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William GREENLAW

William GREENLAW

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  • Name William GREENLAW 
    Born Bef 1707 
    Gender Male 
    Birth Bef 1694? 
    • Men 16 to 60 were required to muster for militia. Was William older than 60 at the time of settlement? Why didn't he join the army for money and rations?
    Immigration SUMMER 1753  Dolphin: Greenock to Piscataqua River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration 1753 
    • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
      Name: William Greenlaw
      Arrival Year: 1753
      Arrival Place: America
      Family Members: Wife Jane; Child John; Child James; Child William; Child Jonathan; Child Ebenezer; Child Charles; Child Alexander; Child Jean
      Source Publication Code: 1640.2
      Primary Immigrant: Greenlaw, William
      Annotation: Date and location of first mention of residence in New World, date and place of arrival, or date of emigration with intended destination. Extracted from records in Edinburgh.Date of emigration with intended destination, a few are date and place of first m
      Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Volume 2. 1984. 216p.
      Page: 67

      The source given in Dobson is "Scottish Genealogist"

      There is an index for The Scottish Genealogist 1953-2005 and gives these references
      Greenlaw Parish, Some Unusual Statistics from XIV.iii.68
      Greenlaw XXX.ii.66

      The Scottish Genealogist
      Volume 30 Number 2 Page 65
      Queries
      714 Malloch - Donald Malloch (or Daniel McMalloch), 74th Argyll Highlanders, in America during the Revolutionary, probably at Fort George in Maine, discharged and settled in St Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, in NB Loyalist list, married in 1792 to Jane Greenlaw. Children: Hannah, John, Peter, Mary, Daniel, William, Jane and James. Where was Donald Malloch born, etc?
      p 66
      715 Greenlaw - William and Jane Greenlaw sailed from Greenock in 1753 to North American with children John?, James, William, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Charles, Alexander (b c 1740 d 1822 St Andrews, NB) and Jean?. Jonathan, Ebenezer and Alexander, members of the Penobscot Association at Fort George in Maine, became Loyalist settlers in St Andrews, NB. Where was Alexander born? Details of his parents William and Jane?
    • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
      Name: William Greenlaw
      Arrival Year: 1753
      Arrival Place: New England
      Source Publication Code: 658
      Primary Immigrant: Greenlaw, William
      Annotation: Alphabetical list of British immigrants to New England, 1700-1775. Includes index. Originally in The Essex Institute Historical Collections, vols. 63-67 (April 1927-July 1931).
      Source Bibliography: BOLTON, ETHEL STANWOOD. Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1931. 235p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1966.
      Page: 77
    Immigration September 1753  Dolphin: Piscataqua River to St Georges River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence BY 1760  Not at St Georges River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Petition 1762  Deer Isle, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Religion [Baptist] 
    • Greenlaw Religion Census 1861
      Heads of Household and Individuals
      Children of brother & their children

      Presbyterian
      George Greenlaw [b 1825] m Ellen r Saint Patrick

      Baptist
      Susannah Greenlaw wid Thomas Greenlaw
      William L Greenlaw s Thomas Greenlaw
      Sarah Greenlaw wid Elijah Greenlaw
      Ebenezer Greenlaw s Elijah Greenlaw
      James N Greenlaw m Harriet Greenlaw
      Elias Greenlaw s Thomas Greenlaw
      George Greenlaw s Thomas Greenlaw
      Stephen Greenlaw s Thomas Greenlaw
      Elijah Greenlaw s Elijah Greenlaw
      Mary Greenlaw [b 1835] r Saint Patrick
      Hannah Greenlaw m Peter Malloch d James s Jonathan
      Mary Greenlaw m William Bowles d James s Jonathan
      Elizabeth Greenlaw m Ephraim Black d Jonathan s Jonathan
      William Henry Greenlaw s Jonathan s Jonathan
      Eleanor Greenlaw m Patrick Flinn d Jonathan s Jonathan
      Mary Greenlaw m William Shain d Jonathan s Jonathan
      Christopher Greenlaw s Jonathan s Jonathan
      John G Greenlaw s Jonathan s Jonathan
      Henry Rigby s Rebecca Greenlaw d Jonathan
      Richard Greenlaw s Ebenezer s Ebenezer
      Anne Greenlaw m William Little d Ebenezer s Ebenezer
      Levi Greenlaw s Ebenezer s Ebenezer
      Lucy Greenlaw m Oliver Rideout d Walter s Alexander
      Hannah Greenlaw m John Nodding d Walter s Alexander
      Alexander Greenlaw s Walter s Alexander
      Mary Baldwin m Patrick Keleher d Hannah d Alexander
      James Baldwin s Hannah d Alexander
      George Baldwin s Hannah d Alexander

      Congregationalist
      Pheobe Rigby m William Mallock d Rebecca Greenlaw d Jonathan

      Episcopalian
      John Baldwin s Hannah d Alexander
      Jane Baldwin d Hannah d Alexander
      Elizabeth Baldwin d Hannah d Alexander

      Methodist
      Lucy Baldwin d John Baldwin m Hannah Greenlaw d Alexander

      No Religion
      James Greenlaw m Elizabeth Adams s Elijah Greenlaw
    Residence Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • John Greenlaw is said to have been from Cadder (Calder), Scotland, which is just north of Glasgow. When he returned to Scotland after the war, he lived in Glasgow. Colin Greenlaw claims our Greenlaws are the same family from Cumbernauld, Scotland (even further north from Glasgow), but those Greenlaws there don't seem to match up. Colin Greenlaw also claims they were from Strayton, which is much further east from Glasgow. The obituary of Thomas Greenlaw s Jonathan suggests they were from Glasgow.
    Residence Boston, Suffolk, MA? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Old Hancock Families
    Residence Deer Isle, Hancock, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334690?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Deeds 1791-1861; index 1791-1864
      Authors: Hancock County (Maine). Register of Deeds
      Index to grantors and grantees 1790-1824
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      10944
      7834661
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834661?cat=334690
      [153/702] Index of Nason

      Deeds v. 3-4, 1794-1797
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      10948
      7834660
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834660?cat=334690
      Volume 3 Page 47
      [30/596]
      Deer Island May 5th 1777
      Robert Nason Senr r Deer Island
      John Campbell late from Portsmouth
      6 pounds
      land being a gore adjoining Eben Greenlaw's Farm and running a west course from a large stone at the eastern end of the gore aforesaid
      said line turning a west course until it run out to the water at the Fish Creek
      used formerly to be improved by William Greenlaw
      was first granted from William Greenlaw to Mr Blake of Bagaduce
      secondly to Francis Haskell of Georges
      thirdly from Francis Haskell Jr to me Robert Nason Senr
      Robert Nason
      Wit: Jonathan Greenlaw, Ebenezer Greenlaw
      Recd and entered Septr 16th 1794
    Residence Falmouth, Cumberland, ME? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died [1776] 
    • See Loyalists Claims of sons.

      "...besides clearing thirty acres for their aged Parents who died ten years ago..." The Memorial of Jonathan, Ebenezer and Alexander Greenlaw. Dated 6 April 1786. AO 12: American Loyalists Claims, Series I Piece 011: Evidence, Massachusetts Bay, 1786-1788. Page 120. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England. Accessed at Ancestry.com, Canada, Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835.
    Person ID I16690  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Family Jane,   d. [1789] 
    Married C 1726 
    Children 
     1. John GREENLAW,   b. [1727],   d. 1 Nov 1787, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. James GREENLAW,   b. [1729],   d. 22 Oct 1777
     3. William GREENLAW,   b. SAY 1731,   d. 1814  (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. Jonathan GREENLAW,   b. SAY 1733,   d. 1818, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
     5. Ebenezer GREENLAW,   b. SAY 1735,   d. Between 15 Nov 1809 and 10 Nov 1810  (Age ~ 74 years)
     6. Charles GREENLAW,   b. SAY 1737,   d. Between 25 Oct 1800 and 14 Apr 1806  (Age ~ 63 years)
     7. Alexander GREENLAW,   b. *[1742],   d. 24 Jun 1822, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Unknown
    Family ID F4727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Greenlaw Deer Isle Deeds
    Greenlaw Deer Isle Deeds
    Greenlaw Land on Deer Isle Before the Revolutionary War
    Greenlaw Land on Deer Isle Before the Revolutionary War
    The French and Indian War and the Arrival of the Greenlaws in Maine
    The French and Indian War and the Arrival of the Greenlaws in Maine
    Petition for Deer Isle 1762
    Petition for Deer Isle 1762

  • Notes 
    • To Do

      Court of Common Pleas Records for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John Greenlaw Cases.

