snedeti*, Edwin*, Anna*, Harrf, Charles*, and FannjP. Fanny is dead.

(e) Edward Thorne', b. 19 Oct., 1820. Dead.

(f) Stephen Thorne7, b. 18 February, 1833. Dead.
Family of Stephen*, Son of Stephen*. .

Stephen' (Stephen4, Joseph3, Joseph'), William', b. 1^50 (probably), bap. 29 July, 1756. He did not go to Nova Scotia. There was a Stephen, Jr., probably this Stephen, licensed to marry Sarah Platt, 14 Oct., 1773. [A Stephen, Jr., was licensed to marry Sarahr Kippin, 23 Feby., 1779. These may have been the first and second marriages of Stephen5, son of Stephen4, above.] A Stephen Thome d. in New York City, 23 Oct., 1814, aged 64, of typhoid pneumonia, and was buried in Trinity churchyard. Sarah, his wife, d. in John Street 17 Dec., 1826, "of old age,'' aged 74, and is likewise buried in Trinity churchyard, but whether it is this Stephen or not I do not certainly know.

Stephen5, son of Stephen4, had

Children.

Stephen.

William K.

Sally, m. to Richard Hatfield.*

Joseph1, Son of Stephen*.

. Joseph6 (Stephen4, Joseph3, Joseph3, William1). Like his brother Stephen, Joseph remained in New York. It is said that he was 2 physician, and that he died unmarried.

Family of Philip*, Son of Stephen*.

Philips (Stephen4, Joseph3, Joseph2, William1), bap. 3 March, 1759, m. in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, Miss Woodberry, and was buried at Wilmot, N. S. Children, Edward6, Richard6, Woodberry6, and others. Woodberry was a physician.

Family of Richard*, Son of Stephen*.

Richard', bap. 3 March, 1759 (Stephen4, Joseph3, Joseph2, William'), m. Ann Williams of T>igby, Nova Scotia, and died at the age of 71, circa. The stone in the Lower Granville churchyard is weather-worn and indistinct. He left one son, William6, who married and had four children : Richard7, Eugenia7, Eliza7, and Frederick Williams7.

Family of James*, Son of Stephen*.

James" (Stephen4, Josephs. Joseph3, William1,), b. 2 July, 1767, bap. 2 August, 1767, died 15 July, 1819, aged 52 years. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard. He m. in Nova Scotia, 22 March, 1792, Anna Sneden, daughter of Stephen Sneden, a Loyalist, and his. wife Margaret (Townsend), b. 22 August, 1774, d. 21 Sept., 1855, in her 8ist year. Stone in Lower Granville churchyard. Stephen Sneden's mother was a Ward, of Ward's Island. Margaret Townsend, daughter of John, first of East Chester, then of West Chester (b. 1712, m. in 1739, Anne Gedney, d. in 1787, and is buried in St. Paul's churchyard, East Chester), was one of eight children. She had a sister Martha, rp. to Isaac Ward in 1773, and d. in 1825. Her nephew was John, son-of Daniel Townsend, b. 1779. for 43 year§ a warden of St. Paul's Church, East Chester ; elected in 18.16 a member of the Assembly, a member of the. last Council of Appointment thatsatin the State, later Sheriff, and d.,in 1849. Margaret herself was m. to Stephen Sneden of West Chester in 1763. Hetty, a daughter of Stephen and Margaret Sneden, was m. in AVest Chester to Stephen Pell ofPelham Manor, a descendant of Sir John Pell, second Lord of the Manor. They did not go to Nova Scotia. ( This Townsend family is descended from John, one of the three brothers who came from England to Long Island.)

• In April, 1810, in Flushing, Richard Hatfield receivec1 65 votes for the Legislature.

Children.

Margaret Anna', b. 20 May, 1793.
Stephen Sneden', b. 28 June, 1795.
Jane', b. 9 August, 1797.
James*, b. 28 May, 1800, d. in infancy.
Mary', b. 21 Sept., 1801.
Sybil', b. 25 April, 1804.
Edward Lefferts', b. 9 Sept., 1807.
Sarah Hester', b. 10 Feby., 1810.
Richard Ward', b. 10. Feby., 1812.
James Townsend', b. 30 May, 1815.

