Robert Christopher? Seaman

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Robert Seaman – Farmer – Amherst, Cumberland County – 1827

Religion: Methodist Males: 3 Females: 5 Servants (males): 0 Servants (females): 0 Total: 8 Births: 0 Marriages: 0 Deaths: 0

Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. no. 446

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Henry Stultz/Stults Westchester Loyalist I am seeking information about the Westchester Loyalists who received land grants at Cobequid in 1785. My 5x great grandfather was Henry Stultz/Stults, He came to Nova Scotia on the Brig Thetis in 1783 and was granted land in 1785 at the same time that land was granted to the Ramshag group. I am trying to find any information on him and his family and have been successful in finding his children, but only reference to his name and no references to his age other than that he died at the age of 74 before 1899. He had land grants in up in Lewisville, and Westmorland County, New Brunswick that were also grouped with others so information has been elusive. Henry had a son John who died in 1899 who did an interview for the Moncton Times and told of his father having a Grist Mill that later went to the Humphrey family because of a debt he owed. But nowhere have I found any information of his actual age, tho he died at the age of 74 and was married to a women named Elizabeth (unknown). They had 10 children in NB. He is supposedly from New Jersey but I have not found any record to prove that. I think he may have been of German descent, others in NB believe him to be English. Lots of questions and as I am of a great distance, local research is challenging. I have checked the NB Archives but they too have very little information from that time period. Only a couple of land grants that were done in groups of men receiving land. No real personal information is found. Here is a copy of what I have that says he was in this group: COLLECTIONS OF THE NOVA SCOTIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME XV, HALIFAX, N.S., WM. MACNAB & SON, 1911 ARRIVAL OF LOYALISTS. In 1785 the Loyalists received large grants at Cobequid (Westchester) and Ramshag (Wallace). At Cobequid 31,750 acres were distributed on the 2nd of June among 85 persons representing 246 men, women and children. The grantees were: Stephen Seaman, Matthew Dallaway, Ezekiel Seaman, Peter Rushlin, Jesse Ogden, Thomas Wheaton, Moses Simmonds, David Pugsley, Israel Parker, John Glieson, Henry Piers, James Ackel, James Morris, Charles Jennings, Wright Weeks, William Lopree, Johna than Palmer, John Mayby, Joseph Sears, Jeremiah Seaman, John Crawford, Joseph Purdy, David Mills, Joseph Peime, Daniel Dickerson, Shubad Lewis, Stephen Purdy, William Coon, Charles Vincent, Jesse Schofield, Josiah Baker, James Mead, Samuel Bishop, John Williams, Samuel Wood, John Sherwood, James Chasse, Nathaniel Hodge, John Ogden, Lieut, Samuel Embree, Zacchriah Snieder, Joshua Horton, John Wilson, Jeremiah Rushtin, Lieut. Abraham Covert, Henry Stultz, Henry Gray, Simon Outhouse, Robert Purdy, Peter Maby, Lieut. Gilbert Haveland, Jabez Rundle, John Rushtin, Sr.; Martin Creary, Jonathan Snider, Nathan Golding, Obadiah Simpson, Aaron Fountain, Henry Frenchard, John Baxter, Nathaniel Purdy, David Ackley, Joseph Embree, Jr.; John Hunter, John Rimiss, James Miller, James Lounsbury, Henry Purdy, Elijah Smith, Jonathan Warden, Daniel Holmes, James Austen, John Austen, Samuel Horton, Caleb Griffin, Amos Fowler, John Myers, John Brisbane, Capt. Gideon Palmer, Nathaniel Ackley and Benjamin Chamberlain. Detail: VOLUME XV, HALIFAX, N.S., WM. MACNAB & SON, 1911 Date :1911
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Re: Susannah Seaman of Linden

