Beginnings by Cleadie B. Barnett
Jarvis, Munson
Author: Cleadie Barnett / Date: 2 Oct 1999 12:00 PM
Surnames: Jarvis, Arnold, Hazen, Leonard, Gray, Starr, Glover, Seymour, Peters
Classification: BiographyMunson Jarvis, b. 11 Oct 1742, Norwalk, CT, native of Sttamford, CT, d. 7 Oct 1825, ae 83 yrs, Saint John, NB, s/o
Samuel Jarvis d. 1780 & Martha [...]; m. Mary Arnold, d. 20 Oct 1831, ae 79 yrs on Thurs.
Graves Papers say that during the Rev. War, his sympathies were with the Crown, but he does not appear to have taken an active part in the conflict <see below>. He was proscribed, and ordered to leave the country in 1776. He came to Saint John in 1783, and was one of the original grantees of the town, drawing lot No. 87. He entered the mercantile business, and became a successful businessman. He also took an active part in the social and public affairs of the day. He took an active part in the building of Trinity Church, Saint John, and was one of its vestrymen in 1791. He was 1st. elected to the House of Assembly of NB, as one of the members for Saint John County, at a bye-election held in 1804, to fill the vacancy created by the unseating of the sitting member, Edward Sands (qv). He sat as member until dissolution in 1809, when he retired from active politics. Munson was appointed a member of the First Council of the City of Saint John by Charter in 1785.
However, Dubeau says he was a Lieut. in the Prince of Wales Regt., and was a member of the vestry of the Episcopal Church in Saint John.1. Mary only dau, b. 31 Mar 1775, d. 18 Sep 1835; m. 17 Jan 1802, Major Robert Hazen, Aide de Camp of Gov. Carleton, 7 Sep 1773 - Feb 1813, s/o Hon. Wm. Hazen
2. Ralph Monson, b. ca. 1776, d. 7 Nov 1853, ae 77 yrs; m. 9 Sep 1805, Caroline Leonard, d/o Hon. George Leonard, d. 8 Oct 1854 ae 82 yrs
3. William (64-1851/merchant) d. 1856; m. Mary [...] (45-1851)
4. Edward James (youngest son) b. 15 Jul 1788; d. 9 May 1852 Charlottetown, PEI; m.1) 20 Apr 1817, Charlottetown, PEI, Anna Maria Boyd, she d. 28 Aug 1841; He m.2) Elizabeth Gray. Edward J. was the Chief Justice of PEI from 1827 - 1852. (Debeau)
(Debeau) A Stephen Jarvis, b. Danbury, CT; d. 12 Apr 1840 ae 84 yrs at Toronto, s/o Stephen Jarvis & Rachel Starr (01) m. at Danbury, CT, Amelia Glover, 28 Aug 1756, Danbury, CT, d. 2 Dec 1819, Toronto, ON, and a William Jarvis, Native
of Stamford, CT, d. 13 Aug 1817 ae 61 yrs, York (Toronto), s/o Samuel Jarvis (1720-1780) & Martha Seymour, m. Hannah Peters, d. 1845, ae 83 yrs, Queenstown, Upper Canada, d/o Rev. Samuel Peters. They had a son, Samuel
Peters, 1792-1857. Served as a Cornet in the Queens Rangers, came to NB and later removed to Upper Canada. (more data in her work)(Loyalist Collection / CBB = not proven)
Ref: - see source list for more proper citation names01: New Brunswick Loyalist, S. Dubeau
He was a Lieut in the Prince of Wales Regt, and was advertised as an enemy to his country and in 1783 was ordered to depart and not return. ... In 1792, he was a member of the vestry of the Episcopal Church in Saint John. Edward J. was the Chief Justice of PEI from 1827-1852.
02: Graves Papers, PANB
During the Rev. War, his sympathies were with the Crown, but he does not appear to have taken an active part in the conflict. He was proscribed, and ordered to leave the country in 1776.
He came to Saint John in 1783, and was one of the original grantees of the town, drawing lot No. 87. He entered the mercantile business, and became a successful businessman. He also took an active part in the social and public affairs of the day. He took an active part in the building of Trinity Church, Saint John, and w3as one of its vestrymen in 1791.
He was 1st. elected to the H. of A. of NB, as one of the members for Saint John County, at a bye-election held in 1804, to fill the vacancy created by the unseating of the sitting member, Edward Sands (qv). He sat as member until dissolution in 1809, when he retired from active politics.