Of these daughters Margaret Anna* wasm. in Granville to John McCall, to whom she bore several children. She lived in Lower Granville. jfane" was m. 2ijanuary, 1820, to James Hall,b. Feby., 1795,d. igSept., 1834, brother of Mehitable, wife of Stephen Sneden Thorne'. She d. in St. John, N. B., 24 Nov., 1885. Her children were : (a) James Thorne, m. 29 August, 1850, Anna de Forest, of St. John, and d. in St. John, 5 Jany., 1867 ; (b) David Harris, b. 5 March, 1824, m. 11 May, 1848, Susan Mary Gove, daughter of Jeremiah, of St John ; (c) Stephen Sneden, m. it Sept., 1851, Havilah Shaw Fellows; (d) Anna Maria, m. 11 Sept., 1850, to George Sylvester de Forest, of St. John. MarjP was m. to Joseph Shaw of Granville, and had children : (a) Joseph, (b) Moses, (c) Phebe, m. to John J. James of Richibucto, N. B., barrister, (d) Sarah Jane, m.

to Mathewson of Halifax, N. S., (e) Mary, m. first to Dr. T. A. D.

Foster of St. John, second, toGeo. H.Trueman, of St. John, (f) Sybil, m.

to Capt. Vibert, (g) Margaret, m. to Joseph Salter, (h) Letitia, m. to

Bowles, of Ottawa; (i) James. Sybil* was m. first to Capt. Moses Hall, of Granville, and had one child, Elizabeth Prichard, b. 5 Feby,, 1831, m. to John H. Foster, of St. John. Sybil' was m. second, 23 April, 1834, in Granville, to Edward Thomas Knowles, b. 5 Jany., 1804, at Windsor, N. S., to whom she bore : (a) Joseph Shaw, b. u Aug., 1835, m. 28 Feby., 1887, Emma Mary Noble, of Halifax, (b) Edward Thorne, b. 14 July, 1837, d. 8 Sept., 1837, (c) Anna Sneden, b. 17 Nov. 1838, m. 8 Jany., 1863, to Stephen James King, of St. John. Sarah Hester* was m. first, 4 Oct., 1838, to Shadrach Ricketson, of Granville, to whom she bore one child : Harriet Anna, b. 8 July, 1839, m. 29 July, 1863, to Rev. Fletcher Hayward Wilson Pickles. Shadrach Ricketson, d. 7 June,' 1840, and Sarah Hester was m. second, 12 Oct., 1856, to Henry Blakslee, pf Bear River, N. S., where she is buried. ,, ...

SIXTH AND SEVENTH GENERATIONS.
Family of Stephen Snedert', son of James*, son of Stephen*.

Stephen Sneden*, b.28 June, 1795, m- 2I December, 1818, Mehitable Paton Hall, b. u June, 1797, d. 13 November, 1882, daughter of James and Mary Hall, of Granville. He died 29 December, 1874. Both are buried in Halifax.

Children.

James Hall7, 28 Sept., 1818.
Stephen?, b. 18 July. 1821.
Havilah Jane7, b. 18 April, 1823.
Anna Sneden7, b. 15 July,.i825.

