Bridget Murphy

Other Events:

• Residence: Aug 1794, Ferryland, Newfoundland
• Census: 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland

Notes:

Birth:
There are no records that specifically indicate that Bridget was born at Ferryland but some old colonial references appear to indicate that the Murphy family were at Ferryland since before the mid 1700s.

Died:
The Ferryland Census of 1800 indicates that Bridget was still alive at the that time.

Bridget married Francis Tree 2 Apr 1761, Boston, Massachusetts, British North America. Francis was born Abt 1726, England, United Kingdom ??; died Abt 1793, Ferryland, Newfoundland; was buried Abt 1793, Non-denominational Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: 1778, Boston, Massachusetts, British North America
• Property: 10 Sep 1787, Ferryland, Newfoundland
• Petition: 18 Dec 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland

Notes:

Military:
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:
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:
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:
The Newfoundlander - St. John's - Thursday, January 27, 1842
Died, on Wednesday night the 19th inst., aged 81 years, Mr. FRANCIS TREE.

Francis married Ann "Nancy" Cox 9 Apr 1798, St. John's, Newfoundland. Ann was born Abt 1779, St. John's, Newfoundland; died Abt 1 Mar 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland; was buried Abt 3 Mar 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet]

Susannah married John Glascott Abt 1789, Ferryland, Newfoundland. John was born Abt 1760, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland; died 13 Apr 1817, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland; was buried Abt 15 Apr 1817, Whitechurch Parish, Co. Wexford, Ireland. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Will: 1848, St. John's, Newfoundland

Notes:

Will:
Although Philip wrote his will in July 1848 and died in April 1849, his will was not probated until 1858. To view a transcribed copy of his will: click here.

Died:
Funeral held from the residence of Capt. Hart. [Age also recorded as 95.]

Notes:

Died:
Deceased was the eldest daughter of Francis Tree, St. John's. She left 4 children. Funeral held from her residence on Bates Hill, St. John's.

Susanna married John Munn Yes, date unknown. John was born Abt 1780, Scotland, United Kingdom; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Deceased was the wife of Capt. William Cole. No place of death was given.

Eliza married William Cole 26 Mar 1830, Barbados. William was born Yes, date unknown; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Harriet married John J. Hatchard 13 Jan 1833, Bermuda. John was born Yes, date unknown; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1790, St. John's, Newfoundland

Notes:

Birth:
No birth record was located for Sarah, but it is quite possible she was born at Ferryland, Newfoundland, the home settlement of her mother, Susannah.

In the 1851 England Census, Sarah's age was recorded as 61 and her place of birth is quite clearly shown as Newfoundland. However in the 1861 England Census, her place of birth was "dittoed" as Kingstown, Ireland, the place of birth noted after her husband's name. It appears that this was the Kingstown, Co. Dublin that was renamed Dún Laoghaire about 1920.


Baptism:
Sarah's family surname appears to be have been interpreted as Glascol in her baptism entry transcribed into the Dept. of Public Health and Welfare (DPHW) registers. These records were transcribed from the original registers in the 1940s. There is a possibility that name in the original could have been spelt Glascot, but the DPHW transcriber could not see, or failed to notice the cross of the letter t. Of course, Glascot was a variation of the surname Glascott sometime used along with several other variant spellings.

There were three other Ferryland children baptised on the same day as Sarah. This could indicate that these baptisms were performed at Ferryland by a visiting clergyman or the families traveled together to St. John's to have their children baptised. As opposed to the requirement of timely baptisms under the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican baptisms were often left for long intervals after births, even years in some cases. Therefore I am inclined to believe the former scenario since the end of February was a less than ideal time of the year for sea travel with women and children.

Buried:
Gravesite Details Age: 80 years. "Death date" is burial date.

