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Honor RODDA

Honor RODDA

Female 1747 - 1815  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Honor RODDA 
    Born 12 Jun 1747 
    • Stephen Rodda Journal

      https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/node/4201
      Fort Anne Papers : 1606-1963.
      Call Number: MIC-Loyalist FC LSC .N6F6P3C6
      Category: Special Collections
      Creator: Nova Scotia. Archives.
      Description: 4 microfilm textual records () ; 35 mm
      Contents:
      Reel 2:
      ...Stephen Rodda, Annapolis Royal, journal, begins 1743...

      https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/sites/default/files/Fort%20Anne%20Papers%20DetailedContents.pdf
      16. Stephen Rodda
      1. (1743-1791) Journal of Stephen Rodda, Annapolis Royal; contains information about his family etc

      [42]
      Stephen Rodda Borne 19 Jany 1715
      Married to Theodosha Rodda 2 Feby NS 1746/7
      [Page]
      Honour Rodda born the 12th day of June about one of Clock in the morning in the year 1747/8
      Katharine Rodda Born the 18th Febary att 8 of Clock att night in the year 1749/50
      Willm Rodda born the 26th of Novr att Two of Clock in the afternoone in the year 1751/2
      Jane Rodda Born the 14 day of April about 8 of Clock at night in the year 1754 NS
    Gender Female 
    Death Bef HUS 1817? 
    Death Bef 1822 ASSESS 
    Residence 1782  Penobscot, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Downeast Ancestry
      December 1983
      Volume 7 Number 4
      Penobscot Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute
      Robert C. Brooks
      Penobscot Journal 1782: Widow Honor Davis
      Inhabitants Certified Loyal 4 July 1783: Honor Davis 3 over 10; 2 under 10
    Residence 4 Jul 1783  Penobscot, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Downeast Ancestry
      December 1983
      Volume 7 Number 4
      Penobscot Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute
      Robert C. Brooks
      Penobscot Journal 1782: Widow Honor Davis
      Inhabitants Certified Loyal 4 July 1783:
      ...
      Honor Davis 3 over 10 [Honor, Rachel? William? Mary? Elizabeth?] ; 2 under 10 [Sophia? Charlotte? Martha?]
      ...
      John Davis 1 over 10 1 total [John]
    Petition C SPRING 1784 
    Residence 1784  Back Lands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Grant 1 Jun 1784  Lot 8 Block O Parr's Division Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=3526

      Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
      Name DAVIS, Hornor
      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
      Other names on this grant (354)
      Lot 8 Block O Parr's Division
    Residence 10 Jun 1784  Passamaquoddy, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
      Men: John Davis [s? John Davis m Sarah Bradford], William Davis [74th?]
      Women: Honor Davis
      Children over 10: Rachel Davis, William Davis, Mary Davis, Elizh Davis
      Children under 10: Charlotte Davis, Martha Davis, Sophia Davis
    Grant 3 Aug 1784 
    • https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=3649

      Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
      Name DAVIS, Honor
      Volume NS-A
      Page 176
      Grant number 96
      Place Passamaquoddy
      County Sunbury
      Date 1785-05-21
      Accompanying plan No
      Acres 100
      Microfilm F16302
      Comment Re-registered NS Grant of 1784/08/03: Penobscot Association
      Other names on this grant (188)
    Residence 12 Mar 1785  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Saint John County Registry of Deeds

      Volume A3 Page 319
      [322/377]
      12 March 1785
      William Cookson St Andrews
      William Gallop Esq St Andrews
      15 pounds
      quit claim
      Land on Oak Point Bay Passamaquoddy
      Farm Lot 94 granted to Nathan Phillips and purchased by William Cookson from Phillips by a quit claim deed 29 May 1784
      100 acres
      William Cookson [His mark]
      Honor Cookson [Her mark]
      Wit Francis Welch, W B Brown
      Registered 16th May 1785
    Residence 14 Jul 1798  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lot St George

      Volume B Page 705 [708/753]
      No 995
      William Cookson yeoman St Andrews and wife Honor
      Orange Seelye St George yeoman
      5 pounds
      St George eastern side of Maguaguadavick
      Lot 4 Letter B
      14 July 1798
      William Cookson [His mark]
      Honor Cookson [SS]
      Wit: James Stewart, Anthy W Carpenter
    Residence 23 Mar 1800  [St Andrews, Charlotte, NB] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=9096§ion=NameIndex
      Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835
      Reference 9096
      Family Name RUSSELL
      Given Names James
      Was there a Will? Yes
      Date of Will 1800-03-23
      Date Will was proved 1801-03-30
      Was an inventory completed? No
      County Charlotte
      Parish St. Andrews
      Probate is for a woman? No
      Abstract references a vessel? No
      Abstract Parish of Saint Andrews, Charlotte County, Yeoman. Will dated 23 March 1800, proved 30 March 1801. Wife Lydia her maintenance for life. Children James, Lucy, Jane, John and Phoebe maintenance until sons reach age 21 and daughters age 18. Son James land at Sandy Point, daughters each ?40 at age 18, son John Lots 55, 69, two town lots and ?40. Wife Lydia, Dougal THOMSON, shipwright, John McINTOSH, yeoman, executors. Witnesses: Henry Barlow BROWN, William COOKSON, Honor COOKSON (wife of William COOKSON).
      RS number 63
    Buried 14 Feb 1815  All Saints Anglican, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • All Saints Anglican
      Burials
      14 Feb 1815 Cookson Mrs. w. of Mr. Cookson 36

