William Balmain Sr. (1737 - 1809)

Born 1737 in Glasgow, Scotland

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Died 5 Nov 1809 at about age 72 in Grand Lake, Queens, New Brunswick

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William Balmain was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

Arrived in St. John in 1783 aboard the ship Otter. Settled on one of four lots that had previously been granted to a British naval officer who had willed it to his son, also a naval officer. Both were named Captain William Pawlett. However, the property was escheated and given to a group of 4 Loyalists including William after their newspaper advertisements seeking the original owner, that ran for 3 weeks in local newspapers, received no reply. Sadly for Captain Pawlett, he did arrive on the scene shortly after that to plead his case but was too late.

Settled: Scotchtown (Grand Lake), now in Canning Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick (Then part of Waterborough Parish, Kings County)

Additional daughters: Catherine, Mary, Margaret and Magdalene. Unable to find more information on their lives. All mentioned in probate record.

Name

Name: William /Balmain/^[1]

Sources

• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=b&line=62

• Probate Record
• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7362&section=NameIndex

• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=989abbee-6e2e-4dc1-94a6-6ef9dd9a71d1&r=1&ni=20798

• Source: S00031 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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1. ↑ Source: #S00031 Page: Ancestry Family Trees

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michelle Angus for creating WikiTree profile Balmain-47 through the import of Minnie Bulah Balmain Family Tree_2013-08-18.ged on Aug 18, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.