John Wiswall (1731 - 1812)

Born 15 Apr 1731 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Minot) Wiswall — married 31 Dec 1761 (to 26 Jul 1775) in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine

Husband of Margaret (Jefferson) Wiswall — married 9 Feb 1784 in Cornwallis, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Died 2 Dec 1812 at age 81 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia

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Biography

Birth

15 APR 1731

Boston, MA^[1]

Death

2 DEC 1812

Wilmot, Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia^[2]

Burial

Trinity Ch., Middleton, Annapolis Co., NS^[3]

Note

Wiswall was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard College in 1749, became a Congregational minister and settled in Brunswick, ME. He married Mercy Minot of Brunswick, with whom he had four children. He converted to Anglicanism and went to Falmouth to a new Congregation when the Revolutionary War began. Mercy died in Falmouth and John was arrested for his loyalty to the crown in 1775. He fled to Boston where he served as a Navy chaplain for a few years. In 1781 he returned to England and in 1783 emigrated to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia where he continued his Anglican ministry.In 1784, he married Margaret Hutchinson of New Jersey. They had no children. He built a church that is still standing in Wilmot, Nova Scotia. His son Peleg became a Nova Scotian Supreme Court Judge. John Wiswall kept extensive journals.... [from an antiquarian's writeup, no longer online]

Marriage

FAM

@I4896@

@I4817@

MAR 1784

Cornwallis, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S512
2. ↑ Source: #S512
3. ↑ Source: #S512
4. ↑ Source: #S269
5. ↑ Source: #S512

• Source: S269 Author: Hutchinson, Gordon Title: Hutchinson/Ruggles Genealogy Abbreviation: Hutchinson, Gordon Publication: Unpublished Database/Oct 2006 Note: Data based on published and unpublished sources, all represented as scanned documents in BK6 photo database under "Gordon Hutchinson." Repository: #R115 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Repository: R115 Name: R.B. Nichol's BK6 Photo Database
• Source: S512 Author: Segrest, Jen Funk Title: A brief history of Loyalist Rev. John Wiswall..... Abbreviation: Segrest, Jen F. Publication: Segrest, Jen/26 Dec 2005 Note: Consists of a compilation of virtually everything known about the Rev. John Wiswall family, with web links. CONT http://www.verybigdesign.com/wiswall/#top Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• The Loyalist of Mass by James H Smart, Boston 1910 page 398. Call #973.3 STA.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 140

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Wiswall-91 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.

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