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Freeman Augustus MARCHANT

Male 1835 - 1876  (40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Freeman Augustus MARCHANT was born in May 1835 in Nova Scotia (son of Henry MARCHANT and Abigail SKINNER); died on 2 Feb 1876 in Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Freeman married Martha Elizabeth DALRYMPLE on 18 Apr 1855 in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia. Martha was born on 11 Oct 1838 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Mar 1914 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Burke MARCHANT was born about 1856 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    2. Adelia MARCHANT was born in 1858 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 26 Dec 1936 in Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Waterville Cemetery, Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    3. Howard Benjamin MARCHANT was born in May 1859 in Nova Scotia; died on 8 Feb 1941 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    4. Samuel K. MARCHANT was born in 1863 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 29 May 1942 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    5. Lavinia MARCHANT was born about 1865 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    6. Charles Everett MARCHANT was born on 11 Dec 1868 in Nova Scotia; died on 29 Jan 1943 in Los Angeles, California; was buried in Ponoma Cemetery, Ponoma, Los Angeles, California.
    7. Owen Rupert MARCHANT was born on 15 May 1871 in North Mountain, Nova Scotia; died on 2 Sep 1962 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    8. Otis E. MARCHANT was born in Jun 1874 in Nova Scotia; died on 1 Nov 1902 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry MARCHANT was born on 13 Jul 1790 (son of William MARCHANT and Elizabeth WILLIAMSON); died on 24 Apr 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Henry married Abigail SKINNER on 2 Dec 1812 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. Abigail (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN) was born on 15 Apr 1796 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Feb 1868 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Abigail SKINNER was born on 15 Apr 1796 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 18 Feb 1868 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Harriet MARCHANT was born on 15 Sep 1813 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    2. Rebecca Ann MARCHANT was born on 1 Jun 1815 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    3. Sarah S. MARCHANT was born on 9 Apr 1817 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 28 Apr 1882; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    4. Lavinia MARCHANT was born on 6 Mar 1819 in Nova Scotia; died on 24 Apr 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    5. Henry S. MARCHANT was born on 30 May 1821 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    6. Isabel MARCHANT was born about 1826 in Nova Scotia; died on 16 Apr 1871 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    7. James Henry MARCHANT was born about 1830 in Nova Scotia; died on 24 Oct 1876; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Lakeville, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    8. Frederick O. MARCHANT was born about 1834 in Nova Scotia; died on 14 Dec 1856.
    9. 1. Freeman Augustus MARCHANT was born in May 1835 in Nova Scotia; died on 2 Feb 1876 in Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    10. John Albert MARCHANT was born about 1838 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia; and died.
    11. George Isaac MARCHANT was born about 1840 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Mar 1867 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William MARCHANT was born in 1752 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; died in 1833 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

    William married Elizabeth WILLIAMSON on 13 Nov 1788. Elizabeth was born on 6 Nov 1770 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth WILLIAMSON was born on 6 Nov 1770 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1798.
    Children:
    1. 2. Henry MARCHANT was born on 13 Jul 1790; died on 24 Apr 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    2. Anne MARCHANT was born in 1794 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 19 Dec 1878 in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia.

  3. 6.  Charles SKINNER was born on 3 Jan 1747/1748 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died before 1837 in Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    “Sarah and Charles Skinner went to Maugerville, N.B. just before the Loyalists, and it is assumed they might have gotten a good price for their land and moved to Bass River, N.S., where Charles was a school teacher. They stayed there about five years before moving to Kings County. The school records in Bass River were burned in a fire.” (Source: Isabel Palmeter) This would suggest that the family came to Cornwallis Township just prior to the influx of Loyalists.

