[1761] - 1846
-
Name |
John BLACK |
Born |
[1761] [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Birth |
[1756-1774] [2] |
Birth |
[1760] [3, 4] |
Birth |
[1763] [5] |
Birth |
[1748] [6] |
Birth |
[Argyll, Scotland] |
- http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/74thRegiment_background.html
In December 1777, the King authorized John Campbell of Barbreck to raise a Highland regiment within four months. He was to have colonelcy and the nomination of officers; therefore, 9 of the 11 most senior officers were surnamed Campbell. The recruits were to be 5'4" tall and aged 18 through 30. Of the 1082 men authorized, 987 men were raised (684 Highlanders, 282 Lowlanders, 12 English and 9 Irish). At the first muster (13 April 1778), 77 men were underage, 192 men were overage, 149 men were too short and 17 were in jail. Raised as the Argyll Highlanders, it was redesignated the 74th Regiment of Foot. In America, 2 companies were sent to New York and 8 to Penobscot. The Regiment was disbanded on 24 May 1784 in Scotland.
March 1983
Maine Historical Magazine
Volume 8 ppg 55-7
Robert Carver Brooks
Reprinted: Downeast Ancestry
December 1983
|
Birth |
Scotland |
- Census 1880: Douglas, Jane, Catherine
|
Birth |
ME |
- Census 1880/1900: daughter Eliza
|
Birth |
St Andrews, Charlotte, NB [7] |
Immigration |
August 1778 |
[Greenock, Scotland to Halifax, NS] |
Military |
1779 [8] |
Penobscot, ME |
Military |
June 1779 |
Penobscot, ME |
Military |
13 Jul 1781 |
Deserted: 74th Regiment |
|
Military |
1783 [3, 4] |
Discharged at Penobscot |
Arrived |
March 1784 |
[74th] [St Andrews, Charlotte, NB] |
- http://archive.org/stream/exodusofloyalist00sieb/exodusofloyalist00sieb_djvu.txt
The exodus of the loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy : (with map) (1914)
Author: Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961
Publisher: Columbus : The Ohio State University
p 22
In
March a part of the Penobscot garrison, the 74th or Argyle Highlanders, arrived at St. Andrews, while others, it is said, landed at L'Etang (St. George's Town) to await, like the loyalists, the location of their lands.
|
Immigration |
March 1784 |
[74th] Penobscot Bay, ME |
- http://www.74thhighlandregiment.com/history.html
The battalion companies stayed at Bagaduce, completing construction of a fort (Fort George) for the remainder of the war until 15 January 1784, when they evacuated Penobscot Bay
THE EXODUS OF THE LOYALISTS from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy
WILBUR H. SIEBERT, A. M.
Professor of European History
Published by: The Ohio State University, Columbus 1914
By January, 1784, there were sixty or more houses at St. Andrews, and in February Governor Parr established a court there for the District of Passamaquoddy. In March a part of the Penobscot garrison, the 74th or Argyle Highlanders, arrived at St. Andrews, while others, it is said, landed at L'Etang (St. George's Town) to await, like the loyalists, the location of their lands. The main body of the Highland regiment had sailed for England more than two months before. By the first days of May.
|
Residence |
20 May 1784 |
Passamaquoddy, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB |
|
Residence |
10 Jun 1784 |
Passamaquoddy, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB |
- 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: Jos Black
|
Grant |
Bef 1785 |
Gagetown, Queens, NB? |
- No other John Blacks in Esther Clark Wright's Loyalists to New Brunswick
RS108 :: Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1785
County Queens
Microfilm F1026
See petition of GRANT, FRANCIS
. BLACK, JOHN
. GRANT, FRANCIS
. WILLING, JOHN
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1785 Emons, John - 1785 Husted, Jabez
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288448
8191393
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191393?cat=78954
To His Excellency Thomas Carleton Esquire, Governor & Commander in Chief Etc Etc Etc
The Memorial of Francis Grant
Humbly Sheweth
That he is the person in Possession of Lot No 19 Gagetown, drawn by John Black and another single man & that he has long waited in patient expectation of being paid for his improvement but the said John Black positively refuses to comply with the Orders of your Excellency & the other person, he cannot find. He therefore remains still uncertain whether he must eventually lose his farm and continue unable to make any thing therefore for his support. And humbly prays that the said Persons may be required to answer decisively according to the valuation formerly made and approv'd of by your Excellency. And that in case of refusal or declining an answer. Your Excellency would be pleased to confirm him in the said Farm, by giving Him a grant thereof. And your Memorialist is in duty bound Etc
Francis Grant
St John May 27th 1785
Francis Grant states that he is in Possession of Lott No 19 Gage Town drawn by John Black and John Willing that they refuse paying him for his improvements etc
In Council 28th May
Let John Black & John Willing be notified in the Public Prints to show Cause by the 2d Tuesday in June before his H E in Council why Lot No 19 Gage Town should not be registered to Francis Grant they having failed to make the Compensation enjoind on them
Recd 28th May 1785
|
Grant |
10 May 1785 |
St Stephen [Schoodic above the Glebe], Charlotte, NB |
|
Military |
25 Aug 1793 [8] |
New Brunswick Fencibles at Fredericton |
- http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/FortHavoc/html/KNBRegt.aspx?culture=en-CA
RETURN OF THE KING'S NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT,
Commanded by His Excellency Brig.-Gen. Thomas Carleton.
Lieutenant-Colonel:
Honourable Beverly Robinson.
Major: Daniel Murray
Captains: Peter Clinch, Dugald Campbell, Joseph Lee, James French, retired July 19, 1794. Gerhardus Clowes, retired Dec. 24, 1795.
Privates:
Black, John,
[1793]
- https://lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullrecord.cgi?id=1134&level=2&BACKSTR=level=2&fields=Title,Creator_name,Subject,Source,ETC_Sequence&Creator_name=&Title=&Subject=&Source=8-&Keyword=&LANG=&boolean=AND&order_by=Identifier&all=&limit=60&backurl=
Return of His Majesty's New Brunswick Regt commanded by His Excellency Brig General Carleton
Commencing 25th August 1793
Return of His Majesty's New Brunswick Regt Commanded by His Excellency Brigr General Carleton Commencing 25th August 1793
...
Fredericton
...
Account of Subsistence for Recruits inlisted in the Kings New Brunswick Regt between the 25th day of June and the 24th day of August 1793
...
Atcheson, James Of the King's New Brunswick Regiment
...
Black, John Of the King's New Brunswick Regiment
Bullock, Charles Of the King's New Brunswick Regiment
...
