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Sylvanus Miner Jr. (1742 - 1794)

Sylvanus Miner Jr.
Born in Stonington, New London, Connecticutmap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], , , and
Husband of — married 15 Mar 1769 in Lower Horton, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at age 51 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Sylvanus Miner, Jr., was born 5 Oct 1742 at Stonington, New London, Connecticut and christened there 10 Oct 1742. He died on 9 May 1794 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, and was buried in 1794 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia. Sylvanus married Lucy 'Ruth' Brownell 15 Mar 1769 at Lower Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Lucy was born 16 Mar 1752 at Little Compton, Rhode Island. She died about 1794 at Horton, Kings.[1][2]

Sylvanus moved with his parents and siblings to Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia in 1761.[3][4] He received in 1761 at Horton, a 200,000 acre land grant.[5]

Children of Sylvanus Miner, Jr. And Lucy 'Ruth' Brownell

Sylvanus and Ruth had the following children:[1][2]

  1. Amy, b. 4 Feb 1770
  2. Lucy, b. 6 Nov 1776; d. abt 1843
  3. Cynthia, b. 7 Jan 1782; d. 20 Jun 1855
  4. Anna, b. 13 Dec 1784; d. 29 Oct 1868
  5. Sylvanus, 3rd, b. 30 Jan 1787; d. 6 Oct 1874

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land. The Salem press company. Salem, Mass. 1910. The Miner or Minor Family, pp. 749-50
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Minor Society Sylvanus Miner
  3. ↑ Wright, Dr. Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers Nova Scotia: 1749 to 1775. Revised Edition. Justin Wentzell. Beaver Bank, NS Canada. 2007; pg. 187.  : Miner, Sylvanus; Horton, 1761.
  4. ↑ McNabb, D. A. (1986). Land and families in Horton Township, N.S., 1760-1830 (T). University of British Columbia. Retrieved from https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/831/items/1.0097085 (Original work published 1986)
  5. ↑ Horton Township Land Grants, BOOK 4, PAGE 28; BOOK 3, PAGE 31
  • Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia Township records
  • The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 192, no. iii p. 192, no. iii




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