Beginnings by Cleadie B. Barnett
Saunders, John & Elizabeth
John Saunders, Sr, b. New Jersey, d. after 1838, m. Elizabeth ..., b. ca. 1752, Elizabethtown, NJ, d. 24 Aug 1838, ae 86 yrs, Hampton, NB, bur. 28 Aug 1838, Anglican Church Records. They came in 1783.
1. John, Jr, b. ca. 1780, m. pre 1808, Elizabeth Tabor
2. William, b. ca. 1781 (70-1851), bur. 12 Feb 1847, ae 60 yrs, English Settlement.
3. George, b. ca. 1786, bur 2 Jun 1857, m. 1 Mar 1813, Amy Shaw Kierstead
4. Charles, b. ca. 1791, bur. 7 Mar 1840, ae 49 yrs, m. 21 Mar 1816, Mary Brawn
5. Thomas, b. ca. 1797, m. Louisa
6. Elizabeth, m. 15 Nov 1814, Kings Co, James Snider
7. Margaret Ann, b. ca. 1800, m. 26 Dec 1822, Kings Co, John Brown
8. Edward
(Loyalist Collection / CBB = not proven)
Ref: - see source list for more proper citation names01: Pat Hart
He was of New Jersey / Church of England / soldier in 2 NJ Vol / Capt
02: New Brunswick Loyalist, Sharon Dubeau
03: Early Loyalist Saint John, David Bell
Came in unit 27 / 11120 on arrival to May 1784
04: NB Land Grants
50 acres on Long Island, next to Noah Tabor, 29 Feb 1808
05: Donald A. Flagg (Cape Coral, FL)
06: Ward Book - Newspaper Abstracts - by Clarence Ward
07: Hampton Anglican Church, Kings Co, NB
08: Kings County Marriage Records
Hon. John Saunders
Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswickand his wife Ariana Margaretta Jerkyl Chalmers, daughter of Col. Chalmers, London, England.
John Saunders, Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick was b. 1 Jun 1754, Princess Ann Co, Virginia, d. 24 May 1834, ae 80 yrs, Fredericton, York Co, NB, bur. Old Burial Ground, Fredericton, s/o Jonathan Saunders.
He m. ca. 1789, England, Arianna Margaretta Jekyll Chalmers, b. ca. 1868, Maryland, d. 1845, ae 77 yrs, Fredericton, York Co, NB, bur. Old Burial Ground, Fredericton, d/o Col. James Chalmers. He raised & commanded the Maryland Loyalist in 1777 / or Col Henry Chalmers ?They had three children.
i Arianna Margaretta Jekyll, b. 1791, England, d. 20 Apr 1868, ae 76 yrs; Margaret m. at Fredericton, 8th of Feb 1815, by the Rev. George J. Mountain, Rector, George Shore, Esq, Capt. 104th Regt. (eldest daughter of Hon. John Saunders.)
ii Eliza Chalmers, b. 25 May 1794, Fredericton, York Co, NB, d. 8 Jan 1821; m. Capt Rodd Flood (of 74th Regt) Eliza was born 25 May 1794, at Fredericton, and died 8 Jan 1821.
iii John Simcoe, b. 1795, d. 27 Jul 1878 ae 86 yrs, m. in Eng ? / Elizabeth Sophia Storie - see following
(Loyalist Collection / CBB = not proven)
Ref: - see source list for more proper citation names01: Graves Papers
02: Acadiensis, 1905, probably paraphrased and words abv.
Vol 5 p.54
Fanny, youngest d/o Charles Simonds Putnam & ... Millidge (d/o Rev. Dr. Millidge, of Annapolis, NS) m. Wm. H. Shore, grandson of Chief Justice Saunders.
Vol 6 p.100
John Saunders, 4th Puisne Judge for New Brunswick, b. in Virginia. The Earl of Dunmore, Gov. General of Virginia called for support against the Revolution. John Saunders immediately obeyed and was made a Capt. even though very young, and raised a Company and saw first battle at (or near) Great Bridge. He was twice wounded during the rebellion. At end of rebellion he went to England aboard the frigate "Dionede" with all the invalids of the army, where he arrived in Dec 1783. He returned to his law studies, entered the Middle Temple, and was called to the degree of Barrister.
In 1790, he was appointed an assistant Judge of His Majesty's Supreme Court of Judicate of New Brunswick. This commission giving him the same powers and duties as those of the Judges of the Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and the Barons of the Exchequer in England.