- At Library and Archives of Canada:
British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - Documents
Title: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - DOCUMENTS
Mikan record: 105012
Microform: c-3241
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-documents/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=1544855
[380/1488] Begin New Brunswick Fencibles, 1793-1811, 1820-1830 (v. 718-719)
[392/1488]
p 8-9
St Andrews, Charlotte County Militia, King's New Brunswick Regiment
15 July 1794
[501/1488]
p 83
4 April 1808 Milita at St Andrews
[533/1488]
p 103 104
14 June 1808
Militia at St Andrews
[876/1488]
Pay list due
[957/1488]
List of Offices 1816
[992/1488]
Index
St Andrews Post 102, 146
|
Military |
24 Sep 1795 |
disch: King's New Brunswick Regiment |
- New Brunswick Genealogical Society/ Societe Genealogique du Nouveau-Brunswick, Generations
https://nbgs.ca/upload/files/Generations/1991-1995/Vol%2015-1%20Iss%20055%20Spring%201993.pdf
Generations: Journal of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society. Issue 55. Spring 1993.
Page 8
The Soldiers of the King's New Brunswick Regiment
Daniel F Johnson
...
Black John, Capt Clinch disch 24 September 1795
...
Page 9
Callaghan Patrick, -, Capt Clinch, 24 June 1796 discharged
Dunham Joseph, Pte, Capt Clinch, enlisted 8 June 1793
Dunham Samuel. Pte, Capt Clinch, enlisted 8 June 1793
...
Page 10
Goldsmith Henry, Ensign, Return 01 officers, 25 June 1794. Lt, Promoted vice Upham, 25 June 1796
...
Page 11
Parker William, Capt Campbell, enlisted 3 November 1797
|
Residence |
1800 |
Township 1 East of Machias [Perry], Washington, ME |
- John Black
in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: John Black
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Township East of Machias, Washington, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [1756-1774]
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 [1775-1784]
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2
Year: 1800; Census Place: Machias, Washington, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 8; Page: 636; Image: 55; Family History Library Film: 218678
|
Residence |
WAR OF 1812 |
[Deer Island, West Isles, Charlotte, NB] [9] |
- Eliza at that time was living on Deer island with her grandmother, and she would often accompany the men folks on their fishing trips to Grand Menan [sic] and other islands.
|
Residence |
27 Jul 1813 |
[Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Aged |
2 Jan 1815 |
54 years [1] |
Petition |
2 Jan 1815 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB [1] |
- https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS108/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=53985
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name ROIX, JOHN
Year 1816
County Charlotte
Microfilm F4179
See petition of ROIX, JOHN
All names on this petition : 7
. BLACK, JOHN
. MILITARY-- 74TH REGIMENT, -----
. MILITARY--N.B. REGIMENT, -----
. ROIX, JOHN
. STUART, GEORGE
. STUART, JAMES
. STUART, JOHN
RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name BLACK, John
Volume 1
Page 185
Grant number 916
Place Saint Patrick
County Charlotte
Date 1817-05-24
Accompanying plan Yes
Acres 200
Microfilm F16307
Comment 4 Others
Other names on this grant (5):
RIOUX, John Jr. * 300 acres
ROIX, John Jr. * 1047 acres
STEWART, George 200 acres
STEWART, James Jr. 175 acres
STEWART, John 172 acres
To His Honor Major General George Stracey Smyth Esquire, president and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick, etc, etc, etc
The Memorial of John Roix Junr, George Stuart, James Stuart Junr, John Stuart and John Black humbly sheweth,
That your Memorialists John Roix Junr, George Stuart, James Stuart Junr and John Roix are the sons of old soldiers who served in the British Army during the American War, and your Memorialist John Black served six years and a half in the seventy fourth regiment, and two years in the first New Brunswick regiment. They are all residents in the parish of Saint Patrick in the County of Charlotte
John Roix Junr is thirty eight years old, has a wife and four children
George Stuart is twenty years old and unmarried
James Stuart Junr is nineteen years old and unmarried
John Stuart is eighteen years old and unmarried
John Black is fifty four years old, has a wife and seven children. They all possess the means of improving as required and none of them have ever received any land from Government.
Your Memorialists therefore humbly pray that your Honor will be pleased to grant them ? Of Survey as follows
To John Roix Junr a small gore between the rear Line of the Maguagadavick Grant and the East Line of the Grant to McElroy & Stuart near the Mouth of the Digdeguash River, and sufficient of Land to make up three hundred Acres in all in the rear of the Grant to McElroy and Stuart and joining thereon Line of the Maguagadavick Grant.
To James Stuart Junr and John Stuart each two hundred acres adjoining John Roix application and also in rear of the Grant to McElroy & Stuart.
To George Stuart two hundred acres to be fronted on the Shore, west of the Line of James Stuart Senr Lot, & extending to the rear until it meets the lower Line of the Lands applied for in this Memorial.
And to John Black two hundred Acres of Land or such further quantity as to you Honor may seem fit, fronting on the Water between Walter Flinn Lot, & a Lot allotted to Henry Underwood, and extending to the rear until it meets the lower Line of the Lots apple for in this Memorial.
And your Memorialists as in Duty bound will ever pray
John Roix Junr [S]
Geoe Stuart [S]
Jas Stuart [S]
John Stuart [S]
John Black [His mark]
St Andrews
January 2nd 1815
Witness: Colin Campbell
I hereby certify the Truth of the Facts stated in the above Memorial
Robt Pagan JoP
Referred
1 Febry 1816 The situations applied for on this Memorial are Vacant
George Sproule
|
Assessed |
10 Oct 1822 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
- Saint Patrick Assessment 1822
Assessment of the Parish of Saint Patrick in the County of Charlotte in Pursuance of a Warrant of the General Sessions of the Peace for the said County, to levy the sum of thirty Pounds Currency for the County debt, dated the tenth day of October one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty two.
Names of Persons Ratable: John Black
Poll Tax: - 1 1
Amot at which each Person is assessed: 12 - -
Real Estate of Non-residents:
Rate thereon at [ ] Per Cent:
Total Assessment: - 1 7
George Fisher
Mathew Reardon
William Carson
Thomas Carson
George Spyres
John Black
Ephraim Black
Andrew Grier
John McCallum
Walter Flinn
John Flinn
Samuel Dean Senr
Samuel Dean Junr
John Baldwin Junr
|
Residence |
30 Jul 1823 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
- Volume H Page 350
No 277
John Black yeoman Saint Patrick
Andrew Greer Saint Patrick
$20
Ten acres situated in Digdeguash
Bounded on the North by John Black
West by Ephraim Deely
South by William Carson
East by John Black
30 July 1823
John McCallum
Hugh McGowan
|
Assessed |
18 Nov 1823 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
- Statement & Assessment for property in the Parish of Saint Patricks for the year 1823
Filed 18 November 1823
Names of Persons: John Black
Poll tax: - 1 -
Amt at which each Person is assessed: 12 10 -
Real Estate of Non Residents:
Rate thereon: 2/4 per L100
Total assessment: - 1 3 1/2
George Spires
John Black
Ephraim Black
Andrew Grear
John McCallum
Walter Flinn
John Flinn
Samuel Dean Junr
John Baldwin Junr
|
Residence |
8 Aug 1827 |
[Digdeguash, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Residence |
6 Jan 1838 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB [8] |
Aged |
10 Apr 1840 |
80 years [3] |
Residence |
10 Apr 1840 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB [3] |
Residence |
11 May 1840 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
Residence |
11 Apr 1841 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
Aged |
12 Apr 1841 |
81 years [4] |
Residence |
12 Apr 1841 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB [4] |
Residence |
April 1842 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
Residence |
11 Apr 1842 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
Residence |
April 1843 |
Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB |
Residence |
April 1844 |
Pennfield, Charlotte, NB |
Residence |
April 1845 |
Pennfield, Charlotte, NB |
Aged |
24 Apr 1845 |
82 years [5] |
Residence |
24 Apr 1845 |
Pennfield, Charlotte, NB [5] |
Death |
1846 |
Beaver Harbor, Pennfield, Charlotte, NB [10] |
Death |
1846 |
St George, Charlotte, NB [6] |
|
Death |
1846 [11] |
Aged |
1846 |
98 years [6] |
Aged |
3 Feb 1846 |
106 years [12] |
Occupation |
Cooper [7] |
Residence |
[17 Jun 1779] |
[Castine, Hancock, ME] |
|
Residence |
[Eastport, Washington, ME] |
- Birth John
Eastport: Incorporated 1798 from Plantation No. 8 Putnam Survey. Moose Island. Land was set off to form Lubec in 1811.