Sarah married Thomas Hasler 14 Sep 1814, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland. Thomas was born Abt 1793, Knockmullen, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland; died Abt 4 Mar 1874, West Derby District, Lancashire, England; was buried Abt 6 Mar 1874, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Dec 1794, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland

Notes:

Birth:
The name of this area appears to have two spellings, Creacon and Creaken. The first one may pertain to the the spelling that the Glascott family used for their estate but the official government address refers to the area as Lower Creaken, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

Notes:

Birth:
Some reference state that Lucy was born 1 Jan 1799.

Buried:
Pioneer Cemetery, aka Old Burying Ground (Craig St. Cemetery) Anglican Section of the cemetery.

I found a picture of a headstone in this cemetery for Lucy but it is very hard to read. However it indicates that Lucy died on the 21 Aug 1848. Her age appears to be 49 yrs.If correct, the birth date (1795)given in Burke's Landed Gentry is off by several years.

Died:
See burial notes.

Lucinda married Jean Baptiste Publow Abt 1822. Jean was born 1795, Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium; died Abt 1840. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 5 Nov 1795, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland
• Military: Abt 1810, Ireland

Notes:

Baptism:
While it would make sense that there would be a "Francis" in this family, since both of his grandfathers was so named, I couldn't find any documented reference to prove that he actually existed.

Military:
Burke's "Landed Gentry" states Francis had military service. It says he died, unmarried, having been a midshipman in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars. He supposedly joined or was impressed into the Royal Navy about 1810.

I searched the military records in the UK National Archives but couldn't find a service record that matches a Francis Glascott.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 7 Dec 1794, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland
• Census: 1851, Merrickville-Wolford, Ontario, British North America
• Census: 1861, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America

Notes:

Birth:
In the 1861 Census of Canada, Ann, 61 years old, was shown as a widow living in the same household as her son, John, and his family.

Census:
In the 1861 Canada Census, Anne, a widow was living with her son, John, his wife and two children in the town of Perth, Lanark, Canada West.

Died:
Several ancestry family trees suggest Anne died in 1867. I could not verify this year but it appears she had died before the 1871 Canada Census was taken.

Anne married Jean Vanexheim Abt 1822, Ontario, British North America. Jean was born Abt 1788, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium; died Bef 1851. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Jan 1802, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland
• Immigration: 17 Jul 1819, Bathurst District, Lanark, Ontario, British North America
• Census: 1871, Brockville, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
The brig 'Thomas' arrived at Quebec City, 17 July 1819, after a passage of 35 days out of Waterford, Ireland.

John and William Glascott eventually boarded the Malsham for her 11th trip Quebec to Montreal on 22nd July 1819. No reference to their two sisters on this trip.

Census:
In the 1871 Canada Census, John (69) is shown as a widower, living alone.

John married Elizabeth Williams Yes, date unknown. Elizabeth was born Abt 1811, Ireland; died Bef 1871. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 12 Apr 1805, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland
• Immigration: 17 Jul 1819, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Immigration:
The brig 'Thomas' arrived at Quebec after a passage of 35 days out of Waterford, Ireland.

Died:
When William Glascott died, even though he was living in the United States, the Perth Courier [Ontario, Canada] of April 30, 1875 carried this "In Memoriam" article. For easier reading, I have added paragraph breaks and some bracketed entries to clarify some of the information.

William Glascott died on Sat. April 10th at 8:00 pm at his residence on Market Street, Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, aged 70 years of age. He was the third son of John Glascott, Esq., near New Ross, County of Wexford, Ireland, (at which place he was born in April of 1805) and Susan (Tree), his wife, a native of Newfoundland.

When about 13 years old, his father and mother died suddenly, confiding him and his brothers and two sisters (all minors) to the care of his uncle, the Rev. Wm. Glascott, of Pilltown, Chaplain, who, however, with systematic cruelty and selfishness, appropriated their estate and sent the orphans to America and there left those reared in the lap of luxury to battle with the stern hardships incident to a new country.

At the age of 18 years, William took a contract on the Erie Canal at Lockport [NY], employing 300 men. Afterwards he went to Canada and bought and cleared a farm in Bathurst Township, County of Lanark [Ontario].

