 1774 - Bef 19 June 1846?
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| Name |
Joanna GREENLAW |
| Birth |
Bef 1771 |
| Born |
SAY 1774 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth |
*[1774-1777] |
| Birth |
[1774-1784] [1] |
| Birth |
[1762] [2] |
| Birth |
1778 |
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| Death |
Bef 1851 CENSUS |
| Residence |
10 Jun 1784 |
Passamaquoddy, Charlotte, NB  [1] |
| Residence |
26 Dec 1811 |
[St David, Charlotte, NB] |
- Ann Smith m 1811 William Higgins
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| Residence |
15 Jun 1826 |
St Andrews, Charlotte, NB |
- Volume I Page 186
No 147
15 June 1826
Joan Collins widow St Andrews
Alexander Strahan Junior merchant St Andrews
5 pounds
W Whittock
Nathaniel Ames
Town plot St Andrews
Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division
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| Residence |
9 Aug 1830 |
St Andrews, Charlotte, NB [3] |
| Religion |
9 Aug 1831 [3] |
| Presbyterian |
| Aged |
7 Dec 1837 |
75 years [2] |
| Residence |
7 Dec 1837 |
Waweig, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB [2] |
| Residence |
8 Oct 1840 |
St David, Charlotte, NB [2] |
| Residence |
8 Oct 1840 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB [3] |
| Died |
Bef 19 June 1846? |
- Samuel Johnson sells land. Deed does not mention his wife.
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| Person ID |
I10591 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Father |
Ebenezer GREENLAW, b. SAY 1735, d. Between 15 Nov 1809 and 10 Nov 1810 (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Mother |
Eunice, b. Bef C 1745, d. 29 Jan 1830, St George, Charlotte, NB (Age > 85 years) |
| Married |
C 1765 |
| Family ID |
F3384 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Willoughby NASON, b. [1773], ME , d. 10 Aug 1850, Fort Kent, Aroostook, ME |
| Married |
- Charlotte County County Council Record
General Sessions Minutes
1785-1815
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Film F349
43/
At an Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace held at the Court house in Saint Andrews, within and for the County of Charlotte on the second Tuesday in September in the Thirty fourth year of His Mejesty's reign Anno Domini 1794
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The Following Recognizances were returned by Justices
To Wit.
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Willoby Nason Recognized with Sureties to answer to the oath of Filiation of Johannah Greenlaw [Grinley crossed out]
Principal ?20 Sureties ?20 filed
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F19345 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Timothy BLAKE, b. 1 Oct 1775, d. C 1803? |
| Married |
22 Mar 1797 |
All Saints Anglican, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB |
- Anglican Records: Timothy Blake married to Johanna Greenlaw, 22 March 1797?
Kirk McColl: Prudence, daughter of -- Blake was born 15 March 1799, St David
Hi William,
I have heard that when the baptisms were done on a given day that a paper was circulated and the parents were to put down their name as the parents of that child and if they didn't then it was just shown as ----- surname. Not good but sometimes things slip through the cracks.
Cheers, Arnie Krause
22 Mar 179[7] Blake Timothy Greenlaw Johannah 28
https://registers.nbgstwo.ca/display_record/MC223-S2-6D-28_marriage_0010
NBGS Anglican Registers Project V2
Data Source
Record Key MC223-S2-6D-28_marriage_0010
Register MC223-S2-6D
Spreadsheet Id MC223-S2-6D_1
Image Id/Sheet Name MC223-S2-6D-28
Record Number 0010
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1797-03-22
Record Data Fields
Recordid 1
Entry number
Groom given name Timothy
Groom surname Blake
Bride given name Johannah
Bride surname Greenlaw
Event location St Andrews Parish, Charlotte Co
Event day 22
Event month Mar
Event year 1797
Officiant Samuel Andrews
Notes listed chronologically in register preceeding dates in 1797
Date created 2020-02-01 17:15:36
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| Children |
| | 1. Prudence BLAKE, b. 15 Mar 1799, St David, Charlotte, NB , d. Between 18 Apr 1870 and CENSUS 1871 (Age 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F12431 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 4 |
James COLLINS, b. *[1775], d. Bef 15 June 1826 |
| Married |
Between C 1803? and 1826 |
- The Collins family in St David were not Anglican or Presbyterian. They were probably Baptists, so records would never have existed.
