Nathaniel Pettit and Margaret McFarland (Body Washed Away)

Regarding "The Forty Burying Ground"

While researching Nathaniel Pettit with the Grimsby Historical Society, they indicated that sometime after Nanthaniel was buried, there was a flood which caused the river to change its course and quite a few of the burials were swept away never to be found. Nathaniel's was one of the burials swept away.

Deborah Glover
2018

UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST
Nathaniel Pettit and Margaret McFarland (Macfarland) were married on February 26, 1747 in Trenton, Sussex Co., New Jersey USA.

Children of Nathaniel Pettit and Margaret McFarland born in Trenton, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA were:

1. Andrew Pettit born February 2, 1748.
2. Elizabeth Pettit born December 6, 1750.
3. Catherine Pettit bon April 17, 1753.
4. Mary Pettit born February 27, 1756.
5. Rachel Pettit born June 20, 1758.
6. Abigail Pettit born May 8, 1764.

Below is a transcription of the article on Judge Pettit in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography-

"Pettit (Petit), Nathaniel, office holder and politician; b. 12 June 1724 in Sussex County, N.J., son of Nathaniel Pettit and Elizabeth Heath; m. 26 Feb. 1747 Margaret McFarland, and they had one son and six daughters; d. 9 March 1803 in Ancaster, Upper Canada.

Nathaniel Pettit's forebears emigrated in 1630 from Essex, England, to the area around Boston, Mass. The family eventually dispersed, some members settling in New Jersey where in Sussex county Nathaniel achieved financial security and legal prominent prior to the American revolution. He owned two valuable mills and in 1766 was appointed judge in the county Court of Common Pleas.

In 1768 his personal standing in the community rose further with his election as one of the two members returned from the county to the provincial legislature. But his success, at a time when officials appointed by Britain came to be feared and distrusted, ultimately worked against him.

Initially Pettit was sympathetic to colonial grievances; in 1774 he was appointed at a county meeting to a ten-man committee to oppose taxation without representation and to support the suspension of imports from Britain.

But on 12 Jan. 1776 he was brought before the provincial committee of safety for refusing to pay taxes levied by the revolutionary congress. He was fined and stripped of his judicial appointment, which precipitated and open declaration of his loyalty.

Approaching his mid fifties, he was not physically able to join a loyalist corps, but with the aid of a former fellow member of the legislature, Joseph Barton, in late 1776 he raised a battalion of 500 men. Pettit, "lame and infirm," remained in Sussex County where his assistance to "the friends of Government ... exposed him to the worst treatment" from the rebels.

Imprisoned from 4 April 1777 to 28 May 1778, he obtained his liberty only by paying heavy fines and taking out large bonds for his future behaviour. Pettit estimated these losses "at a very moderate computation" to be in excess of £1000. Moreover, when he left the United States he had to sell his mills and lands for less than half their value. Although he pressed his "well attested" case before loyalist claims commission, it "was attended with no effect."

With several friends he left his home and arrived in the Niagara area of Quebec in 1787 "to solicit a settlement where he may enjoy that liberty and comfort so amply secured by the British constitution." He received a grand of 700 acres, and in 1794 another 1,300. His land were located in Saltfleet, Grimsby (North and South Grimsby), Burford, Ancaster, and Aldborough townships.

On 24 July 1788 Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] established four new administrative districts in what was to become Upper Canada. The chief institutions in the new districts were the land board and the Court of Common Pleas; Pettit's appointment to both on 24 Oct. 1788 in the Nassau District reflected his pre-revolutionary prominence.

He served on the land board with john Butler, Robert Hamilton, Benjamin Pawling, and John Warren, and also was a member of its successor, the land board of Lincoln County, established on 20 Oct. 1792. The other officials sitting in the district court wee Hamilton, Pawling and Peter Ten Broeck.

The board settled matters of land title and the court handled questions of debt. Neither concern was crucial to Pettit's interests and his attendance was sporadic; he was present at only 9 of 36 sessions of the land board between 26 Oct. 1789 and March 1792 and 4 of 23 sessions of the court between 28 Oct 1788 and 10 April 1794.

The court was abolished by act of the provincial legislature in July 1794 and the land board by Order-in-Council the following November. Pettit was a justice of the peace from 19 June 1789; his last commission was dated 1 April 1803, several weeks after his death.

He was named to the first Heir and Devisee Commission for the Home District on 19 Oct. 1797 and reappointed on 21 July 1800 for Lincoln County.

He did not attend any of the three meetings between 1 Oct. 1800 and his death. Pettit's stature is perhaps best reflected by Dorchester's recommendation of him on 15 March 1790, on the advice of Sir John Johnson, as one of eight legislative councilors for the intended province of Upper Canada.

Of those commissioned on 12 July 1792, five were selected from this 1790 list. For whatever reason, possibly because of advanced age, Pettit was rejected on the suggestion of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. However, on 27 Aug. 1792 he was elected for the riding of Durham, York, and 1st Lincoln to the first parliament of the new province. The records for this period are fragmentary and it is not known how he participated in the affairs of the assembly. He was succeeded in the second parliament by Richard Beasley.

Pettit did not live long enough to accumulate much more than the land he had been granted. In fact, between 1800 and 1802 he sold off substantial portions of it, mostly to his sons-in-law. In his will he left the remainder to his five surviving daughters and £80 to his son-in-law Lawrence Lawrason, a successful London merchant. In some ways the British government had compensated Pettit for his losses; however, his advancing years did not allow him to rebuild his life to its former eminence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From Ivan Smith;

"The Pettit family were divided in their loyalties during the Revolutionary War. Nathaniel Pettit was a true Loyalist. He was appointed by Governor Franklin of New Jersey to a county judgeship in the court of Common Pleas. He was among the first four to be so honoured during the reign of George III. He held this judicial office until the royal authority was suspended in New Jersey by the adoption of the U.S. constitution. Two years before this (1774) a meeting of Sussex County freeholders was held and resolutions were passed opposing taxation without representation and favoring the suspension of imports from Great Britain. In this committee was Judge Pettit.

"However, when peaceable protest was abandoned and rebellion began to rear its ugly head, Nataniel Pettit would have none of it and openly avowed his British preference. Thereafter he found himself facing the New Jersey "Committee of Public Safety"--a revolutionary tribunal. This was on 12 January 1776, and for refusal to pay taxes levied by the rebel congress, Nataniel was fined, disarmed and deprived of his judicial office. Joseph Barton, who had sat as Pettit's fellow member of the New Jersey House of Assembly, was of like mind and he also declared for the King and took command of the first N.J. Battalion.

Unfortunately Barton was captured by the insurgents on Staten Island in 1777. Nathaniel Pettit, being lame and therefore unfit for military service, was assigned to other duty. His commission was to summon the inhabitants of Sussex County and have them renew their oath of fidelity to "their lawful sovereign, King George 111" and in company with Barton and Allison, to enroll a force of 500 Loyalists to serve during the period of the Rebellion--being careful that all Volunteers or Detached Men are Young and Healthy and Strong.

After the Americans had overturned the King's authority and their independence had been acknowledged by Great Britain, Nathaniel with other Loyalists, came to Canada. During this period of revolt Nathaniel was persecuted in many ways. His property was not confiscated but people were forbidden to have any dealings with him, consequently on leaving his property was sacrificed at half its value. His reward in Upper Canada was being given 2000 acres of land in various parts of the Niagara Peninsula.

"Nathaniel Pettit was active in public affairs in Upper Canada and his name appears on many Land Board certificates. He was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace for the District of Nassau in 1788. IN August 1792 he was elected to the first Legislative Assembly, wich convened at Newark. He was elected to represent Durham, York and First Lincoln.

"Nathaniel's last years were spent in the Ancaster district with other members of his family. His granddaughter (Nancy Gordon) married Benjamin Smith, and when the old fellow passed away Benjamin helped in taking his remains back to the Forty for burial. The plot was the first burying ground at The Forty Mile Creek (Grimsby) which was later abandoned."
********************************************************************************

First Names First (Naming Scheme)

Mt Ben Bulben Co Slingo Ireland Photo Jon Sullivan

Irish Americans proudly display their heritage in their last names. The Kelly’s, the Murphy’s, the O’Connor’s and the Byrne’s – such names bring to mind the clans of old, the heady days of warring kerns and heroic galloglaighs. But where did these names come from? What is the story behind the Irish surnames that so many Americans carry to this day?

First Names First
Before understanding Irish last names, it is essential to remember that first names have meanings all their own. For example, look at the Irish surname O’Brian. The O has a meaning that we will cover below, but what about the Brian part? Such commonly used names should not be taken for granted, because they provide a key to our ancestors. Somewhere down the O’Brian genealogy line was the original Brian, himself. No O. Just Brian. The same goes for the original Donnell of the MacDonnells and the first Allen of the McAllens. The descendants of Brian (meaning “noble”), of Donnell (meaning “world-mighty”), and Allen (meaning “handsome”) remember that somewhere down the line their ancestor earned or was given that name.

