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This page has the modest purpose of attempting to augment the published record only of such descendants of Joseph⁴ Harris (living 1746), of Poughkeepsie, New York, as derive from the Loyalist lines which left New York for Nova Scotia in 1783. Our original starting point for the documentation of this family was the long two-part article on the Harrises of Block Island and Dutchess County by the late Dr. Roderick Bissell Jones (1898-1974), of Winstead, Connecticut, a physicist by profession, which appeared in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (hereafter NYGBR) for 1953.Roderick Bissell Jones, “The Harris Family of Block Island and Dutchess County, N.Y.,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 84, no. 3 (July 1953), 134-48; vol. 84, no. 4 (Oct. 1953), 216-32. This article has however not stood up well to subsequent scrutiny. First (although the correction now proves to be irrelevant to the present line) the treatment of the supposed two wives of the founder, William¹ Harris, was discovered to be in error.Robert H. Bowerman, “Additional material pertaining to the Harris family of Block Island and Dutchess County,” NYGBR 124 (1993): 222-24. Analysis of Jones’s later writings, which attempt to extend this Harris lineage backward, were found to contain insurmountable flaws by Gale Ion Harris, “Wyllys-Harris-Chambers-Hamlin-Smith,” The American Genealogist 64 (1989): 226-32. Later, Gale Ion Harris, the noted authority on many American Harris families, determined that a large number of persons treated in Jones’s article, including the present Joseph, actually belonged to an entirely different family than that of William¹ Harris, despite Jones’s belief in the “family tradition” that Joseph had “lived for some years with his [alleged] sister, Miriam (Harris) Coult, in Lyme, Conn., after her marriage in 1724.”Gale Ion Harris, “The supposed children of Thomas Harris of Dutchess County, New York: Reevaluation and Revisions,” NYGBR 133 (2002): 10-15; “Walter and Mary (Fry) Harris of New London, Connecticut,” NEHGR 156 (2002), 145-58, 262-79, 357-72. Miriam (Harris) Coult did indeed belong to the family of William¹ Harris, her name alone being almost sufficient to establish her as a daughter of Thomas Harris and Miriam Willey, but Harris makes a compelling case against her having brothers Peter, Stephen, and Joseph Harris, for none of whom Jones could find any baptismal records. Ironically, as Harris notes (NYGBR 133:12 n. 72), Jones was well aware (see NYGBR 84:139, footnote) that the family of Peter Harris, of New London, and his wife Elizabeth Manwaring, contained a “trio of brothers” with precisely these names, yet he insisted that they were “another” three men. This reassignment eliminated the Innes, Willey, and Moore ancestries which had been credited to Joseph Harris for half a century. In compensation, however, it introduced the Manwaring ancestry, which brings with it a royal line.

    It is, nevertheless, singularly fortunate that Jones, however mistakenly, took such an interest in the Harrises of Poughkeepsie and their Nova Scotian descendants, for pursuing his researches half a century ago, he preserved many details which might otherwise now be unrecoverable. Although Jones dealt exhaustively with the more recent male line of these Harrises, neither he nor his successors have made much effort to identify their wives.With the recent exception of Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, vol. 6 (2001), whose account of the Harrises postdates that given in the first appearance of the present page. His suggestion that Catharine Hegeman, wife of Joseph³ Harris, was a daughter of Frans and Antjen (Ruwaert) Hegeman, originally of Flatbush, L.I., proved easy enough to verify.For more detail on this matter see our The descendants of Hendrick Hegeman, of Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, New York. He ventures to suggest nothing concerning the parentage of Catharine Lent, wife of Francis⁴ Harris; but it must always have seemed obvious to genealogists that she belonged to the progeny of Abraham van Lent, of Newtown, L.I., about which much has been written. It turns out that we do not have to look further than the baptismal record of her eldest child to discover the names of her parents, Isaac Lent and Sara Luyster, who served as sponsors on that occasion. We shall present the evidence for this connection in greater detail in a forthcoming page on this site.

    The marriages, in succession, of Joseph Harris to Catharina Hegeman and of their son Francis Harris (firstly) to Catharina Lent, brought many Dutch lines into the ancestry of the Harrises of Sandy Cove, and this doubtless accounts for the fact that many of the latter report their ethnicity as “German” in nineteenth-century census records. Paternally, however, the line was certainly of British origin.

    Our accounts of Francis Harris and his brother Peter contain material from Canadian sources which, we believe, is mostly new. The versions or editions of church and cemetery records used are listed at the end of the text, preceding the endnotes; thanks is owed to the many persons, some of them anonymous, who have toiled to transcribe these records. Although something has definitely been achieved here in documenting this Nova Scotian line of Harrises — thanks in considerable part to the endeavors of Cecelia Botting — we have scarcely managed to trace any branches of the family beyond the third Canadian generation. Surely there must be many descendants of this family still living in the vicinity of Sandy Cove and Shelburne, but the extreme commonness of the surname — it was the single commonest surname in the neighboring county of Annapolis in 1870Terrence M. Punch, Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia (Halifax, 1978), 114. — is a great impediment to research.

    These researches were greatly aided in their early stages by the late Cecelia (Coon) Botting (1905-1994), who read and commented upon an earlier draft. We are unclear as to precisely when she and her husband, the late Roland B. Botting, first identified the parentage of Catharine Harris, wife of John Comfort. It was some time between the publication in 1957 of the first edition of their Descendants of John Kennedy, where the Comfort and Harris families are confused, and the publication in 1971 of Comfort Families of America, where, probably by an oversight, her parents were never named, but the correct statement on p. 331 that they “were married in 1763” shows that the authors had the right couple in mind. This allusion was later clarified by Cecelia Botting in a personal communication to the present compiler, in which she kindly supplied the reference to the 1953 article by Jones. Thanks are also due to Cheryl Andrews for providing material on her ancestral lines, to Ross W. McCurdy, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, for contributing important source material, and to Wayne Morgan, of Nova Scotia, and Rob McDormand, of Richmond, B.C., for help with the Ontario branch of the family. We shall certainly be grateful for any further information.

    Please note that while the generation numbers in the headings refer to family’s presence in Nova Scotia, the superscript numerals after persons’ names follow the usual convention of reckoning generations in descent from the colonial immigrant (i.e. Walter¹ Harris).

The parents of the Nova Scotia Immigrants

1.   Joseph⁴ Harris, of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, son of Peter³ (Gabriel², Walter¹) Harris, of New London, by the latter’s wife Elizabeth Manwaring, daughter of Oliver Manwaring (or Mainwaring), also of New London, was bapt. 12 June 1709 in the First Church of New London, Connecticut, and was still alive in 1746.Roderick Bissell Jones, “The Harris Family of Block Island and Dutchess County, N.Y.,” NYGBR 84 (1953): 134-48, 216-32, at pp. 143-6, which tentatively but correctly identifies Joseph’s wife, and notes the mention of him in Francis Filkin’s account-book, among other sources. But notice the error in its account of Joseph’s parentage, already referred to, and corrected in the articles by Gale Ion Harris previously cited. According to Gale Ion Harris, “He left New London in 1729 and resided in several towns in the westerly part of Connecticut — Waterbury, Guilford, Ridgefield, Reading — before moving … across the line into Dutchess Co., N.Y.,” and is last attested in Connecticut records on 19 Oct. 1736, when, being described as “of Reading in y^e County of Fairfield,” he sold for £90 his 5-acre “homested … together with y^e house thereon standing” in Ridgefield.G.I. Harris, in NYGBR 133:14-15. Joseph Harris, “son of Mr. Peter Harris, deceased, formerly of New London, now of Waterbury,” sold his father’s share of land in Waterbury when he came of age in 1730; in a deed dated 1 Feb. 1731, he is called “resident now of Guilford, New Haven County,” Connecticut.R.B. Jones, in NYGBR 84:139 n., citing Waterbury Deeds, v. 3, p. 441, in a passage in which he was unaware he was referring to the present man. G.I. Harris gives further details of Connecticut land transactions for this man. Joseph Harris is first of record in New York in 1737, when he is listed as a tax-payer in the Middle Ward of Nine Partners Precinct, Dutchess Co.Year Book [of the] Dutchess County Historical Society, 25:47. He m. before 1739, and probably before 1736, Catharina Hegeman, b. say 1711, probably at Flatbush, Kings Co., New York, living 1746, daughter of Frans Hegeman, of Poughkeepsie, by the latter’s wife Antjen Rouard or Ruwaert. This marriage accounts for the subsequent persistence of the name Francis (the English form of Frans) in this branch of the Harris family.
    In 1738 Joseph Harris was appointed Constable and Collector for Crum Elbow Precinct.Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, 7:21. According to Jones he paid taxes in the Middle Ward of Dutchess County in 1737-38, in Crum Elbow Precinct in 1738-41, and in Poughkeepsie in 1741-45. He baptized four children in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church in 1739-45. The account-book of his wife’s mother’s half-brother, Francis Filkin, who was the landlord of their farm at Crum Elbow, records sales to him in 1744 of a total of 14 dozen pigeons, suggesting that he may have been planning to breed them.Francis Filkin’s account-book, published as Account book of a country store keeper in the 18^th century at Poughkeepsie (Poughkeepsie, 1911), pp. 92, 93. The same record mentions under the date 1 April 1746 that Joseph Harris had absconded, owing a year’s rent and abandonning his wife and children.Filkin’s account-book, 92. He was apparently never heard from again.
    According to G.I. Harris’s account, Joseph Hegeman probably had five children,G.I. Harris does not accept the attribution of a son John to this couple by R.B. Jones. but we confine our attention here to the two sons through whom Canadian branches of the family derive:Another line of descent from him and his wife is traced, through the Van Vliet family, in Ruth Ellsworth Richardson, Samuel Richardson (1602-1658) and Josiah Ellsworth (1629-1689): some descendants (1974).

1. 2Peter Harris, bapt. 26 May 1739.
2. 3Francis Harris, bapt. 9 May 1740.

First Canadian Generation

2.   (Capt.) Peter⁵ Harris, J.P., of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, son of Joseph Harris and Catharina Hegeman, was bapt. 26 May 1739 in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church with sponsors Pieter Harris and Maria Heegeman, and d. (probably intestate) 19 June 1779 at New York City.Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 2^nd Report (1904), 635-6. He m. (probably as her first husband) by New York licence dated 27 May 1763,Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, previous to 1784 (Albany, 1860), 172. Record of the actual marriage has not been discovered. Sarah Dubois, living 1786, daughter (and probably heiress) of Gideon Dubois, of Poughkeepsie, by the latter’s wife Sara, daughter of Col. Barent Van Kleeck and Antoinette Parmentier.This connection, which is consistent with contemporary records, is given in “an ancient parchment, the ‘Van Kleeck chart’ … now in the possession of the Dutchess County Historical Society,” transcribed in Prentiss Glazier’s Van Kleeck family of Dutchess County, New York (typescript, 1974, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society), and referred to in p. 3 of his text. Gideon DuBois was bapt. 11 Jan. 1719 in the Kingston Dutch Church, son of Matthys DuBois and Sara Matthys [van Keulen] (Kingston Dutch Reformed Church baptismal register, entry no. 2628), and older brother of Jeremiah DuBois, bapt. 18 May 1721 in the same church (Ibid., entry no. 2879), who married Rachel Viele, and served with her as a baptismal sponsor for the third child of Sarah (DuBois) Harris. It is not clear precisely when Gideon DuBois married Sara van Kleeck, but they served together as baptismal sponsors on 8 May 1740 in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church, although no relationship is stated between them in the record. Jones further notes, “She is said to have married (2nd) in 1786, Col. Nathaniel Vernon, in Nova Scotia but she is referred to as ‘Mrs. Harris’ in the vestry minutes of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, in 1797.” We cannot vouch for the content of these vestry minutes, but if she was indeed the “Sarah Harris” who m. Nathaniel Vernon, then the marriage occurred (in Christ Church, Shelburne) on 28 July 1792,Our source here, as for all the Shelburne church and cemetery records, is Shelburne Records, transcribed by the Nova Scotia Branch of the Public Archives of Canada ca. 1920, typescript, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, MG 4, vol. 141, reel 21958. not on the date stated by Jones. Whoever this Sarah Harris may have been — and we note that the widow Sarah (Dubois) Harris had a daughter named Sarah Harris — she was not Vernon’s only wife; for as “Capt. Nathaniel Vernon” he afterward married in the same church on 7 July 1803, Margaret Percy, and as “Nathaniel Vernon, half pay capt. 17^th Regt. Dragoons,” he was baptized as an adult, together with his son Augustus by this second wife, on 17 May 1807.There is a notice of Nathaniel Vernon in Donald J. Gara, British Legion Biographical Sketches, Cavalry Officers, available online at http://www.royalprovincial.com/Military/rhist/britlegn/blcav1.htm. His son, Augustus Vernon, d. 10 April 1856, aged 50 years, leaving behind a family, and was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Shelburne, where a tombstone survived in 2002.
    For our knowledge of Peter Harris we are much indebted to the account given by R.B. Jones, despite its occasional inaccuracies. In May 1759, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Dutchess County Militia and a year later was promoted to Captain, a post he retained through 1762 or later. At that time he is described as five feet, eight inches tall, brown complexion, with black hair and eyes.R.B. Jones, citing “Colonial Muster Rolls,” in Second Annual Report of the State Historian of the State of New York (1896), pp. 520, 535, 555, 700. Peter Harris was of Rumbout Precinct in 1759-61, when he paid taxes there.Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in Rombout Precinct and the original town of Fishkill (Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, VI, 1938), 27. He baptized a child at New Hackensack in 1764, and two more at Poughkeepsie in 1766-68. He would not live many more years, and a warrant, dated 19 June 1779, the day of his death, refers to “Capt. Peter Harris’s Company, commanded by Lieut. Coll. Abrm. Van Buskirk,” passing on control of his troops.New Jersey Volunteers Authorization to Recruit, available online at http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/njv/njvrcrt.htm, citing Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Museum, Captain Peter Harris file. According to Jones, “He was one of the founders of Christ Episcopal Church in Poughkeepsie in 1766, and his name is entered on the subscription list for £10, an unusually large amount; also, the early organizational meetings were held at his house. He contributed the linen for the Rev. Mr. Beardsley’s surplice and was one of those responsible for the latter’s salary. When the Glebe land for the church was purchased, he was one of two people that furnished a £300 bond toward its cost and he argeed to pay an annuity of £4 annually to Mrs. Ostrum, widow of the former owner. In 1797, Mrs. Harris, Capt. Peter’s widow, was asked by the vestry of Christ Church to furnish receipts of the amount paid.”R.B. Jones, citing Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Records of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie (1911), v. I, pp. 14, 17, 19, 48, 379.
    “Peter Harris fought in the French and Indian War under Gen. Jeffrey Amherst. A copy of the order, issued to him at the stime, is still extant. Authorizing him to raise a company of men to reduce Montreal, it is dated April 1760, and was signed by James Delancey. Capt. Peter was one of the leaders in the Christ Church group that took the King’s side during the Revolution and served in the Fourth Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers in the Prince of Wales’ Regiment. He was twice taken prisoner, once after the evacuation of Boston, and escaped to the British man-of-war Asia on both occasions. His widow had quarters on Long Island and was provided for by the British until she sailed for Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in 1783 with her children, Catherine and Peter.”R.B. Jones, in NYGBR; the original materials which he summarizes are in the Harris files at the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia (hereafter P.A.N.S.), MG 100, vol. 161, no. 54; reel 15201.
    Sarah DuBois would appear to have been a woman of considerable property. On 23 Sept. 1775, Myndert Van Kleeck, merchant, of Poughkeepsie, acting “in trust for Sarah wife of Peter Harris,” lent £500 to Peter Van De Water, farmer, of Rombout Precinct, who put up 158 acres of land as security.Eighteenth Century Records…, mortages, no. 152. The widow Sarah (DuBois) Harris made petition in 1786 for reparation of her husband’s war losses, stating that he had left money in the hands of “Isaac Haegaman, farmer, of Rombout,”Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 2^nd Report, 635-6; Peter Wilson Coldham, American Loyalist Claims, volume I, abstracted from the Public Record Office, Audit Office Series 13, Bundles 1-35 & 37 (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980), 218-19; also Harris file in P.A.N.S. and a copy of the “Estimate of the Loss of Property and Effects, Sustained by Sarah Harris, widow of the late Capt. Peter Harris,” mentioning “bonds in the hands of Isaac Hagerman of Rumbout,” with a list of debtors, is to be found in the Harris file at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.Harris file, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, MG 100, vol. 161, no. 54, reel 15201. This Isaac Hegeman was presumably Peter Harris’s maternal uncle of this name, who was still alive at the time.This man’s will was made no earlier than 1793, although two different dates are given in Eighteenth Century Records of … Rombout Precinct: estates, no. 108, and in Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, 3 (1995), p. 617.
    Known issue:

1. Sarah Harris, bapt. July 1764 in the New Hackensack Dutch Church, Dutchess Co., with sponsors Gideon Du Bois and Neeltje Luyster. We have found no further record of her.
2. Peter Harris, of Shelburne, bapt. 19 Oct 1766 in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, no sponsors being named in the record; living 1829. An unsourced record extracted in the IGI states that he d. 4 May 1835 at Sandy Cove. Jones mentions that he was brought to Shelburne as a child. The names of his son clearly distinguish him from his cousin, Peter Harris, of Digby. He m. 11 Nov. 1802 in the parish church of SS George and Patrick (more commonly known as Christ Church), Shelburne,Controlled extracts for the marriage register of Christ Church, Shelburne, 1783-1869, in the IGI, batches M510051, M534151. Margaret Matthews, living 1827. Although the mother of his first child is named in the baptismal register as Sarah Jane, this is surely incorrect as the mother of the second and third is called Margaret. In the baptismal record of his son Peter and daughter Sarah (1814) he is called of “McNutt’s Island in Shelburne Harbour, farmer.” In that of his twin sons Joseph and William (1818) he is simply called of Shelburne, farmer. He is probably the Peter Harris, with a family of 4 males and 2 females, enumerated in the 1827 census of Shelburne Tp., Shelburne Co. On 14 June 1827, for some reason which is not apparent, he made, possibly in his own hand, a document making “Margreat Harris of Shelburn” his “lawful attorny.”A photocopy of this document will be found in the Harris file, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, MG 100, vol. 161, no. 54, reel 15201.
       Known issue (all baptisms in Christ Church, Shelburne):Controlled extracts from the baptismal register of Christ Church, Shelburne, 1783-1869, as indexed in the IGI, batch C510051.
   1. Peter DuBois Harris, bapt. 15 Oct. 1814 (but as a son of Peter and Sarah Jane Harris). He has not been found in the LDS index to the 1881 census.
   2. Sarah Jane Harris, bapt. together with her brother Peter; of her nothing further is known.
   3. Joseph Bell Harris (twin), b. 29 April 1818, bapt. 12 May following, evidently named for his uncle-by-marriage, Joseph Bell. He has not been found in the LDS index to the 1881 census.
   4. William Cox Harris (twin), b. 29 April 1818, bapt. 12 May following. He has not been found in the LDS index to the 1881 census.
3. DuBois Gideon Harris, bapt. 26 Dec. 1768 in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, with sponsors William Emott, Jeremiah Du Bois [the mother’s uncle], and Rachel Du Bois [the latter’s wife]. He d. (probably unmarried) of consumption “at the age of “21” (sic) years,” and was buried 3 March 1791 in Christ Church cemetery, Shelburne. He is called “DuBois Gideon” (rather than “Gideon DuBois”) in the records of his baptism and burial.
4. 4Catharine Harris, b. 1768-70.

3.   Francis⁵ Harris, of Rumbout Precinct, Dutchess Co., New York, and of Sandy Cove, Digby Tp., Annapolis (since 1837 Digby) Co., Nova Scotia, “yeoman,” son of Joseph Harris and Catharina Hegeman, was bapt. 9 May 1740 in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church with sponsors Frans Hegeman and Antjen Ruwaard [his mother’s parents], and d. in Nova Scotia in 1816, between 1 April (when he made his will) and 27 Dec. (when a warrant of appraisement for his estate was issued).Gale Ion Harris, “The supposed children of Thomas Harris of Dutchess County, New York,” at p. 16, citing Digby Co. Wills and Administrations, 1803-1845 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,818,577], unpaginated. A copy of the original record was kindly provided to us by Ross W. McCurdy. He m. (1) 10 Jan. 1763 in the Rumbout Presbyterian Church, Dutchess Co., N.Y.,NYGBR 69:291. Catharina Lent, b. say 1743 in New York State, living 1767 but d. by 1774, daughter of Isaac Lent, of Rumbout Precinct, by the latter’s wife Sara Luyster, her parentage being indicated by the appearance of “Isaac Lent and his wife Sarah Luister” as baptismal sponsors to her son Peter in 1765. Francis Harris paid taxes in Rumbout Precinct in 1763 and 1765-73.Eighteenth-century records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill (Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, vol. VI, 1938), p. 27. He was living at Hopewell (now called Hopewell Junction) in 1765-77, when he had children baptized there. A deed of June 1771 which calls him “Francis Harris, yeoman, of Rombout,” recites the fact that in March 1768 his father-in-law Isaac Lent had co-signed for him a mortgage worth £600.“Francis Harris with Isaac Lent (lately deceased) gave a bond on March 16, 1768, to Charles LeRoux for £600; and Harris and LeRoux have agreed that LeRoux will alllow to Harris and the heirs of Isaac Lent, deceased, extension of payment date” (Eighteenth-century records of … Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill, mortgagee no. 100, pp. 143-4, citing Dutchess Co. Mortgages, Liber III, page 114, June 1771. He, as “widower of Cathrina Lent,” m. (2) 17 July 1774 in the Hopewell Dutch Church, Engeltje (“Evangeline”) Vandewater, d. about 1811, of Hopewell but of unstated parentage; she was probably a daughter of Peter Vandewater (or Van De Water), of Hopewell and Fishkill, and latter’s wife Egtje de Lange, who were of the right age to be her parents, and she was almost certainly not this Peter’s sister, as claimed in Wilson V. Ledley’s 1958 Vandewater manuscript at the Holland Society of New York.This manuscript, and the chronological implausibility of Ledley’s claim, were kindly brought to our attention by Ross W. McCurdy. Peter’s sister (almost certainly), Engeltje Vandewater, m. 29 June 1750 in the Fishkill Dutch Church, Jonas Schoonhoven, from Esopus (now Kingston). Ledley, without citing any evidence, claims that she afterward became the wife of Francis Harris. But had she been so, she would surely have been called a widow in their marriage record, which she is not (yet he is called a widower, leaving no reason to think the record was careless in this respect). Furthermore, it is nearly impossible that a woman first married in 1750 could still have been bearing children so late as 1788.
    Peter Vandewater and Egtje de Lange, who were married 2 Feb. 1744 at Fishkill (no places of origin or residence for them being given in the record), had the following known children:

1. Lena, bapt. 25 Dec. 1745 at Fishkill; no sponsors named.
2. Jacobus, said to have been b. 13 Jan. 1747.
3. Pieter, Jr., bapt. 12 Sept. 1759 at Hopewell (also recorded under date of 30 Dec. 1759 at Fishkill), with sponsors Paul Vandevoorten and Jannet Vandewater [perhaps the father’s sister; a “Jannetke” Vandewater joined the Fishkill Dutch church on 2 Sept. 1744].
4. Sara, bapt. (as “Saartje”) 18 Oct. 1761 at Fishkill, with sponsors “Joonis” Schoonhoven and “Engelye” Schoonhoven [i.e. Jonas Schoonhoven, from Esopus (now Kingston), and his wife Engeltje Vandewater, from Long Island, who were married 29 June 1750 in the Fishkill Dutch Church; Ledley plausibly identifies her as a sister of Peter].
5. Jannetje, bapt. 25 Oct. 1763 at Hopewell, with sponsor Jannetje de Lang, widow [ostensibly the mother’s mother]. She was likely the Jannetje Vandewater who m. Moses De Graef, and baptized a daughter named Egje [sic] 7 June 1782 in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church (no sponsors being named in the record).
6. Elizabeth, bapt. 24 July 1768 at Hopewell; no sponsors named.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Francis Harris, of the Township of Digby in the County of Annapolis & Province of Nova Scotia, yeoman, being in good health of body and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament….
    Principally … I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gaive it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in Christian burial, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty power of God. And as touching such wourldly things and estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise [sic! — corrected to “devise” in registered copy], and dispose of the same in manner following, viz.:
    Firstly…, that after my decease and after my just debts are paid and funeral expenses, I … will to my eldes[t] son Peter Harrise {or his heirs} … the sum of fifteen pound currency … to be paid to him … by my son Stephen Harris or my executors in twelve months after my decease in stock or money. Also I give and bequeath to my second son Stephen Harris the sole possession of my lot of land number twenty three also the lot of land number twenty two adjoining to the former lot of land both situated on the north side of St. Marys Bay for him … and his heirs {and assigns} to have and to hold forever.
    Also to my third son Francis Harris I give and bequeath … all my lot of Land number sixteen for him …, his heirs {and assigns}, to have and to hold for ever…. Also six large silver spoons and all the farming intinshal [i.e. utensils] and a pare of hand irons, shovel and tongues [tongs], and trammel, and six tin milk pans, one bed and beading [bedding], and all my carpenter’s tools, and one yoke of oxen, one cow, two heffers [heifers], three sheep, and all the household furniture excepting what shall be given to my daughters … hereafter named. Also my son Francis [shall] pay all my funeral expen[s]es.
    Also I give unto my daughter Hannah one bead [bed] and beading [bedding] curtains, and six silver teaspoons….
    Also I give to my daughter Sarah … one silver snuffbox, one bakepan one chest; also ten pound[s] to be paid her by my son Francis, as occas[i]onaly required or as my Executors shall think propper….
    Also I give unto to my granddaughter Angalshe Harris, daughter of the said Peter Harris, a small spinning-wheel and three sheep.
    Item I give to my daughter Catharine the sum of ten pound[s], to be paid by my son Francis.
    Also my will is that if any of my sons or sons-in-law bring any accounspts [sic] against my estate after my decease they shall be taken out of what I have given them or their wives in my will.
    I constitute, make, and ordain my trusty friend Jacob Connell junior and my beloved son Stephen Harris my executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby utterly dissallow, revoke and disannul [!] {all} and every other … by ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament.
    In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen … in the presences of … John Morehouse Sn, Isaac Morehouse, Joseph Morehouse.Original will of Francis Harris, of Digby, 1 April 1816, Digby County Probates no. A-27, P.A.N.S. reel 20457, collated against registered copy, P.A.N.S. R.G. 48, reel 19326, and punctuation added and capitalization normalized for the sake of clarity. We have inserted in curly braces a few words which appear only in the registered copy, evidently inserted to correct defects in the legal phrasing.

