William Schurman (1743 - 1819)

Born 1743 in New Rochelle, Westchester, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Bonnet) Schurman — married after 17 Nov 1768 in New Rochelle, Province of New York [uncertain]

Husband of Jane Elizabeth (Bonnet) Schurman — married 17 Nov 1768 in New Rochelle, Westchester, Province of New York

Husband of Elizabeth (Hyatt) Schurman — married 17 Oct 1778 in New Rochelle, New York

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1819 at about age 76 in North Bedeque, Prince Edward Island

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William Schurman was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

William was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Jacob Schureman, of Dutch descent, and Jane Parcot, of Huguenot descent. In 1768, he married Jane Bonnet. Schurman; he married Elizabeth Hyatt in 1778.

William Schurman remained loyal to Britain during the American revolution and was a Loyalist He left New Rochelle, New York in 1783, and immigrated to Tryon on St. John's Island (later Prince Edward Island). He settled at Bedeque the following year, setting up a store in his house and engaging in trade with a ship that he owned. He is listed in the Muster Roll for July, 1784. He was a farmer, merchant, and dealt in lumber.

In addition to being a businessman, he was a politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1785 to 1787.

Besides serving in the colony's assembly, he was also a justice of the peace and overseer for roads. After losing his ship in 1799, Schurman became involved in shipbuilding. In 1808, he bought a wooded area along the Wilmot River, constructed a sawmill and entered into the trade in lumber. He died at his home in the Wilmot Valley in 1819.

Marriages

1) William Shureman and Jane Bonnet were married, likely in New Rochelle, likely shortly after obtaining their marriage license in New York on 17 Nov 1768.^[1][2]

2) William Scureman and Lybia Hyat were married on 17 October 1778. The marriage was recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church records for Hopewell, Fishkill and Marbletown. Both were residents of Oswego.^[3]

In his will, Schurman named his wife Elizabeth, and named the following children: Peter, Sarah Baker, Caleb, Isaac, John, Jane Silliker, Jacob, Elizabeth Thompson, and William. Some grandchildren were also given bequests, including Daniel Tompkins, son of Thomas and Mary Tompkins. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784, p. 341, (Albany, 1860, Weed, Parsons)
2. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-DVPM : 22 July 2021), William Schureman, 17 Nov 1768, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
3. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Hopewell, Fishkill and MarbleTown, Book 14. Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York. Marriage William Scureman and Lybia Hyat (subscription required).
4. ↑ Early Prince Edward Island Probate Records, 1786-1850 by Linda Jean Nicholson, pg 235-236.

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• Ross Graves, “SCHURMAN, WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 1, 2022, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/schurman_william_5E.html.
• GRAVES, Ross. William Schurman, Loyalist of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island and his descendants. (Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Published by Harold B. Schurman, 1973.)
• Footprints in the Early History of New Brunswick, Br. Prov., J. W. Lawrence, 1883, p. 4. * New York Marriages, vol. iii., p. 133, May i, 1760. X Calendar of Hist. MSS. Relating to the War of the Rev., vol. ii., p. 63; vol. i., pp. 268, 281; vol. ii., pp. 62, 63. § White Plains, Lib. I, p. 245. "The Schuremans of New York"Cornell University LibraryCompiled by Richard WynkoopCopyright 1903William Schurman was a man of ability and intelligence, with the courage and versatility required for success in his time. He was conspicuously practical as well, apparently able to turn his hand to almost anything, from shipbuilding to coopering and blacksmithing, and able to ride out the forced move from New Rochelle and later losses to arrive at a comfortable old age, a man of substance, entrusted with dispensing justice to those of his neighbours who appeared before him in court. ?His public duty as a Member of the Assembly and as a Magistrate,? states his death notice in the Prince Edward Island Gazette, ?were ever of a piece with his other conduct, marked with strong discernment and vigorous activity of mind, which were always evinced by his purity of intention and sound judgment.? Certainty: 4

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