|
Residence |
[Adam's Island, West Isles, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Residence |
[Perry, Washington, ME] |
|
Residence |
[St Andrews, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Residence |
[Lubec, Washington, ME] |
|
Residence |
[Deer Island, West Isles, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Residence |
[Digdeguash, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB] |
|
Residence |
[1811] |
[Digdeguash, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB] |
- Marriage [Birth] Catherine
|
Residence |
*[MAY 1816] |
Letete, St George, Charlotte, NB |
Military |
[1776-1783] [1] |
74th Regiment |
- http://www.74thhighlandregiment.com/history.html
A History of the Regiment.
December 1777: King George III granted letters of service to John Campbell of Barbreck, Scotland, to raise a regiment of foot, 1,082 men strong. Of the private men, only 590 were from Argyllshire County, the rest being from Glasgow and the western districts of Scotland. Of the 1082 men authorized, 987 men were raised (684 Highlanders, 282 Lowlanders, 12 English, and 9 Irish).
13 May 1778: Major-General Robert Skene inspected the 74th Regiment, mustering 960 rank and file, in Glasgow.
August 1778: The regiment embarked from Greenock, Scotland and was to land at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
11 February 1779: General Sir Henry Clinton ordered Brig Gen Francis McLean to send the flank companies of the 70th, 74th, and 82nd to headquarters at New York City.
Spring 1779: The battalion companies took possession of Bagaduce with the intention of establishing a post there.
28 July 1779 - 13 August 1779: The 74th and a detachment of the 82nd, under the command of Brig Gen McLean, defended their positions and kept the rebels from advancing.
December 1779 - June 1780: Southern Campaign to South Carolina, captured Charleston.
15 January 1784: The battalion companies stayed at Bagaduce, completing construction of a fort (Fort George) for the remainder of the war until 15 January 1784, when they evacuated Penobscot Bay.
- http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/74thRegiment_background.html
December, 1983 issue of Downeast Ancestry
At the first muster (13 April 1778), 77 men were underage, 192 men were overage, 149 men were too short and 17 were in jail.
http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=2446&p=topics.Military.uk.britarmy
JeffH01 Posted: 19 Aug 2013 3:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
As far as I am aware (or can trace) there are no surviving records in the National Archives, Kew for the short lived 74th Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders) aka Campbell?s Highlanders. The regiment was raised Xmas Day 1777 for service in N.America and was disbanded at Stirling 24th May 1784.
As there is no lineal descent recognised by any British Army regiment; particularly the 91st (The Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot & 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (raised by the East India Company in 1787) there will be nothing in any British Regimental Archives.
http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?o=10&m=2446.2.1.1&p=topics.Military.uk.britarmy
I visited the National Archives in Kew England in November 2014 and read through the box of reports from the 74th Regiment. There were few reports there from the Revolutionary War. The reports were mainly from New York and Stirling Scotland. The New York reports did not give the names of the men, unless they were killed (very few) but focused on Numbers of men available. The ones from Stirling were all after 1784 and again only had numbers, not names. After a day of reading, I did not learn anything relating to names and actions of the 74th Regiment. I have also read a book on the Chelsea Pensioners, but it only has names of those who got a pension for their service in the Revolutionary War. I have been informed that if disbanded men took a land grant when discharged, they did not get a pension. I am still looking for new resources. Bill McElroy
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C601072
Reference: WO 17/195
Description: 74 Foot:
1761 Nov to 1763 Feb: 74th Regiment of Foot; colonel: John Irwin.
1778 Apr: Campbell's Regiment; colonel: John Campbell.
1789 Jan to 1789 Feb: 74th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Sir Archibald Campbell.
1806 Apr to 1809 Feb: 74th Regiment of Foot; colonel: Sir John Stuart.
1810 Feb to 1812 Dec: 74th (Assaye) Regiment of Foot; colonel: Alexander Hope; includes returns from detachments to Portugal and Spain (Peninsular Wars).
Date: 1761-1812.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD13%2f90&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD13%2f90&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y
Reference Title Date
GD13 Papers of the family of Campbell of Balliveolan, Argyll 1628-1829
Country code GB
Repository code 234
Repository National Records of Scotland
Reference GD13/90
Title Attestations (22) by volunteers for the Argyllshire Highland Regiment of Foot; giving personal details of each individual volunteer - age, appearance, etc.
Dates Jan-Mar 1778
Access status Open
Location Off site
Level File
- History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments ...
edited by Sir John Scott Keltie
p 539
Argyle Highlanders
Old Seventy-Fourth Highland Regiment
1778-1783
raised by Col John Campbell of Barbreck
letters of service granted December 1777
regiment complete May 1778
The 74th embarked at Greenock in August 1778, for Halifax, in Novas Scotia, where they were garrisoned along with the Edinburgh Regiment (the 80th) and the Dure of Hamilton's (the 82d), all under the command of Brigadier-General Francis Maclean. In spring, 1779, the grenadier company, commanded by Captain Ludovick Colquhoun of Luss, and the light company by Captain Campbell of Balnabie, were sent to New York, and joined the army immediately before the siege of Charlestown.
The battalion companies, with a detachment of the 82d regiment, under the command of Brigadier-General Maclean, embarked at Halifax in June of the same year, and took possession of Penobscot...
