Thomas
WOLVERTON
wager380
ca1743
- 1819
Father: Thomas WOLVERTON
Mother: Mary PETTIT
Family 1 : Elizabeth CROWELL
1. Thomas WOLVERTON
2. Elizabeth Ann WOLVERTON
Family 2 : Catharine
BARTON
Family 3 : Mary BELL
4. child (possibly with Catherine Barton)
5. child (possibly with Catherine Barton)
6. child (possibly with Catherine Barton)
7. James Barton WOLVERTON
| (ca1660 -
1746) m ca1697
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__Thomas WOLVERTON___|
| (1717 - 1759) m
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| ____Isaac LEET_____
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| | (1646 - 1686) m
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|___Mary LEET______|
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(1674 - 1751) m ca1697 |
| |___Elizabeth OWLE___
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(.... - after1696) m
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- Thomas WOLVERTON
| (ca1743 - 1819) m ___Thomas PETTIT___+
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___Nathaniel PETTIT____| (1609/10 - 1668) m 1629
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| (1645/6 - 1718) m 1665
|_Christian MELLOWES_+
| ____Nathaniel PETTIT____| (ca1616 -
1705) m 1629
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| (1676 - ca1768) m 1708
| ___Elias BAILEY_______+
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| |___Martha BAILEY____| (1622 - ....) m ca1645
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| (1647 -
1720) m 1665 |___Sarah ?????________
|___Mary PETTIT_____| (....
- ....) m ca1645
(ca1717 - after1765) m
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___Roger HEATH______+
| ___Andrew HEATH____| (1620 - 1698) m 1666
| | (1667 - 1720) m |___Jane SILOX________
|___Elizabeth HEATH_____| (1631 - 1698) m 1666
(1688 - ....) m 1708 |
|_Elizabeth BARRET____
(ca1660 - after1702) m
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His property was confiscated and he sailed to New Brunswick
in 1783 with other Loyalists.
Thomas Woolverton was born in Hunterdon County, NJ cir 1737 and in 1750, at the
age of 13, moved with his parents to Sussex County, NJ. Thomas appears on the
tax rolls for New Town, Sussex Co., NJ, in 1773-74. Thomas was captain of his
own company of New Jersey Militiamen from October 1775 to at least October
1776. In June 1777, however, he was accused and convicted of "offending
against the form of allegiance". He went to jail in Newton, Sussex Co., NJ
for six months and had his property confiscated and then sold at auction on 17
April 1780. He was enumerated living in Newton in the Revolutionary Census of
1778-80. For the next three years, his whereabouts was unknown. Since he had a
brother, John, who lived in Washington/Greene County, PA, it is highly possible
that Thomas & Mary Wolverton and their children lived there during that period.
Other theories have them living in New York City, which remained under British
control throughout much of the War and was a safe haven for Tories. Then, in
July 1783, he and his family, along with the Pettits, Crowells, and Bartons
(other convicted Loyalist families of Sussex Co., NJ) set sail from New York
for Northampton, St. John River, New Brunswick, Canada aboard the ship
"Lord Townsend". The ship's passenger list shows Thomas Woolverton
with one female (his wife), 2 children equal or over 10, and 3 children under
10. Since at least one child, Thomas the oldest, stayed behind in PA and
another son, James Barton Woolverton was born in NB, we can conclude that
Thomas Woolverton had at least 7 children.
The following is an excerpt from a school essay written in 1868 by William C.
Raymond of Woodstock, NB that includes the names of the first settlers in
Carleton Co. (Refer to Vital Stat. from NB Newspapers, Vol. 27):
"In 1783 when the Loyalists landed in Saint John, the whole district
contained in Carleton County was an unbroken forest and its only inhabitants
were the Aborigines of the country. In the summer of that year, Major B. P.
Griffith with other Loyalists and their families (accompanied by a number of
soldiers) were promised grants of land, provided with boats, and three years
provisions by the Government. They ascended the Saint John river, propelling
the heavily laden boats with poles or towing them with ropes until they landed
a few miles below the present site of the town of Woodstock and became the
first settlers in the County. Major Griffith occupied the farm upon which his
son now resides. In 1790, Rev. Frederick B. Dibblee, a minister of the Church
of England, came to Woodstock and settled on the farm now occupied by his son
Colonel L. Dibblee. He was the first, and for 36 years the only, minister above
Fredericton. His mission included four parishes: Prince William, Queensbury,
Woodstock, and Northampton. At that time the families in Northampton were
Woolverton, Larlee, Tompkins, Davenport, Bell, Stanley, Campbell, Phillips and
in Woodstock, Griffith, Dibblee, Ketchum, Lane, Young, Smith, Upham, Dickson,
Clark, Bell, Fowler, Rogers, McGhee, Bull, and McShafrey. In 1795 the first
school was built in Woodstock. James York was the teacher for a number of
years, with an allowance of 10 pounds per annum. In 1824, Samuel Rice, M. D.,
came from Houlton, Maine and was the first doctor in Carleton Co."
In 1785, Thomas-3 petitioned for land in Maugerville, Sunbury Co., NB. He was
granted 500 acres on 15 May 1789. On 7 June 1813, he was granted 206 acres in
Northampton, York Co., NB. His son Joseph B Woolverton was granted 499 acres on
the same date, a short distance from his father's land. The Northampton land
was farmed for many generations by Thomas-3 descendents. Thomas Woolverton died
there on 14 September 1819 and is buried at the Anglican Church, Woodstock, now
Carleton Co., NB.
Thomas may have married twice. Note that a Col. Joseph BARTON was also a
militiaman and Loyalist from Sussex Co., NJ and there is some speculation that
the one wife of Thomas Woolverton was a Barton. The name " Mary
Bell/Mary/Polly Bell " occurs three times in the grandchildren of Thomas.
This gives credence to the theory that another of the wives of Thomas was Mary
Bell. Another fact supporting the two wife theory is that there was a 24 year
span between the birth of his oldest son, Thomas b. 1761 in NJ, and James
Barton b. 1785 in NB.
His son Joseph B. (an important question -- does the "B" stand for
Bell or Barton?) named one daughter, b. c. 1806, Mary Bell Woolverton. She was
baptized 4 Jan 1809 at the Anglican Church, Northampton, Carleton Co., NB. Her
death, one day later, is also recorded in the church records. Joseph B.
Woolverton named another daughter (b. 10 Jan 1809) Mary -- it was she who
married Charles Cochran Bull on 30 July 1832. Elizabeth Ann (Woolverton)
Rogers, a daughter of Thomas, named one or her daughters, b. 1794, Polly Bell
Rogers. This would give credence to the theory that a wife of Thomas was a Mary
"Polly" Bell.
However, the Woolverton family of NB used other family names for their
children. Most prominently that of BARTON. Almost every generation of NB
Wolvertons includes a Joseph Barton WOLVERTON. Other BARTON names are found in
the children or grandchildren of Thomas-3 are James Barton-4 WOLVERTON,
Catherine Barton ROGERS, Charles 'Henry' ROGERS, Richard 'Barent' ROGERS, and
Catherine WOLVERTON. In fact, the use of BARTON names is much more extensive
than the use of the name Mary Bell.
(Info taken from website: http://www.hitt_genealogy.homestead.com/files/WOLVERT.htm)
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