The O’s, the Mac’s, the Mc’s and the Fitz
In the old country, in the days of yore, a person was not so much defined by who they were but by where they came from, who their father was, or their trade. The uppermost heights that a son could gain were the same as those of his father or grandfather.

The Mc in “McDonnell” and the Mac in “MacDonough” all mean “son of” in the native Gaelic, and all have survived and flourished as common prefixes to Irish surnames (though the original Mac is more common in Scotland). The feminine form, nic (meaning “daughter of”) is a rarity in modern Irish last names, which reflects the patriarchal society.

Son of…
Patrick, son of Brian, or Patrick mac Brian, was the given formula for how Irishmen would first describe themselves in the Middle Ages. In the meantime, Brian, the father of Patrick, would be known as Brian mac Connor, or the son of his own father, Connor. Mac – sometimes shortened to Mc – was said after the man’s given name and before the name of his father, denoting his male parentage. This method generally told enough of an Irishman’s story to identify him from others.

Unlike in modern times, where surnames are very much essential to our identity in day-to-day life, the early Irish rarely needed to use them. The fact was, in an isolated, tribal society (known as “tuaths”) where everyone came from the same place and very little family history was recordable, it just made more sense to say who your father was rather than give your ancestral line. Thus, Patrick, Brian, and Connor would all have different surnames (surnames meaning: sired by) as each of their fathers would probably have a different given name (though names such as “Patrick mac Patrick” did occur, i.e., junior).

Due to this generational change from one surname to another, it is difficult to trace Irish last names into the medieval period. However, like society itself, the tradition of Irish last names changed with the times. Feudalism, Catholicism, foreign invasions and intertribal wars brought pride in one’s lineage very much into vogue. Having an ancestor who was a landed lord, being the descendant of a saint, or someone in the line of ancient kings became incredibly important to the upper classes of medieval Irish society.

The First Irish Surname
The first Irishman with a recorded last name, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, was a lord who died in 916 C.E. in what is now modern-day Galway. The Ua denotes Tigherneach as being either the “son of,” “grandson of,” or “descendant of” Cleirigh (modern: Clery). The Ua would later become the O we are all familiar with in such names as O’Connell or O’Leary. This change to “grandson of” or “descendant of” is an important departure from simply saying “son of,” as it alters the narrative of a person’s name from “this is my dad” to “this is my family.” The most widely seen example of this comes from the name O’Brian, denoting a descendant of the legendary King Brian Boru… or giving a coincidental bit of luster to those with a different ancestor named Brian.

The Fitz
It would be the feudal lords and barons that first took on the mantle of Irish surnames to denote their familial lineage, and no one brought the hammer of feudalism quite like the Normans. In 1169 C.E. they invaded Ireland in a stunning sequel to their invasion of England in 1066, bringing with them their particular blend of oppression and progress. To say it was a rough go for anyone under the Norman boot is an understatement, but it is also how Irish surnames gained the prefix Fitz, as in Fitzpatrick. This Latinized form of “son of” is still a popular prefix found in Irish last names. Not only that, but the Normans – and, more so, their English successors – altered the “son of” formula that had heretofore been the most common source of surnames in Ireland.

Irish Occupational Surnames
“Smith” is an incredibly common name in the English-speaking world. But who was this Smith? What did he or she do that was so magnificent to have so many modern ancestors still proudly bearing their namesake? Well, in a word: they smithed. They were blacksmiths, locksmiths, gunsmiths, goldsmiths, etc. In medieval England what a person did, or what their family business was, often determined their last name. This is why there are still so many Archers, Cooks, Coopers, Masons, Thatchers, Fishers, Butlers, and Wrights in England and, since the English occupation, in Ireland.

Such occupational surnames were fairly common in the early Irish lexicon, especially considering that specialized occupations were commonly passed down from parent to child. Irish surnames like O’Leary (from Ó Laoghaire, meaning calf-herder) or McLoughlin (from Mac Lochlainn, meaning Viking) tell the tale of sons who followed in the footsteps of their fathers. In fact, it wasn’t until the Normans and English established their feudal fiefdoms on the island and the markets and cities began to grow, that such names began to become invaluable. These last names immediately told a lord or merchant what you did and how you could help them. Think of them as business cards built into a name, an effective and subtle marketing tactic that a journeyman worker or skilled artisan would have been a fool to pass up.

Irish Toponymic Surnames
Trade brought toponymic last names to Ireland. Brian of Bray would become Brian Bray, while William from Wales became William Walsh. Barring a few examples, these names are not typical in Ireland, as strangers in a strange land – especially in less than tolerant times – are more inclined to assimilate rather than celebrate their differences. However, this is not the case with those who conquered…

Anglicization: How Irish Last Names Changed
By the 1500s, traditional Irish Catholicism was put down in favor of English Protestantism and much of the native Irish population was resigned to second-class citizenship. This forced the Irish to Anglicize, to adapt and become more like their conquerors in order to survive these times. This is why so many Irish names have evolved beyond their Gaelic origins to fit more easily into the English language, some dropping the classic prefixes while others translated completely. Thus, Ó Ceallaigh became Kelly, Ó Murchadha became Murphy, while Mac Gabhann (the Irish occupational last name for a smith) became Smith.

Just as on Ellis Island in the 1800s when many difficult-to-pronounce names were changed by immigration officials, so too did the traditional Gaelic names change under English rule. Anglicization became a way of survival for many Irish people during the last five centuries and resulted in the Irish surnames we all know today.

10 Common Irish Last Names & Their Meanings
Below are some of the most common Irish last names not discussed above. Our family history research is often guided by our surnames. Find your Irish last name in the list below .

Byrne: meaning “raven,” the name is the seventh most popular in Ireland while the historic Byrne’s are notable for their resistance to foreign invaders.

Doyle: anglicized from Ó Dubhghaill, meaning “dark-haired foreigner,” Doyle was originally a term for the Danish Vikings who settled in Ireland in the early middle ages. The term was meant to differentiate them from the Norwegian Vikings, the Fionnghoill, or “fair-haired foreigners.”

Kelly: meaning “bright-haired” or “red-haired,” the last name Kelly is practically synonymous with Irishness, possibly due to the widely popular folk song “Kelly the Boy from Killane.”

Kennedy: the Irish surname made famous by J.F.K., Bobby, and their new American Camelot, Kennedy means “helmeted-head” in Gaelic. Despite its modern connotations of political royalty, the name is one of the most common in Ireland.

McCarthy: from Mac Carthaigh meaning “loving person,” the most widely known Carthaigh was a contemporary of the legendary king Brian Boru and one of his main rivals.

Murphy: the most common Irish surname deriving from the Gaelic MacMurchadh, meaning “sea-battler,” Murphy’s around the world owe their name to the notorious Irish sailors who raided the British coast before the Viking Age.

O’Connor: in Gaelic, Ó Conchobhair was a term that meant “patron of warriors.” The eponymous Conchobhair was the first king of Connaught, a county of Ireland that still bears his namesake.

O’Reilly: from the original Ó Raghallaigh meaning “extroverted one.” The historic O’Reilly’s are one of the most storied families in Ireland, even minting their own coins in the 15th century leading to the still-in-use Irish slang term “Reilly” to denote high value.

O’Sullivan: from the Gaelic Ó Súilleabháin, Sullivan has a variety of meanings, all to do with the eye. Some believe it means “dark-eyed,” while other theories suggest “one-eyed” or “hawkeyed.”

Ryan: combining the Gaelic words for little (an) and king (ri), Ryan simply means “little king.” Whether this was meant as a term of endearment or a good-natured insult is up for debate, though the name’s other translation, “illustrious,” would sway most to the former theory.

Search for other Irish names and meanings by clicking here

Glover Ontario Land Registrations starting with Jacob Glover 1795 to 1908

PERSONAL BLOG:
Another wonderful day at LAC and finally made some progress regarding the Glover land Reg. Index.

Very confusing regarding my Jacob Glover II as he had had 4 parcels of land granted him with the final piece/parcel being in Windham and the others in Grimsby.

I thought I would post these records so Glover descendants could have the Lot and Concession #'s as well as dates and more info then provided on the O.C.'s and UCLP (Orders in Council and Upper Canada Land Petitions)

Below I have posted 4 pages listed in the land registry indexes for land  to surname GLOVER in various counties of Ontario, Canada.

In my next post I thought I would follow-up by writing how Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)  played such a paramount role in the land granted to Jacob Glover when Jacob attended his sister in law Elizabeth Moore's wedding party to Colonel Robert Nelles (the celebration was held at Brant's Compound after the wedding ceremony at St. Andrew's Church).

This wedding party held at the Mohawk Compund would be a "game changer" in the life of Jacob Glover as it would later form some of the "unwritten" history of Norfolk County, Ontario in the MOST peculiar way; a way that some "may" or "may not" be aware of. Also info about Sovereign's Cemetery fits into this wee bit of history and some other "treats" ... so please stay tuned.

For Chief Joseph Brant the wedding of his "good "friend' John Moore's daughter (females held a respect and importance to the native culture) was a GREAT time of celebration.

Again, next post will be all about this.