General Maclean returned to Halifax with the detachment of the 82d, leaving Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell of Monrie with the 74th at Penobscot, where they remained till the termination of hostilities, when they embarked for England. They landed at Portsmouth, when they marched for Stirling, and, after being joined by the flank companies, were reduced in the autumn of 1783.
https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=12171.0
74th Highland Regiment of Foot
Campbell's Highlanders
1787-1846
History
The battalion companies stayed at Bagaduce, completing construction of a fort (Fort George) for the remainder of the war until 15 January 1784, when they evacuated Penobscot Bay; more than a year after the Treaty of Paris (3 September 1783) was signed.
http://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/forthavoc/html/Passamaquoddy.aspx?culture=en-CA
THE EXODUS OF THE LOYALISTS from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy
By WILBUR H. SIEBERT, A. M. Professor of European History
Published by The Ohio State University Columbus 1914
In March a part of the Penobscot garrison, the 74th or Argyle Highlanders, arrived at St. Andrews, while others, it is .said, landed at L'Etang (St. George's Town) to await, like the loyalists, the location of their lands.
|
Military |
74th Regiment [6, 10, 13] |
Military |
74th Regiment of Foot [11, 12] |
Military |
74th Regiment of Highlanders [14] |
Military |
Archibald Campbell's Company, 74th Regiment [3, 4, 5] |
Military |
1776? |
DeLancey's Brigade, Long Island, New York? |
- Esther Clark Wright: John Black Cpl 1 DeLancey's Charlotte [Loyalist Institute: The 1st Battalion, DeLancey's Brigade was authorized to be raised in September of 1776 for the defence of Long Island and other places.]
|
Military |
Discharged at Bagaduce [5] |
Military |
[1793-1795] [1] |
First New Brunswick Regiment [King's New Brunswick Regiment] |
Military |
Private: 74th Argyleshire Regiment [8] |
Died |
3 Feb 1846 |
Pennfield, Charlotte, NB [12] |
Person ID |
I42009 |
4 February 2018 |
Last Modified |
13 Apr 2020 |
Family |
Jerusha SEELEY, b. *[1779], [NY] , d. Between 1857 and 1860 |
Married |
*[2 Feb 1794 - 1794] |
- Married by Henry Goldsmith Esq? David Owen?
|
Married |
[1794] [11] |
- You Petitioner was married to the said John Black fifty two years [d 1846 so m? 1794]
|
Married |
1793 |
Campobello, Charlotte, NB [10] |
Children |
| 1. John BLACK, b. [1800], [Perry, Washington, ME] , d. Bef 1891 CENSUS |
| 2. Dugald BLACK, b. [Adam's Island, West Isles, Charlotte, NB] , d. 22 Sep 1893, Pembroke, Washington, ME  |
| 3. Eliza Ann BLACK, b. [1805], NB , d. 19 Dec 1901, Milbridge, Washington, ME  |
| 4. Catherine BLACK, b. [1811], NB , d. Bef 1900 CENSUS? |
| 5. Malcolm S BLACK, b. *[1813], d. Bef 1870 CENSUS? |
| 6. Jane BLACK, b. *[1815], d. 3 Aug 1892, Eastport, Washington, ME  |
| 7. Lucinda BLACK, b. Letete, St George, Charlotte, NB , d. 10 Nov 1875, Deer Island, West Isles, Charlotte, NB  |
|
Family ID |
F12449 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Washington County Deeds: John Black grantee 1823-, grantor 1817-
Calais Vitals 1 & 2: Nil
Esther Clark Wright: Nil
Loyalists to Canada: Nil
St Andrews Assessment 1822: No Blacks
St Andrews Assessment 1831: in Town Neal Black (no land ); Country Robert Black (no land)
Assessment Saint Patrick 1822: the only Black
Assessment Saint Patrick 1831: Nil
Assessment Saint Patrick 1841: Nil
Assessment Saint Patrick 1846: Nil
St George Assessment 1822: John Black is the only Black
West Isles Assessment 1831: Nil Black
West Isles Assessment 1843: Nil Black
West Isles Assessment 1844: Nil Black
West Isles Assessment 1846: Nil Black
Washington County Probate: Nil
Queens County Registry Books: Nil
York County Registry Books: Nil
Christ Church Anglican: Nil
Kirk McColl Indexed: Nil
Charlotte County Probate: Nil
War of 1812: John Black and John Black Jr in Ulmer's Regiment
Loyalist Claims: Nil
St Ann's Anglican Campobello: Nil Marriages, Baptisms, Burials
Library and Archives of Canada [British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series)]: Nil for Revolutionary and NB Fencibles
Charlotte County Court of Equity: Nil [See letter on file]
Artificers: Nil
Smugglers Quoddy: Nil
Early York Marriages: Nil
Otty Database: Nil
First Families: Nil
Readex: Nil
Massachusetts Archives Card Index: Nil
Is the John Black in Gagetown, Queens the same? American Loyalists to New Brunswick: The Ship Passenger Lists, mentioned a single John Blake who came on the Spring Fleet.
All Saints Anglican St Andrews, NB
bap 25 October 1795 Black 2 children of Charles Black p 10
From Arnie Krause
Crown Land Grant Index: New Brunswick
Shows the following information for John Black, Sr.
#7 Digdeguash Harbour, St. Patrick Parish, Charlotte Co., 200 acres, 17 May 1817, Vol #1, No. 916
#1 Lower Niles Brook, St. George Parish, Charlotte Co., NB, 100 acres, 13 March 1826, Vol 9, No. 1978
The only other entry for a John Black in Charlotte Co., NB, appears to be for John Black, Jr as it is issued in 1847 after John Black, Sr. had died. This was for Lots 5,x Beaver Harbour, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., 100 acres 7 Jan 1847, Vol. 30, No. 3671
- Evidence for children
Petition 1816: wife and 7 children (John, Dugald, Eliza, Catherine, Malcolm, Jane, Lucinda)
John: petition for pension
Dugald: married d George Spurrier m Mary Seeley. John Black sold land to Spurrier; lived at Pembroke; census 1880 father born Scotland mother born New Brunswick
Eliza Ann: Jerusha Seeley lived in Lubec "with her daughter". Thomas Francis was a witness to a petition.
Catherine: married in Eastport; lived at Digdeguash
Malcolm: lived at Pembroke
Jane: baptism d Mr Black; lived at Digdeguash; census 1880 father born Scotland mother born New Brunswick; died at Eastport
Lucinda: married at Eastport
No other Black families in Saint Patrick, St George, Eastport, St Andrews
John, Catherine, Malcolm, and Lucinda were all married in Eastport
- No other John Blacks in Esther Clark Wright's Loyalists to New Brunswick
RS108 :: Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1785
County Queens
Microfilm F1026
See petition of GRANT, FRANCIS
. BLACK, JOHN
. GRANT, FRANCIS
. WILLING, JOHN
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1785 Emons, John - 1785 Husted, Jabez
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288448
8191393
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To His Excellency Thomas Carleton Esquire, Governor & Commander in Chief Etc Etc Etc
The Memorial of Francis Grant
Humbly Sheweth
That he is the person in Possession of Lot No 19 Gagetown, drawn by John Black and another single man & that he has long waited in patient expectation of being paid for his improvement but the said John Black positively refuses to comply with the Orders of your Excellency & the other person, he cannot find. He therefore remains still uncertain whether he must eventually lose his farm and continue unable to make any thing therefore for his support. And humbly prays that the said Persons may be required to answer decisively according to the valuation formerly made and approv'd of by your Excellency. And that in case of refusal or declining an answer. Your Excellency would be pleased to confirm him in the said Farm, by giving Him a grant thereof. And your Memorialist is in duty bound Etc
Francis Grant
St John May 27th 1785
Francis Grant states that he is in Possession of Lott No 19 Gage Town drawn by John Black and John Willing that they refuse paying him for his improvements etc
In Council 28th May
Let John Black & John Willing be notified in the Public Prints to show Cause by the 2d Tuesday in June before his H E in Council why Lot No 19 Gage Town should not be registered to Francis Grant they having failed to make the Compensation enjoind on them
Recd 28th May 1785
- Lot 7 Digdeguash
Granted: 1817
Disposed: by 1830
Ephraim Seeley occupied the southwestern 10 acres of Lot 7 granted to John Black, located on the Digdeguash River and Cannon's Creek as late as 30 July 1823. That portion seems to have reverted to John Black, because he sold it to George Spurrier 14 January 1824. It is likely that Ephraim Seeley died in that period. Just to the east of the Ephraim Seeley/George Spurrier parcel was another 10 acre parcel that was owned and occupied by Andrew Greer. He sold the lot in 1826 and soon moved to Deer Island. North of the Seeley/Spurrier parcel, and south of Walter Flinn's grant was a parcel of 13 acres, sold to Samuel Dean Junior in 1828.