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| Family ID |
F10070 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 5 |
William PALMER, b. C 1775?, d. Bef 7 Dec 1837 |
| Married |
9 Aug 1830 |
Charlotte, NB [3] |
- William Palmer
New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950
Name William Palmer
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 09 Aug 1830
Event Place Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Joann Collins
Spouse's Gender Female
Page 242
"New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-FKWH : 6 March 2015), William Palmer and Joann Collins, 09 Aug 1830; citing Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, p. 242, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 845,794
p 242
William Palmer of Saint Andrews County of Charlotte and Joann Collins of Parish and County aforesaid Presbyterians were married this ninth day of August in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty by me.
Alexr MacLean Minr of the Church of Scotland
W Palmer
Joann Collins
In the presence of
Eben Cumberland
Benjamin Tufts [related by marriage to the Pomeroys from Lincoln County, ME]
Recd & Regd 2d January 1831
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| Family ID |
F9754 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 6 |
David KEEZER, b. 1763, MA , d. 10 Dec 1839 (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
7 Dec 1837 |
[Charlotte, NB] [2] |
- Date : December 27, 1837
County : York
Place : Fredericton
Newspaper : The New Brunswick Royal Gazette
Youthful Frolic! Thursday 7th inst., the Rev. A.D. THOMSON, Baptist Minister was called upon to unite in the silken bonds of matrimony a pair of fond hearts that had felt the influence of the softer passion; namely David KEEZER of St. David (Charlotte Co.) / Miss Johanna PALMER of Waweig. The happy pair will have ample materials with which to enliven the honeymoon; the hero in recounting his exploits in the revolutionary war and rejoicing in his American pension; the damsel in reciting the details of her former matrimonial adventures. The bride has numbered 75 summers and the bride groom has withstood the frosts of 80 winters.
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| Family ID |
F3083 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Marriage 1797: Johannah Greenlaw
Baptism Smith 1798: Johanna Grenlow
Deed 1826: Joan Collins widow
Marriage 1830: Joann Collins
Marriage Notice 1837: Miss Johanna Palmer
Marriage 1840: Joanna Keezer
Marriage Notice 1840: Mrs Joanna Keezer
Return 1784: Joanna
NB Newspaper Vitals: Nil
York County Marriages: Nil
Carleton County Marriages: Nil
Eastport Sentinel: Nil
NB Cemeteries: Nil
Esther Clark Wright: St Andrews Collins: David, James, John
Christ Church St Stephen: Nil
Memorial of the Loyalist Families of William Moore, Josiah Hitchings and Robert Livingstone: Nil
Old Widows: Nil
Early Probate: Nil
Gen Dict ME & NH: Nil
Charlotte County Marriage Keezer: Nil
First Families: Joanna Greenlaw m Timothy Blake d Jonathan Greenlaw m Elizabeth Lamb
All Saints Anglican: Checked. 12 Apr 1798 Grenlow [ ] Smith c of Johanna Grenlow Greenlaw 13
St Andrews Assessment 1822: Samuel Blake. Nil Collins
St Andrews Assessment 1831 Town/Country: William (xFrancis) Palmer (country)
- There are several inconsistencies in the life of Joanna Greenlaw, and several mysteries.
When was she born?
It is difficult to say just when she was born. The one time her age was given was in the announcement of her marriage to David Keezer. This would put her birth around 1762, which seems unlikely. When the return was made of folks at Passamaquoddy in 1784, Joanna Greenlaw was listed with the children under the age of 10, putting her birth sometime between 1774 and 1784.
The next record she appeared in was her marriage to Timothy Blake in 1797. So she was likely born before 1777, but if she were a younger bride, she could be born as late as 1780.