HERE ARE THE GLOVER RECORDS FOR ONTARIO starting in 1795 coincidentially with Jacob Glover to a William Glover in 1908.

Why Records Have Conflicting Information

You found the gravestone, and you were thrilled to finally have the birth and death dates of your ancestor! You spend the money and (im)patiently wait for the death record to arrive. Finally the day comes when you open that envelope and.....

THE DATES DON'T MATCH!!!

What went wrong?? You know it's the same ancestor, so why are there different dates for the same person?

The answer is a simple one. The informant. That's right, the person who supplied the information. The truth is, people make mistakes. And frankly, sometimes people don't know the information, and have to guess.

Which date is the correct date?

Well, that's a bit trickier. You have to figure out which information is more reliable, based on the informant, and when the information was given. Death records have the informant listed on the record. If you know the informant was a spouse, child, or parent, then the information is pretty reliable. If the informant was the undertaker, then the birth date probably isn't very reliable. Gravestones are not as reliable for the dates, because we don't know who the informant was most of the time. It could've been anybody, really. And let me tell you, I've seen plenty of incorrect gravestones.

LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE BIRTH DATE ON THIS GRAVESTONE

CHECK OUT THE BIRTH DATE ON THIS DEATH RECORD. IT'S IN BOX 7.

On the gravestone, Nannie was born in 1861. But on the death certificate, it says she was born in 1865. By looking at the informant in box 16, I can see the informant was Grace W. Smith. I know that's Nannie's niece. Grace wasn't born before Nannie, so it's possible she didn't know what year her aunt was born.

It's important to compare other records and do a more research. That's right, there's a little more work to be done. Grace can be found in the 1940 census, which marked who the informant was with a circle x (unlike any of the previous census records, which do not state the informant).

As you can see, there are circle x's for the Greenwood and Cooksey families, but not for Grace and Nannie. Who knows who gave that information? It could have been the neighbor. Her age estimates a birth year of about 1866. It may have been that Nannie already had her birthday that year, which would put her birth year as 1865. Now there are two documents supporting a birth year of 1865. It is interesting that Nannie was living with her niece Grace, who was her informant on her death record. Maybe she did know her birth year after all?

More searching may find an obituary, sexton records, or family bible records. There is also the possibility that Nannie didn't know what year she was born. Many people who grew up on farms did not celebrate birth days. But by comparing lots of records and identifying the informant, you can come up with the most likely date. For now, we are sticking with 1865, since 2 of the 3 sources match, and we know who the informant was on the death record, and that informant lived with the deceased.

What about you? Do you have some discrepancies in your dates? Try identifying the informant, and comparing documents to see what is more reliable. And as always, I'm here to help you on your family history journey. 

The Pettit Family of Sussex New Jersey (9th Great Grand Parents)

The Origins of the Pettit family in America

Referring to Frank C. Baldwin's research on the Pettit family, Nathaniel Pettit III (MY 8TH GREAT GRAND UNCLE) was the son the of Nathaniel Pettit II and Elizabeth Heath (MY 8TH GREAT GRAND PARENTS) of Hunterdon county, New Jersey.
Baldwin traces Nathaniel the elder's lineage to another Nathaniel Pettit I who came from Exeter, New Hampshire via Newtown, Long Island, New York.
Nathaniel the elder Nathaniel Pettit I married Mary Bayley (9TH GREAT GRAND PARENTS) the daughter of Elias Bayley of Newtown.
In 1695, Nathaniel Pettit I and Mary Bayley purchased 100 acres in what is now Trenton, New Jersey [re: Baldwin & Court Records T:209]. Nathaniel Pettit I wrote his will on the 15th of March 1714/5 and he will was proved the 25th of June 1718 and names his children: Moses, Judith Neald, Nathaniel, Elias, and Jane Ealy. The earliest ancestor of this family is believed to be Thomas Pettit who married Christian Mellowes. Thomas Pettit came to Boston, Massachusetts prior to 1637 and by 1639 had removed to Exeter, New Hampshire. The Pettits later settling at Newtown, Long Island.

Nathaniel Pettit II of Hunterdon county, New Jersey married Elizabeth Heath. Elizabeth's parents are named by Frank C. Baldwin as Andrew Heath and Elizabeth Barrett. Andrew Heath is identified as the same may who arrived in 1682 as the bonded servant to William Yardley; possibly Yardley's nephew. Baldwin states that "they came from Staffordshire in England and settled in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. On July 29, 1686, Andrew Heath was released after four years of bonded service.
Andrew Heath moved to New Jersey in 1699 when he bought 420 acres of land near present-day Trenton. About 1703 he helped established the Hopewell Church, on of the first Episcopal Churches in the area. And in 1705 four of Andrew Heath's children were baptized there: Andrew, Elizabeth, John, and Sarah." Andrew Heath made his will on the 03rd of January 1716/7 and the instrument was proved on the 29th of December 1720 in which he names his wife Hannah and children: Martha, John, Elizabeth, Andrew, Sarah, and Richard. He also names his grandchildren: Elizabeth, Abigail, and Andrew Pettit and his wife's children: Daniel Clark, Samuel Clark, and Hannah Clark [re: Baldwin & County Court records 23:219].
Baldwin writes of the Heath family and quotes from Louise H. Tunison and Althea F. Courtot's work "The Heath Family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey; a 1977 manuscript in the collection of the Hunterdon County Historical Society. Andrew Heath married twice, first to the widow Elizabeth Barrett Venables Bannor. She had married first William Venables who is also found as a passenger on the same ship as the one Andrew Heath and the Yardleys arrived on. Venables died leaving his widow and two daughters Joyce and Frances. (MY RESEARCH FINDS A SON "FRANCIS" AND A DAUGHTER JOYCE WHO MARRIED "CLOWS" END OF 2ND PARAGRAPH) 

Section: Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships and Some of Their Passengers
Source Information
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684.
Original data: Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., comp. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970.

Elizabeth remarried to a Lawrence Bannor. She married Andrew Heath after 1688 and died by 1699 when Andrew and his step-daughter Joyce Venables leave an instrument conveying land. Andrew married secondly the widow Hannah Clark, whose maiden name unknown.(IT IS NOW KNOWN THAT HER SURNAME WAS LAMBERT) 

Nathaniel Pettit, United Emipire Loyalist
Nathaniel appears to have been a prominent individual in both early Sussex county, New Jersey and as a Loyalist in early Ontario. He is named as an United Empire Loyalist in William D. Reid's book [re: p. 249]. The Pettit family Website put together by Frank C. Baldwin of Oak Park, Illinois, chronicles the descendants of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Heath) Pettit of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Though this work by Mr. Baldwin appears to be well document, the quoted sources have not yet been check and reviewed for accuracy and plausibility. However, on the particular information relating to Nathaniel Pettit of this sketch, it appears that Mr. Baldwin's information corroborates other material in both Reid and in the "Ontario Register, Vol. 2" in reference to the Green and Pettit families.

Baldwin states that Nathaniel is the son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth (Heath) Pettit. Nathaniel married Margaret MacFarlane on the 28th of February 1747; her parentage is not given by Baldwin. Nathaniel Pettit served as a Justice on the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County from 1770 to 1775 and was a member of the New Jersey Assembly from 1772 to 1775. He was Loyalist during the Revolutionary War and consequently imprisoned during the war. It is noted in the "Ontario Register" that he was imprisoned with Adam Green another prominent Loyalist in Sussex county. He emigrated to Canada in 1788 and received 2000 acres of land as compensation for his losses in New Jersey. In Canada he also provided public service as a judge and member of the Land Board. In 1792 he was elected to the Parliament of Upper Canada. He died in Ancaster, Ontario and is buried at the Anglican Cemetery in Grimsby. Nathaniel's tombstone provides his date of birth as the 12th of June 1724 and his death as the 09th of March 1803. Margaret MacFarlane Pettit's vital statistics are provided by Baldwin as a birth date of the 02nd February 1726 and her death as the 04th of September 1770 in New Jersey.

The best account of Nathaniel Pettit's life is found in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Below is a transcription of the article on Judge Pettit.

"Pettit (Petit), Nathaniel, office holder and politician; b. 12 June 1724 in Sussex County, N.J., son of Nathaniel Pettit and Elizabeth Heath; m. 26 Feb. 1747 Margaret McFarland, and they had one son and six daughters; d. 9 March 1803 in Ancaster, Upper Canada.

Nathaniel Pettit's forebears emigrated in 1630 from Essex, England, to the area around Boston, Mass. The family eventually dispersed, some members settling in New Jersey where in Sussex county Nathaniel achieved financial security and legal prominent prior to the American revolution. He owned two valuable mills and in 1766 was appointed judge in the county Court of Common Pleas. In 1768 his personal standing in the community rose further with his election as one of the two members returned from the county to the provincial legislature. But his success, at a time when officials appointed by Britain came to be feared and distrusted, ultimately worked against him.