In the early settlement of the county, he, with other pioneers, quite frequently carried 100 pounds of flour on his back through the unbroken forest, a distance of 40 miles, with no road but the foot track and the blazed trees to guide his path; while those who had flinched from him his rightful patrimony, reveled in wealth and luxurious ease. Here he married Catherine, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., and Margaret Stuart, his wife, of Portagal [likely Fortingall], Perthshire, Scotland. Having impaired his health somewhat by hard labor, he sold his farm and bought property in Perth and engaged actively in business.

For some eight years he had the Royal Mail contract, running from horse coach daily between Brockville and Perth on the St. Lawrence River. He then moved west to Milwaukee and shortly afterwards settled in Monroe, where he resided for about 20 years. Some years ago he was gun struck and suffered from the wound almost every warm season since. His health had been poor for the last few years by reason of the disease that was silently and steadily shortening his life. He was bedfast only about a week and died of dropsy of the heart.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church and afterwards of the Presbyterian. He died firm in the faith of a glorious resurrection and blessed immortality which after all are the only two riches. He was a man of great physical powers with a very active and powerful mind. Genial, kind, sociable and unselfish almost to a fault, he was one of nature's true nobility. He cared nothing for title of rank, but indulged in the hope that one day his cause would be righted.

The family title is "Glascott of Pilltown". Glascott of Pilltown in the County of Wexford and Kingdom of Ireland , beareth for arms on a field of azure, two eagle claws crossed a la quise Argent, barways armed. Crest, an eagle displayed with two heads party per pale Argent and azure armed sable. Motto, the Latin for 'Adorned with Valor'. He has left a widow, six sons and four daughters to mourn his loss. May he rest in peace.

William married Catherine Campbell 11 Aug 1825, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America. Catherine was born Abt 1805, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died 1886, Bertie Twp, Welland County, Ontario, Canada . [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Jan 1825, St. Luke's CE Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland
• Occupation: 21 May 1852, London, England
• Residence: 1864-1865, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland

Notes:

Birth:
John and his sister Ann were baptised in the St. Luke's Anglican Church at Ferryland, Newfoundland on the same day. No birth dates or place of birth were given in the church records. However, on John's Seaman's Certificate issued to him in 1852, it is stated that John was born at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Occupation:
Copy of Master's Certificate of Service #51.459 issued for the port of Liverpool by the Registrar General of Seamen, London England.

Residence:
John Munn, shipmaster, Harvey, near Carbonear road

Buried:
Master Mariner; drowned at Cat Harbour on a voyage from Labrador to Harbour Grace.

Died:
Mosdell's book "When Was That?" EVENTS IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

ADAMANT: Capt.Alcock, belonging to Harbour Grace, driven from her anchors at Cat Harbour,October 18, 1868, while returning from Labrador with 165 passengers on board. Ship became a total wreck and five persons including Capt. John Munn were drowned.

[Cat Harbour, Bonavista Bay was later renamed Lumsden, Bonavista Bay. KR]

John married Elizabeth Brown 30 May 1850, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Elizabeth was born Abt 1830, Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland; died 10 Mar 1904, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland; was buried Abt 12 Mar 1904, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Jan 1825, St. Luke's CE Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland
• Land: 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland
• Court Action: 1879, St. John's, Newfoundland
• Residence: 1894-1897, St. John's, Newfoundland
• Will: 1897, St. John's, Newfoundland

Notes:

Birth:
Ann and her brother, John, were baptised in the St. Luke's Anglican Church at Ferryland, Newfoundland on the same day. No birth dates or place of birth were given in the church records. However, on John's Seaman's Certificate issued to him in 1852, it is stated that John was born at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Ann's age was given as 75 in her Newfoundland Vital Statistics record so it is possible that she could have been born as early as 1822.

Land:
In his will, Philip Tree, left all of his property at Caplin Bay to his grand-niece, Ann Hart, daughter of John Munn and Susanna Tree. He also stipulated that the Tree property at Ferryland was to initially to go to his sister-in-law Ann Tree (widow of Francis) but upon her demise that property too should be passed on to Ann Hart.