MLund (View posts) Posted:	21 Sep 2003 10:46 GMT Classification: Query This message was posted on the Cumberland County NS mailing list by Eric Keys in Oct. 2001: "I believe, with some certainty, that Henry Purdy Carter was married to Susannah Seaman, d/o Robert Seaman & Isabella Keillor. I received this information several years ago from a researcher working on the Keillor family....Henry Purdy Carter b 1 May 1824 d 21 Jan 1873 was the son of John C Carter & Esther Purdy. He had a brother named "William Weatherbee Carter" and a sister named "Sarah Weatherbee Carter". I have 8 other siblings, including Timothy Patton Carter, listed for these Carters, taken from DL's transcription of the Township records [births]." Isabella was the dtr of Thomas Keillor 1762-1836 and Mary (Trenholm) 1767-1824. Don't know who Robert's parents were, but I saved this note regarding Susannah's sister Marier: "Marier was the daughter of Robert Seaman, the great codfish man, whose picture is well known to druggists, appearing on every Scots Emulsion bottle. He is said o have caught the biggest codfish on the Atlantic coast and had the honour of having his portrait made." 

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From: Bruce Trenholm <trenmen@island.net> Subject: Re: SEAMAN/TRENHOLM/LAWRENCE/BOWEN Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:11:09

Larry:

Do you have any concrete documentation for the SEAMAN/TRENHOLM/LAWRENCE/BOWEN info you have?

Have you tried 'Long Island Genealogy' at:

http://www.LongIslandGenealogy.com/

There are many sections, one having over 240 million names, with all of the submitters e-mail addresses and their entire submissions available for downloading. I did a quick general look and did find a Huldah Ann SEAMAN, perhaps the one you were inquiring about.

According to information that was given me, information I mainly collected rather than researched, Catherine SEAMAN's parents were Stephen SEAMAN Jr. and Hannah SMITH.

Regards, Bruce Trenholm

As follows:

Jacomiah SEAMAN Sr., UEL, Born abt 1720. Jacomiah died in Wallace, NS in Aug 1808, aged 88 years?. Resided Dutchess Co. NY, and North Wallace, NS.

Details of Seaman family and land ownership, before the American Revolution: the Seamans were farmers in Westchester County, New York, USA. When war broke out Jacomiah's four sons joined Col. Lowther Pennington's Regiment of King's Guards and so became member of the group known as the Westchester [NS?] Loyalists. [There is a Westchester in Nova Scotia and New York]. At the conclusion of the war they were forced to join their parents in flight to Nova Scotia. They sailed from New York with the June Fleet in 1783 (perhaps aboard the "Thetis" to Fort Cumberland, NS). They received initial grants of land 1250 acres between Fort Cumberland and Belcher. They also received grants of land in Fanningsborough (North Wallace). Jacomiah's Will was probated at Amherst, NS in Aug 1808.

Jacomiah Sr. married Margaret BODEE. Margaret BODEE, Born abt 1720.

They had the following children: i. Hezekiah, (abt.1740-1836) ii. Stephen Jr., (1743-1820) iii. Jacomiah, (abt.1745-1809) iv. James, (abt.1747 - ) v. Abraham, (1767-1848)

A Huldy SEAMAN, b. about 1745, was the wife of William LAWRENCE from Providence RI (1740-1820) m. 27 Aug 1766. They settled at Sackville and had children: Sarah, Betsey, Wm., Geo., Nathan, David, Huldy, Rebecah, James. Huldy SEAMAN might be a dau. of Jacomiah Sr.

A John Seaman, age 2, d.7 Mar 1794 at W. Amherst, NS. Could be a grandchild?

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Stephen SEAMAN Jr., UEL, Born in 1743. Stephen Jr. died 24 Jul 1820, aged 77 years. Buried in Wallace Old Methodist Church; #38B., NS. Occupation: Pilot. Resided East Wallace NS, River Philip NS, and Fort Lawrence NS, (1790). Religion: Methodist.

Stephen Jr. married Hannah SMITH, UEL.

Hannah SMITH UEL, Born 1740-1743. Hannah died 28 May 1818 aged 75 years. Resided East Wallace, NS. On the stone of Hannah and Stephen, the epitaph reads "Natives of the State of ___ (unreadable)." Cem. #38B Wallace, Old Methodist.

