Zebedee Squires1
M, b. 20 February 1799, d. 3 February 1877
| Father | Jabesh Caleb Squires1 b. 1775, d. 4 Mar 1863 |
| Mother | Martha Hammond1 b. 1783, d. 10 Dec 1857 |
| Relationship | 1st cousin 5 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Zebedee Squires was born on 20 February 1799 at New Brunswick.1 He was the son of Jabesh Caleb Squires and Martha Hammond.1 Zebedee Squires married Elizabeth Shea on 20 May 1835 at Kent Co, New Brunswick; The marriage notice in the paper says the bride is Elizabeth Gillespie. The marriage record also indicates Gillespie, not Shea. Whether or not she had been married previously is not known.1,2,3 Zebedee Squires died on 3 February 1877 at age 77; He was aged 77 years, 11 mos.1,4
While his father was part of the 104th Regiment, Zebedee had been attached as a boy about 1809. When his father took place in the march of 1813, he had been left behind in Frederiction, but went by ship with the four companies left in the regiment in the summer. He and his father both returned to New Brunswick in 1817 after doing garriso duty for two years in Upper and Lower Canada.
He lived for a while on the two land grants on what is now American soil opposite Edmunston. He also lived for a time in Saint John at the shipyards, before moving to a grant near Munquart (Bath) in Carelton County. According to family tradition, one son drowned.4 He appeared on the census of 1852 at Kent, Carleton Co, New Brunswick; Zebedee Squires, 50, Elizabeth, 40, Caroline, 18, Harriet, 14, Jabish, 13, William, 6 and Robert, 4.5 Zebedee and his wife settled near Grand Falls in Victoria County.1
While his father was part of the 104th Regiment, Zebedee had been attached as a boy about 1809. When his father took place in the march of 1813, he had been left behind in Frederiction, but went by ship with the four companies left in the regiment in the summer. He and his father both returned to New Brunswick in 1817 after doing garriso duty for two years in Upper and Lower Canada.
He lived for a while on the two land grants on what is now American soil opposite Edmunston. He also lived for a time in Saint John at the shipyards, before moving to a grant near Munquart (Bath) in Carelton County. According to family tradition, one son drowned.4 He appeared on the census of 1852 at Kent, Carleton Co, New Brunswick; Zebedee Squires, 50, Elizabeth, 40, Caroline, 18, Harriet, 14, Jabish, 13, William, 6 and Robert, 4.5 Zebedee and his wife settled near Grand Falls in Victoria County.1
Family | Elizabeth Shea b. c 1810, d. 30 Apr 1896 |
| Marriage* | He married Elizabeth Shea on 20 May 1835 at Kent Co, New Brunswick; The marriage notice in the paper says the bride is Elizabeth Gillespie. The marriage record also indicates Gillespie, not Shea. Whether or not she had been married previously is not known.1,2,3 |
| Last Edited | 18 Jul 2015 |
Citations
- [S893] First Families of NB, online http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html, Entry on Jabesh Caleb Squires.
- [S811] Daniel F. Johnson, New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, York Co, Fredericton, The New Brunswick Royal Gazette. 27 May 1835. Marriage of Zebedee Squires and Elizabeth Gillespie.
- [S886] Ancestry.ca, 2007: Acadia Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 , Fredericton, Marriage of Zebedee Squires and Elizabeth Gilespie.
- [S899] William Austin Squires, "Jabesh Cabel Squires."
- [S776] 1851 Canadian Census, Published online at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/…, New Brunswick, Carleton Co, Kent. Schedule: I; Roll: C_994; Page: 6; Line: 24. Household of Zebedee Squires.