Beginnings

by Cleadie B. Barnett

Rainsford, Andrew & Elizabeth (Cuming)

    Andrew Rainsford, b. 1743, Malta - d. Fri 25 May 1820, ae 86 yrs, Fredericton, York Co, NB. Buried: 28 May 1820, Old Burial Ground, Fredericton. He m. 1763/4, Chester, England, Elizabeth Cuming; b. 1749 / 1752, Chester, England (Bath, Eng) - d. 1840, ae 87 yrs; Buried: Old Burial Ground, Fredericton. d/o Sir Thomas Cuming
Children: (5 Daus, 3 sons came with him to NB)

01: Eleanor (87-1851) b. ca. 1764

02: Thomas Cuming b. ca. 1768. In army & did not come to NB

03:? Francis (male)

04:? Elizabeth Cuming

05: Witter (Miss / 4th d/o) b. ca. 1774 - d. 25 Mar 1815, ae 36 yrs, Fredericton, York Co, NB

06:? Frances Maria

07:? Mary Ann

08: Walter ? (Capt. W., 104th Regt) b. ca. 178_ ? ; m. 21 Jan 1816, Montreal, Miss Mary Ann Clarke, 3rd d/o Simon

09: Andrew William (63-1851) b. ca. 1788 in NB m. Anna [---]

10: Lawrence Bradshaw (61-1851) 12 Jul 1790 - 1 Jul 1869 ae 79 yrs (b. NB) m. Sarah Ann [---] (1790-1833)

11: Charles (60-1851) (Capt of NB Regt) b. ca. 1791 (b. NB) m. Apr 1817, Pr. Wm, Deborah Davidson, d/o John

12: Harriet 1792 - 1885 (b. NB) m. 26 Dec 1816, George Ludlow Wetmore

13: Henry Bartlet (54-1851) 6 Mar 1798 - 4 Dec 1881 (b. NB)  (or 21 Dec) m. 6 Nov 1826, Jane Haviland Wetmore at Kingsclear b. 16 Jun 1797, Gagetown, NB - d. 2 Aug 1868

14: Margaret (50-1851) b. ca. 1801, NB unmarried in 1851

15: Rebecca Hannay (48-1851) b. ca. 1803 (b. NB) m. 5 Aug 1816, William B. Phair, Lt. 104th Regt

16: Jane Caroline (b. NB) m. 25 Sep 1823, Kingsclear, John Francis Wentworth Winslow was on 1/2 pay from 41st Regt.

(Loyalist Collection / CBB = not proven)
Ref: - see source list for more proper citation names

01: Kingsclear Anglican Churchyard
02: NB Census Records, York Co., Kingsclear Parish 1851
03: NB Vital Statistics From Newspapers, Vol. II, D. F. Johnson
    = 1601 / 11 Apr 1815 CG / d. Fredericton, 25 th ult (25 Mar 1815), Miss Witter, 4th d/o Andrew Rainsford, Esq. Asst Deputy Barrack Master General, ae 36 yrs
    = 1578 / 4 Mar 1815 NBC / Capt. W. Rainsford, 104th Regt / Miss Mary Ann, 3rd d/o Simon Clarke
04: NB Census Records = York Co = Fredericton Parish 1851
05: The Old Burying Ground, Fredericton, NB Vol I, Louise Hill
    Andrew joined his father's regt, 9th Regt of Foot, and was sent to Havana, 1762, and at the peace in 1763 Great Brittain restored Havana to Spain & in excnange received Florida, and he was sent there for 6 years. He sold his Captaincy in 1767 and returned to England where he m. He was sent back with appointments. (Judge Advocate and Receiver of Revenue, Fort Major and Barrack Master at Pensacola.) He and his family returned to England 1783, when Florida was ceded to Spain. He came to NB in 1786. Rest of family was b. in NB.
06: Loyalist of New Brunswick, Esther Clark Wright
    = 1770-80 was in Pensacola, Florida / 1786-1820 was Receiver general at Fredericton / Resided at Kingsclear
07: New Brunswick Loyalist, Sharon Dubeau
08: Loyalist Lineages, Toronto Branch United Empire Association of Canada, p. 533
    Gen 1 = Andrew Rainsford, b. 1734, Malta, d. 1820 Old Burial Ground, Fredericton. Res: Pensacola, FL & Fredericton, NB. m. 1767, Chester, Eng, Elizabeth Cuming, b. 1749, Chester, Eng, d. 1840, Old Burial Ground, Springhill, NB
    ISSUE: Thomas Cuming; Eleanor; Francis; Elizabeth Cuming; Frances Maria; Witter; Margaret; Andrew William; Mary Anne; Charles; Henry Lawrence Bradshow; Harriet; Rebecca Hannay; Henry Bartlett; Jane Caroline.
    Gen 2 = Henry Bartlett Rainsford, b. 6 Mar 1798 - d. 21 Dec 1881, m. 6 Nov 1826, Kingsclear, NB, Jane Haviland Wetmore, b. 16 Jun 1797, Gagetown, NB, d. 2 Aug 1868.
    ISSUE: Andrew William, b. 1827; Sarah Peters, b. 1830; Eliza Baillie, b. 1831; Thomas Wetmore, b. 1832; Mary Ann, b. 1834; Henry Bartlett, b. 1839.
    Gen 3 = Henry Bartlett Rainsford
    Gen 4 = Thomas Wetmore Rainsford
    Gen 5 = Margaret B. Rainsford FRE
          m. Edward John Alexander MacLean

Interested researcher:
Margaret MacLean, Fredericton

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