Joseph Spinney (1797 - 1876)

Born 11 Jun 1797 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Roberts (Goodwin) Spinney — married 19 Jan 1823 in Argyle ,Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1876 at age 79 in Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Joseph was born 11 June 1797 at Argyle, Yarmouth^[1] to Jacob Spinney and Susan Atwood.

Patterson wrote in 1917 that "from Argyle, Yarmouth County... Jacob Spinney... and Joseph, his brother [settled at Tatamagouche]", and that "Joseph had two sons: Joseph, who lived in the village, where he died in the winter of 1912, and Stillman, who settled on his father's place; and four daughters, one of whom, Joan, is still living in Pugwash."^[2]

Joseph married Ann Roberts Goodwin. They had (presumed order; guessed ages from 1827 and 1838 censuses):

1. Joan, b. abt. 1824 (if over 14 in 1838 and born by 1827)
2. Joseph, b. August 1827
3. Susan, b. bet. 1828-1832 (if over 6 in 1838)
4. Stillman, b. bet. 1828-1832 (if over 6 in 1838)
5. Sarah, b. aft. 1832
6. Mary Jane, b. abt. 1837 (aged 34 in 1871)

In 1827, Joseph Spinney was enumerated in Argyle, Yarmouth. He had two males and two females in his household.^[3]

He moved to Tatamagouche, Colchester by 4 August 1836, when he purchased 150 acres of land there.^[4] Joseph was enumerated as a farmer there in 1838. In addition to himself, he had two females under 6, two males between 6 and 14, one female between 6 and 14, and two females above the age of 14 in his household.^[5]

In 1871, Joseph was enumerated at Tatamagouche with his wife Annie, and Emiline and Mary Jane.^[6]

Joseph died 19 July 1876 at Tatamagouche.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deaths Registered in the County of Colchester, 1864-1877, book 1804, year 1876, p. 118, no. 68 "Joseph Spinney". Nova Scotia Archives. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=9657 (accessed 2 December 2021)
2. ↑ Patterson, pp. 46-47.
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Census Returns, 1827, "Joseph Spinney", Argyle, Yarmouth County. Citing Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 446. Nova Scotia Archives. https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/1827/returns/?ID=1955 (accessed 2 December 2021)
4. ↑ Colchester Co., Registry of Deeds, vol. 18, pp. 431-432.
5. ↑ Nova Scotia Census Returns, 1838, "Joseph Spinney", Tatamagouche, Colchester County. Citing Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 449 no. 143. Nova Scotia Archives. https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/1838/returns/?ID=15576 (accessed 2 December 2021)
6. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Schedule No. 1 Return of the Living, Tatamagouche Polling District no. 10, p. 32, ED 199, Sub E, household 104, family "Spuny, Joseph", lines 9-12. Digital images of microfilm. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/)

• Patterson, Frank H. History of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia (Halifax: Royal Print & Litho Limited, 1917).
• Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Registry of Deeds, Digital images of microfilm. FamilySearch, DGS film 008620965.

See Also:

• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/AtwoodSusannadaughterJoseph.htm