Initially Pettit was sympathetic to colonial grievances; in 1774 he was appointed at a county meeting to a ten-man committee to oppose taxation without representation and to support the suspension of imports from Britain. But on 12 Jan. 1776 he was brought before the provincial committee of safety for refusing to pay taxes levied by the revolutionary congress. He was fined and stripped of his judicial appointment, which precipitated and open declaration of his loyalty. Approaching his mid fifties, he was not physically able to join a loyalist corps, but with the aid of a former fellow member of the legislature, Joseph Barton, in late 1776 he raised a battalion of 500 men. Pettit, "lame and infirm," remained in Sussex County where his assistance to "the friends of Government ... exposed him to the worst treatment" from the rebels. 

Imprisoned from 4 April 1777 to 28 May 1778, he obtained his liberty only by paying heavy fines and taking out large bonds for his future behaviour. Pettit estimated these losses "at a very moderate computation" to be in excess of £1000. Moreover, when he left the United States he had to sell his mills and lands for less than half their value. Although he pressed his "well attested" case before loyalist claims commission, it "was attended with no effect." 

With several friends he left his home and arrived in the Niagara area of Quebec in 1787 "to solicit a settlement where he may enjoy that liberty and comfort so amply secured by the British constitution." He received a grand of 700 acres, and in 1794 another 1,300.. His land were located in Saltfleet, Grimsby (North and South Grimsby), Burford, Ancaster, and Aldborough townships.
On 24 July 1788 Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] established four new administrative districts in what was to become Upper Canada. The chief institutions in the new districts were the land board and the Court of Common Pleas; Pettit's appointment to both on 24 Oct. 1788 in the Nassau District reflected his pre-revolutionary prominence. He served on the land board with john Butler, Robert Hamilton, Benjamin Pawling, and John Warren, and also was a member of its successor, the land board of Lincoln County, established on 20 Oct. 1792. 

The other officials sitting n the district court were Hamilton, Pawling and Peter Ten Broeck. The board settled matters of land title and the court handled questions of debt. Neither concern was crucial to Pettit's interests and his attendance was sporadic; he was present at only 9 of 36 sessions of the land board between 26 Oct. 1789 and March 1792 and 4 of 23 sessions of the court between 28 Oct 1788 and 10 April 1794. The court was abolished by act of the provincial legislature in July 1794 and the land board by order in council the following November. 

Pettit was a justice of the peace from 19 June 1789; his last commission was dated 1 April 1803, several weeks after his death. He was named to the first Heir and Devisee Commission for the Home District on 19 Oct. 1797 and reappointed on 21 July 1800 for Lincoln County. He did not attend any of the three meetings between 1 Oct. 1800 and his death.
Pettit's stature is perhaps best reflected by Dorchester's recommendation of him on 15 March 1790, on the advice of Sir John Johnson, as one of eight legislative councilors for the intended province of Upper Canada. Of those commissioned on 12 July 1792, five were selected from this 1790 list. For whatever reason, possibly because of advanced age, Pettit was rejected on the suggestion of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. However, on 27 Aug. 1792 he was elected for the riding of Durham, York, and 1st Lincoln to the first parliament of the new province. The records for this period are fragmentary and it is not known how he participated in the affairs of the assembly. He was succeeded in the second parliament by Richard Beasley.
Pettit did not live long enough to accumulate much more than the land he had been granted. In fact, between 1800 and 1802 he sold off substantial portions of it, mostly to his sons-in-law. In his will he left the remainder to his five surviving daughters and £80 to his son-in-law Lawrence Lawrason, a successful London merchant. In some ways the British government had compensated Pettit for his losses; however, his advancing years did not allow him to rebuild his life to its former eminence.
Crozier & Green's work on the John Green family mention Nathaniel Pettit and note that there are numerous sources on the family. One source quoted are the Nathaniel Pettit papers Vol. XXX11 of the Ontario Historical Society. Crozier & Green quote both personal letters written by Nathaniel Pettit and his family Bible. Also in 1879, Nathaniel Pettit's grandson Lawrence Lawrason II of London, Ontario wrote an autobiographical sketch which was published in 1882 and tells of his grandfather's emigration and settlement in Upper Canada [re: pg. 34].

The children of Nathaniel & Margaret (MacFarlane) Pettit are:

• Andrew Pettit
  born 02 Feb 1748; died unknown
  born New Jersey; died unknown
  married: unknown 
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: John Smith Pettit (m: Mary Ann Glover)
• Elizabeth Pettit
  born 06 Dec 1750; died unknown
  born New Jersey; died unknown
  married: Peter Runion 
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: unknown
• Catherine Pettit
  born 17 Apr 1753; died unknown
  born New Jersey; died unknown
  married: unknown 
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: unknown
• Mary Pettit
  born 27 Feb 1756; died 27 Feb 1813
  born New Jersey; died Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario
  married: Peter Gordon (17 Apr 1748 - 25 oct 1824) 
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: Elizabth (m: James Mustard); Margaret (m: Samuel Green); Anna "Nancy" (m: Benjamin Smith); John; Nathaniel "Nat" (m: Margaret Clark); Rachel (m: John Smith)
• Rachel Pettit
  born 20 Jun 1758; died unknown
  born New Jersey; died unknown
  married: Lawrence Lawrason 
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: Elizabeth (m: Daniel Showers); Thomas (m1: Mary Howell, m2: Charity Howell); Joseph; Margaret (m: Dr. Cyrenus Hall); Mary (m: John Cooks); Nathaniel (1799-1876); Lawrence (m: Abigail Lee)
• Abigail Pettit
  born 08 May 1764; died 1845
  born New Jersey; died Canada
  married: Thomas Willson (1768-1845), son of John & Elizabth (Baty) W.
  marriage bond dated N/A
  children: Elizabeth (m: Thomas Brooks); John Irish (m1: Mary Brooks, m2: Lydia Dell); Mary (m: Thomas Holliwell); Nathaniel; Thomas (m1: Mary Wrig)

Francis Glover - Corrections regarding past documentation

There is a Glover genealogy in the Eva Brooke Donnly Museum in Simcoe. It reports that Francis came from near London and owned an island in the Thames called Glover Island.I have proven that this is correct. 

Birth: 1728 in ENGLAND 

Death: 1 JUN 1796 in Hardwick Twp., Sussex Co., NJ, USA as per his probated will. Francis finally settled in Sussex Co., NJ, USA where he eventually died. 

Some say name is Jacob. (no proof) 
Married twice (this is correct / 1st wife's name still remains unknown. he married for the 2nd time to Rebekah "Rebecca Green" daughter of Samuel Green and Hannah Wright. 
~~~~~~~~
Francis Glover owned 2,000 acres of land on the Thames River in London, England. He came to America with his first wife and son Jacob Glover and settled at Hardwick Twp., Sussex Co., NJ, leaving the estate to be run by agents. After Francis' death, the heirs took no action concerning his English estate and it was eventually taken over by the Crown and sold. Francis' widow Rebeka moved to Grimsby, Lincoln Co., Upper Canada now Ontario, Canada to be near her children. 

(CORRECTION) - Francis Glover sailed from England and landed in New York as a wealthy, single man where he spent his time and money for several years until he met his 1st wife UNKNOWN She was from Newtown, Connecticut who later died after giving birth to their only child Jacob Glover in 1763). After her death Francis left his son Jacob with his in-laws and went to New Jersey which at the time would have been impossible for him to take a "new born" into the wilderness. 

Francis Glover met his 2nd wife Rebekah "Rebecca" Green who worked at her uncle Jonathan Pettit's tavern "The Dark Moon" as a "bar keep". Francis and Rebekah wed. A year later after the birth of Francis's 2nd son Samuel Glover he and Rebekah sent for Jacob Glover. 

~~~~~~~~~~

"The Genealogy and History of the Glover Family of Saxon Origin Formerly spelled "Golofre" and in the 14th Century "Glove" by D.J. McCall, Simcoe Twp., Ontario, Canada
In Part:

"Morristown, NJ, a very good agricultural district, became one of the chosen locations. Morris Co., NJ, soon began to be settled by Glovers and numerous other families, and from these settlements came many of the first settlers in Norfolk Co.,. These included the Glovers, Culvers, Collvers, Beemers, Smiths, Severeigns, McCalls and others, the descendants of whom remain with us to the present time.

Francis Glover became one of the numerous Glovers who settled in the Morristown district, residing there with other members of the family.

When the war between the Colonies and the Mother Country began, James (sic) the oldest (CORRECTION: JAMES IS THE 3RD SON OF FRANCIS GLOVER AND REBEKAH GREEN)  son of Francis, the oldest Loyalist soldier, came to Upper Canada as a young man. He settled in the vicinity of Grimsby below the mountain, and fought at the battle of Stoney Creek. When the war ended, he returned to Morristown district, and brought his widowed step-mother and the family to Grimsby. (CORRECTION: REBEKAH GREEN CAME TO 'THE FORTY" GRIMSBY ON HER OWN AFTER THE PASSING OF FRANCIS) From here, the Glovers became settlers in various parts of the country. They figured conspicuously in the development of Norfolk County. LOOKING AT LAND GRANTS/PETITIONS OF UPPER CANADA THEY DID INFACT (FIRST BETWEEN NORFOLK AND TOWNSEND / UPPER CANADA LAND GRANT TO JACOB GLOVER CON 3 LOT 2) 

Several of the other men were soldiers, and became half-pay officers with Commissions granted them by Governor Simcoe. They were also given land grants with their Commissions. They became active in community life and were responsible for much of the early enterprise of the district.