Now consider the 1798 baptism record of a child of Joannah Greenlow and a man named Smith. This is very likely the Ann Smith who married William Higgins in 1811. The name Greenlaw is recalled in the family, as "Joanna Greenlaw" was how Ann Smith's name was recalled in the death certificate of her daughter Sarah. One record puts Ann's birth at about 1791, which would be reasonable considering the year of her marriage.
This would push Joanna's birth back a few years though. Again, considering a young mother, she could have been born as late as, say 1776. But let's look at it this way: Consider the newpaper annoucement of her marriage in 1837, giving her as age 75. If it was wrong by 10 years, this would put her birth in about 1772, which is far more reasonble. So she was be abour 19 when Ann was born, about 25 when she married Timothy Blake. This is at odds with the 1784 return, but only by a couple of years, which is in consequential in that era.
Who was Ann Smith's father?
The Smith family in the area around 1791 was the Reuben Smith family in St David. His sons John and James were old enough, and unmarried at that time.
In St Andrews, Joseph Smith was a Penobscot Loyalist granted a lot in Lower Bayside. He was still married in 1807, so it is unlikely he was the father.
Who was the Collins that Joanna was married to?
After the death of her husband Timothy Blake in 1799, and before 1826, when Joanna was called Joan Collins in a deed, she married a man by the name of Collins. This Collins would most likely be connected to the James Collins family in St David. His family seems to be well documented, so it is difficult to say who would by Joanna's second husband.
James is said to have returned to England and died about 1804. He supposedly had a brother called John, who was also granted land in Charlotte County. But he also is said to have returned to England.
It is possible that her Collins husband came to the Province later, and left no trace.
Where did William Palmer come from?
There were no Loyalist Palmers who remained in Charlotte County. The Nathaniel Palmer counted among the Penobscot Loyalists, and the Nathaniel Palmerly/Palmerby at Beave Harbour were probably the same man, perhaps the Nathan Palmer, son of Daniel Palmer and Elizabeth Wheeler who were in Maugerville by 1763. In any case, he disappeared from Charlotte County quite early.
The next Palmers to show up in Charlotte County all were apparently born in New Brunswick, but came from elsewhere. Some say they were (mostly all) related, children of John Palmer of Sheffield, but I have found no evidence to support this. Francis and Thomas lived at Deer Isle. Henry married in St Andrews but resided at Sheffield. James lived at St George. Catherine m Jonathan Godfrey and lived at St Andrews.
William Palmer also lived at St Andrews. There is no evidence of him in Charlotte County before his marriage in 1830. He may have been of this group of Palmers, the evidence for whom points to Sheffield, albeit only faintly.
Who were the Mary and Elizabeth Blake who were apparently the daughters of Prudence?
Prudence Blake was the only daughter of Timothy Blake and Joanna Greenlaw. Prudence appeared in the 1851 census in the household of David Manzer. Samuel Johnson, Joanna's fifth and last husband, was also in the same household. Also resident were Mary Blake and Mary Hitchings, both called step-daughters of David. In 1861, an Elizabeth, possibly Blake, possibly daughter, appeared in the household.
Mary Hitchings was probably the daughter of William Hitchings m Sarah Budd, and probably not related to anyone in the household. Mary Blake married and had a child, who disappeared after the 1881 census. She died before 1871. Elizabeth Blake likely died before 1871.
