Military Grantees of Kent Parish

Carleton County

 
Submitted by Bill Flynn

In 1822, the Parish of Kent was in York County and its upper boundary was not well defined. It later became part of Carleton County. By 1851, some of the families listed in the following table can be found as far north as Perth Parish, Victoria County.

This list shows the military settlers of a large tract of land which includes Woodstock, Hartland, Perth/Andover, Medford and the Tilley area. The latter, called the Ranger Settlement is where the Royal West India Rangers settled. These made a major contribution to the settlement of that area and many of their relatives still live there.


There are many Irish names on this list.

East Side of the River

 
#
Rank
Name
Regiment
W
C
Lot #
Located
1
Private
William Skedgel1
104
1
1817
2
Private
Thomas Cannon
104
1
1
2
1817
3
Private
David Butler
98
1
1
3
1818
4
Private
Moses Holmes
104
1
1
4 & 5
1818
5
Bugler
Zebedee Squires
104
1
1
A
1817
6
Sergeant
Jabach Squires2
104
1
9
B
1817
7
Private
Thomas Gee
104
1
1
C
1817
8
Sergeant
Robert Woodward
104
6&7
1817
9
Sergeant
William Rourke
104
1
2
8&9
1817
10
Sergeant
Nathaniel Woodard
104
1
2
10&11
1817
11
Private
Richard Hopkins3
104
1
12
1817
12
Sergeant
Jeremiah Hopkins
104
13-14
1817
13
Private
Robert Pearce
74
1
3
15
1819
14
Private
Lawrence Kelly
NBR
16
1817
15
Private
Lawrence Kelly
NBR
1
2
17&18
1817
16
Private
Richard Walton4
NBR
1
6
20
1817
17
Private
Daniel Douley
98
1
1
21
1818
18
Private
Bernard Green
104
1
1
22
1817
19
Private
John McNally
NBR
1
2
28
1818
20
Private
William Green
NBR
1
1
29
1817
21
Corporal
John Hawthorn
98
1
2
30
1818
22
Private
Alex. MacDougald
104
1
1
31
1817
23
Private
George Fields
104
1
6
32
1817
24
Private
Charles Munroe
RWIR
1
33
1819
25
Private
William Mann
RWIR
24
1819
26
Private
Patrick Silke
98
35
1818
27
Private
Cornelius Garvey
98
36
1818
28
Private
John Scara
98
1
2
37
1818
29
Private
Martin Hays
98
38
1818
30
Sergeant
Patrick Mara
98
39&40
1818
31
Sergeant
John Mara
98
41&42
1818
32
 
George Harris
43
 
33
Sergeant
George Milberry
104
1
2
47&48
1817
34
Private
David Burtsell
NBR
1
2
49
1820
35
Private
John Vicroy
RWIR
1
50
1819
36
Private
George Wall
74
1
51
1819
37
Corporal
Hugh McGuigan
74
1
3
52
1819
38
Private
Patrick Cimmon5
98
1
53
1818
39
Ensign
George Morehouse
NBR
1
54-58
1817
40
Private
Robinson Merrithew
NBR
59
1817
41
Sergeant
John Grant
NB
1
5
60&61
1817
42
Private
Richard Inman
104
1
1
62
1817
43
Private
John McDonald
104
1
6
63
1817
44
Private
Archibald McLean
104
1
3
64
1817
45
Private
Alex. Murcherson
104
1
5
65
1817
46
Private
Malcolm McKenzie
104
1
1
66
1817
47
Private
John McKenzie
104
67
1817
48
Private
George Smith
104
1
2
68
1817
49
Sergeant
Thomas Barry
98
1
3
69&70
1818
50
Sergeant
Chas McLaughlin
104
1
1
71&72
1817
51
Private
Michael Summers
98
73
1818
52
Sergeant
Thomas Nugent
98
1
2
74&75
1818
53
Private
Michael Dawson
98
76
1818
54
Private
Henry Merritt
98
1
77
1818
55
Sergeant
John Baker
RWIR
1
4
102-3
1819
56
Sergeant
Henry Bowmaster
RWIR
1
4
110-11
1819
57
Private
David Smith
10RVB
1
5
112
1817
58
Private
William Anderson6
10RVB
113
1817
59
Private
Henry Anderson
10RVB
114
1817
60
Private
William Smith
10RVB
115
1817
61
Private
Thos. Whitehead
104
121
1817
62
Private
Ben. Hitchcock7
*
1
2
125
1819
63
Private
George Dixon8
*
3
131
1819
64
Sergeant
Charles Stuart9
Kings 1
1
132-3
1820
65
Private
Michael Dwyer10
*
1
134
1819
66
Private
James Haney11
*
1
1
135
1819
67
Private
Lyman Whitehead12
*
1
3
ABC
1814
 
 
 
 
 

Remarks:
[1] drew lot but did not locate
[2] lives in settlement, not on lot
[3] lives in settlement, not on lot
[4] 15B vacant and in his poss.
[5] resides at Presque-Ile
[6] Lives with Henry Anderson
[7] *RWI Rangers
[8] *RWI Rangers
[9] residence at Grand Falls
[10] *RWI Rangers
[11] *RWI Rangers
[12] * 10 RV Batt.