Captain (incorrect see UCLP application below) Charles Glover came from Grimsby to the London District in the early part of the 19th Century, and married Charlotte Dietchman. She was the only daughter of Colonel Dietchman, and following the death of her father, she long with her brother John, was adopted by Rev. Jabez Culver of Townsend. Colonel Dietchman was formerly a Colonel in the British Army, later living in Morristown, NJ, and evidently a close friend of Rev. Jabez Culver. Private: 1st Flank of Flanker in the 1st Flank, Norfolk Co., Militia living in Townsend Twp., Nofolk Co., Ontario Canada and UCLP grant was for Charlotteville Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario Canada. (also son of UEL Jacob Glover) UCLP GRANTED

John Dietchman settled in Boston, Norfolk Co., Townsend Twp.,, and may have given the name Boston to the village, which was located along the Brant Trail in the very early days in Norfolk. (AND HOW IS THIS RELATED ONE ASKS? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GLOVERS EXCEPT DISCREDIT THE TRUE FACTS REGARDING UCLP *UPPER CANADA LAND PETITIONS) 

The Boston Baptist Church and the Vittoria Baptist Church were both established in 1804, which made for the new settlements along that route.

Charles Glover settled in Forestville, Charlottesville Twp.,, and James (sic) Glover settled near Round Plains, Windham Twp.,." ------ D.T. McCALL

Sources:
Type: Book
Author: Grimsby Historical Society
Periodical: Annals of the Forty Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln 1783 - 1833
Text: Vol. 5
Text: COLE Donna; Thorold, ON flossiecole@gmail.com
Type: Web Site
Author: Whitesell Researchers
Title: Register Report for Samuel Green
URL: http://www.ptbruce.kanservu.ca/Genealogy/Whitesell/Green.htm
Date: 18May2000

FRANCIS Glover AND HIS DESCENDANTS

Francis Glover, born 1729 in England, came to United States. He died on June 1, 1796 in Hardwick Twp.,, Sussex Co., NJ. He married Rebecca (Rebekah) Green, who was born May 7, 1747 in Sussex Co., NJ, in April 17, 1765. Rebecca died April 17, 1820 in Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON in her seventy-third year.

Francis Glover was married twice. First to a woman whose name is unknown. She gave birth to a son Jacob about 1763. Second to Rebekah in April 17, 1765 who gave birth to seven children: Samuel, Hannah, John, Charles, James, Elizabeth and Mary, all born in Hardwick Twp.,, Sussex, NJ.

Samuel Glover, the First Child was born on April 14, 1766 married Mercy McClure in 1784; died February 19, 1824 in NJ. Some of their children came to Canada.
1. Sarah Glover born July 11, 1785
2. Rebecca Glover born February 26, 1787
3. Elizabeth Glover born January 22, 1789
4. Hannah Glover born April 14, 1790
5. Francis Glover born February 21, 1793
6. Margaret Glover born September 19, 1797
7. Charles Glover born June 17, 1799 died 1874 and married Mary Markel
8. John Glover born September 16, 1802 and married Susannah Forsythe July 28, 1858
9. Aaron Glover born February 8, 1805 and married Christine Kern
10. Mary Glover born March 25, 1807 and married George Fonger
11. Samuel Glover born March 6, 1809
12 Mercy Glover born July 1, 1811
13. Adriane Glover born in 1812
14. James Glover born February 15, 1814
15. Joseph Glover born August 5, 1816
16. Nelson Glover born August 9, 1819 in Hardwick, Sussex, NJ died February 6, 1898, and married        Hannah B. Culver August 9, 1853
17. Matilda Glover born March 3, 1821 married David Kern

Hannah Glover, the second child was born February 18, 1769 Hardwick NJ, died October 10, 1793 Sussex, NJ, married 1791 Samuel Kennedy, Senior (1763-1791) married 1791 Hardwick NJ. Husband's other wife Elizabeth Pettit.
1. Samuel Kennedy Junior born July 7, 1792 NJ, died March 7, 1861

John Glover, the third child was born January 31, 1770 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ, died April 6, 1863 (93 year 2months 6 days) Fruitland, Saltfleet, ON, St Andrews Churchyard, Grimsby, ON married about 1795 Hardwick, Sussex, NJ Mary Burge (abt January 24, 1776 Oxford Twp.,, Sussex, NJ, died May 24, 1843 (67yr, 4m) Winona, Wentworth, ON St. Andrews Churchyard, Grimsby, ON) father Peter Burge abt 1750, mother Mary Wright abt 1754.
1. Rebecca Glover born November 7, 1796 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died April 11, 1867, married William        Biggar November 5, 1818
2.       James Glover born June 8, 1799       Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died July 13, 1873 Hannon Wentworth ON        married Eliza Hannon Sep 7, 1824 Glanford, Wentworth, ON
3.        Euphemia Glover born April 22, 1801 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died October 10, 1841 married John Wilcox        Smith Feb 22, 1821
4. Electa Glover born April 8, 1803 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died Sep 6, 1852 married Asa Pettit Sept. 10, 1822
5. Mary Glover born April 7, 1805 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ married Hugh Hunter June 11, 1833
6. Elizabeth Glover born April 7, 1807 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died Dec. 11, 1823 buried beside pts.
7. Peter Birge Glover born 1811, Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died Aug. 20 1881 married Sarah Ann Stewart Apr 18, 1843
8. John Pettit Glover born Jan 31 1812, Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died Mar. 30, 1900 married Jan. 31, 1855 Martha Ann Alway
9. Sarah Glover born Sep 9, 1814, Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died June 7, 1866 married Amos Chambers April 18, 1840
10. George Glover born Aug 10, 1816 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died June 17, 1883 married Abigail Henry Jan 22, 1857
11. Priscilla Glover Nov 25, 1823, Saltfleet, Wentworth, Ont. died Oct. 31, 1882 married James H. INGLEHART Sep 17,1856

Charles Glover, the fourth child was born July 5, 1775 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died after Oct. 5, 1803

James Glover, the fifth child was born Nov 11, 1777 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died 1812 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON married Elizabeth Pettit (born 1788 Saltfleet, Lincoln Co.,) Dec. 17, 1806 Saltfleet, Twp. Lincoln Co., ON, father John Charles Pettit, mother Martha Biggar.
1.        John Glover born 1807 married Susan Dunmedes Dec. 12, 1832
2.        Ann Glover born 1809 married James Allison Nov. 10, 1831

Mary Elizabeth Glover, the sixth child was born August 31, 1787 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died March 9, 1859 Saltfleet, Wentworth, ON married Samuel Green (born 6 May 1791 died August 20, 1866) Dec. 7, 1806 father Adam Green, mother Martha Smith.
1.        Mary Elizabeth Green was born Oct. 2, 1807 Saltfleet, Wentworth Co., ON died June 5, 1882 married Benjamin Soules July 6 1826.
2.        Caroline Green was born Sep 19, 1810 died June 15, 1877 married Francis Teneyck May 31, 1832
3.        Samuel Kennedy Green born July 13, 1817 died January 20, 1908 married Jane Stewart Nov. 23, 1843
4.        Eliza Jane Green born April 18, 1823 died August 16, 1887 married Anthony Teneyck Jan. 25, 1843
5.        Sarah Ann Green born March 1, 1826 died Sep 27, 1887 single

Mary Ann Glover, the seventh child was born April 14, 1791 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ died June 13, 1856 Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ married John Smith Pettit ( born June 24, 1788 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died Sep 10, 1858 Grimsby, ON) Feb. 9, 1809 father Andrew Pettit mother Sarah Smith.
1.       Andrew Pettit born Aug 28, 1810 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died July 26, 1813
2.        John Glover Pettit born Aug 14, 1811 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died July 31, 1813
3.       Jonathan Pettit born Aug 14, 1814 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died April 19, 1822
4.       James Glover Pettit born Jan. 4, 1817 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON married Henrietta Smith April 14, 1840
5.        Francis Pettit born June 5, 1819 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died April 3, 1846 married April 3, 1846
6.       Mary Elizabeth Pettit born March 12, 1824 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died March 29 1829
7.       John Johnson Pettit born Nov. 3, 1826 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died Feb 17, 1898
8.       Sarah Ann Pettit born Dec. 8, 1829 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died Feb. 21, 1862 married James Foster        1860
9.        Eliza Jane Pettit born Aug. 14, 1832 Grimsby, Lincoln Co., ON died April 25, 1864 married John Glover        TenEyck

THIS INFORMATION IS COLLATED BY IDA FLORENCE CROZIER (NEE WRIGHT). SHE PASSED AWAY APRIL 1, 1997 IN HAMILTON, ON. SHE WROTE HER FINDINGS AND PUBLISHED THEM IN HER BOOK CALLED "BUILDING OUR PEDIGREE". THERE ARE NO MORE "BUILDING OUR PEDIGREE" BOOKS LEFT. SHE SUBMITTED HER GENEALOGICAL DATA INTO THE MORMON FAMILYSEARCH.

