Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Margery

Female 1725 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Margery was born in 1725; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 36C36E7C948D45858950251C39A792E23C3C

    Family/Spouse: Thomas BRACE. Thomas (son of Philip BRACE and Mary Margaret CASTLE) was born in 1716 in Devonshire, England; died in 1794 in Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hannah BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 3. Mary BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1750; and died.
    3. 4. Philip BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1752; and died.
    4. 5. Thomas BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1753; died in 1846.
    5. 6. George BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1755; died in 1842.
    6. 7. Sarah BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1756; and died.
    7. 8. William Evans BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1758; died in 1846.
    8. 9. Jane BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1760; and died.
    9. 10. Richard BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1762; died in 1855.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hannah BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AF289930B1AF4C4AA8CDE3BA88C806F8F6C4

    Notes:

    Family history:
    "Another sister, Hannah, died when I was a child. I can just remember my father going to her funeral. She left two daughters, one of them turned Catholic, in her old days. Two daughters went with her but her son did not. Another daughter, 'That is Hannah's daughter,' was Mary, she first married a man called Hammond he did not live long then she married a man called Clifford. By him she had one son and two daughters. The son, Williams, was a ship carpenter. One daughter married John Huchings, a sail maker, the other married William Mann your grandfather. After Clifford's death she married Samuel Wilson, I was then a young child. I just remember it and it was just after her daughter married W. Mann. Her daughters were displeased with her for getting married the third time though I never knew it until old W. Mann told me."


  2. 3.  Mary BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1750; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: A099203A375C497DAE5C7E15F96C02170704

    Notes:

    Family history:
    She had 10 children with her first husband, __ Jordan, before he died.

    Family:
    "Her only son, George, was lost at seal fishery in 1820, supposed on the 2nd or 3rd April." [Was George the son of ___ Jordan or Richard Hales?]

    Family history:
    "Her husband and eight of her children died before I was born." [George Brace b 1808]

    Family/Spouse: JORDAN. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Richard HALES. Richard and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Philip BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1752; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 7734A8C1FC44459F900F1BBC732D3FD5625B


  4. 5.  Thomas BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1753; died in 1846.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 7DD1539801C14972BFCF4751E4786243DD63


  5. 6.  George BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1755; died in 1842.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AF44EA3665724054857CEF9AB79AEEEA3124

    Notes:

    Family history:
    "I ought to have told before that George, my father's brother married a widow who had three children, she was the sister of Kate Stamper's mother. He never had any children."


  6. 7.  Sarah BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1756; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F7BD211417C04C0184B288A83CE8446944B9

    Sarah married Michael KNIGHT on 20 May 1768 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Michael was born about 1748; died in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Richard KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1783; died in 1829.

  7. 8.  William Evans BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1758; died in 1846.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3F1D0476AB874766AAB54D8763AA0009FE4D


  8. 9.  Jane BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1760; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 8BF0466E59394545953DF05439571FEFFF95


  9. 10.  Richard BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margery1) was born in 1762; died in 1855.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Newfoundland, Canada; a cooper
    • Reference Number: 74.0
    • _UID: 50D18804CF3D463B83FDF8EBDA0E2704B053

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    "My father was a cooper and carried on that with fishing and farming, in conjunction with his brother William, all their lives. The farm was small, eight acres and three rods, father attended to that and the coopering, and uncle will do the fish. In their early days they did well and prospered until 1814 and 15 when the long war ended. The three or four years after that, tried men's souls. Hundreds who were worth thousands in Newfoundland, as well as in England, went down and never rose again. he wtool well until 1818 and then the savings of other years went, but not an inch of his property."

    Richard married Mary ASHE on 4 Nov 1790 in Newfoundland, Canada. Mary (daughter of John ASHE and Ann COLE) was born in 1775; died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Sarah BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1793; died in 1872.
    2. 13. Ebenezer BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1795; died in 1883.
    3. 14. William BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1797; and died.
    4. 15. Margery Ann BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1801; died on 2 Oct 1878.
    5. 16. Mary BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1804; and died.
    6. 17. John BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1806; and died.
    7. 18. George BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    8. 19. Richard BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1810; died in 1878.
    9. 20. Jane BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1813; died in 1854.
    10. 21. William Cole BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1814; died in 1898.


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Richard KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1783; died in 1829.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: DF7AC14C84364664BA5A9D3DE61639D2BF85

    Richard married Ann ASHE in 1808. Ann (daughter of John ASHE and Ann COLE) was born in 1782; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. John Brace KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1810; died in 1882.
    2. 23. William Jackson KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 24. Richard KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 25. Rachel Elizabeth KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1815; died in 1879.
    5. 26. Matilda KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1828; died in 1912.
    6. 27. James Sabine KNIGHT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1821; died in 1887.