      https://arp.nbgstwo.ca/records/displayRecord/MC223-S2-6D-35_burial_0090
      Data Source
      Record Key MC223-S2-6D-35_burial_0090
      Register Images MC223-S2-6D
      Image Id MC223-S2-6D-35
      Record Number 0090
      Event Type Burial
      Event Date 1815-02-14
      Record Data Fields
      Recordid 9
      Entry number
      Event month Feb
      Event day 14
      Event year 1815
      Given name Mrs
      Surname Cookson
      Event location St Andrews Parish, Charlotte Co
      Officiant Samuel Andrews
      Names Found in this Record
      Full Name Role or Context Given Name(s) Surname
      Cookson primary person Cookson
    Death Bef 11 Aug 1831 
    • Volume M Page 75 [78/549]
      No 63
      Anthony Carpenter tailor Eastport and wife Mary; Thomas Greenlaw yeoman St Andrews and wife Elizabeth; Solomon Greenlaw yeoman St Andrews and wife Margaret; heirs to the estate of Honor Cookson formerly Honor Davis late of St Andrews deceased
      William Cookson yeoman St Andrew
      2 pounds
      northernmost half part of Farm Lot 42
      the moiety on which the said William Cookson now dwelleth
      and adjoining to the the southernmost half part of said lot now in the possession of Thomas Greenlaw & Elizabeth his wife, held by virtue of a will from William Cookson late of St Andrews deceased
      11 August 1831
      Mary Carpenter [Her mark]
      Thomas Greenlaw [SS]
      Elizabeth D Greenlaw [SS]
      Solomon Greenlaw [SS]
      Margaret Greenlaw [SS]
      Wit: J D Greenlaw, William Simpson
    Occupation Washing at Penobscot 
    • http://www.castinehistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/HTY-597-Term-paper-featured-article.pdf
      1779 to 1783: Looking at Fort George through Loyal Eyes
      Anette Ruppel Rodrigues
      ...
      There is proof that the McPhail family ran the Mess Hall. Their McPhail Coffeehouse was located on Green Street. This ledger also mentions that the Wider Davis was able to purchase items in exchange for doing washing.
    • https://www.obbfha.org/Newsletters/NS%20V%2010%20N%2004%20Fall%202013.pdf
      Old Broad Bay Family History Association
      Newsletter
      New Series Volume 10, No. 4 ? Fall 2013
      Fort George Penobscot 1779 to 1783; A safe haven for Loyalists close and far
      by Anette Ruppel Rodrigues [Presented at the OBBFHA annual meeting, August 3, 2013]
      There is proof that the McPhail family ran the Mess Hall. Their ?McPhail Coffeehouse? was
      located on Green Street. This ledger even mentions that the Wider Davis was able to purchase
      items in exchange for doing washing.17
      17. Robert C. Brooks, Downeast Ancestry, page 130
    Died [1815] 
    Person ID I37800  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2022 

    Father Stephen RODDA,   b. 19 Jan 1715,   d. Aft 1806? 
    Mother Theodosia SHURETTE,   b. 14 Jan 1727,   d. 13 Apr 1806  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 2 Feb 1746 
    • Stephen Rodda Journal

      https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/node/4201
      Fort Anne Papers : 1606-1963.
      Call Number: MIC-Loyalist FC LSC .N6F6P3C6
      Category: Special Collections
      Creator: Nova Scotia. Archives.
      Description: 4 microfilm textual records () ; 35 mm
      Contents:
      Reel 2:
      ...Stephen Rodda, Annapolis Royal, journal, begins 1743...

      https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/sites/default/files/Fort%20Anne%20Papers%20DetailedContents.pdf
      16. Stephen Rodda
      1. (1743-1791) Journal of Stephen Rodda, Annapolis Royal; contains information about his family etc