FURTHER INFO. FROM SANDY Glover
State of NJ Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc

Glover, Francis, 516S. B. 34, p. 172. Wd.
1792. Tr. 1792.
Glover, Francis, 687S. B. 36, p. 375. W. 1796.

Glover, Mary Ann, 4715S. Inv. 1888

Grants for the war of 1812 except from History of Brant Co., Extracted from J D Revilles 1929,1 & 2 vol (unindexed) History of Brant Co., the following received grants of 100A each in Zorra:
Jos Beamer, Martin Boughner, Chas Glover, John Glover, Sam Jay, Peter Lefler, Anthony Sovereen & Conrad Winegarden.

When Francis Glover first arrived in Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ is not as yet determined.

'Harwick, Sussex Co., NJ was reected by royal patent early in the 18th century, 22 Jan. 1750. Records from 1774 to 1880 list the constables during that time. In 1792 Francis Glover appears as one and in 1798-1799 (Source #1) his son Samuel Glover also was Constable.

In the records of the Co., board of freeholders of old Sussex Co., we are enabled to read th elist of freeholders of Hardwick Twp. in 1754 to 1880 inclusive. In this list the following freeholders are a few that are listed with many others:

1787-88 Isaac Lanning; 1794 Francis Glover; 1802 Levi Howell; 1803 Levi Howell; 1917 Isaac Lanning; 1825 mAYAL O. Howell; etc.

Among the Collectors we read: 1785-87 Francis Glover; 1796 Levi Howell; 1797-00 and 1818-19 Isaac Lanning.

At the town meeting in 1774 a "town committee" was elected to look after and assist the poor. From the list of those elected from 1774 - 1880, the following names appear; 1783 Francis Glover; Isaac Lanning; 1789 Adam Green; 1795-6 Francis Glover; 1811-1813 Levi Howell; 1814-15 John R. Howell; 1824 Myal O. Howell, and William Green; 1827 Isaac Lanning; 1838-41 Sampson G. Howell; etc.

Among the assessors of that time we read: 1819 John R. Howell' 1830-31 Henry Mingle.

Sources:
1) History of Sussex and Warren Counties, NJ by James P. Snell, 1881, UJF142.59S6 1881a V.2 page 619, IV.
2) The Story of NJ's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968.

NOTES FROM PATRICIA:

Have a notation that he did an inventory with Thomas LUNDY on 7 29 1762 for estate of John PRIDDY. L 22 7.6

Listed as fellow bondsman of Hardwick, yeoman of John PRIDDY. 7 31 1762.

**************************************************************************************
You asked about Glover Island. Yes I know of it. It corresponds to Ethels fortune story . It's located in the Thames River London England . They give walking tours of the Island and I contacted the person who provides this service and he told me that the Island was purchased by a Roger Glover  and used to warehouse trade goods. If you go to the Eva Brock Donnely Museum in Simcoe Ontario there is a book there entitled Tracing our Pedigrees in it you will find Francis Glovers will and a story about how in 1905 representatives of the bank of England came to Ontario looking for the decendents of Francis to settle his estate . A meeting was held in Hamilton at Greens Tavern and the family endevored to get th fortune left in the bank. It went to the court of Chanclery but was left unresolved as the lawyer sent by the family was never heard from again. Supposidly Francis left a fortune in cash. He owned an Island in theThames, Tenements ,and 2000 acres in the heart of London . Another attempt was made but this was also left unresolved as none could prove thier decendency to the satisfaction of the court. Perhaps we could get it. My lawyer is interested in persuing it. He has been in contact with the bank and the legacy is still on account .Supposidly the government took possesion of the land which I believe to be present day Hyde Park. If you look at a map the southern boundry is adjacent to the old Knightbridge Estate. I can't remember which of Roger Glovers son John 's sons married into the Knightbridge familly but one did.The land is in Soho. I strongly beleive Francis is decendent of the the great trading family of Roger Glover Esquire.

The Gingham Dress

Written by myself:
Mary Ellen Glover was born 1 Nov 1824 (All Saints Day) Iona Station, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Upper Canada now Ontario, Canada. Her older brother William Augustus Glover born 1821 Upper Canada and was her only sibling.

Their parents William Hambly Glover (my 5th great uncle) and Mary Ellen??? Garnsey/ Gurnsey??? (SIC) were only together for approximately 3 years.

William Hambly Glover was the son of United Empire Loyalist Jacob Glover (my 5th great grand father) and his wife Deborah Moore (daughter of United Empire Loyalist Captain John Moore).

Some time before the 11th of April, 1826 William Hambly Glover died before being able to lay claim to his application (Upper Canada Land Petition) as the son of Jacob Glover, United Empire Loyalist.

William Hambly Glover's original claim was filed dated 9 February 1821 stating he was the son of Jacob Glover, UE and requested a grant of 200 acres of land. On 21 March 1821 William Hambly Glover of Ancaster was granted but never claimed his O.C. (Order in Council)

Later documents dated December 14, 1842 show that William Augustus Glover orphaned son of William Hambly Glover now reaching age re-applies for the his father's unclaimed UCLP claiming he was his ONLY son of William Hambly Glover, son of Jacob Glover, United Empire Loyalist.

HERE IS THE LINK TO WILLIAM AUGUSTUS GLOVER'S APPLICATION OF RENEWAL TO HIS DECEASED FATHER'S ORIGINAL LAND GRANT REQUEST

Why was it that his sister Mary Ellen Glover born 1 Nov 1824 also did not make claim to her entitlement? I had to dig deeper to find out.

After the death of her 1st husband the children's mother remarried a widower named John Fletcher. 11 April 1826 in Southwold Township., Middlesex County,

RECORD: Canada John Fletcher of Southwold, yeoman and Mary Glover, of the same place, widow, were this day married by me, by banns, Witnesses - John Dougherty, Charles Fuller, Thomas Dickison.

That same day the children Mary Ellen Glover and William Augusta Glover were also baptized bt Rev, Thomas Dickison.

RECORD: Baptisms - St. Thomas, 11th April 1826 - William Augustus and Mary Ellen, children of the late William Hambly Glover, of Dundas Street, and Mary his wife (now wife of John Fleteher of Southwold) were this day baptised by me, by public baptism, John Fletcher, Mary Fletcher, Sponsors.

The children's mother Mary Ellen fell ill and was attended by Rhoda Tyrell and her husband until her death. At which time William Augusta Glover remained with his step-father John Fletcher and wee Mary Ellen was adopted by Rhoda Tyrell and her husband Doctor Duncombe.

RECORD: Marriage: Mary Ellen Glover married Thomas Alexander Marr on the 14th of September 1845 by banns



RESOURCES REGARDING ADOPTION ALTHOUGH NO LEGAL DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN FOUND TO DATE: / NOTES FROM CHERYL GAWNE
Rhoda Tyrell and her 2st husband Samuel Guernsey adopted a young girl when she was about 5 years old after both of Mary Ellen's natural parents had died.

Rhoda Tyrell had attended to the Mary Ellen's mother, Mary Glover Fletcher, before she passed away. The little girl, Mary Ellen Glover,II daughter of William Hambly or Hamblin Glover and Mary Ellen I //// of Ancaster, Ontario. The little girl Mary Ellen II 's mother Mary Ellen I UNKNOWN later married John Fletcher of Southwold Twp., Elgin County. Mary Ellen II Glover's brother, William A. Glover, was raised by his step father, John Fletcher, and Mary Ellen was raised by the Guernseys. Mary Ellen Glover married Thomas A. Marr. Mary E. Marr is mentioned in Rhoda Tyrrell's Will. "

Iona Cemetery, located Iona and Talbot Line Rd, Southwold, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Headstones arranged in a back corner of cemetery. 33488 Talbot Line (This is where the Guernsey family is interred)

