Millicent (Ferguson) Van Dusen U.E. (1766 - 1829)

Born 4 May 1766 in Westchester Co., New York

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Hoover — married 19 May 1789 in Adolphustown, Ontario, Canada

Wife of Conrad VanDeusen UE — married 31 Jul 1791 in Adolphustown, Ont. Canada

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1829 at age 62 in Adolphustown, Prince Edward, Upper Canada

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Biography

Millicent was born in 1766 , d/o United Empire Loyalist Richard Ferguson & Charlotte Rachel Farrington. She married Jacob Hoover (b 1765, Montgomery, Penn.), s/o Casper Hoover & Barbara Monk May 19, 1789. Jacob died in 1791, shortly after the birth of their son Jacob (b.1790) Adolphustown ,Ont.Canada.

July 31, 1791, Millicent married 40 year old widower Conrad VanDeusen ,father of four. Millicent and Conrad had 11 children totaling 16 , all but one surviving long long enough to get married. One of them, Conrad became a Methodist minister.

Conrad died Nov. 23, 1827 ; Millicent on Apr. 27, 1829. They are buried in the Old Loyalist Burying Ground , Adolphustown with no headstones. The oldest gravestone still standing in this cemetery is that of Conrad's 1st wife Hannah . ^[1]

Church Records

Marriage:

• 1789, 19 May, Jacob Hover, fourth (Adolphstown), Milleson Fergusson, third (Fredericksburg), Wit., Henry Hover, Juol Fergusson, Cathe Vandusen, Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn. ^[2][3]
• 1791, 31 July, Conrad Van Dusen, fourth (Adolphstown), widower, Milleson Hoover, third, (Fredericksburg), widow, Wit., Henry Hover, Jonas Smith, Jane Hover, Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn. ^[4]

Children's Baptisms:

• 1790, July 11, Jacob, son Jacob and Millison Hover . . . . . . . .Adolphust0wn, ^[5]

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Sources

• UELA.org
• Descendants of Richard Ferguson ; the database of Dr. Paul Douglas Cole, Kingston, Ontario. https://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/extras/Ferguson-Richard/Ferguson-Richard-genealogy.pdf
• Ancestry.ca
• VanDusen family pioneer life on bay of Quinte ;transcribed by Brandt Zatterburg
• https://archive.org/stream/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft#page/64/mode/1up
• The Loyalists In Ontario The Sons And Daughters of The American Loyalists Of Upper Canada William D. Reid ancestry.ca/49231/FLHG_Loyalistsinontario-0332/62061?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return
• http://www.ryeland.com/getperson.php?personID=I19531&tree=Ryeland

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by James Kitchen, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn.Source: Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, pg. 14, https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf archived, https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150934/https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf
3. ↑ "Memorandum of the proper names of the Townships or Towns of the District of Mecklenburg in the Province of Quebec, made on October 13th, 1788. “Kingston, the flrst; Ernest Town the second, Fredericksburgh the third, Adolphus Town the fourth, Marysburgh the fifth, Sophiesburgh the sixth, A_1ne1ias- burgh the seventh, Sydney the eighth, Thurlow the ninth, Richmond the tenth, Camden the eleventh. There is another north east of Catarakwee or Kingston called Pittsburgh, but I do not know its number. Cadarakin, Cataraqui, or Catarakwee, formerly Fort Frontenac, but now Kingston, is at or near the south east corner of the First Township, or Kingstown."
4. ↑ Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn.Source: Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, pg. 33, https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf archived, https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150934/https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf
5. ↑ REGISTER OF BAPTISMS FOR FREDERICKSBURGH, Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, pg. 77, https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150934/https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf

See also:

• http://www.oldhaybaychurch.ca/subscribers-of-1792-9-arra-ferguson/
• Millicent Ferguson Van Dusen (1769 - 1829), United Empire Loyalist Cemetery, Adolphus Town, Lennox and Addington Co., Ontario, Canada.