      Charlotte County Records at the PANB
    • Falmouth Town Records 1757-1762: Nil Greenlaw/Grindley
      Falmouth Militia Lists 1757: Nil
      Scotland's People Website 5 October 2014: Nil marriages
      Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine Volumes 1-4: Nil
      Lincoln County Registry Books through 1789 when Hancock County was formed: Nil
      Cumberland County Registry Books 1760-1870: Nil Greenlaw
      Deed 1789 sons to John Campbell: "Our Honoured Father William Greenlaw"
      Second Parish, Falmouth Records in Cape Elizabeth books: Nil
      Cumberland County Registry Books: Nil
      List previous to 1760 of St Georges River etc [See NEHGS Volume 46 Page 119]: Nil
      Suffolk County Probate: Nil
      York County Deeds 1750-1770: Nil
      York County Court Records Index -1760: Nil

      Evidence for children:
      John: Peg Kearney calls John the brother of William
      James:
      William: Sells his claim on William Sr's lot in 1783
      Jonathan: Memorial 1786 mentions brothers Jonathan, Ebenezer, Alexander, Charles. Deed 1789 "Our Honoured Father"
      Ebenezer: Memorial 1786 mentions brothers Jonathan, Ebenezer, Alexander, Charles. Deed 1789 "Our Honoured Father"
      Alexander: Memorial 1786 mentions brothers Jonathan, Ebenezer, Alexander, Charles. Deed 1789 "Our Honoured Father"
      Charles: Memorial 1786 mentions brothers Jonathan, Ebenezer, Alexander, Charles. Deed 1789 "Our Honoured Father"

      Theodore C Holmes "Loyalists to Canada" names parents as John Greenlaw m Elizabeth Thompson, and grandparents as David Greenlaw m Joan Wordy. Records can be found of these couples. but I see nothing that would suggest that William's lineage is necessarily connected to these couples.
    • Problems I have with the Greenlaw Genealogy

      1 Where do the names of the children come from?

      2 Why do people think the Greenlaws were from Strayton? Liberton? Etc?

      3. Numerous names and dates of descendants for which I can't find sources.

      6. Grandchildren of William and Jane: The earliest record I can find of the third Greenlaw generation is the return at Passamaquoddy in 1784. Unfortunately, the enumeration named men, women, children under 10, and children 10 and older. There was no separation by family. Several parent-child relationships were later stated explicitly, and some others can be deduced. Still others are suggested. The remainder I have only found in trees online. Where did these lists come from? Are there any baptismal records in Maine?

      Who is Mary Greenlaw m Daniel Cleary?
      Who is Sarah Greenlaw m Creighton McGee?
      Who is Catherine Greenlaw m Charles McCallum?
      Who is Alvina Greenlaw m Isaac Brock Thurber? Birth is given as Chamcook, Campobello and Charlotte, Maine.
      Who is David Greenlaw witness to marriage Silas Smith m Hannah Brown?
      Who is Margaret Greenlaw m Currier Tibbetts
    • Scotland's People search results
      1 22/07/1728 GREENLAW JAMES WILLIAM GREENLAW/ M GAMRIE AND MACDUFF /BANFF 155/00 0010 0089
      2 03/12/1732 GREENLAW JEAN WILLIAM GREENLAW/ F GAMRIE AND MACDUFF /BANFF 155/00 0010 0105
      3 18/10/1730 GREENLAW MARGARET WILLIAM GREENLAW/ F GAMRIE AND MACDUFF /BANFF 155/00 0010 0098
      4 26/05/1727 GREENLAW WILLIAM WILLIAM GREENLAW/ M GAMRIE AND MACDUFF /BANFF 155/00 0010 0083

      Scotland's People Marriages 1720-1740
      4 02/07/1723 GREENLEES WILLIAM JANET ALLASON/FR120 (FR120) M RENFREW /RENFREW 575/00 0010 0111
      5 02/07/1723 GREENLEES WILLIAM JANET ALLASON/FR250 (FR250) M GOVAN GLASGOW CITY CITY/LANARK 646/00 0010 0332
      11 28/08/1731 GRINLEES WILLIAM JANET WILSON/FR1378 (FR1378) M ABBEY /RENFREW 559/00 0040 0094
    • Ancestral history of the pioneers of Deer Isle and their descendants
      Benjamin Lake Noyes 1899
      p 51
      With a feeling of loyalty toward their mother country, they frequently sought the social element at Bagaduce (Castine) which was seized in 1779 by the British for military headquarters in the East. Through this intimacy with that post they were suspected of transmitting information that was inimical to the interests of their American neighbors and consequently when peace was declared in 1782, the British troops evacuated Castine, and left the loyalists unprotected. The latter, including the Greenlaws, being Tories, took their departure for the Canadian Maritime Provinces, where they were designated refugees and were rewarded for they [sic] loyalty by grants of land from their home government. The majority remained there and many possessed an intense hatred of the New Republic, which bitter feeling has been handed down to their posterity to the present time.
    • Marriages of William Greenlaw grandchildren

      [15/39 no record]

      Children of Jonathan Greenlaw [4/9 no record]
      c 1780 [No Record. Castine.]: William Greenlaw m Rebecca Babbage
      c 1794 [No Record.]: James Greenlaw m Abigail Greenlaw
      1799 [Anglican]: Jean Greenlaw m George Christie [Children not baptized there]
      1797 [Deer Isle]: Richard Greenlaw m Mary Jordan
      1800 [Anglican]: Jonathan Greenlaw m Mary Card
      1800-1807 [No record]: Jonathan Greenlaw m Sarah Stinson
      1796 [Anglican]: Sarah Greenlaw m Jonathan Greenlaw
      c 1792 [No record]: Elizabeth Greenlaw m John Lymburner
      1800 [Anglican]: Rebecca Greenlaw m John Rigby [Children not baptized there]

      Chidlren of Ebenezer Greenlaw [5/15 no record]
      c 1790 [No Record]: Elijah D Greenlaw m Sarah Smith
      1784-c 1794 [No Record]: Ebenezer Greenlaw m Ann
      before 1811 [No record]: William Greenlaw m Lydia
      1796 [Anglican]: Jonathan Greenlaw m Sarah Greenlaw
      1798 [Anglican]: Abigail Greenlaw m Walter Greenlaw
      1794: [Anglican]: Lucy Greenlaw m William Fremore
      before 1848 [No record]: John Greenlaw m Elizabeth
      1797 [Anglican]: Joanna Greenlaw m Timothy Blake
      1830 [Presbyterian]: Joanna Greenlaw m William Palmer
      1837 [Baptist]: Joanna Greenlaw m David Keezer
      1840 [Wesleyan Methodist]: Joanna Greenlaw m Samuel Johnson
      1801 [Anglican]: Eunice Greenlaw m Aaron Linton
      c 1807 [No record]: Miriam Greenlaw m John Cumberland
      1822 [Anglican]: Mary Greenlaw m Charles Riley
      1831 [Presbyterian]: Mary Greenlaw m Michael Ricketts

      Children of Alexander Greenlaw [5/11 no record]
      1798 [Anglican]: Walter Greenlaw m Abigail Greenlaw
      c 1789 [No record]: Hannah Greenlaw m John Baldwin [Children baptized Anglican]
      c 1794 [No record]: Abigail Greenlaw m James Greenlaw
      1792 [Anglican]: Jane Greenlaw m Donald Malloch [Children on Baptized there]
      1804 [Justice of the Peace Nathan Frink]: Elizabeth Greenlaw m Gould Hoyt
      1804-1834 [No record]: Elizabeth Greenlaw m David Smith
      1807-1809 [No record]: Alexander Greenlaw m Jane Allen
      1816 [Anglican]: Harriet Sarah Greenlaw m Moses Chase
      1834-1851 [No record]: Harriet Sarah Greenlaw m David Smith
      1819 [Anglican]: James Greenlaw m Susannah Rigby
      1826 [Eastport]: James Greenlaw m Susannah Tufts Pomeroy

      Children of Charles Greenlaw [1/4 no record]
      1797 [Anglican]: Martha Greenlaw m Elias Waterhouse
      1798 [Anglican]: Mercy Greenlaw m Calvin Kidder
      1803 [No record. ME?]: Mary Greenlaw m Nathan Fenlason
      1807 [Anglican]: Solomon Greenlaw m Margaret Cookson
    • The Saint Stephen Baptist Church (St Stephen, Oak Bay, Bayside July 1833)

      Last page of Baptist Church Index
      Note by Shirley O'Neill
      Calais Church separated in 1836 (p 9)
      St Andrews (town) Church separated Feb 16 1838 (p 12)
      Last entry appears to be dated 29 May 1888 (death of Ann Johnson)
      I have used "original" order of pages in the church records, numbering them 1 - 57. In a few instances, I believe that this order may be in error.
      Shirley O'Neill

      Greenlaw
      Adaline 50
      Albert 52
      Alexander 54
      Benjamin 8, 38
      Charles 52
      Christopher 50
      Cordelia 52
      Dorothy 8, 38
      Elisha 54
      Elizabeth 46
      Fransis 46
      George R 50
      Henry 3
      Hiram 54
      Isa 52
      Jane Richardson 52
      Jonathan 3, 28
      John 54
      Lucy 48, 50
      Lydia 8
      Margret 50
      Mary 46
      Mennie 52
      Richard 8, 28, 38
      Ruth 8, 40
      Sarah 8, 38, 48, 50
      Sarah Ann 8, 38
      Sarah Hellen 52
      Sarah Jane 54
      Stephen 11, 31, 32, 33, 42
      Susan 10, 40
      Walter 11, 42
      Wellington 52
      William L 52
    • How frequently do the Greenlaws name children after their fathers?