  2. 12.  Sarah BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1793; died in 1872.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: B65BBBA5E25041D4A2D87971205804F088D9


  3. 13.  Ebenezer BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1795; died in 1883.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: age 63 years old
    • _UID: D4221361537B4B8CB8000A708A9B9CA9AB42

    Notes:

    Death:
    He "never married".


  4. 14.  William BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1797; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 39C6DAB654BC41958C8FD0670CF4C1BB4394

    Notes:

    Family:
    "He married twice has a family I know nothe about them."


  5. 15.  Margery Ann BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1801; died on 2 Oct 1878.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: Newfoundland, Canada; aged "over 80"
    • Name: Marjarey Ann
    • Reference Number: 37.0
    • _UID: 2608896C95614956850288365244C33B9122
    • Birth: 1796, Newfoundland, Canada
    • Death: 2 Oct 1878

    Notes:

    Family:
    She had nine children.

    Death:
    She possibly died in Newfoundland.

    Margery married John BATSTONE on 19 Dec 1817 in Newfoundland, Canada. John (son of James BATSTONE and Joanna COYSH) was born on 5 Dec 1792 in Ashcombe, Devonshire, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1792 in Ashcombe, Devonshire, England; died on 16 Sep 1865 in Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Harriet BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 29. Zachariah BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1829 in Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada; died on 1 Apr 1893 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

  6. 16.  Mary BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1804; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 21B6F339C6C24B609E1D2E76507A34E77AEF

    Notes:

    Family:
    "Mary supposed died in Canada, married to John Horwood had 7 children."

    Family/Spouse: John HORWOOD. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 17.  John BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1806; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 0219C89AB49144608AB894700A1DBA15A214

    Notes:

    Family:
    "John, dead, married twice left a family I know nothing about them."


  8. 18.  George BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Richard K. BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  9. 19.  Richard BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1810; died in 1878.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 6F2C1E8A27B34CCD8510D4ECA40F160054F1

    Notes:

    Family:
    He had five sons and two daughters.

    Family/Spouse: Mary STEARS. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 20.  Jane BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1813; died in 1854.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: BCD0A7879C624981AE2DBB7F071840A399E5

    Notes:

    Family:
    "Jane died aged about 35 years in Halifax, was married to John James had four children."

    Family/Spouse: John JAMES. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 21.  William Cole BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1814; died in 1898.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E8CE62F6EE1E4AC5A91913FD44FC975E3099



Generation: 4

  1. 22.  John Brace KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1810; died in 1882.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E0C4C8DF2F6844D38E246CEED3787FCE9D98


  2. 23.  William Jackson KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 2E61E59C11BE44B086A5E7D7EC7566C245BC


  3. 24.  Richard KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: FD68C49DC34D4ED890936AE27DF5163F3259


  4. 25.  Rachel Elizabeth KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1815; died in 1879.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: DB680B20267742FC99FBDCB9F4E7A0A18E27

    Family/Spouse: William ANDERSON. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 26.  Matilda KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1828; died in 1912.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 02788182ED054E2BB941DFCBE075E52AF045


  6. 27.  James Sabine KNIGHT Descendancy chart to this point (11.Richard3, 7.Sarah2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1821; died in 1887.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 296D2BCE247442FDAB5627095364BA2C34C9


  7. 28.  Harriet BATSTONE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Margery3, 10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AB2A96E02A654295A98F1DEA983A2C9E8C4F
    • Census: 4 Apr 1881, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Census:
    She was enumerated as a female, age 48, born in Newfoundland, a C. Methodist, of English origin, and married. She was living with her husband, Richard Horwood 50, and children, Sarah Horwood 21, Mary Ann Horwood 19, John Horwood 17, and Jane Horwood 15.

    Family/Spouse: Richard HORWOOD. Richard was born about 1831 in Newfoundland, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. J.C.B. HORWOOD  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 29.  Zachariah BATSTONE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Margery3, 10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) was born in 1829 in Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada; died on 1 Apr 1893 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 18.0
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    • _UID: E7F7269BE4BA41A39595240D2D65D6B195E3
    • Residence: 3 Dec 1856, Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, Canada
    • Directory: 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
    • Registered: 30 Aug 1869, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; the birth of his son, William Henry Batstone,
    • Occupation: 30 Aug 1869, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Residence: 30 Aug 1869, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; Dundas Street
    • Census: 4 Apr 1881, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 15 Feb 1886, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 15 Feb 1886, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Directory: 1892, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Death: 1 Apr 1893, Canada; according to the "deaths" page of the Laughton family bible owned by Francis Peter Laughton
    • Occupation: 1 Apr 1893, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1 Apr 1893, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1893, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
    • Will: 23 Jan 1894, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    _TODO:
    Registration # 022792-93. Family History Library microfilm # 1,853,581 items 1-2 # 19380-24016. He died on July 28, 1893 in Toronto. Index microfilm: Family History Library microfilm # 1411568 items 1-3 B's 1891-1919. Not on Ontario Vital Statistics Project - January 25, 2005

    _TODO:
    approximately 62 years old. [see Ann Buck for microfilm numbers]

    _TODO:
    Zachariah was listed as a fisherman. Photocopy or get page number. Check on other 3 Batstones - John, John Jr. & Sarah. What library has this directory?