(Letter sent to Lieut-Governor Carleton, re his Judgeship on 8th April 1790) Before leaving for NB, Judge Saunders, then in his thirty-sixth year, m. Miss Charters, receiving with her 5000 £, and 300 £ during her life. After their marriage they lost no time moving to NB.
Judge Saunders chose Fredericton as his home. Took his seat on the Bench in February term and lived many years at his home at Prince William, called "The Barony".
Vol 6 p.111
A letter, dated 7 Jan 1823 to Major General Smith, Lieut-Governor, approved the appointment of Judge Saunders as Chief Justice of NB.
Vol 6 p.112
George Shore became Clerk of the Court in 1823.
Vol 6 p.113
Judge Saunders d. 24 May 1834 at his residence at Fredericton in the 80th year of his age. He attened court on the 12th and 13th of May much against his families wishes, thinking him too ill and fatigued. He replied "I must do my duty" which sentiment seems to have been his guiding principle. He is buried at the old cemetery in Fredericton, and a massive monument is erected with the following inscriptions ...
"Sacred to the memory of Honorable John Saunders, D.C.L., Chief Justice of NB who was born June 1 1754 and d. May 24 1834 at Fredericton. On the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain and her American Colonies, relinquished the academical studies of his youth, he repaired to the Royal standard with a troop of dragoons raised at his own expense. Being subsequently transferred to the Queens Rangers, he was engaged during the whole of that unhappy conflict in the most arduous and dangerous service, in which he was twice severely wounded, and was present at most of the general battles; and the cavalry and flank companies of the detachment being placed under his command, preformed numerous brilliant successful achievements. At the conclusion of the first American War he returned to the land of his ancestors, entered at the Middle Temple, and was called in 1787 to the English Bar. In 1790 he was appointed one of the judges of the Supreme Court of NB where in 1832 he was elevated to the dignity of Chief Justice and president of His Majesty's Council. Endowed with a well informed and cultivated mind, a discriminating and sound judgement and strict integrity of purpose, he heard with patience, weighed with deliberation, and decided with firmness; a staunch defender of the hereditary perogatives of the Crown, he was not less regardful of the constitutional rights of the subject.
Unpractis'd he to fawn; or seek for power
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour."
was zealously conservative of the civil and religious institution of the monarchy. Distinguished for his patronage of agriculture and liberal education, his unaffected hospitality, and his uniform attention to the charities of domestic life, he left to his descendants a good and worthy name. and to his fellow colonist the example of nearly sixty years devoted with unspotted faith to the honor and interests of his King and country.
Erected 24th Nov 1837 by his affectionate widow A.M.J. Saunders. This monument is also intended to comerate the many virtues of Eliza Chalmers Flood, who was born on the 25th of May 1794, at Fredericton, and died on the eighth day of Jan 1821. She was the daughter of John Saunders, Esq, late Chief Justice of this colony, and president of His Majesty's Legislative Council of NB, and wife of R. Flodd, Esq. Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 74th Regiment of British Infantry. She was during her youth and obedient and dutiful daughter, and during her more mature years a kind and affectionate wife, and her conduct while in this dreary abode of mortality showed her to have been possessed of all that can render human life truly happy by Christian piety and genuine virtue."
(This was added to her father's stone after his death.)
Vol 6 p.116
Judge Saunders had two sisters. They m. Colonel Elligood and Major McKay, half-pay officers residing in York County, NB. His wife d. 1845, at Fredericton ae 77. Leaving a daughter, wife of Hon. George Shore; and a son, Hon. John Simcoe Saunders.
Vol 6 p.118
Married at Fredericton, 8th of Feb 1815, by the Rev. George J. Mountain, Rector, George Shore, Esq, Capt. 104th Regt. to Margaret, eldest daughter of Hon. John Saunders.
03: Fredericton NB British North America, by Louise Hill
p.75
In 1818, John Saunders Ellegood, Capt. 55th Regt of Foot, at present stationed in the Isle of Jersey, sold the lot to George Shore who also acquired all the Waterloo Row acreage once owned by Col. Ellegood. J.S. Ellegood was the second son of Col Jacob Ellegood and had been a merchant in Fredericton before he joined the army. Capt. George Shore (104th Regt) was appointed Adjutant General of Militia in NB in May 1821 and also a member of H.M. Legislative Council. In 1823 appointed Clerk of the Plea. He held all three until his death in 1851. His wife, Margaret Saunders, was cousin to John Saunders Ellegood.
p.130
Hon. John Saunders bought the property at the lower north-eastern extremity of the Town Plat, first granted to Stephen Jarvis (near the Cathedral).
John Saunders and his wife had three children.
