Ancestors of G.W.Fuller Husband George W. Fuller

Notes

174. Robert Robinson

. Sex Name
F Judith ROBINSON (AFN:1G5K-8WS)

Born: Abt. 1776 Place:

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2. Sex Name
M John ROBINSON (AFN:1G5K-8X1)

Born: Abt. 1778 Place:

176. Richard Card

Richard CARD

RESIDENCES: Message from Karen Small (ksmall@nbnet.nb.ca) to DYERdiscussion group - 24 Sept 1996: NOTE: The families of Richard Card,Benjamin Wilcox, James Mosher and others came from Richmond, No.Kingstown and Newport areas of Rhode Island to lands along the Avon Riverin Hant's Co., Nova Scotia. Acadian land was offered to these New Englandcolonists. Lots of 200 acres were offered to applicants here in 1760-61.Some 80 grantees and families were transported in small vessels, mostlysloops. The descendants of these families are interwoven throughmarriage. Among the settlers were skilled boat builders who built andsailed wooden ships well into the 19th century.
He was one of the original grantees of Newport, NS. Many references.
He & Mercy Allen (1st wife) had 3 children)


1. Richard Card #4867 b. 11 Jan 1717, North Kingstown, RI, m. (1) Mercy Allen #4869, b. 4 Sep 1724, North Kingstown, RI, d. BEF 2 APR 1752, m. (2) 2 Apr 1752, Hannah Dyer #4868, b. 4 Sep 1724, North Kingstown, RI, (daughter of Edward Dyer #8926 and Freelove _____ #8927) d. 1795, Burlington, NS. Richard died BEF 18 SEP 1775, Burlington, NS. From the book Newport, Nova Scotia A Rhode Island Township by John Victor Duncanson ISBN No.0-919303-92-7 page 129

Richard Card was one of the original grantees of Newport Township, Nova Scotia in the Crown grant of 21 July 1761; it is not known when he and his family arrived at Newport, NS; he attended a Newport Tsp. meeting on 23 May 1761 when he was appointed to a committee regarding the survey of township lands; Richard was listed as head of a family of nine when Government rations of Indian Corn were distributed to the new settlers between 20 Dec. 1761 and 30 Apr. 1762; 16 bus., 3 peck and 6 quarts; Richard Card drew Newport Farm lot A 3rd. Div. No. 2 on 18 Feb. 1762; his will was dated 28 Sept. 1773 and probated at Windsor, NS in 18 Sept. 1775 (Hants County Estate Papers 8A); his son Job inherited the homestead farm, his son James received 200 acres which had been purchased from William Haliburton and the 10 acres of dykeland purchased from Isaac Deschamps; Richard's daughters Desire, Mercy and Phoebe each were to receive one cow on reaching age 18 or on their marriage day; there is a tradition that the Card family travelled to Nova Scotia in their own sailing vessel but this has not been confirmed.

Mercy: Mercy was the daughter of John and Sarah (Mansfield-Rhodes) Allen; Sarah was the widow of Capt. Rhodes, they were married at New Haven, Conn. on 1 June 1698 and the daughter of Major Moses and Mercy (Glover) Mansfield; Capt. Rhodes died before Oct. 1716 at Newport, RI; John Allen was b. at Prudence Isl. off the coast of Portsmouth, RI 26 Oct. 1670; Allen's will of 17 Apr. 1747 names Richard Card and dau. Mercy with dates of birth.

Page 129 Newport, Nova Scotia A Rhode Island Township.

Hannah: Hannah was the daughter of Edward Dyer and Freelove ----; she was the g-g-gr. child of Mary Dyer the Quaker Martyr of 1660. page 129 in Newport, Nova Scotia a Rhode Island Township


Children by Mercy Allen:

2. i John Card #4792 b. 1741.

ii Jonathan Card #4871 b. 1740, North Kingstown, RI, USA, d. Oct 1805, lost at sea. Married ca 1750 at N. Kingston, R.I. Mar. Priscilla Pate, a widow with one daughter, Elizabeth.

iii Joseph Card #4872 b. 28 Mar 1746, E. Greenwich, RI, USA, d. 29 Jan 1839, E. Greenwich, RI. Joseph remained in New England; served in Revolutionary Forces; his gravestone was engraved by the US Government; family of 2 sons 5 daughters

