Daniel Shipman (1733 - 1809)

Born 13 Mar 1733 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Chamberlain) Shipman — married 1808 in Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1809 at age 76 in Augusta, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Daniel Shipman was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Daniel Shipman was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, 13 March 1733, the son of Stephen Shipman and Mary Pellett.^[1][2][3]

In 1778 Daniel was living in Albany County, New York. A list of Tories and Protection Men, in the papers of Governor Clinton dated 23 February, 1778, that the "Cambridge White Caps" went out to correct and chastise contains Daniel's name.

A deposition to the British Authorities containing Governor Clinton's list, filed 7 Feb 1786 by Daniel seeking compensation for his losses, namely his land and chattels, reads as follows;

Attempting to go into General Burgoyne's camp in August 1777, was taken prisioner and carried to General Gates, from there to Albany. Lay prisioner abord the Guard ship fourteen days from thence to Toppice where I lay six days before that place burnt, then carried to a meeting house on the way to Hartford but obtained a parole to go to my family. After arriving was taken by thirty men in the Mob and Abused, Strypt me and whipt me Severly.

The spring after was taken to be guarded to Albany but got released. After this came four men with their arms and a rope intending to kill me or hang me but I concealed myself under the floor. I then fled my house and quit my land and escaped to the State of Vermont

The deposition then lists his losses but was rejected by the authorities.

He escaped those who had captured him as a United Empire Loyalist (or Tory, one who sided with the British in the American Revolution)^[4][5][6] into Vermont. It appears he remained a resident of the United States until June 1784 before he moved to Canada.

His grandson, Daniel Harvey Shipman (1791 - 1853) founded the town of Shipman's Mills, later Almonte, Ontario.^[7]

Daniel and his children received numerous grants of land as loyalists and children of loyalists mainly in Elizabethtown and Augusta Townships, near Brockville, Leeds-Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada.

Daniel married Keziah Horton ca. 1759. She was born ca. 1739 in Hebron, New London, Connecticut, the daughter of Ebenezer Horton. Keziah died 21 March, 1807 in Augusta Township, Leeds-Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada and is buried in Read Cemetery with Daniel. They had the following children:

1. Lovinia (Levinia) Shipman, b. 20 Nov 1760, m. Richard Baxter
2. Ezekiel Shipman, b. 17 Oct 1762, m. Abigail Horton
3. Samuel Shipman, b. 17 Jan 1764, m. Catherine Elliott, then Margaret Henderson
4. Keziah Shipman, b. 5 Apr 1767
5. Daniel Shipman, b 24 Jul 1769, m. Marguerite Boyd
6. Desire Shipman, b. ca. 1770, m. William S Lampson
7. David Shipman, b. 7 Apr 1772, m. Elizabeth Seaman
8. Lydia Shipman, b. ca. 1776, m. Michael Row
9. Sarah Shipman, b. ca. 1779, m. Abel Pennock

Daniel married 2nd Ann Chamberlain in 1808. They had no children.

Daniel died 27 Apr 1809 in Augusta Township, Leeds-Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada.^[8] He is buried in Read Cemetery.

DNA

Parental descent from Stephen Shipman (abt.1699-1747) and Mary (Pellett) Shipman (1691-1747) is confirmed at MyHeritage by a triangulated 20.1cM match on chromosome 21 between

• Roger Shipman
• K C, grandchild of Oscar Ellsworth Coe (1905-1970)
• M R, grandchild of James Albert Shipman (1842-1914)

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch : 3 December 2014), Daniel Shipman, 13 Mar 1733; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ Family Trees
3. ↑ Ancestry.com
4. ↑ History of Leeds and Grenville, p. 16 details his land grant of 200 acres as a United Empire Loyalist.
5. ↑ United Empire Loyalists,line 334.
6. ↑ FamilySearch profile: Lots of detail here!
7. ↑ "Daniel Shipman, The Founder of our Town", Almonte Gazette, July 30, 1970.
   • More on Almonte.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #109583389 for Daniel Shipman, 1733-1809. Contains a brief biography.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Shipman-66 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.