Francis Tree

1762 - 1842  (79 years)

• Name	Francis Tree
  Born	12 Dec 1762	Boston, Massachusetts, British North America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1778	Boston, Massachusetts, British North America   [2]
  Near the end of the American Revolution, Francis Tree (Jr.) served briefly as a seaman on board the brig, Hazard, commanded by Capt. John Foster Williams. A record indicates he was engaged 27 June 1778 and discharged 14 Oct. 1778, with a total service of only three months, 19 days. As per his mother's account in "The Newfoundland Journal of Aaron Thomas - 1794" pp. 110 - 112, her son [unnamed but I assume Francis Jr.] had "served under General Washington in the American Army" [Navy?], and was a "Citizen of the States of America". However, some years later, while in London, England, Frances Jr. was taken by a British naval "press gang" and forced to serve in the Royal Navy. According to his mother, in 1794 he was still in naval service on board the Royal George, a "British Ship of War". This indiscriminate use of impressment of American sailors by the British was one of the major causes of the War of 1812.
  Property	10 Sep 1787	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [3]
  Minutes of the Fishing Admiral's Court. Francis Free [sic] Jun. have [sic] built a fish flake, house and other conveniences as is needful for the use of the fishery in the said harbour of Ferryland ..... last occupier we were informed was James Murphy boatkeeper deceased grandfather of the said Francis Free [sic] Jun.
  Petition	18 Dec 1826	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [4]
  Newfoundland 1826 Vol 2. Public Offices and Miscellaneous Colonial Office 194/73 [Reel B-694] Pages 409-410 18 Dec 1826 from Francis Tree to [Lord] Bathurst Francis Tree complained that he has lost his position of deputy sheriff of Ferryland under the [Royal] Charter, he now asks for some relief, to remove to St. John's and set up "a house of Board, and Lodging" to support his large family in these hard times. Reference to the service that he and his family have given to the public good, including his father's role in assisting when HM Brig Trepassey, Capt. Henry Edwin Stanhope, was "on shore at Ferryland, with the loss of both Masts and Rudder." Stanhope left his father with a letter of thanks. Helped many other naval officers by serving as pilot into Caplin Bay.
  Died	19 Jan 1842	St. John's, Newfoundland   [5]
  The Newfoundlander - St. John's - Thursday, January 27, 1842 Died, on Wednesday night the 19th inst., aged 81 years, Mr. FRANCIS TREE.
  Buried	22 Jan 1842	St. John's, Newfoundland   [6]
  Address: Forest Road Anglican Cemetery
  Person ID	I6379	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Francis Tree,   b. Abt 1726, England, United Kingdom ?? ,   d. Abt 1793, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Bridget Murphy,   b. Abt 1740, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Residence	1761	Boston, Massachusetts, British North America   [1]
  Married	2 Apr 1761	Boston, Massachusetts, British North America   [1]
  Address: New North Church
  Residence	1776	Boston, Massachusetts, British North America   [7]
  Francis Tree who later declared himself to be an American Loyalist stayed in Boston after the outbreak of the American War of Independence. However, before the war ended, he moved with his family to Ferryland, Newfoundland, the home of his wife's family.
  Residence	Aft 1776	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [8]
  It is not clear which year Francis Tree and his family left Boston and resettled at Ferryland, but his wife indicated that they had left while the war was still ongoing. From the 1780s onward, the Ferryland Court Records mention Francis and his two sons, Francis Jr. and Philip. Most of these references are in relation to various court cases, business operations, civil activities, and to Crown appointments that they received.
  Family ID	F1996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann "Nancy" Cox,   b. Abt 1779, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 1 Mar 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1798	St. John's, Newfoundland   [6]
  Address: Anglican Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist.
  Census	1800	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [9]
  Francis and Ann Tree lived at Ferryland and had one child in 1800.
  Children	+ 1. Susanna Tree,   b. Abt 1799, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. 2 Apr 1829, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 30 years)   2. Eliza Tree,   b. Abt 1803, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 16 Jun 1863  (Age ~ 60 years)   3. Harriet G. Tree,   b. Yes, date unknown, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Dec 1762 - Boston, Massachusetts, British North America Military - 1778 - Boston, Massachusetts, British North America Property - 10 Sep 1787 - Ferryland, Newfoundland Married - Address: Anglican Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist. - 9 Apr 1798 - St. John's, Newfoundland Census - 1800 - Ferryland, Newfoundland Petition - 18 Dec 1826 - Ferryland, Newfoundland Died - 19 Jan 1842 - St. John's, Newfoundland Buried - Address: Forest Road Anglican Cemetery - 22 Jan 1842 - St. John's, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] Ancestry.com - Various Event Records., (Ancestry.com. [database on-line] 360 W 4800 N, Provo, UT 84604, USA), Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. . [S89] Ancestry.com - Various Event Records., (Ancestry.com. [database on-line] 360 W 4800 N, Provo, UT 84604, USA), Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 16 Soldiers and Sailors 40 . [S59] Ferryland Court Records - 18th, 19th & 20th Century, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, ( http://ngb.chebucto.org/Legal-Documents/1fer-court-idx.shtml Online: Alphabetical index of court cases that were heard under various court jurisdictions at Ferryland), Minutes of the Fishing Admiral's Court - Ferryland 10 Sep 1787. [S96] Colonial Office Papers - 194 Series, (Dispatches and their enclosures sent by various civil administrators of Newfoundland to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in England.), Vol. 2- 1826 - 194/73 [Reel B-694] Pages 409-410. [S20] The Newfoundlander, (Newspaper published at St. John's, Newfoundland by various members of the Shea family). [S32] Vital Statistics - Anglican Cathederal of St. John the Baptist - St. John's, Newfoundland. [S129] The Newfoundland Journal of Aaron Thomas - 1794, Murray, Jean M., (Longmans, Green and Co.Ltd. London, England, 1968), pages 110-114. [S59] Ferryland Court Records - 18th, 19th & 20th Century, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, ( http://ngb.chebucto.org/Legal-Documents/1fer-court-idx.shtml Online: Alphabetical index of court cases that were heard under various court jurisdictions at Ferryland). [S18] Ferryland Census of 1800, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, ( http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1800/polepapers-1800-fer.shtml ) (Compiled at Ferryland under the supervision of Robert Carter - J.P., Presented to Governor Charles Morice Pole in August 1800).