Court Action:
When Philip Tree died in 1849, it appears no action was taken by his executor, George Hart, husband of Ann Hart, to have Philip's will probated in a timely fashion. The will was not actually probated until nine years later, in 1858.

Assuming that the Philip's heirs divided his properties as stipulated in his will, Ann Hart and her grandmother, Ann Tree, were entitled to collect rent or lease money for their respective holdings. Ann Tree passed away 1865, as did Ann Hart's husband, George. Upon the death of her grandmother in 1865, Ann Hart, then became entitled to all of the former Tree property at Caplin Bay and Ferryland.

I can't tell what happened over the next fourteen years but finally in 1879, Ann Hart petitioned the Supreme Court to have the land holdings at Caplin Bay declared legally hers. The defendants named in the suit were Robert Boland and James Power, whom I determined were sons-in-law of the deceased Michael Hearne, the original lessee. About the same time, another writ was issued to the executrix of the estate of "Edward" Hanrahan to recover a debt of $84. The property location is undisclosed in the writ, but I believe it was at Ferryland, where the District Sheriff "Edmund" Hanrahan had died in 1875.

Later in 1879, the Supreme Court upheld Ann's petition giving her sole rights to the property at Caplin Bay. The outstanding debt on the property, likely at Ferryland, is not mentioned thereafter, indicating that the debt was likely settled out of court within the estate of Edmund Hanrahan.

Residence:
Ann Hart wid. George h. Military Road

Will:
On the 6 December 1896, Ann Hart wrote her last will and testament. She died, a little over a year later, on the 27 December 1897. In her will, he left the lion's share of her worldly possessions (both monetary and property) to Annie Hart, daughter of her late son George Francis Hart. She noted that Annie was living with her in Newfoundland at that point in time. She also asked her executor to set up an investment scheme which would generate income to be split evenly between Annie and her brother, George (who lived in England) while they were still minors.

There is no specific mention of the former property holdings at Caplin Bay and Ferryland. It is unclear what arrangements were made for their disposal between 1879 and 1896.

Ann married George Hart 16 Jan 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland. George was born 28 Apr 1816, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; died 31 Oct 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland; was buried 5 Nov 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Age given as 78 on his death record.

Notes:

Birth:
John's age is all over the place and recording it depends on which document seems most accurate. It is not clear exactly what year he was born but I inclined to believe 1824 may be the most accurate.

Died:
John, a mechanic,was recorded as being 50 years old on his 1877 death certificate. However his age, recorded in the 1871 Canada Census, also says he was 50 years old at that time.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Oct 1825, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America

Notes:

Baptism:
Roman Catholic Parish of St. John the Baptiste.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 20 Nov 1823, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America

Notes:

Name:
Surname spelled Vanexan in this record. Mother's surname recorded as Glascot.

Baptism:
Godparents were John B. Poublon and Lucy Glascot. It is interesting to note that this baptism was in the Roman Catholic Church, however in the 1851 Canada Census, John was recorded as being a member of the Church of England.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Jan 1831, Bathurst District, Lanark, Ontario, British North America

Notes:

Buried:
She was buried in the Catholic section of this cemetery.

Daughter of John Venixon and Ann Glascott. Interred 17 Aug 1831 aged 9 months and 5 days. [St. John the Baptist Parish Registers]

Notes:

Birth:
John dearth record says he was born in Quebec.

John married Hannah Little Yes, date unknown. Hannah was born Abt 1841, Ontario, British North America; died 2 Oct 1919, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada; was buried Abt 4 Oct 1919, Waterdown, East Flamborough, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

James married Hannah Welsh 8 Mar 1872, Clinton, Huron, Ontario, Canada. Hannah was born Abt 1854, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Elizabeth Long 3 Mar 1874, Waterdown, East Flamborough, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born Yes, date unknown, Ireland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription
in memory of
Wm. Glacott
son of
Wm. & Catherine
GLASCOTT
born March 20.
died the 30. 1830
aged 10 days

William was noted as being buried in the Presbyterian section of the cemetery.