At some point John Black must have sold the 20 acres of the lot along the road to John McCallum (perhaps he mortgaged it to him), because McCallum conveyed those 20 acres to Samuel Dean Jr in 1829. The remaining 145 acres Black sold to Dean in 1829. It was probably about this time John Black moved to St George to live with his son John. He died there in 1846.
RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name BLACK, John
Volume 1
Page 185
Grant number 916
Place Saint Patrick
County Charlotte
Date 1817-05-24
Accompanying plan Yes
Acres 200
Microfilm F16307
Comment 4 Others
Other names on this grant (5):
RIOUX, John Jr. * 300 acres
ROIX, John Jr. * 1047 acres
STEWART, George 200 acres
STEWART, James Jr. 175 acres
STEWART, John 172 acres
Volume H Page 350 [357/547]
No 277
John Black yeoman Saint Patrick
Andrew Greer Saint Patrick
$20
Ten acres situated in Digdeguash
Bounded on the North by John Black
West by Ephraim Deely
South by William Carson
East by John Black
30 July 1823
John McCallum
Hugh McGowan
Volume H page 349 [356/547]
No 276
John Black yeoman Saint Patrick
George Spurrier yeoman Saint Patrick
On the north and west bounded by the Digdeguash River
on the south by land owned and occupied by William Carson
on the eastward by a certain hemlock stump marked X
10 acres
$10
said land being at the place generally known and commonly called Cannon Creek
14 January 1824
John Black [His mark]
Wit: Hugh McGowan, Abraham Seely [His mark] [Abraham Seelye s Ephraim Seelye]
Volume I Page 114 [117/553]
No 87
Andrew Greer yeoman Saint Patrick
Patrick Bearney yeoman Saint Patrick
3 pounds 4 shillings
Digdeguash, Saint Patrick
10 acres
Bounded on the North by land belonging to John Black
West by land belonging to Ephraim Deely
South by land belonging to John Black
6 January 1826
Andrew Greer [His mark]
Wit: S W Whitlock [Samuel Hallet Whitlock , Atty, b St John]
William Carson [b Fermanagh i 1812 m Sarah Acheson 1830 r Elmsville]
Volume J page 100 [103/553]
No 80
John Black farmer Saint Patrick
George Spurrier farmer Saint Patrick
4 pounds
bounded on the west by land belonging to George Spurrier
south by Thomas Carson
East by land belonging to Andrew Grier
north by a spruce marked X
thence west or thereabouts to a birch tree marked X at Cunning Creek
8 March 1827
John Black [His mark]
Jerusha Black [Her mark]
Wit: Thomas Carson, Andrew Grier
Volume N Page 293
No 233
Patrick Bearney yeoman Saint Patrick
William Carson yeoman Saint Patrick
3 pounds
in Digdeguash
10 acres
on the north by land belonging to John Black
on the west by land belonging to Ephraim Seelye
on the south by land belonging to William Carson
1 November 1827
Patrick Bearney
Wit: Peter McCallum Jr
Volume J page 19 [22/553]
No 18
John Black yeoman Saint Patrick and Jerusha his wife
Samuel Deane Jr yeoman Saint Patrick
5 pounds
beginning at a birch tree near the coal pit so called joining on land heretofore sold by the said John Black and his wife Jerusha to George Spurrier and running along the line of said land east and by north fifty rods
thence north and by west forty four rods
thence west by south and parallel with the first mentioned line to the shore
thence along the bank of the shore to the first mentioned bounds
13 acres
being part and parcel of Lot number 2 granted to the said John Black in a grant to George Fisher and others
8 January 1828 John Black [His mark]
Jerusha Black [Her mark]
Wit: Peter McCallum, George Spurrier
Volume K Page 397
No 355
John McCallum yeoman Saint Patrick
Samuel Dean Saint Patrick
25 pounds
20 acres
part of Lot 2 granted to John Black
lying on the Saint John Great Road of Communication
Oblong figure square
extending on the said great Road from one side of the said Lot Number 7 to the other
thence taking in such a width to the westward as will contain the twenty acres
13 April 1829
John McCallum
Wit: Peter McCallum, Archibald McCallum
Volume K page 396
No 354
John Black yeoman Saint Patrick and Jerusha his wife
Samuel Deane Jr yeoman Saint Patrick
11 pounds 5 shillings
beginning at Walter Flinn's boundary line within 24 rods of the Main Road
thence running a South course to William Carson's line
thence West till the Parish Road
145 acres
part and parcel of Lot 7 granted to the said John Black in a grant to George Fisher and others
22 March 1830
John Black [His mark]
Jerusha Black [Her mark]
Wit: James Allenshaw, George Spurrier
Volume O Page 93 [95/557]
No 58
Samuel Dean yeoman Saint Patrick
Charles Green yeoman Saint Patrick
35 pounds
commencing at a hemlock stump at the bridge of the old road to Saint Andrews and opposite Hugh McAbneys house
running thence westerly until it strikes a large rock on Shingle Hill
thence northerly until it strikes Walter Flins south line
thence east along said line until it strikes the main road leading from St Andrews to Saint John at a maple stump
thence southerly until it strikes the first mentioned bounds
[Apparently part of Lot 2 John Black]
90 acres
8 April 1835
Samuel Dean [His mark]
Wit: Fras McLowan, Edwd Reynolds
Volume P Page 407 [410/550]
No 362
Charles Green yeoman Saint Patrick and wife Catherine
Jeremiah O'Donoghue
30 pounds
Commencing at a hemlock stump at the bridge on the Old road to St Andrews and opposite Hugh McAlevey's house
running thence westerly until it strikes a large rock on Shingle Hill (so called)
thence northerly until it strikes Walter Flinn's south line
thence East along said line until it strikes the main road leading from Saint Andrews to St John at a maple stump
thence southerly until it strikes the first mentioned bounds
90 acres
15 November 1836
Charles Green [His mark]
Wit: Thomas Wyer, Gilbert Ruggles Junr
Volume R Page 158 [161/659]
No 155
Jeremiah Donahue farmer Saint Patrick
Charles Green Saint Patrick
30 pounds
commencing at a hemlock stump at the Bridge on the old road leading from St Andrews to St John
and opposite Hugh McLeenan's house
running thence westerly until it strikes a larger rock on Shingle Hill so called
thence northerly until it strikes the - - this lot of land granted to Walter Flinn deceased
thence east along the said line until it strikes the road leading from St Andrews to St John aforesaid at a maple stump
thence southerly until it strikes the first mentioned boundary
90 acres
Jeremiah Donahue [SS]
Wit: Robert Walton, John Wilson
25 January 1838
Volume U Page 323
No 494
George Spirrier farmer Saint Patrick
Alexander McMinn farmer Saint Patrick
Beginning at a pine tree at the northwest corner of land formerly granted to William Carson
to run east till it strikes the land formerly owned by Andrew Grier
thence north along said line till it comes to a spruce stump at land owned by Samuel Dean
thence west along said land untill it comes to Cannons Creek
thence southerly along the windings of the shore to the place of beginning
18 March 1847
George Spirrier [His mark]
Wit: James Brown, Daniel McFarlane
Volume W Page 389
No 2033
Samuel Dean yeoman West Isles and wife Susan
Charles Green yeoman Saint Patrick
15 pounds
beginning at a pine stump on the shore at Walter Flinn's south line
thence running due east till it strick Charles Green's line
thence running south til it strikes William Carson's line
thence till it strikes Andrew Grier's...