- Town Lot St Andrews Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division
William Greenlaw s Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice
Elijah Greenlaw s Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice
RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name GREENLAW, Ebenezer
Volume NS-A
Page 165
Grant number 95
Place Saint Andrews
County Sunbury
Date 1785-05-21
Accompanying plan No
Acres 0
Microfilm F16302
Comment Re-registered NS Grant of 1784/06/01: Town Lot
Volume P Page 261 [283/553]
No 218
William Greenlaw yeoman St Andrews and wife Lidia [Lydia]
Edward James Parker yeoman St Andrews
2 pounds
quit claim
Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division
9 January 1822
Wit: Richd Watson, William Patterson
Volume L Page 262 [284.553]
No 219
Elijah Greenlaw yeoman Le Etang and wife Sally
Edward James Parker yeoman St Andrews
2 pounds 10 shillings
Town Plot St Andrews Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's
3 January 1822
Elijah Greenlaw [SS]
Sarah Greenlaw [Her mark]
Wit: James McCleary, James H Stevens
Volume L Page 264 [286/553]
No 223
John Cumberland yeoman St Andrews and wife Miriam
Edward James Parker gentleman St Andrew
1 pound 17 shillings 4 pence
Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division Town of St Andrews [Intersection sw Montague and Edward sts. 92 Edward Street]
22 June 1822
John Cumberland [His mark]
Myriam Cumberland [His mark]
Wit: James Thompson, Thomas Wyer
Volume I Page 113 [116/ ]
No 86
Susannah McLachlan widow St Andrews [widow of Archibald McLachlan who had land dealings with Ebenezer Greenlaw]
Alexander Strachan merchant St Andrews
200 pounds
Lots 7 & 8 Block F Bulkley's Division St Andrews
7 December 1825
Susannah McLachlan
Wit: Jas Bucker
Volume I Page 186
No 147
15 June 1826
Joan Collins widow St Andrews
Alexander Strahan Junior merchant St Andrews
5 pounds
W Whittock
Nathaniel Ames
Town plot St Andrews
Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division [Southwest corner Montgue and Edward streets. Probably the one granted to Ebenezer Greenlaw]
No Collins aquiring in Registry Books
No wills
Volume J Page 517 [519/553]
No 478 Mortgage
14 August 1829
Alexander Strachan the Younger merchant St Andrews and Patty Lucy Strachan his wife
Richard Hasluck merchant Birmingham, England
All those 4 certain town lots being numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, Block F Bulkley's being the place whereon I now reside
Alexr Strachan Jr
Patty Lucy Strachan
Wit: John Campbell JCP
Volume L Page 265 [287/553]
No 224
3 December 1831
Eunice Linton widow St Andrews
Patty Lucy Strachan widow
5 pounds
Lot 8 Block F Bulkley's Division St Andrews
Eunice Linton
Wit: William Whitlock, Joseph W Linton
Volume L Page 326 [348/553]
No 261
Patty Lucy Strachan administratrix intestate Alexander Strachan the Younger late of St Andrews deceased
Samuel Hallet Whitlock Esquire St Andrews
Town Lots 7 & 8 Block F Bulkley's Division St Andrews
fronting on Montague and Edward Street 160 feet
29 December 1831
Patty Lucy Strachan
Wit: D S Hasluck, H Hatch
- When Joanna Greenlaw and Samuel Johnson were married in 1840, they were connected through obvious channels: Samuel's second wife Sarah was Joanna's sister; and Samuel owned a farm he bought fromm Ebenezer, Joanna's father. There were a couple of other interesting connections that ran deeper, and weren't so obvious. These connections were through Joanna's first husband Timothy Blake.
Timothy Blake and Joanna Greenlaw were married in 1797 at the All Saints Anglican church in St Andrews. Timothy was born in Maine and lived at Penobscot before coming to New Brunwick. But he was not one of the Loyalists who settled St Andrews. He arrived in St Andrews some time before his marriage, perhaps earlier than 1790. As he was said to have died at sea, and that St Andrews was a growing port town, it is probable that Timothy was a mariner.
Timothy was probably born around 1765, when his family was living at Georgetown, Maine. His parents Timothy Blake and Prudence Webster, both born in New Hampshire, were married at Georgetown in 1764. By 1776, Timothy Sr and his family had moved to the Penobscot River, settling in the area of present-day Bangor. By the time of the Revolutionary War, the family had come to Penobscot, but may have abandonded the place when the British took control of the Fort in 1779.
Some unnamed Blake acquired land on Deer Isle some time before 1777, and only for a short time. A "Mr Blake of Bagaduce" was said to have purchased the improvements of William Greenlaw there, but it is unclear who that Blake was. Living at Penobscot at that time were Moses, Timothy s Moses, Israel, and Ephraim s Israel, all of whose families returned to Penobscot after the war. Despite the fact that we can't precisely determine which Blake had land on Deer Isle, the tangible connection between the Blakes and Greenlaws came in the marriage of Timothy Blake and Joanna Greenlaw in 1797. Did the Greenlaws play a role in Timothy's coming to New Brunswick?