    A letter written by his daughter Hannah (Harris) Saunders to her sister Catharine (Harris) Comfort in December 1817 (formerly in the possession of the latter’s descendant Cecelia Botting), refers to Francis Harris’ death in the previous year and to his second wife Evangeline’s death six years earlier.Information contained in a letter to the compiler from the late Cecelia (Coon) Botting, of Tucson, Arizona, dated 13 Feb. 1991; we have not personally seen the letter to which she refers. Mrs. Botting’s exact words, in describing the letter, were as follows: “From the letter of Hannah Saunders to John and Catherine [née Harris] Comfort and delivered by Stephen Harris to Catharine, she gives the approximate date of her parents’ deaths, news of neighbors, and the names of her two oldest boys: Billy who was 24 and Francis who was 20, both living at home. Her letter was dated Dec. 1817 and that means Billy was born in 1793 and Francis in 1797.”
    By his first wife, Catharina Lent, Francis Harris had the following children:

1. 5Peter Harris, bapt. 27 Oct 1765.
2. 6Catharine Harris, b. 5 Oct 1767.

    By his second wife, Engeltje Vandewater, Francis Harris had the following children:

3. Stephen Harris, b. 13 Sept. 1774, bapt. 26 March 1775 in the Hopewell Dutch Church (no sponsors being named in the record), apparently living 1817, when he is said to have carried a letter from his sister Hannah to his sister Catharine in Lincoln Co., U.C. His name appears in the accounts of Stephen Fountain’s general store at Sandy Cove between 1806 and 1811,Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 125. and he shared with his father and others in an 1816 grant of pasture land at the head of St. Mary’s Bay.Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 38. However, no one of this name appears in the 1838 census of Digby Tp.
4. 7Hannah Harris, bapt. 27 Aug. 1777 in the New Hackensack Dutch Church with sponsors “Pieter van de Water and his wife.”
5. 8Francis Harris, Jr., born in Nova Scotia, bapt. 20 Sept. 1791 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby.
6. Sarah Harris, probably born in Nova Scotia, living 1816, when she is named in her father’s will, but of whom nothing further is known. The bequest to her in her father’s will of an allowance with no stipulations suggests that she was not only unmarried, but was not expected to marry.

Second Canadian Generation

4.   Catharine⁶ Harris, daughter of (Capt.) Peter Harris, J.P., of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, by the latter’s wife Sarah Dubois, was b. some time in 1768-70, d. 26 May 1852, aged 72 years (per her tombstone) or 73 years (per the burial register), and was buried in Christ Church cemetery, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, although there was no surviving tombstone for her there in 2002. She m. 7 May 1802 in Christ Church, Shelburne, Joseph Bell, of Shelburne, living 1812.A “Joseph Bell, of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire … m. Sarah, dau. of Peter and Elizabeth (Lee) Lake, of Shrewsbury. The family came over to New York, and in the fall of 1793 came with the Loyalists to Shelburne. A few years afterward they removed to Yarmouth, where Mr. Bell d. 2^d July, 1828, aged 89. Mrs. Bell d. 9 Aug., 1809. They had two daus., one of whom m. in Orange Co., N.Y., and remained there. The other, Elizabeth, b. in London 9^th Jan^y., 1766, accompanied her parents to Shelburne, and m. there 5^th May, 1785, Joseph Norman Bond.” — George S. Brown, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, genealogies, transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald (Baltimore, 1993), 48. This Bell-Bond marriage is also noted in G.W.T. Farish, M.D., “A Medical Biography of the Bond-Farish family,” Canadian Medical Association Journal 23 (1930): 696-8, available online at http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/town/people/farish.htm. Brown’s account is further supported by the statement that “Joseph Bell, born in England, came to New York before the Revolution. At the peace [he] came to Shelburne with his family of three and one servant. Removed to Yarmouth and died there in 1829, aged 89 years.” — see Disbanded Soldiers Mustered at Shelburne, available online at http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Marston/articles/Shelburne_table.html. Joseph Bell was “a captain of one of the companies of Loyalists,” and his name is commemmorated in Bell’s Cove, as mentioned in Mary Archibald, “The Shelburne Loyalists,” Nova Scotia Historical Review 3 (1983): 5-20, at p. 10, n. 16. He was warranted land in Shelburne County in 1785 (Gilroy, Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, p. 107).
    This man cannot, however, have been the Joseph Bell who married Catharine Harris. First, he was still married to Sarah Lake 6½ years after Catharine Harris’s first child was born, and secondly, he himself was still alive throughout 1827, in which year Catharine is attested as a widow. If this is the right Bell family, he, with a birthdate of about 1738, was some thirty years older than Catharine Harris, and may perhaps have been her father-in-law, though we have found no evidence that he actually was. Finally, it should be noted that William Bell, son of Joseph Bell and Catharine Harris, reported his ethnicity as Irish in the 1881 census. Given the known composition of her family, she was surely the Catharine Bell, Methodist, with a household consisting of 1 male and 4 females, who is found in the 1827 census of Shelburne Tp., the adjacent entry being for her son-in-law James Hemeon.Public Archives of Nova Scotia, R.G. 1, vol. 446, fos. 72, 73, on Public Archives of Canada microfilm no. M-5219. Known issue, all baptisms in Christ Church:An anonymous typescript in the Harris file, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, MG 100, vol. 161, no. 54, reel 15201, credits them also with a son “Tom John (1807-1889),” but no evidence is offered, and his stated date of birth is in conflict with that of the known son William John in the same year.

1. An unnamed child of uncertain gender, bapt. 19 Jan. 1803.
2. Clarissa Bell (twin to Almira below?), bapt. 1 April 1804, d. 19 Oct. 1846, and buried 22 Oct. following in Christ Church Cemetery, Shelburne, a tombstone surviving in 2002.Garry Burt, Shelburne County Cemteries, CD-ROM series, vol. 1. She m. before 1835 and probably by 1827, James Hemeon, bapt. 1 March 1801 in Christ Chuch, Shelburne, living 1846 (there is no surviving tombstone for him in Christ Church Cemetery), son of Philip Hemeon, of Shelburne, by the latter’s wife Mary Anne.The name appears in a variety of spellings, including Hemion and Hemeion, but the most prevalent was Hemeon. Philip Hemion d. 6 April 1837, aged 70 years, and his wife Mary Ann, who d. 7 Oct. 1857, aged 82 years, are buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Shelburne. His will, not seen by us, was proved at Shelburne on 24 Nov 1837. He was a son of Adam Hemeon, d. 25 Aug. 1825 aged 84 years, and the latter’s wife Sophia, d. 1 Jan. 1793 aged 45 years, who are also buried in Christ Church Cemetery, the connection being established by the extensive Hemeon memoir in Brown’s Yarmouth Genealogies, 729-37. James is erroneously called Philip (the name of his father) by Jones. James “Hemion,” carpenter, a Methodist, is found in the 1827 census of Shelburne Tp. with a household of 1 male and 1 female.P.A.N.S., R.G. 1, vol. 446, fos. 72, 73; Public Archives of Canada microfilm no. M-5219. He is called of Ohio, farmer, in the baptismal record of his daughter Catharine (1835), and of Oak Hill, farmer, in that of his son Joseph (1838). He is again called of Ohio in his wife’s burial record. He has not been found in the LDS index to the 1881 census. Jones mentions that Clarissa Bell and James Hemeon had a “great-granddaughter, Naomi (Thorburn) Rowse…, living in Shelburne in 1952…, to whom we are indebted for information on this family.”NYGBR 84:220. We do not know from which child Naomi Thorburn was descended, but Clarissa Bell and James Hemeon had at least the following issue (all baptisms in Christ Church, Shelburne):Patrons’ submission records extracted in the IGI credit them with four additional children, for whom we know of no contemporary evidence:
   1. James Cornelius Hemeon (b. ca. 1830 per 1881 census). He m. in Jan. 1854 at Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia (IGI), Caroline Nickerson, and had issue.
   2. Almira Hemeon, b. 1836.
   3. Albert M. Hemeon (b. ca. 1842 per 1881 census), of Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia. He m. 13 March 1864 at Port Medway, Queens Co., Nova Scotia (IGI), Letitia Parks, and had issue.
   4. Clarissa Hemeon, b. 1845, d. 21 March 1847.
   1. Catharine Harris Hemeon, b. 7 July 1835, bapt. 20 Sept. following.
   2. Joseph Bell Hemeon, b. 18 April 1838, bapt. 19 Sept. following.
   3. ____ Hemeon (position uncertain; possibly identical with one of the children listed above). We do not know the gender of this child, but he or she must have been the parent of:
      1. Clarissa Belle ____ (daughter), b. 1862-63, d. 1899, aged 36 years, and buried with her husband in Pine Grove Cemetery, Elliott Street, in the town of Shelburne. Although her tombstone gives her name as “Clarissa Belle,” it seems likely she was really named Clarissa Bell after her grandmother. Their obelisk-style tombstone appears to have been inscribed on only two of its four sides, and there are no other obvious family members buried with them.Garry Burt, Shelburne County Cemteries, CD-ROM series, vol. 1. One would expect her to appear in Shelburne County in the 1881 census, but there is no chronologically suitable candidate of any surname in the LDS index to that census. We know it must have been she, and not her husband, who was a grandchild of James Hemeon and Clarissa Bell, as her husbands’ parents were two old for such a connection to have been chronologically possible. She m. (as his first wife) before 1893, (Capt.) Albert Thorburn, b. 31 Aug. 1861 in Nova Scotia (per 1901 census), d. 1950, and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, son of James and Dorcas (____) Thorburn, of Jordan River, Shelburne Co., with whom he appears as a 19-year-old in the 1881 census, in which he is called a fisherman.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 13 (Shelburne), subdistrict E (Jordan River), p. 8; PAC microfilm no. C-13171 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,807]. The entry reads:
         

         James Thorborn   M  Male   Scottish  57  N.S. farmer
         Dorcas Thorborn  M  Female Scottish  55  N.S. ----
         Albert Thorborn     Male   Scottish  19  N.S. fisherman 
         Fr...man Thorborn   Male   Scottish  17  N.S. farmer
         ====
         Entire family is Baptist
         

         
         Given his evident birthdate of 1823-24, James Thorburn is probably identical with the James Thorbourne, b. 25 Oct. 1823, bapt. 19 April 1827 in Christ Church, Shelburne (per IGI), son of John and Martha (____) Thorbourne. Albert Thorburn, of Shelburne Co., seaman, is listed in a directory published in 1896.McAlpine’s Nova Scotia Directory for 1896 (Halifax: McAlpine’s Publishing Company, 1896), p. 1486. He appears as a widower, with his two children by his first wife, in the 1901 census of Sandy Point, Shelburne Co., in which he is called a “capton” (i.e. captain).1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 40 (Shelburne & Queens), subdistrict C (Sandy Point), division 6, p. 10. The entry reads:
         

         Albert Thorbourne  head     W     40  31 Aug. 1861  capton [sic]
         Naomi Thorbourne   ....*    S      8  13 Jan. 1893
         Bertram Thorbourne son      S      6  10 [?] Aug. 1894
         Ethel Griffith     housekpr M     34   4 Feb. 1867
         Al... Griffith     " son    M [!]  9  19 Oct. 1892
         ====
         Entire household of English origin, Canadian ethnicity,
         Baptist religion
         * illegible
         

         He married secondly before 1907, Mary C. ____, and they appear with the two children of his first marriage and three additional children of their own in the 1911 census of Sandy Point.1911 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Shelburne & Queens, subdistrict 19 (Sandy Point), p. 10. The entry reads:
         

         Thorburn Albert      M  head  M  Aug.  1861   50
         Thorburn Mary C.     F  wife  M  Jan.  1879   32
         Thorburn Naomi E.    F  dau.  S  Jan.  1893   18
         Thorburn Bertram     M  son   S  Aug.  1894   16
         Thorburn Gerald E.B. M  son   S  April 1907    4
         Thorburn Murry W.    M  son   S  Dec.  1908    2
         Thorburn Walter A.   M  son   S  Sept. 1910 2/12
         

         Albert Thorburn and his first wife had only two (surviving) children:
         1. Naomi Ellen Thorburn, b. 13 Jan. 1893 (per 1901 census), d. 7 Dec. 1982, aged 89 years, and buried (as Naomi Ellen Rowse) in Pine Grove Cemetery, Elliott Street, in the town of Shelburne. She was living unmarried with her father in 1911, but subsequently m. ____ Rowse, who does not appear to be buried with her. This is the Naomi Rowse of Shelburne mentioned as an informant by R.B. Jones.
         2. Bertram Thorburn, b. 10 [?] Aug. 1894 (per 1901 census); living with his father in 1911.
   4. Emily Jane Hemeon, b. 4 April 1843 in Nova Scotia, bapt. 16 July following, d. in 1911, aged 67 years, and buried with her husband and two children in Pine Grove Cemetery, Elliott Street, in the town of Shelburne.Garry Burt, Shelburne County Cemteries, CD-ROM series, vol. 1. She m. 28 Dec. 1870 at Oak Hill, N.S. (IGI), Joseph McNutt Martin, b. about 1834 (aged 47 in 1881, 76 in 1911) in Nova Scotia, d. in 1911, aged 76 years. They were enumerated at Jordan River, Shelburne Co., in the 1881 census, in which Joseph is called a farmer.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 13 (Shelburne County), subdistrict E (Jordan River), p. 10; PAC microfilm no. C-13171 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,807.] The entry reads:
      

      Joseph Martin M Male   Scottish  47  N.S.  C. Presbyterian  farmer 
      Emily Martin  M Female German    37  N.S.  C. Methodist     ----
      Oscar Martin    Male   Scottish   9  N.S.  C. Methodist     student
      Kate Martin     Female Scottish   9  N.S.  C. Methodist     student
      

      We have not found this couple in the 1901 census. Known issue (this listing is probably complete):
      1. Oscar McNutt Martin (twin to Kate), b. 1871-72 (aged 9 in 1881) in Nova Scotia, d. 1 June 1955, aged 85 years, and buried with his parents. The tombstone specifically calls him and his sister Kate twins.
      2. Kate L.H. Martin (twin to Oscar), b. 1871-72 (aged 9 in 1881) in Nova Scotia, d. 9 June 1969, aged 97 years; m. Capt. Allan Doleman, lost at sea in 1919, who is commemorated on the family tombstone.
3. Almira Bell (twin to Clarissa above?), bapt. 1 April 1804, living unmarried with her brother William in 1881.
4. Lucretia Bell, bapt. 7 April 1806. She m. 15 Jan. 1839 in Christ Church, Shelburne, Israel Lovitt Wilson, of Barrington, son of Obediah Wilson, of Barrington, by the latter’s second wife, Deborah, daughter of Andrew Lovitt, of Yarmouth.Lovitt Wilson is mentioned, but not traced further, in Edwin Crowell, History of Barrington Township (Yarmouth, 1923), 596. They have not been found in the LDS to the 1881 census.
5. William John Bell, b. about March 1807, bapt. 19 July 1807, d. 18 Nov. 1889, aged 82 years, 8 months, and buried in the Christ Church Cemetery, Shelburne, where a tombstone, inscribed on three sides, listing him, his wife, and two of their children, survived in 2002.Garry Burt, Shelburne County Cemteries, CD-ROM series, vol. 1. He m. (as her second husband) 28 Dec. 1837 in Christ Church, Shelburne, Jane (____) Dennis, b. 1806, d. 28 March 1900, aged 93 years, 10 months, and buried with her second husband, widow of ____ Dennis, of Barrington. Their marriage record calls him a shipwright, as do the baptismal records of all seven of his children, and the 1881 census. In 1881 their household included a servant, together with William’s sister, Almira Bell, and a Lucretia Bell, aged 23, who is perhaps an otherwise unknown granddaughter.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Shelburne Co., Shelburne, district 13, Sub-district C, p. 30; PAC microfilm no. C-13171 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,807]. The entry reads:
   

   William J. Bell M Male    Irish    74  N.S.  C. of E. ship wright
   Jane Bell       M Female  English  74  N.S.  C. of E.
   Lucretia Bell   M Female  English  23  N.S.  C. of E. 
   Jessie Bell       Female  English  23  N.S.  C. Meth. servant
   Almira Bell       Female  Irish    77  N.S.  C. of E.
   

   Known issue:
   
   1. John Bell, bapt. 13 Dec. 1838, d. 6 June 1863 at Shanghai, China, and buried with his parents.
   2. Deborah Wilson Bell, b. 1 Dec. 1840, bapt. 20 March 1841, d. unmarried shortly before 24 April 1865, when she was buried with her parents.
   3. George Wilson Bell,Information on this man was requested by Michael Christie in, “Dr. George Wilson Bell,” query dated 20 Jan. 2004, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsannapo/queries8.html. b. 4 Dec. 1842 (per 1901 census) at Shelburne, bapt. 15 Aug. 1844, d. 15 July 1908 at Aylesford, Kings Co., N.S., and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middleton, Wilmot Tp., Annapolis Co., N.S. He was a physician. He m. 16 Feb. 1871 at Amesbury, Merrimack Co., Massachusetts, Maria R.E. Woodbury, b. 10 Dec. 1844 (per 1901 census) at Middleton aforesaid, daughter of Francis Woodbury, of Middleton, by the latter’s wife Elizabeth Phinney Congdon.Larry Wert, Descendants of John & William Woodbury of Beverly, MA, available online at http://www.woodburyober.com/; Jack Manning, Nova Scotia Roots, available online at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmann49. George Wilson Bell is called a doctor in his marriage record. Bell and his wife are enumerated in the 1881 census at New Caledonia, Annapolis Co., in which he is called a physician and surgeon, and at which time there were no children in the household; his religion was Church of England but his wife’s Canadian Methodist.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 16 (Annapolis Co.), subdistrict F (New Caledonia), p. 56; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808. The entry reads:
      

      George W. Bell M Male   English 38 Nova Scotia Church of England
        Physician & Surgeon
      Maria W.   "   M Female English 36 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada ----
      

      Before the taking of the 1901 census Bell had removed to Kingston, Kings Co., N.S.; he is called a “doctor” and again there were no children in the household.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 36 (Kings County), subdistrict Q (Kingston), division 1, p. 1. The entry reads:
      

      George W. Bell  head 4 Dec.  1842  58  N.S. English  C. of E. doctor
      Maria W.  "     wife 10 Dec. 1844  56  N.S.   "      Meth.
      

      We do not know whether there was issue of this marriage.
   4. Catharine Bell, b. 17 Sept. 1844, bapt. 9 Dec. following.
   5. Mary Isabella Bell, b. 1 March 1845, bapt. 11 March following.
   6. William Bell, b. 31 July 1846, bapt. same day, d. the following day.
   7. Lucretia Bell, b. 12 Jan. 1848; she m. in 1869, Capt. Edward Murphy. They have not been found in the 1881 census.
6. Sarah Bell, bapt. 7 June 1812, of whom no further record has been found.

5.   Peter⁶ Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of Francis Harris and his first wife, Catharina Lent, was bapt. 27 Oct 1765 in Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A., with sponsors Isaac Lent and Sara Luister his wife [i.e. his maternal grandparents], and was still alive 1 April 1816, when he is mentioned in his father’s will. This man may safely be presumed to have been the Peter Harris whose name appears (without mention of wife or children) in the muster roll of Loyalists taken at Digby on 29 May 1784, listing him in Hilton’s Company with his name written beside that of his brother-in-law John Comfort, and with his place of settlement given as Digby.Calnek’s Annapolis, 2:121. This man is spoken of by the nineteenth-century township historian as an early Loyalist settler of Sandy Cove,Wilson’s Digby, p. 60. and more recently Mary Kate Bull, in her well-informed history of Sandy Cove, which appears to account adequately for all its early families, explicitly and unhesitatingly accepts him as such.Bull’s Sandy Cove, 24, 26. Although there were other Harrises in the general vicinity,Wilson’s Digby, 310-11; Calnek’s Annapolis, 1:521 ff. including his exactly-contemporary first cousin and namesake, Peter Harris, son of his uncle Peter Harris, there is no reason to believe that these others were ever connected with Sandy Cove, and the present Peter has a better claim by virtue of his father’s residence there.
    Peter Harris was one of the “proprietors” of the parish taxed to pay the sexton’s salary in 1789, following the bulding of old Trinity Anglican Church two years earlier.Wilson’s Digby, 385-7. In that same year he entered into partnership with John MorehousePresumably John Morehouse, from Connecticut, mentioned in Sabine’s Loyalists, 2:103, who d. at Digby Neck in 1839, aged 78 years; his wife was a Mary Jones. “Descendants of John Morehouse are very numerous in and about Digby.” — Cornelius Starr Morehouse, Ancestry and descendants of Gershom Morehouse, Jr. of Redding, Connecticut, a captain in the American Revolution (s.l., 1894), p. 26. and built a saw mill on the Lower Mill Brook (now called T R Brook), in 1794 purchasing his partner’s half of the business with the exception of Morehouse’s half of a large deposit of iron ore on the site which is said to have lasted for many years.Bull’s Sandy Cove, 24-6. But this enterprise appears to have been a side-line for Peter Harris, as according to Bull, “Peter was a weaver and a shoemaker. He and his brother [recte son] John grew flax as well as the usual crops and prepared it for spinning by breaking and dressing it. He wove linen and woollen materials to trade for goods and services he needed…. Soon the brothers were able to buy land and the family moved to the south side of the Cove near Mink Cove [now Highland].”Bull’s Sandy Cove, 26. Peter Harris is listed between 1790 to 1801 in the accounts of Stephen Fountain’s general store at Sandy Cove.See the index to the customers’ names in the account-book given in Bull’s Sandy Cove, 124-26, at p. 125.
    Peter Harris m. 5 March 1793 in old Trinity Anglican Church, Digby,Wilson’s Digby, 360. Esther Saunders, “of Digby,” b. say 1770, while Peter’s half-sister Hannah, “of Digby,”Wilson’s Digby, p. 360, writes “of Sandy Cove,” which while probably true is not in the original record. married a John Saunders in the same church on the same day. Although Saunders family records apparently make no mention of Esther, it is difficult to doubt that she was a sister of this John Saunders, who is known to have been a son of William (“Billey”) Saunders, of Sandy Cove, by the latter’s wife Ruth ____. On 9 Oct. 1794 Peter Harris and John Saunders bought William Saunders’ original grant, lot 30, with its barn, its house and contents, for £45.Bull’s Sandy Cove, 26, citing Digby County Registry Office, Book 1B, p. 472.
    In 1799 Peter Harris was one of the seven delegates sent by the Rev. Enoch Towner, a Baptist minister in Lower Granville, to a convention held on 22 June in the Baptist Church, Stoney Beach, Granville, to discuss the formation of a Baptist association embracing the colonies of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.Wilson’s Digby, 90-1. Towner is discussed in Allan M. Hill, Some Chapters in the History of Digby County… (Halifax, 1901), 101-3; also Dictionary of Canadian Biography, s.v. Roger Viets. In 1828 “Peter Harris and Esther his wife of Digby Tp.” sold land to (their son) “Francis Harris, yeoman” for £8.Digby County Deeds, Liber 10, no. 160; P.A.N.S. reel no. 17701, item 2.
    We are on secure ground in identifying Peter Harris, son of Francis, as the father of Engeltje Harris, since she is mentioned in the 1816 will of Peter’s father. This in turn helps to identify his half-brother Francis Harris; for a pair of deeds was drawn in November 1819, in one of which “Peter Harris of Digby … and Esther his wife,” and in the other “Francis Harris of Digby … and Rachel his wife,” mortaged their land to the same group of “loan officers”; while the two documents were drawn separately their content is practically identical.Digby County deeds, Liber 5, nos. 534 & 535 respectively; P.A.N.S. reel 17699, item 2.
    In turn, Peter’s own will, dated 4 May 1831, mentions this same daughter Engeltje:

I, Peter Harris, in the township of Digby and County of Annapolis, carpenter, being of sound and disposing mind and memory but advanced in years, and considering that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following, viz.:
    First, in a reasonable time after it hath pleased almighty God to call my spirit from this transistory state, my will and desire is that my executors hereinafter mentioned cause my body to be decently interred with as little expense as may be nessasary, and after my funerel charges and debts are paid I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Esther all my personal and real estate during her widowhood, but on her death or marriage to be dispersed in manner following:
    Secondly I will and bequeath to my son Francis the one eaquel third part of the lots that I now live on, being sixty rods in frunt, beginning at the shore and running to the westward, one third of the length of the lots including the buildings and the one third of the land that belongs to me in the Westcoat farm going the widows third.
    Also I will and bequeath to my son Charles the one equel third part of the lots that I now live on, being sixty rods in weadth beginning at Lemuel Saunders’ east line and running to the eastward the the one third of the length of the lot.
    Also the one equel third part of the Land that I own in the Westcoat farm, beginning at the eastern end of the land and taking the one third which will be his part in the land that is cleared as the wood land will be devided equally between John and Francis.
    Also I will and bequeath to my son John the one equel third part of the lots that I now live on, being sixty rodds in weadth runing acrost the lots taking enough in length to make the third of the Lots liing [sic] between the land given to Francis and Charles, like wise the one third part of the land that I own in the Westcoat lot on the western part of the lot and the wood land is to be eaquel divided between Francis and John that belongs to me in that farm.
    Also in order that in twelve months after the death or marriage of my beloved wife Esther, Francis Charles and John Harris is to pay to the four girls the sum of twenty eight pounds which will be nine pound six and eight pence each one of them to pay to be eaquelly divided amongst them.
    Also I will and bequeath to my four daughters Catharine, Ruth, Angleche and Phebe seaventy five akers of land, being joining Jones Morehouse and Gersham Morehouse on the East side and lands belonging to Garsham Morehouse on the west side.
    Also I give unto my four daughters above-mentioned at the death or marriage of their mother all the stalk [i.e. stock] and movables exceptin my carpenter’s tools and ox chains, which is to be equelly divided between the three boys.
    Also I order that the stock and movables and the seventy five akers of land and the … [smudged] twenty eight pound paid by the boys shall be equelly divided between my four daughters.
    Also I order that the boy that lives [with] me, John Sandell Nellis [?], if he remains till he is twenty one years of age with the family, shall have all the land that belongs to me on the western part of the Westcoat lot included in the widow Morehouse … this that comes to meat her death.
    Lastly I ordain my dear wife together with our son Francis Harris to be executors of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal in presence of those whose names are here after subscribed as witness.
    Signed, sealed, published and delivered … in the presence of … Isaac Morehouse, Nathaniel Westcoat.Will of Peter Harris, from a transcription kindly supplied by Ross McCurdy; punctuation added for clarity.