      Of those children who had children: 11/28 about 40%

      Children of Jonathan who named a child Jonathan: [3/8 who had children]
      1. William Greenlaw m Rebecca Babbage
      2. Thomas S Greenlaw m Elizabeth Ann Davis
      3. Elizabeth Greenlaw m John Lymburner

      Children of Ebenezer who named a child Ebenezer: [3/8 who had children]
      1. Elijah D Greenlaw m Sarah Smith
      2. Mary Greenlaw m Michael Ricketts
      3. Miriam Greenlaw m John Cumberland

      Children of Alexander who named a child Alexander: [3/8 who had children]
      1. Walter Greenlaw m Abigail Greenlaw
      2. Elizabeth Greenlaw m David Smith
      3. Alexander Greenlaw m Jane Allen

      Children of Charles who named a child Charles: [2/4 who had children]
      1. Mercy Greenlaw m Anbrose Bates
      2. Solomon Greenlaw m Margaret Cookson
    • Who did the Greenlaws sell land to?

      Jonathan, Ebenezer and Alexander Greenlaw were each granted a lot in the town of St Andrews and a farm lot in the parish of St Andrews shortly after their arrival in New Brunswick. Ebenezer was granted another lot further us the river to make "a Settlement for his Children." As far as the disposal of these lots go, there are 10 deeds in existence where the grantee of the original lot sold all or parts of the lots. Of these deeds 4 were to local notable figures (a magistrate, an esquire, a chancery in court, and a couple of apparent real estate speculators), 5 were to family members (all to sons of the grantees), and the remaining 1 was to Samuel Johnson. Johnson was a farmer and cooper, not notable in any other way, and certainly not a land speculator.

      Disposal (11)
      To Family: 5 [Ebenezer Greenlaw, William Greenlaw, Alexander Greenlaw, James Greenlaw, Eunice Greenlaw [William Greenlaw or John Cumberland]]
      To a Local Figures: 5 [William Gallop 1786; Jeremiah Pote 1786; Joseph Garnett 1787; John McIntosh 1789, Archibald McLachlan 1811]
      To Others: 1 [Samuel Johnson 1804]

      1. Jonathan Greenlaw
      Town Lot
      William Gallop 1786 [Mortgage] Castine. Magistrate. Unmarried. d 1804.
      John McIntosh 1789 Farm Lot 71 Penobscot. d 1817. Catherine wife d 1814. ECW Massachusetts. [Owned many lots in St Andrews]

      Farm Lot 44
      Ebenezer Greenlaw [Son] 1788

      2. Ebenezer Greenlaw
      Town Lot
      ? Nothing in Registry. Perhaps to s William Greenlaw or son in law John Cumberland

      Farm Lot 25
      Jeremiah Pote 1786. b Scotland. m Elizabeth. r Falmouth, Cumberland, MA. Esquire

      Elijah Greenlaw [Son] 1809
      [Wife Eunice] William Greenlaw [Son]
      Archibald McLachlan 1811. b c 1754. m Rosetta Dupenak. [Loyalist. Owed several lots. Several dealings with Ebenezer family]

      Farm Lot 69
      Samuel Johnson 1804

      3. Alexander Greenlaw
      Town Lot
      Joseph Garnett 1787. MA. Chancery in Court. Church Warden. m Rebecca.

      Farm Lot 45
      Alexander Greenlaw [Son] 1816
      James Greenlaw [Son] 1819
    • Who did the Greenlaw grandchildren marry?

      Most of the Greenlaw grandchildren were married, several more than once.

      47 known marriages
      32 marriage records exist
      records do not exist for 15

      18 married to someone from a known Loyalist family.

      There were 37 grandchildren in New Brunswick 1784. 33 were known to be married.

      6 married cousins.
      1 married a first cousin once removed.
      3 married in-laws of one of the other grandchildren.
      1 married the husband of her dead sister
      1 widow of a Greenlaw married an in-law of one of the other grandchildren

      5 were married twice.
      2 were married 3 times.
      1 was married 5 times.

      17 of the marriages were of Greenlaw men.
      4 of the wife's maiden names are unknown.


      Name Spouse Date Place Loyalist Relative? Origin

      Jonathan Greenlaw m Elizabeth Lamb
      1. William Rebecca Babbage 1780 Castine, Hancock, ME Loyalist Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      2. James Abigail Greenlaw 1794 [St Andrews, Charlotte, NB] Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      3. Thomas S Elizabeth Ann Davis 1792 [Fredericton, York, NB] Loyalist In-Laws through Davis and Cookson
      4. Thomas S Susannah ? 1827 Eastport, Washington, ME Trott?
      5. Richard Mary Jordan 1797 Deer Isle, Hancock, ME Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      6. Jonathan Mary Card 1800 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist?
      7. Jonathan Sarah Stinson c 1807 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist
      8. Jean George Christie 1799 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist New Boston, Hillsborough, NH
      9. Ebenezer
      10. Sarah Jonathan Greenlaw 1796 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      11. Elizabeth John Lymburner c 1792 [St Andrews, Charlotte, NB] Loyalist Penobscot, Hancock, ME
      12. Rebecca John Rigby 1800 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist cousin James Greenlaw married Susannah Rigby

      Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice
      1. Elijah Sarah Smith c 1790 Loyalist USA
      2. Ebenezer Ann c 1792 NB
      3. Elizabeth
      4. William Lydia T c 1809 NB
      5. Jonathan Sarah Greenlaw 1796 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      6. Abigail Walter Greenlaw 1798 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      7. Lucy William Fremore 1794 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      8. John Elizabeth Bef 1848
      9. Joanna Timothy Blake 1797 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Penobscot, Hancock, ME
      10. Joanna Collins 1799-1826
      11. Joanna William Palmer 1831 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      12. Joanna David Keezer 1837 Loyalist? Hampstead, Rockingham, NH
      13. Joanna Samuel Johnson 1840 St David, Charlotte, NB
      14. Eunice Aaron Linton 1801 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Bucks, PA
      15. Mary Charles Riley 1822 St Andrews, Charlotte, England
      16. Mary Michael Ricketts 1831 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB England/RI/ME/Fredericton
      17. Miriam John Cumberland c 1807 NB?

      Alexander Greenlaw m Hannah Nason
      1. Hannah John Baldwin c 1785 Loyalist Ireland/England
      2. Walter Abigail Greenlaw 1798 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      3. Abigail James Greenlaw c 1794 Loyalist Cousin Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
      4. Jane Donald Malloch 1792 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Scotland
      5. Elizabeth Gould Hoyt 1804 Charlotte, NB
      6. Elizabeth David Smith After 1804 US
      7. William
      8. Catherine Job Ewell 1811 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      9. Catherine John Hobart 1822 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      10. Catherine James Chandley 1829 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      11. Alexander Jane Allen c 1808 wid Jane m William Cookson NS
      12. Harriet Sarah Moses Chase 1816 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB ME/MA
      13. Harriet Sarah David Smith 1834-1851 sister Elizabeth's widowed husband US
      14. James Susanna Rigby 1819 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cousin Rebecca Greenlaw m John Rigby
      15. James Susanna Tufts Pomeroy 1826 Eastport, Washington, ME Loyalist Pownalborough/Wiscasset, Lincoln, ME
      16. James Mary Ann Greenlaw Before 1851 Loyalist 1st cousin once removed

      Charles Greenlaw m Mercy Hawthorne
      1. Mercy Calvin Kidder 1798 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB New Ipswich,Hillsborough, NH
      2. Mercy Ambrose Bates After 1799 Cohasset, Norfolk, MA
      3. Martha Elias Waterhouse 1797 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Machias, Washington, ME
      4. Mary Nathaniel Fenlason 1803 Machias, Washington, ME
      5. Solomon Margaret Cookson 1807 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Loyalist Cooksons, Davises, Greenlaws married St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
      6. Jedediah
    • How many Greenlaw grandchildren died and had no mention in the papers, memorial headstone, or probate or will?
      37 grandchildren, 14 have death date [6 from unknown sources], 3 mentioned in 2 sources, 6 died outside of New Brunswick
      Headstone: 4
      Newspaper: 3 [2 double]
      Probate: 3 [1 double]
      Burial: 1
      Unknown Source: 6

      Jonathan Greenlaw m Elizabeth Lamb
      1. William Headstone: 16 NOV 1832
      2. James
      3. Thomas S Probate: 15 JUN 1847; Newspaper: 17 JUN 1847
      4. Richard Unknown Source: 14 SEP 1841
      5. Jonathan
      6. Jean Probably Kirk McColl Records: 30 JUN 1801
      7. Ebenezer
      8. Sarah
      9. Elizabeth Unknown Source: 29 DEC 1844
      10. Rebecca Unknown Source: 18 JUN 1856

      Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice
      1. Elijah
      2. Ebenezer
      3. Elizabeth
      4. William Burial: 17 NOV 1847
      5. Jonathan
      6. Abigail
      7. Lucy
      8. John Will: 17 AUG 1848
      9. Joanna
      10. Eunice Newspaper and Headstone: 16 SEP 1863
      11. Mary
      12. Miriam