Eldest daughter m. Capt. George Shore in 1815 (of 104th)
Youngest daughter, Eliza Chalmers, m. Capt Rodd Flood (of 74th Regt)
Only son, John Simcoe, b. 1795. He read law in England in the office of Joseph Chitty, the well known legal writer.
When Eliza d. she left an infant son, John Saunders Flood, who was brought up by his grandparents.
Margaret & George Shore turned over their property from her father to their eldest daughter, as a marriage settlement in 1851, when she m. Richard Theodore Pennefather, private Sect. to Lieut-Governor Sir Edmund Head.
The Pennefather's removed tp Toronto with Head in 1854. Several years later she returned to her Fredericton home as a widow and lived there with her son Richard, a law student.
p.134
When Judge Saunders d. in 1845, John Saunders Flood fell heir to a lot of property of his grandparents. He soon departed for England where he studied medicine and his NB property was sold (p.136, sold some in 1851 - mentions John Saunders Flood in England as a medical student.)
p.424
In 1798, Judge Saunders bought "Island Farm" Kingsclear,and a stone house was erected there, apparently by his son-in-law George Shore, after retiring from active service about 1820.
Mrs. George Shore lived in Kingston and Quebec while he was on active duty with the 104th Regt.
John Simcoe Saunders (Hon) (1795-1878)
York County / His Majesty's Executive Council / MLCJohn Simcoe Saunders was born 13 Jul 1794, at "The Barony", Prince William, York Co, NB. Of Colonial-English-Loyalist ancestry. Only son of the Hon. John Saunders (qv), Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and a distinguished Loyalist officer; and his wife Ariana Margaretta Jerkyl Chalmers, daughter of Col. Chalmers, London, England.
Educated at the local school, and at Oxford Univ., England. Studied law in London, England, with the celebrated Joseph Chitty, Esq. and was admitted to the Bar of England, as an Attorney, 18 February 1817, as a Barrister, 18 Feb 1819. Admitted to the Bar of Lower Canada, 1820.
Returned to New Brunswick in 1830, and located at Fredericton, York Co, where he engaged in the practice of his profession. Received appointment of Master of Rolls, and also that of Justice of the Peace, and Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for York County, and Sunbury County.
Married, ... , to Miss Elizabeth Sophia, daughter of Rev. George Storie, Rector of Stowe Maries, Essex, England. By this marriage there was a famiy of two sons and one daughter.
On February 11th, 1833, he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council and continued a member of that body until his decease. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1866 to 1878.
On February 11th, 1833, he was appointed to the First Executive Council of NB, as one of the five members, and assumed the position of Advocate General. He held this position until February 5, 1846. He was also Surveyor-General from 1840-1843; Provincial Secretary, 1845-1848. Also Clerk of the Circuits, 1840-1867.
He died, July 27, 1878, at his residence, Fredericton, NB, aged eighty-three years. Buried in the Family Lot, Old Cemetery, Fredericton, NB. Survived by his widow, one son and one daughter. Mrs. Saunders died, October 17, 1879, aged seventy-eight years.
In Politics: A ....... In Religion: Church of EnglandFamily:
01: John (1830 - 3 Apr 1880) res. Apohaqui, NB m. Mary Augusta ... (1839 - 11 Apr 1867)
02: Sophia (8 Nov 1831 - 3 Oct 1893) m. Mar 1856, George Montgomery Campbell (1830 - 26 Mar 1871) Family of two sons.
03: Henry Chalmers (10 Jun 1835 - 11 Sep 1856) unmarried. Killed in a hunting accident.
(Loyalist Collection / CBB = not proven)
Ref: - see source list for more proper citation names01: Graves Papers
02: Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, NB
= John Saunders, b. London, England in 1830, d. Fredericton 13 Apr 1880, eldest s/o the Hon. John Simcoe Saunders and Elizabeth Sophia his wife
= Sophia Storie w/o George Montgomery Campbell, and only daughter of the late Hon. J.S. Saunders 28 Nov 1831 - 3 Oct 1893
= Annette Sophia Deacon 1863-1953
= Charles Herbert Deacon 1 May 1829 - 1 Aug 1889
Edith Saunders Deacon 19 Oct 1890 - 2 Jul 1891
George Campbell Deacon 18 Jun 1886 - 20 Dec 1894
= Col. Henry Montgomery Campbell OBE, V.D. s/o George Montgomery Campbell 24 Sep 1859
= Laura Winslow, s/o Henry Montgomery Campbell 1864-1953
Background from Wallpaper World / Bars from Hee Yun's Graphic Collection
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