Joshua Aaron Calkins (1755 - 1835)

Born 1755 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Fanny M (Cooper) Calkins — married 1815 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 1835 at about age 80 in Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States

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Biography

Joshua was born in 1755. He passed away in 1835.

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https://archive.org/details/historykingscou00eatogoog/page/n618 Citation Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of Kings County Nova Scotia (Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press Company, 1910), 595-598; ; Author: Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937Publisher: Salem, Mass., The Salem press companyPossible copyright status: The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright restrictions for this item.Language: EnglishCall number: 10097872Digitizing sponsor: The Library of CongressBook contributor: The Library of CongressCollection: library_of_congress; americanahttps://archive.org/details/historyofkingsco00eato Less Notes Page 595: Ezekiel1 Calkin (John, Samuel, John, Hugh), of Lebanon, Conn., b. Nov. 11, 1728, became a grantee in Cornwallis, July 21, 1761. He m. (1) Dec. 22, 1748, in Lebanon, Anna, dau. of John and Experience (Woodward) Dewey, b. Oct. 23, 1727; (2) ______________.Children by first marriage:i Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1749, in Lebanon, m. Jan. 25, 1769, to William, son of William and Wilmot Hambley.ii Ahira, b. Nov. 8, 1752, m. (1) Dec. 24, 1772, Irenah, dau. of John and Phebe Porter, (2) Anna (Hamilton), widow of Nathan DeWolf, Jr., of Horton. Childrenby first wife: John, b. Dec. 21, 1773, m. June 9, probably 1796, Eebecca Beckwith ; James, b. Aug. 7, 1775 ; Anna, b. Nov. 1, 1777 ; Elias, b. Oct. 28, 1779, m, Nov. 9, 1814, Mercy Burgess ; Edmund, b. Nov, 16, 1781, m. Dec. 20, 1809, Hannah, dau. of Marchant and Hannah Hand ; Ahira, Jr., b. July 17, 1784 ; Lois, twin with Ahira, Jr.Pg 596:iii Ann, b. Sept. 2, 1757, in Lebanon, m. in Cornwallis, May 15, 1777, Abel, son of John and Abigail English.Children by second marriage:iv John.v Joshua, moved to Gagetown, N. B.vi Elizabeth.vii Louis. Either he or his nephew, Louis, m. a Miss Doyle, of Eastport, Me. Elias3 Calkiii (Ahira2, Ezekiel1,) b. in Cornwallis, Oct. 28, 1779, m. Nov. 9, 1814, Mercy, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Hovey) Burgess, b. May 24, 1789. Children:i Eliza Caroline, b. Nov. 23, 1815.ii Gurdon Ahira, b. Oct. 31, 1817.iii Benjamin How, b. Nov. 1, 1819, a successful merchant in Kentville, m. (1) Julia Lavinia, dau. of James and Lavinia (Denison) Denison, b. June 24, 1817, (2) Mary dau. of Thomas Pennington, of Whitehaven, England, who bore him children: Thomas Pennington, a merchant in Kentville, m. in P. E, I., Agnes Doherty, and has 3 children ; Julia Lavinia, m. to H. Percy Blanchard, and has 5 children; Barry Howes, M. D., m. to Ellen M. Mackenzie, and practises medicine at Jamaica Plain, Mass; Nellie Brockbank, m. to Wylie Rockwell, and has 1 child; Mary Catharine, m. to William P. Shaffner, Barrister, and has 1 child; Hugh Earl, m, Agnes Alloway, and has 1 child; Emily Marcia, m. to Colin Campbell, D. D. S., and has 2 children.iv Edmund, b. Jan. 11, 1823, m. Maria Palmeter, and had sons : Arthur Elroy, a prominent merchant in Kentville; Benjamin Hovey; and Charles.v Mary Jane, b. May 7, 1825, d. unm,vi Abigail, b. July 17, 1827.vii John Burgess, LL.D., b. Nov. 16, 1829, m. in Oct. 1854, Martha, dau. of Rev. William and Sarah Barry (Dickie) Sommerville, and has children: Sarah; Lillie; William Somerville; Carrie.viii Elias, b. July 8, 1832. John Burgess Calkin, M. A., LL. D., is one of the foremost educators and authors Canada has produced. He began to teach in