Mary Proctor

Wife of John Upton — married about 1794 in Nova Scotia, Canada

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Mary Proctor is the sister of John Proctor. She was probably born in Virginia. An 1853 affidavit signed by Mary in support of an application for a pension by her husband indicates that she was living with her mother in the Gut of Canso in 1788 when she met and thereafter married John Upton. The Proctors were United Empire Loyalists, two of whom, Benjamin and James, are listed in the land grant made to the soldiers in the Duke of Cumberland Regiment, a loyalist regiment which was formed in North Carolina and which was posted in Jamaica from 1780 to 1783. The regiment came to Halifax, Nova Scotia in late 1783, and the land grant was made in 1785 at Manchester, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Mary is known to be still living in 1853 when she filed pension papers with the U.S. government.

Sources

• Arichat NS Birth/Marriage/Death Records, Nova Scotia Canada Church Records, Notre Dame de L'Assumption Parish Records

• Pension application of John Upton, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements, R10811, fn93NC, Transcribed by Will Graves, rev'd 3/17/10, http://revwarapps.org/r10811.pdf