They had the following children: i. Mary, (abt.1765 - ) ii. Smith, (abt.1768 - ) iii. John, (abt.1770 - ) iv. Catherine, (1778 - ) v. Samuel, (abt.1780 - ) vi. Hannah, (1785 - ) vii. Elizabeth, (1788 - ) viii. Sarah, (1790 - ) ix. Stephen Jr., (1792-1862)

Mary and Katherine were daughters of Stephen Seaman. However, Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Smith, John, and Samuel, might be grandchildren. Not verified. Stephen lived at Fort Lawrence in 1790, but led his brothers to set up a sawmill in River Philip, NS. He moved to Amherst, NS, and petitioned for more land in 1795. Stephen and his brother Jacomiah purchased land from the Indians at the mouth of the River Philip 1798. He was appointed "Surveyor of the Highway" in 1811, and "Harbour Master and Pilot" in 1812. In 1812 his property which has expanded to include most of present day Pugwash NS, was foreclosed by mortgage holders. In a court decision in 1828 Stephen was awarded cash compensation.

It appears Stephen disappeared from Pugwash after 1828 and reappeared in East Wallace and Fort Lawrence. The births of three daughters Hannah, Eliz., and Sarah are recorded in Westchester Township book. Stephen Seaman's sons (Smith, John, Samuel) are named in "Pioneers of Malagash" by A. M. MacNab, 1952, p.56.

There was also a William Seaman, claimed to be no relation to Stephen, who settled at Wallace Ridge about 1818; he was a man-o'-war sailor with an honourable discharge from the British Navy. This William had four sons and two daughters: Robert, Thomas, Charles, Murdock, Martha (never married), and Mrs. John MacDonald. Hector, son of Murdock, still lives on the old homestead.

Stephen Seaman, Loyalist, was one of 85 men receiving large grants of land at Cobequid (Westchester)NS, and Ramshag (Wallace)NS, on 2 June 1785. Other grantees included Ezekiel Seaman.

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Catherine or Katharine or Katherine SEAMAN, Born 1778 in Westmoreland County, New Brunswick. Katharine died in Cape Tormentine, NB. Religion: Church of England. [I question whether Katharine was born in New Brunswick or New York, because her father Stephen Jr. apparently didn't leave New York until 1783.] She was married 3 Aug 1795 from original marriage certificate. Her name is spelled K in the marriage certificate, and C in the probate of her husband's estate. Katharine could not read or write, signed her name with an "X".

Catherine's parents were loyalists who came to Cumberland from Duchess Co., NY in June 1783. Reference: "American Loyalist Claims" by Peter Wilson Coldham; pub. by National Genealogical Society, Washington, DC, 1980. page 438. It mentions 2 daughters born on Mar 15, 1785 and Mar 3, 1788, also a dau. Mary who was married on May 15, 1790 to Charles Jennings of Fort Lawrence, NS. Catherine Seaman named her first son "Stephen" which indicates a link with Stephen Seaman.

On 3 Aug 1795 Catherine married 19 year old Robert TRENHOLM, in Fredericton, NB.

Robert TRENHOLM, born: 10 Jul 1776, Pt De Bute, New Brunswick, Canada. Robert TRENHOLM appears to be the first male TRENHOLM to be born in Canada. Robert drowned at sea Aug 1819, he was 43. Occupation: fisherman. In 1810 he settled and resided at Cape Tormentine (Botsford), NB. Religion: Church of England.

Catherine and Robert settled at Cape Tormentine in 1810 on the road from Spence Settlement to Bayfield. Wilfrid Trenholm was the last to live on this road as the house was torn down and land sold to Enzor Oulton. After the death of Robert, Catherine remarried to William Lane in 1824.

Robert left his son Robert only 10 pounds in his Will [Robert had considerable money and fishing vessels of his own], whereas his brothers John and William received considerable real estate, and grandsons Jeffrey and Thomas inherited his main farm, with Jeffrey to have 100 pounds more than Thomas. The married daughters received 10-20 pounds each. Administration of estate granted to widow and eldest son Stephen. Fellow bondsmen were Richard Dobson and Thomas Trenholm of Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