      Alexander Greenlaw m Hannah Nason
      1. Hannah
      2. Walter Administration Granted: 30 July 1835
      3. Abigail
      4. Jane Unknown Source: 1816
      5. Elizabeth
      6. William
      7. Catherine Newspaper: 10 APR 1857
      8. Alexander
      9. Harriet Sarah Headstone: 14 JUL 1868
      10. James

      Charles Greenlaw m Mercy Hawthorne
      1. Mercy
      2. Martha
      3. Mary Headstone: 25 SEP 1850
      4. Solomon
      5. Jedediah
    • Scots in New England, 1623-1873
      Original data: Dobson, David. Scots in New England, 1623-1873. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.
      p 88
      John Greenlaw. From Calder near Glasgow, admitted as a member of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston in 1762. [NEHGS Scottish Charitable Society Papers, Mss B/S 36v 6]

      William Greenlaw. Emigrated to New England by 1753, settled in Warren, Maine, and on Deer Island, Maine. [Immigrants to New England #77. Compiled by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Salem 1931]
    • Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics
      Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 9 Number 1202
      Date November 6 1841
      County Saint John
      Place Saint John
      Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
      At Deer Island, Saturday last, a grandchild of Capt. J. GREENLAW, about two years of age, fell into a tub of water preparing for dressing a hog and was so badly scalded that no hopes were entertained of its recovery-Eastport Sentinel
    • All the Greenlaws extracted, but not all the Haskells.

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/65229?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      An exact transcription of the first church records of the First "Congo" Church of Deer Island
      Statement of Responsibility: with annotations, corrections, explanations and additions by Benjamin Lake Noyes March 1906
      Authors: Noyes, Benjamin Lake, 1870-1945 (Main Author), First "Congo" Church of Deer Island (Maine)
      Also on microfilm : Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      859053
      Item 4
      8133037
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008133037?cat=65229

      [298/902]
      p 3
      The Church Covenant revised and renewed
      [1789]...
      [300/902]
      p 5
      ...
      Abigail Haskill, Frances Haskell...Mark Haskell...Joshua Hasjell, Thomas Haskell, Thomas Haskell, Ignatius Haskell...Mary (Haskell)... Bettsy Has(kell?)


      [361/902]
      p 64
      Octr 23 [1803] 3 Baptized
      Katy, Son of John Stinson; Polly Calf, Daughter of Elijah Toothaker, Levi Son of William Greenlaugh

      [372/902]
      p 75
      Aug 19 1840
      John, Son of James J Greenlaw
      Mary, Daughter of James J Greenlaw
      Civiliam Son of James J Greenlaw
      Alvan James, Son of James J Greenlaw
      J Adams

      1840 Aug 19
      Peniah White, child of Wm & Elcy Greenlaw
      Walter, Son of Wm & Elcy Greenlaw
      Wm Avery Eaton, Son of E Greenlaw
      Thomas Augustus, Son of E Greenlaw
      Hannah Rebecca Eaton, daughter of E Greenlaw
      J Adams

      Aug 23rd 1840
      Mary, Daugter of Wm & Susan Haskell
      Angeline, Daughter of Wm & Susan Haskell
      Louisa, Daughter of Wm & Susan Haskell
      Saml Holbrook, Son of Wm & Susan Haskell
      J Adams

      [302/902]
      p 6
      The Church Covenant
      ...
      Nathan Haskell
      ...
      Charles Grinlaw - at St Andrews
      ...
      Caleb Haskell
      ...
      [Notes: by Benjamin Lake Noyes. Charles Greenlaw as moved to St Andrews NB all the Greenlaws being stanch Tories went to New Brunswick upon the out break of the Revolution so as to remain Loyal to the king of England.]
      [303/902]
      p 7
      The Church Covenant
      ...
      Rebechah Greenlaw
      ...
      Lucy Haskell

      [304/902]
      p 8
      At a church meeting Jan 8 1793 it was voted that Caleb Haskell should assist the pastor, Rev Peter Powers, in Keeping the Church Records; and most of the above are in one hadwriting and ink.


      [349/902]
      p 53
      May 28 [1786] Alcy, Daughter of Joshua Haskell
      ...
      Aug 6 [1786] Martha, Mary, Charles and Solomon, children of Charles Greenlaw
      ...
      Octr [1786] Nathan, son of Nathan Haskell

      [358/902]
      p 62
      May 19 [1799] Amos, Son of Deacon Caleb Haskell
      ...
      June 23 [1799] James, Margaret, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Richard, Thomas, Children of William Greenlaw
      ...
      May 30 [1799] David, Son of Jonathan Haskell & Dorothy his wife

      [342/902]
      p 46
      Admitted into full Communion
      Aug 12 1838
      ...
      James J Greenlaw, Joseph Greenlaw, Martha Greenlaw, Margaret Greenlaw...Barbery Haskell, Tamson Haskell, Joshua E Haskell, Tristram Haskell Jr...Elizabeth Haskell...Mary Haskell...Almira Haskell...Lucy D Haskell...Elcy Haskell, Susan Haskell...Sarah Haskell, (Henry, Harry or Harvy) T Haskell...
      J Adams Clerk

      Admitted into full Communion
      Sep 9 1838
      ...Joshua Haskell...Elcy Greenlaw...

      [343/902]
      p 47
      ...Sarah Haskell, Harriet Haskell...
      J Adams Clerk

      Admitted into full Communion
      Nov 4th 1834
      ...Saml J Greenlaw, John C Greenlaw...
      J Adams Clerk

      Admitted into full Communion
      Nov 18th 1838
      Hannah E Haskell...Sarah Haskell...Hezekiah R Haskell...Polley Haskell...
      J Adams Clerk

      [373/902]
      p 76
      Sept 5 1840 Joseph Mills, Son of Joseph Greenlaw. J Adams
      ...
      Sept 9 1841...
      Mary Jane & Eliza Ann, daughters of Edws Y & Martha Haskell, & Silas L Hardy, Son of Edwd Y & Martha Haskell. J Adams
      ...
      Nov 10 1842 Jeremiah, Son of James Greenlaw
      Martha, Naomi, daughr of Joseph S Greenlaw
      ...
      Octr 15, 1843...
      Herbert Stanwood, Son of Joshua Haskell
      July 12th Charles Courtney, Son of Edwd Haskell

      [374/902]
      p 77
      1844...
      Clarey, Daughter of Ignatius Haskell 2nd
      ...
      1846
      ...
      Joseph Edward, Alvan Stewartt, Sons of Joshua E Haskell
      Sept 6th...
      Lyman Platts, Son of Hezekiah R Haskell
      J Adams Clerk

      [351/902]
      p 55
      27 [July 1788] Benjamon Sjoot, Jonathan, Lydia and Dorothea, children of Jonathan and Dorothy Haskell
      ...
      Octr 19 [1788] Elizabeth, Daughter of Nathan Haskell
      ...
      April 19 [1789]...
      Joshua, Son of Joshua Haskell
      11th [May 1789] Jedediah, Son of Charles Greenlaw and Marcy his wife
      ...
      May 31 [1789]...
      Silas & William Mosher, Isaac, Lydia & Abigail Haskell, children of Isaac and Lydia Boynton

      [329/902]
      p 33
      July 27 [1820] Met according to adjournment Examined Mary Greenlaw and Voted to receive her into the Church.

      [367/902]
      p 70
      [August 6 1820] Mary Greenlaw, wife of Richard [Greenlaw]

      [359/902]
      p 63
      Septr 8 [1799] Abigail Bray, daughter of Dn Joshua Haskell
      ...
      [August 10 1800]...
      Walter Son of William Rebeckah Greenlaw

      [384/902]
      p 87
      Marriages by me Joseph Brown
      ...
      [July 13 1808] Joseph Doggett, Juniot of Newbury port & Ednah Haskell of Deer Isle
      ...
      Dec 1 [1808] Jonathan Webster & Alice Haskell both of Deer Isle
      ...
      Decr 21 [1809] Hezekiah Rowell of Castine & Sally Haskell of Deer Isle
      ...
      Decr 25 [1809] Saml Noise of Castine & Susanna Haskell of Deer Isle
      ...
      Aug 2 1810 James Greenlow & Sally Stockbridge both of Deer Isle
      ...
      Nov 12 [1813] Thomas Haskell & Susanna Babbidge both of Deer Isle


      [383/902]
      Marriaged by me Joseph Brown
      ...
      1805 Feb 7 Jonathn Haskell 2nd & Lucy Eaton both of Deer Isle
      ...
      Sep 24 [1805] Jesse Niles & Phebe Haskell both of Deer Isle
      Novr 11 [1805] Jonathn Haskell 3rd & Abigail Hardy both of Deer Isle
      Novr 13 [1805] John Greenlaw & Eunice Stickbridge both of Deer Isle
      ...
      Decr 25 [1805] Tristram Haskell & Betsey Barton of Castine
      ...
      Nov 12 Daniel Cops & Margaret Greelaw both of Deer Isle
      ...
      Mar 17 [1808] Abijah Haskell Jun & Susanna Hardy both of Deer Isle

      [306/902]
      p 10
      Confession of Faith
      ...
      Caleb Haskell - Moved to Newbury
      ...

