15. | Mary Ann BILL was born about 1828 in Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia (daughter of Rev. Ingraham Ebenezer BILL and Isabella LYONS); died on 17 Nov 1865 in Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Notes:
Memorial Sketch of Mrs. Mary Ann B. McHENRY — She was born at Nictaux, Annapolis, N.S. the second child and only d/o Rev. I.E. and Isabella BILL. He father had been ordained to the pastorate of Nictaux church on 20th March preceding. On the removal of her parents to Fredericton (York Co.) at the close of 1839 to take charge of the Baptist church in that place, Mary Ann entered the Female dept. of the Fredericton Seminary, then in charge of Miss BENNET who had been brought out from England by late Rev. Frederick MILES to fill that position. On the retirement of Miss BENNETT, her position was filled by Mrs. W. NEEDHAM and the daughter continued to enjoy the best advantages which the Seminary could impart until her father’s return to Nictaux. Having no prospect of a school at Nictaux adapted to her advanced stage of progress, she was placed under the tuition of Mrs. MILES, now the wife of Rev. R.W. CUSHMAN of Boston. On the marriage of Miss MILES, the daughter returned to her parents at Nictaux where she remained until the autumn of 1844 when she was taken by her father to Boston and placed in the Baptist Seminary at Charleston. In the 17th year of age, she opened superior school for young ladies in her father’s house at Nictaux. This, so far as we know, was the first Baptist female school of superior type opened in Nova Scotia. On 14th Sept. 1851, she became united in marriage to Thomas McHENRY, Esq., removed to St. John, N.B. and not long after was received by letter from the Nictaux Church into the Germain St. Baptist Church. In married life, she became the mother of six daughters and a few months before her death gave birth to her first and only son. (Source: Christian Visitor Saint John, N.B., Dec. 7, 1865)
Children:
- Isabella Bill McHENRY was born on 4 Aug 1852 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 5 Dec 1934 in Cashmere, Chelan, Washington; was buried in Cashmere Cemetery, Cashmere, Chelan, Washington.
- 7. Mary Katherine McHENRY was born on 4 Feb 1854 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died in 1913 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
- Elizabeth C. McHENRY was born about 1856; and died.
- Minetta Ballister McHENRY was born on 7 Feb 1858 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 28 Mar 1941 in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
- Mabel Osborne McHENRY was born in Feb 1860 in New Brunswick; and died.
- Annie Lambert McHENRY was born on 21 Jan 1861 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 9 Sep 1943 in New Westminster, British Columbia.
- Thomas Lyons McHENRY was born in Jun 1865; died on 30 Dec 1865 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick.
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