Was appointed a member of the First Council of the City of Saint John by Charter in 1785.
03: New Brunswick Census Records - Saint John 1851
04: New Brunswick Vital Statistics From Newspapers, Daniel F. Johnson
05: Church of England Cemetery, Saint John, NB
06: Loyalist Lineages, Tronto Branch UEL Association of Canada p. 342
1: Munson Jarvis, b. 11 Oct 1742, Stamford, CT, d. 7 Oct 1825, Saint John, NB (?) res. in Saint John. m. Mary Arnold
ISSUE: Ralph Munson; Mary; William; Edward James
2: Edward James Jarvis, b. 1788, Saint John, NB (?) - d. 9 May 1852,
Charlottetown, PEI. - res. Charlottetown, PEI. m. (1) 20 Apr 1817, Charlottetown, Anna Maria Boyd, d. 28 Aug 1841 m. (2) Elizabeth Gray
ISSUE: (m. 1) Edward (1819-1819); Edward W. Boyd; Mary Jane; Munson; Henry FitzGerald; W. G. Townsend; Anna Maria; Caro; Amelia [__] m. (2) Edward Worrell; Elizabeth Harriet
3: Henry FitzGerald Jarvis
4: William Henry Pope Jarvis
5: Jessica deBrisay Jarvis m. Frederick Raymond Hunt {GOV}
Jarvis updateI received the following update from Bill Jarvis, Moncton NB which corrects and error in the forgoing article, where the Graves Papers relate that Munson Jarvis was probably not an active participant in the American Revolution, the following is his Petition for Indemnity as a Loyalist, presented in Saint John on March 27, 1786.
"To the Honorable Colonel Dundas and Jeremy Pemberton Esqr., two of His Majestys Commissioners to examine into the Claims, Losses, Services and Professions of His Majestys Loyal subjects in America &c, &c.
"The memorial of Munson Jarvis late of the Province now State of Connecticut and now resident in and an inhabitant of the City of St. John in His Majestys Province of New Brunswick Humbly Sheweth --
"That your Memorialist in the year 1775 & 1776 after being a number of times called before the Committee and finally condemned and Advertised as inimical to the Liberty of America and an Obstinate Adherent to the Ministerial Cause as they were pleased to call it your Memorialist on the third or fourth of Septr. 1776 in the Dead of Night with several others found means to procure a boat in which they made their escape to Longisland and took Protection Under the Standard of Great Brittain soon after your Memorialist arrival within the Brittish lines he recd. a Lieuts. Warrant from Brigdr. General Brown to raise men & having rais'd a number with which he joined the Regiment was mustered & continued seven months in the Service for which your Memorialist recd. five months pay as a Lieut. in which time your memorialist made with the Brittish Troops several excursions into the Rebbel Country one of which was to Danbury in Connecticut &c. --
"Now your Memorialist when he left his Native House left property both real & personal as by the within Schedule will appear, which property has been made confiscate & sold by the aforesaid State of Connecticut and your Memorialist prays that your Honorable board will take the matter into consideration and Grant him such Compensation as in your Wisdom shall seem meet.
"Inventory of the Estate of Munson Jarvis late of the Province now State of Connecticut -
Real Estate ---------------- *375 0 0 (* pound note sign)
Personal Estate --------------157 16 10 1/2
My Part of My Father's Estate 66 6 5
------------------------------599 3 3 1/2"
Munson Jarvis is my 3rd-great-grandfather, through William Jarvis/William Munson Jarvis/Edward William Jarvis/John Harris Jarvis/William Edward Jarvis (me).
I have an extensive genealogy of the family back to Stephen Jarvis (1625-1693), and always welcome new material and enquiries on the family.
One part of Munson's property which survived the revolution is his Christening spoon, which I have.
Sincerely,
Bill Jarvis, Moncton NB
doublej@nbnet.nb.ca
There are two families listed in the following references which I have not searched other references for -
New Brunswick Loyalist, S. Dubeau, and
Loyalist Lineages, Toronto Branch, UEL Association of Canada. p. 341
These are the families of Stephen Jarvis, of Danbury, CT and William Jarvis, Native of Stamford, CT. Both were in Fredericton, New Brunswick for awhile, then moved to Upper Canada (Ontario)
Background from Wallpaper World / Bars from Hee Yun's Graphic Collection
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