thence running along the said line till it strikes the shore at the coal pit
thence following said shore to the place of beginning
15 July 1851
Samuel Dean [His mark]
Susan Dean [Her mark]
In presence of George Mackay
- Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 7: 1820-1835
Name: William Black
Date: Oct 1836
Destination: New Brunswick
Port of Arrival: Passamoquoddy, ME
Occupation: Laborer
Age: 38
Sex: M (Male)
William Black, "United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874"
Name: William Black
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1836
Event Place: United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Birth Year (Estimated): 1798
Affiliate Publication Title: Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874
Affiliate Publication Number: M334
Affiliate Film Number: 12
GS Film number: 000418172
Digital Folder Number: 004882067
Image Number: 00836
U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959
Name: William Black
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: Aprth Quarter 1836
[1836]
Port of Arrival: Passamaquoddy, Maine
- Wm Black, "United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874"
Name: Wm Black
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1849
Event Place: United States
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Ship Name:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
Affiliate Publication Title: Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874
Affiliate Publication Number: M334
Affiliate Film Number: 12
GS Film number: 000418172
Digital Folder Number: 004882067
Image Number: 00808
U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 about Wm Black
Name: Wm Black
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: Febnd Quarter 1849
[1849]
Port of Arrival: Passamaquoddy, Maine
Wm Black, "United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874"
Name: Wm Black
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1833
Event Place: United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Ship Name:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1805
Affiliate Publication Title: Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874
Affiliate Publication Number: M334
Affiliate Film Number: 12
GS Film number: 000418172
Digital Folder Number: 004882067
Image Number: 00810
- http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/74thRegiment_background.html
The land available at Digdeguash was not sufficient for the needs of the regiment. A series of land petitions describes the difficulties encountered by the non-commissioned officers and men of the 74th in getting the remaining land grants to which they were entitled. These documents were dated Jan. 27, 1785, Jan. 31, 1785, Feb. 10, 1785, and Mar. 14, 1785. The first was signed by Peter McCallum, Alexander McNiven, and John Campbell, and the other three were signed by Peter McCallum and Alexander McNiven. All three were sergeants in the regiment. After Digdeguash, they were promised the so-called Indian Lands in the parish of St. Stephen, and some of the men did receive grants there. However, as the Jan. 27 document makes clear, they were promised all of that land but were forced to share with other groups. Again, some men were not accommodated. Next they asked for land near Oak Point Bay, but the Cape Ann Association was given that land instead. Finally, they asked for land in Mascarene, in the parish of St. George, and a number of the men of the 74th settled there.
- John and Jerusha Black of Digdeguash
Timeline
1760: Born Argyle, Scotland
1777: [Probably] Part of the 74th Highland Foot Regiment raised in Argyleshire, Scotland
1779: At Penobscot when the Americans attacked the 74th
1783: Removed to St Andrews on the same ship at Peter McCallum
1784: At St Andrews
1785: At St Andrews
1793: Married at Campobello
1796: Eliza Black born. Conflicting evidence puts her birth up to 9 years later
1799: John Black, Jr, born
1805: circa. Dugald Black born
1815: Land petition indicating that John Black has 7 children
1817: Granted 200 acres at Digdeguash
1823: 10 acres to Andrew Greer
1823: John Black, Jr, married Sarah Justason in Eastport
1824: 10 acres to George Spurrier/Spears
1824: Eliza Black married Thomas Francis
1826: Dugal Black married Eunice ?Mosley?
1828: 13 acres to Samuel Dean
1817-1827: Lot to Ephraim Seelye. Reverted to John Black.
1827: Ephraim Seelye lot to George Spurrier
1817-1829: 20 acres to John McCallum.
1829: McCallum lot to Samuel Dean
1830: 145 acres to Samuel Dean
1830: John Black, Jr, living in L'Etete, St George
1834: John Black, Jr, living in Pennfield
1840: circa. Jane Black married Joseph Holland
1842: Eliza Black Francis and family move to Lubec, Maine
1846: John Black died at Beaver Harbor at his son John's house
1850: Jerusha moved to Lubec to live with daughter Eliza.
1851: Jerusha said to be living in Campobello
1857: Jerusha files a complaint that she had not received her widow's pension
1857-1860: Jerusha Black died.
1861: Eliza Black Francis marries Richard Pinkham, settles in Milbridge, Maine.
1880: Jane Black Holland living in Eastport.
Who was Jerusha?
The name Jerusha smacks of New England Puritanism, and her roots probably go back to colonial Massachusetts. Ephraim Seeley had a daughter names Jerusha. He lived on a partion of John Black's grant. No deed ever was recorded for the transfer, so John Black probably gave the land to him. It is likely that Ephraim Seeley and his wife Ann were the parents of Jerusha.
What was Dugald Black's wife Eunice's maiden name?
The 1826 marriage record that was recorded for Dugald Black named his wife as Eunice Mosley of Saint Patrick. However, the death records of three of their children name their mother as Eunice Spears or Spurrier. Death records are notorious for erroneous birth information for parents, but since the name Spears was repeated three times, there might be something to it.
Was Eunice married prior to marrying Dugald Black? Eunice was quite young when they were married in 1826, perhaps as young as 17. It seems unlikely that Dugald was her second husband. Furthermore, the name Mosley does not occur in Saint Patrick, or the rest of Charlotte County for that matter. Maybe Eunice's surname was simply recorded wrong in the Charlotte County Marriage Register. This is quite probable, but we are unable to confirm this since they were married by Peter McCallum, a Justice of the Peace. So there would be no independent record, such as a church register, to check the marriage record against.