Children of Richard Card and Hannah Dyer are:
i. Job Card, born July 19, 1752 in N. Kingston, Rhode Island; died March 21, 1838 in Burlington, Nova Scotia; married (1) ------ Knowles; died Bef. April 1837; married (2) Frances Jane Wilcox December 21, 1775.
ii. James Peter Card, born September 24, 1754 in N. Kingston, Rhode Island; died February 26, 1778 in Burlington, Nova Scotia.
iii. Desire Card, born January 21, 1758 in N. Kingston, Rhode Island; married Thomas Allen; born 1755; died 1816.
iv. Phoebe Card, born September 15, 1760 in Rhode Island; died January 27, 1833 in Both buried in Old Parish Buring Gd., Windsor, N.S., Canada; married Stephen Wilcox; born Abt. 1750 in Newport, Rhode Island.
v. Mercy Card, born September 20, 1762 in Newportlanding, Nova Scotia; died Aft. 1798; married Robert Wilcox; born 1752 in Newport , Rhode Island.
vi. William Card, born April 13, 1764 in Newport, Nova Scotia; died Bef. 1788.
8 vii. Charles Dyer Card, born May 29, 1768 in Newport, Nova Scotia; died July 05, 1849 in KEmpt Shore, Nova Scotia; married Mary Polly Lockhart 1792 in Newport Townshio, Nova Scotia.

177. Hannah Dyer

Hannah: Hannah was the daughter of Edward Dyer and Freelove ----; she was the g-g-gr. child of Mary Dyer the Quaker Martyr of 1660. page 129 in Newport, Nova Scotia a Rhode Island Township.

1For King and Country; Orange Co. CA Gen. Soc. Vol II; San Diego FHC, pp. 81-83, . Source Media Type: Book.

2For King and Country; Orange Co. CA Gen. Soc. Vol II; San Diego FHC, pp. 81-83.

3Vital Records Index - North America, 1631-1888, Family History Resource File, pp. 81-83, . Source Media Type: Family Archive CD.

178. Benjamin Wilcox

Children of Benjamin Wilcox and Esther ------- are:
i. Frances Jane Wilcox, married Job Card December 21, 1775; born July 19, 1752 in N. Kingston, Rhode Island; died March 21, 1838 in Burlington, Nova Scotia.
23 ii. Esther Wilcox, died Abt. 1840; married Allen Mosher.
iii. Gardner Wilcox, died Bef. July 23, 1830; married Ann (Nancy) Harvie; born August 02, 1764.
iv. Mehitable Wilcox, married Woodward Sanford; born Abt. 1750.
v. Alice Wilcox, born Abt. 1745 in Rhode Island; married (1) James Harvie November 13, 1768; married (2) John Harvie October 28, 1784.
vi. Stephen Wilcox, born Abt. 1750 in Newport, Rhode Island; married Phoebe Card; born September 15, 1760 in Rhode Island; died January 27, 1833 in Both buried in Old Parish Buring Gd., Windsor, N.S., Canada.
vii. Robert Wilcox, born 1752 in Newport , Rhode Island; married (1) Mercy Card; born September 20, 1762 in Newportlanding, Nova Scotia; died Aft. 1798; married (2) Isabella -------.

6. Nathan Lake #3581 (5.Caleb4, 4.Joel3, 2.David2, 1.Henry1) b. 11 Jul 1755, Tiverton, Newport, RI, USA, ref: BXR2-JN, occupation Farmer, m. Susannah Amy Wilcox #2486, b. ABT 1764, Newport, Hants Co, NS, Canada, (daughter of Benjamin Wilcox #2460 and Esther Sheffield #2461) ref: GXK7-C1, d. May 1858, NS. Nathan died ABT 1825, NS, Canada. Nathan's will was not settled until 1859 when his son Isaac petitioned for administration of the estate (HCEP 1064A); Nathan had received a farm from his father before his death; Nathan was listed in the 1791 Newport census as a farmer with upwards of 6 head of cattle and assessed for 5 shillings and 5 pence; he signed the 1822 petition regarding the relocation of the Hants County Courthouse; on 17 Feb. 1817 Nathan signed a petition for voting rights for the residents of the Shore district (Man-of War's Land-Kempt Shore); Nathan, as Caleb Lake's only male heir is therefore the ancestor of the Hants County Lake family. Nathan and Susannah sold 125 acres in 1821 to Benjamin Wilcox son of Gardner.

