The Family Data Files
Added 2/12/2000
Arthur Alfonso Bagley was born March 22, 1857 in Machias,
Maine, and died June 22, 1918. He married Maria Cheney Morse in 1875, daughter of William Morse and Alice Cheney.
She was born March 27, 1860 in Whitehead Island, New Brunswick Canada, and
died June 08, 1948 in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Added 4/07/99 Moses
Bagley-1827 of the United States Moses Bagley was born in 1827 in the United
States. His wife was Mary -------, last name unknown. They had 6 children
known at this time. He died in 1884 on G.M.I.
Updated 6/25/99 Nathaniel
Bancroft-1755 of Massachusetts Nathaniel Bancroft was born in 1755 in
Massachusetts. He married Susannah Cheney. They had 6 known children, all of
which were born on G.M.I. He died in 1835 on G.M.I.
Added 5/14/99 Daniel
Bass-1810 of_____ Daniel Bass was born abt. 1810 in Unknown. He married
Jane Coddington in 1837 on G.M.I. They had 9 children.
Added 5/14/99 Amos
Beal-abt.1834 in U.S.A. Amos Beal was born about 1834 in the U.S.A. and died in
1900 on G.M.I. He married Marietta ______ and had 5 known children.
Added 5/24/99 Unknown Bell Unknown
Bell. The first records of the Bell surname on G.M.I. were of a Robert Bell and his
sister, Margaret who married into the Daggett family.
Updated 6/12/99 Caleb
Benson-1755 of Massachusetts Caleb Benson was born on 22, Nov 1755 in
Massachusetts. He married Ruth Brigham and they had 9 children together. There
are desendants listed in many places.
Added 5/20/99Charles
Bleumortier-1785 of Sweden Charles Bleumortier was born in 1785 in Sweden.
He married Mary Wormell of Maine on G.M.I. and had 12 children.
Added 5/20/99 John
Boynton-1843 of United States John Boynton was born in the United States in
1843. He married Annie Ellison and they had 9 children.
Added 5/20/99 Stephen
Bradbury-1822 of the United States Stephen Bradbury was born in 1822 in the
United states. He married Nancy Foster of G.M.I. They had 2 known children.
Added 5/15/99 Lowell
Brown-1883 of Campobello Island Lowell Brown was born in 1883 on Campobello
Island and died in 1963 on G.M.I. He married Jessie Beal and had 8 children.
See Amos Beal file above.
Added 5/12/99 William Brown-1771 of Scotland William Brown was born in 1771 in Scotland and married Ann _____.
They had 4 known children. Most of the Brown descendants on G. M.I. come from this
line. There are many descendants on G.M.I. and elsewhere.
Added 5/24/99Abraham
Burnham-1807 of New Hampshire Abraham Burnham was born in 1807 in New
Hampshire. He married Catherine Belmore and they had 12 children. Most of
their children were born on G.M.I.
Added 5/28/99 Silas
Card-1800 of Newport Township, Nova Scotia Silas Card was born in 1800 in
Newport Township, Nova Scotia and married Esther Henry. He died in 1896 in
Ontario. They had 11 children any many descendants scattered everywhere.
Added 8/19/99 Martin
Carroll - abt. 1790 of Ireland Martin Carroll was born in Ireland and came to
Grand Manan. He married Susannah McFarland. They had 1 known child whom the
desendants in this file are from.
Added 5/24/99 Rev. George
Cary-1823 of Ireland Rev. George Cary was born in 1823 in Ireland. He was
married twice and had 10 children.
Added 5/12/99 William
Cheney-1741 of Massachusetts William Cheney was born Sept
8, 1741 in Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Sweet and had 13 children. The
descendants of this union were many on G.M.I. and elsewhere. For more generations backwards from William contact Lori Randolph and she will assist you.
Updated 6/12/99 Samuel
Cossaboom-1765 of New York Samuel Cossaboom was born in 1765 in New York.
His parents went to Digby, Nova Scotia when he was a small child. He married Mary
Stark and they had 9 children. Many of which ended up on Grand Manan Island.
Updated 5/1/99 Joseph
Cronk-1750 of New York Joseph Cronk was born abt. 1750 in New York. He
first came to Digby, Nova Scotia sometime between 1772 and 1776 with the loyalist
movement. It is not known at this time who his wife was. He had 6 known
children. Several of them moved to G.M.I. and had many descendants.