CHILDREN of Catherine and Robert: -Stephen (1796 - before 1871) (11 children), -John (Squire)1799-1877) (5 children), -Margaret Jane (1802-1886) (8 children), -William (1804-1874) (10 children), -Phoebe (1805-1857) (11 children), -Robert (1807-1856) (10 children), -Benjamin (1809 - after 1881) (9 children), -Job (1810-1867) (10 children), **(THIS IS MY FAMILY BRANCH)** -Abner Botsford (1812-1883) (6 children), -Hannah (1812-) (10 children), -Ruth Clara (1816-1896) (12 children),

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One hundred years with the Baptists of Amherst, N.S., 1810 to 1910. -- by Steele, D. A; Rogers, G. M

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Robert and Isabella were original members of the Amherst Baptist church. At present there doesn't seem to be any source for Moses as the father of Robert other than -

1 - Moses and Jacomiah were on the tax list of Amherst in the early 1790's

2 - Robert and Isabella lived in Amherst at least around 1818 when they attended the newly formed Baptist church

3 Robert Keillor Seaman had a son by the name of Moses Seaman, I haven't seen this in any other Seaman family.

4 According to Robert Keillors death certificate in 1906 he is buried in Amherst 5 Interesting note - Robert Keillor Seaman and Elizabeth Hurd had 4 older daughters before Moses Thomas Seaman was born, it would seem natural to name the oldest or first born son after the parents or grandparents. this could allude to the fact that his fathers or grandfathers would be Moses or Thomas. Moses Seaman or Thomas Hurd possibly?

Many of the Seaman descendants settled from Little river through to Wallace and seeing as Robert and Isabella are buried in the Mansfield cemetery it would seem to indicate a famial connection. Considering the Keillors were mostly up Amherst way it was most likely on the Seaman side.

WM

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There seems to be a general consensus that Robert is the son of Moses Seaman possible son of Jacomiah Seaman formerly of Westchester NY. The father and 4 sons Hezekiah, Stephen, Abraham and Jacomiah Jr. supposedly settled around the Cobequid rd/Remsheg/Goose River/Little River/Pugwash/Wallace areas after the American Revolution. There is record of Jacomiah and Moses in Amherst in the early 1790's. This branch were descendants of Capt. John Seaman of Hempstead L.I. One branch is descended from the Doty family of Mayflower origin.

This is a confusing family to research since there was a Nathan Seamans family from Swansea, Massachusetts that settled near Sackville, they were the family of Amos Peck Seaman, Grindstone king. This family was pretty well documented and there doesn't appear to be a connection.

There was also a Benjamin and John Seaman from Westchester NY that were granted land in NB in 1783

As well a William Seaman that settled near Pugwash in 1818 that was a crew on a British Man-o-war.

Found a William Seaman in Annapolis church records, several children born in the 1790's, a daughter born in 1790 which means he couldn't be Robert Seamans father

WM

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Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia pg. 41

By Marion Gilroy

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While researching the Seaman family in 1784/5 Nova Scotia census records I found Moses, Stephen and Jacomiah listed alternatively as Simmons. I stumbled on this reference which I think is important in that it shows the two names were one and the same.

Chronicle of a Border Town HISTORY OF RYE westchester county, new york 1660-1870 including harrison and the white plains till 1788 by CHARLES W. BAIRD ILLUSTRATED BY ABRAM HOSIER

From pg 247

following incident occurred: Several American soldiers, gathered at 'Simmons' [Silvanus Seaman's] tavern,' in Saw Pit, were bantering one Jabez Hobby, a 'tory'; one of them asked him what the letters U. S. A. on his military cap, meant. 'Useless, Scandalous, Army,' answered Hobby: whereupon the enraged patriots took him and hung him by the neck to a tree near by. He was taken down before life became extinct, and lived for some years after the war. His brother Hezekiah Hobby was a whig. (Communicated by Seth Lyon.)

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From: Frank Mosher <frankmosher@eastlink.ca> Subject: [KINGS] List of men above age 21 in 1785 in Cumberland Co.,N.S. Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:34:43 -0400

Hi Matt You will find Matthew Dickie Jr. in the list below under Amherst.I put this list on the Cumberland Yahoo board before. Bye for now,Frank

This was a list of the men above age 21 in Cumberland Co.in 1785. A list of the men above 21 years of age,within the Township of Cumberland 30th day of Aug.,1785. Town of Cumberland

William Chapman

Thomas Chapman

Stephen Simmons

John Smith

John Atkinson

Thomas Atkinson

Thomas Copps

(William Liffy?)