WILL OF RHODA TYRELL
"The Last Will and Testament made by Mrs. Rhoda Guernsey, "I give to my oldest son Charles Duncombe one black silk shawl. I give to Elijah Ely Duncombe, one black silk handkerchief. I give to David Duncombe two silk handkerchiefs. I give to Chars D. Shenick my watch for him to keep as long as he lives, at his death, to be given to his oldest daughter to keep. Before I ever see Charles D. Shenick, the Lord gave him to me for my own, and my name was to be stamped upon him. I give to John Collier Guernsey (grandson of Samuel Guernsey and son of James Guernsey and his wife, Margaret) that bed and bedstead that I left to Hulda, one pair of cotton sheets, one pair of pillow cases, one dark striped bed quilt, and an oldish bed quilt, Huldah must not give these to John until after he is married, but keep them until he is married. I give to Henry the little boy she is bringing up that bed and pillow that I lent him, for his own. I give Hulda my deep blue silk dress. I give Rhoda E. Hamilton my black silk dress and that dark brownish silk dress. Of my calico dresses, Rhoda E. Hamilton must pick out the one she likes best, then Hulda the one she likes best, and then Mary E. Marr (adopted daughter) the one she likes best, and so on until the calicoes are divided. Of my woolen dresses find and coarse Hulda must pick out the one she likes best first then next Rhoda E. must pick one she likes best - Mary one next, then Huldah the one she likes best, then R.E. H., then Mary and so on, as they did the calicoes. The feather bed that was father Duncombe Rhoda E. Hamilton must have with the bedstead and straw tick, and two pillows - the bed I sleep on must be Huldahs, with the straw and bedstead and two pillows. John C. Guernsey, give two pillows Rhoda E.H. I give the first pick of cotton sheets - Huldah the next - Mary E. Marr the next so on until they are divided amongst them - the white flannel sheets - Hulda to pick first, then Rhoda, then Mary and so on - the checked blankets one for Rhoda M. Hamilton - one for John C.G. - the rest divide between Hulda and Rhoda - the pillow cases I give to be divided between Huldah, Rhoda E., Mary, and Rhoda Mary Hamilton equally. My table cloths I give to Hulda and Rhoda equally alike, my towels I give to be divided between Huldah, Rhoda E. and Rhoda Mary Hamilton. I give my bed quilts to be divided between Hulda and Rhoda E. H. equally. All my shawls to be divided between Huldah and Rhoda E. Hamilton. My shifts both linen cotton and woolen to be divided between Huldah and Rhoda E., my petticoats to be divided between Huldah and Rhoda, after giving Rhoda M. Sexton her choice - all the rest of my clothes to be divided between by two daughters. My kettles that is at Huldahs I give to her - my apider to Eugenia Braman - all the kettles that I have beside I give to Rhoda E. Hamilton, but my smallest brass kettle to Rhoda Sexton. (Rhoda Sexton is Huldah Shenick's daughter.) My oldest china cups and saucers I give to Rhoda E. Hamilton, the white ones to Huldah, Rhoda E. Hamilton and Mary Marr equally - my green chest I give to Huldah, my yellow chest I give to Rhoda E. Hamilton, my old blue chest to Rhoda M. Hamilton and my large table to her, - Huldah must have the other table. Rhoda Sexton I give my stand too my chairs to be divided between Huldah S. and Rhoda E. and Mary E. Marr equally the trunk is Rhoda E. Hamilton the great chair is Nancy Rhodays now my sugar box I give to my namesake Rhoda Marr. January 13th 1853 in presence of Rhoda Guernsey, John Tufford, John Wegg"

Johnsonburg Historic District

The seat of newly formed Sussex County in the 1750s and the site of two taverns and a grist mill as well as of the first county jail, Johnsonburg (originally known as "Log Gaol" after the crude prison erected by the county in 1754) was one of the region's earliest settlements. While abandoned by the county government within a few years, the community was favored by its location on one of the region's major roads and, acquiring a church, school, store, post office (one of the first in northwestern New Jersey), tannery, and several artisan shops by the early 1800s, remained a place of some local importance in the 19th century. At a time when the movement of people and goods was largely limited to horse-drawn conveyances, such small communities provided the region's isolated rural population with almost its only centers for commercial and social activity. By-passed in the 19th century's turnpike, canal and railroad building booms, the village experienced almost no development after the 1870s, overshadowed by other communities in the region with those advantages. Although the construction of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad cut off just to the north produced a minor flurry of activity in the early 1900s, Johnsonburg has grown and changed little since that time.

Several Johnsonburg Historic District buildings are of individual note. The stone Episcopal Church, which dates to the early 1780s, has importance as an uncommon transitional form between the traditional meeting house and gable-fronted church types and, despite its mid 19th century conversion into a dwelling, retains notable early fabric including a plaster cove cornice. The c.1816-22 Green/Vail House with its ashlar stone facade and delicately carved and molded wooden trim, perhaps the Johnsonburg Historic District's most sophisticated dwelling, is an outstanding style version of the side-hall-plan house type. Hardin's Store, a brick example of the gable-fronted store type built in 1871, with its third-story social hall provides a good illustration of the combination of economic and social functions in such commercial buildings.

European settlement of the Pequest valley of Warren County began in the second quarter of the 18th century, initiated largely by pioneer agriculturalists of English, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, and German stock who in due course followed the surveyors locating land for the West Jersey Proprietors and their assignees. The most prominent early settler in the neighborhood of what became Johnsonburg was Samuel Green, Sr., a surveyor whose work on the northwestern New Jersey frontier during the first decades of the 18th century enabled him to acquire extensive landholdings in the region. Probably as compensation for his surveying services, Green received titled to a large tract of land encompassing the site of most of Johnsonburg in 1745 from the heirs of Col. Daniel Coxe, the son of Dr. Daniel Coxe, one of the greatest West Jersey Proprietors.

Exactly when Samuel Green, Sr., who according to family genealogists was of English Quaker descent and lived previously in Burlington and Hunterdon Counties, located on the property is unknown, but it was during his tenure that the settlement which became Johnsonburg began to coalesce. A 1746 deed for a nearby parcel surveyed to Green by right of the 1745 Coxe indenture makes note of the road leading "from the lower inhabitants to Samuel Greens," suggesting that he was in residence by that time. His original homestead is said to have been located just north of Johnsonburg on the road to Yellow Frame Church. Green's near neighbor was Jonathan Petit who was licensed to keep a tavern in his house as early as 1752. Petit's house was the venue for the first courts of newly created Sussex County convened on November 20, 1753, and in following year a county jail was built not far from Petit's tavern on Green's property; according to 19th century sources the "log gaol" stood on the site of Robert Blair's wagon house. To accommodate individuals attending the county courts Petit is said to have erected a row of one-room log "lodgings" across the road from his tavern. While the jail was abandoned for public purposes when a courthouse and jail were built in Newton in 1763-65, Petit 's tavern continued at least until 1784.

By 1760 the community had acquired another tavern and a grist mill, both owned by Samuel Green. The tavern, licensed to Green in May 1760, was kept "in a house erected by the road, near the house belonging to Jonathan Petit, Esq." This evidently was the house to the east of the mill creek and pond where Green, having moved from his pioneer homestead, was living when he made his will in September 1760, and which along with fifty appurtenant acres he left to his wife for her lifetime. The 20-acre mill lot and the 50-acre dower lot formed part of the 300-acre tract which Green devised to his minor son John who retained ownership of much, If not all of it, until the late 1780s. While the tavern apparently had been discontinued by that time, newspaper references to John Green's mill suggest that it remained in operation.

Log Gaol experienced new development in the post Revolutionary War era, most notably the stone church built on John Green's property probably in the early 1780s. Itinerant Methodist minister Ezekiel Cooper mentioned in his diary preaching on August 27, 1786 in "a new church lately built for the Church of England, so-called." Although no parish appears to have been formally incorporated, the stone church was used by Episcopalians and others until well into the 19th century. Francis Asbury, founding father of American Methodism, visited the stone church several times during his missionary tours between 1787 and 1811, on one occasion in 1789 recording in his journal that he "rode to the stone church, and found stony hearts."

The settlement had two licensed taverns in 1789. One of them was established in a "commodious house" (probably on or near the site of the present Johnsonburg Hotel on the former Green property which later that year was acquired by William Armstrong who is credited by 19th century sources with being the village's pioneer merchant. He may have been proceeded by James Ludlum. Ludlum was described as a merchant in the 1794 deed by which he sold a quarter-acre lot on the south side of the great road to Armstrong, and the purchase price of 122 pounds suggests the existence of considerable improvements on the parcel. Henry Johnson moved to Log Gaol in 1792 and formed a mercantile partnership with his brother Jonathan and Christopher Longstreet. In 1796 a post office, the second in what is now Warren County, was established at Log Gaol under the name of Johnsonburg, with Jonathan Johnson as the first post master. As improbable as it may seem the village attracted a silversmith, Adam Hibler, who purchased a quarter-acre lot from William Armstrong in 1791. By the early 1800s, the community also had a tanyard, schoolhouse, blacksmith, joiner, and resident physician. William Armstrong was the principal landed proprietor of the place during the period, including his residence, the grist mill, tavern, and store among his holdings.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries Johnsonburg, as the village gradually came to be known, grew linearly, particularly at its east end, as lots were subdivided along both sides of the great road. For example, Col. Abraham Shafer, a large landowner from nearby Stillwater, acquired property on both sides of the great road, just west of the Yellow Frame Road corner (the Routes 519/661 intersection) and divided it into at least seven small lots which he sold to various individuals in 1814 and 1815. One lot was purchased in 1816 by Dr. David Green, a descendant of Samuel Green, who established a medical practice in the community and built a substantial stone dwelling on the property before 1822.

Growth during the period undoubtedly was stimulated, at least in part, by the settlement's location on the main road from Easton, Pennsylvania through Newton to Goshen and Newburg, New York which according to one local historian "as early as 1777...was acknowledged as the best line of travel between Philadelphia and New England." In 1793 the route was designated a branch post road, and as early as 1803 the Easton and Goshen mail stage was operating along it. In 1814 a meeting was called in Johnsonburg at Morris Sharp's Tavern for "those interested in a turnpike from Johnsonburg to the Morris and Sussex Turnpike at Newton," suggesting that at least some residents realized the importance of transportation to local development.