Readded 12/30/99 Mark Daggett-1768 of USA The Daggett family is a large
family on GMI and still has many family members still there. At the end of the data
file is a link to Deborah Daggett's web site.
Added 7/17/99 Abraham
Dakin Sr. of Digby, Nova Scotia Abraham Dakin was born in 1808 in Digby, Nova
Scotia. He married Catherine Lamson of Lubec, Maine. Both died on Grand Manan
Island.
Added 5/24/99 John
Dalzell-abt. 1817 of Ireland John Dalzell was born abt. 1817 in Ireland.
He was married twice. All 8 known children were from the first marriage.
Added 5/15/99 William H. Dunbar-1839 of Nova Scotia William Dunbar was born in 1839 in Nova Scotia and died in 1922 on G.M.I.
He married Mary Ann Stone and had 9 children.
Updated 5/6/99 William Ellison-1814 of England William Ellison was born in 1814 in England. He married Margaret
Green daughter of William Green and Sarah Cronk in 1837 on G.M.I. This file has
recently been updated with information from Karen Small.
Added 5/12/99 Frederick
Foster-1760 of New Hampshire Frederick Foster was born on
August 23, 1760 in New Hampshire. They had 7 children, one of them was Asa who this
line descends from. There are numerous descendants on G.M.I. and elsewhere.
Updated 2/12/2000 William
Gray-of G.M.I. William Gray was born about 1728 in New York. This file
has been updated and has new information.
Updated 5/8/99 William
Griffin-1769 of Grand Manan Island William Griffin was born abt. 1769, place
unknown. He was first located in Digby, Nova Scotia where he married Julia Ann
Cronk, daughter of Joseph, in 1802. He had 7 known children, 4 born in Nova Scotia
and 3 on G.M.I. He came to G.M.I. around 1810 and died there.
Updated 5/1/99 Joseph
Green-Abt. 1740 of Grand Manan Island Joseph Green was married to Hannah Griffin.
Their birth and marriage information is not known. They were first located in
Digby, Nova Scotia, and believed they came there around 1783. At this time there is
only 1 known child, William Green. William married Sarah Elizabeth Cronk, daughter
of Joseph, in 1789. They had 8 known children.
Added 4/07/99 William
Lee Greene-1833 of England William Lee Greene was born in England in 1833 and
died on G.M.I. in 1916. He married Spophia Jane Meigs in 1856. They have 5
known children. These Greene's are not related to Joseph Green above.
Added 4/04/99 Thomas
Guptill-1650 of Wales Thomas Gubtail was born in 1650 in Wales. He was
married to Mary Abbott. Generation #3 of this large data file has references to
G.M.I. in the children data. Several of them were located on G.M.I.
Descendants were wide spread.
Updated 5/1/99 John
Landers-1798 0f Grand Manan Island John Landers was born in 1798. He
married Mary Ann Griffin daughter of William. They had 1 child and Mary died shortly
thereafter. There will be an update of this file as new information has been
recieved that needs to be entered. This will trace the Landers family back several
more generations.
Added 3/4/2000 by Harry
Edgar McDowell Harry Edgar McDowell was born 30 Apr 1883. He married Sarah
Beatrice Tidd in 1908. They had 9 children with many descendants.
Added 3/4/2000 James
Middleton James Middleton was born in 1782 in Digby, Nova Scotia. One of
his grandchildren, Robert, moved to GMI and began the line of descent there.
Updated 2/12/2000 John
Morse-1769 of Massachusetts John Morse was born in 1769 in Massachusettsand
died before 1850 on G.M.I. He married Polly Castle in 1789 in Massachusetts.
There are 8 children listed for this family, 6 whose names are known. Descendants in
this family moved along with the Sprague families to and from Maine.
Added 1/10/2000 John Thomas
Chiseldon Moses John was born 10 Jan 1810 in England. He married Mirriam
Anna Moses on 4 July 1839. This is a very large family file which was highly edited
by family request for privacy issues. PLEASE feel free to contact Joan if you are
interested in knowing more or adding to this file.
Updated 5/1/99 Isaac
Newton-Abt. 1770 of Grand Manan Island Isaac Newton married Susannah Cheney in
1797 in West Isles, New Brunswick. There are 2 known children at this time.