A document assenting to the probate signed by the heirs reveals the married names of three of the daughters:

We the undersigned petioners, heir[s] of the late Peter Harris of Sandy Cove in Digby … deceased, respectfully pray that the last will and Testament of the said Peter Harris may be duly recorded and administration granted to Francis Harris the Executor named in the Said last will and Testament. Digby 5^th [?] May 1835.
      Francis Harris
      Catharine Cartey
      Ruth Welch
      Phebe Harris
      John Harris
      Charles Harris
      Angleche Crauell [i.e. Crowell] Will of Peter Harris, from a transcription kindly supplied by Ross McCurdy; puctuation added and capitalization normalized for clarity.

We were informed in 1992 by the late Mrs. Cecelia (Coon) Botting that she had been in correspondence with a descendant of Peter, Leah (Mrs. J.D.) Sykora, of 789 Lincoln Blvd., Bedford, Ohio 44146, but we have been unable to locate Mrs. Sykora, and do not know from which child of Peter Harris she is supposed to descend.
    Known issue:

1. 9Catharine Harris, bapt. 12 June 1797 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby.
2. Ruth Harris, bapt. 27 Aug. 1798 at Mink Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, alive in 1835 and almost certainly still alive in 1881. She is called Ruth Welch in the petition of May 1835, and she is doubtless the widow Ruth Welsh, aged 72, who was enumerated in the 1871 census of nearby Westport, Brier Island, Digby Co. She was enumerated again in 1882, when she is recorded as aged 82 years, born in Nova Scotia, and a Baptist.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Westport, district 15, sub-district F, p. 16; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. In both years the only other person in her household was an Annie Clark, b. 1862-63 (aged 8 in 1871, 18 in 1881) in Nova Scotia, and no relationship between them is stated. The name Welch (or Welsh) is well represented at Westport, and perhaps some of these persons were her descendants, but we have failed to determine a connection.
3. Engeltje Harris, b. 1800-01, living 1881, named as “Angalshe” in her paternal grandfather’s will of 1816, and as “Angleche” in her father’s will of 1835. She is called “Angleche Crauell” in the petition of May 1835, enabling us to identify her with the Anglu[c]he Crowell, aged 70 years, born in Nova Scotia, of German (sic) origin, who appears with her husband Thomas W. Crowell in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove. Thomas W. Crowell, b. 1801-02 (aged 69 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia, d. 1871-81, was a farmer, of English origin, and was perhaps a son of Capt. Thomas West Crowell (ca. 1760-1823), of Sandy Cove, and the latter’s wife Elizabeth.Capt. Thomas West Crowell was lost at sea, and there is a memorial to him at Sandy Cove. He is mentioned several times by the not always reliable George S. Brown in Yarmouth Genealogies, where his wife Elizabeth is identified both as a daughter of Thomas Doane (p. 127) and as a daughter of Thomas Trask (pp. 413, 44). For what it is worth, the account given under Doane agrees with that in Alfred Adler Doane, The Doane family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants; with notes upon English families of the name (Boston, Mass., 1902), 147. Both are recorded as Baptists in the 1871 census. Enumerated on either side of them are two possible sons, Colin Crowell, b. 1818-19 (aged 52) with his wife, and Wesley W. Crowell, b. 1824-25 (aged 46) with his family. Engeltje appears as an 80-year-old widow in the 1881 census of Sandy Cove, but has not been found in the 1891 census. Only known child:
   1. Charles T. Crowell, b. 7 Aug. 1829 (per the 1901 census) in Nova Scotia, living 1901. As “my nephew” he was appointed one of the executors of the 1877 will of his uncle Charles Harris (no. 9 below), although he subsequently relinquished the responsibility. He m. before 1858, Ellen ____, b. 25 Feb. 1830 (per the 1901 census) in Nova Scotia, living 1901. They are found in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, in which the adjacent entry is the houshold of his first cousin, Hiram Harris, son of Charles Harris (no. 9 below); he is called a farmer, and the family were Baptists. In 1881 they were in their own household; he is still called a farmer and was Bible Christian while his wife was Baptist; there were no longer any children living with them.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, district 15, sub-district D, p. 19; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. They are also found in the 1891 and 1901 censuses of Sandy Cove.
      1. George R. Crowell, b. 1857-58 (aged 13 in 1871); he was no longer living with his parents in 1881, and we have not found him in the LDS index to the census of that year.
4. 10Francis Harris, b. ca. 1804 in Nova Scotia.
5. 11Charles Harris, b. 1808-09 (aged 62 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia.
6. 12John Harris, b. 1810-11 (aged 60 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia.
7. Phoebe Harris (position uncertain), still unmarried in May of 1835, of whom we have found no further record.

6.   Catharine⁶ Harris, daughter of Francis Harris by his first wife, Catharina Lent, was b. 5 Oct. 1767, presumably in Fishkill Tp., Dutchess Co., New York, bapt. 4 Nov. 1767 in the Hopewell Dutch Church, Fishkill Tp. (no sponsors being named in the record), and d. 10 Aug. 1846 in Lincoln Co., U.C. (now Ontario). She married by New York licence dated 13 July 1782,Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, previous to 1784 (Albany, 1860), 171. John Comfort, Jr., of Digby Tp., Annapolis (now Digby) Co., Nova Scotia, of Montgomery Tp., Orange Co., N.Y., and finally of Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, b. say 1759, probably in Montgomery Tp., d. Jan. 1830 in Lincoln Co., U.C.,The career of this man has been so thoroughly covered by previous researchers that (albeit he is a direct ancestor of the present writer) we have as yet personally undertaken little investigation of him in primary sources, and so will not enter into the matter here in any detail. The most important of the works which have come to our notice are Arthur H. Radasch, Comfort Families of Orange County, New York (Upper Montclair, N.J., 1962; typescript at the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.), p. 11 [Family History Library microfilm no. 858,851, item 8]; and Cecelia C. Botting & Roland B. Botting, Comfort Families of America: A Collection of Genealogical Data (Brookings, South Dakota: the authors, 1971), 328-31, 619-20, 621. Earlier references include R. Janet Powell, Annals of the Forty: Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln, 1783-1833, 1st ed., 10 vols. (Grimsby, Ontario, 1952-59), 4 (1953): 25-7, 9 (1958): 90; and 2nd ed. (1965-68), 4 (1965): 29-32, and Roland & Cecelia Botting, A History of the Kennedy Family [1st ed.] (1957), Comfort appendix, pp. 17-22 (where however the Comfort and Harris families are confused). A query regarding this family appeared in “Families in Process of Research,” Genealogical Newsletter of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, no. 15 (April 1976), p. 1. son of John Comfort, of Montgomery Tp., by the latter’s wife Anna Maul. He served in the Revolution in the Ulster Co. Militia, 4^th Regiment, with his brothers Benjamin and Samuel. But he was probably a Loyalist sympathiser, as he and his wife accompanied her father to Digby, Nova Scotia, at the end of the Revolutionary War, and his name appears next to that of his brother-in-law Peter Harris in a muster roll of Loyalists taken at Digby in May 1784, showing his family as members of Hilton’s Company and their place of settlement as Digby.Calnek’s Annapolis, 2:117-27, at p. 119; Wilson’s Digby, 70-73, at p. 71. However, they returned to the United States by 1790, when he appears in the census of Montgomery Tp., N.Y., as John Comfort, Jr., and he and his wife Catherine sold land in Montgomery in 1798. His father’s 1794 will bequeaths “unto my son John and to his heirs and assigns forever all that estate on which he now liveth, with … appurtenances, known and distinguished by lot no. 11.”Comfort Families of America, 619-20. Finally, leaving behind their two eldest daughters, who were by then married, he and his wife returned to Canada about 1802, going to Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., U.C., where they founded a large family. Among their ten children was:

1. 13Francis Comfort, b. 28 Aug 1800, d. June 1880.

7.   Hannah⁶ Harris, daughter of Francis Harris by his second wife, Engeltje Vandewater, was bapt. 27 Aug. 1777 in the New Hackensack Dutch Church, and still alive in 1817. She m. 5 March 1793 in old Trinity Anglican Church, Digby,Wilson’s Digby, p. 360. evidently in a double wedding with her half-brother Peter above, John Saunders, who was perhaps a brother of her brother Peter’s wife Esther Saunders, and certainly a son of William Saunders, weaver, an early settler of Sandy Cove who was one of the Loyalists mustered at Digby in 1784,Calnek’s Annapolis, 2:125. by the latter’s wife Ruth ____.For the Saunders family see Bull’s Sandy Cove, 26-27, 139-40 (for her transcription of tombstones in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery); also M. Mackay, William Saunders, available online at http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc01/wc01_329.html. William (“Billy”) Saunders was, with the Francis Harris into whose family two of his children seem to have married, one of the original grantees of Sandy Cove in 1788 (Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 127), and is recorded as a customer at Stephen Fountain’s store in 1788-1794, as are his sons John (in 1793-1814) and Lemuel (in 1799-1814). William Saunders and his wife Ruth (____) do not appear to have any surviving tombstones, and their dates cannot be stated with any precision. Although most of the Saunders family of Sandy Cove were their descendants, a separate and smaller Saunders family was later founded there by William Saunders (1799-1871+), from Yarmouth, and his wife Hannah Cornwell (ca. 1802-1881+); see Brown’s Yarmouth Genealogies, p. 151. Their known or probable children were:

1. (probably) Esther Saunders, b. say 1770; m. Peter Harris, bapt. 27 Oct 1765 (see the text).
2. William Saunders, Jr. (position uncertain).
3. John Saunders, b. say 1775; m. Hannah Harris, bapt. 27 Aug. 1777 (see the text).
4. Lemuel Saunders, b. ca. 1777-78, who as “Lemuel Saunders, Sr., d. 1847, aged 69 years,” is buried with his wife in Sandy Cove Baptist cemetery. Bull states that he and his brother John “continued to farm at the Cove but … also went to sea and died as captains.” He m. Mary ____, b. 1781-82, d. 1859, aged 77 years, and buried with her husband.
5. Elizabeth Saunders, bapt. 14 Aug. 1786 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, d. 17 Dec. 1877. She m. before 1816, Jessie Addington, of Digby (see the web page of M. Mackay).
6. Sarah Saunders, bapt. 20 Sept. 1791 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, of whom nothing further seems to be known.

1. 14William Saunders, b. ca. 1792-93 (aged 24 in 1817, according to his mother), bapt. (as “Billy”) 21 July 1794 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby.
2. 15Francis Saunders, b. ca. 1796-97 (aged 20 in 1817, according to his mother).

8.   Francis⁶ Harris, Jr., of Bayham Tp., Bayham Tp., Elgin Co., U.C. (now Ontario), son of Francis Harris and Engeltje Vandewater, was b. in May or June of 1788 (if the age given on his tombstone is correct) in Nova Scotia, was bapt. 20 Sept. 1791 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, d. 25 Sept. 1847, aged 59 years, 3 months (according to his tombstone), and was buried in Estherville Cemetery, Estherville, Ontario. The apparent three-year gap between his birth and baptism would not be extraordinary for the residents of rural Digby County in this period. He m. 16 March 1808 in old Trinity Anglican Church, Digby,The record refers to the groom as “Ephraim Harris Jr.,” an error which has caused much confusion but is fortunately corrected by Calnek (see below in the text) and other evidence. As pointed out to me by Ross W. McCurdy, the error is further compounded in a modern transcript of the church register, P.A.N.S. MG-4, vol. 23, item 3, reel 15032, in which the name of the groom is given as “Ephraim Haines Jr.,” a mistake which shows up in the IGI. Some writers have attempted to accomodate this reading and insisted that Rachel McDormand had two husbands, Francis Harris and Ephraim Haines, but this is chronologically impossible. Rachel McDormand (alive at the making of her husband’s will on 29 March 1847), said to have been b. ca. 1784 at Westport, Brier Island, Digby County, Nova Scotia, daughter of James³ (Robert², William¹) McDormand, of Westport, and afterwards of Port Burwell, by the latter’s wife Ann, daughter of Judah Rice, of an older planter family from Massachusetts.Calnek’s Annapolis, 1:547 (McDormand), 568-75 (Rice); Wilson’s Digby, 320-21 (McDormand); Esther Clark Wright, Planters and Pioneers: Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775 (Wolfville, N.S., 1978) (for Rice). There is no indication that Rachel was buried with her husband.
    Francis Harris is named in his father’s will of 1817, and later that same year his four children are mentioned, but not named, in a letter written by his sister Hannah. Some time between 1817 and July of 1824 he took his family to Bayham Tp., Elgin Co., U.C. (now Ontario), near the village of Port Burwell. He was of E½ lot 21 in the 3^rd concession of Bayham, and also had a village lot in Port Burwell, “being number six north of Hagamon Street,” both pieces of land being mentioned in his will (cited below). Francis Harris is listed in the 1842 census of Bayham Tp., in which he is called a carpenter, the “proprietor” of the land he inhabited, and his family is said to consist of eight persons, all born in English-speaking Canada.1842 Census of Upper Canada, Bayhamp Tp., PAC microfilm no. C-1345. The entries in the Bayham census are so hopelessly out of alignment that any attempt to piece together the more detailed statistical data on family composition from the various columns would appear to be of dubious value. His wife Rachel Harris was received into the Port Burwell Baptist Church with a letter of recommendation dated 3 July 1824. However, on 15 April 1844 it was “voted that sister Rachel Harris be dismissed.”
    Calnek, the Annapolis County historian, provides an invaluable clue in referring to Rachel McDormand’s husband as “Francis Harris, jun.”Calnek’s Annapolis, 1:547, a passage kindly brought to our attention by Ross W. McCurdy. Nonetheless, the identity of the Francis Harris who married Rachel McDormand with the one mentioned in the 1817 will of Francis Harris (Sr.) long gave us trouble; for despite the strong presumption, based on Calnek’s statement, that the former was son of a Francis Harris, his will names no collateral relatives, nor gives any clue as to his origin. Yet his family structure conformed well to that required by the letter written in 1817 by Hannah (Harris) Saunders, and he bestowed on his eldest son the somewhat uncommon name of Stephen, which was that of his ostensible brother. And although definitive proof of the connection was eventually found, it was satisfying to us that in the interim, we were able to dispose of a few candidates who might have been regarded as having some rival claim to consideration as the son of Francis Harris (d. 1817) of Sandy Cove.We have however failed to eliminate directly the Francis Harris, farmer, Methodist, found in the 1827 census of Clements Tp. (immediately adjacent to Digby), with a household consisting of 1 male and 2 females (FHL microfilm no. 6,046,789). The IGI shows a Francis Harris who with his wife Sally Bush had a son William, baptized 15 July 1819 by the minister of the Digby Anglican Church, but examination of the original register showed that the parents, who were of Joggin, were designated “negroes.”The correctness of this statement is supported by an earlier entry in the register for “Abraham, black child, son of Francis Harris, bapt. 22 June 1797 at Mink Cove. And the 1838 census of Digby Tp. lists a Francis Harris with a wife and one child, but further consideration revealed that this entry was clearly compatible with what was known of the present man’s nephew, Francis Harris (no. 8 below).
    The definitive proof that the Francis Harris who married Rachel McDormand belongs to this family is a pair of deeds, drawn in November 1819, in one of which “Peter Harris of Digby … and Esther his wife,” and in the other “Francis Harris of Digby … and Rachel his wife,” mortaged their land to the same group of “loan officers.” While the two documents were drawn separately, and not necessarily on the same day (the day of the month in the second of them being indistinct), they were made sufficiently close together to be recorded as consecutive entries in the registry of deeds, their content is practically identical, and one of the witnesses, John Morehouse, appears in both.Digby County deeds, Liber 5, nos. 534 & 535 respectively; P.A.N.S. reel 17699, item 2. Recalling that the Peter Harris who married Esther Saunders is firmly connected to his father through their each mentioning his daughter Engeltje in their respective wills, the chain of evidence is complete.
    Francis Harris’s will, probably made at the very end of his life (the date given with the signatures being actually later than that given on his tombstone), is informative as to his family structure:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Francis Harris, of the Township of Bayham in the County of Middlesex and Province of Canada, yeoman, being in good and tolerable health of body and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God, calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; that is to say:
    Principally … I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in Christian burial…. And as touching such worldly things and estate with which it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of it in manner following, viz.:
    Firstly … to Stephen Harris, my eldest son, I will and bequeath fifty pounds of lawful money.
    Also to Nelson Harris, my second son, I will and bequeath twenty five pounds of lawful money.
    Also to Holand Harris, my third, son I will and bequeath twenty five pounds of lawful money.
    And also to Francis Harris, my fifth son, I will and bequeath twelve pound ten shillings lawful money.
    And also to Sidney Harris, my sixth son, I will and bequeath twelve pound ten shillings lawful money.
    After my decease I will unto my beloved wife Rachel Harris … the lot of land on which I now live, being the east half of lot number twenty one in the third concession in Bayham, one hundred acres with all its appurtenances and benefits, together with all the stock and household furniture, the said household furniture to have and to hold forever subject to her own disposal, and also to hold the land before-mentioned during her life, and after her decease the before-described hundred acres of land to be the property of my fourth son, James Harris, and Joseph, my seventh son, to be equally divided between them or their heirs.
    And also to my daughter Caroline I will and bequeath one pound of lawful money.
    And also unto my daughter Mary Ann I will and bequeath one pound of lawful money.
    And also I will and bequeath unto Sarah, my daughter, the sum of one pound of lawful money.
    And also I will and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza the sum of one pound of lawful money.
    And also unto my daughter Charlotte I will and bequeath one pound of lawful money.
    I also will and appoint my wife Rachel Harris and my son James Harris and my friend Francis William Plowman to be my lawful executors…, especially, to dispose of my village lot in Port Burwell, being number six north of Hagamon Street, and also to collect all of the three notes which I hold against James Scanlan, and out of these and the lot in the Port to pay unto the heirs what I have herein willed to each … with the exception of my sons James and my son Joseph, which I have herein provided for. And in case the sale and collection of the land at the Port and the collection of the notes mentioned shall overrun what I have willed the last of my sons and daughters, the remainder shall be the property of my wife Rachel Harris.
    In witness I have hereunto signed, seal[e]d and published.
    Which said will is witnessed by James A[n]derson of the Township of Bayham aforesaid, yeoman, and Edmond Titus of the same place, yeoman….
    In witness whereof he the said James Harris hath hereunto set his hand and seal on the third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
       James Harris
       Signed and sealed in presence of
       James Anderson
       Oscar Gracy Bayham Township Wills, Liber A, fo. 3; punctuation added for clarity. We are indebted to Ross W. McCurdy for a copy of this will.

    What happended to Francis Harris’s widow and seven sons is something of a mystery. Only some five years later, not one of them can be found in Elgin County in the 1852 census. It is impossible to believe that they all died in such a brief interval, and much likelier that they left the area; but as to where they may have gone, we have discovered no clue whatsoever. We have discovered no plausible matches in the LDS index to the 1881 census of Canada or to the 1880 census of the U.S. Three of the daughters were already married at the time of their father’s death, and remained in the area; their descendants are the only sure trace of the family of Francis Harris of Bayham Tp. Issue (order partly inferential):For this family we draw heavily upon the extensive research of Rob McDormand at http://members.shaw.ca/rmcdormand/, which should be consulted for its much accounts of the vast progeny of the three sisters Caroline (Harris) Edison, Mary Ann (Harris) Edison, and Sarah (Harris) McCurdy. We are also grateful to Mr. McDormand for supplying supplementary materials.

1. 16Caroline Harris, b. ca. 1808 in Digby Co., Nova Scotia.
2. Stephen Harris, the eldest son, b. possibly about 1810, and almost certainly before 1817.
3. 17Mary Ann Harris, b. 1812-13 in Digby Co., Nova Scotia.
4. 18Sarah Harris, b. 9 May 1814 in Digby Co., Nova Scotia; continued as no. below.
5. Nelson Harris, second son, b. after 1816; his mother had a younger brother of this name. On 27 March 1845 a Nelson Harris purchased 100 acres of lot 15 in the 8^th concession of Malahide Tp., Elgin Co., and on 13 Feb. 1846 he sold them to Warren Davis.Information from Ross W. McCurdy. Our subject was however probably not the only man of this name in the area at the time.The Nelson Harris of Hallowell who m. 30 Dec. 1835 in Prince Edward District, Deborah Platt, also of Hallowell, with witnesses Henry Platt and Phillip Williams [Ontario Register 7 (1983-84): 91]), is shown as aged 69 years in the 1881 census, which would place his birth in 1811-12, and furthermore he was a Quaker, a very unlikely religious affiliation for our subject; see 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 119 (Prince Edward Co.), subdistrict I, division 3, p. 53; PAC microfilm no. NA C-13237 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,873]
6. Holland Harris, third son, b. after 1816.
7. James Harris, fourth son, b. after 1816.
8. Francis Harris, fifth son, b. after 1816.
9. Sidney Harris, sixth son, b. after 1816; his mother had a younger brother of this name.
10. Joseph Harris, seventh son, b. after 1816.
11. Eliza Jane Harris, probably the fourth daughter and if so b. after 1816, of whom nothing further is known.
12. Charlotte Harris, probably the fifth daughter and if so b. after 1816, of whom nothing further is known.