      [42]
      Stephen Rodda Borne 19 Jany 1715
      Married to Theodosha Rodda 2 Feby NS 1746/7
      [Page]
      Honour Rodda born the 12th day of June about one of Clock in the morning in the year 1747/8
      Katharine Rodda Born the 18th Febary att 8 of Clock att night in the year 1749/50
      Willm Rodda born the 26th of Novr att Two of Clock in the afternoone in the year 1751/2
      Jane Rodda Born the 14 day of April about 8 of Clock at night in the year 1754 NS
    Family ID F19383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elias DAVIS,   b. Bef 1743,   d. BY 1782  (Age > 39 years) 
    Married 14 Oct 1768  [Annapolis, NS] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William DAVIS,   b. C 1769,   d. Bef 11 Aug 1831?
     2. Mary DAVIS,   b. [1770],   d. 2 Oct 1827, Eastport, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Rachel DAVIS,   b. 1772,   d. C 1784?
     4. Elizabeth Jane DAVIS,   b. 1774,   d. 1814-1827  (Age 53 years)
     5. Hannah DAVIS,   b. 18 Jul 1775,   d. 6 Sep 1775  (Age 0 years)
     6. Sophia DAVIS,   b. *[1774-1782],   d. Bef 11 Aug 1831?
     7. Charlotte DAVIS,   b. 1777,   d. Bef 11 Aug 1831?
     8. Martha DAVIS,   b. 1780,   d. Bef 11 Aug 1831?
     9. DAVIS,   b. Bef 1818
    Family ID F13172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William COOKSON,   b. [1744],   d. [JULY 1817] 
    Married [MAY 1784] 
    • Married by Henry Goldsmith Esq?

      Saint John County Registry of Deeds

      Volume A3 Page 319
      [322/377]
      12 March 1785
      William Cookson St Andrews
      William Gallop Esq St Andrews
      15 pounds
      quit claim
      Land on Oak Point Bay Passamaquoddy
      Farm Lot 94 granted to Nathan Phillips and purchased by William Cookson from Phillips by a quit claim deed 29 May 1784
      100 acres
      William Cookson [His mark]
      Honor Cookson [Her mark]
      Wit Francis Welch, W B Brown
      Registered 16th May 1785


      Sold Lot 94 29 May 1784 with wife Honor

      Volume A Page 242 [245/485]
      No 94
      William Cookson and wife Honor yeoman St Andrews
      John Bentley St Andrew
      2 pounds
      Town Lot 8 Block O Parr's Division
      Carleton Street on the Northeast
      Provincial Royal Street on the South
      William Cookson [SS]
      Honor Cookson [SS]
      14 July 1786
      Wit: John Cury, Hugh Stuart
    Children 
     1. Margaret COOKSON,   b. [1785], St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1861, Calais, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William COOKSON,   b. [1784-C1787],   d. [1845-1851]
     3. James COOKSON,   b. [1789], NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. C 1852
    Family ID F10958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    St Andrews Rural 1805    		St Andrews Rural 1805
    A look at the families living on the Penobscot Association Grant in the rural part of St Andrews, New Brunswick, around 1805.

  • Notes 
    • Census 1770 Annapolis: John Davis on same page. Stephen Rodda on previous line
      Petitions: Nil - 1820 all names
      Family 1783: 3 over 10 [Honor, William, Mary] 2 under 10 [ ]
      Family 1784 Penobscot list: 10 Davises
      Family 1784 Back Lands: Settler and 3 children
      All Saints Anglican: Checked
      Loyalist Claims: Nil
      Early NB Probate: Nil
      Eastport Sentinel: Nil
      Maine Marriages CD for children: Nil
      Halifax Deeds: Nil
      Charles R Greenlaw: Volume 2 051 Chart 1-A: Widow Honora de Rodier

      Charles Greenlaw called her Honor de Rodier

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cannbfam/CH.pdf
      RETURN OF THE BACK LANDS OF THE PENOBSCOTT LOYALIST - 1784
      Cleadie Barnett
      Homor Davis - 3 [Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret?] - 350
    • On the de Rodier surname

      See bapt All Saints Anglican of Hannah d Mary Davis m Anthony Carpenter

      Petition 1807: Anthony Carpenter wife 5 sons 4 daughters

      All Saint Anglican
      Burials
      18 Dec 1814 Carpenter daughter d. of Mr. Carpenter 36

      Baptisms
      13 Mar 1796 Carpenter child c of Mr Carpenter 10
      25 Jun 1797 Carpenter daughter d of Mr Carpenter 11
      25 Jun 1797 Carpenter Honor Mary d of Mr Carpenter 11
      14 Jul 1799 Carpenter Anthony Stephen s of Mr Carpenter 14
      29 May 1801 Carpenter Helena d of Mr Carpenter 24
      29 May 1801 Carpenter Martha d of Mr Carpenter 24
      29 May 1801 Carpenter Elizabeth d of Mr Carpenter 24
      21 Aug 1803 Carpenter William Cookson s of Mr Carpenter 16
      17 Nov 1805 Carpenter Hannah Oder d of Mr Carpenter 50
      17 Nov 1805 Carpenter James Willet s of Mr Carpenter 50

      Marriages
      22/07/1816 Moses Chase St Andrews Sarah Greenlaw St Andrews Daniel Parker Charles Carpenter SA
    • Was Honor wid Davis from Davistown [Montville]? The Cresseys of Great Pond were nephews of Hannah Cressey m James Davis. Some Great Pond Cresseys settled in Balltown.

      -1790 Davistown inhabitants seem to be counted in Great Pond Plantation [Palermo], which is adjacent to Davistown.
      -1790: James Davis m Hannah Cressey r Great Pond
      -1790: Abel Cressey m Mary Cookson r Great Pond
      -1800: William Cressey m Ellen Cookson r Great Pond



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