    Charles Skinner was a grantee at Cornwallis township, that he was born 3 Jan 1748 in Colchester, Connecticut, son of Aaron Skinner. He married 24 Nov 1774 at Passamaquoddy, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Osborn, perhaps from Martha’s Vinyard. She lists 15 children, including my Ann Skinner, who married 1802 Thomas Lyons. (Source: Esther Clark Wright in “Planters and Pioneers”)

    The Skinners first came to Passamaquoddy, Campobello or Indian Island (all in Passamaquoddy Bay in Charlotte, New Brunswick), where Charles might have taught school from 1774 to 1778. They moved to St. John and Maugerville in 1778 where he taught school until 1780. The arrival of the Loyalists may have provided financial incentive to sell their lands profitably. They moved to Five Islands, Cumberland, N.S. (but I think then all part of Cornwallis Township) where the family lived for the first five years, before they settled in 1785 at Little Pereau, near Blomidon, in the Cornwallis area of present day Kings County. (Source: Rev. Davison in his book “Alice of Grand-Pré”)

    Charles Skinner was a school teacher by profession, and one reference said he was a “refined gentleman”.

    The father of Samuel Skinner (i.e., Charles Skinner) came from New England to the Maritimes just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. (Source: The book “Biographical Review… Province of New Brunswick” published in Boston in 1900 page 97)

    “Died 15 January 1848 in Cornwallis, Mrs. Sarah Skinner in 88th year, daughter of the late Samuel Osborne of Martha’s Vineyard, U.S. They removed to Casco, Maine, to New Brunswick, then to Nova Scotia. Born 22 July 1760, married in NB at age 16 to Charles Skinner, native of Connecticut. Leaves 8 sons, 7 daughters, 113 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren. Late W. A. Chipman was a brother-in-law. Edward Manning and George Dimock sons-in-law. Rev. I. E. Bill married a granddaughter.” (Source: The Christian Messenger an early Baptist magazine).

    Charles married Sarah OSBORN on 24 Nov 1774 in Passamaquoddy, Nova Scotia. Sarah was born on 22 Jul 1760 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jul 1848 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah OSBORN was born on 22 Jul 1760 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jul 1848 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    From notes of A. Joanne (Irving) Hunt, Litchfield, NH:
    From The Christian Messenger (an early Baptist magazine): “Died 15 January 1848 in Cornwallis, Mrs. Sarah Skinner in 88th year, daughter of the late Samuel Osborne of Martha’s Vineyard, U.S. They removed to Casco, Maine, to New Brunswick, then to Nova Scotia. Born 22 July 1760, married in NB at age 16 to Charles Skinner, native of Connecticut. Leaves 8 sons, 7 daughters, 113 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren. Late W. A. Chipman was a brother-in-law. Edward Manning and George Dimock sons-in-law. Rev. I. E. Bill married a granddaughter.”

    Children:
    1. Charles SKINNER was born on 9 Oct 1775 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1803.
    2. Alfred SKINNER was born on 20 Jun 1778 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 2 Jul 1858 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    3. Eunice SKINNER was born on 31 Jan 1780 in Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia; died on 25 Jan 1839 in Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia.
    4. Rebecca SKINNER was born on 22 Dec 1781 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 5 Apr 1857 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Canard Cemetery, Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    5. Lavinia SKINNER was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    6. Ann SKINNER was born on 9 Mar 1786 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 19 Oct 1815 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    7. Mary SKINNER was born on 29 Dec 1787 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    8. Elizabeth SKINNER was born on 11 Nov 1789 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 14 Mar 1860 in Nova Scotia.
    9. William SKINNER was born on 13 Dec 1791 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Jul 1870 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    10. Sarah SKINNER was born on 30 Dec 1793 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1855.
    11. 3. Abigail SKINNER was born on 15 Apr 1796 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Feb 1868 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    12. David SKINNER was born on 6 Feb 1798 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 20 Dec 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    13. Rev. Joseph Churchill SKINNER was born on 16 Feb 1800 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; died on 23 Mar 1860 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; was buried in First Baptist Cemetery, McDonald Corner, Queens, New Brunswick.
    14. Samuel SKINNER was born on 16 Mar 1802 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Jan 1888 in Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    15. Benjamin SKINNER was born on 22 Dec 1803 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; and died.