Andrew Mersereau (abt. 1764 - abt. 1852)

Born about 1764 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bartlett) Mersereau — married 23 Sep 1788 in Maugerville, Sunbury County, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died about 1852 at about age 88 in Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick

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Biography

Andrew was born in 1764 in Staten Island, New York, one of the five sons of John Mersereau and Gertrude Charity Van Horn. His father was a Loyalist who evacuated from New York to New Brunswick in 1783. Andrew accompanied his father into New Brunswick's interior, away from the crowds of refugees at St. John. They settled at Maugerville, (pronounced Majorville), a small community southeast of Fredericton, along the St. John River. The family of Richard Bartlett had moved to nearby Burton around 1779 and daughter Elizabeth Bartlett married Andrew Mersereau in September 1788 in Maugerville. The couple had 13 or 14 children (Find A Grave suggests a younger male child than Jacob and this child does not appear in Mersereau Genealogy). They both died after George Mersereau was born in 1811 but Find A Grave claims Andrew died in 1852. There's no stone; perhaps there were Cemetery records. He was buried at Christ Church Anglican Cemetery in Maugerville.

Sources

• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Maugerville, Andrew Mersereau, b. 1764 Staten Island, d. 1852 Sunbury Co, age 87-88
• Sunbury County, New Brunswick Marriage Records, Volume 1, 1766-1888, transcribed by Elizabeth S. Sewell, 1987, MERSEREAU Andrew 23 Sep 1788 BARTLETT Elizabeth
• The Mengel Family, Rootsweb, also found on Ancestry under George Mersereau
• Mersereau Family Genealogy, p. 128, children of Andrew Mersereau b. 1764 Staten Island, New York, death New Brunswick, 13 children: Jacob, Robert, Jane, Elizabeth, Guyon, Richard, James, Gertrude, Mary, John, Edward, Andrew, George. James and George never married. Mary died young. The rest survived and had spouses.
• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, Andrew Mersereau living 1783 in New Brunswick
• Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Bartlett family (note: Often a good source for individual Bartletts the record fails on Elizabeth. No dates and Andrew's name is spelled incorrectly but it does say they married)
• Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, Will proved 8 Aug 1814 for John Mersereau mentions his son Andrew Mersereau and names him as one of the executors (see profile of John Mersereau Jr. for transcript).