      [307/902]
      Confession of Faith
      p 11
      ...Patty Haskell [1820s?]
      ...

      [308/902]
      Confession of Faith
      p 12
      ...
      Mary Greenlow [1820s?]
      ...
      October 7th 1832
      Edward Haskell Jr, Abigail Haskell...
      Aug 4 [1833]...Mary Haskell
      July 2 1837... Mary Haskell, Lydia Haskell...

      [309/902]
      Confession of Faith
      p 13
      ...
      Admitted Sept 1853
      ...
      Martha W Haskell
      ...

      [330/902]
      p 34
      Augt 6 [1820] Voted to adjourn to the 24 of August 3 O'clock P M Lord's day. Mary Greenlow, Martha Bray, Mary Foster and Wm Robins publicly received into the Church...
    • Name: William Greenlees
      Spouse's Name: Jean Cordoner
      Event Date: 02 Nov 1716
      Event Place: Abbey Paisley,Renfrew,Scotland
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11958-3
      System Origin: Scotland-ODM
      GS Film number: 1041089, 0102049
      Citing this Record
      "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY35-H8H : 10 February 2018), William Greenlees and Jean Cordoner, 02 Nov 1716; citing Abbey Paisley,Renfrew,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,089, 102,049.

      Name: William Greenlees
      Spouse's Name: Janet Marshil
      Event Date: 16 Dec 1719
      Event Place: Lochwinnoch,Renfrew,Scotland
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11570-4
      System Origin: Scotland-ODM
      GS Film number: 1041278
      Citing this Record
      "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYQW-SQ7 : 10 February 2018), William Greenlees and Janet Marshil, 16 Dec 1719; citing Lochwinnoch,Renfrew,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,278.

      Name: William Grinlaw
      Spouse's Name: Janet Waddel
      Event Date: 27 Apr 1711
      Event Place: Westruther,Berwick,Scotland
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11756-2
      System Origin: Scotland-ODM
      GS Film number: 1067904, 0103242
      Citing this Record
      "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTL8-YYK : 10 February 2018), William Grinlaw and Janet Waddel, 27 Apr 1711; citing Westruther,Berwick,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,904, 103,242.
    • https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-index/Pages/british-military-naval-records-index.aspx
      Title: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
      Gratuity - Gubbins, John 29 C-11818
      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-index/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=566905
      [3602/6520]
      John Greenlow
      Private 1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
      On roll of Capt John D Servoe Company
      Niagara 4 6 1821
      c.1702
      p 105
    • Samuel Waldo Papers

      https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Findingaids/waldo_family.pdf
      Early Waldo Family Members
      Box 2
      Folder 1: Papers, 1727-1762
      --including papers of Cornelius Waldo (1684-1753) and Samuel Waldo (1695-1759) [two Samuel Waldo items were received by exchange with C. H. Bell, of Exeter, N.H.; the remainder of the items in this folder were the gifts of the Waldo Lincoln estate, 1950]
    • Annals of Warren

      https://archive.org/details/annalsoftownofwa00lceato/page/96
      First Edition 1851
      https://books.google.com/books?id=Crg-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
      Second Edition 1877

      Annals of the Town of Warren, in Knox County, Maine, With the Early History of St George's, Broad Bay, and the Neighboring Settlements on the Waldo Patent
      Cyrus Eaton
      2nd Edition
      Editor: Emily Eaton
      Publisher: Masters & Livermore
      1877 first 1851

      p 85 Greenlaw on the Dolphin 1753

      These offers attracted the attention of sundry persons in Stirling, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, who, after consultation, entered into an agreement, the terms of which are not exactly known, to emigrate. Some of them, who were without families, agreed to work for Waldo four years in payment of their passage. Others, at stipulated times after their arrival, were to pay for their passages as well as for supplies furnished. Being collected for embarkation to the number of sixty, besides ten or more children, who went passage free, they went on board the brig Dolphin, Captain Cooters, in the summer of 1753, and, after touching at Piscataqua, where they remained a week or more, arrived in George's river in September. Dr Robinson had contracted with Waldo to erect a house, and have it ready for their reception on their arrival. This he commenced near the house occupied by the late Capt Dagget, since rebuilt by his grandson, E B Alford. [Approximately near the intersection of Rte1 and Depot Road in present Warren.] He built the walls of logs, and partitioned the inside into fourteen rooms designed to accommodate the whole company, which contained that number of families. But from the want of materials, or other cause, the roof was never made, and the structure remained unfinished and unoccupied till the timber decayed. In consequence of Robinson's failure to complete this job, the emigrants scattered round and lived the first winter with the old settlers. Provisions were supplied them by Waldo; who appointed Boice Cooper a kind of commissary to take charge of, and deliver them out at stated times.

      The names of these emigrants were
      Archibald Anderson
      John Dicke
      Andrew Malcolm
      John Miller
      John Crawford
      Thomas Johnston
      John Mucklewee
      John Brison
      Andrew Bird
      John Kirkpatrick
      John Hodgins
      John Carswell
      John Brown
      Robert Kye
      Grenlaw
      Wilke
      Beverage
      Auchmuty
      Anderson.

      They were mostly mechanics, and unacquainted with all agricultural operations, except reaping and threshing. Malcolm was a Glasgow weaver; and Archibald Anderson, who married his sister and belonged to Bannockburn, was of the same trade, and had worked in the same city. Dicke of Stirling, was a maltster and brewer, Miller a delfware manufacturer, Kirkpatrick a cooper, Hodgins a bookbinder, Crawford a shepherd or herdsman, and Auchmuty a slaie maker. Having the promise of lands within two miles of tide waters, they naturally looked forward to the comforts of city life to which they had been accustomed at home; and fearful of Indian hostilities, and unacquainted as they were with the wild beasts that frequented the woods, they could not think of going to separate farms, and fixing their habitations at a distance from each other.

      p 85
      1754. Accordingly when the spring opened in 1754, they went out to the place assigned them for a new city, and took possession of their half acre lots, on which they erected small log huts, in a continuous street betweem the present house or Gilbert Anderson and the school-house No 13. To this embryo city they gave the name of Stirling, in honor of that from which most of them had come.
      [See map: https://oshermaps.org/browse-maps?id=47060 Now Stirling road, between North and South ponds.]

      p 88
      Those who were able to bear arms, were organized into companies, and, for a great portion of the time, drew pay and rations, which formed the principal means of support for their families.

      p 109
      With regard to that twowards the settlers, though he [Samuel Waldo] seems to have been cautious and shrewd in making a bargain, we do not find that the Iris settlers, who had been in the country and knew what to expect, had any particular complaints to make. But the Scotch and Germans, who received his offers in their own country, and judged of them according to what they had there known of upland, meadow, tide waters, &c, were wretchedly disappointed, and complained most bitterly of his deception and non-performance of conditions.



      [Where is this from? Not from Hosmer or Annals.]
      p 169
      William and Jane Greenlaw migrated from Grenock, Scotland, to American in the summer of 1753 on the sailing ship Dolphin. Before leaving Scotland, the family probably moved to a seaport near the coast. After landing in America, they may have stayed, for a brief time, at Piscataquis Plantation (Kittery, Maine), with other Scotch immigrants. The Dolphin, with the Greenlaw family and its other passengers, then sailed in a northeasterly direction along the coast of Maine to the St George's River, and landed near Warren, Maine. Eventually the family settled on Deer Island in Penobscot Bay. To this day, parts of the island - Greenlaw Road, Greelaw Neck, and Greenlaw Cove - bear the family's name. Although the exact number of their children is not known, there were six sons: Alexander, Charles, Ebenezer, James, Jonathan and William, all of whom were born in Scotland.



      http://genforum.genealogy.com/greenlaw/messages/188.html
      Suggestion that the Greenlaws did not arrive on the Dolphin
      In the "The Glasgow Courant, From Monday, July 16, to Monday , July 23, 1753", Page 4, Col. 2, Par. 3
      (this is a Newspaper) found at the The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 7DN is the following:
      "The Passengers that have engaged or agreed to proceed to Mr Waldo?s Settlement on St George?s River in New England, are desired to have their Chests and Baggage, &c the Beginning of this Week on board the Joanna, Capt Hugh Coulter Commander, now lying at Greenock.
      NB For the Conveniency of the said Passengers Gabart is freighted to carry their Baggage from the Key of Glasgow to the ship, and they are desired not to delay sending the same."
      Yes, the Greenlaw's did not come to the US on the Brig. Dolphin.
    • List of the Settlers on St George's River, Medumcook and Broadbay
      Volume Name 46
      Page 119
      The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
      https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/rd/11629/119/241625781
      From the Knox Manuscripts in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Volume 50 Folio 166
      ...
      St Georges Lower Town
      [St Georges Upper Town is now Warren.]
      ...
      William Lamb
      ...
      Edward Lamb Senr
      William Lamb
      Edward Lamb Junr
      ...
      Benjamin Pumery
      ...
      Suppos [sic] this List was made previously to the Year 1760/
      Supposed to have been written by Capt John North, who died in the Year 1763
    • Old Hancock county families;
      containing genealogies of families resident in Hancock county in 1933, whose ancestors of their surnames settled in the town in which they live, in or before 1790 ...
      by William Macbeth Pierce. First series.
      Main Author: Pierce, William Macbeth.
      Language(s): English
      Published: Ellsworth, Me, Hancock county publishing co 1933
      p 115
      Greenlaw - Deer Isle
      William Greenlaw married Jane -, by whom he had, possibly among other children, five sons, Ebenezer, Charles, Jonathan, Alexander, and William.

