William Black (1760 - 1834)

Born 22 Sep 1760 in Huddersfield, Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gay) Black — married 17 Feb 1784 in Nova Scotia

Husband of Martha (Parker) Black — married 2 Aug 1828 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1834 at age 73 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Rev. William Black, a Wesleyan Methodist minister and the founder of the Methodist congregation in colonial Nova Scotia was born 22 Sept 1760 in Huddersfield, England, the second of five children of William Black and Elizabeth Stocks.^[1] and was baptized on 28 Oct 1760 at teh Elland, Southgate Presbyterian Chapel^[2]

William married first on 17 Feb. 1784 Mary Gay in Cumberland County, N.S., and they had five children. William married secondly 20 July 1828 Martha (Parker) Calkin, a widow, in Liverpool, N.S., and they had no issue.^[3][4][5] Three of his children by his first wife, Martin Gay, William Anderson, and Samuel, became leading Halifax merchants; a daughter, Mary, also by his first wife, married the merchant and politician John Alexander Barry. Rev. Black, or Bishop Black as he was called, died 8 Sept. 1834 in Halifax and is buried at Point de Bute Methodist Cemetery in Point de Bute, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. PLOT: under church.^[6]

Bible family page of Martin Gay Black and Fanny Smith

Research Notes

According to the Public Archives of Canada, William, his wife and 5 children left the Port of Hull to live in Nova Scotia after purchasing land.^[7] Sarah, William's sister, was born on or about 18 Sep 1767. (there is some confusion about Sarah's birth)^[8]

• Detailed biography at Dictionary of Canadian Biography.^[6]

• Detailed biography at Hayward/Logan Genealogy.^[9]

• Rev William Black III was born 22 Sep 1760 in Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. He died 8 Sep 1834 (aged 73) in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada .^[10]

• His obituary appeared in the New Brunswick Courier on 13 Sep 1834.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia; Year: 1775; Page Number: 43, Yorkshire emigration from Hull, England, March 14, 1774, to Fort Cumberland, N.S., by ship Albion, pp. 40-43; also April 1775 on ship Jenny to Fort Cumberland, pp. 43-45; from the port of Newcastle on the Providence for Halifax, April 24, 1775; MILNER, WILLIAM C. Records of Chignecto. (Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 15.) Halifax [N.S.]: n.p., 1911. 86p, William Black and Wife Elizabeth 36; Child William 14; Child John 15; Child Richard 11; Child Sarah 7; Child Thomas 9
2. ↑ The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4;; Class Number: Rg 4; Piece Number: 2641, Elland, Yorkshire, UK, Southgate Chapel Or Southend Chapel (Presbyterian), 1741-1816, Pg 10, Wiliam Black
3. ↑ Vital Statistics Division of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, compiler. “Marriage Registrations: 1763–1935.” Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=1442; Volume Number: 1700; Registration Year: 1799; Page Number: 1505; Martha Parker
4. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Vol 3, Number 1684, Date: August 2 1828, County: Saint John, New Brunswick Courier
5. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Date: Jan 28 1864, Vol 10, Number 9, pg 3; Deaths, County: Saint John, Liverpool Transcript, "On Wednesday, 20th inst., in the 85th year of her age, Martha, Widow of the late Rev. William Black, formerly of Halifax, NS
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Volume VI (1821-1835). [Volume VI (1821-1835) Black, WIlliam].
7. ↑ Public Archives of Canada, Registers - Various, English Emigration 10 Apr 1775, pg 24, William and Elizabeth Black with 5 Children left the Port of Hull to live in Nova Scotia after having purchased land.
8. ↑ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 for Sarah Black, Rg4: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths. Yorkshire, Presbyterian, Piece 2641: Elland, Southgate Chapel Or Southend, Huddersfield
9. ↑ Hayward/Logan Genealogy. On-line Biography. William Black Chapter III.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208381771/william-black: accessed 16 October 2023), memorial page for Rev William Black (24 Mar 1760–8 Sep 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208381771, citing Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931).
11. ↑ Black, Rev. William, NB Provincial Archives, Obituary New Brunswick Courier, Saint John, NB, September 13 1834, Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 5 Number 1778

Note: FindAGrave Memorial was merged and information changed to above by Libby Tough on 16 Oct 2023. Discrepancy of birth date noted.