Ann (Adey) Belbin (abt. 1841 - 1929)

Born about 1841 in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland Colony

Wife of David Read — married 8 Dec 1861 in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland

Wife of Thomas Leawood — married 9 Nov 1864 in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland

Wife of Aaron Belbin — married 13 May 1875 in Seal Cove, Trinity South, Newfoundland

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1929 at about age 88 in New Chelsea, Trinity Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland

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Biography

A number of family trees have Ann Adey as the Anna Adey, b. 1847 daughter of Martin Adey and Mary Trimm. It is somewhat difficult to resolve different accounts of her birthdate and parents, however, and she may have been the daughter of an Isaac Adey (see research notes). It does seem to be the case that a single woman, Ann Adey, born ca 1841 in Hant's Harbour was married in turn to David Reid, then Thomas Leawood, then Aaron Belbin.

Marriage 1

Name David Reid
Event Date 08 Dec 1861
Event Place Hants Harbour, Trinity South, Newfoundland
Spouse's Name Ann Adey^[1]

Methodist. Both of Hants Harbour. w. John Pelley, Edward Adey.

Marriage 2

Name Thomas Leawood
Event Date 09 Nov 1864
Event Place Hants Harbour, Trinity South, Newfoundland
Spouse's Name Anne Read^[2]

Methodist. Bachelor and spinster. Both of Hants Harbour. w. William J Mews, Robert Pittman.

Marriage 3

Name Aaron Belbin
Event Date 13 May 1875
Event Place Seal Cove, Trinity South, Newfoundland
Spouse's Name Ann Leawood^[3]

Residence of each given as Seal Cove. w. William Single. No ages or previous marital status listed.

Burial

The Belbins & Matthews site has a picture of her tombstone, which reads "In fond and loving memory of our dear mother Ann Belbin who died Jan. 23 1929 aged 86 years."^[4] This would put her birthdate at 1843.

Notes

According to one online tree Ann Adey, daughter of Martin and Mary, born 1845 married three times---to David Reid, Thomas Leawood, and Aaron Belbin. I am extremely sceptical of this for a few reasons:

• This Anna would have been extremely young for a first marriage (14 years old).
• This Anna has a younger sister Ann. It was typical to name a younger sibling after an older, but only when the older sibling had died.
• The dates on the tombstone of Ann don't line up with this Anna's birth date.
• She is never referred to as Anna in any record but her birth record. Admittedly, this is weak evidence, since name variants were typical throughout a person's life, but while a person might alternately spell her name Anne or Ann, switching between Anna and Ann is less common.

A slightly different (more plausible?) tree claims Ann Adey was born 1842, the daughter of an Isaac.^[5] This would probably be Isaac, married to Elizabeth, who had a number of children in Hant's Harbor, between 1818 and 1838 (but none recorded named Ann). The identification of Isaac as her father seems pretty well supported, even without a birth record, given the name of her son Isaac Eddy Belbin (b 1876).

The tree goes on to claim: "Prior to her marriage to Aaron, Anne had been previously widowed twice. Her first born, David Jr. died shortly after his birth and his father David Sr. died the second year. Ann then married T. Leawood, who had three children from his previous marriage. Upon his death and her subsequent marriage to Aaron, Ann brought along his son Thomas Jr. Ann took on a lot when she married Aaron, she took on the children of his first wife Elizabeth Buckler, who passed away in the same year. Aaron had seven children with his first wife, who died shortly after Jessie, the youngest, was born She and Aaron also went on to raise a large family of their own. Children of Ann and Aaron: Issac b-1876 d-1972; Lemuel b-Sept.1882 d-1955; Bennett b-1884-d-1905; Drucilla b-March 21, 1878 Anne was the widow of Mr. Leawood of Hant's Harbour, when she married Aaron. Ann turned blind as she aged. Ann is buried in the United Church cemetery in New Chelsea (Seal Cove)a marker marks her grave. Sources: June Belbin, New Chelsea, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland; Lloyd Belben, New Chelsea, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland; According to Belbinmania, Ann is listed by her married name of Leawood before her marriage to Aaron Belben."

This tree lists her children by Leawood as:

• Jacob Leawood, son of Thomas & Ann
• George Leawood, son of Thomas & Ann 1865 - 1944
• Thomas Leawood, Jr. 1870 - 1949

and by Belbin as:

• Belbin, Isaac Adey 1876 - 1972
• Belbin, Drucillia Emily 1879 - 1963
• Belbin, Bennett Bemueth 1884 - 1905
• Belbin, Lemuel Henry (1881-19) 1881 - ????

For further research, some biographical notes have been taken from an online history of the Ellis family^[6]. The several hypothesized marriages of Anna are recorded on her profile at FindAGrave^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-PNZJ : 8 May 2015), David Reid and Ann Adey, 08 Dec 1861; citing Marriage, Hants Harbour, Trinity South, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
2. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-PNDN : 8 May 2015), Thomas Leawood and Anne Read, 09 Nov 1864; citing Marriage, Hants Harbour, Trinity South, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
3. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-PFFV : 8 May 2015), Aaron Belbin and Ann Leawood, 13 May 1875; citing Marriage, Seal Cove, Trinity South, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
4. ↑ The Belbins & Matthews, tombstone of Brenda Belbin. Photo dated 2010, the United Church Cemetery, New Chelsea, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Accessed 2021.
5. ↑ The Belbins & Matthews, Brenda Belbin, 2016. Accessed 2021.
6. ↑ The Family History of Herb and Ethel Ellis, Brian Whiffen, 1999. Accessed 2016.
7. ↑ FindAGrave profile for Anna Adey Belbin. Beverly Reber, Jun 09, 2015. Accessed 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147656336