Margaret (Milliken) Urquhart (1777 - 1866)

Born 22 Sep 1777 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Lewis Urquhart — married 12 Dec 1798 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1866 at age 89 in Tabusintac, Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Peggy (Milliken) Urquhart migrated from United States to Canada between 1810 and 1814.

Margaret, or Peggy, was born in 1777. She died in 1866.

Peggy Millikan married William Urquhart in Dec 1798 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States.^[1][2]

On 2 Jan 1818, Margaret Milliken's daughter married James Hierlihy. [Provincial Archives] [Armstrong, 2007]

Margaret is said to have been a relative of John Quincy Adams. [Armstrong, 2007]

In the 1851 Census of Canada, Margaret Urquhart was the wife of William Urquhart in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.^[3]

In the 1861 Census of Canada, Margaret Urquhart (age 83) was listed as mother-in-law of James Skymist (Stymiest) in Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick.^[4]

She passed away in 1866 at Tabusintac.

Margaret Urquhart was mentioned on a memorial in Stymiest Cemetery, Stymiest Road, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada with a death date of 21 Dec 1866.^[5]

Genealogy Notes

Colonial New England

Peggy (Milliken) Urquhart has English ancestors.

Margaret Milliken's line(s) go back to the early 1600s on the frontier in Maine and New Hampshire, through the Wars with 'les Canadiens et les Indiens' , and through the Revolution. Except for a one Scotsman, her ancestors, mentioned here, all migrated from England.

Descendant of PGM migrant William Dixon, Andrew Alger, John Heard, Nicholas Frost and Anne Ayers, Francis Littlefield, Thomas Roberts and Rebecca Hilton, Hatevil Nutter, Nathan Lord and Martha Everett, Thomas Leighton, Thomas Curtis, John Norman, George Ropes, Nicholas Hodsdon and Esther Wines, Thomas Smith.

The Puritan Great Migration (1630-1640)

Margaret Milliken had a large number of PGM ancestors.

Some are among the Puritan villains in the story of the Quaker women who were driven out of Dover, New Hampshire.

• How The Women Went from Dover

Descendant of Nicholas Wilmot, Richard Tozer, Henry Milbury, Edward Milliken Esq. arrived later than the PGM period..

Later arrivals — These English ancestors arrived in New England after 1640.

Peggy (Milliken) Urquhart has Scottish Ancestors.

Descendant of William Gowen, Nicholas Gowen, Margaret Gowen, Abraham Lord, Phebe Lord, Margaret Milliken.

William Alexander Gowen, is believed to have been a Scottish soldier captured by troops of Cromwell in the Battle of Dunbar, 3 Sept 1650. He was listed on a manifest of prisoners arriving on the Unity. He was sent to the Great Works sawmill in Berwick, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
   citing Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
   FamilySearch Record: Q283-1CGB (accessed 7 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9N7-XLHT Image number 00116
   Peggy Millikan marriage to William Urquhart in Dec 1798 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
   citing FHL microfilm: 1033850; Record number: 16;
   FamilySearch Record: F46X-XJK (accessed 7 May 2023)
   Peggy Millikan marriage to William Urquhart on 12 Dec 1798 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States.
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia"
   Year 1851, Census Place Northumberland, New Brunswick, Schedule I, Roll C-995, Page 31, Line 43
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1061 #544410 (accessed 14 May 2023)
   Margaret Urquhart, wife, in household of William Urquhart (74) in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.

   William Urquhart 74 Head M

   Margaret Urquhart 74 Wife F

   Mary Ann Urquhart 40 Daughter F

   Peaberty Stymsert 35 H son in law M

   Phoebe Stymsert 33 Wife F

   Margaret Stymsert 11 Daughter F

   Maria Stymsert 9 Daughter F

   James Stymsert 7 Son M

   Mary Jane Stymsert 4 Daughter F

   William Stymsert 2 Son M

4. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Census of Canada"
   Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Census Returns For 1861, Roll C-1003-1004, Page number 7
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1570 #774510909 (accessed 14 May 2023)
   Margaret Urquhart (83) mother-in-law in household of James Skymist (48) in Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick.

   James Skymist 48 M 1813

   Margaret Skymist 46 Wife F 1815

   Louisa Skymist 24 Daughter F 1837

   Mary Skymist 16 Daughter F 1845

   Margaret Skymist 14 Daughter F 1847

   Lucinda Skymist 5 Daughter F 1856

   Unice Skymist 2 Daughter F 1859

   Adam Skymist 20 Son M 1841

   Lewis Skymist 18 Son M 1843

   James Skymist 12 Son M 1849

   William Skymist 7 Son M 1854

   William Urquart 84 Father-in-law M 1777

   Margaret Urquhart 83 Mother-in-law F 1778

   Maryanna Urquhart 48 Sister-in-law F 1813

5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #137887035 (accessed 7 May 2023)
   Memorial page for Margaret Milliken Urquhart (22 Sep 1777-21 Dec 1866), citing Stymiest Cemetery, Stymiest Road, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by brknhrt (contributor 46623829).

• Maloneys.ca

• Provincial Archives of New Brunswick; New Brunswick, Canada

• Armstrong, Sally. "The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor", 2007, Vintage Canada, Edition. p.371.

• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

Name Margaret Urquhart

Gender Female

Birth Date 22 Sep 1777

Birth Place Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, United States of America

Death Date 21 Dec 1866

Death Place Tabusintac, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Cemetery Stymiest Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place Stymiest Road, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Has Bio? Y

Spouse William Urquhart

Children Margaret Ann Stymiest; Louisa Hierlihy

DNA Confirmation

Margaret (Milliken) Urquhart (1777-1866) is a daughter of Lemuel Milliken and Phebe Lord.

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed based on a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 15.5 cM segment on chromosome 5, consisting of Murray Maloney and VMMM, his 5th cousin, and SKjr, his 3rd cousin 1x removed. (VMMM and SKjr are 4th cousins 1x removed.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are Lemuel Milliken and Phebe Lord, the 4x great grandparents of both Murray Maloney and VMMM and 3x great grandparents of SKjr.