    _TODO:
    Zachariah BATSTONE died in Toronto on April 1, 1893. Administration on January 23, 1894 was # 10115-1/2. FHL microfilm # 0,082,688. I hand copied the will but need a photocopy.

    _TODO:
    "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland" by E. R. Seary. 971.8 D46S. No copy at AFHS Library? recopy title page, bibliography lx to lxxvii, also 25, 46, 241, 289. At FHC library. No Violet/Vylet. Copy pages 273 + 274 for Knight.

    _TODO:
    Publications by Mildred Howard. Publication # 3 ( 1831-1872) is at Calgary Public Library. Not at AFHS library. Are they at FHC? I have copied info from other 2. FHC has #2 971.8 V2h Vol.2 1854-1870. Vol.1 is 1834-1854. FHC doesn't have #3

    _TODO:
    reply to Al's email
    Collect information on Batstone and Brace families

    _TODO:
    "Newfoundlander" newspaper edition 8 December 1856. University of Calgary micorfilm AN5N52 Reel 10 # 563. Current copy is faded and not clear. Copy marriage notice again.

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    BATSTONE family DEATHS:
    FHL index microfilm # 1,908,061 items 2-25 for 1922. Have done 1920 (1), 1921 (0). Look in death indexes for 1922 to 1932

    _TODO:
    try indexes for Prospect, Mount Pleasant and Necropolis. He died April 1, 1893.

    _TODO:
    Zachariah was in Toronto on August 30, 1869 when his son William Henry was born. He was in an 1864 Newfoundland directory.

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    BATSTONE family:
    index film # 1,411,568 B 1891-1919. index film # 1,765,849 B 1869-1890.
    NONE: 1916, 1918, 1919.
    NOTED: 1914 (James), 1915 (Francis Edward), 1917 (John), 1920 (Richard film # 1,432,270 see A00367). 1933 (Mary Ann)

    Residence:
    At the time of his marriage to Mary Brace, Zachariah lived in Quidi Vidi.

    Directory:
    Zachariah is listed as a fisherman in the St. John's City part of the directory. There are three other Batstone's listed: John Batstone (a cooper), John Batstone Jun (a drayman), and Miss Sarah Batstone.

    Census:
    Zachariah was enumerated as a male, age 52, a Methodist, birth place not written [he was born in Newfoundland], English ethnic origin, a carpenter, and married. He was living with his wife, Mary Ann Batstone 32, his children, Thomas Batstone 16, William Batstone 12, and Mary Ann's children, Charles [Close] 7, Arthur [Close] 4, and Annie [Close] 9.

    Occupation:
    Zachariah was a carpenter when his son, Alfred Ernest Batstone, was born.

    Residence:
    Zachariah and Mary Ann were living at 15 Markham Street when Alfred Ernest was born.

    Directory:
    Zachariah was listed in the 1892 Might's Toronto Directory as a carpenter for E Leadlay & Co. He lived at 61 Markham Street.

    Occupation:
    Zachariah was a tanner at the time of his death.

    Occupation:
    Zachariah was described as a labourer in the Surrogate Court petitions.

    Residence:
    Zachariah owned a house at 74 Markham Street at the time of his death. The house was valued at $ 1400.00.

    Will:
    Zachariah died intestate, without a will. His widow, Mary Ann, and his daughter, Louisa Ann Batstone Smith of Toronto, applied to have the Toronto General Trusts Company be appointed as Administrators of his estate.

    Died:
    Zachariah died aged 64 years. The informant was A. D. Watson, M.D.

    Zachariah married M.A. CONSTABLE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. A.F. BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 33. Ernest Alfred BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1886 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

    Zachariah married Mary BRACE on 3 Dec 1856 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas BRACE and Mary) was born about 1835 in Newfoundland, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1871 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Thomas James BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1857 in Newfoundland, Canada; died on 1 Mar 1913 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried on 5 Mar 1913 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    2. 35. Louisa Ann BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1859 in Newfoundland, Canada; and died.
    3. 36. Mary Elizabeth BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1861 in Newfoundland, Canada; and died.
    4. 37. E.V. BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 38. William Henry LeMessieur BATSTONE  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  9. 30.  Richard K. BRACE Descendancy chart to this point (18.George3, 10.Richard2, 1.Margery1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 0A438B5556424C9FAD915299CA457FEE5510

    Family/Spouse: Olivia. Olivia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Nelson Talmaje BRACE  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 24 Sep 1883 in Prince Edward Island, Canada; and died.



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