Third Canadian Generation

9.   Catharine⁷ Harris, daughter of Peter Harris and Esther Saunders, was bapt. 12 June 1797 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, d. 1858, “aged 63 years,” and was buried with her husband in Sandy Cove Baptist churchyard. She m. (as his first wife) before 1820, Silas Carty, b. 1788-89 (if his stated age at death is correct), d. (intestate) 8 Oct. 1889,Digby County probates, no. A-1093. allegedly aged 95 years, perhaps (on onomastic grounds) a son of John Carty, of Digby, by the latter’s wife Abigail, daughter of Silas Balcom.Silas Balcom and his daughter Abigail are mentioned in Calnek’s Annapolis, 1:470, where the name of his wife’s is given only as “Susan ____.” According to an undocumented entry in Ancestry.com’s Family Data Collection, Abigail was born in 1763, and her mother was Susan Rachel Smith.
    Despite the apparent plausibility of this connection, we must note that there was also a James Carty of Digby who was of the right age to have been father of the Silas of our text, for he is named in the death record of a son, John Carty, who was b. about 1783-84 at Digby, and d. 29 Oct. 1869 at Hillsburgh, aged 85 years. She is called Catharine Carty in the petition of May 1835. Her husband was granted 350 acres of land in Digby Tp. in 1817. He is called a yeoman in the census of Digby Tp. taken in 1838, when his household (excluding himself) included 1 male aged 15+, 2 females aged 15+, 2 males aged 6-14, and 1 female aged 6-14. Silas Carty m. (2) some time in 1858-63,The birth record of their son Charles states that the were married at Hillsborough in 1853, which is impossible. Rachael Dunn,She signed her name inconsistently, as either Rachael or Rachel. Her maiden surname is recoverable through the death notice of a sister, which is much more informative than her own: “The death of Susan Dunn Gilliatt, widow of the late Edmund R. Gilliatt, occured very suddenly at the home of her son, C.H. Gilliatt, Wellfleet, Mass. on Tuesday April the 18th [1911]. Mrs. Gilliatt was the daughter of William and Mary Miller Dunn of Bear River and was 81 years of age. She leaves to mourn … one brother Edward Dunn of Landsdowne and one sister Mrs. Rachel Carty of Digby.” (Death notice, Digby Courier, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/query006.htm#153). who d. in March 1891.Death notice, Digby Weekly Courier, 20 March 1891, p. 2, col. 4, which, under the eading “Sandy Cove,” notes only that “Mrs. Rachel Carty, relict of the late Silas Carty, died last week at the age of eighty-seven years.” Silas Carty and his second wife appear at Sandy Cove in the 1871 census, in which he is called a fisherman, and also in the 1881 census, in which he is called a farmer.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Tp., Sandy Cove, district 15, sub-district D, p. 20; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. He had further issue by her, a son Charles H. Carty, b. 6 Sept. 1864 at Sandy Cove. On 19 Feb. 1889 the widow Rachel Carty successfully petitioned the probate court as follows:

Silas Carty died intestate leaving personal property undisposed of…. During the lifetime of the said Silas Carty, to wit: upon the 8^thth day of October A.D. 1869 the said Silas Carty and your petitioner by deed conveyed unto one Harris Carty all their real estate in consideration of the said Harris Carty entering into a bond and agreement to maintain the said Silas Carty and your petitioner during their natural lives…. The said Harris Carty … took possession of said property and used the farm to his own advantage, and still continues to do so…. The said Harris Carty immediately upon the death of the said Silas Carty took and carried away all the personal property belonging to said estate…. Your petitioner is now in her eighty-fifth year and unable to travel, and your petitioner would most humbly request that a Commission do issue for the purpose of said administration. As your said petitioner resides more than twenty miles from the office of the Judge of Probate for the County of Digby … your petitioner humbly asks that Letters of Administration … be granted to her as said widow….

A valuable source on the Carty family is the research commissioned in the 1980s by a descendant, the late Morton W. Saunders, from the professional genealogist Lois Kernaghan, whose papers have been deposited in the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.Lois Kernaghan Papers, P.A.N.S., MS 1, vol. 2591, file no. 18; reel 579. Catharine Harris and Silas Carty had probably five children, of whom we know the names only of the following:

1. Harris Carty, b. 1819-20 (aged 51 in 1881) at Sandy Cove, d. in 1900, before 13 Nov., aged 81 years, and buried at Zion United Church, Sandy Cove, with his wife. He m. 18 June 1874 in Sandy Cove Baptist Church, Almira/Elmira Raymond, b. 1825-26 (aged 48 at her marriage), d. in 1900 (her stated age at death of 88 years being wildly exaggerated), daughter of Daniel and Sarah (____) Raymond. He is found in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, in which he is called a farmer, and a Methodist, of Irish origin, but his marital status is unstated; in his household are his niece Alice Carty, aged 12, and presumed nephew Sumner Carty, aged 18, the girl being certainly, and the boy probably, a child of his younger brother, Wellington Carty. His marriage record calls him a bachelor, gives his place of birth as Sandy Cove, both their places of residence as Digby Neck, and names both sets of parents. He is also called a farmer, of Sandy Cove, in the 1876 birth record of his son Thomas. He and his wife are enumerated near his father in the 1881 census, the only other member of their household being their son Thomas, aged 4.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Tp., Sandy Cove, district 15, sub-district D, p. 16; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. They also appear in the 1891 census, at which time the only other member of their household was their son Thomas. Administration of his estate was granted 13 Nov. 1900 in Digby Co., but we have not checked the original record.Digby County Probates, no. 1093. Only known child:
   1. Thomas Dinestead Carty, b. 4 June 1876 at Sandy Cove, d. 3 Jan. 1947, and he and his wife are buried in the same plot as his parents. He m. before 1898, Edna Mary Mitchell, b. 1 June 1875, d. 1955. He appears as a four-year-old with his parents in the 1881 census. He appears with his wife in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove, in which he is called a Methodist, but his wife and their children Baptists. They are however described as of Mink Cove in the death notice of their son Ellsworth. A valuable source of information on this family is the interview of their son, Stewart Carty, of Mink Cove, conducted in Oct. 200 by Cindy Graham.Cindy Graham, [interview with] Stewart Erwood Carty, of Mink Cove, October 31, 2000, available online at http://www.municipalities.com/elders/elder_stewartcarty.htm. Stewart Carty was however mistaken in his belief that his mother was 48 years old at the time of his birth. Some of his statements respecting his siblings cannot be attributed to a specific person. He says (we have slightly condensed the very literal transcript):

      My oldest sister lived ’til she was ninety nine. And our other sister [which one?] died at ninety seven. And there was two boys that died the youngest. They was eighty one and eighty two…. I had one sister that lived in the States. She lived in Lexington, Mass. And I had another sister that lived down in Yarmouth, in Carleton. And one of the boys that died lived here in Sandy Cove. And the other one had lived here pretty well all of his life, and after he got in his fifties, he ran afoul of a woman. And she had a little money and [was] from Philadelphia. And he married her, and then moved down below Virginia, I think it was. And he died down there. And then she come back here, and she was only here a little while when she passed away.

      He says the family farm was “about three quarters of a mile from the new Consolidated School…. It was a good house, and a nice barn … forty by forty seven [feet].” The farm-house is now in ruins. They had exactly eight children, of whom the first six all predeceased the last two:
      1. Effie M. Carty, b. 7 Feb. 1898; according to her brother Stewart she d. unmarried at the age of 99 years.
      2. Emerson L. Carty, b. 15 May 1899, d. 1918, and buried with his parents.
      3. Beulah Carty, b. 8 Oct. 1900.
      4. Evelyn Carty, b. ca. 1902, d. 1993 (IGI).
      5. Arthur Carty (IGI).
      6. Kenneth Carty, d. 1982 (IGI).
      7. Ellsworth Wall Carty, b. 1910-11, d. 10 March 2002 at Sandy Cove, aged 91 years. “He was the son of the late Thomas and Edna (Mitchell) Carty of Mink Cove. He is survived by his wife, Amelia O’Neil Carty; sons, Scott (Pauline), Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Seymour (Dorothy), Annapolis Co.; Ronald (Cora), Berwick, Kings Co.; Lorne (Sharon), Prescott, Ont.; Alvin (Deborah), Centerville, Digby Co.; daughters, Louise (Ashton) Lewis, Rossway, Digby Co.; Elaine (Phil) Belliveau, Calgary, AB; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; brother, Stewart, Mink Cove, Digby Co. Predeceased by 3 brothers and 3 sisters…. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. from the Sandy Cove Baptist Church. Burial in the Zion United Church Cemetery, Sandy Cove.”Death notice, Halifax Daily News, as extracted in Digby obituaries for March thru April 2002, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/query024.htm.
      8. Stewart Erwood Carty, of Mink Cove, b. there in 1914, still alive in March 2002, when he is mentioned in the death notice of his brother Ellsworth, but d. by 10 Aug. 2005, when he is mentioned as deceased in a death notice of his son Emerson. He is a cattle farmer. He m. about 1942, Margaret Theriault, b. about 1921, also d. by 10 Aug. 2005. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters (order uncertain):
         1. Carol Carty, d. before 10 Aug. 2005, as she is mentioned as deceased in the death notice of her brother Emerson. She m. ____ Addington.
         2. Emerson Wayne Carty, b. 1946-47 in Digby Co., d. 10 Aug. 2005 in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, N.S., aged 58 years, and buried in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery. He was of Mink Cove, Digby Co., at the time of his death. He m. ________, by whom he had three children. A death notice reads, in part:

            Born in Digby, he was a son of the late Stewart and Margaret (Theriault) Carty. Emerson was an entrepreneur who owned and operated several companies in the Digby Neck area. He was active in the community and loved bluegrass music. Emerson enjoyed life to the fullest. He is survived by daughter, Lynette (Peter) Wagner, Ashmore, Digby Co.; sons, Dean (Wendy), Plympton, Digby Co.; Ian (Angie), Mink Cove, Digby Co.; sisters, Maxine Carty, Kentville, and Donna Carty, Coldbrook, Kings Co.; brothers, Gary, Gulliver’s Cove, Digby Co.; Roger, South Range, Digby Co.; Darrin, Culloden, Digby Co.; granddaughters, Kristen, Catherine, Amber, Laurel and Lexie; companion, Joan Comeau; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Loretta, and sister, Carol Addington…. Interment in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery.Death notice, Halifax Herald, __ Aug. 2005, as extracted in Digby obituaries for July 2005 thru February 2006, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/obituaries/query038.htm.

         3. Maxine Carty, unmarried and of Kentville in 2005.
         4. Donna Carty, unmarried and of Coldbrook, Kings Co., in 2005.
         5. Gary Carty, of Gulliver’s Cove, Digby Co., in 2005.
         6. Roger Carty, of South Range, Digby Co., in 2005.
         7. Darrin Carty, of Culloden, Digby Co., in 2005.
2. Wellington Carty, b. 1823-24 (aged 47 in 1871) in Nova Scotia, d. 1881-91. He m. (1) before 1850, Lucy [Westcott?], who d. in 1856-64 (but was still alive about 1859 if she was indeed the mother of Alice Carty). He (2) (as her second husband) in 1864 at Sandy Cove,According to the birth records of their children Sandford, George, and Margaret. Hannah F. (Ward) Mail or Vail, b. 1820-21 (aged 40 in 1871) in Nova Scotia, d. 30 May 1916, and buried at Little River Baptist Church, widow of ____ Mail or Vail, and presumably daughter of the widow Hannah (____) Ward, aged 78 years, who is found with them in the 1871 census. Wellington Carty is called a carpenter in the birth records of his children Sandford (1864), Margaret (1870), and Handford (1875), and in the marriage record of his daughter Esther (1876), and a mechanic in the birth record of his son George (1866). In the 1864 birth record of his son Sandford he is said to be of Digby Neck, but in the 1866 birth record of his son George he is said to be of Sandy Cove. In the 1871 census of Sandy Cove he is called a house joiner, and a Baptist, of Irish origin. In the 1875 birth record of his son Handford he is said to be of Little River. In 1881, his daughter Alice Carty and presumed son Sumner Carty were members of his household, although the relationship is not specified.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, district 15, sub-district D, p. 9; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. His wife appears as a widow in the 1891 census of Sandy Cove, but she hs not been found in that of 1901. The Nelson Dakin Property on Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove is said to have been “built by Wellington Carty (Great-Uncle of Ellsworth Carty) … for himself or for Capt. George Nelson Dakin. The oldest deed found was from Wellington Carty to George Nelson Dakin in 1870; ½ acre for $700…. Wellington moved to Little River shortly after the sale. The A.F. Church map (1864) shows a W. Carty and an S. Carty living next to each other in this area.”Digby Municipal Heritage, “Heritage Properties: Nelson Dakin Property, Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove, available online at http://www.westerncounties.ca/digby/cgi-bin/getProperty01.cgi?sqry=7. “Willington [sic] Carty” was one of the signers of the 1875 petition to restore Israel Blackford as ferryman “on the East Side of Petit Passage,” this Blackford having lost the position when a ferryman was appointed on the other side, “to our great inconvience as we have frequently had to wait for an hour on the shore for the ferryman to come from the west side.”A Petition regarding the Petite Passage Ferryman, November 1875, transcribed by Ken Eavis, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/lists/petit.htm. Known issue:

   (by first wife:)

   1. Silas Carty, “son of Wellington & Lucy,” b. 1849-50, d. 1862, aged 12 years, and buried with his paternal grandparents in Sandy Cove Baptist churchyard.
   2. (probably) Sumner Carty, b. 1852-53 (aged 18 in 1871, 26 in 1881), living with his presumed uncle Harris Carty in 1871, but with Wellington Carty in 1881, when he was a seaman. He was no longer in Wellington Carty’s household in 1891, and has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia.
   3. Esther Carty, b. 9 Oct. 1855 at Sandy Cove, d. 17 Nov. 1940 at Somerville, Massachusetts. She is found in her father’s household in 1871 but not in 1881. She m. 5 Jan. 1876 at Little River, by licence, by Baptist rites, Isaac W. Saunders, b. 1855-56 (aged 20 in 1876) at Digby Neck, d. 1881-1930, son of William Saunders, farmer, by the latter’s wife Hannah Cornwell (which William Saunders, as previously noted, was not related in any known way to the Saunders family of Esther Carty’s father’s mother’s mother).According to Morton Saunders, writing on 22 April 1982 to Lois Kernaghan, “The Saunders [family] of Digby were mostly Loyalists descended from Billie Saunders, who had his grant in Sandy Cove. However my line would come under the Planter group. William Saunders, b. 11 January 1799 [at] Yarmouth, N.S., moved over to Digby and married Hannah Cornwell.” This agrees with Brown’s Yarmouth Genealogies, pp. 148, 151, where Hannah is called “Hannah Conwell [sic] of Digby Neck.” She would appear to have been a daughter of Jacob Cornwell, an early settler at Digby Neck, who m. in 1800, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Isaac Titus, U.E.L. (see Wilson’s Digby, p. 372). William Saunders (aged 72) and his wife Hannah (aged 68) are found in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, and Hannah was still alive in 1881. At the time of their marriage Isaac Saunders was a mechanic, and he was living at Rossway and Esther at Little River; the record names both sets of parents. They are enumerated at Rossway, Digby Co., in the 1881 census, in which he is called a joiner, and the family’s religion given as Baptist; their household included his mother, the widow Hannah Saunders, aged 78 years.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Rossway, district 15, p. 1; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. They do not appear to have been enumerated in Digby Co. in 1891, and they are not in Automated Genealogy’s index to the Nova Scotia census of 1901. It would appear from the census records relating to their younger children that they went to Massachusetts before the end of 1881. While we have failed to find them listed in Massachusetts census records, the widowed Esther Saunders is found living in Vermont with her daughter Effie (Saunders) Barber in the 1930 census. Known issue:
      1. William H. Saunders, b. 1876-77 (aged 4 in 1881) in Nova Scotia, living 1920. He m. (1) 29 Oct 1898, Grace E. Taylor, b. 9 Nov. 1878 at Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, d. 17 Oct. 1908 at Somerville, Massachusetts. He m. (2) 27 July 1910, Jessie A. Kempton, b. ca. 1876, living 1920. He and the two children of his first marriage were living at Medford in the household of his sister, Bertha (Saunders) McKenzie, in 1910, when he was working as a meat-cutter in a market; the year of his receiving U.S. citizenship is given as 1885.1910 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Medford, roll 602, pt. 2, p. 18B. He and his second wife are found in the 1920 census of Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.1920 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Norfolk Co., Dedham, enumeration district 189, p. 15A; roll T625_722. Known issue:

         (by first wife:)

         1. William Henry Saunders, b. 11 May 1900 at Natick, Massachusetts, d. in July 1961. He was living with his father in 1920. He m. in 1923, Nina Louise Tibbetts, by whom he is said to have had two children.
         2. Leslie Albert Saunders, b. 25 July 1904 at Medford, Massachusetts, d. 28 April 1935. He was living with his father in 1920. He is said to have subsequently married, and to have had four children.

         (by second wife:)

         3. Esther A. Saunders, apparently b. 1909-10 (if she was aged 10 years in 1920); the 1910 census simply gives her age as “10,” but as she is listed last among the children it is possible her age was intended to be 10 months.
         4. Jessie P. (?) Saunders (female), b. 1911-12 (aged 8 in 1920) in Massachusetts
         5. Morton W. Saunders, b. 16 Jan. 1916 in Massachusetts, d. 5 Oct. 1998 at Providence, Rhode Island.Social Security Death Index. Writing to Lois Kernaghan, on 22 April 1982 he mentions his wife Eleanor, and on 27 Sept. 1982 he states, “I was a representative for CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. until my retirement after 24 years.” He was a governor of the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the author of the posthumously-published study of his mother’s family, The Kempton/Kimpton Families in North America, from Plymouth Colony through the tenth generation throughout the United States and Canada, ed. Eleanor F. Saunders & Kevin W. Saunders (Baltimore, 2000). He m. Eleanor Wall, b. 11 April 1920, 1 July 2003 at Cranston, Rhode Island, aged 83 years,Social Security Death Index, and obituary cited below. sister of Brigadeer-General J. Colbert Wall, and daughter of William J. Wall the latter’s wife Margaret Colbert. We quote from her interesting obituary:

            “Eleanor F. Saunders, 83, of Seaview Avenue, who possessed a fundraising acumen so keen that she raised millions of dollars for charitable causes in her lifetime, and a wanderer’s spirit that led her across six continents, died Tuesday at home. She left a legacy as a longtime civic leader and as a public-relations and fundraising expert. She bolstered the coffers of struggling nonprofits by launching ingenious campaigns … and highly successful telethons during the early years of television. Mrs. Saunders also shared decades of travel adventures with her husband, the late Morton W. Saunders, that took them from the Andes mountains of Peru to the Maru River in Kenya, to Europe and Southeast Asia. In Ethiopia, the couple alit from a plane in tiny mountain villages where cows had to be chased from the landing strips…. Her fundraising, organizational and public-relations skills brought honors that included her induction into the Cranston Hall of Fame in 1985, the State Junior Women’s Clubs’ award for distinguished achievement and “spectacular growth in membership,” and several other awards for excellence in producing telethons.
                Born in Providence in 1920, a daughter of the late William J. Wall and Margaret (Colbert) Wall, she had lived in Cranston since 1928. She was a graduate of Cranston High School and a nominee for the Pembroke College four-year regional scholarship, which she was forced to decline because of family finances. She was a graduate of the Edgewood Secretarial School and the Johnson & Wales Business School, now Johnson & Wales University. Her civic involvement began when she joined the Cranston Junior Women’s Club at her husband’s urging, around 1949. She soon became state director of the Junior Women’s Clubs in Rhode Island, forming five new clubs. She organized the adult polio-vaccine clinics that immunized thousands in Rhode Island, and became a nationwide project of Junior Women’s Clubs. In the early 1960s, she became director for the Heart Fund of the Rhode Island Heart Association, and then became the association’s assistant executive director. In 1971, the Meeting Street School (a school in East Providence run by the Easter Seal Society for multihandicapped children) hired her to do public relations and fundraising. She increased its profits from less than $200,000 per year to more than $1 million in 1984…. In 1974, she produced the first annual telethon for the Easter Seal Society. It remained a top money-raiser, at times raising more than $1 million a year. In 1984, she and her husband formed Saunders Consultants, a consulting firm in development and public relations that they operated from home. Mrs. Saunders retired two years later rather than expand the business.
                She was a member of the Easter Seal Executive Association, the Professional Staff Society of the American Heart Association, the National Society of Fundraising Executives, the Public Relations Society of America, the Health Executives Assocaition, and the Rhode Island Advertising Club. Her numerous civic-group involvements included the Travelers Aid Society of Rhode Island executive board, Literacy Volunteers of America board of directors, the Cranston Women of Rotary, the St. Joseph Hospital Women’s League, and the General and Rhode Island Federation of Women’s Clubs.Karen Lee Ziner, “Eleanor F. Saunders, 83; civic activist, noted fundraiser for charitable events,” available online on the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants website, at http://www.mayflower-ri.org/efs-obit.htm.

            Issue (per their mother’s obituary):
            1. Susan M. Saunders, unmarried at her mother’s death, living 18 July 2002.When she posted a message to the genealogical forum of Genealogy.com, at http://genforum.genealogy.com/kempton/messages/288.html.
            2. Kevin Wall Saunders, of Okemos, Michigan, in 2003. He is a prolific writer on legal subjects, and since 2002 has been a Professor of Law at Michigan State University, Detroit.Kevin Wall Saunders, available online at http://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/saunde44.pdf.
            3. G. William Saunders, of Wellsville, N.Y., in 2003.
      2. Bertha Saunders, b. 4 Dec. 1878 in Nova Scotia, living 1910. She m. Charles W. McKenzie, b. 1878-79 (aged 31 in 1910) in Massachusetts, of a Canadian-born father, living 1910. She is mentioned as “my aunt Bertha (Saunders) MacKenzie [sic]” by Morton W. Saunders in a letter to Lois Kernaghan dated 22 April 1982. Bertha and her husband were living at Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, in 1910, when he was working as a machinist in a shoe factory; at that time her brother, William was also a member of their household. The year of her receiving U.S. citizenship is given as 1885, in agreement with that given for her brother.1910 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Medford, roll 602, pt. 2, p. 18B. Known issue:
         1. Mildred A. McKenzie, b. 1903-04 (aged 6 in 1910).
         2. Effie A. McKenzie, b. 1906-07 (aged 3 in 1910).
      3. Rufus Warren Saunders (twin), b. 20 Sept. 1881 in Massachusetts (the 1920 census confirms that he was born there), d. 21 March 1932. He m. before 1913, Marie E. ____, b. (aged 34 in 1920) in Massachestts, to parents both born there, living 1930. He was drafted into the army in September 1918, at which time he was working as a stableman at Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachetts. He and his wife are found at Somerville in the 1920 census,1920 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, enumeration district 423, p. 2B; roll T625_718. and at Malden, in the same county, in the 1930 census, in which he is called a carpenter.1930 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Malden, enumeration district 279, sheet 4B; roll 923. Known issue:
         1. Warren Saunders, b. 1912-13 (aged 7 in 1920) in Massachusetts, living unmarried with his parents in 1930.
         2. Mildred L. Saunders, b. 1914-15 (aged 5 in 1920) in Massachusetts, living with her parents in 1930.
         3. Florence C. Saunders, b. about September 1919 (aged 4 months in January 1920) in Massachusetts, living 1930.
         4. John Saunders, b. 1923-24 (aged 6 in 1930).
         5. Catharine Saunders, b. about Feb. 1926 (aged 4 years, 2 months in April 1930).
      4. Effie B. Saunders (twin), b. 20 Sept. 1881 in Massachusetts (the 1930 census confirms that she was born there), d. 21 March 1932. She m. (1) apparently in 1909-10 (as she is said in the 1930 census to have been aged 28 at her first marriage), Frederick A. Brennan, by whom she does not appear to have had issue. She m. (2) (as his second wife) by 1920, and probably by 1913, Wallace M. Barber, b. 12 April 1868 in New York, of an English-born father and American-born mother (per 1920 census), d. in Sept. 1940 in Vermont.Social Security Death Index. He must have been married previously as the statement in the 1930 census that he was aged 34 at his first marriage would place that event around 1903. Effie and her second husband appear in the 1920 census of Burlington City, Chittenden Co., Vermont.1920 U.S. Federal Census, Vermont, Chittenden Co., Burlington City, Chittenden, Vermont, enumeration district 50, p. 7B; roll T625_1871. In the 1930 census Wallace Barber is called a “salesman [of] paints and varnishes,” at the time their household included Effie’s widowed mother.1930 U.S. Federal Census, Vermont, Chittenden Co., Essex Junction, enumeration district 29, p. __; roll 2428. Effie is said to have had two children by Barber, and so was probably the mother of the two children who appear with them in 1920, the daughter Esther apparently being named for Effie’s own mother:
         1. Esther A. Barber, b. 1913-14 (aged 6 in 1920, aged 16 in 1930) in Massachusetts, living 1930.
         2. Wallace A. Barber, b. 5 Oct. 1916 in Massachusetts, d. 19 June 1996 in Florida. At the time of his death he was living at 33408 North Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida.social Security Death Index. He is not listed with his father in the 1930 census.
      5. Harry S. Saunders, b. 29 Nov 1887 in Massachusetts, living 1920. He m. 20 Nov. 1912, Florence M. Parks, b. 1887-88 (aged 32 in 1920), living 1920, daughter of James W.M. Parks. They are are found in the 1920 census of Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; their household included her father and a brother.1920 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Somerville, enumeration district 454, p. 4B; roll T625_718. He also appears at Somerville in 1930, when he was an assistant shopkeeper for the “steam railroad.” 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Somerville, enumeration district 450, sheet 13A; roll 928. Only known child:
         1. Catharine M. Saunders, b. about November 1925 (aged 4 years and 5 months in April 1930).
   4. Alice M.M. Carty,Prior to the discovery of Alice’s marriage record, which names her parents as Wellington and Lucy Carty, Lois Kernaghan, in a letter to Morton Saunders of 8 Nov. 1982, suggested that Sumner and Alice Carty might have been the children of Harris Carty, in whose household they are found in 1871. Probably she felt is was unlikely these children would have been living with a wifeless man were they not his own offspring, and this impression might have been strengthened by the anomaly that in the entry for the household of Wellington Harris in the 1881 census they are listed last, after all the other children in the family, despite the fact that their ages would have dovetailed with those of two of the other children. However, given that Harris Carty is specifically called a bachelor in his 1874 marriage record, he could not have been the father of Sumner or of Alice, and the record of Alice’s marriage settles the matter so far as she is concerned.
          Although it is not strictly necessary for developing the chain of evidence, we quote from a letter of Morton Saunders to Lois Kernaghan dated 22 April 1982, in which he states:

      Alice was supposed to be sister of Esther [daughter of Wellington Carty]. The family was broken up by death of someone (possibly the death of [Wellington’s first wife] Lucy). When Alice died she left her house to my Aunt Bertha (Saunders) MacKenzie. Alice had the married name of something that sounded like ‘Boovay.’ On page 103 of the book Sandy Cove by Mary Kate Bull there is a picture of a tea party at the home of Mrs. William Saunders about 1904. One of the girls shown is Mrs. Alice Beyea, which I am inclined to believe is Esther’s sister.

      b. about 1859 (aged 12 in 1871, 23 in 1881) at Sandy Cove (according to her marriage record), living with her uncle Harris Carty in 1871, but with her father in 1881. She was no longer in either household in 1891, which is explained by her intervening marriage. Alice Carty m. 10 June 1888 in Rossway Methodist Church, Digby Co., her probable kinsman, Botsford Viets Beyea, b. around 1855 (aged 29 at his marriage, aged 65 in 1918) at Sandy Cove, d. in 1918, allegedly aged 65 years, and buried with his parents at the Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove, son of Burkett/Burkitt Beyea and Catherine Carty.The name of Botsford Viets Beyea commemorates a granduncle, Botsford Viets, who died young in 1807 of a “nervous fever.” The 1850 marriage licence of Burkett/Burkitt Beyea and Catherine Carty is cites, but does not transcribed by, Lois Kernaghan. Burkett/Burkitt Beyea (aged 65 in 1871) and his much younger wife Catharine (aged 45 in 1871) are found at Sandy Cove in all the censuses taken between 1871 and 1891. Burkett/Burkitt was a son of John Beyea, of Digby, mariner, by the latter’s wife Martha (“Patty”) Viets, daughter of the distinguished clergyman and poet, the Rev. Roger Viets, by the latter’s first wife, Hester Botsford; see Francis Hubbard Viets, A Genealogy of the Viets Family, with biographical sketches (Hartford, Connecticut, 1902), 35, 36, and (less importantly) Wilson’s Digby, pp. 339-44. Their marriage record gives both their places of residence as Sandy Cove, and names both sets of parents. They are found in the household of his parents in the census of 1891, at which time they did not yet have any surviving children. They are found in their own household in 1901, when again they had no surviving children. As noted by Morton Saunders, she appears in a group photograph taken at a tea party at the home of Mrs. William Saunders, about 1904, which is reproduced in Mary Kate Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 103. Only known child:
      1. Rita May Beyea, b. 1882-83, d. 1891, aged 8 years, and buried with her father.

      (by second wife:)

   5. Sandford Carty, b. 30 Oct. 1864 at Digby Neck, living with his parents in 1881 (when his name is given as Sanford), but not living with his mother in 1891. He has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia.
   6. George R. Carty, b. 4 Oct. 1866 at Sandy Cove, still living with his parents in 1881. He m. (as her second husband) 27 April 1890 in Little River Baptist Church, the much older Isabel M. (____) Adlington [or Addington?], b. 1851-52 (aged 38 at their marriage) at Little River, widow of ____ Adlington, and daughter of George … (illegible). His marriage record calls him a farmer, and names his parents and his wife’s father. He has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia.
   7. Margaret H. Carty, b. 19 Nov. 1870 at Little River, not found with her parents in the 1871 census, but she was living at Sandy Cove with her widowed mother in 1891. None of the women named Margaret in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove match her in age.
   8. Meronia/Minerva (?) Carty, b. 2 Oct. 1872 at Little River, called “Meronia” in the birth record but Man… (illegible) in the 1881 census,We have not checked the original record; Lois Kernaghan read the name as “Manoria [?]” and in the LDS indes to the census it appears as “Hanussa Cortey.” and Minerva (?) in the 1891 census. None of the women with names similar to this in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove match her in age.
   9. Handford Carty, b. 30 March 1875; called “Hanfred D. Carty” in the birth record but Hantford in the 1881 and Hartford (?) in the 1891 census. He has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia. He was likely the Hanford D. Carty, aged 44 (thus born 1875-76), born in Canada, house-carpenter, who is with a Nova-Scotia-born wife and two children in the 1920 census of Boston, Massachusetts; his date of immigration is given as 1899 and hers as 1900.1920 U.S. Federal Census, Masachusetts, Suffolk Co., Boston, Ward 15, enumeration district 387, sheet 2A. The entry reads:
      

                                          father  mother
      Hanford D. Carty*  head 44  Canada  Canada  Canada
        house-carpenter
      Louise D. Carty**  wife 38  N.S.    N.S.    N.S.
      Victor L. Carty    son  14  Mass.   Canada  N.S.
      Cecile W. Carty    dau. 12  Mass.   Canada  N.S.
      ====
       * date of immigration: 1899
      ** date of immigration: 1900
      

      His date of arrival is confirmed by the presence of the name of Hanford Carty, aged 25, born in and resident in Nova Scotia, in a list of passengers arriving at Boston on 30 Nov. 1899.Ancestry.com”s Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943, database.
   10. Charles Carty, b. 1878-79 (aged 2 in 1881, 12 in 1891). He has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia.

10.   Francis⁷ Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of Peter Harris and Esther Saunders, was b. ca. 1804 in Nova Scotia, and d. (intestate) 30 Nov. 1885. In 1828 he purchased land from his parents, “Peter Harris and Esther his wife of Digby Tp.,” for £8.Digby County Deeds, Liber 10, no. 160; P.A.N.S. reel no. 17701, item 2. He m. by 1842, Ruhamah Trask, b. 23 July 1807 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, d. in 1871-81, daughter of James Trask, of Yarmouth, by the latter’s wife Sybil, daughter of Samuel Baker.Brown’, Yarmouth Genealogies, 44, 414 (for Trask, accepting a reader-submitted correction of a previous sketch of the same family on p. 10, which had given the husband of Ruhamah Trask as “____ Crowell”); 621 (for Baker). We are indebted for several additional details here to Elaine Deion, Raymond Roots, formerly available online at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6137/. He is enumerated at Sandy Cove in the 1871 census as a farmer, Methodist, of German (sic) origin, aged 67 years, with wife Ruhamah and four children.Digby County Census, 1871, [Family History Library microfilm no. 493,602], p. 30, transcribed by Theresa Mangnall, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/census/1871/1871sandycove2.htm He is likely the Francis Harris listed at Sandy Cove in a directory published in 1871.Nova Scotia Directory for 1871, p. 220. In 1881 Francis Harris, aged 77 years, a widow, farmer and fisherman, was enumerated at Sandy Cove.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 19 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. An undated document found in his estate file reads as follows:

To John Holdsworth Esq., Judge of Probate for the County of Digby. In the matter of the estate of Francis Harris late of Sandy Cove, deceased, the petition of James Leslie Adams of Sandy Cove respectfully sheweth that Francis Harris, late of Sandy Cove, died on the 30^th day of November A.D. 1885 intestate, leaving real estate goods and chattels which which ought to be administrated upon, and that Sandel Harris his only son has neglected to administer on said estate, and your petitioner being the husband of the only other kin Mary A. Adams, your petitioner therefore prays that you do cite the said Sandel Harris to take administration on said estate and upon his refusal to do so that I … on behalf of my said wife may be allowed to take such administration….

In another document in the file his wife is more fully referred to as Mary Alice Adams. Sandel Harris evidently defaulted on the administration, which was in fact granted to James L. Adams, the estate being finally settled on 26 March 1891.Digby County Probates, A-1165, P.A.N.S. reel no. 20470. Only surviving issue:

1. 19Sandel Elias Harris, b. ca. 1842-43.
2. Mary Alice Harris, b. probably ca. 1849-50 (aged 21 in 1871, 29 in 1881, 43 in 1891, b. 27 July 1844 according to the 1901 census), d. 6 March 1902. She was living unmarried with her father in 1871. She soon after m. 26 June 1871, James Leslie Adams, b. probably ca. 1846-47 (aged 33 in 1881, 45 in 1891, b. 1 Jan. 1842 according to the 1901 census), who administered her father’s estate in 1891, at which time he was of Sandy Cove. He is called a shoemaker in the 1881 and 1891 censuses. They also appear in the 1901 census.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, subdistrict r, p. 6; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. Only known child:
   1. Haliburton Adams, b. 16 Dec. 1878 (per 1901 census), living unmarried with his parents in 1901, when he was a seaman.

11.   Charles⁷ Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of Peter Harris and Esther Saunders, was b. 1808-09 (aged 62 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia, and d. between 13 Nov. 1877 (when he made his will) and 26 May 1878 (when it was proved). The fact that he names as one of the executors of his will “my nephew Charles T. Crowell” supplies the proof that he was a son of Peter Harris (no. 4). He m. before 1833, Abigail ____, b. 1812-13 (aged 58 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia, living 1891 with her daughter Caroline (Harris) Outhouse. They are found at Sandy Cove in the 1871 census, which calls him a farmer, of German origin, and the family were Baptists; his household at the time included a John R. Harris, aged 4, thus b. 1866-67 and obviously identical with his grandson Robert Harris, illegitimate son of his daughter Mary. Charles Harris and his son Hiram were among the signers of the 1875 petition to restore Israel Blackford as ferryman “on the East Side of Petit Passage,” this Blackford having lost the position when a ferryman was appointed on the other side, “to our great inconvience as we have frequently had to wait for an hour on the shore for the ferryman to come from the west side.”A Petition regarding the Petite Passage Ferryman, November 1875, transcribed by Ken Eavis, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/lists/petit.htm. His will, dated 13 Nov. 1877 and proved 26 May 1878, mentions his wife Abigail, children Hiram Harris, Caroline Outhouse, Louisa Gidney, and Mary D. Merry, and “my grandson Robert, he being the son of daughter Mary,” who in another passage is more explictly called Robert Harris. He appoints as executors “my nephew Charles T. Crowell” (who however subsequently declined to serve in the capacity) and Richard Merry, who although the relationship is not stated was his son-in-law. The document shows that some of his land was directly adjacent to that of his brother, John Harris, below:

… First, I give to my beloved wife Abigal the house wherein I now reside and all that land attached, bounded on the northwest by the Main Road, on the sourthwest and southeast by the lands of John Merritt, and to the east by lands of James Merritt, to have full possession during her natural life. At her decease I then bequeath the above-described house and land to my grandson Robert [Harris], he being the son of [my] daughter Mary….
    I also give and bequeath to my beloved wife Abigal all my personal goods and chattels of whatsoever kind that I may be possessed of at my decease. I also give and bequeath to my beloved wife all that piece of land on the north side of the road, bounded by drawing a line through the centre of the well of water, said line to begin at the post road and run in a right angle with the baseline till it strike the lands of John Harris, then southwardly to the lands of said John Harris to the Post Road, then south westerly to the place of beginning, to have full possession during her natural life; and at her decease I give and bequeath the above-described lands to Robert Harris my grandson….
    I also give the remainder of my lands on the north side of the main road … [ at least one entire line cut off at page-break] to be divided equally between them in four equal parts, which I direct to be divided in the following manner; that is, I give to my beloved daughter Mary D. Merry the eastern fo[u]rth part of the same to be divided by a line at a right angle with the basline, then I give the adjoining fourth part to my beloved son Hiram Harris and I give the ajoining … [illegible] fourth part to my beloved daughter Caroline Outhouse, and also I give the adjoining and western fourth part to my beloved daughter Louizia Gedney, all the dividing lines to run parelell with the western line where my lands abut the lands of John Heris.
    I also give all that piece or parcel of land, being a part of the Wescott farm, to be divided in four equal parts to my four children, viz.: Hiram Harris, Carolin Outhouse, Louizia Gidney and Mary D. Merry. All the … [illeg.] lands are to be held by them, their assignes and heeres, forever, save the exception of the wood on the Westcott lands, which wood I give my beloved daugher Mary D. Merry and my grandson Robert Harris to be cut and removed at their pleasure and con[v]enience without hinderance.
    I also appoint my nephew Charles T. Crowell, and Richard Merry, my executors to this my last will and testatment … in witness whereof I set may hand and affix my seal the day and year heretofore written.Will of Charles Harris, of Digby Neck, Digby County Probates no. A-786, P.A.N.S. microfilm no. 20465; document cut off in several places on the microfilm. Punctuation has been added for the sake of clarity.

Charles T. Crowell subsequently relinquished the right to participate in the administration.     Issue, per will:

1. Hiram Harris, b. 1832-33 (aged 38 in 1871) in Nova Scotia, living 1891. He m. before 1859, Matilda Larymare (as the name is spelt in the 1865 birth record of her son Willie), b. 1842-43 (aged 28 in 1871), living 1891. Hiram Harris is called a mariner in the 1865 birth record of his son Willie. He and his wife are enumerated in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, an adjacent entry being for the household of his first cousin, Charles T. Crowell, above. They are also enumerated in the 1881 and 1891 censuses, in both of which he is called a seaman. He has not been found in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia. Known issue:
   1. Sarah Harris, b. 1858-59 (aged 12 in 1871), living with her parents in 1871 but not in 1881.
   2. Margaret Harris, b. 1860-61 (aged 10 in 1871), living with her parents in 1871 but not in 1881.
   3. Charles Harris, b. 1862-63 (aged 8 in 1871), still living unmarried with his parents in 1881.
   4. Willie S. Harris, b. 22 June 1865 at Digby Neck, probably d. young as he is not found with his parents in the 1881 census.
   5. Byron S. Harris, b. 1868-69 (aged 2 in 1871).
   6. Alfred Harris, b. 1875-76 (aged 5 in 1881).
2. Caroline Harris, b. about 1834 (aged 37 in 1871, 46 in 1881, 56 in 1891) in Nova Scotia, still alive in 1901. She m. about 1856, probably at Sandy Cove,Their marriage is variously stated to have occured in 1855 at Sandy Cove (according to the 1867 birth record of their daughter Edith), in Dec. 1856 at Sandy Cove (according to the 1872 birth record of their daughter Waita), in Dec. 1857 at Digby Neck (according to the 1869 birth record of their son Frederick). John William Outhouse, b. 1832-33 (aged 38 in 1871, 48 in 1881, 57 in 1891), d. 1891-1901. He is called a master mariner in the birth record of their daughter Edith (1867), a mariner in that of their son Frederick (1869), and a seaman in that of their daughter Waita (1872); all three records give the parents’ place of residence as Petite Passage, and supply the mother’s maiden surname. A John B. Outhouse was one of the signers of the 1875 petition, mentioned above, to restore Israel Blackford as ferryman on the East Side of Petit Passage, Digby Co. The name Outhouse was very common there, and he was perhaps a son of the widower Simon Outhouse, aged 73, who is found in an adjacent household. John and Caroline Outhouse are enumerated in the 1871 census of Petite Passage, in which he is called a fisherman, and the family’s religion is given as Baptist. They had however moved to Tiverton, Digby Co., by 1881, when the census again calls John Outhouse a fisherman, and gives the family’s religion as Baptist.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 15, sub-district M, p. 8; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. They are also listed in the 1891 census when her widowed mother was a member of their household. Between 1891 the family removed to Tiverton, Digby Co., where Caroline appears as a widow in the household of her son Frederick in 1901.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 31, subdistrict u, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. The name Outhouse was also common at Tiverton; in 1901 persons of this name constituted 152 of the 542 persons in the town (fully 28% of the population). Known issue:
   1. Handley Outhouse, b. 12 June 1860 (per the 1901 census). He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1881, but m. before 1887, Alice F. ____, b. 14 May 1865 (per the 1901 census). They are found in the 1901 census of Tiverton, Digby Co.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 31, subdistrict u, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. Known issue:
      1. Dimmock Outhouse, b. Feb 2 1887.
      2. Robbie Outhouse, b. Sep 14 1888.
      3. Clarence Outhouse, b. 1 May 1890.
      4. Ellwood Outhouse, b. 15 Oct 15 1891.
   2. Elizabeth Outhouse, b. 1861-62 (aged 9 in 1871), living with her parents in 1871 but not in 1871.
   3. Henry Outhouse, b. 9 June 1863 (per the 1901 census). He was living unmarried with his parents in 1881, but is not found in their household in 1891. He m. before 1891, Annie L. ____, b. 17 March 1863 (per 1901 census). They are found in the 1901 census of Tiverton, in which he is called fisherman, and the family’s religion given as Baptist.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 31, subdistrict u, p. 6; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. Known issue:
      1. Neil B. Outhouse, b. 17 April 1891.
      2. Edith B. Outhouse, b. 4 July 1894.
   4. Edith Outhouse, b. 23 Jan. 1867 at Petite Passage, living with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891.
   5. Frederick Outhouse, b. 1 June 1869 at Petite Passage, living 1901. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1891. He m. by 1894, ________, who d. by 1901. The widowed Fred Outhouse was living at Tiverton in 1901, when his household included his widowed mother and one child.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 31, subdistrict u, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. T-6450.
      1. Vera Outhouse, b. in July 1894 (per the 1901 census), called “Vira” in the 1901 census.
   6. Waita/Vaita Outhouse, b. 11 Feb. 1872 at Petite Passage, called Waita in her birth record by Vaita in the 1881 census; still living unmarried with her parents in 1891. Despite the slight discrepancy in their stated birthdates, there seems little doubt that she is the Waite (or perhaps Waitie) Ruggles, b. 28 Feb. 1872, enumerated next door to Frederick Outhouse (qbove) in the 1901 census of Tiverton.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Tiverton, district 31, subdistrict u, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. If so, she m. before 1895, Frank Ruggles, b. 9 July 1865, and had issue:
      1. Leliah B. Ruggles, b. 17 May 1895.
      2. Gertie H. Ruggles, b. 3 March 1901.
   7. Cora Outhouse, b. 1873-74 (aged 7 in 1881), living 1891. No woman named Cora of her age appears in the 1901 census of Tiverton.
   8. John Outhouse, Jr., b. 1877-78 (aged 3 in 1881), living 1891. He has not been found in the 1901 census of Tiverton.
3. Louisa Harris, b. 1843-44 (aged 27 in 1871), d. 1893, and buried with her husband in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery. She m. 12 April 1865 at Sandy Cove,Digby County marriage registrations; this agrees pretty well with the statement in the 1865 birth record of their son Albert that they were married in 1865 at Digby Neck. John B. Gidney, b. 3 Feb. 1840 (per the 1901 census), d. 1915, aged 75 years. They are enumerated in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, in which he is called a seaman, and in the 1881 census, in which he is called fisherman.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, district 15, sub-district D, p. 17; PAC microfilm no. C-13172 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. He is called a mariner in the birth records of their children Albert (1865) and Effie (1872). The widowed John Gidney is found in the 1901 census, in which he is called a farmer. Known issue:
   1. Albert E. Gidney, b. 7 June 1865 at Sandy Cove, d. 1951, and buried with his parents. He m. before 1892, Emma M. ____, b. 24 Feb. 1874 (per 1901 census), d. 1936, and buried with her husband’s family; she was probably Emma M. Eldridge, b. 24 Feb. 1874 at Sandy Cove (per her birth record), daughter of Fountain Eldridge and Sarah A. Gillaland (who were married in 1857 at Sandy Cove). They are found in the household of his widowed father in 1901. Known issue (per 1901 census):
      1. Alvira Gidney, b. 16 Feb. 1892.
      2. Duncan Gidney (twin), b. 17 March 1896, probably the Duncan Gidney who was killed in France in 1918, dying at the age of 22 years, and was buried in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery.
      3. Gwendolyn Gidney (twin), b. 17 March 1896.
   2. Corabell Gidney, b. about 1869 (aged 3 in 1871, 12 in 1881), found with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891. No women of this name (of whatever surname) appear in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove.
   3. Effie C. Gidney, b. 21 Dec. 1872 at Sandy Cove, d. 1878, and buried with her parents.
   4. Charles C. Gidney, b. 1877, d. 1883, and buried with his parents.
4. Mary D. Harris, b. 1846-47 (aged 24 in 1871), living 1881. She m. in 1871 at Sandy Cove (per the birth record of their daughter Louisa), Richard Merry, living 1881, who was appointed one of the executors of the estate of his father-in-law. They are enumerated next to her parents in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, in which their surname is given as “Marys.” The daughter Alice M. Merry, b. 1864-65 (aged 6 in 1871) was evidently by a previous marriage of her father. In the birth record of their daughter Louisa (1872), Richard is called a mechanic. Known issue:
   1. (illegitimate, by an unknown father) Robert Harris, b. 15 Feb. 1867 at Sandy Cove, as the son of Mary A. Harris and an unknown father; this is the four-year-old “John R. Harris” found in the household of his maternal grandfather in 1871, and called “son of [my] daughter Mary” in this same grandfather’s will.
   2. (by her husband) Louisa Merry, b. 20 Sept 1872 at Sandy Cove.

12.   John⁷ Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of Peter Harris and Esther Saunders, was b. 1812-13 (aged 60 years in 1871) in Nova Scotia, and was still alive in 1881. The John Harris whom Bull calls a “brother” of Peter Harris was doubtless this son. He m. Ann ____, b. 1812-13 (aged 60 years in 1871) in Ireland, d. 1871-81. He is found at Sandy Cove in the 1871 census, which calls him a farmer, and Baptist, of German origin, while his wife Ann was a Catholic; their household included their married daughter Sarah and the latter’s family.1871 Census of Sandy Cove, p. 27. The entry reads:

Harris  John       M  60  mar.  NS      Baptist  German  farmer
   "    Ann        F  60  mar.  Ireland Catholic Irish
Merritt James      M  42  mar.  NS      Baptist  English seaman
   "    Sarah P.   F  35  mar.  NS      Baptist  German
   "    Caroline   F   8  ----  NS      Baptist  English in school
   "    Hellan     F   6  ----  NS      Baptist  English in school
   "    John       M   4  ----  NS      Baptist  English
   "    Charles W. M   1  ----  NS      Baptist  English

1. (?) Sarah P. Harris, b. 1835-36 (aged 35 in 1871), living 1871; m. in 1860 at Sandy Cove (per the 1869 birth record of their son Charles), James Merritt, b. 1828-29 (aged 42 in 1871) in Nova Scotia, living 1881. James Merritt is called a mariner in the birth record of their son Charles (1869), and a seaman in the 1871 census. As noted above, they appear in the household of her parents in 1871, and her widowed father appears in their household in 1881. They were Baptists in 1871. Known issue (all born in Nova Scotia):
   1. Caroline Merritt, b. 1862-63 (aged 8 in 1871); attending school in 1871.
   2. Helen Merritt, b. 1864-65 (aged 6 in 1871); attending school in 1871.
   3. John Merritt, b. 1866-67 (aged 4 in 1871).
   4. Charles W. Merritt, b. 6 June 1869 at Sandy Cove.