186. Caleb LAKE Lake

Caleb Lake #3763 (4.Joel3, 2.David2, 1.Henry1) b. 1722, Little Compton, RI, m. in Rhode Island, Patience Gifford #3764. Caleb died BEF 12 JUL 1812, Newport, NS. Of Triverton, RI. From the History of the Smith Family by Nathan Smith 1862 Chapter 12: Caleb Lake was of Triverton, Rhode Island. The first I knew of him, a young man, he mentions going when young with others to a man by the name of Stoven, a fortune teller, to get his fortune told. He said they put their saddles and bridles under the fence when they got within half a mile of Stoven's house. In doing so one of them said, "I wonder if the old Devil is at home!" When they knocked at his door he bid them come in and said, "The old devil is at home and your saddles are safe." Caleb's wife was Patience Gifford. After he married he owned a large sloop vessel and traded off that coast, and was what was then called a coaster, but was soon known as Capt. Lake. He used to believe there were witches. He said that he was once unloading his sloop of wood, about four miles from home. There came an old woman and picked up some sticks of wood that belonged to another Captain, who immediately made her lay them down. Caleb seeing her, and thinking her to be an object of charity, told her to come to his sloop, and gave her as much wood as she could carry. After taking up her wood she asked him is she could do anything for him. He replied, "No." "Well," said she "I suppose you want to get home." "Yes," he said, "but there is no wind." Said she, "Give me your handkerchief." He did so and she tied three knots in it and said to him, "When you want to leave, untie one knot, and if you want a strong wind, untie second knot, but do not untie the third knot." When he was ready to sail he untied the first knot, had a good fair wind, and when well out to sea untied the second, the wind fair and very heavy. He got safely home but did not untie the third knot. Caleb heard of the advantages of Nova Scotia, although much he heard was not true, for he used to hear that the cows were running wild and they could catch them and milk them at pleasure.

Caleb moved his family to Newport, County of Hants, Nova Scotia, about the year 1757. The country was then new. His family consisted of his wife and his wife's sister, Ruth Gifford, and five children, two sons and three daughters namely Isaac, Nathan, Sarah, Mary, Lucy, and Abigail, daughter of Ruth Gifford. Isaac was drowned in the Kennetcook River. The boat upset when he was a young man. Nathan married Susy Wilcox and brought up a large family in Newport. Lucy married William Smith, Esquire, of Douglas. Sarah married John LaVilliard (?) of Newport and had no children. Mary married Thomas Skaling of Newport. Abigail Gifford married William Wier of Newport and was the grandmother to the present Hon. Benjamin Wier of Halifax (in 1862). They landed at the town landing of Newport and remained one year in the Blockhouse protected by the British Government. Caleb then settled on a farm on the Kennetcook River on the north side, opposite the Scotch Village. This was a good farm consisting of upland and marsh. Here he became wealthy, built a saw and grist mill, and all thins very comfortable about. When he became advanced in years he rented his farm and lived in what he called the mill house, and employed himself in attending to his grist mill. Before he died he gave his farm to his son Nathan, and some other property to his daughter. After his wife Patience died, about eight years before he did, he married a second wife, Widow Westcoat of Falmouth. He died at his son Nathan's, and was buried on his old homestead farm in the year 1806, in about the 85th year of his age. Caleb was a smart enterprising man, was very ingenious, always attending to his own business, was above middle size and very good looking. When I first knew him his hair was nearly as white as snow.

Note: Sloop LYDIA, Sami Toby, Master in May 1760, Caleb Lake & Family - 7 persons. Note that the ship came from Newport, Rhode Island to the Township of Falmouth.
Children:

i Isaac Lake #5324 d. drowned in Kennetcook River as a young man.

6. ii Nathan Lake #3581 b. 11 Jul 1755.

iii Sarah Lake #12877 m. John LaVilliard #12881. No children.

iv Mary Lake #12878 m. Thomas Skaling #12882.

v Lucy Lake #12879 m. William Smith #12880.