      William Greenlaw and his family came to America from Scotland, in the "Dolphin", in the summer of 1753. After touching at Piscataqua, where the Greenlaw family and other Scotch immigrants remained for a week or more, the "Dolphin" and its passengers proceeded up George's River, the passengers landing on the west side of the river, in the lower part of what is now Warren, in September. William Greenlaw and his family moved from what is now Warren to Boston, from which place they moved to what is now Penobscot, Deer Isle or vicinity, where they settled on a farm; and where William Greenlaw is said to have been living near the close of the 18th Century.

      William Greenlaw was a merchant, probably in Boston.

      Jonathan Greenlaw, s William m Jane, was born about 1738, probably in Scotland. He died in St Andrews in 1818, ae 80. Children: 6 sons, possibly daughters.

      Jonathan Greenlaw and his brothers Charles, Alexander and Ebenezer and his father or brother William came to Deer Isle in or before 1762; and they settled on Campbell's Neck. They were Loyalists and suuspected of carrying information to the British at Bagaduce, after it was taken by the British in 1779. The Greenlaw family went there to live, probably being driven there by public opinion. When Bagaduce was evacuated by the royal forces in 1783, Jonathan and two of his brothers moved to the British provinces with their families. William Greenlaw Jr remained in Main, here he lived in St George.
    • Who was the Greenlaw who was jailed debtor in 1798?

      Born before 1777
      Male
      Not one of the original Greenlaw brothers.
      No property.

      William Greenlaw m Lydia b c 1774 s Ebenezer
      John Greenlaw m Elizabth b c 1776 s Ebenezer
      Jonathan Greenlaw d by 1802? s Jonathan Never married
      Ebenzer Greenlaw d c 1798? s Jonathan Never married

      * * *
      https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58257/mode/2up

      Saint Croix The Sentinel River
      by Guy Murchie
      Publication date 1947

      Charlotte's Shiretown
      ...

      For many years there were no black sheep among the Loyalists on the river, but finally a very black one appeared. John Dunbar, who drew the first lot and headed the list of Port Matoon grantees, abandoned his grant and moved to Campobello. There he worked in a mill. One day he demanded of his wife a gold piece which she was saving. When she refused to give it to him he killed her. He was tried at St Andrews, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. This is news because of what happened to him afterwards. Just before the day appointed for the hanging he escaped and wandered through the woods to Bayside where he asked for work from the son of Captain Bradford who was absent. When the Captain returned he recognized Dunbar and Jailer Hitchings was able to recapture his prisoner. It was not long, however, before another break occurred, this time by the aid of one Greenlaw, a confined debtor. Dunbar completely disappeared. His case was almost forgotten. One day a man named Bentley, a resident of St. Andrews, was in Boston walking aimlessly along a street. There was a man shingling the roof of a house. Bentley paid no attention, but just as he was passing a shingle blew down and hit him in the face. He looked up and recognized Dunbar, whose next exit was to the gallows. Justice, not so blind on this occasion, had followed the custom in lumber countries of keeping her tally with a shingle.

      https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=ABF6D1CA-9032-4E02-9AE5-EFC360520101
      Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics
      Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 86 Number 1330
      Date October 12 1893
      County Charlotte
      Place Saint Stephen
      Newspaper Saint Croix Courier

      Glimpses of the Past - The garden lots in Morristown (St. Stephen) granted to John DUNBAR and associates were 107 in number. The 54 in the western division called Marks division, excepting lot 42 and the 53 in the eastern or Jones Division. (see original for list of grantees) ... John Dunbar, who is named on the grant, is said to have been the first person to suffer capital punishment in the county. He was a grantee of St. Andrews as well as Morristown, but it does not appear that he ever became a resident of either place. The traditional account of his crime and punishment is as follows: He was living on Campobello along the year 1798 and worked in a saw mill there. His wife had a gold coin of which he wanted to take possession in order to buy rum. Upon her refusing to give it to him, he killed her. He was arrested, taken to St. Andrews, tried and found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Previous to the day fixed for his execution, he escaped from jail and made his way to Bay Side, seven miles from the shiretown where he found employment with the son of Capt. BRADFORD to work in the adjacent woods. The captain was away from home at the time but on his return when he saw Dunbar he recognized him as the escaped prisoner. He communicated his discovery to Jailer HITCHINGS, who came out to Bay Side, arrested Dunbar and took him back to jail. It was not long until, through the assistance of one GREENLOW, a confined debtor, he again escaped and made his way to Boston. A man named BENTLEY, a resident of St. Andrews, afterwards went to Boston and one day, as he was passing a house on a street in that city, he was struck on the head by a shingle. On looking up to see whence the shingle came, he recognized the man engaged in shingling the roof to be Dunbar. Bentley gave information which led to Dunbar being once more arrested. He was in time brought back to his old quarters to St. Andrews jail and the next time he emerged from its precincts was on the march to the gallows on which he expiated his crime.
    • Colin Greenlaw's Claims

      http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53345643/person/13494092784/storyx/1ac9cec7-785e-4a28-91fa-ee22208cafa6?src=search
      Colin writes (1987) that the modern name of the town where William Greenlaw was born in 1712 is now spelled Strayton; however is was "spelled variously by different clerks as Straiton, Straitown, and Stretton."

      http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53345643/person/13494092784/storyx/1ac9cec7-785e-4a28-91fa-ee22208cafa6?src=search
      Colin Greenlaw writes on December 28, 1988 that (new information is capitalized) "...I and your mother are seventh generation Greenlaw descendants from Wm and Jane Greenlaw, who migrated to this side of the Atlantic from Scotland in 1753. They came over with SIX sons, Jonathan, William, JAMES, Alexander, Ebenezer, and CHARLES. ...About six weeks I found the original records of the births of Jonathan, William and James in the parish of CUMBERNAULD, COUNTY OF DUMBARTON, SCOTLAND, on microfilm of those original records (housed in the New Register House in Edinburgh, Scotland).


      * * *
      Cumbernauld Greenlaws

      scotlandspeople.com
      Birth Search 1720-1750
      3 07/03/1737 GRINLAY JAMES WILLIAM GRINLAY/JEAN GRINLAY M CUMBERNAULD /DUNBARTON 495/00 0010 0169

      7 24/03/1745 GREENLAW ANDREW WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR227 (FR227) M YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0442

      8 03/05/1741 GREENLAW JEAN WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR569 (FR569) F INNERWICK (EAST LOTHIAN) /EAST LOTHIAN 711/00 0030 0005

      9 16/01/1743 GRINLAW JOHN WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR578 (FR578) M INNERWICK (EAST LOTHIAN) /EAST LOTHIAN 711/00 0030 0014

      10 09/07/1749 GRINLAW MARGARET WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR242 (FR242) F YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0470

      11 24/05/1747 GRINLAW WILLIAM WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR96 (FR96) M GARVALD /EAST LOTHIAN 707/00 0010 0089

      2 21/11/1730 GREENLAW ALEXANDER WILLIAM GREENLAW/ M KENNETHMONT /ABERDEEN 212/00 0010 0015
      3 24/03/1745 GREENLAW ANDREW WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR227 (FR227) M YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0442

      4 27/05/1722 GRINLAW ALEXANDER WILLIAM GRINLAW/ALISON MILLER FR50 (FR50) M GARVALD /EAST LOTHIAN 707/00 0010 0043

      17/10/1736 GRINLAY ----- WILLIAM GRINLAY/MARGARET LIVISTOUN CUMBERNAULD /DUNBARTON 495/00 0010 0167
    • 1784 Return Passamaquoddy Greenlaw

      http://carensecord.ca/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/PenobscotGroupSorted.html
      From Library and Archives Canada, Ward Chipman Papers, Muster Master General's Office - Loyalists Musters, 1776-1785
      (M.G. 23, D 1, Series I, Volume 24, pages 172-177) Microfilm C-9818
      The list below has been sorted in alphabetical order by surname, in order to isolate possible family groups.
      Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784