While no turnpike link was ever built, and northeastern Warren County was bypassed in the subsequent 19th century canal and railroad building boom, Johnsonburg experienced modest growth in the middle decades of the century and prospered as a service center for the surrounding agricultural community. According to Gordon's 1834 Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey the village contained "an Episcopal and a Presbyterian Church, a church belonging to the sect of Christ-i-ans (sic), 2 taverns, 2 stores, many mechanic shops, a grist mill, and from 25 to 30 dwellings. The surrounding soil is of fertile limestone, and well cultivated."

Writing in 1844 Barber and Howell described the village as consisting of "2 stores, a grist-mill, a tannery, a coach manufactory, several mechanics, and Episcopal church, free for other denominations, and about 200 inhabitants." The cabinet maker, shoemaker, cooper, blacksmith, harness maker, and wheelwright were all represented among the "mechanics" or artisans working in mid 19th century Johnsonburg.

The Armstrong property was acquired in the 1840s by James Blair who operated the store next to the tavern, both of which buildings he owned; he presumably was responsible for the Greek Revival remodeling of the Armstrong house. The other large landed proprietor of mid-19th century Johnsonburg was Issac Dennis whose holdings at his death in 1866 included six village properties. The mill property was acquired in 1845 by Lewis J. Youngblood who is credited with erecting a substantial house with stylish Greek and Gothic Revival detailing. Dr. Green's house, owned since its construction by a succession of physicians, was reoccupied in 1847 by Dr. William Penn Vail, by avocation a genealogist and local historian, who presumably gave the house its Italianate/Gothic Revival updating.

That the middle decades of the 19th century were a prosperous time for Johnsonburg also is attested to by the commercial and institutional development which occurred then. A small foundry was established by the Doland Brothers on the tannery lot between 1849 and 1852, and sometime between 1845 and 1855 during the ownership of Lewis J. Youngblood extensive improvements appear to have been made to the mill property, judging by the increase in sale price from $1,500 in 1845 to $5,000 in 1855. The Drake and Mackey store was built c.1860. In the late 1860s the hotel was extensively enlarged and remodeled by Jacob T. Vass, and in 1871 a brick store with third-story social hall was built across the road from the hotel by Samuel Hardin, then owner of the mill property. Sometime between 1860 and 1874, a small fanning mill factory was opened on the Allamuchy road. A new school house was erected on Mount Rascal in 1868, replacing the small stone school built in 1826 on the Yellow Frame road corner. While the old stone church was converted into a dwelling, three new churches were erected. Although organized in 1826, the Christians did not build a house of worship until the 1840s when they erected a substantial stone structure with up-to-date detailing, on the Allamuchy road. They were followed by the newly organized Methodist congregation who constructed a church in 1850 on a lot donated by Issac Dennis; in the following year the First Presbyterian Church of Hardwick erected a branch chapel near the Methodist Church.

Both the Christians and Methodists established cemeteries at Johnsonburg, and the Christian cemetery is of note for the marble obelisk marking the grave of Joseph Thomas, an itinerant evangelist of the Christian sect. Better known as the "White Pilgrim" from his habitual white clothes and white horse, Thomas became ill and died of small pox during a visit to Johnsonburg in 1835 after preaching one sermon in the stone church. Originally interred in the Dark Moon graveyard on the Newton road, his remains were moved in 1846 and the present monument erected by the local congregation at a cost of $125.

While documenting the modest commercial and institutional improvements noted above, maps of the third quarter of the century indicate that Johnsonburg experienced little growth during the period, but continued as a small, stable settlement with its present configuration firmly established. The 1860 county map and the 1874 county atlas respectively depict thirty and thirty-three dwellings in the village, few more than the 25-30 houses described there in 1834, and the 1881 county history records its population as 215, almost no increase from the 1844 estimate of 200. The small industries established in the mid 19th century had all ceased operation by 1881; only the grist mill and several artisans (a few blacksmiths and wheelwrights, two shoemakers and a cooper) remained in business as did the hotel and three stores. Thus while its industry disappeared, the village retained its historic role as a service center for the surrounding agricultural community.

Johnsonburg witnessed a flurry of activity in the early 1900s due to the construction of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad cutoff across northern Warren County. This massive undertaking, built between 1908 and 1911 and passing just north of the village, employed a large work force which included many local men. A stop at Johnsonburg was established, but except for a creamery and ice house erected across the road from the station in 1912, the railroad stimulated little local development. New construction in the village in this century has been limited to a few infill and replacement dwellings, garages and related outbuildings, and a service station addition to Hardin's store.

The paving of rural roads and the proliferation of automobiles in the second quarter of this century hastened the decline of isolated villages like Johnsonburg as local economic and social centers. Good roads and cars enabled local inhabitants to go elsewhere to work, shop, and play. Reflecting changes in local agriculture the grist mill ceased operation in 1937 and the creamery closed in the 1960s.

Johnsonburg exists today as a largely residential community whose 19th century rural character and setting survive substantially intact. Although many non-residential uses in the village have disappeared, the buildings that housed them mostly remain. Neglect and deterioration, however, threaten a number of district buildings, and the open farmlands surrounding the village are subject to increased development pressure. Responding to these conditions, both township residents and officials have become increasingly aware of the community's special historical and architectural heritage.

References

Books & Reports:

Armstrong, William C. Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey. Lambertville , NJ: Hunterdon House, 1979.

Barber, John W. and Henry Howe . Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. Newark, NJ: Benjamin Olds, 1844.

Bertland, Dennis N. Early Architecture of Warren County. Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1976.

Burr, Nelson R. The Anglican Church In New Jersey. Philadelphia: The Church Historical Society, 1954.

Clark, Elmer T. (ed.) The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury. 3 vols. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1958.

Cummins, George W. History of Warren County. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911.

Gordon, Thomas F. A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey. Trenton: Daniel Fenton, 1834.

Hampton, Vernon Boyce. Newark Conference Centennial History, 1857-1957. The Historical Society of the Newark Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, 1957.

Harpster, Richard E. (ed.) Historic Sites of Warren County. Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1964.

Honeyman , A. Van Doren. (ed.) Northwestern New Jersey: A History of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex Counties. 5 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1927.

Johnson, William M. (comp.). Memoirs and Reminiscences Together with Sketches of the Early History of Sussex County, New Jersey, by Casper Schaeffer. Hackensack, NJ: the Compiler, 1907.

Kay, John L. and Chester M. Smith, Jr., New Jersey Postal History, Lawrence, Massachusetts: Quarterman Publications, Inc., 1976.

Snell, James P. (ed.) History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881.

Wacker, Peter. Land and People. A Cultural Geography of Preindustrial New Jersey: Origins and Settlement Patterns. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1975.

Wacker, Peter. The Musconetcong Valley of New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1968.

Whitehead, William A. et al. (eds.). Archives of the State of New Jersey: Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. First Series, 42 vols. Various Places: State of New Jersey, 1880-1949.

Wilson, Thomas B., Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1781-1790. Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1988.

Vermeule, Cornelius Clarkson. Report of Water Supply, Water Power, the Flow of Streams and Attendant Phenomena. Geological Survey of New Jersey, Final Report of the State Geologist, Vol III, Trenton, NJ: John L. Murphy Publishing Company, 1894.

Maps and Atlases:

Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Warren, New Jersey. New York: F. W. Beers & Co., 1874.

McCarty, D. Map of Warren County, New Jersey. Philadelphia: Friend and Aub, 1852.

Walling, H. F. Map of Warren County, New Jersey. New York: Smith, Gallup & Co., 1860.

Monographs, Pamphlets and Periodicals:

Belvidere Apollo. Belvidere, NJ: 1825-1849 and 1869-1944.

Belvidere Intelligencer. Belvidere, NJ: 1850-69.

Benson, Helen Encke Orton. The Samuel Green Family of Northwest New Jersey. San Diego, California, 1972.

Crozier, Ida Florence Wright and Charlotte Barbara Ann Green (compilers). A Green Genealogy 1678-1986.

Sussex Register. Newton, NJ: 1805-1923.

Warren Journal. Belvidere, NJ: 1832-1947.

Your Guide to Historic Frelinghuysen Township. The Frelinghuysen Bicentennial Committee, 1974.

Public Records:

New Jersey Archives, Trenton, NJ: Judiciary Records, Prerogative Court Division; New Jersey Deeds; New Jersey Wills; Tavern Licenses; West Jersey Proprietors Records, Surveys.

Sussex County Court House, Newton, NJ: Sussex County Deed Books; Sussex County Road Returns; Sussex County Will Books; Sussex County Inventory Books.

Warren County Court House, Belvidere, NJ; Warren County Deed Books; Warren County Road Returns; Warren County Will Books.

United States Census: Population Schedules, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, NJ, 1850-1910; Industrial Schedules, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, NJ, 1850-1880.