West Side of the River

 
#
Rank
Name
Regiment
W
C
Lot #
Located
1
Private
George Manzer
NB
1
4
1
1817
2
Lieutenant
Bradshaw Reinsford1
NB
1
2
6-Feb
1817
3
Ap Surgeon
Thomas Emmerson2
104
1
14-Jul
1817
4
Private
Sam. Woodward
104
1
15
1817
5
Sergeant
Thomas Cory
104
1
2
16-17
1817
6
Private
John Brown
104
1
5
18
1817
7
Private
John Murray
NB
20
1817
8
Private
John Finamore
NB
1
1
21-22
1817
9
Sergeant
James Finamore3
NB
1
23&26
1817
10
Private
Isaac Thomas
NB
1
1
24
1817
11
Sergeant
Edward Lamley
RWIR
1
2
25
1819
12
Private
John O’Brian
98
1
2
28
1818
13
Private
Benj. Perkins
NB
29
1817
14
Private
Thomas Pompray
104
1
4
30
1817
15
Private
Martin Gallagher
98
1
31
1818
16
Private
Thomas Philipps
98
1
3
32
1818
17
Private
Edward Donally
98
33
1818
18
Private
John Donally
98
34
1818
19
Private
Peter Moran
98
1
3
35
1818
20
Sergeant
Patrick Murphy
98
1
36-7
1817
21
Private
Enoch Clarke
RWIR
1
1
38
1819
22
Sergeant
Edward Gregory
RWIR
1
39-40
1819
23
Private
[…] Pagett
RWIR
1
1
41
1819
24
Lieutenant
Arthur Walch
RWIR
1
42-44
1819
25
Ensign
Jacob Smith
NB
1
2
45-46
1819
26
Private
Patrick Holmes
98
48
1818
27
Private
William Grimes
98
1
2
49
1818
28
Private
John Montgomery
RWIR
50
1819
29
Private
Henry Howry
RWIR
51
1819
30
Private
William Elliott
98
1
1
52
1818
31
Private
Patrick Kearney
98
1
4
53
1818
32
Private
John Linnen
98
1
54
1818
33
Private
Patrick Burns
NB
55
1817
34
Private
William Pyles
NB
1
2
56
1817
35
Private
John Walch
98
57
1818
 
Ensign
Jacob Smith
NB
58-60
1820
36
Private
Peter McDougald
104
1
1
61
1820
37
Private
Wm McDougald4
104
62
1820
38
Private
John Traverse
RWIR
65
1819
39
Private
Thomas Maloney
98
1
3
66
1819
40
Private
Joseph Valley
104
1
3
67
1817
41
Private
John Andrews5
98
1
1
68
1818
42
Sergeant
Robert Miles
98
1
3
69-70
1818
43
Private
Stephen Berry
98
?
?
71
1818
44
Private
Thomas Flanney
98
1
4
72
1818
45
Private
Michael Collins
98
1
4
73
1818
46
Private
Edward Stokes
98
1
3
74
1818
47
Ensign
William Mirchin6
NB
75-79
1817
48
Lieutenant
George Mirchin7
NB
1
4
80-84
1817
49
Private
James Maloney8
98
85
1817
50
Private
John Flannagan
98
1
1
86
1818
51
Private
Joel Ellis
NB
87
1817
52
Private
William Fanning
98
1
1
88
1818
53
Sergeant
Andrew McCrae9
74
1
3
89-90
1818
54
Sergeant
William Tomlinson10
RWIR
1
3
91
1819
55
Private
Anthony [Vinc]ent
104
92
1817
56
Private
Joseph Wall
104
1
6
96
1817
57
Private
John Mosely
104
98
1817
58
Sergeant
John McGuire
104
1
1
101-2
1817
59
Private
Matthew Gallagher
98
103
1818
60
Private
Timothy Crane11
NB
1
104
1817
61
Private
James Huey
104
105
1817
62
Private
James Dawson
NB
2
106
1817
63
Private
John Darcey
98
1
1
107
1818
64
Sergeant
William Everitt
RWIR
1
1
108-9
1819
65
Private
Charles Walton12
RWIR
1
3
110
1819
66
Sergeant
John Watson13
RWIR
1
2
131-2
1819
67
?
Thomas Smith14
133
1820
68
Private
Michael Fearin15
RWIR
160
1819
69
Private
Chris. Miller
RWIR
1
161
1819
 
 


Remarks:
[1] Improvements made by tenant
[2] Resides in Fredericton
[3] Resides in Fredericton
[4] resides at Presque-Ile
[5] Not at home
[6] Resides in Fredericton
[7] Improvements made by tenant
[8] Not at home
[9] Living on Lt. Michin’s land
[10] Not at home
[11] Not living on his lot
[12] Not at home
[13] Not at home
[14] son of David Smith 10RV Batt.
[15] Not at home

This originally appeared in We Lived, a Genealogical Newsletter of New Brunswick Sources, published by Cleadie B Barnett.