Cornwallis, in 1848, and in 1857 was appointed headmaster of the Page 597:Model School at Truro. In 1864 he was appointed the first Inspector of Schools for King\'s County, but in the autumn of the next year he returned to Truro as Professor of English and Classics in the Provincial Normal School, This position he held until 1869, when he succeeded the Rev. Alexander Forrester, D. D., as Principal of the Normal School. The last position he filled ably until the summer of 1900, when he retired. From Acadia University Dr. Calkin early received the degree of M. A., in 1909, he was honored by Dalhousie University with the degree of LL.D. Dr. Calkin\'s authorship covers the following eudcational works: \"General Geography of the World,\" 1869, revised several times and still in use in Nova Scotia; \"Introductory Geography;\" \"History of the Dominion of Canada;\" \"Brief History of Great Britain;\" \"Historical Geography of Bible Lands;\" \"Notes on Education;\" \"A Discussion of Method, SchoolOrganization and School Management.\" In Horton also were Jeremiah Calkin, formerly of Lebanon, Conn., and his wife Mary. They had children : James, b. Jan. 27, 1757, m. Oct. 20, 1777, Elizabeth Wickwire ; John, b. June 28, 1759 ; Nathaniel, b. July 14, 1763, in Horton, m. Jan. 3, 1788, Sabra, dau. of James Harris, b. March 21, 1765 ; Elijah, b. Feb. 3, 1766 ; Elisha, b. March 17, 1768 ; Keturah, b. Jan. 17, 1771 ; Jeremiah, Jr., b. July 11, 1775 ; Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1780, probably m. March 3, 1808, to Nathaniel Harris; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1784. Dr. Brechin\'s manuscript says that Nathaniel Calkin, son of Jeremiah,was b. in Horton, July 14, 1763, m. Jan. 3, 1788, Sabra, dau. of James (Jonathan) Harris, b. March 21, 1765, and d. July 10, 1825. His wife d. July 5, 1825. They had children: Elisha, b. Dec. 14, 1788, removed to Liverpool, N. S. ; after his death his widow becoming the wife (prob. 2d wife) of Rev. \"William Black (Elisha Calkin\'s son, Thomas P. Calkin, was postmaster in Liverpool); Lavinia, b. Dec. 22, 1789, m. to ___________ McLatchy ; Ann, b. April 18, 1793 ; Olive, b. Sept. 26, 1796, m. ___________ to Magee, and d. Jan. or July 18, 1872; Sophia, b. Nov. 1, 1797, m. to McLatchy; Nathaniel Harris, b. Jan. 6, 1799, d. Oct. 5, 1885; Eunice, m. to ________ Woodworth; Charlotte.Page 598:A prominent representative of the Calkin family in the comity is George E. Calkin, Esq., of Kentville, for many years postmaster of the town, and long engaged in business there.

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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/bad0869.0001.001/937?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image Citation University of Michigan Library (https://www.lib.umich.edu/) Portrait and biographical album of Calhoun county, Michigan (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1891), Calhoun County - Michigan: 932 - 935. Notes "Among the retired men now living in Albion is numbered Albert B. Calkins, who was born near Utica, N. Y., March 25, 1830. His parents were Joshua and Fanny (Cooper) Calkins, both natives of Connecticut. Their family comprised eight children, the subject of this notice being the seventh in order of birth. Cornelius now living in Lushton, Neb.; Maria married Chester Kellogg and both she and her husband died in the Empire State; Mary A. married William Oyer and after his demise Thomas Wellington, and later died at Springport, Mich.; David died at Lushton, Neb.; Lois is the wife of John W. Clark, of Maynard, Iowa; Samuel died when six years old; Wallace is living in Springfield, Ill. The father, who was a blacksmith, died in 1835 in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y. The mother breathed her last in Springport, Jackson County, Mich., in June 1866.