      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-ward-chipman/Pages/loyalist-maritimes-ward-chipman.aspx
      Loyalists in the Maritimes ? Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office, 1777?1785
      Showing 1 to 15 of 33 entries [Including Thomas Greenley, prisoner]
      [3+4+17+4+2+6 = 36]
      Men [3]: Jona Greenlaw, Ebenr Greenlaw, Alexr Greenlaw
      Women [4]: Eunice Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw, Hannah Greenlaw, Rebecca Greenlaw
      Children above 10 [17]:
      Hanh Greenlaw, Jean Greenlaw, Lucy Greenlaw, Abigail Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw, James Greenlaw, Elijah Greenlaw, Jona Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, Ebenr Greenlaw, Jona Greenlaw, Thos Greenlaw, Richd Greenlaw, Walter Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw
      Children under 10 [4+2+6]:
      Joanna Greenlaw, Jane Greenlaw, Eunice Greenlaw, Ebenezer Greenlaw
      Rebecca Greenlaw, Sarah Greenlaw
      William Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, Abigail Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw 3d

      Men [3]: Jona Greenlaw, Ebenr Greenlaw, Alexr Greenlaw
      Women [4]: Eunice Greenlaw [m Ebenezer], Eliz Greenlaw [m Jonathan], Hannah Greenlaw [m Alexander], Rebecca Greenlaw [m William s Jonathan]
      Children above 10 [17]:
      Hanh Greenlaw, Jean Greenlaw, Lucy Greenlaw, Abigail Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw, James Greenlaw, Elijah Greenlaw, Jona Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, Ebenr Greenlaw, Jona Greenlaw, Thos Greenlaw, Richd Greenlaw, Walter Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw
      Children under 10 [4+2+6]:
      Joanna Greenlaw, Jane Greenlaw, Eunice Greenlaw, Ebenezer Greenlaw
      Rebecca Greenlaw, Sarah Greenlaw
      William Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, John Greenlaw, Abigail Greenlaw, Eliz Greenlaw, Wm Greenlaw 3d
    • All Saints Anglican

      https://arp.nbgstwo.ca/records/displayRecord/MC223-S2-6D-7_baptism_0060
      Data Source
      Record Key MC223-S2-6D-7_baptism_0060
      Register Images MC223-S2-6D
      Image Id MC223-S2-6D-7
      Record Number 0060
      Event Type Baptism
      Event Date 1793-05-12
      Record Data Fields
      Recordid 6
      Entry number
      Event location Parish of St Andrew''s, Charlotte Co
      Event month May
      Event day 12
      Event year 1793
      Child surname Greenlaw
      Officiant Samuel Andrews
      "8 Adults & 21 Children Christ May 12th [1793] at St Stephens... Greenlow"
    • Cumbernaud

      Elisabeth Grindlay
      in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Name: Elisabeth Grindlay
      Gender: Female
      Baptism Date: 31 Aug 1729
      Baptism Place: Cumbernauld,Dunbarton,Scotland
      Father: William Grindlay
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

      John Grindlay
      in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Name: John Grindlay
      Gender: Male
      Baptism Date: 18 Apr 1731
      Baptism Place: Cumbernauld,Dunbarton,Scotland
      Father: William Grindlay
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

      Jonathan Grindlay
      in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Name: Jonathan Grindlay
      Gender: Male
      Baptism Date: 31 Oct 1731
      Baptism Place: Cumbernauld,Dunbarton,Scotland
      Father: William Grindlay
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

      William Grindlay
      in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Name: William Grindlay
      Gender: Male
      Baptism Date: 1 Apr 1733
      Baptism Place: Cumbernauld,Dunbarton,Scotland
      Father: William Grindlay
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

      James Grinlay
      Vital ? Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Digital Folder Number
      007908677
      Microfilm Number
      1041984
      Originating System
      ODM
      Indexing Batch
      C11495-2
      Collection Information
      Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Cite This Record
      "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYKL-L6F : 11 February 2020), James Grinlay, 1737.
      Copy Citation
      Name James Grinlay
      Sex Male
      Christening Date 7 Mar 1737
      Christening Place Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
      Christening Place (Original) Cumbernauld, Dunbarton, Scotland
      Father's Name William Grinlay
      Father's Sex Male
      Mother's Name Jean Grinlay
      Mother's Sex Female
      Event Type Christening
      James Grinlay's Parents and Siblings
      William Grinlay
      Father
      Jean Grinlay
      Mother

      * * *
      scotlandspeople.com
      Birth Search 1720-1750
      3 07/03/1737 GRINLAY JAMES WILLIAM GRINLAY/JEAN GRINLAY M CUMBERNAULD /DUNBARTON 495/00 0010 0169

      7 24/03/1745 GREENLAW ANDREW WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR227 (FR227) M YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0442

      8 03/05/1741 GREENLAW JEAN WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR569 (FR569) F INNERWICK (EAST LOTHIAN) /EAST LOTHIAN 711/00 0030 0005

      9 16/01/1743 GRINLAW JOHN WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR578 (FR578) M INNERWICK (EAST LOTHIAN) /EAST LOTHIAN 711/00 0030 0014

      10 09/07/1749 GRINLAW MARGARET WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR242 (FR242) F YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0470

      11 24/05/1747 GRINLAW WILLIAM WILLIAM GRINLAW/JEAN MORTON FR96 (FR96) M GARVALD /EAST LOTHIAN 707/00 0010 0089

      2 21/11/1730 GREENLAW ALEXANDER WILLIAM GREENLAW/ M KENNETHMONT /ABERDEEN 212/00 0010 0015
      3 24/03/1745 GREENLAW ANDREW WILLIAM GREENLAW/JEAN MORTON FR227 (FR227) M YESTER /EAST LOTHIAN 725/00 0010 0442

      4 27/05/1722 GRINLAW ALEXANDER WILLIAM GRINLAW/ALISON MILLER FR50 (FR50) M GARVALD /EAST LOTHIAN 707/00 0010 0043

      17/10/1736 GRINLAY ----- WILLIAM GRINLAY/MARGARET LIVISTOUN CUMBERNAULD /DUNBARTON 495/00 0010 0167
    • Hosmer's First Settlers of Deer Isle

      1762
      William Eaton [1720-1800 m Hannah Fowler or Meribah or Ruth or Wardwell s John Eaton m Esther Swett]
      Eliakin Eaton [s William]
      Jeremiah Eaton [s John]
      William Eaton [s William]
      Greenlaws

      1763
      John Billings [1731-1803 s John m Elizabeth Brown]
      Nathan Closson [m Sarah Foster 1738 m Leah Armstrong 1744]
      Jonathan Torrey [1741-1803 m Eaton d William s David Torrey m Elizabeth Winslow]
      David Torrey
      Bejamin Weed [1722-1773 m Hannah Eaton d William
      George Freeze [1735-1809] m Sarah Cromwell]
      John Freeze

      1764
      Joshua Staples [1755-1806 m Tabitha Raynes s Samuel m Mercy Cane]
      Moses Staples [1753-1846 s Samuel]

      1765
      Robert Linn [r Sedgwick]
      John Pressey [This probaby not accurate: 1714-1795 m Mercy Judith Chase s John m Elizabeth Weed]
      Chase Pressey
      John Pressey
      William Richards [m? Priscilla Downes]
      Thomas Stinson [m Catherine Carr]
      Thomas Stinson [m Margaret McClure s Thomas]
      Thomas Thompson [1743-1826 m Mary Foster s Jacob m Lois]
      Samuel Trundy [1741-1804 m Anna Carey s John m Jane Trefethen]
      Samuel Webb [1696-1785 m Susannah Randall or Bethia Farrow]
      Seth Webb [s Samuel]
      Joseph Whitemore

      1766
      William Babbidge [1734-1793 m Rebecca Bibber s Jaes Babbidge m Margaret Forsythe]
      Elijah Dunham
      Elijah Dunham
      Joseph Dunham
      Joseph Colby [1740-1828 m Sarah Thurlow s Eliajh m Elizabeth Davis]

      1767
      John Dow [1754-1835 m Elizabeth Saunder s Nathan m Flanders
      Nathan Dow [1716-1794]
      Jonathan Eaton [1745-1805 m Diana Dow s Jonathan m Judith Ash]
      John Hooper [1736-1817 m Lydia Barker s William m Elizabeth Thorne]
      Ezekiel Morey [1723-1815 m Content Andrus s John m Hannah Packard]
      Thomas Small [1741-1827 m Sarah Robert s Edward m Barnaby]

      1768
      Levi Carman [1750-1792 m Eunice West s Francis]
      Josiah Crockett [1746-1817 m Sarah Dow s Richard m Mary Robinson]
      Theophilus Eaton [1721-1793 m Abigail Fellow s Jonathan m Judith Ash]
      Ephraim Marshall [1758-1836 m Susannah Haskell s Ezekiel m Jane]
      Ezekiel Marshall [1731-by 1798 m Jane Haskell. Sister Marshall m Robert Nason]
      Job Small [1734-1824 m Hannah Gray s Edward m Abigail Banaby]
      Nathaniel Bray [1727-1785 m Ruth Riggs s Nathaniel m Martha Warder or Weeden]
      Ambrose Colby [1751-1801 m Pressey s Hezekiah m Sarah Cole]
      Benjamin Cole [1724-1799 m Jane Mitchell s Robert m Abigail Tenney]
      Robert Nason


      1779
      Franics Haskell
      Abijah Haskell
      Jonathan Haskell
      Mark Haskell

      1771
      Thomas Saunders [1731-1786 m Hepzibah Chase s James m Elizabeth Whittier]

      1772
      John Raynes [1710-1793 m Martha Harmon]
      James Raynes nephew
      John Raynes son [1751-1837 m Sarah Eaton s John]
      Samuel Raynes nephew
      Charles Sellers [1750-1833 m Jerusha Morey s John Sellers m Martha Ball]
      Joseph Sellers [s John]

      1773
      Courtney Babbidge

      1775
      Thoms Robbins

      Unknown
      Curtis Lot
      Peter Hardy
      Ezra Howard
      Johnson Howard
      Zebulon Tuttle
    • 1762 Petition for Deer Isle

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1055547?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial period, 1622-1788
      v. 46 -- Lands (from p.397), 1726-1739 ; v. 47 -- Laws (pages 45-134 were not filmed in sequence and are found at the end of the volume), 1645-1774 ; v. 48 -- Legislature (to p.172), 1643-1732.
      Granite Mountain Record Vault
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      [118/732]

      https://books.google.com/books?id=pdA-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
      Bangor Historical Magazine
      Volume 1: July 1883-June 1886
      Joseph W Porter, Editor and Publisher
      p 195
      Deer Island Papers

      Petition of Inhabitants 1762
      "Province of the Massachusetts Bay, to his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq., Captain, General and Governor in Chief of the said Province, the Hon'ble His Majesty's Council and the Hon'ble House of Representatives in General Court assembled, Aug. 4, 1762.