More information on this family would be greatly appreciated.
Added 10/20/99 Joseph
Ramsdell - 1810 of Maine Joseph Ramsdell was born in 1810 in Maine. He
married Sarah Jane Wilcox of Nova Scotia. They had 4 boys and 2 girls. They
moved to Grand Manan Island where he bought a saw mill. Joseph married a 2nd time
after his first wife died. His 2nd wife was Annette Ingalls of Lubec, Maine.
This is a new file and others are encouraged to help Paula fill in the gaps.
Added 1/4/2000 Charles
Randall - 1800 of Addison, Maine There appears to be two Randall
lines both in Cutler and on Grand Manan. There was a Burnham Randall who married a Benson
on the island which to my genealogical evidence is NOT related to Charles Randall.
I have yet to make the connection but logically I find it very difficult to believe that
there could be two unrelated Randall clans living in the same little town in Maine in the
early to mid 1800's. Please contact me via my e-mail link above with any additions
or corrections.
Added 8/20/99 William
Russell - 1769 of U.S.A. He was a Loyalist, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth
Russell of Connecticut who first settled in Kingsclear above Fredericton,NB. He married
Eunice Harned, daughter of Loyalists Alward Harned and Sarah Flewelling of Fredericton.
The Harneds were from Woodbridge, New Jersey and the Flewellings from North Castle, New
York. William was a surveyor and moved his family to Grand Manan about 1829. For information further back on Harned and Flewelling contact Suzanne to
share data.
Updated 5/6/99 "Unknown"
Sinclair of Scotland This file contains the downlines of 2 sons, John and
Edward. Both had descendants on G.M.I. This information came from 2 sources:
Karen Small and April King
Added 8/19/99 John Christian Small of Wanfried, Germany John was a disbanded Hessian soldier of German descent who came to the
Digby, Nova Scotia area after the revolution. He had 3 known children. Some of
his descendants came to Grand Manan Island and can still be found there. Special thanks to V. Spurr for his help with this file.
Updated 5/1/99 Samuel
Small-1786 of Grand Manan Island Samuel Small was born in 1786 in Maine and died
1865 on G.M.I. He married Sylvania Sprague in Maine around 1805. They had 7
known children. Descendants are many in the G.M.I. area and Maine. The Smalls
were very intertwined with many other G.M.I. families.
Added 9/19/99 Eathel Smith
- abt. 1795 of New Brunswick Eathel Smith m. Eunice Morse about 1814 at West
Isles, Charlotte Co.,New Brunswick. This marriage probably took place on Grand Manan
Islandwhich was not a Parish until 1816. Up until this time Grand Manan was part of the
West Isles Parish. Circumstantial evidence points to a James Smith as the father of both
Eathel and Elisha Smith, who both married daughters of John & Mary (Castle) Morse (
Eunice & Martha "Patty" Morse respectively. ) James Smith probably
came to Grand Manan with the Thomas Ross Movement from the Mt. Desert Region about the
year 1799. Although not been proven James Smith was probably of the Biddeford,Cumberland
Co, ME area before his removal to that area of Mt Desert that eventually became the
Trenton & Lamoine townships. In time I hope to establish the ancestry of James
Smith who died on Grand Manan in 1835.
Updated 5/1/99 John Sprague-1755 of Grand
Manan Island John Sprague was born 1755 on died in 1846 on G.M.I. The
Sprague line will be updated as new information has been obtained which will go back
several more generations.
Added 5/8/99 Job
Stanley-1851 of Grand Manan Island Job Stanley was born on 24 Aug 1851 on G.M.I.
He married Catherine Griffin, daughter of William Griffin and Elizabeth Urguhart on
1873 on G.M.I. They had 7 children and many descendants.
Added 6/25/99 John Tatton
of unknown This family file has stepped back several generations as there are
many descendants located not only on Grand Manan but many other places in New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia. Generation 3 is the beginning of the G.M.I. data.
Updated 5/1/99 Charles
Watt-Abt. 1770 of Grand Manan Island Charles Watt was born abt. 1770, place
unknown at this time. He was first located in Digby, Nova Scotia where he married
Mary Thomson in 1788. His son, Charles came to G.M.I. and descendants were many.
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