06-156 Benjamin Birdsall 1743
06-156 Benjamin6, Benjamin5, Samuel4, Benjamin3, Nathan2,
Henry1
Benjamin
Birdsall was born in 1743
to Benjamin Birdsall (1720) and Martha Smith. Benjamin m. Rachel Carpenter in 1765 (she b.
1747, d. May 7, 1843) in NY. Benjamin d.
March 13, 1834.
Tricia
Birdsall states in her research:
1764
A
Benjamin Birdsall appears in The Records of New York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly referred to as Quakers. The
meeting was in The Oblong, commonly referred to as Quaker Hill, on 20 Sep 1764.
It is likely, but not certain, that this is BenjaminG11 Birdsall since
Nathan Birdsall (b. 1705), the
brother
of his grandfather, SamuelG9, was the first settler on Quaker Hill in
1728 (or 1731), and Nathan’s brother Benjamin (b. 1691, d.1754) was one of the
first owners. Nathan encouraged family and other Quakers to join him in
settling the Oblong. BenjaminG11 would have been 21 at the time.
Note:
“The Oblong in Pawling: A History of a Quaker Hill Community in the Hudson
Valley,” (see Appendix) states that by 1742, fifty families had settled Quaker
Hill and they built their own meeting house. By 1764, the community had grown
so large they had to build a larger meeting house.
It
appears that all of Benjamin and Rachel Birdsall’s children were born in New
York, prior to moving to New Brunswick.
All seven children were married in New Brunswick, but according to E.
Stone Wiggins in A History of Queens County, N.B, none of the family
still lived in Queens County in 1876.
Per Ancestors
and Descendants of John B. Birdsell by Tricia Birdsell, 2021:
1783
The
Spring Fleet of Loyalists sailed from Sandy Hook at the mouth of New York
Harbor and arrived at the mouth of the St. John River in Parrtown
(now Saint John), Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick) on May 18, 1783. There were a
number of other Fleets with the main body of Loyalists arriving between the
middle of May and the middle of November, 1783.
We
know that Benjamin and his family arrived in one of these fleets because
his name appears in the List of New Brunswick Loyalists in the Appendix of the
book The Loyalists of New Brunswick, by Ester Clark Wright.
This
list in the image below shows the name of the head of families or single men 18
years and upwards, their former homes, their service during the Revolution, and
their first grant.
Note
that although there is a Isaac Birdsall/Birdsill
listed, IsaacG12 was only 11 years old, too young to be head of a
family. However, he could have been a blacksmith since it was common for
Quakers to be involved in small-scale local trades and to train their children at a young
age.
Children
of Benjamin Birdsall and Rachel Carpenter, surname Birdsell:
07-353
Elizabeth, b. Jan 6, 1765 in Queens County, Long Island, NY, m. Coles Carpenter
on July 20, 1788 (he b. May 23, 1761, d. 1807). Elizabeth died after 1865 (per Carpenter
Family book, she lived to over 100 years and had nine children) Coles Carpenter and Elizabeth came to New Brunswick in 1783
and located his farm and homestead at Richmond Corners, Queens County, NB.
07-354
Hannah, b. 1770, m. Archaelus Purdy Jr, d. 1883
07-355
Phoebe, b. Sept 14, 1771, m. Gilbert Merritt on Jul 18, 1790, d. Feb 27, 1868
07-356
Isaac, b. 1772, m. Rachel
Brundage on Jul 20, 1788, d. 1827. They
moved to Wentworth County, Ontario in 1826
07-357
Benjamin
07-358
Deborah, b. 1778, m. Joseph Gidney on Jun 21, 1796, d. Oct 3, 1839
07-359
Sarah, b. 1782, m. Nathaniel Vail on Mar 11, 1799
Source:
Ancestors and Descendants of John B. Birdsell,
by Tricia Birdsell, 2021
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