George Swinborne

John Newton

James Huston

George Forster

Jacob Woodworth

Thomas (Biolby?)

Jesse Bent

Mostyn Bent

John Hazle

Joseph Brown

Jesse Converse

John Baker

William How

Thomas Watson

James Watson

John Watson

Nathaniel Purdy

Robert Purdy

Henry Trenchard

Roger Robinson

Ephraim Church

Charles Jennings

Amherst

Nathaniel Hyat

Aaron Fontaine

John Black

Richard Black

William Black

Caleb Griffen

(Alphl?) Morse

John Bent

Obediah Simpson

John Mabry

John Pugsley

John Williams

Lockwood Baxter

Augustus Baxter

Thomas Robinson

James Tillet

Thomas Lusby

John Stephens

Samuel Holmes

Thomas (Mesrell?)

Robert Donkin

Joshua Ferrass

John Fulton

James Roberts

Nathaniel Niles

John hall

William Morell

Matheu Crawford

James Crawford

William Pipes

Jonathan Pipes

George Oxley

George Oxley Jun.

Mathew Dickey

William Dickey

James Dickey

Mathew Dickey Jun.

Robert McGowan

Daniel Totten

Peter Campbell

Robert Sharpe

Wright Wicks

Amos Fowler

William Fraeze

Hugh Logan

John Brundage

John Gannong

Samuel Crath

Robert Scott

John Scott

Thomas Barry

David Forrist

Thomas Forrist

David Forrist Jun.

Robert Forrist

Isaac Forrist

John Stuart

John Stuart Jun.

William Bulmer

Stephen Reed

Robert Reed

Cornelius Reed

Samuel Horton

Joshua Horton

John Young

John Gleeson

Robert Ripley

Robert Ripley Jun.

Charles Baker

Hance Baker

William Sharp

The Districts of the Rivers Napan,McCan(spelled this way)and Hebert

George Noil

William Pipes Jun.

Thomas Coats

John (Ferrass?)

Samuel Wood

Samuel Wood Jun.

Richard Morrisson

William Blenkhorn

George (Maynard?)

Thomas Shipley

Mathew Dodge

James Brown

John Harrison

Thomas Harrisson

John Harrisson Jun.

Mathew Fenwick

Peter Arnold

James Metcalf

James Metcalf Jun.

Patrick Murphy

Thomas Lumley

John Lumley

John Savage

Anthony Savage

Francis Boss

John Boss

Miles O'Bryan

John Atkinson

John Atkinson Jun.

Robert Atkinson

Robert Sparkes

John Pettey

John Pettey Jun.

John Fordice

John Fordice Jun.

David Knowlton

David Knowlton Jun.

Knowltons son in law

Henry Lewis

Henry Lewis Jun.

David Downing

David Downing Jun.

John Downing

Peter Collins

George Boss

Samuel Mills

Samuel Mills Jun.Zenus Golding

At the new settlement on the road leading from Cumberland to Londonderry.

James Austin

John Austin

Jonathan Palmer

Henry Purdy

John (Ryouss?)

James Miller

John Hunter

Zaphania Washman

Joseph Washman

David Ackley

John Baxter

Nathaniel Goolding

John Snider

John Ruston

Zabes Rundle

Gilbert Haviland

Peter Mabry

Henry Gray

Simeon Outhouse

Abraham Covert

Jeremiah Rustin

John Wilson

Peter Angevine

James Mead

David Tidd

Josiah Baker

Charles Vincent

William Coon

Stephen Purdy

Ichabod Lewis

Daniel Dickison

Joseph Treane

David Mills

Joseph Purdy

Jaramiah Simmons

John Crawford

Joseph Sears

John Cromwell

James Merrit

Henry Piers

James Ackley

Moses Simmons

Thomas Wheaton

Thomas Bugby

Peter Burtin

Mathew Dalloway

Ezekial Sears

John Shearwood

John Ogden

Samuel Embree

Suckniah Snider

John Bryant

Henry Bloom

William Bailey

John Mills

John Brisband

Solomon Lockwood

Benjamin Chamberlain

Ramsheg

Isaac Ackley Jun.

