Susannah (Huntley) Brun dit O’Brien (abt. 1792 - aft. 1861)

Born about 1792 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Pritchard — married 1809 (to 1812) in Nova Scotia

Wife of Placide (Brun) Brun dit O'Brien — married 1813 in Menoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 15 Aug 1861 after about age 69 in Kent, New Brunswick

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Biography

Susannah “Susan” Huntley was born about 1792^[1][2] at Horton, Kings Co., Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Daniel Huntley and Betty Wickwire of Horton.^[3] Susan and her husband Placide O Brian died sometime after the 1861 New Brunswick census.^[2]

Marriage to Thomas Pritchard

Susannah married about 1809, Thomas Pritchard of Pictou, Nova Scotia.^[4] A “Peter Huntley with a wife and 4 children and Thomas Prichard, a wife no child, 300 and 100 acres, N. Scotia all their lives, District of Pictou,” are named on an “Application For Land in the Vicinity of Pictou and For Whom Grants Are Wanting, 7th June, 1809.”^[5] Susannah had a brother, Peter Huntley, who married in 1805 and had children by 1809.

Susannah Pritchard and Thomas Pritchard had a daughter, Elizabeth Pritchard, baptized at Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia in Oct 1812.^[6][7] Elizabeth married before 1835, William Daniel “Billy” Huntley, her first cousin, son of Peter Huntley and Rispah Merriam.

Had Thomas Pritchard died shortly after the birth of his daughter in 1812? Is this the same Susannah Huntley who married about 1813, Placide Brun? They named their first son Thomas.

Marriage to Placide Brun dit O’Brien

Susannah married about 1813 at Menoudie, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Placide Brun.^[8] Placide Brun (dit O’Brien^[9]) was born in 1788 at Menoudie,^[10] a son of Jean Brun and Angelique Doiron.^[8][11]

The Placide Brun House, one of the oldest houses from Cap-Pelé’s pioneer era, was built around 1820 by Placide Brun, husband of Suzanne Huntley, the owner of the land grant at the time. Her name is associated with this plot on an 1821 survey map. Around 1818, three families from Menoudie, Nova Scotia, Jean Brun and his son Placide, and his brother-in-law, Pierre Comeau, founded a hamlet east of the village of Bas-Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, subsequently known as “Les Borgittes.” During the 1850s, Placide Brun’s family settled in Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick.^[12]

In the summer of 1853, Placide sold his goods and moved with his family to Rexton, more precisely between Peters Mills and Bedeque (Richibouctou Village, Kent, New Brunswick). His son Thomas lived there for a couple of years. They were the first Brun's to live in Kent County. Placide and his wife Suzanne are mentioned in both the 1851 census for Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick,^[1] and 1861 census for Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick, ^[2] but are absent from the 1871 census. His children carry the surnames Brien, O'Brien and O'Brian.

Children of Placide Brun and Susannah Huntley

1. Angélique, b. abt 1813; m. 20 Aug 1834, at Cap Pelé, Botsford, Joseph Fournier^[13]
2. Anne, b. abt 1818; d. 19 Jul 1901 at Richibucto-Village, Kent, New Brunswick;^[14] m. Raphael Doiron dit Gould in 1842
3. Charlotte, b. 29 Jun 1819 at Cap Pelé, Botsford, New Brunswick; d. 13 Jan 1912 at Richibucto-Village, Kent, New Brunswick;^[15] m. 7 Jan 1840, Maximin “Marc” Arsenault
4. Thomas abt 1822-1901; m. 7 Jan 1840, Françoise “Fanny” Gautreau; Françoise, n Cap-Pelé 29 juin 1820; m Barachois 20 mai 1844 Thomas BRUN dit O'BRIEN (Placide & Susanna Huntley)^[16]
5. Susanne, bapt. 2 Apr 1826 at Shemogue, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick (Placide Brun & Susanne Himtly);^[17] m. 28 Feb 1843, Marcel Doiron dit Gould
6. Frederic, b. abt 1828;^[1][2] m. Madeleine, m. Johanna, poss. m. Judith
7. Placide, b. abt 1830^[1][2] at Saint-Louis, Kent Co., New Brunswick; d. 17 Dec 1899 at Boutouche, Kent Co., New Brunswick^[18]
8. Antoine, b. 1835 at Kent Co., New Brunswick;^[1][2][19] d. 16 Apr 1910 at Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick^[20] m. Rosa

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Canada Census, 1851", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRS-WC6 : 1 October 2021), Susanna Brian, 1851.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "Canada, New Brunswick Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMP-VC7 : 23 February 2021), Susan O Brian, Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 37, p. 66; Library and Archives Canada number C-1002-1003, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 477,552.
3. ↑ Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 1. pp 117-8. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.
4. ↑ Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Registers : Volume I Adams - Gates. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts. Clearfield Company, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, 1998, 2006. pg. 258
5. ↑ Pictou County, Nova Scotia GenWeb : From "The Pictou Book" by George MacLaren, 1954 Peter Huntley : accessed 8 Jan 2023
6. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4BZ4-9VT2 : 27 May 2021), Thomas Pritchard in entry for Elizabeth Pritchard, 1812.
7. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z9S-86G9 : 27 May 2021), Thomas Pritchard in entry for Elizabeth Pritchard, 1812.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Our Maritime Ties Placide Brun 1788 : citing Periodical: La Societe Hist. Acad., Mar 1967, Vol II, No.4,(J03), p.133 & 134 : accessed 8 Jan 2023
9. ↑ Université de Moncton : CENTRE D'ÉTUDES ACADIENNES ANSELME-CHIASSON Placide Brun and Susanna Huntley, Cap-Péle
10. ↑ The History of Minoudie Placide Brun born 16 December 1788
11. ↑ New Brunswick Genealogical Society First Families: Brun, Jean : citing MC80/1855 Régis Brun’s Un histoire de la famille Brun 1648-1994, pages 27,…
12. ↑ Canada’s Historic Places Placide Brun House, 11133 Bas-Cap-Pelé Road, Cap-Pele, New Brunswick
13. ↑ Kent County GenWeb Project : Roman Catholic Births/Marriages/Burials, PANB Microfilm # 1729, transcribed by  Diana Henderson Purdue Brun, Angelique, father Placide, Cap Pelé, Botsford, 1834 marriage, pg 113
14. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Anne
15. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to County Death Registers Brun, Charlotte
16. ↑ University of Moncton; WHITE, Stephen A. « La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94" », Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994); LeBlanc (PDF download): https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 Une troisième lignée des Gautreau au Nouveau-
17. ↑ "Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5YH-BWT2 : 7 February 2020), Susanne Himtly in entry for Susanne Brun, 1826.
18. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Placide
19. ↑ Kent County GenWeb Project : Roman Catholic Births/Marriages/Burials, PANB Microfilm # 1729, transcribed by  Diana Henderson Purdue Brun, Antoine, father Placide, 1835 birth, pg 122
20. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Antoine

• Susannah (Huntley) Brun dit O’Brien 's profile on Genealogie-acadienne.net
• Wickwire genealogy

Acknowledgements

• Researched by Sara V Mosher, January 2023