Benjamin King (abt. 1776)

Born about 1776 in Sackville, New Brunswick

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Benjamin was born in 1755. Benjamin King ... ^[1]

Genealogy.com: New Brunswick Forum: Re: Benjamin King - b ABT 1776 - Sackville, NB Posted by: O. Madison Date: October 30, 2001 at 16:09:54 In Reply to: Benjamin King - b ABT 1776 - Sackville, NB by Norman Peter Daprato: Msg 1261 of 1756

Norman:

I think you know what is in the following, but if not...

Until 1784, New Brunswick was part of Nova Scotia (it was all known as "Acadie" [Acadia] under the French between 1600 and 1750). Cumberland County, NS extended all the way to the border of Maine (itself still part of Massachusetts until 1820). In 1765 the English created Sunbury County out of Cumberland County, NS, and created the border between the two at what is now the NS-NB borderline. From 1765 to 1785 Sunbury County, NS, took in what is now all of southern and central modern New Brunswick to the Maine border, including that part of Washington County, ME, to Machias. The Maine portion was relinquished by England to the new USA.

The family name(s) you are describing lived in Westmorland County, NB, after 1785. Up to 1765 it was still Cumberland County, NS, and between 1765 & 1785 it was Sunbury County, NS (when it became NB).

New Brunswick's 8 original counties created in 1785 (when it was separated from Nova Scotia) were: Saint John, Charlotte, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, Westmorland, and also York and Northumberland, which together occupied about 70% of the total land area of NB. By 1873, 88 years later, there were 15 counties in NB. Northumberland was sub-divided in 1826 into Kent and Gloucester, and Restigouche [REST-ah-goosh] was created out of Gloucester in 1837. Albert County was created from Westmorland in 1845. York County was divided into Carleton (1832) and Victoria (1844), and in 1873 Madawaska [mad-ah-WAH-ska] was sub-divided from Victoria. There was a brief movement in the late 1800's to proclaim "La République de Madawaska" (The Republic of Madawaska).

NB consolidated most provincial records at the capital city, Fredericton, in the late 1960's. Former counties and their county seats (where records were kept) are: Albert (Hopewell Cape), Carleton (Woodstock), Charlotte (St. Andrews), Gloucester (Bathurst), Kent (Richibucto), Kings (Hampton), Madawaska (Edmundston), Northumberland (now Miramichi City, was Newcastle), Queens (Gagetown), Restigouche (Dalhousie), Saint John (Saint John ), Sunbury (Burton), Victoria (Perth), Westmorland (Dorchester), and York (Fredericton).

New Brunswick Provincial Archives - http://www.gov.nb.ca/supply/archives/ENGLISH - go to the NB county you are researching, and you will have the records the archives have (and can lend) on this county, including birth, marriages, marriage bonds, deaths, probate records, wills, etc. Contact your local library and ask them if they can order the microfilms from the NB archives. This site also has LINKS to:

The National Archives of Ireland Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Public Record Office (UK)

- https://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA - You can now search online in New Brunswick for parents and births of their children.

The New Brunswick census records are available for purchase or on-line, as follows:

For printed transcriptions, see the publications page - https://web.archive.org/web/20010123230100/http://www.gnb.ca/archives/e/tree/publications.htm - on the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick site and click on the PUBLICATIONS pdf file. It has a thorough list of transcriptions, mainly for 1851 and 1861 and done by county, with prices and ordering information.

There are many on-line transcriptions for individual parishes and counties, but no single transcription for the whole province in a given year. For individual transcriptions, see the census records page on the NB Gen Links site - domain for sale - and click either on the appropriate county or use the search feature. If you have no luck there, go to the NB GenWeb page - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/ - and click on the appropriate county. Each county has a census records page.

Registrar General Department of Health and Wellness Centennial Building 435 King Street P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5H1

Tel: (506) 453-2385 Fax: (506) 444-4139

Fees: Birth: Small - $20.00 Large - $25.00 Marriage: Small - $20.00 Large - $25.00 Death: $25.00 Cheque or Money Order: Minister of Finance

Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada - on the border with Province of Nova Scotia, the only land link between NS and the rest of North America. French settlements and forts from 1650 to early 1700's became English in period 1748-1758. Many records of French and English settlers, including Yorkshire farmers who bought and settled on land around Dorchester and Sackville in 1770's [and also next door in Oxford and Amherst, NS ]. In MONCTON the Université de Moncton has the largest collection of Acadian French research and family history in Eastern Canada IN FRENCH at - https://web.archive.org/web/20080616194755/http://www.umoncton.ca/udem/index2.html - Université de Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada - OR IN ENGLISH at - https://web.archive.org/web/19990428154406/http://www.rescol.ca/collections/acadian/english/eroots/eroots.htm -

It is always a good idea to check the original records. Microfilm of NB census returns, 1851-1901, can be ordered on interlibrary loan from the National Archives of Canada. See - http://new-brunswick.net/nbgenlinks/ - for microfilm numbers. If you live in the United States, it might be easier to borrow microfilm through the LDS church.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) [CANADA] - Saint John NB Mission, Family History Centre & Genealogical Library, 177 Manchester Avenue, Lancaster, Saint John West, NB CANADA E2M 5R6 Tel: (506) 672-1041 (506) 672-8526 (506) 672-0864 (506) 672-4304

• • NOTE: The Mormons do not do a lot of verifying of the records they publish. Some people find they are about 50% accurate.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 2070 MOUNTAIN RD, MONCTON, NB E1G 1B2 Tel: (506) 858-9702

New Brunswick Genealogical Society P. O. Box 3235, Station B Fredericton, York, NB, Canada E3A 5G9

"Generations", news magazine of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, is published quarterly with a circulation of 1,000 copies. It publishes queries. Queries should be brief and to-the-point. Charge per query is CAN$1ºº (US65¢) for NBGS members and CAN$2ºº (US$1.30) for non-members. Submit as many as you wish, each one typed or printed on their own form, or on a sheet of paper, with your name and address included with each query. Mail your queries with the appropriate fee to the queries editor: Joan McLeod, 4956 Route 3, Brockway, NB, E6K 1Z6

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kathy Stevens, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

See also:

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86783594/person/320050934012/story?ssrc=