Despite the schism caused by the Revolution, there was still a relationship between the people of St Andrews and those of mid-coast Maine. This line of open communication--primarily over the water--brought some families back to Maine, and more to New Brunswick. One example is the Carlow brothers who returned to maine for a period, then came back to New Brunswick. Three Tibbetts sisters came to St Andrews after their family moved from Bangor to Penobscot around 1790. Their brothers John and Samuel came from Penobscot to Grand Manan before returning around 1810. Timothy's apparent occupation as a mariner probably brought him back and forth between Penobscot and St Andrews many times. The Greenlaws came back to Penobscot after the war too. In 1789, Jonathan, Ebenezer, and Alexander Greenlaw returned to Maine to dispose of a lot of land on Deer Isle formerly owned by their father.
There are few records of Timothy. In fact, the earliest mention of him I could find was his marriage record in 1797. Prudence Blake born in 1799 was probably his daughter. An 1803 deed between his aunt and brother it witnessed by a Timothy Blake, which is probably him. He is said to have died at sea, and it could have been around this time. He doesn't head any households; no deeds are recorded in his name; no probate record exists for him. Joanna's life was unsettled, or perhaps always in motion. When she married Timothy in 1797, she already had one daughter. After Timothy died she married a Collins (who I can't identify), a Palmer, a Keezer, and finally Samuel Johnson.
Joanna's first and last husband had something in common too, both of their fathers served in the same unit during the Revolutionary War. Who knows if this is knowledge any of them had, retained or shared, but it is an interesting thread. Timothy's father was Sergeant Timothy Blake, who was with Captain John Hobby's Company. Samuel Johnson's father Samuel Johnson was a private in that same Company from April through September 1779. Timothy Sr and Samuel Sr certainly knew one another, but since Timothy Sr is said to have died at West Point, presumably soon after his discharge in 1783, their only relationship would have been in the service.
Timothy Sr's death would have left his children with no knowledge of his service, at least on a personal level. They certainly knew local soldiers who served with him, as is evident in Timothy Sr's son Moses's application for Bounty land due his father. Samuel Sr's recollections could have been buried too. He deserted his regiment in September. The Regiment was on its way from Castle Island, Boston, to Penobscot when they were informed of the disastrous rout of the Americans there. The transports may have laid in at a Maine port, where Samuel may have jumped ship, so to speak.
Desertion during the war was not uncommon, as there may have been a desertion rate of 25% during that conflict. I can't say what kind of stigma was attached to this, and how his neighbors at home may have received him as a deserter. Nearly all the Balltown men named in a 1777 list of men of age for militia service served at some time during the war. And more than half of those returned to Balltown after the war. So the Revolutionary War was not soon to be forgotten in that neighborhood. But was the War remembered in Samuel Sr's household?
Samuel Sr's service included the frigid winter near Valley Forge, several bouts of sickness including smallpox, as well as the battles and his ultimate desertion. At home it would have been just as trying for his wife Lydia, who had 4 small children to take care of without a husband for nearly 2 years. The war was clearly misearble for his whole family. The whole affair may have not been something to be recalled in the family. This possible lack of recollection in the family would have been compounded by the fact that no pension was ever sought by Samuel Sr or heirs. Although there was pension Acts passed in his lifetime, Samuel Sr was not eligible due to the length of his service. His widow Lydia died before the law granted widows a pension too.
So the knowledge of the common service of Samuel Johnson Sr and Timothy Blake Sr was quickly lost. And the connection between Joanna Greenlaw and her fifth husband Samuel Johnson was never know, not revealed until more than two centuries later.
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| Sources |
- [S3977] Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1, (http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/PenobscotGroupSorted.html).
- [S123] Vital Statistics in New Brunswick Newspapers, Daniel F Johnson, (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/Default.aspx?L=EN).
- [S170] Charlotte County Marriage Register, Charlotte County, NB.
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