Of these four children, James HALL7, m. 13 October, 1847, Mary Piper Robinson, daughter of Dr. Silas and Rhoda (Burgess) Piper, and d. 8 May, 1887. Children : Lydia Ann, b. 1847, m. John B. Gray, and d. 8 August, 1877, leaving one daughter. James Hall, b. 6 Feby., 1850, m. Jessie, daughter of Charles Robson, and d. 23 Oct., 1887. Stephen Sneden, b. 31 Dec., 1851, m. 28 April, 1891, Ada Sayre Harrison. Edward Lefferts, b.—, m. Jessie, daughter of James McNab. Livingston Morse, d. young. Sancton, d. young. Sarah Frances Almon, b. 10 March, 1863. Augusta Billing, b. 26 January, 1866, m. 16 June, 1887, to Leslie Seymour Eaton. STEPHEN7, m. 18 Sept., 1843, Lydia Ann, b. Nov. 10, 1823, daughter of George A. and Ann (Shaw) LockharL Children : Annie Lockhari, b. 18 July, 1844. Charles Slurgis, b. 13 Oct., 1845. Stephen Sneden, b. n June, 1847, Georgina, b. 21 Sept., 1849. fames Edward, b. 6 May, 1851. Cordelia Swinburne, b. 5 April, 1853. Grace Irene, b. 14 Oct., 1855. Frances Lavinia Sanford, b. 3 July, 1858. George A.,«b. 19 Feby., 1860. Albion Parris, b. 17 Dec., 1861. Richard Hamilton, b.—. Havilah JANE7, m. 12 July, 1842, toTimothy Dwight Ruggles, son of Timothy DwightandJane" (Thome) Ruggles. Children : Timothy Dwight, m. Emma Morse. Stephen Sneden. Edwin, ro. (i) Annie Wheelock, daughter of Joseph, (2) Minnie Fitz Randolph, dau. of Charles. Anna, m. Arthur Johnston, son of Judge James Johnston.

Harry, m. Augusta Taylor. Charles, m. Gibson. Fannie. Anna

Snedkn', m. 6 June, 1850, to Dr. Lewis Johnston, son of Dr. Lewis, and nephew of Judge James William Johnston. Children : Florence, m. Edwin Gilpin. Fannie, m. Partridge. Minnie.

Stephen Sneden Thorne' resided in Bridgetown. He was elected to the House of Assembly for Granville, in 1836, and served until 1854 when he resigned. During a portion of his 18 years of public service as a Representative, he was a member of the Government as Chairman of the Board of Public Works. He died at Bridgetown, but was buried at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, where there are grave-stones for both him and his wife. From the election of Edward5 in 1799 until the resignation of Stephen Sneden" in 1854, with only short intermissions, members of the Thorne family were continually acting as Representatives to the Legislature. James Hall7 (Stephen Sneden6) was graduated B.A. at Kings College, Windsor, in 1840, admitted to the Bar in 1844, and became Master of the Supreme Court, and Registrar of the Divorce Court. At the time of Confederation, he held the position of Deputy Provincial Secretary, and for many years was Chief of the Money-Order Office in Halifax. Stephen7, brother of James Hall,7 lives in Chicago.

Family of Edward Lefferts*, son of James*, son of Stephen*.

Eoward Lefferts*, b. 9 Sept., 1807, m. 5 July, 1835, Susan Scovil, (of Loyalist descent), b. 3 Nov., 1816 ; still living in 1889. He was for many years Chairman of the Customs' Appraisers in St. John. He died there.

Children.

Mary Lucretia7, b. 20 April, 1836.
William Henry', b. 12 Sept., 1844.
Daniel Scovil7, b. 26 Feby., 1848.
Susan Louise', b. 15 March, 1854.
Arthur Townsend7, b. 19 April, 1859.

Of these daughters : Susan Louise was m. to Legh Richmond Harrison, lawyer, of St. John, of Loyalist descent.

Family of Richard Ward*, son of James'1', son of Stephen*,

Richard Ward*, b. 10 February, 1812, removed in 1833 from GranN. S«, to St. John, N. B., 'where he was for many years engaged in a wholesale and retail flour business, in partnership with Edward T. Knowles, the firm being known as " Knowles & Thome." He is at present Clerk of the Moan I of Health of St. John. He m. 4 May, 1842, Catherine Alder Hennigar, b. 25 April, 1823, daughter of Henry Hennigar, late of the Ordnance Department of Her Majesty's Forces at St. John, and his wife Ann Spurr, daughter of Abraham Spurr of Annapolis, N. S. [He d. 16 May, 1891, while this article was going through the press. It is by his careful research that many of the facts here given have been obtained.]