13.   Francis⁷ Comfort, of Beamsville, Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., U.C. (now Ontario), son of John Comfort, Jr., and Catharine Harris, was b. 28 Aug. 1800 at Montgomery, Orange Co., N.Y., bapt. 11 Jan. 1801 in the Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Montgomery,Francis’ baptismal record is printed in Early Settlers of New York State, vol. 3, no. 5 (Nov. 1936), p. 6, repr. Jane Wethy Foley (ed.), Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 9 vols. in 2 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993), 1:401. d. (testate) on 18 or 19 June 1880 near Beamsville, and was buried in the Clinton Presbyterian churchyard.See Roland & Cecelia Botting, A History of the Kennedy Family [1st ed.] (1957), 18-20, and especially Cecelia C. and Roland B. Botting, Comfort Families of America, 344-58. Brought by his parents to Ontario as a child, Francis Comfort was an elder of the Clinton Presbyterian Church in 1819. He m. 20 Feb. 1822, Jemima Wilcox, b. 27 Dec. 1801 in Grimsby Tp., Lincoln Co., U.C., d. 5 Nov. 1876 near Beamsville, and buried in the Clinton Presbyterian churchyard, daughter of Daniel Wilcox (V) the latter’s wife Mary McIntyre.Cecelia and Roland Botting, Wilcoxes and McIntyres of Lincoln County [Ontario] (Tucson, Arizona: the authors, 197_), p. 13. During the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1838, he served with the 4^th Lincoln Regiment. In 1836 he purchased from his brother John, for £200, a farm on lot 19 in the 7^th concession of Clinton Tp., and built a house on it after one his father his built was list to fire. He is listed in the 1842, 1851, and 1871 censuses of Clinton Tp. In the 1840s he lost a hand in a threshing-machine accident, and thereafter turned to clerical work, becoming an assessor, tax collector, and census enumerator. The census returns of 1852 testify to his chirographic skill. In a letter written to his son Andrew in 1849 he mentions a visit to his “uncle Daniel Comfort” near Newburgh, N.Y., which the Bottings acknowledge as “one of the main pieces of evidence that he was the grandson of John [Comfort], Sr.”The Bottings printed this letter in Copper State Bulletin (Arizona State Genealogical Society), vol. 9, no. 3 (19—), pp. 75-6. He d. (testate) on 18 or 19 June 1880 near Beamsville. The Bottings note that “all his children were well educated; all the sons had advanced education, one or two attending Western Reserve and one Johns Hopkins; three of the daughters were teachers.” Francis Comfort and his wife had ten children, of whom:

1. Margaret Comfort, b. 11 Dec. 1833 in Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, bapt. 18 May 1834 in Clinton Presbyterian Church, d. 20 Jan. 1916, and buried in St. Anns Cemetery. She m. 23 Oct. 1856, John Kennedy (IV), of St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., U.C., farmer, b. 29 Feb. 1832, d. 11 Oct. 1897, and buried at St. Anns, son of John Kennedy (III) and Barbara Dean. He was left a 150-acre farm in his father’s will, with the use of the garden reserved to his mother for her lifetime. He became a member of the St. Anns Presbyterian Church on 5 May 1855. His family is found in the 1861 and 1871 censuses of Gainsborough Tp. The Bottings record that “he was much interested in music: for a time the local singing school met each week at his house; he once mortgaged his farm to buy an organ for his children.” They had twelve children, of whom their son John was the great-grandfather of the present compiler, and their daughter Mary Jemima (Kennedy) (Coon) Harcourt was the mother of Mary Cecelia (Coon) Botting, compiler of genealogies of the Comfort and Kennedy families, and other works.See generally Roland & Cecelia Botting, A History of the Kennedy Family [1st ed.] (Hutchinson, Kansas: privately published, 1957), pp. 8-11; Cecelia C. and Roland B. Botting, Comfort Families of America, p. 347; Descendants of John Kennedy of Sussex County, New Jersey [3rd ed.] (n.p., 1989), pp. 14-15.

14.   William⁷ Saunders, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of John Saunders and Hannah Harris, was b. ca. 1793 (aged 24 in 1817, according to his mother), and bapt. (as “Billy”) 21 July 1794 at Sandy Cove by the minister of Trinity Anglican Church, Digby. His age would accord with that of William Saunders, J.P., who died in 1874, aged 80 years, is buried with his wife Ruth (d. 1870 aged 68 years) in the Baptist churchyard, Sandy Cove, Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 140. and is said to have been a grandson of William (“Billey”) Saunders, father of John.Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 27. If so, he was probably William Saunders named in an undated list of justices printed in Wilson’s DigbyWilson’s Digby, pp. 431-3, at p. 432. and the William Saunders, widower, aged 77 years, born in Nova Scotia, enumerated at Sandy Cove in the 1871 census, which calls him of Scottish origin, and a Baptist.Digby County Census, 1871 [Family History Library microfilm no. 493,602], p. 5, transcribed by Theresa Mangnall, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/census/cenidx.htm. He must be distinguished from an only slightly younger William Saunders, farmer, aged 72, also born in Nova Scotia, and also of Scottish origin and a Baptist, who appears in p. 38 of the same record with wife Hannah; despite their similarities in ethnicity and religion it is known from other sources that this man was of an entirely different Saunders family (see discussion under 8.ii.c above). These two men cannot be differentiated in the 1838 census, which does not supply ages. Cheryl Andrews has developed persuasive circumstantial evidence for believing that the present man was father of a Holmes Saunders, and perhaps of one other child:

1. Holmes Saunders,Our grounds for regarding him as a likely son of William Saunders are as follows: (a) his ethnicity (Scottish) and religion (Baptist) match that given for William Saunders in the 1871 census, in which the two men are listed only one or two entries apart (two published transcriptions disagree, and we have not checked the original record); (b) he shared the first name Holmes with a son of William’s brother Francis; (c) his granddaughter Betsey Saunders married William’s brother Francis’s grandson Frank Morrison Saunders. of Sandy Cove, farmer, b. in 1811-12 (based on age at death) at Sandy Cove, d. there 28 Oct. 1891, aged 79 years, of heart disease,Death notice, Digby Weekly Courier, 31 Oct. 1890, p. 3, col. 4. and buried at Zion United Church. He m. (as her second husband) ca. 1840, Mary Morehouse, b. 27 Dec. 1811, d. 1899, aged 87 years, and buried with her second husband, widow of Elijah Carty (Sr.), and daughter of Joseph Morehouse and Sarah Tongue. (Her first husband was lost at sea in 1831, from the schooner Carolina, bound for St. John, New Brunswick, and is buried at the Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove. Margaret MacPhee Saunders told Cheryl Andrews that Mary went down to the Bay, and brought his body back to Sandy Cove on the back of a horse. Also lost at sea was their son, Elijah Carty, Jr., who d. in 1852, aged 21 years.) Their original homestead was the house now belonging to Ronald Gedney. It was passed down from Holmes and Mary Saunders to their son Watson Saunders and his wife Jenny, then to Margaret (Saunders) McKay, then to Ronald Gedney. The 1871 Census of Sandy Cove lists him as a farmer, and a Baptist, of Scotch origin; also in their household was her mother, the widow Sarah Morehouse, aged 83 years. He is also enumerated in the 1881 census,1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 26 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. and his widow appears with most of their children in that of 1891. Issue:
   1. Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Saunders, b. 29 June 1840 (according to the 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. there 4 Sept. 1902, and buried there with her husband at the Church of the Nativity. She m. 1 Dec. 1860 at Sandy Cove, Jacob Edward Morehouse, of Digby Neck and Sandy Cove, b. 9 May 1838 (according to the 1901 census), d. 1902, son of Jones Morehouse and Eliza Trask, and a grandson of John Morehouse and Mary Jones.Jones Morehouse (1797-1867) and Eliza Trask (1814-1885) are buried at the Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove. See M. Mackay, Jacob Edmund Morehouse, available online at http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc45/wc45_174.html. He is called a farmer in the birth records of his children George (1865), Adelaide (1867), Mary (1870) and Byron (1873), a ship carpenter in the 1871 census, and a labourer in the birth record of his daughter Edith (1874). He is called a farmer and mechanic in the 1881 census.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 28 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. They also appear in the 1901 census. Issue:
      1. Jones Almon (“Sonny”) Morehouse, b. 12 March 1861, d. 1931 at Sandy Cove, and buried with his parents. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1901, when he is called a seaman. He is said to have later m. Sarah Rowena Cornwell, but there is no wife buried with him.
      2. George Edwin Morehouse, b. 8 Jan. 1865 at Digby Neck, d. 3 March 1910 on the Siberian Railway, of pneumonia. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1901, when he is called a seaman. He later m. Annie Frances Trask.
      3. Adelaide Potter Morehouse, b. 4 or 5 June 1867 at Digby Neck,In the published transcription of the Digby birth records, she is listed twice with two different dates. d. 10 Oct. 1933. She m. (probably by 1901, when she was not longer a member of her parents’ household), Harry Jensen, b. 1860 in Norway, d. 1946. We have not found them in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove. According to M. McKay, they had issue:
         1. Eleanora Georgina Jensen.
         2. Violet Elizabeth Jensen.
      4. Mary Eliza (“Daisy”) Morehouse, b. 25 Dec. 1870 at Sandy Cove, d. 11 June 1922 at Sandy Cove, and buried with her parents, her tombstone calling her “wife of F. Haines.” She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1901, but subsequently m. Frank Leslie Haines, b. 1872, d. 1930, and buried with his wife. We have not found them in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove.
      5. Byron Watson Morehouse, b. 11 March 1873 at Sandy Cove, d. there 9 Dec. 1894, and buried with his parents. He is said to have m. (probably by 1901, when he was not longer a member of his parents’ household), Cynthia M. Morehouse. However, we have not found him in Automated Genealogy’s index to the 1901 census of Nova Scotia.
      6. Edith Bond Morehouse, b. 25 May 1874 at Sandy Cove, d. 14 Sept. 1895, and buried with her parents, her tombstone calling her “wife of A. Doucette.” She m. (probably by 1901, when she was not longer a member of her parents’ household), Alvin Doucette, but we have not found them in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove.
      7. Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Duncan Morehouse, b. 21 May 1878 (per 1901 census), d. 3 May 1960. She was living with her parents in 1891, but m. by 1900, St. Clair Brown, b. 1 Oct. 1874 (per 1901 census). In 1901 they were living at Freeport, Digby Tp.1901 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Tp., Freeport, district 31, subdistrict g, p. 15; PAC microfilm no. T-6450. Only know child:
         1. Harriet F. Brown, b. 2 Oct. 1900.
      8. Orwell Holmes Morehouse, b. 25 Oct. 1883 at Sandy Cove, d. there 24 Jan. 1952, and buried with his parents and wife. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1901, but subsequently m. by 1904, Jennie Scott Reid, of Gulliver’s Cove, b. in June 1886 (per the 1901 census), d. 1967. In 1910 he purchased the “Capt. Charles Saunders house” from the widow Isabella Morehouse; in 1948 he conveyed the title of the home to his youngest child, Jones Osborne Morehouse.See the brief account of this man in Digby Municipal Heritage Heritage Properties, Capt. Charles Saunders Property, Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove, 1878?, available online at http://www.westerncounties.ca/digby/cgi-bin/getProperty01.cgi?sqry=60. He and his wife were enumerated at Sandy Cove in the 1911 census, in which he is called a fisherman.1911 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 43 (Digby Co.), subdistrict 19 (Sandy Cove), p. 6. The entry reads:
         

         Orwell __ Morehouse  head  Oct.  1883  27  N.S.  English  fisherman
         Jennie       "       wife  June  1886  24  N.S.  Scotch
         Darrell       "      son   Dec.  1904   6  N.S.  English
         Addie        "       dau.  July  1906   4  N.S.     "
         Stella       "       dau.  Dec.  1907   3  N.S.     "
         Nora         "       dau.  Sept. 1910 8/12 N.S.     "
         ====
         The entire family was Canadian in nationality; their religion
         is illegible.
         

         Known issue (order of younger children uncertain):
         1. Darrell Morehouse, b. in Dec. 1904 (per 1911 census), d. by 2002.
         2. Addie Morehouse, b. in July 1906 (per 1911 census) d. unmarried by 2002.
         3. Stella Morehouse, b. in Dec. 1907 (per 1911 census), d. by 2002; m. ____ Goodwin.
         4. Nora Georgina Morehouse, b. in Sept. 1910 (per 1911 census), living 2002. She m. (1) in 1928, her kinsman, Harry Trueman Saunders (whom see elsewhere in this page), b. 17 May 1893, d. 1969, and buried with his parents, son of Ingram L. Saunders, of Sandy Cove, by the latter’s wife Nancy S. Eldridge. She m. (2) ____ Stevens. She was living with her son Gerald in Halifax in 2000, and is mentioned as of Halifax at the time of the death of her brother Jack in 2002.
         5. Jack Edmund Morehouse, b. 1911-12, d. 9 Nov. 2002, aged 90 years, “at his home in Sandy Cove.” He m. Juanita Snow. A death notice reads, “Born in Sandy Cove, March 17, 1912, he was the second son of the late Orwell and Jennie (Reid) Morehouse. He was a weir owner and lobster fisherman for 50 years. Jack was a kind and gentle man who loved nature, especially bird watching, gardening both vegetable and flower. He was a great conversationalist who liked to play a good game of cards and always welcomed visitors to his home. He cherished the community of Sandy Cove and fulfilled his dream of lifelong residency. He is survived by daughters, Linda Morehouse, Lower Sackville; Sharon (Joe) Bicknell, Digby; Heather (Larry) Hartlin, Avonport; grandchildren, Kevin, Cheryl, Steve, Heather, Laura, Jackie; great-grandson, Adam; sister, Nora Saunders-Stevens, Halifax. His beloved wife, Juanita (Snow) passed away November 7, 1978. He was predeceased by brothers, Darrell and Osborne; sisters, Addie Morehouse, Stella Goodwin, Margaret MacLean. Funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m. today, November 12, in Zion United Church, Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Rev. Linda Reid officiating. Donations may be made to Zion United Church Building Fund or Cemetery Fund, Sandy Cove…. Arrangements entrusted to Jayne’s Funeral Home, Digby.Halifax Daily News, 9 Nov. 2002.
         6. Jones Osborne Morehouse, b. after 1910, d. by 2002. He m. Ruby Jean Roddick. Osborne Morehouse, a fisherman at Sandy Cove, served with the West Nova Scotia Highlanders during World War II. Osborne and Jean operated a summer tourist home at Sandy Cove called “Orchard House,” which since his death has continued to be operated by his widow and by their two children, Danny and Jennifer.Digby Municipal Heritage Heritage Properties, Capt. Charles Saunders Property, Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove, 1878?, available online at http://www.westerncounties.ca/digby/cgi-bin/getProperty01.cgi?sqry=60.
         7. Margaret Morehouse, b. after 1910, d. by 2002; m. ____ MacLean
   2. Caroline Saunders, b. 1842-43, d. 1854, aged 11 years, and buried with her parents.
   3. Watson Saunders, b. 13 Sept. 1845 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. there 14 Sept. 1914, aged 69 years, and buried at Zion United Church, Sandy Cove. In his younger life he was a diver, mainly in the building of bridges. He worked on the Fall River Bridge in Massachusetts, where he met and married his wife. They returned to live at Sandy Cove, where he was a farmer and Justice of the Peace. They were living in his parents’ household in 1881, and in that of his widowed mother in 1891. He m. before 1879, Jenny B. Brittain, b. 1 May 1851 (per 1901 census), d. 1923, aged 73 years, and buried with her husband, daughter of John Brittain, of Fall River, Massachusetts, by the latter’s wife Jane MacBeth. He is called a farmer in the 1901 census. Issue:
      1. Mary Christina Saunders, b. 23 July 1879 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. there 17 July 1916 of hemorrhage, while giving birth to twin sons, and buried with her parents. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1901, but m. before 1904, her probable first cousin once removed, Frank Morrison Saunders, q.v., son of Holmes Francis Saunders, and grandson of her probable great-grandfather’s brother Francis Saunders.
      2. Watson Saunders, Jr., b. in March 1881 according to the 1881 census; not listed under this name in the 1891 census, and possibly identical with James Saunders below.
      3. James Lemuel Saunders, said in the 1901 census to have been b. 16 March 1881 at Sandy Cove, thus possibly identical with Watson Saunders above; he d. (unmarried?) on 29 March 1904 at Waverly, Massachusetts, of pneumonia, his age being given as 24 years, and buried with his parents, his tombstone giving the same age at death. Probably by some mistake, he is not listed with his parents in the 1881 census.
      4. Margaret (“Maggie”) Lindsay Saunders, b. 15 May 1888 (according to the 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. 20 April 1979. She m. Walker MacKay, who is buried in the Catholic cemetery, Digby.
   4. Adelaide Saunders, b. 1849-50, d. there (unmarried) 25 Dec. 1868, aged 18 years, and buried with her parents.
   5. Mary H. Saunders, b. about 1854, d. 23 May 1869 at Sandy Cove, of inflammation of the bowels, and buried with her parents; her tombstone gives her date of death as 1870 and her age as 16 years.
2. (perhaps) Lemuel Saunders, b. 1821-22 (aged 49 in 1871) in Nova Scotia, living 1871. He m. Maria ____, b. 1819-20 (aged 51 in 1871) in Nova Scotia. He is enumerated either in the same household, or next door to, his ostensible father, William Saunders, in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove (two published transcriptions disagree, and we have not checked the original record); he is called a ship captain, Baptist, of Scottish origin. No children are listed with him and his wife in 1871. He has not been located in the LDS index to the 1881 census.

15.   Francis⁷ Saunders, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of William Saunders and Hannah Harris, was b. ca. 1797 (aged 20 in 1817, 74 in 1871, 84 in 1881), and was still alive in 1881. As noted above, we have the statement of his own mother that he was aged 20 in 1817, and this fact, combined with distinctiveness of the name, leaves no doubt that he was the same Francis Saunders later found at Sandy Cove in census records. In 1838, he was enumerated in Digby Tp. as Francis Saunders, yeoman, with a household consisting (besides himself) of a female above 14 years of age (presumably his wife) and 1 male aged 14+, 1 male aged 0-5, 2 females aged 6-14, and 1 female aged 0-5, suggesting that he then had two sons and three daughters.1838 Digby Census, transcribed by Kim Stevens, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/census/1838/digby1.htm. In the 1871 census he appears as Francis Saunders, married man, aged 74 years, born in Nova Scotia, farmer, of Sandy Cove, and is called a Baptist, of Scottish origin; his wife was aged 72 and born in Nova Scotia, but her name was left blank, and no children are shown with them.Digby County Census, 1871, [Family History Library microfilm no. 493,602], p. 1, transcribed by Theresa Mangnall, available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/census/1871/1871sandycove.htm. In 1881 he is called a farmer and fisherman, and his wife’s name is given as Ann; living with them was a James Merrit, aged 70 years, possibly her brother, and their son-in-law and daughter, William (?) and Adeline (Harris) Griffith.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 25 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. The researches of Cheryl Andrews supply the following account of him, for which we are much indebted: He m. before 1824, Ann (or Amasa) Merrit, b. ca. 1797-98 in Nova scotia, living 1881, possibly a daughter of John Merritt, a Loyalist from Long Island, and his wife Lucy ____. Known issue:

1. (probably) Mary Ann Saunders, b. 1826-27, d. 6 Aug. 1872 at Freeport, aged 45 years, of consumption, whose death record names her parents as “Fr. Saunders, farmer,” and his wife Ann. She m. ____ Carty. We have not yet checked the 1871 census of Freeport for this couple.
2. 20Holmes Francis Saunders, b. 8 July 1832.
3. (probably) Lemuel James Saunders (twin to Holmes?), b. 1832-33 (aged 38 in 1871, 48 in 1881), d. 1881-91. He was of Sandy Cove on 13 Dec. 1854, when he served as a witness at the marriage of Holmes Saunders. He m. in 1856 at Sandy Cove,According to the birth records of their child Orwell (1870), Howard (1871), and Eva (1874); however that of their son William (1866) gives the date as 1855. Adelaide Eldridge, b. probably about 1834 (aged 38 in 1871, 44 in 1881, 54 in 1891); she is called Adelia in the 1866 birth record of her son William. He is called a master mariner in the birth records of his children William (1866), Orwell (1870), Howard (1871), and Eva (1874). He was enumerated in the 1871 census of Sandy Cove, in which he is called a ship captain; the family were Baptists. He was also enumerated at Sandy Cove in 1881, and his widow in 1891 but not in 1901. The family apparently left the Sandy Cove area.
   1. Fenwick Lemuel Saunders, b. 1858, d. 1910, and buried with his wife and an unnmaed infant (b. 1882, d. 1883) in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1881, but m. before 1888, Melda ____, b. 1861, d. 1948. They are found at Sandy Cove in the censuses of 1891 and 1901 (where, however, the entry is quite faint). Only known child:
      1. Rodney Saunders, b. 1887-88 (aged 3 in 1891), living 1901.
   2. Sarah Saunders, b. 1860-61 (aged 10 in 1871), no longer living with her parents in 1881.
   3. Charles Spurgeon Saunders, b. 1863-64 (aged 7 in 1871, 17 in 1881); called Spurgeon in 1871, Charles in 1881.
   4. William Saunders, b. 18 March 1866 at Sandy Cove.
   5. Orwell Saunders, b. 6 May 1870 at Sandy Cove, d. in 1880, and buried in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery.
   6. Howard Chipman Saunders, b. at Sandy Cove in 1871, on 4 Nov. (per birth record) or 4 Dec. (per 1901 census); no birth record found. He was still living with his parents in 1891, but in 1901 is found, unmarried, as a lodger in the household of his younger sister Eva (Saunders) Morehouse, of Sandy Cove. He subsequently m. Sadie MacKay.Information from Jim MacKay, of Fox, Arizona, a grandson of Oscar Appleby MacKay, brother of Sadie MacKay. Chipman Saunders owned a hotel called Brookside House at or near Sandy Cove.Interviews by Cindy Graham, Leneika [Eldridge] Ensor, October 13, 2000, available online at http://www.municipalities.com/elders/elder_leneikaensor.htm; Stewart Erwood Carty, of Mink Cove, October 31, 2000, available online at http://www.municipalities.com/elders/elder_stewartcarty.htm.
   7. Eva L. Saunders, b. 8 March 1874 at Sandy Cove (according to her birth record, and the 1901 census), living unmarried with her parents in 1891. She m. Arnold Morehouse, b. 9 Jan. 1877 (per the 1901 census), who has not been found under this name in the LDS index to the 1881 census of Nova Scotia. They were enumerated at Sandy Cove in 1901, at which time her brother Chipman was a member of their household (although no relationship is stated in the record). Known issue:
      1. Audly (?) Morehouse (name faint in record), b. 1 Nov. 1898.
      2. Irene Morehouse, b. 8 Nov. 1900.
   8. Adelaide Saunders, b. 1875-76 (aged 5 in 1881, 15 in 1891), living with her parents in 1891.
4. Adeline Saunders, b. 22 Oct 1837 (per 1901 census), living 1901. She m. in 1865 at Sandy Cove (per the birth record of their son William), ____ Griffith (called David in the 1871 census, William in the 1881 census, and Daniel in the 1869 birth record of his son William), d. 1891-1901. They are enumerated next to her parents in the 1871 census. After her parents’ deaths (as it would appear) she and her husband shared a house with her brother Holmes, as previously stated, then moved to the “Corner House” in Sandy Cove. The birth record of their son William (1869) calls her husband a mariner. Adeline is found as a widow in the 1901 census. Only known child:
   1. William Henry Griffith, b. 27 Aug. 1869 at Sandy Cove, d. there 29 Aug. 1910. He is not found with in his parents in 1881. He m. by 1890, Carrie Esther ____, b. 1868 (per tombstone) or 20 May 1869 (per 1901 census), d. 1948; despite the slight discrepancy in their stated birthdates (and the statement in the 1891 that she was born in England), she was probably Carrie Esther Israel, b. 24 March 1869 at Freeport, Digby Co., daughter of Joseph Israel, farmer, by the latter’s wife Susan Rister (they were married in 1866 at Freeport). He has not been found in the 1881 census of Digby Tp., but he appears as “Henry Griffith” in those of 1891 and 1901, in the latter of which the family are called Baptists. He and his wife are buried together in the Baptist churchyard, Sandy Cove; no other family members are buried with them. Known issue:
      1. Olive Griffith, b. 23 Nov. 1890.
      2. Annie Griffith, b. 24 May 1892.
      3. Marvin Griffith, b. 7 April 1893.
      4. Milledge Griffith (male), b. 1 Feb. 1896.
      5. Kathleen Griffith, b. 17 Dec. 1898.
      6. Palma Griffith, b. 31 July 1899.
5. 21Lorenzo Saunders, b. 1842 at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia.