      The subscribers humbly show that sixteen of them have been at considerable expense at transporting themselves to a certain Island at the eastward, within this Province, situated on the southwest of Egemogen Reach, known by the name of Deer Island, which at high water seems to be separated into two, tho' at low water appears to be one Intire Island, have built themselves Houses, and are with the rest of your Petitioners willing to bring forward a settlement there. Pray this Court for the Incouragement of so good a work, to make them a grant of the whole of said Island, or at least that end of it, settled upon as aforesaid ; which is accounted to be about six or seven miles in length, and two or three in breadth in the widest part thereof; tho' in some places not half a mile. Or otherwise to dispose of the whole of said Island to them, or only the southeast end aforesaid, as this Court in their Wisdom shall think fit for such sum or sums of money as may be judged reasonable, and your Petitioners beg leave further to add that they are not Petitioners included in the twelve townships already granted
      Daniel Wardwell
      Jeremiah Wardwell
      Dan'l Clark
      Dan'l Clark in behalf of Edward Jones
      Jno Stone
      Moses Sewall
      Daniel Holt
      Stephen Littlefield
      William Grinnlla
      Jonathen Greenlaw
      Ebenezer Grenlaw
      Charles Greenlaw
      Alex Greenlaw
      William Greenlaw
      George Lilly
      John Winn
      John Staple
      Ebenezer Low
      Samuel Low
      Nathan Closson
      David Torrey
      Joseph Thomas
      Michael Carnay
      John Tinker
      William Eaton
      Elakin Eaton
      John Cane
      Enoch Hutchins
      Nathaniel Webber
      [Original seem to be signatures]
      [Massachusetts Archives Volume 46 page 458]

      "Resolve on the petition of the inhabitants of Deer-Island, granting and confirming one hundred acres of land to each of said settlers, on condition. March 22, 1786.

      Whereas it appears to this Court from a survey and plan of a certain island, lying within the county of Lincoln, called Deer-Island, taken by Rufus Putnam, Esq.; in the year 1785, together with a small island lying near the west shore of the said Deer-Island, called Sheep-Island, that the said islands contain in the whole, sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-six acres, whereon were eighty settlers, before the first day of January, 1784; and whereas Joseph Tyler and others, settlers on the said islands, have petitioned this Court for a grant of the same, to them, their heirs and assigns: Therefore

      Resolved, That there be, and here is hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tvler, and the other settlers, who settled thereon and made a separate improvement before the first day of January, 1784, their heirs and assigns, one hundred acres each, to hold in severalty, to be laid out so as to include their respective improvements, as a compensation for settlement; on condition, that the aforesaid settlers pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the date thereof, for the survey, and other charges, one hundred and twenty pounds, in specie, with interest until paid ; provided that where any original settler has sold, or otherwise disposed of his improvements, the purchaser of such improvements, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the same lands which such original settler would have held by virtue of this resolve, if there had been no such sale or disposition.

      And be it further Resolved, That the remainder of the said Deer- Island, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, be, and is hereby granted and confirmed to the said
      Joseph Tyler
      Mark Haskell
      Joseph Colby
      John Campbell
      Charles Pressey
      Ignatius Haskell
      Thomas Saunders
      Edward Haskell
      Joshua Haskell
      Thomas Haskell
      Jonathan Eaton
      Ezekiel Marshall
      George Tyler
      Thomas Stinson, Jun
      Belcher Tyler
      Nathan Dow
      John Pressey
      Thomas Stinson
      Nathan Closson
      Elijah Donham
      Theophilus Eaton
      Levi Carman
      Ezra Howard
      Ambrose Colby
      Nathaniel Bray
      Robert Nason
      Benjamin Cole
      Ezekiel Moory
      John Hooper
      Lot Curtis
      Chase Pressey
      Thomas Saunders
      Samuel Frunday
      John Raynes
      Samuel Raynes
      Thomas Smalley
      Job Smalley
      Charles Sellers
      Josiah Crocket
      Thomas Robbins
      William Babbage
      Joseph Whitmore
      William Greenlaw
      George Frees
      Cortney Babbage
      John Frees
      Peter Hardy
      Jeremiah Eaton
      William Eaton
      John Closson
      Thomas Thompson
      Robert Lin
      Marcy Staples
      Charles Greenlaw
      Simon Fowier
      David Torry
      Jonathan Torry
      Samuel Crombie
      Joseph Donha
      their heirs and assigns ; on condition, that they appropriate three hundred acres of land for the use of the ministry, and three hundred acres for the use of a grammar school, and that they pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the time of passing this resolve, one thousand two hundred and forty-one pounds, eight shillings, in consolidated securities of this Commonwealth, with interest."
    • Revolutionary Petitions Massachusetts

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1055547?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial period, 1622-1788
      Authors: Massachusetts. State Archives
      v. 179 -- Rev. Council Papers, Second Series (from p.64), 1782-1783 ; v. 180 -- Rev. Petitions (to p.208), 1775-1776
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      [944/1317]
      Volume 180 Page 38
      To the Gentlemen of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Government ? ?
      Sendeth Greeting Humbly Representing unto Your Honrs Our distressed Condition. On account of the General Distress that Ariseth from a Bad Statesman & King at Home By Sending an army & Vesels of forse destressing boting & Stoping all trade and Comerse Rendering us incapable of procuring the Least Sustainance of Bread or Other Sustainance for us or Our families as We formerly use to enjoy & as we avow ourselves sons of Liberty for the Comen Wealth of Ourselves & Others

      We Humbly Petition Your Honrs to take this Our destressed Condition into your Most Wise Consideration & thereupon May Be pleased to send us Such Nessary Supplies as mose asuredly is Wanted for our Lumber Which we use procure Such Charge is Been of no use to procure Such things 1stly Bread Corn Molases Coffee Salt & pork Sheeps wool flax Shoes & Other Cloathing & Latley powder and Ball. Or lead So that we may By these Stand against yours & our Enemies One or two of Our Brethren will afirm the Same or tell it Your honrs By Word of Mouth we do not Ask those Nessarys for Nothing But Are willing to pay for them in Lumber when these destressing times are Over

      So praying that God May Grant your Wisdom & Guide your honrs into all truth & presernce us from hands of all any yours & Our enemies
      Farewell
      Egemagan Reach No 4
      June 11 1775
      Our Names as Followeth
      Vizt
      Robert Byard
      John Carter Junr
      John Cater Senr
      Daniel Bridges
      John Billings
      Elisha Hopkins
      Daniel Bredges
      Smith Woodward
      John Carson
      Jacob Orcutt
      Solomn Maken
      Moses Eaton
      Jonathan Grenlaw
      Ebenezer Grenlaw
      Josiah Harden
      Elijah Richardson
      Richard Wells
      John Eaton
      Alexander Greenlaw

      p 39
      The comte on the petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of Egemagan Reach No 4 so called beg leave to Report by Wat of a Resolve Viz June 20 1775 Resolves that the Committee of Correspondance the town of Salem

      In Provincial Congress Watertown June 20 1775 on the Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of Egamagon Reach No 4 so called praying for a small Supply of provisions. Resolved

      that it be Recommended by this Congress to the Committee of Safety or Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Salem or the Like Committees of any other towns within that province to Supply Messrs Robert Byard & Alexander Greenlaw of Egemagen Reach No 4 for there present Relief of the said Inhabitants with the Following Articles viz forty bushels of Indain Corn and Five Barrels of Pork and cake in Return for the same Cord wood or such other payment as the said Robert Byard and Alexander Greenlaw may be able to make: and in Case they the said Byard and Greenlaw Should not make Satisfaction for the Same: in a Reasonable Time it Shall be allowed and paid out of the publick Treasury of this province and the said Byard and Greenlaw Shall Refund the Same a Soon as may be

      Accepted