Alexander Piers

Joseph Earls

Joel Edjet

John Hunt

Sybel Beardsley

James Totten Jun.

David Tidd

Samuel Halstead

James Briband

Lank Lewis

Gilbert Totten

Samuel Connell

Obediah Ackley

James Derry

Isaac Tidd

Thomas Jinkins

John Edjet

Daniel Tidd

Gilbert Purdy

John Derry

William Williams

Moses Knapp

Daniel Dunn

John Rushtin Jun.

John Robblee

Thomas Hustend

Michael Lloyd

Robert Keatch

Jonathan Fowler

Jeremiah Merill

Samuel Haviland

Joseph Pierce

William Forster

(Baron?) Hatfield

John Tidd

Ephraim Piers

James (Doten?)

James Totten Sen.

Olliver Ackley

Peter Winn

Samuel Kipp

Samuel Wiliams

Ezekial Piers

John Angevine

John Jacobs

John Chatterton

James Tidd

Absolom Smith

Jacob Neal

John Seferger

Thomas Cornell

Frededick Baxter

James Huston

Moses Tidd

Ebenezer Brown

(Mahar Shalal Hashbas Paul Casper Nelson Schofield?)

John Totten

Jhn Parr

John Dow

Isiah Fowler

John Piers

John Edmonds

Andrew (Forsner?)

Jesse Schofield

Nathaniel Hoeg

Daniel Piers

James Golding

James Kipp

Jeremiah Newman

Elijah Smith

Total of different districts:

Cumberland 30

Amherst 72

The Rivers 50

On the road to Londonderry 58

At Ramsheg 71

Total 281

Acadians in the districts of the Rivers above 21 years of age 45

Total men 326

Source is reel # 13580 at NSARM.Early census' of Nova Scotia

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Loyalist Trails UELAC Newsletter, 2012 Archive Previous Issue | Index | Next Issue "Loyalist Trails" 2012-33: August 19, 2012 In this issue: - Forty-four Friends from the Cobblegate Mountains (Part 2 of 3) – by Stephen Davidson - From the Twittersphere and Beyond - Additions to the Loyalist Directory - Editor's Note Articles Forty-four Friends from the Cobblegate Mountains (Part 2 of 3) – by Stephen Davidson In the fall of 1786, 44 loyalist settlers from Nova Scotia's Cumberland County had set off in great hopes of receiving compensation for their wartime losses. After seven of their number appeared before the Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of American Loyalists (RCLSAL), only a handful had been given money by the British government. Discouraging as this was, three more decided to make their claims. Perhaps Wednesday, November 1st would be their lucky day. Like the Cumberland County settlers who had testified before him, James Eccles was a loyalist from New York and like his neighbours, he had served under Col. Delancey. A native of Dutchess County, Eccles had had his Morrisania farm plundered and burned by rebels. Adding insult to injury, the rebel Colonel Lundington took the loyalist's horse after putting him in prison. Eccles spent over two years in more than three different patriot prisons. Samuel Embree had also lived in Morrisania, New York and had served under Col. Delancey. Two years after he had purchased 120 acres of land, Embree joined a loyalist militia created by his friend, Col. Delancey. Patriots seized his property after a rebel colonel accused Embree of cutting timber to make oars for the British. While the loyalist was away from home fighting for the crown, patriots attacked his farm "at different times", stealing eight horses, cattle and furniture before finally burning down Embree's house. Embree was the first of the Cumberland County loyalists to be described as a settler in the Cobblegate Mountains. No such range exists in Nova Scotia nor did any carry that name in 1786. Were these 44 friends living in some sort of loyalist Brigadoon? The answer to this mystery is found, not in a map, but in the fact that the man who recorded the RCLSAL's transcripts was unfamiliar with the place names of the Maritimes. While he thought he heard them say "Cobblegate", the loyalists at the hearings had actually said "Cobequid", a word from the Mi' kmaq language. Embree and his friends lived near the Cobequid Mountains. By the end of his hearing, Abraham Smith learned that he was "not to be allowed anything strictly". Despite the fact that another refugee testified how Smith had harboured loyalist fugitives in his home and was consequently plundered numerous times by rebels, he was not considered worthy of compensation. Besides household furniture, patriots also took 10 tons of hay, oats, a horse, three cows and cash. Perhaps Smith's lack of military service and property deeds thwarted his chances for having his claim allowed. While only three "Cobblegate" loyalists testified on Wednesday, eleven appeared before the RCLSAL on Thursday. This was the largest number of claimants to ever stand before the compensation board in one day. John Gleeson of North Castle, New York, had Jeremiah Merrit and Stephen Seaman testify on his behalf. Before he began to serve under Major Baremore in 1779, Gleeson had owned a farm with orchards, wheat fields, sheep and horses. When he moved his family to Nova Scotia, they lost all their furniture and clothes in a shipwreck. Gleeson was awarded compensation for his losses. Seaman also made a claim for himself. His witness, Moses Simmons, remembered seeing Seaman's livestock and furniture sold by the rebels of Dutchess County after the loyalist joined the British. Mrs. Seaman had been allowed to keep one cow, but even that was taken from her (along with some cash) after she crossed within the British lines. Seaman's claim was allowed. Jabez Rundle only sought compensation for the loss of his horse. John Hunter had served with Delancey's Refugees for two years as a private. He lost corn and a horse from his mother's estate. He, too, was granted compensation. Titus Knapp served alongside Hunter as a sergeant. Rebels had imprisoned him, and taken two horses and four cattle. He also lost "a watch and wearing apparel". Claim allowed! James Merrit, who impressed the commissioner as a "fair man", had three friends testify on his behalf. He claimed the loss of an African slave, oxen, cattle, horses and a "very good wagon". Like Knapp, he also received compensation. Henry Trenchard, however, was only granted "a trifle for things left at his house when he went away". The loyalist from Morrisania lost 7 horses during his 6 years of service to the crown in addition to clothing, a "shop and smith's tools", furniture, and cattle. John Wilson was also a loyalist farmer from Morrisania. His horses, cattle and two yoke of oxen were stolen by "a party that came against the Tories". Wilson was a private with Delancey's Refugees for three years. His claim was allowed. In addition to the words of a witness, John Pugsley stood before the RCLSAL with written testimonials as to his "zeal and loyalty". The board transcripts note that he seemed "a very good man -- has strong certificates -- may have compensation for his lands." While Pugsley's had his livestock, slave and 100-acre farm seized during the Revolution, his greatest loss was the death of his father at the hands of rebels. John Teed/Tweed's testimony was brief. While he served the British, rebels known as the Guides took all the livestock and slaves from his Courtland Manor farm. The enemy then "sent his wife after him". Hessian soldiers took articles from the family farm of Gabriel Purdy. Both Purdy's brother Henry (who served as his witness) and his grandfather were loyalists. Gabriel left Philip's Manor to serve the crown until 1783. His father, however, remained in Philip's Manor and seems to have been a patriot-- which may account for the plundering by German mercenaries. In the end, the RCLSAL commissioner awarded Gabriel Purdy compensation for the improvements he had made on the family farm. Purdy's loyalty and wartime service had tilted the scales in his favour. (This series on the loyalists of the Cobblegate Mountains concludes next week.)

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In the reconstructed Muster List for Col James Delancey's Westchester Refugee that appears in The Civil Sword the following Seaman names are given as arriving at Fort Cumberland (now Beausejour) on July 15, 1783:

(H?) EZEKIAH SEAMAN, a single man, later granted three acres at Fanningborough townsite and 500 acres on the north side of the Cobequid Road

JACOMIAH SEAMAN of White Plains, NY - he filed a claim witnessed by his son, Hezekiah, and in November of 1786 "Now resides in Cumberland."

MOSES SEAMAN, granted three acres at Fanningborough.

STEPHEN SEAMAN of Dutchess County, NY, with a wife and six children, granted 500 acres on the Cobequid Road: his claim was heard at Saint John on the same November day of 1786 as that of Jacomiah, and was witnessed by "Mose Simmons" - perhaps a mis-rendering of "Moses Seaman"?

Hope this helps. jv

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