Delancy Gesner Trefry 1st (1830 - 1903)

Born 24 Jan 1830 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael Mary (Westcott) Trefry — married 6 Jul 1852 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1903 at age 73 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Captain Delancey Trefry -- to quote his wife's obituary -- "was a sea captain on numerous vessels plying New York Ports to Africa, South America and the China Seas" but he also captained barques, brigs, and brigantines bound for numerous ports in Canada and Europe as well. His wife accompanied him on many of his voyages -- two of their children were even born at sea.

When the Age of Sail waned, he and his wife moved from Nova Scotia to Boston for a time, where, as a master mariner, he first continued to work as a sea captain and then briefly established a fruit and confectionery operation. They later moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, and, in their last years, into the home of their daughter, Maria, and her husband, J.P. Crosby, where both Delancey and his wife died.

In addition to Delancey Westcott (who was their fifth child, fourth surviving) and Rachel Westcott (who was their eleventh child, ninth surviving) Rachel Mary and Delancey Gesner Trefry had 10 other children, all but one of these remaining (Ocey) were born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

• Fact: Residence (1861) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Fact: Immigration (1866) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1871) Central Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Fact: Residence Central Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Fact: Burial Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Sources

• "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL53-KVM : 10 February 2018), Delancy J. Trefrey and Rachel Westcoat, 1853; citing , Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 1,298,878.
• "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F245-9DH : 11 February 2018), Delancy J. Trefrey in entry for Willard Whitman Trefry, 10 Jan 1874; citing Arcadia, Nova Scotia, 10 Jan 1874, reference Im 44 p224 #242; FHL microfilm 1,298,878.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #106475650
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 May 2017, 15:18), entry for Captain Delaney Gesner Trefry(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWH1-65D); contributed by various users.

1871 Canadian Census : Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Delancy G Trefry 41 Nova Scotia, Sea Captain

Rachel M Trefry 40 Nova Scotia

Caleb C Trefry 17 Nova Scotia, Sailor

Mary Trefry 11 Nova Scotia

Maria Trefry 13 Nova Scotia

Delancy Trefry 10 Nova Scotia

Harry Trefry 8 Nova Scotia

Rupert Trefry 4 Nova Scotia

Oceanus Trefry 1 Nova Scotia

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