Timothy Wetmore (abt. 1729 - 1820)

Born about 1729 in Rye, Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Haviland) Wetmore — married 21 Oct 1756 in Rye, Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1820 at about age 91 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

Timothy Wetmore was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Apr 1909

Timothy Wetmore was born at Rye, New York, 1729, ^{[1] [2]} the son of The Rev. James Wetmore and Anna Dwight; died at New York City, 22 Mar 1820, and buried there in St. Paul's Cemetery; ^[3] married (1) at Christ Church, Rye, by his brother-in-law, The Rev. Joseph Lamson, 21 Oct 1756, Jane Haviland of Rye, had James, Jane, Anna, Timothy, Fletcher, Thomas, Luther, Theodore, Robert Greffieth; married (2), after Jane's death in New York City, 5 Aug 1777, ^[4] Rachel (_____), widow of Benjamin Ogden of New York; no issue. ^[5] After his death, she removed to New Brunswick, where she died ("late of Saint John") at the village of Magaguadavic in Saint George Parish, 2 Jul 1829, ae 94y. ^[6]

Timothy emigrated with his brother James, from New York to the mouth of the St. John River with the Loyalists in the spring of 1783. ^[7] He was one of the first graduates of King’s College (now Columbia University), New York. At the opening of the Supreme Court in Saint John in 1788, he was admitted to the bar. Five years later, he and his son, Thomas Wetmore, formed a legal partnership. On first coming to the province, he settled in Carleton on lot No. 2367, ^[8] but a few years later removed to Gagetown, ^[9] where he held a number of county offices. In 1800, he returned to New York, where he died in 1820 in his 85th year. ^[10]

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Research Notes

The first land grant referenced is to Timothy Wetmore in Carleton Township in 1785. The second land grant referenced (Gagetown) may be to son Timothy "Fletcher" Wetmore in 1792? There may have been some confusion between Timothy Wetmore (1729-1820) and son Timothy Fletcher Wetmore (1764-1799)? This profile has been changed to "Timothy Wetmore" for the time being. This creates some question about the information in latter part of the second paragraph of this biography.

It should also be noted that there was a Kings College in New Brunswick at the time.

Sources

1. ↑ Andrew Sherwood Beyea, The History of French Village (manuscript at the Archives and Research Library of the New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1924; transcribed by David Horgan, 2001, 105 pages, with index. PDF in the library of David James), p. 67
2. ↑ "Modified Register for Thomas WHITMORE," Ann Marie Flewelling, Timothy Wetmore, b. about 1729, 84 +283 iii, Geneology.com (accessed 27 August 2021)
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6MZ-QMP : 10 February 2018), Timothy Wetmore, 22 Mar 1820; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 447,544.
4. ↑ Wetmore, op. cit., p. 213
5. ↑ James Carnahan Wetmore, The Wetmore Family of America, and Its Collateral Branches: With Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Notices (Munsell & Rowland, Albany, New York, 1861, 670 pages), pp. 208-213
6. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics', citing the [Saint John] New Brunswick Courier, issue of 11 Jul 1829: "d. Magaguadavic (Charlotte Co.) 2nd, Rachel WETMORE relict of Timothy WETMORE, age 94, late of (St. John) city."
7. ↑ See Timothy Wetmore's United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada profile, where additional useful source information may be found.
8. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686) Timothy Wetmore
9. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686) Timothy Fletcher Wetmore
10. ↑ Beyea, loc. cit.

See also:

• Lorenzo Sabine, The American Loyalists, or Biographical Sketches of Adherents to the British Crown, Alphabetically Arranged (Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, 1847, 733 pages), pp. 683-685
• Benjamin W. Dwight, The History of the Descendants John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. (John F. Trow &, Son, New York, New York, 1874, 534 pages), p. 499

Acknowledgments

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