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Ellendor is listed in some records as Ellen and others as Ellen or Ellendor
Jetson. She was the daughter of William Judson and Ann McMullan who lived in Alexandria.
William and his first wife Ellen McKenzie emigrated from England to the Carolinas
and then came to Prince Edward Island as Loyalists, a soldier disbanded in 1786
who received a land grant in lot 65. Since Loyalist Lineages shows only his first
children and stops with William Jr. who was born in 1789, it is to be supposed
that Ellendor who was born in or around 1796 was a child of his second marriage
to Ann McMullan.
She was the first wife of Edward Burke, m. Jul 19 1815 (St. Paul's Marriages)
and the mother of his first 8 children. (His second wife was Mary Acorn (Eichorn)
daughter of John, with whom he had an additional 9 children.) Ellendor Judson
and Edward Burke's children are the ancestors of families named Wood, Burke, Callbeck,
Campbell, and McKay. She was the second great grandmother of Lorne Clayton Callbeck
and the sister of William Christopher Judson who was the master of their father's
schooner the Mary Ann.
This information from Lynn Griffiths,
[email protected]
JOHN GARDINER was born 1758 in South Kingston, RI, son of Amos and Sarah Bill
Gardiner from whom he had inherited the family farm at Boston Neck. John was a
fifth generation colonist descended from George and Herodias Long Hicks Gardiner. John and his wife Eunice Haszard came to the Island of Saint John from Rhode
Island soon after the birth of their eldest son William in 1786, accompanied by
Eunice's parents, Thomas and Eunice Rhodes Haszard. The first land John acquired on the Island was 500 acres on Lot 5. In 1791,
he received Lot 88 in the third hundred of Charlotte and a number of pasture lots
in Charlotte Town Royalty. From this time on he, and later his sons, acquired
considerable land in Charlotte Town and Charlotte Town Royalty as well as other
parts of the Island. John called his farm "Potosi Grove". John and Eunice had
10 children. John died January 05, 1842. Submitted by Cindy Gardiner, [email protected],
third great granddaughter. THOMAS HASZARD was born February 22, 1726/27 in Kingston, RI, and died April
27, 1804 in Charlottetown, PEI. He married first MARY BOWDOIN about 1746 in Kingston,
RI and they had 9 children. After Mary� s death, he married EUNICE RHODES in 1761
in Rhode Island. Eunice was a second great granddaughter of Roger Williams. �Virginia Tom� was a fifth generation descendent of Thomas Hazard (1610-1680)
of England, who founded Newport, Rhode Island, in company with 8 others in 1639.
Tom was a farmer at Boston Neck, RI, and a builder and owner of fast-sailing privateers
used in support of the King during the American Revolution. Tom remained loyal to the King of England during the struggle for independence
and his ships and lands were confiscated. Others who had property confiscated,
apologized, and were restored to their civil rights. After the war was over and
he was offered free pardon and restoration, but he refused to accept either at
that price. However, his property was restored to his wife and children. In response to promises of land by the British Government to Loyalists, Tom
visited London, and subsequently, he and two sons, Thomas Rhodes and William,
came to the Island of Saint John in 1785 to receive grants of land in Lot 5 near
Cascumpec. They subsequently moved to Charlottetown.Thomas and Eunice were parents
of 8 children. Submitted by Cindy Gardiner,
[email protected], fourth great granddaughter. JOHN OGLE NANTES is buried in the Old Protestant Burying Grounds, a couple
of feet north of the grave of John Charles Binns near the back of the cemetery.
There is a large tree against the back fence, just south of the tool shed. John
Ogle's grave is 30 ft. west of this tree. John was born on the Isle of Man in 1811. He came to Charlottetown as a young
man in the late 1820s. He was first married to Louisa Elizabeth Loggin. After
her death in 1833, he married Lavenia Cecilia Axworthy, daughter of George Axworthy
of Charlottetown. They were married in St. Paul's Anglican Church, and had 5 children,
from whom there are many descendants still living on PEI and in the rest of Canada. John was a blacksmith by trade. After the British government had divided P.E.I.
up into 67 lots, he was appointed Sheriff of Queen's County. It was a duty of
his to supervise the distribution of the lots. Quote from The Islander May 21 1847... "Death" On Tuesday night last, at Charlottetown, after a long and severe illness,
Mr. John O. Nantes, aged 36 years. The deceased for many years acted as Deputy
Secretary and Registrar in this Island. The following is inscribed on his tombstone which was erected in the graveyard.
The tombstone was moved by some members of the Nantes family in the summer of
1997 and now stands in the churchyard of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church in
Kelly's Cross. " Sacred to the Memory of John Ogle Nantes A member of the Church of England
and of the Holy Catholic Church of Christ. Born 10th April 1811. Died 18th May
1847. Trusting in the Alone Merits of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. Lord
Jesus receive my spirit ( Acts Ch VII, Verse 5-9.)" We moved the tombstone from the graveyard due to our concern for its welfare.
It had been knocked over and was lying on its back on the ground. A few of us
had replaced the stone back onto its base. The following year it was knocked over
again. The inscription was eroding due to ice forming in the letters. It was thought
it would be safer in Kelly's Cross where there is less traffic and less chance
of further vandalism. In 2007, Monday, Sept. 24th, the family moved it back to the Old Protestant
Burying Ground in Charlottetown. Photo showing family at the cemetery. From left
to right: Marilyn Driscoll, g-g-granddaughter; Paul Jenkins & Winston Johnston
of the preservation committee; Bruce Garrity, former City Councillor and husband
of Maureen, g-g-granddaughter; Sterling Connolly of the committee; and me, Ron
Nantes, g-g-grandson. They had always intended to move the stone back, and 10
years later, now that the cemetery is in such great shape, figured it was time
to do so. This Biography by Ron Nantes, [email protected].
This Biography by Donald P. Large, Q.C.,
[email protected], of Charlottetown.
This Biography by Sandra Hume,
[email protected]
This Biography by Sandra Hume,
[email protected]
This Biography by Sandra Hume,
[email protected]
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