16.   Caroline⁷ Harris, daughter of Francis Harris and Rachel McDormand, was b. ca. 1808 (tombstone says 1808) in Digby Co., Nova Scotia, d. in 1878 in Elgin County, Ontario, and is buried with her husband in Otter Valley Cemetery, Bayham Tp. She m. ca. 1825, Henry Edison, b. ca. 1800 (tombstone says 1800) in Nova Scotia, d. in 1883 in Elgin Co., brother of her sister Mary Ann’s husband, son of Samuel Edison, of Bayham Tp., formerly of Caldwell, Essex Co., New Jersey, and of Digby Co., N.S., by the latter’s first wife, Nancy Simpson or Stimson,Samuel Edison and Nancy Simpson (as her name is there given) were married 14 Nov. 1792 by the Rev. Roger Viets, Anglican minister of Digby. and uncle of Thomas Alva Edison, the famous inventor.Wilson’s Digby, 347; William Ogden Wheeler, The Ogden family in America (Elizabethtown branch) and their English ancestry: John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906… (Philadelphia, 1907), 228-29 (showing the connection with Caroline Harris and her sister Mary Ann); Ida Louise Haggan, The Haggan Papers: Genealogies, Part III, ed. Karen Balley (St. Thomas, Ontario, 1978), 5, 6-7 (for the connection with Thomas Alva Edison); from a copy kindly supplied by Wayne Morgan. For a convenient and well-documented summary of the ancestry shared with Thomas Alva Edison consult Gary Boyd Roberts, Notable Kin: An anthology of columns first published in the NEHGS NEXUS, 2 vols. (Santa Clarita, California, 1998, 1999), 2:37, 38. We have not seen the Rev. Clarence A. Roberts, The Descendants of John Edison, nor Lyal Tait, The Edisons of Vienna, a copy of which is available at the St. Thomas Public Library. They are found in the 1861 census of Bayham Tp., in which he is called a farmer and the family’s religion is given as Baptist.1861 Census of Upper Canada, Bayham Tp., District 2, p. 29; PAC microfilm no. C-1018. The same information is given in the 1871 census of Bayham Tp.1871 Census of Canada, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., division 2, p. 5; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. The 1872 Elgin County gazetteer shows him as a farmer owning the north half of lot 18 in the 3^rd concession of Bayham Tp., near the village of Vienna. In 1881 the widowed Henry Edison was living in Bayham Tp. in the household of his daughter Deborah (Edison) Blain.1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., district 163, sub-district H, division 1, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. C-13266 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,902]. Issue:As previously noted, most of our information on this family is from the website of Rob McDormand, at http://members.shaw.ca/rmcdormand/.

1. John Edison, b. ca. 1826 at Vienna aforesaid, of whom nothing further is known.
2. Marcellus Edison, b. 26 Oct. 1826 at Vienna, d. 4 April 1908, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and buried with his wife in Bellview Cemetery, Larimore, Grand Forks Co. He m. 29 Dec. 1846 in Bayham Tp., by Methodist Episcopal rites,London/Middlesex District Marriage Register 1832-1853, Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 248, reel 3, vol. 16, transcribed by Kathie McCutcheon-Gawne, available online at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/londondist2.htm. his undoubted kinswoman, Elizabeth M. “McDermond,” b. probably about 1823-24 (aged 36 in 1860, 42 [!] in 1870, 50 [!!] in 1880), probably in Nova Scotia (per 1880 census) but possibly in Ontario (per 1860 census), d. by 1886 in Dodge Co., Minnesota, who was certainly of the same family as his maternal grandmother. It seems likely (although we have not entirely eliminated other possibilities) that she was an unidentified daughter either (a) of Thomas⁴ (Robert³, Robert², William¹) McDormand, probably by his first wife (and cousin), Elizabeth McDormand, or (b) of the latter’s younger brother, Elder William⁴ McDermand (as he consistently spelled the name), a Baptist lay-preacher, of Norfolk and Elgin counties, and his wife Jerusha Wells.Although this William McDermand has often been designated a minister, this does not accord with the mentions of him given in E.A. Owen, Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement (Toronto, 1898), 41, 273-76 passim, 460. At the time of their marriage both parties were of Bayham Tp.; the witnesses were James “Medlers” and Mary Jane “McDermond.” James Medler’s presence can be readily explained as a somewhat younger first cousin of the groom’s mother; b. in 1822-23, he was a son of John Medler, of Bayham Tp., afterward of Sumner Tp., Gratiot Co., Michigan, Portrait and Biographical Album of Gratiot County, Mich. [sic], containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county… (Chicago, 1884), 384 (sketch of his son John, Jr.). by the latter’s wife Charlotte, daughter of James³ (Robert², William¹) McDormand.James “Midlar,” aged 38 years, is found in the 1861 census of Bayham Tp., District 1, p. 17; PAC microfilm no. C-1018. Mary Jane “McDermond,” presumably representing the bride’s family, seems likely to have been Mary Jane McDermand, b. 1826, daughter of William McDermand and Jerusha Wells. Marcellus and Elizabeth Edison are found in Milton Tp., Dodge Co., Minnesota in the censuses of 1860, which calls him a farmer and gives his postal address as Mantorville.1860 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Dodge Co., Milton Tp., p. 51 (p. 765 of modern numbering); roll M653_568. The 1870 census also calls him a farmer and gives his postal address as Mantorville, and lists the value of his land as $11,000, or possibly $17,000.1870 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Dodge Co., Mantorville, p. 787 of modern numbering; roll M593_3. In the 1880 census of the town of Mantorville he is called a farmer, and his and his wife’s ages are given very inaccurately.1880 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Dodge Co., Mantorville, p. 303A; National Archives microfilm no. T9-0618 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,254,618]. Elizabeth possessed a miraculous talent for aging only about 7 years per census decade. We have not yet found Marcellus in the censuses of 1890 or 1900. Marcellus Edison and his wife had nine children.
3. Stephen H. Edison, b. in March 1835 at Vienna, living 21 April 1910. He m. before 1859 (the latest possible birthdate of their eldest child), Polly M. ____, b. in Feb. 1835 in New York, of parents both born there (1880 and 1900 censuses), d. 9 March 1907 in Dane Co., Wisconsin.Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index. They are found in the 1860 census of Eau Claire Tp., Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, in which he is called a farmer.1860 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Eau Claire Co., Eau Claire Tp., p. 44; roll M653_1407. They are found in Bristol Tp., Dane Co., Wisconsin, in the census of 1870, which calls him a farmer with property worth $7000, and gives his postal address as Columbus.1870 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Dane Co., Bristol Tp., p. 30; roll M593_1708. In 1880 he is again called a farmer.1880 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Dane Co., Bristol Tp., p. 245B; National Arcxhives microfilm no. T9-1421 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,255,421]. In 1900 he was living at Madison, Dane Co., and was a retired farmer; the census gives the year of his entry into the states as 1852 (which seems unlikely.1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Dane Co., Madison, Ward 6, enumeration district 53, sheet 28B; series T623, roll 1783. In 1910 the widowed Stephen Edison was still the head of his own household, and two of his children were living with him.1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Dane Co., Madison, Ward 6, enumeration district 68, sheet 6A (sheet 187 of modern stamped numbering); series T624, roll 1708. Stephen Edison and his wife had at least four children (per 1870 and 1880 censuses).
4. William H. Edison, b. 23 May 1836 at Vienna, d. 16 Dec. 1903 in Milton Tp., Dodge County, Minnesota, of chronic Bright’s Disease, and buried with his wife in Evergreen Cemetery, Mantorville, Dodge Co., Minnesota. He m. 31 Dec. 1861, Mariam C. Cramond, b. in July 1837 in New York, of parents both born there (per 1880 census), d. 15 Dec. 1930 at Kasson, Mantorville Tp., Dodge Co. They are found in Milton Tp., Dodge Co. in the census of 1870, which calls him a farmer, and gives the value of his real estate as $3000 and his postal address as Mantorville.1870 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Dodge Co., Mantorville, p. 765 of modern numbering; roll M593_3. They are also found in Milton Tp. in the 1880 census, which again calls him a farmer.1880 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Dodge Co., Milton Tp., p. 291A; National Archives microfilm no. T9-0618 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,254,618]. According to Rob McDormand they are also found there in 1890, and the widowed Mariam in the 1920 and 1930. They had six children.
5. Thomas Edison, b. in March 1838 at Vienna, d. 9 July 1900 at Larimore, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, and buried there in Bellview Cemetery. He m. (as her first husband) ca. 1890, his first cousin once removed, Sarah C. Moore, b. 7 Feb. 1867 in Bayham Tp., daughter of Albert Moore and Sarah Jeannette McCurdy (below). They had two children. Sarah m. secondly, Jamison Larimore, and according to Rob McDormand she and her children are found with him in the 1910 census of Larimore, Grand Forks Co.
6. Charles Edison, farmer, b. in May 1840 at Vienna, Pine Island Cemetery, d. 21 Feb. 1929 in Pine Island Tp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota,The date and country are confirmed by the Minnesota Death Index. and buried there. He m. Melissa ____, b. in Feb. 1848 in New York, d. 29 Aug. 1904 at Pine Island. The name of a “C. Edison” appears in on a map of Pine Island Tp. published in 1877.Goodhue County Atlas (1877), from an index (original not seen). He is found at Pine Island in the censuses of 1880, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Goodhue Co., Pine Island Tp., p. 421C; National Archives microfilm no. T9-0621 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,254,621]. 1890, 1910,1910 U.S. Federal Census, Minnesota, Goodhue Co., Pine Island Tp., enumeration district 49, sheet 10A; series T624, roll 698. and 1920.1920 U.S. Federal Census, Goodhue Co., Pine Island Tp., enumeration district 51, p. 12B; roll T625_831. In 1910 he was living as a boarder in a household of unrelated persons, and in 1920 he was living with his son Leon C. Edison; the latter census seems to show the year of his entry into the U.S. as 1865. He and his wife had two children.
7. George Edison, b. ca. 1842 at Vienna, d. by 1881.
8. Rachel Edison, b. ca. 1846 at Vienna, d. there in 1911, and buried with her husband in Otter Valley Cemetery, Bayham Tp. She m. 11 June 1865 in Bayham Tp.,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. George Blain, b. ca. 1843-45 (aged 21 at their marriage) at Toronto, Ontario (per marriage record), d. in 1912, at Vienna, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Blain. Their marriage record supplies the names of both of their parents, although not the maiden surnames of the mothers. Between 1867 and 1871 they went to Missouri, and are found there in the 1880 census of Louisiana Tp., Pike Co., in which he is called a grocer.1880 U.S. Federal Census, Missouri, Pike Co., Louisiana Tp., Pike, Missouri, p. 478D; National Archives microfilm no. T9-0709 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,254,709]. They had two children.
9. Deborah Ann Edison, b. 2 Aug. 1852 (per 1901 census) or 1853 (per tombstone) at Vienna, d. in 1928, and buried with her husband in Otter Valley Cemetery, Bayham Tp. She was still living unmarried with her parents at the taking of the 1871 census. She m. probably by the end of 1871, Thomas Blain, b. 18 Aug. 1848 (per the 1901 census; tombstone agrees as to the year), d. in 1932, probably a brother of George Blain above, as their names appear on the same side of the Blain obelisk in Otter Valley Cemetery. Her husband, then single, is found in Bayham Tp. in the 1871 census, in which he is called a farmer, and a Baptist.1871 Census of Canada, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., division 1, p. 24; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. They are also found there in the 1881 census, her father Henry Edison being then a member of their household,1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., district 163, sub-district H, division 1, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. C-13266 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,902]. and in the 1901 census.1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 57 (Elgin East), subdistrict b-2 (Bayham), p. 11; PAC microfilm no. T-6464. They had two children.

17.   Mary Ann⁷ Harris, daughter of Francis Harris and Rachel McDormand, was b. 1812-13 in Digby Co., Nova Scotia, d. 15 Jan. 1901 at Vienna, aged 88 years, and is buried there with her husband in St. Luke’s Cemetery, concession 3, lot 16 of Bayham Tp. She (as his second wife) m. 20 April 1831 in Bayham Tp., by a Justice of the Peace,Ontario Register 1 (1968), 52-53. Thomas Edison, b. 1797-98, presumably in Digby Co., N.S., d. 31 Aug. 1866 or 1867 at Vienna, aged 69 years, widower of Deborah Ann ____ (by whom he had had two children), brother of her sister Caroline’s husband, son of Samuel Edison, of Bayham Tp., formerly of Digby Co., N.S., by the latter’s first wife, Nancy Simpson or Stimson, and uncle of Thomas Alva Edison, the famous inventor.See the preceding note on his brother Henry. The witnesses to their marriage were Samuel Guernsey [?] and Sarah Harris (presumably the bride’s sister). The will of Thomas Edison, of Vienna, merchant, appointing his wife executrix, was proved 31 Aug. 1866, according to a published index.Elgin County Surrogate Court estates, file no. 190, from the index published online by the Elgin County Library, at http://www.library.elgin-county.on.ca/history/estate.html. However, a published transcription of the memorials in St. Luke’s Cemetery gives date of his death as 31 Aug. 1867. We are unable to resolve the discrepancy with the materials at hand. Issue (all daughters):As previously noted, most of our information on this family is from the website of Rob McDormand, at http://members.shaw.ca/rmcdormand/.

1. Deborah Ann Edison, b. 1831-32 in Elgin County, Ontario, d. 19 Feb. 1852, aged 20 years, in Elgin County, and buried in St. Luke’s Anglican Cemetery, Bayham Tp. Her tombstone calls her “Deborah Ann, wife of John Smith and daughter of Thomas Edison Esq.” She m. 2 Oct. 1849 by Wesleyan Methodist rites,London/Middlesex District Marriage Register, 1832-1853, Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 248, reel 3, vol. 16, transcribed by Kathie McCutcheon-Gawne, available online at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/londist7.htm. John Smith. At the time of their marriage both parties were of Bayham Tp.; the witnesses were William Elsworth and Thomas Edison (presumably her brother-in-law). It is not known whether they had issue.
2. Rachel Edison, b. about 1833 (aged 48 in 1881) in Bayham Tp., d. 10 May 1913 at Pipe Creek, Lincoln Co., Montana. She m. 21 July 1858 at St. Thomas, Elgin County,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. the Rev. William Doak, a Presbyterian clergyman, b. 22 Feb. 1822 at Doaktown, Blissfield Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, d. 25 Nov. 1887 at Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, son of Robert Doak, formerly of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, founder of Doaktown aforesaid, by the latter’s wife Jane or Jean Kirkland. The Rev. William Doak, “Licentiate of the Church of Scotland,” was called to the Presbytery of London, Ontario, in August of 1854,Historical Sketch of the Village of Port Stanley, compiled by Agnes M. Hepburg (Port Stanley, Ontario: Port Stanley Women’s Institute, 1952), p. 7. and is listed as the minister of the Free Church, Port Stanley, Elgin Co., in a directory published in 1857.John Lovell, Canadian Directory (1857). In their marriage record, the record of which names both sets of parents without however supplying the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom is identified as the Rev. William Doak, of Port Stanley, and the bride’s residence is given as Vienna. The minister and his wife are found in the 1871 census of Warwick Tp., Lambton Co.,1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Lambton, Warwick Tp., division 4, p. 29; PAC microfilm no. C-9897. and in the 1881 census of Sarnia, Lambton Co.1881 Census of Canada, Ontairo, Lambton Co., Sarnia, district 179, Sub-district A, division 1, p. 63; PAC microfilm no. C-13277 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,913]. They had two children.
3. Eliza J. Edison, b. 1835-36 (aged 25 in 1861) in Elgin County, Ontario, living ____. She m. 11 Dec. 1861 in Elgin County,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. Richard P. White, b. 1827-28 (aged 33 at his marriage) in Quebec, son of John White and Jane McCallum. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, both parties were of Vienna. We have not located them in the LDS index to the 1881 census of Ontario.
4. Martha Edison, b. 1837-38 (aged 23 in 1861) in Elgin County, Ontario, d. 28 Oct. 1896 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota. She m. 12 March 1862 at Vienna,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. William McIntosh, b. 1833-34 (aged 28 at their marriage) in Nova Scotia, son of Gilbert McIntosh and Mary McDonald. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, the groom was of St. Marys and the bride of Vienna. We have not located them in the LDS index to the 1881 census of Ontario.
5. Mary Edison, b. ca. 1840 in Elgin County, apparently d. young.
6. Sarah Edison, b. 20 Jan. 1843 at Vienna, d. 17 Nov. 1923 at Toronto, Ontario. She m. 26 May 1875 at Watford, Warwick Tp., Lambton Co., Ontario,Lambton County marriage registrations, no. 004358. the Rev. John Abraham, b. 21 Feb. 1843 at Jarvis, Ontario, d. 20 Nov. 1926 at Toronto, son of Joseph Abraham and Rachael Craig. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, the groom was described as a clergyman, and both parties were of Watford; the witnesses were William Doak, of Watford, and William H. Murray, of Strathroy. The Rev. John Abraham and his wife appear in the 1881 census of Whitby, Ontario Co., Ontario, in which he is called a Presbyterian clergyman.1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Ontario [County] South, Whitby Tp., district 132, sub-district C, division 2, p. 35; PAC microfilm no. C-13244 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,880]. They had one child.
7. Frances Caroline Edison, b. ca. 1848 (aged 14 years in 1861; aged 23 at her marriage) at Vienna, living 1881 and possibly 1901. She m. 19 Dec. 1872 at Vienna,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. Edward Mooney Bigg, b. 15 Oct. 1849 at Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, living 1901, son of William R. and Eliza A. (____) Bigg. Their marriage record names both sets of parents without however supplying the maiden surnames of the mothers. They are found in the 1881 census of Park Hill, Middlesex Co., Ontario, in which he is apparently called a school-teacher, and in which the stated age of 29 years for her is surely an understatement.1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Middlesex North, Park Hill, district 169, sub-district H, p. 61; PAC microfilm no. C-13270 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,906]. He is found in the 1901 census of Vienna Tp., Elgin Co., which refers to him as married but does not list his wife in his household. They had one child.
8. Ann Edison, b. about 21/22 Oct. 1850 at Vienna, d. there 8 March 1852, aged 1 year, 4 months, 17 days, and buried in the family plot in St. Luke’s Anglican Cemetery, Bayham Tp.

18.   Sarah⁷ Harris, daughter of Francis Harris and Rachel McDormand, was b. 9 May 1814 in Digby Co., Nova Scotia, d. 25 Feb. 1854 in Elgin County, Ontario, “aged 39 years, 9 months, 16 days,” and is buried with her in Estherville Cemetery, Elgin Co. She m. 19 Dec. 1832 in Bayham Tp., by the Baptist minister of Bayham,Ontario Register 1 (1968), 63. Richard McCurdy, b. 21 May 1806 at Cheshire, Surrey County, New Hampshire, d. 14 July 1888 in Bayham Tp., “aged 82 years, 1 month, 22 days,” and buried with his wife, son of John McCurdy and Sarah Watts. The witnesses to their marriage were Thomas Edison (presumbly the bride’s brother-in-law) and John Anderson. Richard McCurdy owned the entire 100 acres of lot 23 in the 2^nd concession of Bayham Tp., near the village of Vienna, and he was enumerated there in the censuses of 1861 (in which he is called a mill owner and farmer)1861 Census of Upper Canada, Bayham Tp., District 1, p. 18; PAC microfilm no. C-1018. and 1871 (in which he is called a farmer).1871 Census of Canada, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., division 1, p. 71; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. A directory published in 1877 calls him a farmer and lumberman, notes his birth in the United States, and states that he settled in Elgin County in 1830.Illustrated historical atlas of the county of Elgin, Ont. (Toronto, 1877). Sarah’s early death, when her youngest child was not yet two years old, resulted in her daughters being placed in a boarding school, where they are found in 1861.1861 Census of Upper Canada, Bayham Tp., District 1, p. 26; PAC microfilm no. C-1018. Issue:As previously noted, most of our information on this family is from the website of Rob McDormand, at http://members.shaw.ca/rmcdormand/.

1. John Wheelock McCurdy, b. 4 Nov. 1833 in Bayham Tp., d. 13 May 1837, and buried with his parents in Estherville Cemetery.
2. Samuel Densmore McCurdy, b. 10 May 1836 (per 1901 census) in Bayham Tp., d. there 5 May 1905, “aged 58 years, 11 months, 26 days,” and buried with his wife in the Otter Valley Cemetery, Bayham Tp. He was still living with his widowed father in 1861, when he is called a farmer in the census. He is said to have m. 5 Jan. 1868 in Norfolk County, Ontario, Elizabeth (“Elsie”) Ann Stilwell, b. 15 Aug. 1843 (per 1901 census) in Middleton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, d. 18 Feb. 1924 in Bayham Township. They are found in Bayham Tp. in the 1871 census, in which he is called a farmer and the family’s religion given as Baptist,1871 Census of Canada, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., division 1, pp. 25-26; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. and in the 1901 census.1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 57 (Elgin Co.), subdistrict b (Bayham Tp.), division 2, p. 12; PAC microfilm no. T-6464. They had eight children, their son Holland Harris McCurdy being the grandfather of Ross W. McCurdy.
3. William Watts H. McCurdy, b. in April 1838 in Bayham Tp., d. 22 June 1900 at Fresno, California. He m. (1) 1 May 1865 in Marion Co., Indiana,Indiana Marriage Records Index, 1845-1920 (subscription database at ancestry.com). Amelia Geisendorf, said to have been b. ca. 1842 in Bayham Tp., and to have d. ca. 1875 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. He m. (2) 18 Nov. 1890 in Wayne Co., Indiana,Indiana Marriage Records Index, 1845-1920 (subscription database at ancestry.com). Clara J. Howells, b. ca. 1853 at Indianapolis. We have not located William Watts McCurdy in any census record. He had one child by his first wife.
4. Stephen Hamilton McCurdy, b. 4 April 1840 in Bayham Tp., d. 4 March 1843, and buried with his parents in Estherville Cemetery.
5. James Madison McCurdy, b. 30 April 1842 in Bayham Tp., d. 3 March 1843, and buried with his parents in Estherville Cemetery.
6. Sarah Jeanette McCurdy, b. ca. 1844 in Bayham Tp., d. 10 Feb. 1908 in Elgin County, Ontario. As noted above, she and her two sisters are found in a boarding school in 1861. She m. 8 Jan. 1864 at Port Burwell, Bayham Tp.,Elgin County marriage registrations, no. ________. Albert Moore, b. 27 May 1842 in Elgin County, d. there 25 March 1881, son of Andrew and Deborah Moore. He was a cabinet-maker. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, the groom was of Aylmer and the bride of Bayham Tp. They had four children.
7. Mary Ann McCurdy, b. 21 Aug. 1845 in Bayham Tp., living 1877, but not found in the LDS index to the 1881 census. As noted above, she and her two sisters are found in a boarding school in 1861. She m. 30 June 1867 in Bayham Tp., Richard Nevills, b. 25 Dec. 1837 in Thorold Tp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, d. by 1881, son of Thomas J. Nevills, of Bayham Tp, by the latter’s wife Mary.This family is found in the 1861 census of Bayham Tp., District 1, p. 10; PAC microfilm no. C-1018. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, the groom was of Aylmer and the bride of Middleton Tp. They are found in the 1871 census of Bayham Tp., in which he is called a farmer and the family’s religion is given as Wesleyan Methodist.1871 Census of Canada, elgin Co., Bayham Tp., division 1, p. 20; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. They had four children.
8. Eliza Jane McCurdy, b. ca. 1848 in Bayham Tp., d. 13 Nov. 1912 at Vienna. As noted above, she and her two sisters are found in a boarding school in 1861. She m. ca. 1868, Lexy Lewis Hutchinson, b. 12 April 1841 in Elgin County, d. 13 Nov. 1912 at Vienna, son of James Hutchinson, of Bayham. Lexy Lewis Hutchinson is mentioned as a brother in the will of Jane Dexter of Port Burwell, dated 1 Jan. 1860, which names the testator’s father as “James Hutchinson of Bayham, deceased.”Elgin County Surrogate Court estates, file no. 31, from the index published online by the Elgin County Library, at http://www.library.elgin-county.on.ca/history/estate.html. Lexy and Eliza appear in the 1881 census, in which he is called farmer, and the family’s religion is given as Baptist.1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., district 163, sub-district H, division 1, p. 60; PAC microfilm no. C-13266 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,902]. They had one child.
9. Francis McCurdy, b. 2 March 1849 in Bayham Tp., d. 12 Jan. 1911 at Vienna of heart failure, and buried in Otter Valley Cemetery, Bayham Tp. He is found with his widowed father in the 1861 census. He m. in September 1870 at Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, his second cousin once removed, Hannah S. McDormand (or McDermond), b. 5/7 May 1842, probably in Nova Scotia,Rob McDormand’s records say 5 May in Bayham Tp., while the 1901 census says 7 May in Nova Scotia. bapt. (much later) 3 April 1859 in Port Burwell Baptist Church, Elgin County, Ontario, d. ca. 1922 at Vienna, and buried at Otter Creek Tp., Greenwood Co., Kansas, daughter of Deacon Thomas⁴ (Robert³, Robert², William¹) McDormand (or McDermond), of Port Burwell, Elgin Co., by his second wife Margaret Quigley Snow.The earlier generations of this lines are given in Calnek’s Annapolis, 1:547. She was a school-teacher at Topeka, Kansas, prior to her marriage. They are found in Bayham Tp. in the 1871 census, in which he is called a farmer and the family’ religion is given as Baptist.1871 Census of Canada, Elgin East, Bayham Tp., division 2, p. 5; PAC microfilm no. C-9900. They are also found there in the 1901 census, in which he is enumerated next to his elder brother Densmore.1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 57 (Elgin Co.), subdistrict b (Bayham Tp.), division 2, p. 12; PAC microfilm no. T-6464. They had seven children.
10. Hiram Fellows McCurdy, b. 5 Oct. 1852 in Bayham Tp., d. there 20 Dec. 1854, and buried in Estherville Cemetery.

