Susanna Harriet (Wiggins) Wilmot (1786 - 1860)

Ancestors

Wife of John McNeil Wilmot — married 9 Jan 1805 in Saint John, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1860 at age 73 in Kings County, New Brunswick

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Biography

Susanna Harriet (Wiggins) Wilmot was born on 2 Feb 1786.

Susanna married John McNeil Wilmot (1775 - 1847) on 9 Jan 1805 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Their son was Robert Duncan Wilmot Sr. (1809 - 1891).

Susanna died on 18 Jan 1860 in Kings County, New Brunswick aged 73. She is buried in Lower Lincoln Cemetery, Lower Lincoln, New Brunswick.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 18 Number 1945

Date January 24 1860 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Morning Freeman

Susan H. WILMOT relict of John M. WILMOT, Esq. of Belmont was struck with paralysis Wednesday 18th inst. This venerable lady, who resides with her son in Kings County, age 77.

from NBGS records WILMOT: Lemuel Wilmot born 8 Jan 1743/44 at Woodbridge, CT, d. 26 Jul 1814, s/o Ezekiel and Beulah Wilmot, m. c1769 Elizabeth Street b. 1742 at Wilton, CT, d. 1 Jan 1824 at Fredericton, York County, d/o Samuel Street and Elizabeth Raymond: came from Poughkeepsie, NY to NB 1783 as Loyalists: settled at Lincoln in Sunbury County:

Children born at Poughkeepsie, NY:

1) Malcolm Wilmot born 21 Sep 1771, d. 7 Dec 1859, m. c1796 at Saint John, Elizabeth Mary Bentley b. 4 Jul 1778 at Bury, Lancaster, England, died 1 Apr 1855, d/o John Bentley and Elizabeth Pilkington of Saint John: they settled at Boundary Creek (Moncton) Westmorland County and had nine children:

2) Samuel Street Wilmot born 29 Mar 1773 at Little Nine Partners, NY, died Oct 1856, married on 26 Mar 1801 at Toronto, ON, Mary Stegeman d/o John Stegeman, a Prussian officer in the British Service: settled in Durham, ON and had five children:

3) John McNeil Wilmot b. 3 May 1775 or 7 Sep 1775, d. 7 Sep 1847, married 9 Jan 1805 at Saint John, Susan Harriet Wiggins born 2 Feb 1786, died 3 Jun 1860 at Saint John, d/o Samuel Wiggins of Saint John: first settled in Saint John, then at Lincoln, NB: they had six children:

4) Allan Cameron Wilmot born 18 Sep 1778, died unmarried 1 Jan 1824:

5) William M. Wilmot born 18 Aug 1780, died 9 Sep 1857 at Fredericton, m. (1st) 1 Jan 1805 Hannah Bliss born 12 May 1780, d. 23 Nov 1810, d/o Daniel Bliss and Isabella Murray of Lincoln, NB: had one son and two daughters: m. (2nd) Susan Peters b. 1782, d. 19 Oct 1838, d/o Thomas H. Peters and Susan Palmer of Queens County: had two sons: settled in Fredericton.

Sources: MC1156 Graves Papers: Wilmot family notes, John McNeil Wilmot, and William Wilmot, 3 pages: see also MC80/407 The Canadian biographical dictionary, pg. 613: see MC80/1238 L. Gerard Johnson's Johnson genealogy, sheets #39-41: see also MC80/1537 Beverly Hull's Wilmot family, pages 223 ff, plus sheets 0282, 0510, 0536 and 0578: see also MC80/1790 Ken Kanner's Early families revisited, page 326: see also MC80/2348 Cleadie B. Barnett et. al. Loyalist families, pg. 57: see also MC300 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection, MS3/317, 4 pages, and MS15/9 pages 114-115: see also MC2852 Purdy-Carter genealogical collection, MS1A: on microfilm reel F20981: see sheets under son's names.

Sources

• W. A. Spray, “WILMOT, ROBERT DUNCAN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
• Wikipedia:Robert Duncan Wilmot
• Find A Grave: Memorial #198828707, Lower Lincoln Cemetery, Lower Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada