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Marjorie McArthur
This is the genealogy of the ancestors of myself, Marjorie "Dainard" McArthur. I will also be including some of my husband's family of McArthur's which include the Simpsons and the Piatts. I will be adding to this page from time to time so please check back often.The Dainard family stems from the Milford/Picton area of Prince Edward COUNTY in Ontario. The hickory tree in the picture below is on the original property that my ggg grandfather had when he first lived there in the late 1700's. He, Marie and one son are buried beneath the tree.
HISTORY OF THE D's as I/we know it.
Our earliest ancestors in North America were Jacob Johann Denert and Marie Louise Tesson-d'Honore. They settled in Prince Edward County in eastern Ontario in the late 1700's, more than 200 years ago.
Jacob was from Germany and Marie was French. He was born on October 12, 1755 in Obergebra, Saxony, Germany and died on December 24, 1817 in South Bay, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. (DO NOT MIX PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY UP WITH THE PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.) He is buried on the homestead with his wife and child Mariles. (See picture above)
His father Henrich Johann Denert (notice spelling changes) was also born in Germany on Sept 2, 1708 . We do not know his death date as yet. He was married to a Marien Elizabeth Fischer, born in 1710 and they had nine children including one set of twins.
Henrich's father was a Hans Nicol Danert born in 1680. His wife was Maria Elisabetha Schillings born in 1670. We are not aware as yet of any other children of this marriage other than Henrich Johann Denert.
The pronunciation of Jacob's last name in German is Day'-nairt, with a long a and accent on the first syllable. Interestingly enough, this is similar to the present-day pronunciation, even though the spelling has undergone many changes. The most common spellings today are Dainard, Danard and Daynard.
Jacob arrrived in the USA prior to the American Revolutionary War. He fought on the side of the British. He had been a Hessian soldier during the war and was among the soldiers who was imprisoned at Saratoga. (I have some papers that place him there. He arrived in Marysburgh, Ontario (in Prince Edward COUNTY) with Baron v Reitzenstein, In 1802 he was given title to Lot #6 (CRPEB) as a United Empire Loyalist. This property was passed on to his first born. Currently there is a book out titled "The Hessians of Upper Canada" by John Merz that you can purchase that tells all that data as well.
Jacob and Marie had six sons who are known to have had children. The sons were Andrew, Bernard, John, Willet, Peter and Samuel. Their other child was Mariles who we THINK was a son. The name is confusing as is sounds sort of short for Mary Elizabeth (?) but some census records show as a male. He had no children or married that we are aware of at this date. It is fun to "find" a new contact and discover which line he/she is from. For instance, I am of the Samuel line. If you are unsure of which line you are from, please just ask. I have about 5200 Dainard descendants with their family's on my family tree maker index.
We have adopted a family motto SUBRIDERE MIRABILITER which was contributed by Maurice and Audrey's Danard's daughter Sharon. This is Latin for "smile queerly". It comes from the book Pioneers of Prince Edward published in 1904. In this book, the following is written: "The Daynards as a race are remarkable for physical courage and strength, as well as for moral uprightness....Some of them were great fighters, and had the peculiarity of smiling queerly as they became enraged".
History of Marie Louise Tesson-D'Honore , wife of old Jacob (and my generation ggg grandmother):
Marie Tesson-D'Honore was born to parents Joseph Tesson and Marie Raymond.
For a quick note about Joseph Tesson. He was born March 29, 1742 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and died in 1809 in Adophustown, Prince Edward County, Ontario. He married Marie Angelique Raymond on September 29, 1766 in St. Phillipe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada, who was the daughter of Francois Raymond and Marie Lonquetin. (I have much history regarding this line). She was born on June 28, 1740 also in St. Philippe, LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada and she died before 1800. They had six children. Among them were two daughters.
Marie married our ancestor Jacob and eventually they had the seven sons. Marie was born on July 9, 1767 and died on March 28, 1828 and is buried on the old homestead. Marie was married prior to her marriage to Jacob and also remarried after his death.
Her sister Euphrasie Irean Tesson de Henry who was 11 years younger than Marie, married and produced one daughter for sure of that marriage, Phoebe Keller who married one of Marie's sons, Willet Casey Dainard. Then she married again a Joseph Demore and they had a daughter Mary Elizabeth who married my ancestor, Samuel Dainard, also one of Marie and Jacob's sons. If you follow their line back you will find it going back to before 1590. It is a fascinating history as well.
Although our line of Tessons (also known as Henry's, de cou de Henry's and other various spellings) stayed in Canada, some of Joseph's uncles and cousins left Canada and went to the states to become fur traders etc. This history was recently sent to me by a Jim Murray of Texas. It appears that the Tessons were among the first 40 original settlers of St. Louis AND THAT IS A FASCINATING HISTORY. Some of the Tesson's have lived in Quebec for over 300 years.
Joseph Tesson was the son of a Louis Tesson and Marie-Catherine-Euphrosine Debluche and Louis was the son of a Honore Tesson and Catherine Bordin-Savinier and these people were born in France.
Some of Marie's ancestors had been sent to Quebec from France in the mid 1600's. The women as Fille-du-Roi's and the men as a soldats de la compagnie de GRAND PONTAINE au regiment de Carignan. This was by order of King Louis X!Vwho wanted to be certain that Quebec was kept French. The soldiers were to marry the women and establish colonies. Jeanne Braconnier was the great great grandmother of Marie and Euphrasie and she was one of the Fille-du-Roi's who was sent to Quebec from the parish of Ste. Marguerite-de-Paris, France in 1673. She received 200 livres from the King rather than the normal 50. For what reason I do not know. She married a Charles Edeline who was a soldier and since they had 12 children,
If you wish more information on anyone on these pages, please just email me. I no longer keep a gedcom on the web for general use, however will be glad to share it with you as a Dainard descendant.
The ancestry report uses 'Ahnentafel' numbering. This means that the numbers for a person's parents will be twice as large as that person's number. For example, if a woman's number is 15, her father will be number 30, and her mother will be 31. Her child will be number 7.
Marjorie Kay Dainard McArthur: Send me an email
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