Fourth Canadian Generation

19. Sandel Elias⁸ Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, son of Francis Harris, of Sandy Cove, by the latter’s wife Ruhamah Trask, was b. ca. 1842-43 (aged 28 in 1871), and was dead by 1901, when his wife is called a widow in the census. He m. 13 Oct. 1868, Mary Ann Raymond, b. 14 March 1849 (per 1901 census) in Nova Scotia, living 1901, daughter of Asa George Raymond, of Mink Cove, N.S., by the latter’s wife Elizabeth Leonise Theriault.Again, our source is Elaine Deion, Raymond Roots, formerly available online at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6137/. The following death notice, published in the Digby Courier in April 1908, probably relates to her father: “Mr. Asa Raymond, an aged and respected citizen of Mink Cove passed away Sunday [10 April 1908] at the advanced age of 80 years and 7 months. He is survived by a widow to whom he had been married 68 years. They had a family of thirteen, seven of whom survive their father. The funeral was held Wednesday with interment at Sandy Cove….” They are found in his father’s houshold in 1871, and in 1881 they were enumerated very close to him (possibly next door) but in a separate household. In 1871 he and his family are recorded as Baptists. In 1881 he was a Methodist but the rest of his family were Baptists.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district 15 (Digby Co.), subdistrict D (Sandy Cove), p. 19 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. The entry reads:

Sandle Harris  M  Male   English   41  N.S.  Methodist  Fishing
Mary Harris    M  Female English   31  N.S.  Baptist  
Henry Harris      Male   English   12  N.S.  Baptist  
Florance Harris   Female English   10  N.S.  Baptist  
Sandle Harris     Male   English    8  N.S.  Baptist  
Addem Harris      Male   English    6  N.S.  Baptist  
John Harris       Male   English    3  N.S.  Baptist

Mary Harris  F head W 14 March 1849  52  N.S. Baptist   farmer
Henry   "    M son  S  6 Sept. 1869  31  N.S.   "       fisherman
Sandal  "    M son  S 12 March 1873* 27  N.S. Methodist fisherman
Layton  "    M son  S 11 Jan.  1875  25  N.S.   "       farmer's son
Frank   "    M son  S 25 June  1877  23  N.S.   "       fisherman
James   "    M son  S  2 April 1888  12  N.S.   "       ----
====
Entire family's ethnicity given as English
* originally the date was given (obviously incorrectly) as 1879;
a "3" was later written above the "9"

1. Henry (“Harry”) D. Harris, b. 6 Sept. 1869 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. 18 Oct. 1936 at Grand Manan, New Brunswick. He was still living unmarried with his mother in 1901, when he is called a fisherman. According to Sandy Wilbur he m. (1) in Aug. 1904 at Grand Manan, Blanche Guthrie, b. 1885 at Grand Manan, d. there 20 Dec. 1922; and (2) after 1922, Fannie Ramsdell, and had by the first wife three children:
   1. Rexford Harris, b. 1911 at Grand Manan, d. there 14 Jan. 1969; m. Lila Leola Greene, b. 23 Jan. 1931 at Grand Manan, d. there in 1998.
   2. John Harris, b. 18 Dec. 1913 at Grand Manan, d. there 11 April 1980. He m. Hazel Munroe, b. 23 Nov. 1923 at Dartmouth, N.S. Issue:
      1. George Harris, b. 28 Dec. 1944 at Grand Manan; m. (1) Shirley Tucker; m. (2) Susan Wilson.
      2. Stephen Harris, b. 30 April 1946; m. (1) Margaret Harvey; m. (2) Nancy Mahar.
      3. Douglas Harris, b. 18 May 1948; m. Diane Glenhorn.
      4. Raymond Harris, b. 9 Aug. 1950; m. (1) Dale ____; m. (2) Frances ____.
      5. Linda Harris, b. 31 Aug. 1951; m. Terrance Ingalls.
      6. Brian Harris, b. 31 July 1954; m. Mary Nell Locke.
   3. Rebecca Harris, b. 1914 at Grand Manan; m. Roscoe Leavitt. Issue:
      1. Mariner Leavitt.
      2. Royce Leavitt.
2. Florence Lee Harris, b. 25 Nov. 1871 at Sandy Cove, d. (unmarried?) Aug. 1936 at Karsdale, Anna Co., Nova Scotia.
3. Sandel Harris, Jr., b. 12 May 1873 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove,Some writers have given the year as 1879, not noticing the correction written into the census. The year 1879 would place his birth out of the listed sequence and make his recorded age of 27 impossible. d. there 14 Dec. 1925. He was still living unmarried with his mother in 1901, when he is called a fisherman. According to Sandy Wilbur he m. Mary E. Speight.
4. Adam Layton Harris, b. 11 Jan. 1875 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. there 26 March 1943. He was still living unmarried with his mother in 1901, in the census of which year his name is given as Layton.
5. Frank John Harris (called John in the 1881 census), b. 25 June 1877 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. 1926 in Massachusetts. He was still living unmarried with his mother in 1901, when he is called a fisherman.
6. James E. Harris, b. 1 April 1888 (per 1901 census), living 1901.

20. Holmes Francis⁸ Saunders, of Sandy Cove, mariner and farmer, son of Francis Harris and Ann (or Amasa) Merrit, was b. 8 July 1832, d. 26 May 1896 at Sandy Cove, and was buried there with his wife in the Baptist churchyard. He shared a house (currently the home of June and Elmer Lewis) with his sister, Adeline. He m. 13 Dec. 1854 at Sandy Cove, Frances Catherine Gidney, b. 11 June 1836 (per 1901 census), d. 1904, sister of his brother Lorenzo’s wife, and daughter of Angus Gidney and Experience Beals. Their marriage certificate was signed by a Lemuel James Saunders, of Sandy Cove. He is called a mariner in the birth records of his daughter Annie (1866) and Laura (1869) and a fisherman in that of his son Charles (1873). The 1871 Census lists him as a fisherman, and Baptist, of Scotch origin. He is called a farmer and fisherman in the 1881 census.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 25 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. He was also enumerated at Sandy Cove in 1891, and his widow in 1901. Known issue:

1. Herbert Saunders, b. 1856 at Sandy Cove, d. 1912 at sea, and buried in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery. He m. 24 July 1880, Angeline B. Lewis, b. 13 May 1860 (per 1901 census) in Nova Scotia, d. 1934, and buried with her husband. He is called a fisherman in the 1881 census of Digby Cove, in which he is enumerated very close to his parents; at that time they did not have any children.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, District 15, Subdistrict D, p. 24 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. He was also eumerated at Sandy Cove in the 1891 and 1901 censuses; in the later year they had seven children:
   1. An unnamed infant, b. 1882, buried with its parents.
   2. Frances Saunders, b. 27 July 1887.
   3. William Saunders, b. 12 June 1889.
   4. Murray Saunders, b. 13 Jan. 1890, d. (probably unmarried) 1918, and buried with his parents.
   5. Burton Saunders, b. 18 June 1892.
   6. Sarah Saunders, b. 28 Nov. 1893, d. 1901, and buried with her parents.
   7. Clara M. Saunders, b. 1 June 1896, d. 1901, and buried with her parents.
   8. Leta Saunders, b. 6 Aug. 1899.
2. Ingraham/Ingram L. Saunders, b. 17 July 1858 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove (per marriage record), d. 1926, and buried with his parents (his tombstone erroneously giving the date of his birth as 1859). He was living unmarried with his parents in 1881. He m. (1) before 1881, Caroline Morehouse, d. 1899. He m. (2) 1 Dec. 1881 at Sandy Cove,Digby County marriage registrations. Nancy S. Eldridge, b. 1861-62 (aged 19 at marriage) at Sandy Cove, d. 1899, daughter of Fountain Eldridge and Sarah Ann ____. In the record of their marriage, which names both sets of parents, his occupation is given as fisherman, and he is erroneously called a bachelor. He is enumerated in the 1891 census of Sandy Cove, and also in that of 1901, in which he is called a fisherman. Ingram Saunders served as Warden of the County for 30 years. He and his second wife are buried with his parents in the Baptist churchyard, Sandy Cove. His handsome house on Sandy Cove Road, which still survives, was built by or for him about 1884. His widow kept sole title to the house until 1930, when she sold it to her stepson, Harry; some 116 years after its construction, in June 2000, it was still in family hands.Digby Municipal Heritage Heritage Properties, Ingram Saunders Property, Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove, 1884, available online at http://www.westerncounties.ca/digby/cgi-bin/getProperty01.cgi?sqry=31. Issue:
   1. Jessie Saunders [female], b. 9 Nov. 1883,Per her birth record, agreeing as to the month and year with the 1911 census. living 1911. She m. by 1912, Guy Morehouse, b. probably in May 1881 (per 1911 census, although the entry is very faint), in Nova Scotia, living 1911. They were enumerated at Sandy Cove in the 1911 census, in which Guy Morehouse is called an engineer and the famliy’s religion is given as Baptist. 1911 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, district no. 43 (Digby), subdistrict no. 19 (Sandy Cove poll district, Centreville, Mink Cove), p. 5. The entry reads:
      

      Guy Morehouse head May  1881  30  NS  engineer
      Jessie   "    wife Nov. 1883  28  NS
      Theta    "    dau. May  1906   5  NS
      Nancy A. "    dau. Nov. 1908   2  NS
      ----
      All of English origin and Canadian citizenship; all Baptist
      in religion. The entry is very faint and it is possible that
      a few of the numbers may have been misinterpreted.
      

      Issue, order of younger children uncertain:
      1. Theta Morehouse, b. in May 1906 in Nova Scotia; m. ____ Spielman
      2. Nancy Morehouse, b. in Nov. 1908 in Nova Scotia; m. ____ Denton.
      3. Helen Louise Morehouse, b. 1911-1912 (aged 94 at her death in 2006), d. 7 May 2006, and buried in Trinity Anglican churchyard, Digby. She m. David Daley, who predeceased her. A death notice in the Digby Courier reads:

         Helen Louise Daley, 94, of Tideview Terrace, Digby, passed away May 7, 2006 at the home. Born in Sandy Cove, Digby County, she was a daughter of the late Guy and Jessie (Saunders) Morehouse. Helen worked at Digby Regional High School for 20 years. She was an avid golfer and former president of the Digby Ladies Golf Club. She bowled, curled, square danced, played tennis and badminton, and played the saxophone as a member of the Community Band. Helen was an avid bridge player in Digby. She was a member of Trinity Anglican Church and was a member of the choir for over 50 years. She was a past president of Zelma Rebecca Lodge, a member of the New Horizon Club for seniors, and the Lionettes.

         She was the last surviving member of the immediate family. Surviving are daughters, Laura (Mrs. Roderick Robicheau), Digby; Peggy (Mrs. Alston MacAlpine), Digby; sons Richard (Inez) Daley, Digby; Douglas (Myrna) Daley, Fredericton, N.B.; grandchildren, Darren, Digby; Stacey (Charmaine) Daley, Tantallon; Trudy (Laurie Goulden) Daley, Darmouth; Spencer (Jennifer Sims) Daley, Digby; Margot (John) Spurway, Fredericton, N.B.; Michael (Cathy) Daley, Digby; David (Carolyn) Daley, Fredericton, N.B; Kimberly (Nils) Mathieson, Fredericton; Kelly Robicheau, Digby; Troy Robicheau, Digby; Angela MacAlpine, Halifax; Scott MacAlpine, Fredericton, N.B.; 17 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephew.

         She was predeceased by her husband David Daley; sisters, Theta Spielman, Nancy Denton, Laura Deming, Edith Cookson, Dorothy Morehouse; brothers Guy Morehouse, Paul Morehouse, Roscoe Morehouse; nephew Steven Deming; and granddaughter-in-law Kimberley Daley.

         … Funeral service took place May 10 at 2:30 p.m. in Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, with Rev. Tom Vaughn officiating. Interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery, Digby. Donations may be made to Trinity Anglican Church….Digby Courier, 18 May 2006.

      4. Laura Morehouse, m. ____ Deming. They had a son, Steven Deming, who predeceased his aunt, Helen (Saunders) Daley.
      5. Edith Morehouse, m. ____ Cookson
      6. Dorothy Morehouse, d. unmarried.
      7. Guy Morehouse, Jr.
      8. Paul Morehouse.
      9. Roscoe Morehouse.
   2. Harry Trueman Saunders, b. 17 May 1893, d. 1969, and buried with his parents. He m. in 1928, his kinswoman, Nora Georgina Morehouse (whom see elsewhere in these notes), still alive in June 2000, daughter of Orwell Holmes Morehouse and Jennie Scott Reid. He purchased his father’s house from his stepmother in 1930, and held it until 1957. His widow was living with her son Gerald in Halifax in 2000.

      Harry was a foreman at one of Henry Ford’s farms (museums) in the United States, and he also worked for General Electric. In 1926 (the year his father died) he returned to Sandy Cove and went into the scallop business. Two years later he married Nora. He operated machinery for road construction in Digby County. He worked with his brother-in-law, Guy Morehouse, on the mail and bus route for Digby Neck and the Islands for many years. His adventures did not end there as in 1951 (at the age of 58) he moved to Halifax and was employed with the Fisheries Department on a government patrol boat. In 1957, he deeded the house to his wife. He moved back to Sandy Cove from 1959 to 1963 and due to ill health, he moved to Windsor where his daughter Dorothy lived.
      
      Nora taught school for one year after graduating from Normal College Summer School. When she and Harry moved to Halifax, she worked as a sales lady at Wood Brothers for two and a half years and at Robert Simpsons’ for three years. She then went into training at Camp Hill Hospital and graduated as a Registered Nursing Assistant. After graduation she joined the staff of the Children’s Hospital in Halifax. When they made the move back to Sandy Cove, she joined the staff of Digby General Hospital where she nursed for four and a half years. When the move was made to Windsor, she obtained employment with her son-in-law, Dr. D.A. Stewart … for twelve years.Digby Municipal Heritage Heritage Properties, Ingram Saunders Property, Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove, 1884, available online at http://www.westerncounties.ca/digby/cgi-bin/getProperty01.cgi?sqry=31.

      Issue:
      1. Gerald Ingram Saunders, of Halifax in 2000.
      2. Dorothy Saunders, m. Dr. Donald A. Stewart.
3. Jessie Saunders [female], b. 1859-60 (aged 11 in 1871) at Sandy Cove. She was living unmarried with her father in 1881, but was no longer there in 1891. She m. ____ Thurber, but we cannot find them in the 1891 census or 1901 census of Sandy Cove.
4. Clara Saunders, b. about 1863 (aged 7 in 1871, 16 in 1881, 27 in 1891, b. 1864 per tombstone) at Sandy Cove, d. there Aug. 1941, and buried with her husband in Sandy Cove Baptist Cemetery. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1881, but was not longer there in 1891. She m. before 1890, Capt. William T. Burns, b. about 1862 (aged 9 in 1871, 19 in 1881, 29 in 1891, b. 1863 per tombstone), d. 1943, son of William Burns, of Sandy Cove, by the latter’s wife Paulina Saunders, whose connection, if any, with the other persons named Saunders treated herein has not been established. William Burns is called a master mariner in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove, and the family were Baptists. Known issue:
   1. Clyde Burns, b. 1889-90 (aged 1 in 1891).
   2. Gerald V. Burns, b. 4 Nov. 1897 (per 1901 census), d. 1913, aged 16 years, and buried with his parents.
   3. Ferda (?) Burns (female child, name illegible in 1901 census), b. 3 Oct. 1898.
   4. Roger W. Burns, b. 1903, possibly buried with his parents although there is no date of death carved on the tombstone.
5. Annie G. Saunders, b. 29 Sept. 1866 (according to the 1901 census) or 2 Oct. 1866 (according to her birth record) at Sandy Cove, said to have d. there in 1932. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1881. She m. (1) 15 Oct. 1884 at Sandy Cove, Charles Jeffrey, living 1901, when he is called a seaman in the census. She m. (2) after 1900, her possible kinsman, Charles Beyea, probably the one of this name b. 1855-56 (aged 15 in 1871, 25 in 1881, 35 in 1891), son of Burkett/Burkitt Beyea and Catharine Carty, above-mentioned, who was still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1901. She appears in a group photograph reproduced in Bull’s Sandy Cove, p. 103. Known issue:
   1. George Jeffrey, b. 19 March 1890.
   2. Floyd Jeffrey, b. 28 Nov. 1892.
   3. Spurgeon Jeffrey, b. 24 July 1894.
   4. Winston Jeffrey, b. 10 Jan. 1901.
6. Cora L. Saunders, b. 2 Feb. 1869 at Sandy Cove. Although her birth record apparently calls her Laura, she appears as Cora in the 1871 census and as Corah in the 1881 census, so we presume that Cora was her true name. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1891. In the 1901 census, in which she appears in her mother’s household, her marital status is given as “widow,” which is probably an error (unless in the interim she had married a man named Saunders).
7. Charles H. Saunders, b. 21 Nov. 1873 at Sandy Cove, d. there 15 Jan. 1883, and buried with his parents in the Baptist churchyard, Sandy Cove.
8. Frank Morrison Saunders, of Sandy Cove, farmer, b. 21 Nov. 1875 (per 1901 census) at Sandy Cove, d. there 25 Jan. 1954. He was still living with his parents in 1891, and with his widowed mother in 1901. He subsequently became a farmer, raising pigs, hens, cows, oxen, and also vegetables. He m. (1) before 1904, his probable first cousin once removed, Mary Christina Saunders, who d. at the age of 37 years from hemorrhage while giving birth to twin sons, and was buried with her parents at Zion United Church, Sandy Cove, daughter of Watson Saunders, granddaughter of Holmes Saunders, and great-granddaughter of Frank’s grandfather’s probable brother, William Saunders. He m. (2) 5 Aug. 1921 at Weymouth, N.S., Margaret Ann McPhee.

21. Lorenzo⁸ Saunders, of Sandy Cove, mariner and farmer, son of Francis Harris and Ann (or Amasa) Merrit, was b. 1842 at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, and d. 20 May 1880 at Sandy Cove. He m. in 1860 at Sandy Cove,According to the birth records of their children William (1865), Bertha (1868), “Lorenzo” (recte Harleigh?) (1870), and Roland (1873). Catherine (“Kate”) Gidney, b. 1839 at Bridgetown, N.S., d. 25 Dec. 1917 at Laconia, Belknap Co., New Hampshire, sister of his brother Holmes’s wife, and daughter of Angus Gidney and Experience Beals.George Levoy, message posted RootsWeb, dated 18 Dec. 1998, available online at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ACADIAN-CAJUN/ 1998-12/0913980211. Lorenzo Saunders is called a mariner in the birth record of his son William (1865), and a seaman in that of his daughter Bertha (1868), but a farmer in those of his sons “Lorenzo” (recte Harleigh?) (1870) and Roland (1873). In the 1871 census he is called a fisherman, and a Baptist, of English origin. His wife appears as a widow in the 1881 census.1881 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby Co., Sandy Cove, district 15, subdistrict D, p. 26 [Family History Library microfilm no. 1,375,808]. In 1884, she removed with at least some of her children to Laconia, New Hampshire, where she spent the remainder of her life. She is found there in the 1910 census, which states that she became a U.S. citizen in 1884.1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, 5-WD, p. 159B; series T624, roll 860, pt. 1. Known issue:

1. Alice Saunders, b. 1860-61, d. by 1876, when another daughter was given the same name.
2. Agnes Saunders, b. 1862-63, of whom nothing further is known.
3. William W. Saunders, b. 24 April 1865 at Sandy Cove, living 1920. He m. before 1902, Amaret ____, b. 1866-67 (aged 43 in 1910) in Canada, probably (considering the rarity of her name) identical with Amaret Waters Morehouse, b. 18 Aug. 1865 at Digby Neck, daughter of Charles E. Morehouse, farmer, by the latter’s wife Sarah Ann Dakin. They were enumerated at Laconia, New Hampshire, in the 1910 census, in which he is called an electrician; the entry is not very legible.1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, 5-WD, p. 161A; series T624, roll 860, pt. 1. He is also found there in 1920.1920 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, enumeration district 11, p. 4B; roll T625_1006. Known issue:
   1. Milo T. Saunders, b. 20 July 1891 in New Hampshire, d. in Sept. 1968 at Laconia.Social Security Death Index. He was living with his parents in 1910. He m. before 1912, Louise Morisette, also b. 20 July 1891 in New Hampshire, d. in Dec. 1978 at Laconia,Social Security Death Index. daughter of the widow Marie Morisette, aged 57, born in Canada, of French ancestry, in whose household they are enumerated in the 1920 census.1920 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, enumeration district 8, p. 17A; roll T625_1006. They were living in their own household in 1930, in which he is acalled a tool-maker.1930 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, enumeration district 9, sheets 15A & 16A [?]; roll 1298. According to their death records, they were born on the very same day as one another, and this is possible given that their ages are both reported as 28 in 1920 and as 38 in 1930. Known issue:
      1. Rachel Saunders, b. about 1911 (aged 8 in 1920, 19 in 1930) in New Hampshire; still living unmarried with her parents in 1930.
      2. Charles J. Saunders, b. 1912-13 (aged 7 in 1920, 17 in 1930) in New Hampshire; still living unmarried with his parents in 1930.
      3. Albert William Saunders, b. 1917 (aged 2½ in 1920, 12 in 1930) in New Hampshire, called William in 1920 but Albert W. in 1930.
   2. Charles A. Saunders, b. 1902-03 (aged 17 in 1910) in New Hampshire, still living unmarried with his parents in 1920.
   3. Agnes Saunders, b. about 1898 (aged 12 in 1910, 21 in 1920) in New Hampshire; m. before 1920, ____ Collins, who was dead by the taking of the 1920 census, when she was a widow, living with her parents; no children appear with her.
4. Bertha Saunders, b. 12 March 1868 at Sandy Cove, of whom nothing further is known. No woman named Bertha of her age appears in the 1901 census of Sandy Cove.
5. Harleigh/Harley Saunders, b. July 1870 (according to the 1871 census), called Harland in the 1871 census but Harleigh in the 1881 census and Harley in the 1910 census. This must be the child born 26 June 1870 at Sandy Cove whose name is given as Lorenzo (the name of the father being repeated by mistake), as no son Lorenzo is found with his parents in the 1871 census or with his mother in the 1881 census. According to a published index, he was enumerated at Laconia, New Hampshire, in the 1910 census, but the entry is completely illegible in the copy before us.1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, 5-WD, p. 151A; series T624, roll 860, pt. 1. We have not found him in the 1920 census. It would seem that the following woman, found in the 1930 census, must have been the widow of this man: Minnie N. Saunders, widow, b. 1876-77 (aged 53 in 1930) in French Canada, with the following sons:1930 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, enumeration district 12, sheet 8B; roll 1298.
   1. Lorenzo E. Saunders, b. 1911-12 (aged 18 in 1930) in New Hampshire, d. 1962. He m. Alice R. LaCroix, b. 26 Aug. 1911 at Lakeport, New Hampshire, d. 1 Jan. 2004 at the Belknap County Nursing Home, Laconia, aged 92 years, and buried there in the family plot in Union Cemetery, daughter of Joseph and Sadie (LaPointe) LaCroix. Her death notice reads, in part: “Mrs. Alice R. Saunders, 92, formerly of 21 Winter Street, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004…. She was the widow of Lorenzo E. Saunders who died in 1962. Mrs. Saunders … was a lifelong resident of Laconia and worked at the Laconia State School and Training Center for over twenty years. For fifteen years, she was active with the Foster Grandparent Program. Mrs. Saunders is survived by a niece, Lucille Smith of Dover, NH. She was predeceased by two brothers, Archie LaCroix who died in 1991 and Joseph LaCroix who died in 1985; by a niece, Nancy Marcoux, who died in 2002; by a nephew, Raymond Garneau; and by a friend, Robert Desautell, who died in 1986.”Death notice of Alice R. Saunders, available online at http://www.wilkinsonbeane.com/Obituaries/JANUARY%202004/saunders.html.
   2. William H. Saunders, b. 1914-15 (aged 15 in 1930) in New Hampshire; probably the William Saunders who was b. 9 March 1915, and d. in Feb. 1980 at Laconia.Social Security Death Index.
6. Roland Saunders, b. 23 May 1873 at Sandy Cove. He was still unmarried in 1920, when he was enumerated in the census of that year at Laconia, New Hampshire.1920 U.S. Federal Census, New Hampshire, Belknap Co., Laconia, enumeration district 11, p. 8B; roll T625_1006.
7. Alice Saunders, b. about 1876 (aged 33 in 1910); m. by 1910, Thomas E. ____ (surname and age illegible in 1910 census), b. in Canada. She and her husband are found in her mother’s household in the 1910 census.
8. Clarace (“Clara”) Saunders, b. 20 Sept. 1879 at Sandy Cove, d. 1 May 1920 of consumption at Franklin, New Hampshire. She m. ____ Levoy, and had at least one son, who was the father of George Levoy, of Chula Vista, California, in 1998.