Given that Eunice was probably truly a Spears and not a Mosley, it would be reasonable to suggest she was related to George and Mary (McLean) Spears. George Spears was born in England and came to New Brunswick around 1809. He was married to Mary McLean shortly after his arrival in the Province. They settled in Digdeguash on John Black's grant. Black sold him ten acres on the Digdeguash River in 1824 and an adjacent lot in 1827. Was Eunice Spears/Mosley George's daughter?
Who were John and Jerusha Black other Children?
When John Black petitioned for land in 1815, he claimed to have had seven children. Only five of those are known: John, Dugald, Eliza, Malcolm and Jane. Who were the others? It is unknown whether the other two children were male or female, whether they survived to adulthood, whether they stayed in the area or not. There are few possibilities. I contend that the wife of Andrew Greer was one of John and Jerusha Black's children.
Several years after his petition was complied with and the land in Digdeguash was granted to him, John Black began selling off portions of the lot. In 1823, he sold 10 acres to Andrew Greer; 1824, 10 acres to George Spears; 1828, 13 Acres to Samuel Dean; 1830, 145 acres to John McCallum. A deed does not exist for the sale of a portion of the lot to Ephraim.
Black's relationship to George Spears is the theoretical: that his son Dugald married a relative, perhaps a daughter, of George. Samuel Dean's brother Asa Dean was apparently the first husband of Black's daughter Jane. John McCallum was the brother Peter McCallum, a sergeant with the 74th Highlanders. John Black and Peter McCallum came to New Brunswick on the same ship.
Although there is no direct evidence that Andrew Greer's wife was a Black daughter, the possibility is consistent. Little is known about Greer's wife: She was born in New Brunswick; she married Andrew Greer about 1821; so she was born before 1801. John and Jerusha were married in 1793 and had children through, at least 1813. Further evidence is needed, but there are very few records to consult. I can only hope for something to turn up.
The other child might be Lucinda Black. It is not clear exactly when she was born. Some records put her birth as late as 1821, but perhaps as early as 1816. So she could have been born before or after John Black's petition. A death record of one of her children gave her place of birth as St George. She married Daniel Harris in Eastport in 1835, but settled in Deer Island, where she died in 1875. Deer Island is where Andrew Greer and Samuel Dean eventually settled.
Did John Black have a relation with Ephraim Seelye as well? I believe the answer was Yes!
Ephraim and Ann Seelye
Ephraim Seelye was born in Connecticut and came to New Brunswick with the Loyalists in 1783. He first settled in Queens county, where six of his children were baptized in 1794. In 1798 he sold off his land in Waterborough and moved to Maine. By 1823 he returned to New Brunswick, this time settling on John Black's land in Digdeguash. There were never any deeds recorded in Charlotte county either of Ephraim buying or selling land, but there were several mentions of his occupation of part of John Black's grant. Although it was often the case that deeds of land transactions did escape official record keeping in the early years, the lack of Seelye's deeds suggests to me that he and John Black were close enough that such formalities were unnecessary. Ephraim Seelye was John Black's father in law.
The few points of data the we have on the early lives of the Seelyes and Black in New Brunswick are slightly out of joint though. Ephraim Seelye was known to have had a daughter named Jerusha, who was baptized with her siblings in Queens County in 1794. The widow Jerusha Black claimed to have been married in 1793. However, none of their children are known to have been born until around 1799. With the lack of a record of their marriage, it is impossible to say just when they were married, only that they were married before 1799.
Although, it would be ideal to conduct further research into these family, there are few records from this period. Our only hope in uncovering more evidence of this claim is that new records emerge.
A Few Notes on the Children of Ephraim Seelye
The children of Ephraim and Anna Seelye who were baptized in Queens County in 1794 were: Polly Olmstead, Joseph Gidney, Jerusha, Gideon, Isaac and Jemima. When the family was enumerated in Maine in the 1800 census, clearly most of these children were in the household headed by Ephraim. But by the time he moved back to New Brunswick around 1820, Gideon, Isaac and Joseph each headed their own households, in Edmonds, Eastport, and Perry respectively. I contend that Jerusha married John Black and had settled in Digdeguash. What became of Jemima and Polly?
One possibility that can't be overlooked, is that the wife of Andrew Greer was not indeed a daughter John Black, but a daughter of Ephraim Seelye, namely Jemima or Polly. Ultimately, Jemima and Polly could have been married in New Brunswick or Maine, moved away or simply died without a trace.
- All petitions of John Black indicate his service with the 74th, and no mention of DeLancey's Brigade. Esther Clarke Wright contends that John Black belonged to DeLancey's.
Title: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
Mikan Number: 105012
Microform: c-11795
[408/5910]
John Black
King's American Regiment 1781
C.1902 p 44, 56
[409/5910]
John Black
Private 2nd Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 June 1781
c.1879 p 15
[418/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
August 1777
c.1878 p 12
[419/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
December 1777
c.1878 p 15
[420/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
February 1778
c.1878 p 24
[421/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
26 February 1778
c.1878 p 23
[422/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
27 April 1778
c.1878 p 44
[423/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
26 October 1778
c.1878 p 30
[424/5910]
Jonathan Black
Serjeant DeLancey's Brigade
1778-79
c.1878 p 55, 65
[425/5910]
Jonathan Black
Private 2nd Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 April 1781
c.1879 p 6
[426/5910]
Jonathan Black
Private 2nd Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 December 1781
c.1879 p 18
[427/5910]
Jonathan Black
Private 1st Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 June 1782
c.1877 p 13
[428/5910]
Jonathan Blacke
Corporal 1st Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 February 1783
c.1877 p 41
[429/5910]
Jonathan Blacke
Corporal 1st Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
2 March 1783
c.1877 p 45
[430/5910]
Jonathan Blacke
Corporal 1st Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 June 1783
c.1877 p 30
[431/5910]
Jonathan Blacke
Corporal 1st Battalion DeLancey's Brigade
24 October 1783
c.1877 p 25
http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/delancey/1delhist.htm
A History of the 1st Battalion, DeLancey's Brigade
he 1st Battalion, DeLancey's Brigade was authorized to be raised in September of 1776 for the defence of Long Island and other places. The 1st & 3rd Battalions DeLancey's remained on Long Island from the time of their raising through 1778. They garrisoned such places as Hallett's Cove, Lloyd's Neck, Huntington, Setauket, Newtown and Flushing.