Children.

Richard Ward7, Jr., b. 6 July, 1843, m. 14 Sept, 1881, Mary Ada Chapman, daughter of Martin Chapman, of Point de Bute, N. B. They have one child, Nellie Keilor, b. 23 August, 1882. He is with Clarke, Kerr & Thome, hardware dealers, St. John, N. B.

Henry Hennigar7, b. 16 Nov., 1844, d. —Aug., 1845.

Stephen Sneden', b. n May, 1846, m. 4 Sept., 1883, Alice Bertha Lowenson, daughter of Captain Richard Lowenson, ship-owner, of Amherst, Nova Scotia. He is of the firm of Thorne Brothers, hatters, St. John, N. B.

James Lefferts7. b. 5 December, 1847, m. 17 June, 1878, Amelia Freelove Capers, daughter of Judge Le Grand G. Capers, of the Florida Courts (b. 15 Sept., 1808, d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 29 January, 1868). They have one child, Catherine Thorne Capers, b. 9 May, 1884. He is also of the firm of Thorne Bros.

• Kate Ellen', b. 29 May, 1849, m. —Sept., 1879, William F. Fleming, now of Boston, Mass.

Anna Sibell7, b. n December, 1851, m. 21 May, 1874, Roben Chestnut Thome, son of Henry John Thome, late of Fredericton, N.B., postmaster, Mayor of St. John, (formerly of Plymouth, England), and his wife, Agnes (Chestnut). Children : Robert Burpee, b. 3 April, 1875. Edna Louise, b. 24 August, 1876. Helen Capers, b. 15 March, 1878. Henry John, b. 23 November, 1879. Janet Lowenson, b. 27 June, iSSi. Percy Chestnut, b. 28 August, 1882. Anna Maud, b. 10 September, 1884, Richard Ward, b. 13 January, 1887.

Mary Hennigar', b. 30 September, 1853, m. 3 July, 1888, Edward Thomas Chesley Knowles4, b. 26 January, 1850; son of Edward Thomas Knowles3 (Henry3, Henry'), and his wife, Phoebe Jane3 (Chesley), b. 21 April, 1821 ; daughter of Samuel Chesley3 ( b. 4 April, 1762, d. 17 November, 1853) ; the first English male child born in the township ol Granville, N. S. His father, Samuel Chesley', fought at the siege of Louisburg, and after the war was granted lands in Granville, N. S. Mr. E. T. C. Knowles practices law in St. John, N. B.

Ada Louise Sancton7, b. 31 August, 1859, m. 7 June, 1881, Peter Wellington Snider, b. 14 July, 1854 ; son oi Samuel Snider, of Bramford, Ontario. Mr. P. W. Snider is Superintendent of the Canada Pacific Railway Telegraph Service at St. John, N. B.

Harriet Prichard7, b. 17 February, 1861.

Family of James Townsend*, son of James1, son of Stephen'.

James Townsend', b. 30 May, 1815, m. n April, 1839, Eliza Robblee, b. 9 July, 1819.

1 Children.

James Hall7, b. 14 February, 1841, m. Lydia Worster, daughter of John Worster, of Granville, N. S.

Mary Emily', b. 10 March, 1843.

Anna Sneden7, b. 12 May, 1845, m. Benjamin Condon, of Berwick, King's Co., Nova Scotia, and has several children.

Joseph Reed7, b. 3 October, 1847, m. Blanche Pickup, daughter of Samuel Pickup, of Granville, N. S., d. 15 July, 1860.

Frederick Williams7, b. 26 August, 1851, m. Emma Croscup, and has one child.

Edward LefTerts7, b. 31 December, 1853, m. Martha Edith8, daughter of Abraham Bogart Thorne7 (Edward*, James', Stephen4), and has two children : James Townsend and Hilda A.

Sybil Shaw7, b. 18 January, 1855, d. 15 July, 1860.

Stephen Ernest7, b. 2 July, 1860.