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Sylvanus Teed (abt. 1750 - bef. 1842)

Sylvanus Teed aka Tidd
Born about in Flushing, Long Island, New Yorkmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 9 Jul 1792 in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadamap
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Died before before about age 92 in Carleton, New Brunswickmap [uncertain]
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Biography

1776 Project
Sylvanus Teed served with King's American Regiment during the American Revolution.

Sylvanus and other Teeds/Tidds on list of settlers: [1]

See also the First Families of New Brunswick.

From Dot: He was a Drummer 25 April 1782 - 24 June 1782 in dePeyster's company of Kings American Reg. in Savannah, Georgia. And again with John Livingston's co KAR Jan 26, 1783, Flushing, NY still a drummer and Philip Teed was a corporal in same unit.

On 15 November 1779, Drummer Sylvanus Teed was recorded on the Muster Roll of Captain Thomas Cornwell's Company of Light Infantry of the King's American Regiment in Lloyd's Neck, New York. [2]

Drummer Sylvanus Teed was exchanged with Drummer Jesse Bostick and was recorded on the Muster Roll of Captian Abraham de Peyster's Company of the King's American Regiment in Georgetown, South Carolina on 24 February 1781. [3]

Sylvanus, as well as Elias and Solomon and the King's American Regiment, arrived in the province of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick) onboard the William on 27 September 1783. [4]

On 22 August 1787. land was granted in Woodstock Parish to: [5]

  • Daniel Teed 239 acres
  • Elias Teed 218 acres
  • Silvanus Teed 225 acres
  • Solomon Teed 221 acres

Sources

  1. ↑ Post War Settlement Settlers on Block No. 4 The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies.
  2. ↑ Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III, King's American Regiment, page 99 https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/48293/images/SouthLoyalistsIII-002154-99?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=280992
  3. ↑ Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III, King's American Regiment, page 105 https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/48293/images/SouthLoyalistsIII-002160-105?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=280998
  4. ↑ Loyalists Ships on Evacuation of New York, Fall Fleet, King's American Regiment, ship William, https://uelac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Fleets-Loyalists-evacuated-NY-NB.pdf Page 3 of 5
  5. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=39187
  • PANB, Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows

https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/OldSoldiers/ViewImages.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=114 Pension was paid to widow Mary Teed in 1842-1851


Sylvanus is not mentioned here but did serve with this regiment in North Carolina: http://www.southerncampaign.org/2013/12/07/diary-of-henry-nase/





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Dot (Moss) Smith
Did you know that Teed's are from Massachusetts and Tidds are from New York. Supposedly there is no connection
posted by Dot (Moss) Smith

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