In October of 1778, the 1st & 2nd Battalions DeLancey's were ordered to embark on an expedition under the command of Lt. Col. Archibald CAMPBELL of the 71st Regiment.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbcharlo/disbanded.htm
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 162-164) Microfilm C-9818
Muster Roll of the 74th Regiment, Argyle Highlanders Disbanded at Passamaquoddy at the close of the Revolution. The muster listed all the men, women, and children, present at St. Andrews, Passamaquoddy Bay, Nova Scotia, May 24th 1784
Men
John Black
- There does not appear to be an accompanying pension file for this service. Pensions were first granted to soldiers who were disabled while in the service and to heirs of soldiers who died during the war. The first pension acts based on service were not passed until 1871 and a second was passed in 1878. So this could be the same John Black. Joseph Seeley and George Spurrier belonged to Ulmer's Regiment. However, since this John Black served in a regiment raised at Prospect and served at Belfast, it is unlikely that he is the same John Black.
John Black
in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: John Black
Company: 2 REG'T (ULMER'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 18
Microfilm Publication: M602
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
John Black Jr
in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: John Black Jr
Company: 2 REG'T (ULMER'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 18
Microfilm Publication: M602
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Militia Rosters by Regiment
p 301
Capt J Dow's Company, Liet Col J Ulmer's Regiment
From Sept 2 to Sept 21 1813. Raised at Prospect. Service at Belfast.
Privates
John Block, John Block 2nd
- Washington County Land Records
1785-1829
Alex Baring et al to John Black Power of Attorney Volume 14 Page 390
David Cobb to John Black Quit claim Volume 14 Page 217
Cyrus W Foster to John Black Warranty Deed Volume 16 Page 519
Peter Hammons to John Black Volume 17 Page 294
Moses Hovey to John Black Volume 17 Page 362
Aaron L Raymond to John Black Volume 15 Page 222
Peter Talbot to John Black Volume 17 Page 361
Alex Baring et al to John Black et al Power of Attorney Volume 20 Page 161
John Richards et al to John Black Volume 20 Page 163
John Black to Turner Smith Warranty Deed Volume 18 Page 567
John Black to Peter Talbot Volume 17 Page 360
- See
http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2009/11/maine-militia-war-of-1812-lieut-col_20.html
John Block and John Block 2d service at Belfast
John Black
in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: John Black
Company: 2 REG'T (ULMER'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 18
Microfilm Publication: M602
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
John Black Jr
in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 No Image
Name: John Black Jr
Company: 2 REG'T (ULMER'S) MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 18
Microfilm Publication: M602
Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
- John Black Petitions
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1789
County Northumberland
Microfilm F1036
See petition of FORSYTH, WILLIAM
Researchers should note that when a 'Name' has been drawn from a petition submitted by someone else or by a group, the 'See Petition of:' column directs them to the name under which the document is filed and microfilmed.
5 other Petitioner(s) were on this Petition
FORSYTH, WILLIAM
HUNTER, JAMES
PRENTISS, JOHN
PRENTISS, SAMUEL
ROBERTSON, GEORGE
1 Military Unit(s) related to this Petition
84TH REGIMENT
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1789 Ackerman, James - 1790 Bell, William
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288458
8191396
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191396?cat=78954
[209/831]
...Altho neither of the Partners applying are Personally resident in th Provice of New Brunswick yet, I ? myself that the business they have done for several years past, in that Province, tro their agents, Mr John Black at St John, Messrs James Fraser & Jas Thomas at Miramichi, who are interested in the business they conduct...
...
Affidavit of John Black's inspection of the house at Miramichi...
Fredericton
11th March 1790
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1819
County Saint John
Microfilm F4183
See petition of DONALD, WILLIAM
15 other Petitioner(s) were on this Petition
BLACK, COLLIN
BLACK, DANIEL
BLACK, DUGAL
BLACK, JAMES
DONALD, WILLIAM
FARQUHAR, ANNE
KNUTTON, JOHN
KNUTTON, MARGARET
MALLARD, ANN
MALLARD, ISABELLA
MALLARD, MARGARET B.
MALLARD, MARY
MALLARD, THOMAS
SANGSTER, JANE
SANGSTER, JOHN
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Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1819 Blakslee, Henry - 1819 Gould, Francis
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288479
8191265
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191265?cat=78954
[490/784]
...John Black of the Parish of Lancaster St John farmer
...nephew and devisess of James Black who died 1817
...came from Scotland 2 years since
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1820
County Saint John
Microfilm F4186
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Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1820 Baker, Nathan - 1820 Gilling, Jeremiah
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288482
8191268
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191268?cat=78954
[79/849]
John Black Jr
b Argyleshire, Scotland
r Little Dipper Harbour
i 1817
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1821
County Kent
Microfilm F4191
See petition of RANKIN, COLIN
3 other Petitioner(s) were on this Petition
LIVINGSTON, COLIN
RANKIN, COLIN
RANKIN, DONALD
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Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1821 Nicherson, Ezekiel - 1822 Black, John
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288487
8191272
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191272?cat=78954
[151/850]
...recent immigrants from Scotland
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name BLACK, JOHN
Year 1822
County Queens
Microfilm F4191
1 Military Unit(s) related to this Petition
74TH REGIMENT
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Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
1821 Nicherson, Ezekiel - 1822 Black, John
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288487
8191272
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191272?cat=78954
[839/850]
John Black ae 28 [1794] no children
discharged from the 74th Regiment 25 December 1820
...
Fredericton 26 March 1822
- DeLancey's Brigade
The John Black in the British Military Records Index is actually Jonathan Black.
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
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-index/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=421366
Bishop, W.C. - Boudreau, Joseph 6 C-11795
[406/5910] John Black Begins
[409/5910
John Black. Private, 2nd Battalion DeLancey'e Brigade 24 June 1781 C.1879 Page 15
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/397529?availability=Family%20History%20Library
British military records, "C" series, 1757-1899, located at the National Archives of Canada
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Vol. 1876 - vol. 1881, p. 93 Loyalist muster rolls: De Lancey's Brigades, 1st & 2nd, 1777-1783; 3rd, 1777-1781 (NAC film no. C-4220)
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1631545
8341985
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008341985?cat=397529
[423/783]
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Jona Black. [Several other Jona Blacks in the index]
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- [S3967] Petition of John Black and Others 2 January 1815, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (2 January 1815).
- [S2920] Census, US Federal, 1800, Department of Commerce, (1800).
- [S3962] Petition of John Black 10 April 1840, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (10 April 1840).
- [S3963] Petition of John Black 12 April 1841, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (12 April 1841).
- [S3964] Petition of John Black 24 April 1845, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (24 April 1845).
- [S3969] Petition of Jerusha Black 28 January 1850, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (28 January 1850).
- [S3971] Death Certificate of Eliza Pinkham, State of Maine, (d 19 December 1901).
- [S3961] Petition of John Black 6 January 1838, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (6 January 1838).
- [S21] Obituary of Eliza Black Francis Pinkham, Boston Globe, ([December 1901]).
- [S3970] Petition of Jerusha Black 8 November 1851, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (8 November 1851).
- [S3960] Petition of Jerushy Black January 1847 [1848], Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (January 1847 [1848]).
- [S3966] Petition of John Black [Jr] 17 February 1846, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (17 February 1846).
- [S3965] Petition of Jerusha Black 9 February 1857, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (9 February 1857).
- [S3968] Petition of Jerushy Black 15 January 1849, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (15 January 1849).
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